west german capital among them is the united nations campus in germany. breakneck stored like to tell us produces its programs in many languages for broadcast the world over. also on the banks of the rhine or the french quarters of dr plussed designed by star architect which done. for nine hundred forty nine thousand nine hundred ninety while germany was divided fall and served as the capital of west germany the parliamentary chambers are now a historic site and a venue for international conventions. politics occasionally has a place here to defend the hummer schmidt is the chairman president's second official residence. the chancellor's bungalow is open to the public it's a prime example of nine hundred sixty is designed. to help the leaders who live within its minimalist walls only help. much mitt and his wife loki are said to have felt truly at home. in the old town hall in mock plots at the city's historic center for nearly two hundred years the prince a letters of cologne resided in bonn and left their mark on the old town. in eighteen eighteen the u

limited to bring two of them there are plenty of other sites too for starters one was the capital of west germany for forty one years during the cold war. several international institutions have settled in the former government quarter of the x. westerman capital among them is the united nations campus in germany. breakneck stored talk to fellows produces its programs in many languages for broadcast the world over. also on the banks of the rhine or the headquarters of dr post designed by star architect done. for one hundred forty nine thousand nine hundred ninety will germany was divided fall and served as the capital of west germany the parliamentary chambers are now a historic site and a venue for international conventions. politics occasionally has a place here to defend the hunter schmidt is the chairman president's second official residence. the chancellor's bungalow is open to the public it's a prime example of one nine hundred sixty s. design. of the leaders who lived within its minimalist walls only hell. much mitt and his wife lowkey are said to have felt truly at home. in the old town h

i have a quote from west germany's foreign minister from nato's meeting in 1973, from nato's archives. with our detente policy, we have opened up a way to direct and counter and competition between the societies of east and west. we have wanted this because we believe in the power of conviction of our ideals and because we trust in the inner strength of our system, which is based on democratic liberties, human rights and social justice. this is a very dynamic detente and this is for the benefit of the west, because there always competing visions of detente. you have this dynamic vision and you have the soviet union vision of detente, which was very much a static vision, just focusing on civility and on the status quote. -- status quo. so, as i said, the number of visitors increases, and everything goes fine, until 1983 -- 1973, 1974, when you have the backlash. the opening goes very far in the soviet leaders and the east german leaders are aware of it. what they do is that they decrease the pressure on west berlin and increase the minimum currency requirement for visits from west germ

i have a quote from west germany's foreign minister from nato's archives. policy, we have opened up a way to direct and and competition between the societies of east and west. we have wanted this because we believe in the power of conviction of our ideals and because we trust in the inner strength of our system, which is based on democratic liberties, human rights and social justice. this is a very dynamic detente and this is for the benefit of there alwaysause competing visions of detente. you have this dynamic vision and you have the soviet union vision of detente, which was very much a static vision, just focusing on civility and on the status quote. said, the number of visitors increases, and everything goes fine, until 1983 , 1973, 1974, when you have the backlash. in thening goes very far soviet leaders and the east german leaders are aware of it. what they do is that they pressure on west berlin and increase the minimum from westor visits germany to east germany and the number of visitors is plummeting by half in 1973. then comes helmut schmidt in 197

and france to save to ensuring west germany progressed to the final. in total parity for penalties at world cups no keeper has ever saved more how did he do it. first you have to do your homework. and buy one said already invented the database . back in my early playing days i'd ask my friends to look up the shootouts with a no down the name of the club. the name of the shooter the suit of which he used and how he shot it in a. low to medium high or high or and i don't have that information in my notebook and all in my recliner clad i. think date how was already the keyword so let's take a closer look at the stats math and physics with a penalty the speed of the ball is between sixty and one hundred twenty kilometers per hour if the taker shoots at let's say ninety crew much as per hour and the distance to the goal is eleven meters we need the distance divided by the speed eleven meters divided by ninety kilometers per hour is twenty five meters per second so it lasts zero point four four seconds the blink of an. of course if you shoot in the corner of

through what was west berlin built while the city was divided it was meant to show the rest of west germany and the world what west berlin was capable of doing. also in the u. seven richard wagner plots is done up in bright yellow and dark blue tie like of scenes from wagner operas and information about them on the wall so. there's dragon slayers eat fried and the ride of the valley carries. what's special about this station is that its architecture is entertainment the architects are commuters could educate themselves while waiting for the train they could have something to look at and maybe even learn something i think. i know who was the architect who designed most of west berlin subway stations forty eight of them between one thousand nine hundred sixty six and one nine hundred ninety six putting his stamp on the city one magnificent example is that house and out with an architecture somewhere between art deco and a cathedral. during the years of division some west berlin subway lines crossed through east berlin the trains travelled slowly and without stopping through the really empty s

weekend he's probably best known internationally for became the most important film made in post-war west germany the ten drama. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine. made cinema history with the tin drum the nazi era story of young oscar who stops growing at age three. based on the novel by going to gus the film took the top prize at con. this and that makes. that was just wonderful being admitted into the film world with the palme d'or especially since it was in france where i had learned filmmaking it was like being knighted by. the federal republic of germany for the children. in one nine hundred eighty the tin drum won the oscar for best foreign language picture that award brought german cinema into the international spotlight and not least for acushla and off. soon hollywood was calling steven spielberg offered she turned off work in america but she learned off at first refused the offer. but i thought it over just for a moment and i decided no i've got carte gloss now here in europe i can do what i want so why should i am a great to hollywood. at the same time i was dying to do someth

this weekend he's probably best known for what became the most important film made in post-war west germany the tin drum there's more. in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine. made cinema history with the tin drum the nazi era story of young oscar who stops growing at age three based on the novel by going to gus the film took the top prize at kohn. and. that was just wonderful being admitted into the film world with the palme d'or especially since it was in france where i had learned filmmaking it was like being knighted. aside from literary adaptations his films are often political for training social upheaval student protests leftwing terrorism time and again the director has plunged head first into hot socio political territory. sure enough is also fascinated with french german history the film diplomacy tells of a nazi officer in occupied france who opposes hitler's orders. in two thousand and sixteen she learned off directed thousands of teenagers in front down france in a performance against violence and war one hundred years after the biggest battle of world war one took place ther

germany. he flees to west berlin and freedom she stays in the east of her own free will. before they were separated lovers used to look for a star where their eyes would meet what should we look for. personally and. then he made these decisions it was nice to. talk. to different systems of government and warded love the novel was a success on both sides of the wall. said two decades later in west berlin spend of a guinness book capture the wild lifestyle in the district courts bad decision. but it was money just nice one of us are. giving out of. any money and stumbles from bed to the carbon back to life from quite sparing via quite sparingly still the idea that it could continue forever is oppressive to us but at the bar in the bubble of nine hundred eighty nine west berlin which then bursts. still the most awful. suddenly everything is different nothing in berlin remains the same reunification is on the horizon but who are these relatives on the other side of the wall in the east he commits on. the literature of germany and its capital berlin last divided rediscover bot

after the war crime other was deported to the soviet gulag milla emigrated to west germany in one thousand nine hundred seven and was finally able to write without government imposed censorship. i write about the broad spectrum of individuals who live in dictatorships. everyone from the true believers all the way to the dissidents. in the hunger and how to emulate tells the story of her mother and other ethnic germans in romania at the end of world war two thousands of ethnic germans were deported to soviet labor camps. when it was awarded the nobel prize in two thousand and nine some newspapers in the us asked her who had who no one says that anymore. so reading german literature even if it's in translation is really a unique opportunity for people who are. german speakers people living outside germany to get an insider's perspective and that's something that translation provides a unique opportunity to do. something. and. we visited translator katie darbyshire in berlin she's a real connoisseur of german literature and is completely involved in the works of her authors. katie darby sure

supreme irony if you will but there the theories going back to the period of the cold war were that west germany was very eager to maintain conservative social traditions putting women essentially in the kitchen and in the nursery part partly in contrast to eastern germany where women's rights were very very strong but of course that was thirty years ago that the berlin wall fell so there has been change since then but it has been slow for example throughout many parts of germany it's hard for families to find a kindergarten place even to this day many schools are go only until lunch time and then release the children sending them home with the expectation that there will be a mother at home to provide a warm watch all of that is changing but it's changing very slowly this government has made some of those issues priorities but as i say there is still a lot of work to be done when the cry. for nothing q. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world women took to the bikes in the spanish capital madrid to mark international women's day and many of them skipped work

billion east and west germany. why of those as us korea civil war and then based on this experience some of the emotional emotional is and to many emotional. and negative emotional reactions the most caring oh it's so cold and tight in north korea and sentiment is still strong in south korea however. and the economic perspective on the unification i think is still i think it's still a must to be criticised as well as obviously young people as korea concerned about these money you know how much money they have to. pay for the whole of the process of unification however we believe there is more advantage east. to the normal in normalizing the relationship than maintaining the you know we have to pay a lot of boys the taxes for the military weapons and or some was the young people mostly men most to go to of military service and this is a lot of cost this is a problem from their states to the united states is spending a lot of money and treasure defending south korea this is one of the motivations of trump to get amer

where i live but also in west germany but i don't see why the times and situation today should be so much more us. so we can no longer say that russia remains a partner but uncle sam knows best russia also apparently invaded ukraine to pillage its energy stock and we all know the story in russia that invaded ukraine to gain access to all in gas reserves so let me get this straight russia world's number one in proven gas reserves with over fifty thousand billion cubic meters to show for it wanted some of ukraine's three hundred billion and when it comes to the black gold the mighty energy empires of denmark and it's really more oil rich than ukraine could it be that someone spends so much time in iraq that now sees the fingerprints of its own plays everywhere now of syrian leader bashar assad also goes on bumpy as naughty list well this time the syrian president is guilty of wanting to explore some of syrian oil reserves which are well in syria and it is cuba of course taking advantage of venezuela by enjoying its oil not the us that outright seized all assets over venezuelan petroleu

talking and is a small town in south west germany it's also a global center of medical technology among the many companies are two leaders in the field school and college thoughts. it's not a question of love or hate it's more like sports competitions. nobody extorts wanted to talk to us about as school up shots as the world's largest manufacturer of medical endoscopes people here say escuela missed the boat it hadn't realized soon enough the advantages of pairing inside the human body starts college stuart's is very big in r. and d. a bit bigger than us here at a school up but we're still competitive and our products are just as good some are even better you can see. sales at escuela a somewhat higher the companies both make a wide range of products used in surgery so they keep a close eye on each other and use of any innovation spreads fast in this town i know. the competition is fierce the two companies are neighbors and watch each other very intently if one makes something new and the other tries to catch up but that proximity help spur both companies to do souls. to groups lives th

ninety nine you know says she moved from east to west germany in one nine hundred ninety one day she looked out of the window and saw a car standing there it was a big damaged and had a red sticker on it a warning from the authorities there was no longer registered to picket at all five so from arkansas i'm touched that i made a top. that usually give us notice the vehicle would soon be towed away and scrapped i mean it's not the car was too nice for that fate and then it went up the phone and she went on vacation and came back in the car was gone but a few weeks later she met a man and told him the story and he told her to come with him to stand they drove to the city. so bring them together and he showed her where the car was parked she was surprised to see it and it was his and that turned out to be their first date followed by a second and a third they're now married with three children and her husband gave her that same car as her wedding present i met a guy down the aisle to my mind so i thought i'm not i'm just take it as offense taught. and since then even this has been a toy