should be the place to really anoint these films beense berlin has always at the center of chinese cinema, if you can believe that. it has always been a platform to introduce chinese cinema to the world. this is a festival where angry won his first major prize with wear redng banquet and sorghum won in 1988. it really introduced at generation of chinese film makers to the world. tonight, we are introducing a new generation of chinese filmmakers to the world. >> chinese film makers very strong this year. you have covered many of these film festivals in berlin. what is your overall assessment of this year's offerings? >> every year is a mixed bag. we have 20 films in competition and sorum -- some 400 across all sections, so you are going to get the good and the bad. this year we had a great selection of top films. the german films, including stations of the cross, which won best screenplay, was a superb film, very experimental, but very good. the american films were excellent. boyhood, the linklater film, is one we will be watching for decades to co

>> you are watching "the journal," coming to you live from dw in berlin. bombshell result in the swiss referendum as boaters say yes to opposing quotas on immigration. the bad boy of arthouse is back. we get the verdict on a nymphomaniac. at the winter olympics, germany wins its first gold of the games. in switzerland have giving their backing to quotas on immigration in a referendum that appears to have let the country down the middle. 50.3% supported the proposal with 30,000 vote splitting the two sides. the result, the impact could be huge, especially on relations with the european union. >> there was cheering at the headquarters of the swiss people's party, the right wing s dp persuaded 30% of voters to limit immigration from eu states. the swiss government is required to issue immigration caps in three years. it shows how divisive the immigration debate has become. more people looking for work than there are jobs. >> i think the swiss economy needs all these people coming from abroad. and that's one part. in the second part, of course, it will be very

the deputation. students in some situations cinema his cousin again. this year's berlin now in the center of the dairy issues of nike much into our among women. a topic of the two directors meetings to address any convincing way in the fact that the words are being shown here at this vessel means the big recognition for the girls on a candle to boston somewhere new is the cause us to the australian the latest news is that three got the dogs cuts out that stevie got kate said. the economic adjustment program of cyprus is going along with scores in the government budget figures are better than expected it to move into national experts reported on tuesday. but still warning about the existence of significant risks. according to its peers last year the mediterranean island. speaking of the country the years though to seek financial support from the european union and international monetary fund after it lost billion euros on greek bonds. the joint statement from the european commission the european central bank and the two astronauts be fine said that the gdp of cyprus was e

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the sub i was the last film night he must be shown at the berlin now for the first time that some gay activists cheques week for me to be here at this festival is a big honor. it is a big chewy for me to know that my film was here is a festival that is attended by a real cinema experts by cinema lovers and critics alike by those people would define the trends in the world of cinema that the ending to the kikuyu money standing at the one condition. rich. umar is a heart rending look at the formal social position in a single woman in context and the protagonists are perilous and unmarried in the film depicts the struggle to love and to be loved in the face of rejection and other central asian graduation at this year's berlin outcomes from the junk was back to reconcile got the smile about with their first full length feature film. sheila forty days of silence. the main character of a chill in his bb chuck a young woman who takes a vow of silence in retreats to her grandmother's house for forty days to pass only the house in the leaves keep officers silence from the outside surroundings

scott ross perot there at the berlin film festival thank you very much. in other news efforts to find a political solution to the conflict in syria have suffered another setback talks in geneva between the syrian government and opposition broke all saturday with no progress made another round of talks is expected but no date has been set. a ceasefire in the embattled city of homes rumsfeld today these people unable to escape with et nights. now that's the thing that going on. they were among the hundreds evacuated from the siege neighborhoods and homes at it this week the ceasefire that enable effective pots and without any tangible outcome of the un sponsored peace talks to syria. the geneva meeting for a coffee shop today. an un me dh and i got to see me didn't hide his disappointment in the way that is the utter joke. i apologize to the syrian people. their hopes. which weren't very many high that something would happen here we left. you want to delete a lot has been on tuesday homes. give them even more hope maybe these is the beginning itself the comi

here at the berlin army they really do. s upon out that film festivals are an important tool for those who cannot and are not allowed to have their voices heard. >> the screens that have been held up there, they have been sold out. i know people with tickets couldn't get in and it's a good sign there is a lot of interest in a film like that and that message should reach india and it could be shown abroad and makes it more embarrassing for ionia. >> reporter: and he takes a look at ionia's uncomfortable side and it is a film that indeed makes the authorities feel less than comfortable says its director. >> it is clear case of the political free speech control by the state. >> reporter: india may be changing but movies like this may still be harder to come by for sometime yet. phil with al jazeera at the berlin film festival. >> and that's it for us here on america tonight, please remember if you would like to comment on stories you have seen tonight log on to al jazeera.com/america tonight and join us on twitter or facebook p

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he says he has no interest in school and telling aaron calls me and he's desperate for help from the berlin film festival so then he won't be deported the video i'm not just angry and i'm really angry. i would awake trying to get the rope and hang myself here the solution. bosnian media say equally it is exaggerating the situation and that he was offered johnston he refused to them in allah has now put him in touch with a layer to help him with a new asylum application. a man has been acclaimed as one of the greatest actors of the last two decades. philip seymour hoffman has been found dead in his manhattan apartment. he was forty six or so. it is the cause of death was a overdose of seymour hoffman created a host of outstanding care. he won accolades for his oscar win for trail of writer truman capote. the tragic end to the night of one of the actions of his generation seymour hoffman's body remained in his twenties vintage apartment the most nuanced comic appearance making a nice pint when the sun down. it's our job is to me. to do right by it charter. i know it hopefully this. this exhib

. >> i'm phil of the berlin film festival where they are taking audience precipitation to a whole newevel and found out shortly. ♪ hello, there have been celebrations in the iranian capitol to mark 35 years since the islamic resolution and he has been speaking to the nation and a big ceremony in tehran and the revolution saw the over throw of the u.s. backed leader sha-palavi in his place and homan i was supreme leader and set in motion the isolation from western powers. in particular the siege of the u.s. embassy in tehran has a decade of hostility between iran and the united states. in his speech he described the revolution as the iranian people choosing their destiny. >> translator: our revolution moved from dictator ship and from 1968 it was anti-colonial and to over throw the regime and the unjust interference of the united states and iranian affairs. it was not reliant on any foreign power and nobody brought it to victory. it was our nation and the religious motivation stood against all humiliations. >> reporter: and they are at the ceremony in the iranian capitol. >> it's the 3

we often think of the country's rapid economic rise now can read chinese films at this year's berlin film festival tell the struggles of everyday chinese kind to make it in a rapidly changing world. now he dons a black also nice the story of a small town police officer as he investigates a local businesswoman for murder. on the lighter side. to wean on sublime size looks behind the curtains in a group of linus loves artists practicing in ancient times and our correspondents of scott rocks girl has been falling all of the action on the red carpet at the berlin allah. so scott could select xi and what do these films tell us about the state that any cinema right now. paul tells us that they're incredibly healthy this day is incredibly healthy china i mean these are not your typical chinese movies at least the scene in a beach to the period dramas like farewell my concubine about the kung fu action spectacular is like a crouching tiger hidden dragon which easily seats in china which to films that look chinese history and chinese culture. but these are a very modern stories that are often

the eu intends to keep other european countries from following switzerland's leads in berlin and brussels politicians are trying to bolster support for european immigration policy. we must be able to prove you can respect european principles well controlled migration flows in a row. so the eu has its work cut out for smooth over relations with switzerland's convince the liberal immigration policy is advantageous and keep the european parliament in the hands of mainstream parties. so brussels is now reviewing all agreements with the school which means the swiss might not be able to work visa free in the show and trade pacts mike castle can actually come to that so i ask for brussels correspondent jeff mean that the situation was that two years i think he could but not just yet. there's probably a three year implementation period for this swiss decision so um bureaucrats here in brussels on a breeding easy for the moment this is a big big deal and a headache no doubt but it may not come to that too soon and maybe there's a way out before that but you're quite right the ultimate sanction wou

what could he still holds the old thorpe the record was cheering from the stands well here the berlin international film festival has bribed up with a chinese film of black coal facilities taking home the golden bear for best picture and silver bear for best director. on the final day pass for sunday concerning violence the film about liberation movements in africa was recognized with the cinema have been that award the prize is sponsored by the german development ministry in partnership with tw. the people to send to continue to come before thee i had avoided an accent sounded fine today is that an audience. although the direct to guarantee their roles including ten dissenting speech keep us on a message that he was pleased his documentary had one. so i mean by that sprinkles and seek a deal with the recent actions in africa. it combines vials that takes place. we just had a disingenuous plates from the rest of the piano like cramps like i just invite to a friend's final three was bowling and asked me to speak in the colonies the suggestion is that it was james made up of the century

we ail palatally film like this form a huge part of the berlin identity, of course, you have big red carpet, you have the hollywood stars who all come to town to show their movies but away from this, you have these smaller independent films that show issues real life, that you often won't get to see, the things the sensors don't want you to see, but here they really do. which is why critics point out that film festivalle festivals are such an important tomb for those who can't or aren't allowed to have their voices heard. >> screen has been sold out. i know people who had tickets couldn't get in, so there's a good sign there's a lot of interest. that should reach india. it makes even more embarrassing for end jacksonville. >> they take a look at india's uncomfortable side, and it is a film that indeed makes the authorities feel less than comfortable. india may be changing but movies like this may zillion be hard tore come by for some time yet. al jazeera, at the berlin film lynn film festival. >> am al jazeera.com, on twitter or at our facebook page, good night, more of america tonigh

. >> and a revolution in egypt inspired documentary makers at the berlin film festival. >> still ahead - these are the top stories - the u.n. says the number of civilians xild and wounded in afghanistan rose by 14% last year, and women and children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the violence. >> aid is expected to arrive in the syrian city of homs, despite overnight shelling in old nab ou ohhed -- neighbour hood. thousands were evacuated. >> firefighters in bosnia worked through the night after protesters set government buildings on fire. thousands of demonstrators rioted over high unemployment and corruption. >> the first full day of competitive action at the winter olympics in the blachlly resort of sochi. the most expensive games opened with a spectacular ceremony. we have had report from rory challands. >> sochi 2014 exploded into life on friday. fireworks over the fish stadium kicking off the action. a little girl floated across a wintry russian landscape before five landscapes morphed into the rings. one failed to open. as expected, there was a notable absence, no david ca

al jazeera, the berlin film festival. >> that's all from europe for this news hour. to laura in doha now. >> well authorities in mexico say they've arrested a suspected drug trafficker wanted in the u.s. accused of smuggling millions of tons of cocaine in the united states and europe. the arrest comes as legalized vigilanty groups continue to help federal forces fight drug cartels. dozens of men from the defense court patrol the city. the city i had been controlled y gunmen against the drug cartel for several years. >> we want to liberate the city from all the knights templars so we want people to not be afraid and come out and support the self defense gropes. >> nine members of one family has been shot dead in a northern part of guatemala. two cars carrying armed men arrived at the family home and open fired killing six adults and two children including a 6-month-old baby. they have sent 90 soldiers in the region to help with the investigation. >> it was an attack that involved around 20 people. they came here, and as a result six adults are dead, five men, one woman

very soon after the fall of the berlin wall and quite a few months before german unification my husband been invited here by fellow scientists and i entered the royal institution for the very first time in my life. we walked through hyde park looking for speakers corner which especially for us east germans was legendary, the very symbol of free speech. i hope it is not an insult to you the members of british parliament. afterwards, we went to a concert. we were in a country in which people were rejoicing with us germans about the collapse of socialism in eastern europe and the fall of the berlin wall. it was a terrific trip. now, i have been told many times during the last two days that there are very special expectations of my speech here today. so i have heard, some expect my speech to pave the way for fundamental reform of the aou peer architecture which will satisfy british wishes. i'm afraid they are in for a disappointment. i've also heard some are expecting the exact opposite and they are hoping i will deliver the message that the rest of europe is not prepare to pay almost any p

the stars of international films are in berlin. for the annual festival there. phil lavell take as look at what is the center of the cinema world. >> forget hollywood, who needs bolllywood, they give us the big movies but it is the festivals that give many movie makers their exposure. events which is now underway, 64 years old, this year, 64 years strong. there are hundreding of film festivals held all over the world every year. everybody it seems wants in. but when it comes to the larger international festivals that number is nearer to 100, and nearly half of those are held here. in europe, the question is, what has this part of the world got to offer the international movie making industry? >> if anybody knows lit be mr. bell nardi himself. peter runs the show here, he has been for years heavies that's the point. europe has posted film festivals for so long, it is automatically now a movie makers top destination. >> i don't think it's a new attraction, it is a very old attraction, and people like to go to film festival to celebrate the art of the films. so we

childlike would like to you by us assistant secretary of state victoria mill the theaters are packed at the berlin film festival which is the least. don't get it. after much anticipation the winter olympic games have opened in the black sea resort of such a rush a few of the claim has just been led to the past few minutes after a marathon trip to all corners of russia and even suspects. the ceremony kicked off that the purpose built the stadium with the dazzling fireworks display the colorful spectacle including ballet music and of course thousands of athletes from all over the world will be competing for medals over the next three weeks. russia has invited fourteen was among the guests watching all the same. so what can we expect for more we're joined now in the studio by now our sports correspondent jefferson chicks just isn't what events are you looking for two special. while brian as a means for me to say the highlight is ice hockey men's ice hockey on one because it's the only really be changed and i'm more of a keen sports car the guy on an aisle so the kids be the interesting because as we

monuments men which comes on the weekend of deer interest to see that in my personal favorite of the berlin air without having seen it cloudy lows as a loft which opens next week this week to talk them screaming apparently the sandstone rocks girl at the red carpet scott thanks much. there is another big events about to start on the winter looks where athletes are making their final preparations for the stock has gained after months of hard work. now among them the german news ashley to last of our series countdown is on she re introduce you to three medal hopefuls in the southern german state of bavaria. no telling to chat. jim an illusion after the guys and bad air rushes to cheer on the teammates as they crossed the finish line in the doubles. once again they come in first securing the win in the world will tell. guys and the couple said pascoe will cup title in the back. now she's looking forward to the intakes the kids getting closer and closer now and am getting a little tingling with anticipation. i can't wait to open it and put that up. to be essential and dubious of germany's doubl

a real-life drama playing itself out at the berlin film festival. no ronaldo no worries as bale maintains the club's push for the title. >> you're watching the al jazeera newshour. the united nations' humanitarian chief says she will keep pushing to deliver help to the syrian people despite an attack on an aid convoy. the driver was injured. trucks trapped for hours in homs on saturday. turkish ri at police confronted protesters after government tightened control of the internet. president recep tayyip erdogan denies censorship saying the internet will be freer and safer. >> people living in southern beirut are taking measures, but unwavering support remains for hezbollah's involvement in syria. >> it used to be one of the busiest suburbs of beirut. they are on a war footing. six car bombs exploded in the hezbollah stronghold. people are trying to do what they can to protect themselves and a likelihood. a jeweller lost half of the sales due to bombings close to his shop. >> because of the suicide bombings, we were force to take precautionary measures

it used to be part of the berlin wall. i am in a glass box at the top of the building. that is why i sound like i am synthesized. i will be talking to some of the people moving into this building. peoplebe talking to the of sound cloud, the audio music platform. has 6 million people using it. and in 20 minutes, i will be speaking to the founder of this entire project. he hopes this real estate development called the factory will become a hub in berlin for startups and more stab at companies. i will be speaking to him in 20 minutes. gdp releasederman soon. how important is technology for germany? isthe digital economy becoming increasingly more important. it is growing around 10% a year. it now represent about three percent of the entire gdp. it doesn't some like so much, but it is becoming more integrated on a lot of levels. inm the auto industry -- four people employed in the industry, you can see that is also growing. about 430,000 across germany. year.s growing by 8-10% >> thank you david. live in germany. investng up, how do we in emerging markets? we will talk to r

>> hi, from the dw studios in berlin, this is "the journal." >> good to have you with us. here is what is coming up. >> he is set to become italy's new prime minister. can he reversed the financial decline? >> the leaders of the ukrainian opposition head to germany to take a leading role in the crisis in kiev. >> rolling out the red carpet for hollywood royalty at the british film awards. >> 1 -- can one man reverse of country wii's financial decline? >> he has stepped up to the plate and says he is the man to tackle the economic woes plaguing his country. >> he is poised to become italy's third consecutive unelected prime minister. >> the 39-year-old mayor of florence has his work cut out for him. rising unemployment and a government mired in bureaucracy. >> until recently few people outside italy would have recognized matteo renzi. now he is on course to become the next prime minister and to put an end high-level corruption. >> in this difficult situation, i will employ all of my energy to reform italy. >> previously the mayor of florence, renzi became the leader of the

of the reunification in one nine hundred ninety the berlin municipal government turned over the rebuildingof the square to private investors who implemented their own concept of a high rise city with the purchase the investors not only developed and constructed the streets and squares they also acquired the rights of passage for the public space it is the investors who ultimately decide who is allowed to be here. what's dumber plots was actually once the heart of europe and we had the busiest streets with the first traffic light ever built in germany or and europe for that matter. potsdamer platz was really vibrant dunes and the press district was nearby the famous house photo last hotel's great music halls cinema and walls it was a really lively place he has put the on the path. nothing ethne september i think that's what he after nine eleven things changed quite a bit for everyone became more cautious and for example when finding an object somewhere and. i put him on of the white a lot has changed but we still strive to be open to the public that is and should be this is always a difficu

. >> the latest from the berlin film festival. we will be right back. >> the with us. -- stay with us. >> thousands of syrians have been fleeing a rebel held town in anticipation of what may be at major ground assault. >> they have already -- there have already been regime airstrikes. they could enter into a third round. >> there has been little progress aside from a shaky cease-fire in the besieged city. >> help has arrived in homes -- homs. it is progres of sorts. >. we managed to get food assistance in. it is -- is it enough? we do not believe in. it is a major step forward for people who are living in unbelievable levels of deprivation. >> the evacuations continue. more than 1400 people have left the city so far. this footage was reportedly shot by an antigovernment organization that says it has no links to any syrian political groups. the source cannot be identified. not everyone who wanted to has been able to get out. the u.n. accuses authorities of jailing nearly 300 men they consider potential rebels. >> there are 381 men a

well it's now onto other news now the sixty fourth berlin international film festival has closed and this year. asian films with big winners. a with a tiny led by a gritty tiny sailor died in a pink slip for that the golden bear for best film goes to buy food junction. the nights when didak the disease an exciting moment for the golden bear prize winning director delhi nine. no interest in mrs class a surprise for me to like a dream that instrumental we come from becoming too lazy. i won't offend them every month they'll find the movie also picked the best actor award which went to del fun del third feature film stars now as a former policeman turned detective to investigate a mysterious series of killings in equity industry which during its investigation he's going to miss tier is a woman who appears to be connected to the victims just a day before the war with his hold on him. mel fun turned fourteen this enterprise has been a wonderful birthday present the two sentences i will have resorted to visit the new shoes lewis's even got what i saw this film as a gift to me that more work

ofwill talk about the future the berlin airport delayed until 2016. m yet they will have the biggest hotel skyscraper in berlin, 175 meters high. how will all of these people get the berlin if they still have an airport rather small. tegel, i love it. you can get in and out very quickly but not befitting the capital. >> a certain fight took place launching a boxing megastar. his name was caches play fighting sonny liston. mohammed ali was launched. his name was caches clay and some fascinating fbi files were released yesterday that said fight fixed. the -- cassius underdog and7 to 1 the implications are that maybe the fbi was involved and liston and a famous gambler made $1 million each. do with thehing to fix. the fight that launched one of the worlds's greatest boxing talents, probably the greatest, could have been fixed. >> fascinating. we will have more on how credit suisse may have helped u.s. customers hide billions in assets according to a new senate report. ♪ dachshundlion re: billion dollars hit of your -- it hit in the. of according to a new

that was 1989 when the berlin wall came down. it took until 1991, 2 years later, before the iron curtain had truly fallen completely. when the ussr, the soviet union spun apart into its pieces. the largest physical portion of what had been the soviet union, of course, survived more or less in tact as russia, but former soviet socialist republics like this one here, this big one, ukraine, they became their own nations in 1991 and in ukraine they did it without a war. yes, there were a lot of protests including some protests that ended in violence at the time but they did it without a war. well, today in the streets of ukraine, in the streets of ukraine's capital city, it very much looked like war. have you seen this today? we have had footage like this pouring in all day today for more than 12 hours it has looked like this, and it is still going on now tonight. molotov cocktails, random explosions, large fires raging in close proximity to people. live ammunition. percussion grenades. hand to hand combat. images in the press of prot

at the german aerospace institute in berlin technologies are being developed for effective mobility and safety and emerging urban landscapes. martin rue it works in bulletin but at any given moment he's on line in the transport control system and has a half a capital of the under way in providence with five million inhabitants one of the most rapidly growing cities in china the daily traffic demonstrates the problems inherent in the massive influx of new comers. despite all their oases of tranquility more than one hundred fifty cities in china will have a population of some five million inhabitants by the year two thousand and fifty without proper controls this development threatens to cause supply and environmental problems as well as social unrest. once in his history hop on saddam and if from taxes always go together with our chinese partners equipped a fleet of taxis currently one thousand are part of the program and it was on the front seat when we finished ten thousand automobiles will transmit their g.p.s. positions to the central computer every second on the pollen and for kids.

the largest addition to the world economic system easterne absorption of european countries after the berlinll. acquiring $300 billion of investments in the last five years. we saw it in the french union in tehran, the dutch going there. iran is a big cake, industrial countries are adjusted. -- are interested. >> thank you for that analysis. for a bit of sports, termites upcoming champions league clashes. ofheading to the first leg the champions league. french champions going into the clash on the back of an easy win. labor hoping to put two and a dismal week, they've been eliminated. expects anrdi encounter. >> when you play, everybody really needs to be right there over both legs. 2 games at a very high level, i don't think there can be a favorite. we need to play our hearts out, even then you're not guaranteed anything. it is really important for us to make it through to the next round. play thata style of you have to try and stop. our opponents are strong, it will be difficult, but we are looking for a win. >> has -- they have not reached the high since 2002. something special this year.

so -- the good thing is in berlin, we have the young people coming here. >> two of europe's other big film festivals 30 held in the summer, so they have the draw of the hotter weather to match, kemp though berlin is cold right now, it is winter, remember. >> movies like this are set so have a very warm reception. there was no choice, he had to say yes. >> they put your movie in theaters to a much larger degree than america does. so you get more exposure, then we will in theaters in poll land, and france, so it is all that comes out of being in a festival like berlin. this movie opens the show and is one of the favorites to win the top price. the critics will all be back. maybe not to germany. >> so that movie, despite the name, was filmed here in germany. and germany is one of the themes of this. not the germany of today, but germany of many years ago, nazi germany, the years of world war ii and the holocaust. so you have movies the likes of george clooney, matt murray, looking at a tail of arc that was stolen by the nazis and the subsequent hunt. and that's alongside some really poig

but still teacher cause director of the berlin film festival. so the phils were presented there do not have any specific medical line all the films reflect first of all reality. it's our opinion i didn't get great stories from the ground. one of those things is a masterpiece. we all headed to town. see you in german. on the show which was spoken about long before the premier is george clooney's the moment and then the film is in german and actors and director clooney even had to temporarily move to berlin for the filming this historical film tells a story about how during world war two. art critics of indie hit the coalition countries search for the works of art stolen from european museums the bedding that is to it and put on an overland i started last year as it stands film hari lessons was awarded with the silver bear for outstanding artistic achievement issue there are no films essentially asia in the contest but to work some extent the deepest and will be presented in the form section. the festival though now is for high class films shot wit

echo the fall of the berlin wall and the freeing of the enslaved system, but how do we make sure that the future of the ukrainian people will be stable. >> good morning, eric. i'm not sure that we know about what's happening. we see what's going on in independence square. at this point that's a very tiny piece of a bigger picture. we don't know why the government fell apart. it could be panic, it could be that the services wouldn't back him. it could be he lot of confidence to russia. whatever happens now, the focus in the immediate near term is on the opposition and whether this very divided opposition and kabul together with a form of government to get outside. i don't think the russians have given up at all. i think they are making it clear they are not going to provide assistance until they get a government that looked favorably on russian interest. >> they canceled the promise at $15 billion that started all of this in the first place. putin can't be happy. >> i think he is unhappy during the sochi olympics, but janocovich won't be moscow's force going forward. they had an oil an

now it's being restored and tweaked and premiering at the berlin a new take on what was a propaganda film with clear intent. >> this was going to be a film to de-nazification. to make sure any lingering support for the nazis was undermined, and to make german people aware of their share of the atrocities. >> reporter: nazi germany was a big unofficial theme from monument men" with george clooney to others. the horrors of the holocaust. germany has long moved on and transform. this is an entirely different country, and yet those memories, that history will never be forgotten here. and should never, either, insists holocaust experts. >> to keep the history alive and the interest alive, it's important. >> reporter: the documentary helped with that education. others like this one explore the life of heinrich him letter, it's till very strong. >> that's it for me and the rest of the team in london. let's go back to felicity in doha. >> thank you very much, indeed. sport is up next. the indian premiere league has offered a million reasons >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm ale del walter

stem damage to the technical portal what to do in the next couple to rhp agreement on the night before is here in berlin peter thank you very much. and there's also some of the my little further south in europe in a kettle a member of our main door of politics is turning again to try the italian prime minister agreed to let sarah has hinted in his resignation after his party voted him now. now party leader might see over and see accuse the lead of failing to fix the nation's economic and political problem now it looks like it's brand being who is going to replace them we have the support. italian prime minister and the collector headed for the presidential palace to tender his resignation. one day off to his own party pulled the plug on his administration at all the easy enough. auntie write so much healing see is expected to take it with the reins of government the current males lawrence has been aimed to promote doing more to jump start into the struggling economy monday the sand of the city tried to ignite say it really needs radical change we need a new government if we want to get out of this quagm

a few thunderstorms down towards the southeast, but look at that, vienna, berlin, warsaw, sunny skies here on your monday. here's the extended forecast. >>> japan's government once again plans to indistrict the operator of the stricken fukushima daiichi nuclear plant to review its measures to prevent spills and leaks of contaminated water. in the latest incident at the plant, around 100 tons of highly radioactive water spilled from a storage tank last week. tokyo electric power company officials have been interviewing plant workers to find out why the water spilled. the officials believe someone opened valves that should have been closed. >> translator: tepco needs to review its preventive measures by taking into consideration the tough working environment of the plant. the company also needs to rebuild its organizational structure to prevent similar cases. >> suga also said the government will try to ensure that tepco implements steps to prevent problems, including those resulting from human error. >>> that's "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. ña7guc hour,h you for the next rollin

george clooney at the berlin film festival. we will get the survey from his new movie "the monuments men." we are starting at the winter olympics in sochi where there has been plenty of action on day one. there have been some impressive results already with an olympic record in the men's 5000 meter speed skating, and in the 10-kilometer biathlon sprint. picking up gold at the grand old age of 40. he missed one target on his way towards his seventh gold and his 12th winter games medal. that is a record equaling tally. away from the slopes, fans have been enjoying the warm weather, --pping ups -- plenty snapping up plenty of souvenirs. let's catch up with more of the first day's action. sage copps and berg won the first gold medal of the games. the american grab the gold and slope style snowboarding. mark mcmorris took bronze. in cross-country skiing, a norwegian won the women's 15-kilometer ski avalon. she took hold a fellow norwegian -- gold ahead of a fellow norwegian. the netherlands secured all three podium places in the men'

the berlin wall went up. ere was an inquiry at the press office, you know, about what does the president think about the berlin wall going up in spite of the fact americans said that it would not happen. a week was allowed to go by before kennedy had to give a response to that. now you are on 24 hours a day. you have to have responses to almost everything. it just takes a very different kind of personality from what it used to. >> jon, what do you think? you were just working on a book on george bush 41, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, and others. >> i think that to state that ambitious people want to be president is at the risk of being totally obvious. >> that was always true. >> always. i think that there is always a spectrum with the people we have written about. they require -- they have appetites for the affection and respect of other people. the basic unit of commerce in politics is i want to make you trust me just enough to get a vote so that i have your proxy until the next election or until the nex

which they are not ok so this is a public relations this is a public good no no let me go to all the in berlin that's a very good point this is a part of it that yes it's very very bad but what are you going to do for the people in greece for example or cyprus or spain and southern italy and going on and on i mean i i'm not i'm not i'm an american you know i don't have to care of the european union collapses or not it's none of my business here but i do know that there is a loser there is growth there is growing poverty in the european union and people tie it to corruption as well. well the motto of european integration is unity in diversity if you would too much centralized competent system we have all the reasons to call it a socialist project and then we have all the reasons to criticize the commission for being ignorant about differences the idea of the problem of the report is to present developments that need to be addressed by each and every member state the what the commission does is to send letters to each and every member. not just something that you can prove that has important sam