>> live from the dw studios in berlin, this is your world news. >> welcome to the program. our top stories this hour -- written threatens to change eu migration laws but it's a warning from the german chancellor. >> a boat carrying migrants trying to reach europe capsizes off the coast of turkey. >> and americans preparing to head to the polls in midterm elections. we take a look at what is at stake. british calls to curb immigration from the rest of the

european union are raising eyebrows on the continent. the new he you commission president said that core writes such as freedom of movement within the eu are not to be questioned. >> the german government has made it clear that right to movement is a principle enshrined in the european union and nonnegotiable. we will be speaking to correspondents in london and berlin and this latest flareup in british-eu relations. first, this report. >> last week in the house of commons, prime minister cameron defended his position on europe. he is becoming increasingly critical of the european union. the eu is also unpopular among british voters. >> the european union has to change. it has to regain trust. >> cameron has promised a referendum by 2017 on whether britain should stay within the eu. current polls favor a

withdrawal. germany is no longer willing to fight for britain to remain a member of the u.s. all costs. >> britain must determine what's role it will lay in the you. >> prime minister cameron and chancellor merkel were once close political allies. but now it seems that cameron has overstepped the mark, by proposing to curb immigration within the ee you -- eu. >> freedom of movement is not negotiable for germany. that is what the chancellor said. >> last monday, chancellor merkel made the case for strong immigration within europe. >> how serious is this dispute? our correspondents in london and berlin standing by for some analysis. does david cameron feel support

from berlin is slipping away? >> david cameron has not clearly set out his immigration policy. he is supposed to do that before christmas. it is clear he does want a renegotiation of the freedom of movement which is, of course, at the heart of the european union. there are reports of him calling for emergency brakes, especially between countries with lower living standards. chancellor markel has made it clear she does not want that so david cameron will have to think again. >> angela markel does nothing much of this idea from london. nina, some say that there is a sea change in germany's relationship with london. tell us what is going on. >> what you have to know is the chancellor has been one of the most vocal supporters of the british-eu relationship.

she has supported cameron's policies on several occasions. for her to point out the red line like this is seen by some as just a turning point. but she is just repeating a well-known position. she will not have treaties rewritten. she is not against reform. and her spokesman also made it clear that this was not a bilateral issue between germany and britain. >> let's talk about those relations -- with the anti-eu sentiment on the rise in britain and an election next year, is david cameron banking on battles with brussels to keep them in office? >> you have to see the debate about migrants in the u.k. is very, very negative. there are always media reports talking about eu migrants.

even the defece minister has talked -- defence minister has talked about eu migrants. those seem to be the voices to which cameron is listening. and there are members of his own party defecting to the anti-eu party. critics say he is missing out on finding his own position. he is being chased by the right-wing voices. he finds himself in a corner where maybe an exit from the eu may be inevitable. >> thank you very much there. thank you both very much. to ukraine now where the crisis in the east of the country seems worst this monday. the latest flashpoint coming from the ballot box. >> pro-russian rebels elected separatist leader in the donetsk

and luhansk regions on sunday in a vote that basically everyone except russia refuses to recognize. >> ukraine's president is calling the poll a farce that puts the cease-fire in jeopardy. >> we will have more from donetsk, but first this report. >> the electoral commission of these cells reclaimed donetsk p old republic declared a clear winner after a campaign full of promises. in the luhansk, the rebel leader was said to have cruised to victory. the electoral division chairman had a defiant message. >> kiev needs to accept the idea that we are no longer part of ukraine. it is self evident. >> the chancellor rejected it

aside some -- criticism. ukrainian president petro poroshenko called the election illegal. so did germany's foreign minister, traveling in asia. he criticized russia's decision to give its backing to the elections. >> we will hold russia to its statements. vladimir putin recently reiterated that he is for ukrainian impunity -- unity and russia will not question that unity. >> many here in donetsk are weary of war. they just want peace. >> of course both sides should hold talks. there is no other way. nothing can be achieved through war. >> however, the russian military continues to be a common sight at the ukrainian border, along with long convoys that are said

to contain supplies for rebel held regions. suppose so, what is happening in donetsk a day after that contentious pro russia vote? our correspondent is in donetsk. great to see you. could this vote set the stage for pro-russian rebels to break away from the rest of the country? >> from standing right here in donetsk, that has already happened. if you talk to the rebel leadership, they already see this as their own state, their own government. if you look around to compare things now to how they were a few months ago when the rebels took over government buildings by force, they are very much in place. they have structure, discipline, organization. now they say that they have had their own elections which they call free and fair and democratic. they see this as their territory. they know exactly what they want and they appear to be getting it. >> kitty, in light of these

agreements, are the cease-fire agreements null and void? >> there never really was a cease-fire and practical terms. here in the city of donetsk, for example, you hear shelling on a daily basis. it resumed last night shortly after the exit polls. we heard heavy shelling again this afternoon. there have been heavy casualties since that minsk cease-fire deal was put in place. now we're hearing noises from the rebel leadership that they want to take more territory. they have read between the lines and they believe that the boundaries of their territory goes further, where right now the ukrainian military has control. they believe they can take that ground as well and some people here begin as a matter of time before they do so. >> kitty logan reporting from donetsk. thank you very much for that up eight.

-- update. around the world, shia muslims in nigeria and iraq were the targets of deadly attacks while marking the festival of ashura. a suicide bomber killed and injured at a gathering. >> and at least 200 shiites have been killed in amhara province. security has been boosted. karbala is the destination of shiite pilgrims for ashura. many refugees have added to neighboring countries, but others are seeking shelter here in europe. >> today another sad reminder of how treacherous that journey really is. at least 24 migrants lost their lives trying to escape war and violence when their boat sank off the coast of turkey, the black sea north of istanbul. >> help arrived too late for

most of the passengers on board. rescuers say there were children and babies among the bodies pulled from the sea. the boat capsized soon after setting sail from turkey. it was thought it was carrying over 40 people, believed to be refugees from afghanistan or syria. one theory is that they paid smugglers to bring them to a romanian port, an entry port into the european union, but the journey ended on the northern tip of the bosporus. the boat issued a dress -- a distress call early monday morning. local fishermen were among the first on the scene. >> it was impossible not to see them. there were dead bodies everywhere. they have life vest sans. it was clear they had not

drowned, but died of hypothermia. >> for now it is unclear whether bad weather or overloading play a role in causing the vessel to sink. >> business news. ryanair is flying high. the low-cost carrier has bumped up its forecast, about 100 million euros more than analysts had been expecting. >> the irish airline says the good numbers are thanks to a surgeon winter bookings after better-than-expected results in the first half of the year. the company has overhauled some of its customer suffers -- customer service offerings including premium seats and more baggage allowance. time now for a check of the equity markets. as we starting the week, investors are getting ready for a slew of third-quarter reports in germany. we have more from the frankfurt stock exchange.

>> news about a strong order situation in the german engineering sector made traders happy, as well as news that german steelmakers confirmed the outlook. what is more, purchasers and germany are gaining confidence. also in the united states, a purchasers index points to hire business activity. the german dax could not profit from all of the positive news. after a gain of more than 3% last week, investors needed a bit of a breather. >> that was from the trading floor and record. time to get a close look at how stocks started the month. most european equities took a dip. the dax closed .8% lower. euro stoxx 50 closed 1% lower. across the atlantic, they are getting ready for the midterm elections. trading in new york still ongoing. the dow is trading at 17,389.

and one euro will get you one u.s. dollar $.20. >> the train drivers union is reportedly threatening a four-day walkout that would be the largest to ever hit deutsche bahn. >> the union is demanding a 5% pay rise and a shorter working week. the two sides have been at loggerheads for weeks. last month, millions of train travelers were left stranded by a 60-our strike that halted two hours -- two thirds of long-distance trains. when we come back, we begin our weeklong special coverage of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. and it is personal. >> that is right. some of our colleagues will talk about how they experienced the

event. >> we will have that and a lot more after the break. see you in 60 seconds.

>> welcome back. this week in germany will mark 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall. >> the event took place just a few blocks from where we are sitting now. one that had global ramifications and has shaped the lives of countless people, especially the lives of all berliners. >> and a lot of people here at dw. we are bringing you the stories of five colleagues who experience the fall of the wall in a personal way. >> first a news anchor. >> he has been presenting the german edition of "the journal" for the last 15 years. she values being able to report freely. it was not always a liberty she

could take for granted. she grew up in a small town and what was then communist east germany. during her childhood, the wall that divided germany seemed far away, but that changed when she moved to east berlin in the 1980's. >> i was very happy to move here, but relatively quickly, i noticed the east-west conflict was much closer than i had seen before. in the city center, you could feel the presence of the wall. you came out of the supermarket and the wall was standing right in front of you. it was a feeling i did not have before, but i was not ready to turn my back on the state. and then i met andreas. >> andre s, her first big love -- andre s --andreas, her first big love. he wanted to leave east germany.

he was given permission to go. she wanted to join him. >> i knew if i did not follow him, i would regret it, so i no longer had doubts about leaving east germany. what would i have done alone and that system? -- in that system? >> she traveled to hungary on a tourist visa in october 1989. there she met andreas and the two set off for the border. >> it was very tense. as we got closer to the border, i was thinking, what will happen in the next few minutes? are they going to arrest us? will i end up in prison? >> in the end, her escape was successful, just one month before the wall fell. >> i grew up assuming the wall would exist for my entire life. i thought i would not live to see it fall or my children or my grandchildren.

when the wall actually fell, it was great to know i would see my parents again very soon. >> after the collapse of the iron curtain, they remained together. they started a new life in cologne, before moving back to berlin. after several years, they split up and went their separate ways. andreas died of cancer. he was just 38 years old. >> i always hoped we would grow old and sit together on a park bench and tell our story. but that is not going to happen. that is the sad thing about the story. i'm the only one of us left to tell it.

>> police secure in germa are instiging the theft of the notorious nazi sign at thedachau holocaust memorial museum in munich. >> it is not the first time it has and vandalized. >> this is the gate people expect to walk through when they visit the dachau concentration camp. but sunday morning, it was discovered that someone stole the door overnight. police will have a harder time tracking down the culprits since there was no survey at -- there was no video surveillance of the site. >> we have guards on duty who patrol the premises several times a night. but the premises of this size cannot be completely secured unless we turn it into a high-security tract, and that

would fly in the face of a proper sense of dignity here. >> the complex near munich was the first concentration camp set up by the nazi just weeks after hitler came to power in 1933. more than 100,00 people -- more than 30,000 people were murdered here. the sign was stolen from the auschwitz concentration camp, and the the was linked to british neo-nazis. >> richard branson has rejected allegations that he ignored warnings before his virgin galactic spaceship crashed last week. >> he said that one of his -- reports that one of his interviews complaint for safety were unfounded. u.s. investigators say one of the control levers,egulating dissent was activated too early. they are looking into whether

that might have caused the accident. >> tuesday, t u.s.ill have midterm congressional elections and it looks like it will be a tight race to the finish. >> republicans already control the house of representatives. they are confident they will hold onto that lead and they may just take away the senate from president barack obama's democrats as well. >> one thing is clear. the stakes are high. our richard walker has more from washington. >> this isheremerica makes its laws, at least in theory. right now, congress is dided. the senate on the left is still democratic blue, but maybe not for much longer. about a third of the senate's 100 seats are contested every two years. this time 36re bng fought r.

eight democratic seats are highly vulnerable to turn red. the republicans might lose two seeds of the room, but they are still ticked to win an overall majority. so for the first time in eight years, it looks like this whole building will be in republican control. but what would that actually mean? for the democratic president barack obama, who has another couple years here? to answer that question, we hopped up the road to the brookings institution, and imminent --an imminent think tank. >> since 2010, president obama has faced a house controlled by republicans. this adds to the blockage on capitol hill, but no more was needed. >> obama has already said he will resort to his executive powers to get things done without going through congress -- for example on climate

change. immigration is said to be next. republicans say he is overstepping and they might use congressional powers to pull funding from some of his plans. >> a republican majority in the senate will make the president for a life even more annoying and frustrating than it has been the last four years. >> what about the republicans themselves? if they are going to be in control of these hallways and corridors of power, can't they advance a political agenda of their own? one conservative insiders as they have plenty they would like to get on with, from energy to transport and tax reform. even if that means running into a presidential veto. >> i think they probably will, or at least put legislation out there regardless of whether the president ultimately be does it or not to lay the groundwork for a candidate for the 2016 presidential election. >> but isn't that a bit of a

charade if it just ends up getting vetoed? >> the president is a co-equal branch of this government that we have, and if he wants to exercise his constitutional power to veto something, then so be it. >> if that is the blueprint for the next two years -- congress and president as bitter rivals canceling each other out into the next election question for example the forces leading to the really ugly tone in american politics are still powerful. i do not expect any cooking by you moment -- any kumbaya moment over the last two years. >> they may not find a kumbaya moment, but you will find more about the issues in u.s. politics online at the dw

website. point your browser to www.dw.de for that. there has to be a more pleasant and less life-threatening way to spend a sunday, but do not say that to nick will end up -- nik wallenda. >> he is a tightrope artist and professional daredevil. he had millions of spectators looking up and collectively holding their breath. take a look. >> chicago by night. >> listen to that roar. >> 200 meters high without a safety net. >> there are an awful lot of people down there, nik. >> the end of his journey included climbing a steep incline, something never before achieved at the site. but wallenda was not done. he headed back onto the high wire blindfolded.

>> one more step. >> you know what? i think you probably saw me shaking like a leaf. i just wanted to make it to the other side. i was not going to think twice. i was just getting where i was going. >> tv networks broadcasting the event with a 10-second delay, just in case anything went wrong. the boat just want to make it to the other side, sure. >> no safety net, no harness. incredible. >> thanks for watching. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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