words is very symbolic and it's in evidence for this for this reconciliation i think prism steinmeier has used. the word stalking there too to the polish people stating it clearly it was a german crime this war dut. germany started 80 years ago and then saying important words for people as i ask for forgiveness i recognise our enduring crispness ability those kinds of words are always well you can't have enough of these kind of words when speaking as a german president in the very hot center of war so it wasn't a long time ago when germany might not have been invited to this sort of ceremony all right well it's a really long as i said the path of reconciliation in poland and germany. had to walk through we had to 9070 the very iconic visit of chancellor brandt then falling on his knees before the monument of the uprising in the war so we're so ghetto however it was a very long way but today seeing president steinmeyer there as i said and chance for a miracle saying this kind of words i think it is really a symbol of. friendship and good relations between those 2 countries there is no

the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland‘s forgiveness at an event markingt sparked the second world war. he was speaking in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to suffer german aerial bombardment. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports from warsaw. sudden, violent, the attacks came from air, land and sea. 80 years ago, nazi troops stormed in to occupy poland, an act of aggression which triggered the deadliest conflict in human history. air raid siren. before dawn this morning, sirens to commemorate the first civilian casualties of the second world war. german bombers destroyed the town of weilun. speaking in polish, the german president said he was sorry. translation: i bow my head before the victims of the attack on weilun. i bow my head before the polish victims of germany‘s tyranny, and i ask for forgiveness. in warsaw, a chance to reflect on the horrors of conflict past, but among the leaders and heads of state, two notable absences. donald trump cancelled his attendance at short notice, and the russian leader, vladimir putin, wasn‘t i

poland in 1904945 at least no direct role and also i think it's very important to notice that when steinmeier the german president and do the visit that very little you know this is a polish town destroyed by the german planes in the beginning of the war do the set that these place should be remembered as a get out that spain although i do assure ground that's france as lead it said that's i think the czech republic now well what about starting out and then grant who suffered more i mean these were median so people starve to death in leningrad there were hundreds of thousands of people killed by the error rate in studying the german. and polish president is not even as a mention in the military assault on the civilian population here landing i'm saying this just to explain why some people in russia have such bitter feelings that they go all the way to saying that broadly a probably we should not have cared about the policy in the 1st place you know let me go back in london. every time geoffrey robertson and i speak here in moscow eventually the issue of the world war a television series the b

the german president, frank—walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event markingthat sparked the second world war. he was speaking in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to suffer german aerial bombardment. our berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports from warsaw. sudden, violent, the attacks came from air, land and sea. 80 years ago, nazi troops stormed in to occupy poland, an act of aggression which triggered the deadliest conflict in human history. air raid siren. before dawn this morning, sirens to commemorate the first civilian casualties of the second world war. german bombers destroyed the town of weilun. speaking in polish, the german president said he was sorry. translation: i bow my head before the victims of the attack on weilun. i bow my head before the polish victims of germany's tyranny, and i ask for forgiveness. in warsaw, a chance to reflect on the horrors of conflict past, but among the leaders and heads of state, two notable absences. donald trump cancelled his attendance at short notice, and the russian leader, vladimir putin, wasn'

the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event marking to mark the day the first nazi bombs began falling on poland. foreign leaders and dignitaries — including foreign secratary, dominic raab, have been attending events in the polish capital, hosted by president andrey duda as war beckoned eight decades ago — britain began evacuating 1.5 million people, most of them children, from cities to the countryside. operation pied piper was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in britain's history. hannah gray has been speaking to some of those wartime evacuees. the sun in the sands, where i first had my alcoholic drink at the age of ten. the age of ten? a glass of cider. roger is 91. he's brought his granddaughter to the village he was evacuated to 80 years ago. ten years old, nearly 11, and of course i was evacuated to the beautiful village of lamberhurst. can you remember the date that you got evacuated? yes, friday the 1st of september 1939. this building here is the former butcher's shop where i stayed for the first five

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the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event marking war. he was speaking in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to suffer german aerial bombardment during the conflict. 0ur berlin correspondent, jenny hill, reports from warsaw: sudden and violent, the attacks came from air, land and sea. 80 years ago, nazi troops stormed into occupied poland, an act of aggression which triggered the deadliest conflict in human history. before dawn this morning, sirens to commemorate the first civilian casualties of the second world war. german bombers destroyed the town of weilun. speaking in polish, the german president said he was sorry. translation: i bow my head before the victims of the attack on weilun. i bow my head before the polish victims of germany's tyranny, and i ask forgiveness. in warsaw, a chance to reflect on the horrors of conflict pass, but among the leaders and heads of state, two notable absences. donald trump cancelled his attendance at short notice, and the russian leader vladimir putin wasn't invited. the leaders who

the german president, frank walter steinmeier, has asked for poland's forgiveness at an event markinghe second world war. he was speaking at ceremonies in the polish town of wielun, which was the first to be bombed by the nazis at the start of the conflict. foreign leaders and dignitaries, including foreign secratary dominic raab, are attended the events. the us vice president mike pence is also in attendance. adam easton is in warsaw and we can speak to him now. this is a hugely important commemoration for the polish but also has resonance today. this is a very important commemoration because poland was one of the biggest sufferers and casualties of the second world war. 70% of its population, more than 5 million polish citizens and more than 3 millionjewish polish people were killed. the city centre were killed the mic destroyed by the nazis. —— the mic destroyed by the nazis. —— the city centre was destroyed by the nazis. this is also conflict that because at the end of it the soviet union liberated the city from the nazi occupation, they installed an u nwa nted nazi occupation, th

for poland's forgiveness for the terror inflicted on the country during the nazi era from walter steinmeier made the play alongside his polish counterpart under it in the city of wilen where the 1st german bombs fell commemorations are also taking place in the capital warsaw attended by german chancellor angela merkel and u.s. vice president might pence around 6000000 polish citizens were killed in the conflict including 3000000 jews. to steer for you know and then you believe. i stand before you enough on the up for those who have survived before the descendants of the victims the old and the younger sibs in view. i am humbled and grateful. i bow to the victims of the attack in via phone eigen i pay tribute to the polish victims of german tyranny and i ask for forgiveness. i want to turn to libya now the country has been torn apart by violence since. he was overthrown and killed in 2011 well sunday marks exactly 50 years since gadhafi seized power in a coup al-jazeera is hard to abdul hamid looks back now at his turbulent rule. it was 50 years ago when king idris the 1st of libya was ouste

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german president f frank-walter steinmeier on sunday asked polandnd for f forgiveness foroe nazi invasion inin 1939. u.n. investigator says the u.s., britain, and others may be guilty of war criris after bombing campaign in yemen. as aid workers say over 100 people were likely killed sunday when air raids launched by the u.s.-backed, saudi-i-led coalitioion leveleda prison in n the southwesestern y of dhamar. thisis is assem momohamed, a prisoner w who survived sunday's attack. >> the first strike came with the plane. i was other window. i then went under the window as the walls come tumbling down my back. it were eight people in the room and a total of 100. after the airstrikes, after half an houour to an hour, they can o rescue people. i was yelling from underneath the rubble. 2020 presidential hopeful bernie sanders, who spearheaded the senate's passage of a war powers resolution that would end u.s. involvement in the yemen war, tweeted -- "u.s. bombs, logistical support, and intelligence for the saudi dictatorship's airstrikes make us complicit in this nightmare. congress has declared

russian president vladimir putin, hungarian premier viktor orban and german president frank—walter steinmeierchirac, notably including german ex—chancellor gerhard schroeder, will also be there. a minute of silence will be respected in public institutions in memory of former prime minister jacques chirac. we will keep an ion that and take you there as and when. saudi arabia's crown prince has said he takes "full responsibility" for the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi — but denies allegations that he ordered the killing. in an interview with cbs's 60 minutes, mohammed bin salman said that mr khashoggi's death was a "mistake" by agents of the saudi government. he was killed in saudi arabia's consulate in turkey in october last year. the crown prince was speaking to norah o'donnell, who began by asking him outright whether he ordered the death of jamal khashoggi. translation: absolutely not, this was a heinous crime that i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia, especially as it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. what does that mean, that you

said there are still lessons to be learned from the war and his german counterpart frank falter steinmeier described it as a german crime but his nation will never forget. 80 years after the war began the heads of state of poland and germany shake hands. together they remember the crimes that began on september 1st 1939 steamy sweat on the view today we honor all the victims of the 2nd world war. we bowed to them and with gratitude we kissed the hands of the veterans so we're meant to hear on pilsudski square in the middle of warsaw was where the saxon palace once stood it was destroyed by the nazis the german president had clear words exactly this war it was a german crime. the history of this place is testimony to that. early in the morning the 2 presidents had met in the town of alone at the exact hour when the german military launched the war's 1st air raid and the 1st war crime the attack on the militarily insignificant city claim some 1200 civilian lives. in both velu and later in warsaw president steinmeyer asked for forgiveness from the polish nation if i know you give me and i bow