A parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with demonstrators last weekend. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has stressed the importance of the nato military alliance after a meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel they responded to french president a manual mccrone suggestion that the alliance was quote suffering brain death. Meanwhile germany is marking the 30th anniversary full of the berlin wall i 150 meter long work by the iconic Brandenburg Gate includes 30000 messages written on ribbons projections light up the remaining 6 ins of the ball. This is day w news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at w news or visit our web site thats day w dot com. First as occupier then as an ally the United States has been linked with germany for some 70 years american leaders once stood right here in berlin calling for an end to what president reagan once called a dreadful gray gash across the city germany of course is now united but the allies are drift
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A parking garage to police fired tear gas during clashes with demonstrators last weekend. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompei out has stressed the importance of the nato military alliance after meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel they responded to french president a manual mccrone suggestion that the alliance was quote suffering brain death. When one germany is marking the 30th anniversary of the berlin wall i 115 made along with by the iconic Brandenburg Gate includes 30000 messages written on ribbons while projections light up the remaining 6 ins of the ball. This is day w. News from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at de w. News or visit our website that state w dot com. First as occupier then as an ally the United States has been linked with germany for some 70 years american leaders once stood right here in berlin calling for an end to what president reagan once called a dreadful gray gash across the city germany of course is now united but the allies are dri
A parking garage up to police fired tear gas during clashes with demonstrators last weekend. U. S. Secretary of state my pump has stressed the importance of the nato military alliance after meeting with german chancellor Angela Merkel they responded to french president a manual mccrone suggestion that the alliance was quote suffering brain death. When one germany is marking the 30th anniversary full of the berlin wall i 115 make a long work by the iconic Brandenburg Gate includes 30000 messages written on ribbons while projections light up the remaining 6 ins of the ball. This is news from berlin for more you can follow us on twitter at. Our website at state dot com. Welcome to arts and culture as we celebrate a momentous event in german history nov 9th marks 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall in 1909 a day that changed World History marking the beginning of the end of the cold war and allowing east and west germany eventually to be unite. All this week weve been featuring stor
People and property and not in 38 that marked the start of widescale nazi persecution of jewish people. A math anyhow and welcome to the program the german capital is revving up to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall celebrations and commemorations have got underway at the Brandenburg Gate once the symbol of germanys division into east and west. Political correspondent simon young has been taking a look at preparations for saturdays festivities at the Brandenburg Gate is the centerpiece of these celebrations marking 30 years since the fall. All of the berlin wall the Brandenburg Gate that stood back then in 1989 in the death zone between east and west where nobody could cross and this is of course a commemoration of history and the sadness is that go with that but also of hope for the future above or maybe you can see these colorful cloud of freedom as its called 30000 strips of paper with peoples hopes for the future written on them and theyve suspended them here in this c