sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. investigators say the suspicious package found at a pharmacy in the german city of pasta on friday was not about terrorism but in fact blackmail investigators say whoever sent the package was demanding money from d.h.l. the german delivery company. a hissing sound then nothing but it was a close call in pots time on friday when employees at a pharmacy opened a package found in their store the device inside was much more dangerous than investigators originally thought. didn't apparently the blackmailer or the blackmailers didn't mind risking injuries or even death of those who received the packages. called the target the delivery firm d.h.l. included in the package was a black mail letter embedded as a q.r. code. info to whoever sent the package demanded a large sum of money if you didn't get paid he said he would send more packages ascendant. a similar package was found in early november in another city and brandenburg investigators believe the suspect may make good on his threat to d

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i'm sarah harmon welcome the show it's good to have you with us aid workers in syria have begun evacuating twenty nine critically ill people from a besieged rebel held town in eastern guta evacuations were part of an agreement between the syrian government and rebels the u.n. has drawn up a list of some five hundred people to be evacuated from the damascus suburb it faces severe shortages of food fuel and medicine as winter sets in. for this little girl it's not just the end of a nightmare it's a chance to stay alive. she was one of the first of almost thirty critically ill people evacuated from eastern cooter. for weeks international aid organizations have been calling on syrian president bashar al assad to allow hundreds of people in desperate need of medical attention to leave the besieged suburb. tuesday night saw the first of them get into ambulances and leave. where they are and there has been no medical supplies for months children are dying tradition so it is an absolutely shocking state so a small glimmer of hope there are now twenty nine desperately children who should start rece

and sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. arab league foreign ministers have demanded the u.s. reverse president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meeting in cairo this something would also call on the united nations to condemn the decision trump said he was only recognizing reality despite warnings the move could jeopardize the middle east peace process the decision was met with days of violent protests. israeli police patrol over streets taking no chances hundreds of protesters turned out on this certain day of rage but numbers were said to be down on previous days. the focus is now shifting to the diplomatic stage the leaders from the region headed to cairo for an emergency summit of the arab league delegates there called the u.s. move a dangerous violation of international law. but in the selim we call on all of the world's peace loving nations to raise their voices clearly and to reject the u.s. president's illegal decision. we call on the world to recognize the state of palestine with east jeru

and sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. tension is running high in the middle east. after days of protests against us president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is the most group hamas has said two of its gunmen were killed in israeli airstrikes that were carried out in response to rocket attacks from the gaza strip the palestinian health ministry said israeli bombings on friday injured more than a dozen people this comes as demonstrators and israeli forces clash for a third day amid a wave of outrage over trump's decision to reverse decades of u.s. policy. let's cross over to jerusalem now where our correspondent paula newton elements there for us my the region was braced for violence following trump statements on jerusalem how was it actually been there. well after yesterday as you can see behind me i'm standing at damascus gate where in jerusalem everything happened yesterday and right now it's very much a typical saturday morning with the old city is once more open people are going

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and sarah harmon welcome to the program it's good to have you with us. arab league foreign ministers have demanded the united states reverse president doll drums decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital that decision has sparked violent protests not just in israel and the palestinian territories but also in other countries in lebanon security forces fired tear gas and water cannon the protesters near the u.s. embassy in beirut president trump a said he was only recognizing reality despite warnings that the move could jeopardize the middle east peace process. israeli police patrol over streets taking no chances hundreds of protesters turned out on this certain day of rage but numbers were said to be down on previous days. the focus is now shifting to the diplomatic stage the leaders from the region headed to cairo for an emergency summit of the arab league delegates there called for u.s. move a dangerous violation of international law. kalash overhead but in the selim we call on all of the world's peace loving nations to raise their voices clea

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and sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us. investigators say the suspicious package found at a pharmacy in the german city of pasta on friday wasn't about terrorism after all but blackmail investigators say whoever sent this package was demanding money from d.h.l. a german delivery company. a hissing sound then nothing but it was a close call and punched him on friday when employees at a pharmacy opened a package found in their store the device inside was much more dangerous than investigators originally thought. guns didn't apparently the blackmailer or the blackmailers didn't mind risking injuries or even death of those who received the packages. the two to begin in cold. the target the delivery firm d.h.l. included in the package was a blackmail letter imbedded as a q.r. code. for whoever sent the package demanded a large sum of money if he didn't get paid he said he would send more packages in. a similar package was found in early november in another city and brandenburg investigators believe the suspect may make good on h

forget you can always find the latest information on our web site that address is d w dot com i'm sarah harmon in berlin our whole team thanks for watching will be a free. for information i. want to express. your facebook and twitter up to date and in touch. with. our journey begins in the province of miss eunice in northeastern argentina the sub tropical climate is ideal for growing tobacco for more than twenty years herbicides have been used here extensively chief among them. that's had serious consequences for many of the local residents. the media recount only vettel has been fighting for years to stop the use of life estate and other agro chemicals he's agreed to help us with our report the tobacco that's grown here ends up in products sold in the us and europe. and not in my grandparents' generation grew up healthy. but many of the people of my generation are sick because we work on the fields. we used to grow tea and coffee plants in tobacco harvested the crops by hand. we have news chemicals that today the work is easier on one man but it's damaged our health. like that of the world an

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welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. elaters meeting in brussels are heading for a showdown over the issue of migration european council president donald tusk called a mandatory quota for refugees quote highly divisive and ineffective but your uncle americal who's just arrived has responded by saying member states can't just pick and choose when it comes to burden sharing and solidarity and the migration crisis is not the only controversial issue on the agenda another difficult topic. this was the happy moment at the summit leaders celebrated the start of closer defense cooperation which might lead to something that a few years ago it seemed unattainable a real defense union today this dream becomes a reality we are launching permanent structure of cooperation so-called. which is a practical expression of our will to build european defense but right after the happy moment the german chancellor seemed to have a word with two sgt nobody said what it was about but one thing seemed certain medical wasn't happy about comments

welcome to the program my name's sarah harmon it's good to have you with us one person has been killed and scores injured in clashes on the israeli gaza border following a day of violent protest that as the united nations middle east envoy envoy excuse me warned of the whisk of more. following president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel he told a gathering of the u.n. security council that the move might trigger unilateral actions making a peace deal harder to reach the security council meeting was requested by britain and france and half a dozen other countries of the at the meeting u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley's said decisions on borders should be left up to israelis and palestinians the united states has not taken a position on boundaries or borders the specific dimensions of sovereignty over jerusalem are still to be decided by the israelis and the palestinians in a negotiation israel will never be and should never be bullied into an agreement by the united nations or by any collection of countries that have proven their disregard for israe

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welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. a twenty seven year old man is in custody after an explosion rocked new york city's port authority terminal police say this incident was terror related but new york mayor bill de blasio said that authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats to the city now the explosion occurred during the morning rush hour at the intersection of forty second street and eighth avenue not far from times square four people suffered minor injuries a major evacuation of the entire area took place by police and first responders following the blast. here's married blasio speaking at a press conference earlier. and let's be also clear this was that tempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not. result to make goals. thank god our first responders were there so quickly and that was mayor de blasio speaking earlier let's take you live to the u.s. now where our correspondent carson phenomena has been following the story for us carson the mayor called this an attempted terror attack wha

sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to happy with this. one critic alexina volley is urging the russians to boycott next year's presidential vote this comes as the country's election commission bargain a volley from running against vladimir putin and all his presidential bid was unanimously rejected by a vote of twelve to zero the commission says his conviction in a fraud case widely seen as russia view shit for his anti corruption campaigning makes him ineligible to run of all me has been considered the most serious challenger to putin's bid for a fourth term in office. just moments after the election commission's decision to reject his presidential bid the vulnerable least this message criticizing the decision we have now it's a ploy caught the election. the way they want to carry out the vote is not a real election it will feature only putin and the candidates he has personally selected the ones who don't pose any threat to him they haven't campaigned and they will not campaign is better to move on it's taken out of moscow and leave sur

top of the hour for more and as always you can find the latest on our website or on twitter i'm sarah harmon in berlin for the whole team thanks for watching. images from an isolated country images from what's called. the toggle for captured fascinating shots of everyday life in a regimented society. a north korean diary starting december twenty eighth. inconceivable atrocities took place in the nazi era. three european authors have written very successful crime novels and the third time. so why is this a fitting shondra for writing about this chapter of german history. shapes a hormone more people know i wrote a new r. novel about paris during the occupation because the french know very little about those years should. and even less about the collaboration with the nazis but he almost took the city itself becomes a protectionist in the novel with so much of a moment it was a violent time. omen in some parts of paris people were partying while in other parts they were starving for no good no he's a quintessential elements of the war fiction the one that allowed this self to come on. because

thanks for joining me my name is sarah harmon welcome to the program. chaotic scenes on the streets of kiev today that's after police tried to arrest make sales saakashvili he's the former georgian leader who has become an anti corruption campaigner in ukraine and in a sign of president petro poroshenko police detained saakashvili but were forced to free him again when his supporters surrounded the van where they were holding him our correspondent nick conley was there we'll have an update from him in a moment plus an exclusive interview with saakashvili but first here's what nick's on today. early morning hide and seek and the rooms above kiev's my town square except the man being detained by a unmarked special forces is a former president and one of ukrainian president petro poroshenko is most vocal opponents. as news of the rate spread on facebook within minutes a crowd had gathered on the streets below but still there was no word from the police as to why he was being detained. his arms tied behind his back second really had one last chance to addre

welcome to the show my name sarah harmon it's good to have you with us. a twenty seven year old man is in custody after an explosion rocked new york's port authority terminal police say this incident was terror related but new york city mayor bill de blasio said authorities knew of no more credible or specific threats in the city this video shows the moment the explosion happened during morning rush hour at the intersection of forty second street and eighth avenue not far from times square for people suffered minor injuries police quickly evacuated the area following the blast. and not long after mayor de blasio commented on the incident. and let's be clear this was tempted terrorism. thank god the perpetrator did not. result in the goals. thank god or responders were there so quickly. journalist james ryan is in midtown new york he joins us now james several hours have passed since the attack describe what you're seeing now near the bus terminal where the explosion took place. hi there i'm as you can see i'm. coming over here in midtown manhattan that's

and that state of the news i'm sarah harmon in berlin will join you again at the top of the hour for more news and updates. your homeland because of persecution of sixty five people found a new home in a foreign land with their stories and music they've built bridges to the past. and the future. after the scare starting december seventeenth d.w. . the perception that. the ahead in blue eyed has never been sure and will never be two. people always. asked me where i'm from it's not possible to be german and black. from the moment i get up and leave the house in the morning i'm confronted with racist views images and styria types of people. as a child alice wanted to have white skin because i've heard bed being black and not being able to blend in and i was kind of sticking her out of the group and being you know different than the rest i didn't want to be different. i am traveling around germany to talk with other black people about oh experiences with racism my first stop this ham that's where i was born in. i had absolutely wonderful parents and that helped me a lot in difficult situ