for the berlin wall was built east berliners also front to the festival. the city was rebuilding itself under the past cinema it was built in the western city center it became a venue for the berlin international film festival in one nine hundred fifty seven . in the following years the festival became increasingly political it showcased maverick such as director vanna fassbinder one of the most important exponents of new german cinema. provocation was on the agenda in one nine hundred seventy four during the cold war the festival showed its first soviet film . a year later became an east german film. i feel. jacob even won a silver back. by the diamond and now. 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 berlin honor 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 sold o

news from berlin coming up next part one of our documentary series berlin truffles of crime looking at the german capital's turbulent years leading up to the nazi era that are more still to come. state by state. the most colorful. the liveliest. the most traditional. find it all at any time. check in with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state. t w dot com. mikhail soft of the first world war rented rooms redundant. and people now had this absolutely insatiable lust for life because they'd survive the war and the one bought. up by suddenly criminal behavior became routine. they must have been really smart safe cracker's they had the entire berlin crime squad pulling their hair out from them it didn't seem. you didn't see the coroner's concluded that the body parts belong to twenty three different women swallow. just by what it from what we now call profiling was essentially being practiced back then by inspect again not. you know a lot of detectives were celebrities some even had their own newspaper columns and wrote books would prove. berlin the bustling burgeoning capit

the director went on to rediscover berlin's roaring twenty's. and he brought leonard bernstein west side story to the co michelle. six seat. today a coalition without kosky is almost unthinkable. in his latest production desire and demise are bedfellows as is so often the case with put cine. in the d.n.a. of all right operas that are dealing with the subjects that the erotic and and death of a walk hand in hand was. so it's inevitable that in lebanon and mimi must die in the most dramatic way it's the female character is mimi and who is etta who set the tone here with the cheney there is no question he's on the side of women we've tried to present to me that's not this do move fragile little flower she's just this young girl. kosky needs puccini. and once again. it's a grand opera. that is definitely an opera house with a difference now moving of the world of literature if you're not sure what book to read next d.w. has the one hundred says in fact my called david leavitt's is the result of all series one hundred german must read stated welcome

then he and berlin became greater berlin in one nine hundred twenty and i'm all good nation of towns and dozens of villages and estates. swanson's good spits was the result was a city with almost four million inhabitants and if you. lend was booming and all branches of business set up shop in the city industry banks and factories berlin had once been germany's industrial capital and his and. ninety percent of berliners lived in the tenement blocks that had been hastily thrown out in the decades before the first world war the tiny yard separating the blocks of each building were really only subject to one stipulation that they were big enough for fire engines to turn around for the average family rent cost them one third of their income most apartments only had heating in one room down and mold on internal walls were common place among. them and blocks had little to no air and sunlight. and they had a series of backyards some of which were in complete darkness you know what we would call a decent apartment today it was then. luxury. of one of the apartments were very small flinty comp

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin u.s. files criminal charges against chinese telecoms giant hallway it accuses the company of industrial espionage and violating sanctions against iran this as the u.s. and china are trying to calm the recent trade tensions also on the program the fate of a christian woman in pakistan.

treasures from berlin's enormous collections. prussian rulers started these collections over two hundred years ago today they belong to the prussian cultural heritage foundation the key player in the new book for. around five hundred thousand exhibits will be on display from all continents mostly acquired in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. known busta here competition to be the provenance of the history of the exhibits there biographies how they were made what their original function was how they were acquired and how they made their way into various german collections that's a part of the research on these objects which has become a key focus in recent years. and it's now an emotion i can in focus could. the times when cultural artifacts could simply be put on display in european museums are over. the flagship project at their home board forum is raising questions about the provenance and history of objects shedding light on german colonialism a chapter of german history which was long suppressed in the public consciousn

five major museums are crowded on to berlin is museum island in the river. where the items mostly are which houses the collection of classical antiquity. the other two not. nineteenth century on. the enormous museum which cuts the cost of egyptian wheat among its collection. the palatable museum currently undergoing renovation with its famous pattern one altar. and the board of museum which boasts an impressive collection of sculpture. every year more than two million people visit this unesco world heritage site. i really like so many museums being in such close proximity to each other here and . it was their only twice so for. the. other one was the greek history like the greek is from or germany gather a lot of treasuries from other conferees so it's it will be very interesting to me . noise or new museum was heavily damaged in world war two and stood in ruins for many decades and in two thousand and three british architect david chipperfield and his team began major restoration work on it at first not everyone appreciated his plan to combine historical an

he's the festival headliner and will disclose why his career first took off after the fall of the berlin wall. a boy from the g.d.r. with big dreams goes on to become a globally recognized brand but he has power becomes paul van dyke he can now look back on more than twenty five successful years in the business areas on topic sports special. wet and cold place festivals he's usually the headliner his name is synonymous with the trance young rock and his music in joints you know like playing. for me when i'm from the electronic music just brings people together from completely different cultural backgrounds it doesn't matter which god you believe in which religion you follow or what your nationality is it's all just about people getting together and celebrating this music. called still flies around the globe more times a year than your average professional pilot music magazines have voted him the world's best d.j. time and time again as a young boy back in east germany he could never of change of a life jetting around in his own private plane but his passion for music has been with him fr

five major museums are crowded on to berlin is museum island in the river. which houses the collection of classical antiquity. the idea to not sit on a gallery casing nineteenth century on. the noise museum which cuts the cost of egyptian. among its collection. to paddleboard museum currently undergoing renovation with its famous part of an old town. and the border museum which boasts an impressive collection of sculptures. every year more than two million people visit this unesco world heritage site. i really liked so many museums being in such close proximity to each other here and . it was there only twice so for. me because for more germany there are a lot of transferees from conference so it will be very interesting to me. oh new museum was heavily damaged in world war two and stood in ruins for many decades in two thousand and three british architect david chipperfield of his team began major restoration work on it at first not everyone appreciated his plan to combine historical and modern elements but now his work is celebrated as an impressive archit

and his restaurant in berlin the other famous checkpoint charlie is our first venue on the so and what it ranks among the top fifty restaurants worldwide while while while you're there they need to be honest the arts and most important water ever gather and we're so proud of because people from around the world are travelling just haven't a plate of food here if you were you were born in berlin you grew up here but if you're cooking your cousin house often. well lots of asians into lenses why is that totally the only thing what i'm missing is the outside looking more asian than i am but on my palate in the way of cooking i'm totally asian i mix the thai flavors i use chinese skills at least the japanese prism and out of the three main issues we creating our own dishes we are creating our own call in every world. a german chef would love to create asian dishes there is much more to find out about him at all as you can see in our first report. creative moments in the kitchen this is what it looks like when tim creates a new dish he develops about ten to twenty of them per year it always

dyke moved to berlin and explores the city. they don't want to name the many good companies that existed in east german our of course not economically compatible nothing worked there so all of a sudden there were all these empty promises of it no one was prepared to take responsibility for and if you're going to interfere all came along and they brought a few beer crates and started their turntables on them have you got some loudspeakers sold to run their turns on your comments on the berlin club scene got started and necropsy in the focus on food here in berlin is called club van dyke shapes the beginnings of the techno movement. as a lot of looking back at the small subculture now basement somewhere and seeing how it turned into one of the biggest music scenes in the world a future city and believe they could put a vegetable on. the obvious mental i've got some great memories of that time and i'm really glad i could be part of it all. in two thousand and five he performed the song isn't via which means we are us with singer p

you believe the dome is very poorly illuminated here in berlin. visitors can appreciate the way they could amid the light conditions in the alhambra for them so our aim is to recreate those lighting conditions virtually to allow visitors both here in the berlin museum and visitors to the alhambra and experience of the dome in its original context. invasion context before. in eighty ninety one the banker arthur fund when i was granted commissioned by the spanish authorities to move the dome to germany he had acquired a small palace on the alhambra from a spanish opera singer and later bequeath it to the spanish state but he decided to keep the don't feed himself for a time it decorated his villa in berlin before he donated it to the museum. they don't was originally painted and gilded it's crafted from cedar and popular wood and consists of dozens of parts a star ornament of heavenly beauty. one of the world's most important prehistoric landscapes is located in a bend of the highlands river born northwest of dublin. the passage graves of new grange

news live from berlin the u.s.resident says he's ready to compromise donald trump comes up with a plan to end the longest government shutdown in u.s. history and to get his mexican border wall built a short time ago but the democrats say no we'll tell you why and also coming up next how did it top spin the vice president of nigeria. and not one but soon no shows for nigeria's historic presidential debates made their president nor he.

the game designers are working with berlin archaeologist call maya hit technology made ancient history their cooperation has yielded some surprising discoveries for example the hittites had not unusual leading technique. these are here for this one from left to right this one from right to left this one from left to right this again from right to left then back again. yeah like in wavy lines that's awesome. is it's a business in that archaeologists are anchored in past centuries and that applies to their methodology to. the. ashes with the rapid development of computer technology in general but also a virtue archaeology is still something we need to get our heads around. home come on and when i tell people i'm working with a game designer they just shut down because gaming technology sounds so frivolous but in fact this work is just the opposite views on what this is a goddess with his mom. this looks like a video game but in fact it's a highly accurate copy of a real temple it's the temple of the weather god from aleppo one of the most important day it is in the ancient middle east th

this is the news live from berlin austria and germany brace for boring screen weather mercy crews are ready for as much as another meter of snow fall meanwhile the death toll keeps rising from the worst winter storms that hit the region in two decades also coming up the u.s. ambassador to germany issues a stark warning to german companies to stop working on a controversial gas pipeline linking russia and germany or face american sanctions . and for some they were dangerous revolutionaries but for people like these they were heroes one hundred years after carlin can send rosa luxemburg or murdered you look at the legacies of the german communist leaders. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us more storms and heavy snow are forecast to strike across the alps in the coming days and avalanche warnings are still in effect there as well at least twenty four people are believed to have died in weather related incidents across the region. after a short break in the weather the snowfall in southern bavaria has been relentless this mountain prost was closed after an avalanche swept down from th

reconstruction of this of the baroque city palace of the german emperor is located at the heart of berlin now the allies did bomb it in world war two it could have been saved but no socialist east germany had other plans they tore it down and put up the palace of the republic in its place that's their parliament and cultural center hideous yes but also kind of great in its own way i think. you are right with hideous well you know a lot of people were still yes it is but still a lot of people were sad when it got torn down to put up this new version of the city palace because the point is why create a historical replica. of a building instead of maintaining an actual historic building ok but abouts all done and dusted this forum is well underway in the replica or i should say in the image of the kaiser's palace and now the controversy is of course it's going to house two museum collections many of the objects in them were obtained under the kaiser some pretty dubious circumstances indeed they were and this whole thing. was taken from most african countries is the big debate right now here

news coming to you live from berlin the u.n. calls for calm as venezuela descends into crisis embattled president nicolas maduro says he's the victim of a foreign backed coup the u.n. wants an investigation into claims his security forces are killing anti-government protesters also coming up move over football handball fever grips germany as the national team aims to book a place in the final of the world championship. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.n. human rights chief michel bashar has called for deescalation talks in venezuela and an investigation into claims that security forces have killed at least twenty protesters the alleged crackdown followed a bid by opposition leader to oust president nicolas maduro but says he's the victim of a u.s. led to and has cut off diplomatic ties with washington. a defines nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in egypt amount i. get you couldn't move i think there is no doubt in the w

this is deja vu news live from berlin it was one of the world's most repressive countries now who's in pakistan says it has changed its ways as the country's president visits germany we talk to him whose back journalist who says he was tortured in prison and asks if the country really has changed direction also coming out. trying to break the pressure that law of the british prime minister presents her plan b. today before leaving the european union but will it be enough to satisfy a deeply divided parliament. and is being called the super blood wolf moon the moon turned this mesmerizing shade of red today we'll have an expert tell us more about a spectacular lunar eclipse. and hopes for an end to nearly fifty years of on rest muslims in the southern philippines vote in a referendum on autonomy we talk with rebels who have been fighting all their lives . i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the president of pakistan is in berlin for talks today president chavez caught years ago yaffe wants to deepen ties with berlin his trip comes at a time of change for this central asian co

our very own jonathan cray for me and the rest of the team here in berlin dr. black forest and winter own reporter nicole is in her element. i really enjoy winter sports and i'm going to do my very best to try everything the black berry to offer. because there's so much to do. to black forest a winter wonder my. next. you're a populist a nationalist parties and gearing up to try and make a splash coming european election my guest this week is michelle modicum of a corporate lawyer who's working with president trump's former strategist the founder to try and coordinate those parties activities very may say it is to drive a stake through the heart of the brussels complex of. sixteen agenda for dealing. how do you want to. discover your concept discover it with the powerhouse. school. much and off to one hundred lives the ideals of the fox are more relevant today than they were a hundred years ago missionaries are shaped things to come out of all of the past few players to design is a way of shaping society. with ideas that are part. of our house world this week o

built for the purpose next to berlin's pergamon museum. one chemists have known program on since i was a child and i've also been very fascinated with that in terms of the architecture and the way this acropolis was built as a pile we say it's almost modern architecture also the way they found this location this mountain in terms of urban planning. in preparation for his new panorama yet it got assisi has made six trips to the real park amman in turkey today the town of baquba there he scrutinized area from every angle hoping to find more inspiration for his project. women they've all said well but through that when you visit the actual location you get a very personal impression. nothing can beat that. so it's an unwritten law for me that when i'm working on a project i have to go to the actual site. so. he took photos on location for his original panorama but for this new version he staged additional scenes in berlin with some forty characters. among the scenes are a stone masons workshop. a slave market. and a sacrificial altar. even a

as a chef it's hard to climb higher than tim howard on the career ladder but this berliner is always keen to do himself he knows there is still room for more. tomorrow you come from a humble background and now you're a star must have been a long journey you can you tell us more it was a long journey bad thing for these days i'm just waking up in the morning and i do the business i have to do because i'm operating now trial for restaurants so i'm not thinking what was in the parcel will be in the future it's just daily business ok you say you have twelve restaurants be honest how much time to actually spend cooking cooking is. fifty percent of my job these days but i'm creating all the dishes which will be served in all the twelve restrooms and to be honest really cooking i'm only doing here at the main restaurant because they need me to be in the kitchen they need me to lead the flavors in the dishes because cooking you know is is a craft a man's work on one side but it's also a bit of art and the art i see in in creating these flavor worlds on the pilot and this is really subjective

i miss them in berlin. they're just a aren't as gooood here. this is the only place where the fries are better than in holland or belgium. reporter: a portion costs betwtween 5 and 1010 euros. and of course, takeout is also an option. vladislav: we love chips, but it's not like we would kill for chips. we just wanted to fill a gap in the market. kajo: that's right. usually you just get chips on the side when you order a curry sausage or a burger. but we were thinking about things that berlin doesn't have, and we decided it was chips. reporter: and for the really diehard fry-fans, there's s evn video art devoted to these deep as ever, w we love hearing frm you, so drop us a line, global3000@dw.com, and take a peek at our facebook page, dw global society. see you next time. till then, take care. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for itsts captption content t and accur. 01/25/19 01/25/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from m pacifica, this is democracy now! >> i think there is no

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this is deja vu news live from berlin north macedonia get the go ahead ending a decades long dispute greece's parliament gratifies the deal that remains in neighboring macedonia but some greeks keep up their protests sparked the and. also coming up the u.n. calls for calm as venezuela descends into crisis embattled president nicolas maduro says he's the victim of a foreign backed crew. and campaigners take to the streets as germany prepares to phase out the cold crunch talks in berlin argue to produce a landmark decision about the future energy supply. i'm suing so much kind of thank you for joining us greek lawmakers have ratified a landmark name change deal with macedonia under the agreement greece's northern neighbor awol rename itself north macedonia and athens will drop its objection to the country joining nato but the deal faced fierce opposition in greece and has already cost prime minister alexis tsipras his parliamentary majority there were more protests outside the assembly ahead of the vote although torrential rain in athens did keep many demonstrators away friday's vote w

this is t w news coming to you live from berlin tensions flare in india two women make history by entering a sacred hindu temple the tradition has barred them from for centuries but there are fears of a backlash from conservative hindu groups and go live to delhi also coming up joe you're also not row is sworn in as brazil's new president vowing to liberate his country from socialism and political correctness the far right leader selection marks a radical shift after decades of centrist rule. and a new year's miracle in the ruins of a collapse of the building in the russian rescuers pulled a little baby boy to safety after he said more than a day trapped under the rubble in subzero temperatures plus we meet a syrian refugee facing a long sentence behind bars in greece sarah martini says she helped to save migrants from drowning and see the authorities accuse her of people smuggling with your purse out of a story in the next twenty minutes. well i'm terry marchin glad you could join us tensions are growing between conservative hindus and women's rights activists in india after two women ent

you; are watching dw news from berlin. after a short break, brent will be back to take you through the news. i am steven beardsley, in b erlio cap -- berlin. thank you. twenty four and france twenty four dot com. the evidence is welcome to live from paris world news and analysis from france my cat on marco in these are the headlines. beat the price it looks. too much like plan. eight the fee for the citizens to stand you case to be waived meanwhile a key ministers money that could be mass resignations. printers maze captain if lawmakers. forced to vote against the plan it stops and deal diesel brexit. attended military coup in venezuela at least twenty seven members of the national guard are in custody after seizing weapons. according to the president nicolas maduro to stand dow.

here in berlin, a big news years party is getting underway. this is a huhuge challllenge foe authorities. >> the warm-up acts are already getting the crowd into the mood on a relatively mild years eve in berlin. numerous bands and djs will take to the stage. >> it is super. very good. >> that was nice, i enjoyed the performance, i don't really speak german but i could feel the passion behind the center. >> all sorts of people from all different countries, they are nice, really nice. beer? berlin beer? dangerous objects like pirates are banned within the parties on. police and firefighters are out in full force and are calling on the public to treat them with respect. they have increasingly been the target of attacks in recent years. >> we're hoping for a healthy start to the new year. i hope the people are happy we are here. we are the ones that ensure this party can happen. fireworks will light up the brandenburg gate at midnight. the party is sure to continue into the early morning. helena: the prime minister has been declared the winner of

this is deja vu news live from berlin trying to break the bright six that block british prime minister theresa may prepares to present her plan b. for leaving the european union but will it be enough to satisfy a deeply divided parliament also coming up. as one of the world's most repressive countries now is back as then says it has changed its ways as the country's president visits germany we speak to his back journalist who says he was tortured in prison and asks if the country that really has changed course. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british prime minister treason is set to announce her plan before breakfast today as she tries to keep britain from crashing out of the e.u. without an agreement the prime minister is expected to focus on the so-called irish backstop that's the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic this comes after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected her deal with the e.u. last week. joining us now live from london the state abuse barbara vai's all barbara do we know anything about teresa mayes plan b. yeah we

none the less she always enjoys coming home to berlin. a financial provider household guarantee you'll be taken care of in many societies under quite recently actually that's what getting married was supposed to mean for women but things have changed or have they my colleague christine a cool boss has some thoughts about that. they were going to say you know i wonder if you know the answer to this question i sure didn't. and which countries do women make up a greater share of the workforce than men in the african countries of zimbabwe malawi and gambia and i want to come back and this. is. the spices it's a different story in some advanced economies like germany and that's despite a shortage of skilled labor and an aging population in my view this is down to policies that try to keep women in the home. even though women are as qualified as men there's still an attitude that they belong in the domestic sphere so this is the message that's out there was the that is the and that's wrong the economy needs us now more than ever. it's working w