30000000. 00 tourists come to marvel at the pullout zones around the grand canal. These stately townhouses are architectural masterpieces built using techniques that are unique worldwide. Then seems to float over the water but in fact the entire city stands on a forest of wooden piles 10000000 logs were driven into the mud contrary to all prevailing rules of urban construction. The architects of the time conquered the lagoon to build one of the worlds most extraordinary cities but the water is a continual threats even today. Then this is palaces withstand the danger posed by the water hole will they gradually sink. History of venice began more than one and a half millennia ago and a large stressor for say in the northern mediterranean on the adriatic coast of italy. Then again on the southern edge of the alps is 50 kilometers long and tension on it is winds. At one time it consisted of brackish water sand and mud and inhospitable place of little interest to anyone. Then in the 1st cent
Its a brutal crackdown as the battle of the bridges in baghdad continues and scientists declare a Climate Emergency as the u. S. Begins leaving the paris climate agreement is an agreement that france and china say must be irreversible. I bring golf its good to have you with us that november week when everything changed the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the night of november 9th 1989 east germanys communist regime reopened the border on that night the announcement meant that citizens could safely cross to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades it turned the hated and Deadly Border into just a wall this week as well as remembering the people who died trying to cross berlin is also celebrating the freedom that followed for everyone. And our very own David Leavitts he is out in about in berlin among the festivities this week good evening to you david i can tell behind you you must be adds the east side gallery tonight. Thats right and its been turn
Im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along Emergency Assistance has been making its way into somalia where hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes by severe flooding the aid includes ready to eat food possibles from the World Food Program and blankets and mattresses from the Un Migration Agency done more than kenya and ethiopia have also been hit by be heavier than normal rains but somalia has been particularly affected both and 300000 people there have been made homeless now this is said to be some of the worst flooding the country has experienced it is ill be talking to one organization about the relief efforts off to this report. Roads and villages turned into rivers overnight and tens of thousands displaced. Without guns our homes us have much now and you can only access the area by boat one of the last months of drought the heavy rains are now destroying what was left of people scraps and livestock. Malnutrition and the threat of disease
The world famous east side gallery where. Hopes and dreams on the deadly side of the tainted. Fire munich look to bounce back after difficult to break some the sakyapa head coach todays theyll play the greek side. In the Champions League before facing their big blunders league arrivals at the weekend. Im sure welcome to the program. Chinese president xi jinping at his friendship counterpart Emmanuel Mccraw have issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for the Paris Climate Accord speaking in beijing president macro said cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions would have been decisive this follows the trumpet ministration beginning before the process of withdrawing United States from the deal president xi and macron described the deal signed in 2015 as every verse of. The theological issues milk over the past 2 years in the fight against Climate Change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment. But i regret the choices made
What we are doing today. This whole festival is about the idea that we all have a stake in government. Of our and we as citizens should be more engaged and better informed as a way to motivate civic participation tams complicated and simple as that. For 10 years, the texas tribunes journalism, we have tried to give all of youened everybody else in texas and elsewhere, a way into that conversation. It is Public Service journalism in the ideal. We believe in it, we believed in it then, we believe in it now. Your being here makes an enormous difference. It tells me that like all of us at the tribune, you care. And you believe. So it is not insignificant that youre here. We love it. My job today is to say thank you. This will be the second time ambassador rice has been at the tribune festival in three years. Honestly, i cant believe we get her to come. She is an extriretnary Public Servant with a great story to tell. This is the first time that margaret is here, shes a journalist that ever