unified german empire. and german unification has been achieved and we have an emperor. on deck keiser. but there's still one man whom he has to condense. all. rusting watches look big think of my ancestors were satisfied with king of prussia. your majesty surely doesn't wish to remain a mere cypher in the new german empire to be just a sort of chairman. then she better if i declare myself willing to become empress i wish to have the title and author of germany definitely not german and control structure kaiser. i am i use your majesty the princes will never accept an emperor of germany as they would fear that your majesty might want to rule alone without them noticing. such an order might just to be a figurehead the title of german emperor is an exceptional doctor kaiser. is enough to copy. this market image and bismarck was always of the opinion that you have to use gentle formulations to push through tough policies it wasn't about the title german emperor there were german is an adjective in the sense th

the german chancellor has the greatest respect for. he is a talented football player who has done a lot for the german national team and he has now made a decision we must respect. but the german government appears divided over the controversy because. i don't think the case of a multi-millionaire living and working in england tells you much about germany's capacity for integration. and. says of racism on a daily basis need to be taken seriously it's not just israel but also people involved in sports who suffer this we should really do something about it in turkey has received overwhelming support the turkish justice minister said the footballer's departure is a goal against the virus of fascism an advisor to turkey's president of the one said israel had taken a brave stand there is no excuse for racism measured israel's comments are likely to add to an already raging debate in germany over integration multiculturalism and the country's relationship with its immigrant population. and we have team coverage of this debate i'm joined now

it had the germans on the run. as you pointed out, the battle continued for another four days as more of a cleanup. guillaume: it was around 15,000 prisoners captured. the germans were surrounded in their own pocket of the landscape. they were heavy trenches. there are still very deep ones that were there that were made. mitchell: where did the germans fall back to? guillaume: they had to fortify the line called the mihiel line. it was 45 miles away from the frontline. it was all most until the end of the war because the frontline stabilized september 16, and the major movement for the americans would be to move there. mitchell: by the 13th, the second day of the battle, it was mostly in american hands. guillaume: you can see how the germans are surrounded. it is great to see the landscape 100 years ago. mitchell: right, it does not look much different today. guillaume: exactly. the enemy can see you from the distance here. mitchell: that is what pershing wanted. they wanted to attack the hindenburg line which was

german f.a. president. germany's early exit from the world cup in a post on social media the german international said he was retiring with a heavy heart but that he had made the decision because of a feeling of racism and disrespect he also said that quote i used to wear the german shirts with such pride and excitement but now i don't retire has decided to caps and a world cup to his name. well joining me in studio to talk. public. so sensational is what we're calling it at this stage it's not a surprise that he did quit but will his strongly worded statement cause shock well has caused a lot of shock i'm first and foremost let's bring the fact that it was written in english for maximum impact we'll say now let's not forget as well that message is of course does play in england so he is based in the most of the time of course releasing a statement in english is quite powerful considering that the criticism is geared towards in. sort of split into different areas he is very critical of the german

faulker: we love the germans. we are guilty of this at fort leavenworth, but the germans sort of have a propensity for war. we overstate it. a lot of that has to do with geography, but i think we overstate that. the germans are really good at some of the tactical stuff, but when it comes to making strategy, they are a basket case, and the disasters you will see in world war ii are presaged by the disastrous strategic decisions they make in world war i, and i think we also overemphasized the german tactical acumen. what they do have is an official army system for capturing honestly and openly the mistakes made trying to systematically put systems in place, but at the same time, the allies know the advantages they have and are playing them as best they can and a lot of the storm trooper tactics you see are also being done by the british and french on a smaller scale, so they are making all these innovations. the germans just tend to get some of the better credit for it. what the germans will do, though, in the 1920'

he almost always spoke no german or only a smattering of german, or military german. the only word you need to know is fire. there are a handful of words you would learn. in the course of the normandy campaign, we know this from period sources, memoirs of soldiers and the great u.s. army in world war ii series, the so-called green books, as they are known, allied troops regularly came across soldiers in german uniform, with god is with us on the belt buckle. the supposedly german army who were non-german speakers. and i think "saving czeche ryan's" little vignette, that is what i will call it, shows that very well. there are accounts from u.s. soldiers who have taken german prisoners, they do not look german and they are not speaking german, so where are they front? -- from? mission work did in korea, these guys are koreans. what are they doing in normandy? colony,s a japanese they had been put into battles with the soviet union in the 19 -- in 1939, on the japanese border in siberia. they had been shipped west to fight the germans and the red army. when the germans i

while he was lambasted by german f.a. president. after germany's only exit from the world cup after a long silence music finally made his feelings known in an epic three part statement on social media. said his meeting with turkey's president was about respecting the highest office of his family's country. and his long awaited third post didn't just announce that he was quitting the german site he heavily criticized german football association president for negative comments on islam and multi-culturalism a photo of. their meeting in may the blue touch paper on a debate that has refused to die down in germany with being accused of helping the one campaign for an upcoming election there's also the peer talked only about football germany team. here on the left was also at the meeting and explained his decision soon after. preferred to remain silent which only brought to more criticism. i don't think any footballer should have their photo taken with any authority to whether with a lot of tomatillos did with the one and there

made the announcement after talks with german come his german counterpart heikal loss in berlin it's a reversal for italy's populist government which had said last week it was closing its ports to refugees rescued at sea. the german football association has hit back at accusations of racism made by football star. the organization says it supports diversity and it has worked on integration in germany for many years made the claim over the weekend when he also announced he'd quit the german national team the midfielder is of. origin and he was spit should be turkey's president john back in may he said if it's resume and disrespect from the public and the media in the aftermath following the team's disappointing what performance he was also criticised by the german football association now his resignation from the german national side has also been hotly debated in his hometown of girls in geisha and in western germany which has a large turkish community people there feel that it was his decision highlights ongoing problems with integration in the country have a listen. this is where a

the germans and to be accepted and to be integrated and. yeah and so. obviously this is been a debate since. announced his resignation yesterday tell me about the discussions how i would to if community is seeing this and many people are very disappointed how the arguments and the debates went on and it shows them in a bit about how much you try it doesn't matter how much you try to integrate into society it's never enough you come to a certain point in mrs case was the same like two thousand and fourteen when he played where they wonder well cop he was good she was our german player now two toes on eighteen he made a mistake we lost and it's again the person not into grade it and and i thing is that what the media was saying that there were there were describing here about the issue of the german vs and it shows the people and for for example all the for the young one who seem as a role model and like you can be one person and you can be german you can be a part of to society you can be included and then but on the other side of chills again if you do

war stands for the german experimentation. dream. that made the musical genre one of germany's best ever cultural exports let's take a look back. this is crawford at the start of their career with the sound of crowd. also on the scene from cologne broke free from traditional song structures with their psychedelic sounds. i'm just noise from the rhineland region also helped forge the new sound of crowd. classic structures out the window along with the whole idea of harmonic melodic. grip we developed the music and played it and let ourselves be surprised at what happened. to musician and composer started exploring new musical horizons at the age of eighteen he was a member of kroll facts and went on to form two the most influential crowd rock bands ever noya nine hundred seventy one band harmonia nine hundred seventy three this band's rebelled against musical conventions. and this happening. as i turned away from the music of my teens from the heroes of my youth the british and american musicians. i began to realize i couldn't

well returning now to our top story reports are coming in that that german interior minister horace abel for also the leader of the bavarian sea is you party has offered his resignation to his party this follows a meeting in which the party leadership discussed whether to accept or reject a deal by chance or uncle americal with the e.u. on migration policy as a whole for had reportedly said he was unhappy with the agreement and felt it did not go far enough they hope for a once in germany to turn away some asylum seekers at the country's borders but the chancellor has insisted on europe wide solutions we're expecting an announcement from the c.s.u. shortly and we'll be bringing you that live when it happens let's go now to our correspondents michelle that kirschner who's standing by in munich and melinda crane in berlin me shiela any word yet whether those reports are now confirms what do we know about the who for his next move. well we're still. stepping up to those microphones you see behind me in that conference room away from learning what the outcome of this very dramatic evening in

german politics struggle with people who don't want to commit to just one nationality. research allow me a card or has called for a reasonable debate on identity she says the integration policy of the german football association has failed. the harmony we have a real racism problem in germany it's not something we can say is exclusively on the far right racism has long existed at the center of the society. she says those who have the interests of both sides at heart have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. six time when big madness ryan lochte he has been handed a forty man band for doping by the u.s. anti-doping agency locks he accepted the sanction for his use of a prohibited intravenous infusion the us when i posted a photo on social media of him getting an i.v. drip which led to a visit investigation lucky said he wasn't too clear on the rules and hoped other athletes can learn from his mistake. you're watching the dog you knew was coming up ahead today or one of the symbols of sustainable energy would wind turbines are anyth

you know all the polls suggest that the germans from maine committed to the e.u. they may remain committed to all of these multilateral institutions the united nations and so forth so if this was an attempt to kind of push germany a different direction it really failed and you know i think what it what this whole . you know situation has shown to me is that this question of migration which is dominated going to see this sort of political landscape for the last couple of years remains unresolved that's what this is about and this was sort of a symbol of that it was a manufactured crisis yes but it was possible to manufacture it because merkel has still not resolved you know this question of migration and i think that this was less about the people who were coming than it is about the people who are already here you know the one million plus who have come over the past couple of years and the sort of fears that many germans have about that and that's what the taps into and i so disagree with you on the other issues i don't think that they have any other issues and i

alone a very well welcome indeed to court regular and it's been a tempestuous week in german politics with the refugee crisis once again topping the agenda and get a makeover faced an open rebellion led by this man her interior minister holsey hold firm he forced the chancellor to shift further away than ever before from her open door refugee policy and accept the creation of pro screening camps or transit centers for asylum seekers along germany's southern border disputes that michael's government to the brink of collapse and big questions are now being asked about how her cocoa allision can possibly work together in the weeks and months to come so our question here on quadriga this week is german stability a thing of the past question mark and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with matthew condon chief european correspondent at politico and matthew argues the german politics is becoming less boring not less stable there's a good name he says for the type of confrontation we've seen in berlin over the past fe

no list of german actors will be complete without our next entry he was the wild man of german cinema proof that genius and madness sometimes go hand in hand love him or hate him he's our number five. going to go shine i want to. take a loud and angry always angry that was close can skate on screen and in real life which it wasn't even if it was when i got an email my. it was legendary playing how did characters driven by a mad passion. in real life he was a monster to use them abusing his own daughter for several years he died for it out eight sixty five in california. peter lorre will go down in cinema history as a child murderer with the googly eyes he set the template for german actors to play dark monstrous characters in the. team if you missed. anything new here but you got. to go lor emigrated to the u.s. in the nineteenth thirty's and acted in several hollywood films including casablanca he became a minor celebrity. lives are going to return to this you're not going to somebody die for him alone in los angeles in one nine hundred sixty four. next actor is also an international

a brilliant example for german sought you know an example of german society's capacity to integrate people of other nationalities and different heritage. and it's incredibly damning for german society and of course actually for german football that a grassroots and a national and at the highest level that you know this has been the end of his career in the national scene and he hasn't been the only person speaking out has he no i mean that if he has also faced so that's the german football association has also faced criticism from other people phillip lawn the captain of the two thousand and fourteen world cup side has written an open letter criticizing coach you akim lives chinese style columns woman to go one of the bosses a munich has also. said this functionaries that the d.f.t. have been behaving like a much as. however has also been very sing quite of criticism his self now in these statements in which he announced that he was going to step back from the german national team he actually began with a defense of his photo with russia tired. but again which a lot of people i think perha

the german f.a. have since said that the regressors his decision and can see deaf l.-u. to adequately support him but i am to continue the integration efforts and fight against racism. at a huge story this morning in germany i got a lemur talking from our sports desk to walk me through it only my good to have you here we heard they're taking aim at german f.a. president ron are going though what is this issue with him yeah so is it not shy away he did not hold back he went and he basically accused i had gringo the d.f.t. president of using him as a scapegoat for his own incompetence and even went to step further and he basically pointed out something that a lot of germans for the microwave background often you know and that is that if you're successful if i'm when i win i'm german but the minute i lose i'm the foreigner i'm the immigrant and that's why it also goes into the identity politics in germany where a lot of people with a migrant background often feel like they never german enough it doesn't matter how you can be a world champion but you're still never good enou

this is newsnight from a german football star. over racism midfield a massive ers who says he's going after facing a barrage of criticism for meeting the turkish president in the night he also had lots to say about the boss of the german football federation also on the program tensions between the united states and iran increases and president rouhani warns the west don't play the line style president trump tweets back don't threaten us or you'll suffer historic consequences. thousands are hospitalized. wreck or temperatures just weeks after the devastating floods. landfill gail welcome to the program german football star mesut ozil has quit the national team of what is called discrimination following germany's exit from the world cup the midfielder who has turkish roots said he faced racism and disrespect from the german media after he was pictured with president vege of type two one back in may that he faced criticism from the german football association after the team's disappointing world cup before. after a long silence mesut

iis is a german world war filled box.nd these fine gentlemen can give you a tour. >> what you are actually walking into is a re-creation of a world war i german pillbox. about two be concrete to three feet thick. on each side there are three bunks. on here is theng gun flap forum. there be two machine guns, one on each side. the whole idea, there would be a series of them in a row and there would be barbed wire. the barbed wire was to slow down the attack and use the machine guns here, which also slow down that attack. and the idea was to slow and attack down, but if they were also going to get overrun, they were told to cut and run to get out of this position. these positions were built as part of the hindenburg line. about threegermans or four months to complete the line itself before they actually started attacking and trying to chew away at these lines. germans also had storm troops that they especially trained. a lot of the soldiers were younger soldiers that were more physically fit. if this area was getting attacke

media and by the german football association. joining me now in the studio to talk more about mesut ozil is a problem for the earliest from d.w. schools or kampala so why has finally released a statement now two months after that means well at this stage we can only speculate blown over no one's really talking about it now let's not forget that in the past few months a lot has happened in german football of course the world cup and the whole debacle there and people like you know a scapegoat essentially and so what we suppose i think what probably thought i once again let's stress that we are speculating here is that it would blow over but it was like a snowball effect and i suppose he probably didn't expect that the german football association the d.f.t. would be so critical. of him in previous weeks and also the team manager oliver beer hof of course said that perhaps he should have even been left out of the team that went to russia for the world cup and you know so he did mention sporting reasons but he did also hint at the fa

when polish guests visited the german side they got to enjoy german dishes and paid in euros and on the polish side you got polish dishes and paid without kind of that i'd like to try that. sure and here they come poland's famous stuff dumplings what a great cross border story and a brilliant example of what can be achieved if we just put our minds to it. benefits. so how do i say cheers to germans all the friendship in polish of the polish boys of one shoved. the post in this country has. a long way to one more time and slowly the postponing it see as. meaning it's cool see as the pull schooling in school she as she is you will know who the school she is jim. what if east. but now it's time for a v mail our check in viewer. from moscow was in singapore for the first time in his life and here are his impressions. be nice a bicycle path traces the german polish border passing through several towns that are all well worth a visit as well as delightful nature reserves. a largely untouched river scape pretty rare and you're of the face and a section of the route even passes through a unesco

we accepted that the east german authorities wanted to solve these problems themselves. as evolves animals sort of us against them. the ambassador was told that the perpetrators had been neo nazis. that wasn't news to him back then. because that is a b.s. that was normal these were very small groups and educated skinheads well when you say maybe it's you know it's. neo nazis had brutally killed a mozambican citizen they were put on trial but the punishment ridiculously lenient than normal lambro i think some were sentenced to between two and five years but not all of them have been sent to some have gone home so. we're heading to manuel deo goes home his family lives in the province of monica on the border with zimbabwe his sisters and his mother tell us why a minimal diogo went to east germany in the early eighties he wanted to get a good education which was to be the foundation of a better life he wanted to lift his family out of poverty. move. on without the money. but when i go. you know what he went to east germany for his education he came back once then he went ba

i'm sorry harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us german football star as it has quit the national team of what he called the scream a nation after germany's world cup exit is there who has turkish roots said he faced racism and disrespect from the german media after his meeting with circus president. back in may he was also criticized by the german football association after the tournament and rush. off to a long silence measures israel has finally made his feelings known in an epic three part statement on twitter is ill said his meeting with turkey's president added one was about respecting the highest office of his family's country. in his third post released hours later is ill heavily criticized german football association president clinton for his negative comments on islam and multiculturalism and announced he was quitting the german side. a photo of israel and added one at that meeting and may spock to debate that has refused to die in germany with israel being accused of helping out a once campaign for an upcoming election israel says the pats only about footba

decision to quit the german national team. well it definitely is a very big story here in germany a very big debate just to give you a sense of how big this is the front page of germany's main tabloid and as you see it is absolutely the top story for this paper and for most other media as well and basically the fall out is divided politicians who tend to be on the conservative side of the spectrum where certainly football association president mr grindle would be located they are essentially focusing once again on that photo with the president out of one and saying that mr never took sufficient responsibility for his actions and that he should never have have had that photo taken but on the other hand we have a number of voices both out of the opposition parties like the green party and and also the social democratic party including the german justice minister who is a member of the social democratic party saying this is an absolute alarm bell when someone like mr is a doesn't feel comfortable in the german football team when

when polish guests visited the german side they got to enjoy german dishes and paid in euros and on the polish side you got polish dishes and paid and that's out kind of that i'd like to try that people are really sure and here they come poland's famous stuff dumplings what a great cross border story and a brilliant example of what can be achieved if we just put our minds to it benefits . so next week i'll do i say cheers to germans all the friendship in polish of the poisonous voice of one shaft. the post in this country has a. long way to one more time and slowly the postponing it completely as an example it's going to mean it's cool to see as the both school in the school zone as you can see actually she isn't really in up with schools in the in school in the not with school in the school here's a hint. of. what it feels to. me but now it's time for a v mail our check in viewer i'm tony from moscow was in singapore for the first time in his life and here are his impressions. nice a bicycle path traces the german polish border passing through several towns that are all well worth a vi

back in may face fierce criticism from german media for the encounter while he was lambasted by the german f.a. president obama not get into germany's early exit from the world cup in a post on social media the germany international said he was retiring with a heavy heart but he made the decision because of a feeling of racism and disrespect is that quote used to wear the german such pride and excitement but no i don't feel the time with ninety two caps at the world cup his name. joining me now in the studio to talk more about mesut ozil is a problem for the earliest from the w.'s falls. so why has finally released a statement now two months after that move well at this stage we can only speculate because of course like you mentioned going to one who was also pictured with the turkish president released a statement two months ago on a century that sort of blown over no one's really talking about it now let's not forget that in the past few months a lot has happened in german football of course the world cup and the whole debacle there and people like you know a scapegoat essentially and so

back to today in a german top ten charts nine out of ten albums by german hip hop artists including adam. berlin used to be a gangster rap the day you reps about self-discipline and the dark side of stardom on the single fame with his fellow rep. tom my time right now can click and kind of pick china i can to try to hide and go . from the most. important part of. the joke. going to come closer look at. the book to go to school in. iowa. expensive cars luxury hotels ok so that's what the dark side of fame looks like in our series berlin backstage we meet up with hot acts who are currently visiting berlin this time we've got imus of jenine aka i'm off from finland she's already featured as a singer on tracks by felix yen charlie x. the x. in martins i backed and even her solo singles off the go gold i had the pleasure of meeting her before her cake at the columbia theater. let. this one off in the end because poppy exports even elton john declared himself a huge fan before a concert at columbia theater in berlin i have to chance to catch up with her backstage is she really the party i mean

this is a german football great and he's also an ambassador for german football it will be very difficult to sort of go back and then you know involve yourself in the team and it's also been quite a tough week for the german football association is let's not forget that moment ago of course he is the chairman. he was very critical of the german football association so let's see what happens now at the end of the statement we'll see what how far he goes interesting times in german football public for. both thank you very much. so for now you're watching news from above and there's more news coming up at the top of the hour you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on the web site that is of course. thank you very much for joining me. earth. home tonight of species a home worth saving.

turkish president john has praised the decision by german footballer zeal to quit the german national team the star midfielder made the announcement at the weekend. who has turkish roots was heavily criticised. putting forth a graph to with the turkish president in may this is and said this criticism quickly turned into reeses him and disrespect from the public and the media was it was also singled out by the german football association for the country's disappointing performance at the what. this is resignation from the german national side has also been hotly debated in his hometown of games and kishan invest in germany which has a large community of people there feel the case highlights ongoing problems with integration in the country. this is where a young message often had a kick about a training ground in the german city of guns and. today an amateur team is playing here about the resignation of the german national player is on everyone's mind. it's a brave move by him but as i see it he's only criticized others without accepting that he might have made an error in my view of hi

possibly work together in the weeks and months to come so our question here on quadriga this week is german stability a thing of the past question mark and to discuss that question i'm joined here in the studio by three astute observers of german politics beginning with matthew carney chief european correspondent at politico and matthew argues that german politics is becoming less boring not less stable there's a good name he says for the type of confrontation we've seen in berlin over the past few weeks and that name is democracy also with us history scally of the irish times he says germany stability obsession has done more harm than good to democracy in the merkel era more flexibility will bring fresh air. fresh thinking and fresh problem into the political game interesting stuff and a very warm welcome to. the head of g. w.'s domestic politics to problems nina believes the anti immigrant alternative for germany policy is the only winner in the current government crisis is bad news for chancellor merkel and bad news for the team you're. looking to let me begin with you we've seen this cl

it really would question the german economic model.y is highly dependent on exports, on u.s.ted automobiles to the this could be the beginning of an escalation and automobiles would be painful the german economy. guy: in some ways, does donald trump have a point when he looks at what is happening with the german surplus? i know germany has the advantage of saying you need to look at the european story more broadly. you think about the german auto sector and the issues that lie with the big surpluses that germany runs. how would it change that surplus story? how would it reposition germany on the table globally? oncel: imposing tariffs german automobiles would not fundamentally change the story of germany's export surplus. it is partly because a big part of germany's car exports are imports, intermediate inputs from other european countries and globally. a germany'slem of current account surplus does not come from the export side. it really comes from week investment in germany. germany has one of the lowest public and private investmen

german politics struggle with people who don't want to commit to just one nationality. research alarm in a car door has called for a reasonable debate on identity she says the integration policy of the german football association has failed. we have a real racism problem in germany it's not something we can say is exclusively on the far right racism has long existed at the center of this society. she says those who have the interests of both sides at heart have lost the winners of the debate nationalistic turks and the german far right. we have tom going away from good of you sports with us to tell us more about the story hi tom we heard there about the winners of the debate what about the losers where does this leave the german football. with a huge problem on its hands i mean in a somewhat banal terms the national team has a problem because they've just lost one of their most gifted players but of course this is about much more than that now sport. in general in football in particular just by virtue of his popularity it can really be a brilliant motive for integration

zealand in course speak german maybe see. play . play play. play play. this is v.w. news live from bird land the lunar eclipse of the century is starting right now it is the night of the blood moon and it is visible across much of the globe we're going to find out what is so special about this astronomical of bands and those are live pictures you're looking at right now from south africa also coming up north korea returns what it says are the remains of american soldiers killed in the korean war sixty five years.

films german. i love the language and the language is very special because it's so precise and you can express every word for everything there's so many wonderful words other languages don't have that and of course the english the. describe it in different ways and the terms are able to say it's very precise that makes them very german as well so it's always a danger in that but in the other hand it's very. it's impressive to have such a rich language and i would love to work in that language being one of your fans love to see you in it thank you so much. thank you if that was our you know special with call for more on and his films check out our website that's all for keno for this week we're back next until then at the movies . a city that thinks news. thinks differently. but. taking stock of the rapid changes at play in the german capital. our special on. how the germans came to. bismarck the german empire what the chancellor who dominated in an era origins of germany. you're missing gets. the g

no list of german actors will be complete without our next entry he was the wild man of german set about proof that genius and madness sometimes go hand in hand love him or hate him he's our number five. just go to the show i don't want you to get your gun was a very big allowed and angry always angry and that was close kinski on screen and in real life which it was not even if it was what i discovered about margaret. he was legendary playing how did characters driven by a mad passion. in real life he was a monster to make use of abusing his own daughter for several years he died for it out eight sixty five in california. peter laurel will go down in cinema history as the child murderer with the googly eyes he set the template for german actors to play dark monstrous characters in the . humans. and here with you got. to go lore emigrated to the u.s. in the nineteenth thirty's and acted in several hollywood films including casablanca he became a minor celebrity. of their lives are going to read on that issue i'm not going to there's a somebody died for him alone in los angeles in nine hun