Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word published in the book. Rico is in germany to learn german and why not play with him simple online on your mobile and free stuff from d w z e learning course nikos fake german made easy. This week on world stories. Families fight for their lives in venezuela. A Police Officer criticizes his own ranks you know gone. But we begin in germany 30 years ago citizens stormed the headquarters of the hated she does the secret police in east berlin a contemporary witness reports. He was there both going templi a former east german civil rights campaigner 30 years ago he and other demonstrators pushed their way into east germany stars the headquarters its still the resting place of thousands of files on citizens who were spied on. Softwares oh yes i said so you know what we want this peaceful disarmament our actual takeover of the whole thing will happen a lot faster. Was opened the gate the storming of no man in street was a key moment after stasi buildings and other cities had already been occupied in the proceeding months several 1000 people now poured into the berlin headquarters. Stassi workers tried to destroy files up until the very last minute but the activists were able to rescue most of those files. But the fight to save the files was far from one that took a Hunger Strike extreme effort on our part to convince west german elites politicians and those who wanted to keep a lid on this for various reasons. After all nobody knew exect lee how sensitive the information that east germany state security had collected was in the end the files were made accessible to the public templin applied to see his own. Group that it was certainly a unique experience i was part of the 1st group that got to see the files in 1930. 9 u. S. In opposition figure it was highly unlikely that a very comprehensive file of white as me it was very thora but there was also one from the 1st half of the 1970s that was classified as a pup a try to follow. For 2 years templin himself was an unofficial stasi informant he ultimately quit and got involved with civil Rights Groups later he was arrested and kicked out of east germany. After the fall of the berlin wall he returned and took part in the negotiations to dissolve the stars but hes still struggling to cope with what happened to this day. The stasi files will be transferred to the National Archives from 2021 as long as they remain easily accessible to ordinary people templin has no problem with that. Millions have fled venezuela due to the countrys economic crisis those who have remained are facing hard times and many families are fighting to survive. And her 7 children live in a slum on venezuelas caribbean coast the children do not go to school well that cannot afford to pay the bus fare to get them there she has barely enough money to survive. My husband went to peru because of the crisis. Where you know that he wanted to help us from there because that. Honestly if he hadnt left we would have starved here. That they were only simply would have starved. That atlanta and only one of them a look at the Industrial City of mary kay reveals why locals are starving the factories here as everywhere in venezuela are at a standstill only 2000 of the original 12000 still operate venezuela produces hardly anything itself anymore including food the giant cattle farms are empty then as well as our own products have been replaced with food imports highly subsidized by the state. The system worked well as long as Petroleum Prices were high but as soon as they fell there were Food Shortages so simply had more money printed to keep the system going the resulting hyperinflation was the final blow to venezuelas economy lives with the consequences every day the children rarely get enough to wait. For food but they understand when i tell them that i have nothing to give them a little so sometimes they cry its not easy when your child banks you for food. And you cant give them anything. Its very very difficult. But. Highly damaging system of state tara keeps the regime in power the. Paramilitary gangs on to buy the government intimidate the people through arbitrary rule and tara the president has also made the military compliant. Installed military people in all key industry positions they have no idea how to run an oil industry the. Petroleum production has broken down because of this mismanagement it is now at the same level as it was in 1945 american chinese and russian political and security interests clash directly in venezuela without russias help the madeira regime would have already collapsed. Venezuela is just one piece in a global game of poker the losers in this game of people like maliki hata and tonight was. Well if things didnt feel beautiful to me if i had the chance i take my children and leave me just like that me to. If they could millions more people would flee venezuela just to survive. Thank you. For months street protests of rock tom kong and the Brutal Police response has received heavy criticism the hong kong Police Officer told b w the criticism is largely justified. When david chan joint to Hong Kong Police force a few years ago he never thought that he would see scenes like these david chan is not his real name base was last november when protesters and Police Clashed for hours on the university campus. Police had calmed the massive attack. And david says its not only the physical threats that affect morale. Theyve been working long hours theyve been blamed fingers pointed at them its very exhausting both physically and mentally. This is what hes talking about wrongness criticising and often could sing at the police many offices are on edge theyve been accused of indiscriminate arrests beating up subdued protesters and threatening to shoot tear gas into apartments. Videos of alleged Police Brutality circulating online. Bystanders who get into arguments with officers risk getting pepper sprayed a clear violation of the rules as david. Im just frustrated because some offices really just like the protesters and honestly they really want to beat them up but i think this isnt the right mentality we should be impartial as Police Offices we shouldnt take sides. He says hes currently doing as much as 100 hours of overtime every month while he isnt serving at the front line as backup he often has to be at the site of demonstrations david is hiding his identity for fear of being bullied by protesters online and he worries about professional repercussions. As a member of the Hong Kong Police force i shouldnt be criticizing it in public but as a citizen of hong kong i have to say the Senior Officers have basically messed it up. By the. Officials deny the police have done anything wrong the police has been the focus of the demonstrators since june when they 1st violently broke up a protest. Since then public anger has steadily grow especially among the young david says most of his friends have turned their back on him in the past 6 months. He says several of his colleagues have quit their jobs but while hes at odds with the current tactics he has no intention to leave. I should be staying in the police force and try to maintain the right mentality and to uphold the values of the police. Its a tough challenge for david stuck between loyalty and dollars. Norwegian Arlen Specter and in the Arctic Circle is the back of beyond the frigid climate isnt ideal for plants but a man from sunny florida did the impossible and started growing Fresh Produce there. This is not a u. F. O. Its a greenhouse inside it drops to minus 20 degrees celsius during the dark polar night only when the polar day begins will Benjamin Vidmar see things growing here we have some days you know with the midnight sun theres sun in theory 24 hours a day so it just moves around in the sky and it can get like 2530. 00 degrees and here i really like to do some root vegetables carrots potatoes would be nice. Finally a bit of sunlight and darkness prevails for months in winter its minus 25. 00 degrees celsius the tundra here is permanently frozen there are more polar bears and fall apart than people. Of all places benjamin did mark gross food here the worlds northernmost settlement. This one i think looks good too and then this 13 stuart the 4th one is on the table so its an experiment together with his colleague Scott Benjamin works in what they call their lab the seeds only sprout when the climate is nearly tropical theyve planted basil parsley crusts lettuce cucumbers and chili peppers. At 1st vidmar just wanted to be able to eat fresh vegetables thats how he came up with the idea by 3 oclock in the afternoon its pitch black again benjamin has gotten used to this although hes from florida this former ships cook got stranded on the icy archipelago 10 years ago. Benjamins gardening business is booming his stock is in high demand and his capacity is limited small bart is about a 1000 kilometers from norways north cape ordinarily all foods must be flown in which is expensive and not ecologically sound. This other stuff. So. There are some delays for it and. Thats why Benjamin Vidmar wants to prove that things can be done differently. Benjamin fit mark thinks a circular economy can work and he wants to prove it right here and spell bart. Meet the artist sebastian god for you for 3 or so more that they become a footballer for lying to me in my life inside the weight of the biggest story in my pictures a little bit of just me to look like. Is making all my love go to the. 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