thank you. this is judy opinions come to you live from berlin as germany progressed to celebrate 20 years since the fall of the bulletin board foreign dignitaries are gathering to help mark the occasion u.s. secretary of state might be or has been meeting american troops in southern germany graham sound served as an army officer during the cold war. also coming up in germany's defense minister wants the country's military to take on more

responsibility internationally she also says it's time for germany to be more robust about representing its own interests. and chillies in the battles president moves to increase the minimum wage but will it be enough to quell the country's worst undressed in decades. plus we go to cameroon for a look at people making movies in a country where no one goes to the cinema. hadn't a very warm welcome to you i'm under cheema good to have your company jelly celebrate the parody the anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and the u.s. secretary of state mike below is visiting the country to join in he served as an army officer in germany during the cold war period met u.s. troops at a minute. training camp for 4000 u.s.

soldiers and their nato partners in bavaria after that he visited the form of border village of reuters the german foreign minister. the village was divided by a war during the cold war giving it the nickname little lamb then went to underly decision where mass protests started that which led to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago. visit is my colleague a multinational she's standing by in how to welcome marina tell us more about tom cruise a visit. now he has a personal connection with this place tell us more. now right very hard to pronounce 4 or 9 servants i guess all right you've said it before is a very very small place but it was also a very famous place in germany because it was divided between east and west and for

my compare this journey to berlin is also a very emotional journey back in time because he used to be a u.s. soldier he was based in bavaria in a very small town and he also likes telling that back then he patrols the iron curtain and he likes telling that story so for him this is also a journey back in the eighty's and to us bilateral relations learning that aren't as close as being used to be so what are the expectations of pomp is a visit to germany. well since president trump took office and 2017th. the situation of that relations between the u.s. and germany have gotten a little complicated to put it mildly. german defense minister and include come calabar recently said that the friendship between germany and the us is still very deep and is still very important but there is a long list of issues just to name

a few of them yes once germany to spend more into france to fulfill the requirements of nato the u.s. also opposes the north stream to a russian german project and the terror of precedents is threatening with could hit the chairman car industry very heart and yet the list goes on the point below isn't live fish where you are what is on the shelf for the day. behind me you can see the city's old man hall and this is where my compare and german foreign minister. will give a try and press conference later this afternoon and at the moment they're meeting we're still right activists in life they actually live sick used to be a very important city for the civil rights movement and 989 some civil rights activists here helped down the wall and they also go to nikolai

which was the place where these demonstrators back then mats and later on pump and we'll go to how they are which a city close by here in your life this is where in early october a man tried to attack a synagogue and he didn't actually didn't succeed but he killed 2 people on the street and pompeo will commemorate this victims right so this visit to a large fish has highly symbolic overtones and. in life is thank you very much for your reporting from there. the fell abrasions to mark the fall of the world 30 years ago are growing across germany all week within a year after that momentous event east and west germany were reunified at least at a political level but socially and economically reunification has been difficult and major differences remain at multiple levels the dam is linda few eka has this report. this is bear no washed us in the middle of berlin the wall is still here

but as a memorial the city's physical division ended long ago but there are still great differences between east and west incomes remain higher in the west that's visible in each paycheck. the income gap may have narrowed over the past 30 years but on average westerners still earn a lot more. reunification brought with it the collapse of almost all industry in east germany virtually nothing came along to replace it it wasn't for lack of money the government invested 1.6 trillion euros in the former east. but high paying jobs are rare in the east mind you 3 percent of major companies are in the west another key difference in the number of leadership positions in the east versus west after reunification the top jobs in politics

education and commercial were filled by westerners what started as a quick solution to replace eastern germany executives has stayed almost entirely in place. federal judges university chancellor senior government officials corporate executives decision making positions are only filled by easterners. only 1.7 percent of top leadership jobs are held by eastern germans. there's also a lingering feeling of dissatisfaction in the eastern part of the country 57 percent of easterners according to polls consider themselves 2nd class citizens that discontent also comes to the surface in elections the far right populist alternative for germany is twice as strong in the east as in the west. its. recent election results have shaken the political establishment bringing east and west together is proving much harder than expected great strides have been made

since $1809.00 but experts say it will take decades more until the differences dividing germany are truly overcome. and all disappeared being you special coverage in reports of the events leading up to the fall of the berlin wall to 2 years ago we also have live coverage of saturday's ceremonies and commemorations that is of course the 9th of november let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the blood police and medical sources in iraq say at least 4 protesters have been killed in clashes in the capital baghdad police officers opened fire as demonstrators attempted to move barriers then bridges across the river to exist more than 260 people have died in 5 weeks of anti-government protests. iran is resume uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear plant in a for the significant step away from his 2015 nuclear deal with the world it comes

after the united states we drew from the agreement and reboost sanctions on tehran . the german airline lufthansa has canceled 1300 flights on thursday and friday affecting around 180000 passengers that's due to a 2 day strike by cabin crew over pay and conditions the industrial action mainly affects lines leaving germany airports. and germany's defense minister wants the country's military to take on more responsibility internationally in a speech setting out new defense priorities and a great comp what's the said it was time for jim need to be more robust about representing its own interests and she's proposed setting up a new national security council so and that's a national security council of this nature would make her contributions to international crisis management faster and more effective it could also make an important contribution to how we formulate foreign policy strategy through

foresighted agenda setting. so for more on that i'm joined by our chief political editor. we say that tell us more about this idea of a national security council how is it supposed to work. well you didn't go into the nitty gritty details but clearly here she is aiming for more streamlined policy geared towards german national security interests in this national security council and that would stretch from economic policy but also to international development aid this is something like that countries like the united states have been doing for decades here in germany is something of a novelty and it could meet quite a bit of resistance here in germany as well and the defense minister. also outlined new priorities and a vision for the german armed forces what did she say she basically said that germany needs to be engaged more that it has to become more of a player do strategically and she didn't which usually is what you hear from german

politicians including the german chancellor angela merkel that did not exclude a committing more troops to regions like this are held area where germany already has troops stationed in the country of mali but she also mentioned the indo-pacific that there needed to a push be a push back towards china joining allies there this is a completely new take a new commitment she's a voice there and quite clearly this is not german government policy but this is the woman who wants to become machall successor is german chancellor so she's taking quite a bit of political risk here. political editor thank you joining to chile now where president sebastian pinera has pledged to raise the minimum wage in an effort to try and quell the protests that have shaken the capital of santiago for most 3 weeks it was sparked by a hike in subway fares but divided into

a mass movement against inequality oh. demonstrators clash with police in santiago unappeased by the government's latest concessions. protesters build barricades and police respond. but according to today and prosecutors police tactics do not stop with tear gas water cannons and arrests they are investigating more than $800.00 allegations of abuse by police including torture rape and beatings. president says his government has nothing to hide he has vowed to investigate crimes committed by police with the same tenacity as they pursued demonstrators who destroy property means of course it will work well with the same force and rekha any abuse it has been committed and the lack of respect just use of force will also be investigated by the prosecution

and the court of justice if. that's what happens in a democracy look at order of law last year about it. what started as a protest over a rise in subway fares almost 3 weeks ago has grown into a movement to gates what many on the street see as the yawning gap between rich and poor and the lack of support for ordinary people highways are just one of the many services chill am's pay for directly truck drivers block the ring roads around the capital they say tolls for the roads operated by private companies are too high and . if the fence is not a good highway agreements have been in place since 2006 the companies have turned back the investment 8 times over and they keep charging us and people i'm dead out of it some demonstrators want a new constitution for chile one that protects social services and resources from being privatized for them increasing the minimum wage is just not enough. heavy

rains are causing record floods across east africa more than 2000000 people across the whole of africa are affected and margins see if distance has now begun to arrive the heavier than normal greens are affecting if you pia and. northern kenya somalia and south sudan have been hardest hit in south sudan a civil war has already devastated the country and more recently it's been recovering from a prolonged drought now the rains are making things there even the us and focuses see this more rain to come. water to the horizon entire villages have been submerged aide 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.

this is so hard for disabled people like me that everyone is trying to save themselves 1st. but are not all of the water is getting deeper every day and i can't fall 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. this situation is so bad that now we're living with dead animals waste and garbage all submerged under the water we're 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. in out in the u.s. the international criminal court in the hague has sentenced a congolese warlord to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity moscow into gundel was found guilty in july of rape and sexual slavery tearing ethnic conflicts in 20022003 he has repeatedly denied the charges that. french police have been hearing to makeshift refugee camps in paris officials estimate the tent cities are home to as many as 1200 people including children about 600 police officers escorted the refugees to buses to take them to reception

center as. new zealand's parliament to sponsor loaded into to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net 0 by 2050 prime minister just in the street is the measure which was passed with support from the main conservative opposition party the law allows some exceptions for emissions associated with animal production. the german engineering conglomerate siemens has reported a rise in its 4th quarter profit and revenue beating analysts expectations the company said achieved its folia targets for the fiscal year 2019 despite headwinds from the cooling economy the women's is that in the midst of a restructuring process that aims to make the group fit for the future. siemens chief executive joe kayser has big plans with his vision 2020 plus strategy he wants to make the industrial giant ready for future challenges he's going to do

this by splitting it into 3 major units health logistics and digitalization as far as he's concerned the era of large corporations is over britain's or i'm going to name is concerned. with our corporate concept barking on the biggest transformation in the company's $172.00 history this is a significant even on. doric milestone. the health care division has already gone public with the listing of health nears last year after some teething troubles it's now a successful business siemens still holds the majority of shares then there's siemens energy eunice with its troubled turbine business this was the group's core business for many years the plan is for this to go public as an independent company the energy unit generates around 40 percent of siemens total sales of $30000000000.00 euros it employs 80000 people that leave siemens digitization business its railway technology sector and its stake in health nears this should make siemens leaner and

more profitable but this restructuring is risky critics fear that siemens is in danger of destroying itself. on the football and match day full of the champions league dave bronczek from the sports desk is here to talk us through the action welcome dave not to the games left in the group stage and we've already had a couple of a few teams which have qualified any favorites among them yes so p.s.g. eventis and byron munich are the 3 1st teams to go through and there are some of the biggest teams in the world so of course you always expect them to be in the mix but i'm not sure if i call any of them really favorites byron got through for instance and they are in the midst of some complete chaos at the moment they're really struggling actually just last weekend they let go of their coach. and have had interim coach flick run the show for the 1st time last night so they're going

through a lot and still manage to get through it and we actually have a quote from him see about that. it's been made a nice and i'm very pleased with it so foremost the team puts on it's not been an easy week for the players and stuff off the coaching change. we've reached the last 16 of the champions league and we have very happy feet. so hung fi flick the interim coach is very happy but it was after all a lack enough to performance by buying music is that enough to reassure fans that mines back in form for the season can save the season yeah byron really weren't very convincing in their 2 nil win over the coasts they displayed a lot of the kind of issues that they've been showing over recent weeks their defending was really out of sorts and once again they were bailed out by a goal from robert the bosky he keeps scoring but if he wasn't around you hate to think what they'd even look like and as far as the flick goes he's only been there

a couple of days and i don't really expect him to be very long so things are still in flux and at the end of the day it's byron munich there are always you know title favorites or at least in that discussion absolutely the bines win was obviously a big guy live as we said but there was plenty of action are flies in champions league and they've also some surprises it was truly a wild night you had rodrigo an 18 year old for real madrid become the 2nd youngest player in the history of the competition to get a hat trick you had to shock hard to nascar have a crazy last minute comeback from 31 down against you know but for me what really was the highlight of all this the most interesting thing was manchester city right back kyle walker who you see there behind us had to throw on the gloves and getting a goal for 10 minutes which is really a very rare thing it only happened because the 1st keeper was injured and had to

come off and then the 2nd one received a red card so walker saw self behind the between the sticks and actually he counted pretty well for himself he didn't do too bad though he might want to stick to his usual position. and give granny. thank you very much of a get up to date with all that's floating action. now further africa's rugby world cup winners kicked off their nationwide celebration turn in the capital pretoria today and the springboks were greeted by jubilant fans including president cyril ramaphosa the south african rugby union have placed an insurance policy on the web ellis cup trophy while parades around the country they've even appointed a person to manage the trophies movements during the parade to make sure only squad members and the president get their hands on the cup. i can miss africa has no cinemas in recent years all the nations movie theaters have

closed because people prefer to watch cable t.v. which is cheaper than going to a movie that's tough for filmmakers who've been deprived of a local market but it hasn't stopped bashed and directors from going out on location and rolling the camera. the cameras are rolling in cameroon every month several low budget movies are made by independent filmmakers here. raise oh but there's a problem on distribution companies or even movie theaters filmmakers like direct to can you quantify off force to find other ways to show off their work some raise funds by holding exclusive premieres for friends and family oh they get lucky in those if in 1st of all on the story you're telling is good enough and you get lucky to be selected in the 1st of all you can have the opportunity to have your people

sue a movie or if you are for some reason so powerful that it delivers from by. most films have a local theme such as the recent saving bang go which portrays the struggles of a cameroonian family. but in spite of all the hard work few here are able to watch the result demaris dam has starred in more than 10 films but she's still struggling to be seen you're only expected to once say hello 1st your movie and you know. and we feel so straight too sometimes when you don't get that part i don't put that 1st my number one reason for doing what i do is the passion for the art. i love what i do a super p. come on now even though they haven't found much success on the domestic market cameroonian films have done well internationally many have won awards and made it

to festivals around the world but it hardly pays the bills so most filmmakers like canny a do other work to survive. but he could never gave up his true love when the passion is what drives you enthusiasm is what drives you it becomes very difficult for some folks for a filmmaker income alone to want to do something because you feel like filmmaking is who you are while premieres like this office and glitz and glamour and an opportunity to watch the movies it's out on the streets that these film crews get their real buzz. he was indeed of the news coming up next on news asia the next 1000000000 internet users d.w. talks to a digital expert to boss mitt about why they're going online. most

hidden in the ground in this remote town and kids just aren't is making people sick and a landslide could make things even with us. and south koreans pretending to die to know how to live their lives better. there's more coming up on the job news asia with melissa cha don't forget to watch the dog for a special coverage on events that led to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago i leave it all with pictures of the longest stretch of the berlin wall which is still standing today it's called the east side gallery and it's hosting a light show to mock that and of the 3 enjoy.

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