far right groups have flooded central warsaw poland celebrates hundred years since its independence however those mork. controversy than normal to the march this year as it was announced the polish president and government officials would join them before independence poland was partitioned between australia hungary germany and russia polish lives and banners could be seen strikes down streets and across squares it's also been reported a number of neo nazi symbols were spotted a large police presence and cordon is in place to watch over the march which is taking place similar taking the street with a state military parade and warsaw has called the joint event a victory. poland one on november eleventh there will be a great communal march to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of independence. the government's decision to march alongside the far right nationalists has been largely criticized alan to han a professor from the hebrew university in jerusalem told us the migrant issue is leading to a rise of nationalist sentiment in europe the polish government decided to actually embrace the

treaty i can see how either side could see flaws in it find find it was made during the warsaw pact era all right but you know walking away from a.b.m. walking away from the i am not even considering updating the new start i mean this is. where you would all of us were brought up that you know the unthinkable was a first strike the unthinkable was a new killer exchange but it is being conceived it's talked about a normal parlance now go ahead peter. walking away from the i and have treaty makes no sense from the u.s. strategic standpoint and certainly makes no sense from a global standpoint the i.n.f. treaty is you know was put into place in the one nine hundred eighty s. there was a standoff in europe at that point the russians had introduced the s.s. twenty's the u.s. was putting in the persian and the tom cruise missiles it was a very dangerous situation they had between a six and ten minutes warning time if those missiles were launched or they got a report that the missiles were launched in order to respond. so they stepped back and we remember the i.n.f. treaty came sort of as the

polish nationalists marching through warsaw to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of their country's risk as an independent state they are joined for the first time by polish officials. are broadcasting live director of this is r t international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories. around the world marked one hundred years since the end of the first world war on sunday heads of state and dignitaries from more than seventy nations that gathered in paris for the centenary commemorations and the events have included laying flowers to remember the victims of the war as well as moving performances by highly acclaimed musicians similar ceremonies also took place in a number of european countries including the u.k. and belgium. well the day is also important from a modern political perspective as well as world leaders that gathered to. us some of the more pressing issues there earlier attended a working lunch in the l.s.a. palace plenty of interest to have been building over the prospect of a meeting between the russian and american presidents however

street program renovation program happens much more quickly and russia than it does for example in warsaw which is another city which i'm familiar with because the decision making mechanisms. these things to happen more quickly would go to the with all of the sort of advantages and disadvantages that entails so even to now said and this is something that are going to go to heaven and other people from k.b. stroke i have repeated numerous times to as well as as well as people who for the most community that in a sense even though this is being done by with a retiring means it's going to eventually generate a sort of freedom a kind of a kind of democratic sort of civil society purely through the fact that people can meet in a park in this space which is right next to the kremlin and which used to be this is which which used to be the kind of sacred place so there is that there is a sort of i'd quite an intriguing ideology emerging that you can engineer kind of liberty through authoritarian means yeah that's there that's actually marx a marxist claim taken to its logical and that your being

parents and her sister were killed in the holocaust born in poland doris family fled the jewish ghetto in warsaw to lithuania from their door of us deported to the state of concentration camp near done thick i can only tell you what happened in the in the years sayings that i will never forget i will never forget that i was hungry day and night i will never forget that and my mother died from hunger because the little piece of bread that she got she gave me it is estimated that over sixty thousand people were murdered and sister tough gassed executed or killed by extreme labor conditions and frequent epidemics. remembers both the fear and the daily violence off the nazis what they did it's not he was not human you dance it all child in their heart. can of water the learned you have done to make a child. pick up a twenty killer cement which i had to pick up and i couldn't so i was beaten up only daughter and her brothers survived the holocaust in is where she got married and raised a family since then she has made it her mission to talk to children about her experience. syncs which they. the germ

far right march european council head and former polish prime minister donald tusk greeted crowds in warsaw and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it earlier president and g dude i presided over a state ceremony paying tribute to a leader of the country's bid for independence double later joined nationalist groups on a march to the capital. a wildfire in northern california has now left at least twenty three people dead according to state authorities more than thirty people are reported missing in what is being called the most destructive blaze in california's history separate fires in the southern part of the state are also raging forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in addition to containing the flames firefighters now have the grim task of recovering the remains of those who were unable to escape. this smoldering remains of a town ten to ash thousands of buildings in paradise northern california bunch to the ground. lives lost some in the very big hills in which they were trying to escape. there were people literally burning in their cars runni

then came the controversial march through warsaw with senior politicians including duda at its head far right nationalist groups were out in numbers. they had organized the marches in previous years making headlines with racist slogans the government took over the planning for the latest event. or to march this is a general march for you poland for polish independence. the national anthem was song the nationalists set off flares. everything disappeared in smoke. after a while they took to the streets accompanied by right wing sympathizers from italy an estimated two hundred thousand people took part in the march. in the united states giant wildfires continue to rage at both ends of the state of california more than two dozen people have been killed and the death toll is expected to rise in the south of the stay strong winds off fanning a giant blaze near los angeles in the northern california authorities also shameful vixens off the most destructive wildfire in the state's history this is all that remains of the town of paradise thousands of homes reduced to. rescue as a scouring the wr

now to some other stories making headlines around the world german chancellor angela merkel is in warsaw for a joint session of the polish and german and german cabinet relations are tense between the two neighbors berlin thinks the polish government's judicial reforms could undermine the rule of law while worse off years a german russian pipeline project could threaten polish energy security. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of. thirteen bodies have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. a freelance japanese journalist who were turned for more than three years of captivity in syria has apologized for causing trouble to his government and. said he traveled to syria to see for himself what was really happening but was kidnapped by militants after crossing the border through supporters of a jailed shiite cleric in nigeria say security forces have shot dead more than forty five of their protesters since monday the islamic move

and hundreds of thousands take to the streets of warsaw to mark the sun tenor of polish independence but many members of nationalist groups joined the celebrations. and in sports lewis hamilton wins the brazilian grand prix to clinch the constructors' championship for mercedes as the world champions were tense when the season. below i'm terry martin good to have you with. as authorities in northern california say the fires that swept through the city of paradise and surrounding areas have now killed at least twenty nine people that puts the blaze among the deadliest in the state's history officials also warn that over two hundred people remain unaccounted for as dry winds fanned the flames. from paradise to the inferno prius when no protection against the wall of flame which swept through this town in the sierra nevada foothills. these nasa images show the fire that razed paradise the most destructive fire in california's history governor jerry brown offered this stock prediction this is not the new normal this is the new abnormal and this new abnormal continue certainly in the next

downgrade the rule of law the announcement came amid tense discussions between german and polish leaders in warsaw. to nigeria now where supporters of her jailed shia cleric are bearing friends and family shot dead by security forces they say the army killed more than forty five of their supporters during protests earlier this week these lawmakers movement of nigeria has been calling for the release of this leader. but the military insists he's a security risk. has this report. almost every minute another corpse arrives tearful relatives have gathered outside what is normally an islamic school but now functions as a mortuary they're still in shock. that when you know i'm heartbroken that my older brother isn't here anymore. when i'm out on us also came here to say goodbye he watched as soldiers shot his twenty year old son before his eyes the father insists he was an armed and peaceful . i don't know what you saw it in nigeria i'm absolutely shocked by the actions of the nigerian military not all soldiers behave like that and it's but those who did this to me they're not soldiers. they're terroris

then came the controversial march through warsaw with senior politicians including duda at its head far right nationalist groups were out in numbers they had organized the marches in previous years making headlines with recent slogans the government took over the planning for the latest event. well that it must this is a general march for you poland for polish independence. the national anthem was sung the nationalists set off flares. everything disappeared in smoke. after a while they took to the streets accompanied by right wing sympathizers from italy and estimated two hundred thousand people took part in the march. here in germany a major shake up at the top of the government could be underway interior minister. the head of the christian social union has faced increasing pressure to step down now multiple german media sources say is able to intends to step aside soon as c. . and to resign his post as interior minister within the current lead to such a theory is as leader of the c.s.u. the sister party of i'm going to battles christian democrats he repeatedly challenge him at all and

poland has marked a hundred years of independence for celebrations across the country in warsaw two hundred thousand people took part in the nation's annual parade the event was marred by controversy over the decision to allow the far right groups to take power . germany's i'm going to lead celebrations throughout the centenary of women wearing winning the right to vote speaking in berlin she paid tribute to the people who fought for women's suffrage but the fact is that the women are still under represented in germany's parliament and elsewhere in society. at the ceremony women were for once over represented only a few men were on hand at the german historical museum to celebrate the centennial of the women's suffrage movement chancellor merkel was at the center of the celebrations she's the first woman in germany to hold the post of chancellor and today that fact held special importance. and your was no one laughs at a girl anymore when she says she wants to be a minister or chancellor. at the end of last year. it was a go some were asking the question of whether a man should be allowed t

of the other stories making news around the world today german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense germany and the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest a bus plunged off merican migrants who throw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed trump told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already thrown rocks at mexican police and that the u.s. would quote not put up with that. and grace and saudi arabia's crown prince is reported to have told the u.s. that he considered jamal khashoggi to be a dangerous islamist the washington post newspaper says mohamed bin so moms made the remarks in a bone call with white house of bizer is jared and john bolton call was made after the writer disappeared but be

from warsaw all monica this is a big day then for poland i mean we're talking about the said tenniel for their country and its independence. was is a very important day on the war so there are twenty or even more different demonstrations and events plenty of them are really peaceful families with children are gathering enjoying this important anniversary singing measureless them together watching me terry pray. but as you said there are also at other altitude to feel here in war so in the center of the city there are many thousands nationalities coming from all over the country as they are they are gathering here and carrying not only white with national flags but also they are right about it was this year for the first time the president and the government are drawing this march of independence organized every use every year by the nationalities organization. in the recent years no officials wanted to do that because of the rod because power right slogans which were present to them during peace marches but so it's tensions and there is a lot of criticism about it for many people the

now three minutes two players one ball and in the way of jaw dropping skills that was on show in warsaw for the tenth anniversary of the freestyle football world championships twenty freestylers faced off in head to head battles to determine who could do the best tricks for the football competitors are allowed to juggle the ball with any part of their body except their hands a packed crowd saw a new world champions crowned in both the male and female category. with some images from india where what could have been a nightmare ended happily for a one year old girl and her parents the family was getting off a crowded train when the parents dropped the baby in the commotion she fell to the tracks and then lay there as the train pulled out of the station miraculously the little girl was unhurt. you're watching d.w. news still to come why seven farmers in a remote area of the north atlantic are delighted about the prospect of britain leaving the e.u. . your hotel first will have that story for you and all of your business headlines coming right up stay with us. frankfurt. international gatew

far right march european council head and former polish prime minister donald tusk comedic crowns in warsaw and said that what unites poland is stronger than what divides it earlier president and g dude presided over a state ceremony paying tribute to a leader of the country's bid for independence and i will later join nationalist groups on a march through the capital. now let's get you updated on some of the other stories making news around the world a mudslide has killed at least ten people in the brazilian city of rio de janeiro the disaster hit a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of the city landslides are common in rio many residents live in hilly areas often building homes without authorization she's the authorities in the democratic republic of congo say more than three hundred people have been killed by the a bowl outbreak now sweeping the country congo has suffered ten ebola epidemics since the virus was discovered there forty years ago the health ministry says the current outbreak is the worst so far and in the u.s. state of florida authorities have ordered a recount in the races

their feet it's called photo cattle lick thick pavement laid as a test experiment in the polish capital warsaw the cement is mixed with a chemical that reacts to sunlight to convert harmful nitrogen dioxide into harmless salts early tests show that it could reduce car exhaust pollution by certain percent in urban areas is an interesting there are contacts there but the longer the pollution is in contact with the cement the more efficient the cleaning closeness is that's why it works best in cities where the development is more dense where ventilation and access to fresh air is limited but makes the pollution circulate between the buildings and those are the best conditions. potentially an amazing india there you can get more on that and everything else that we've been covering on our website there it is al-jazeera dot com of course you can see our top story their reaction to donald trump's the situation not to further sanction saudi arabia for the murder of jamal khashoggi. and a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the saudi foreign minister has described the premeditated killing of jour

also coming up at this polish nationalist march warsaw to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the country's reestablishment doesn't independent state their join for the first time the nation's president. a u.s. judge orders a state's prison service to consider if a transgender woman can be held in an all female facility. today prison is a top player.

under our feet this is the photo catalytic pavement laid as a test experiment in the polish capital warsaw the cement is mixed with a chemical that reacts with sunlight to convert harmful nitrogen dioxide into harmless salts early tests show it could reduce car exhaust pollution by thirty percent in urban areas. more on that and all the other stories we're covering on the website there it is al jazeera dot com. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the saudi foreign minister has described the premeditated.

under our feet this is the photo catalytic pavement laid as a test experiment in the polish capital warsaw the cement is mixed with a chemical that reacts with sunlight to convert harmful nitrogen dioxide into harmless salts early tests showed that it could reduce car exhaust pollution by thirty percent in urban areas as an interesting there are contacts there but the longer the pollution is in contact with the samantha the more efficient the cleaning process is that's why it works best in cities where the development is more dense where ventilation and access to fresh air is limited but makes the pollution circulate between the buildings and those are the best conditions. and that is it for this news hour do stay with us we're going to be back with more news in just a few minutes for. thirty five years we have had many proud moments around the world and in the sky and now starting from october twenty ninth church ish airlines will be checking off from the new aviation center of the world for a new journey. well if we cannot have palestina my government was suddenly not allow britain to co

celebrating the centenary of poland regaining independence, waving national flags to turn the streets of warsaw into a sea of red and white. police in california are stepping up their search for survivors in the town of paradise, which has been largely wiped out by the most destructive fire in the state's history. 25 people have been killed. in motor sport, the mercedes team have won the formula 1 constructors‘ championship after their world champion driver, lewis hamilton, won the brazilian grand prix. at ten o'clock, martine croxall will be here with a full round—up of the day's armistice commemorations. but first on bbc news, in the wake of the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, the future of crown prince mohammed bin salman, saudi arabia's de facto ruler, is being questioned. our world reveals that close associates of the prince have been involved in torture and murder in the past. the horrific murder of jamal khashoggi shocked the world. the finger of suspicion has been pointed at this man, though he's condemned the killing. but a secret informant inside the kingdom tells the

president on jay do presided over states harmony before leading a controversial march through the capital warsaw which was joined by far right nationalist groups. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with six people in a room for the night sooner it was hard i wish. i had got white hair. learning the german language. this gives me a little push maybe to interrupt let's say you want to know their story. reliable information for margaret. on the day he died he was on reconnaissance patrol he was shot in the head after his death he was awarded the iron cross second class by the class of. flanders belgium a common grave for soldiers who died in world war one over forty four thousand men are buried here rebecca byrne christoph sentences are high school students from council they're trying to learn as much as possible about an officer hundred franco sharon who once attended their school. this is the friedrich's given us ago and council a lot of the students here are studying history. this is a monument to the fallen soldiers of the world wars. fourteen eighteen fourteen under w. this must be i'm b

far right polish nationalists march through warsaw to celebrate the one.

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letters when she was fifteen after studying fine art she went on to specialize in animation at the warsaw film school. in twenty eleven she created her first short film little postman from her own oil painting. i felt. it's missing from my life the painting is just and i really felt i would like to. you know bring it back or close that chapter of my life you know i just felt this is open and so i thought ok of the great to combine these two things and to paint a movie so that was the short film idea. loving vincent was first planned as a short film but eventually grew into a ninety minute feature the work might not boast any special effects but it's still unique in the industry d w film critic scott roxboro believes his idea could even mark the birth of a new genre. computer animation so dominates the field now we've gotten used to seeing it to such a degree that we've forgotten what paint looks like almost. and that tactile sense is really is really revolutionary i think i hope really that will inspire a new generation of filmmakers to embrace this this really new medium which is of cour

. >> commissioner warsaw? >> near and dear to my heart is supervisor peskin's ordinance on demolitions, and i saw the update that it's being discussed with city attorney and d.b.i. and all parties but there is as of yet nothing. if you can continue your diligence to try to get some dates as to when we anticipate this really coming up, it is one of the most important pieces that we need to stage our next joint commission meeting with the planning commission, and so any of your efforts to give us better insights in that so we can plan. >> sure. i'll be happy to check with his office on that. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner walker, please. >> i'm -- want to update on tang's -- the multiuse retail. >> oh, okay. >> it looks like it's coming through, and is there anything that we need to do asou

up on what marco and her cabinet meet with their polish counterparts at a time of strained ties with warsaw.

polish nationalists marched through warsaw to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of their country's reestablishment as an independent state their joint for the first time by the nation's president. a u.s. judge orders a state prison service to consider if a transgender woman can be held in an all female.

described i grew up in warsaw which is. when i remember sort of the last five years of the communist period and certainly was so is often described by especially by western sources dr who as as bleak somehow receptive extremely gray i don't think that those descriptions are entirely accurate and certainly there were there were many places in the soviet cities and in search of the cities which were very green which were which were full of life which were full of a kind of egalitarian publicness that actually is missing from those cities today well you haven't been to moscow off of the soviet period but you worked a lot in moscow all five today how what times would he use to describe this city well i mean i suppose the main trend in moscow in the last two decades. certainly has been has been the increasing of inequalities in the city has been there has been a sort of a rapid rise in income inequality in the city and this sort of turning of the city center gradually into this into the space for for rich muscovites in the pushi

russia in the future i mean let us be clear yesterday my profits from from the you know university of warsaw professor contacted me at night saying done what they are doing asking me what they are doing well i mean when we are sitting in moscow in washington now in london it looks like a zero is another conflict no you know that on the border between ukraine and poland out prop. people are fighting one child ok i go i want to get me another yeah let me go to let me go to mary here you know you know mary with this proclamation of martial law all of us here on this program and many of our viewers have been following what's been going on in ukraine so this is the first crisis situation ukraine is face to declare martial law that is quite amazing here and of course with the impending election cycle the the the the shutting down of public display discourse controlling the media here where is the outrage in about that in western media and from the u.s. state department and everybody else that was quick to blame it target russia's intentions go ahead mary. well i think that the declaration of marti

downgrade the rule of law the announcement came amid tense discussions between german and polish leaders in warsaw. russia's got to be pushing hosted talks with cuba's president miguel diaz connel today and the two called on the united states to reconsider its intention to redraw from a nuclear arms treaty cuba the soviet union record for allies and putin says russia still feels solid diety with communist cuba. fierce winds and rain this week have killed at least eighteen people in italy including two who died when a tree fell on their car the storms have felt thousands of trees all but stripped some mountainsides off their tree cover in the dog bites range emergency workers are scrambling to clear partially blocked roads as thousands remain without electricity. vital u.s. jobs report before next tuesday's midterm elections shows that america's employers are still hiring is a welcome development for republicans ahead of the vote the u.s. labor department said american employers added two hundred fifty thousand new jobs in october while salaries rose at the fastest pace since two thousand and nine

the other stories making headlines around the world today german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense in germany of the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest the bus plunged off a bridge in the city of chong chain thirteen bodies have been retrieved have been retrieved from the water two others are still missing. and donald trump says the central american migrants who threw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already thrown rocks at mexican police as if the u.s. would quote not put up with that. immigration of. well politicians in the u.s. are pulling out all the stops to win over voters ahead of next week's midterm elections they're singling out one

should have been abolished at the end of the soviet union i mean it was there to design to counter the warsaw pact right now i think what should happen with nato is it should halt its expansion ukraine should become nonaligned the future of ukraine should be as a bridge between east and west that was the hope not as a proxy country for war between civil war between the united states and russia so you know when trump says things like nato attacks nato he's both right but he's the wrong messenger because people think he's doesn't know what he's talking about well he is so. nato has been brought up recently while some german and french politicians were pondering over the idea of creating a common european army. if that happens and trump wants europeans to take care of their own security but that make nato obsolete i don't think nato will become obsolete nato needs to find a different mission my problem with this idea of independent european military force i do think europe should become and seize this opportunity of the trump era to become more independent from america it saddens me though that

nine hundred seventeen and which the soviet regime advanced both in russia soviet russia and in the warsaw pact countries are now part of the common discourse in the west and they include of course anti fascism which was the key watchword as you know of soviet to tell a tear in regimes because there was a fascist danger everywhere as there is now in the west so we're told and the other watchword and i know that you know this as well as i do peter is of course peace yet the idea that the soviet system was promoted to peace will now we're in the same situation the west everything we do in the west everything our elites do is devoted to peace and it's only these nasty retrograde nationalists in russia and hungary and elsewhere in eastern europe these backward people these backwoodsman or people rednecks from the midwest it's only they who don't see the advantage of progress so we're in exactly the same. leftist progressivist totalitarian logic as that which settled on the soviet russia and eastern europe for seventy or forty years and it's as if that ideology having been discredited comprehen