point when we talk about german reunification i have a positive take on it in that i can remember western germany helmut kohl's germany being an efficient economy obviously being an efficient society the being very sort of stuffy and down day and it's become a much more dynamic international place than eastern germany meanwhile used to be oppressive for thora tarion is now enjoy freedom we will continue our conversation but just want to remind our viewers that every year jim lee celebrates the day of german unification an official set of minis are underway and you can see that on your monitor there is a tribune squire thinking of right now and as soon as american the german chancellor makes a keynote address we'll go live to that and bring it to you then returning now to peter and listening to his memories of germany unification to how much has changed between the 2 between 990 when german unification officially took and now a fantastic lot has changed the instant germany has begun to catch up finally i think in some very significant ways the the 990 s. right through into the decade that followed

percent in recent polls and it's in germany and somewhere around 101214 percent in polls before in western germany before we carry on a conversation you know let's just take a listen to an excel want german chancellor angela merkel had to say just a short while ago and you know i'm sponsor in the 29 years that have gone by since reunification an incredible amount has been achieved overall in both western and eastern germany people are now more content with their lives than at any other time since we unification but we also know that this is not the whole truth surveys show that 29 years after reunification the majority of people from eastern germany feel like 2nd class citizens. so that was german chancellor unlamented took a short while ago and reinforcing what he was saying only a pita about the divisions that still remain between eastern and western germany almost 30 years after reunification what kind of message do you think people will take away from comments like what we just heard well i think what she's describing is the eastern german biography i think you know that there was the 1st of a

have been raking it with the tradition to do to a shortage of catholic priests and sounds of western germany a woman has become the head of the parakeet. where the rock is great to have you along everyone polls have closed in the state election of thuringia and eastern germany the left party has held onto its position as the strongest party in the state but the far right a of d. has stormed into 2nd place at the expense of chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. a stick a look now for you at the 1st exit poll the conservative city you party took a. big hit they have 22.5 percent of the vote a sharp drop of 11 percentage points the socialist left party which leads the governing coalition in the state at the moment has 29.5 percent the center left social democrat s.p.d. is at 8.5 percent and the right wing populist a.f.d. made big gains and more than double their vote they are on 24 percent the 2nd strongest party in parliament the environmental greens have 5.5 percent and the business friendly f.t.p. is perhaps secured 5 percent of the vote according to a preliminary exit polls let's go straight no

connection is something many in rural areas still have to contend with the swabian ops and sells western germany this home to many market leaders and just one of many regions where the country's network simply isn't up to scratch. and i believe we have clients all around the country and it's really clear that there are similar white spots throughout germany so we have to make sure that this infrastructure weakness doesn't end up damaging economic help put you. in the international. telecoms companies decide where and when fiber optic cables are extended and apparently that's not a worthwhile investment in many areas as well as companies households are also affected even in cities like stood guard. this is what happens here when you want to watch the news online you know. the patchy connection is something the pfister family finds very trying. this was real and it's frustrating when we have people to stay and they can't believe that we have such a situation here and start got the state capital. the government views 50 megabits per 2nd as a fast connection meanwhile the pfister is have a speed of

it's been the only what i need to say is han frankfurt han airport is not a remote region of western germany quite far from frankfurt for years it was a financial burden on the 2 german states that jointly owned it in 2017 china's h. and a group took it over the result. we have almost doubled our growth in freight and that's something we can be satisfied with but there's not much we can do about macroeconomic developments affliction and. translation global trade conflicts are causing cargo levels to fall again a glance at the terminal suggests there's little chance of a revival for frankfurt high on. passenger numbers have fallen by almost half over the past decade even so the airport is still an important employer in the region leaving people there dependent on the chinese back and lower the airfield has also created numerous jobs but they have nothing to do with air traffic instead it's thanks to companies that have located on the former military base. and they're going going gone. doubt $27000000.00 that notion of luxury sports cars confiscated from the sound of equitorial guineas preside

that smith had i think what i need to say is han frankfurt han airport is not a remote region of western germany quite far from frankfurt for years it was a financial burden on the 2 german states that jointly owned it in 2017 china's h. and a group took it over the result. of that we have almost doubled our growth in freight and that's something we can be satisfied with but there's not much we can do about macroeconomic developments and. translation global trade conflicts are causing cargo levels to for. technical problems moving on slovenia's flag carrier airways has filed for bankruptcy it failed to come up with a feasible restructuring plan the company blames a lack of liquidity grounding all its plates the government is not all down setting up the new state of daylight to secure some of the routes that served. the carrier is the latest to fall victim to a rough business climate for airlines chelsea delaney is following the story for us what's going wrong with the sector. it's been a really tough couple of years for the low budget airline sector especially in europe and $28000.00 you saw ove

germany. you know in a month in the 29 years that have gone by since reunification an incredible amount been achieved overall in both western and eastern germany people are now more content with their lives than at any other time since we unification but we also know that this is not the whole truth of a show that 29 years after reunification the majority of people from east in germany feel like 2nd class citizens. and for some analysis i'm joined now by a senior political correspondent and my colleague peter gave it craven welcome peter nice to have you here. the chancellor as we heard knowledged that the shortcomings of german unification with the focus very much on the people from eastern germany how do you think they'll respond to her comments it was interesting i found it was very much sure there was a lot of praise from the chancellor to begin with in this address for the peaceful revolution back in 90. 9 to lead to the fall of the berlin wall of the years in advance of that she talked about his german dissidents about the courage that shone about what the courage of ordinary eastern germans had shown by going out on

. >> in western germany, it is mostly those who have been attacking us, swearing a at us d calling usames. she says in her research there has been an increase in anti-semitism among certain groups and is calling for the world to the -- the soccer world to crack down. >> i think it's important to send a clear signal in this respect. as long as no action is taken it seems like things are not so bad. >> the soccer federation has recently -- she believes that many cases go unreported. he wants action. we want information to be properly gathered and for that to be an appropriate response. at the same time, we need to build support structures for these associations and sports clubs. >> the soccer administration is open. even though they say a lot i is already being done. it also teaches other history. >> we are already tackling this problem. we now teach offenders about the history and the extent of the problem through the anne frank education. in order to enlighten them about the past. >> the eu team has ended their game and they won. the campaign against anti-semitism will continue into o

minority or even those who support these kinds of groups like we saw the local politician in western germany assassinated earlier this year due to his pro immigrant views we hear a lot of talk about about what are we going to do about far right violence i think we're going to see we have actually we spoke earlier to in holland to the anti semitism commissioner for germany he dresses very question about how realistic this might be and i think we can have a look. we have to ask that question every day it's a miracle that we have jewish life in germany again after 945 when after the holocaust it seemed to be impossible for jews to live in germany but we are very happy to have a vibrant jewish life with more than 100 with around 800000 jews being organized and in communities here and another 100000 jews who are from we are not here in organized form so 'd it is it is warranted and of course we have to to verify every day that we are doing enough for the security and for the well being of the jewish community in this country and we have to make it clear you know anti-semitism has always existed e

and anti-semitic acts of violence take place and we had a sasa nation of a local politician in western germany over the summer we heard much of the same things and you know the the thing is that i think there's a problem with the definition of terms for example you know horse they offer also said never again this could never again happen which of course the reference to the holocaust people say this term all the time in germany but there's not a great clarity of what that actually means never again a holocaust of course not and never again racist violence of course not never again people should feel uncomfortable of course not but all of those things are slightly different of course very to be signaling you and there should never be this type of you know killing again but your point is well taken to me it is a vexing issue for politicians here in one is that it's a very vexing issue you know she horsehair we just heard with our history which of course again is a reference to the holocaust but germany didn't begin in 1033 and it didn't. begin tonight in 45 anti-semitism had existed long before

point when we talk about german reunification i have a positive take on it in that i can remember western germany helmut kohl's germany being an efficient economy obviously being an efficient society being very sort of stuffy and down day and it's become a much more dynamic international place than eastern germany meanwhile used to be oppressive for thora tarion is now enjoy freedom we will continue our conversation but just want to remind our viewers that every year jim lee celebrates the day of german unification an official set of minis are underway and you can see that on your monitor there there's a tribune's choir singing a right now and as soon as american the german chancellor makes a keynote address we'll go live to that and bring it to you then returning now to peter and listening to his memories of when germany unification took place so how much has changed between the 2 between 9091.

deep inside the soviet zone, these planes were flying in three air corridors from west germany -- from the westernones of germany to the western sectors of her lynn. -- berlin. here are some amazing numbers to tell you what went on. at the beginning of the airlift, they were delivering 5000 tons a day. by the end of the airlift. a year later, it was 8000 tons per day. on easter sunday, 1949, there were 13,000 tons of supplies brought to berlin. a total of over 278,000 air drops. and, u.s. crews with people like ralph dion flew over 189,000 flights to help the west berliners. at the height of the airlift, one plane landed every 45 seconds at temple hawk airport. here you see the three airports in the western sectors. temple hawk was in the american sector, the main airport, where our allied museum is hoping to move. you see the british sector, gatow, to the left. during the airlift, a third airport, tegel, was built, the -- built. the airport still used as the main airport in the western part of berlin. it was built during this airlift. one of the most beloved parts of the airlift for children, som

country and that's something that by the way i've seen personally not only covering eastern and western germany as a correspondent but also i lived and i studied in eastern germany so it's something that i saw myself the fact that probably among the younger generation that's not the case among all the generations i would say but especially among younger generations there is a sense of belonging of a common goal of being germans and i think that's something that the german government by the way is also trying to understand and is always trying to make sure that it's not only something for the younger generations to feel but also something for all those other germans as well so muslims who are most coming in on the smorgon thomas sparrow force. now to a controversial decision here feeling a heated debate one of germany's most successful basketball teams although berlin has dumped its cheerleaders the team's director said that cheerleading is no longer suited to our times but cheerleaders themselves while they disagree completely. these cheerleaders have been practicing for months if not years to

remind you, deep inside the soviet zone, these planes were flying in three air zonedors into the western of germanyo the western sectors of berlin. here are some amazing numbers to tell you what is going on. eight thousand tons per day. there are 13,000 tons of , aplies brought to berlin total of 278,000 air drops. flew over 189 thousand flights to help the west berliners. every fiveanded seconds at temple hawk airport. temple hawk was in the american , the main airport, where the main newseum is hoping to move. a third airport was built, the airport used as the main airport in the western part of berlin. one of the most beloved parts of , itairlift for children became known as the candy bomber . kids whondy down to would give him their address. chancellor angela merkel honored in 2008 on the 60th anniversary of the airlift. i know ralph is going to see him tomorrow at their reunion for here outside of the airport is the monument to the showing the three air stalin finally in what he had failed a year heand after stopped the blockade. the allies continued the airlift up until september 30. they wan

germany as a country and i think that by the way i've seen personally not only covering eastern and western germany as a correspondent but also i lived and i studied in eastern germany so it's something that i saw myself the fact that probably among the younger generation that's not the case among all the generations i would say but especially among younger generation there is a sense of belonging of a common goal of being germans and i think that's something that the german government by the way is also trying to understand and is always trying to make sure that it's not only something for the younger generations to feel but all something for all other germans as well it's almost thanks very much for coming in on this a small town a sparrow force both for decades the berlin wall was a brutal symbol of germany's division today there's almost nothing left of the wall except for a few scattered reminders aren't easy to find where did the pearland wall go luckily this metal strip marks where it once stood but where can you see pieces of the wall itself we are some tourists if they found the wall no. i

and what used to be east germany now you see a steady economy grows but it's still lagging behind if you look at its western states economy here in germany if you look at unemployment rates they are now higher in east germany dunn they are in west and in the western states of germany so when i'm going to america sais that the reification wasn't perceived as something positive for everyone she does have a point of 3 consider economy perspective and we have to remember too that the eastern part of the country has actually lost the numbers in the population people have moved to the west the theme of this year's unity day festivities is cruel ridged connex what was chancellor merkel's message there a fire quite interesting that's actually the coldest photos phage actually saved that in east germany and there was a set of a sentimental frustration as she actually called out for the titians for having fades to to see dot 1st and to for having thought that just by raising a border they would actually manage to unite a country and that kind of thing doesn't happen overnight so she called out for the titians to face

drove it into the center of lindbergh's a small town in the not far from frankfurt a mine in western germany and crashed into several of the vehicles and knowing people have been slightly injured thankfully nobody has been. killed in this incident and police are investigating simon thank you very much for now we'll be coming back to you later that was our correspondent political correspondent simon young there and we'll be bringing you details any new details emerge on that story thank you simon now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today iraq's president barham sali has condemned attacks on protesters and journalists during a wave of anti-government unrest were earlier the government acknowledged that soldiers had used excessive force against demonstrators more than 100 people have been killed and 6000 wounded in a week of demonstrations against corruption and economic mis management. brazilian police have opened an investigation into possible criminal activity surrounding an oil spill off the country's northeastern coast oil slicks polluted beaches over the wee

in western germany it's mostly opponents with muslim arab backgrounds who in the last 2 to 3 years really have been attacking us swearing about us calling us names since. yulia banned frankfurt university of applied sciences has researched the topic she says has been an increase in anti semitism among various social groups i'm just calling for the soccer world to crack down on the problem. with us as if it's in themselves and i think it's very important to send an absolutely clear signal in this respect even to the extent of canceling games as long as no action is taken it looks like things are not so bad as the soccer federation of the state has and has only registered 2 incident of anti semitism in the last season but i don't maia believes that many cases go unreported he wants action. and his images from for really want information on anti-semitic incidents in schools to be properly gathered and for that to be an appropriate response at the same time we need to build support structures for these associations and sports clubs through a commission on anti-semitism in sports. the soccer a

yeah limburg is a smaller town in western germany it's just it's located just about an hour outside on. the it's a pretty classic smaller german city. it's not it doesn't have a very large. it's not a bustling metropolis it's just a smaller town. where i think a lot of people have been surprised that this would or that an accident of this size and that there's so much confusion about the background of this incident people people are surprised to believe that this happens here in limburg rebecca south meyer thank you. and the german interior minister haas a hole for has been guarded about his assessment of the incident let's have a listen. middle speaking investigated but at this time our colonel turner you how this crime will be classified these talks are quite a few on the list let's get more now we're joined by thomas sparrow who closely follows security politics here in germany so what's your assessment of this incident just mentioned analysis from limbo the fact that there might be confusion there in limbo regarding what exactly happened and what the motives might have been and i w

you know terry this is this is an event that's happened in the small town of limburg in western germany on monday morning i man who's got control of a truck he's pretty well stolen there from from the drive and then driven it's into a number of other vehicles knowing vehicles on i believe and knowing people have been lightly injured. fortunately no one has been killed and police are investigating as they put it in a wind direction simon thank you so much just remind our viewers we will be for coming back to this story this is a developing story we're going to update you of course on details as they emerge about this incident in limbo organ which 9 people have been injured including the driver of a truck thank you very much simon now let's return to our top story that we're covering for you today which is donald trump's plan to pull american troops out of syria that strong fire from both sides of the aisle in washington senior politicians including senior republican senators are calling on the u.s. president to reverse is decision they're concerned that the pullout will allow turkey to l

in may 1 19934 skinhead set fire to the house of a turkish family insulting and in western germany 5 people were killed and 14 others including several children injured. it's missed that planet in. that attack wiped out an entire family in just one fire. and it did not take place in eastern germany. to say that such incidents only ever occur in the east means we're just fooling ourselves with our liberal society has a serious potential for racism and we need to call more attention to this problem some political parties are skillfully exploiting the situation yet. racism is you know phobia and anti semitism manifest themselves in attacks against muslims jews refugees politicians and the media many who no longer feel represented in the political spectrum turn to far right political movements enter picky eater the patriotic europeans against the islam is ation of the occidental. done in this movement appeared almost overnight. and mobilized a lot of people who took to the streets. normally i'm all for movements that can move people like that. but then it became clear where this organiza

but often this day the 9th of october goes forgotten in many parts of germany particularly in western germany many people remembering more the fall of the wall a 9th of november and also the fischel day of german reunification a 3rd of october so it is important for people here in that light say because many of them were there on the night of on the 9th of october 1989 and also many younger generations also still appreciate the importance of this day of course it was their parents their grandparents that helped to shape not only the city but also to help reshape germany and also europe there's a lot happening in life fish today what else is going on. so after the ceremony finishes behind me where the german president is at the moment there will be another event taking place later this afternoon at the nickel like after the st nicholas church just a few 100 meters away from here and it's in front of that church that those initial process started on the 4th of september 1989 which we saw in the report synfuel moments ago and those demonstrations grew weaker and weaker there were many prayer mee

in the 1949 shortly after the federal republic was established in western germany the german democratic republic was founded in east germany it considered itself anti fascist andra its raison d'être from its renunciation of its nazi past. we are starting over from scratch was the founding myth that was supposed to underpin support for the communist state. is germany demonstrated its hardline towards nazi crimes in 1950 when it brought more than $3400.00 cases to court some of the defendants were indeed nazi criminals but many were innocent people caught in show trials. the accused were held in any humane conditions and often refuse defense lawyers the evidence brought against them was flimsy at best and the sentences were decided on in advance. 24 defendants were sentenced to death and over 2000 sent to prison. even years later critics of the trial was silenced as nazis loyal to the ruling communist party would let off the hook. in. the ruling party dominated all decisions in east germany on the same went for the judiciary the judges were of course all part of the s.c.d. and as such the

a much larger experiment is underway in the eifel region of western germany 8 research institutes have joined forces here to investigate what's behind the insect die off. researchers from clay felt who have conducted a number of important studies are also here. one of them is martin saw. 2 years ago he published the results of a long term study of some protected areas in germany which found a 75 percent decline in flying insect biomass over 27 years. the alarming results made headlines around the world. zorak is setting up a number of traps along the line extending from a conventionally farm field into a nature preserve. the researchers want to find out if any changes are taking place along this line. what is happening to insects in the zone of contact separating the nature preserve from the farmland. livia's scheffler is the project leader. she is investigating the impact of modern agricultural methods including the use of pesticides and fertilizers on the diversity of plant and animal life in nearby protected areas they're measuring catching and examining everything they can get thei

police in germany are investigating after a man hijacked a truck and crashed it into a line of cars injuring 9 people the incident happened overnight in the western town of limburg the suspect was quickly detained by police and identified as a syrian national who's been resident in germany since 2015 his motive hasn't been established. this is the track bed rammed into several cars in the western german city often book police believe the person at the wheel pulled the tracks original driver out of cap asked whether there were any indications that it was a terrorist attack german interior minister c. office said. speeding investigated but at this time i cannot tell you how this crime will be classified these thoughts are qualified. what we know so far is that the truck's driver was a 32 year old syrian national the man arrived in germany in 2015 and was apparently known to police for assault and possession of drugs. have detained the person behind the wheel of the truck at the moment we are investigating the reason for the collision and of course everything else necessary to determine what happened here. prosecutors said that they can give any inf

has sparked protests worldwide from the kurdish community including here in germany peter is at a demonstration in the western city of cologne germany is the country actually with the largest kurdish diaspora wants are there demands what are you hearing from them today. yes i spoke to some of the protests that said you can see right here behind me from that kurdish minority in germany thousands have taken to the streets today far thousands here in cologne and many more 1000 in major german cities and what they are asking for is they told me we want more international solidarity we want government to step up the pressure on president add on off turkey on to hold this invasion off northern syria that's a mind amount and also for the german government they have i have asked for a hold to export off weapons from germany to turkey and all of those demands being heard by the german government we heard news of the of weapons exports being stocks now in terms of going to turkey. yes absolutely that seems to be some movement there see these government seems to have taken that step but as you said the foreign minister

police in western germany have arrested the driver of a stolen lorry which crashed into several vehiclesd the driver accelerated before ramming into cars that had stopped at traffic lights. police have not yet determined whether the crash was deliberate or an accident. hong kong's leader has once again refused to rule out asking beijing for help to end violent confrontation during protests that have caused disruption across the city. carrie lam was speaking after a weekend of further demonstrations and clashes with police. let's return to our top story, that brexit talks will collapse this week. there was an article published in the spectator and alongside that we have seen texts where downing street is saying that where countries oppose the delay will go to the top of the queue for future cooperation from the uk. those who support a delay will go to the back of the queue. let's get reaction from europe to all of this with our europe correspondent adam fleming in brussels. i am guessing that people are not terribly impressed by this? people are not hugely surprised either because a lot o