a look to europe can provide a solution on the initiative of the city's left wing government berlin's senate is planning to introduce a rent cap to freeze rents for 5 years in most older buildings the new lower set to come into effect at the beginning of next year but not everyone is happy. when is becoming more popular every year its population increases by $40000.00 which is made living space tight many berliners have to pay nearly half their income in rent the left wing coalition governing berlin wants to change this by introducing a new law against upping rent. yes i'll stop renting creases that is will freeze rents for 5 years say for a few exceptions no more rent increases are allowed the state is intervening in the real estate market which until now is largely left to the private sector robust rental income has let landlords pay for upkeep for their properties like roof maintenance roof or miko's ibos job has been secure for the past 5 years now a change so if you describe to you that there's been a lot of discussion most of it negative tenants are happy to be paying less rent of cour

the berlin senate.fter the freight landed, knowing are the allies were in charge of all the stuff that went to the berlin population. the berlin senate had to make sure that the call went to the berlin industry or to the people, with the 12 kilogram on their ration card. that the stuff went to the bakeries, so bread can be done. so that was a task for the berlin managers. ralph: each family was entitled to one ration of coal per week. you had to be very careful. and it was cold. very cold out. >> of course this was before the berlin wall was built and there was some free movement between what was in berlin and west berlin. so the radio and newspapers were more freely distributed at the time that after the berlin wall. what did the inhabitants of the gdr know about this or think about this and how did it affect them? >> it is important to keep in mind, for most of the airlift, the two german states did not exist yet. it was still occupied it germany. it was only in may of 1949 that west germany was creat

republican senators to change their loyalties and that's a tall order alexander phenomenon the story for us in washington tonight alexandra thank you you're watching t.w. news longer from berlin still to come police in nigeria free dozens of women and girls from what is being described as a baby factory you know the victims say they were abducted to the brain and forced to give birth that story coming up in just a moment. ago to libya now in the country's ongoing civil war for months the country's eastern commander khalifa have toward his libyan national army have been trying to retake the capital tripoli from forces that are allied with the country's internationally recognized government. has been using the city of gori yard as a base to watch attacks on the capital but his forces were driven from the city back in june still the security situation in gori yet it remains for care. the city of guardian is just 100 kilometers south of tripoli but it took us 3 hours to get there from the libyan capital by car we had to take several detours to avoid in iraq between the 2 fronts gharyan was occupied by general khalifa haftar his troops until the end of june the city has since been

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