you. claim. to play. this is d.w. news live from berlin marking the fall of the wall here in berlin celebrations have begun to commemorate 30 years since the wall came down paving the way for german reunification also coming up. thousands take to the streets of the chilean capital santiago as protest against inequality in the country continues plus. people have been living here for millennia but now they have to pack their bags a controversial dam plug in turkey will flood their town on its historical sites to

generate electricity. place. i'm told me all oddball thanks for joining us. germany has started a week of celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th of november 1989 a few days earlier hundreds of thousands of east germans had gathered at butlins famous alexanderplatz for an unprecedented demonstration calling for freedom of expression and democracy has more. history flashing before their eyes as thousands returned to berlin cyclonic alexander plot to mark the moment that would help change the city in the country forever nov 4th 1989 more than half a 1000000 protesters descended on the square in what would become the largest

demonstration in the history of east germany led by some of its most prominent intellectuals they rose up to demand more freedoms from the oppressive regime. it's as if someone has pushed open the window. years of intellectual economic and political stagnation. if they can only years reeking of apathy 2 years of double speak and bureaucratic despotism was still cut off if. the communist regime had rapidly and publicly lost all support but even then no one predicted that just 5 days later the berlin wall would fall. this week this period of the peaceful revolution once more lighting up the city like this giant wave of colorful streamers said brandenburg gate carrying messages of hope for the future written by germans. over the

coming days the city will celebrate the anniversary with more than $200.00 events exhibitions and art words culminating with the ceremony at the berlin wall memorial on saturday. and all this week we'll be bringing you special coverage and reports of the events which led to the fall of the glynn wall 30 years ago right here on. now with a year to go to the u.s. elections it's still unclear which way the country will vote president donald trump is under the weight of an impeachment inquiry while his opponents the democrats still divided over which candidate to pick richland county in wisconsin could give a clearer picture since 1980 the county has always voted for the winning presidential candidate correspondent all of a salad traveled to this swing district to have a feel of the mood there feeding time for dairy farmer mark stalls and his

calves like most people in richland county stoltz voted for president trump in 2016 but twice for barack obama in the elections before this time he says the political mood is anything but clear. we tend to we tend to like trust more than most people i don't i we don't talk a whole lot about it but it can get very testy very quickly even within our family i'm going to give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give me even though you voted for trump in the last election marks told skiers of old key democratic issues like health care and climate change he also wants an end to the president's trade more as his farmers like him particularly hard he says so that that's hurt we don't have a good place to ship malchen way products and cheese and you know right now in the markets got a lot of milk and cheese on it and americans are drinking less milk wisconsin lost

over $600.00 dairy farms in the last year. richland center with its 5000 citizens is the largest town in richland county a bellwether for the presidential election since 1980 the majority here has always voted for the winning candidate. richland county is traditionally a republican county. do we always vote that way you know i wouldn't vote for a i don't like him i think he i think if he keep his mouth shut if they offer twitter he would be fine i think it's with all the impeachment so it's going to be very noisy and interesting for the next year but if i was betting today i would bet he'll get elected again at the local newspaper editor dawn key 1st says left and right wing supporters in the county are fighting for the public's attention she is often criticized for printing opinion letters that are too critical of president trump. i suggest to those persons they ought to write letters their their

own selves expressing their beliefs but most of those people declined and they don't explain why not i suspect they don't want their name in the paper. dairy farmer marks told says the decisive factor for him will be who the democratic contender is if the candidate is too progressive he might stick with donald trump even if that means more suffering for him and the farmers of richland county. now let's dig deeper into this with our washington correspondent pablo foley. problem the president is ever tweeting has he put off voters. i don't think so and in fact signs are that there could actually in fact be a surge in voter turnout in 2020 in fact it could even be the highest in decades

and the last time around the percentage of voters who took part in the 2016 election was less than 60 percent that president presidency has really divided the nation and that's led to a belief amongst political analysts voters in fact will be out in force to make sure their candidate whether that be president trying for the republicans and whoever the democrats choose that wins that election now there or are also other indicators such as the number of people claiming to be keeping an eye on the campaign for 2020 that's up also the number of small donations to candidates also oak and also viewership figures of cable network networks that's also increasing so the figures basically as well for the midterms also were the highest in over 100 years so it looks like all the indicators are pointing to one thing which is in fact that voters are going to come out in greater numbers 2016 you mentioned the

democrats and the choice of candidate what's that race looking like and who is it looking like that will run for the democrats. well it's a very tight race indeed now there are we can just wave to the 3 main candidates former vice president joe biden elizabeth warren then senator from massachusetts and then bernie sanders who at has also ag got a very strong and loyal base now paul polls are indicating that biden in fact that will win the race but also a significant percentage of democrats have said in polling that's being carried out that they've actually changed their mind and their preference for the candidate so it's really all up in the air now the key for democrats is that their candidates and donald trump so also we need to note that in fact it's one year to go and a lot can change in one year with regards to who democrats are going to choose as

their candidates that was de doubly correspondent publicly areas in washington d.c. now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey says it has captured the sister of the dead islamic state leader. awad was caught in a raid as a turkish controlled syrian town near the border a brother had blown himself up last month during an american special forces raid on his compound. police in the chilean capital santiago have used tear gas and water cannons against protesters rallying over education health services and growing economic inequality monday's demonstration marks the beginning of a 3rd week of mass protests. in the u.s. and narrow escape for a passenger who accidentally fell onto a rail track in oakland california surveillance footage from the subway shows the fall and then a transport work quickly pulling the man back onto the platform just as the train

was approaching the station. police in vietnam say they've arrested 8 more suspects in connection with the deaths of $39.00 vietnamese citizens found in a refrigerated truck in southeast england last month the suspects are accused of organizing people smuggling overseas british police have charged 2 men with manslaughter over the deaths. in iraq at least 5 people have been killed in the capital baghdad after security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters thousands of iraqis have been taking part in the country's largest protest wave in decades fueled by anger over corruption high unemployment and poor public services earlier in the day funerals were held for 2 protesters killed in karbala over the weekend. the mass funeral soon became a raging protests. that we love and so we will sacrifice for you they chanted on

the streets of kabbalah this man die they're going to avenge train men who died of the way can during clashes with pro-government militia in the she got only see the . then the shaded but our son is a hero he was carrying only theoretically flood nothing else but the brazen militias attacked us and killed us they had to shut us up. and in the capital baghdad they rallied to remember those victims to demonstrate is surging out of their protest camp on top 3 square and towards the heavily guarded bridges leading into the government district the paper bracing for further violence they've seen so much of it in recent wakes you know what happened yesterday and young man went up to the bridge and a sound one to 10 and they had his entire had to accept it i love people in montana from i know about peaceful protest in addition to the motus and soon sickeningly familiar scenes were playing out in baghdad. security forces deploying water cannons and tear gas. and then once more firing live rounds into the crowd there i

to push demonstrators back away from government ministries in the cities fortified green zone my now that's the legal i think it's what they're using a pepsi and bandages it would like to thank the volunteers who are getting as protective vests helmets and gloves we just need to keep protesting with the law and it seems demonstrators it is. term and just fly on the straits no matter whether the government responds to them with a carrot or clenched fist. heavy clashes continued into the night in baghdad more blood spilt in the country the decision little pace for decades. now to turkey well authorities have recently started work on a controversial dam project to generate electricity for the country's south east that has been built on the tigris river causing waters to rise and eventually flood a huge area thousands of people living in the region have been forced to resettle

and dozens of towns villages and historical sites are expected to disappear soon among them is the town of hazen cave one of the oldest human settlements in the world. people have lived in haasan cave for thousands of years now the ancient town is being demolished building by building. concrete platforms have been set under the centuries old mosque soon the entire structure will be moved to higher ground before the entire area is flooded. the chiggers river has been rising for weeks several restaurants on the river's edge have already closed some 90 kilometers downstream the elusive dam has stopped the rivers flow to form a huge manmade lake that will submerge an area that humans settled millennia ago thousands of people will lose land and homes in the once bustling street where tourists used to shop merchants are now loading up their wares. this year bob

shaking of course it hurts to have such a stored place if only they'd been able to save us from care if we want to but the states did hit. a few kilometers to the north a new city is taking shape there haasan kids mostly kurdish inhabitants can purchase subsidized housing ankara is also preparing a site for historic structures in the hope that tourists will still come to new haasan cave when it stands on the edge of the new lake but the residents of hasankeyf are skeptical that anyone will come to their town when its ancient attractions lie deep below water. and don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from google play all from the op store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the d.w.

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