came to berlin.y? because there was nothing to gain. now we're going to have the government and everything that goes with it-- all the big international companies, the lobbyists and all the rest. for me, it's not positive. once, just after reunification one of my clients said to me "we should rebuild the wall, but four meters higher and this time, all the way around berlin." narrator: whether its inhabitants like it or not, berlin is now an open city and the site of major development efforts. one of the first big developments was created almost literally out of the rubble of the wall. potsdamerplatz is an ambitious attempt to build an entirely new corporate and commercial magnet right in the heart of what was prewar berlin. international corporations like sony, at&t and daimler-benz have invested in major construction, which also includes a vast shopping mall hotels, and movie theaters. perhaps because it is so totally new and shows off a commercial, global culture instead of the city's own past pots

here is this report from berlin's main train station. >> this was the scene of berlin's main train station this morning. on an average day, some 300,000 have passed through here. things are quite different today. at this time of the day, crowds are usually rushing up the escalator. only one third of all trains are running, and most passengers did not show up. and many of those who did are simply stuck. >> i've got a number of stops to go to. i hope it's only in germany. from here to warsaw, to the ukraine. >> more preparation would have been required. strike should hurt but when it affects you personally, it is not very pleasant. many passengers are angry the strike was announced at such short notice, just a day in advance, in fact. the walkout has left many tourists stranded and many did not find out in time to make alternative arrangements. some trains are still running but it's only one third of the usual number. and these trains are urgently needed, because alternatives are rare. organized carpools and buses are mostly booked, and flying on such a strike day is especially expensive. so

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you know, i feel like it's a part of both communities berlin township and berlin borrow where we cane together and celebrate. >> reporter: in a letter to residents last week, borough and township officials said as a result of the cancellation of nearby shows over the years the berlin display has grown in size and popularity. grown so large it can no longer be staged safely. and so this year's show will not be held. >> we've actually, um, barricade barricaded these streets off right here at months avenue. >> reporter: berlin borough mayor says crowds at last year's firework show at the ball fields at berlin park easily topped 10,000 people. >> we can't handle that type of crowd in that small of a venue. >> reporter: he says those crowds spill over causing gridlock on side streets neighbors lawns are overrun. the mayor was born and raised in berlin borough. >> we want to try to keep all the traditions that we have but the safety of our residents comes first. not the -- not a tradition. >> if a problem arises we have to take care of the situation and i believe that, you know our police,

you are watching dw in berlin. do stay with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] on whether to legalize same-sex marriage. thousands living in the u.k. flew back to take part in that vote. flights have been full throughout this friday. stephen carroll joins us from dublin. good evening. what numbers of people are turning out to cast their votes? st

>> live from the dw studios here in berlin, this is your world news. >> great to have you along. our top stories for you at this hour -- germany commemorates the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, the day nazi germany surrendered unconditionally. >> at a clear mandate -- david cameron defies opinion polls and wins the british election while heads roll across the political divide. we'll get reaction from our correspondent in london. much of the world is focused here in new york right now. democracy at work defining this friday partly but also the disaster of war, and with that, we begin. >> it was 70 years ago today when the second world war ended here in europe. on may 8, 1945 officers of the german army signed the unconditional surrender of the nazi regime in berlin. >> we were not to berlin to see the commemoration of the liberation of the city. >> in the process we found out about the huge human price paid by the liberators of germany. >> it was a day of solemn remembrance. at berlin's striking soviet war memorial, the public paid their respects to the 6 mill

we met up with her right here in berlin. >> we meet up with her in central berlin. she shows us clips from russian state tv. she says it's a smear campaign against her late father when he was still alive. the ad calls him a traitor against mother russia and an enemy against the state because he did to criticize the project government and its actions against mother ukraine. she says she will pick up where her father left off. >> my father was working to get russian propaganda officials on the eu and u.s. sanctions list. mainly, he was after the big media bosses and presenters. he thought they were partly to blame for the conflict in ukraine and four people's hate toward the opposition and dissidents. >> she says her father fell victim of that hate. now outside the russian embassy in berlin, she is the one calling for a u.s. and eu travel ban on russian media figures with ties to the kremlin. she is fighting back against anti-european sentiment and her country. >> we have to put a stop to this aggression in our foreign policy. it is isolating russia from the world, fr

they say, we don't want to stay in cold berlin or rainy berlin -- rainy london. melinda: there is a name expert proposed for that called circularity. that migration should not be a permanent status, but migrants would at some point return. you and i have discussed this subject countless times in the past. including when i was looking back at some of the work we have done together, nine or 10 years that has been a topic all of that time. does it truly work or do we find in the end people want to stay? mr. mesghena: i think the potential is very high. also the issue of circular migration, which means empowering people. you and power immigrants, including them in this society. the more you include them and the more you empower them by troicki education -- by education, the more people are motivated to invest their knowledge in their previous countries. some countries are another tricky issue. there may be two or three home countries. we are extremely mobile and extremely privileged to have different homes today. everything we give people, all the access you give to

he was born and raised in berlin berlin. he has attended the fireworks show for years. >> i know exactly what it means to the borough and it hurts me as much as it hurts the other residents with the tradition. so -- >> reporter: but? >> like i said, safety first. >> we can't live our lives on what if. we have to, you know what i mean problem arises we have to take care of the situation and i believe that our police are very capable of handling that. >> reporter: michelle has helped lead a facebook campaign to reinstate the show. 100-yard signs designed by her will begin popping up to support the cause in the days ahead. >> we're not going to stop until however long it take f not this year next year. however long. >> reporter: you want this tradition back. >> we want it back. >> reporter: efforts to find an alternate venue are underway but just today berlin borough officials learned that nearby atco raceway has declined to host the event. could be the end of an era. iain. >> bruce, sad. thank you very much. >>> montgomery cou

but he sooned returned to berlin to oversee work on the more lethal gas. it is now that we move on to the bombing campaign. on the 30th of may, 1915, the kaiser finally permitted the bombing of london. it was towards dusk the next day when 40 days after the first gas take 24 since the lucetania sank and on the 303rd day of the first world war two veterans -- each 530 feet long 60 foot in diameter and filled with over a million cubic feet of gas -- took off to attack london. one of them had to turn back, but this veteran -- [inaudible] commanded by -- [inaudible] at its top speed of just over 60 mph. around 11 p.m., his air ship was over the london residential district of -- [inaudible] on which he dropped the first bomb ever before on the city. no one was seriously injured, but from there the airship looped south over the city, dropping bombs -- [inaudible] were a whiskey distillery, a synagogue and a bamboo furniture factory. here we have a picture of the devastation of that first raid on london. seven people were killed including an 8-year-old boy, samue

agrees. >> that was simon young, on the story for us here in berlin.i'm scratching my head trying to find out if we learned anything new in the story today. did we? simon: perhaps no new details about exactly what it was the nsa was trying to spy on with the help of the german intelligence service. that's partly because the government is blocking attempts by the opposition to get that information access to that information, or rather they are hesitating, saying they have to get american permission first before they can put out the so-called search terms the nsa wanted to get after. i think what we did see more clearly than ever before is how the opposition really got the bit between their teeth. they're going after merkel trying to make something stick. did the chancellor or her ministers not know or not care whether the bnd was overstepping or if they did know, were they trying to cover something up? the government is at a bit of a disadvantage because of course there is secrecy in these matters and they cannot perhaps tell everything they know. but c

>> live from berlin, this is your world news here on dw. welcome. >> thanks for being with us. your headlines at this hour -- militants from islamic state continue their advance. now, they've seized parts of home era -- palm era -- palmyra in syria. >> indonesia says they need international help to do with the influx of migrants. >> and some of the world's largest banks are hit with fines totaling billions for reading foreign exchange rates. -- a rigging foreign-exchange rates. >> the united states is taking an extremely hard look at its strategy in iraq after islamic militants captured the town of ramadi. >> he was officials also say they are sending 1000 anti-tank missiles to help iraqis fight off suicide bombs. >> iran has also offered military aid in the fight for ramadi, but it's feared that she is troops would lead to new tensions with the sunni majority. >> across the border in syria as well, islamic state is making major gains, including at the historic site of palmyra. >> these are the ancient ruins of palmyra. islamic state fighters are at the gates of this unesco wor

it is part of berlin. when you walk in the field, you know it is something different than being over there. it is that difference -- let them judge what that means. reporter: the monument is and just show people what it means to be imprisoned -- monument doesn't show people just what it means to be imprisoned, but also what it means to be free. brent: that's going to wrap up this addition. -- edition. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> this week on "wealthtrack," escaping the bond of traditional fixed income investing. dan roberts reveals the unconstrained bond fund in an interview next on consuelo mack's "wealthtrack." >>> the main stain family of mutual funds offers retirement solutions so you can help your client keep good going. >>> additional funding provided

>> live from berlin, this is your world news here on dw. welcome. >> thanks for being with us. your headlines at this hour -- militants from islamic state continue their advance. now, they've seized parts of home era -- palm era -- palmyra in syria. >> indonesia says they need international help to do with the influx of migrants. >> and some of the world's largest banks are hit with fines totaling billions for reading foreign exchange rates. -- a rigging foreign-exchange rates. >> the united states is taking an extremely hard look at its strategy in iraq after islamic militants captured the town of ramadi. >> he was officials also say they are sending 1000 anti-tank missiles to help iraqis fight off suicide bombs. >> iran has also offered military aid in the fight for ramadi, but it's feared that she is troops would lead to new tensions with the sunni majority. >> across the border in syria as well, islamic state is making major gains, including at the historic site of palmyra. >> these are the ancient ruins of palmyra. islamic state fighters are at the gates of this unesco wor

it was the first one over berlin. my first mission was over berlin, as you mentioned., you fly to an ip, initial point, generally 10 minutes from the target. you have an escort of fighter planes to keep the german planes away from you. p51's, p47's, p38's, they do a wonderful job. they were slow, and we needed fighter pilots to keep the germans away from us. once you go to the initial point, your people do not go with you because of the danger. when we got to over berlin to drop our bombs, and we are not allowed to take evasive action either, we see a lot of bombs exploding, we have to keep flying from the initial point to the center of the target. we got all shot up. we lost three engines. fuel was leaking. so we could not stay with our group. we had to keep coming down. we were very lucky we did not see any german fighter planes as we headed back to england. when we landed in england, we were out of gas. so that was my welcome. host: and they made you do it 30 more times. [laughter] tell us your story. mr. matheny: my naval career got started in midshipman school. i

dale carr has been running a shop in berlin that stocks everything british exports miss from home. if britain votes to leave the eu they may no longer be able to live in germany. >> the u.k. is an island. always been an island. perhaps it stems from that. we have never been part of europe in that sense >> he also wants to limit state welfare -- state welfare benefits. in principle she is open to reform. >> where there is a will there is a way. many times in the past they have proven that and we want to continue working on that basis today. reporter: them -- the request has been rejected. angela is not ruling out change. anchor: and another pressing european issue, is there any way to prevent greece from defaulting on its debt? >> the head of the imf said she no longer rules out a greek exit from the eurozone. the u.s. and japan had been pushing greece and its creditors to make compromises. the creditors are the medical more economic reforms before they will release a final trench of bailout funds that greece needs to stay solvent. >> no wonder they dominated the ministers meeting,

but she soon returned to berlin to oversee work. but it's now that we move on to the bombing campaign. in 1915 they finally permitted the bombing of london. the sports desk the next day when the 40 days after the first gas attack, 20 for since the lusitania sank and on the 303rd day of the first world war 530 feet long by 60 feet in diameter, and filled with over a million cubic feet of gas took off to attack london. one of them had to turn back and they flew on a limited top speed of just over 60 miles per hour. around 11 p.m. his ship was over the state on which he dropped the first bomb ever to fall on the city. here we have that picture on the first rate of london. seven people were killed including an 8-year-old boy. his words here he said my finger hovered on the button that electrically operated the bombing operators. then i pressed it and we waited. then it seemed to pass before the song of the engines rose a shadow and cascade of sparks and a bellow of incandescent smoke drifted slowly to reveal the raging fire on the face

visit ncicap.org] >> coming to you live from the studios in berlin, this is the journal. >> our headlines a this thanks hour. for joining us. in burundi, no end in sight. the protest against a third term for president ziza. >> russian lawmakers approve a new law that allows the state to ban foreign ngos that it deems undesirable. >> and thailand's former prime minister to claim innocence as she goes on trial for corruption. >> we begin this program in burundi where the government will not take revenge against those involved in last week's failed coup. >> that is according to the president that said those implicated will be brought to justice in accordance with the rule of law. >> the eu and the african union have called for a postponement on elections due on june the 26. the president has so far rejected that. >> the protesters say they won't give up even though the government uses force against them. on tuesday, it was tear gas. the day before, they used bullets. more than 20 people have been killed since the protests began. burundi's president says elections will go ahead in june with h

during one of his visits to east berlin, he married his old girlfriend gerlinde and they had a son. matters? >> barsky: initially, it wasn't complicated at all. it got complicated later. >> kroft: because? >> barsky: because i got married in the united states to somebody else. ( laughter ) >> kroft: did she know about your other wife in germany? >> barsky: no. >> kroft: did your wife in germany know about the... >> barsky: not at all. >> kroft: so you had two wives. >> barsky: i did. i'm... i was officially a bigamist. that's... that's the one thing i am so totally not proud of... >> kroft: being a spy was all right... ( laughter ) being a bigamist... >> barsky: in hindsight, you know, i was a spy for the wrong people. but... but i... this one hurt, because i had promised my german wife that, you know, we would be together forever. and i broke that promise. and the one way i can explain it to myself is i had separated the german, the dittrich, from the barsky to the point where the two just didn't know about each other. >> kroft: not only did he have two different identities and two

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brian: still a very volatile situation in berlin d. they have seized the main government buildings in the capital of the largest province. anchor: 50 police officers are reported to have taken prisoner in the assault. they have been battling for months for control of these strategically important provinces. brian: i asked is closing in on the area. reporter: iraqi government forces are still putting up some resistance to the islamic state militia. but it looks like they are losing the battle. sources say the islamists already control 90%. including key buildings like the provincial administration and the police had orders. the battle for the capital around 100 10 kilometers west of baghdad has been raging for months. on thursday, they began a new offensive. reports say they killed numerous civilians including women and children. in neighboring syria, concern is mounting. ins has been closing in on the 2000-year-old ruins. one of the most important historic sites in the middle east. the world heritage site is an irreplaceable treasure t

>> we did quite a little work in archives in berlin.ht together in the area that they call dunham and intellectual heart at the time. and all of the different institutes which have been funded underneath egypt of the overall kaiser institute situated but a lot of photograph and memorabilia and assistance from the archive as well able to talk to us about harbor and share things and we found to talk about the within him and the story of what later happened to him because he was having to flee the country in 1933 come to england. see the country he had to devote most of his career and found himself rejected as an outcast no longer allowed him to enter the kaiser institute. doors were barred there. >> i remember reading that part. that was a real -- interesting part of his hurst the fact that he was jewish but that happened a lot, i understand. a lot of really brilliant jewish scientists that you know, left and not all of the them did leave which was unfortunate. >> it was very good that some of them left because they were the ones that hel

the war in ukraine was the main topic in berlin as well. anchor: merkel renewing her calls for a complete cease-fire, saying we are not yet where we want to the. poroshenko criticized the pro-russian separatists for not sticking to a proposed prisoner swap. israeli president has wrapped up his three-day visit to germany with a trip up north to the city of heal. brian: israel's submarines were built and where he will be laid before the court fetes. -- before navy corvettes. reporter: these germans don't discovery could carry cruise missiles. -- german built summaries could carry cruise missiles. germany'nortport city. after visiting the shipyard with statefficials israeli president stressed the importance of germany and israel defense partnership. president: we have been assured understanding and that in the family of nations in which we belong, no nation should and cannot stand alone. can see how you are helping us as well. reporter: german weapon sales are not without controversy. they have been a firm part of the country's cooperations si

the only thing that would fall would be the berlin wall. he continued, i heard those speakers at the other convention saying, we won t cold war, and i couldh note we?" reagan knew. to his day in hollywood when soviet agents and provocateurs and their friends and supporters, including a healthy number of democrats such as henry wallace and alger hiss that the soviet, all the soviets had a political beachhead established in the united states of america. when soviet agents threaten to throw africa in the 1940's and when the soviet-backed weatherman in the 1960's said they had -- a bullet with ronald reagan's name on it, he was he was so concerned that he hired security to keep his wife and two children. a strike by a communist leaning union in 1946 shutdown the studio where reagan was beginning to film "night on the night." reagan broke the strike. later a common is never told congress, we ran into a one-man battalion, ronald reagan. the striking union was funded by moscow. various times as governor, two men tried to like gasoline bombs at his

in berlin we will continue to hire a lot of talent. future growth is going to depend on whether or not we can build the best tax lotions for the customer. we need to make sure we had the best engineers. francine: are you thinking about having a foothold in the u.s. or is it to competitive? mr. ritter: we have any focused on europe in terms of our business. we are operating in 15 european markets. we are targeting a 420 billion euro fashion market. we still have a tiny market share so there is a lot of room to grow. we want to make sure we is on europe -- we focus on europe. that will be enough to have the option to build a 10 billion plus revenue company. we do not have any plans currently to move over to the u.s. guy: is your biggest competitor in europe? do you think that story is going to change? icm is amazon pushing into the fashion space and other brands upping the digital presence. the u.s. is coming to you. mr. ritter: i think many people have understood that it is an interesting and fast growing business to sell fashion on the

brian: hello and welcome to the journal coming to you from berlin. i'm brian thompson. peter: i'm peter gray. these are the top stories. he ministers are fired. we will talk to our correspondent about tensions in the region. brian: refugees are taking to these cities to europe and southeast asia. peter: and the world health organization admits it failed in attempts to tackle be a bola health outbreak. the u.n. envoy david navarro talks about lessons learned. brian: we begin this program in burundi where turmoil is continuing. the embattled president has sacked his foreign and defense ministers. peter: this new cap -- this news comes five days after a coup. brian: it is seen as deep divisions in the administration as it tries to come to grips with ongoing violence in the capital. reporter: shots again fired in the capitol on monday as soldiers tried to disperse antigovernment protesters. in recent weeks it was the police clashing with demonstrators. then a sign of ever-increasing tension, the military is on the streets with machine guns and rocket correll -- rocket prope

it's called new berlin. here family is everything and neighbors still help neighbors. this is a great place to raise a family. >> absolutely. we found a beautiful home right next to chenango lake. >> reporter: remy and jen ramsaran had been married 13 years. they were college sweethearts. >> it's not every day you come across someone that has and wants the same exact thing that you do ten years down the road, five years down the road. >> reporter: what was it that you fell for the most about her? >> her personality. it was special. >> reporter: eileen sayles and her husband and daughters were close friends with the ramsaran family. eileen and jen met through girl scouts when eileen was a troop leader. >> she was so friendly. and you felt instantly comfortable with her. she was very welcoming. she had that personality. >> reporter: to eileen, and everyone who knew the couple, jen was remy's opposite. she was sweet and quiet. he was loud and boisterous. >> that's how i am. in fact, there are so many people that would walk up to my wife and go, "i'm so sorry. how do you p

bridge it could affect traffic to and from this morning currently travel time from apostle of to berlin and is not very much affected still and 18 minute drive times. >>mark: happening now an attacker on louis and san jose police say if all 13 your your home from school and broker house to attack her will more on the police a looking for right now >>will tran: he actually made entry into the home listed right to the pigs to this is very important for you to set a close look at is also for two sexual assaults the lettuce would happen with a 13 you're on to the afternoon she was walking home from school on the 4000 block of three of the system offers the best creek boulevard she entered her home and does not realize he is right behind her as they go inside the home they get into a tussle she manage to get him out of the home he leaves the parents than the parents come should tell the parents a short time afterward they call the police by sun the police are arrived of course he was long gone she is not badly injured but opposite scared to death this morning and not just part of the entire

♪ anchor: this is your "world news" live from berlin. >> great happy with us.ur top stories right now -- gunfire and confusion in burundi as rival factions battle for control. the president's whereabouts unknown after an attempted coup. >> the indian prime minister visits china in another sign of the improving ties between the worlds two most populous nations. >> juventus the throne holders. real madrid to reach the final. ♪ ♪ anchor: we begin this program in burundi, where they have been intense battles in that country's capital between rival factions for control of the country. anchor: forces loyal to president p air -- pierre naftali bennet say they -- president pierre nkurunziza say they are now in control. >> gunfire rings out in burundi's capital. fighting is continuing between troops loyal to the president and soldiers who have turned against him. the president posted a message on twitter, claiming he was still in control. "i urge all burundians to remain calm in the face of these usurpers. the situation is under control and the constitution is safety or

in berlin. within days refugees fleeing i.s. militants into baghdad. police in malaysia find 139 graves at border detention sites used by people trafficers. they could contain bodies of hundreds of migrants. >> sierra leone marks a grim anniversary, it's one year since ebola broke out in the west african country. in iraq a fresh battle is brewing over the strategic city of rammedy which islamic state militants captured a week ago in a major setback for baghdad. >> i.s. is now reinforcing its positions as iran backed shiite militias sad vance on the city from the east and the south. the u.s. has criticized iraqi troops for lacking the will to fight i.s. dismissing that though the iraq priments said rammedy would be captured within days. >> thousands of yeemings are fleeing the air -- thousands of refugees are fleeing the area. >> thousands of refugees surge across this bridge over the euphrates river. many are carrying as much as they can with them while others have left everything behind in rammedy. >> we've suffered so much. all our property and our a

>> i think in berlin, there could be more of a meeting of the minds.t from the a financial point of view, the germans are very keep for the u. k. so stay in the european union, because if britain were to leave then germany would end up picking up basically the part of the unpaid bill, most of the part of the unpaid bill, and up until now the contribution that britain has been making so that would be costing germany a lot of money to make up the short fall. also if you look at the nature of the economy and the nature of legislation in britain and germany, there's more similarity than britain and in france, and in germany again, there's very much an emphasize on business, financial institutions, flexible job contracts whereas in france, there's more protectionism there's more social rights protection from workers. certain things that here in france people enjoy, but people in the north of here are arguing this kind of legislation is suffocating growth and holding the economy back. so certainly the jeremy, and the german approach to business and finance i

it has a profound effect on transport here in berlin the main railway station.inarily there would be hundreds of trains travelling from here inside the city legionally and internationally. today, and the rest of the week the traffic has been badly affected. the deutsche bahn operators say hundreds of trains were cancelled and a third travelled in german. in eastern germany the situation is worse. 15% of trains are running. the union gdl says it's taking the action the 8th time in recent months because it is demanding a 5% pay rise and greater netting rights. here in this train station, dooech owe bahn the operator had information packs for those who were distrupted. thousands of people will have to make and find a way around the situation, and there are reports that on the roads there is gridlock in some places and certainly it's the sort of thing that deutsche bank wishes would not have happened. businesses suggest around 100 million euro per day will be lost because of the strike which will persist until sunday and there's a strike on freight travel. having a

>> live from berlin, this is your world news on dw. >> thanks for being with us. our headlines for you at this hour -- islamic state executes civilians in the ancient syrian city of palmyra in its relentless advance in syria and iraq. and u.s. television star david letterman has entered retirement after hosting his last edition of "the lakeshow -- the late show." >> the white house is coming under increasing pressure for its policy on iraq and syria as islamic state makes increasing inroads in both countries. >> after seizing the strategic iraqi city of ramadi, i.s. has taken palmyra in syria. >> on mideast analyst will be on set to talk about the political significance for all the warring sides. first, we have this report. >> islamic state militants posted a video of their assault on palmeiro. on twitter, the group said it is now in complete control of the city. this amateur footage is said to show the fight for the ancient city as islamic state troops took over. palmyra is strategically located on it desert junction between homs and damascus. syrian forces are n

in berlin white horse pike and west berlin due to a sinkhole. they're doing emergency repairs there. the schuylkill expressway right around girard avenue currently no problems. if you have to get to the center city area 12 minutes from the blue route up towards the vine street expressway. more updates on that accident on 22. tracy. >>> 11 minutes past 5:00 now. talk about a good neighbor -- >> i don't want to see all of these people without jobs. >> and so he got to work. this morning a new twist in a story nbc10 has been following for months now and how it could save dozens of local businesses. >>> plus potential policy change. the action that's could keep ads like this one off the sides of septa buses. >>> it is 5:14 and 59 degrees on thursday morning. on to decision 2016 now. today, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will begin his presidential tour in iowa. santorum announced his candidacy yesterday near his childhood home in butler county. he's a favorite for it and we already know that santorum is joining an already crowded race inc

anchor: live from the dw studios in berlin, this is your world news. anchor: i am brian thomas. coming up on this program german authorities say they have foiled what could have in a deadly islamist attack. explosives have been seized. anchor: new allegations the german officials helped the u.s. spy on france. the eu and airbus put pressure on the chancellor. anchor: as vietnam marks the 40th anniversary of its military victory, it struggles with the legacy of agent orange, the chemical weapons still affects some 3 million. ♪ anchor: welcome to the program. german police are questioning a married couple outside of frankfurt with possible ties to radical lists. the police unit had the two under observation. it is thought they may have been planning a deadly attack on a major bike race. anchor: they have identified the suspects, and say they found a pipe bomb and weapons inside the couple's home. one of the suspects allegedly had contact with al qaeda. we begin our broadcast inside their apartments. reporter: investigators have been turning the apartment upside down. they are look

>> from the heart of europe, this is the world news run dw in berlin. >> it's great to have you with us. here come the headlines. >> iraq launches a broad offensive to retake and bar province from islamic state militants -- retake anbar province. and ireland's yes vote on gay marriage puts pressure on the german government to follow suit. pro-government forces in iraq have launched an offensive against islamic state militants in the country's anbar province. the focus is the provincial capital ramadi which i.s. fighters captured 10 days ago. >> its let the government scrambling to reverse its largest military setback in nearly a year. prime minister has vowed to recapture the city within days. >> government troops are now reported to be closing in on ramadi with heaviest support from iranian-backed shia militias. >> a rack's army is backed by shia paramilitary forces to retake the heavily sunni and bar province despite fears of sunni-shiite tensions. fighting and airstrikes are now under way, spokesmen say. at 5:00 this morning, a convoy of heroes departed to announce the start of th

from berlin, dominic cane sent this report. >> thousands have been on strike. on thursday, hundreds of demonstrators from their union, gathered outside berlin's main railway station. they want more pay and better negotiating rights. although hundreds of trains have been canceled and millions of passenger journeys disrupted the leader is unrepentant. >> we are striking. and everyone knows this impacts the whole country but it seems as though we the drivers are being made responsible while the management is hiding. >> for their part, the rail operators say they have tried to find an agreement with g.d.l. and it is the union that is being intransigent. >> negotiations the solution must be more confident between the two unions. in germany the smaller train driver union and the bigger and we have to speak. the cost of the and i a day is around $11.5 million. and in recent months it could be worth more than $1 billion to the economy. >> some people have pointed to similarities. while small unions can wield a power so disproportionate to their size. >> in the current