now, berlin, in 1945 when the red army arrives in berlin, berlin is a city of women and children because the men are either dead or they're prisoners. there are very, very few minute in the city. and i uncovered a lot of harrowing memoirs, diaries of the women in berlin who suffered enormously when the red army came into berlin, literally drunk on victory. they were drunk and they came through and they raped and they abused many of the women in berlin. it was very important, although it's a difficult story to tell, and it's a difficult story to read, it was very important to tell that because this is part of the story and the trauma that women of berlin would live with for decades afterwards, and it also explains partly why the women of berlin were so desperate for the americans and british, and later the french as well that came in, they were so desperate for them to arrive to bring a sense of order to the city. because this is not only a city in ruins, it's a city without any government at all. without electricity, without gas, without water, without anything, no law and order, you kno

and then the berlin wall cuts it off. so that brings me to the speech itself the spring of 1987 i am a speechwriter in the reagan white house i'm told the president will speak in front of the berlin wall, he will have an audience between ten and 40000 people and he will speak for about half an hour and given the setting the subject will be foreign-policy. that is all the guidance i got. i flew to west berlin with the security people who work out security with the westerman's members of the oppressed office and check the camera angles and i went to gather materials. first stop is where the president would speak and it's very difficult to convey how momentous the place felt. just a few feet away is the water had damaging the second world war i climbed and observation platform to look over the wall into east berlin behind the westerman modern city and on the other side of the wall color listeners, more soldiers and pedestrians, on one side life, the other side twilight. next i went to the office of the american drinking dipl

it is agreed to victorious allies, the brits and russians will share control of berlin but berlin sits squarely in the soviet control area of occupied germany. the tension and potential disaster and fallout that can happen, be set by the geographical position of berlin so western allies coming into the city are entirely surrounded by territory controlled by stalin's red army. that is the setting for everything that will happen. it is a fabulously dramatic story that will unfold. >> really is a fascinating situation. one of the great things about the book is giles makes clear what the stakes are right away. we understand on the human level the interpersonal conflicts and larger things that are at stake. you mentioned stalin is a character in the book and other villainous characters with helpful name recognition and real heroes that are fun to cheer for. names i haven't heard before but came to love by the end. i was curious if you had a favorite person even if it was one of the bad guys, colorful and interesting, even if they were doing that. if you had a favorite, a person you were dra

it is agreed to victorious allies, the brits and russians will share control of berlin but berlin sits squarely in the soviet control area of occupied germany. the tension and potential disaster and fallout that can happen, be set by the geographical position of berlin so western allies coming into the city are entirely surrounded by territory controlled by stalin's red army. that is the setting for everything that will happen. it is a fabulously dramatic story that will unfold. >> really is a fascinating situation. one of the great things about the book is giles makes clear what the stakes are right away. we understand on the human level the interpersonal conflicts and larger things that are at stake. you mentioned stalin is a character in the book and other villainous characters with helpful name recognition and real heroes that are fun to cheer for. names i haven't heard before but came to love by the end. i was curious if you had a favorite person even if it was one of the bad guys, colorful and interesting, even if they were doing that. if you had a favorite, a person you were dra

now, berlin, in 1945 when the red army arrives in berlin, berlin is a city of women and children because the men are either dead or they're prisoners. there are very very few men in the city. and i uncovered a lot of harrowing, memoirs, diaries of the women in berlin who suffered enormously when the red army came into berlin, literally drunk on victory. they were drunk and they came through and they raped and they abused many of the women in berlin. it was very important, although it's a difficult story to tell, and it's a difficult story to read, it was very important to tell that because this is part of the story and the trauma that women of berlin would live with for decades afterwards, and it also explains partly why the women of berlin were so desperate for the americans and british, and later the french as well that came in, she was desperate for them to arrive to bring a sense of order to the city, because this is not only a city in ruins, it's a city without any government at all. without electricity, without gas, without water, without anything, no law and order, you know, so th

more than one-quarter century later the berlin war remained in place again encircling west berlin. the slide shows where the wall cut off the brandonberg gate and since president reagan mentioned the gate in the speech you need to know it was an 18th century monument that once served as a ceremonial entrance to berlin. the berlin wall cuts it off. it is the spring of 1987. i am a young speechwriter in the reagan white house. i'm told the president will speak in front of the berlin wall. he'll have an audience of 10,000 to 40,000 people. in the end it was about 40,000 people. that he'll speak for about a half hour and given the setting the subject will be foreign policy. and that was all the guidance i got. i flew to west berlin with the american preadvance party, the security people who would work out security with the west germans, members of the press office who would check camera angles and so forth, and i went to gather material. four stops in berlin. first the site where the president would speak. it is very difficult to convey how momentous the place felt. just a few feet awa

in berlin or paris. our allies have to step up and germany has been a weak link in connecting to the negotiation of the comprehensive agreement on investment which is thankfully dying in the european parliament. but also in connection with the competition of putin's kremlin. and the kremlin's sustain campaign us a political subversion aimed at your. i would say that campaign is effective in germany and i'd like jamie to comment about russia is contributing to a weakening a result. but example, the u.s. not being maybe as tough on our allies as much as we love. them backing off on the nordstrom to pipeline which is going to give russia courses power over germany's economy. >> h.r., china. the year in the white house. you're national security adviser. you have the top job in the institution that brings together military and diplomatic initiatives and presents them to the chief executive of the united states. at the moment, when the whole country, partly because of donald trump president xi jinping. the who

so i'm here in berlin. it happened suddenly, families and friends were prepared for it and some were put into a situation where it became difficult for them to interact and people as you noted, some people put took their into their own hands risk to leave and they left and so my understanding of german history as time went on people became more and more depressed about the potential for change in semi 1987, he also had german governments which for some of the policies and give an indication that perhaps they doubted that change would be simply quick and had pursued various types of engagement with east germany and the soviet union and often it with the u.s. administrations pretty greatest i think reagan's arrival came at a key moment where germans especially west germans needed it a shot in the arm and they needed that encouragement that change was possible that hope should be maintained it for some sort of different future for germany so the stars aligned in that respect of the timing of reagan's decision.

after the second world war, west berlin, a portion of berlin itself, remained under american, british and french control even as east berlin and all of surrounding east germany came under the control of a communist regime. this is very important to grasp. west berlin was completely surrounded by the communist east. in the map on the screen, you can see west berlin is a little dot inside east germany. again, after the war, thousands of east germans flee the communist regime in east germany to the democratic west. how do they do this? very often, they do it just by stepping across the street into west berlin. once they were in west berlin, they could get on a train, which had the right to cross east german territory, to the west. it was simple. by 1960, one-fifth of the entire population of east germany had done just that. they had fled. to top this enormous exodus, the east germans proposed a physical barrier and moscow agreed. in the middle of the night, the east germans strung barbed wire all the way around west berlin, cutting it off. there's a slide that shows this. eventually, the

what you are seeing now is taking place at 5:30 in the morning in berlin. berlin time. these crowds, mostly young people, have been here all night celebrating the opening of the wall, welcoming tens of thousands of east germans across to the west. tonight, germans on both sides of the berlin wall couldn't wait to test their new freedom. this was unthinkable a few hours ago. young west germans reaching out to east germans, helping them up the wall, despite police water cannons. for 28 years, the wall has been a part of berlin life. a given. something that was just there. tonight, it symbolizes something else. the failure of an east german government to resist the wave of change rolling over soviet block nations and the sound of new freedom, the chipping away of the wall itself and the system that built it. >>> follow us on social media for more of this date in history. >>> good afternoon. i'm carol busey. i'm the moderator of this session on "wilmington's lie, the murderous coup of 1898 and the rise of white supremacy." it's an honor to have this book here at the souther

tonight, germans on both sides of the berlin wall couldn't wait to test their freedoms. these were sites unthinkable a few hours ago. young west germans, reaching atop the barriers reaching out to east germans. jubilance and greet, where once there was only despair. for 28 years the wall has been a part of berlin life, a given, something we will just bear. tonight it symbolizes something else, the failure of an east german govern to resist the wave rolling across soviet block nations and the sound of new freedom, the chipping away of the wall itself, and the system that built it. >> follow us on social media @cspanhistory for more of this date in history posts. stay up to date with book tv's podcast, about books. industry news and trends through insider interview and reporting on the latest nonfiction releases and best seller lists. find about books and all of our podcasts on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. you can watch about books sundays at 7:30 p.m. on book tv on c-span 2 or online at any time at booktv.org. >>> c-span's american history tv cont

so he's feeling isolated politically and intellectually in berlin. one of the places he -- social companionship is actually in the netherlands. the netherlands are neutral during the war. so he can go and visit there and -- gentlemen on the right side and there are physics friends. he enjoys being around the other internationalists and people of lecturing politics. these are the people he discusses relatively with. so these are the only people in the world to know about this work, on general relativity, and as i've suggested, they stop scientific papers just as well as scientific armaments. and who would want to hear what a german scientist had to say in any case? some of his dutch friends -- he is an astronomer. the world should hear about einstein -- and so it happens that he speaks english. so he sends a letter to the astronomical society in london describing einstein's work. it so happens that the secretary of the society is arthur stanley eddington. i can't overemphasize how lucky einstein was that addington opened up. and this is because few sc

♪ brent: this is "dw news" live from berlin. tonight, people used as pawns, the european union says the president of belarus is acting like a gangster boss dumping thousands of migrants at the border with poland, lithuania and latvia. belarus is denying any responsibility. we'll get the latest tonight from our correspondent at the border region. also coming up, germans in the eastern state of saxon protesting new restrictions on the unvaccinated, but with surging coronavirus case numbers, more restrictions are now more likely to come. and the pandemic impacting german football, a national team player has tested positive for covid-19. plus france returns 26 african art works more than a century after they were looted during the colonial era. i'm brent goff, our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with that border crisis at the doorstep of the united nations, hundreds of migrants stuck at the border between belarus and poland are about to spend another cold night withou

>> this is dw news life from berlin. the world health organization declares the new corona strain of concern. omicron maybe more infectious and more resistant. european countries been travelers from southern africa but a case has been detected in belgium. staying in jail, he will not be set free though he has been in jail for four years without being convicted. and remembering a modern musical icon. we take a tour of a new exhibition celebrating the life, music and style of anyone -- amy winehouse. ♪ >> welcome to the program. growing international concern over a new coronavirus variants that scientists say could be more infectious than previous strains. the world health organization has assigned it the greek letter omicron and labeled it a concern. it was detected by researchers in south africa and many countries are imposg travel bans to stophe sprea >> there is a dreadful feeling. we have been here before. as the last flights from southern africa arrive at airports in london and paris friday. the eu agreed on the ne

berliners from both — women volunteers. berliners from both east _ women volunteers. berliners from both east and _ women volunteers. berliners from both east and west - women volunteers. berliners i from both east and west danced around the liberated territory and with no blade to stop them, it was not long before the first attempts were they to destroy the structure itself. dominating the palestinian cause for so long has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. s after 17 years of discussion was meat with an outburst of jov- was meat with an outburst of joy. with ministers who long thought only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy, suddenly felt welcome. this is newsday still on the bbc, our headlines. after 600 days, the united states is finally reopened its borders to much of the worlds population. barack obama urges the young people of the world to stay angry over climate as he speaks in the un summit in glasgow. after more than a year and a half, parts of australia has started to re—up into the world with fully vaccinated citizen

you are watching dw news from berlin. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. our mandatory coronavirus -- are mandatory coronavirus vaccinations coming to germany? if the new german chancellor has his way, they possibly will as early as february. we will explain after the break. ♪ >> world news and analysis from france 24. i am marco and, these are the headlines. josephine baker interred at the pantheon in paris, honored among the great and good of friends, the first lack woman to receive such an honor. omicron cases in the netherlands predate those in south africa and botswana. more cases are reported around the world, the world health organization says travel bans will not stop the virus crossing borders. eric zemmour

so definitely maybe a, you turn their peter, all over exams from berlin. well, what we seem to have is a bit of a split at the very top of 2 of the main e, you institutions. on the one hand, you've got the phone line, the e u commission president saying that european union cache will not be used to build physical border infrastructure, meaning you money won't be used to build walls or fences. on the other hand, you've got sha michelle, the council president currently doing the rounds across the block, suggesting that there is legal means for money from the european union to be given to member states in order to allow them to build walls and fences up their frontiers. about the physical infrastructure, you know, to protect the board, us based on an opinion of the legal service of the tolkien. it's literally possible based on the current legal framework at the upper level 2 fighters interest structure. this is a decision that needs to be taken by the commission within any to the legal opinion of the children is very clear. and we will see what will be just t

seals in agreement to return artifacts that were loses from its former colony. berlin also was causing an alarming tango break in india, a country. so working to recover from a devastating wave of covert 1910 stars get ready for one of the sport, most glamorous tournaments over here. ah, tensions are running high in the chin is in the city of a goro birth to the death of a protest her in over nights protests. the public prosecutor's office says an investigation is underway. demonstrators say the protest was suffocated after police fire tear gas will be interior ministry denies this. residents are against the reopening of a landfill site that was caused earlier this year. the dispute was seen as a 1st test for the government pointed by president k said's who seized power in july. the world bank says things are dismal and getting worse for people in garza, in a report on the states of the palestinian economy. it says unemployment in the besieged strip stones at 45 percent and it's particularly concerned at the high dependency on social assistance unemployment in the occupied west bank is

he feels isolated politically and intellectually in berlin. one of the places he looks for intellectual is in the war. in particular, the three gentleman on the right side of the photograph are his dutch physics friends. and he enjoys being around other internationalists. people with left-wing politics. so, those are the people he discusses relativity with. they're essentially the only people in the world who know about his work on general relativity and this is because of blockades stops papers as well as armament. and who on the other side of the trenches would want to hear what a german scientist had to say in any case? one of his dutch friends, the tall man in the back with a pointy beard, astronomer, decides that the world should hear about einstein's work and so happens he speaks excellent english. so, he senlt a letter to the royal society in london and so happens that the secretary of the royal astronomical society, the one who opens the letter is arthur stanley adamson and i can't over emphasize how lucky einstein was that edingten wa

berlin. covid clampdown. austria back in lockdown after a recent wave of covid-19 roles across europe. nonessential shops closed their doors for at least 10 days. millions have been asked to work from home. but anger over tighter restrictions is building. also coming up sounding the alarm,. poland says that borr crisis with belarus is a sign of things to come. the prime minister warns of a security threat flaring up on the frontier to destabilize europe. plus peng shuai's puzzling video call. after vanishing from public view, the chinese tennis star resurfaces, telling olympic officials she is safe at home. that is not easing concerns about her well-being. ♪ welcome to our viewers around the world. i am michael oku. we start off with the covid-19 crisis in europe. in response to skyrocketing cases, austria has gone back into full lockdown, the first country in europe to reimpose a nationwide shutdown as a surge in coronavirus infections hits the continent. for the next 10 days, people can only leave their h

ok, the views of frank christian hudson, berlin n p from the alternative for germany party. thank you care. i want to bring you a little bit more now before we go with a break on our new story today. from the central russian region of cameras which a bluffs there has killed at least 11 people, the latest media reports just all communications have been lost. with a unit of rescuers who went underground to save $35.00 at miners who are believed to be trapped after an explosion under ground at we know that earlier the search operation was temporarily halted over fears of renewed explosions. but with a number of hours i go, the cause of the blast is not yet known. a criminal probe has been launched into it . so at that use again, just that in the mind, blast in the central russian region, camera, 11 people dead and communications. last, with dozens more miners, underground any and all updates on this and breaking news story we will of course, bring it to you later. alright, a thanksgiving thursday. visit to the kaiser report studio next max and stacy reflect on the things they'r

but there have been spy cases in berlin. we have seen some of the british embassy this summer, we have seen an alleged murder in which ssians have been implicated by some people in a berli park a few years ago. with all that swirling around, that leads to this kind of speculation when you have a death, particularly because we may not discover the details of what happened here, because the body was taken back, there wasn't an autopsy, it appears, in germany. so the exact circumstances won't necessarily be known or made public. inevitably, you get this kind of speculation, is the kind of -- is there some kind of spy linked to this individual? or is it entirely tragic circumstances or an accident? very hard to say, but there will be some speculation around this because of the aeged security service connections of this person. >> gordon, thank you for now. president biden has called on lawmakers to vote on his two signature spending bills today, after this week's loss in the virginia governor's race, mr. biden hungry for news --

in the berlin state ballet. nothing works in the failed state. berlin, except idiotic identity politics. berlin will become the capital of absurdist. done . people the production works. stop the use of blackface and is good. the no crocker per se is not the problem is the fatal decision against this masterpiece goldfish. basically, i would leave the pieces as they are and possibly write comments in the program guide. we see certain things differently to day than in the past. in 30 or 40 years, people will judge what we do to day, just as critically as we do today about the past that you have to live with that history changes. i think it's totally absurd to demand that historical documents, books of place be like us to day. that's what it comes down to. she would criticize everything that is different from what we think to day, but then it can't use artwork or literature from the past at all. they thought differently from us in the future. they're wanting different from the way we're seeing today. why you have to

just then earlier in the week he was here in berlin. and which he 1st put forward, this idea that he would be backing the the, the proposal to use a you cash to build border infrastructure. it didn't go unnoticed by others. if perhaps it may have done by sha michelle himself that he was speaking here in berlin. on the anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, the 32nd anniversary of that particular border, our construction coming down. it's been a lot, a criticism of sean, michelle, and of the e. you council, in particular from members of the european parliament. you've said this, instead of trying to fix a badly broken european asylum policy, member states are more king to put offenses and walls. instead of helping refugees, we are busy turning europe into a gated community. if i hear the president of the european council say you're sure you're up to can pay for building a wall on the borders of europe. it becomes, as we say in dodge, i get a cold heart. i find it frightening. i feel ment bullock. i'm in damn this tech i made a lot o

from monday, this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play coal. the 2 g approach, which bothers that are vaccinated. o'connell show that they have recovered from covered from restaurants, theaters, gyms and nightclubs, defenders. it must critter some, a little bit critical of it that i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short. but i think it will deepen the divisions in society as well. say, sorry, i think it's a good idea. i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed in doors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that hope isn't, and i'm with her taking into account the rising numbers. i think it's reasonable, but i can also understand people who are not vaccinated. but we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good of society in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting th

bbc news, berlin. laura: in other news, sweden's first female prime minister has resigned hours after being voted into office by parliament. the departure follows the collapse of her tentative coalition government after one of its members withdrew its support. she said she was ready to be reappointed, but it must be at the head of a single party government. schoolgirls in tanzania will be able to attend classes if they are pregnant. the late president enforced a ban on this in 2017, saying they would be a bad influence. the education minister said girls who dropped out due to pregnancy can drop out. malawai has asked mike tyson to become the face for tir cannabis crop. he said it has helped to improve mental health. malawi allowed the processing of cannabis for medicinal use. tyson has yet to respond to the offer. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, as the u.s. holiday goes on, millions of travelers are traveling. we will bring you expert advice on how to stay safe over the holiday.

well, let's learn more now. crossing life to berlin. ne peter, all of a good morning. you, peter. what's the reaction so far from the german leadership to all of this? was deep concern at the moment and it's particularly when you look at those figures over the last 24 hours. the number of covert cases that have been reported to the robert cock institute, passing 75000 for the 1st time. also, germany reaching a sod milestone as 100000 all over 100000. people have now died from covey. 19 in the country. we are in a period of governmental transition here in germany at the moment, says angular merkel. step down and follow up. schoultz looks likely to be the man that will be replacing her. now both governments have set the alarm bells ringing really when it comes to this latest wave of coven. 19 the problem is obvious. we are heading for an emergency. the likes of which we have never seen before in this country. is that also because these upon the, me, the way out of this pandemic, is that in institutions where especially vulnerable groups are cared for. vaccination is made mandatory s

from monday this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play, coal, the 2 g approach, which bol, those that are vaccinated? o'connell show that they have recovered from covert from restaurants, theaters, gyms and nightclubs offender's trust treatise. i'm a little bit critical of it. i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short, but i think it will deepen the divisions in society as well. say, sorry, i think it's a good idea. i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed in doors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that hope isn't and, and with her taking into account the rising numbers. i think it's reasonable, but i can also understand people who are not vaccinated. but we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good of society in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting things could get very bought. if 10

in the berlin state ballet. nothing works in the failed state. berlin, except idiotic identity politics. berlin will become the capital of absurd. it's done. people, the production works. stop the use of blackface and it's good. the no crocker per se, is not the problem. is the fatal decision against this masterpiece? oh, exactly. basically, i would lift the pieces as they are and possibly write comments in the program guide. we see certain things differently to day than in the past. in 30 or 40 years, people will judge what we do to day, just as critically as we do today about the past. you have to live with that history changes. i think it's totally absurd to demand that historical documents. books are place be like us to day. that's what it comes down to. would criticize everything that is different from what we think to day, then you can't use artwork or literature from the past at all. they thought differently from us in the future. they will thing differently from the way within to day. why you have to tol

from monday, this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play coal. the 2 g approach which bothers that are vaccinated. o'connell show that they have recovered from covert from restaurants, theaters, gyms and nightclubs, defenders. it must treatise. i'm a little bit critical of it. i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short, but i think it will deepen the divisions in society as we'll say august. i think it's a good idea. i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed indoors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that will be seen and i'm with her taking into account the rising numbers for i think it's reasonable. but i can also understand people who are not vaccinated. but we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good society than him in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting

while the federal government here in berlin can settle an overarching coven policy, the individual 16 states that make up germany, they have the power to be able to implement things as they see fit on the ground. and what that seen is a patchwork of, of methods that are being employed. if you're in states like bavaria, north ryan with the folly of button board and the rhineland, pull out and that and others. then you're pretty much bod, from public spaces. if you've not been vaccinated, can't prove that you've got a valid vaccination or that you've recovered from cove at 19 in the last 6 months. elsewhere like in the cities of hamburg and here in berlin, then you can get on public transport without being able to prove that you are vaccinated, recovered, or that you have a valid p c, r test. now we gauge the opinion of some people here in the german capital of what they make of the measures employed. i find it absolutely right, especially in the current situation, we must be very thorough. personally, i have no issues with this. as i want to have safety when getting from a to be the se

brent: this is dw news, live from berlin. tonight, a pandemic plea from the german chancellor as the virus spreads like never before. >> the situation is extremely dramatic, and it is important now that we act fast and act appropriately, that we have better checks. brent: new coronavirus cases are at an all-time high. tougher coronavirus restrictions are on the way and lockdowns are no longer out of the question. also coming up tonight, leaving belarus and going back to baghdad read migrants return home after we are on europe's doorstep -- weeks on europe's doorstep. and they were wrongly convicted of the murder of civil rights leader malcolm x back in 1965. now they have been exonerated after an investigation revealed that authorities whheld evidence that proved they were not guilty. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the united states and to all around the world, welcome. we begin with the pandemic emergency here in germany. lawmakers approved stricter covid restrictions to slow the devastating fourth wav

and as he points out, dominic cane with us in berlin. can me paint the picture for us dominic, of not just the rising cases in germany, but these efforts by the government to deal with it. so in terms of the statistics camel, the reality is this in the course of the last few days, the number of total cases that it has ever been in germany has gone beyond 5000000 . and given the fact that we have record numbers seemingly every day to days, record $65000.00 plus in a single day, then it appears that that number is just going to keep going up and up and up. at the same time, the death toll a number of people cumulatively getting close 280-0000 is now at 98500 going up to day by around 260 also. so again, in the course of the next week and a half, perhaps that number will reach 800000, which one would think would be a psychological number of real significance. and then other numbers, the numbers of the number of people who've been vaccinated around 2 thirds of the 84000000 people who live in germany have been vaccinated with that leaves 2800

so for example, the can take a chancellor here in berlin, angler mackerel speaking to vladimir putin on the phone saying that is deplorable. what's happening there. and then being told by president putin, no direct your concerns and your comments to ministers in minsk. so all sorts of uncertainty echoing around right now, we've heard in the course of today that the polish government has briefed its nato allies in brussels abouts, what it's planning to do, what it has been doing. and we know also that other of its nicer allies who also share a border with bureaus that specifically latvia and lithuania, will they to have erected fences and other types of ha, on the border with yellow russ. so lots of different conversations taking place at ministerial levels. in lots of different european capitals, the ones certainty for the people who are physically on that border is uncertainty . indeed, thank you for that update that dominant came in berlin. plenty of our head on the news all including the on try quite some for the university has defenders studies in dom and fort there's controversi

we're not from washington, one from parents, not berlin or we are. we are in a, in a, in a region of the world which isn't used to having international news channels based . and so by having, by being based here, and along with our editorial perspective, which is to provide all perspectives and alternative. so that makes it really important that i think out there english has such a wide range and scope and depth in its coverage. unlike many other or most other news organizations with been doing voice, the voiceless for every day, every hour, every day for the past 15 years coverage, we've done on the climate change and, and the cult some of the packages from the field. and earlier this year as well, about climate showing the effects of this climate emergency that we're going through on everyday people. and often it's the most poor and marginalized communities that are suffering are on the front line of the climate change. some of those stores that we've done among everything else, i think have been really powerful and telling the human story. it's re

from monday, this week, berlin saw new restrictions come into play coal. the 2 g approach which bothers that are vaccinated or cannot show that they have recovered from covered from restaurants, theaters, jim's and nightclub stiffened us at mosquitos. i'm a little bit critical of it. i'm actually here for my 3rd vaccine short, but i think it will deepen the divisions in society as well. say, sorry, i think it's a good idea. i'm vaccinated and i'd feel much safer if only other vaccinated people were allowed indoors. i did some on you to even when someone is vaccinated, they can still get infected with this virus and get sick. so i don't really know if it makes sense at all that will be seen and i'm with her taking into account the rising numbers. i think it's reasonable, but i can also understand people who are not vaccinated, but we're in the middle of a pandemic. i think everybody needs to make a sacrifice for the greater good of society than him in bavaria, which is one of the hardest hit areas by the 4th wave. the state leader marcus zona, is wanting th

as berlin's envoy to ukraine says that gas line to europe won't start operations for another 6 months. ah oh, i there monday the 29th of november life motif world news h q, kevin o' in here for the next 30 minutes. thanks. she company. so 1st the big news from santa, we talked about a cove. it has to start off again, but all the cronies causing havoc around the world, the new coven mutations been highlighted as a variant of concern by the world health organization and has already been detected in multiple countries. now, they're also phase. it's highly contagious, and even those were fully vaccinated could easily get it is the worry. nations already started closing their borders to prevented spread. now we're going to show you now the 1st images of the new strain originally detected in south africa. they've been published by italian researches. what you saying on the right is all me crohn on the left, the delta very and see a lot more and read areas on the right there. well, that's suggesting how many more mutations this particular variance go on. it means that the virus has further a

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the 1st comp summit caught by the way conference of the parties was in berlin in 1995. now obviously don't fix a problem like climate change in 26 years, but what you'd hoped to see us and positive trends. well, let's have a look 1995 to today. that's our range with our graphs from our world and date of popped up a couple of sign posts in there just for reference. this is 1997. ah, that was called 3 in japan which produced the kyoto protocol. and this one here is 2015 cop 21 in france. when we got to paris agreement, both of those landmark deals, even if everyone didn't sign up for them. so what you're looking at is global temperature increases. this line here is the 0 degree line. this line here is the one and a half degree line. you're looking at monthly intervals, which is why the graph is in a little erratic, but the trend mean that's pretty simple to see. it is always heading upwards towards that crucial $1.00 degrees. now what have we got here? annual c o 2 emissions, global c o. 2 emissions again. pretty self explanatory on the up and up. we were at 25000000000 b

joining us from our berlin bureau is maria tadeo. our governments pushing ahead with restrictions despite protests, anything that suggest they will be watering down measures? maria: now, and that is where it gets interesting in the story across europe. we did see sectors of protest in vienna, the hague and also brussels. this is a pan-european story, but nonetheless governments are pushing ahead with these restrictions. the focus today is austria, going into a 20 day lockdown. when the lockdown is completed, we expect restrictions on the unvaccinated to continue. and then of course the vaccination mandate, it is not a personal choice, it is an obligation. what is interesting and this goes back to your question, facing what is basically a political crisis, and the economic ramifications of shutting down a country for two weeks, the austrian government has decided they want to focus on the health crisis even if that means of social pushback and potentially an economic contraction, the health sector is a priority in europe at this point

this is not just a washington area or usa. issue ortiz, peter oliver, is in berlin. ah, the coven pandemic is still very much with us here in europe at the last 2 years or so. have had a real impact on how people are thinking about the future of public transportation . so while the pandemic is got people thinking about what can be done of our public transport networks, it's not always as easy as all lap in the united kingdom plans to get more people to ride public transport have been hampered by a shortage of drivers for bosses because there's more money on offer to drive heavy goods trucks as the u. k. supply chains, creek post briggs, it public transport worker advocacy groups are saying that there's as many as 4000 vacancies to drive bushes in london. and the system needs to be streamlined cities from bogota to beijing, currently trying to work out how to get more of their citizens on to public transport and for that public transport to be carbon neutral fear in berlin. half the cities trans went out of use when the berlin wall went up in 961 over 30 years . since

in the berlin state ballet. nothing works in the failed state. berlin, except idiotic identity politics. berlin will become the capital of absurdist. done . people the production works. stop the use of black face and it's good. the nutcracker, per se, is not the problem, is the fatal decision against this masterpiece. go exactly. basically, i would leave the pieces as they are and possibly write comments in the program guide. will see certain things differently to day than in the past. in 30 or 40 years, people will judge what we do to day, just as critically as we do to day about the past. you have to live with that history changes. i think it's totally absurd to demand that historical documents, books of place be like us to day. that's what it comes down to. we criticize everything that is different from what we think to day. then you can't use artwork or literature from the past at all. they thought differently from us in the future . they will think differently from the way we think to day. you have to toler

in fact berlin is something of a scary place. immediately after the end of the war einstein finds himself climbing barricades and he has to negotiate for the release of dean's being held hostage by revolutionaries and the new regime for a academic freedom. it's important to emphasize at this point even though there's a premise there is no peace treaty. einstein is still targeting at this point and he still can indicating with this scientific allies. the blockade would have explicit intent of making it as difficult as possible for germany so they could get the best conditions they can. eddington finds himself working frantically. suddenly it's the end of 1918 it's going to take months to get to the hemisphere and they couldn't do any of the preparations during the war because of materials and labor and because of wartime restrictions. he manages to get a pass for this which is extraordinary at the time and decision is made to send two expeditions to. one team would be sent to prison on the other team that the eddington sent to the