this is the deadly news live from berlin and germany agrees to spend more on defense and there says the country's defense minister calls for a whole active military role on the international stage and nato secretary general says freedom does not come from freight but the president of france warms up the alliance is drifting into chaos also on the program. i asked germany to pass to celebrate the 1st instance of for the building vault we visit the most famous shopping for the body what used to be west where east berlin as flocked as soon as they could for 1st time look at capitalism. look to south africa where the

celebrations for the world cup winning the rugby team continue as the springboks paraded the trophy through the streets of petroleum will hear what it means to read to the fans to have the best of rugby team in the world. i'm going to welcome to the program now germany chancellor angela merkel stressed her commitment to the nato military alliance today rejecting harsh criticism from france's president emmanuel mak wrong speaking at a joint news conference in bergen chancellor merkel and nato secretary general yen stoltenberg said the alliance was not dying despite widespread to dismay at a recent american actions which the stoltenberg said the u.s.

was not abandoning nato but that more german money was needed nato freedom does not come for free he said. so let's hear from g.w. correspond to the nato specialist to teri schultz welcome terry what do you what do you make of those comments. the response from secretary general still very chancellor merkel are not surprising well mccraw his words were as merkel said quite drastic it's not often that you hear a leader speak like that calling the most important military organization for europe something dying of brain death but mccrone had a point and it has been an irritant to him that president trump does what he wants when he wants with little regard for the positions of europeans this is particularly neuralgic at the moment because of course france had boots on the

ground in northern syria when president trump decided abruptly to pull u.s. troops out which puts puts the the allies at risk there at the same time securing to hit back quite hard saying yes you need a stronger europe but that you cannot do without the transatlantic relationship either you made reference that. interview today of the french president. in which he said that the alliance has experienced what he called the brain death let's take a listen to some more of what he had to say so what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision making between the united states and its nato allies you know our lives he went on to say you have an uncoordinated aggressive action by another nato ally in an area where interests are at stake

so teri schultz. clearly this is a mission was how much substance is there to president macros i use ations. he can't possibly think that europe can completely defend itself at the moment that's just not possible in any way not logistically there's not enough equipment there's not enough coordination there's not enough trust so what mcluhan is saying that that europe needs to go off on its own is something we talk about all the time in brussels all the time it nato and it's not realistic and that's what secretary general stolzenberg and even chancellor merkel pointed out everybody believes that europe should do more to defend itself and that's why the discussion about germany equipping its own troops better recurs constantly but there isn't any way that nato will would survive if the us truly left and it's not realistic for france to be

suggesting such a thing while there is so little european court a nation on defense and security issues telesales in brussels thank you. u.s. secretary of state mike meant to troops at a training camp in bavaria 4000 u.s. soldiers and nato partners today that's just a small number of the 35000 u.s. troops stationed in. the secretary of states who was himself stationed in western germany during the cold war also the village that had once been divided by the east west border towns nicknamed a little. he was accompanied by german foreign minister heiko months the visit to germany was times coincide with celebrations marking the $30000.00 of those for the full of the. as part of our special coverage of this anniversary looking at the many east germans was the 1st time shopping in the capital is west on the 9th of november $989.00 the night the ok down to cross the border in the thousands and

many headed straight to westerns most famous and so will devote full force to history as a showcase of consumerism and divide it today. is famous for what it meant so many germans from the communist east to see for the 1st time. the reporter christopher coke one of the many places where the 1000000 east germans headed just 2 days after the war began to fall 30 years ago a welcome christophe where i. feel i am on her 1st something dumb as you mention and cool 1st some dumb and it's extension why i am right now stand like few other places in germany for the abundance of goods in a free market society and the might of the consumer both of which were unheard of in the east of the country now here shops sell the old go to

a fashion from paris or handmade italian shoes there's even a tesla store nowadays you can stroll down the 4 kilometer boulevard or you simply come here to the d. the department store of the west as it is called it is a shopping paradise for those who don't mind to spend a little more in order to get something better and it became the destinations for many people from east berlin and east germany for that matter once the wall came down they came in droves because this store gave them offered them what they had been craving and which was mainly unavailable to them so add to that the fact that the west german government gave $100.00 marks to each east german citizen that crossed the border and if they have extra cash to spend why not do it at berlin's most famous store. i think. one of the top destinations for east berliners

exploring west berlin was the luxury car the bay department store which was famous throughout the country even before the war caught evade was ready for the rush many east german shoppers stayed up all night for the opening. first and foremost we decided that all our guests should get a free cup of coffee here so they can warm up 1st. the grocery department was overflowing with exotic products and new experience for many. this. i can't believe my eyes i don't know what i should buy 1st or what i should eat 1st i bought some muscle. these are new to me. these were nervy days the east germans had to head back across the berlin wall by 8 o'clock in the evening no one knew if they would be allowed out again. to christophe christophe so how were these 1st encounters between east and west germans.

well there were cried to joy is also here at the at the cottage he had this big luxury a department store people that worked here back then said well people from east germany were quite quite interested in the fashion and i find cloth that the store offered but despite the money that they had gotten from the west german government you know many could not afford what was on sale here people that worked here back then said well if you know people couldn't spend all the money or didn't have enough money at least the lawyers here organize some some candy for the kids that came along and also people from west berlin said once the wall had had fallen it was very interesting for them to be able to purchase fruit from the farms that are in the surrounding areas of berlin which before when the country had been divided

was off limits and. so the fall of the wall is being commemorated at 7 locations and so was heartening that the coup down today. just as we can see at the 6 other locations here at the coup there will be a large projection of pictures. footage film footage and sounds from the days when the wall fell we can see obviously the very surprised people very anxious people to get to the border crossing and to get across the joy that they felt afterwards there's always also pictures of the nervousness of the border guards for example that were completely overwhelmed by this onslaught of people that were just rushing to get to the west and you can feel the tension in these pictures of these people but we all know not want shot was fired and that led to

the peaceful revolution to christopher coba 1st and down and then thank you. and all this week the devotees providing special coverage on reports on the events that led up to the fall of the war 30 years ago we're also have live coverage of the main ceremonies and commemorations taking place that this saturday the 9th of november. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in england have identified all $39.00 people whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated truck may have been done last month or the victims of the apparent people smuggling ring were vietnamese citizens their families have now been doty fide. police and medical sources in iraq say at least 4 protesters have been killed in clashes in the capital baghdad offices open fires demonstrators attempted to move barriers near bridges across the river tigris more than 260 people have been killed in 5 weeks of anti-government protests. iran has resumed uranium enrichment as an underground nuclear plant further significant breach of the 2015 nuclear deal

with world powers it follows the unilateral withdrawal from the agreement by the united states and its real imposition of sanctions against. the german engineering conglomerate zeman says reported a rise in 4th quarter profits and revenue beating analysts expectations the government said it achieved its full year targets for the festival year despite headwinds from a cooling economy siemens is undergoing restructuring progress to make the firm it says 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 on the names concept with our corporate concept we are

embarking on the biggest transformation in the company's 172 year history this is a signature. even on the storage milestone distorters from. the health care division has already gone public with the listing of health and nears last year after some teething troubles it's now a successful business siemens still holds the majority of shares then there siemens energy yunus with its troubled gas 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. now to chile where president sebastian pinera has pledged to vai's the minimum wage as he tries to quell the

street protests that have shaken the capital santiago for nearly 3 weeks they were sparked initially by increasing subway fast and wind in to a mass movement against inequality. demonstrators clash with police in santiago unappeased by the government's latest concessions. protesters build barricades. and police respond. but according to to name 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 destroyed property i mean of course it will work well with the same force america any abuse it has

been committed and the lack of respect just use of force will also be investigated by the prosecution and the courts of justice if. that's what happens in a democracy look at the rule of law yes it really thought it was 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 streets 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 . if the fences are not a decent 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 but

if some demonstrators wants a new constitution for today one that protects social services and resources from being privatized for them increasing the minimum wage is just not enough i understood more of the day's top stories new zealand's parliament has passed a law that i'm sick of greenhouse gas emissions to net 0 by 2050 prime minister just in the odd down prayed. the measure which was passed with support from the main conservative opposition party the law allows some exceptions for emissions associated with farm animals. the international criminal court in the hague has sentenced a congolese warlord to 30 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity and to gandhi was found guilty in july of murder rape and sexual slavery during ethnic conflicts in 20022003 is repeatedly denied the charges and 2 former twitter employees have been charged with spying for saudi arabia

a complaint from the u.s. justice department published in the washington post detail the saudi government's efforts to recruit them and use them to obtain the personal information of government critics including a journalist with ties to the murdered writer jamal khashoggi. i have the rains are causing record floods across east africa more than 2000000 people in the horn of africa are affected although emergency assistance is now arriving they have in the normal rains are affecting ethiopia in parts of northern kenya with somalia and south sudan hardest hit south sudan already devastated by civil war had more had more recently been recovering from a prolonged drought but the rains are making things worse and forecasters say there is more to come. 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. this is so hard for disabled people like me that everyone is trying to save themselves 1st you know now. 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. after this 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. and to west africa and cameroon a country with very few cinemas most of them are closed in recent years because people prefer watching cable t.v. which of course makes life hard for filmmakers deprived of their local market but it doesn't completely stop directors from going out on location. the cameras are rolling in cameroon every month several low budget movies are made by independent filmmakers here. raises but there's

a problem on distribution companies or even movie theaters filmmakers like direct to khania quite off forced to find other ways to show off their work some raise funds by holding exclusive premieres for friends and family or they get lucky if 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 ah for some reason so powerful it in addition 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 want to say hello 1st your movie and movie and he feels for straight sometimes when you don't get that right i don't get 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 give up his true love. when the passion is what drives you when the enthusiasm is what drives you it becomes very difficult for some for for if america income alone to want to do

something because you feel like filmmaking is where you are. premieres like this office and glitz and glamour and an opportunity to watch the movies it's outs on the streets that these film crews get their real buzz. official celebrations are underway in south africa following the country's triumph at the rugby world cup the team beat england in saturday's final to claim its 1st world title in 12 years now players are taking the trophy around the country to share their big moment with the fans. south africa's world cup victory tour began in pretoria where thousands lined the streets to greet the players and their prized trophy. the country's 3rd world title makes it the joints most successful team in rugby union and the fans are revelling in the springboks moments of glory. brought

to the motions or had been years. trying so really had before their voices president cyril ramaphosa helped to kick off the celebrations his predecessor nelson mandela was a key figure in making rugby a true national sport after it had been dominated by white afrikaners during the apartheid era now the team's 1st black captaincy a khaleesi stance as the personification of the vision espoused by mandela who is often referred to locally as many as 40. 2 new nato nations and then we weave grigory here peter they're both we've got in bed with the top and then yeah we should celebrate. those celebrations will continue throughout the nationwide parade of the trophy the party is just getting started.

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