this is state of the news live from berlin germany knocks the 30th anniversary of the full of the berlin wall. at the center of celebrations the landmark brandenburg gate and john installation carries the hopes and dreams of 30000 people worldwide written on colored ribbons. but november the 9th is also the date of about just dhaka in germany history the night of broken glass the nation wide life of attacks on jewish people and property not in 38 that the stock have widescale nazi

persecution of jewish people. a method he 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 underway at the brandenburg gate once the symbol of germany's division into east and west they don't leave 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 since the fall of the berlijn wall the 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 $30000.00 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 a bit we're seeing you can see the brandenburg gate behind me and in front of it the stage where on saturday evening evening the night of november will be the big garlow show with all christers in d.j.'s the v.i.p.'s will of course all be here but many lynas 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 is simon young enjoying himself they mean while german president from the volga steinmeyer has invited the heads of state of poland the czech republic hungry and slovakia to berlin for the celebrations the invitation is official recognition of the role these countries played in bringing down the berlin wall paving the way to democracy poland became the 1st country in the warsaw pact to tolerate an independent trade union solid on the all solidarity in english this led to the 1st semi free elections in june of 1989. during the same month activists held a protest picnic in hungary officials allowed them to cut its border fence to austria . thousands of east german holidaymakers seized the opportunity to enter the west

in the summer of 1909 more and more is german refugees escape the country via hungry and the former czechoslovakia. then in september 1989 the west german foreign minister hans de to address the thousands of refugees who had been stranded in prague. from the balcony of the west german embassy he announced that these east german citizens were allowed to enter the west freely. was. these were all milestones on the road to reunification and the beginning of the end of east germany all of them benign is a fateful day in german history as we just heard it marks the fall of the berlin wall but it's also the date of the night of broken glass in 1938 nazis attacked jewish people and property the start of the systematic persecution of jews that led

to the horrors of the holocaust. call. ups and was. borne out $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. anti-semitism is on the rise this could it be that we need to find new ways of remembering. perhaps we must take new paths to fight and he semitism. 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 set 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 a warning about the present. 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. former brazilian president louis ignacio lit the silver has left jail to a jubilant welcome from supporters is now planning a national tour the judge freed the leftist politician after the supreme court ruled that the financier who are appealing convictions could be released who was jailed on corruption charges last year he denies in wrong doing.

now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in india more than 5000 troops have been sent to a disputed religious site in the top british head of a ruling from the supreme court on who controls the land at the site of a 16th century mosque in. claimed 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 denounced the president's policies and branded him a racist trump was in atlanta to launch a coalition that aims to woo african-american votes to his reelection campaign. and . wildfires continue to write to cross drought stricken eastern australia at least 2 people have been found dead and 100 homes destroyed in dozens of blazes burning

out of control in new south wales authorities are calling conditions on preset ended and expect the number of deaths to rise. in chile tens of thousands of demonstrators joined anti-government protests in the capital something . police fired water cannons and tear gas on the crowd people have taken to the streets in the country for the last 22 days to protest against inequality. hong kong is on high alert as pro-democracy demonstrators promised more protests after one of the number died the 22 year old fell from the building hundreds of 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 a protest he succumbed to his injuries on friday. eminent activist joshua wong called for the people of hong kong to stay united we mourn together and we urge home the people where black you should to get your today and tomorrow to show our side dorothea and unity and now is the hind foot of government to set up the in the band as investigation on the clash with the king you know and see for truth and justice and which is pretty insane and and reasonable for how to gotham and allow the police attempted to hold on people. 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 a planned extradition deal 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. well day doubly as mathias building is in hong kong right at the spot where the young man phil earlier we asked him if the police promised to investigate the death of chelsea will satisfy protests. they have promised it as you say they have already. altered their version of the events that timetable off the events after some footage by passers by dashboard car footage showed that their 1st version that they had not been inside before he fell was wrong so this did of course not contribute to more trust in the police and we've just heard what joshua long saadat is the op

inion of many people here and it's one being one of the team ons for a long time now people want an invasion independent investigation into what the police has been doing that day and the weeks before and anything else will not satisfy the protesters they will continue going on the streets as we can see that people have no trust in the police they have lost all trust that was mathias billing in hong kong well spain is heading into a lections 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. each time where fed up with noting but of course we have to vote what we vote on that's another problem that we must vote still we have the feeling that everything will remain the same because there are no credible political leaders that might leave it 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 pablo 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 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 caught the president of catalonia his 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 your lives or dies to go beyond that many saw the last election as being focused on the. to me but it seems this election could turn out to be largely about catalonia. and that is

all the news for now don't forget to join us all day on saturday for our special coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall leave you now with these pictures all that the die off the bat historic not exactly 30 years ago and now i'm asking how thanks watched. the for. the 1st.

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