a reduction in agricultural demand for water so they may not need to make the drastic move the berlin wall the barrier that divided the german city during the cold war era has now been done for as long as it was up the wall was built by communist east germany and completely encircled the western parts of berlin from there paul brennan reports. these days the famous checkpoint charlie is a magnet for tourists a car full of going holds up full vividly remembers the cold war yes he was just seventeen when the war was built and he devoted the next twenty eight years of his life to campaigning and demonstrating against it when. i was seventeen years old and i just cried i couldn't believe it when they told us after the war in one thousand nine hundred five that injustice was meant to be over that people would never again be violently imprisoned at all and be the victim of political power and then they put a wall into a world city in my hometown. from the thirteenth of august one thousand nine hundred sixty one berlin was a city divided russian and american troops faced each other in a militariz

made them wall fell and this is something you cannot solve problems was was today the roots of the berlin wall is still visible in a line of couples marking its former location in the modern day tarmac and tourists come from all over the world to see the stretch of wall still standing as a reminder of those twenty eight years of division it has now been down for as long as it was up but the ultimate futility of the berlin wall will never be forgotten. brennan al-jazeera. television take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera russia has blocked the u.n. security council statement which can see the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government the ambassador of the u.s. to the u.n. nikki haley says there is quote obvious evidence that president assad forces recently used chlorine in rebel held areas syria has always denied using chemical weapons. it's a true tragedy that russia has sent us back to square one in the effort to end chemical weapons use in syria but we will not cease and our efforts to know the truth of the assad regime and ensure that the truth is known and acted on by the

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall . an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow play the berlin wall is long gone and the foot is it really the for our focus today indeed the. play. welcome back your news i'm sorry. our top story is the sole surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks of the slum has refused to answer questions at a trial in belgium there's been high security for today's session which will focus on a shoot out with belgian police before his capture. israel has begun serving deportation notices to thousands of africans who have been seeking asylum there there are forty thousand african asylum seekers affected at israel. now until recently these forty thousand people were mostly on short term visas but now they are being offered cash to leave or face deportation activists saying that two hundred to three hundred people per month are being deported to third countries in africa now most african asylum seekers are from the states of sudan and eritrea they say that

see after all these years i talked a little bit about this exhibit that's taking place in the berlin. wall was removed very quickly and there's a lot of regret about that but not far from our studios here in bam now is tross and this is where the wall was literally divided street there is actually a place there where you can really get a feeling of what it was like and here's the museum we see here and there is a special exhibition on now about what's happened in the last twenty eight years there's a permanent exhibition which i can really recommend to people there's the gallery actually and it's really worth a visit to go and see that. all definitely do looks very interesting indeed let's talk about the german pavilion in this year's event a sybian because it's focusing on yeah walls yes the architecture be and is happening in venice as it does every two years the main subject of the whole be in is called free space so rather fits in well with the german pavilion is doing which is their title is unbuilding walls and the curators of the project as an architecture for from the three members

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow. the berlin wall is long gone these are really our focus today indeed. shift living in the digital age. coming out groundbreaking startups by telephone scam. and funny cartoons. but first girl power in the gaming scene women are rarely present in gaming as either players or developers in many games their depictions are highly sexualized but women in the industry are working to change that. the role of women in computer games according to prevalent stereotypes in the male dominated scene they just walk around in a revealing clothing leap and fight their way to victory the stereotypes were on display at the dreamhouse convention in like. the computer game festival hosts germany's la just black and old local area network. women make up only a small chunk of the seventeen hundred players and they're critical of the reductive depictions in games. i'd say sex sells big breasts big. it's just that's not an accurat

needs a west berlin or who dug a tunnel under the wall one of the many attempts to help ferry people out its entrance has been recently just rediscovered funny for char reports. the streets of berlin are steeped in history from the second world war to the cold war one of the best places to get a sense of the cold war is right here in berlin although many important this rise and. things. clearly indicate where the brewery war was. over there. and they're swapping stories of germans who try to make it across this war. some try to escape before the war was even finished they said connick picture shows a young soldier from east berlin who jumped over a barbed wire fence in nine hundred sixty one while some tried to flee to the west above ground many hundreds try to escape underground at least seventy five tunnels were dug beneath the war in berlin most of them from the west to help friends and relatives trapped in the east we met car holds up full who told us how he tried to help east germans to freedom he showed us the place where he started digging a tunnel today it's a construction sit

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the berlin wall stood for more than twenty years but today marks a turning point the wall has now been down longer than it was up in one thousand nine hundred sixty one overnight berlin found itself physically divided the wall encircled west berlin making it into an island basically that was within you see right there east germany now east berliners hoping to flee to the west they went through many ups and downs literally not far from our studios here at the w. near what's known as mower park the entrance to an underground escape tunnel was recently rediscovered it's a reminder of the links that some people went to just be able to cross the border. czar has more above and underground. the streets of berlin are steeped in history from the second world war to the cold war one of the best places to get a sense of the cold war is right here in berlin on the many important is this place rise over who are and. i bet on our strengths are things that you see right here clearly indicate where the burly war once stood up behind was really no idea by the rest of it although there was an audit for

it once divided east in west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today indeed yes. you're tuned into tomorrow today coming up this week. new lease of life for cardiac patients research or develop an artificial heart. raindrops form glimpses into the secret lives of clouds. found the future of forecasting roads that could improve weather prediction. welcome to the show. over fifty years ago.

also coming up twenty eight years two months and twenty seven days that's how long the berlin wall stood and that's how long it's been since it fell tonight remembering how it all began the history from down below. at least seventy five tunnels were dug beneath the wind berlin my heart was pounding like mad i thought the tunnel would be discovered. we begin the day with one of the weakest links in the world's most severe sanctions against north korea and it's just over four kilometers from where i am sitting the north korean embassy here in berlin now the head of germany's intelligence agency hans-georg mohsen says that north korea has used the embassy to illegally purchase components which could be used to manufacture missiles and nuclear weapons and he adds there is no guarantee that his agents can catch every illegitimate sale many of the goods are labeled dual use civilian and military and never get exacted smoke and mirrors in the trade of the tools of terror. north korea's push to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has made rapid advances in. pyongyang has tested a seri

made them wall fell and this is something you cannot solve problems was was today the roots of the berlin wall is still visible in a line of couples marking its former location in the modern day tarmac and tourists come from all over the world to see the stretch of wall still standing as a reminder of those twenty eight years of division it has now been down for as long as it was up but the ultimate futility of the berlin wall when that would be forgotten paul brennan al-jazeera. process capital moscow is buried under record snowfalls after more than a month's worth came down in just two days flights have been delayed surrounding areas have experienced power cuts and one person was killed by a falling power line the army's been called in to help clear it up. the top stories on al-jazeera a fifteen day state of emergency has been declared in the maldives by the president a delay get mean parliament is under military control and security forces have reportedly broken into the supreme court the president's defying calls from the supreme court to release political prisoners. members of the united

and wall fell and this is something you cannot solve problems was what's today the roots of the berlin wall is still visible in a line of couples marking its former location in the modern day tarmac and tourists come from all over the world to see the stretch of wall still standing as a reminder of those twenty eight years of division it has now been down for as long as it was up but the ultimate futility of the berlin wall will never be forgotten paul brennan al-jazeera belin. i wonder if it gets plenty more news on our website al-jazeera dot com on the lead story there is more news coming out of the mall daves that the former president mahmoud abdullah has been arrested according to his daughter the place broke down the door and arrested her husband or a speck from a picture the madonna back in a moment. the scene for us where on line what is american sign in yemen that peace is almost possible but it never happens not because the situation is complicated but because no one cares or if you join us on sat there people that there are choosing between buying medication and eating this is a d

them wall fell and this is something you cannot solve problems was watt's today the roots of the berlin wall is still visible in a line of couples marking its former location in the modern day tarmac and tourists come from all over the world to see the stretch of wall still standing as a reminder of those twenty eight years of division it has now been down for as long as it was up but the ultimate futility of the berlin wall will never be forgotten paul brennan al-jazeera belin. still ahead and the international olympic committee lines another blow for russia head of the upcoming winter games is going to have all the details on the sport. for the sports here is far. thanks very much she went toe to toe against one the best quarterbacks in n.f.l. history but it was nick foles who guided the philadelphia eagles to their first super bowl title beating tom brady and the new england patriots the championship round eagles quarterback has since been named the super bowl m.v.p. the twenty nine year old nearly retired after an underwhelming twenty fifteen season while he was with the st louis rams an

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today indeed as. hello and welcome to arts twenty one coming up on the show. painter georg basil it's turns everything on its head with great success. if we're to discover what's with all those who have to sit before the vehicle and we wish him a happy eightieth birthday. this young woman is making a splash on the german rap scene. german know how and iranian tradition cross cultural architecture. but first patrice colors helped launch the black lives matter civil rights movement in the u.s. now she's telling the story of how she became an activist. many african-americans still face every day discrimination and violence. president trump fans the flames of racism making derogatory comments about african nations and calling crime a black problem. the american melting pot could be about to boil over even though there was a black president in the white ho

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall.an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow for the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today indeed moves. players play players . this is it every news live from berlin it is a new goldman finally in sight for germany after missed deadline the last night there's hope coalition talks could finally bear fruit this evening our correspondent has more on what could make or break the deal also coming up a lot of the sawmill goes on trial in belgium he's believed to be the last surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks with links to the bombings in brussels to end the music festival bring harmony to a troubled region.

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow of. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today indeed. the belief. the scars on. the pain still tangible. suffering for god. for cities and. they have survived but do they also have a future. i really understand people who're. say they don't want to stay here. but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something . beginning and peace time for the people making it possible what needs to happen here tolerance and reconciliation are to stand a chance. darkness cities after more players starting march tenth on d w. playing. league players. playing. this day w. news live from belgium on high alert today as the trial begins for a top terror suspect the charges relate to the international manhunt for the man believed to be the sole surviving suspect in the two thousand and fifteen terrorist attacks a little bit the latest from brussels. also coming up israel begins

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it once divided east in west germany the berlin wall . an entire generation is growing up without it but it still counts a long shot. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today in case. you want huge into tomorrow today coming up this week. nearly supply for cardiac patients researchers develop an artificial heart. raindrops form glimpses into the secret lives of clouds. found the future of forecasting drones that could improve weather prediction. welcome to the show. over fifty years ago doctors in the south african city of cape town were the first to perform a radical new operation that revolutionize cardiac medicine human heart transplant . nowadays the procedure has graham fairly commonplace but there's a problem there simply aren't enough. research as have been racing to develop an artificial alternative and the first could be implanted in humans within three years. engineers and doctors at the helmholtz institute for biomedical engineering in aachen are working on a fully implantable artificial heart for humans th

it once the body east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still comes to a long shallow for the berlin wall is long gone oh please you can really close our focus today d.w.b. . place . this is news live from belgium on high alert today as the trial gets underway for a top terror suspect the charges relate to a shoot out before his capture he is believed to be the sole surviving suspect in the two thousand and fifteen paris attacks also coming up israel begins issuing deportation notices that thousands of african migrants the government says they could face jail time if they were fused to leave. germany two biggest parties missed a weekend deadline on talks to form a new government but negotiations are.

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still casts a long shadow. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really our focus today indeed. across nigeria and indeed kenya more and more people are using solar generated electricity to make up for frequent power outages we will be looking into that and more closely in the show but first welcome to another day the scene of we call it africa the environment magazine and now tybee from a big which are you know going state nigeria and i greet my colleagues sound on my i v other end of the continent hello show. helen military and the world will come to our viewers thank you for tuning into today's program. and the european environmental show my name is sharon a minute from nairobi kenya and here's what's coming up in the show today. we'll be visiting the popular leaving and shopping complex being they will be introduced a summer hybrid power system. then we move on to the german city of hama whether trying to even make coffee to go

the berlin wall crumble in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine well care to rebuilt it on saturday by or leave because i'm confident puffed and played a bit of pinball but to no avail. laver kisan had just thirty five points from twenty one games the worst second place team ever at this point in the season. coach michael heritage feels misunderstood although it's not surprising. and we are not his will say we're up for second sprogs right lots of off from that i said last week the we're not your typical second place team there's the records show that since the introduction of three points for a win there's never been a team in second with so few points and so i think it's all really so we're not really typical run as up kind of hits like this and a typical runners up and and he doesn't have his sights set on the champions league or the fans in a bad mood despite it being carnival season. perhaps a day on the coach would be more comfortable in the underdog role with less pressure. i could leverkusen this recent renaissance just be a result of their own self defense. but why hold bac

may not have the most potent striking force in the league but that berlin wall is looking impervious so how did the other teams with dreams of europe their. cup. the champions league the biggest prize in club football even for those who don't win it. in the race to qualify in the bundesliga has never been sung tight. with twelve games to go it's still very much up for grabs. frankfurt have the second best away record in the league but going into this game where the fourth worst side at home but the hosts got off to a promising start and have rabid concluding a smart move with a tap in after a quarter of an hour a clumsy challenge by makoto has saving early in the second half they come on a penalty which is the moment at all they converted for the equaliser. frankfurt responded with a devastating seven minute spell markov was not at home for the second simone's let grab the third after some shocking seppi still pending by cologne. and the celebration kept going. marvelous both made up for one moment later with a precise right footed finish. three goals and eight minutes frankfurt on f

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall. an entire generation is growing up without it but it still counts a long shadow. the berlin wall is long gone but is it really all focused today in d.w.p. . hello and welcome to arts twenty one coming up on the show. painter georg basel that's turns everything on its head with great success. it was going to folks who thought it was just too sleepy for the vehicle and we wish him a happy eightieth birthday. this young woman is making a splash on the german rap scene.

meantime we know berlin all up easily obviously obviously the berlin wall is of course renowned for its gritty ads and yet i understand that you've actually been to see a musical today do i hear that right. yes unfortunately this musical did not have any singing cats or mysterious phantoms in it but another interesting thing and it was it was quite a gritty as a musical as musicals go also quite experimental it was a four hour long film by the filipino director now this is actually quite short for him normally or i should say two years ago he came with an eight hour film so we were glad that he cut it a little short for us this time here's a look at his musical season of the devil. you see i must. have been boise like i'm on. some level with that and to me what you would have thought it was. a sigh of. season of the devil picks up on a dark chapter and philippine history the marcos dictatorship in the one nine hundred seventy s. militant groups oppress a village in the jungle causing its members to slowly turn against each other a toxic atmosphere when no one is saying. independent film

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that's good what is the berlin wall or have the festivals don't have. the winter. some are no doubt wheeling and dealing with but i know it's after all also one of the biggest thrill. others are happy just to see the sea. with tom chicks heading up the international jorian for films in competition the germans are coming at twenty eighty we're going to take a closer look at one of those four films the new film from christian petzold it's an adaptation of an anna sega's know and it deals with a very important topic. but here's what she. has fled persecution. arrived in a new city he leads a perilous existence in the french part of must say. was transit is based on a novel set in one thousand nine hundred two but director closedown pet side has transposed the action to modern day france marsay was then and is once again a key hub for refugees and as eager as novel deals with her own experience of exile . as a sort of nice to see dysfunctional country once again from a disquisition that optimistic light or just pushed by this decision it seems. to me of it isn't inspir

berlin making it into an island within east germany east berliners hoping to flee to the west attempted all sorts of ways around or under the wall the entrance to an escape tunnel has recently been rediscovered near the city's mauer park. char as more. the streets of berlin are steeped in history from the second world war to the cold war one of the best places to get a sense of the cold war is right here in berlin although many important is this place rise over here and opening up the basin about all strauss and things like you see right here clearly indicates where the burley war once stood and haha it was really only the i did laugh about it over there with the body or maybe it's this shocking stories of east germans who try to make it across this wall. some tried to escape before the wall was even finished they said connick picture shows a young soldier from east berlin who jumped over a barbed wire fence in one hundred sixty one. some try to flee to the west above ground many hundreds try to escape underground at least seventy five tunnels were dug beneath the war in berlin most of them from the west to help friends and rela

that's good what is the berlin wall or have the festivals don't have. their way into. some no doubt wheeling and dealing with the no no it's after all also one of the biggest film. others are happy just to see and they see. with tom heading up the international jury and for films in competition the germans are coming at twenty going to take a closer look at one of those four films the new film from christian petzold is an adaptation of an and sega's know and it deals with a very important topic. but this will be. has fled persecution and. arrived in a new city he leads a perilous existence in the french port of my say. was transit is based on a novel set in one nine hundred forty two but director kirsty on pet side has transposed the action to modern day france marsay was then and is once again a key hub for refugees and as he goes novel deals with her own experience of exile . women trying to. to satisfy this decision. from a disposition that optus licklider just pushed biased decisions to the. history of it is an inspiration that i share between worlds although they'

made them wall fell and this is something you cannot solve problems was was today the roots of the berlin wall is still visible in a line of couples marking its former location in the modern day tarmac and tourists come from all over the world to see the stretch of wall still standing as a reminder of those twenty eight years of division it has now been down for as long as it was up but the ultimate futility of the berlin wall will never be forgotten paul brennan al-jazeera. where you can find out much more about the stories we're following on our website head straight to the al-jazeera dot com well that's it for me and the team for this means i'll be back in just a second with much more of the day's news as always thanks for your company but by . in the carter center. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affirms that matter to. al-jazeera for the nomadic jacka tribe survival is about reaching their destination if we don't hurry will never be able to give the thumbs up in

time for business news and funny for charting berlin wall come to our program germany's scandal plagued been more than doubled profits last year to eleven point four billion euros. up by just over six percent to two hundred thirty two point seven billion euros v.w. ranks as one of the world's largest automakers setting the tempo and seven million vehicles worldwide last year that's despite the company admitting many people waiting so fare on eleven million vehicles worldwide cornered booze in reports from the frankfurt stock exchange. it was a. gold. digger will be. one of the weaker ones here. was not according to the. chinese investors. gillie company has become the largest shareholder in germany stonor a company stock market filing say he bought a nine point seven percent share in the maker of luxury order. is the chairman of gillet board a mobile holdings a lot international automotive company based in china the billionaire already has holdings in europe gilly acquired sweden's volvo car maker eight years ago. and time for the latest from across the pond so let's turn to saw fisherm

for business i'm funny for sure in berlin wall come to a program the european commission says it's serious about fighting cartels it's just announced fine stopping half a billion euro three antitrust cases the company's top get it included merry time cost carrier sparkplug suppliers and brake systems suppliers they fixed prices and exchanged market sensitive information over the years. people the e.u. competition commission and market rate of a stronger wanted to send a message that the european commission will not tolerate at a competitive behavior. today the commission has decided to fine seven companies a total of five hundred sixty four million euros for taking part in fort different cartels relating to cars. three other companies involved in these cartels well they excrete. getting a fine because they came to us to reveal the cartels in the shipping industry the fines affected chilean car shipping carrier three japanese carriers as well as a norwegian swedish carrier together they formed a deep sea vehicle transport cartel for almost six years. in the automotive parts industry germany

it's that time of year again berlin's international film festival known as the berlin wall it begins tonight it is ten days of screenings talks workshops and more the berlin ballot is known as the most political of the major film festivals but that doesn't mean there is no glitz and glamor on the red carpet down at potsdamer platz the main screening venue. just a short time ago we saw. a belgian star. who happens to be on this year's jury awarding the coveting golden and silver bearers the panel this year is headed by tom tiger one of germany's top international filmmakers this year's opening film is isle of dogs it is the first time that an animation has opened the berlin film festival. called i love dogs is set in the distant future japan that due to a dangerous dog flu the canine population is rounded up and banished to trash island on the tare is a young boy whose dog is among those seized he goes to the island in search of his beloved pet spots and he's helped by the other dogs a whole because way over not just sludge marsh leading to radioactive landfill goodbye toxic chemical g

it once divided east and west germany the berlin wall . an entire generation is going up. without it but it still can a long shot. the girl in wall is long gone but is it really our focus today in the movies. hello and welcome to a special edition of pop explore devoted to germany's enduring punk band. we'll tell the story of the band's success. argentinian. perform to the symphony orchestra. sold over fourteen million records over the past three and a half decades now exports portrait of the punk rockers from.

the berlin wall is long gone that is you can relieve our focus today. this is g.w. news live from berlin belgium on high alert today as the trial gets underway for a top terror suspect the charges relate to a shoot out before his capture he is believed to be the sole surviving suspect in the two thousand and fifteen paris attacks. also coming up israel begins issuing deportation notices that thousands of african migrants the government says they could face jail time if they were fused to leave. germany two biggest parties missed a weekend deadline on talks or form a new government but negotiations resume today with impatience growing what is holding back on the americans' hopes for a coalition. and a stunning super bowl upset fans go wild after the philadelphia eagles defeat the new england patriots to win american football's biggest prize for the very first time. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us reports that a top suspect in the two thousand and fifteen paris attacks still refuses to break two years of silence as he goes on trial today in a belgian

eastern europe was going through a major change because of gorbachev, the berlin wall coming down inget in the house of commons a lot of east europeans who would pop in and pop out. you would think, well, some of them may be spies, maybe all of them? you them may be spies, maybe all of them 7 you would them may be spies, maybe all of them? you would be careful about talking to them! but mps did. it would be reasonable for mps to do that on the basis that they wanted to learn what was going on in eastern europe at the time. if jeremy corbyn really thought he was talking to a diplomat, that shows a bit of naivete. you always have to imagine that these people may have been spies. the idea that they could have been passing information across, i'm not sure they had any. or there is no evidence of what they could have done. what could jeremy corbyn in 1986 possibly have provided about the british treatment or secret service to a czechoslovakian agent or spy? and how many other mps from other parties... exactly. eastern europe was a big politicalfootball at parties... exactly. eastern europ

silver screen are in the german capital for the berlin international film festival known as the berlin wall and it opens on thursday with a hint of hollywood but this weekend the focus has been on the leading talents of european cinema david levitz is on the red carpet for us and he joins me now hi there david good to see you so what has been happening today at the festival. a mariano so like you said today it's really about european film but particularly it's about women and women's stories and women that are driving the plots of these films in just a little bit it's going to be the world premiere of the daughter of mine this is the second film by a very promising italian director now to hootie and this is sort of a biblical story really it's about two women two mothers who are fighting over the daughter one of them is the biological mother one of them is the adoptive mother and everything just sort of gets really shaken up when the biological mother played by the wonderful. comes back onto the scene she's an alcoholic she's unpredictable and this movie is also very unpredictable this is o

for the berlin wall was built east berliners also frank to the festival. the city was rebuilding itself and the song cinema was built in the western city center it became a venue for the pearl in international film festival in one nine hundred fifty seven. in the following years the festival became increasingly political it showcased maverick such as director hina venner fassbinder one of the most important exponents of new german cinema. provocation was on the agenda in one nine hundred seventy four joining the cold war the festival showed its first soviet film. a year later became an east german film. about. jacob the lion even won a silver back. by the diamond and not. after the wall fell and nine hundred eighty nine the berlin are also rolled out the red carpeted cinemas in former east berlin here the keno internazionale. since two thousand the festivals main venue has been the movie theater on potsdamer platz the girl and is still open to the general public and it's popular despite the fact that it's becoming increasingly hard to get tickets some are

space iran's foreign minister hits back calling the speech quote a cartoonish circus and at the berlin wall it. it's a big night for european sort of out of the berlin international film festival and tonight its review women driving the plot would have the details coming up. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston it's good to have you with us israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that if israel feels threatened it could take action directly against iran natanya who made the comments on the final day of the munich security conference and at the end of a week that saw iran and israel edged closer to open confrontation. israel's prime minister was in hawkish form when he took to the stage in munich in a blistering speech he slammed what he calls iran's aggression in the middle east. here's a piece of that i really am drawing or what's left over after we shot it girl. i brought it here so you can see it for yourself. mr zarif. do you recognize this. you should be george you can take back with you a message to the tyrants of terror and do not just israel's resolve. netanyahu

charlotte tells him pale and scott roxboro with the latest on the berlin wall of thank you so much to both of you. and with that you are up to date now and news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us we have to see you again soon don't forget you can follow us on social media. i. am not proud and i will not succeed in dividing us not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand globally was that matters. made for minds. that. it's all about this.

division it lay stranded in the no man's land between east and west berlin only after the fall of the berlin wall in one thousand nine hundred nine did it become accessible to war under symbol of german unity if all those impressions leave you craving a moment of quiet contemplation come to the room of silence in the neighboring. the fish science here is fascinating and coming we can engage in such a good burger outside the room of silence you regain composure and your inner center you know everything and if you'd like to take the brandenburg gate home with you you can get a mini version of each of us using the end shops as a memento of a funny special place. we hear your macs are always on the lookout for the latest trends and not that long ago the danish concept of hoga or coziness was all the hype across europe or now it's all about la grone that's a swedish term for just the right amount not too little not too much staying in balance and living more consciously now this can be to be applied to many aspects of your lifestyle including clothing as well as interior design. there's nothing fussy

i understand it had been perhaps unrealistic to have suggested that the berlin wall be torn down in its entirety. he understood that the division of germany and berlin was a product of world war ii and the feeling on the part of the soviet union and many others that germany should never again be allowed to be the strongest and most dominant power in central europe. if you had said to reagan after that meeting, after he had left that in 2 1/2 years, we're going to have reunified germany and nato, i think he would have laughed and smiled and said, that would be great but he also thought that would have been something that could happen maybe in 25 or 30 years. >> thank you, james. [ applause ] >> bill. >> i too would like to join the chorus in thanking the organizers of this conference. i know that the hope of the organizers has been that we would not only recount history but try to derive some lessons for the future, for the present. actually, i have derived some lessons from the discussion about the history, itself. indeed, the subject of my book "gorvachev" and his relationships with th