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you. claim. to play. 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 german reunification also coming up. thousands take to the streets of the chilean capital santiago as protest against inequality in the country continues plus. people have been living here for millennia but now they have to pack their bags a controversial dam plug in turkey will flood their town on its historical sites to generate electricity. place. i m told me all oddball thanks for joining us. 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 for an unprecedented demonstration calling for freedom of expression and democracy has more. history flashing before their eyes as thousands returned ....
Crossing over early this morning, a steady stream of hundreds of them start walking across the rio grande. this is the mexican city what that is directly across from del-rio. this is where a lot of them show up to start making the crossing, coming in from all over the world, will fly into mexico and take a bus and as you see from the video they come to the river s edge, drop their passports and walk across the river. take a look at the second video. you can see from a drone they they end up at the del-rio border fence, part of the area where the border wall construction started but was not finished. there are gaps all of the place. border patrol told us this was group of well over 350 before the busses and vans started taking people away by a dozen at a time or so. take a look at the third piece of video, as we re getting video of all these people from all over the world here. we ve been talking to these folks all morning, people from haiti, people from african, ghana, brazil, cuba, co ....
And dozens of towns villages and historical sites are expected to disappear soon among them is the town of hazen cave one of the oldest human settlements in the world. people have lived in haasan cave for thousands of years now the ancient town is being demolished building by building. concrete platforms have been set under the centuries old mosque soon the entire structure will be moved to higher ground before the entire area is flooded. the chiggers river has been rising for weeks several restaurants on the river s edge have already closed some 90 kilometers downstream the elusive dam has stopped the rivers flow to form a huge manmade lake that will submerge an area that humans settled millennia ago thousands of people will lose land and homes in the once bustling street where tourists used to shop merchants are now loading up their wares. this year bob ....
Moved to higher ground before the entire area is flooded. the tickers river has been rising for weeks several restaurants on the river s edge have already closed some 90 kilometers downstream dam has stopped the rivers flow to form a huge manmade lake that will submerge an area that humans settled millennia ago thousands of people will lose land and homes in the once bustling street where tourists used to shop merchants are now loading up their wares. of course it hurts to leave such a story place if only they d been able to save house and cave that s what we wanted but this is. a few kilometers to the north a new city is taking shape there hot sun caves mostly kurdish inhabitants can purchase subsidized housing ankara is also preparing a site for historic structures in the hope that tourists will still come to new ....
Was ripping through, and a wind tunnel formed through the high-rises downtown. yesterday we were so stunned to see onlookers checking out the scene here today, and today these men calmly sitting here at the river s edge. i would not have dared come this close to the edge, but you can see some of the damage here, that floating dock thrusts up against the seawall there. jacksonville sheriff s department saying they rescued more than 350 people. when we visited some of the residential areas today, water, not even in peoples yards, and all we could find was up to my ankles in riverside and san marco. very welcome news for the people of jacksonville. what a difference a day makes. that s incredible to look at what was a raging river downtown and now where you are standing. thank you for that reporting. ....