the printing container starts your offline the business day that we very slowly from berlin, germany mars the 35th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. the thousands gather gate in the city center for a spectacular light, jo, celebrating democracy, freedom and re unification. also coming up, dozens killed as suicide bombers strikes a crowd. a railway station inbox con separatist group has claimed responsibility the

welcome to the show on the cold for life. we begin tonight in germany or celebrations are being held to mark the 35th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. the barrier put off by communist east germany. 1961 stood for 28 years as an emblem of oppression. thousands have gathered in the center of the german capital to remember the popular uprising which brought down the wall on november 9th of 1989 and also ended. the reasoning that built it at the center of the celebrations is the brand number gave one symbol of division. now long since re united, germany is facing a difficult political and economic outlook. i disagree agree with the next to the german pod, human 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 years after the war came

down. this colorful installation of messages for peace was created to democracy and invest me. that name was divided by allied troops after the 2nd world war. and in 1961, the east german authorities began building a portable, eventually stretching 170 kilometers. 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, to have died trying to cross the bilingual and other parts of being a gem in boulder. in 1989 inspired

by me, how you go about, you know, it's reform policies in the soviet union. east germans demanded more freedom from the government. the last 2 weeks of protests, these to them and government gave in finally allowing the citizens to travel in the historic move. on november 9th, 19 a to 9 buddhas, were opened, the bilingual came down in germany was eventually re unified. this is one of the few crossing points that used to exist between east and west spin teck 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 cities most famous

attractions. here the world is gone. only the golf house is left elsewhere in the city. remnants of the world remain visible mark on the surface and the silent reminder of a city once divided into a testament to the peaceful protests that lead to reunification. oh, we can take your life to the brandenburg gate in berlin. now let's see what's happening there. those celebrations are unfolding already and see if we can pull up some picture, finding the i the don't you can leave thousands of people have gathered there. of course, a very emotional moment. the fall of the berlin wall for the capital berlin. and we can now talk to our correspondent jenny graham, who is at the brandenburg gate following everything that's going on there tonight.

um tell us how are people marking this anniversary? yeah, i can hear fireworks. i don't know. they're just on the screen. what's going on? yes, nicole, the party is very much just fills thing here. i think we just knew we were going live in that fire work was to mark the start of this live here with you tonight. yes. the sizes of people have gathered here the brand of her gates hundreds, hundreds of musicians farm something all the reason by and you can hear in the background. people are singing fry. hi, that's the german for freedom. and i've kind of the twins, the drum kit. there's kyle lewis guitars. it kicked off tonight with patty's smith . people have the power with the inheritance. david baris heroes david, very famously lived in west berlin, in the 1970. it was actually written here. and we are going to wheelchair deal young rocking in the free world. so really all of the,

all of the head tonight, including some very special songs that have their rates in east germany. and it's something of a big carrier. ok, i'm here. the lyrics to all of the songs are a big screens behind me, and everyone here is showing their mobile phone lights. and that's part of a little of that we will be doing mainly keyboard. it looked like we joined you just in time for the grand finale there where you can see the fireworks taking off . now the celebration today, that's all, that's all good and well, but 30 years on is germany truly united the. well, it's quite the week to ask that question this week actually saw the collapse of the coalition government here in germany. so we're going to be having a college within the government on the prospect. solve narrowly elections on the

card. the extra square meant to be held in september of next year, but it's likely that they might take place in the spring. they all possession good services here. actually want them to take place with fairly, as john kerry we talk about the political situation. that's the national level and eastern germany. we saw election earlier this year where the silver ring resolved really for the government on the far right military to sit for germany, party on some populous parties with massive, massive games in those sting boats. so really we'll see if that plays a nice at a national level, wouldn't be go to the polls nationwide here, but really feeling when the wall failed 35 years ago in the east was that many, many people were hopeful that, that the, with, with the into the catch up with, with, with the western states in terms of, um, uh,

in terms of yeah, i mean the, the economy. uh, so really we're gonna see a decisive decisive few months ahead for the hold of germany. maybe not a divided country, but definitely a polarized one, so that i know that you are too young to have been there. but i have heard that you have a personal story about the fall of the world. would you care to share that with our viewers today? or yes, you know i, i am so young. so being there i was actually born in 1990. it's a few months after the polls the wall. but my uncle visited barely and shortly after the wall failed and he got a piece of the wall. he didn't have the tools himself to ship it off, but he got this piece from from someone who did know every, i realize it's no unique things to have a piece of the roll. many people, not just on the night of the 9th of november in the weeks and months that followed many people came and sit there, let alone piece of the will. so yeah, it's

a bit of a bit of a full circle, a moment for me to have been gifted that it was actually my uncle that gifted that piece of the goal to my parents shortly before i before. and so, yeah, a bit of a full circle moment for me reports ignite 35 years on a piece of history in your living room. and you know, as you're share a personal history with this event somehow, nope. off and join the party. thank you so much. thank you. and pockets on dozens of people have been killed and many more injured and the suicide bombing at a railway station official say the bomber targeted a crowd, a platform as hundreds way to, to travel the separatists below. just on will ration armies as it was behind the attack of the crowded train platform as quotes on this cctv footage. and then a pa, full explosion rips through. officials estimate they've 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 in k us 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, pomp of warranty. but 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. and the police are investigating the incident, 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 to do better assemble the terrors . often see counsel soft targets out of frustration when their people are arrested . they also attacked in retaliation and they look at it. 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 be available yet, which is good because all this other little get done with our 2nd b l a is one of several groups behind a wave of attacks and the below just done province, they've been targeting mostly security forces and foreigners in the mineral rich region, posing a growing threat to security in pakistan. and a quick look now some other news making headlines around the world today. guitar, suspending its efforts to mediate between israel and home off the golf. emerick says it won't return to the table until both sides show they are serious about

reaching a cease fire. guitar has been a key player during months of diplomacy in that ending the war. and also the european union's foreign policy achieved is that for re, has expressed the blocks unwavering support for ukraine. he's the 1st senior e u official to visit key. since donald trump's election victory for a said brussels has to provide more military training and money and allow your brain to strike military targets even side russia. a tens of thousands have gathered in the spanish city of valencia to protest the handling of floods that killed more than 220 people. they want the regional government leader to resign for issuing an alert. too late. dozens are still missing. after torrents swept vehicles and people, oh ok. know where robson in indonesia is force thousands to leave their homes. volcanic activity on the remote island of flores has killed at least 9 people in

recent days. officials have widened the danger zone because of a series of interruptions. a giant column of ash stretching over 9000 meters into the sky. residents watching all as indonesia as mount level, toby lucky, lucky volcano continues to spew hopkins clouds into the air the erupt. and so forth, thousands of people to leave their homes. many of the elderly evacuees are in shock . having narrowly escaped falling volcanic debris including smoldering rocks, lava and hot fragments of gravel and we ran among the following sand and rocks. smoking fired continued to glow. it was dark. we ran using flashlights to be what was the situation. we were trapped there

for several days. more than 10000 people have been affected by the russians. their homes and villages badly damaged. many are living and makes shift emergency shelters. officials have told locals they will have to leave the area forever. promptly. how long will we live here? i don't know for sure. when will we be able to return to our hometown? when we go back or not? i just don't know. or the government has promised financial aid for their relocation. as authorities evaluate how far the danger zone should be expanded. indonesia experiences frequent volcanic activity due to its position on the pacific ring of fire. it's the latest in a series of interruptions that killed 9 people. earlier this week. you're watching the news from berlin coming up after the break. we report on opposition to the

construction of a new mosque in the eastern german city of apple. and don't forget, you can get all the latest information around the clock on our website. that is d w dot com. i'm nicole fairly from all of us here in berlin. thank you so much for your company by the not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day i'm in the car and use events analyzed by experts. i'm critical thinking is this is the weekdays on dw, my name is the calls back. say thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people.