union club berlin are for the people, by the perry bill -- by the people.and now the football world is about to get a taste. sumi: there were grown men crying. what makes this club so special? christian: that is really a long story because it is kind of a people's club. there are no big differences between the team on the pitch, the board or the president of the club. it is all close together, they know each other. it is the whole ground. everyone is there every day. you wait in the parking lot and you can ask a player for a selfie or whatever. it is all close together and you are always welcome, the fans with your ideas to bring them in. it happened in history where we had to save a license for the football association, money was missing and people donated blood or spent blood and donated the money they gave -- they received for it to get to the club. and they rebuilt the stadium. that was 10 years ago. it was like 2000 fans offering 140,000 hours of work in their free time. that is dedication. famous things like the christmas carol singing, every year on

they were held to a 2—all draw in the first leg of their play—off against union berlin who are biddingdivision for the first time since german re—unification. stuttgart were desperate to make hom advantage count in the first leg, and they led twice — through christian gentner and this deflected effort from mario gomes. but each time they were pegged back by the second division side. it was marvin friedrich who scored made it 2—all — giving union berlin two potentially vital away goals. the second leg is on monday. in scotland, dundee united and st mirren drew nil all in the first leg of their promotion/relegation play—off. dundee united are bidding to end a three—year absence from the top division. their best chance fell to paul mcmullan — but his shot was saved by vatslav hladky. while, at the other end, kyle mcallister forced a more acrobatic save out of the united ‘keeper benjamin siegrist. st mirren will have home advantage in sunday's second leg — so the sun hasn't yet set on their hopes of staying in the premiership. former arsenal manager arsene wenger, has told the bbc that he'

after years of struggling german football club union berlin are on the verge of promotion to the country's top league funded league or they twice came from behind to draw 22 is short guards in a relegation promotion play off on thursday so it is the anti-establishment camp the east berlin team were founded during the cold war teams from the old east germany have struggled to succeed since reification the union berlin have bucked the trend and the paraguay goals will give them a slight advantage going into the 2nd leg of the tie in front of their home fans next monday. another german team. to win their 1st piece of silverware in 10 years they've been training head of the d.f.t. poll cull final against league champions by leading who themselves are going for a 7th successive title this year has been a phenomenal one for light sake who finished 3rd in the bundesliga to secure a champions league spot. miss avies have dominated prices that are the foreman on grown pray in monaco 5 time world champion knows how often edged out his team at work terry bought us on thursday just 8 hundreds of a 2nd

the cold war teams from the old east germany have struggled to succeed since reunification but union berlin have bucked the trend and the pair of away goals will give them significant vantage going into the 2nd leg of the toy in front of their home fans next monday. and in captain breck early things hosts england of the team to beat at the cricket world cup the tournament begins in a week's time kohli's men are ranked 2nd in the world behind england and the 9 other captains took part in a promotional event on thursday this year's world cup goes back to a round robin league format the top 4 signs will go into the semifinals india and england will face off on june 30th. i think england is probably in their conditions the most strong side in the storm and but i also agree with that. well balanced and so strong and the fact that this is i don't mean we have to play every game once makes it all the more challenging and i think that's going to be the best thing about this storm and i see this as probably one of the most competitive woke up that people are going to see to formula one now i'm a sad

in germany, union berlin have been promoted to the bundesliga for the first time ever after they defeated the relegation/promotion play off match. the opening match finished 2—2 in stuttgart last thursday with the second leg goalless in berlin despite a second half that saw union hitting the post twice. while stuttgart were denied by a fine save in the closing minutes and the final whistle sparked joyous scenes as the club that twice nearly collapsed finanically since reunification are now a part of the games top flight. it's the europa league final on wednesday, with an all—english affair between arsenal and chelsea. hundreds of fans have already started the mammoth trip from london to azerbaijan where the final is being held, and our sports correspondent david ornstein is in the capital baku. welcome to the olympic stadium, the venue welcome to the olympic stadium, the venue for the 2019 europa league final where the last preparations are taking place. we have arrived and have seen supporters from both teams. many more to come. half of the allocated 6000 tickets had been handed back by

in the 1st leg of the bundestag as relegation play off between stood guard and union berlin has ended in a 2 all draw should regard truth 1st blood with honest donors setting up captain christian get not who made it one now but union hit back immediately with the man obtained by equalizing with the help of action. another heavy deflection pushed and got ahead again with mario gomez making it to one but on levelled once more with martin frazier he's heading home a corner the 2 teams will face off again in berlin on monday. up next business with stephen beardsley i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching the. letter we were proud we knew we wanted her out in the 1st american something in our lives will experience hardship but listen. it could be green. very green. says blue. yes.

union berlin are into the bundesliga for the first time ever sparking wild celebrations among their supportersr first stanley cup final series for 49 years, when they play the boston bruins in game one. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that 23—time grand slam champion serena williams is through to the second round of the french open at roland garros. the three time winner in paris needed three sets though to get past russia's vitalia diatchenko, but it was a better day for another russian in veronika kudermetova who accounted for former world number one caroline wozniacki as sarah leach reports. 24 hours after angela kober was knocked out, another shock in the women's draw, caroline wozniaki dominated in the first set but her firm plummeted. she paid for her lack of match practice telling

now some soccer news and union berlin have made history they are moving up to germany's top tier for the 1st time and they are relegated to the guard in the process union were in pole position after drawing the 1st lead to 2 and stood guard with a partisan crowd behind them the scene was set for a tense night of soccer in berlin. the omens weren't good for in your own only 2 2nd tier clubs had won the biggest league a playoff battle in the last 10 attempts but with the backing of a typically raucous home crowd to await goals in their locker he would have been confident of bucking the trend but stuttgart started better and dennis ogle looked like he'd scored a beauty of a free kick but the video assistant referee spotted an off site no goal no military main at halftime despite stuttgart sweating blood for the cause the new one came into the game after the break this was the 2nd time they were foiled by the woodwork. french world cup when a pub var came closest to rescuing the day for stuttgart. but in your own held on i 5 nil nil the final score but unions 2 goals last week in swabian

while in germany, union berlin have been promoted to the bundesliga for the first time since its inceptionmotion play off match. the second leg finished goalless in berlin after the opening game last thursday in stuttgart was 2—2. defending champion and second seed rafael nadal is through to the second round of the french open. the spanish second seed who's chasing a record—extending 12th title at roland garros beat german qualifier yannick hanfmann 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. of course, it is the beginning and the first round is more about talking about what i have to do better or what i did very well together. it is just about the general feeling and generalfeelings have been positive this afternoon. and just happy to be through to the second round. former world number one caroline wozniacki suffered a surprise first—round defeat though, losing in three sets to russian world number 68 russian veronika kudermetova. defending champion simona halep begins the defence of her title later against the australian ajla tomljanovic. halep won the pair's only previous encounter, coming from a set down in cincin

germany heading for a showdown over the issue plus a big surprise in german football outsiders union berlin make their way into the bundesliga for the 1st time in the club's history all the details of last night's nerve racking playoff match against good god. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the austrian world's summit on climate action is underway right now in vienna organizers are urging world leaders to stick to the agreements outlined in the paris accord and publish new commitments by next year it is the brainchild of former california governor arnold schwarzenegger also in attendance is the swedish climate activist to to embark. she hasn't fired tens of thousands of young people around the world with her fridays for futures strike and in her speech she had a stark message for the r.t. . during the last months millions of children have been school striking with the climate gaining lots of attention for the climate crisis but we children are not leaders. nor other scientists unfortunately. but many of you here today are. presidents celebrities politicians c.e.o.'s and journalists p

something back to society have to support ball news and fans of a club here in the german capital union berlin are celebrating their team's historic achievement there moving up to germany's top tier for the 1st time fans invaded the pitch after the club's playoff success over stood guard a goal the strong berlin last night was good enough for you know the grass to the top tier thanks to the away goals that they scored in a 2 all draw in stuttgart last thursday promotion means that berlin will have. 2 teams in the bundesliga nexus. and i you know they're one of germany's most unique clubs they've overcome serious financial difficulties in the past and their fans are renowned for their fierce loyalty anthony howard from sports has more on that and a whole lot more so how big of an achievement is this really enormous fairy tales like this is the very reason that you have to look beyond and beyond by munich on the football's fringes where you find these fantastic very real stories of david versus goliath goliath being struck out that one player benjamin provided who's a world cup winner with franc

after years of struggling german football club union berlin on the verge of promotion to the country's top league the bundesliga they twice came from behind to draw 22 with should in a relegation promotion play off from the scene of the anti establishment club the east berlin team were founded during the cold war all teams from the old east germany have struggled to succeed since reunification but union billon have bucked the trend and the pair of the way goals will give them a slight advantage going into the 2nd leg of the tie in front of their own fans next monday. another german team or be life will look through when they 1st piece of silverware in 10 years they've been training ahead of the cup final against bundesliga champions by munich who themselves are going for a 7th successive title this year has been a phenomenal one for leipzig to finish 3rd in the bundesliga to secure a champions league spot. the formula one drivers of friday off in monaco as is the race traditionally out of qualifying but they have to race on the street circuit has been providing plenty of drama involvin

in germany union berlin have made history by being promoted to the top division for the first time a goalless draw at home to stuttgart saw them win the been designing a playoff tie on away goals this makes union the first side from the old east germany to reach the top slot in a decade it sparked a great scenes in the stadium as players and coaching staff celebrated the achievements along with thousands of fans who invaded the pitch. liverpool manager you're going claps as he's excited to get out their shots of the champions league title this weekend they're up against tottenham and cops hoping to make it third time lucky after failing twice before. so far we control our emotions in a really good way we let them go and in the right manner all that stuff so yeah it's in a moment. it's pure excitement really looking forward to it and be really happy to have the chance again that's what we want to do have after last year and now we are here women's world number one naomi osaka has avoided a big upset in the first round of the french open she lost the first set six love to slovakia's an

and in germany union berlin have made history by being promoted to the top division for the 1st time a goal astroid home to stuttgart saw them win the bundesliga play of thailand the away goals rule it sparked great scenes in the stadium as the players and coach fisher celebrated the achievement of along with thousands of fans who invaded the pitch that makes union the 1st side from the old east germany to reach the top flight in a decade. tottenham manager merits the approach at siena says he side all rested and ready for the champions league final they'll take on liverpool in madrid on saturday for the top prize in european club football fourteeners future at spurs remains unclear and he's doing his best not to lose focus ahead of such a huge match we can make the story we can write the only story we can provide our fans and i were people i thin and i were family of course. the base happiness in food like that you can provide. and i thin today to talk about individual things is it's a little be embarrassing or shame because you know i thin you're not important spurs have been boost

berliners have been marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the berlin airlift it began when the soviet union cut access to west berlin and for nearly a year u.s. british and french forces supplied more than 2000000 people with essential food and fuel one airmen in particular is remembered with affection by many berliners who were just children at the time. he's back gil however since the best known hero of berlin's era left is still going strong at 98 the u.s. pilot helped berlin survive the soviet blockade and he still has close ties to the city. berlin is my 2nd home thank you during the blockade however senator hatch little homemade parachutes to sweets that he dropped from his plane the american planes were lovingly called candy bombers by berlin's hungry children june 1948 berlin sends out a cry for help in the face of the soviet blockade. people of the world people of america england and france look to this city and. the western allied powers airlifted 2000000 tons of aid supplies into west berlin many berliner survival depended on care packages as man does become it gave us hope again

germans have showing their support for the european union in berlin cologne and other cities nationwide it's the call from the chancellor angela merkel to show that opposition to the far right nationalist and right wing politicians are predicted to make gains in this week's european parliament election on that nationalism is the enemy of a unified here. well $28.00 countries are taking part in the european parliament election which begins on thursday in a break from tradition the french president has gone on the campaign trail but the reports from. france's european elections are shaping up to be something of a rerun of the 2017 presidential campaign emanuel mark calls pro e.u. centrist party and the far right party of marine le pen opinion polls suggest in the lead for votes the jewel of opposing visions of europe and a reflection of growing divisions in france at this paris market some say they're worried about immigration climate change and the cost of living i'm totally sick of politicians with that big salaries that supposed to defend us workers but they do nothing says mcconnell's

the student unions live from berlin south africa swears in as president sarah rama pulls out pledges to battle corruption as he takes office in a lavish inauguration ceremony we'll ask our correspondent how much also will be able to keep his promises. and u.s. presidents on the trump arrives in japan for a special statement that the new emperor's 1st forum gets to. play. close.

thousands of people have taken to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like here in berlin are taking place just a week before european parliamentary elections organizers hope to get out the vote for pro e.u. party and to take a stand against populism and the far right. around 2 thirds of swiss voters have backed tighter gun control in a referendum the question was whether access is semiautomatic weapons should be restricted and more training required for owners switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. a bomb blast has hit a tourist bus near egypt's famed he's appeared at least 17 people were wounded but no deaths have been reported it's the latest blow to the country's tourism industry which showed signs of recovery after years of political turmoil and sporadic violence. australia's conservative government is celebrating what's being called a miracle victory in national elections opinion polls had all predicted a win for the opposition labor party prime minister scott morrison thinks supporters but it's still unclear whether his coalition wil

thousands of people are taking to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like here in berlin are taking place just a week before elections to the european parliament organizers hope to get out the vote for pro e.u. parties and to take a stand against populism and the far right. our correspondent thomas sparrow is at that demonstration in berlin thomas thanks for being here who exactly is rallying in berlin today. a mixture of organizations around 250 organizations and initiatives planned protests today in berlin and other german cities and in other cities around europe according to organizers there are more than 40 european cities where people today are protesting in favor of the e.u. and against nationalism and populism some of the organizations here are left leaning organizations we've also seen some political parties in particular from the center left or the left of the political spectrum also joining forces here what they want to say is that they're against populism and nationalism monday even asking people to go to vote in the elections next week which they are describin

thousands of people are taking to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like here in berlin are taking place just a week before the elections to the european parliament organizers hope to get out the vote for craig crow e.u. parties and to take a stand against populism at the far right. our correspondent thomas sparrow ease at that demonstration in berlin thomas who was rallying here in berlin. this demonstration here in the heart of it is about 2 and one of the city's main same both the victory column which you see behind me on this organized it was all organized by a group of about 2 $150.00 ok guys asians and initiatives most of them from the center left to the left of the political spectrum that included also political parties that were right here protesting for europe and against the. and nationalism motto of all of this the slogan if you will was vote on the 26 for europe and against nationalism. will demonstrations are also being held in other european cities do you get the sense that the rallies will make a difference in the outcome of next week's european elections.

there seems to be a split a clear split between the 2 main powers within the european union between paris and berlin so we'll have to wait and see how this turns out but it does appear that the new future of the european parliament after these elections will be one where more compromises have to be made and more time has to be taken over each individual decision both on appointments and of course more importantly on policy david britain's prime minister tourism a is in attendance home last brussels summit as prime minister before her resignation what does she have to say. it was. a mixture of well compared to what we last saw when she very emotionally returned to downing street tears in her eyes saying she she loved her country and she tried to serve in the best way possible a much stronger performance here she arrived as you say for the last time she said that she had regrets course that she couldn't find. any way to fulfill bragg's it and to be the prime minister to make sure the brig's it happened but in the end she realized that of course the time was up as she tried to have the time and the com

tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i now berlin is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city in 1948 moscow closed all roads to west berlin and the response was one of the biggest relief efforts in history around the clock u.s. british and french planes. brought in supplies from the west and returned with products from west berlin keeping the on plate alive gave up its blockade 11 months later on the 12th of may 1949 on the anniversary young artists have come to berlin to find new ways to tell the story. everybody's saying. johnny is a new york beatboxer who's traveled to berlin with over 20 other young artists they want to breathe new musical life into the story of the 1948 percent air lift. your . rights work of yours 92 years old. edwin shunts remembers the tons of essential supplies delivered to west berlin by pilots flying for the western allies the us britain and france that's where these young visitors are from i think so i've been here when i was your age people were shooting at each other. and now we can talk together i would have been glad to be

berlin airlift.. crowds gathered to mark the day in 1949, when the soviet union abandoned attempts to blockade west berlin1948. a soviet blockade aimed to throw the british, american and french out. how? by shutting roads, closing bridges and paralysing the city of 2 million people. as panic and despair began to descend on berlin, so did planes, carrying food supplies from the allies. approaching berlin, thick fog closes in, visibility the operation lasted 11 months, bringing food and hope to a people in crisis. the pilot calls to a radar station at tempelhof. .. at its peak, a plane landed every 90 seconds at airfields like this one, the tempelhof airport, today the scene of a ceremony marking 70 years since the soviets lifted the blockade. in 1945, we had been enemies and when the airlift began and we suddenly became friends, almost overnight. it was a change in our relationship with the visitors. it was wonderful. close to 3 million tonnes of food and other supplies were dropped in berlin during the operation. but one us air force pilot decided to also drop sweets, forever going down as the candy bombe

of people are taking to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like these here in berlin are taking place just a week before the elections to the european parliament organizers hope to get out the vote for pro e.u. parties and to take a stand against populism and the far right. well our correspondent thomas sparrow is at the demonstration and berlin and he joins us now so thomas is quite noisy behind you can you tell us who organized today's rally in berlin and who are the people taking part. about 250 organizations and initiatives coldfield these protests today here in berlin in 7 german cities in 42 european cities the goals are very varied from the organizations that we've seen here you see political parties in particular from the left of the same to left all to represented also going to is asians that want more to be done against climate change that are in favor of refugees or asylum so a wide variety of organizations and initiatives the general motto here though of this event in bali don't know the cities is your vote for europe and against nationalism so that gives

and in germany union berlin have made history by being promoted to the top division for the 1st timea goal is true at home to stuttgart saw them win the bundesliga playoffs on the away goals rule it sparked great scenes in the stadium as the players and coach fisher celebrated the achievement of along with thousands of fans who invaded the pitch that makes union the 1st side from the old east germany to reach the top flight in a decade tottenham manager merits the approach of siena says he sighed all rested and ready for the champions league final they'll take on liverpool in madrid on saturday for the top prize in european club football fourteeners future at spurs remains unclear and he's doing his best not to lose focus ahead of such a huge match we can make the story we can write the story we can provide our fans and i were people i thin and i would family of course. the business happiness in food you can provide. and i thin today to talk about the individual things is it's a little be embarrassing or shame because you know what in there you're not important manchester city chairm

golden state warriors in the finals far as smile al-jazeera after years of struggle berlin's a rebel team f.c. union are on the verge of promotion to germany's top league the bronze league for the 1st time its team are set to face stood guard to end a 2 legged pailful. reporter dominic casey. as they go through their training routine the players of f say when you'll have got one thing on their minds the chance to play in germany's blunders league next season but to get there they must 1st beat fall at bay stuttgart a team with a bigger budget that's used to life in the big league something on your own is definitely not. when you have a new challenge you have to adapt to it there is a difference and called it was our league and the bundesliga but i can tell you we all want to get them club officials hope these might be among their biggest assets fans considered among the most fervent and most loyal in germany who support during the years of communist domination during the cold war was a focal point for those who opposed totalitarianism evolve going marty's played in goals but when you're on during th

was doing what stalin the leader of the soviet union decided stalins most important man in berlin was volatile. officially he was only a 2nd rank politician but he was the one holding the reins. the powers he wanted to control public life and especially the economy of the soviet zone the leipzig spring fare of 949 was the shop window. yes for the 1st time since the end of the war the technology fair has returned with its former glory that the b.m.w. eisenach stand. to be and be the baby m w 2 later 80 horsepower and a dream in blue and there's a 130 horsepower racer or even faster spirits with 3 carburetors. a delegation from the henning store locomotive works also traveled to this there they were chosen according to political criteria and the. party leaders were always talking can we win him over for him is he talking in our favor or against us. for the past year the s.c.d. had been trying to counter the increasing alienation between east and west with a major campaign for unity and a just peace the people's congress in berlin's admiral palace was to represent all germans in reality

sweetness to be able to get votes for him next time well if the years of struggle berlin so-called rebel same f.c. union are on the verge of promotions germany's top league blunders leading to the very 1st time a team reliance on fan support rather than high finance by the 1st leg of a playoff with stuttgart later on this thursday when it came reports. as they go through their training routine the players of effort say when you'll have got one thing on their minds the chance to play in germany's blunders league next season but to get there they must 1st beat far i've got a team with a bigger budget that's used to life in the big league something new on is definitely not easily annoyed. when you have a new challenge you have to adapt to it there is a difference in quality between our league and the bundesliga but i can tell you we all want to get their club officials hope these might be among their biggest assets fans considered among the most fervent and most loyal in germany who support during the years of communist domination during the cold war was a focal point for those who opposed totalitarianism

no one expected that the soviet union would tear down the berlin wall because ronald reagan told themll did come down in a way that no one ever expected until the day it happened. and with shocking suddenness, the berlin wall was gone. justin amash is now the one voice in his party, the one voice trying to get his party to see the light. and that seeps as impossible as the berlin walkoming down. in american literature, the enduring model of the one person trying to get others to see the light is atticus finch, created by harper lee in her 1960 novel "to kill a mockingbird." atticus finch is a small town alabama lawyer in the 1930s who is defending a black man charged with raping a white woman. 1,435 people are watching atticus finch do that every night on the stage of the schubert theater on broadway in aaron sorkin's play "to kill a mockingbird," where it has a new resonance for americans whose hope for change and hope for a new future is as strong as it has ever been. >> my father gave me one of those air rifles, an air rifle. he said he'd rather i shoot at tin cans in the backyard

thousands of people took to the streets across europe in support of the european union the demonstrations like this one in berlin

culture a very personal take on berlin by people from 50 different cultures. now leading up to the european union elections this coming weekend we've been visiting e.u. countries and finding out from people involved in the arts what they think about the political and social situation in that country at the moment today we meet the italian writer francesco milan play in rome italy of course as being the front line of europe's migration crisis and melandri is very critical of the current italian government's policies. romans called the eternal city for good reason buildings that date back to the roman empire a stone's throw from the vatican and other architectural masterpieces. rome is also a place where refugees and other migrants have gathered hoping for a better life in europe although they're not always welcomed by the local population. italy's far right interior minister material so they may has gone so far as threatening to punish groups that rescue refugees from the mediterranean and bring them to italy. that's against the constitution even if he says it's possible it's legally impossible bu

that dies a german bank debt laden italy would be difficult in berlin a consolidation away sounds great to the investors what about the unions the unions the unions cut of the previous dealer that could have happened with such a bang this time around they're going to even pause a stiffer there's a stance that's because they don't want the german that german bank to actually be taken or by italian and italian banks it's about national pride and also the fact that they've indicated that they would be more amenable to a foreign bank buying a german bank but shifting its headquarters to germany and that is something i from the from the netherlands has already indicated as a transponder for us in frankfurt. you allegations are coming to light there for the grounding of boeing 737 max 8 according to information obtained by the new york times pilots from american airlines raised safety concerns with boeing following the 1st crash last year it's unclear what if any action the company took boeing $737.00 max aircraft are currently grounded around the world after a 2nd crash both claimed over $300.00 lives exact cause of the disasters