for the next generation 30 years after germany's reunification many are still keen to learn more about life back then young visitors are especially eager to hear the personal accounts of generations for our generation it was mostly through media right through movies but that's always a very skewed perspective. so any way that you can actually get. real. from someone who has experienced it. a lot i learned about east germany in school during history classes. but nobody in my family actually lived there and need to be sure to pass the message and we should explain to you to be aware of what is more order. systems. today many remnants of this era have vanished like the former east german parliament building which was located here just around the corner from the museum

the palace of the republic has made way for a replica of the royal palace this is where the east german parliament used to convene the for decades the real power elite with the ruling socialist unity party of germany it was only after the east german revolution that free elections became possible and law makers like the. enter parliament the side appointed we really were just a motley mix of political neil fights who happened to go on to write history. east germany's parliament was staffed by newbies. but we quickly learned how politics works and what we need to do to shape it and was. you know because 990 east german lawmakers voted for the country to join west germany it was a key moment in the process towards german reunification announced by the electorate had herself made ya have 294 delegates voted yes.

but visitors to the berlin palace would never guess that this is where lawmakers once made this momentous decision to pull things that are reaches belief additionally i have written letters and told so many people it would be essential to mark this as a place that played a key role in german history and this is where german history was written and where a major step towards reunification was taken a mortar she says is essential to keep the memory of east germany alive. nevertheless she is still pleased to see her germany has evolved over the years. as i'm trying by at 1st i was very disappointed about how little people knew about east germany but today i know that germany offers us plenty of opportunities to grow. i hope that someday we will no longer be comparing east and west northwest

riyadh boon which is a bad man paul is optimistic about the future and will never forget her east german past. now with the corona pandemic threatening the livelihoods of so many people in so many different ways an old adage comes to my desperate times they say call for desperate measures and in scotland a growing number of people are responding to the hardships they face by turning to a practice that goes back centuries for all and popovich and others like him it's much more than just a hobby. water's cold cold. for 2 days has been a mini quarter in southwestern scotland dredging up the creek bed he'd just learned how to prospect for gold 3 weeks ago and thought he tries look here for creek has been known to carry gold for centuries i dug

a hole here and there was absolutely nothing i did a test all i would down about sri theat absolutely nothing i moved up. a meter and i have. on goal that's how. close she could be 2 without getting. punished makes the heavier gold settle to the bottom. that looks like a piece right there. you see that stuck in there. allan puns for gold as a way to relax. my mind for a while right now myself hopefully i'm back to work in the next couple weeks but. i'm just trying to make the best of it and make it rain one day. status gold. that would basically be. my goal right now you may find the very 1st particles of gold for it and this pile. about 100 kilometers farther north vincent is heading for another strain. he's been carrying his equipment over the hills and through the

underbrush for an hour so. he feels drawn to the wilderness. this is one of the richest gold streams in scotland and nobody comes here any more i don't know why i think they're not doing their research because the 1st thing is research and the 2nd thing is getting. vincent has been prospecting for some 40 years normally he teaches courses on how to prospect for gold but the crown of hyundai mc has left him without income for months hasn't been able to travel either he's looking for somewhat larger nuggets uses a magnifying glass to do it i've already forgotten all my problems but i've only been here a few minutes. what i love doing this issue you're looking underwater with your hand you're blowing away the gravel and sometimes you just see it and that slight the holy grail prospect as well i haven't seen one yet but you just never know.

the 1st hours of work of turned up nothing at all pining hasn't helped either. evening comes and still no gold for he still got high hopes. maybe he'll have better luck the next thing he's glad to see britain's rediscovering gold prospecting. for demand for prospecting rights is booming i get one or 2 letters a month from people who are dreaming and they write to me and say i've decided i want to pay off my mortgage so i'm going to go go prospecting how do i start where do i go where is the best place and i always write back to them there are 100 reasons to go go prospecting and money is not one of. allen's have to brave some rather inclement weather. but he keeps his diet for that telltale metallic yellow. every particle takes a bit closer to his gold ring. than

a stepfather from the stress of his job. and i battle. after battle. is captured in the bottle. it all adds up. i'll be stand at it tonight when i get home. bragg and everybody. it's amazing good feeling really good feeling so the love it. instead has found another spot of that stream he'd rather not name. the new day brought a new look. surprising 100 euro's worth. i found a rather lovely nugget i am so pleased with this i was finding some small a bit surly or and suddenly that one appeared and it's like oh where did you come from i really really wasn't expecting anything this big in fact my granddaughter matilda has just been born so maybe this is matilda is not to get her grandfather

found her gold nugget and she will have a little chain and that's her may have only just thought of that beautiful than a. prospecting for gold is no way to get rich not financially anyway. quite possibly in many other ways. well finally to northern italy and corona has also changed everything in venice with the city on the water facing a moment of truth everybody agrees that before the pandemic this global treasure was slowly suffocating in the millions of tourists it hosted annually now the big question is can and should venice be protected from the masses. the arsenal is just a stone's throw away from the famous st mark's square home to many even the asian locals. like arianna under husband eva who own a little pasta factory here their traditional business is fighting the tyrants of

must tourism to keep a foothold in the area. and this is fragile it's a very delicate fine city and it doesn't need certain types of tourism. if you just want to stroll through the city or you can go to las vegas and have a look at the thick tennis there mariano has popped by the shop to pick up some pasta he used to repair electronic devices but nowadays that's not enough to make ends meet i had to switch jobs because the population was decreasing and i didn't have enough work to get by. i became a gondolier so. what kind of tourism is good for venice many residents here asked themselves the same question in early 2020 the city was closed off for 10 weeks due to corona today streets are still strangely empty the guggenheim museum is open 4 days a week now most visitors are italian experimenting learning and doing new things

especially in times of crisis these are the things that land arts its vitality. we must also think that about protecting it for us but also for future generations so there is an opportunity and we have to see whether this opportunity will be will be taken and understood by the right people and the younger generations. the local say corona could be an opportunity for a fresh start. if there's no mass tourism no it is on the ground more civilized this city deserves to have cared who are. saying yes to tirzah but and moderation this could be venice is formula for. future after corona. oh i do love tennis it's certainly one of the most beautiful places on earth despite everything and i hope that corona will teach us to give our cities our

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class. player. this is d w news a live from berlin a new coronavirus cases hit a record high in france officials are bracing for a spike in deaths amid a surge in hospitalized patients as the government introduces a new measures it to slow the spread of the disease also coming up. u.s. president donald trump is heckled as he pays his respects to late supremes court justice ruth bader ginsburg protesters are furious that he and republicans will not respect in his perks final wish and no do justice should be appointed until after

november elections. and hong kong's pro-democracy activist and josh will want the house to continue resisting it china's prop down on it just sent after he was arrested and charged for participating in an unlawful assembly last year. i'm claridge it's a no. welcome to the show france has set another record for daily covert 1000 infections with more than 16000 new it confirmed cases and the number of people hospitalized with the virus has surpassed 6000 for the 1st time in 2 months france is currently introducing stricter social distancing rules in major cities but the southern city of mar say facing of the toughest measures. residents in mass say enjoying what could be the last drink at their local cafe for

a while from saturday's bars and restaurants in france's 2nd largest city will be forced to close for at least 15 days as the new coronavirus measures come into place owners and employees are in dismay this restaurant manager says he has already lost 200000 euros since the beginning of the. week we've taken out loans and it's not just us it's the restaurants the shopkeepers the old got loans we have to pay them back in less than 6 months or we'll have to close down it's scary to grow them a mass say is on maximum alert due to a surgeon 1000 cases but many bar and restaurant workers feel they are being unfairly targeted or. we are unjustly punished stigmatized fingers are automatically being pointed at us bars and restaurants we are responsible for the rising code cases they must say it's nonsense how and why are we responsible for this when we do everything to comply with the rules or. people don't party or don't

go out to bars they will do it at home i don't really see the difference between a bar in someone's home. around the country other cities are also bracing for tougher restrictions in the capital paris buys in restaurants will have to shut to 10 pm french health authorities have defended the new measures saying they are the only way to prevent hospitals from becoming overburdened. by his around some of the other developments and at the pandemic the number of people to have died from cope at 19 in mexico has passed 875000 the country has seen more than 715000 infections but meanwhile has reported its highest number of new cases in a day just over 6600 the government announced a sweeping new measures earlier in the week designed to curb the spread of the virus numbers are rising in germany too although at a slower rate the country recorded it just over 2100 new infections on thursday.

staying in germany of the western a city of ham has been hit hard by a massive increase in infections currently there are about 200 fact of people there all of them after attending a single wedding celebration with over $300.00 guests our reporter visited him to find out how the city is coping. this stagnation in a place where people would normally be having fun this is not how i had imagined things his fair had only just opened when he had to close it down again because of a drastic increase in corona numbers in the west philly and city of ham. wouldn't it have. put our heart and soul into this weeks of work it's really tough it's shocking we haven't earned any money all year and now we're having to write off potential income. and all of this because of a single wedding celebration where more than 100 people were infected with the

coronavirus. isn't. to blame as far as anyone can tell there hasn't been a single instance anywhere of numbers going up in any way around a temporary leisure ground nonetheless or the 1st to feel the full impact and it's frankly depressing that we are the ones who always end up paying the price of. the closure of the funfair was only one of the measures ordered by mayor thomas holmes to get paid time out in a bid to get infection rates under control he says he's now looking at how private festivities can be better monitored. we're keeping a 150 as the upper limit in how because we don't want anybody to start canceling a wedding or a silver wedding anniversary. but up to 25 people these occasions don't have to be registered from 25 to 50 there must be advance notice so that we know what's happening and where and from 50 to 150 they are subject to approval and we'll be

taking a very close look. good no hint many and hammer asking themselves how the couple in question could have been so reasonable. so far not everybody who is infected has been tracked down the mayor is relying on volunteers who trace possible victims people like retired doctor. or a truly great really pushes you to your limits especially for people working at the local health offices who are organizing this whole operation it's a real pity that it's had to come to this i personally believe it could have been avoided. meanwhile fairground operate it is now faced with the dismantling of his fare. i just hope we can get back to life as normal that we can take part in fun fairs and other festivals as we always have and i hope we can help make people a little bit happy. for now though fawn is on hold.

let's take a look now it's now the other stories making news around the world riot police have clashed with protesters at the gates of madrid assembly building there upset over new measures to contain the coronavirus in the spanish capital health authorities are asking residents to brace for tough weeks ahead as things a cumulative caseload of past 700000 people. protesters have defied curfew in louisville kentucky for a 2nd night of protests this after a grand jury decided not to indict the police officers who killed a black medical worker briana taylor in her home botched drug raid the jury's decision has sparked anti-racism protests across the u.s. . staying in the united states a mourners are paying their respects to the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg a group of hecklers shouted slogans our president as he visited her coffin outside the supreme court in her last days against birkhead said her last wish was not to

be replaced on the court until after november presidential election trump says he has a constitutional duty to nominate a new justice now. let's bring in our washington correspondent carolina chernoi on this story clearly not what was at trump's reaction it to the crowds of boos outside the supreme court. well the president was standing there with the 1st lady millennia paying their respects too late just says ginsberg and even though there was no evidence reaction it was clear that the president and his wife they did hear the crowd to the bottom of the supreme court shouting vote him out it is important to a remark clear this reflects how extremely divided the united states of america is right now in normally people with respect the silence that a funeral these service but most of the people who are at the supreme court paying

their respects to justice skin's work they are liberals people who support its work and of course also her last wish dictated in a statement to her granddaughter that she very placed by the next president trump does a plan to announce his nominee for the vacant seat this is saturday and he is said he will choose a woman for the position do we know who the front runners are. exactly saturday's going to be a big day here claire well he said he's going to i mean he's candidate he said his it's going to be definitely a woman and one of these candidates is barbara. she is the daughter of cuban immigrants and she was a just says on the florida supreme court florida is a crucial state in this election so is the his and they can vote so this pick

definitely also political move up a legal message coming from donald trump and the other possible candidate and probably trumps favorite is amy coney brett she's on the appeals court in chicago she is conservative and sans against abortion for example and she is also known for supporting donald trump in his immigration policies she has also mentioned several times how important religion is to her and of course republicans are in a rush to fill this seat before the election what can we expect to see on november 3rd and help us understand why is the supreme court in the spotlight. well claire it's important to underline that the position of a justice in the supreme court is a life time position so this will really mark the next decade for sure the way the country is it's going to go to we will not know where november 3rd who is going to be the winner of that election

a few hours ago president trump said for example he's not sure that the election can be unless he's polarizing this country even more with these kinds of comments and that is also what we are going to see after the election day it will probably take days or even weeks to have a clear result a time of uncertainty or will not know who the winner of the election is going to be and this is also the reason why naming the justice before the election day is a crucial move of the republicans because if there is doubt about the results of the presidential election this chorus the highest court in the country will have to decide. in washington d.c. and thank you very much. one of hong kong's most are prominent pro-democracy activists and joshua wang was detained on thursday and charged with taking part in an unauthorized demonstration a year ago the 23 year old it came to international prominence as a teenage protest leader he was barred from standing in district elections last

year. defiant and determined after his brief detention joshua long emerged from custody the high profile dissidents to continue the fight for democracy with the chilling effect generated by the page of fraud is this the 1st cases that i need to face already says. the last jury and i left prison but no matter what have heard i will still continue to resist. in 2019 hong kong proposed amendments to legislation that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china they kicked off months of protests which saw hundreds of thousands of people occupying the streets of demonstrations continued over the summer months and in october $29000.00 the government withdrew the legislation as a result. but it did little to appease protesters the had more demands

including the resignation of hong kong's leda kerry lam the movement seemed to unstoppable. then the pandemic hit as the protests were losing the lenten beijing introduced a sweeping national security law so the agitating not insist. among other things the legislation allowed the hun kong dissidents to be arrested and tried in mainland china shortly after his release from custody on thursday joshua one spoke to t w about what's next for the movement we continue our strategy no matter put pressure is that the ocean apply to run for office protests on the street which try all the ways to maximize public support in local and global community and also helped elect a forty's to know that we would not choose to surrender in different battlefield i will continue to stay and fight and i hope to let people to know that seek a global and local community support on

a cause to fight for free election important that's why we might have friends come to us that international advocacy a country iraq the world's hong kong was based in the country they are really critical and we also of hong kong was based in a hall called this home called to call if you know our racist is called the new to facilitate law protest and our campaign and let the world that know that we still can't get i will went home mums court hearing is scheduled for next week a day before additional pro-democracy protests are planned coinciding with china's national day celebrations. let's go to sports now and to the u.a.e. for a super cup that took place in a budapest last night with a champions league winners of byron munich a beating your open league winners said via 2 to one combo's opens up a scoring forsythia in the 13th minutes early on gretzky hit the net for biron at

28 minutes later how the mightiness a badge of the winner for buying it during extra time. that's a news update at face hour to forget you can always get the latest are around the clock on our website dot com i'm clay richardson in berlin it for me and the whole team thanks for watching. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and they're. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room. it was hard.