You. Claim. To play. This is d. W. News live from berlin marking the fall of the wall here in berlin celebrations have begun to commemorate 30 years since the wall came down paving the way for german reunification also coming up. Thousands take to the streets of the Chilean Capital Santiago as protest against inequality in the country continues plus. People have been living here for millennia but now they have to pack their bags a controversial dam plug in turkey will flood their town on its historical sites to
generate electricity. Place. Im told me all oddball thanks for joining us. Germany has started a week of celebrations to mark the 30th Anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th Of November 1989 a few days earlier hundreds of thousands of east germans had gathered at Butlins Famous Alexanderplatz for an unprecedented Demonstration Calling For Freedom Of Expression and democracy has more. History flashing before their eyes as thousands returned to berlin
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during their operations is calling for the units to be disbanded st. Im told me a lot of well welcome to the program. Germany has started a week of celebrations to mark the 30th Anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which happened on the 9th Of November 1989 a few days earlier hundreds of thousands of east germans had gathered at Butlins Famous Alexanderplatz from unprecedented Demonstration Calling For Freedom And Expression of democracy heres more. History flashing before the
the communist regime had rapidly and publicly lost all support but even then no one predicted that just 5 days later the berlin wall would fall. this week the spirit of the peaceful revolution once more lights up the city like this giant wave of colorful streamers at the brandenburg gate carrying messages of hope for the future written by germans. over the coming days the city will celebrate the anniversary with more than $200.00 events exhibitions and art works culminating with the ceremony at the berlin wall memorial on saturday. joining me now in the studio political correspondent simon young welcome simon are we heading to wasn t an anniversary which changed the course of history as we heard tell us more about how a germany is commemorating these events of 30 s.
days the city will celebrate the anniversary with more than $200.00 events exhibitions and artworks culminating with the ceremony at the berlin wall memorial on saturday. joining me now in studio is the political correspondent simon young i mean as we saw i mean those events very much still live here in berlin how is that momentous occasion and 30 years ago resonating today well i think as people look back it s evident that germany of the you really united germany today is a democratic country with free elections people can move around everybody enjoys the rights and freedoms guaranteed to germany s basic laws such as the right to human dignity but that s not to downplay the differences between rich and poor. but from the east and. viewpoint there is
coming days the city will celebrate the anniversary with more than $200.00 events exhibitions and art words culminating with the ceremony at the berlin wall memorial on saturday. and all this week we ll be bringing you special coverage and reports of the events which led to the fall of the glynn wall 30 years ago right here on. now with a year to go to the u.s. elections it s still unclear which way the country will vote president donald trump is under the weight of an impeachment inquiry while his opponents the democrats still divided over which candidate to pick richland county in wisconsin could give a clearer picture since 1980 the county has always voted for the winning presidential candidate correspondent all of a salad traveled to this swing district to have a feel of the mood there feeding time for dairy farmer mark stalls and his