with almost 40,000 kilometres of track, germany s rail network is the longest in europe, which makes it the perfect place to explore by train. but from berlin s vast central station, train. but from berlin s vast centralstation, i m train. but from berlin s vast central station, i m taking an even cheaperform of central station, i m taking an even cheaper form of transport for a spot of sightseeing. all right, we re doing it. we are crossing the tramway. fabulous. 0h, crossing the tramway. fabulous. oh, it s beautiful. i can see the tower on my left. and it s so cloudy, the tip of it is just unseen. alexander platts is these days the touristic heart of the capital. until 1989, it was the main public square in communist east berlin. i was born in 1990, which is a year after the berlin wall came down, so for myself and i m sure for a generation younger, there is no recollection of those news events. so being able to be here and just get a sense of what it might have been like i
we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
well, look who it is. what a surprise! as if! i can t believe i found you here! it s been so long. can ijust say, i m standing here feeling kind ofjealous? why? well, look! and we didn t even put it there! it wasn t even staged. no? no. well, i mean, it s selling very well, so why not? and the cover looks good. i think the cover kind of pops. i m wondering if you get a bit. you know, i ve had it one or two times, books in windows, but you must get it all the time. so, the thing that makes my socks go up and down is not seeing the book in the book store window, but it s walking down the aisle of an aeroplane and seeing people read the book. when you see people reading it. i ve sat next to somebody once who was reading my book and i didn t say anything. so, i had exactly that experience. after liar s poker came out, i was. it was a version of this i sat down to reread my book because i was coming back for the paperback book tour from england and the guy next to me goes. he lo
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Excited. they feared it, because they thought they could come and take them away. they didn t want the schwebebahn. shall we stand? i kind of want to feel it move. to feel it move. yes, hold on. when it s to feel it move. yes, hold on. when it s going to feel it move. yes, hold on. when it s going to to feel it move. yes, hold on. when it s going to move - to feel it move. yes, hold on. when it s going to move a - to feel it move. yes, hold on. | when it s going to move a lot? 0k, when it s going to move a lot? ok, you hold on as well. it does feel like it sort of hovering, levitating. aha, does feel like it sort of hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy. hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy. but hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy, but it s - hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy, but it s ok. - hovering, levitating. a little bit bumpy, but it s ok. it sl bit bumpy, but it s ok. it s pretty smooth. so what are some of your memories of being on here? it of your