germany celebrates 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall we'll look at just how united the country really is also to come. from the court of the hague. congolese rebel commander of atrocities but it really nice concern the i.c.c. only conflicts war criminals from africa also on the way. those former president lula da silva is released from prison as he appeals his corruption case he was greeted as you can see there by cheering supporters who say the charges against him are politically motivated.

getting into thanks for joining us here on r.t. and. 30 years ago the berlin wall was told down reuniting east and west berlin and heralding the beginning of the end of the cold war. with major celebrations being held across the country today. taking part in you miss events including exhibitions on the walls history it's actually very good now with a quick look at its rise and fall. of. the berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a mind 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 august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete france with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today. it's 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 still nerve running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtowers every 200 meters by 962 a 2nd wall was built around 100 meters and the east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death strip the soft sand to show footprints floodlights tripwires and machine guns the guards had permission to shoot on sight and had vicious dogs the more elaborate the wall became the more creative for the waste across that 5000 people managed to get through climbing over climbing under through the sewers and even and hot air balloons or the 100 died trying the fearsome bear that emerged seemingly overnight and it just as rapidly on november 9th 10891000 stormed the checkpoint unborn homer street at 10 45 pm the head of the checkpoint jagger overwhelmed by the crowd gave way and open the gate the other soon followed . was germany celebrates reunification and to some it seems the country is still

divided with an invisible line separating. these evangelos slips us the closer. 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 west and east still remain intact 3 decades after the fall of the wall even challenged. it's those which show that in georgia a full east german citizens in 2 days a german reason if you like 2nd class citizens according to those less than 40 percent of east germans think that reunification was successful books and among those under 14 and even the figure is the wrong 20 percent less than holocaust.

just fine with democracy in germany former interior minister told us them is 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 $1000000.00 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 believe 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 that is that has been declared a state of nazi emergency in the recent talk on synagogue in how he has shown that more than a quarter of germans hold anti semitic beliefs. i would like to point out once again that it's a lose some don't want to admit this the threat of anti semitism and right wing terrorism is high in germany and 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 it is with the same usage as if you could see why people are happy here with the wall is down and everybody is for united but the rise of seen a phobia is bringing the increase of hate crimes all the gentrified and marginalized communities should remind germany that reunification is

a process rather than just a public holiday. with an american who defected to the soviet union back in 1952 and then moved on to east germany to grossman told what he thinks was but that back then. the old days of 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 advocation 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 ends 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 is rarely been in 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 people's 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. you just 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 this 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 60 statement pump i also went to the berlin. to commemorate the fall of the wall and to use 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 russian but by a former k.g.b. officer stationed in dresden invade his neighbors. 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 pompei there is a former cia chief and 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 that washington fiz losing influence over belin. this is a a rather cheap effort that we kind ling cold war nostalgia reported that way kind ling german angst in the face of russia because the best way of course to do 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 diedrich thinking as i see it is losing control over germany that germany might at one point early or later take her own fate into her own hands keeping large armies with tanks and soldiers along the

russian border is from my point of view a futile effort which the fact of which of the intention of which is mainly to keep the western europe within a status of things and fear of russia in order to stay close to the folds of the u.s.g. used to d.g. interests. international criminal court at the hague handed down its highest ever sentence to a congolese rebel warlord he joins a growing list of africans convicted by the court of crimes against humanity but not easily trying to look at why the i.c.c. seems to merely 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 is 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 year 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 intelligible ok and the wait just

a few minutes of research will show that all people who've 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 witnessed 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 kourt. 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've 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 dutch 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 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 see to comment on the issue it will bring you the reply. they hate him but they want the syrian president bashar al assad to describes relations between europe and the leader of this in an exclusive interview with r.t. it's the 1st time the saga spoken to an international t.v. channel for more than a year you can watch the full interview here on monday so it's on a website on t.

dot com for now here's a preview. i don't know you're antagonistic with nato nation turkey but it was dirty and arguably yourself must be aware that western policy is liable for blowback into the european union would have you made of a european union government's response to the possible. outflow of british ices days freighters back into the european union how dangerous is it to be in london today or paris or berlin. actually the relation between her and the e.u. is always they hate him but they want him. they don't did it and they know that his phanatic islamist they know this and they're the bin or that is going to send them

both. extremist or maybe terrorists egypt in many refugees from your country of 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 are syrian up all of them are extremist. the measure 2 of them are actually most of the turkey that 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 they fear him but from the other side let's hear that thing doing those. syrian and other. is dangerous 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 medias the majority of them are moderates and they have while you do you support

those deer is there a glee in 100 in 10. thousands. and maybe hundreds of thousands in syria and you don't feel that they're going to go back to a country. now an updated version of the iconic song baby it's cold outside is raising fresh control this see that story i'm more up to this point. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only mostly i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and

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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. it was early release was made possible by a new court ruling allowing convicted criminals to avoid prison if they've not exhausted their appeals and as of his supporters took to the streets of sao paolo to celebrate swallowed himself addressed the crowd on religious. freedom. on the hook by the federal police the jail 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 true to its people about solutions to the problems of the country and the blueness supporters see his release as a sign of democracy in action. looks like emotional you cannot imagine what this day means to me this is the victory of democracy of it and hope for brazil this

freak who is the hope of this country the president has always cared for the poor who always look after poor people in the street today who might live forever i wish i could say it's a very happy day for me and many others because it was freed we've been waiting for justice to happen our country is our joke i believe we have a reason to celebrate and renew our energy to continue wishing for a better country a happier resilient people i think i'm secure we're here to celebrate hope will win over here democracy will be reestablished in this country is free. lived a civil was brazilian president from 2003 to 2012 years ago he was convicted of corruption of money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in jail he denies any wrongdoing. this summer there was a twist in the case a leaked conversation revealed the prosecutor and judge shippen privately discussing lula's case i spoke with the chief editor of the brazilian news outlet

opera monday. now with lula out of jail. have a very has a very important tend because it's going to be deleted off the opposition lula is going to be walking on the streets talking to the people i mean officially he's part is new from participation in politics but he took bodies much bigger than he is 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 24 team president lula was a standing but it was clear this man is greatly loved in brazil he's got a huge fan base a real presence now him just being out and about with the electorate does that put a lot of pressure on the current president i'm sure it will do 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 in 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. or christmas songs don't mix all too well with new politically correct lyrics as demonstrated by an updated version of the iconic chain baby it's cold outside it's causing disdain for many a song that tells a story of a man trying to persuade a woman in 30 bouncer to stay for a night has been blamed for promoting harassment and was pulled off radio playlist a new version by the american singer john legend sends the woman home in

a taxi. stock you. watch your might rocket fire. soon. right there for a watch in this very apps that we had out there. the yard shot. right there on the thing no no no going to break at least where. 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 live aches it's a classic perfect song john legend and natasha are all throw co-wrote a baby it's cold outside for makes that doesn't make us want to wear 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 turkey thinks that the new words do more harm than good 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. ok appreciate you staying with me but with the just over half an hour's time. anyone else chose seemed wrong. why don't we just don't call. me.

yet to see power just did come out today. and in detroit equals betrayal. when told many find themselves worlds apart if we choose to look for common ground . today there are good terrorists and bad editors the bad terrorists and those in yemen who the united states deems to be a threat the looked at those what in syria the cia and u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military funding and arming death squads there's no any more because there's always a small. cut. off.

something. i think the men that we attract to the military you know we've got to the army of one you know be all you can be all those themes that we've had throughout the years very very heavily masculine masculinity cannot be victimized because if you're a leader if you're a masculine person and you're victimized then you're weak the problem is that anybody can be a victim of sexual assault. i join the service in 1972 the military is a great way to lie. and see the world. i got educated i love the military. was 19 and i want to challenge all alone and the

next thing i was laying on the ground i was struck from behind and 2 guys will hold me down and one day i was pulling my pants down. and. just taking care of his business and you know struggled in. struck and hit and told you know told to shut up or they'd kill me. and they see i would destroy my life. i mean i've been married 3 times to this luckily i have a wife right now who i've been married to for 25 years. you start wondering you start sort of you know you're coming up with reasons why things are the way they are and for a long time i kept thinking i don't know this something something else. i had never told anybody over 30 years i decided to tell my wife. it was the scariest

moment in my life i was going tell my wife she was going to leave me and i would be lost without her i mean honest to god i couldn't i couldn't get up every morning without my wife. you know. and i told i felt horrified and i felt sad and i felt angry and you know all along the course of the evening you know feelings just started to surface that were probably just simmering for a very very long time and she put her arms around me and we're both there and saw it was like. this great weight had been lifted off for me. i think it's important to recognize that military sexual trauma is not limited to women and in fact when it comes to the absolute numbers because of the proportion of men in much larger numbers than women actually the numbers are even greater.