A toxic legacy what are locals doing about it. But 1st we learn how the coronavirus pandemic is forcing urbanites to say farewell to their beloved. Freedom of selfdetermination and the opportunity to get ahead for centuries cities have promised all of that even today many people are drawn to urban areas for exactly those reasons ive a half the global population now lives in cities thats more than 4000000000 people and few places have offered greater hopes of success and happiness the new york city now though the pandemic is laying the dreams of many lives there to waste. In a few days time Celine Copland will have left new york she came from paris seemingly a lifetime ago saying goodbye to the city is hard. Make it. Big. Ill be back i just dont know where. To go but theyre very good. And moving searching here its like its. Emotional. She came for love then stayed to build a new life in the city of Limitless Possibilities setting up a successful Public Relations company. Its a great sou
Police in belarus have used water cannon to break up a rally demanding the release of Political Prisoners tens of thousands of protesters have again marched through the capital minsk authorities are refusing to allow foreign journalists to cover mounting opposition to the regime of hardline leader alexander lukashenko. Police in germany have confirmed that a 26 year old jewish student was seriously injured in an attack outside the main synagogue in the Northern City of hamburg a man dressed in military style clothing struck the victim repeatedly in the head with a shovel place of rest of the alleged attacker this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website at state dot com. 30 years ago these images went around the world on october 3rd 990. 00 germany was united barely one year after the fall of the berlin wall the signing of the unification treaty in 1990 saw the end of east germany now all germans share one kolya mince and one curre
A personal level and i was unable to live there which im going to. You want to know their story in full really great story finding interim i will information for margarets. Germany is celebrating its 30th anniversary of reunification in 190 west germany and east germany reunited to become one nation what was it like join us and shift today to take a virtual journey through time. This is what the berlin wall look like and unbreachable stone obstacle on the close god dividing the city for most citizens of the g. D. Are leaving the country for west germany was not possible you had to go. To extreme lengths to flee like digging underground tunnels using Virtual Reality its now possible to experience what it was like when people try to escape and one from khosla got to experience what it was like for his grandfather who dug a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. This man in this picture is also measured from clothes that hes my grandfather and in this picture you see him building a tunnel und
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Latest headlines im louis born jones. Lets start with the news that the u. S. Has now recorded over 7 million coronavirus cases. A Police Officer shot dead in a station in south london by a man who is being detained. Its understo the suspect turned the gun on himself. Police pay tribute to the officer. The matter of policing, family across london. Today, we police are all morning a great loss. Released the transcript lawyers for Breonna Taylor, the woman killed by police in her own home in the u. S. Call for transparency into the investigation of her death. Female lawmakers in the u. S. Form a guard of honor as the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs casket departs the capital. Two people are injured in a stabbingn paris in the former office of the magazine Charlie Heb
Fighting the tension and claiming torture. It makes me only angrier. I just feel so much injustice. The United Arab Emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalize ties wh israel. The ceremony was held in washington dc and hosted by whoident donald trump described it as a new dawn of the middle east. Palestinians are outraged. Concerningresolution the decadesold dispute. The abraham accords, called by the white house. The first arab countries to normalize relations with israel in more than 25 years. Boycottement ends the of israel and allows the sibility of weaponry cells sales to the emirates. It is being condemned by palestinians as a betrayal. The White House Correspondent has the event in washington and says that has been some criticism of the deal in congress. As a characterize this Peace Agreement is not the most appropriate of terms, but that is what is being heralded by the white house. They are saying this is a template that will allow for old animosities between arabs an