yes about the bars regulars. to cross the road worlds apart. starting november 11th. attacks. last. place. last . this is the w. news lines are from berlin america's top diplomat might pump a was in germany as the nation celebrates its 30th anniversary of the full of the ballot papers message freedom is hard to win and must be defended that's why countries like the u.s. and germany have to work together to protect their liberties and as part of our

special coverage of the fall of the berlin wall anniversary we look at one of the darkest chapters in east german history children forcibly removed from parents considered disloyal to the regime and we hear one family's personal story of reunification. and in hong kong a pro-democracy protested dies of his injuries on supporting from a building it is the 1st student death since the start of the anti-government campaign pro-democracy activists out to escalate their protests. i'm having a home free thanks for joining me here in germany all week the focus is on the 30th anniversary of the fall of the button wall he was secretary of state might pompei was visiting and he's been speaking hit a button that have a listen now to what he said. our 2 democracies the united states and germany

possess the abundant political and economic capital and the power that can only be garnered by free societies we have a duty each of us to use all we have to defend what was so hard won in 776 in 1905 and in 1909 and we have to do it together we did together because it's not easy and doing it alone is impossible . well sadists out of from the politics is here with me in the studio to talk more about this good to see sega we just heard those conciliatory words there i think it's fair to say from mike pompei are but can they symbolic visit from the u.s. secretary of state really patch up which you know something that is undeniably a very strained relationship well it is an opportunity to talk about differences to talk about controversial issues but we know that president trump has an america 1st policy and has been pulling out of international agreements he's been taking

decisions without consulting any of the allies so as long as president trump continues being such a presence such an unpredictable president it will be hard for germany and the european union to be. on the same page with the u.s. easily more and we also know that pompei met with the german defense minister on not side has anything come out of those talks yet well the german defense minister said that germany would meet the 2 percent nato goal on spending by 2031 and said he was happy about this of course this has been a big issue between the u.s. and germany u.s. has criticized germany of often for not really you know being militarily as present as it should and of course germany has denied this but spending has been a big issue and of course recently the. german defense minister made

a suggestion of creating an international security zone in northern syria which surprised a lot of people but germany is taking initiative so that we see or we're seeing some change we are mentioning just one issue there but we know that there is a considerable number of issues on the list between the u.s. and germany and with that in mind we also know that the german chancellor is sitting down with mike pompei i mean as we speak can we expect anything concrete to come out of those talks what's your assessment well they're going to be talking about a lot of. shoes are going to be talking about north stream to gas pipeline they're going to be talking about 5 g. secretary pompei already talked with the. german foreign minister mas on the on syria ukraine so as you say there are a lot of issues that they're going to address and we're going to see at the press conference what comes out. or it will we're going to cross over to that press conference now because you are looking at live pictures there of u.s. secretary of state mike pompei are walking there with the german chancellor angela merkel following their meeting there about to give

a short statement let's listen in. my compu in berlin is one month's bar in guns in full sun it isn't harmful ones it's not religious offload to be my point be your guest on that or you won't cut or and the middle of the announced involved and then lights off there being a thought for sure we don't have to be in but ones like translation there of the german chancellor speaking of who she is speaking in her native language a german and so we will wait till we hear from white on hey welcome to the secretary of state of the united states of america my computer a very warm welcome here to berlin welcome back secretary and indeed you scott you've come in very interesting times it's a very special day today tomorrow and i've been closely following. the visit that you began yesterday when you went down member lead memory lane so to speak you

visited voigt and a few other places from there you went to light sick again very moving actually the city where i studied physics and from there you've come here secretary we're happy to have you back. you know and that's really uses. of the ordinance i did this as an informal believes on studio tabo or. in a partisan for in this isn't justified and it's starting from here because of the reek so at the origin i. don't know if normal goes to this very minute too little ferguson. and of course for me need this is a very moving event these moving days because i happened to live on the other side of the iron curtain i lived there and i studied at university there and the fact that the united states of america and germany that americans and germans have become close partners and close friends that the americans the united states of

america have helped germany. it cheve it's fewer reunification thanks to the efforts of george bush and others is something that we will never forget but this didn't go for one's obvious and yet on pop no or ends. in the us with all has this really is a major commitment i'm going to air it in and so you know it's only. traveling. about translation all that helms was because. he doesn't team in mateen via on top of the shifting the burden on for of those georgetown and octavo polish being the only is a problem it's who's. today we have avatars lying ahead and again we're dressing them as partners and friends and we. are having to face up to these tossed in the face of the world we will be talking about this

today amongst us about the conflict in afghanistan about the conflict between ukraine and russia we will be speaking about the future of syria about peace and libya these are some of the tough expect are going to be on our agenda today but let me assure you foreign secretary we intend to continue to play an active part in helping solve these conflicts again a warm welcome. chancellor merkel thank you for hosting me here it's very gracious of you to do that it's a very special time the night before i came to germany i was at the state department with secretary baker. and your ambassador to the united states emily haber and she spoke movingly about the history between our 2 countries and she spoke about your time german i reminded her that i'd spent my time here on the other side and had not had the opportunity to go and see any part of east germany so it's been an incredible privilege these 2 days to get a chance to do that to travel from graff and there to feel 2nd to moderate across.

a line that i wasn't allowed to cross back in 1989. and it reminds me of the importance of the relationship between our 2 countries the problems the germany and the united states have taken on on behalf of the world have been enormous we have worked together to raise millions of people out of difficult situations from authoritarian regimes not only here in europe but across the world and we should be incredibly proud of the work that we have done together and we should remind the citizens of germany and the citizens of the united states and. all across the world of the power of our 2 countries working together a chance for merkel identified. some of the things we'll talk about today the challenges that confront our 2 countries in the world today and i want i want everyone to know that we will we will work on these together chancellor merkel's been a great friend of the united states germany it continues to be an enormously important

partner for us i saw the defense minister statement about increasing germany's contribution to nato over time we think that's powerful because we think that relationship with nato matters and we need everyone working together to make sure that it remains a potent force for good in the world and so i look forward very much to our conversation you all have been great host for me these 2 days i hardly ever get to spend 2 days anywhere and it has been i think a great statement about the partnership between our 2 countries and i look forward to our conversations today thank you. yes. all right. can shake that photo was taken between the u.s. secretary of state mike palm payer and the german chancellor of course i'm going to

michael following the talks and the statement. to unpick a little bit more about what was said during those rather brief statements i'm joined here in the studio by say they said from politics here with me say to firstly what did you make of what both politicians had to say well it was a very warm statement that's the atmosphere that we could feel from these brief statements from chancellor merkel and secretary pale and of course the chancellor merkel said very clearly the u.s. hopes germany achieve its reunification and we will never forget this so that's there was of course of what also. was also important to hear that also merkel one more time and there she is that there are going to talk about difficult issues of course but she made it for says on on afghanistan on on syria and on libya and and the important thing i think what was said by chancellor merkel that germany intends to play an active part in this so germany it seems that germany is stepping up its

military involvement in a lot of problems and that has a lot to do with the u.s. pulling out of certain areas and of course secretary prepare welcome to this and he said yes we're going to talk about a lot of different things and he also talked about his past his visit of course actually when he was stationed in germany back in the eighty's and he also said that both countries are you know good friends great friends and some point for them to continue working together. from politics thanks very much for your analysis. we're continuing our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall there's no doubt that it brought about huge changes but where they all for the better as we report that depends on whether you're from eastern germany or from the west. 30 years ago on the night of november 9th the wall

opened what happened that night changed many people's lives. how did germans feel today about the fall of the wall and the changes that ensued what consequences did the reification have for you personally people in the east and west agree that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages 56 percent of western germans say this while 60 percent of eastern germans see the good things it's been 3 decades since reunification for eastern germans nearly everything has changed for western germans hardly anything to. the achievements of g.d.r. citizens are not appreciated enough over half the people who live in western germany say the life achievements of east german citizens aren't valued enough it's a different story in the east where more than 3 quarters of people believe that

their life achievements are undervalued. the freedom to travel was a dream the people of east germany could only enjoy after the fall of the wall and even today they travel more often to the west than western germans travel to the east how often did you travel to the east to the west since 1989 the people of western germany rarely cross over into the former east in contrast eastern germans travel 4 times as often into the west even though 30 years on there are still differences in culture and attitudes people from the east and west still feel they are all simply germans. where one of the darkest chapters of former east germany was parents considered disloyal to the regime being forced to give up their children for adoption hundreds of such cases have been documented. met

a woman who spent decades looking for her daughter. busy when ever is a minute subfields despair she takes a walk in the forest during the past 35 years she's felt this way off. those years i always had it in the back of my mind i have 2 children and how are they and whenever i saw people taking a walk with older children or a mother with her pram or playing with her child all these things would trigger that feeling by me who. gave birth to 2 daughters in the former east germany in the 1980 s. but her joy was short lived if you use earlier she had tried to flee east germany but was caught and convicted reason enough for the youth welfare office to come to the house and take the children away. first moment i

stood there paralyzed then i ran out the door after them and yelled where you take you my daughter you give me back my child the officer turned around pointed a finger at me and said if you don't quite done now i will call the police and you will have to go to jail. they have given me 3 years' probation so if i did anything i would go to prison i just stood there and asked myself whether i should protest or stay silent. and have people leashed so. subnets happy initially gave up but after the burden wall came down she started gathering evidence in the 1990 s. she managed to connect with her older daughter but the years apart had created an estrangement too big to bridge and they broke off contact just one year ago her younger daughter suddenly made contact was unable to cope.

it's as if it were not this forgetting that 1st phone card i will never forget that i think all the neighbors heard everything but i didn't care. i vampire and then on we talked on the phone every day and it kept growing from there than after more than 30 years of separation mother and daughter finally met. i had a yesterday i thought my heart would burst. right before i couldn't handle the situation

i was hugged and cuddles and i didn't know how to respond suddenly this person was standing there to know i was related i think i only realized that part nature on the perception of it it's very easy did you immediately recognize her oh yeah you don't get your child's. but against the skin. of the hour now levin it's up can take walks in the forest with the youngest daughter and she has plans she will finally be able to need her grandchildren and to make up for decades of lost time. here watching the news still to come a new production of a mozart operas being staged in writing but it shows with a difference. and there are some of the other stories making news around the world an earthquake in

northwestern iran has killed at least 6 people and injured more than 300 others a magnitude 5.9 quake struck early on friday in iran's eastern azerbaijan province more than 60 off the shocks rattled the mountainous region. chile's president sebastian pinera has announced measures to increase security in toughen sanctions for vandalism following 3 weeks of protests that have left at least 20 dead the measures include a ban on protesters wearing hoods to conceal their identities intensified aerial surveillance and strengthened police intelligence. firefighters in germany have rescued around 35 people after an explosion at a party mine workers were trapped some 700 meters underground near the eastern city of hala they were able to find shelter in a safety area but 2 than are reported to have been injured. or police in hong kong say that they will fully investigate the death of

a university student who reportedly fell from a building during clashes between police and protesters demonstrators have made a memorial and have been holding a vigil near the site where the student was found the events leading up to the incident wrong clear but it's believed that these students fell from a multistory car park after police. od tear gas during a protest last weekend student was taken to hospital but later died. and protests needed just one has responded to the death of the student has what he had to say good morning to gather and we urged all of people wear black to shit together on the day and tomorrow we show our side darkie and unity and now is the time for the government to set up the in the band as investigation on the clash we didn't know and see for truth and justice and which is really insane and a reasonable one how did government allow the polish attempted murder to hold him or we can bring in our correspondent putting

a who is in hong kong mathias what else is known about the circumstances around the students death. this is pretty much what we know he fell from this parking garage where i am now behind me people are laying down flowers at this board where he fell and. we cannot see them because they are blocked by the other journalists now people are leaving messages here. he fell from there and outside of this building there were clashes between the police and protesters teargas was fired at this night that there were rumors that he was fleeing from the tear gas they were also rumors that police was inside this garage chasing him inside and the subsea can he succeed can be so but we have seen no evidence for what really happened how he fell what happened in the last last seconds before he fell down the security cameras have not caught that moment so

we are still really. waiting for more hope hoping that we will get a response one day for now it remains very unclear how he felt and amongst all of that lack of clarity the protesters all blame the police for the death of the student the police say that they. will fully investigate the death but will that be enough to soothe the anger of the protesters do you think. we have just to hear her joshua long saying that an independent investigation need is needed now this is one of the demands of the protesters the police have already adjusted their version of what happened that night of when the police was inside and when it was outside of. this parking garage after being confronted with footage that proved over the earlier version wrong this is of course not contributing to confidence in the police's investigation and this is a guy at the heart of the problem i don't think whatever the police finds out will

appease the protests here so on the other side and i suppose the question is whether the death of this student protest will actually did have fresh impetus then for the protestors. well at least it has fueled emotions again and we will see what is going to happen this week and further comment more asian and protest events have been announced this is of course a very emotional moment to have been rumors about death before they have been suicides before but this is the 1st time some big debate he died actually on the site of an actual confrontation between protesters and the police so this is felt as the 1st confirmed march of this protest movement and this of course will fewer people signed up for the how this will play out in the end what the protesters are going to do is maybe not clear yet now but it is definitely not

something that would bring an end to the protests and reporting on it all for us is mathias putting us in hong kong with his thinking. where they came to a city in desperate circumstances and now a group of migrants are taking part and that most italian all. art forms opera 30 migrants are taking to the stage at rome's opera house for a new production of mozart's masterpiece it oh my nail. when it's getting ready to go on stage originally from 1000 been in italy for 4 years this production is the 1st step towards a long held ambition. it's really a great privilege because all my life out of all those rent to be an actor but sees avenue i tivo and the i believe you are stepping stood. backstage her cast mates are also getting ready. the production is aiming to raise

awareness of migration and they're either playing themselves also just sort of the immediate story of the logo or it's a story about migrants about wars because about everything i understand it i feel it it's a message that speaks to me and that's why i'm also taking part in this show because then with tivo. it's almost showtime. the scene is familiar but the setting is the trickle. for the choir of migrants taking part it's just one more sign of how far they've come. to football now or former u.s. president michel platini has made a splash following the end of his 4 you suspension from the sport due to ethics violations the 3 time ballon d'or winner is demanding compensation for legal fees

and back pay for his suspension platen he was stripped of his presidency in suspended by fief as independent ethics committee and 2050 for accepting bribes letting need maintains he did nothing wrong. while our mind and all of the top stories that we're following for you as well in marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall america's top diplomat mike pompei o tells germany everyone needs to work together to make sure nato remains a potent force for good in the world. and her democracy activists in hong kong are calling for revenge after a student died of injuries sustained during an anti-government demonstration earlier this week a student fell from a building after police fired tear gas to disperse a rally. there watching the news coming up the next evening news asia it is one of the holiest shrines of the sikh religion and soon pilgrims from india will be able

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