coming to you from boom town, berlin. very recently that is the town's new tag in the press because it is so popular with tourists. 20 million overnight stays registered here in berlin. that makes tourism this town's biggest business. ricotta with some visitors here to experience one of europe's hottest capitals. >> berlin is now the third most popular destination in europe. this year, the city will convey a record number of visitors. although most of the tourists are from germany and europe, it is gaining popularity worldwide. >> berlin is a very cosmopolitan city. >> more relaxed, few rules, more fun. >> it is a meaningful place to visit. >> i like the bars and restaurants. >> a tourist spends about two and a half days and nearly 200 bureaus in berlin for an annual total of 9 billion euros. this year, 30 percent more tourists came from israel than anywhere else. they are meeting their german is really tried in front of the hotel. >> for the older generation, it is still the center of nazism and all of this. for the youn

. >> berlin is playing its cards close to its chest. i think germany's leaders will be conferring with other members of the european union to formulate a reaction. but in this case the statement by president alexander yukashenko is pointed. he has accused germany of being tive involved inrying undermine his country's sovereignty. he says that germany had helped to organize and finance a campaign that was aimed at doing just that and undermining the sovereignty of belarus. germany obviously is goioi to respond in clear diplomatic language on this. in concert with the european union foreign ministers, including the german foreign minister -- it will be meeting later this month to decide whether to pursue econom sanctis ains belarus for what it believes were falsified election results from december. lukashenko was confirmed in those elections last month. there were accompanied by a great deal of violence, a government crackdown on protesters who took issue with the way the government handled those elections. we can expect to hear a clear r

. >> and a warm welcome from berlin. chef mario from austria has received numerous culinary accolades, and he's cooked for politicians film stars and royal. so much creativity he's opened three restaurants in frake fort, and they must be really good, because germany has just given him their top award. >> the chef is in his element. mario received a michelin star for one of his restaurants. and now he's been selected as chef of the year in germany. >> ital definitely makes you feel good. for the team, too. it's wonderful. it's a dream come true. >> in his latest restaurant, he prepares dishes from his native autryya. rust i can food with a twist. this is his third restaurant in frankfurt. the 37-year-old is not one to hide behind his cooking pots. he likes to hear what his guests think of the food. >> ultimately you're a performer. it's as if you were going on stage. you're vulnerable. you have to keep it up, just like in the theater. and there are some great moments which really give you a kick and after which you go to

it would be frankfurt, berlin, or brussels.e made very clear that the german government -- it was a little bit of criticism on the german government for not boosting the rescue fund as brussels wanted it a couple of days ago. >> benishek fisher, speaking to us earlier. nokia has reported its third decline in quarterly profits in a row. the world's largest maker of mobile phones has been battling to regain market share against apple's iphone and research in motion's blackberry. they warned of a weak start to the current year, the operating profit margins of the phone unit may drop of to 10%. they plan to unveil a strategy revamp in february. on to the markets. european shares enjoyed a strong gains thursday, as investors responded positively to some strong earnings results and the decision by the u.s. federal reserve to maintain its economic stimulus package. our correspondent sent us this summary of the thursday trading session at the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the mood of the german stock market was again upbeat, fuelled by

let's speak with our correspondent on the line from berlin. give us a flavor of all of this. >> the flavor is the fireworks, the sound of fireworks, and the night sky lit up with all of those things around the globe. they have been gathering for about four hours at as the moment happened a few moments ago, the fireworks began. then at the official display happened and seeing still going on. -- it is still going on. berlin is celebrating the new year and i hear a lot of english accent's a round. >> he is fighting to get heard through the fireworks. we will get back to you. we will now go to budapest. hungary in a powerful but tricky position, about to take up the presidency of the eu. >> a lot of excitement here in hungary. they are only the third country to take to the presidency. the checks and -- czechs and slovaks have had a more quiet time. the government is hoping to push through some of their own issues here which includes a strategy for the whole danube region. >> presumably, hungary and poland both hoping to shift the center of balance

when he arrives in berlin, everyone is shocked. they pulled strings to get him out and now wonder what he's doing here now. he says, simply, i made a mistake. i made a mistake. now, what he does specifically, and this is where it's fascinating and i'll close. bonhoeffer is involved in a conspiracy to assassinate hitler. the way he gets in that is first of all his family were leading antinaziss from the beginning. as soon as hitler was in power before he was even in power, the whole family knew who hitler was and he was evil and not on board with the nazises. bonn hof's brother-in-law was a member of german military intelligence. i have to say german military intelligence at this time was the center of the conspiracy against hitler, so bonhoeffer's brother is a lead conspirator. bonhoeffer was involved in many conversations in the conspiracy in the years leading up to 1939. he was friends with the people. he knew them. he is a theologian and pastor giving them moral support in the conspiracy against hitler. this was not easy for ger

berliners have less than three hours to wait. >> in her new year's address, german chancellor merkelas emphasized the importance of european cooperation for peace, freedom, and prosperity across the continent. she called the euro single currency the foundation of german prosperity. merkel also highlighted germany's achievements in wuthing recent onomic challenges. >> germany surpassed most economic forecasts this year, and angela merkel looks back on a successful 12 months at the beginning of her new year's address. >> germany weathered the crisis that -- better than almost any other country. we achieve what we set out to do. we have emerged from the crisis stronger. >> unemployment is the lowest since reunification two decades ago. looking ahead, however, there is still concern about the security of the euro. according to the chancellor, the contribution to peace and freedom in europe means its value isthan just monetary. >> the euro is the foundation for our prosperity. germany needs europe and our common currency for our own well-being and to respond to challenges around the world

berlin, there is growing anger at the state of the city's public transportation system. the commuter railway is grinding to a halt with more than half of its trains out of commission due to technical problems. a number of suburban stations have been completely closed with reduced service at many others. >> chaos reigns of many parts of the suburban network. passengers are simply informed that technical difficulties are creating huge disruptions. about a million people a day rely on the trains. but the transport breakdown has left thousands of people struggling to get from point a to point b. >> i had to take a week's holiday because there's no other way to get around. >> not even half of the city's suburban trains are running. faulty brakes and traction have been aggravated by the weather. critics have been saying they have failed to invest in repairs and maintenance. repair shop personnel have been cut to save money. their parent company, deutsche bank, as coming under fire. people want answers from the ceo. >> it is a disaster. there's been nothing like the war. and th

. >> greetings from berlin. merry christmas and welcome to our holiday highlights edition. and maybe you even got some fine perfume in your christmas stocking this year. well, if you did, chances are berlin's cocktail mixer can serve you up the twin in drinking form. he corresponds drinks with perfumes and "euromaxx" followed him to find out how he does this. >> a creative mind behind the bar. 28-year-old hanz has been mixing drinks for the past two years. he invents new cocktails almost daily because just making the old classics is a bore. >> i'm always looking for inspiration. and once you've gone through all the syrups and liquors, you want something new. and there are so many fragrances out there. >> cocktails that taste the way perfumes smell. he finds inspiration at the gallerya lafayette. he's looking for a warm christmassy don't have sooth his creation. from lavender to cart blanc to thyme. he is an expert when it comes to sniffing out ingredients' of perfume. today he chooses the classic shall mar. a french classic produced since the 1920's. >> it smells really str

on august 22, 1939, he left behind a berlin that was the bustling and prosperous capital. now, his diary entry in 1945 began the devastation is complete, there is not a single building which is not gutted. on some street, the stench, sweet and sickish from dead bodies is overwhelming. total war had cut berlin's prewar population of four million in half, and the survivors, kennedy wrote, "have completely colorless face, a yellow tinge with pale tan lips. they're all carrying bundles, they sleep in cellars. the women will do anything for food." he had seen photographs and newsreels of the devastation, but it was a different experience to confront the three-story mountains of rubble and the blackened apartment blocks. and to drive through this silent city where everyone walked but kennedy. now, several months later, kennedy told an audience at a massachusetts american legion post that berlin was a gutted ruin. its magnificent buildings merely shells and echoing his diary, the faces of survivors were colorless, expressions lifeless and dead. their lips a pale tan. the ruins an

. >> is fashion week in berlin. for the next few days, the german capital will be the international stage for fashion and lifestyle as the show gets under way. it is one of the world's biggest trade fairs for street and urban where. we start with a designer making her first appearance at the show. kate ellis is a british woman living in germany. >> this is the place where kate ellis gets her inspiration. she works as a designer from her munich apartment. her label is relatively young. she is working on her third collection. for her, it is the fabric that makes all the difference. she chooses the cloth for each design personally. she creates her designs on a computer. her style is simple. that is the trademark of the british-born designer. >> everybody has a favorite teacher. that is what this should be, for everyone to wear your favorite piece that you take out of your doors everyday -- drawers every day. >> the look is vintage. rose bowl is a famous flea market in california. this woman is responsible for getting k

in berlin, the man advising parliament says it is part of a big shake up. german troops will be more involved abroad. >> we gave more money than the victory power. now the situation has changed, and we have more requests that we do like all our partners do. >> these conscript's are the last of the line. the phrase used to be that germany is an economic giant but a millet terry drop. that will no longer be true. the numbers in the military will fall. but it will be a better trained, professional force, more prominent abroad. steven evans, a bbc news, berlin. >> which is in romania are using cad excrement and dead dogs to cast spells on the government for making them pay income tax. magic and superstition in romania are not a laughing matter. even the president and his aides wore purple on thursday to ward off evil spirits. >> romania's which is are up in arms about a new requirement to pay tax on their income. magic incantations and fortune telling. >> i cast spells because i am bad. you can see is on tv. i am if your list. i am not afraid of the country's p

from berlin, we have this. >> as the food crisis spreads, consumers wary. at this food market in berlin, the sign says "there is nothing to worry about. the eggs are not contaminated with dioxin." but traders are worried. this man says he is only making a third of his usual profits. e i feel sorry for farmers who have to slaughter their chickens -- he says he feels sorry for farmers who have to slaughter their chickens. and this one says, we and many others are afraid. this plant in northern germany makes food for animals, but also industrial products. the two became mixed. german authorities said the dioxin levels were 77 times higher than allowed. high levels were detected in march 2010, but the information it never reached the public. in germany, the authorities are trying to come to grips with the crisis as it spreads. >> it is incomprehensible to consumers and to me as well that industrial production processes are running parallel to the highly sensitive production of animal feed and foodstuffs and. -- foodstuffs. >> new facts have and mirth. what star

it would be frankfurt, berlin, or brussels.e made very clear that the german government -- it was a little bit of criticism on the german government for not boosting the rescue fund as brussels wanted it a couple of days ago. >> benishek fisher, speaking to us earlier. nokia has reported its third decline in quarterly profits in a row. the world's largest maker of mobile phones has been battling to regain market share against apple's iphone and research in motion's blackberry. they warned of a weak start to the current year, the operating profit margins of the phone unit may drop of to 10%. they plan to unveil a strategy revamp in february. on to the markets. european shares enjoyed a strong gains thursday, as investors responded positively to some strong earnings results and the decision by the u.s. federal reserve to maintain its economic stimulus package. our correspondent sent us this summary of the thursday trading session at the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the mood of the german stock market was again upbeat, fuelled by

they are created here in this berlin studio.ted four artists who used to be active on the graffiti seen. today, their works are displayed on canvases, in galleries, and on t-shirts. his work for the label incorporates all of the classic techniques of street art. his sketches, splashes of pain, and slogans. he later assembles the individual elements on the computer. >> i like using india ink. it is a very thin liquid. it is a different challenge. it drips and splashes and rams. over the years, it has become one of my stylistic trademarks. >> he is an expert on street art. seven years ago, he plastered his fictitious figure across berlin buildings. today, he is a professional designer. he says what was once an underground phenomenon has become completely respectable and even mainstream. >> a lot of work was done on the streets between 2003 and 2005. after two beers, the first books and tv reports started coming out. -- after two years, the first books and tv reports started coming out. it became well known. it took time for to bec

but it is being suspended as berlin trans forms -- as berlin transforms to a professional force. -- conscription has been a key element. >> the german army. >> in the bundeswehr, you learn things you can lose -- use in life, and you can put your own interests second. >> when west germany established the bundeswehr in 1955, conscription was part of it. since the end of the cold war, it has been getting smaller. the plan now is to trim troop levels, currently around 245 also soldiers, down around 170,000 -- currently around 245 thousand soldiers. >> a development like this always has two sides to it. on one hand, it opens up new opportunities for young men in the country in regards to careers and lives plans. on the other hand, compulsory military service was a success story, and that success has led to a new chapter being written. >> more big changes lie ahead, as the defense ministry is also changing staff numbers. >> egypt is on high alert ahead of the coptic christian celebrations at the end of the year. there was a bomb that killed more than 21 and wounded more than 100. christiansm say the g

he was working on the z-4 in berlin while it was being bombed by the allies. his workers were people that were not eligible for the armed services, either they were blind or they got in trouble, or they were women or whatever. and he would say i need a piece, what do i need a piece of today? i need a piece of copper wire. so couple of guys would run out and see which streetcar have been bombed and they would go to step off a piece of copper wire and bring it back. and, i'm not going to tell about his escape from berlin because it's so eye-popping, but when he did escape, he ran into the barren at a place with are all being kept in austria. and he said, mr. von brown, or herr von brown, doctor von brown, i have invented a computer and don browne basically said that one night passionate it would never get off the ground. >> host: i just find the backdrop of the war to be cut because a good helper to try to connect the dots to modern-day and distorted by the backdrop of war provided so much more drama that the scarcity resources, the drive. if i get asked you to

in berlin, there is growing anger at the state of the city's public transportation system. the commuter railway is grinding to a halt with more than half of its trains out of commission due to technical problems. a number of suburban stations have been completely closed with reduced service at many others. >> chaos reigns of many parts of the suburban network. passengers are simply informed that technical difficulties are creating huge disruptions. about a million people a day rely on the trains. but the transport breakdown has left thousands of people struggling to get from point a to point b. >> i had to take a week's holiday because there's no other way to get around. >> not even half of the city's suburban trains are running. faulty brakes and traction have been aggravated by the weather. critics have been saying they have failed to invest in repairs and maintenance. repair shop personnel have been cut to save money. their parent company, deutsche bank, as coming under fire. people want answers from the ceo. >> it is a disaster. there's been nothing like the war. and th

so berlin is hopping.ashion week in green week. >> double the amount of visitors expected for the world's biggest food fair. i do not know the two go hand- in-hand. but i would not mind eating my way through this. food prices have been one topic that consumers are concerned about. dioxin has been another. the gornment has made ves t make sur the dioxin scandal does not occur again. producers of announced plans to introduce controls. high levels of cancer causing dioxin found in northern germany, prompting some consumers to steer clear of eggs and pork. many have started buying organic food instead. it is a boon for the organic farmers, but it is costing conventional farmers a lot of money. >> bread and salt for on the menu as this year's partner country poland welcomed the agricultural minister to its display. it was a welcome distraction perhaps for a minister still mired in the dioxin scandal. and managing a crisis that has all sides of in arms. >> the mood amongst farmers is aggressive. they're disappoi

in berlin, emerges the services of other work t out on them.under the morning, nearly 200 people were taken to hospitals after slipping on the ice. >> the only vehicles in action here on thursday morning were clearing the runway. flights were as husband and ed the airport for two hours. leaving stranded passengers frustrated. >> it was half an hour of frozen rain, an hour of light snow, and now everything has come to a halt. >> the extremely treacherous conditions came after rain fell on frozen services, creating black eyes. hundreds of accidents were reported up and down the country. in an eastern city, services were suspended. in lower saxony, many schools remain closed as a precaution. even snow chains proved to be little help on the big layers of ice. it was a laborious start for many early-morning motorists. and although fashion triumphed over function for some pedestrians, many people were left tackling sidewalks like ice rinks. the freezing rain also posed a threat to areas already under rain of large amounts of snow. >> it makes the sno

they attended three times a week in dresden, berlin and new york and were great fans of the opera. their social circle grew to include such luminaries of the concert world as tuscany needs, the great leader singer ellena gerhardt and the distinguished violinist zimbalist and fritz chrysler. when henry attended the first concert at carnegie hall, he was told that the youngster was playing on a borrowed instruments. he decided on the spot to make the best even better and presented the boy with a $60,000 stradivarius. it was just weeks after black friday when wall street suffered its great collapse, but henry's resources have not been significantly affected. thanks to the conservative investments philosophy. when friends commented on his magnanimity, he responded i like to make money but i like even more to see that money used to make the world a better place. it wasn't until 1932 when he paid what would be his last visit to germany that he realized how much things have changed there. brownshirts wearing swastikas on their sleeves were posted outside of jewish owned stores. at jewish

in 1924 henry made the acquaintance of albert einstein at an elite banquet of bankers held in berlin. goldman and einstein hit it off famously and ban a lifelong friendship -- began a lifelong friendship. henry was fascinated by the professor's description of experiments in quantum mechanics being conducted by max bourne. the future nobel prize winner and some-his students who included robert oppenheimer at the university of gottingham. the subject was very controversial at the time, and einstein was uni convince -- unconvinced of its validity. nevertheless, goldman gave bourne over a thousand dollars to continue his research which resulted in the development of atomic fission 25 years later. in this -- in 1931 when einstein concluded he could no longer live in the hostile atmosphere of nazi germany, henry induced him to accept a post at the formative institute for learning in princeton. but after a year feeling that the controlling president of the institute was enforcing intolerable demands on his personal freedom, the professor threatened to leave. henry attempted to intercede and

it is berlin. it is not west germany. i could have been back in south chicago. there were not african-americans. the range of skin color of the people who were working. i hate to say about south chicago or berlin, but the number of people with type outserts, you know, killing off to have a beer, it was so much like the steel workers that i knew back in the 70's and 80's that i just burst out laughing. you know, again, i would say it is more true about berlin and other places, but there are at the end of the day two things that really struck me about the immigration system, and you could, you know, talk about how difficult it is, and it is difficult. number one, there are probably more foreign-born persons in germany than the united states. second, what really i think it's fascinating is that the youth labor mobility. if we had people coming in from other countries the way they did i just think that the -- i can't seem to turn the soft. if we had people coming in from other countries the way germans and other europeans did, you know, there would be enormous socia

bbc news, berlin. >> to bring you up-to-date on the headlines this hour on "bbc world news." officials have urged thousands of families to reach -- to leave brisbane in the wake of new flooding. and a rising tide of protest in tunisia. now the demonstrations have reached the capital for the first time periods when stacy's the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in haiti. at the situation is still a frankly dire. people are still living in tents, cholera is widespread, and rebuilding is a distant prospect. our correspondent has been traveling back and forth for the past year. he sent this special report from port-au-prince. >> in the alleyways and slums, they are still waiting. more than 800,000 people in shacks, under tarpaulins. haiti is existing. it is barely surviving. would you believe that 12 months on, they are still clearing the rubble that much by hand. and today in the same area where a man was buried alive. >> tomorrow would be the anniversary. one year. i am just glad, because i am still alive. >> until the rubble is cleared, the building cannot again. today we

in 1924 henry made the acquaintance of alberta einstein at one each banquet of bankers held in berlin. goldman and einstein hit it off famously and began a lifelong friendship and henry was fascinated by the professors descriptions of experiments of quantum mechanics the future nobel prize winner and some of the students included oppenheimer the subject was very controversial and einstein was unconvinced of the validity. nevertheless goldman gave him over $1,000 to continue his research which resulted in an atomic fusion 20 years later and in 1931 when einstein concluded he could no longer liv in the hostile of atmosphere of nazi germany accepted a post at the institute for learning in princeton but after one year feelings the press of the institute was enforcing intolerable demands, the professor threatened to the eighth. henry attempted to intercede that the efforts became pointless as nazism's bread and heroes ruling elder traded options for einstein. henry was still convinced the nazis were just a passing phase until the night 40,000 ordinary citizens luted libraries and homes and

and will begin the story in berlin or germany then expand out words rather rapidly into eastern europe. the most important history of the holocaust, the most important fad is widely read, led to not give a strong sense of what type of society ukraine or belarus or poland was. in order to get a robust sense of the jews and their neighbors beyond germany, one hef's to say say, it day particular test what does it say about the other german crimes? with more than 3 million soviet prisoners of war that is the second largest after the holocaust medicis mention very briefly or not all but it is very important to understand the holocaust to understand soviet prisoners of war.

that territorial focus is the lands between berlin and moscow. what i mean by this is that in this world, shared by the nazis, defined in some sense by the first world war, also defined by the great depression. in which the only possibility for expansion and development seemed to be on land, seemed to involve controlling fertile soil. ukraine and poland for different reasons, economic and political were at the focus of both regimes. now this is not just an abstract matter. first the soviets and then the germans strive to control these terrains. then in the middle period of the book, they jointly destroy the independent political unit, poland which is a barrier to both of them. then after that, the germans move forward. it's important to see the time factor here. this is one the ways that it's important not to just compare the germans and soviets abstractly. the revolution had run it's course. the stalin was in a series of retreats. modernizing in the soviet union was a kind of retreat. collectivization and punishing people for it's failure was th

at this market in berlin, the signs say there is nothing to worry about. the eggs are not contaminated with dioxin. but they say they are feeling the effects. this trader says he is probably only making a third of his usual profits. he feels sorry for farmers who have to slaughter their chickens, but it has to be done. this shopper says we don't buy any eggs right now. we were always careful, but now we and many others are afraid. this plant in northern germany makes food for animals, but also industrial products. the two became mixed. the german authorities say that the dioxin levels here were 77s -- times higher than allowed. but the information never reached the public. in germany the authorities are trying to get to grips with a crisis that spreads. >> he says it is incomprehensible for consumers and to me as well that industrial production processes are running parallel to the highly sensitive productions of animal feed and food stuffs. but the information changes by the day as new facts emerge. what started as a german difficulty is now spreading. so

. >> the fire service in berlin has declared a state of emergency after freezing rain covered the city in ice. in other parts of germany, police are appealing to the public not to go out unless absolutely necessary. in the east of the country, even vehicles with no change were not able to drive through the ice and snow. german chancellor angela merkel 's embattled coalition ally has defended the record of three democrats in a defiant speech. germany's foreign minister and vice chancellor told the party conference that the country needed a strong leader at the time when the party had sunk to 4% in opinion polls. >> this is the man angela merkel leans on. he is the foreign minister. perhaps more importantly, he leads the minority party in the government. if that fails, the government fails. he is under pressure. his standing in the polls as low. that of his party is even lower. down from 15% in 2009 to around about 4% now. he came to the new year's conference of the democrats to make a fighting speech. he did not address calls for him to relinquish the leadership. instead, it was a gener

it begins with the german and berlin. most important history of the holocaust and again there are laudable exceptions but most important histories do not give a strong sense of what can a society ukraine or belarus or poland was, or even what sort of jews lived in those places. and to get a robust sense of the jews and their neighbors beyond germany on has to start with eastern europe. a particular test that i applied to holocaust is this: what does it say about the other german crimes of eastern europe? for example the germans killed more than 3 million soviet prisoners of war to read this the second-largest german war crÈme after the holocaust. in general on the literature of the holocaust this is mentioned to read briefly sometimes not at all. in my view it is important to understand the holocaust to understand what happened to soviet prisoners of war first. even if i'm wrong about that it strikes me if one were concerned about german war crimes one would want to bring all of them and just check to see if there is some

but it is being suspended as berlin trans forms -- as berlin transforms to a professional force. -- conscription has been a key element. >> the german army. >> in the bundeswehr, you learn things you can lose -- use in life, and you can put your own interests second. >> when west germany established the bundeswehr in 1955, conscription was part of it. since the end of the cold war, it has been getting smaller. the plan now is to trim troop levels, currently around 245 also soldiers, down around 170,000 -- currently around 245 thousand soldiers. >> a development like this always has two sides to it. on one hand, it opens up new opportunities for young men in the country in regards to careers and lives plans. on the other hand, compulsory military service was a success story, and that success has led to a new chapter being written. >> more big changes lie ahead, as the defense ministry is also changing staff numbers. >> egypt is on high alert ahead of the coptic christian celebrations at the end of the year. there was a bomb that killed more than 21 and wounded more than 100. christians say the go

and reading his letters from the prison in berlin to his wife i ran into a letter where he cautioned't let our granddaughter run around the village alone because there are too many cars and it might be dangerous for her. so he becomes a normal family member, and not anyone who, it's hard to say this, is wicked, at least he becomes at this point back into normal life. and in january of 1967, after being picked by the west german jewish community, the east german secret service address blÖsche and takes him into custody. and on his second day in the investigation room, and again, i saw this in berlin, he writes on the back of this famous photo, and this is on of literally the back of the photo, he writes an admission that i am the person who's in the photograph standing with a helmet and goggles on the helmet and with a weapon in combat position. this is a case where i am taking part in the deportation of jews out of the warsaw ghetto. blÖsche is put on trial in 1969 in a show trial and deserved everything he got. he was sentenced to death. he was executed, his body and belongings crem

in berlin, emerges the services of other work cut out on them. under the morning, nearly 200 people were taken to hospitals after slipping on the ice. >> the only vehicles in action here on thursday morning were clearing the runway. flights were as husband and ed the airport for two hours. leaving stranded passengers frustrated. >> it was half an hour of frozen rain, an hour of light snow, and now everything has come to a halt. >> the extremely treacherous conditions came after rain fell on frozen services, creating black eyes. hundreds of accidents were reported up and down the country. in an eastern city, services were suspended. in lower saxony, many schools remain closed as a precaution. even snow chains proved to be little help on the big layers of ice. it was a laborious start for many early-morning motorists. and although fashion triumphed over function for some pedestrians, many people were leftacing sidewalks like ice rinks. the freezing rain also posed a threat to areas already under strain of large amounts of snow. >> it makes the snow

when i was sitting next to george osborne in the former german girl rings former air ministry of berlin which is now the finance ministry and it worried me there in those many years ago just before the euro was was launched because they were denying it was a political project and it's always been a political project and that is dangerous because you cannot throw billions or hundreds of the. indians even after a political project the markets aren't interested they see through it they will bring it down and that's what's going to happen. colum is there are different views different over towson's what could happen but what i'm saying is a euro in its current form i believe will collapse i think you may get another euro re arising but with the stronger nations such as germany possibly france belgium may be working together a different euro for the future but i think the euro in its current form will collapse you cannot push water uphill you can't make pigs fly you know your own really is fundamentally unsound you're trying to force very divergent economies together germany is very powerful

struggling currency partners greece and ireland dr marcus kerber who is a political scientist from berlin university says portugal would cope much better with its problems if it wasn't your member. today portugal is totally trapped by the situation. if we if we. were not in the room union of the country would simply devaluate in order to to gain some time into real big noise to the economy with the current parity for all for you it is almost impossible. portugal to put the country together on the pulse of growth this is the problem we cannot solve by new bailouts by funding portugal probably needs a more fundamental treatment and i don't know whether this treatment can be given within the eurozone and british euro m.p. david campbell bannerman is warning countries who are embracing the euro that they're boarding a sinking ship he talks to our team that's coming up next. thanks very much for talking to you now do you compare the european union to the former yugoslavia where do you think the similarities lie i think what it's about is actually trying to force a very different countries toge

brandon started a company in berlin, pennsylvania that specializes in a new kind of drilling technology. one day last summer, he saw the news that halfway across the world, 33 men were trapped in a chilean mine, and no one knew how to save them. but brandon thought his company could help. and so he designed a rescue that would come to be known as plan b. his employees worked around the clock to manufacture the necessary drilling equipment. and brandon left for chile. along with others, he began drilling a 2,000 foot hole into the ground, working three or four days at a time with no sleep. thirty-seven days later, plan b succeeded, and the miners were rescued. but because he did not want all of the attention, brandon was not there when the miners emerged. he had already gone home, back to work on his next project. later, one of his employees said of the rescue, "we proved that center rock is a little company, but we do big things." we do big things. from the earliest days of our founding, america has been the story of ordinary people who dare to dream. that is how we win the future. we a

and what was most amazing for me when i was reading the documents of his interrogation in berlin was one story which came up twice or three times in his reporting. it was an incident that came after the ghetto was destructed. the jewish police was called in to the prison within the ghetto, and those jews who took part in sifting the nazis and deporting the jews were lined up, and it was very clear what was going to happen next. blosche takes his jewish policeman and walks him over to the courtyard on the other side of the streets. and as he walks over there, the policeman who knows what's coming swerves and punches him in the face and runs for his life. he is immediately shot dead. but the important point comes now which is blosche falls back, and his commander, carl brunt, runs to him, yanks away his rifle and scolds him, sends him back to the prison and orders him not to take part in this mass execution. blosche remembers the story 24 years later and repeats it two or three times. and i was wondering what was so significant for him in this story. and, basically, my interpretation i

although berlin has decided to extend the life of the country's nuclear power plants, rwe share prices hit after the cabinet agreed to introduce a new tax on nuclear fuel. >> most european exchanges were closed today, but wall street is up and running now. we spoke with our tbilisi dw-tv -- we spoke with our dw-tv correspondent and asked him about the mood on this last trading day of the year. >> traders are taking it easy. a big champagne maker, by the way, will ring the closing bell year. i would not be surprised that there will be the one were the other glass even before trading. we do have some bigger movers. borders, the book chain, is delaying payments to some of the publishers, so that is putting quite some pressure on the upside. on the upside, we have imax. there are rumors that the company mought be -- might be bought by sony or even walt disney. >> looking back at 2010, how did stocks there? >> it has been a pretty good year for wall street. a lot of things went right for investors. there was the chief money policy from the federal reserve, especially in the second half of t

so berlin is hopping.ashion week in green week. >> double the amount of visitors expected for the world's biggest food fair. i do not know the two go hand- in-hand. but i would not mind eating my way through this. food prices have been one topic that consumers are concerned about. dioxin has been another. the government has made moves to make sure the dioxin scandal does not occur again. producers of announced plans to introduce controls. high levels of cancer causing dioxin found in northern germany, prompting some consumers to steer clear of eggs and pork. many have started buying organic food instead. it is a boon for the organic farmers, but it is costing conventional farmers a lot of money. >> bread and salt for on the menu as this year's partner country poland welcomed the agricultural minister to its display. it was a welcome distraction perhaps for a minister still mired in the dioxin scandal. and managing a crisis that has all sides of in arms. >> the mood amongst farmers is aggressive. they're di

send aircraft in to support and operation a few days before and the chief arab agitator from the berlin government had his office and working with jerusalem and they were making this in order to kill all the jews of baghdad. it didn't work and because it didn't work it was labeled farhud, violent dispossession in arabic and that is a word we barely have in english and so they use one word. there is not a jew in the united states or the world listening to me who does not know what farhud is. many here know what this is. it was suppressed because the war against the jews had a bright line a little bit north of the middle east. that is not the case. the war against the jews was not just a war against my parents and your neighbors but all jews. the british did not intervene in this monstrous massacre. where were the british? just outside of town, outside baghdad. why were there and there? to secure the oil. they did secure the oil from british petroleum and they said if we don't secure that oil, if the nazis get that oil they will be unstoppable. the nazis did not get their oil. eventually

the lincoln center band and the berlin philharmonic played the premiere-- a survey of how american jazzhat, for the most part, young people may not even know who you're talking about when you say "charlie parker" or "duke ellington"? >> marsalis: it saddens me that people my age may not know that. and it's a comment on the failure of our education system to deal with cultural education. not just duke ellington-- walt whitman, the list goes on and on. so it saddens me for us as a nation. because we have such a rich cultural heritage, and we would be so much the better for it and we would make such better decisions if we understood what brings us together. >> safer: jazz at lincoln center does its part to keep the heritage alive, bringing high school bands to new york for classes with the pros, and for a chance to strut their stuff, beneath the sophisticated eye of ellington himself. but these are the lucky ones. across most of the country, cultural programs in the schools range from spotty to nonexistent. >> marsalis: the arts are our collective human heritage. you're a better person if

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i spend a lot of time there and having lived in berlin for three years in the mid-90s, i was there for the 50th anniversary of d-day, and the bulge and so on. that was the first opportunity really to look at that ground, and then i've been back subsequently, and i just think it's a critical part of, among other things, the emotional resonance of what you are trying to write. i believe deeply it is a profoundly emotional subject, war. to somehow unplug yourself from that emotion is a mistake, and one the ways you remain plugged in is to go there and see what they did and where they did it and so on. i also believe that it's important not to glorify. you know, the notion that all the brothers were value went and all the sisters were there is false. they had had enormous feet of clay like we all do and to accommodate that somehow as you write about it historically makes them, i believe, more profound characters, and in many cases, they are required to overcome their shortcomings, and i believe that is one the reasons that these characters can still resinate with us now decades after they

bbc news, berlin. >> still ahead, a multi-billion dollar deal.ding has been halted at the main stock exchange in bangladesh. there are protests over a record one-day fall. the demonstrators attacked government buildings. share prices nearly doubled in 2010. they have been falling in recent weeks sparking anger among investors. here is the report. >> tension was gradually building up outside of the stock exchange. tempers ran high as figures fell. >> in three days, the rate has fallen. all of the rich people are buying shares. we cannot do any business. >> bangladesh has a stock-market the soared in recent years. millions of small investors came in, but there were concerns that shares were overvalued. big investors withdrew from the market. it affected individual investors. it provided higher returns than bank deposits and savings. many are afraid that if this continues, they will lose their lifetime savings. bbc news. >> a whistleblowing website founder we chelates will return to court -- of wikileaks will return to court where he denies charges