A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teacher here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. 30 years ago the berlin wall was torn down reuniting east and west berlin and heralding the beginning of the end of the cold war security as high head of major celebrations across the country and berlin thousands are expected to take part in numerous abounds including a variety of exhibitions on the walls history lets take a quick look at its rise and fall. Of. The berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a mind that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long its slice of the city and was erected in the night august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete fence with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossed. It became all but impossible. To imagine this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters high and 1. 2 meters wide smooth still nerve running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtowers every 200 meters 1962 a 2nd wall was built around 100 meters and east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death strip the soft sand to show footprints floodlights tripwires and machine guns the guards had permission to shoot on sight and had vicious dogs the more elaborate the wall became the more creative for the ways to cross that 5000 people managed to get through climbing over climbing under through the sewers and even and hot air balloons or the 100 died trying the fearsome bear that emerged seemingly overnight and it just as rapidly on november 9th 1909 when thousands stormed the checkpoint on board homer street at 10 45 pm the head of the checkpoint overwhelmed by the crowd gave way and open the gate the other soon followed as germany celebrates reunification to some it seems the country is still divided with an invisible line separating east and west. 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Walking through the center of berlin one can see how much effort the German Government has put for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall it almost seems that the country was never to fight it it is difficult to identify characteristics of socialist architecture between the multi ethnic restaurants and bars but leaving the center you see in the reality west and east still remain intact 3 decades after the fall of the wall even chancellor Angela Merkel admits it its fun to show the jury to fool me east german citizens in todays germany if you like 2nd class citizens according to those less than 40 percent of the germans think that reunification the most successful among those under 14 and even the figure is around 20 percent instant lesson ha ha satisfied with democracy in germany former interior minister told us them is one sit the for east germans everything has changed for west germans only their postal cold and 30 years on his comments seem to be quite superficial a recent study shows the significant gap between the west and the east in terms of wages and unemployment and as a result of these inequalities fresh ration eggs in a phobia seem to be taking over the people even after 30 years of their reunification germany still struggles to accept that the Country House multiple identities the berlin wall was put up to stop migration from east to west nile the idea seems to be life again since 2015 during the refugee crisis the country saw more than 1000000 Asylum Seekers in germany now theyre blaming them for decreasing the wages and taking advantage of their welfare system its not a surprise that one in 2 germans believe that the country cannot handle anymore refugees saying it has reached its limits and its no surprise and nationalist sentiments are on the rise of the city of theirs that has. He declared a state of nazi emergency in the recent talk on synagogue in how he has shown that more than a quarter of germans hold anti semitic beliefs. I would like to point out once again that its all those some dont want to admit this the threat of antisemitism and rightwing terrorism is high in germany and one of the areas that we also classify as high as that is islam is terror which remains you know field of view and we make no compromises there but we have to approach this phenomenon with anti semitism right wing extremism it with the same intensity food you could see why people are happy to go up the wall is down and everybody is united but the rise of single phobia is bringing the increase of hate crimes all the chance to fight and marginalized communities should remind germany that reunification is a process rather than just a Public Holiday we caught up with an american who defected to the soviet union in 1952 and then moved to east germany mr grossman told r. T. What he thinks was better back then. The old days a people almost most people seemed to have more money than they could spend because there were not enough luxury goods in the shops so that they had money to go to on vacation and so forth not everybody but a large number today many many people and especially children are suffering from a severe lack of money this is another problem which has taken place and makes me think after 30 years that as with many of the ents in the World History is a good side and a bad side to everything and there were some bad sides to this makes me i should add still sad that that experiment the g. D. R. A part of germany at least as it was only a small part and the poor apart but at least one part of germany where they could really almost completely get rid of poverty this was an achievement which has rarely been it a reach any place in the world i think to a great extent the g. D. R. Reach that that nobody really feared suffering from poverty even 2 generations in germany could not get rid of fascist ideas and racist ideas in peoples heads but in east germany if they still had them. They kept to themselves they were they didnt voice them publicly they may have to voice them among the family in a family of Close Friends but not publicly now today and after the wall went down f. You saw it right near my home whole columns of really fascist thugs with swastikas if they can if they can somehow disguise them a little with this fascist slogans and looking like just the same as the s. S. Man 80 years ago and this is one of the most frightening things about the fall of the wall. U. S. Secretary of state my pump also went to berlin to commemorate the fall of the wall and use the occasion to take a job at china and russia. Everyone in this room has a duty we must recognize the free nations are in competition of values with those unfree nations today russia led by a former k. G. B. Officer stationed in dresden invade his neighbors. Slays political opponents the Chinese Communist party used this tactic as methods to suppress its own people that would be horrifyingly familiar to former east germans. As a former cia chief and did some of his military service patrolling the berlin wall but his attendance at the ceremony was also greeted with criticism from one of germanys biggest news outlets there chevelle asked when u. S. Troops would finally leave germany there are currently almost 40000. 00 u. S. Military personnel remaining in the country journalist and author Thomas Fassbender says washington fears losing influence over berlin. This is a rather cheap effort at we kind ling cold war nostalgia reported that way kind ling german angst in the face of russia because the best way of course to do with that the best way to develop a strong enemy image among german politicians and populations is to picture or to paint brush in the mold as close as possible in the mold of the soviet union one of the central fields of us jews to egypt thinking as i see it is losing control over germany that germany might at one point early or later take her own fate into her own hands keeping large armies with tanks and soldiers along the russian border is from my point of view a futile effort which the fact of which of the intention of which is mainly to keep western europe within a status of angst and fear of russia in order to stay close to the folds of the u. S. G. Used to d. G. Interests. The International Criminal court at the hague has met about its highest ever penalty to congo is rebel warlord he joins a growing list of africans convicted by the court of crimes against humanity over r t is it a try got looks at why the i. C. C. Seems only to convict war criminals from africa. This. Its a very special court its out there only to rule in cases such as genocide crimes against humanity war crimes its called the International Criminal court or the i. C. C. And wont sort out lets say your cousins divorce heres its latest verdict. And the attempt to as a crime against humanity and theres a war crime yes or put a solution as a human at the said to us of imprisonment this is the convict congolese rebel commander bosco into ganda indeed hell now serve 3 decades for everything he did during a nightmarish civil war in the heart of africa the crimes have been well documented by activists so probably no one will argue the man got what he deserved it cant bring back his victims but the International Criminal courts 30 year sentence for congolese rebel leader bosco into gumba signals that even those who once thought themselves untouchable could one day be brought to justice a signal for the intelligible ok and the wait just a few minutes of research will show that all people who have ever been indicted by the i. C. C. Theres a few dozen have one thing in common theyre all from africa on the list not only rebel king pings but very top officials former leaders but again nobody from other parts of the globe sure the african continent has witnessed countless civil wars theres no need for any additional explanation for just how much blood was spilled there but what about the ugly record by the rest of the world once the court was to get the atrocities of the israeli arab conflict under its microscope heres the message that instantly came from. Washington the United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court we will not cooperate with the i. C. C. We will provide no assistance to the i. C. C. And we certainly will not join the i. C. C. We will let the i. C. C. Die on its own after all for all intents and purposes the i. C. C. Is already dead. So far no ones felt the strong i. C. C. Hand when it comes to that middle east crisis earlier this year alleged american war crimes in of ghana stan came into focus. If youre responsible for the proposed i. C. C. Investigation of u. S. Personnel in connection with the situation in afghanistan you should not assume that you will still have or will get a visa or that you will be permitted to enter the United States the case over the afghan intervention unanimously rejected even tony blair could have appeared before the judges in there but you got it right its not something such a high at least seemed former u. K. V. I. P. Would go through they get a bit more into history and youll find out americas response to the very foundation of the i. C. C. Was Pay Attention to this one a law that authorizes the use of military force to liberate any american or a citizen of a u. S. Allied country being held by the court in the hague the message is clear if you dont want u. S. Marines storming the shores stick to the africans that someone say theres been a clear signal for the untouchable i believe that there are certain continents like africa and countries within that continent that are looked at with more scrutiny perhaps because they are less developed nations and have less power when it comes to their economies in the. The to shape world policy and so its very easy to target those countries and to ignore some of the larger countries that might also be guilty of some of these things as well but have more influence and more slip sway globally the United States sits in a very interesting and powerful position worldwide where we are able to exert influence over International Courts and to ignore those we want to ignore and to demand investigations where we want to demand them u. S. Government has a very simple policy which is that war crimes are never committed by the United States or by its military that it simply does not happen and when you take that view you immediately begin to turn around and say well we can punish anyone who thinks otherwise and quite candidly the United States government can punish countries that push against it economically and through sanctions weve asked the i. C. C. For comment on the issue but havent received a reply yet. They hate him but they want him thats how the syrian president Bashar Al Assad describes relations between europe and the turkish leader aired on an exclusive interview with r. T. Its the 1st time hes spoken to an International Channel and more than a year you can watch it in full here on monday as well as our website r. T. Dot com but for now heres a quick preview. I dont know youre antagonistic with the nature of nation turkey but i was trying to ill give you yourself must be aware that western policy is liable for blowback into the European Union what have you made of. The story thats right. Slavery. Seems wrong. Just dont. Let me. Get to shape out the answer. And in detroit because the trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Welcome back the International Monetary fund says its ready to renegotiate the terms of a massive loan to argentina with its president elect Alberto Fernandez defeated. In elections last month i made renegotiating the i. M. F. Loan central to his campaign argentina has a long and difficult history with the organization heres a quick recap. The latest loan from the i. M. F. Hasnt solved many problems the country is currently almost 300000000000. 00 in debt inflation this year is approaching 55 percent poverty is also a major concern with the Unemployment Rate reaching a decade high our sister channel r. T. Spanish was the 1st International Outlet to interview the president elect fernandez spoke with our host and former president of ecuador korea and described how argentina found itself in this dire situation. You know we are faced with problems that were previously unknown to us in 2015 argentina faced inflation a lack of foreign reserves a dollar peg but it didnt have excessive debt put off to machree came he started to add debt arguing it would help to reduce Budget Surplus and the boring reached an all time record in one and a half years at some point the market told him no im not going to give you more because you wont give me anything back so what did machree do he asked the i. M. F. To help and after that the i. M. F. Loans him 57000000000. 00 which is 60 percent of the world debt to the i. M. F. In other words 60 percent of the amounts that the i. M. F. Has lent to the whole world falls on one country argentina why did they learn this money to support machree so that he can stay on as president the most expensive Political Campaign in Human History is the machree campaign it cost argentines 57000000000. 00 everyone knows that the International Monetary fund is an accomplice to whats happened everyone knows that european leaders who at that moment complained about loans granted by the i. M. F. Know that. Everyone knows that i firmly believe that were going to go shapes properly and we must tell them our truth because our goal is to pay off the debt and not to evade it. Brazils former president Lula Da Silva walked free from prison on thursday and was greeted by chanting supporters. Early release was made possible by a new court ruling that allows convicted for most of white person if they have not exhausted their appeals hundreds of his supporters took to the streets of sao paolo to celebrate. Lets look at the most you know you cannot imagine what this day means to me this is the victory of democracy and hope for brazil louis freeh who is the hope of this country the president always cared for the poor who always look after poor people is free today lula forever. Its a very happy day for me and many others because lolo was freed weve been waiting for justice to happen our country is a joke i believe we have a reason to celebrate and renew our energy to continue wishing for a better country a happier brazilian people like your were here to celebrate hope will win over fear democracy will be reestablished in this country is free. Well i was president from 2003 to 2012 years ago he was convicted of corruption and Money Laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison for himself denies any wrongdoing this summer there was a twist in his case at least conversation revealed that the prosecutor and the judge or privately discussing the case earlier neil harvey spoke with the chief editor of the brazilian news outlet opportunity. Now. Out of jail. Have has. Very important tend because its going to be deleted off the opposition lula is going to be walking on the streets talking to the people i mean officially hes powerless new from participation in politics but hes much bigger than that hes able to do that with this decision of the Supreme Court hes totally free to do what he wants to do including any kind of Political Action is part of the decision i remember from when i was in brazil for the 2014 president ial a little was a standing but it was clear this man is greatly loved in brazil hes got a huge fan base a real presence know him just being out and about with the electorate does that put a lot of pressure on the the current president im sure it will because now the opposition is going to have a leader up to this time to mount after both for now though. The opposition of both not have a leader in brazil has not really the conditions to talk to people now with lula walking and talking on the street the opposition is going to have a very important leader that i think is going to chant political situation in brazil im sure about that. Thats a global news update for this hour thanks for tuning in. And were going to fulfill repeated promises apologies to the people come on you know weve all pots the. Place ready for a. Pretty good burka now you want to 1st crack that. No. Balls be. Coming out my yaar. Time after time so were going underground as saudi arabia takes the podium to conclude the u. N. General Assembly Just ahead of the one Year Anniversary of the killing of the Washington PostJamal Khashoggi a crime over which the u. N. One saudi arabia investigated coming up on the show as the United StatesSenate Debates a trade war with hong kong that could drag the Global Economy down amidst the president trumps existing sanctions against china we speak to a member of on kongs executive council preparing for tomorrows 70th anniversary celebrations of the peoples republic and on the day saudi arabia concludes the u. N. General assembly we go to the country with the largest number of u. S. Troops in Europe Germany to hear its left Party Dealing slam any possible angle of merkel plan to join Donald Trumps and Boris Johnsons soldiers against iran plus brechts at the berlin wall and microwave meals with suede supporting artists funny how all the support coming out today is going on the ground a festival remarks the 70th anniversary of the peoples republic of china an event covered in nato nations not so much for the lifting of 850000000 out of poverty as the triumph of a brutal state that today abuses human rights in on kong the chief villain appears to be hong kong chief executive kerry lamb joining me now from the new Peoples Party headquarters and on kong is one of our cabinet ministers Regina Regina thanks so much for coming on the show before we get to whats going on in all kong how is it out who is the special Administrative Region going to be celebrating 70 years of china that will be flecked ways and ceremonies and celebrations as usual and the Hong Kong Government work in sending a large delegation to beijing to attain. In the parade and various celebrations in the capital but new new fireworks because some people think that having no fireworks in on kong is a capitulation to the enemies of ongoings really its a great pity but i think there are Strong Security considerations considering that in the past 100 days there have been a lot of. Outbreaks of violence attacks on in the ocean bystanders if you if you find somebody who would disagree with you you bash that person so in view of the potential for fights and the breakdown of law and order i thing the thora these were rights too can sodhi to fireworks this year well as you know media here in britain is covering the protests we have pictures in the studio of the american flags and british flags being flown by the protesters media here says they are Peaceful Protesters in fact british media sense thora g. s are investigating c. G. M. The chinese International Channel for bias the western Media Coverage on the hong kong events have certainly been highly biased in our view only you know there have been a lot of description of the events in hong kong as Police Brutality whereas actually although the poachers have taken place for over 100 days there have not really been serious injuries and no fatalities compare with the way western police hendo the los angeles riots in the 1970s occupy wall street in 2011 and the london riots in 2011 also in 5 days there were 5 deaths several 1000