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insupportable. what's a big what's. her over. the degree of the. last. this is e w news live from bali and india's top court gives the disputed holy site of our yard to hindus the ruling paves the way for hindus to build a temple that the scientists hope that the move will end a decades old dispute between hindus and muslims over the site but many fear it will raise tensions between the community also coming up. germany marks the
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30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we'll take you to the center of celebrations and reflect on how it changed the lives of so many people around the world. and we'll look at another event in german history the night of broken glass the nationwide wave of attacks on jewish people and property in 1988 marks the start of widescale nazi persecution of the jewish. my head and i am free thanks for joining me in a landmark ruling india's top court has ruled that a holy site in the state of pradesh claimed by both hindus and muslims belongs to hindus the ruling paves the way for a temple to be built at the site a separate piece of land is to be given to muslims to build. a mosque now security
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has been ramped up in the area amid fears of violence in 1992 right when hindu mobs tore down a 16th century mosque which is they believe was built at the birthplace of one of their most revered de eighty's graham is sparked riots across india that killed more than 2000 people and the issue continues to stoke tensions between hindus and muslims well for more on that decision let's bring in correspondent sonia found who is in delhi good to see sonia so tell us just how significant is this ruling while having no it's a hugely historic verdict because what this does is essentially draws a line under what has been a very brutal and protect protracted dispute between hindus and muslims that has dragged on in several indian courts for decades and the same sort of this dispute of course is the 16th century bobbery mosque in a pail which many hindus believe was built by. impro by raising
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a hindu temple that mock the birthplace of all flawed dramas something hugely significant site before he was muslims for the pazzi to have bush up there literally for 4 whole generations so i think of course the site in 1902 was a side to perfect violence when right when he told on the bobby mosque in what was seen as a brazen defiance often all that spock deadly riots that killed more than 2000 people across the country so i think what we're seeing today hopefully is the end of this very bloody and bitter dispute absolutely hopefully indeed but we do know that there was a massive ramp up in security across india tell us more about that sonia. that's right i mean we're seeing unprecedented security measures literally across india and that is in order to kind of ensure that there was no violence or backlash off that this would take hundreds of people have been detained now security has
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been put in place not just in the northern town of with the players but literally across many indian states and cities now in the position on where it's located 13000 extra troops have been deployed local police this is in addition to local police have been trained to contain riots helicopters on standby social media is being closely monitored and there have been a lot of calls from indian leaders including prime minister bring the more the to maintain peace and harmony is also lost his ministers not to make a provocative statements that could you know inflame public sentiment on the issue of. course one of sonia found in delhi thanks a lot sonia. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world former brazilian president lula da silva has walked free from prison his release was ordered by a judge after a supreme court ruling that inmates who are still appealing convictions could be freed who was jailed on corruption charges in april last year.
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hundreds of mourners have attended funerals for victims of a suspected cartel attack in a township founded by break way movement in mexico 9 u.s. citizens were killed 6 children and 3 women it's not clear whether they were targeted or ambushed by accident. in hong kong anti-government protesters are mourning a 22 year old student who died from his injuries it's believed he fell from a multistory car park after police fired tear gas during clashes with demonstrators last weekend had been found in a coma. wildfires continue to rage across drought stricken eastern australia at least 2 people have been found dead and hundreds of homes destroyed and dozens of blazes burning out of control in new south wales sorties according conditions unprecedented and expect the number of deaths to rise. what events are taking place here in germany's capital today to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall celebrations and commemorations got
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underway at the brandenburg gate last night once the symbol of germany's division into east and west the fall of the wall was one of the defining moments of european history a number of wild leaders will be on hand to monkey cage and here in germany today. and the bird in war memorial here in the capital one of the main spots where celebrations are taking place today is my colleague thomas sparrow we can join him now thomas tell me more about where you are. exactly i don't know you mention that this is one of the key spots where the amount of events will be taking place today here in berlin this is the banaue. memorial and as you can probably see behind me the wall used to run exactly in the street it divided here family and friends and it stood rightly in front it's completely in front of many buildings here in van alledged haas and as such now it is one of the key memorials here in berlin and
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it's also by the way a moral where people can learn a lot about how that division in german history was overcome and what the 9th of november 989 actually meant and we've got a piece where we can show exactly what the 901989 meant for people living here in berlin let's have a look. god the world must die what had seemed unimaginable became true on november 9th 1989. after 28 years a chink in the wall and suddenly immeasurable freedom. when i'm with my mother and my father over there can i go over there and see my parents yes i'm one of the good that. you look like that thus no one dreamed that this was possible in their life a tough guy image abroad the sushi it is too good to be true millions of people
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have been waiting for this moment. so you've never been to the west no never what sort of feeling is that brilliant indescribable the atmosphere in the joy you can't believe it my it's crazy. logs an. 11 30 pm at berlin's bornholmer strasse a transit point the borders 1st began to open here freedom had finally won. now it's off to west berlin. destination the glittering came down from a not. just and we just walked right through without being stopped it was fantastic. i just went over with my id was let in and just went over there i asked if it was free yes they asked what were you planning to pay with and what did you do here in western
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and no after you just went over there and stood there had my feet on the ground that was it 1st just went over there to see if it's true because you know we go back and forth any time i was it's fantastic leaders were surprised and overwhelmed form an incumbent man as a prime demba gate. they spoke of the happiest people in the united europe and fissions and ideas. leave the peace somewhere for the museum. 5. 30 the people must be able to meet each other again freely not just for a few days but only in ways. one year later east and west germany were united but bitter memories of decades of separation and a system of oppression remained. alright thomas said what can we expect where you are over the course of the day this has been
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a week long festival here in berlin with over 200 events had in 9 different parts of berlin and today obviously the day of the anniversary one of the main highlights it's what's going to happen right behind me here at burr now a shot of the main political event if you will is going to happen right here with the participation of german chancellor angela merkel of germany president fund by the time i also foreign leader for example the president of poland hungary czech republic and slovakia and the reason behind that is to understand that the fall of the berlin wall was not only something that affected germans that it was not only the result of protests here in germany it was also something much broader that included also eastern europe that included other countries as well in a such part of the celebrations right here in bend i wish possible try to understand this as an international phenomenon as an international event that left mox not only right here in berlin not only in germany but also in the west as
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a whole all right so all the big political heavyweights set to come where you are and of course our very own political correspondent thomas perry thanks a lot thomas. well meanwhile frank german president and by this time i has invited the heads of states from poland the czech republic hungary and slovakia to berlin for those celebrations in the taishan his official recognition of the role that 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 ocean or 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 and to
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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. god. these were all milestones on the road to reunification and the beginning of the end of east germany. well you know it's a very very source of the date of the night of broken glass in 1938 nazis attacked jewish people and property it was the start of systematic persecution of jews that led to the holocaust. hold. ups i was gonna say leno good
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on the note 55696 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. the under them it is movement anti semitism is on the rise could it be that we need to find new ways of remembering things this is from most perhaps we must take new paths to fight anti semitism. and it just must know you a very good bush right 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 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
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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 to many their intolerable and yet they keep happening on talk of the $6000000.00 jews were killed in the holocaust reading all the names of the berlin victims alone took a total of 7 hours. her mind out of the top stories that we're following for you india's top court is the disputed holy site of idea to him if we take the way to hindus to build a temple at the site is hope that the move will end a decades old dispute between hindus and listed save the site that many see it would instead raise tensions between the community. and germany's market research you kind of a street of the former think german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders will mark the occasion with speeches it is almost like. celebration for
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those who take place in the city. they choose from going to a bridge connecting the race in the fall of all 30 years ago today we have these hideous culture team as well as a look at several the moral sites along the. that he's done is to get a full head to our web site he doesn't go compliment and humphrey thanks for watching. this one discover the. source november 14th. closely. carefully.
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