she does get out so she arrives in east germany and gives out the slave trade and is very tough to getinto but even harder to get out of she just washes her hands of it and then to come under deep suspicion at one point in the show children's fiction and was highly successful selling hundreds of thousands of copies and she was described as the east german author who sold so many copies was more famous as a children's novelist than she ever became as a spy and throughout her life to invent and reinvent herself. but has to be ideologically the scales and then it was even more reflective so that's one of the terrible moments on the discovery to find out the sheer scale of the economy with stalin and the people that she needed but then to say i didn't as for stalin but i did this for a cause. even in the nineties she said i still believe in the cause. like many old communist and better than she could come up with. >>'s at the time of the purchase ideologically committed communist would say things like you can't make an omelette without breaking up the eggs talking about the lives of two or

here at this nursing home in north—east germany, the vaccination programme has begun, a day early.id they weren't prepared to wait for the european union's co—ordinated roll—out, which was due to begin on sunday. clearly, for governments all around the world it could be a real game—changer. translation: this really is a happy christmas message. at this moment, lorries with the first vaccines are on the road all over europe, all over germany. this vaccine is the crucial key for defeating the pandemic. it's the key for us getting back our lives. but as the vaccine spreads, in vans and lorries across the continent, so, too, it seems does the new variant strain of the virus. it was first identified here in the uk nearly two weeks ago, leading to tough new restrictions for millions of people. but despite some countries effectively closing their borders to travellers from britain, the virus has been found in parts of western europe and further afield. japan and canada have confirmed positive tests. the new form of the virus is potentially far more infectious, but at this stage, it doesn'

and then finally smuggled to east germany in a camper van.han james bond. but it worked. 0nce very much more pink panther than james bond. but it worked. once he had got to the eastern bloc, the soviets treated him very well and encouraged him. and he wrote a book and became, after living complete obscurity, came out and was available for interviews, and there was a bbc documentary about him. putting a russian spin on it, during the cold war they were basically in the cold war they were basically in the right. whereas for hundreds and millions of people who are behind the iron curtain probably very few of them thought that. thank you so much for talking to us about that great spy, george blake, and extraordinary life. thank you. scrutiny of the brexit trade agreement with the european union has begun after the full document was published less than a week before it is due to be implemented. the agreement runs to more than 1,200 pages — and will be put to an emergency vote in the british parliament on wednesday. 0ur political correspondent leil

were located at this site of the 1st dominican monastery in the whole solar palace in the sea east germany's parliament and now the home port form which is now almost part of this history there what's the biggest attraction for tourists here what is there to see and to give the here you come on as i don't know if there are you know the garage launch a courtyard reconstructed on 3 sides is a brand new part of berlin just waiting to be discovered then there's the north-south passageway and the palace itself so that. allegedly the homeward form will open soon and that's a glimmer of hope during this lockdown. until mid december stores in germany were still open for christmas shopping. always making sure to keep it distance between mass shoppers and i'm encoded probably berlin's the most famous department store. it 1st opened its doors over 100 years ago. on the 4th floor it's christmas the lower every kind of decoration imaginable everything you could wish for and more. please.

during his first year, communist, embarrassed by the thousands of flights of refugees to communist east germany a 27-mile wall of bosh wire along the border between east and west berlin. >> mr. kennedy haven't vice president to berlin to tell them they would not give up -- despite the wall east germans continued to escape to freedom by whatever means they could manage. >> they came through barb wire and unguarded points. >> they jumped from buildings which spanned the border. east german guards themselves fled. another ussr against the call for peace, for a nuclear test ban, soviet union broke a three-year moratorium and exploded 50 nuclear devices, one of more than 50 megatons. kennedy, nevertheless wanted to attain a workable ban treaty. >> despite the evidence that shows very clearly that the soviet union was preparing its own test, while pretending to negotiate their cessation at geneva, the united states maintains its determination to achieve a world free from the fear of nuclear tests and nuclear war. we'll continue to be ready to sign the nuclear test treaty, which provides for adequate

economic forum was really engaged and essentially, the reunification because the chancellor and his east germanyounterpart met for the first time in davos. at the time, there was a young member from eastern germany appointed to the cabinet as environmental minister. we made her a young global leader. she came regularly. of the first invitation, regular participation has developed over the last few years. i could go on and on. usually, the people who are coming to davos are part of what i would call the davos community of regulars. david: of all the famous people who have come to make speeches, who was it who drew the biggest attention of all the people you have had? klaus: it is difficult because it was always related to specific timing when someone came. for example, when president trump came, he was the first year in the office. for me, the most important or the most memorable participant was nelson mandela. david: you have a lot of prominent people coming, business people, government people. to they call you and say my hotel is not adequate or i need more passes? what are the complaints? how

i know, you know, since the late eighties, i think 've known that we were equal to what was in east germany in the bad air quality on the highveld. and there's something called a [indistinct], which is a test you do before you get employment, mostly at power stations and in the mines, and locals tell us that they regularly fail the [indistinct] test because they've grown up in a very polluted area. as they've grown up, they're unfit for work. [birds chirping] [tau coughs] munnick: this pollution was particulate matter, primary explanations of all the respiratory problems that we see on the highveld--particulate matter 2.5, small enough to get very deep into your lungs. [overlapping chatter] rachel mokgtsana: 30% of the patient around this [indistinct], they are suffering from asthma because of the--what you call the pollution that is from the [indistinct] around us. we have asthmatic patient, we have t.b. patient, h.i.v. patient, and so on. mathabule: something that is painful--the government doesn't take us seriously. they don't know what you are going through, and even if we go to our cou

of the peace movement between the strong deterrence and nuclear weapons against the soviets and east germanyy much tried to help the peace movement that ultimately serves their interest so that created a difficult problem. you are the cause of a certain development and whether something was already happening what we're looking at today is this situation that they are trying to especially now in 2020 the russian intelligence community continues to try to take advantage of existing debates and frictions in the united states. but if we fall into the trap of too much action and power if there was an impact on the upcoming election and if you make that call of judgment and say i believe the russian interference is responsible for donald trump then you are ultimately helping them to achieve that goal. it becomes a part of this information. we are in a constructive nightmare. let me ask each of you to think with all of us about the threats you described so well in your book about the active measures because the title is big brother and what can we do to help the modern-day hero of the book resist a

that the people liberated themselves from communist rule and east germany fell apart lehman's informal talks with librarians in lexis suddenly became a political mission to reunify the institution. but what would become the the german library in like. you're go away there had been a library in there since 1974 and was part of negotiations after the wall fell. on them we sat here in this room. lehmann and his partners sat here at the front i was sitting on one of the chairs at the back somewhere because i can remember it quite clearly well initially there was a brief silence he must have been asking himself how we would react to these invaders but it wasn't an invasion he was pretty clear about that and he said we were working on a common plan and one of the 1st sentences i can still remember was the greater germany that's coming into being here could certainly use a national library with 2 locations. in august 1990 the 2 german states signed the unification treaty in berlin and the status of the new national library was made official including its 2 location. frankfurt's and lights. th

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. >> at you -- a university in east germany, i decided to study physics. probably would not have done that if i lived in the west. i did it because i realized many things to be undermined but not gravity or the speed of light or other scientific facts. [applause] >> for merkel, the facts are clear. a tighter lockdown is needed right now. her next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but the german people in the all important leaders of each german state. without their consent, tougher actions will not be possible but if today's speeches are anything to go by, merkel is ready to put all her political power on the line. brent: germany is not alone here. turkey has reported more than 33,000 covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. that is one of the highest daily counts in the world. after months of pressure by health experts and opposition politicians, the turkish government has changed the way admi -- the way it reports coronavirus cases and it confirms the wor fears. >> she is celebrating her birthday. she turns eight today. her two biggest wishes, a h

these were located at this site of the 1st dominican monastery in the whole solar palace in this east germany's parliament and now the humble foreign home which is now almost part of this history there what's the biggest attraction for tourists here what is there to see and to give me an idea come on as i don't know if there are you know the bronx larger courtyard reconstructed on 3 sides is a brand new part of berlin just waiting to be discovered then there's the north south passage way and the palace itself so that. allegedly the home board form will open soon and that's a glimmer of hope jury was locked out. until mid december stores in germany were still open for christmas shopping. always making sure to keep that distance between mask choppers and caddy probably berlin's most famous department store. it 1st opened its doors over 100 years ago. on the 4th floor it's christmas the lower every kind of decoration imaginable everything you could wish for and more. it seems like business as usual to me but this is nothing compared to what they're used to according to store manager team of eva. i

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the people liberated themselves from communist rule and east germany fell apart lehman's informal talks with librarians in lexis suddenly became a political mission to reunify the institution. but what would become of the german library in like. you're go either had been a librarian there since 1974 and was part of negotiations after the wall fell. on them we sat here in this room with lehmann and his partner sat here at the front i was sitting on one of the chairs at the back somewhere because i can remember it quite clearly well initially there was a brief silence he must have been asking himself how we in life would react to these invaders but it wasn't an invasion he was pretty clear about that but he said we were working on a common plan because of the one of the 1st sentences i can still remember was the greater germany that's coming into being here could certainly use a national library with 2 locations. in august 1990 the 2 german states signed the unification treaty in berlin and the status of the new national library was made official including its 2 location. frankfurt's and

years living under a regime with no respect for the truth you have heard today at a university in east germanyi decided to study physics i probably wouldn't have done that if i had lived in the west i did it because i saw that many things could be undermined but not gravity or the speed of light or other scientific facts and that remains true for medical the facts are clear a tie to lock down is needed right now her next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but also the german people and the only important leaders every german state without their consent tougher actions won't be possible but if today's speech is anything to go by merkel is ready to put her political power on the line. ok let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the united kingdom's national health service has advised people with a history of serious allergic reactions not to receive the buy on take 5 as a vaccine 2 people have responded adversely to the saga just a day after max mass vaccinations began brazil has reported over 53400 new corona virus infections in the last 24

years living under a regime with no respect for the truth that you heard today at university in east germanyi decided to study physics i probably wouldn't have done that if i had lived in the west i did it because i saw that many things could be undermined but not gravity or the speed of light or other scientific facts and that remains true for medical the facts are clear a tight a lockdown is needed right now her next challenge is to persuade not only parliament but also the german people and the only important leaders every german state without their consent tougher actions won't be possible but if today's speech is anything to go by merkel is ready to put political power on the line. or here in germany the coronavirus crisis has given fresh impetus to many groups who are already skeptical of the stars and the role that it plays in their lives many of them have been turning out to protests like the one you see here without masks and with no social distancing the umbrella movement called clear denko or lateral thinkers attracts many from the far right so much so that it's now being observed

to be reached or have been reached already that's especially true for areas in eastern germany or in the far east of germany which at the moment have the highest infection rates in the country these are rather remote areas where hospitals are small and their facilities are limited in their in those areas people are being moved out of those hospitals every day and only back by helicopter to other parts of germany where there are still beds available all of the shifting around of patients is happening in many regions of germany at the moment so the health system is under strain it's not overstrained yet but at the same time one has to say overstrained other people who are working in these hospitals they've been working very hard this is a very often physically exhausting work and many of them themselves are either infected or so exhausted that their card work anymore are german lockdown measures not working or why do we continue to see thet only increasing infections and death . well we have to see that the infections that we are calling to know are people that infected themselves maybe 10 days ago

here at this nursing home in north—east germany, the vaccination programme has begun a day early.hey weren't prepared to wait for the eu's coordinated roll—out, which was due to begin on sunday. clearly, for governments all around the world, it could be a real game changer. but as the vaccine spreads in vans and lorries across the continent, so, too, it seems, does the new variant strain of the virus. it was first identified here in the uk nearly two weeks ago, leading to tough new restrictions for millions of people. despite some countries effectively closing their borders to travellers from britain, the virus has been found in parts of western europe, and further afield. japan and now canada have confirmed positive tests. the new form of the virus is potentially far more infectious, but at this stage it doesn't appear to be any more severe or, crucially, any more deadly. the big question is, will the new vaccines be effective in combating it? it happens every year, for example, with influenza virus. we change the vaccine for influenza pretty much every year because of the revolu

he then was able to escape and was smuggled to east germany and spent the rest of his life in moscowe brits who had not succeeded in keeping him. in 2012, he told a russian tv channel that he had not changed sides because of blackmail or torture. he had offered his services voluntarily. in a message of condolence, president putin described him as "courageous, an outstanding professional," adding that his memory would remain in russian hearts for ever. russia gave him medals and much praise but, to britain, he is the cold war traitor who escaped justice. lord frost said there are no direct effects of eu law going forward and no alignment of any car in. under the terms of the deal if either party acts in a way that the other views as anti—competitive they can ta ke views as anti—competitive they can take remedial action. pro—brexit lawyers are set to dissect the contents lawyers are set to dissect the co nte nts of lawyers are set to dissect the contents of the agreement between now and the recall of parliament on wednesday. georgina wright is in brussels and has been working her way t

he then was able to escape and was smuggled to east germany, and spent the rest of his life in moscowsucceeded in catching him. but failed to keep him. in 2012, he told a russian tv channel that he had not changed sides because of blackmail or torture. he had offered his services voluntarily. in a message of condolence, president putin described him as "courageous, an outstanding professional", adding that his memory it would remain in russian hearts forever. russia gave him medals and much praise but, to britain, he is the cold war traitor who escaped justice. roger hermiston is an author and journalist and wrote a book about george blake called ‘the greatest traitor: the secret lives of agent george blake'. he had this assessment. he's clearly one of the greatest traitors of the cold war. he had quite a lot of competition, when you think about the cambridge spy ring of philby, burgess, blunt and mcclane in the 1950s. but between about 1953, when he came back from korea, until 1960 when he was unmasked, basically, in his own words, he would photograph with his little camera virtually

he then was able to escape and was smuggled to east germany and spent the rest of his life in moscowng him. in 2012, he told a russian tv channel that he had not changed sides because of blackmail or torture. he had offered his services voluntarily. in a message of condolence, president putin described him as courageous, an outstanding professional, adding that his memory would remain in russian hearts forever. russia gave him medals and much praise but, to britain, he is the cold war traitor who escaped justice. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's ta ke let's take you through the latest headline here on bbc news. millions of people in the uk face tougher covid restrictions as rule changes come into force. as the uk grapples with the new strain of coronavirus, there are now confirmed cases in more countries including france, spain and sweden. some eu countries begin vaccinations against covid—19 a day ahead of the planned coordinated roll—out across the bloc. the uk's new trade deal with the eu marks "the beginning of a moment of national renewal", boris johnson's chief brexit n

he was smuggled to east germany and then spent the rest of his life in moscow.its who'd succeeded in catching him but failed to keep him. the latest headlines on bbc news... millions of people in the uk wake up to tougher covid restrictions — as rule changes come into force. as the uk grapples with a new strain of coronavirus — france and spain confirm their first cases of the variant. millions of americans face losing unemployment benefits — as the standoff between donald trump and congress over a coronavirus stimulus package continues. scrutiny of the brexit trade agreement with the european union has begun after the full document was published less than a week before it is due to be implemented. the agreement runs to more than 1,200 pages — and will be put to an emergency vote in the british parliament on wednesday. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. in brussels yesterday, a christmas day briefing for eu ambassadors on the deal by the man who led the negotiations for their side. mission accomplished. what's in that blue folder sets out ho

operations chief in 1945 there were hundreds if not thousands operating in berlin all through east germany we talk about the german areas unconcerned about how long the chains were running and he talked about how one night one guy disappeared within 24 to 48 hours it was like 300 people. the kgb had them wired the whole time just waiting. in telling the story, 67 years later throughout the period that you talk about america is sort of waiting at the whole time and get smart levels and the hoax is that always the case they have their ducks in a row but are we now waiting through the consequences or the continuation of the period in terms of the effectiveness of the agencies? >> i think you still see it today but certainly from the day before before world war ii the soviets understood and for crucial years he imagined the wartime alliance might be the two crucial years quite frequently it is a crossed to the west and say i want to defect and build up and he will let out other russian or soviet agents in the field and if it is important enough this is a cold-blooded nest that no western intel

he then was able to escape and smuggled to east germany and spent the rest of his life in moscow cockingits who had not succeeded in keeping him. in 2012, he told a russian tv channel that he had not changed sides because of blackmail or torture. he had offered his services voluntarily. in a message of condolence, president putin described him as courageous, an outstanding professional, adding that his memory it would remain in russian hearts for ever. russia gave him medals and much praise but, to britain, he is the cold war traitor who escaped justice. a series of explosions in kabul have killed at least two security personnel. officials said there were four blasts within the space of three hours. the blasts damaged houses, shops and vehicles nearby. journalists, activists and politicalfigures have been targeted in recent weeks. kabul has witnessed several bomb and rocket attacks in recent weeks targeting security forces, politicians and activists. us officials are investigating more than 500 leads in a camper van blast in nashville, tennessee on christmas day. the explosion injured th

culture is a very interesting time going up and down the iron curtain between west germany and east germany and as we tried to figu out earlier, may be the first person at the head ofhe state department having been director of the cia that would've bn an interesting perspeive. so with that backgund it is fascinating i'm incredibly honored to welcome you and please join us secretary pompeo. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. making sure i get everything just right. thk you for very warm introduction i want to personally thank you for staying our entire team here is the ventricular with the requirements thank y for getting that right andhose of you watching virtually i apprecte you joining me for what would be a good conversation today and we have the chanceo have a lovely conversation we have a couple special guest and senator chambliss when i was nominated to be cia director spending so much time with the intelligence commuty he was so gracious to help me figure out what was up and down and i deeply appreciate that. i graduad from the one - - the united states military acade

soviets and the east germany, for example, study, very much tried to help the peace movement becausemately serves their interest to criticize america's force modernization plan. but that created an intellectual problem. i'm going to suggest something unusual, look at this from the point of view of those running the operation. say kgb in the cold war. if if you're looking at an existing phenomenal. how can you determine whether you're the cause of a certain development or something was happening without you? so, i think what we're looking at today is this situation that they're trying to, now in 2020, that the russian intelligence community continues to try to take advantage of existing debates and frictions in the united states. but if we fall into the trap of ascribing to their actions too much power. for example, if you think or claim that the russian election interference was responsible for getting donald trump elected, there is simply not enough evidence to support that claim. we cannot say for a fact that they had an actual impact on the outcome of the 2016 election. but if you

these were located at this site of the 1st dominican monastery in the whole solar palace in this east germany's parliament and now the humble foreign home which is now almost part of this history what's the biggest attraction for tourists here what is there to see and to give the here you come on as i don't know if they're really in the garage larger courtyard reconstructed on 3 sides is a brand new part of berlin just waiting to be discovered then there's the north south passageway and the palace itself so that. allegedly the homeward form will open soon and that's a glimmer of hope jury was locked down. until mid december stores in germany were still open for christmas shopping. always making sure to keep that distance between mask shoppers and caddy probably berlin's most famous department store. it 1st opened its doors over 100 years ago. on the 4th floor it's christmas the lower every kind of decoration imaginable everything you could wish for and more. it seems like business as usual to me but this is nothing compared to what they're used to according to store manager t.-mo favor. i mean

he reports from east germany. past fiveur years, theean union has been strengthening its defenses against asylum-seekers, but not everyone is unwelcoming, especially here inhe east german city of pottstown. catherine believes she has a civic duty to boost integration. sympathetic germans help migrants with language and other problems. ath working one person at a time to counter the growing influence of the right wg and its anti-immigrant stance. >> i think it is human nature to hold others responsilee for your pr. if people who are right wing or not, or if for example your neighbor who is not an extremist feels cheated because they n place,et a kindergar or has a hard time finding a place to live, it's easy to blamothers for that. malcolm: this man came to germany via greece and managed to reach europe before the greek border with macedonia was sealed in december of 2015. since then, there has been a stalemate, and many refugees have been stuck in greece, unable to progress. >> ic germany as my second home. i am f

here at this nursing home in north—east germany, the vaccination programme has begun a day early.id they weren't prepared to wait for they weren't prepared to wait for the european union's co—ordinated rollout, which was due to begin on sunday. clearly for governments all around the world it could be a real game—changer. but as the vaccine spreads in vans and lorries across the continent, so too it seems does the continent, so too it seems does the new variant strain of the virus. it was first identified in the uk nearly two weeks ago, leading to tough new restrictions for millions of people. despite some countries are effectively closing their borders to travellers from britain, the virus has been found in parts of western europe and further afield. japan and now canada have confirmed positive tests. the new form of the virus is potentially far more infectious, but at this stage it doesn't seem to be any more severe or crucially any more deadly. the big question is — will the new vaccines be effective in combating it? it happens every year, for example, with influenza virus. we c