oh, well oh you lost on the run stopped station the a c d w the . this is dw news line from berlin, georgia, as prime minister says he will not negotiate with the opposition. for 5 nights, save from protesting the government's decision to suspend your opinion. membership talks and clash with police outside of parliament. also coming up, germany's chancellor pays a surprise, visit to crane announces new military aid, worth hundreds of millions of heroes. but he's 6 days, refusal to supply taurus, cruise missiles of the country and is on his rebels in syria taking full of more territory northwest. and look at what the flare up in the simmering conflict means for the assault regime. the

i'm aaron to in berlin. thank you very much for joining us. security forces and protesters have clashed again. indeed georgia and capital tbilisi or thousands are rallying against the government suspension of talks on joining the european union for you. demonstrators have gathered in front of the pilot building for the 5th consecutive night. the prime minister says he will not negotiate with the opposition. despite the protests, they accuses georgia, dream, hardy of election manipulation, and trying to bring the country closer to russia. police have detained more than 200 people. since the rallies began the or driven his chancellor hasn't balanced a new 650000000 euro arms package for you grained. during the surprised trip,

the kids off schultz has come under criticism for recently speaking to russian president vladimir to put them on the phone and refusing to supply ukraine with towers cruise missiles. but with future us, aids ukraine on certain after donald trump, the re election, schultz made his stands clear. german chancellor laughed. shouts stepped off the training keys, carrying a suitcase, or perhaps a symbolic gesture that he wasn't coming empty handed. he paid tribute to clayton's full and soldiers memorial independence square and then he met his ukrainian soldiers currently undergoing treatment in hospital. but this trip was about to me off and some pay model support. balance is ukraine's biggest european baccha. and the chancellor is keen to let keith and to must go knows that

he intends to keep it that way. he announced that germany would supply key with um, deliveries with some 650000000 new guys. by the end of the year. the new package includes air defense systems, laptops and tanks and cavities. crucially know, taurus, messiahs, not something presidency landscape is still pushing for the city or up or down. yeah. down to show the taurus issue. of course, you know, old off and i have a lot of common views on some issues and we have different views on some issues. and i think you might, but that's why we are constantly working to make sure that we have more common ground on the taurus issue. a disagreement save a tourist aside, shouts his message to ukraine. it was clear. mine does look into my visits. a cave

today has made one thing very clear to me. people cut in the a crane will prevail. you but what are the media of anatomy uh hots the hot, so view european family a with you glory to ukraine? the surprise visit was that way. perhaps to let the keys know the what type of donald trump. so turn to the black test means for ukraine. germany still has its fact. we're returning now to our top story, those protests in georgia. and we can talk now to robert hamilton. he's the head of the razor program at the foreign policy research institute and philadelphia roberts . it's good to see you. so there is no sign that the protests are letting up, but is there a clear path for them to succeed with a pressure campaign? this was a big questionnaire and as you noted in the interest of this is the 5th uh, 5th 9th of protests and use of process followed the government's announcement that

it was suspended in e with sessions. awesome, or even european union, which is something that a really angry and energized the georgia people in ways that previous government decisions arose, the the total problem, battery elections and the for an asian law. as a government pushed through the spring, i did not. people were angry at that and tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people came to the streets, but nothing of this magnitude. so in terms of a pass for, i think the opposition and the majority of the george people, i think who polls indicate consistently with 78 percent of georgia people are for membership in a you what their goal is. a re running of the october parliamentary elections under international supervision, and then a restart of georgia's us session process. i think this is as close as we ever seen this george and government to caving in depression from civil society. but at

the same time, it does seem that the government is attempting to de, legitimize the protests of georgia in prime minister recently. so that the opposition was trying to state a pro, you uprising with funds from, from abroad. is there any actual direct evidence or for an interfere interference of these protest or no, not at all. there's no point in there's a, these protests, george's western partners have been very clear that they believe that the, the suspension of the recession process is a mistake. although it's a georgia solid decision, the problem is the government is at odds with its own people now and so again, large majorities of the drawers and people believe that their future lives in the european union is of the legitimizing that sentiment and tried to deal with your minds of protest puts the government at odds, would be a large majority of its own. but at the same time, the georgia dream party is at least publicly claiming that there are still interested in joining the you. do you think that's just rhetoric or do you actually

believe them all dominance actions indicate that it is not interested in joining the you is interested in economic benefits of autonomy to you membership, but it's not interested in signing up to the rules. the membership in terms of democratic elections in terms of allowing their free and robust civil society, independent media. all these things are things on which the georgia government has been cracking down for the last several years. so it's in odds with the u. i in terms of, in terms of its democratic connect credentials as long as it's the attitude toward his own civil society. so i think you gave this towards and government a choice of remaining and power joining the union. we choose to remain. and of course, many of the demonstrators are worried that the georgia government is attempting to bring the country more in line with the political influence of moscow. and we even heard dmitri made better of the former russian president morning of georgia, was moving down a similar path to crane. dcf threatened that rhetoric,

it's barely available. the rest of the problem was rhetoric, of course. and so the question is, how does russia to respond to this? in the problem was, there is always, there was a proclivity or, or, or a tendency to cds. so, uprisings or overthrow corrupt authoritarian regimes, as somehow inspired or directed by the western intelligence services. this goes back to the original 2003 was revolution in georgia, the orange and my dont know solutions and ukraine. the tulip revolution, incurious, and all of which were civil society movement. so they were popular movements that overthrew corrupted towards your energies in the front. lo there, seeing as inspired, directed by western intelligence services despite the fact that there's no evidence for that. and of course, in that threat, bye or other the statement by mid g. other, you know, there was kind of a veiled threat of violence. do you think if this could continue to go down on the

path? it is at the moment, could we see some type of intervention to direct intervention, the part of russia as well. and again, and that's, that's the most critical question. yes, i think roger obviously has his hands busy and you crazy. it also has it's as busy now, sir. i know you're going to talk about the show. but the, the aside energy in the ronnie anderson has belonged with your writers. partners in syria. i have the adults a pretty serious blow by the opposition of the past several days. the rest of does have several 1000 troops stationed in georgia territory illegally in south. i said, you know, cause you to break away reasons that referenced, seized in 2008 after the baby, georgia. so it does have the capacity, i think, to mouse some sort of operation. we obviously hope it doesn't come to that. uh, the question is, what the georgia government would do is in dire straits that it would request assistance from moscow, or would it resist either sort of diplomatically by back channel telling the russians, please don't intervene. let us handle this, or would it resist?

probably i don't have an answer to the question. i think we're, it's a really on certain times right now. yes. that we certainly are. we're afraid we have to leave it there. that was robert hamilton with the foreign policy. richards institute. thank you very much for your analysis. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. opposition parties in france are threatening to house the new government with a no confidence for later this week. they're opposed to an australian budget that prime minister michelle vanya is trying to push through is government doesn't have a majority and is being challenged by the far left. and the far right remaining is constitutional court has confirmed the results of the 1st round of presidential elections for russia far right. candidate calling project school. surprisingly one, the 1st round will be on the ballot for sundays run off with conservative lean or less. go need a decision comes after a day, rather after parliamentary elections produced a fragmented result,

adding to uncertainty authorities and 11 on say at least 9 people were killed in is really strength on to southern villages. it was the heavies attack since a ceasefire between israel and the milton group has the law came into force last week is real says a targeted rocket launchers and terrace infrastructure response to cease fire violations by has the law. new york is bracing for more snow after more than a major fell in northern parts of the state of the weekend. snow warnings are also in effect for parts of pennsylvania and ohio forecast or same or wintery. weather is on the way wanting to disrupt transportation. the foreign ministers of iran and turkey said that they will resume diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in syria. along with russia. turkey backs the rebel forces who sees the major city of a level over the weekend after launching a lightning offensive. they're around and russia support the regime president bizarre all assad, the revel advance marks the most serious development in the searing war since 2020

. as the syrian army is rushing soldiers and weapons to hum my province in north western syria. it's trying to break the momentum of the insurgents who were moving southward after capturing large parts of it, lived on a level provinces to the north, including a level city which had been under government control for the last 10 years. a serious army chief traveled to the new defensive line and how not to rally the troops. no, this is our land and our pride. anyone who breaks the law, anyone who has been hard to stand against us, we will make an example as a favor. in a level city army, militants roam the streets, freely taking celsius outside of left, both iconic citadel and its airport syrian and russian war

plains bomb to level. after it was overrun, it only took a few days for the rebels to jolt the front lines of serious civil war which have remained largely frozen since 2020. the revel coalition consists of multiple groups with differing audiology is what unites them. is their opposition to syrian president, bashar al assad. waiving the city center, stone, ping on your head, god willing, we will find you. you pig. in the city, a rebel controlled strong vote in the north. people are being subjected to daily air strikes. volunteers with the syrian civil defense known as the white helmets are helping to find the injured under the rubble and taking them to hospital. thank you. to find me is massive destruction caused by the bottom and surface area. this neighborhood is residential and the vision forces deliberately targeted at some

with direct strikes. several people i enjoyed talking with our teams are still working to search for these trumps and transport them to the nearest hospital. aside is meeting with regional partners, including iran, to try to shore up support for years. he was able to beat back opposition fighters with the help of russia, iran and his beloved. it's believe the rebels decided to strike now, knowing those allies were either weekend or distracted by their own conflicts. here's a brief reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour. security forces and pro you've demonstrators of clash for a 5th night. in the georgia and capital policing, thousands have been riley and they are after the government suspended talks on joining the european union. and you're up to date for to stick around. coming up after the break, the block of buildings in the german city of divest and harboring a dark secret or documentary on the stars. the secret police headquarters is up

next. and remember, if you need more news in the go, we can always check out our website that com, or you can call us and social media or handles at the w news. until then, my name is aaron tillman. thanks very much for joining us. the via humming does not get drunk. why do grab a tasteful waves, squeeze our bodies? how much do we need to put a stop hans praying for help. find the offices get smaller on dw science, outtake talk channel. the in september 1961 to 17 year olds, met on the blue wonder bridge and dressed. and we just wanted to do something

against the to deal the elections. rick. then they built the wall. they wanted to send a signal for the home. we conduct the middle of high state up top in house and went down backwards risking his life. he painted the letter before the next morning. the words down with o break. we're on the fridge. the boys were sent to prison. folks in my cell was number 14, we no longer have nines. 14 ones that from the left and 14 to step from the right of the sleep deprivation sleep night interrogations. no visitors, especially from the confines to a dock cell for a night. and the thing the,

the dress didn't ministry for state security was located in a silver building on 1000 us plaza at the time. the complex is now home to mainly young people. the prison in the courtyard has become a memorial and museum. in late 1989 over 2300 full time stalls. the employees worked here. we on a z there. the memorials director 1st entered the building through the former staff entrance in 2007 minutes as to my interest. because hang this to come and i walked into this prison for the 1st time and it really affected me. york gets all, i'd never seen the inside of a prison for thank god. and i knew this was authentic. that was all that there had been people here mentioned honest plaza sales if so i found it very moving and it prompted me to really wrestle with what happened here and came up suggesting

every december, 5th, former prisoners meet in the memorials, ball room where the stars he held celebrations and ceremonies until the fall of communism. the survivors recalled their fates, historians report new findings and artists present their work. the some who serve time here are meeting again for the 1st time. others come regularly like looks candler, who with his 2 friends, carried out the stand on dress bins, famous blue under bridge over the elbow river. the in september 1961 a few weeks after the wall was built,

then 17 year olds planned there during feet. luckily i mean they used to be a milk bog down the well, we have stuff class that's not a few days later they were ready, consular and hoss are met at the bridge just before midnight. a 3rd man cloud schumann had mixed the paint in his father's shop. of this in the middle ages. i didn't put nice in foot by a kind of the middle of moving up and so i stayed up. thompson hodson went down backwards, risking his life and painted the let's, is this done with top top or pins that puts out to you? got an answer type. you're supposed to have it down with old brakes replaced out with the state council. let me start over. we agreed that if i didn't say anything, it was okay. okay. but if i would have to talk because he was dressed in black and

had his f d, j should come to me if we can call. and i think he would have said he wants to write long live the german democratic republic. it's all good. that's the thing. the weather got worse and worse. aver heard, has or managed to write the 1st slogan on the bridge arch before it started pouring rain. they stopped through the paint and brushes into the elbow and set off in different directions the next morning. down with old brick was written on the bridge arch, blurred but still legible. the study took photos. the 3 boys told no one about their stunt loose. denise, you never knew who would write to outsource about some people who are friendly and cheerful, turned out to be informed. yeah, that's why we just wanted to do something against the ged off it wasn't able to dig it out. the matter only came to light 3 months later,

aber hard has or had drawn police detention for experimenting with fireworks and was arrested. did this, does he know what he had done back in september? or was it just a blocked pause or under enormous pressure confessed to the deed on the bridge. the police then picked up his 2 friends, the or miss all signed any of the funds to have it. so they took me from my home at lunch time and brought me here and put me in a sound image. and it said that i had no idea what was going on. the bus is being stuffed in a bunch things that said that the house that i'll be back home by evenings if you shop by mind. and with my parents said i had to go to one and the stars. he said, i'd be right back all the time. i used was to clarify, i'm not always beside going to be it was all alone here in the cell and didn't even know why. between 1953198910000

people mostly political prisoners awaited sentencing here in the dressing reman center of the ministry for state security. but who was this great, unpredictable power, the stalls, the the ministry for state security was established under the direct guidance of the soviet secret service when the ged, or was founded. it was a domestic secret police investigative agency and foreign intelligence surface. with 17 raymond prisons of its own the stalls, he was controlled solely by the c. d. leadership. the shield and sort of the party was the motto, the but behind it, more people comrades of merit were honored. women's day was

celebrated and card tournaments were played in the large hall at the headquarters. vladimir, who was a welcome guest, as an officer of the soviets secret service, the k g. b. he was stationed in dresden from 1985 to 1990, directly opposite the headquarters in a villa at 4 and get lucas plaza food and also head of state security id cards and played an important role in 1989. when the stars, the headquarters was stormed by angry citizens, the historian, hypo norman, leads tours of the 8 and a half acre district administration grounds, using old photos and aerial views. he explains where each building was located.

one part of the complex 2 old villas, now stand unused on prime real estate on the banks to be able to assist them with the conditioning systems besides the size of a. this was the state security medical surface an ops which was run by a doctor and nurses when they were here to provide medical care for the stuff. it's under an exceptional cases. prisoners also received medical treatments here in also on a fire or a commemorative chronicle from 1980 proudly mentions that the comrades from the administration no longer had to wait in other medical facilities in dressing and could make better use if they're working hours. the next door, the former sitarski villa. this is i just opened the public comfortable it was this was originally a manufacturer's bill up from the 19th century in 1928 to 29. they simplified it

structurally in an english country house style. and in the study era, it was the clubhouse, with offices on the upper floors and a place for socializing and after work, drink sites and all of that. because then it's kind of people drank and aid on the balcony facing the elder of the sort of thing. the. com. that's how the building was used right up to the end of the guessing don't. this is the notes on this couple. as i say, when there used to be greenhouses on the grounds below, and a dog kennel. many dressed in residents still remember the loud barking of the dogs that ran along ropes across the terrace property. given one of the for the dogs were no doubt also there to prevent escape attempts. but along with this internal security, you have to bear in mind that it was a military facility with perimeter security. and this was the cold war, and the enemy was the western services were not allowed onto this property. so they,

i don't think kind of, i am fixing the event of these is good and there were stalls the units in all 14 districts of the g. d. r and berlin, dressed in office, had special significance these a suitcase in the huts from give us a specific drug helped by that. and i know that the district was produced and had 1800000 inhabitants at the time portion people worked in agriculture, business and research, as well as coal mining. these were the 3 main economic activities. one of the, it's on the transit route to south eastern europe. there were several border crossing points in the district, which were guarded by state security division, 6 bucksta. and there was fairly strong opposition from a large emigration movement, resulting in many investigations was it's when it took up to mid to in the 1980s, in particular, this district had the most state security investigations debit. so, so it was politically very turbulent from the cds point of view. police are set and

that made this district and it's in ministration here. somewhat special and i'm comfortable. soaps of i think here is unless the office of this does, he had major general horse doing, has been kept exactly as it was. because the stars he tapped and recorded all internal telephone conversations, even that at their own boss, visitors can hear booms, voice their today, the point slash slash or somebody's call me in the morning at quarter past 7. if there's been any more trouble today because i'll be talking to the bras at half past 7, now you talk to a com rates and the b d v p again, ask them again if they think there was anything wrong that training tonight and planning like me or scott, for 331 p. m. soccer games against western teams were especially stormy in front of bella view whether she

got team this thing or a 40 to 50 soccer fans. do want to interview sol, signatures, etc. understood. got team. boy was one bush, this is why i was saved. that's normal in principle, but there is not a single namo dressed unofficial. that this surveillance footage from 1973 the stars the film to fans in central dressed and before the european cup game between the nano dresden and buyer and unit. the they found a tourist in the spring or and at the ruins of the fallen cushion. and in october 89 cameras were rolling addressed in central station when trains

carrying embassy refugees from prox passed through. thousands of audio and video tapes were carefully archived. the countless private citizens were also monitored, observed and wire topped like new shales, schlosser, who assembled an airplane in his shed in order to flee to the west. colleagues who were does informants for the styles that you've betrayed him. today, there was a replica of his plane in the memorial organized group, the original lab, i no longer exists now 75 months in child health, just because i built the plane, it's taking just a credit criminal justice. it's full question that level problem. the styles that you called it operation, vigorous interviewing those responsible at the time is difficult. most do not want to talk about that time or their involvement. but

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