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Least 3 people have been killed and miles and miles of files the legacy of the east German Secret Police the stasi 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall people still come to read their falls and often leave shaken by what they find. Im burnt off our viewers in the United States on p. B. S. And our viewers all around the world welcome russias Security Service the f. S. B. Says that it has neutralized a gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow the f. S. B. Also confirmed that one of its employees was killed in the attack the countrys Health Ministry says that 5 people were injured police have cordoned off the area no motive has yet been established but the shooting took. Police soon after president Vladimir Putin held his end of the year news conference. Our lets take this story straight to our correspondent in really sure when shes in moscow covering this for lisa do we know any more especially about the motive. For now we dont know any more about the motive the Security Services have said that they are currently trying to identify that shooter and look into those motives as you said brant one theres one confirmed dead with 5 injured but that number could rise we dont know at the moment whats clear though is that this attack has shaken moscow it took place right in the center of the city outside this rather iconic and well known building the f. S. B. Building at new bianca really just a stones throw away from the kremlin in the city Center People were sharing their videos of the shooting that took place in this kind of very populated area and there were a wide range of media reports about it including that actually it may have been 3 shooters shooting out at that building so well have to wait and see what the developments are there but certainly people are taking this are shaken by this attack and we know theres been a lot of speculation particularly a bell the motive and we know that this happened shortly after russian president Vladimir Putin held the year news conference. Well thats right the Investigative Committee here in russia has launched a criminal investigation into this attack and as you say it took place just after the near puton finished his yearly press conference of course he himself was previously the director of the f. S. B. So there could be for perhaps some kind of a link there and its also worth noting that tomorrow is scheduled to be a day in celebration and on during those people who work for the Security Services so if this attack was planned if there were motives behind this perhaps they could be linked in some way to those events and they could be linked to the politics of the day were no very sure when with the latest on that shooting in central moscow emily thank you in india at least 3 people have died in protests against a controversial new citizenship law recent rallies became violent which led to a complete ban on crowds defied that ban and police made hundreds of arrests now the new law it offers citizenship to immigrants from pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan who are escaping religious persecution however it excludes muslims. The anger is widespread and not everyone is holding back. In northeast india violence flared outraged protesters defying the ban on demonstrations across the country they say the governments new law discriminates against muslims and threatens indias secular democracy and yet youll see a this citizenship Amendment Act is against the Indian Constitution it is a legal it is against the spirit of independence of our country. Not my get out and leave it on twitter condemnation of the police man handling one of our most prolific and influential public intellectuals and scholars Rama Chandra Guha who said he was engaged in nonviolent protest when he was arrested. The government said it was forced to take steps in the interest of Public Safety after many protests turned violent last week. In the capital delhi more than a dozen train stations were closed. Roads blocked traffic congested authorities also shut down mobile phone networks and the internet in several regions. A very difficult situation and a very bad situation were facing a lot of problems the road still so have a lot of traffic jams and some of them blocked so its a pathetic situation. But there may be much more disruption on its way there are a few signs Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to back down over the law and many here are determined to make him change his mind whatever the consequences. Were earlier we spoke with a journalist is on your. And we asked if the whole country is affected by these protests. Not really the protests not going to go and find pockets in urban. Cities. You know. Bunch of section of the. Crowd that have come out there been a lot of people who are you know the school become they come out of the comfort of the black well this is also happening im good for themselves not being you with some of the social media. Or the messaging out what people are putting out you know creation. Kind meet about. Everyone getting all of this and theyre moving. With it because its so if youre gathering steam and most of the metropolis is really good really good not. Bad. That was journalist on your ravi shankar reporting from chennai in india well lets take a look at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world berlin is remembering the victims of a terrorist attack on a busy Christmas Market 3 years ago today 12 people were killed dozens more injured when an islamist extremists rammed a truck into a crowd the attacker and these henri was known to German Authorities at the time as a potential terrorist in slovakia the trial over the murder of journalist young chiaki and his fiance martina cushnie rover has begun a suspect is accused of ordering the killing at the same time that it was investigating his Business Activities the couple was gunned down at their home in february last year police in italy have arrested more than 300. 00 suspected members of the calabrian mafia including former politicians and a polies commander arrests were also made in bulgaria germany and switzerland about 2500 officers took part in raids in italy alone isnt. That. In the u. K. The new government elected last week has formally laid out its agenda at the state opening of Parliament Queen elizabeth listed the governments priorities and the big surprise delivering breaks it is priority number one Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now in a much more commanding position following last weeks election he announced that his brakes bill will return to parliament tomorrow. Queen elizabeth left aside the grand ceremonial robes traditionally worn for the opening of parliament in favor of a dignified xcel blue ensemble this was after all her majestys 2nd queen speech and just 10 weeks normally its a special annual event but snap elections have been held and now parliament has opened again the official known as the black rod who summons the members of parliament did go through the customary ritual of being shut out of the house of commons. And having to knock to be let in. This symbolizes parliaments independence from the monarchy and the speech Queen Elizabeth delivered was as usual independent of whatever she herself and i think in fact it was pretty much the same as her last one also written for her by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his ministers my lords and members of the house of commons my governments priority is to deliver the united kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of january. Another key piece of legislation will commit more money to Britains Health service which makes medical treatment available to everyone in the country for the 1st time the national Health Service is multiyear funding settlement agreed earlier this year will be a sure i learned in law and the new video will ensure qualified doctors nurses and Health Professionals have fast track entry to the united kingdom. Opposition labor says this is the issue Boris Johnsons government will be judged on after years of the conservatives underfunding National Health but the opposition will have little opportunity to change any proposed legislation Prime Minister johnsons sweeping majority in the election means all the plans announced by the queen are likely to pass without serious challenge. And though the other side of the atlantic on capitol hill in washington congressional leaders are trading recriminations and accusations one day after the u. S. House of representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump the house of representatives voted overwhelmingly along party lines on 2 articles of impeachment democrats say that trump abused his powers and obstructed congress all the connection with the ukraine scandal and after the house vote the senate is due to be tasked with conducting a trial of the president and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell who will decide the terms for that trial reacted today by calling the house impeachment process unfair House Democrats embarked on the most rushed least thorough and most unfair and patient inquiry in modern history this is by far the then a basis for any house past president ial impeachment an american heres a list a good story now our Washington Bureau thats where my colleague pablo fully in the us is standing by good evening to you pablo so we just heard Mitch Mcconnell the most powerful republican in the senate strongly denouncing the impeachment votes does his statement do his words mean that the senate will not vote to remove the president. Hybrid well essentially we already knew before even the vote we have to go back to wednesday that it was going to be passed by the democrat controlled house of representatives and now were hearing that mcconnell didnt sing the vote which also comes as no surprise now his strong words against democrats also no surprise and for Many Americans the fact that it will pass on to the senate will that perhaps. Most likely it wont also is no surprise that the senate is controlled by the republicans there are 53 of them compared to 45 democrats and 2 independents and we saw in the vote on wednesday had the republicans stood firm they stood behind President Trump and were not expecting any difference in the senate and of course theres all there theres one very important issue which needs to be raised which is in order to remove president term from office they need a 2 thirds majority and they are referring to the democrats something which they dont have so its very much and you could even say a very difficult battle for them to win but theyre not giving up theyve been criticizing the republicans for not actually defending President Trumps actions on for just sort of going on the attack and for also potentially holding a trial without any witnesses very good point of course they can hold the trial until they get those order calls of impeachment from the hells after. The House Speaker nancy pelosi she. Knew what she had to say. I heard some of what Mitch Mcconnell said today and it reminded me that i found out that when they wrote the constitution they suspected that there could be president i dont think they suspected that we could have a president and row leader in the senate at the same time maybe those are fighting words Strong Language there from nancy pelosi about the Senate Majority leader is below sea is she hoping to negotiate with mcconnell to make this senate trial happen or do you think she has written impeachment off indefinitely. I would say so i mean. Surprised many me included i must say here in the United States but you know you mentioned it not committing these have some managers as theyre called over here who essentially deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate its a necessary process to basically get the next stage of the president s impeachment under way brant book you know by holding back and shes shes basically hoping to force the Republican Leaders to hold what she and other democrats are hoping for which is a fairer senate trial she even said it yourself in the press conference after the vote in the house of representatives on wednesday you know and she basically is hoping for you know by delaying the process by perhaps forcing the democrats republicans at to sort of change their signs to a degree it could actually be damaging to the president because it would sort of stretch further into next year basically democrats want to call witnesses to testify at the trial that one of those witnesses could be the national the former National Security advisor john bolton democrats believe that he could perhaps have a lot of very damaging evidence against president code change the situation in tardy but of course until were actually even at that next stage its sort of very early to even start commenting on what could happen at brant good point the u. S. Constitution does not state when nancy pelosi has to give those articles to the u. S. So its in the woods just tonight. In washington public thank you. This year germany marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which led to german reunification it was a turbulent time of many changes and questions one of the biggest questions what to do with the mountains of files kept by east germanys secret police the stasi of the stasi was feared partly because of its vast network of informers who were willing to spy on coworkers friends neighbors sometimes even spouses in the end those files were made available to the public in today they remain a source of controversy and pain. 13 years ago east germans stormed the headquarters of the stasi there was they wanted to prevent the communist dictatorship secret police from completely destroying its archives here are in supreme war with the guys you know the place where the secret police planned the oppression of the people they were helping to preserve the files its an experience ill always remember as. My daughter i dont know how America Today is the federal commissioner for the stasi archives is agency holds enough files to stretch for 111 kilometers as a journalist and civil rights activist he himself was put under surveillance spied on and filmed by the stasi until 989 just like millions of others the spying reached all the way to the top ranks and into the west one of the stasis main targets was long term chancellor helmut kohl after the fall of the g. D. R. The German Government did not initially want to make the archives available to the public in an exclusive interview with g w the former chancellors widow mica close explains why this instance stocks there of questionable truth whats worse the stasi also added fake information to the Financial System that they were created in order to spy on people to subdue people and to secure the continuance of the regime by labor suspicion but activists from the former east germany persevered soon anyone could apply to look at his or her own files people were often astonished by what the stasi had known about them how much fun a long legal battle to prevent stasi files about himself from being released to academic researchers and journalists in the end a compromise was reached. Top 40 stuff they saw it mentioned i thought it was the stasi violated our human rights by spying on citizens and helmut kohl was of course a collector that information and these files of course they should be protected these are. Because for. 30 years on more than 2000000 people have seen their files the identities of former stasi spies have been revealed. People who were wrongfully imprisoned for forced into working for the stanzi were rehabilitated. But how to treat the files in the future is still controversial. Theyre not a legitimate source this was always my husbands concern hed say the more distant people are from the g. D. R. Over time the less they will understand that the stasi files are not of a constitutional state they stopped since but. The archives is a key historic document this is. Important to expand these files by talking to witnesses of the time but also with other information. In a sense history has always made up of many different elements like a mosaic shouldnt be a static image of history these archives should contribute to a discourse on history. That could take place here at the former headquarters of east Germany Secret Police and berlin a campus for democracy as in the planning it should be finished by 2021 and its hoped it will send a clear message that towards dictatorship can be overcome thats a reason for hope and thats the message that can be learned from history also for future generations about to become aware that freedom and autonomy are not a given that instead they must be cherished and protected. With the files that we board was part of a documentary entitled tight act in dresden you can see that documentary online at the w dot com slash doc. In china the government is trying to get farmers to start raising pigs again the country has been battling an outbreak of african swine fever for more than a year now the disease has wiped out at least 40 percent of the pig population farmers understandably are wary of returning to pork production and that is a problem in china because pork is a staple food there in fact china is the worlds biggest consumer and producer so the shortage has sent prices skyrocketing across asia our correspondent mightiest berlingo travelled to john village which is east of chongqing to take a closer look at how the poor crisis is playing out there and we should warn you this report contains images of pigs being slaughtered. Its a trait need junk she has learned from a young age hes a butcher in a village in southwest china he buys hogs from farmers in the surrounding villages and takes them home for slaughter me has kept his routine for decades but lately he has become worried about his business a few months ago an outbreak of african swine fever was reported in a nearby village is what do cats know its a disease old pig farmers fear we dont usually worry about our livestock but since one fever broke out everyone is anxious. How much in that village all the pigs were code and immediately buried since then no more cases have been reported in the area african swine fever is a disease caused by a virus originated from africa but which is now spreading rapidly throughout china it is harmless to humans but highly contagious and usually terminal for a horse in his back yard knee or so raises his own eggs. This one so fat she has trouble getting up. Will have it in the chinese new year. And infected pig here would most likely kill his entire life stock worth just over 2000 euros yeah well we dont years in the rear is a minute you have to use my eyes we dont have any tools for a diagnosis. The only criteria we can applies to observe the hulk if it needs an x. Normally ill buy it for you but if it looks sick all week of shows signs of flu or anything else then i dont buy it. Says. The real extent of the epidemic is unclear some experts estimate that up to half of chinas pork livestock is affected. Early in the morning the time has come for the halt for the previous night. The fat is white and the meat looks tender thats good quality. Home. He says the pigs he buys now of course twice as much as they did last year in order to ease the saurian prices the government has released part of its strategic frozen meat reserves the frozen meat sells a lot cheaper but nice as he is not worried that his customers might dump him for the cheap only. Been going to be very few people he would buy frozen meat. And once its frozen people dont like it they wont touch it. The meat is still warm when the 1st neighbors show up. First come 1st serve those who live nearby get to choose their cuts even before you can take the meat to the market pork is china staple meat consumers feel any price spike immediately increased pork prices are the main reason behind the rising inflation in the country and while his customers stay faithful to him that does not mean his business has not been affected. You know you get to my it is more expensive so i buy less nowadays i do feel the difference i cant afford to buy as much meat as i used to. That. Chinas government recently announced that pork production has begun to rebound whether this is true or not is impossible to verify in the meantime the can do little but to continue selling meat and to hope that the virus does not come back to the region. Russia says it will appeal against it for your ban from the olympics and other Major International sporting events the ban was imposed earlier this month as punishment for russian efforts to cover up positive drug test the countrys Antidoping Agency were says it will launch its case with the court of arbitration for sport in the next 2 weeks today russian president Vladimir Putin described the band as thing here. The original manifesto for the modern Olympic Games has set a new record for sporting memorabilia at auction it went for 7900000 euros the 14 page document was written in 892 by the french mint pia they tom hes known as the father of the modern olympics the document which had never been shown in public before the auction. Outlines quintons vision for resurrecting the ancient greek game. Visitors to the italian city of pompei are about to see Something Special the ongoing restoration of some of the worlds most famous works of art administrators opened the doors today and tomorrow allowing the public to view work being carried out on 1st goes in the Orchard House or whats known as the casa del. The work on the images of gardens ornamental plants and flying birds is expected to be finished in. Youre watching news live from berlin after a short break ill be back to take you through the day well have the latest on donald trump the impeached u. S. President. 50 years of religions for peace people from many Different Things are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of religious conflicts. Now all female members are for legends for peace from the middle east are demanding the larger. Oh come on the ground is empowering women giving them the rule making them agents of change to spread. The female peacemakers stores january 5th column t w. That 77 percent. Are younger than 6. Thats me and me and you. And you know what its time all voices. On the 77 percent to talk about the issue. This is where you cut the 77 percent this weekend on d w. Shit head of things this is your new ball speaking welcome to the show with a ding dong xoai high end concerts with illustrious guests. And an incredible location. Group. On t. W. Klutz. Donald trump will go down in history as only the 3rd u. S. President to be impeached the u. S. House of representatives last night voted yes to 2 charges abuse of power and obstruction of congress now its the u. S. Senates job to convict or acquit the president but that may not happen as soon as we expect tonight what has become the indefinite impeachment of donald trump i bring golf in berlin this is the day