And china the most behind the glamorous facades of fashion houses luxury behind them are starts november 5th on d w. 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 all of the german reunification to get the details from our correspondent at alexanderplatz also coming up. A human rights watchdog accuses u. S. Backed special forces in afghanistan committing war crimes and other atrocities
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
And theres more about the night the berlin wall came down in a dark film coming up next youre watching news dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com thanks for joining us. For. 4. Language courses. Video. Anytime anywhere. W. East berlin november the 8th 1989 surveillance cameras operated by the east German Secret Police the stasi showed suspicious activity right by the wall of the Brandenburg Gate. A starfleet officer requested information about a tall man asked picked up on the images. Youre about whether they were. Going off you know them and avoiding what we call. The suspicious mast was being a wreck to judge by an American Television broadcaster which had sent its top reporter to. At the same time in the east German Ministry of the interior. A couple of the Peoples Police was given a secret mission by his superiors. He was to write a paper intended to save the country from just after at the last minute but the new
Welcome to the what is he going to do dont were going to talk about a. Group thats going to. Go. To the us. This is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the world is reflecting on 3 decades off that 3 united germany the african journalists traveled along the border that separated the 2 germanys get their impressions. Destroyed families in booking a fossil are still waiting to receive the bodies of their witnesses who were killed in an attack on a bus transporting mind goods. And the Ethiopian Jews who say they want to return to their holy land but israel doesnt recognize them. Hello im christine want to welcome to deja vu news africa its good to have you along its been 30 years since the wall off the island fell marking a Turning Point In European History and germany as we know it today used to be 2 separate countries communist east germany often referred to as the g. D. R. And capitalist west germany now east backed germany was already east germany was backed by the soviet
east berlin on the morning of the 9th of november 1989 a camera team from the west set off to document the showdown in the east german capital but the journalists found a city that seemed to sleep it was no sign of change yet. this unique 40th was shot just a few hours before the biggest drama in east germany s history. at the same time in west berlin this medical student didn t yet know he would play a historic role that day. i was just preparing for the final. emanations my day was quite structured i got up early had breakfast and then sat down to study every now and again i listen to the radio and watch t.v. so i wouldn t entirely miss out on what was happening in the world. consumer person
a more robust more more far reaching german security policy that will be debated in this country what that means and what the goals of the show be and it is an unusual step for a defense minister to take such a broad and bold view thomas klein a broken vice president of the german marshall fund of the united states thanks so much thank you. this weekend in germany is marking the most significant event that led to its reunification it was 30 years ago this weekend that the berlin wall fell as part of the special coverage of the 30th anniversary we ll take a look now at one of the city s most significant locations the brandenburg gate on the 9th of november 1989 thousands of germans gathered right there on the western side of the wall euphoric crowds clambered on top of the wall as you can see which