for the past few decades germany has seen the developments of monocultural communities such as new cologne in west berlin foreign influence in this area really is very evident you got lots of foreign signs and foreign shopfronts and add to this the discussions about education failures welfare abuses and crime within immigrant groups and you've got real problems with many of these issues popping into prejudices a lot of people still holds about immigration. the recent survey conducted by the friedrich foundation in germany found that almost a third of respondents felt that immigrants were coming to exploit the country's welfare system and should be sent home when jobs were scarce and almost the same amount felt that the country was being overrun by foreigners here you have a mixture you have a german here and you have english here and english here and this is turkish this is this is nice so everybody can read that but if it is only in arabia not only in

turkey some people. may feel strange when they think where am i living this is an arabian city much of the ensuing to beit has focused on muslim immigrants with migrant families reluctant to integrate into a society that they feel is prejudiced against them but i have my own personality or my own believe things on my own. the way i've been brought up don't think that changing my personality or the way i look the way i talk or my even my mother tongue would change. when i would. have an effect on the german culture projects like this local community center and aiding integration and teaching children the german language from an early age but with few bilingual arabic or take your schools families likenesses sending their children to private school where they do not yet learn german despite the tough rhetoric from the top

germany acknowledges that immigration is desirable for its economy but migrants have to be willing to integrate we need people in all of the industrial countries because we have not so many kids anymore i have no no kids not of germans have no kids so where should the kids come from to work and help the industry going on so we need people from other countries to come in get it in selfs. no one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others and a major challenge now with that debate playing why date then will be to chime bridge cultural divides which have been simmering quietly for a long time. tensions around immigration are also erupting in another european country sweden police in the town of malmo are searching for a gunman who is thought to be targeting foreigners the series of shootings over the last year has left one dead and wounded journalist james savage says the situation

is there's a general hostility towards immigrants in swedish society it comes just a month after the swedish election in which the sweden democrats which are a far right party the hostile towards immigration and and sometimes they hostile towards immigrants as a group and in general it's they were elected to parliament for the first time last month the fact that this is come to light since then does. it ties together if you themes in swedish society. reinforces this worry the there is a general hostility towards immigrants but on the other hand you can't say that these shootings are a reaction to the sweden democrats being elected because of course they started a year ago long before the democrats made it into parliament but it's a sign perhaps of increasing disquiet among a small minority of swedes about immigration in sweden. that was said journalist

james savage there talking to us from the swedish capital well coming up this hour here on our t.v. what a difference two years make. you can find out why french people are heating up their protests against pension reform aimed at tackling the country's financial problems. also a report on how next convict turned priest of dedicated his life to helping other ex offenders and he's doing it the old fashioned way. a story still to come but first washington's in a state of denial following the publication of nearly four hundred thousand secret u.s. files on the war in iraq leaked by the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks they suggest american forces often turned a blind eye to cases of iraqi torture and killings the documents detail u.s. forces handing prisoners over to iraq interrogators despite overwhelming evidence of inhumane treatment many detainees allegedly went on to meet a violent death u.s.

military officials say their orders were not to intervene directly washington's refusing to investigate the allegations despite calls from several arab countries and the un high commissioner for human rights. in iraq itself saddam hussein's former deputy has been given a death sentence from the high court because he's was found guilty of the persecution of islamic parties ahead of russia's duma committee on foreign affairs says the verdict was deliberately time to distract attention from the relevant the latest wiki leaks revelations and british m.p. jeremy corbin told me earlier that executing a member of an old regime is wrong when these current abuse allegations still await investigation. the reason they're doing it now and the correct on this is to divert attention away from the wiki leaks issue because wiki leaks have exposed the torture that has gone on systematically and i think the death sentence pronounced for peter it is very easy it is to divert attention policy absolutely no point in

this form of victor's justice being carried out it will be nothing to reconcile people in iraq i think what we need is a real investigation into the behavior of the occupying forces and the iraqi army and its forces ever since the invasion of two thousand and three cancel the death penalty abandon the whole idea of the death penalty and instead look at the issues of human rights and justice and look at the behavior of forces ever since the invasion took place i do not see the value in executing terakhir any more than executing anybody else it will not bring the dead back it will further brutalise what is already a very brutal situation the death penalty does not work. jeremy corbin talking a million lerner and carol turner from the stop the walker nation believes that the international community might be able to influence as these verdicts. i think it's possible because it would not be perceived as being in line with the

democratic justice to execute someone who is in the mid seventy's and who is according to my understanding already very early had a stroke at the beginning of this year he's suffering from cancer and so on so i think from the point of view of public relations for the maliki government. across the world it might well be the case that he'll be pretty tough enough to pull through the thing i don't think that what's going on is going to bring in the proof of. the situation in iraq the regime was pretty terrible what's in its place is not much better that's one of the things that wiki leaks is showing else and to execute things won't change that situation in my opinion what. citizens are looking for is a better

a more secure and stable future in society to live in and the execution of terror because these doesn't bring that. but if you like to get your news online as well as on the screen we've got lots more on our website at the moment blogs features and interesting facts we all available on call here's a quick taste of what's on offer from moment one of life to the end of an era the last says the new promises to stop the practice of switching off the hot water for weeks on end during the summer. and that just two months to go from petersburg gears up to christmas break promising cooler sober new hotel rooms just in time for the holidays you can get all the details on that story and everything else we're covering at the moment.

russia's security services uncovered and blocked a foreign financial network that was supplying money to militants in the north caucasus increased funding from abroad was believed to be behind recent attacks in the region stacy difference has more. the russian security forces believe that this foreign funding is directly tied to the increase in unrest in the north caucasus and they're primarily looking at dogs stand. and chechnya the agents say they have uncovered a network in which dummy companies deposit money into banks that money is then withdrawn and then brought into russia via money mules and how much money has made it into the hands of militants is unclear but investigators assisted the money makes it to military leaders and then is doled out to foot soldiers one of the leaders that it's expected to have witnessed it from this money is doku umarov now you name remember him as one of russia's most wanted criminals he's on the

international most wanted list and he's also believed to be behind the moscow metro bombings that killed forty and left more than a hundred injured the most recent attack happened at chechnya when militants attacked the parliament building in the capital and killed three people also in the past month militants detonated by car bomb in a busy market in north a set investigators are saying that they feel that they put a hold on some of this violence that they're putting a good defense on it because they were able to stop some of the money flow but they're still investigating to find out exactly where all of this money is coming from and what groups are associated with this cash. that's reporting that iran has come one step closer to making its nuclear power dream come true the country's first reactor in the southern city of bushehr has begun loading fuel into the cool the facilities being built and will operate with russia's help ortiz are going to go has more. it will take for around a little bit over

a year or four for the process for the preparation process to be complete and for the plan to start operating fully functional so it should start working in about december two thousand and eleven now russia has been in bush era for the last fifteen years russian specialists have been helping out in construction of the plant russia which is also the country that will be supplying the fuel and it also will be taking out the nuclear waste this entire process of the bush era plans is being watched closely by the international atomic energy agency so the i.a.e.a. specialists have been on the ground all along they are watching the process right now and they will be on the ground as well for the next year iranians have been trying very hard to deal with the sanctions it's a really we witnessed a milestone in the launch of this plant the fuel has been loaded into the core of the reactor so this is the final phase of that process your secretary of state hillary clinton has also said that the united states is not worried about looks

like iran is actually off the radar for the united states probably the rest of the western community can also ease up on tehran's nuclear ambitions since it also seems to be only for peaceful purposes. now to some more world news in brief for you this hour a quake triggered tsunami off western indonesia has left more than one hundred people dead scores are missing and houses have been destroyed with hundreds seeking refuge in shelters elsewhere in the country around twenty people have been injured by hot ash and rocks as indonesia's most volatile volcano began to erupt scientists have warned that pressure building but he thought of more offers lava dome could trigger one of the most powerful blasts in is in easy seas frequent quakes and full chemical activity. and i'm a little skeptical sheer devastation of a tree later was it ripped through the u.s. state of texas four people were injured including a driver whose car was partially crushed homes were destroyed vehicles overturned and a school roof ripped off the freight train carriages but also to bring. the

french senate has approved the country's controversial pension reform bill it brings the draft one step closer to law despite weeks of nationwide demonstrations but students across the country staging fresh protests and trade unions have promised more still to come artie's caterina's arava has the latest. crowds outside the frags senate are shouting one thing they are not tired despite the fact that there are senate recently passed the fringe controversial pension reform thank you there are time a age from sixty to sixty two hundred hundreds of people continue to take to the streets of the french capital demanding to change the minds and the mind set on the current government all of the slogans that they're shouting are somehow directed at the french president nicolas sarkozy they're calling him all sorts of names basically insisting that the pension reform is a violation of their rights of their given and earned the right to retire at the age of sixty and this is all of course despite the fact that the french enjoy one

of the lowest retirement ages in the world and have a huge external debt the fourth in the world and this reform is guaranteed by a very sick on a mission to help the french economy during these difficult time of getting over the effects of the global financial crisis but to the french people it is nothing but a call on nothing but a way to make sure that they stay in their jobs longer get paid less and this is why they are out on the streets of course they are preparing a nationwide protest vote to take place on thursday the twenty eighth of october but even now with this student holidays hundreds of people are taking to the streets across the french capital making sure that their disappointment is well heard and well reflected in the international media. russia's first church rehabilitation center is giving former criminals a second chance to get their life back on track the hope. is home and support in

return for a hold up students as a story. goes about his carpentry with the confidence of a man who's been doing it all his life in fact this is the first real job he's had he spent more than half his life in prison for burglary drugs offenses. and we have when i came here i had nothing no relatives or skills some people to me address but as soon as i came via allowed me to stay now my life is here but that and thirty others live in this church from the dribble it. on the outskirts of moscow the first of its kind in russia those who come mostly former criminals and drug addicts are given bed and board indefinitely in exchange they agree to abide by a set of strict rules. that are sleeping quarters as you can see the conditions here are spartan now the next on this is due to the material limitations but also

see think any thoughts of this place people who stay here get up at seven work all day and then lights out at eleven those so-called drinking or smoking are excluded . most of the residents credit this man for saving them for that are xander was a young offender himself then a wrestler and soldier before finding god when he started a center nearly two decades ago the church was in ruins its surroundings a wasteland. with your child to do this but he did not succeed god chose me to do this to curry the cross this is a difficult job i was once the victim of an assassination attempt but i have the strength to do it. father alexander says anon hand is needed to deal with people more used to living by prison rules for eight days his son's punishments from reducing someone's portions at mealtimes to toilet cleaning and worst of all

banishment. he knows everything about everyone a bad father is one who doesn't punish his children on the other hand if you have the smallest problem down to a torn shoe he's the man to take care of you. he's an extraordinary person although there is nothing wrong with me i have been here for years because of him. but for most the purpose is to leave eventually. i have found a boyfriend here now all i want us to get a job maybe study i want to go back into the out. well more in our top story in a moment for the debate over integration of immigrants in germany. speaks exclusively to evolve. from the german christian democrats about this divisive issue and strong views on the subject you'll hear them very soon here.

angela merkel said recently that multiculturalism had failed it sparked a white public debate and put the issue of immigration firmly in the spotlight has talked to us more about this issue we're joined by wolfgang also

a member of the christian democratic union part of the coalition leading political party in germany thank you very much for joining us when the chancellor said that multiculturalism had failed what did she mean by multiculturalism and. multicultural failed because in germany we have too much coexistence of them together you few examples of successful integration there are millions of examples of successful integration but there are too many examples of refusals failure of integration. for the improvement of life perspectives of immigrants in germany that's why we should not live separately next to each other so to speak more to put together. a lot of debate. on muslim immigrants rather the polish. population here in the country is that fair to highlight as part of this problem and we've always had immigration in our history

we've immigrants today i'm always have them in the future three hundred years ago every third milliner brandenburg was a french protestant one hundred years ago polish immigrants came to work in mining and steel industries in the rural area but i'm recent years and decades people from other cultural backgrounds came for instance from turkey in northern africa are big countries and a long time ago we understood that these people are far bigger problems integrating bundles who come from our neighboring european countries. so when we talk about integration what are you planning to do to help integrate people who clearly aren't so next time. i mean that's the task of the people coming here to integrate themselves into society one can't come to germany sit down and say government please integrate me instead one has to make an effort to become part of this accepting society under state has to make offers to make integration work especially language courses hundreds of thousands have visited language courses

over recent years this is a very encouraging result. but with top politicians addressing this issue of immigration in the way that they have with the very. least will think that this is tucked in people's deep prejudices about immigration and about islamic religion that they're actually pretty ignorant about it. i don't think that harsh words were used it's rather the right words sensibly politics begins with look. the reality you know this reality there are millions of examples of the best kind of integration but there are also too many examples of failing and refusing to integrate under statistics say that the rate of unemployment among immigrants is double the average among the population of the cause of those receiving welfare among immigrants is three times as high as among the population of and it makes no sense talking around this issue one must call things as they are in reality one

cannot say i find the system of local benefits in germany very good but not the rule of law those who come to germany must respect the law of the constitution and our cultural traditions immigration especially. with this immigrants and the arabic immigrants has been happening for decades why has become so important again . on the one hundred has to do with the big number of immigrants in germany we have four million muslims not only a book mostly of turkish origin their origin and beliefs are becoming more and more visible for instance through the construction of a huge representative mosques which could as well be seen as a political symbol to have to have two classes lately along for example over the construction of a huge mosque to replace a smaller mosque it means islam is getting more visible and the other hand it has to do with the difference in the progress of integration between muslims and. it

isn't necessarily to do with our origins or social street one example of the children of vietnamese contract workers in the former g.d.r. or the children of the so-called new people into a very successfully by the proportion of those children attending the best high school kids in germany is fifty percent higher than the number of german kids and consequently it must have something to do with the origin of the pearly gates and their enthusiasm for education and that's why it's such a big issue now. but do you accept that it's also the state's role in the government's role to be providing the infrastructure to enable integration to happen and that perhaps some of the failings now all failings on the government side as well. we are also a free trade zone there has been a mistaken perception in german immigration policy that the second and third generations of immigrants would automatically integrate and why you think because

they grew up here they attend school with our children would we see more integration problems with the second and third generations now. it's taken us a long time to start taking your sensory measures for instance there are nationwide language and integration courses when it comes to voluntary attendant of these courses expectations are surpassed that means of those high demand when it comes to mandatory attendance of such language courses due to lack of language knowledge results are rather disappointing well with all these people got the highest need to attend it means we have some tough years ahead of us here because it was all. agreed that there is a growing nationalist sentiment in the country no. so don't you think that it's more of an effort on both sides to deal with this tolerance issue and i think there is a strong feeling of less this and then when you've got a huge number of the population agreeing with statements that have very strong statements by people like us and we've heard saying that muslims are dumbing down

the country why does that have such great support elsewhere have to i have to beg you call. nationalism patriotism not a nationalist the somebody who thinks he's better than someone else because he belongs to a certain nation patriotism is love for your home mother love your home does a good thing don't try to make me believe that it's nationals to stick to your country defend its norms and values and cultural tradition has nothing to do with nationalism i'm happy for anyone who loves their home country but i want to love my home country as others do gooders with all the same as national. wealthy british style.

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