this is the w.'s line from the germany celebrates reunification day. as a process has been a success but there is still more to do. surveys showing to 29 years since the unification immaturity of people from eastern germany feel they are 2nd class citizens. from east germany so could she do more to bridge the gap also on the program the knife wielding police employee kills 4 people inside paris police headquarters before being shot dead by police we'll bring you an update from

the french cops. go sources in hong kong are police there to use more force against protesters after a teenage demonstration was shot in the chest over the weekend pro-democracy activists fear a violent crackdown on that movement could be in the offing. i'm welcome to the program. germany is rocking out a version of the country's reunification 29 years ago east and west became one country after decades of hostile divisions during the cold war this year's official commemoration ceremonies took place in the northern city of kill german chancellor i'm going to machall hailed the country's progress since reconfiguration but said more must be done to bridge the divide between east and west. sound lines evoking

the shifting counters of germany's history as a country marked its 29th birthday in the north and city of q chancellor i go america herself a product of the former east germany highlighted to success is a very nifty cation but she acknowledged that there was still work to do. and you know in advance that you are in the 29 years that have gone by since for unification an incredible amount has been achieved overall in both western and eastern germany people are now more content with their lives than it any other time since reunification but we also know that that is not the whole truth surveys show that 29 years since reunification the majority of people from eastern germany feel they are 2nd class citizens drawing upon her own experience and america spoke of the mixed feelings of east germans i think country disappeared. from your view on the beautiful myself into many others the fall of the berlin wall in 1909 and

german reunification in 1991 moments of happiness of confidence and of openness but others were intimidated by this new openness for them the east german system was a form of support. chance of america also used the occasion to pay tribute to victims of the companies to regime. well you know there's that most i also want to remember the victims of the dictatorship those who lost their lives trying to flee those who were persecuted imprisoned they shouldn't be forgotten even on a day full of joy like today. all of them talk the foid people it and. german chancellor acknowledged that a gap still remains that raising a border between 2 states wasn't enough to overcome differences in the tubes and values. less than half of east germans were happy with democracy here in germany

which means that aside from what happened all of us politicians and civil society alike have to understand that and also by german unity it wasn't just a positive experience for many east germans. and the poor is that they are said abrasion for germany but also an occasion to look at how difference is that still exists between east and west can be mended. let's take a closer look than have chancellor merkel's of speech with the debate political correspondent i shall remind you of what to do but here's what i found very interesting that anger america and in something that's quite unusual for her drew so much upon her own person personal experience in that speech she saved upon reification it was a cultural shock for her and saying that she was actually mirroring emotions from. fear felt by many is germans and it's something that in the past has been reproached trying to america several times that she didn't refer to her bringing in

is germany that she didn't make any mention of her life in it and germany and that's something that she actually really put to light today shows so emphasized the victims of. germany she said that should be remembered today even if it's a day of joy and yet like i said it's unusual for her to draw so much attention to our own personal experience of the whole event nearly 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall it was interesting that the chancellor to be significant difference is that still persist between east and west pressure could touch on them and why they have remained yet so those differences are quite blatant if you look at the economy situation on. the former eastern regions of germany economy to east like the former east germany still lags behind if you look at the docks for example the 30 biggest german companies not of them have their headquarters in east central amman and that's quite telling unemployment rate in those instant german states is

still. higher than in any other states in germany and like angle americans say they're in if it wasn't seen as something positive for everyone i see so that there is a sense in the east that when the country was put together again essentially the east was plundered them earlier in st louis as a right as i said the theme of this year's unity is a courage connects was. how did the chancellor speech connect with the let's cover a story it was quite interesting when she called us petitions for maybe having failed to understand the differences of mentalities between the east and away as she said is quite easy actually to to raise a border but it's not that easy to activate a shift mentality as you kind of do that overnight then she calls a full politicians to actually take that into account that there is a different mentality between the east and the ways that cannot be mended just as easy as order can be raised so that's something she emphasized was so she praised

the courage of people who tried to leave east germany and those are the 2 notions of courage that that's shone through our speech emmanuel shows thank you sir thank you. paris mourns its own the words of the city's mayor and his bell go after a police employee with a knife killed 4 colleagues at the main police headquarters of the public prosecutor's identify the victims or 3 police officers and i've been still resistant the assailant attacked an officer and continued his rampage in other parts of the building before being fatally shot by a police officer french president emanuel micro the prime minister and interior minister visited the scene of the attack. has got the latest from russia catherine field in paris welcome catherine what more can you tell us yes we know who the assailant was age 14 as he's been working in the i.t. department and the police television station as police headquarters you've been

working their asses 2003 now according to the french interior minister he was a model of believe there was nothing in his behavior you know in the last couple of weeks they gave any cause for alarm for his security is what we do know it was at around 1 o'clock paris time he was in his office with another employee and he stabbed that person he didn't run to or not that part of the building steps someone else you know let's take a stab and not the person we're not sure which police officer the result was killed at which point he then went into the courtyard of the parents' police headquarters and it was there where he was approached by other police officers told him to drop his weapon he didn't and he was shot dead we do know that his apartment which isn't in a suburb to the northeast of paris is now being searched through by police and. white has been brought in by police and the questioning to try to find out more as to the

most of this attack on the motive of course of paris having been the same of multiple attacks over the last few years people must be aware that this is another terror attack what are authorities saying. yes that was the immediate news that winds around the whole of paris you could feel it so that's when i was in that area people thought oh no not again but he's particularly public prosecutor is saying that they are not treating this as a terror attack treating it as a homicide and in the time being that's the only. course of action they taking they all of those looking into whether or not this was some sort of what dispute or personal dispute between employees but certainly that idea that possibly plunged back into a terrorist type situation again really did have everyone on edge for a few hours this idea of a worker dispute going out of hand this is quite interesting given that the police

in paris went on strike just yesterday over the stressful working conditions. yes indeed and that does seem to be some concern among the french government officials that there is more to this than the window at the state french president money when kroll the prime minister and the interior minister went to paris police headquarters shortly after the attack to talk to officials there to talk to start there they have been of course informs the last couple of months just how serious a situation it is with paris police the police say they have been working overtime since last year since last also when the yellow vest protest started they say they had that right throughout the winter and the spring and summer they had of course all the events that need all the police to be on jews here we had the 14th so july national day we have had the g. 7 done of beer it's we've had all these events police say that they're just being worked and worked to the bone and that they're just so tired and they are as you

rightly said they were out on the streets just yesterday protesting saying that the government has to start listening to them because since the start of this year more than 50 police officers have taken their own lives and many of those yet police unions are saying a caused by the stress of the job at the moment cofield in paris thank you thank you. well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world how britain's prime minister has presented his new proposals to parliament and told lawmakers that he's reworked a deal could prevent the hardboard a victory in the republic of violence in northern ireland and britain leaves the use but the irish prime minister. has said the proposals do not go far enough are certainly welcome in the sense that u.s. congressional investigations in washington d.c. a question in the form of special envoy to ukraine about president trump's dealings with ukraine's president could resigned last week after

a whistleblower raised questions about a phone call between the 2 leaders complaints triggered an increase wanting card against president trump. rescue teams in the south korean port city of boston bush than are trying to locate 4 people feared buried under a landslide after the typhoon meter at least 6 people are known to have died and others are missing after the storm hit southern parts of the country on wednesday night. now to hong kong where authours of loosen the rules of engagement for police allowed them to use more force to deal with anti-government protests that have rocked the city for months violence has escalated over recent days after police shot a protester in the chest the visuals are now reported to be considering a curfew and a ban on face masks. scenes like this have become common on hong kong streets every weekend and even some weekdays protesters face off against police many of the demonstrators wear masks and some are warning of dire consequences if

a ban on face masks is put into effect. saying. if this regime really wants to suppress the voice of the people like this it will only make the deficiency in our society more serious i think our people won't be afraid they'll continue to hit the streets and use more drastic methods to fight. and if. such masks are commonly available many people buy them at pharmacies they're one of the few defenses against the widespread use of facial recognition software by the chinese government authorities say that's part of the problem. this law is the best way to help police officers to prevent those violent acts it's challenging for the police officers to collect evidence if the protesters wear masks but there's little agreement on whether the move would actually help the authorities. the help this man shows will deter st paul is and also to grounds greater powers for the

police to detain protest is that some of the skeptics already expressed their concern that they may validating him and i saw your home call and point out of the esteemed doubt that what if this bill intimidate radical protestors down now. with no sign of a swift resolution both sides are digging in the situation is likely to escalate. now a former colombian politician sentenced to 15 years in prison has made a brazen escape i don't know had been discoursing to the dentist in downtown barber shop by a prison guard who was left alone inside the office when she used to read dro to slide down to the street below. and limp away to a waiting motorbike. officials are still searching for the director of the columbus prison system is being fired. just

news coming up a world trade organization ruling sets the stage for a trade escalation between the e.u. and the us will the global economy suffer that's business with transfers over in just a moment i'll be back at the top of the hour. i'm sure going to vote. in support. over. the debris of.