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this is datable the news live from berlin germany marks the 30th anniversary of the full of the berlin wall where at the center of celebrations the landmark brandenburg gate a giant installation carries the hopes and dreams of 30000 buildings written on the color rhythms. have been not it's also the date of a much darker painting of germany's history not of broken glass i should watch wave of attacks on jewish people and property in 138 that marked the start of widescale nazi persecution of jewish people. and form of brazilian president luis ignacio
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lula da silva has been released from prison to look his child on corruption charges in april last year the supreme court judges ordered his release until his appeal can be heard. a matinee held welcome to the program the german capital is revving up to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall celebrations and commemorations have got on the y. at the brandenburg gate once the symbol of germany's division into east and west believe political correspondent simon young has been taking a look at preparations for saturday's festivities. the brandenburg gate is the centerpiece of these celebrations marking 30 years. the fall of the berlin wall the
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brandenburg gate that stood back then in 1909 in the death zone between east and west where nobody could cross and this is of course a commemoration of history and the sadness is that go with that but also of hope for the future above me you can see these colorful cloud of freedom as it's called 30000 strips of paper with people's hopes for the future written on them and they've suspended them here in this colorful art installation one of the many creative ideas that to berlin is have come up with to celebrate this anniversary and tonight despite the rain there are still plenty of tourists in berlin as you've come down here to the brandenburg gate to have a look at what's going on to share their stories with each other and to sort of enjoy this atmosphere of street party and that we're seeing you can see the brandenburg gate behind me and in front of it the stage where on saturday evening
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evening the night that november will be the big garlow show with all christers and d.j.'s the v.i.p.'s will of course all be here but many berlin is i'm sure will be here they're wanting to join in this celebration of how the world and berlin in particular have changed in the last 30 years. the devil his son and young they're part of our special coverage on the events that led up to the fall of the building wall 30 years ago and will be live for the main ceremonies and commemorations all day on saturday well november 9th is a fight full day in german history has we've just heard it marks the fall of the building wall but there's also the date of the night of broken glass and not in 38 he's attacked jewish people and property the start of the systematic persecution of jews that led to the horrors of the holocaust. you know ups it was
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not. on that note $55696.00 names read aloud by members of the jewish community in berlin names of berlin victims of the holocaust a service to commemorate the night of broken glass took place under visible police protection with recent anti-semitic attacks fresh in people's memory. under the myth this movement anti semitism is on the rise could it be that we need to find new ways of remembering this most perhaps we must take new paths to fight and the semitism. that is most. pushed by it most the office suggested that if every german student visited israel once it might prevent programs from happening in the future in the night from november 9th to november 10th 1938 nazis said thousands of jewish synagogues shops and residences on fire across germany and austria hundreds of jews were killed or imprisoned berlin's mayor also sounded
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a warning about the present. invention again and again people are attacks when they come out of a synagogue where a jewish skullcap speak hebrew. each of these incidents is one too many there intolerable and yet they keep happening. $6000000.00 jews were killed in the holocaust reading all the names of the berlin victims alone took a total of 7 hours. to brazil where former brazilian president louis. silver outlined his next move to a jubilant crowd after leaving jail he plans to start a national tour where he is expected to rally opposition supporters. the judge ordered the release of the left as politician in the wake of the ruling by the supreme court in brazil court ruled that defendants were still appealing convictions could be free. look was jailed on corruption charges in april last year
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he's denied wrongdoing and healed the. well for more on joined by journalist dom phillips in rio de janeiro dumb little was sentenced to 12 years behind bars has he is release come as a surprise and what does this now mean for the opposition. hasn't come as a surprise it's been kind of expected because the supreme court has been debating this issue for quite some time the decision was expected it's actually the feds on the supreme court has changed its mind almost in the last decade but it is good news for the opposition which is really struggled against the far rights government of president john i was a narrow is a very powerful sega this was kind of his sort of fight today when he's efficient tweets and put out a video it working out of a gin with the theme to rocky to fill rocky and so it's good news for the opposition and he's a very strong powerful and capable political leader whose talent over the political scene in brazil even while in prison. well he's getting stronger was the favorite
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to win last year's presidential election as we remember what chance now he'll be making a comeback don't. well on the brazil so-called clean slate law he's not allowed to stand as it stands at present because he still has a conviction he's appealing the conviction but the fiction still stands. but he's challenging not commit conviction because an investigation by an investigative news cycle the intercept brazil showed me judge you child him. and advise prosecutors in the big corruption probe that ended up with him in jail and that's one of the factors that has driven this new cream court decision which was made yesterday if a go for a no his conviction which is what his party and his lawyers want to happen he still has a bunch of other cases against him but this is brazil and anything can happen. he is a very very resilient political figure so i certainly wouldn't rule it out in the future although i right now phillips in radio thank you now to some of
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the other stories making news around the world. in india more than 5000 troops have been sent to a disputed religious site in british and have a ruling from india's supreme court on who controls the land at the site of a 16th century mosque in i go due claims by both muslims and hindus as a holy place. hundreds of people have attended a rally in the u.s. city of atlanta to protest a visit by president trump demonstrators denounce the president's policies and branded him a racist frump was in atlanta to launch a coalition that i'm still african-american vote is to his reelection campaign. clashes have erupted between protesters and iraqi security forces in bad as anti-government demonstrations into the 3rd week of the 250 protesters have been
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killed in baghdad and the southern port city of beza many by live ammunition. and the earthquake in northwestern iran has killed at least 6 people and injured more than 300 up as the magnitude 5 point nondefense struck on early on friday in iran's nothingness east and as by john problems it was followed by more than 60 aftershocks. well just to hong kong where it by things are on high alert as pro-democracy demonstrators promised more protests after one of the number died the 22 year old fell from a building hundreds have gathered to mourn his death valley and to continue the fight for freedom. protesters held a vigil for child say look at a makeshift memorial near where he was 1st found injured on monday. events leading up to what happened to him are still unclear but it's believed he fell from a multistory car park after police fired tear gas during
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a protest he succumbed to his injuries on friday. prominent activists joshua wong called for the people of hong kong to stay united when morning together and we urged all the people wear black issue to get or today and tomorrow we show our side dollar to you and unity and now is that high but it got a man to set up the indie band as investigation and a clash with the king no exit for truth and justice and which is really insane and unreasonable for how did gotham and the police attempt to hold on people and later protesters blocked roads set street fires and vandalized subway stations. riot police fired tear gas at least 2 places and they've been accused of using excessive force including the regular use of tear gas and pepper spray protests started in june initially because of
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a planned extradition bill to mainland china however shortly afterwards demonstrations turn to mainly demanding democratic reforms more protests are expected on the weekend the death of child say look could well for their heightened tensions. are. spain is heading into elections on sunday with the outcome looking hard to predict polls suggest the vote will do little to break a longstanding stalemate between the parties it's the 2nd time already this year that voters are making their choice and spain is suffering from election fatigue. the spanish are being asked to head to the polls again to choose a government it's the 4th time in 4 years the country has held elections and now many have mixed feelings about the political process. where fed up with voting but of course we have to vote what we vote on that's another problem
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that we must vote still we have the feeling that everything will remain the same because there are no credible political leaders good night leadership for you to control. yes it's important very important in facts things are so tangled up and have to be reset since the politicians haven't been able to do it we must do it for. the country's caretaker prime minister pedro sanchez leader of the socialist party made his final appeal to the public on friday he urged spaniards to give his government another chance but in. facing instability and deadlock you have to bet on a strong government facing a far right government you need to bet on a progressive government and facing extremists you have to bet on a moderate government but neither the center left socialist party nor its main rival the conservative people's party led by public dole is expected to win a majority and neither party has ruled out the possibility of forming a centrist grand coalition. the far right vox party expects to make
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big gains. the populists have been riding high in the run up to the election capitalizing on widespread discontent with the government's handling of the capital and independence movement. after she thought she did the president of catalonia as government is a criminal and a coup leader and we are not going to allow things to continue like this if the spanish people put their faith in us you know little guys who go free are not many so the last election is being focused on the economy but it seems this election could turn out to be largely about catalonia. let's wait for day w. news for now don't forget to join us all day on satellite for our special coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the building wall we'll leave you now with these pictures of that historic not exactly 30 years ago. but
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