tankers reached the rhine valley -- the tigers reach the rhine valley in a week capturing 8000 prisoners cutting off the escape route for 50,000 germans. march, they crossed the rhine with a final cleanup that was to take them clear to the austrian and bavarian alps. ♪ three days later, after heavy fighting, the division road through the historic university city of heidelberg. ♪ but the tigers were getting tired. after six months of continuous fighting, the division was not 50% low strength and the men were showing the inevitable signs of wear and tear. this was a dangerous situation. the germans were deftly on the run, they still packed a murderous wallop. [artillery fire] on the third of april, 1945, the 10th armored division and battalion of the 100 infantry division received orders to seize a town and continue east. >> i'm lieutenant colonel george hamel. during world war ii i was a company commander in between first tank battalion, 10th armored division. to division had been ordered seize a city, a key communications center. riley,talion, task force had driven up to very gates of it

i remember on the rhine the destruction of a german supply column. with the aid of the air force who had bottled up some german vehicles earlier in the day. we were able to destroy the german armies supply train. this was recognized as one of the greatest comments -- greatest concentrations of enemy equipping of the antiwar. -- of the entire war. general patton -- equipment of general patton came down and said it was most fantastic destruction of an enemy column he had seen during the entire war. >> the tigers the rhine valley -- the tigers reach the rhine valley in a week capturing 8000 prisoners and sitka -- and cutting off the escape route for 50,000 germans. on the 28th of march, they crossed the rhine with a final cleanup that was to take them clear to the austrian and bavarian alps. three days later, after heavy fighting, the division road -- rode through the historic university city of heidelberg. but the tigers were getting tired. after six months of continuous fighting, the division was not now 50% below strength and the men were showing the

on december 7, hitler approved the final operation now renamed watch on the rhine .itler's plan of attack was to break through on the ardennes with three armies. -- the sixth panzer army led by the butcher from bavaria. the fifth panzer army, led by a baron. and the seventh army led by general brandenburger. they would cross the river on the second day between liege and namur, bypass brussels and reach the great port of antwerp on the seventh day. this operation, hitler believed would destroy more than 30 american and british divisions. he believed it would be the beginning of the end for the allies. within the next week, thousands upon thousands of troops and thousands upon thousands of tons of material were transported secretly from assembly areas to terminals just behind the front lines. troops]g ♪ >> on the eve of december 15, one quarter of a million germans stood poised on the line of departure, prepared to annihilate the enemy. ♪ >> at 5:30 a.m., the following morning, flames erupted along an 85 mile front. hitler's drive to antwerp have begun. -- had begun. [

even the old rhine herself, her banks filled with dragon teeth. sometimes the frontier was like the rhine, a natural barrier, an invisible line across streets, an invisible line, and an attitude of mind. how could these europeans be united when they were also different? here was the blood of many races, nationalities, each with its own traditions and ways of life, not to mention different tongues. as neighbors, they had seemingly little in common, and now they had not only little in common, but little enough anyway. all very well for winston churchill to make speeches on unity in 1947. he had self-respect, enough to eat, and a place in which to live. unity was well down on the list of priorities. it was supposed to stem from the united nations, where delegates from east and west sat down together, even they were cynical. though they talked of a settled world, they were talking of neither the same thing nor the same means of achieving it. now, there was a new power in the world, that of the soviet union, based upon moscow. after 20 years of communi

experts envisage state of north rhine-westphalia only in 3 other german states as opposed to elderly care for example where skilled labor is scarce all across germany as the government is trying to ensure enough skilled workers support the economy with labor secretary who betters higher is willing to let business take the lead. virtue of we have to talk to our businesses about what they can do how they want to recruit skilled labor and what way are and for which sectors of the economy and we will have to support them in finding the right people an issue beat us in a lesson or a product way that is and i love it was done because i'm so tolerant and all cards are good. cutting red tape is front and center at today's skilled labor summit in berlin where at this time only one thing is entirely agreed. that germany faces a die earlier shortage and has to act quickly. among those countries that germany is actively targeting for recruitment of skilled workers are for example india and vietnam boss in singapore vietnam is experiencing a shortage of skilled workers as well and it's not the on

human to patient solidarity and freedom and also unity also i mean lashing that state premier of north rhine-westphalia beethoven clearly represents the worldliness of the rhineland region isn't it's a very multicultural area we live in and his music and the music it's not a drum in music it's a european it's a vote music. along with plenty of beethoven the gala featured new music inspired by him with lyrics by british writer paul griffiths reflecting on the composer significance today here there sung by soprano is evens. other performers included jazz pianist olivia toma improvised in the spirit of beethoven then segue to into his choral fantasy. the principal conductor of the local orchestra there cuffed tun reflected on the responsibility involved in paying tribute to such a musical icon. of course be driven doesn't need us actually. but then he needs us again because without us is the place he has a big big challenge but on the other side we have to grapple have to touch him so he touches us 40000000 tourists have been earmarked for the beethoven anniversary 27000000 coming directly from the german

experts envisage state of north rhine-westphalia only in 3 other german states as opposed to elderly care for example where skilled labor is scarce all across germany as the government is trying to ensure enough skilled workers support the economy with labor secretary who is willing to let business take the lead if. we have to talk to our businesses about what they can do how they want to recruit skilled labor and what way are and for which sectors of the economy and we will have to support them in finding the right people an issue of these us in a lesson grow product way it is and it was done by. cutting red tape is front and center at today's skilled labor summit in berlin where at this time only one thing is entirely agreed upon that germany faces a dire labor shortage and has to act quickly. also impacting the construction industry with residential construction floundering the number of new construction was stagnant for the 1st 10 months of this year research also shows that the number of new housing units to be completed next year will fall far short of demand experts say the nu

experts envisage state of north rhine-westphalia only in 3 other german states as opposed to elderly care for example where skilled labor is scarce all across germany as the government is trying to ensure enough skilled workers support the economy with labor secretary who better is high and is willing to let business take the lead. of course we have to talk to our businesses about what they can do how they want to recruit skilled labor and what way are and for which sectors of the economy and we will have to support them in finding the right people an issue of these us in a less grow product way which is and i love. cutting red tape is front and center at today's skilled labor summit in berlin where at this time only one thing is entirely agreed upon that germany faces a diode labor shortage and has to act quickly. the european central bank is getting ready to welcome new members to its executive board come january 1st so who are they and what will they be doing the easy these executive board has 6 members it's led by the institution's president. and as of last week that's france's c

digitalisation no but the board and the regional politician is the former finance minister of north rhine-westphalia and earned kind of a reputation as a robin hood because the fault tax evaders pretty hard and they both were supported heavily by the youngsters in the social democratic party by the use of those for their left wing stands still backbenches they may be but they both set me out being critical of the current government could we see the end the end of the coalition with chancellor merkel cd. this is certainly the most important question now will they stay in the coalition with i'm glad america's conservatives they both were critical as you sat and they said that they want to renegotiate the coalition treaty the coalition deal with the conservatives the conservatives have rejected that already they said we have this deal and that's the basis for our work together so really next week's party conference of social democrats will show that they want to discuss how to continue whether they want to step out of the ground coalition but certainly the prospects of a snap election or a minority gov

and russians are alexander the 1st were residing if you can castle on one evening the rhine a siblings were hired to entertain the guests. silent night was among the songs they performed. the illustrates cast was so taken by their performance that bizarre invited them to visit russia. as a result the siblings began a tour across europe was. carrying. a new. you. know they performed on recommendation in many european cities up to 1839. they even signed for england's king george the 4th in windsor castle. i. am told. that same year the wryness siblings traveled to the united states after what must have been a difficult crossing of the atlantic they arrived in new york just before christmas . relieved to have arrived safely the musical family visited trinity church on broadway to give thanks they sang silent night for the 1st time ever in english in the united states. we're. 6 still. ask when did i 1st silent night is kind of like. when she 1st briefing. is one of us is that i cannot remember i say that such a crazy thought i just cut any. see. the non. we found a. town i've always been a

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at the moment it looks like as we head into the weekend most of the rhine will be towards the uk andas 13 or 14. this is bbc news, i'm julian worricker. the headlines at apm: the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital for treatment of a pre—existing condition and arrives in sandringham to spend christmas with the queen. the queen will use her christmas day message to say the past year has been "quite bumpy", adding that "small steps" can heal divisions. thousands of volunteer firefighters will spend christmas day battling wildfires that are still ravaging australia. a warning from nhs england to parents — keep button batteries — the type found in toys, festive lights, and musical christmas cards — away from children. and coming up in half an hour — from the cricket world cup to a game—changing summer for women s sport —

far away from the river ryan and here in germany we say there's a lot of water going down the river rhine before it comes to this election in 2021 we had already the situation in the eastern part of germany that 2 thirds of the population said no the greens are overdoing it it's climate for direction so let's wait and see what's going to happen as long as we have 84 percent in east and west germany i like to say my own financial situation is good and fine i think as long as nothing has been decided yet but of course at the moment the coalition between the c.d.u. and the green party what have a lot. of followers. right like that slink it head off to in fact as dean at putting organize this in thank you very much was good to talk to you pleasure. that in now to some other news in saudi arabia state owned oil company aramco has completed the biggest share of sales of all time the sale raised more than $25000000000.00 for just 1.5 percent of the aramco is now confirmed as the most valuable company in the. clashes broke out between police and social justice protesters in chile's capital of san

cuyahoga river fire, but also the santa barbara oil spill -- there is a terrible pesticide spill on the rhine river a couple days after the fire in cleveland. all of these things begin to build up, these spectacular events, to remind people just how bad the urban environment, industrial environment had become. >> as you look at the river behind you, how does it look to you today? david: it's remarkable, the change that hs taken place here. it's twofold. it's difficult to tell exactly what is going on in the water itself because it's still the milky brown river that's flowing out of agricultural and forested land. it still has debris that floats downstream. but we see water fowl. we see something you would never have seen 50 years ago, which is people out kayaking and i saw people out in sculls this morning. the cuyahoga has once again become a much more complete river. it is an agricultural space. i am sorry, a recognize rakesal space. there are new parks, -- recreational space. there are new parks, along the river, for people in the whole region. this is something that goes well south of the

the though unity between two house of germany might be a was onceoff, the rhine again a true thoroughfare of europe, europe making its first steps toward unity. a council strasbourg, of europe was meeting regularly, and at its conferences many european nations, n.a.t.o. members and others discussed their continent's future. the council had no executive and its members could only advise the governments of the general trend of its thinking. a good start, but no solution. fact, the solutions were easier than anyone imagined. time did not wait for a political solution. it was the needs of trade and higher standards of living that began to destroy the wall. it started with iron and aine hadnce the lorr been the crucible of war. 1917,hen came the -- of 1940, than in one step and one agreement, all were brought into the european community of coal and steel. the dream of france's foreign minister, schumann, brought into reality. in 1952, in the city of luxembourg, the community set up its headquarters. there, six western european steals living in loal and cooperated to prevent andlapping, wastefu

the mission was called operation watch on the rhine, andio akeem would lead it.n through the american lines. his beloved nation, germany, was led by hitler and slaughtered millions. one military public affairs officer posted on twitter that he was dumbfounded by the situation to feature a nazi so prominently on social media. and critics on facebook agreed. many of them commenting in outrage. and at one point the facebook account belonging to the military unit responded defending the post as documented by "the washington post," saying, sometimes in movies, the movie will create a sense of tension by introducing a bad guy. it is a technique of effective storytelling. the picture has since been taken down, and the 18th airborne corps is apologizing, tweeting, we regret the use of the photograph of joachim piper. the intent was to el it the full story of the battle of the bulge. but could that same story be told without a glamorized photo of a nazi? the photo that according to "the new york times" came from a photo-sharing website and may have been colorized by someo

you look down the rhine in all these targeted states where i see the polling, americans are better offthey are financially better off. >> and that's why trump lost in plus 30 states. >> laura: i get your point but they are not the best candidates. >> you have to remember in midterm elections, and historical component of the minster in elections it normally goes the other way. >> laura: we have to get our obligatory mention of the usmca which finally pass today. obama in 2008 said he's going to renegotiate and the fta. in eight years couldn't get it up. this guy gets it young del mcdonough and the democrats in it for half of the year. i get that people do not like trump, but my god. they got usmca, they got the south korean trade deal. that's good for blue-collar americans. speaking of blue-collar americans, joe biden won for the worse response of a debate question and there was some condition. take a look. >> three consecutive american president have enjoyed stands of explosive economic growth due to a booming oil and natural gas production. as president, would you be willing to sacrif

rhine, what's the latest from u.s. officials? >> reporter: the latest is the embassy has not been evacuated. personnel remain on lockdown. these protester, still there and many are not the typical political protests we've been seen roiled baghdad for some time. they appear to be largely be comprised of members of the militia group, the same group the u.s. targeted in air strikes and senior u.s. officials asked the iraqi government to do more to dispel these protesters to safe safeguard the u.s. embassy. they say they condemn the air strikes, that would like all citizens to not protest, to not riot, if you will, in the vicinity of the diplomatic corridor of these diplomatic posts. it appears that they are not listening to that and appear to be hunkering down and that this could go on for some time. >> so how is the u.s. military responding? >> reporter: the secretary of defense was sending additional forces. we've confirmed two apache helicopters flew overhead in a show of force. you see video of that released by the military ther

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