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to living and working in this vibrant and welcoming countries with free of charge access to expert advice and excellent job opportunities starts in new jersey now on korea's for germany called the this is data we news live from berlin. jeremy marks the 31st on the verse rate of the fall of the for a when was the thousands gather as a run ever gave in the city center for a spectacular light showed celebrating democracy and freedom. also coming a thousands are killed as a suicide bomber strikes a crown through the crowded railway station and pockets on the separatist groups as it carried out via the
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welcome to the show. i'm the co fairly, we begin to night in germany as the country marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. the barrier put up by communist east germany in 1961 stood for 28 years as a symbol of oppression and separation. a popular uprising brought down the wall and the regime that built it disappeared with the next to the german party and building a stretch of the river. here was part of the deadly border between east and west. berlin as an extension of the building $135.00, he is after the walking down this colorful installation of messages for peace, was created to democracy and invest me. it was divided by allied troops after the 2nd world war. and in 1961,
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the east german authorities began building a portable, eventually stretching 170 kilometer. just weeks before construction began is germany's leader famously denied any such plans existed in mind that the communist officials stopped the war an anti fascist protective barrier. but the heavy guarded boat, it was designed to stop the thousands of east germany's own citizens from fleeing to the west. hundreds, i believe, to have died trying to cross the bilingual and other parts of being a jam in boulder. in 1989 inspired by me, how you go about charles reform policies and the soviet union. east germans demanded more freedom from the government. the
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last 2 weeks of protest these to him and government gave him finally allowing the citizens to travel in the historic move. on november 9th, 19 a to 9 buddhas, were opened, the bilingual came down, and germany was eventually re unified. this is one of the few crossing points that used to exist between east and west. been in check point charlie and the city center one separating the american sector in the west and soviet controlled east spending. today it is one of the city's most famous attractions. the tier, the world is gone. only the golf house has left elsewhere in the city. remnants of the world remain visible,
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knock on the surface and the silent reminder of a city once divided into a testament to the peaceful protests that lead to reunification. and our political correspondent jenny graham is at the brandenburg gate for us tonight. jenny, what's going on over there? how are people marking this anniversary a? hi nicole. i hope you can hear me. the party really is in full swing here. we've got hundreds of musicians here, thousands of people, as you said, and we're by to watch a short video really showing hire the 9th of november 1989 unfolded here. also along this route, maybe stages with more musicians. a checkpoint charlie, which we saw in that report, also down the road at post on our plat, on the route as well. a 4 kilometer stretch of black cards and posters, that it'd be made known to us by people in berlin, people in chains and cities across germany. they were asked what freedom means to
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them today. and really, some of the messages on those black cards reflects some of the motors and slogans that we haired in the weeks leading up to the fall of the wall in 1989 in germany. of course, it's known here as the peaceful revolution when cyrus ins of people, tens of thousands of people take to the streets of east germany to demand freedom. so it's a really incredible installation here is very moving. i was walking the lens of the rates for kilometers long and walk all but um there were lots of different generations, little kids, parents, the grandparents explaining what happened on the 9th of november, 1989. so really, the policy is just getting started here and keeping the memory alive, mountain 35 years on journey is germany, really united as well? what are we asked that question?
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the government certainly, as in this week we saw the collapse of germany's governing coalition. and fresh elections are most likely going to be on the cards early next year. they weren't bad to take place and them september 2025. but now we're going to have a confidence vote in the german parliament, perhaps triggering an early elections in the spring. the opposition and conservative party actually went through the elections of nearly as of january. now you were smoking a lot of the politics of the national level. we um, earlier this year we had stayed selections in 3 eastern states. um, really, it was a sobering result for the governing party is here in maryland. far the far right alternative for germany and populous parties made massive games there. we'll see if that's reflected at a national level. but really, when we talk about the um, eastern eastern germany joining the eastern states,
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joining the rest of germany when the wall failed. there was an expectation in the he's that be economy, they are with the quick thing catch up here to the western stable. and really, you know, there are still big differences between amazon west and a lot of people who are unhappy of i make that taken. so long here we are 35 years on you know, you're too young to have been there, but i hear you have a personal story about the fall of the wall. would you care to share that with our viewers tonight? yes, i do. yes i am. i am too young to have been there, but shortly after the foldable my, my uncle was visiting berlin. i'm. he managed to get a small, a small piece off the wall. he didn't happen to, to ship it off himself, but plenty, plenty of other people that and he actually me, i gave that as a present to my, to my parents shortly before i was born in 1990. so i know it's not
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a really unique thing to have a piece of the wall. there are of course, pieces of all over the world and many people, not just on the 9th of november itself, but in the weeks and months that followed. many people take their own little bit of history. so i have a piece and is quite a field circle. know of it for me, i guess to be reporting here 35 years old from that move and what a great souvenir that was the w and political correspondent, tony graham. thank you so much and have a great time over there and talk us on dozens of people have been killed in many more injured and a suicide bombing at a railway station. officials say the bomber targeted a crowd of platform as hundreds waited to travel. the separatist baluchistan liberation army says it was behind the attack. a crowded train platform as quote on this cctv footage. and then a pa,
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full explosion rips through. officials estimate that'd been around a 100 people here. among them soldiers own waiting to board a train. when the blast hit around 845 on saturday morning, it was the, the people who were running here and there and chaos somewhere injured. something with missing um, legs or even hands. at a nearby hospital, dozens of victims were rushed in. some critically wounded. i'm the guy, i bought a ticket and went to the station is not long after i arrived. the blast happened to other people who with me were injured there with more people. you may have the model, god knows what happened to them. the police are investigating the incident,
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but they suspected was the work of a suicide bomber and outlawed separatist group. the below just on liberation army or b. l a says it carried out the attack you better samuel ventura itself and see counsel soft targets out of frustration. when their people are arrested, they also attacked in retaliation and then we all have to fight this war. but we're steadfast. as you can see through the way we responded. all our teams reach the victims and they are trying to save as many lives as they can available yet, which is good because obviously the, the loankey john majestic in the b l. a is one of several groups behind a wave of attacks and the below just then province. they've been targeting mostly security forces and foreigners in the mineral rich region, posing a growing threat to security in pakistan. and then the mirror is a freelance journalist following the story for us from his lama button. and he told
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us more about the bailey, the yeah. mia below celebration. most knowledge version autumn. your be lead. so separate is minute on group which is fighting for the independence overall just on for the last 2 decades. and it has been designated as a better starting resolution by. ready the government of august on and state department and recently the, the activities and the intensity of your tax of this group having greeted in august, this is the katie delta, senior tax richard executive clicking more than 70 people. and they have also targeted the chinese people in august on and because it's sort of in below just on and because each of them is attached to the large population here. so they are intensifying the ash lot against the government of pakistan. and they claim that the below to the, the below which identity is under that. and that's why due to like the social economic situation and the political situation in arkansas, they're also getting a lot of people who are joining them, which is a really natural sense of the ground. that quick looks down at some other news
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making headlines around the world today. that's prime minister dick's cove has canceled a trip to the you in climate talks in as or by john after gangs of you assaulted fans of a television soccer club. officials have condemned the attacks in amsterdam as anti semitic police have detained, more than 60 suspects, and more arrests are expected. 11 on the health ministry says at least 7 people have been killed. a new is really air strikes on the coastal city of tire. israel also launched strikes on a route overnight saying it was targeting has the last command centers and a weapons manufacturing side, as well as that it fired dozens of rockets into northern israel. if they are being unions, foreign policy and shaved is apple ray has expressed the blocks on wavering support for ukraine. he's the 1st senior e u official to visit key. since donald trump's election victory re said brussels
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has to provide more military training and more and more money and to allow ukraine to strike military targets inside russia. anger is growing in spain over the response to flash flooding that killed more than 220 people. protesters are marching in valencia tonight. the hardest hit region. they're demanding the resignation of the regional president. thousands are still missing. after torrents of money, waters swept away vehicles and people tearing through the streets and buildings and destroying railway lines. and some areas more than a years worth of rain fell and just 8 hours. volunteers and troops are still more than a week after clearing up and searching for victims. c. w correspondence of schultz is following this for us from valencia, and he told us what's behind the anger over the response to the flood. yeah, more than 20 civil society organizations at all for the protests, and they are demanding the resignation of those responsible for the disastrous
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crisis management at all the resignation of regional lead. i'd call out to my son because it's the reason that governments is that the 3 funds for both positive protection and crisis management and many web experts have come forward with recent days. and they said that many that could have been avoided with a that's a crisis management system in place. so people are demanding political responsibilities. and as the money responsible people to step down again, philip shots from valencia earlier today. and finally, france has been hosting a competition that's all about cutting edge technology. 19 teams have been shopping and song their way through the lumber jacking world championships. 3 of them made the final got the us, canada, and australia. ultimately, the shopper routes were victorious. the, all the assman hacked their way to
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a pair of world title records with the americans. and 2nd, please. you're watching the, the way you news from william coming up after the break of documentary on how he waves caused by global warming are likely to change our life. i'm the co fairly, thanks for your company. the, the innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a whole lot of crime, it's probably up to speed if the care is subscribe to those channels to subscribe to plan, it's a.
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