more than 150 kilometers of massive fortifications yet west berlin remained a magnet for those wanting to escape east germany at least $136.00 people were killed trying to get across that wall in total more than 600 people were killed trying to flee east germany the berlin wall stood for 28 years until 989 when a series of mass protests set off a chain of events that ultimately led to the opening of the front 2 year and the end of communism in central and eastern europe during that time dissidents and activists in east and west germany helped smuggle thousands of people across the inner german border our reporter christian caught up with one of them. the best thing about jail hartman says was being let out of his cell once a day to walk around inside a large wire cage as a young man he was held for months in a detention center van by the east german ministry of state security for trying to

flee the country and for aiding others in their attempts to escape. so they didn't abuse us physically they called it corrosion it was a method they used to try and grind through hyper control isolation this information has been the worst 11 months of my life here after a while if you start too long to be sentenced. mr never accepted life under the east german regime and tried to flee for the 1st time by train when he was just 18 he was arrested and put behind bars. when building began on the berlin wall and the 1st of august 1961 he knew he had to escape he saw how brutally the regime was cracking down on dissenters. as a young person at some point you have to ask yourself how long am i going to play this raid have how long can i take it and where do i want to cooperate with them to find myself a little nations who is a long as you're still studying you have to get all of this crap in every essay

there had to be a commitment to socialism and if you needed good marks you just wrote that rubbish down. a short time later richter attempted to escape again he swam across a border river on the edge of berlin and made it to freedom he was in the water for 4 hours before he finally managed to get through a barbed wire fence and onto the shore on the western side on the eastern side he would have been shot. at the governor's office and so i had a guardian angel that night i knew there were alarms at the bridge is in the twilight i saw a thin piece of wire stretched from bridge post a bridge post if i touched it he would have gone off and they would have immediately fired shots. at the force of. dozens of people died in this way along the berlin wall it's still not clear just how many the regime ruthlessly punished anyone who tried to flee.

nevertheless wrister continued to help more than 30 people escaped by smuggling them into west germany in the trunk of his car he was caught again and spent 5 years in prison before being bought out by the western government while he now gives tours in his former prison often for schoolchildren he thinks young people should learn that east germany was a to tell a terrible state. secret. you can see that young people are aware and interested that's why i do this it's good to see out of a sense of conviction like the new will always be like that before. that stealing is how tart was reached here overcome the brutality of the stasi the east german secret police now he's able to tell the story as one of those who paid a price for wanting freedom more of what. sports now and in football buy in munich are through to the 2nd round of the german cup the defending champions won $31.00 against play in the 4th tier of german football by and kick off the bundesliga

season on friday taking out the berlin. today is international left handers day the day is designed to raise awareness of the difficulties left handed people face in a right handed world but for athletes like tennis star rafael nadal playing left handed may be an advantage don is one of the greatest tennis players of all time a lot of his dominance is put down to the fact that he's a left hander but the twist in the doll's case he does everything else with his right hand from signing autographs to brushing his teeth played left handed as a child. well that's a thing howard from sports a lefty himself is here to talk about left handers good to see you anthony very so tell us do left handed out really have an advantage statistically yes i'm here to

tell you so 10 percent of the population a left hand is but they are overrepresented it's not just too odd that we seem to notice a lot of left hand this over represented in sports like tennis you've got the greats like madonna we mentioned mcenroe live and navratilova that's tennis but also in something like bicycles and eco facts the pitch by ruth as well in fact by sport was really interesting that's where the the anomaly is most prevalent so 10 percent of the population a left hand has been in baseball 30 percent of by spall as i left handed so it's prevalent and it's profitable to you know why why you left handers would have an advantage whether it's tennis or baseball right so this is sports is where the crux of the matter laws and thankfully some on those might be living out of looking into this forced area and there was a research out who published in the royal society that says it's about these 2 sports that a sports of fencing 50 percent of fences carry the the sword carried the

implement with their left hand not while bice bowl and cricket it's also we've got less time to react so the left hand is a coming at something from a different angle and they're putting it to your wrong side early days young player is ready for that may that angle the left hand is provide and night. rise through the ranks much much quicker and i get. early in their career is especially training them for lefties because presumably it does affect the strategy and also for those who are playing against lefties. terry yes i'm not special training. so much maybe that it's got lots of water on board they loosen the muscles and then just let the magic happen devinsky on woods terry the left hand is a big and very prevalent he said that he set the time 3 u.s. presidents in bush in clinton and obama bush coming at something from the left hand side was probably an anomaly there but i have been doing it

a long time they get an advantage early on because the right hand is done know what to do with a left handed angle and that's pretty much where the the magic laws what about you doesn't give you experience like some sort of great achievement in your own sporting career due to your left handed promise well we could go back to st john's catholic tennis club in the in the mid eighties terry but it was an advantage because you could definitely tell the right handed kids didn't really know or didn't really understand how to deal with a different angle and say yes on a very minor scale perhaps. sports despite your left handedness you seem to be doing quite well thanks a lot. just reminder the top stories we're following for you here on pro-democracy demonstrators are holding another day of damage the protests at hong kong's international airport a day after a massive sit in its closure the airport has reopened but the territory's leader. has warned of escalating violence saying it puts the city on

a kind of no return. and the italian senate is to make sunday to debate whether to agree to interior minister. beanies call for a no confidence vote in the government. so beanies bleak party it is riding high in the polls and he plays he can become prime minister. there watching the news still to come argentina suffer as one of the biggest markets and currency collapses in history and see what and how it has investors terrified that's coming up in business right after the break. herself over who will be here in just a minute with all that is standing by with me here in studio you are watching t.w. news from berlin we have more news coming for you from international news coming for you at the top of the next hour and of course get all your stories all of

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is unhappy about how cyprus is handing out past. his former berlin welcome to the program hong kong airport has reopened after protests but fears of another sit and have seen hundreds of flights cancelled there is a broader anxiety about hong kong's economic future investors believe the hong kong protests are evolving from a local issue to one with global economic impact in stocks tumbled in its dire warnings from mainland china about terrorism and the threat of an intervention battles hong kong chief carolan said her job was to rebuild hong kong's economy and warn against following a path. of no return. for more on the economic impact of the protests in hong kong let's bring in needham our he's the chief representative of german industry and commerce in hong kong welcome to the program wolfgang did monday's protests at the airport represent an escalation at least the

mind of the business community this time chris hello from hong kong which is really frankly and come today a very normal but you are right we have reached a new state of escalation and the sensitivity no in our community is even harder now than before because when you. affect the heart of very important organ also you see busy airports and sensitivities very hard. what do investors and businesses in hong kong fear most destructions by the protests or further crackdowns by china you know your question implies. both spheres of course disruptions. of course not pleasant but you can handle it so far all the junk community yes they have been affected by that but they can cope

with it and of course they fear the physical correct on everybody's talking about it but realistically if you discuss it think you come to the result that is not very probable so if you are cold hearted assessing the scene nobody has really an interest to use herbs for such a thing not even be aging so they have other means to put pressure on the city now the 1st both sides don't seem to be inclined to give in here we've seen pictures of tanks but trolling outside the territory plus there have been strongly worded editorials in chinese media what if china were to tighten its grip further on hong kong. in this of course we have seen these videos and to be taken very seriously here but. what has just said there are other instruments takes a pacific case where people from their employees

and this stuff were involved in some doing with stray sions and they know suffers from some serious consequences some people have been even if i have so these other means the mainland is applying them in order to put pressure on the community and economic pressure is always very sensitive issue in hong kong tell us more about this unique status that hong kong has as a business what are the unique trademarks that hong kong possesses and which other countries are other cities rather than the region dull they'll cause it's is these basic pillars of the economic freedom here you have so pritam of press you have the freedom freedom of information you have the rule of law you have division of powers here and all these basic advantages are somehow endangered yes

but as long as we stick to the one country 2 systems. business are very confident here jump business and we just did a survey is still very confident that hong kong comfort can fulfill its task as a very special business. and to be fair that might depend on the business model we have most of the companies it's a regional headquarters and these are us not yet affected right but going to them our chief representative of german history and commerce in hong kong thank you for speaking to dump. thank you argentina's financial markets are known to be volatile but even by these standards it was a brutal meltdown the merval stock exchange nervous stock index rather lost almost half of its value in dollar terms what bloomberg said was the 2nd row.