this is d.w. news live from berlin the nation commemorates the upheaval that changed the world order germany is 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 the same space also coming up a key witness in the impeachment inquiry against donald trump revises his testimony u.s. ambassador to europe gordon song london confirms a deal was withheld until ukraine investigated trumps rival. and

the indian capital of delhi is gasping for breath quite literally small that is choking the millions of residents there so much so that a public health emergency remains in place in fact many now say delhi is not livable. i'm told me all id all welcome to the program. the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the 9th of november 9th 1909 east germany's communist regime opened the border that separated from west germany the announcement allowed its citizens to safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades until then crossing 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 family were finally able to reunite without paving the way for the 2 geminis to do the same in less than a year and one of the central point spots for change was the 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 similarly 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 get similar church was allowed to continue one of the most anticipated events of the can. memory sions here in berlin is a concert here at the good cement of 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 30 years ago 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 trump administration withheld nearly $400000000.00 in american aid while pressuring ukraine to investigate president donald trump's political rivals someone testified in the impeachment inquiry on tuesday 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 aid i presume that the a suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent pablo fully elyas and also what this means for the inquiry and for

president trump. well it's a blow to president bill the one this time coming from the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunderland who now remembers telling an aide to the ukrainian president devoted to me that selenski. warsaw meeting in september along with the u.s. vice president mike pence that u.s. military aid to ukraine would likely not occur until ukraine and an investigation into corruption as part of this investigation included allegations against the son of the former vice president and possible democratic presidential nominee for next year's 2020 at election here in the u.s. joe biden. testified on october 17th to 3 house committees and it lasted around 10 hours you can imagine the level of detail in his deposition now

it transpires that the week after his deposition he returned with his lawyers to capitol hill here in washington to review what he had said so as you can imagine their reaction to this news has created quite a stir among democrats in particular and president meanwhile is still claiming that the inquiry is illegitimate and the republicans that are standing behind them the majority are standing behind them have been calling it that this is a very fast moving story and you know it's going to be a very busy few weeks in this ongoing impeachment inquiry into president trump. i was doubly correspondent publicly areas in washington d.c. i've been described as i burning for weeks the thick blanket of smog has been choking millions of residents in delhi india's capital the air pollution crisis is

increasing pressure on the government to act a public public health emergency remains in place as delhi residents now say the city is not livable. it's what it looks like when there turns to port. india's biggest city trout it in the house or to shade. for days new delhi's 20000000 residents have been gasping through the worst mark in years a tall order in a city already notorious for being one of the world's most polluted. with pollution levels up to 10 times worse than what's considered healthy hospitals have been filling up fast. and i have some problems breathing as well. to many here it feels like groundhog day. every fall of blanket of smoke threatens to smother the city a pharmacy nearby regions fern left over crops to prepare for the sowing season.

pollution crisis is piling pressure on the government. need not read their central government's responsibility or the state government's responsibility it's a collective failure it's a collective responsibility and they all knew it sat. in an attempt to lift the suffocating clouds the city government last week declared a public health emergency. in the day since schools have been ordered closed flights have been diverted due to poor visibility. at a popular market on tuesday officials haven't said yet if any people were injured in the fire or commented on the cause of the blaze. thousands of people marched to the bolivian capital of pas to protest the reelection of president evo morales they claim that elections held on october 20 were rigged supporters of morale is also held their own demonstration. police and protesters have again clashed in the

chilean capital santiago after president sebastian pinera ruled out stepping down mass demonstrations over economic inequality of rocks for the past 3 weeks and calls for panetta to resign have grown louder at least 18 people have died since the protests broke out. in venezuela hyper inflation is a leading factor that is crippling the economy this month nicolas maduro government announced an increase in the minimum wage for the 6th time since to change the currency last year but that's still only equivalent to a few u.s. dollars per month despite these measures venezuela has not been able to overcome its economic crisis and it seems even making it worse in this report we explore what you can buy in venezuela with this new minimum monthly income. it's supposed to give venezuelans more purchasing power the latest hike in the minimum wage means workers will receive $150000.00 in cash they also get another $150000.00 in

food stamps each month sounds like a lot to me but what can you actually buy with it. viz 3 bottles of water and 2 bread rolls cost more than a quarter of the monthly wage. 300000 is not enough to buy anything with when you factor in transportation food bills and recreational activities you just don't have enough. of a. good look at that particular beef costs $60000.00 bodies and a bus ticket now costs 2000 everything is way too expensive and the minimum wage is not enough. when i don't know about an hour. i went shopping in caracas to put the new minimum wage to the test myself i bought some groceries 417-0000. that's more than the minimum wage for just a few items but i still have most of the food stamps left so i bought some onions.

from 3 national. cheese. i bought 18 eggs 440000. and there was just enough left to buy a drink. if i'm frugal i can make these groceries last for me for a month but for a family that's not very much and i'm not including a lot of protein in these groceries nor personal hygiene products and for an overall it's not very much. with the minimum wage and food stamps i was able to buy 18 eggs 3 plantings a kilo passionfruit a kilo of onions half a kilo of cheese some coffee milk for flour and sugar. now to one of the most difficult problems facing europe the large number of refugees arriving on its shoals 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 this report comes from the island of costs. they had to improvise or face a night sleeping out in the open the. refugee arrivals and coast in recent weeks have overwhelm the system now as many as 6000 asylum seekers are on the island most living in inhumane conditions. they had a problem. seek problem that a problem had life very difficult. the 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. will let up on what they many of them have serious health problems that we can't deal with here this is just one doctor for everybody but a lot of the 3 years now no volunteer organization has been able to afford to offer medical help really get to. 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. now to sports and champions league football wednesday night was a good one for german teams dortmund conceded 2 goals against inter milan but they were down but not out staging a comeback to win 32 the final score and earlier lives and beat russian side senate in st petersburg 2 nil go down will open the scoring at the end of the 1st half

then masa net had another in the 63rd minute with the win leipzig cement their place at the top of group g. . don't forget you can get all the latest news and information are around the clock on our website that's called i'm told me a lot of well in berlin thanks for watching. the most. influential of the famous naturalist and explorer. to sing the praises clicks on the phone while its 250th birthday were remarking on a 4 huge discovery. expedition.