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this is the w. news live from berlin politicians close ranks after far right demonstrators break through police lines at germany's parliament building lawmakers from across the political spectrum have condemned the assault we'll talk with one also coming up. passengers checking in for the 1st direct commercial flight between israel and the united arab emirates israel focused the start of a new relationship with the arab world and the fetus discussed the 2nd us. guess we can moment 5 years ago look at how that decision to accept a wave of migrants has reshaped your. bride thomas could have you with us today. when politicians from across the

political spectrum have condemned the far right attempt to storm the german parliament building the demonstrators did break through police lines during a larger protest against the government's and demick polls that protest group some 38000 people will talk to a member of parliament about what happened on the steps of the when to start after this report was far right extremists pushed through police lines to the top of the rice talk steps. that they shout resistance. and this interest followed we are the people was. the black white and red are the colors of the old imperial german rice used now by neo nazis. in front of the rice target it makes for shocking symbolism. this country it's not acceptable and it cannot be tolerated that some appear with

symbols from a terrible dark past flags that have nothing to do with our modern democracy and they show up in front of the ponderous tire building the rice tank building the most important symbol of our democracy the parliament the ball of the democrates does parliament other demonstrators who filled central berlin on saturday were no longer the center of attention. many remained on sunday though and how the small day after a rally at the brandenburg gate they focused on the corona skeptic message and dismissed the previous day's aggression as you prosecutor what happened here was chaos and some small groups who wanted to take advantage of the situation and which we do support the corona demonstration want to have nothing to do with october's analysis. yet the far right are confident their place in berlin and on weekends amid the rainbows and peace flags of other demonstrators and the coronas. skeptics

didn't seem to have a problem with them being there i'm joined now by patrick sens borg he's a member of the german parliament on the american c.d.u. party he's head of the parliament's election oversight committee and also a member of the council of elders thanks very much for coming in today the assaults on on the parliament building saturday it's being called an attack on germany's democracies is that what it was i think so it's going to accept people trying to enter the parliament building need to rally showing these kind of flags that we saw in the report and not president of the country made it quite clear it's totally inacceptable for democracy and i wanted people behave and react in that way and we're proud on our police of clearing the situation and mates of protesters not entering the parliament building there's a lot of question about the police presence that a lot of people saying that there weren't enough police on hand to prevent the

demonstrators doing that bruns interior minister andreas guys all says that at no time however was the parliament ever in danger do you think he's playing down what happened with that comment. i think 1st of all we shouldn't change reason and reaction the reason for that such a ration is circling only. meat by as you draw testers a mixture of people from the armchair right to the ultra left and so it's totally inacceptable the peaceful demonstrators which week one that it's possible to demonstrate for any kind of reason that peaceful demonstrators for children i'm sure will do with these people we don't accept this was a reason for the police and once this kind of situation that was inacceptable we have to talk in the future about how we can secure our own and building better this is a tricky situation because of we have several buildings but nevertheless these kinds of pictures we want don't want to see anymore and the protesters was

a nice big flag and would see our flags of the imperial germany of that stood in front of the parliament those are disturbing images for so very many people not only here in germany but abroad as well what but when politicians in the media devote so much attention to a french group and fringe groups involved these types of provocations don't we risk giving extremists exactly the public platform that they're looking for. i think that's what we should talk about there are a lot of reports in media about this group we're talking about a very very small group of people who think about conspiracy theories who think it was a metal hat you secure yourself from bill gates and issues like that this is very very small percentage of people who use this kind of protest for my own and's or are showing their ideology alone so i think we have to make clear any kind of

demonstrations free speech is possible in germany that's no doubt but we want it to be in the borders of floor was scrutiny of laura's importance and i'm and of course the demonstration was out of my allowance there's a better sense berg in the parliament for the cd you know it's a council of elders also election oversight committee thanks very much for coming into it let's get you brief down some of the other stories in the news at this hour lebanon's president has invited the country's ambassador to germany. to form a new government as prime minister comes after a deed secured the support of majority of him he's the previous government critter earlier this month in the wake of the devastating beirut explosion china says its troops did not cross the disputed border with india and the region of the dock of the nile comes after neighboring india accused beijing of provocative military movements of. the 2 countries have been in talks and june when dozens of indian

troops were killed in a fight with their chinese counterparts on that front. well a 1st ever commercial passenger flight from israel to the united arab emirates has landed in abu dhabi from tel aviv a stark like i was after israel and the u.a.e. agreed to normalize relations and a deal brokered by the united states the u.a.e. is now the 3rd arab country after egypt and jordan to establish full diplomatic ties with israel for many residents the deal means they can finally bring their business and personal relationships into the open. downs i mean these are unusual days for. a jewish israeli palestinian businessman from his small office in jerusalem and through travel he has been doing business with the united arab emirates has several years but always under the radar the country's had no diplomatic relations until recently as

a 1st step phone lines were officially established but right now my friends i just call me for the fun of it hey man i wire them the call me because i just heard in the news that we could call each other directly communication. is something we humans are known for civilization requires communication and work together. i really praise that wonderful great vision of this country united arab emirates. who facilitates the certification of highland kosher products between. its own isn't cold to the emirates for years people had to use foreign providers or the internet to connect and deliver his very. limited effect. states would be actually great just imagine the deal breaks with the long held view among arab countries that normalizing ties would only come after israel and its

military occupation of the palestinian territories in israel there have been a lot of firsts in the past days 1st direct interviews with and morality officials like here. t.v. channel 13 is to live the big putus was sent immediately to be and is made in new sights there's reportedly until in the emirates you know what is amazing normally in those cases it takes time but now everything is on the table relationship embassies flight stories and everything is moving very fast we can phone the emirates we can go there we can ever interviews there only egypt and jordan have signed peace treaties with israel in the past one hopes that this new agreement will go beyond business and security mountainous i suspect that this will be a war more peace than the relationship with jordan there was never about blood there was never wars there was never any misunderstanding or political disagreement direct between us and the united arab emirates or anybody in the gulf for that

reason so i'm really optimistic if you arab countries have signaled that they might consider following the u.n. this move it could affect if you be shaped in that often line says in the region. and let's talk about that now what do you have your correspondent cramer joining us from jerusalem good day to you don yeah. what's the impression where you are in israel is this a breakthrough and does this flight indicate a new opening for israel with its arab neighbors. well that's that's certainly what israelis are hoping for and now the flight from tel aviv flight 971 from tel aviv to abu dhabi has safely landed shortly before for local time in the united arab emirates and you know some reporters there have to scribe today especially something very special also this have said it's

a historic day also because this flight crossed saudi arabia as aspace as the 1st saudi arabia allowed us national airline. to cross the aisle space making this flight much shorter than it would have been and that is actually what is already so hoping for an opening to the east certainly this 1st visit is very symbolic but they will be also talking not about business civil matters economic matters and of course there's also the hope that other countries other arab nations might follow the u.s. . tell your relations between the u.s. israel have been normalizing very quickly why with the u.s. . well i mean it wasn't such a big surprise maybe the announcement was

a surprise in the timing but it was described by some as the worst kept secret that there have been ongoing economic ties and also business ties between the 2 countries but just course they were always behind closed doors and that will change now i think there are several factors coming into that you know shared interests political interests also. new alliances a common enemy of iran so all of this together but of course also the u.s. . was sharply criticized by the palestinians officials have said they did that to stop the controversial israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank but palestinians see that. you know they are very concerned that this might change . rather publicly longstanding you of arab nations that there could be no normalization if israel is not ending its occupation tell you briefly if you could

you mentioned relations perhaps improving with other arab countries might that include saudi arabia at some point. well this remains unclear if an hour u.s. secretary of state might compare was in the region last week and there was a very muted response and actually saudi arabia officials have said there could be no normalization until this no solution to the israeli palestinian conflict so it's still to see whether other countries will follow tanya thanks so very much for that from jerusalem. still to come on our show the u.s. open tennis tournament gets underway but with no spectators and a host of top names not even showing up we'll find out why it's likely to be one of the most controversial u.s. opens ever. but 1st all this week we're looking back 5 years to

when hundreds of thousands of people mostly from syria skipped war and persecution and headed for the european union to seek refuge it was a pivotal moment for the e.u. and its policy of open borders some member states shut their borders after initially allowing passage of thousands of refugees these biggest number and the main destination for many of those leaves germany how would it respond in this crisis. with just 3 words chancel a machall took charge and changed the course of european history did abuse chief political editor michel occur after was there on this day 5 years ago is on live akhil laid out her polls. it was the moment that defined anger that merkel's response to the 2015 migration crisis. it was the german equivalent of this yes we can. i was there 5 years ago when desperate migrants in hungary set off on foot towards germany just hours later i'm

going to mark all singlehandedly decided to keep germany's borders open the scenes of an open welcoming germany went around the world. 5 years on this raises the question did germany make it and at what cost. in 2015 many an angle or merkel's own c.d.u. party were against her open arms policy. then finance minister was one of them his key concern was losing control for today's speaker of germany's parliament it still is. one has to prevent the impression that there is a loss of control that situation was crucial for a few months but we've mostly overcome its effect by now we need a european solution to these problems. because instead of more europe national reflexes kicked in across the continent in germany america's decision helped launch

a populist party into parliament the far right alternative for germany. the f.t. supports have been fizzling out until merkel's we will make it moment igniters the party's rise to become a fixture of germany's political landscape its co-founder alexander garland freely admits that merkel's open border policy helped propel his party to parliament. we didn't make it and we can't make it it's nobody's fault but it's simply impossible to let so many people from a totally different cultural background who behave so differently into a country and say we can make it. even folks matters decision was humanitarian yet many also hopes the migrants would be able to meet germany's growing demand for skilled workers a new survey obtained exclusively by de w.

before publication shows a mixed picture 5 years on half of these refugees are in some form of employment or education the authors of the study germany did reasonably well mostly because of its economic strength. almost to the day 5 years after her yes we can moment same place same setting machall says she would do the same again. overall i would take the same decisions again that's right. but she warns of tough times ahead with a focus on the funds and we will now see a phase where jenaveve rise in unemployment will make it again more difficult to get those people to work who have only recently arrived here as refugees or as migrants. because no new comes and she'll be gone. for now though germans are more busy with corona been debating migration both have proved to be

political gain changes while germany has undoubtedly mastered the effects of 2015 economically politically i'm going to machall vowed not to let that moment repeat itself a moment that changed germany and will define her legacy. joining us i was sued office director of the center for humanitarian action based here in berlin former head of the un food program in syria thanks so much for coming in today and what are you hearing from syria how many people are leaving the country today compared to 5 years ago. well today the situation in syria of course is much more stable and that's sense and the migration flows are much more stable and less this has a couple of reasons one has of course the conflict in syria but if you look at the migration policies america's promise and deed this has an often overlooked unitary i'm fessor merkel promises we have overseen systems to syrians in syria in the

region we've neglected it and i can confirm i was in charge of some of these programs at that time and support went don't like 50 cent for a person for a day in a country with often european prices so she made a promise and she delivered on that one myrtle's that in future we will from 50 percent of the unitarians needs in syria and the regions to be a role model for other countries and she delivered on this promise in a financial way one some of the policy ways and how those funds and the unitarian role of germany is playing out today there is much more to do with you mentioned that the situation has stabilized what's behind that development. well if you focus on the question if people are not coming as years ago indeed this is change for several reasons one of these reasons is the controversial deal the u.s. made that's tricky is also the situation on the ground people simply leave syria as

the forest p.o.'s and neighboring countries it's pretty much the same but if we want to talk about tests of this process mate migration flows decrease to germany we must be aware that one might discuss if at some point there was a loss of control how many people are coming for a couple of months before and the years after we have until today a situation where there is basically you know either way to reach as a refugee a german borders a syrian cook basically swim from syria to northern germany to make it here to ask for asylum otherwise it's illegal onto germany unless nelson agreement but we all know that the european european agreements on in this amount moving on so is much more to do and i think we need. these refugees need an option to come to europe and germany in a legal way in some number ok let's look forward to the refugees who are here and

want to return return home do you see the possibility of enough rebuilding in syria enough financing that you're talking about including from germany to create conditions for those who fled and want to come home to do so. at this point i think all experts agree that the situation isn't given to or allow this and this is several reasons one as are the economic ones and the great destroy made in germany you mentioned the others are very political it's obvious they're refugees on a wellcome going home to syria rather they will view the discriminated against they are the last ones getting that you look at house back and there are a lot of true laws which make it very very difficult for you to think about coming back let alone the security situation and if this would be a safe way so we have to deal with the still unsure as so many in neighboring countries of syria have to take a much more refugees on board but i think deep metal in some ways was right we can make it and i think we've demonstrated that germany can stamp lists and that we can

host these refugees and crucially even think about taking the burden of our countries if you look at the greek islands that maurie on hundreds of sick kids in germany from us to take them to germany 6 months ago and not even the $240.00 promised us to do here so we have to take a burden even if we can only proceed with a truck route the major european countries of suit offer c.a.j. thanks so much for coming in today thank you. let's give you brief now some of the other stories in the news at this hour police in the usa are portland have launched a homicide investigation after a man died during clashes on saturday night fighting broke out after hundreds of supporters of president trump drove through the city the president and his democratic opponents have blamed each other for the violence. a well known russian opposition blogger and radio host says he was wounded in an attack in moscow. was handed

a suspended sentence on extremism for his last year of making videos criticizing president putin. tennis now and the u.s. open starts today but the tournament has already been hit by mass no shows do of course agree on a virus one player has already tested positive men's champion dall has decided not to compete and so have 6 of the women's top 10 fans will also be absent in new york and protests that also mark the event as well. men's world number one novak djokovic is in new york even if many of his fellow tennis stars are not the serbian has recovered from contracting the coronavirus in june but france's ben luck pair is ruled out of the testing positive on the eve of the tournament a raft of other players are skipping the u.s. open because of the pandemic those that are competing will have to deal with empty

stands and strict hygiene regulations which limit their movements meaning they can only travel from their accommodation to the courts and nowhere else given the health crisis and so many no shows many believe the tournament should have been scrapped. other fans though think organizers should have welcomed some spectators like the french open in september i'm very sorry that i can't attend because i've been going to the years no u.s. open the legislature for 20 years. and i really think that given the fact that its doors they could use social distancing and they could have had some people attending like but they're doing in paris. tournament has been taking place over the last week at the same venue to help players get used to the atmosphere 2018 u.s. open champion won only osaka initially boycotted her semifinal in a black lives matter protest before organizers postponed it in solidarity she won

the match a day later but then pulled out of the final injured. it's really important to start a conversation and for me i feel like we took a really huge step just now. and i know i feel like we made a lot of people uncomfortable but i think that's also a good thing because maybe they'll think about why they are uncomfortable a raw is also brewing over a new play as union the next 2 weeks could see one of the strangest tennis grand slams ever. well big birthday here in berlin the 1st pandas to be born in germany have celebrated their 1st birthday at the berlin so fit and paolo have become a star attraction at the zoo since they made their public debut in january they were rewarded with some special birthday treats including a frozen birthday cake and push snow and the pandas remain the property of china

as their parents who are all on loan from the tree. this is good of you news live from berlin up next eco india the theme in this week's edition is new beginnings i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for being there.

eco india. on this california milk is not the main product. it's down. the beach own farm in noida is that next level organic farm here local greens are treated like stars as on the mound they leave behind it's

valuable material from new york and souvenirs eco can. t.w. . did beethoven in china did it did it did to do did did did did did do. did is it is about a 60 vote. to my g.p. the true king of rock n roll. so many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. and of course the subconscious always one thing is clear the band beethoven is wildly popular.

i see a sure shot i love you sure. but how would the world sound without the biggest composer of all time i can't begin to imagine a world class horn player singer willis on a musical journey of discovery. world without beethoven starts september 16th on t.w. . a new beginning is often a wonderful opportunity to examine our choices and regroup at our life if these trying times for something it's this inspirations to make a positive change towards

a more sustainable way of life all around us to be we introduce you to some people who have visited their lives who was making environmentally friendly choices hello welcome to eco india. coming to you from my neighborhood in mumbai. india is the largest producer of milk in the world because of rising demand it goes without seeing the primary reason for raping a college. but a fall in india which is more than $100.00 does not commercially produce a single drop of milk what may be your little this farm bill to make such a contrast choice let's take a closer look. at. 20 acres of lush farmland in the busy city of noida. why organic farming is not uncommon even in the city this farm has taken things to new level.

the job as it is called has built a community of farmers that is self-sustaining and practices natural farming methods with a focus on the wellbeing of livestock. what makes this far more unique is its relationship to its family of cattle. meat could edge a native of good get out scotch. from the sindh region. this or that beauty is called red cindy. belongs to a sturdy bodied from tama not as specially salute. for farming. greens of indigenous cattle from across india this farm doubles up as an animal sanctuary their. cows and bulls have always been a part of agriculture but in the genus breeds are disappearing at a frightening rate thanks to the introduction of machines and the growing focus on

dairy which prefers imported breeds to native ones because of the higher milky. some endogenous breed populations are down to as little as 100 animals. be john has a herd of 135 indigenous cattle of various breeds of which 40 are bulls. it's striving to reverse some of the mad practices in farming in india today. which. i think everyone knows how cruel the dairy industry is and when i got into this and when i started seeing how many beautiful indigenous cattle were there and how the history of us importing cattle from the west for this nuclear evolution and a lot of other things then the need to protect these cattle kind of became very strong these beautiful indigenous cattle mean up your greed on the farm and many of

these are brought in. which don't actually give a lot of men. and i realise that these cattle are dying because our whole focus is on that. to preserve these breeds logical to focus had to shift away from dairy. and dung whole project was born i delayed that up by i didn't buy the oil and it's going this and. a lot of dung lying around also means it releases a new tin yet it's not even going to that i mean. that dung hole. project promotes an economy around cow dung. every day some towns in 400 kilo's are gathered to be converted into a very dire t. of products. ensuring a 2nd income for farmers. beautiful were not there he says we make seed balls like these using seeds from big trees like the neem. if you scatter them on

empty fields before dreams they start growing. we also make images of the day it is donation and luxury using dung and mud these are used during the valley and customers come here to buy them and if you have. the dung is also used as many on the fields. doing away with the need for chemical fertilizers. your up your mind to them he says when we came here the feel of a sunday we couldn't do anything without down over. once we had enough stock of dung we started making natural mineo and used it for the fields and it took us about 2 years of preparation time or now the soil has regained its natural for to lety and we are able to grow vegetables very well. most of the plants are grown from heirloom seeds. the farmers use traditional

systems of into cropping companion planting and crop rotation. all food is grown organically. the vegetables harvested here include bitter gourd squash and bob can. be jim produces its own solar power off the grid. it's home to a large community of farmers from all over india. it runs its own school a clinic a women's group and has direct access to weekly markets. the women's new skills allow them to generate extra income and the aim is to become completely self-sufficient. is one such woman whose husband farms while she knits and stitchers products that are sold to visit does i'd be. mocked she says now we're mostly making mosques like this we make about 20 in

a day and each $1.00 costs $50.00 rupees. takes a sustainable approach to farming with a focus on caring for the land and the animals. found. its heart will inspire others to follow. the world biking is becoming more the popular not only is it trendy it's also hopefully will help. and if you do chances of getting infected 19 times but many of bikes often multiply auditee by especially if you move to the city or don't plan on staying for very long. we found some biking enthusiastic were

preparing bikes for refugees and visitors. wanya sifi repairs bikes for refugees here in berlin. he fled iran 4 years ago last year he started working at the hook invented tailwind association . a bike is important for refugees. so it helps them. mean when you look for a bike online somebody cost 50 or 70 or 100 euros or longer but i had a good thing didn't we accept a donation of 5 or 10 euros from a refugee from forward the senate will stay almost everyone who works here is a volunteer the bikes they were pat all donated once they've been fixed up they go to refugee. if. only one yes if he

has a paid job but the association and it's partly financed by the national volunteer service it all began 5 years ago when germany took in a large number of refugees the team and also me want to help the new comers they also want to promote cycling as an environmentally friendly mode of transport and recycling old bikes is especially sustainable. because we use everything if a bike can no longer be written and we take it apart and use the components for another bike you could see that from 2 broken old bikes we create one new or usable one of the strongest most of the team come from many parts of the world irishman graeme pope who's been helping out here for 2 years. one. outside of the convince pope and some friends have set up a bike sharing nonprofit organization called bike surf it maintains

a fleet of 25 people can bore them for a small donation. bike so if doesn't aim to compete with commercial bike rental firms uses mainly come from the sharing community. their idea that if you can surf somewhere you can cheaply someone. maybe you can find somewhere to stay you can maybe find some place that there is a door for free then you might have free wi-fi then the next thing getting around a big city like berlin is the obvious answer is to be on a bicycle it's environmental it's good for you good for your health. pope says he hopes the idea catches on you can't currently borrow a bike in many other cities. you can book a bike online. and you can usually keep it for a few weeks or even longer. look invented meanwhile

has a new project it wants to visit school classes to talk about bikes and sustainability . and we want to get children and teenagers interested in cycling again so they think it's cool to ride a bike we want to show them how easy it can be to repair a bike we hope to get them so excited about biking that they don't even think of buying a car or even getting a driver's license but want to move about the city on wheels. convinced says stuffing such a project with volunteers is difficult they're looking for funding so they can hire and pay more people. but and it their bought of an unavoidable eternal cycle of nature be the all encompassing. of the debilitating monsoon floods natural events destroy life yet at the same time create a base for new life conservationists are now studying

a similar phenomenon in military training and yes i'm a devotee of army with was. constant tank movements and artillery exercises make nature conservation at this army training ground a complicated affair before the ecologist start work the search party patrols the area to make sure there are no nasty explosive surprises lurking in the grass they're always accompanied by munitions expert from the german military force. they found a missile its location is marked down and laser bomb disposal experts will pick it up. you have to search carefully as we use everything from small 20 millimeter ammunition to large ordinance and explosives of course it's much easier to find bombs that to find small munitions and don't forget we've been using this troop training area for 80 years so you find all sorts of stuff here. just those 80 years of army maneuvers have helped create

a very landscape in bomb holder or grasslands with wild herb's as well as woodlands and brush all ideal for biodiversity. grasslands are so valuable because they're hard to find anywhere else there's no arable land so no pesticides no nutrients no fertilizers this is only for military maneuvers. the army has all the heavy equipment it needs to preserve the natural environment does armored vehicle is used to take care of open spaces to make sure they don't get overgrown it tears up shrubs and it flattens small trees. germany has 1400 square kilometers of land for military drills the environmental group nabu commissioned a study and found something astonishing although there are pollutants like heavy metals and kerosene residue the sites are ecologically important. because one of the situation in these areas is unique the exercises create

a patchwork environment there are temporary changes what we ecologists call disturbances in areas where soil is removed there are pioneer sites where rare plants can grow as well as animal species you can't find in the regular landscape. destruction by tanks and artillery creates new ecological niches says army ecologist bill fried korten ponds foreman tank trails and bomb craters where frogs and you can spawn. it's extraordinary the damage we see here from tank trucks you only see this in military training areas is especially important for nature conservation this is not static environmental protection. so constantly changing they're also valuable areas not in regular use by the military where nature can evolve organically it's not too early. in the areas used less

often they deploy sheep several 1000 sheep graze all summer long in the military training ground so that's what makes sheep really useful is that they get into all the corners under the bushes into parts of the woods we can't reach a machine can't do that the sheep footprints grazing and droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd karl-heinz can kill. in there a good many generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together. in germany large swathes of the natural environment to been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land an army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms. to spite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection.