we took it to hamburg germany last year. >> you got 100,000 people in india? >> yes. >> in mumbai? >> it was right in the heart of mumbai. the prime minister addressed the crowd, it was incredible. >> and then last year we took global citizen to hamburg germany with pharrell, shakira. we had jim kim who's here with us tonight. >> i saw him backstage. >> this is a growing movement. >> it's amazing. for the umpteen people who have texted me, how do you get tickets to this event? >> the way that global citizens come to this event. they take action in support of the world's poor. what does an action mean? we actually -- they download the global citizen act, they may send a tweet, a donation. they may volunteer. they earn points, and all those points help them get here. >> i sent a tweet. but it's actually compelling governments, the european union, turkey. you have these governments, canada that are pledging billions of dollars as a result. >> ireland just said they're upping their commitment. >> ireland should be praised. what they just announced is extraordinary. >> $800 million a ye

a contentious figure at heart a man in hamburg germany. long chaucer's one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change. who quickly measures downfall. i have decided to resign my duties as president of the soviet union he continues to fight for more old peace with the reminder why not should we have to call break. and where peace was taken us today there is a new arms race. of time gorbachev and the opportunity for peace which starts october third on g.w. . such. women in. terms. listen d.w. news live from berlin where a kremlin critic is being treated for a suspected poisoning in moscow the russian antigovernment activist was flown to the german capital where he's been brought to a hospital first specialist a medical treatment get there there's a lot of us one of the four pussy riot protesters who stormed the pitch during this year's world cup final in moscow. also coming up time soon mang kluge wars into southern china battering hong kong with gale force winds

today single out one birth in one nine hundred sixty one that changed the course of history in hamburg germany linda shoulder fillin age twenty three gave birth to her first child her husband wasn't with the time and it was quiet. and then lay back and was relaxed and some i mean somebody whispered into my ear. all right and i was here white awake and i said. what what what has happened to my baby anything wrong you know she said just. let's say. without any emotion. you know he's just cut short arms and i like a child would have asked possibly i said and aren't a calling anymore and shit this card grow this will be like it is now. and then i felt like i was beaten to death.

today single out one birth in one nine hundred sixty one that changed the course of history in hamburg germany linda shield hill and age twenty three gave birth to her first child her husband wasn't with it at the time and it was quiet there. and then lay back and was relaxed and some and then somebody whispered into my ear is your husband not all right and i was here white awake and i said. what what's got what has happened to my baby is anything wrong you know she said just. let's say. without any emotion oh yeah he's just got short arms and i like a child would have asked possibly i said and aren't a calling anymore and shit this card grow this will be like it is now. and then i felt like i was beaten to death. a doctor gave the first time mothers. some friendly advice just get another child. like forget about him you know. i'm a way to get to. shortly afterwards linda's husband arrived and gave her some bad news he'd been keeping from her six weeks earlier his sister had given birth to a baby with similar deformities it looks alike like there must be something that is the same all region t

today single out one birth in one nine hundred sixty one that changed the course of history in hamburg germany linda shelter fillin age twenty three gave birth to her first child her husband wasn't with it the time and it was quiet. and then lay back and was relaxed and some i mean somebody whispered into my ear is your husband all right and i was here white awake and i said. what what what has happened to my baby is anything wrong you know she said just. let's say. without any emotion oh yeah he's just got short arms and i like a child would have asked possibly i said and aren't a calling anymore and shit this card this would be like it is now. and then i felt like i was beaten to death. a doctor gave the first time mothers some friendly. advice just get another child. like forget about him you know. i'm a way to get to pot shortly afterwards linda's husband arrived and gave her some bad news he'd been keeping from her six weeks earlier his sister had given birth to a baby with similar deformities it looks alike like our child there must be something that is the same all region the same diffi

today single out one birth in one nine hundred sixty one that changed the course of history in hamburg germany linda shield hill and age twenty three gave birth to her first child her husband wasn't with it the time and it was quite . lay back and was relaxed and some of the somebody was.

today single out one birth in one nine hundred sixty one the change the course of history in hamburg germany linda shoulder fillin age twenty three gave birth to her first child her husband wasn't with the time and it was quiet. and then lay back and was relaxed and some of the somebody whispered into my ear is your husband not all right but i was here white awake and i said. what what what has happened to my baby is anything wrong you know she said just. let's say. without any emotion oh yeah he's just cut short arms and i like a child would have asked possibly i said and aren't a calling anymore and shit this card grow this will be like it is now. and then i felt like i was beaten to death. a doctor gave the first time mother some friendly advice just get another child. like forget about him you know. i'm a way to get about shortly afterwards then.

wall street to germany don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on a website that's g.w. dot com thanks for joining us. a contentious figure at home. hamburg in germany. gorbachev is one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change.

hamburg in germany.gorbachev was one of the great heroes of the twentieth century mikhail gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union was an agent of change.

hamburgers one of the most visited cities in germany just behind berlin and munich . it took a long time and was more expensive than expected but it seems to have paid off the filo many concert hall has won many fans since its opening in two thousand and seventy that makes it quite difficult to get concert tickets but the visit to the observation deck the plaza is free. a great new balcony three hundred sixty degrees pure hamburg. where are you from well i'm from the united states but i've been living in bahrain for ten years. what do you do here i'm just here on a holiday spending that you break in hamburg with my good friend young peter and enjoying the city where you from both from russia or by here up you're at the old if you know many. they cuz it's a landmark in hamburg and it's a place you have to visit if and have fun in london combine this all this is a good as i heard that it's very difficult to get tickets to and so you just get in line. for the best that was in the little book is that at six pm we'll go to the box office and hope we get tickets so you know

running and wire mental battle it looks like police officers struck out activists from the hamburg forests invest in germany and a city of dozens of activists have called this forest home since twenty twelve now it's said to be clear to allow for the mining of brown coal no mountainside it is absolutely useless to clear the forests at this point the coal that lies beneath us probably won't have to be managed anyway so i find that negligent that people are being put at risk right now on all sides. for years these activists have been holed up in some sixty tree houses protesting the expansion of one of europe's largest lake mites the mining company our w e o and the forest and us legally allowed to cut down trees to access telic night our w.e.e.e. says the clearing us necessary to ensure energy provision but activists are opposed to use of polluting fossil fuels they say the forest is home to protect a specious whose habitat must be preserved their protest camps at a time when germany is charging at exit from coal powered energy to combat climate change many of these activists are refusing to leave the forest

>> hamburg, germany. >> even though they were from germany, could they have had some connection withlbanian men quinn mentioned in her first call to reid? >> we walked back and forth in the parking lot and saw that blue bag. one of the guys was joking and said i bet there's money inside. that's a lot of money, what are we going to do with it? >> but in an unbelievable stroke of bad luck, it turned out these men were not the kidnappers. >> and it becomes pretty clear pretty quick that these guys were in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> the men were actually college exchange students, two of them played on the same tennis team. >> they looked at a bag and said, hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was money in that bag? it was really that simple, that coincidental, and couldn't make it up. >> the college students stumbled onto the bag, picked it up and got scared when they saw cars following them. they then called 911. >> we found a blue bag in a parking lot and there was like a huge amount of money in there and we just want to give it to you guys. >> they came down to jacksonville b

and hamburg thousands of people have been out demonstrating against racism and of the united against racism protesters are calling for an end to migrant deportations from germanynd for hamburg to offer safe haven to refugees the demonstration was organized by more than four hundred fifty groups. one of two famous stone lions in venice has been vandalized the statues stand guard next to the world renowned saint mark silly because the lions made up made by giovanni but not say in seven hundred twenty two is specially popular with children police are still searching for the suspects. u.s. president donald trump has ordered the f.b.i. to investigate allegations of sexual assault against his pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh the senate judiciary committee narrowly approved his nomination by eleven votes to ten but a key senator called for a week long delay before the full first. votes before the full vote to decide whether he should sit on the court now earlier a professor testified that kevyn orr assaulted her at a party when the two were teenagers kevyn orr denied the accusation i mean you want democracy a deal of high drama and roy motion in the us capi

germany's oldest rowing club is located on hamburg and stuff like rowing enthusiastic speakin flocking here at the crack of dawn. today were an all female crew right. for the first. time in my life i'll be rowing an eleven meter long vessel it's a four person shell so teamwork is key. now turn the blades vertically pointing away from you going to exactly be sure to get your wrist that the right angle otherwise you get tendonitis. that's perfect. properly coordinating your leg arm and hand movements to get the rowing motion right isn't easy the tiniest mistakes are instantly noticeable f.i.o.s. sorry that was me. and. after a while i get the hang of things and my rowing motions become smoother. hamburg's add stuff like is an inner city jam that appeals to tourists and sports enthusiasts alike. its smaller park is located in downtown hamburg while its largest section extends far north to the us the lake is a veritable oasis. feel about the people of hamburg to love the city's lush vegetation and waterways and that's why they like exploring the city's many canals there are twenty two of t

rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. we're going to stay in germany now people have again been demonstrating in the eastern city of kevin it's today taking a stand against far right violence and racism the event came after a divisive week of anti immigrant protests and counter protest sparked by a fatal stabbing by the fatal stabbing rather of a german national last weekend two asylum seekers are in custody in connection with that killing. saxony state premier michel chrisma received a friendly welcome when he visited k minutes on sunday he said he'd come to the city to support those who are making a stand against violence and for me to respect. him it is a fun show i chose to attend this event because i think it's important to be there when the people of candidates come together to show the world that democracy and the rule of law are important to them they don't want people to let their emotions run away with them or for anyone especially the most vulnerable to come to harm that foreign minister had a similar message.

rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old building the director of the stork and to church and has called it a cultural tragedy the museum house some twenty million valuable items the cause of the blaze is not yet known. and two people have been booted by gunfire during anti-government demonstrations in nicaragua protesters the or protests rather flared up in the capital after president. expelled un observers who accused him of violent repression rights groups say that some three hundred protesters have been killed in the past four months. children in france go back to school after their summer vacation today but with a new ban on mobile phones in place the french education minister says that the aim is to help children socialise more and to focus for unless it's. well two journalists have been jailed for seven years for breaching me on mars official secrets act while investigating violence against rohingya. while thoug

amount of immigration into their country even though it's not going to east germany it's going to berlin and munich and hamburg but he said for the rank and file it went when spiegel took this book off their top seller list even though it was a top seller he said for the rank and file it is yet more evidence that the liberal elites have so little time and respect for them that they won't look at us even with their worst still they won't even let ordinary people say what they think and a poll conducted in spring two thousand and sixteen for the freedom index of the john stuart mill institute in heidelberg only fifty seven percent of responded and said they felt that one can freely express one's political opinion and germany today he thinks he goes on to say that he thinks it's encouraging debate john stuart mill would encourage debate in america how odious your opinion was no matter if you're steve bannan that you should be put on stage and challenge with equal intellectual or somebody able to articulate why that guy is wrong or what you know have an open debate like we used to back in the sixty's and seventy's

this war disturbed by the city of hamburg for whom he was cherished writer is remarkable it's miraculous you know to people to live where i live and to get to come to germany to get to come to hamburg and have work that i did in a little fisherman's cottage. manic to come here and have my work read and talked about it looked at is a miracle to me something i couldn't have in my wildest dreams imagined. richard fuld grew up in the southern state of mississippi in the days of segregation. look terrible society it was a race to be divided apartheid society we only lived in a part of it in that little part that we lived in was made absurd by being separate from the rest of the population and we knew that we knew how absurd our life was and if you know that you're leading an absurd life i think we need you or can lead you to do absurd things so i did a lot of certain things. but his decision to become a right son turned out to be anything but absurd. we're all writing books in the service of the same ends which is to say to induce people to read and to induce readers to undergo the experience of him as in the literature which is to reaffirm life which is to rea

right life now to germany a mountain dulcimer who's an m.p. in the hamburg state parliament for the left party welcome to r.t. now the u.s. says it wants a new deal once new conditions as well what do you think washington is off to specifically. yes a free look at the situation in the moment i think it would be the best to keep the treaty like it is washington seems to be after finding new solutions finding a new state of escalation of the conflict because if now there is new demands. in stopping by less realistic myside as well that means that iran couldn't defend itself any more probably because it doesn't have. to do so and i think after such a long negotiation it would be very good if everyone would keep the treaty like it is and. look in a more intimate way the us is following the greater middle east project since no more than ten years and that means that he started his asian of all area northern africa and the middle east and all those they will contrie slight like iraq like syria and no shooting next year round and i think that it's very necessary th

helmut schmidt was quite an orthodox former chancellor of west germany and his wife remained faithful to their residential home in hamburg now a foundation wants to turn the house into a memorial site but first someone needs to take stock of all the items which once belonged to the smiths and there are quite a lot of interesting things to be found. the security precautions are still in place at this modest house in hamburg london horne it looks like the residents have just gone away for a few days but in fact this is the former home of the late helmet and loki schmidt the former west german chancellor and his wife lived here for fifty four years if walls could talk they'd have a lot to say big political decisions were made here but first and foremost it was a refuge from public life where the chancellor read played piano and chess chatted and smoked today the house is owned by the chancellor helmut schmidt foundation. what we have here is a place where the private and public sphere is merged with the family sent together in this living room as did world leaders like this crowd to stand and leonid brezhnev or there's a fa

once back in germany, they lived in the town of hamburg with his grandparents. unfortunately, hamburg was one of the centers of allied bombings during world war ii. he has vivid memories from the bombings, seeking shelters in bunkers with his family. despite those experiences, wes remained a true american patriot and he was committed to coming back home to the united states of america. after the war ended, wes and his family moved to constance where he finished school and worked manual labor jobs to save money for a return to america. he stayed in touch with the american consulate in stuttgart, riding his bike taw days each way, most, until finally in 1958 the consulate informed him he could return home. he bought the cheapest passage to the united states. upon arriving in new york, he went straight to the recruiting office to enlist in the united states air force. wes served 22 years in the air e.c. 121 ars and b-52's during the vietnam war. he's a a patriot who never gave up on his country. his service to his country as well as the horrors he and his family su

rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. children in france go back to school after their summer vacation today but with a new ban on mobile phones in place the french education minister says the aim is to help children socialize more and to focus more on lessons. and two people have been wounded by gunfire during anti-government demonstrations in nicaragua protests flared in the capital managua after the president on your take to expel the un observers who accused him of violent repression rights groups say some three hundred protesters have been killed in the past four months. a court in myanmar has sentenced to reuters journalists to seven years in jail they were convicted of breaching the country's official secrets act while investigating the alleged mass killing of orange of muslims by the military the two reporters deny the charges and said they had been framed by police western governments have condemned the verdict and say it calls into question man marse commitment to the freedom of press oh seven years in jail for

rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old building the director of the stork institution has called it a cultural tragedy the museum housed some twenty million valuable items because of the blaze is not get known. turkish police have prevented a group of women in istanbul from holding a peaceful vigil to protest against the disappearance of their loved ones in the one nine hundred ninety s. the women known as the saturday mothers have held nearly seven hundred demonstrations over the last two decades their aim is to try and force the government to find out what happened to their relatives however police accuse the women of having links to the banned terrorist group the p.k. k. . he stumbles police getting ready for action combat gear and gas masks shields rubber bullet guns. and these are the people they're preparing to confront the such as a mother it's about a dozen women many of them past retirement age and their sup

rescue boats in the mediterranean the marchers called for hamburg to become a safe harbor for such vessels similar protests were held across germany. two people have been wounded by gunfire during anti-government demonstrations in nicaragua protests flared in the capital after the president daniel ortega expelled the un observers who accused him of violent repression rights groups say that some three hundred protesters have been killed in the past four months and a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old building the director of the historic institution has called it a cultural tragedy the museum housed some twenty million valuable items because of the blaze is not yet known. to journalists have been jailed for seven years for breaching beyond mars official secrets act while investigating violence against roe hinges while lone and chas they were also working with the reuters were both excuse me working with the reuters news agency the men say that they were framed by police the u.n. i mean anwar has called for their release the case has been widely criticized as an a

kamin from ghana and from germany fell in love and got pregnant but kareem still waiting for his german visa. this true story features in the hamburg band revolver held video for their song about long distance relationships. rock star. acoustic pop and gravelly vocals that's the trademark sound of on in my contract right the band's debut album with gold three times over now the boys from cologne have released a new single. which . these disco house grooves are courtesy of purple disco machine aka tino p. on tech the producer and d.j. from dresden travels the world bringing deep funk to clubs like this one only be thought. back. they may sound american but travels and trunks are from dortmund in western germany the five country rockers are taking their debut album i get along on tour in germany and france. this year we're celebrating an anniversary fifty years of a cult talk during the world wars the cult was a derogatory name given to german soldiers but the word has taken on a positive meaning in music it represents the german artists love experimentation one of the best known cult talk bands isikoff their combat acts like tangeri

profession but the numbers are still very lopsided in germany there are eleven thousand pilots in total but less than six hundred female one young woman from hamburg is sharing her experiences in the cockpit and hopes to inspire others to pursue the profession. not many have a view this spectacular from their workplace. for yulia heitman from hamburg it's both routine and a dream come true she's a pilot with a major german airline. blogs about her job on social media nearly fifty thousand people follow her on instagram where she's known as pilot lit. up we go she's got the day off but she won't stay on the ground she wants to take more photos for her followers and they have to be good in order to get as many likes as possible. instead of a passenger plane today she's piloting a single engine cessna one seven to. yulia solely responsible for the final inspection. and here we have our landing flaps we've got to check little spots like this to ensure they're not blocked and everything's moving the way it should and that all the falseness are in place. everything's in working condition or oil and fuel are topped up what about the weather. only it didn

from ghana and from germany fell in love and got pregnant but kareem still waiting for his german visa this true story features in the hamburg band revolver held video for their song about long distance relationships. it's. going. to stick pop and gravelly vocals that's the trademark sound of on in my contract right the band's debut album with gold three times over now the boys from cologne have released a new single. with . these disco house grooves are courtesy of purple disco machine aka tino p. on tech the producer and d.j. from dresden travels the world bringing deep funk to clubs like this one only be thought. back. they may sound american but travels and trunks are from dortmund in western germany the fine country rockers are taking their debut album i get along on tour in germany and france. this year we're celebrating an anniversary fifty years of a crowd talk during the world wars the college was that there are a very name given to german soldiers but the word has taken on a positive meaning in music it represents a german artist's love experimentation one of the best known cult talk bands isikoff their combat acts