only celebrates the 2 years since the fall of the berlin wall we look at just how united the country really is. the criminal court of the convicts a congolese rebel commander of atrocities but reno is concerned the i.c.c. only convicts war criminals from africa. also brazil's former president lula da silva is released from prison as he appeals his corruption case he was greeted by cheering supporters who say charges against him are politically motivated.

good evening and thanks for joining us this is. 30 years ago the berlin wall was told reuniting east and west berlin now during the beginning of the end to numerous events including exhibitions on the walls history. with a look at the walls 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 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 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 smooth still nerve running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtower. every 200 meters by 962

a 2nd wall was built around 100 meters and east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death strip the soft sand the show footprints spotlights 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 it 5000 people managed to get through climbing over climbing under through the sewers and even and hot air balloons for the 100 died trying the fearsome bear that emerged seemingly overnight and it just as rapidly on nov 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. it was june he celebrates reunification to some it seems the country is still divided with an invisible line separating east and west indies evangelised citizens reports. 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 as you see in the west and east still remain intact 3 decades after the fall of the wall even chancellor angela merkel admits it runs the show the majority of east german citizens in today's germany feel like 2nd class citizens according to those less than 40 percent of east germans think that reunification was successful among those under 14 the figure is around 20 percent less than hoff are satisfied with democracy in germany former interior minister told us that his get one said that for east germans everything has changed for west germans only their postal cold and 30 years old 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 of the city of theirs that has been declared a state of nazi emergency and 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 in rightwing 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 with the same intensity you could see why people are happy here with the wall is down and everybody is united but the rise of scene 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 in 1952 in the move to east germany to grossman told r.t. what he thinks was better that. 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 is the 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.

reach 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 the family of close friends but not publicly now today and after the wall went down f. you saw it right near my home hole columns of really fascist thugs with swastikas if they could 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. your secretary of state my pump i also went to bill. and to commemorate

the full of the wall he used the occasion though 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 invades its neighbors and slays political opponents the chinese communist party used this tactic his methods to suppress its own people that would be horrifyingly familiar to former east germans. propose a former cia chief and did some of his military service patrolling the berlin wall visit tended to the ceremony was also greeted with criticism from one of germany's biggest news outlets georgia velo was pondering over when u.s. troops might finally leave the country are currently almost 40000 u.s. military personnel in germany journalist and author thomas fassbender says that washington is fearful of losing influence over berlin. this is

a rather cheap effort at 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 brush in the mold as close as possible in the mold of the soviet union one of the central feeders of us jews to 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. the 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 that easily betrayed her looks at why the i.c.c. seems to merely focus on criminals from that continent this. it's 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. the attempted as a crime against humanity and there's a war crime. or put a seclusion as

a crime against humanity 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 god 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 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 peng's 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 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 and of ghana stan came into focus groups 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 the. 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 the 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 and 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 where 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 have us the i.c.c. to comment we await their response. they hate him but they want him that's how the syrian president bashar al assad has described relations a free europe and the leader of turkey in an exclusive interview with r.t. 1st time he's spoken to an international channel for more than a year you can watch the interview monday as well as watching it on our website party dot com here's a preview. i don't know you're antagonistic with nato nations turkey but with jurgen and

arguably yourself must be aware that western policy is liable for blowback into the european union what have you made of say european union government's response to the possible. outflow of british eyes is they just 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. . do is 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 some of them know they're coming from different areas in the world not only syria actually but the majority are syria not all of them are

extremist not the measure 2 of them are actually most of 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 syria 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 theories 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 a country.

bloodcurdling murder since shock waves through the russian city of st petersburg bring you that story after this break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. the top russian history professor suspected of murdering one of his students after he was plucked from a river in st petersburg with a pair of severed in his backpack so join me in the studio with details. history professor some peeps bug a state university has been arrested on suspicion of murder and again a quite bizarre what led to that moment

a grotesque and bizarre series of events 63 year old idea of a cycle of was apprehended on saturday morning he'd been walking along the embankment of a canal drunk and he had tried to throw his backpack into the water but in doing so he slipped and so fell himself into the water a passing taxi noticed called the police in order to save him which they did and in doing so and this is really the only reason that this crime has come to light they discovered what was in the backpack the cycle of was trying to dispose of a lot was a female hands he was taken into custody in which he remains and his flat was. what they found was very gruesome it was a decapitated female body head and a bloody. drunk thrown body parts into a river. road on the bottom of a list of things you would expect to come from a respected prefer so what more do we know about him in particular he was

a distinguished academic who was teaching at one of the highest ranking universities in the country he'd been recognized for his work he'd been given awards and he was a specialist in french military history specifically in napoleonic wars and he even founded a movement of historical reenactments but it is worth mentioning that despite his distinction he had been plagued by scandal because back in 2018 whilst he was giving a lecture a member of the audience accused of plagiarism and afterwards it was alleged that sokoloff that actually hired 2 men in order to rough up his accuser in the same year student at the university who he had been in a relationship with accused him of physical harassment. and event of attempted murder just for a 2nd of course to turn to his victim we do know that she was a 24 year old female student at the university called anastasio yes. and other than

the fact that she'd been in communication with him with regards to her studies that had no real relationship the university has spoken out saying of course that it's shaken by this horrific turn of events as i'm sure as the whole city and that it's thoughts are of course with the victim's family. former president lula da silva walked free from prison friday greeted by a chorus of cheers from supporters. released was made possible by a new court ruling allowing convicted criminals to avoid prison if they've not exhausted their appeals hundreds of supporters took to the streets of sao paolo to celebrate while lula addressed the crowds on his release. on the hook by the federal police the job of anyone i have a desire to prove that this country can be so much better when it doesn't have

a government lawyer is as much on twitter. but has the courage to train people about solutions to the problems of the country. then the supporters see his release as a sign of democracy in action. what's the thinking most of you cannot imagine what this day means to me this is the victory of democracy up and hope for brazil rule is free who is the hope of this country the president always cared for the poor who always look after poor people is free today live forever. it's a very happy day for me and many others because lolo 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 like your we're here to celebrate hope will win over fear democracy will be reestablished in this country is free. lula da silva was brazil's 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. but the sum of there was a twist in the case when a leaked conversation revealed the prosecutor and judge had been privately discussing the case i spoke with the chief editor of the brazilian news outlet opera monday. now with out of jail decide to ation have a very has a very important tend because it's going to be deleted off the opposition lulay is going to be walking on the streets talking to the people i mean officially he's powerless new from participation in politics 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 24 team

presidential level little was a standing 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 bill position is going to have a leader up to this time around after both a man to. the opposition of both not have a leader in brazil has not really there 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 chant political situation in brazil i'm sure about that ok but with of this we would half an hour's time see them.

today there are good tennis and bad debt is the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat to the good tennis of those who work in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up right wing military juntas funding an army was just was there's no. because there's always a small. really good.

now you know well redacted or not this is the county jail where americans in america cover an american who is a cold foreign agent. first let me sum up everything the mainstream media has covered for the past week. and i met. donald trump is literally letting go all die due to a climate crisis exploiting average americans at every turn by that phone call to the ukrainians. beyond the pale. but ok now on to important i want to reveal how you know we're witnessing the death of truth just for people prove that we're seeing systematic persecution of those who revealed the truth in our society no one can deny there's been. i've given you the truth i've given us

the truth so you have to ask yourself do i want the truth there that's a serious question sometimes you don't want the truth. when you said your boyfriend did you hook up with my dog walker. my dog was watching. you don't want the truth you do not because you're told the truth you either have to murder the boyfriend or murder your dog. so let's get through the 4 people who prove we're witnessing the death of truth 1st we have whistleblowers we we've seen with the blowers of all kinds crushed in the past few years chelsea manning edward snowden john kerry aka jeffrey starling the guy who revealed there were no go mad chemicals in the subway sandwiches and. i mean i don't know that he was persecuted but i assume the subway people sweeney todd him into a meatball saw. but let's just say one name jealousy manning she revealed the war crimes of our empire she then torture in our prisons for years her sentence

is then commuted she's released and now they have her locked up again for nothing literally nothing i mean i mean i mean really nothing like that like the educational value of the bachelor nothing nothing so whistleblowers i'm going to mark them down persecuted i go persecuted yeah. let's move on this. move on the publisher's last week to you tonight is nation special rapper tor on torture reiterated a warning that julian assange has life is at risk and said the wiki leaks founder must not be extradited keep in mind nothing wiki leaks has ever published has been proven false compare that to every other cable news sack of garbage you see just thank you because they want to thank everybody. your post was very much the donald

trump. or nancy pelosi other horse the only in a still hunt is the most accurate human being to ever live and he didn't prevent meanwhile here here here are the people who are allowed to walk free yet another person claiming it's racist to have a white santa you know and by the way for all you kids watching at home santa just is white but this person is just arguing that maybe we should we should also have a black santa just because it makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't mean it has to change you know i mean jesus was a white man too but you know so. it. must have been. for bright white jesus to be bored of middle eastern parents. no wonder very claims you don't know who the father was. anyway.