Good evening and welcome this is r. T. International. 30 years ago the berlin wall was torn down real east and west berlin and her building the beginning of the end of the cold war security today has been high with major celebrations taking place across the country berlin thousands have been taking part in numerous events including exhibitions on the walls history. Now with a quick look at his 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 at slice of the city and was erected in the night august 13th 1981 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete france with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most know it today but checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became impossible. My. Isnt this a concrete wall 3. 6 meters high and 1. 2 meters wide smooth filner running along the top to prevent anyone climbing over w
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Andrew follow will be here with you next hour to take you through all the latest news from around the world and stay with us for crosstalk next here on our international. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle 30 years ago the berlin wall fell the cold war had essentially come to an end the fall of the cold war symbol was heralded as a new spring of nations and the end of communism decades on what is the legacy of this historic event the promises of 1989 been fulfilled. Crosstalk in the fall of the berlin wall im joined by my guest John Laughlin in paris he is a political scientist and historian in washington we have harold james hes a professor of history and International Affairs at Princeton University as well as author and editor of a number of books including when the wall came down reactions to german unification and in cork we cross to Geoffrey Roberts he is emeritus professor of history at University College cork and a member of the Roya