the start of the establishment of west and east germany in 1949 sealed the division of the country. became the provisional capital of west germany and the seat of its parliament. in its fast freely elected members sat on these chairs. and you all this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some of the torm and also lighthearted and even rowdy ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let rip. important moments from east german history are also on display such as the uprising of $953.00 and the building of the berlin wall. in the west soaring prosperity went along with burgeoning protest movements and alternative lifestyles. the v.w. camper van came to be an icon of the hippie era. a state where all of its stood for change individual is i'm breaking with society one's parents and. and parents. and for the search for peace and f

germany. especially with. the cheating results. east of the country the right wing populist alternative for germany is growing stronger in many places the. coming state elections. most of germany's big cities. protection is a major priority. many in the affected areas a big mistake for that job. protection is a luxury only rich can afford. can bring the country together. i don't think the greens are particularly. attracting this. very hard. question the question is also a social question because when we look at. suffering from. change for example yes of course there are those coal miners but 1st of all we can find solutions with . a completely different people these are the poorest people we have. with climate change. we do we do have to find. other solutions on how to move how to be more inclusive about how to use energy differently so that we can just keep on. more sustainable and i think that we can tackle these questions another thing with. they do protecting minority rights now we know that there has not too many minorities in the

results germany's major political parties can dream. in the east of the country the right wing populist alternative for germany is growing stronger in many places they could be coming state elections. most of germany's big cities including some. protection is a major priority. friendly traffic. is being phased out to. many in the affected areas considered a big mistake. to them environmental protection is a luxury only rich city folk can afford. can bring the country together. professor who can bring the country together. i don't think the greens are particularly failing. attracting this. question the question is also a social question because when we look at. suffering from. for example yes of course there are those coal miners but 1st of all we can find solutions with . completely different of the poorest people we have. with climate change. we do we do have to find. other solutions on how to move how to be more inclusive about how to use energy differently so that we can just keep on living. more sustainable and i think that we can tackle these

>> 1500 american soldiers arrived in west berlin after a 110-mile road trip across east germany.rival of additional american forces as a challenging military act. >> the berliners know that western strength is their only protection. >> there are all sorts of people who say, send the tanks in, knock the damn wall down. and kennedy, no. he understands this solves his problem. will khrushchev try and take over the rest of berlin if he's putting up a wall? will he risk a war with us? no. the wall saves us from that kind of conflict. >> after the berlin crisis, khrushchev tests the largest nuclear device ever. he basically is going to say to the americans, you can't scare me. i'm going to scare you. >> the west has nuclear jitters. people worry about fallout, about war. khrushchev has turned testing into a weapon of terror. >> there was tremendous anxiety and fear that if you got into a nuclear war, it was going to mean the devastation of civilization. it was the apocalypse. >> let us face without panic the reality of our times. the fact that atom bombs may someday be dropped on our c

politics are it seems the dominant political narrative in germany well no quite because people in large numbers tend to do things very differently in the east and german states. western germany is going for the green party. especially with. the. results germany's major political parties can dream. of the country the right wing populist alternative to germany is growing stronger in many places they could be coming state elections. most of germany's big cities including some in the. protection is a major priority they want. to tackle global warming many in the affected areas consider this a big mistake. to them environmental protection is a luxury only rich city folk can afford. can bring the country together. who can bring the country together. i don't think the greens are particularly failing. attracting this. the green party always keeps. the. question the question is also a social question because when we look at. suffering from. for example yes of course there are those coal miners but 1st of all we can find solutions with . a completely different people these are the poorest people we have. but. we do we do have to find. other solutions

the greens are achieving results germany's major political parties can only dream of in the east of the country the right wing populist alternative for germany's growing stronger. in many places they could be the big winners in upcoming state elections. but most of germany's big cities including some in the east of green party bass stands. for the night's climate protection is a major priority they want eco friendly traffic concepts and clean energy. coal mining is being phased out to tackle global warming. many in the affected areas consider this a big mistake and fifth at jobs to them and fired mental protection is a luxury only rich city folk can afford. so who can bring the country together. vanessa who can bring the country together. i don't think the greens a particularly fading so for now they attracting this -- been intellectual elite but i believe that -- and this is what also the green party always keep saying and they are working on this very hot is that the and the green question or the environmental question is also a social question because when we look at who is suffering

has been killed in a mid—air collision involving two german air force eurofighter jets in north—east germanym the planes, only one of them survived. the accident happened as three eurofighter typhoons were taking part in an air combat exercise. human rights experts from the united nations have expressed grave concerns over a possible cover up of abuse in myanmar. the burmese military has imposed a blackout of mobile phone and internet data in nine towns in rakhine and chin state. the un's special rapporteur for myanmar fears the blackout leaves ethnic minorities — who could be at risk — with no form of outside communication. sri lanka's former defence secretary hemasiri fernando could face criminal charges for alleged security lapses linked to the easter sunday suicide bombings. the country's attorney general said mr fernando, who was still in office at the time, should be investigated for his failure to prevent or minimise the attacks. more than 250 people were killed when three churches and three hotels were blown up. south korea's pop industry is a global phenomenon, but in recent months

sense growth was once again curbed this time because of collectivize ation in communist ruled east germany. after the country's reunification the asparagus tradition was revived and production what's again skyrocketed. since 2018 the european union has even recognize its asparagus as a protective brand. with the tradition and the quality of this asparagus we want to protect the brand it was a long journey for the asparagus farmers in the end the e.u. gave us a seal of approval and last year we got the certification we're proud to have a protected label. proof if everyone was needed that in the lives asparagus is something that's worth making a song in the bios. and staying with all that is yummy if you like nutella you might want to stock up a factory that produces around a quarter of the world's supply of the his mother and cocoa spread is under worker blockade they are striking for better pay the factory in northern france usually produces more than $600000.00 per day but since the strike began it's been working at only 20 percent capacity and so far there's little sign either side is wi

so ed royce was the alum of the east germany piece. >> and i'm the alum of poland and hungary. these are for young political leaders aged 25 to 40 that go outbound. it's an exchange program that is actually under meduro. >> we're going to hear about that in a moment. what are we doing here today? we're going to explore the range of things that marie royce does and the experience she brings to the job -- you just heard a piece of it -- and the challenges that she faces. by the way, one of the programs that she runs -- i didn't know this until today, mind you -- is the fulbright initiative co-led by dartmouth and the wilson center's co-initiative. 13 are female, and assistant secretary royce was recently celebrated as the female ambassador to the united states, and finland for her support of the program. i hear that you might be back in october talking about this subject. finally, saving one of the best for last, i have to mention the guy hiding in the back, congressman ed royce, who is the former chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and also marie's husband, and ed ha

on the 2nd day of his visit to the middle east germany's foreign minister heikal moscow's travel to the iraqi capital baghdad where he held talks with president barham saleh mas praised the country's measured approach to the growing tensions of the region and urged the international community not to turn its back on iraq at this crucial time this transport plane is leaving jordan and heading for baghdad germany's foreign minister is getting ready for another sensitive mission in the middle east the growing tension between the united states and iran hangs over the region with iraq right in the center of it there is a u.s. military presence in iraq and iran has considerable influence gemini's ability to mediate is limited. that's why your rock is taking over a counterbalancing role here in the region and tries to deescalate scituate. on its own initiative using dialogue and talks we support that. the german military is supporting iraq in the fight against the so-called islamic state and plays an active role in training the police hike a mosque is greeted warmly by the country's prime mini

song's growth was once again curbed this time because of collectivize ation in communist ruled east germany. after the country's reunification the asparagus tradition was revived and production what's again skyrocketed. since 2018 the european union has even recognized billets asparagus as a protected brand which he thought he'd sold with juju the tradition and the quality of this is there a guest we want to protect the brand it was a long journey for the asparagus farmers in the end the e.u. gave us a seal of approval and last year we got the certification we're proud to have a protected label. proof if everyone was needed to that and be as barack as says something that's worth making a song in down the vios. and that's it for me and the business him and berlin for more business news and features you can always there's a few w. dot com slash business or follow us on facebook and on twitter believe you know this quick check on global markets i'm sure nelda milan in berlin thanks for watching. the body. out of the house into the workplace. kailash by job or take turns her own body. in a rule

quite this from his workshop isn't going to a village and what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear them all in 1909 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. ditto from the ca shouldn't because it's a bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise and. bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular there got instruction in the name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us to look at this one just going to and for right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to noon and susie asked their smiley faces won't disappear forever. coming up next reporter profiles the next generation of would be football stars in kicking off their careers i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour you're watching the news stay with us. where i come from we have to fight for a free

involve tax breaks or a reduction of the solidarity payments used to fund infrastructure projects in east germany and they want the government to lower energy prices currently germany pays more per kilowatt hour than any other country here in europe so clearly there is a lot to talk about and i'm going to do that now with my colleagues who joins us from the day of the german industry here. general good to see you there's one topic that i haven't mentioned yet and that is that the fact that the german coalition government is currently in turmoil how much of political concerns are actually dominating this special meeting today. quite a bit monica and you know there are 2 sides to this on the one hand the german industry leaders they've been quite vocal of their criticism of the german government coalition saying that it frittered away a lot of investment on what they call piecemeal social policy instead of concentrating on more ambitious agenda is like digitalisation that you mentioned there are corporate tax reform on the other hand it isn't it isn't so that they're glad to see the back of this co

sands growth was once again curbed this time because of collectivize ation in communist ruled east germany. after the country's reunification the asparagus tradition was revived and production what's again skyrocketed. since 2018 the european union has even recognized billets asparagus as a protected brand which steve harvey told of juju the tradition and the quality of this asparagus we wanted to protect the brand it was a long journey for the asparagus farmers in the end the e.u. gave us a seal of approval and last year we got the certification we're proud to have a protected label. proof if everyone was needed that in big says barack it says something that's worth making a song in the values. and that's your business update here and thanks for watching the big. laughs. from make fun about their own social economic and political pop. in mozambique we say that you have to ask so you don't write it's how people call me dating. as a journalist i often talk about these topics and that bias will be less helpful to the. electors last night day by checking on all those jokes finding out what pe

school able to coach her on how to use it with the students in the 21st century an accountant from east germany said recently the lack of high speed internet the main impediment to competitiveness there so important things for this money to go into. the urgently needed investment there and then the critical in for structure in germany but critics say the companies have paid far too much they really. well they paid more than they wanted to but they were part of the auction and they're big companies the smallest one is delish but it's a very well earning company a growth company and it's one of the largest internet providers around here and you know i've heard criticism like this before the 1st time frequencies were auctioned off it was vodafone and telecom in the mix there as well and. paid off handsomely and this is a future technology and who knows what kind of money they will be earning with it yes they do have to invest upfront yes they have maybe $1.00 or $2000000000.00 less to invest but you know it's a big business it's a future business and they want a long with it we bought some frankfu

is this still a debate we only see in the west because we'll have a couple lessons coming up in east germany and the greens haven't gained quite of that they are going for the reason i'm asking about how green is germany's because you will know that there are people outside germany who are always asking whether they're very aware that germany has a long environmentalist green tradition and i wonder whether you believe that that image of germany still stands up and still valid yes of course it is climate change protection that has moved in the middle and into the mainstream within the last month and that i think that the green party success is in some kind you can't you can't understand it as the movement off climate change protections within the families virgin. a broader society we have. professor malcolm. va question is i suppose the success of the greens that has now been on the very been on the rise as marx he was pointing out for quite some time is it here to stay because they've been there they've been here before and faded back to becoming a 1015 percent party they had to stay this ti

this from his workshop is in grief in a village in what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear then mall in 1990 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. from the sheer they shouldn't because the bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise and. bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular. the name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us. right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to numerous enthusiastic there smiley faces won't disappear forever. coming up next world stories looking at rising knife crime in the u.k. that's war coming at the top of the hour i'm like local in berlin thanks for joining to. know crowd and they will not succeed in dividing us not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking a sta

quite this from his workshop this inquiry from a village in what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear that mall in 1909 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. from the sheer they shouldn't because it's a bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise and. bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular . construct with the name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us. right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to numerous enthusiastic there smiley faces won't disappear forever. now watching data news from berlin coming up next day that when you reported looking at the kids kicking off their careers in football thanks for watching. what does neckerchief tell us about. let's ask her let's experience a modern museum center with her persian cultural heritage fo

his workshop is in grief in a village in what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear them all in 1909 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. they shouldn't because it's a bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise in bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular there gotten spark to the name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us. right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to numerous enthusiastic hope their smiley faces won't disappear forever. you're watching d.w. news and don't forget you can always get date over the news on the goal of just download our app from google play all from the apple stall that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the dean of a ne

his workshop isn't going to a village and what was east germany shortly before the fall of the bear them all in 1909 the firm had 60 employees now you just 3 people work here anyone taking over will need attention to detail. from the shia they shouldn't because it's a bit between the shirt and the tries is needs to be very precise and. bright colors and quirky expressions there are many other reasons known as continue to be popular . got construct with a name radiates a certain kind of friendliness so gnomes tend to be made with smiling faces and i believe we humans need that there are enough stupid faces around us to see. right now it also gives tours of his workshop and there's even a small museum on site entirely dedicated to numerous enthusiastic who their smiley faces who want to sit here forever. it's day 3 of the women's world cup and joining me to talk about the action is oliver moody from d.w. sports all the today's match the 1st one was between australia and italy how did it go didn't go as expected well i expected it to be a very tight game and i was certainly right on that co

when they were young they had never imagined east germany and west germany would be fine no need of united reunion. but somehow it's happened so. that those german told me don't lose my home because everything could happen both men hope for hong kong homeland where democracy and the rule of law prevail just like in germany. or i'm joined here in the big table by barrett becker he is the head of programs with the german council on foreign relations good to have you back on the show i want to ask you how responsible is germany in china's ability to abuse human rights. in its own territory was total impunity. well germany has done a lot in the past to engage in dialogue with china there were rule of law dialogues between both governments. germany has always. maintained diplomacy that was very quiet but very effective was the pointing fingers but pointing out the problems in the managed to get people out of the country and in germany has at the same time maintain good relations nanda not tried to use pressure approach which usually doesn't work with the communist party would you say that germa

it's most famous son who chose to live in east germany when he returned from exile at the end of the 2nd world war. the house he was born in has been the museum since 1985. here comes in yes we have some original pieces this is the baptism and confirmation silverware received by better at present and this is its original just and yes it's original to its basics and if the silverware is definitely original thoughts and especially charming is a silver bracelet that perished gave to his 1st love. whose portrait you can see here. so you see it was her 18th birthday that's the original silver bracelet and. why does your guest look like a rock star here by this year if anything it was after his international breakthrough with the threepenny opera which premiered in 1970 berlin. this foreign comedy came back to his hometown and was photographed by the famous court photographer quantify the best quote about this the photography and she is wearing a leather coat and smoking a cigar it among these both became part of his image. of the sneezer very famous pictures on the floor and in front of t

when they were young they had imagined east germany and west germany would be needed united reunion again but somehow it's happen so that those german told me don't lose my home because everything could happen both men hope for hong kong homeland where democracy and the rule of law prevail just like in germany . we have some sports now in the french open is said to have a match of the titans in the men's singles world number 2 rafael nadal will face long time rival roger federer in the semi's on friday fate of a past stand in a tie game that went into 4 sets with 2 tie breaks getting one step closer to his securing his 2nd title in paris and earlier the dall chasing his 12th french open crown be japan's key corey in straight sets friday's semi will be the 39th professional meeting between faith and nidal. get your mind of our top stories at this hour veterans of world leaders are gathering in britain and france to mark the 75th anniversary of d.-day that's the day in 1044 when allied forces landed in normandy and began to retake europe from nazi germany. and australia disgraced cardinal g