it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. germany's celebrates 30 years to think fall of the berlin wall to look at just how united the country really is. also this hour the international criminal court at the hague convicts in congo leaders of rebel commander of atrocities but it reconnects concerned the i.c.c. only convicts of war criminals from africa. and brazil's former president lula da silva is released from prison as he appealed his brushing case he was greeted by cheering supporters who say the charges against him are politically motivated.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h 2 in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. 30 years ago the berlin wall was torn down reuniting east and west berlin and held in the beginning of the end of the cold war security is high a head of major celebrations across the country and berlin thousands are expected to take part in numerous events including exhibition exhibitions on the walls history let's take a quick look at its rise and fall of. the berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a mine that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected in the night of august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete fence with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became all but impossible. imagine this

a concrete wall 3.6 meters high and 1.2 meters wide a smooth filner running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtowers every 200 meters by 962 a 2nd wall was built on. 100 meters east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death strip it's off stand to show footprints floodlights tripwires and machine guns the guards have permission to shoot on sight and had vicious dogs the more elaborate the wall became the more creative for the ways to cross that 5000 people managed to get through climbing over climbing under through the sewers and even and hot air balloons more than 100 died trying the fearsome bear that emerged seemingly overnight and just as rapidly on nov 9th 19891000 stormed the checkpoint on foreign home or street at 10 45 pm the head of the checkpoint overwhelmed by the crowd gave way and open the gate the others soon followed. as germany celebrates reunification to some it seems the country is still divided with

an invisible line separating east from west artie's evangelists of south explained . walking through the center of berlin one can see how much effort the german government has put for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall it almost seems that the country was never to fight it it is difficult to identify characteristics of socialist architecture between the multi ethnic restaurants and bars but leaving the center you see in the movie west and east still remain intact 3 decades after the fall of the wall even chancellor angela merkel admits it it's fun to show that enduring to fool me is german citizens in today's accommodation if you like 2nd class citizens outspent according to those less than 40 percent of germans think that reunification the most successful would send them out as the $119.00 anyone disagrees around 20 percent less in hottentot satisfied with the month procedure harmony former interior minister told us that his good one said

that for east germans everything has changed but for west germans only their postal cold and 30 years on his comments seem to be quite superficial a recent study shows the significant gap between the west and the east in terms of wages and unemployment and as a result of these inequalities fresh ration ends in a phobia seem to be taking over the people even after 30 years of their reunification germany still struggles to accept that the country house multiple identities the berlin wall was put up to stop migration from east to west nile the idea seems to be life again since 2015 during the refugee crisis the country saw more than 1000000 asylum seekers in germany now they're blaming them for decreasing the wages and taking advantage of their welfare system it's not a surprise that one in 2 germans. leave that the country cannot handle anymore refugees saying it has reached its limits and it's no surprise and nationalist

sentiments are on the rise the city of those that has it declared a state of emergency in the recent talk on synagogue in halle has shown that more than a quarter of germans hold anti semitic beliefs. i would like to point out once again that some don't want to admit this the threat of anti-semitism and rightwing terrorism is high in germany one of the areas that we also classify as high as it is islam is terror which remains an open field of view and we make no compromises there but we have to approach this phenomenon with anti semitism right wing extremism that is with the same intensity food you could see why people are happy to go up the wall is down and everybody is united but the rise of single phobia is bringing the increase of hate crimes all the chanter fight and marginalized communities should remind germany that reunification is a process rather than just a public holiday. we caught up with an american who defected to the soviet union

and 1952 and then move to east germany or to grossman told r.t. what he thinks was better back then. the old days a people almost most people seemed to have more money than they could spend because there were not enough luxury goods in the shops so that they had money to go to on vacation and so forth not everybody but a large number today many many people and especially children are suffering from a severe lack of money this is another problem which has taken place and makes me think after 30 years that as with many of the ents in the world history there's a good side and a bad side to everything and there were some bad sides to this makes me i should add still said that that experiment the g.d.r. a part of germany at least as it was only a small part and the poor apart but at least one part of germany where they could

really almost completely get rid of poverty this was an achievement which has rarely been it a reach any place in the world i think to a great extent the g.d.r. reached that that nobody really feared suffering from poverty even 2 generations in germany could not get rid of fascist ideas and racist ideas in peoples heads but in east germany if they still had them. they kept to themselves they were they didn't voice them publicly they may have to voice them among the family in a family of close friends but not publicly now today and after the wall went down f. you saw it right near my home whole columns of really fascist thugs with swastikas if they can if they can somehow disguise them a little with fascist slogans and looking like just the same as the s.s.

man 80 years ago and this is one of the most frightening things about the fall of the wall. us secretary of state my pump a also went to berlin to commemorate the fall and he is the occasion to take a jab at china and russia. everyone in this room has a duty we must recognize that free nations are in competition of values with those unfree nations today russia led by a former k.g.b. officer stationed in dresden invade his neighbors and slays political opponents the chinese communist party used this tactic as methods to suppress its own people that would be horrifyingly familiar to former east germans pump 0 as a former cia chief and did some of his military service patrolling the berlin wall but his attendance at the ceremony was also greeted with criticism from one of germany's biggest news outlets was pondering over when u.s. troops would finally leave the country there are currently almost $40000.00 u.s. military personnel in germany journalist and author thomas fassbender says

washington fears losing influence over belin. this is a rather cheap effort. we kind ling cold war nostalgie are reported that way kind ling german angst in the face of russia because the best way of course to do with that the best way to develop a strong enemy image among german politicians and populations is to picture or to paint rush in the mold as close as possible in the mold of the soviet union one of the central feeders of us jews do the egypt thinking as i see it is losing control over germany that germany might at one point early or later take her own fate into own hands keeping large armies with tanks and soldiers along the russian border is from my point of view

a few of which the fact of which of the intention of which is mainly to keep western europe within a status of angst and fear of russia in order to stay close to the folds of the u.s.g. used to d.g. interests. the international criminal court at the hague handed down its highest ever sends to a congo these rebel warlord he joins a growing list of africans convicted by the court of crimes against humanity or are trying to look at why the i.c.c. seems to only focus on criminals from that continent. this. is a very special court it's out there only to rule on cases such as genocide crimes against humanity war crimes it's called the international criminal court or the i.c.c. and won't sort out let's say your cousin's divorce here's its latest verdict for

a murder that attempted as a crime against humanity and as a war crime he is for but a seclusion as a crime against humanity he said to us of imprisonment. this is the convict congolese rebel commander bosco into ganda indeed he'll now serve 3 decades for everything he did during a nightmarish civil war in the heart of africa the crimes have been well documented by activists so probably no one will argue the man got what he deserved it can't bring back his victims but the international criminal court's 30 years sentence for congolese rebel leader bosco into gumba signals that even those who once thought themselves untouchable could one day be brought to justice a signal for the untouchables. ok and the wait just a few minutes of research will show that all people who have ever been indicted by

the i.c.c. there's a few dozen have one thing in common they're all from africa on the list not only rebel king pings but very top officials former leaders but again nobody from other parts of the globe sure the african continent has witness countless civil wars there's no need for any additional explanation for just how much blood was spilled there but what about the ugly record by the rest of the world once the court was to get the atrocities of the israeli arab conflict under its microscope here's the message that instantly came from washington the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. we will let the i.c.c.

die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i.c.c. is already dead. so far no one's felt the strong i.c.c. hand when it comes to that middle east crisis earlier this year alleged american war crimes in of ghana stan came into focus. if you're responsible for the proposed i.c.c. investigation of u.s. personnel in connection with the situation in afghanistan you should not assume that you will still have or will get a visa or that you will be permitted to enter the united states the case over the afghan intervention unanimously rejected even tony blair could have appeared before the judges in there but you got it right it's not something such a high at least seemed former u.k. v.i.p. would go through they get a bit more into history and you'll find out america's response to the very foundation of the i.c.c.

was pay attention to this one a law that authorizes the use of military force to liberate any american or a citizen of a u.s. allied country being held by the court in the hague the message is clear if you don't want u.s. marines storming doug shores stick to the africans that someone say there's been a clear signal for the untouchable i believe that there are certain continents like africa and countries within that continent that are looked at with more scrutiny perhaps because they are less developed nations and have less power when it comes to their economies in the ability to shape the world policy and so it's very easy to target those countries and to ignore some of the larger countries that might also be guilty of some of these things as well but have more influence the more slip sway globally the united. states sits in a very interesting and powerful position worldwide where we are able to exert

influence over international courts and to ignore those we want to ignore and to demand investigations we want to demand them u.s. government has a very simple policy which is that war crimes are never committed by the united states or by its military that it simply does not happen and when you take that view you immediately begin to turn around and say well we can punish anyone who thinks otherwise and quite candidly the united states government can punish countries that push against it economically and through sanctions we've asked the i.c.c. for comment on the issue will bring you any reply we receive. they hate him but they want him that's how the syrian president bashar al assad describes relations between europe and the turkish leader and an exclusive interview with r.t. that's the 1st time he's spoken to an international channel and more than a year you can watch it full on monday as well as at our website r.t. dot com but for now here's a quick preview. i don't know you're antagonistic with nato nations turkey but with

. and arguably yourself must be aware that western policy is liable for blowback into the european union what have you made of the european union government's response to the possible. outflow of british ises day as fighters back into the european union how dangerous is it to be in london today or paris or berlin. actually the relation between. the e.u. is doing is they hate him but they want him. they don't do that in they know that he's phanatic islamist they know this and they're the no that is going to send them those. extremist or maybe terrorists egypt in many refugees from your country many of them from syria and some of them know they're coming from different areas in the world not only syria actually but the majority of syria not all of them are

extremist not the measure 2 of them are actually muscled the turkey they'd have to because of the terrorism in syria because of the bombardment of the terrorists and so on. so they don't want him but the same time the fear him but from the other side let's hear that thing doing those. syrian and other. is danger with the most dangerous on europe is to support the terrorists in syria this is the most dangerous part so this is hypocrisy how can you fear those few 1000000 is the measure of them are moderates and they have while you do you support those dear is there to clean 100 in tens of thousands at least and maybe hundreds of thousands in syria and you don't fear that they're going to go back to to a country.

still to come an updated version of the iconic song baby it's cold outside raises fresh controversy a story and more after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. nobody wants to look at the wildfires and say the obvious number one the taxes are being misused they're not being adequately distributed to where they are needed on the infrastructure

side because there's a government failure number 2 climate change regardless of whether you believe it's happening or not the damage that is going to be applied to your pocketbook that you will pay for climate change whether you believe it or not you know it's still the price is still there. welcome back brazil's former president lula da silva walked free from prison on friday to be greeted by a chorus of cheers from supporters. was. early release was made possible by a new court ruling that allows convicted criminals to avoid prison if they have not

exhausted their appeals hundreds of his supporters took to the streets of sao paolo to celebrate all over himself address the crowds on his release. on the hook by the federal police the joe stuff i'm not heard by anyone i have a desire to prove that this country can be so much better when it doesn't have a government that lawyer is as much on twitter as well so know realize that has the courage to change to its people about solutions to the problems of the country and will a supporter see his release as a sign of democracy and action. you cannot imagine what this day means to me this is the victory of democracy and hope for brazil louis freeh who is the hope of this country the president always cared for the poor who always look after poor people lula is free today lula forever. it's a very happy day for me and many others because i was freed we've been waiting for

justice to happen our country is a joke i believe we have a reason to celebrate and renew our energy to continue wishing for a better country a happier resilient people come back here and we are here to celebrate hope will win over fear democracy will be reestablished in this country lula is free. well of the silver was present from 2003 to 2012 years ago he was convicted of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years and jail he denies any wrongdoing this summer there was a twist in his case at least conversation revealed the prosecutor and the judge had been privately discussing details earlier my colleague bill harvey spoke with the chief editor of the brazilian news outlet opportunity. now we've out of jail. have a very has a very important tend because it's going to be deleted of the opposition

is going to be walking on the streets talking to the people i mean officially he's powerless knew from participation in politics he took but he's much bigger than that he's able to do that with this decision of the supreme court he's totally free to do what he wants to do including any kind of political action is part of the decision i remember from when i was in brazil for the 2014 presidential a little was astounding but it was clear this man is greatly loved in brazil he's got a huge fan base a real presence know him just being out and about with the electorate does that put a lot of pressure on the current president i'm sure it's going to because now the opposition is going to have a leader up to this time to mount after both a man to. the opposition of both not have

a leader improve you has merely the conditions to talk to people now with ruler walking and talking on the street the opposition is going to have a very important leader that i think is going to change political situation in brazil i'm sure about that. classic christmas songs that appears don't mix all too well with new politically correct lyrics as demonstrated by an updated version of the iconic tune a baby it's cold outside that's causing distain for many a song that tells a story of a man trying to persuade a woman and a flirty banter to stay for a night has been blamed for promoting harassment and was pulled off radio playlists a new version by american singer john legend sends a woman home in a taxi. you worry watch your my remark and. see. what's in this you're a have to be. a yard

shot. right now no no no no i didn't write very clearly for. some. he's made it more sexual with those words and i think what he's done is he's stealing the sunday from frank loesser song and from my dad he should write his own song if he does not like this one but don't change the lyrics it's a classic perfect song john legend and natasha through okoro to baby it's cold outside from makes that doesn't make us want to get out by the spray i thought nothing could be worse than the annual baby it's cold outside is problematic discourse but then i read the lyrics to john legend's baby it's cold outside remakes say what you want john legend version of baby it's cold outside is so wholesome and changing the lyrics made the song that much more enjoyable we spoke

with radio and t.v. host karen turk who thinks that the new words do more harm than good to the song they took a song that was innocent flirtation and that was a beautiful classic christmas song about a relationship between a man and a woman and a harmless flirtation and they have actually made this song more sexual by what they've done it's really hard to believe if they strongly believe in a me too message that they would even agel the song the way that it is they made the song dirty and the song was in a dirty song i don't know if this is just a really bad p.r. move or if they actually believe that the song should be changed which i think most of america would find very hard to believe most of the world would find it very hard to believe. that's our global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com the details on all those stories and many more.

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concerns among citizens in both the u.s. and abroad but how does each nation stack up later today rick sanchez host of the news that rick sanchez and dr john dombrowski are both on hand to measure health care cost around the world we have a jam packed show today so let's get right to it. singapore and the european union announced a free trade agreement between the 2 countries that will take effect later this month a trade deal has been in the works for almost a decade and it's god's will to take effect on november 21st singapore will remove all tariffs on the products that are entering the country while the e.u. will remove tariffs on 84 percent of all singapore products that are entering the e.u. within the 1st year and how the the additional 16 percent will be removed over a $3.00 to $5.00. your period singapore is the e.u.'s largest trading partner in asia southeast region with a total of bilateral trade of over $58000000.00 in goods and just over $56000000.00 worth of trade in services and the agreement includes sections on renewable energy

investments e-commerce and even intellectual property theft president of the european commission john junker said this is the european union's 1st bilateral trade agreement with a south east asian country a building block towards a closer relationship between europe and one of the most dynamic regions in the world while european commissioner for trade cecilia mon strong said our trade agreement with singapore provides further evidence of our commitment to fair and rules based trade the agreement will benefit workers farmers and companies of all sizes both here and in singapore. the european union's competition commissioner margaret vest a juror wants to take a deeper look at apple pay the top regulator previously had sent out a questionnaire to merchants asking if they had been told to use apple pay instead of competing services on thursday bester spoke about the situation at the web summit tech conference in lisbon portugal saying we've been.