9 for from moscow studio where its currently just past 4 oclock in the morning q watching r. T. International thank you for joining us. Now 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 is high with major celebrations being held across germany and thousands have been taking for a new or service including exhibitions on the bulls history is Jacqueline Bouvier now with a quick look at its rise and fall. Of. The berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a line that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected in the night of august 13th 1961 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 crossing became all but impossible. Imagine this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters high and 1. 2 meters wide a smooth still nerve running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over watchtowers every 200 meters 962 a 2nd wall was built around 100 meters and east berlin territory this buffer zone became known as the death strip that soft sand 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 waste across 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 then just as rapidly on nov 9th 19891000 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 all to use evangelos sips us explains. Walking through the center on. 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 a divided it is difficult to identify characteristics of socialist architecture between the multi ethnic restaurants and bars but leaving the center you see in the west and east still remain intact 3 decades after the fall of the wall even chancellor Angela Merkel admits it. The majority of east german citizens in todays germany feel like 2nd class citizens according to those less than 40 percent of germans think that reunification was successful among those under 40 the figure is around 20 percent less than hoffman satisfied with democracy in germany former interior minister thomas them is one said that for east germans everything has changed but 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 ends 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. 00 Asylum Seekers in germany now theyre blaming them for decreasing the wages and taking advantage of their wealth for 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 the city of that is that has been declared a state of nazi. Emergency any recent talk on synagogue in halle 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 right wing terrorism is high in germany we have one of the area that we also classify as high that is islamist terror which remains you know field of view we make no compromises there but we have to approach this phenomenon anti semitism right wing extremism it centra with the same intensity you could see why people are happy to go up the wall is down d and everybody is united but the rise of single phobia is bringing the increase of hate crimes all the chanter 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 saving union in 1952 and then moved to east germany me to grossman told all t. Want he things 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. Reached 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. Where u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei also went to ballet. To commemorate the fall of the wall and he used the occasion to take a jab at china and russia. Everyone in this room has a duty we must recognize that 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 uses tactic as methods to suppress its own people that would be horrifyingly familiar to former east germans. Pompei is 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 was pondering over when u. S. Troops would finally leave the country there are currently almost 40000. 00 u. S. Military personnel in germany journalist and author thomas foss bunda says washington fiz new using influence over. This is a rather cheap effort. We kind ling cold war nostalgie are reported that way re kind ling german angst in the face of russia because the best way of course to do 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 feeders of us jews do the 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 few of 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 handed down its highest ever sentence to a congolese rebel warlord he joins a growing list of africans convicted by the court of crimes against humanity. Looks at why the i. C. C. Seems to merely focus on criminals from that consonant this. Its a very special court its out there only to rule on 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 for a murder that attempted as a crime against humanity and as a war crime. He is for but a seclusion as a crime against humanity he 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 untouchables. Ok and the wait just a few minutes of research will show that all people whove 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 doug 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 ability 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 the 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 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 where we have all of the i. C. C. To comment on this and when of course bring you any reply they give us. They hate him but they want him thats how the syrian president Bashar Al Assad describes relations between iran and the leader of turkey in an exclusive interview with r. T. Its the 1st time hes spoken to an International Channel in more than a year and you can watch it in full here on monday as well as on all websites r. T. Dot com but heres a quick preview. I dont know youre antagonistic with nato nations turkey but with. And arguably yourself must be aware that western policy is liable for blowback into the European Union what have you made of a European Union governments response to the possible. Outflow of british ises day as fighters back into the European Union how dangerous is it to be in london today or paris or berlin. Actually the relation between. The e. U. Is always they hate him but they want him. They dont do that in the know that hes phanatic islamist they know this and theyre the bin or that is going to send them both. Extremist or maybe terrorists egypt in many refugees from your country many of them from syria and some of them know theyre coming from different areas in the world not only syria actually but the majority are syria not all of them are extremist not the measure 2 of them are actually most of the turkey theyd have to because of the terrorism in syria because of the bombardment of the terrorists and so on. So they dont want him but the same time the fear him but from the other side lets hear that thin being those syrian and other. Is danger with the most dangerous on europe is to support the terrorists in syria this is the most dangerous part so this is hypocrisy how can you fear those few 1000000 with the majority of them are moderates and they have while you do you support those theories there to clean 100 in tens of thousands. I think i may be hundreds of thousands in syria and you dont feel that theyre going to go back to a country. A blood curdling murder sent shock waves through the russian city of St Petersburg but well have that story after this short break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing Dramatic Development that only loosely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. To. A top russian history professor is suspected of murdering one of his students thats after he was plucked from a river in St Petersburg with a pair of severed hands in his backpack earlier Saskia Taylor joined my colleague neil harvey in the studio with the details. History professor some peeps bug a State University has been arrested on suspicion of murder and again a quite bizarre what led to that moment a grotesque and bizarre series of events 63 year old. Was apprehended on saturday morning hed been walking along the embankment of a canal drunk and he had tried to throw his backpack into the water but in doing so he slipped and so fell himself into the water a passing taxi noticed called the police in order to save him which they did and in doing so and this is really the only reason that this crime has come to light they discovered what was in the backpack the cycle of was trying to dispose of a lot was a female hands he was taken into custody in which he remains and afterwards his flat was. What they found was very gruesome it was a decapitated female body head and a bloody. Drunk thrown body parts into a river. Road on the bottom of a list of things you would expect to come from a respected prefer so what more do we know about him in particular he was a distinguished academic who was teaching at one of the highest ranking universities in the country hed been recognized for his work hed been given awards and he was a specialist in French Military history specifically in napoleonic wars and he even founded a movement of historical reenactments but it is worth mentioning that despite his distinction he had been plagued by scandal because back in 2018 whilst he was giving a lecture a member of the audience accused of plagiarism and afterwards it was alleged the sokoloff that actually hired 2 men in order to rough up his accuser in the same year a female student at the university who he had been in a relationship with accused him of physical harassment. And even of attempted murder just for a 2nd of course to turn to his victim we do know that she was a 24 year old female student at the university called anastasio yes. And other than the fact that shed been in communication with him with regards to her studies theyve had no real relationship the university has spoken out saying of course that its shaken by this horrific turn of events as im sure is the whole city and that its thoughts are of course with the victims family. Facebook has announced it is removing posts naming the believed to be whistle blower who sounded the alarm over the trump ukraine a phone call the posts in which the supposed name of the whistleblower appeared were viewed several 100000 times before facebook removed them on wednesday the social media giant says this aim is to protect the individual from potential harm. Any mention of the potential whistleblowers name violates our coordinating home policy which prohibits content and outing of witness informant or activist were removing any and all mentions of the potential whistleblowers name and will revisit this decision should their name be widely published in the media or used by public figures in the debate posts from the ultra conservative breitbart websites have also been taken down despite the outlet being recently included on a list of facebook approved news publishers Donald Trump Jr also cited by barts article mentioning the whistleblowers name and during 124 hour period last week the cia officers name was mentioned in more than 150000 tweets. Us democrats failed to push through a bill to keep the identity of whistleblowers secret republican senator rand paul block the proposal accusing the democrats of spreading selective outrage the amendment was designed to protect whistleblowers from retaliation and acknowledge their contribution and it comes in the heat of the trump impeachment inquiry that was sparked by a lot of us testimony from an insider journalist and writer daniel lazhar feels facebook doesnt treat or whistleblowers equally. Facebook is under intense pressure from the democrats and especially the progressive socalled progressive wing of the democrats they democrats are pushing them to us censor ads political ads and theyre now under pressure to censor anybody who mentions the name of the socalled whistleblower and of course the most the worlds most important whistleblower join the sob which is now languishing in a british prison has his health has deteriorated dramatically and the democrats couldnt care less that democrats want to see him in prison facebook c. N. N. Washington post and most n. B. C. Published more than 8000 articles on the collusion thing until rather mueller issued its report saying there was no there was there was no collusion so facebook wouldnt dare try to censor that its obvious obvious like highly agreed to flee biased well thats your update for now im ours on a lot could not be back with more news from around the world in about 30 minutes time see them. Long one else seems wrong. 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