the news are including protests in iraq, almost 2 years after iran's top general cousin cilla marnie was assassinated by us drone strike near baghdad airport. and the north korean leader kim jong own talks food, not weapons, as he marks tens in power. it's 20 years since the launch of the euro. the currency went into use in some, but not all e u countries on new year's day in 2002 dominant cane. and berlin takes a look at the challenges that came with it over those 2 decades. 20 years ago, it was a novelty, a new currency across much of europe. as one central bank took on responsibility for the monetary policy of hundreds of millions of people. for much of its 1st decade, the eurozone seemed to prosper. but then came the global financial crisis with the greeks leading a succession of ease states, unable to pay their national debts and close to defaulting on them. and therefore, dropping out of the euro club, brussels became the place the seemingly endless meetings of ant bailout packages. with growing tensions between richer, northern and porous southern european member states, betwe