A miracle it seemed to come to pass in the morning which it appeared so in the bible was pierced the town it was then and now hes now so we are just 30 years since the fall of the girl in wool what happens to the euphoria. Thanks very much for joining us and with me in the studio today i have got linda fear eka who grew up in the former g. D. R. And was 7 years old when the wall came down today she works as a reporter here d. W. And just completed a documentary about the full of the war and linda says its only now free decades after the wall came down that we realize how radical the change was for people in the east also with us is anglofrench Catherine Nicholson shes European Affairs editor with the broadcast of france 20. And believes that permanent euphoria is realistic its boring porton to learn lessons from the past. And a warm welcome to superstition freelance journalists only paterson who witnessed the fall of the wall 1st round he points out the 30 years on from the fall of the
Africa. Ensuring good theres no moves without the 6 pm on the 9th of november 1989. Opened a press conference about the meeting of the communist Party Central committee you know some hundreds of journalists had come hoping to hear news about east germanys latest decision on letting its citizens travel and told for no good about the travel regulations only party my language it was all waffle so it went on for half an hour it was dreadfully boring and all the other journalists felt the same. Should also be secure against the us is voting to an Italian Journalist because i was invited to ask a question should not strictly about going to. My tree can do if someone was standing to the left he did. Arrived so late he couldnt get a seat anymore. Mr schabowski you spoke of mistakes dont you think the draft travel bill you presented a few days ago was a big mistake for your state for freedom in this and all it was that moment i remembered i had wanted to talk about the issue of the travel regul
Allies and spread yourself said i only said that we certainly need more control of our own in europe. But the transatlantic relationship is indispensable for us to want in itself as a listed im not of the opinion that nato is brain dead i still believe in international cooperation. By it especially because we are facing ever larger and more International Challenges but also it was yes i agree with that also merkel needs to be strong on the. United States North America and europe to do more to get it done was done for decades we have implemented the strongest reinforcements also like the defense instead of the cold war. Also coming up a bronze statue of former u. S. President Ronald Reagan will be unveiled here in berlin tomorrow a statue to commemorate those words that he delivered before the wall came down. Chaired this one was added. On to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a warning that the spirit of unity that the wo
Division overunity in 2019 when did we forget those lessons of 1989 im bringing off in berlin this is the day. That much of a think of when you really an eyewitness to such an event and its something very moving by it and it makes you realize that everything can be changed. Enough and not always everything that was set in stone just folds this is something that keeps happening in the history of humanity in the past year. That everything that came after it could not contest to this day. Also coming up of protesters in iraq are demanding a functioning government that works for everyone instead of a system that cheats as many as possible the response so far has been brutal and at the United Nations see they use life bullets weak human beings protesting into minding our rights look at what they did to my leg and my hand they started shooting live ammunition at us. Once who our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the bridges that w
Involves d fending off groping men women in japan are saying time is up. And this week marks 30 years since the physical barrier separating peace in west germany came down berlin wall may be history but tally united is the nation today we take a look at some of the differences that persist decades after the fall of the wall. Well im terry martin and welcome to the program the president of chile has proposed a minimum wage increase in a bid to calm tensions amid the countrys worst unrest in decades protests started last month sparked by a hike in subway fares and then widened into a Mass Movement against inequality president Sebastian Pinera also wants congress to approve other measures but will it be enough to convince angry citizens to give up their protests. It was the demonstrators clash with police in santiago unappeased by the governments latest concessions. Protesters build barricades and police respond. But according to dictionary and Prosecutors Police tactics do not stop with