and dominating the czech republic and dominating the games. fa, they'll be putting that pressure on himself. we have to be better, we all know that i do think it is a case of reflecting the christmas —— reflecting over christmas —— reflecting over christmas and they need to start with a good performance and hopefully that will build towards the olympics and the euros the year after. a bit nervous earlier on, you played in front of several thousand people in 700 people here, that ta kes people in 700 people here, that takes some character. these players very rarely let me down as a manager. i very rarely let me down as a manager. lam very rarely let me down as a manager. i am proud of their work over the past 12 months and now we have just got to stop talking and just keep working hard and deliver prayer performances — — just keep working hard and deliver prayer performances —— better performances. the medical tribunal of dr richard freeman, the former medic at british cycling, continues in manchester, and there were some heated exchanges today

the presidents of the czech republic and hungary. to place the. president. of those countries in the events of $989.00. back about historic night 30 years ago. to the full. welcome to the program germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the burden of the main event is currently underway at the historic. heavily guarded border between east and west germany. 9989 communist east germany has lifted travel restrictions on its citizens and opened the border crossings to west bank. system live to the ballin. live. live. live. live. live. live. it's about a study conducted by daniel barenboim and those events so years ago marked the start of the fall off the boat and was d.w.i. chief political correspondent jim acosta is at the brandenburg gate and joins us now welcome because you are a whole what's the mood like that. well you're hearing that very dramatic music of beethoven's 5th symphony this into the face this exam for me and it's a celebration mood of course but also a very reflective mood here this evening we've heard from the german president we

married to evanston welcome to the program tens of thousands of people have gathered in the czech republic's capital prague to. mand the resignation of prime minister andre bobbish opponents of bobbish accuse the populist leader of profiting from his office and conflicts of interest he's one of the czech republic's richest men the protests coincide with events commemorating the start of the 1989 velvet revolution that toppled the communist regime in what was then czechoslovakia organizers say they want the czech republic to rediscover the pro-democracy ideals that fueled the protest 30 years ago. standing by for us in prague correspondent jonathan crane jonathan good to see you tell us what is happening where you are right now. well this is the latest in a series of protests organized by the activist group 1000000 women to democracy and initially the estimates suggest that this is by far the biggest the day how safe asa passing the course remains and it came to let just behind me. now as you say this coincides with the anniversary of the velvet revolution the food of communism in and check t

chancellor angela merkel with german president fun part of my with the leaders of poland hungary czech republic on. but now after those events finished it is also a commemoration for berlin as for locals for tourists to come here and express their feelings about what the burning wall meant and what the fall of the berlin wall so meant 3 decades ago. now john m. as thomas just mentioned among the guests present at the commemoration of bens this morning where the leaders of the 4 eastern european countries lavaca poland czech republic and hungary they somehow contributed to what happened with the wall how the wall came down but i think it's quite interesting to note who was not present at this moment this morning commemorations we did not see any of the leaders of the former cold war powers at this come aeration event not from the united states or france or great britain or russia former soviet union what does this tell us. but in that one should read too much political significance into that absence. there is a tendency in the official narrative i was saying this morning the official narrative o

the czech republic has been marking 30 years since the velvet revolution a popular uprising the both an end to communist rule that 3 decades on the country play days contending with the public push back. prime minister under a bad hand by protesters in prague as he laid a wreath to mark the anniversary on saturday about a quarter of a 1000000 people demonstrated in the city calling for banish to sell his business interest in resign opposition groups saying the billionaire prime minister profiteers from his political office. and joining me from prague the capital of czech republic they don't you correspondent jonathan crane jonathan today is the 30th anniversary of the so-called tell the revolution what's been happening so far . well major events on the way across the city not just actually here in prague across the whole country flash point from the protests 30 years ago of course a crackdown on students back then it will culminate i went to square behind me as you can see there will be a consider here later a concert for the future it's called featuring some famous checked out music

candidate gets 50 percent of the verdict hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in the czech republic's capital prague to demand the resignation of prime minister andre bobbish opponents of bobbish accuse the populist later of profiting from his office and conflicts of interest as one of the czech republic's richest men the protests coincide with events commemorating the start of the 1989 velvet revolution which toppled the communist regime in what was then czechoslovakia organizers say they want the czech republic to rediscover the pro-democracy ideals that fueled the protests 30 years ago. correspondent jonathan crane was at the protest in prague and he sent us this assessment. estimates suggest this has been the biggest demonstration in prague since the fall of communism says 30 years ago protesters waved placards calling for the resignation of prime minister on trade issues and whistles greeted his name every time it was mentioned by the speakers on stage is one of the current country's richest people but he's being investigated by the european union over his business interests beca

report an attack on the czech republic do you see that report is an attack on the czech republic or for the us is an attack on on the country i thing that we should leave it to investigators to come up with a final final findings. we we have the ministries responsible or have provided the information the european commission asked for i believe that everybody should be considered to. consider that the quote and i think that happened until it is proved by this standard and surging to your relations with the e.u. isn't it. i haven't been i haven't witnessed. any of my colleagues what was happening many the evolution of a new is not backing down on the charges despite the denials from the prime minister but the investigation is still ongoing some investigations are needed to be made is the position clear but the. one case has been closed to recently by the prosecutors really. providing information to a pinpoint commission when it comes to out it's ordered so you are talking about the domestic charges that were i'm talking about domestic charges which are limited to the prosecutor dropped at

in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people took to the streets of the capital prague on saturday to demonstrate against prime minister andre bobbish the protesters are giving him an ultimatum to sell your business interests or step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profits from his political office protest organizers are using the 30th anniversary of the czechs of the czech velvet revolution a milestone moment in the demise of communism in europe to make their demands. we're joined now by my colleague reporter john will sure so john tell us why now well these protests are happening because 2 years ago prime minister babbitt was supposed to put his business and media empire into a public trust fund but he didn't agra food which is an and he also owns a media empire including to check daily newspapers critics say this is a conflict of interest the e.u. has investigated him but they haven't done anything about it so far so today many in print felt it was important to make the voices of the. and i'm hoping here for him to step down i feel right and

president fund by the time i also foreign leader for example the president of poland hungary czech republic and slovakia and the reason behind that is to understand that the fall of the berlin wall was not only something that affected germans that it was not only the result of protests here in germany it was also something much broader that included also eastern europe that included other countries as well in a such part of the celebrations right here in bend i wish possible try to understand this as an international phenomenon as an international event that left mox not only right here in berlin not only in germany but also in the west as a whole all right so all the big political heavyweights set to come where you are and of course our very own political correspondent thomas perry thanks a lot thomas. well meanwhile frank german president and by this time i has invited the heads of states from poland the czech republic hungary and slovakia to berlin for those celebrations in the taishan his official recognition of the role that these countries played in bringing down the berlin wall pavin

in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people took to the streets of the capital prague on saturday to demonstrate against prime minister and. the protesters are giving him an ultimatum sell his business interests or step down opposition groups say the prime billionaire prime minister profits from his political office protest organizers are using the 30th anniversary of the czech velvet revolution a milestone moment in the demise of communism in europe to make their demands. and for more now we're joined by by d.w. colleague reporter john wiltshire so john fly now why are these people out on the streets so the protesters are on the streets in prague saying the czech prime minister. should hand over his business interests and his media empire to trust funds this is something he was supposed to do 2 years ago legally but he didn't he's been challenged on the check police already but he enjoys political immunity the e.u. is also currently investigating him many in prong felt it was important to make their voices heard. i'm not hoping here for him to step down or if you're r

german president flanked by shimei are as well as the leaders of various countries like poland czech republic slovakia and hungary and the idea behind that is to show that the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago was not only due to the protests in eastern germany was not only due to germans but it was something that went well beyond germany and where eastern european countries like the one that i just mentioned played a very important role in the fall of the berlin wall so the main political commemoration will take place here at the band i washed it off towards later on the following quote commemorations will take place in the brandenburg gate all right thomas thanks for now i'm john over to you give us a sense of the significance of this anniversary significances such a difficult thing isn't it when you talk about historical events because we all have our own narratives of historical events and they're always partial and subjective and i think particularly today where the mainstream media are so often criticised for i think unfairly my personal view unfairly for fake news and so on i think

in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people took to the streets of the capital prague on saturday to demonstrate against prime minister andre bobbish the protesters are giving bobbish an ultimatum either sell his business interests or step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profits from his political office protest organizers are using the 30th anniversary of the check and element revolution a milestone moment in the demise of communism in europe to make their demands. and joining us now from the czech capital prague is correspondent jonathan crane hello to you jonathan so yesterday we saw thousands of anti-government protesters on the streets so what's happening today on the actual anniversary of the velvet revolution. saturday was about processed and today in theory should only be about commemoration remembering the events that led to the fall of communism 30 years ago there's a series of events planned not just in prague but across the country focusing on some of the hotspots of a student protest it starts here day with an official government

european countries are creating their own digital taxes for tech giants one of the latest the czech republic which is looking at attacks on companies that have more than 7 $150000000.00 euros in global revenue and reach more than 200000 user accounts we know who we're talking about the tax still needs to be confirmed in parliament but if it goes through the czech republic would join other e.u. countries that are trying to rein in international tech giants because already both italy and france have started implementing their own digital taxes after attempts at putting together an e.u. wide tax filled last year and joining the saudi discussion 74 which board member with the british american business association hilary glad that you're here to break so there is obviously this increasing push right to really resolve taxation in texas tech giants we're talking about facebook and amazon apple google part of the reason for that though is because of the way these companies shift profits around the world in order to minimize their tax bills correct yes absolutely in fact it's so common that it's actu

coverage of this historic anniversary at the berlin wall memorial the presidents of poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary joined the german leaders and berliners took place roses in the remaining section of the wall german president front steinmeyer hailed the role that those countries hajj and the events of $989.00. and we'll look back at that historic night 30 years ago and the events that led up to the fall of the wall. omarion evanston it's great to have you with us germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall events are taking place across the capital with a big celebration currently underway at the landmark brandenburg gate on november 9th 1989 communist east german authorities lifted travel restrictions and opened the border crossings to allow people to move freely to the west after decades of oppression and the fall of the berlin wall was the result of what's seen as a peaceful revolution that soon led to german reunification. correspondent michelle is covering the event at the brandenburg gate and she joins us now so what is the mood where you are i

also coming up on tonight's coverage the presidents of poland the czech republic slovakia hungary joined germany. to place tribute to the german president trying to tell the role for these countries in the event. of course we'll look back about historic night 30 years ago. to the fall of the world. i'm sure the program germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the bush. the main event is underway at the historic brandenburg gate which for decades was part of the heavily guarded border between east and west germany until november the 9th 1900 communistic east german authorities lifted travel restrictions on its citizens and reopened the border crossings to. let's talk about it these are life images from. the unification which happened less than a year later so let's go down to tonight's events at the brandenburg gate rejoined it up as chief political editor became a customer welcome mckayla took us through what's going on now. his right now behind me you can hear i'm not always singing she's a well known german actress and singer who myself as a teenager flats via hungary but

, while the czech republic complete group d.hroughout europe for the first time, england will benefit from playing all their group games at wembley, a massive advantage for gareth southgate as they look to replicate the run in russia last summer. we have played at least two of the teams before. for us to be playing at wembley is something very special so we are really looking forward to the tournament. wales have drawn switzerland and turkey in their opening group games and face the long trip to azerbaijan, with bikers staging theirfirst long trip to azerbaijan, with bikers staging their first two games before their final staging their first two games before theirfinal group staging their first two games before their final group match with staging their first two games before theirfinal group match with italy in rome. wales produced an equally impressive run of their own, losing to the reigning champions portugal and france three years ago. ryan giggs all too aware success this time will rely on keeping his star players fit. you

was the one match that they lost to the czech republic, of course seven wins out of eight.ponents for england. let's hear from the england familiar opponents for england. let's hearfrom the england manager reflecting on the tough opening match against croatia who knocked them out. we know the quality of their midfield players. that is a really top level fixture. funnily enough add a picture before the draw. he wanted to be in london so that's interesting from their point of view. how will wales be feeling going into the habit? we knew that they were either going to be picked in group a oi’ either going to be picked in group a or group either going to be picked in group a orgroup b either going to be picked in group a or group b because of the nature and set up and structure of the tournament. a lot of the teams are predetermined in the group said they we re predetermined in the group said they were to go into. they have been drawn in group a. again to reasonable position. the only drawback of ely, for wales as the logistical issues they going to face having to play to their

and they will need to improve quickly as england play the czech republic on tuesday, their final chancethe top two in scotland are in action this afternoon. celtic host motherwell and rangers are away at livingston. both are four points clear of third placed aberdeen who beat ross county. edinburgh's two managerless clubs had big wins yesterday. hibs went to stjohnstone and won 4—i — thanks to a hat—trick from christian doidge. and heart's got their second win of the season by beating st mirren. elsewhere, kilmarnock and hamilton accies drew. after a controversial week off the field, saracens got back to work on it yesterday as they played their first game after a record fine and points deduction for breaking premiership rugby's salary cap rules. their 35 point deduction and £5 million fine has been suspending pending an appeal, but that didn't stop the jeers from the gloucester fans, as patrick gearey reports. saracens could handle the saturday boos, but tuesday's news will linger longer. found guilty of breaching the salary cap, they are paying with points, pounds and endless taunting

somewhat different than central europe or eastern european countries such as spall i'm hungry czech republic slovakia but i think when we speak about the model itself which was basically a conditionality model and. you didn't do this i give you that price so that is taken care of too it's a basic choice approach or you will do this if i offer you something if you don't believe there won't be and it was for you and that's how it's been working for. 20 years now it was very successful in the countries from central europe which were all over the spot i spy ring naturally to be members of the opinion doesn't really require here that well this is the 1st thing the 2nd thing is it's not applied it's . consistently here so i would say the major problem with european is asia and the e.u. enlargement process in the western balkans is the application of the more that and we see this possibility on both sides european officials don't apply as they did in the ninety's for example. but also the western balkans leaders tried to escape when they ever day and the kind of a rule that would make them follow t

then they will finish against the czech republic, their final group game.t home at wembley, so you can imagine a huge amount of support, and that could prove a huge boost for england in their attempts to reach the latter stages. worth pointing out that if they win their group they would play the runners up of group f. would play the runners up of group f, which looks a very tough group, with germany, france and portugal all in there. actually, there could be an argument made for england finishing second in their group as runners up finishing second in their group as runners up and that would see them go on and face the runners up of group e, anyone from spain, northern ireland, poland or sweden. there could be an argument there if england want to reach the latter stages potentially to finish second in theirgroup. as stages potentially to finish second in their group. as for wiles come knew they would be in group i or b. they have been placed in group i. —— in group a. they will play their opening group games in baku in azerbaijan, so there is a logistical i

right in the center after all it's slap bang in the middle of central europe bordered by the czech republic and all straight to the west poland to the north ukraine to the east and hungary to the south in this part of the world of course everything's contested this you in poland ukraine and belarus all claim they sit in europe's geographical center slovakia joint the e.u. in 2004 together with 9 other countries and if you want to see how they've grown together just take a look at this after 90 minutes side by side the dough balls have totally bonded brush them with an egg white for a lovely place. place your loaf in a preheated often at 240 degrees celsius chuck in a glass of water to create some steam and bake the dough for 10 minutes then reduce the he to 210 degree celcius and bake for another 15 minutes. the bread has to be it checked it from the 10 in much the same way as tens of thousands of protesting slovakians ejected former prime minister robert faecal from office for alleged corruption party colleague and successor pellegrini will have to act fast now or even leaders will gobble

that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit rod countries poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president steinmeyer emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. or noted mort's or not in fighting that's been born without the courage and desire for freedom that motivated the poles hungary ends czechs and slovaks the peaceful revolutions in eastern europe and german reunification would not have been possible . guns on its way this place and this day remind us of a great historical achievement. and they remind us that today we europeans are united in joy. so and so i'm going to find the chapel of reconciliation was built on the former death strip where the east german government demolished a church 4 years before the wall fell this chapel hosts regular ceremonies in honor of those who died during germany's years of division. in the one he mentioned i pay tribute to those who were killed near the

held in berlin led by chancellor angela merkel and attended by leaders from slovakia poland the czech republic and hungary the world wide of the city from 160 want to 989 and for generations of people it was a symbol of the ideological divide that spanned europe it's for was a pivotal moment in the events that brought down communism in eastern europe dominic cain has more from berlin. very few parts of the burley and wall remain to this day i'm standing outside one such piece that's protected and it is a place where people come and the think to themselves what it must have been like to be as it were trapped behind it and so on this day which is so important for so many germans people feel that sense of joy that the wall was brought down it was brought down they think by a wave of people power and the interesting thing is that that wave of people people power swept over the wall and yet at the time it was the people in power who allowed the wave to bring the wall down within weeks that government was out of office within months the 2 germany's would become one and so now as germans celebrate th

or greece the european countries such as fall on hard very czech republic rose lockyer but i think when we speak about the model itself which was basically a conditionality model.

while german president from the volga steinmeyer has invited the heads of state of poland the czech republic hungry and slovakia to berlin for the celebrations the invitation is official recognition of the role these countries played in bringing down the berlin wall paving the way to democracy poland became the 1st country in the warsaw pact to tolerate an independent trade union solid on the all solidarity in english this led to the 1st semi free elections in june of 1989. during the same month activists held a protest picnic in hungary officials allowed them to cut its border fence to austria . thousands of east german holidaymakers seized the opportunity to enter the west in the summer of 1909 more and more is german refugees escape the country via hungry and the former czechoslovakia. then in september 1989 the west german foreign minister hans de to address the thousands of refugees who had been stranded in prague. from the balcony of the west german embassy he announced that these east german citizens were allowed to enter the west freely. was. these were all milestones on the road to

relevant because she said it also in the presence of the president of the bishop broad states the czech republic slovakia potent and hungry and in poland and hungary at least the rule of law which he specifically mentioned the rule of law is under threat to some extent because the judiciary is have been severely curtailed and the european union has criticized those countries for that let's take a look then instead at a time of the president i mean in his address he specifically spoke out against the threat of new rules within society i mean what exactly did he have in mind is it what we assume it might be well he was he's a former foreign minister and i think he had also an international view it was a very impassioned speech i thought. in the german context of course we have seen a rise of far right ideas and far right political movements only 2 weeks ago the fire. it's alliance for germany's so-called one a considerable victory at regional elections state elections so i think he was thinking of that there's also been a rise of anti semitism in germany only last night in the western german city

in the czech republic around a quarter of a 1000000 people rallied in the capital prague and prime minister andre bondage the protesters are giving bobbish an ultimatum to sell his business interests or step down opposition groups say the billionaire prime minister profit from his political office. germany's green party is in the opposition at least for now the polls show that nipping at the heels of uncle america's conservatives and there's a good chance they could find themselves in government after germany's next elections increased concern over climate changes wrought largely responsible for their new found popularity but the party's co-leaders have also done their share of uniting and expanding the party's base and they've both been reelected at the party's annual conference. flowers for the winner the greens reelected on only in about book us co-leader with 97 point one percent of the vote thank you i accept the result i'm speechless increased a team is thank you. no leader of the greens has ever been elected by such a margin before in her acceptance speech stressed a goal of her she

that's what these young people say they are from the so-called visit grodd countries poland the czech republic slovakia and hungary their message 30 years after the fall of the wall europe stands united and in his speech german president. emphasized the role of east european countries before the fall of the wall the openly demonstrated for more freedom. or noted moot or not in 5 minutes very boring without the courage and desire for freedom that motivated the poles hungary ends czechs and slovaks the peaceful revolutions in eastern europe and german reunification would not have been possible. guns on its way flooded this place and this day remind us of a great historical achievement. and they remind us that today we europeans are united in joy. so and so i'm going to find the chapel of reconciliation was built on the former death strip where the east german government demolished a church for years before the wall fell this chapel hosts regular ceremonies in honor of those who died during germany's years of division. is the in the law and you mention i pay tribute to those who were killed near