Biden and a similar request to ukraines president triggered an impeachment inquiry against the president today and u. S. Lawmakers are hearing from their 1st witness in that investigation and a knife wielding Police Officer kills 4 Staff Members inside Police Headquarters today before being shot dead by another Police Officer well get a live update from the french capital and an icy reception for more strong since bright supplant as the british Prime Minister defends his latest proposal in parliament and the European Union the word is this plan doesnt look like a deal. Im bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In. United states and all around the world welcome germany is marking the anniversary of the countrys reunification 29 years ago today east and west germany became one nation after decades of hostile division during the cold war this years official commemoration ceremonies took place in the Northern City of kill german chancellor Angela Merkel she held the countrys progress since reunification but she said more must be done to bridge the divide that still exist between east and west. Sound lines evoking the sifting counters of germanys history as a country in mock 29 years of unity in the northwestern city of kiev chancellor angle america highlighted to successes over and if acacia but she acknowledged that there was still work to do. And you know in advance that we are in the 29 years that have gone by since for unification an incredible amount has been achieved overall in both western and eastern germany people are now moral content with their lives than it any other time since reunification but we also know that that is not the whole truth so they show that 29 years since reunification the majority of people from eastern germany feel they all 2nd class citizens. Trowing upon her own experience im going to america spoke of the mixed feelings of east germans i think country disappeared. From if you understood it and feel myself into many others the fall of the pearling wall in 1909 and german reunification in 1990 when moments of happiness of confidence and of openness but others were intimidated by this new openness for them the east german system was a form of support. Chance in america us so used the occasion to pay tribute to victims of the companys 2 regime. We cannot theres so much that i also want to remember the victims of the dictatorship those who lost their lives trying to flee those who were persecuted imprisoned they shouldnt be forgotten even on a day full of joy like today. Focusing on them talk therefore to be avoided and. To german chancellor acknowledged that a gap still remains that raising a border between 2 states wasnt enough to overcome differences in the to choose and values really guides the hiv less than half of east germans are happy with democracy here in germany which means that aside from what happened all of us politicians and Civil Society alike have to understand that and also why german unity wasnt just a positive experience for many east germans. In the port city of of august a day of celebration for germany but also in occasion to look at how differences that still exist between east and west can be mended. Every closer look at what the chancellor said today im joined here by my colleague. What did you make of the chancers speech today but i found it quite interesting that she drew upon her personal experience having grown up in eastern germany i got American Made several references. Say that her unification was to her and to many other recent germans a shock to say for herself it was a cultural shock she also said we heard that before that many eastern germans considered themselves therefore themselves as being considered 2nd class citizen and its quite interesting that she actually played the east german card the hope is some german origin because she didnt used to do that and thats something that has been reproached to her because i was in the east german as having grown up in is germany she could have used that there in her men there too i tried to chant. And german say. This is im heard today isnt it shes been the leader of the country what almost 15 years half of the time since the wall fill she someone would argue she could have used her status as the 1st east german chancellor to champion is germany exactly and now when you look at those east german essays of course theres a steady economy growth in these but you can still see that those states seem to lag behind compared to western states if you look at the docs where you have the 30 and the 3rd to big a big bigger chairman companies not one has its headquarters in the east if you look at unemployment rates it is higher indies than it is in the west so when she says thats right if occasion wasnt seen as positive for everyone on this theres a ground here theres been deep population d. Urbanization in the east the theme of this years festivities and hell courage connects what was the chancellors message there that was there was a message 1st of remembrance she talked about the victims of the coming his regime she said this shouldnt be forgotten even if this day off a joy and also as she called out for politicians to face the fact that they havent always been aware that even if the border been erased from the mob the border in peoples minds where on was a necessary it raised as well so she called if a politician is to actually make more to acknowledge those differences in mentalities between the east and the less you have to hear that every year this time that the the wall in the mind is still there for many people all right emissions as always thank you thank you. Are now to the United States in washington d. C. Congressional investigators heard testimony today from their 1st witness in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump kurt volker was questioned behind closed doors about his role in trumps attempt to prod ukraines president into investigating former Vice President joe biden. Was trumps special envoy for ukraine he resigned however last week right after a whistleblower filed a complaint about the now famous phone call between trump and the ukrainian president to be a selenski Congressional Democrats say trumps efforts constitutes an abuse of power which is an impeachable offense. Fired for more now lets take this story to washington my colleague. Is standing by good evening to you loz so the 1st inquiry or the 1st hearings into what could be a long long road ahead or a short ride who knows when will we know or do we know exactly what kurt volker said today. I know because of course brant this is happening behind closed doors but we do know that you know kurt volker of course now the former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine as you know he was mentioned specifically in this whistle blower complaint and its claim that just one day after that phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian president selenski alongside the u. S. Ambassador to the European Union met with president selenski in which it was believed that they gave him advice on how to navigate trumps request and that whats interesting is that folk are also handed over documents before his appearance and also included in that are Text Messages that he had with Rudy Giuliani never Rudy Giuliani of course is the president s own private attorney and you know this as i said the testimony is taking place behind closed doors and while old this was taking place today of course we had some rather extraordinary comments coming from President Donald Trump. This road to scandal with appears to be multiply drug mel says that both ukraine and showing should investigate Joe Biden Joe bidens son listen to what the president said today. They did it best they gave a good job as a company but newly formed companies if you look good by the way like white guys just started at the gate. Because what happened. Is just about bad what happened with. With your great. He says there what happened to china is as bad as what happened to ukraine was he talking about what china. Right well china refers back to a trip by the then Vice President joe biden to china in 2013 in which he took along his son hunter and his daughter and now on the trip hunter met with a Chinese Banker who would later become his business associate now whats happened is that the republican senator and finance chairman Chuck Grassley questioned Hunter Bidens actions in which he said that biden had a history of investing in collaborating with Chinese Companies including at least one posing Significant National security concerns so president has been mentioning this time and time again but of course lets not forget that he has asked a foreign country a country which you know the United States doesnt have its an especially Good Relationship with lets not forget that in just a few days time there will be some pretty important trade negotiations taking place between china and the u. S. And also once again he reiterated this belief that ukraine should investigate joe biden and his son so you know its left and left a lot of people here in the United States rather shocked and rather perplexed particularly Many Democrats brant. Were is all abuse. Well brant its you know its a pretty difficult thing to her of course at the moment its gathering a lot of pace lets not forget that we had you know the 1st witness mentioned earlier of course kurt volker in this impeachment inquiry speaking there today and you know were going to see more and more of that and on till we really kind of gather more information its hard to tell in what direction this is going to go but it must be noted that there are some republicans who have been openly supporting President Trump but a significant number have not said anything at all which has many analysts questioning why exactly so perhaps they want to wait and see had this in choir. Now in in polls conducted it does appear the president has a lot of support from republicans the vast majority of course but democrats more and more are saying that this impeachment inquiry needs to continue it is hard to read the republicans saw humans thats for sure probably really is on the story for us tonight in washington published as always thank you. To iraq now where the government is struggling to get. In several cities there are over 30 people have been killed hundreds more injured since demonstrations erupted on tuesday authorities have been imposed curfews in a bid to quote the rest of us troops or about unemployment corruption and a lack of basic necessities. Since protests started on tuesday and spread across the country iraq has been the scene of burning barricades dozens of fatalities and countless wounded the country is descending into chaos. The police have been using tear gas water cannon and live ammunition and an attempt to suppress the demonstrations which is only ignited further anger of protestors. The government in baghdad appears an able to regain control a curfew has had no effect. Furious protesters are out in force everywhere from the capital to the cities of najaf and basra. But now that were here despite the curfew were fighting for our rights we wanted a different Country Security forces have arrested our compatriots were being treated worse than members of Islamic State they hit us humiliate us and then shoot at us what have we done were just standing up for our rights. Oh sabs and people feel theyve been robbed they go begging on the streets theres no work and when we protest they shoot at us many of the Security Forces iranians you can hear it when they speak. Its a citizens protest its not being led by anyone and the people are rising up and they wont stop until the government steps down weve been patient with the leadership but it hasnt come up with the goods. The protests are triggered by widespread frustration especially among the Younger Generation about corruption poor infrastructure and high unemployment. Many are concerned about what they see as shiite irans growing influence on the Political Leadership in baghdad. Demonstrators want to new government and a restructuring of the state and a reduction in the mutual suspicion among shiites sunnis and kurds and they say this is the only path to a Brighter Future for iraq. Is mourning its own those are the words of the fringe capitals mayor today after a member of the police force armed with a knife killed 4 of his colleagues it happened at Police Headquarters in paris and 3 of the victims we understand are Police Officers the other and Administrative Assistant now the assailant attacked an officer and continue his rampage and other parts of the building before being fatally shot spy another Police Officer french president emanuel macron the Prime Minister and the interior minister visited the scene of the attack later in the day. All right lets go now over to paris our correspondent barbara visas she is on the story for us good evening to you barbara what more do we know about the suspect do we know why he did this. This is speculation about what could have motivated this horrible act of violence that took place here around lunchtime in the building the perfect shoot the police in the heart of paris. And had all these they had 4 People Killed in the end and we dont know and there is some information about the man who did it he was a 45 year old employee immobile employee as the interior minister had said earlier this afternoon who was on remarkable who nobody gave the sort of any grounds for concern and so there is speculation that they it could have been a problem among it was his superior problem among people who at his workplace but also the french press has the information that has not been officially confirmed that the man had. Sort of gone over to islam the head that he had to change his creed a year and a half ago and so there is some speculation of course that there might be a background but police has said so far that they couldnt find any times to islamic terrorism they have searched his apartment his wife has been taking in for for questioning but so far we have pretty much in the dark and so you know ok maybe there is the possibility that radicalization played a role here but if we dont know that our authorities then how are they treating this attack. Theyre treating this as a criminal act so far this is in murder inquiry and the anti terror investigators have not been called in they are not on this case so the police is extremely careful here to sort of cattle thing any wild speculation that sort of dark forces might be at work kid but of course paris has forum in that paris is all this sort of very quickly very nervous and people have had been extremely alarm tears during this act at lunchtime in the play fix your people were sort of fleeing the scene screaming and nobody really understood what was happening and theres always the suspicion that it could be Something Else behind it but so far that has not been confirmed the late the last text against policeman he took place in 20162017 its just around the corner from notre dame the cathedral that burned earlier this year yeah paris is having a tough year this year thats for sure. In paris tonight barbara thank you for heres some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world rescue teams in the south korean port city of busan are trying to locate 4 people feared buried under a landslide after typhoon mittal at least 6 people are known to have died others are missing after the storm hit southern parts of the country on wednesday night the 1st arab to visit the International Space station has returned to earth after days in space. Mansoor who landed in kazakhstan on the shore used capsule also on board were an american in a cage and say then from russia both spent about 6 months in the space station. Well there is just under a month to go until britains scheduled departure from the European Union but british Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons latest breaks it plan it is already getting a frosty reception from Brussels Today European Council president said that he is unconvinced by johnsons proposal european Officials Say theyre especially concerned about the prospect of customs checks on the irish border johnson has defended his proposal in front of a very skeptical British Parliament today. This governments objective as always be to be with a deal and these constructive and reasonable proposals show us seriousness of purpose they do not deliver everything we would have wished they do represent a compromise but to remain a prisoner of existing positions is to become a cause of deadlock rather than break through and say we have made a genuine attempt to bridge the chasm to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable and to go the extra mile as time runs irreconcilable may be the operative word there to talk about this latest deal proposal im joined by quentin peel he is with the Chatham House where the institute of International Affairs good evening to you quentin so i mean it is its a never ending story weve got this latest proposal from Boris Johnson and it appears that the European Union is not going to take the bait what happens then. Well i think the problem is this. He said see on the side of the Democratic Unionist Party from Northern Ireland johnson has moved clearly to grant which is much more. Or nearer to border in Northern Ireland but thats getting away from the European Union once so well maybe gaining a little bit not like you are getting majority in parliament hes a shining new zinc belts on the other side from the 27 e. U. Member states and from dublin and this is actually the opposite of what the former Prime Minister theresa may did right she got a deal with the European Union that she couldnt sell to her own parliament. Thats it and so between these 2. Extremes if you like and i know that extreme everybody seems to think that there should be a durable deal in the middle ground but the trouble is that right and youve got the conservative party profoundly split still and i think with the labor party split and the problem i think its hurt is this the brics it could turn blacks it predecessor britain leaving the European Union is fundamentally not compatible with the i wish Peace Process im having you know and thats where it seems to be breaking down and do you feel quite invent politicians in the u. K. And in the e. U. Are they being honest about this this may just simply be an impossible situation. I think i think its funny how complicated the anybody was prepared to admit a bedsit side at the beginning and i think very briefly go given the fractured make share of british politics to come up with a solution so i think there is dishonesty i think well its happening is its johnson is starting to try to play the blame game and say its going to develop to the European Union and to use this British Parliament that we havent been able to deliver a deal let me down and we will crash out quite pale with Chatham House as always when we appreciate your insights thank you. Germany is celebrating or Unification Day to day the face of berlin but has changed dramatically in the 3 decades since the wall that divided the city fell but one east Berlin Institution it have survived pretty much unchanged its dancing words are still intact. Couples have danced through berlin history under this roof here in clear him spohn house swing night is just as popular now as it was 100 years ago. Perlin might have lost some of its charm but you can rediscover it right here. Putting out the glitter might be dripping off the walls but weve been coming here for 10 years now its a berlin tradition i mean to put you in maybe bits of this and of course where one big family over the years you get to know each other everyone comes here and we love it that should be marked for it has been coming here regularly for 6 decades he lives in the west half of the city in the ball houses in the east even after the wall went up in 1961 he continued visiting the club despite border controls. That was put in the back then you have to cross the border at st if youve got a day pass and in the evening at midnight you have to be back again. Today the dance club in the middle of berlin also boasts a restaurant and is popular with locals and tourists alike. Author maki and keizo research the history of clear his ball house for years and interviewed many eyewitnesses who danced here when the g. D. R. Still existed and berlin was divided into east and west. Might come to see what comes before today you cant even imagine that they built a wall through the middle of the city but this is a place where east and west germany met up and became close because music and dance and alcohol all that brings people together. In her book and hes a tell. As the story. In 1913 club the brewer opened the ball house together with her husband to entertain berliners from all walks of life clear humans survive 2 world wars and the division of germany and hardly changed. But the neighborhood surrounding the club has changed today its an expensive residential and shopping area back then when berlin was divided ordinary people lived here its far money to be a normal street with a lot of small shops with houses built in different times but recently things have changed a lot and quickly now a lot of yuppies have moved here the old shops have closed there are a lot of Art Galleries but luckily a location like clear humes paul house still fits in nicely. But its not. The ball house never fell victim to trends even after the berlin wall fell in 1909 visitors from east and west continue to dance together but in january things may change a new owner plans on renovating the king mark wright hopes that things will continue as usual afterwards. We just want to stay here and keep dancing to swing music like we used to like in grandmas time so to speak. Claire his ball house takes its visitors back in time to a bygone berlin dance still unites people here as it always has a clear since. Well 1st of a break ill be back to take you through the day tonight what do you crane trying to suddenly have in common when you need to ask the u. S. President to find out well be right back. Welcome to the what is the game here for g. W. The true place to talk about. This us all coverage. More for. Us a little we have passed lets have a look at some of the other matches around me still shaking in their lives to create a sigh of relief so you dont want to miss. This guy coming up w. Years after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th d. W. World unto itself. With its own gravitational pull down. The finest musical comes. With some mysteries to brief. Me that he wasnt. Dont tell me that he never. You know and the 20 come up in the morning claim that. Refill the sins of your home is. The promise come. Starts october 11th on you enough. 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