ok. this is p.w. news live from berlin chile's president moves to increase the minimum wage in a bid to quell the country's worst unrest in decades that's as police use water cannons and tear gas on protesters in the capital santiago also coming up to come up with that. in iraq protesters say security forces are shooting at them with live bullets it's a brutal crackdown on baghdad the battle of the bridges. and in our special

coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we'll take you to the colorful east side gallery where artists turned a symbol of division into a canvas for hopes and dreams for. i'm told me a lot of both thanks for joining us chile's president sebastian pinera says he has asked parliament to raise the minimum wage by around 15 percent in a further attempt to end the country's worst unrest in decades the president also says that police accused of human rights abuses will be prosecuted with the same force as rioters and looters for weeks now the south american country has been rocked by protests against inequality. and as the w.'s nicole for the in the chilean capital has found out this is grown into a social movement who support base is a lot larger than those who turn up at rallies. it's another day of protests in

santiago but any ball isn't going he lives only a stone's throw away from plus the epicenter of the country's mass demonstrations but a couple of weeks ago he kicked off a different kind of mobilization a neighborhood gathering known as. we didn't think anyone would come and we were a bit pessimistic. but the turnout exceeded all or expectations. so we sat down and analyze what had happened and what we hope the chile of the 21st century would look like. but i don't know if. the meeting soon grew too big for the park so today the neighbors are meeting at a local hostel some 80 people from all walks of life. this type of forum is not a new invention in latin america the open could build ode dates back to colonial

times as a communal gathering in response to emergencies or disasters and standing together in the face of adversity is still very much the essence of the could build are today. if we want a better future as much of a cliche as that might be we can't just think about ourselves we can't fall back into individualists him. we have to take care of each other this is bigger than ourselves for the builders are emerging all across these days but his grassroots assemblies they all have a common weakness in. the big problem with the company is that they generate hope and that they lead people to think they are determining their own destiny. but really they're only providing a platform for desires that can be taken into account but might as well not be and that's a problem. but at this could build you in santiago nobody wants to believe that they're just dreaming up their own version of utopia broken up in small task forces

they draft a road map for their future work in order to make any of this happen the neighbors will have to get the government to listen how they'll go about that will certainly be worth a discussion during the next. correspondent nic joins us now from santiago chile. are people going to these kinds of local democratic meetings because they're now too scared to take to the streets. oh not at all this is for them the next step it's taking the movement to another level a lot of the people who were at this can build oh do go to the protest marches in the streets so this is more of a complimentary action of civil disobedience so to say they go out to the streets to make their discomfort or money heard and then among themselves they sit down and work out ways to to build a better country the government has picked up on this by the way and is now setting

up their own citizens assemblies but oddly enough some of the people i talked to at this build oh said that they're not ready yet to sit down with the government they 1st want to want to figure out what their demands are they want to build a strong community and then go and present these demands to the government when they're ready for it ok so what's been happening in santiago today. unsurprisingly more protests but today instead of bluff which is the most emblematic spot we've been seeing these these protests taken part. we have seen a lot of protests in the financial district which you can see right behind me a lot of people on social media were complaining about how plus they tell you were turning into a sort of carnival how the message was getting lost among all the unrest we were

seeing so they wanted to hit the government where it hurts them the hardest or the worst in the economy so they went to the financial district and took their demonstrations there today and actually brought the neoliberal heart of the country as they called it to a standstill malls had to close down had to be evacuated and the traffic collapsed so it was effective in a way that they were they were seeking it to cause effect and this will most probably not be the last time we see them protesting their. president sebastian pinera has made this latest concession to the protesters an increase in the minimum wage will that make these people any more likely to go home. not really for many it's too little too late he's been making these small concessions he's also been on a sort of charm offensive visiting victims of police brutality in the hospital

giving lots of interviews but to many people here this is a tiny band-aid on a gaping wound they want structural changes in the country they want a new constitution they want to government that cares more for their their own wellbeing and not as much about the economy so this increase in the minimum wage which by the way is is only about 60 euros is surely not going to to make the cut and keep these people from going out to the street and protesting. in santiago chile thanks protestors in iraq or accusing security forces of firing live rounds of people who are blocking a bridge in the country's capital demonstrations against the government started early last month since then more than 260 people have been killed and thousands injured the military has called on people to stop blocking roads ports and oil refineries saying it's costing the country billions of dollars.

gunfire ricochets around the streets of central baghdad. demonstrators trying to take shelter as bullets rained down fired witnesses say by iraqi security forces. since tuesday anti-government protesters have been blocking a major bridge in the capital. police want them gone oh if you're in the united nations see they use life bullets we're human beings protesting and demanding our rights. or you know those who fail got severely beaten look at what they did to my leg and my hand they started shooting live ammunition at us. per chance of also broken out in on the parts of iraq in balance right 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 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 nye the science prepared to back down chaos has returned to the streets of iraq. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of women have marched in the lebanese capital beirut demanding that the whole government resign protesters lit candles and banged pots and pans outside the government's headquarters a wave of demonstrations has forced the prime minister to step down

a replacement has not been nominated yet. gunmen in book enough aso have attacked a convoy of a canadian gold mining company killing at least 37 people the buses were transporting employees of the same muffle company in the east of the country and were being escorted by military personnel. lifton's a has counseled 1300 flights of thursday and friday a factor affecting around 180000 passengers the measure comes as the result of a 2 day cabin crew strike over pay and conditions the industrial action will mainly affect flights leaving from germany. disturbed the weather patterns have delivered above average rainfall and record flooding across east africa more than a 1000000 people across several countries are affected many in south sudan there a civil war had already left devastation now the rains are making things worse and

they may not ease off for weeks. water to the horizon entire villages have been submerged aid workers say they're among the worst floods in the areas history south sudan has declared a state of emergency. rising waters have pushed out more than 400000 people but not everyone can leave easily. though this is so hard for disabled people like me that everyone is trying to save themselves 1st you are going to know. whether or not all of the water is getting deeper every day and i can't crawl in it. we need help to improve the situation here. for the u.n. and aid groups providing relief in south sudan poses a huge challenge a brutal civil war has already worn down the country's infrastructure and health

system and as waters rise so does the risk of disease. the situation is so bad that now we're living with dead animals waste and garbage all submerged under the water where afraid of catching diseases and getting hurt we need help people are hungry all our supplies have gone with the water we are appealing for urgent support we need tents food and places to sleep. east africa is no stranger to cycles of drought and floods but experts say climate change is making oceans warmer and weather extremes worse the indian ocean which sends rains to east africa is unusually warm right now that means up to another 6 weeks of heavy rain for a region already under water. the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the night of november 9th 1989 these journeys communist regime reopen the border the announcement allowed its citizens to safely

cross to the west for the 1st time in 30 years it turned the hated and deadly border into just a broken relic this week as well as remembering the people who died trying to cross the city is also celebrating the freedoms that followed. david leavitt's reports now from one of the last remaining sections of the berlin wall almost 30 years after the berlin wall came down this projection of the walls construction is part of the commemoration of that anniversary here in the german capital now i'm not just standing in front of any projection screen this is actually part of the berlin wall it's part of the few remaining pieces of the berlin wall actually it's the biggest part it's not as the east side gallery 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 were dismantled the east side gallery turns the symbol of terror into a canvas for free expression some of the artists have become famous around the world because the gallery is exposed to the elements the images have had to be restored or even repainted several times today the east side gallery is a tourist destination that attracts $3000000.00 visitors

a year. 30 years after the fall of this wall that separated friends and family from each other this remaining piece of the berlin wall has come to symbolize a new cosmopolitan berlin of unity. up next a day. synagogue you can get all the latest news from our website. thanks for watching. it's all happening today. news from africa the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions anyone who has come to the ticking program night from funny to meet the news it's easy to our website to depute it comes to africa join us on facebook w africa.