this is d.w. news wife from berlin tonight remembering when the wall became just a wall in our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we'll take you to the world famous east side gallery where artists turned a symbol of division into a canvas for hopes and dreams also coming up tonight. on one of them like that it. in iraq protesters say that they are being shot adds with live bullets

it's a brutal crackdown as the battle of the bridges in baghdad continues and scientists declare a climate emergency as the u.s. begins leaving the paris climate agreement is an agreement that france and china say must be irreversible. i bring golf it's good to have you with us that november week when everything changed the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the night of november 9th 1989 east germany's communist regime reopened the border on that night the announcement meant that citizens could safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades it turned the hated and deadly border into just a wall this week as well as remembering the people who died trying to cross berlin

is also celebrating the freedom that followed for everyone. and our very own david leavitt's he is out in about in berlin among the festivities this week good evening to you david i can tell behind you you must be adds the east side gallery tonight. that's right and it's been turned into a kind of a screening show this is not just any movie it's a movie about the history of the berlin wall and what better place to see it than on a piece of the wall itself the east side gallery is the biggest and one of the only remaining parts of the berlin wall that are still standing and now where i'm standing today is not has not always been a place to watch movies if i had been here 30 years ago i could have been shot dead

by east german border guards just for being here now they would have been maybe in the towers as part of the wall complex or they could have been on patrol boats in the river behind me and where i am in this part of berlin the wall itself is not the border the border itself is in the middle of the river ship but they were you can see marks by these lit up blue poles and right here about 10 people died trying to cross from communist east berlin into what was known as free west berlin now if you look at the figures across east germany during the time of the berlin wall the number of people who tried to escape east germany and died during their attempt is over a 1000 some say it's around 1200 and most of those who died trying to escape were young men between the age of 18 and 25 now it's no wonder if you look at those figures that in 1809 when the border opened people came down to the berlin wall

with picks with hammers to take it down and there was there was a huge movement to take down the berlin wall and really the only reason that this stretch of the berlin wall 1300 meter stretch of it survived is down to the efforts of around $100.00 artists. the east time calorie was started in february $990.00. artists were invited to paint an original portion of the berlin wall back then the initiative was designed to help east german artists who had suddenly been left without an income but in those exciting days of the former communist state opening up artists came from all over the world. when berlin was divided it was common for people on the western side to draw graffiti on the wall but on the eastern side people approached at their peril the wall became more and

more fortified with heavily armed guards tripwires searchlights and lookout towers border guards were ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tried to escape and more than 100 people were killed trying to cross the border in berlin alone just a few months after those instruments of oppression what dismantled the east side gallery turned the symbol of terror into a canvas for free expression some of the artworks have become famous around the world because the gallery is exposed to the weather the images of her to be restored or even repainted several times today the east side gallery is a popular tourist destination. i'm very own david leavitt's he's there at the east side gallery david i remember being exactly where you are about 25 years ago as a reporter talking about berlin 5 years after the fall of the wall and now we've got 30 years after the fall of the wall talk to me a little bit about what it's like there now other than the fact that it's raining

and people are trying not to get wet. or you did notice that yeah it is raining pretty heavily but what i can tell you is despite that i'm seeing a lot of people here stopping with their umbrellas with their rain coats with their bikes and they are fascinated by the film that is playing behind me this is a film that takes you from the early days of the berlin wall from its construction what you're seeing now. all the way through to the popular movements that gave way to the peaceful revolution the end of the east german regime and what came out after the. east side gallery the berlin wall the stretch of the berlin wall that had been a symbol of division turning into a symbol of of unity and of berlin as an open and cosmopolitan city that it is today and even though it's dark and it's raining and people are running for shelter i really feel that you can you can feel history here even now 30 years

later yes i think that's a very good point it's impossible to escape it even if you are getting drenched our very own david love itself there braving the elements at eastside gallery david thank you. and all this week e.w. is bringing you special coverage on reports on events leading up to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago we'll also have live coverage of saturday's ceremonies and commemorations taking place at brandenburg gate we have you will join us then are here some of the other stories that are taking place and making headlines around the world british prime minister boris johnson has officially notified buckingham palace that the country. well go to the polls on december 12th the election campaign is likely to be dominated by bright said with 80 percent of voters telling pollsters their vote will depend on the party's attitudes towards that issue. leader kerry lamb has condemned a knife attack on a probate lawmaker that left him wounded hong kong politician juvies hope has been

a target of anti-government demonstrations over his alleged support for violence against protesters. leader and pro-democracy activists joe we see you tells you w.'s conflict zone that demonstrators need the older generation to step in and help stop the violence but i don't you stand up and say enough with the bodes well i believe one of the principal among the process is about mostly taking a no condemning any of our protests as even though. the level of followers they use ours seems to be like escalating and might be posing some homs to the others but the violence to go zone who can stop it who can order it to stop while i believe nobody can try to stop it. so it's out of control that if nobody can stop it less.

and less when the younger generations and together they're willing to stand the with together with the older generation for example like so far like student leaders together with some so they can lead us from the pro-democracy side when when these leaders try to stand up together and say now we have to do something peaceful and to stop the phallus i believe that might be a dumb might be a way to stop the felons. and you can see the full interview with joe we see you on conflict zone with jim sebastian that follows this news program. protesters in iraq are accusing security forces of firing live rounds at people who were blocking a bridge in the country's capital demonstrations against the government started early last month and since then more than $260.00 people have been killed thousands have been injured the military has called on people to stop blocking roads ports and oil refineries are saying it is costing the country billions of dollars.

gunfire ricochets around the streets of central baghdad. demonstrates is trying to take shelter as bullets rained down fired witnesses say by iraqi security forces. since tuesday anti-government protest is have been blocking a major bridge in the capital. police want them gone oh i didn't let the united nations see they use life bullets we're human beings protesting into minding our rights. are you in there with those who fail got severely beaten look at what they did to my leg and my hand they started shooting live ammunition at us. pretense have also broken out in on the parts of iraq in basra in the south of the country security

forces broke up an anti government sit in demonstration. more than 250 iraqis have lost their lives since the unrest began at the beginning of october when the the violence has been condemned by the international community. the secretary general says he is shocked by the death toll we have seen in recent days in iraq since the start of the demonstration but with night a sign prepared to back down chaos has returned to the streets of iraq. and my colleague peter dollars here now he's been monitoring the developments in iraq these are very graphic images that are circulating online now and it documents the violence that we're seeing against the testers as absolute right so i've been seeing a lot of the videos that they're watching a lot of the videos that's been circulating out there and there are simply too graphic to show here to give you an idea the one for instance shows smoke billowing

out of a protester said after. tear gas canisters launched in the school. human rights watchdog amnesty international has been looking into this trying to verify the claims they've been talking to witnesses in and medics to be treating the wounded and based on that embassy now says that it has strong evidence that iraq is security forces are using tear gas canisters basically as live rounds with the into kill or severely injured protesters you know rather than this person them and so we're talking about military great cancers that are about 10 times as have you stand it once but they're being fired at the same speed so that's 10 times in passion and you know the cat scan that we just just saw there just the clearly shows the damage that it can do it easily piers through people's goals and just yesterday so on tuesday the u.n. issued a similar scathing indictment of the iraqi government they said that security forces

have killed at least 97 people injured thousands in just the past 2 weeks at least 16 of those deaths in the according to u.n. were direct result of tear gas canisters and doctors in iraq say that the real numbers are much higher but they've been forced to not talk about it but it's hard to get the informational drive because the authorities now in iraq are trying to limit internet access so we really don't know what's going on do we know that's right and i mean this started out as a social media and as we've seen in many other countries where there have been a risings government blocking access to you know major platforms like facebook and twitter iceboat. before the show to a group called the tracks internet restrictions were net loss and they confirm that the iraqi government is now going one step further essentially shutting down the internet and much of the country that's been going on for about 2 days now and. this could or you know maybe even should be a cost for real concern is where he's seen plenty of places currently in hong kong

and lebanon in chile internet access is one of the most important weapons that protesters have these days lesson to mobilize to organize and more than that it allows them to broadcast potential violations that are committed so by cutting that cord to the outside world the iraqi government is essentially trying to shut down the movement shut down. the internet you shut down the movement that's exactly right peter though as always thank you well the chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart. have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the paris climate accord and they spoke today in beijing and president so that cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions is decisive this follows the trump administration beginning the formal process to withdraw all the united states from the paris agreement president she described the deal which was signed back in 2015 as irreversible.

and. over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment that i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china the european union and russia ratify the paris agreement to make a firm commitment to the isolated choice made by one or another country won't change the course of the world. for the course of the world has scientists around the world so worried that they have issued a joint call to action on climate change describing it as an emergency to many of us are living too well they say without taking note of what it's doing to the planet they warn we risk untold suffering if things do not change. to mitigate an impending climate emergency say the $11000.00 scientists research in 6

areas is critical 1st and foremost how we get our energy they've recommended higher taxes for carbon emissions dramatically curtailing the use of fossil fuels and massively extending renewable energy sources then there's the problem of short lived pollutants like sirte and hydrofluoric carbons reducing them could lower the short term warming trend by 50 percent they say. when it comes to nature they want to see forests reefs and grasslands restored as well as a halt to habitat and biodiversity loss. in our food supply animal products are a major problem not only do livestock contribute directly to emissions but growing food for them also takes valuable land they could be used for crops to feed the growing population. the scientists also take issue with economic growth the pursuit of affluence and wealth they say is a major factor driving climate change finally they also bring up the controversial

issue of human population growth which is currently exploding at a rate of $80000000.00 people a year the scientists say it needs to be stabilized if possible reduced. those are the most urgent steps that need taking says the statement but far from the only ones. over more i'm joined tonight by latif from the helmholtz center for ocean research in the german city of kiel mr latif has written multiple books he's an authority on climate change it's good to have you on the program these 11000 scientists are are warning us that we will suffer if we don't change and they're saying that we have to change the way we think about growth when it comes to population when it come come through our economies how realistic do you think it is can that paradigm change take place yes absolutely

and this is not really a new message we know all 70 decades that if we continue on that posse be produce mol mol greenhouse gases and emit them into the atmosphere dead the planet with coal in level. which we then to resecure ecosystems humorously endangered as one example of its weapons would be possible that all coral reefs all across the reefs die by 2030 if we don't cut c o 2 emissions come to that emissions immediately mr wise if you do you and other climate scientists you know you've been saying this for many years and i remember the 1st time i talked with he was 10 years ago you've done your work would you say that it's now time for political leaders and for citizens to take the next step if we really want to stop or mitigate climate change. yes absolutely because we are

on the wrong cost instead of cutting c o $2.00 emissions the c o 2 emissions rising and. this is exactly the opposite of what the i was a green men actually cecille the paris agreement says that we want to limit warming . and to degree says use relative to pre-industrial times ok but the up as you following it business as usual pots basically ignore all of the scientific knowledge and be doing this now for decades for a proximity 40 years and i think it's important. that the public know that there is a rarity great consensus among the scientists was white. global warming and unlimited global warming is a major sweat tool. the bias in general

a study published this week finds that even if we manage to cut carbon emissions to 0 by the year 2030 sea levels will continue to rise for at least a century you know we're hearing the data and the science is being revised constantly and it's usually revised you know and it looks worse than it did before do we really do you think we really know just how badly the situation is can we be aware of how bad it gets. well i think the climate problem is it's too abstract. for most people or to realize what. really means and. porton that me and hans i won't raise all communication i think we need to find new

ways of climate medication to translate the scientific knowledge into something. of the population and on the stand because. if there is no pressure from the civil society i don't think that should be political action taken. mr with the helmholtz center for ocean research in kyoto germany mr good to see you again we appreciate your time tonight thank you. changing weather patterns have already plunged southern africa into severe drought tens of millions of people are facing food shortages and wild animals are in grave danger. a once meant just stick animal reduced to this. this and if it was trying to get to an area known as the man at pools a water hole for wildlife here in north and zimbabwe instead it got stuck in the

drying months and later died of exhaustion. severe drought to tend the clay soil into a death trap. park officer munir at sea says he prays every morning for rain but it simply doesn't come the water levels more than most bins in this. community. so it's great to be always with him if that is still true if you were here today to see the sisters in the field of this move the city. water sources all but dried up here and animals can't find enough food either park authorities say they've been forced to abandon their usual policy of nonintervention we come up with the food was touted now we are similar to supplement their feeding off and worse they do the flood plain because if which used to be there.

it's. because of rain in the city and winded in this country so. we are seeing we need to sort of maintain population sees the plight of these animals is having a knock on effect on nearby villages earlier this year zimbabwe's government declared a national disaster after the drought damaged harvests now hungry wild animals have been attacking livestock and crops in areas where food was already in dangerously short supply. officials here say climate change is hitting zimbabwe hot its altered weather patterns might now there's little sign of fresh spines. oh this is g.w. news in these are our top stories chinese president xi jinping and french president emmanuel macron have reaffirmed their commitment to the paris climate accord their

statement in beijing came one day after the u.s. formally began its withdrawal from the agreement which is designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions. britain's parliament has been formally dissolved the head of a snap election on december 12th british prime minister boris johnson met with queen elizabeth to mark the official start of the campaign which is likely to be dominated by britain's withdrawal from the european union. police and protesters have clashed in the chilean capitals on thiago again after the president's a bust in piniella. stepping down mass demonstrations over economic inequality have rocked the country for more than 2 weeks. scientists have confirmed that the space probe voyager 2 has escaped the sun's influence entirely and entered true interstellar space the probe is now almost 18000000000

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what makes the back. spine to spirit to excel how hard to all 5. mark argument starts nov 14th w. . so you're saying that people use violence you know out of control well i don't believe they're out of control nobody forces you to break the law or do their government so i think it's probably kongs pro-democracy movement imagined it had unqualified support of the international community it had better think again the british government has slammed what it called a hard core of demonstrators warning the violence was unacceptable and had to stop i guess this week here in berlin is joey sue a pro-democracy activist and spokes person for a number of student unions in hong kong.