Years ago well ceremonies are taking place at locations across the city throughout the day it was exactly 30 years ago on the night of november 989 that east germanys communist regime surprised the world by lifting all travel restrictions on east german citizens the move allowed ordinary people to cross freely to the west for the 1st time since the wall was built in 1961 it enabled friends and family to reunite after being separated for decades and it paved the way fluent german reunification just a year later. Well the w. Will be covering events throughout the day taking us through this mornings activities r. T. W. Thomas aspira the berlin wall memorial here in the capital and in the studio im joined by john beric great to see you both thomas id like to start with you then because tell us what is in store where you are. We are right here as you said in the wall memorial in the center of. The wall divided this city you can probably see part of the memorial behind me on a such this was
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At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday. The numbers are based on the study of documents and files from the regional churches and the Lutherans' diaconal relief and social welfare organization, known as Diakonie. “It’s the tip of the tip of the iceberg,” said Martin Wazlawik from Hannover University, who coordinated the study on sexualized violence in the Protestant Church in Germany.