emperor naruhito said he was deeply grateful as the bbc‘s tim allman reports.s from the tokyo police and fire departments. some of these things had to be delayed several weeks during to the impact of typhoon hagibis. but it was a sea of colour, noise and excitement nonetheless. then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace. thousands of loyal subjects, waving flags, were holding up lanterns. translation: i am very grateful to everyone who was here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i‘ve been receiving from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor." there was a special musical performance, including a new piece of music called ray of water, specially composed for the event. on sunday, the emperor and empress will travel in an open—topped car through tokyo. the final event, the final celebration. the new imperial age begins. tim allman, bbc

then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace.ion: i am very grateful to everyone who was here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i've been receiving from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor." there was a special musical performance, including a new piece of music called ray of water, specially composed for the event. on sunday, the emperor and empress will travel in an open topped car through tokyo. the final event, the final celebration. the new imperial age begins. tim allman, bbc news. peace corridor has opened between india and pakistan, meaning that the shrine that venerate the famous and well—regarded guru can be visited. for many of those here, today is a dream come true. this temple of gurdwara is believed to have been built where the founder of sikhism, guru nanak, spent his final years in the 16th century. now pilgrims from

japan's emperor naruhito. and his wife emperor sat masako away from an open collars more than 100000 well wishers lined the packed streets and then he turned took over official duties last month succeeding his father i can he tell following his abdication under japan's post-war constitution the emperor has no political power and is limited to some of those. this is d.w. coming up but next looking for the cold war and jane flavored with elephants dumped 2 of our favorite the forts from the last week. of the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate alexander from the world's 250th birthday we're embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w. . welcome to the but is the game here for detail the. trip to talk about its. coverage. 3 more. asshole we have. let's have a look at something illegal so you don't want to. make a. w. this week on world stories. tourists visit the berlin wall 30 years after its fall south africans make jen with the aroma of elephant dung but we begin in

on sunday, the emperor and empress will travel in an open—topped car through tokyo.. tim allman, bbc news. a quick reminder of the top story, more than 120 bushfires continue to burnin more than 120 bushfires continue to burn in eastern australia is the crisis spanning two states continues for a third day. three people have died and authorities say a number of dead could rise. —— the number of dead. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughan jones. i'm lewis vonjones and this is bbc news. —— vaughan. hello. the weekend got off to a cold, frosty start. more rain followed for many of us on saturday. notjust rain, more of the uk had its first snow of the season into the welsh hills, the higher parts of shropshire. but it's the effect of recent rain which is still causing major flooding, particularly into parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. there are many flood warnings still in force. do head to our website for the latest details about flood and weather warnings. now, sunday getting off to a cold, frosty start. for northern england, scotland, northern ireland, ther

perfect conditions for emperor penguin breeding researchers say if the climate changes it would most likely affect them right now they're trying to count the penguins in the colony. do you think you could only it's i think a huge danger for this penguin colony here is that the structure of the sea ice on which they've green it is changing. if there's an increase in temperature and the sea ice shrinks breaks up earlier in the year their breeding season will be shortened or they may not have any pleading grants or tall any more under certain circumstances they wouldn't be able to build their colony a tall will be able to reproduce. so the research is a document in the penguins numbers from above with a drone they've been commissioned by the german environment ministry to get the big picture of what's happening here. because the camera looks directly down and takes picture after picture at certain intervals. these pictures are supposed to work a lot that way we can piece them together as far as possible because. they do that here a few kilometers away at the alfred vega institute's noir

heater the new emperor and his wife empress masako waved from an open collar as more than 100000 well wishers lined the packed streets he turned took over official duties last month succeeding his father i can he turn following his abdication under japan's post-war constitution the emperor has no political power and is limited to some of us. this is d.w. coming up but next looking for the cold war and jane flavored with elephants duck 2 of our favorite forts from the last week. of the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. to sing the original alexander from the world's 250th birthday we remember going on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w. . welcome to the but is the game here or did.

and christmas suckle the emperor took over official duties last month. germany has been marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall events took place across germany's capital city with the main celebration at the brandenburg gate german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders took part in a special ceremony to remember those who died under east germany's shoot to kill orders against anyone trying to flee to the west but the evening began with an iconic conductor leading an iconic symphony in front of an iconic back. thousands gather here to celebrate as they did 30 years ago on this date when violence brandenburg gate became an unforgettable backdrop to a night that changed the world. in what was a no man's land between east and west the thousands rushed to the landmark to climb atop the wall and make history. at the main celebration german president foreign fighters steinmeyer pay tribute to east germans and others in the east bloc whose peaceful demonstrations led to the fall of the iron curtain here people to carry their le

then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace. up lanterns. translation: i am very grateful to eve ryo ne translation: i am very grateful to everyone who was here today to celebrate this occasion. they are very happy with all the messages i've been receiving from the people ——iam i've been receiving from the people —— i am very happy. i've been receiving from the people -- i am very happy. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. translation: the many people gathered here, he said, the japanese citizens and i would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor. there was a special musical performance, including a new piece of music called rain on water, specially composed for the event. on sunday, the emperor and empress will travel in an open top car through tokyo. the final event, the final celebration. the new imperial age begins. tim allman, bbc news. before we go let's show you these live pictures from the hollywood hills. you can see that smoke rising up. fires burning not too far from the warner broth

japan's new emperor and empress parade through the streets of tokyo. we will take you live to the reception they received. welcome to the viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. thank you for joining us early at 4:00 a.m. here in the united states. our top story. the message to u.s. republican lawmakers is clear much their latest request regarding the impeachment inquiry is pretty much a nonstarter. cnn's jeremy diamond looks at what they want and how the democrat leading the investigation is responding. >> reporter: house republicans on saturday putting forward a list of witnesses they would like to see come forward as the house impeachment inquiry moves into its public phase. the list of witnesses seems mostly an attempt by republicans to divert attention from the allegations that president trump is facing over his handling of ukraine as well as to bolster his case. the list includes hunter biden, former vice president's son, as well as that anonymous intelligence whistle-blower that repu

in japan, celebrations are continuing to mark the enthronement of the country's new emperor.cluding a parade through tokyo, which was followed by a series of musical performances. gail maclellan reports. chanting. this weekend marks the climax of a huge national party. and it looks like they saved the best till last. a parade featuring traditional folk dancing... plus marching bands from the tokyo police and fire departments. some of these events had to be delayed several weeks, due to the impact of typhoon hagibis. but it was a sea of colour, noise, and excitement, nonetheless. then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged to the impact of typhoon hagibis. from the imperial palace. thousands of loyal subjects waving flags or holding up lanterns. translation: i am very grateful to everyone who is here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i have been receiving from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i, would like to once again celebrate the en

then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace.ation: i am very grateful to everyone who was here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i've been receiving from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor." stay with us. we will have plenty more of the wildfires in australia and we will also keep an eye on the boxing match between those two youtube stars. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. i will be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. you are watching bbc world news. goodbye. hello. the weekend got off to a cold, frosty start. more rain followed for many of us on saturday. notjust rain, more of the uk had its first snow of the season into the welsh hills, the higher parts of shropshire. but it's the effect of recent rain which is still causing major flooding, particularly into parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. the

then, as dusk fell, the emperor and empress emerged from the imperial palace.s or holding up lanterns. translation: i am very grateful to everyone who is here today to celebrate this occasion. i am very happy with all the messages i have been receiving from the people. then prime minister shinzo abe paid his tribute. "the many people gathered here," he said, "the japanese citizens and i, would like to once again celebrate the enthronement of the emperor." there was a special orchestral performance, including a new piece of music called ray of water, especially composed for the event. the climax of the weekend's festivities, the emperor and empress in an open—topped car travelling through tokyo. the final event, the final celebration, the new imperial age begins. gail maclellan, bbc news. services have been held across the uk to commemorate those who lost their lives in conflict, as the uk marks remembrance sunday. jack mortimer, who's 96, was part of the allied invasion of nazi—occupied europe on d—day in 19aa. bbc yorkshire arranged for him to meet with sinar,

the emperor and empress greeted crowds waving japanese rising sun flag.up for you ina dateline london is coming up for you in a moment, now we are going to check out the latest weather forecast. we have seen those terrible flooding scenes, is the weather going to be any kinder to those flood victims in the north of england and the midlands? for now, it certainly is. for all of us today, it is a chance to draw breath. it is a beautiful day out there across many parts of the uk. it will stay that way. it will stay put on at the driver spells of sunshine. things clouding over later for northern ireland, generally speaking, a nice day to get out and about. the wind is relatively light, so while temperatures will reach seven to 11 celsius, it doesn't seem like much on the face of it, in the light winds and such and it won't feel too bad. but things changed tonight, rain splashes across northern ireland. over higher ground, we could see snow. a covering of snow possible up above 150 metres across parts of scotland. mainly rain further south and east, turning in

emperor trump. our founders, because of their deep understanding of roman history, new that the disease of republics is empire. what we have now is clearly a person who is proud and brags of islding his business empire, an empire thinker, psychologically, as the psychiatrists have looked at him , and they realize he acts like he'spire and emperor, and essentially and emperor. he's our first one -- an emperor. he's our first one that has acted this way, and impeachment is an ideal defense against the country becoming an empire under an emperor emperor trump. it's -- like emperor trump. host: i believe police are gathering inside 1100 longworth this morning, having a meeting about keeping the area secure for today's proceedings, security tight on capitol hill as it always is. anybody who's trying to enter the building outside of this committee room have to go through metal detectors. there are only a limited amount of seats for the public. fox news reported on wednesday that the seats were about 100 f

the chinese legend the sky is the emperor and the emperor is considered a godlike figure so even to deceive god to achieve your objectives. to me this is exactly the strategy of the chinese communist party in beijing are using today. specifically directed at the united states. >> host: i was very struck by the fact that you dedicated the book to the chinese people. before we go into the content and u.s. policy towards china, tell us why you dedicated the book to the chinese people. >> host: >> guest: i think they need to be liberated from this, the horrors of the communist regime. we don't -- i remember doing a debate in new york city many years ago and it was whether china was a threat and on the side that said china wasn't a threat was a businessman who came up to me afterwards and said i've been doing business in china for 20 years and i've never met a communist. and i was shocked and i said well, you should visit the people's liberation army museum in beijing which i've done in the past, and there you will see all the founding fathers of communism and that's even stalin, angles, marks.

naruhito spectators rose and waiting outside the imperial palace to see the new emperor and his wife and 1st masako them for took over his official duties last month. former brazilian president lula da silva has rallied supporters a day off he being released from jail this is the criticised current conservative president abbas in auto and said leftist parties could take back the leadership in 2022 election. in mexico the funeral has been held for the final victim of a suspected cartel attack in a township founded by a group of breakaway mormons 9 women and 3 children were killed it's not clear whether they were targeted what ambushed by accident. hundreds of catalan independence activists gathered in barcelona as spain prepares for an election on sunday they call for the release of jailed separatist leaders and an independence referendum it would be the 4th election in spain in as many years. in the u.k. residents in the town of doncaster have been forced to abandon their homes due to continued flooding with water levels reaching record highs the environment agency is warning that se

succeeding his father he took following his abdication under japan's post war comes to choosing the emperor has no political power and is limited to sentiment as. the state of the news life from then coming up next night groups with many see and nico santos and of course he got all the way he said news and headlines around the clock on our website the w dot com i'll be back at the top of the hour i've been. welcome to the but is the game here or detail the. trip trying to talk about its. coverage. 3 more. slowly have. let's have a look at some of the government illegal so you want to stick. with. t.w. . hello and good evening i'm very happy that you're tuned into night today we're.

to celebrate the end of throne ment of emperor nero he too spectators are also waiting outside. the city and her life and christmas socks i the emperor took over official duties last month will make you have some pictures of their journey through the japanese. thanks. jane for. the language courses. video audio. anytime anywhere. w.

of thousands have turned out to watch a spectacular parade in tokyo to celebrate the in front of emperor unary hito many of the spectators have one sought after law to retake gets to attend the festivities the emperor completed his ascension to the throne last month. in a straight ahead least 3 people have been killed in massive bushfires raging across the east in the state of new south wales blazes are also tearing through queensland further north thousands of people have been evacuated and a total fire ban has been declared. a family's desperate scramble to beat back the flames in their backyard suddenly relief comes from the skies. with dozens of fires raging across new south wales residents everywhere are recounting their brush with death. was right here bob look it's that whole i bear no meal is what. an inferno it was like the apocalypse and it was like hell on earth. even seasoned firefighters seem shell shocked by the ferocity of the blazes i'm still gathering thoughts trying to remember what it was that or actually did sorry for the record but we saw. it was an unprecedented eve

of people turned out to watch a spectacular parade in tokyo to celebrate being thrown of japan's emperor and now he took. his wife empress. away from the no. 100000 well wishers lined the packed streets or he too took over official juices last month succeeding his father he took following his application under japan's post-war constitution the emperor has no political power and he's limited to some of those. now don't forget you can always get d.w. news on the go just download from google player from the ups store give you access to all the latest news from around the world. push notifications for any breaking news can also use it to send us photos data videos. up next here on the d.w.p. shift look at how to digitalize asian is changing education as you get all the latest new sendai headlines 247 on the website of course if you don't have the app that's d w dot com out of the deck. how to. cover your concept discomfort with the boss for. a school. project after 100 years the ideals of the bonds on more relevant today than they were a. 100 years ago visionaries reshaped things to come to

and his wife empress the circle the emperor took over his official duties last month. in australia at least 3 people have been killed in a massive bushfires raging across the eastern state of new south wales blazes are also tearing through queens and so the north thousands of people have been evacuated and a total fire ban has now been declared. with germany has been marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall events took place across germany's capital city with the main celebration at the brandenburg gate german chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders took part in a special ceremony to remember those who died on the east germany's shoot to kill orders against anyone trying to flee to the west that evening began with an iconic conductor leading an iconic concerto in front of an iconic backdrop. thousands gathered here to celebrate as they did 30 years ago on the state when violence brandenburg gate became an unforgettable backdrop to a night that changed the world. in what was a no man's land between east and west the thousands rushed to the

it was something that the emperor emeritus did to masterfully. most of his adult life to watch and study from. so his approach moving forward, well, we have to wait and see. we will have to see what role his wife will play. remember, she was not born into a royal imperial family. she was the daughter of a diplomat. she herself ivy league educated, promising diplomat who gave up her modern life for the confines and careful control of life behind palace walls. now that she is empress, will she be given a bigger role? will we hear more from hadar? we will continue to watch going forward in this new era for japan. will ripley, cnn, hong kong. >>> now we have this story from sierra leone. they fought ebola and a civil war. military leaders are looking to expand their yoga program. lynda kinkade has that. >> reporter: soldiers stand with bare feet, reaching for the sky instead of a weapon. this yoga practice is part of a new initiative to help soldiers who are suffering from mental trauma after fighting both war and disease. . >> just relax. >> reporte

its edge, the frozen ocean front, is home to the emperor penguin. on the ice shelf, it is freezing cold, perfect conditions for emperor penguin breeding. researchers say if the climate changes, it would likely affect them. right now, they are trying to count the penguins in the colony. >> i think a huge danger for this penguin colony here is that the structure of the sea ice on which they breed is changing. if there is an increase in temperature and the sea ice shrinks or makes up earlier in the year, there breeding season will be shortened. they may not have any breeding grounds at all anymore. under certain circumstances, they would not be able to build their colony at all or be able to reproduce. >> the researchers are documenting the penguins' numbers from above with a drone. they have been commissioned by the german environment ministry to get the big picture of what is happening here. >> the camera l looks directly down and takes picture after picture at certain intervals. these pictures are supposed to overlap. that way we can paste them toge

needed so much capital they had to go public and then we had a decline where people looked at the emperorand said the emperor had no clothes on in the first quarter earnings came out and the losses are staggering. >> we thought we knew that going in to this. after 2006 and on top of 1999 when it was buying stocks because of clicks to the website and not fundamentals. let's talk about wework, and you have to look at softbank, softbank valuing the company up to 47 billion companies until the realization that really happens in the earnings are not here. >> i both the more not for the value that the place, that's bad investment judge it, i fault them for bad exercise of corporate governance. they let capital structure come in with dual class shares and they had no control over the company and virtually no independent directors in adam neumann and the public filing had the ability to control company not only through his life but for three years after he died, subsequently to their losing a fortune on paper and then wework situation and bailing it out, they now announced publicly they will have

the city is located on the danube and the door now so the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river this is one that infrastructure was unique and offered short travel times messages could reach the chancery in vienna within 3 days and vice versa. the next to the infrastructure there was a 2nd key factor namely that reagan's book was an imperial city. that it was not part of the surrounding duchy of the various but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belonged to him and because it. i must have a daughter what did the rice tag mean for reagan's birth to get on a i imagine so many powerful people coming here money was being spent and of probably brought the city some other perks to. a stop over in the to leave as of course pagans book was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was a shorter distance to travel. in fact then the city had an international flavor and that so. ca

that it was not part of the surrounding duchy of the various but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belonged to him. because it so him. i must have a daughter what the rice talk mean for reagan the bird again i know i imagine so many powerful people coming here when money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to. stop over in the to leave of course pickens book was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was a shorter distance to travel. and sac then the city had international play. that's i. guess still calls my attention to an interesting your all the bird on the wall is standing on one foot and holding a stone in its claw it's meant to remind the envoys to pay close attention to the debates whoever falls asleep is dropping the ball or hear the stone and disturbing the diet. and minutely there is no way for me to know how the envoy spend their free time all

tens of thousands of people have celebrated the coronation of japan's new emperor at a national festival in tokyo the festivities were originally scheduled for october 22nd but were delayed due to typhoon give us now reporter became emperor in march after his father abdicated the 1st monarch in 2 centuries to do so. your headlines on al jazeera this hour cambodian opposition leader has been freed from house arrest more than 2 years after being charged with treason his release comes a day after the co-founder of the opposition party sam rainsy arrived in malaysia from his self-imposed exile in france when he has more from bangkok coming up on choose day the european union will deliver a report to the government of cambodia after its investigation into the decline of democracy and human rights in cambodia and potentially the e.u. will withdraw tariff free access for cambodian goods to european markets because of those problems in the country and one of the demands of the e.u. is that kim should be released from house arrest and all charges against him dropped well we've seen a step in that