a hi, i'm shopping and i'm ready to dive into the hands of the gentleman who to us. you have you have a one the front porch. we've got a spot on the on expected side to side in the business, dw news line from berlin, georgia's prime minister says you will not negotiate with the opposition. for 5 nights they've been protesting the government's decisions to suspend european union membership talks in class of police outside of parliament. also coming of germany, chancellor pays a surprise visit ukraine and announces new military inc, with hundreds of millions of heroes. but he sticks by his refusal to supply torres cruise missiles too crazy and is on his rebels and see where you're taking 4 more territory, the northwest, looking at what the flavor of in the simmering conflict news for the

a soft version the on there and token thanks for joining us. security forces and protesters have clashed again in the george and capital. the police were thousands are rallying against the government suspension of talks on joining the european union. from the demonstrators have gathered in front of the apartment building for the 5th consecutive night, the prime minister says he will not negotiate with the opposition. despite the protests, the accused is the georgia dream party of election relation in trying to bring the country closer to russia. police obtain more than 200 people, just the rallies began. robert hamilton is the head of the razor program at the foreign policy research institute in philadelphia. i asked of the protest could succeed in forcing the government to change course. he's a pro just follow the government's announcement that it was suspending the

recession, thoughts, and refusing even european union, which is something that really angry and energized the georgia people in ways that previous government decisions arose. the, the total problem battery elections in the, for an asian law, the 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 on the october parliamentary elections under international supervision, and then restart of georgia's e recession process. i think this is as close as we ever seen discharging 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 and 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. 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 yourself. but at the same time, the georgia dream party is at least publicly claiming that they're 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 that would come into your 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 would use the roommate. 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 me, a bit of the former russian president warning of georgia, was moving down a similar path to crane. do you see a threatened that rhetoric?

it's barely available the rest of the problems, right? or of course, um, and so the question is how this pressure to respond to this in the problem was, there is always, there's 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 or 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 in ukraine. it also has a chance busy. no sir. i know you're going to talk about that on the show. but the, the assignment, seeing the ronnie anderson has belonged with your writers. partners in syria. i have the adults a pretty serious blow by the opposition. over the past several days. the rest of it 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. the question is, what the georgia government we 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 that question. i think where it's a really uncertain times right now. that was robert hamilton from the foreign policy research institute. and philadelphia, germany's chancellor has announced a new $650000000.00 euro arms package for ukraine during a surprise trip to kiff off schultz has come under criticism for recently speaking to russian president vladimir putting on the phone and refusing to supply ukraine with torres cruise missiles, but what future you was a jew crane on certain after donald trump's re election, schultz made his stance 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 claims for and soldiers at the memorial independence square and then he met his ukrainian soldiers currently undergoing treatment in hospital. but this trip

was about to more than some pay model support balance is ukraine's biggest european becca. and the chancellor is keen to let the keys and to must go knows that he intends to keep it. that way. he announced that germany would supply keith with deliveries with some 650000000 new guys. by the end of the year. the new package includes air defense systems, left for tanks and driving. these are the crucially no taurus messiahs, not something presidency landscape is still pushing for the city or dine. yeah, uh total shall the total rest 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 i mean 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 you created it was clear mine but who can keep my visits? a cave today has made one thing very clear to me. people cut any of crane will prevail in the media of another me, uh hots to hot. so view european family a with you glory to ukraine. the surprise visit was away 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 back, or let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. opposition parties in france are threatening to host the new government with a new confidence. but with later this week, they're opposed to allow us to already measure that. prime minister michelle barn

near 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 presidential elections for rush on the far right candidate calling georgia school was uprising. one of the 1st round will be on the ballot for sundays run off with the conservative. i went it let's go to. the decision comes a day after parliamentary elections produced a fragmented result, adding to uncertainty and scraped movie mogul harvey weinstein has been hospitalized after an alarming blood test results. that's according to his lawyers . joe, former movie producer, has been dealing with serious health issues for some time now. weinstein is serving a jail sentence in new york after being accused of raping sexually assaulting dozens of women authorities in london. i'd say at least 9 people have been killed in is really strikes and 2 southern villages if the worst attack since the cease

fire with hezbollah took effect last week, is really army says a targeted rocket launchers in terrorist infrastructure, the response to cease fire violations by has the law meanwhile, the foreign ministers of iran and turkey say they will resume diplomatic efforts to end the syrian conflict along with russia. turkey backs the rebel forces who sees the city of a level in a lightning offensive over the weekend. around and russia support the regime of president bizarre assad. the rebel advanced march the most serious development in the syrian 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. this is our land and our pride. anyone who breaks the law, anyone who has been hired 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 assad. waiving the 1st that you sent to stump hang on your head, god willing, we will find you. you pick in either the city

a rebel controlled strong mold 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. i'm the vision forces, deliberately talking to some with direct strikes. several people i enjoyed working 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.

and finally, the run up to christmas has officially begun in many parts of the world. this past weekend was the 1st of advent. when seasonal markets traditionally opened their gates, that includes the creation capital where their annual advent in zagreb festival takes place. tens of thousands of whites in more than 20 individual markets have transformed the city into a winter paradise. cybert's tourist board says over the $100000.00 international visitors are expected during the 6 week event. and here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour. the security forces and pro you demonstrators have flash 4 east, 5th, 19 the george and capital to the leasing. thousands have been riley, after the government suspended talks from joining the european union, the and you're up to date for to stick around coming up after

a short break. the block of buildings in the german city of dressed in that harbor . a dark secret or documentary understood as a police headquarters is up next. i'm here until roland. thank you for joining us. the . this is, he is hungry for the future. still the same in southwest, telling us 32000000 people live here. many of them are young and then the 3 is coming through making money, having fun with 9 schools in chelsea, december 13th on d. w. the in september 1961 to 17 year olds,

mit on the blue wonder bridge and dressed. and we just wanted to do something against opportunity deal the elections rick. then they built the wall. they wanted to send a signal present. i me to whom we conduct the middle pile. i stayed up top in the house and went down backwards, risking his life in painted the letters for the next morning. the words down with oprah were on the bridge. the boys were sent to prison. folks in my cell was number 14, we no longer have names. 14 ones that from the left and 14 to stepped on the right sleep deprivation sleep night interrogations. no visitors, especially from the confines to a dock cell for a night's and the thing. the,

the dressed in 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. so let me just my and discuss, hang this to come and i walked in to this prison for the 1st time and it really affected me. let's get, i'd never seen the inside of a prison for thank god and i knew this was authentic. that was all good. there have

been people here mentioned honest processes. if so, i found it very moving and it prompted me to really wrestle with what happened here in 2 months of protesting 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 stunt. andrea students, 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 their daring feet. luckily i mean they used to be a milk bog down there where we have stuff class that's a few days later they were ready. candler and hoss are met at the bridge just before midnight. a 3rd man klaus schumann had mixed the paint in his father's shop. i didn't put nice in foot by a good conduct, the middle of moving and so i stayed up top and also went down backwards, risking his life and painted the letters with tops, tops and pins as puts out to the garden. i'm so sorry if i'm supposed to have it down with old bricks, only play 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 shots on me if we can call and i think he would have said he wants to write long live the german democratic republic. this article is that 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 finished you never knew who would write to out. some people who are friendly and cheerful, turned out to be informed of this one. 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, eberhart 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 to bluff pause or under enormous pressure? confess to the deed on the bridge. the police then picked up his 2 friends. me thoughts. they took me from my home at lunch time and brought me here and put me in a sound condition that i had no idea of what was going on, but just being stuff in the funds is it said at the house that on be back home by evenings at this office by monday with my parents said i had to go to work. and this policy said i'd be right back the, the time i used was to clarify, i'm not always beside going the big 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 states security. but who was this great, unpredictable power. the saucy, the ministry for state security was established under the direct guidance of the soviet secret service when the ged, or was found it. it was a domestic secret police investigative agency and foreign intelligence service. with 17 raymond prisons of its own stalls. it was controlled solely by the c d leadership. the shield and sort of the party was the motto, the but behind it for people

full time employees that the ged are state security, were not only interrogators prison wardens and monitors. they were also nurses, drivers, and kindergarten teachers. in the 1970s, several new apartment blocks were built, which were occupied exclusively by dresden starting employees and their families. around 2300 people worked in the vouch semester as a building and it surroundings their children went to the styles these own kindergarten. there were summer camps where young people were schooled in the spirit of state security. childrens curious, city and thirst for action and adventure were exploited for the socialist cause. the comrades of merit were honored. women's day was celebrated,

and card tournaments were played in the large hall at the headquarters. vladimir putin 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 gallic has plaza food and also had a state security id card 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 decides besides t of uh this was the state security medical surface and the ops which was run by a doctor and nurses when they were here to provide medical care for the stuff. but it's under an exceptional cases. prisoners also received medical treatments here in also i'm, if i open a commemorative chronicle from 1980 proudly mentions that the comrades from the administration no longer had to wait in other medical facilities and dressing and could make better use of their 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 the take advantage cards. people drank and hate on the balcony facing the elder of the inside of the car. that's how the building was used right up to the end of the guessing field. that's a singleton this commodities. i swim. 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. different even sewage of 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. the

severe, i don't think kind of i am fixing the van off. these is good and there were stalls the units in all 14 districts of the g. d. r and berlin, dressed and 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. poor people worked in agriculture, business, and research, as well as coal mining could tie these were the 3 main economic activities and it's on the transit route to south eastern europe. there were several of border crossing points in the district which were guarded by state security division 6. stay and there was fairly strong, an opposition from a large emigration movements resulting in many investigations. suppose its when it soak up to meet in the 1980s, in particular, this district had the most state security investigations debit so, so it was politically very turbulent from the da's point of view. police are set

and that made this district and this and ministration here somewhat special and i'm comfortable. soaps of i think here is one of 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 boom's voice. there today slash slash or somebody 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 comb rates and the b, d p again, ask them again if they think there was anything wrong with 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 should god team is staying or 40 to 50 soccer fans do want to interview so signatures, etc. from the stuttgart team, boy, or bush, this is of hours of sleep that's normal in principle, but there is not a single day namo dressed unofficial that with this surveillance, but it's from 1973. the stars the film to fans in central, dressed and before the european cup game between the nano dressed and, and buyer and unit, the a film to tourists in the spring or end at the ruins of the fallen keisha. and in october 89 cameras were rolling addressed in central station when trains

carrying embassy refugees from proc passed through. thousands of audio and video tapes were carefully archived. the countless private citizens were also monitored, observed in wire topped like new shales, schlosser, who assembled an airplane in his shed in order to flee to the west. colleagues who worked his informants for the styles that you betrayed him. today, there was a replica of his plane in the memorial organize hoops, the original lab, i no longer exists now since 5 months in child health, just because i built the plaintiff try cms declare to criminal justice. it's full question sicklerville problem. the styles that you called it operation rigorous, interviewing those responsible at the time is difficult. most do not want to talk about that time.