this is g w news wire from berlin tonight as germany celebrates for unification day chancellor angela merkel says there is still much to be done. in sabean's not know in advance you can say for sure that 29 years since relief occasion in which people from eastern chinese fielding all 2nd class citizens of the translator herself is from east germany so could she do more to bridge that divide also coming up tonight anti-government protest in iraq threatens to spiral out of control as

a 3rd day of clashes claims more lives the government has imposed curfews and it has shut down the internet and an icy reception for morse johnson's breaks to play and as the british prime minister defends his latest proposal in parliament in the european union the word is this plan doesn't look like a deal. i'm off it's good to have you with us germany is marking the anniversary of the country's reunification 29 years ago today east and west germany became one nation after decades of hostile division during the cold war this year's official commemoration ceremonies took place in the northern city of kiel german chancellor angela merkel she held the country's progress since reunification. but she said

more must be done to bridge the divide that still exists between east and west. sound lines evoking the shift encounters of germany's history as a country in marked 29 years of unity in the northwestern city of killer chancellor angle america highlighted to successes every and if you keisha but she acknowledged that there was still work to do. in annoyance once 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 is 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 asia few understood it until myself and many others the fall of

the berling wall in 1989 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 us so used the occasion to pay tribute to victims of the communist regime. we can all those that mostly 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. focusing on them talk the foid a few words and. the german chancellor acknowledged that a gap still remains that raising a border between 2 states wasn't enough to overcome differences in the to choose and values really good lesson hoffa's east germans are happy with democracy here in

germany which means that aside from one happened all of us politicians and civil society alike have to understand that and also why german unity wasn't just a positive experience for many east germans. in a positive is. that they said abrasion for germany but also no kasian to look at how differences that still exist between east and west can be mended. are going to take a closer look at the german chancellor speech today as we do that i'm joined here by our political correspondent. good to see you what did you make of the chancellor speech well i find it quite interesting that she drew so much upon her personal experience that several occurrences during house fish she talked about her own experience offer unification faith for her it happened overnight it was a culture shock as she explained that is germans how did magine several things that could happen there were not but that they were not prepared for doubts cultural

shock and it's also quite interesting that she stressed out that one half of the german population from west and east don't really fear that germany is united as off today so those takes are quite interesting from. that is it's remarkable isn't it we're talking about almost 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall and we still have these perceived differences why is there well for example if you look at the east. and what used to be east germany now you see a steady economy grows but it's still lagging behind if you look at its western states economy here in germany if you look at unemployment rates they are now higher in east germany dunn they are in west and in the western states of germany so when i'm going to america sais that the reification wasn't perceived as something positive for everyone she does have a point of 3 consider economy perspective and we have to remember too that the eastern part of the country has actually lost the numbers in the population people

have moved to the west the theme of this year's unity day festivities is cruel ridged connex what was chancellor merkel's message there a fire quite interesting that's actually the coldest photos phage actually saved that in east germany and there was a set of a sentimental frustration as she actually called out for the titians for having fades to to see dot 1st and to for having thought that just by raising a border they would actually manage to unite a country and that kind of thing doesn't happen overnight so she called out for the titians to face a 5 that's they haven't always taken that into account cory cho so perhaps to define all those lies that have been lost it's why the country was divided and people were trying to flee and people were taking prisoners so that could explain you have maybe courage to overcome the wall that is still in the minds of many people as well many were shocked as always and i'm well thank you thank you. well

you're watching b.w. news still to come we're going to have more on german reunification including a look at a story the berlin institution that helped to bridge the divide between east and west during the cold war and continues to unite people today that's up in just a moment. i want to take you now to iraq where the government is struggling to contain violent protests in several cities at least 27 people have been killed hundreds more injured since the demonstrations erupted on tuesday authorities have imposed curfews in a bid to quell the unrest protesters are angry about unemployment corruption and a lack of basic necessities. since protests started on shoes day and spread across the country iraq has been the scene of burning barricades dozens of fatalities and countless wounded the country is descending into chaos. the police have been using tear gas water cannon and live

ammunition and an attempt to suppress the demonstrations which is only ignited further anger of protest as. the government in baghdad appears an able to regain control a curfew has had no effect. furious protesters are out in force everywhere from the capital to the cities of najaf and basra. that's not right here despite the curfew we're fighting for our rights we wanted a different country security forces have arrested our compatriots we're being treated worse than members of islamic state they hit us humiliate us and then shoot at us what have we done we're just standing up for our rights on one o 7 and people feel they've been robbed they go begging on the streets there's no work and when we protest they suited us many of the security forces iranians you can hear it when they speak. it's a citizens protest it's not being led by anyone and the people are rising up and

they won't. stop until the government steps down we've been patient with the leadership but it hasn't come up with the goods. but the protests are triggered by widespread frustration especially among the younger generation about corruption poor infrastructure and high unemployment many are concerned about what they see as shiite iran's growing influence on the political leadership in baghdad. demonstrators want to new government and the restructuring of the state and a reduction in the mutual suspicion among shiites sunnis and kurds they say this is the only path to a brighter future for iraq. well believe it or not it's hard to get images and videos of these protests out to you because the iraqi authorities they've shut down the internet across much of the country my call the current is here with that they've shut down the internet they have i mean this is the latest information that we have in this is coming from a very good group called net blocks they they monitor internet traffic across the

world we know that facebook twitter instagram are all unavailable right now in iraq encrypted chatting apps like whatsapp and signal also have been blocked so as you mentioned it's very difficult for anyone that's there in iraq to send out a photo or post an update on these protests or what's happening and many people also when it comes to reliable information are completely in the dark and that's because as of today 75 percent of the country has no internet access what so ever so they can't even go to google for example that includes the capital baghdad iraq is the living outside the country they are trying to draw attention to this internet shutdown and they're doing that in fact by contacting us we've seen people on social media accounts sending us messages like this one this was a comment posted on our article covering the shutdown and this gentleman here writes they've blocked the internet all across iraq they want to block our voices from the world they stole our rights please do not be silent for now though it looks like you know this ban might be in place but it's not stopping people at

least from taking to the streets and what is the iraqi government saying about this blackout in a word nothing we haven't heard anything from the iraqi government although this is not the 1st time that the iraqi government has shut down the internet they've done it before there were widespread protests last year they shut down the government and many major cities at that point even earlier this year the government said they were shutting down the internet. to prevent students from cheating on their final exam oh that was their excuse there now many of these latest protests they were organized on social media probably that's why we're seeing this shutdown as well but look this is part of a bigger trend we've seen countries all over the world cameroon zimbabwe many countries on the african continent all the around the world they're doing the same thing especially when there's a protest there flipping the switch so if it's happened before then people have certainly found a way to get around it before they have i mean many people use a v.p.n. which can disguise your location on the internet but you know there was a simple service offered by twitter you could tweets simply by sending an s.m.s.

text messages you didn't need any access to the internet at all all you needed was your phone and an s.m.s. unfortunately that service was suspended last month you might remember it was because this was exploited during a hack of twitter's c.e.o. of his account there are a few people in germany or in countries with good internet access needed this feature but it can be incredibly important in a country like iraq or any country where they can simply turn the internet off at the drop of a dime all you need is in the us a mess to get the word out the future of the service is unclear this is the last thing we heard from twitter about this as a message to tweet service they said we've now turned on this feature for a few locations that depend on s.m.s. to tweet but it remains turned off for the rest of the world we don't know what those countries are we don't know if iraq has been turned back on i reached out to twitter today and they refuse to give any more information about you just another well at least movie will be able to shine somewhat with the decimus at least in

your eyes and more in future is always that you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a police employee with a knife killed 4 of his colleagues at paris's police headquarters today before another officer shot him today investigators have not determined a motive the rampage came a day after officers marched through the french capital to protest over low pay long hours and rising suicide raids u.s. congressional investigators in washington d.c. of questioning the former special envoy for ukraine about president trump's dealings with ukraine's president kurt volker resigned last week after a whistleblower raised questions about a phone call between the 2 presidents that complaint triggered an impeachment inquiry against president trump rescue teams in the south korean the port city of

busan are trying to locate 4 people feared buried under a landslide after typhoon. at least 6 people are known to have died others are missing after the storm hit southern parts of the country on wednesday night. were germany's interior minister horst is a hope for is visiting turkey today alongside his french counterpart and the e.u. migration commissioner to discuss the refugee situation in the country turkey syria and turkey rather has a sheltered many refugees fleeing the 8 year civil war in syria you see right there around 3600000 refugees are living there now turkish president richard tell you better one has asked for more support to deal with migrants who have become less welcomed shall we say in the country 3 years ago turkey agreed to stronger controls to stop migrants and refugees reaching europe through turkey in return for

6000000000 euros but recently the number of refugees has been rising again. for more on this now i'm just joined by the w.c. foreign policy editor. said our it's good to have you here this is the 1st time i think you've set a big table with me. what is the goal of course they hope his visit does it just want to look and see how the money's being spent well actually the goal is actually to strengthen the turkey migration deal. as you said civil affairs and turkey together with his colleague and at the beginning of the meeting as the who 1st said he was thankful for turkey's solidarity in the refugee issue and said they were ready to help turkey further. and the turkish interior minister on the other hand said they want to talk about the safe zone this is now

a proposal of president he wants to send syrian refugees to to the so-called safe zone in northern syria and of course this would mean more funding so what is e.u. ready to do are they ready to fund the e.u. turkey deal further that's the question or someone can also save mr erdogan trying to squeeze out more money from the e.u. in recent months we know that the number of refugees coming to the greek islands we've seen that number increase would you say that the e.u. turkey the migration deal is it just simply no longer working is that the problem well it's not working the way it used to of course we're not seeing these huge masses of refugees trying to cross over but at the same time just in september more than 10000 people have gone from turkey by sea to greece and of course this is a concern for a you of course it's a bigger concern for greece and they need to find a way to to deal with the solution of this increasing number turkey is blaming e.u.

for not sticking to its end of the deal for not paying the 6000000000 euros quick enough but is it true that. that money not been paid yes some part of it has been paid some part of it has been allocated but actually the real problem here in turkey wants this money to go directly to the turkish government but the money is going directly to to the projects so that's actually the main heck up yeah of course the money has been earmarked for a certain purpose let me ask you what you touched on earlier one wanted to send syrian refugees to these the safe zone i'm in northern syria is that realistic i mean how safe is that saves them going to be anyway well the safe zone is a very controversial issue turkey and u.s. agreed to create a safe zone but the details are still extremely vague so 1st that needs to be figured out and the other thing as well i think turkey is mostly worried about right now is the situation if it escalates there's going to be more than probably

half a 1000000 new refugees in turkey stores so e.u. and turkey they need to sit down together and talk of this i'm sure to be done that's for sure so those that are going to have you here thank you good to be here . well there is just a month to go until britain's scheduled departure from the european union but prime minister boards johnson's latest prices plan it's getting a frosty reception in brussels today european council president said that he's unconvinced by johnson's proposal european officials say they're especially concerned about the prospect of customs checks on the irish border johnson has defended his proposal in front of a skeptical british parliament take a look at this government's objective has always been to leave with a deal i'll be constructive and reasonable proposals show us seriousness of purpose they do not deliver everything we would have wished they do represent a compromise but to remain a prisoner of existing positions is to become

a cause of deadlock rather than break through and say we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm to reconcile the power to be irreconcilable and to go the extra mile as time runs short irreconcilable may be the operative word there to talk about this latest deal proposal i'm joined by quentin peel he is with the chatham house institute of international affairs good evening to you quentin so i mean it is it's a never ending story we've got this latest proposal from boris johnson and it appears that the european union is not going to take the bait what happens then. well i think the problem is this. he said see on the side of the democratic union especially from northern ireland where strength has moved clearly to the very ground which is much more. or nearer to

northern ireland but that's getting away from the european union once so well maybe gaining a little bit more like you are getting majority in parliament he's a shining new zinc belts on the other side from the 27 e.u. member states i'm from dublin and this is actually the opposite of what the former prime minister theresa may did right she got a deal with the european union that she couldn't sell to her own parliament. that's it and so between these 2. extremes if you like and i know that extreme everybody seems to think that there should be a durable deal in the middle ground but the trouble is that right and you've got the conservative party profoundly split still and the labor party is split and the problem i think it's hard is this that breaks it could turn predecessor britain

leaving the european union is fundamentally not compatible with the i wish peace process and having. less and that's what seems to be breaking down and do you feel quitting that politicians in the u.k. and in the e.u. are they being honest about this this may be just simply be an impossible situation . i think it is i think it's complicated that anybody was prepared to admit. the beginning and i don't think if you just let me go if we go you're going to try to should make bush politics to come up with a solution so i think there is dishonest but i think well is the jensen is starting to try to play the blame game of say it's going to be the better of the european union and to use this british parliament that have been able to

deliver a deal let me down and we will crush it all right quentin peel with chatham house as always when we appreciate your insights thank you this is g.w. news and these are our top stories germany's marking 29 years since east and west germany are reunited after decades of hostile cold war division speaking at the official celebrations in the city of kiel chancer under lemaire whole says more work is needed to achieve equal conditions between east and west. more people have died in iraq where security forces fired on demonstrators who defied curfews in baghdad and other cities at least 31 people have been killed in 3 days of clashes. a police employee stabbed 4 colleagues to death at police headquarters in paris today before another officer fatally shot him the rampage came a day after officers marched to protest the would pay long hours and rising suicide

rates. and the british prime minister boris johnson has presented his new bright superpose with the parliament he says it could prevent a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland after britain leaves the e.u. but the irish prime minister and key a new lawmakers say the proposal does not go far enough forwards this is g.w. news from berlin you can stay up to date with all the latest headlines at our website at www dot com. and before we go let's return to the top story germany celebrating the unification day the face of berlin has changed dramatically in the 3 decades since the wall that divided the city fell but one east berlin institution has survived pretty much unchanged clear sions bowl how is an old fashioned dance hall that is as popular as ever with people from both east and west . couples have danced through berlin history under this roof here in clear him spohn house swing night is just as popular now as it was 100

years ago. berlin might have lost some of its charm but you can rediscover it right here. now to glitter might be dripping off the walls but we've been coming here for 10 years now it's a berlin tradition i think it's a good one and maybe this article is one big family over the years you get to know each other everyone comes here and we love it. ziggy marquardt has been coming here regularly for 6 decades he lives in the west half of the city in the ball houses in the east even after the wall went up in 1961 he continued visiting the club despite border controls. that were studied with rocks and you have to cross the border at st if you've got a day pass and in the evening at midnight you have to be back again. today the dance club in the middle of berlin also boasts a restaurant and is popular with locals and tourists alike the. author

monte and keizo research the history of clear his ball house for years and interviewed many eyewitnesses who danced here when the g.d.r. still existed and berlin was divided into east and west. my country so what comes before today you can't even imagine that they built a wall through the middle of the city but this is a place where east and west germany met up and became close because music and dance and alcohol. all that brings people together. in her book mommy in keizer tells the story. in 1913 the brewer opened the ball house together with her husband to entertain berliners from all walks of life clear hints survive 2 world wars and the division of germany and hardly changed. but the neighborhood surrounding the club has

changed today it's an expensive residential and shopping area back then when berlin was divided ordinary people lived here it's far money to be a normal street with a lot of small shops with houses built in different times but recently things have changed a lot and quickly now a lot of yuppies have moved here the old shops have closed there are a lot of art galleries but luckily a location like clear hume's paul house still fits in nicely about what seemed to. snap. the ball house never fell victim to trends even after the berlin wall fell in 1909 visitors from east and west continued to dance together but in january things may change a new owner plans on renovating ziggy marquardt hopes that things will continue as usual afterwards. we just want to stay here and keep dancing to swing music like we used to like in grandma's time so to speak. claire his ball house takes its

visitors back in time to a bygone berlin dance still unites people here as it always has a clear hints. and we know it well i'll see you again at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the. good to.

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