sounded a note of caution defend democracy and freedom she says don't take them for granted i'm phil gayle in balance and this is the day. in the i would like to honor those who were killed near the wall because they sought freedom. i honor the 75000 people who were imprisoned because they attempted to flee east germany. this place and this day remind us of the great historical achievement. so after decades of living with a border patrol by ruthless armed guards under orders to shoot on sight anyone who tried to escape the east freedom which had seemed unimaginable in berlin i arrived in november 1989 and we just walked right through without being stopped it was fantastic and what my mother and my father over there can i go over there and see my parents yes. welcome to the. day germany has been marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the burden war with events across the capital and the country german chancellor i'm going to medical and other european leaders took part in a ceremony but now a struggle and one of the last stretches of the war remains on the chance for war and europeans

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program live using battles president f m our audience is calling for new elections after a regional election monitoring body reported what they called monstrous fraud in october's results the call from the leftist president marks a complete reversal after he claimed victory 3 weeks ago and refuted opposition claims that the photo been rigged and he still facing. calls to step down have a morale this is bolivia's 1st indigenous leader has held office since 2006 is announcement followed weeks of antigovernment protests. calling for new national elections which by voting allow the bolivian people to democratically elect new authorities that incorporate new political actors. straight to the country's capital of pozen where we join our correspondent johan ramires welcome johan so the organization of american states action order to talk about what they said was eat of observed irregularities talk us through some of the findings. the organization the phone that there are at least 1700 iraqis that it says in this process they said that they cannot verify if at lea

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. germany's chancellor angela merkel today stressed her commitment to nato rejecting criticism of the alliance from french president emanuel my crawl in an interview published in the economist newspaper president macross that nato is undergoing what he called a brain death i think that europe must start acting as a strategic world power as a joint news conference in chancellor merkel a nato secretary general against stoughton declared that the alliance is not dying despite widespread dismay at the recent actions of the united states and turkey in northern syria mr stone sober and went on to reject the notion that the us was turning its back on that european allies but said that more german financial support was necessary. so does europe have the wherewithal to act as a strategic world power as president mccall suggests teri schultz is a d w correspondent a nato specialist he can't possibly think that europe can completely defend itself at the moment that's just not possible in any way n

i am phil gayle. welcome to the program.t is a heist straight out of a hollywood movie here to here in germany, thieves broke into europe's most renowned museums and made off with 18th-century jewelry. policed in the eastern city of dresden sending the rate of the green vote collection took place in the earlier hours of the morning. it is home to more than 4000 objects made of ivory, gold, silver, and jewels. >> dresden's green vote museum home to one of europe's greatest collections of treasures. now, it is a crime scene after burglars snatched up to 95 pieces of 18th-century jewelry including diamonds and rubies. this is one of the sets that was stolen. exactly how many items were taken is still unknown. dresden p police say the thieves entered through a winindow. cctv footage shows them heang to a display cabinetet and matching -- and smashing the glass with an ax. by the time the authorities arrived, the burglars are long gone. a nationwide hunt is underway. security measures were considered adequate. >> it is not just t

♪ phil: i'm filled -- i am phil gayle. welcome to the program.he european's incoming president has won parliaments approval for her new team. ursula von der leyen is the first woman to hold the top job and she has set out ambitious goals to turn the bloc into a green superpower and boost economic growth. as well as those challenges, she will have too deal with deep divisions amongst eu member states. >> resounding approval from the eu parliament, confirming the new team of incoming commission president, ursula von der leyen. von der leyen is the first ever woman commission president, and her team of 26 don't differ too much and profile from the usual politicians. her ambitions are a marked change. her ideas of forward thinking as is the gender balance of her team. >> it is a team with almost, almost, as many women as men. only one woman away from gender balance. this shows -- [applause] this shows we have made real progress, but also that we still have to do more. reporter: von der leyen's primary focus is on climate change. at the upcoming clima

the government of protecting the people who ordered her death so why have these men resigned i'm phil gayle this is the day. once the investigation is over in the coming hours or days i will give a full account of my actions. and the current. thinking this is so many ways very good to be justice. do whatever is necessary. at this distance. on ensuring there is no contamination politics. should leave the investigators. have to investigate. also coming up the mounting human cost of turkey's offensive in northern syria a special report on kurds living in fear in ankara so-called safe zone i saw an airplane over our house we wanted to flee and then a turkish plane bombed us with civilians not military and we were at home at home. has seen a day of high profile political of resignations that's the widening scandal of the 27000 murder of an investigative journalist gasp. on tuesday prime minister josef most cats announced the departure of his chief of staff keith schembri this was followed by the resignation of the country's tourist minister conrad mitzi journalist cat daphne want to kill its yea

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. chinese president xi jinping and his french counterpart emmanuel macro have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the paris climate accord speaking in beijing president macross that cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions would be decisive this follows the trumpet ministration to getting the full process to withdraw the united states from the deal presents g mccrone described the paris accord signed in 2015 as reversible. over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment but i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china the european union and russia ratify the paris agreement and make a firm commitment the isolated choice made by one or another country won't change the course of the world. now the course of the world has scientists around the globe so worried that they issued a joint call to action on climat

and to abuse human rights that so what will beijing's threatened countermeasures look like i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day.

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program police in hong kong have sealed off the university. diversity after protium ocracy activists the site and they want trying to leave now facing arrest or thoughts on the i haven't have described protesters as criminals but the demonstrators did receive a small victory from the terraces high court we'll hear from our correspondent there in on the island in just a moment 1st this report. these students are ready to go home camped out at hong kong's polytechnic university they are wary from increasingly violent clashes with police over the weekend. but having failed to dislodge the protesters for days the police are now preventing them from leaving. to a crowd somewhere i exhausted because we've been up since 5 am yesterday we're desperate because the supplies are running low. anyone leaving the university risks arrest and a lengthy prison sentence the students are worried. you know. a little bit desperate. and they're going to say. there's. no way we can get out in the 1st this safely and. the previous night protesters set fire to the ent

accuses the government of protecting the people who have had death so why have these men resigned i'm phil gayle this is the day.

. ♪ i am phil g gayle. welcome to the program.urkey and russia have launched joint ground patrols in northeastern syria. the operation is part of a deal to in the two countries to force kurdish fifighters out of the territory near turkey's border. military vehicles are patrolling a 10 kilometer deep zone marking a major powershift, a month after u.s. president donald withdrew his forces. let's get the latest from dw correspondent dorian jones in istanbul. welcome. what is the purpose? reporter: the patrols are a key part of like after a signed up -- ankara signed up with moscow. the syrian kurdish militias have withdrawn. they see these patrols will verify the withdrawal of the forces. forceded patrol will last for hours, covered 120 kilometers of syrian territory. what we have heard in the last 24 hours from eight key syrian commander ---- a aey said they willll withdraw eveven though ty were not part of this agagreemet has s to out betweween turkey ad russia. -- attached out between -- it will lead to a further milititay operati

hospital the crash happened about 2 30 this afternoon on lake mille highway near old lake phil wrote kron four's gayle ong live at the scene tonight with the latest on. >>grant and can the crash happened down the road from where i'm standing i'm at the inner section of the lake mill road and stagecoach road this area was closed off. hours. >>chp and first responders remain on the scene through the night as they investigate what led to a deadly crash between a cal fire suv. >>and the jeep we received multiple 911 calls of the 2 vehicle crash here on lake the highway were right it will make full road. >>one man is dead another man injured the crash happened just before 2 40 friday afternoon. the cal fire chevy tahoe wound up in the field with its front end smashed the jeep the mangled on the side of the road. witnesses told police the jeep was traveling northbound on lake bill road. the tahoe was driving south before the 2 vehicles collided head-on couple witnesses said that they saw the jeep just for some reason. >>i go out of control. we don't know why at this point however that out of control movemen

phil road. kron four's gayle ong was there.and stage gautreaux thcrashappen just down the street from here and the road was closed off for hours. chp and first responders remain on the scene through the nit as they investigate what led to a deadly crash between a cal fire suv. >>and t jeep we received multiple 911 callsf the 2 vehicle crash here on lake the ghway were right it will make full road. >>one man is dead another man injured in the crash happened just before 2 40 friday afternoon.he cal fire chevy tahoe wound up in the field with is front end smashed the jeep the mangled on the side of the road. wnesses told police the jeep was traveling northbound on lake bi road. the tahoe was drivng south before the 2 vehicles collided head-on couple witnesses said that they saw the jeep just for some reason. >>can you go out of control. we don't know why at this point however that out of ntrol movement caused it to jeep ic, the man driving the was ejected. paramedics tried to save him, but he die on the scene from what we've been

the government of protecting the people who ordered her death so why have these men resigned i'm phil gayle this is the day. under the sea got to be the. in the coming hours or days i will give a full account of my actions. i think this is. very. very necessary.

abuse human rights there so what will beijing's threaten to firm countermeasures look like i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. this act of the u.s. government is completely wrong they are attempting to interfere with hong kong affairs through this act and this plot will not work. to do as president signs on the right and. that's the remarkable achievement of all the hong kong with with the courage and determination. to fight for freedom and democracy to stop the progress will.

sounded a note of caution defend democracy and freedom she says don't take them for granted i'm phil gayle in berlin and this is the day. to day in and i would like to honor.