this is d.w. news live from berlin the nation commemorates the upheaval that changed the world order germany's marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall a week of celebrations is underway here in the capital we'll take you to the church where prayers and plans for a peaceful revolution shared at the same space. a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against donald trump revises his testimony u.s. ambassador to europe gordon sunland confirms aid was withheld unless you krane investigated trump travel. and in search of her husband what it means if you're

married to a human rights activist who disappeared in china. i'm told me all laddie oh thanks for joining us. the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the 9th of november 1909 east germany's communist regime opened the border that separated it from the west of germany the announcement allowed its citizens to cross safely to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades until then crossing you without permission often meant a daring run for it and was often fatal hundreds of people were killed trying to escape the country but after the berlin wall fell friends and families were finally able to reunite without fear paving the way for the 2 geminis to do the same in

less than a year and one of the central spots to change was a berlin church. 30 years ago a wind of change was blowing through east germany in just 4 more days the berlin wall would fall although no one knew that yet and this church in what was communist east berlin figured similar church helped pave the way for that peaceful revolution . in october of 1989 the good salmon a church became the center of the revolution communist east germany was celebrating its 40th anniversary and there was still rousing applause for the country's leaders but at the same time the streets were slowly filling up with protesters. east german police and members of the country's notorious intelligence service brutally beat the demonstrators on this night thousands some of them wounded fled into the safety of the church there were fears that the church would be stormed but the

police didn't intervene the entire situation in the eastern bloc was shifting under michel gorbachev moscow was no longer willing to back the use of force against demonstrators the protest movement based in the gets him in a church was allowed to continue one of the most anticipated events of the commemorations here in berlin as a concert here at the good feminine church by punk rock icon patti smith now exactly 30 years ago there was a very different concert here in the church beethoven's 3rd symphony and that concert ended with a spontaneous march through the streets after the orchestra conductor got up and said the wall has got to go 4 days later to everyone's surprise that's exactly what happened and all this week will bring you special coverage and reports on the fall of the berlin wall. the biggest party is taking place on saturday at the brandenburg gate in the center of the german capital will be joining the

celebrations and broadcasting live throughout the day. the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunland said he knew that the trumpet ministration withheld nearly $400000000.00 in a in american aid while pressuring ukraine to investigate president donald trump's political rivals sunderland testified in the impeachment inquiry on choose day in a reversal of his initial testimony he said that by the beginning of september quote in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of the aid i presumed that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement. washington correspondent for the area is following the inquiry and really the whole story for us. the testimony of the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. was quite a shock wasn't it. i don't mean it was a shock in the there's been many shocks but this was such

a drastic change from the u.s. ambassador to the u. gordon them and to basically some of what he's saying is that he remembers in fact having an aide to the ukrainian president both of them made selenski in september at a war so meeting in which u.s. vice president vice pence was there that u.s. military i do you pray and would likely not occur on till ukraine and that is an investigation into corruption which also included allegations against the son of the former vice president and also one of the possible democratic presidential candidates for the presidency and the democratic party joe biden that's old and testified in finding a lot of monks oct 17th to be precise to 3 house committees and it was pointed a long deposition that lasted around 10 hours you can imagine the level of detail that we're talking about to that's were causing a lot of shock because now i would transpires that the week after his deposition he

returns with his lawyer to capitol hill here in washington and he basically reviewed what he originally said and he sort of updated what he said. to basically summarize so as you can imagine tell me different reaction to this news from both the democrats and quite a stir from the republicans had been. shot and then there was more bad news for president trump. well overall this is a good news for president trump but you know it's important to point out that a century the chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff had said that you know the transcripts that of these that closed door hearings that have been taking place in recent weeks are going to be released so the american public actually reviews them themselves that the transcripts of them have also been relayed from kurt volker now you might remember that name given the special envoy do you pray and i'm told so very bad news ever present little bits of public airing could begin as soon as there is next week and we also need to point that the

president told you didn't build the laming that this inquiry is in fact illegitimate and that you know supporters within the republicans and republican party are being told to get a shot but not all republicans. being that vote will be able to say and obviously many democrats are saying that this inquiry need to take place so it's not very comfortable time for president. so how will the impeachment process then go on what as a setback we're going to be hearing essentially from public airing this they're going to begin as soon as next week so you know. these transcripts like of mentioned being that released you know just a lot of information which i don't think what we've heard today is going to be the last of it which is going to cause that. plenty of conversations so we're going to be seeing these public airing taking place which will obviously be very

uncomfortable for the administration in the white house on that particular for president trump so you know it's a fast moving story every day there's new information coming out so we can only imagine what will be happening in the next days and weeks. that pablo fully i guess in washington thank you. to some of the other stories making news around the world. at least 3 women and 6 children have been killed in an ambush while traveling through a remote part of northern mexico the victims held both u.s. and mexican citizenship and well mormons officials say the group was probably targeted accidentally during fighting between criminal gangs. or yemen's internationally recognized government has signed a pot sharing deal with a southern separatist group the southern transitional council have been battling for control of the city of aden despite fighting with the government against the

country's the rebels the deal to end months of infighting in the south. at least 4 people were killed when security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in iraq's southern province of basra this comes a day after 5 people were reported dead in protests in the country's capital baghdad as they called for sweeping political change. firefighters in lagos nigeria are battling a fire at a popular market shopkeepers have been throwing goods from upper floors and trying to battle the flames while fire engines struggled to reach to the scene. now to one of the most difficult problems facing europe the large number of refugees arriving on its shores in search of a better life many migrants are finding conditions no easier than those they left behind refugee camps on the greek islands near the turkish coast a dangerously overcrowded the report comes from the island of kos. they had to

improvise or face a night sleeping out in the open there. is a whole. refugee arrivals in coast in recent weeks have overwhelmed the system now as many as 6000 asylum seekers are on the island most living in inhumane conditions . yet a problem for the 8 sikh problem that a problem here life very difficult. a new camp is steadily growing outside the official reception facilities the island community has asked athens and the european union for help the situation is dire on islands across the aegean sea and is likely to worsen. volunteer aid workers fear that some migrants won't survive the winter unless things change. that up initial let up will be unlikely many of them have serious health problems that we can't deal with here this is just one doctor for everybody but it's 3 years now no volunteer organization has been able

to afford to offer medical help. only. the official reception area must provide for nearly 4 times as many people as it was designed for everyone here hopes the asylum seekers will quickly be resettled in better conditions on the greek mainland. where is you when shang that's a question his wife is desperate to find the answer to the human rights lawyer was detained almost 2 years ago by chinese authorities and they've said little sense now hughes wife is on a quest to locate her husband and challenge his detention despite the hurdles involved. sure jaan is on a mission crisscrossing china on trains. well it's a little bit confronting a system shrouded in secrecy i still don't know where my husband is or his situation. in pursuit of justice and answers for 680 days her husband you

when sharing a human rights lawyer has been behind bars where exactly and for how long only those in power know that yes i feel helpless very disappointed and feeling like there is nothing i can do i also feel disappointed as they don't do things according to the law. but as i see these things in my heart i will never give up i will continue. here. for months she's been making the long trip to shoot you city detention center where she believes her husband is being held. inside she clings to hope and a bag of warm clothes for the long winter ahead in the end there is no confirmation you is even here. the un shang i know is a good lawyer he was only practicing his rights and using his freedom of speech.

this shouldn't happen to him and it's very unfair on my family. that's. why i'm here for flanked by use lawyers she heads next to the district court to demand information use case was heritier in secret please give short shrift to her desperate plight patience is running thin the mission my body is extremely tired going from beijing to is very far often i leave beijing in the morning at 5 am and it's not even light of 5 sometimes it's raining sometimes it's snowing it's already been 2 years i'm extremely tired tired to the point where i get sick natives and. eventually they resolved to file a complaint about used treatment the little expectation that it will make a difference another day in a cafeteria system seemingly designed to opt to skate on 1st street in

champions league football a good night on the pitch for german teams one conceded 2 goals against italy's inter milan they were down but not out staging a comeback to win 32 the final score a day early alive stage beat russian side senate in petersburg 2 nil to go down the open the scoring at the end of the 1st half then muscles netted another in the 63rd minute with the women's lives and cement their place at the top of group j. . and in rugby after the triumph at the world cup the springboks of south africa will welcome by a sea of supporters at the airport in johannesburg on choose day thousands filled the airport to greet the boks who are returning home after they defeated england 3212 to win the world cup on saturday in japan smiles all round the hero's welcome .

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