japan's emperor naruhito. and his wife emperor sat masako away from an open collars more than 100000 well wishers lined the packed streets and then he turned took over official duties last month succeeding his father i can he tell following his abdication under japan's post-war constitution the emperor has no political power and is limited to some of those. this is d.w. coming up but next looking for the cold war and jane flavored with elephants dumped 2 of our favorite the forts from the last week. of the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate alexander from the world's 250th birthday we're embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.

. welcome to the but is the game here for detail the. trip to talk about its. coverage. 3 more. asshole we have. let's have a look at something illegal so you don't want to. make a. w. this week on world stories. tourists visit the berlin wall 30 years after its fall south africans make jen with the aroma of elephant dung but we begin in russia political activists remember

a time here when stalin murdered hundreds of thousands of people and had them dumped in shallow graves in the russian city of blood have a chance a man stumbled across one of these mass graves. but what if's look at this hole here says we're telling question and shows us the grisly find on his property. at the well i wanted to extend my house here while i was digging the hole for the foundations i found 1st one skull then a 2nd a 3rd and so on. where. in the meantime fatality has more than 10 sacks of human bones in his garden. a government commission says they come from a mass grave dating back to the 1930 s. . fitted he lives with his family in the far east of russia. the city on the chinese border saw mass executions join the stalinist purges the period known by people as the great tara

'd. the same time 8000 kilometers where the people of moscow are remembering the victims of terror. they tell the stories of their fathers and uncles grandfathers and great uncles the stories of their families persecuted by stalin between 19361938 i suppose enemies of the regime. my grandfather was arrested and tortured says this woman they knocked his teeth out. flooding may have been a core ski he was 76 years old rest in peace with. one and a half 1000000 soviet citizens were arrested in only 2 years half of them were killed the ceremony as part of a national event which was instigated by the human rights organization memorial 12 years ago. he would know that the police 3 years ago we were accused of being foreign agents but we kept on anyway the cause a lot of people depend on us that's the most important. little league fashion has

repeatedly asked the authorities in black of ashamed for help in dealing with the remains in his garden. do you propose that it was before there was live asked them for the past year but much of the worth of what they say they don't have the money or the stuff. the only thing they promised was to come and pick up the remains but only after i broke the mount myself it was a bitter and swear word. a small local undertakers business has helped with the burial of a small number of the victims of italy crash a complains they've been buried anonymously and without dignity. it's been exactly 30 years since the berlin wall fell today only few traces of the

iron curtain remain much to the disappointment of tourists who come to see the historic barrier. where did the berlin wall go luckily this metal strip marks where it once stood but where can you see pieces of the wall itself we are some tourists if they found the wall no. i have it set up there ok good yeah because i'm going to head off that way. i don't know 900 brigade was no no there that somewhere else i don't know on both sides of the former border lynn has grown and grown together a long time residents remember it where all the wall just behind you behind me yes. there's nothing there. but that's tough luck but it was there

part of the wall still it's around at least a few meters worth original sections with missing ones marked by metal rods to form an iron curtain tourists who want to touch the concrete that once divided not just but in but the eastern and western blocks like this man from california. actually expected to be more tall. on the other hand seems like it's extremely durable and impressed that it's still here the remains of the wall are a real tourist draw guided tours take place daily is the area he was controlled by border troops in the end in 191-2000 of them and watch towers in this area every 2 to 400 meters tourists can see the one watchtower still standing here otherwise the tour guides have to help people visualize what this area used to look like.

as there are traces you can show how the city's changed and what the war meant for people who live here. without a guide like andrea's folks who are new to berlin often look for the ball inventing . i have no clue. we just arrived recently so there's a wall of it there but i doubt it. but this actually was part of the berlin wall what east german north or a g.'s dubbed the anti fascist protection barrier one stretched for 160 kilometers now just a few kilometers remain on the border is gone for good. but years from now the united states will hold presidential and congressional elections the key question remains will donald trump be reelected we asked residents of richmond central wisconsin for the past 40 years they've always voted for the presidential candidate who wound up in the white house. feeding time for dairy

farmer mark stalls and his calves like most people in richland county stalls voted for president trump in 2016 but twice for barack obama in the elections before this time he says the political mood is anything but clear. we tend to we tend to like trust more than most people saw i don't i we don't talk a whole lot about it but it can get very testy very quickly even within our family i'm going to give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give give me even though you voted for trump in the last election mark stoltz cares about key democratic issues like health care and climate change he also wants an end to the president's trade more as his farmers like him particularly hard he says so that that's hurt we don't have a good place to ship malchen way products and cheese and you know it's all right on

the markets got a lot of milk and cheese on it and americans are drinking less milk wisconsin lost over $600.00 dairy farms in the last year. richland center with its 5000 citizens is the largest town in richland county a bellwether for the presidential election since 1980 the majority here has always voted for the winning candidate. richland county is traditionally a republican county. do we always vote that way you know i think it's with all the impeachment so if it's going to be very noisy and interesting for the next year but if i was betting today i would bet he'll get elected again. at the local newspaper editor dawn key 1st says left and right wing supporters in the county are fighting for the public's attention she is often criticized for printing opinion letters that are too critical of president trump i suggest to those persons

they ought to write letters their their own selves expressing their beliefs but most of those people declined and they don't want to explain why not i suspect they don't want their name in the paper. dairy farmer marks told says the decisive factor for him will be who the democratic contender is if they candidate is to progressive he might stick with donald trump even if that means more suffering for him and the farmers richland county. south africa is considered a paradise for jim lovers newly created spirits are always finding their way to the country's national market it already offers 500 different varieties but there's one flavor that even seasoned aficionados need some getting used to. let's and sleigh is always good to see people's reactions while preparing is tasty after

all and louvel is no origin their region it's flavored with elephants back. yard is a little bit funny to think that was elephant dung but it's it's good surprisingly good. if you didn't expect so you know. what makes me feel better about it is all the alcohol of that sterilizes whatever that was inside the down side doesn't really make a big difference to me it tastes good. less and his wife have a special ingredient for their gin in south africa with the scope. and there is some danger involved a pride of lions watch this with bated breath. but 2 former academics came up

with the idea while i suffer now they're in business. terms of grass and leaves is love is a very botanical it's because cd elephants eat all the all this amazing food and they digest so little and the rest of their food is just passed through their digestive system very quickly and ends up on the on the felt floor indeed that doesn't smell too bets. still the park rangers are just getting used to seeing people collect elephant feces. it's there for you a little bit with. some oh. yes yes. we collected about just over 3 of the size banks. and this will be. what we hope about. $4000.00 bottles $6000.00 bottles which

will hopefully get out of. the elephant feces get washed and dry to the workshop then it gets steeped in gin for 24 hours just like a tea bag find a product as a premium gin for more than 30 euros per bottle it's a clear success for the gin distillers. it's been crazy so it was it started off as maybe we could do this is a part time thing but we've been reducing realize if you want to make it successful and if we if you want to grow the business and it had to be a full time job so forth for 2 of us it's a full time job. the spirit make us now i hope that the elephant dung infused gin will claim a permanent place on the shelves of south africa stores and pops. with

the border. cutting and constant bending looked danger in the eyes. it was the summer of 198930 years later they chronicled the incredible story of their a state from east germany in the fall and for us it was an experience that made bind them together forever. your moment next on t.w. . the 2019 tokyo motor show. small city cars and lightning fast race cars the designs are futuristic and so is the technology from corky to perfect for everyday life.

car makers and their vision of the future on. driving people 60 minutes d.w. . every journey begins with the 1st step and every language but the 1st word published in the book. the coach is in germany to learn german why not play with him simple online on your mobile and free shop d w z. learning course. german made. of unfair guessable joy in the berlin wall fell on nov 9th 1989 the

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