in the west. in the east is the 4th there with the 7th do you know what the brandenburg gate stands for no i just got here just my 1st time here actually did not know. it's a symbol of germany's reunification because so. exactly how a very good. one of the obligatory sights in berlin connected with its division in the fall of the wall is obviously checkpoint charlie it can hardly be missed with all the tourists and how about the round. these large format photos summarize the most important points about the former border crossing where east and west faced off told to under high tension. i continue on our quest for traces of germany's division along the berlin wall its fall in 1909 was the 1st big step toward reunification. an impressive relic is the longest section of the berlin wall still standing beside me. a few weeks after the fall of the wall $118.00 artists from $21.00 countries gathered to paint this section that pictures are expressions of a new era dawning and hint at the emotions fears an

there are fears of a new stand—off with the west. the baltic has become one of the front lines of what feels like a new cold war. as russia pushes for greater influence, i ask its leader how he sees his country. i am on a journey that will take me back to 1989 and across europe, to find out what it was like for moscow to lose an empire and whether russia is building a new one. moscow — it is a city that oozes empire. from the skyscrapers ofjoseph stalin, to the residence of the czars. the message is unmistakable — this is a country with ambition. throughout its history, russia has had an unswerving belief in its own greatness. you can feel that inside the kremlin. this is stunning. look at this. this says power, omnipotence. this says empire. russia was built as an empire, russia has existed as an empire because the essence is we are great, we have to have areas of influence and we have to have buffer states between ourselves and the outside world. so this is an empire. but in 1989, the buffer states broke free. people power swep

frontal system still up to the north—west. there may be a spell of very wet and windy weather for a time for the very first part of 2020. we'll have to keep an eye on that. we are likely to see rain at times but much of that up towards the north and the west. not much rain reaching the south—east. so generally speaking, through next week, including the new year period, of course, we'll see wind and rain at times but not all the time. mostly, it will be mild. the driest weather to be found in the south and east but perhaps not quite as bright as it has been during christmas day. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the queen highlights the need for reconciliation in her annual christmas message, in what's being seen as a nod to the divisions caused by brexit. earlier, the queen led members of the royal family at their traditional christmas day service — including prince george and princess charlotte for the first time — but prince andrew attended a private service. the spanish resort where a british man and his two c

including the award-winning history of the american west. but she has always been a historian at heart. she finally join the history department at princeton. through all those museum years, she was working on the big book on photography and the american west. "print the legend" came out in 2002. it swept up a batch of prizes and readers with his contention that the conquest and development of the american west could not be understood without reckoning with the simultaneous development of the history of photography. she pursued this claim through archives. note prior, research on photography led her to work on the expeditions that mapped the western landscape and the career of clarence king. her accounts of king's life "passing strange: a gilded age tale" returns to the biographical arts she learned about inviting about guilt then -- gilpin. what animates "passing strange" though is race, the color line that snakes its way through the post-emancipation united states. her own work and away, a survey of that color line. it shapes the web-based

watch ken burns' 1996 series on the west. pay attention to its treatment of the pueblo revolt of 1680. while he carefully uses 17th and 18th century engravings of spaniards to visualize his story, he relies on 19th and 20th century -- sorry -- i gave away my story. i was trying to highlight this picture here. he relies on 19th and 20th century photographs to depict the pueblo protagonists. this approach conveys an insidious image. european people change with time. one would never use images from two centuries later to depict them. but native peoples live on in an unchanging past. i photograph made 240 years later is just fine. we are susceptible to this a use -- to this ahistorical use of photographs when we do not know better. i like to imagine that burns' viewers realize that motion picture footage of a snake dance could not actually depict the pueblo revolt of 1680. but my students presume they saw 17th-century dancers performing in front of a movie camera. i know they are not alone. to move beyond the uncritical use of ph

and goes to a well i think it was all about the powerful man from the west. but in fact hans multiple remembers it very differently from. jerusalem and. there was a very mixed reception at the hotel all clues people weren't just there to greet her. but to greet hans too long i'd worked in dresden for many years they had faith in the class because i had a home advantage and this is in the home for. you. that was this was that was the 1st time we saw the germany united fatherland slogan. what it was the message the world was getting in those days you debated us with this book i thought any german saw this image the whole world did. it what. i remember him this i just incredible. at the press conference the distance between the 2 leaders was immediately obvious . they had to have kind of another i had no. reason to foster a special friendship with helmut kohl here it seemed i wasn't boris yeltsin was must go to work later all those stories emerged about gorbachev and meetings held in the sauna we weren't friends not even close. and was a cautious man and this wa

they beat west ham in the premier league. and can the defending champions reach the last 16 of the champions league? we'll tell you what liverpool and a few others need to do on tuesday. golfing news involving rory mcilroy on the way, but first, to the scandal that has rocked global sport for years and is still rumbling on. russia have been banned from all major global sporting competition for the next four years. the world anti—doping agency handed out the punishment after an investigation found russian officials had tampered with data from an anti—doping lab. as with now, those russian sportspeople who can prove they are clean can still compete, but only as neutrals. our sports editor dan roan has more. it's a sporting superpower, as both host and competitor. but today, russia found itself out in the cold. ever since hosting the winter games in 2014, the country's been mired in an unprecedented doping scandal and now it faces an unprecedented punishment. this morning at a meeting in lausanne, russia hit with a four—ye

of wales and in the south and west of wales and in the south and west of wales and in the south—west of england. perhaps 75 miles an hour with gusts together with big waves and heavy rain for a while. most of that rain will clear quite windy just about while. most of that rain will clear quite windyjust about everywhere. the wind and rain. heavy rain or heavy showers, accompanied by gales oi’ heavy showers, accompanied by gales or severe gales. it is probably the strength of the one that will have more of an impact, with some disruption possible in the strongest ones arriving right now towards the south—west of the uk. we have had a lot of showers coming enduring today, but these two areas of cloud here are where we are seeing the one strengthening, and that has been hitting western parts of ireland. as far as the hitting western parts of ireland. as faras the uk hitting western parts of ireland. as far as the uk is concerned, the strongest ones overnight are across the south and west of wales and in the south and west of wales and in the south—west of england. perhaps 75 miles

the west would create a western one. the new administration included many veteran fighters for german freedom. for those of them who had suffered for their beliefs in nazi concentration camps to be members of the first democratic government in their country for over 20 years was reward indeed. here was the beginning of a new germany. a realization of facts, the fact that several million industrious people, deprived for so long of democratic processes, could not continue without a government of their own choice. taking the oath, the chancellor of the new west german state. >> [speaking in foreign language] >> then, in 1953, joseph stalin died. the shock throughout the communist world was profound. the numbed and not a little troubled. perhaps he had been there so long that the world could never be the same without him. and this was to prove truer than most of them imagined.now in mot just one face, but many. for those in the west who were not experienced students of russian politics, it was hard to discern who if any held

after several tense weeks in the west german embassy in prague. in september 1989 east germans were poor and into the embassy. the building was quickly overwhelmed. many ended up camping out in the embassy grounds it was cold. sanders spent 3 weeks here with his wife and 2 children new arrivals came in over the fence every day. then the fateful moment on the 30th of september west german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher arrived speaking to the refugees from the balcony his announcement that they could leave was drowned out by cheers. i can't share promised that everyone in the embassy would be allowed to go to the west i sang i was there and heard him i know you are standing right here. but. it's all coming about. that same night sandra and his family left the embassy and boarded the train to west germany. in part of the war zone it was a very emotional journey of a shifty very difficult or they say it would show for us it was a train to freedom. just a few weeks later only citizens of east germany gained their freedom on november 9th 1909

west ham a former club of yours, of course. let's start with arsenal, their worst run since 1977 — what's going on? you are looking at the aftermath of finger leaving, problems there, identity of the club, unai emery couldn't address those issues are now you are left with freddie ljungberg picking up the poison chalice and not starting off in a great vein of form. ursula is a key player who is not performing he does not seem interested. a whole host of problems at arsenal, addison is they get a new the better. freddie ljungberg. is this something he can fix quickly? is it down to him the squad? is it down to him the squad7m is it down to him the squad? if you compare him to duncan ferguson, you will not mess with duncan ferguson, you will do exactly as he says. i played with freddie at west ham, he doesn't, he is not the type of character to just straighten out the dressing room, if there are issues within the club and their public carry on going. it is a tough one for him in his first real managerial position that he has got

when it comes to social media, china is a world away from the west. that's in part due to long—term government blocking of us tech giants like google and facebook. and that's partially why the country has evolved its own completely distinct online ecosystem. alibaba is a bit like ebay, weibo was similar to twitter and wechat started life in much the same way as apps like whatsapp and facebook messenger. perhaps not a surprise, then, but for a time, china had the reputation of a copycat nation. yes, china in the past has had this reputation for copying from others, but now i think we are seeing the reverse. we are seeing american companies like uber copying from chinese companies. so the pattern we saw 5—10 years ago is, you know, copy—to—china model. we copy everything from silicon valley, so i think if you are here like 5—10 years ago, almost every time we pitch, that we see, they always say, oh, i'm doing the china facebook or china twitter. china, with its huge population of over 1.3 billion people, has plenty of room for social ideas and

really, to join west ham youngster, young apprentice really, tojoin west ham in' 65, when a win today cup winners' cup and the uefa cup the year before, and then we said west ham won the world cup, because of the three lads there. they were key people, and i was exceptionally lucky to be an apprentice at the club when they we re apprentice at the club when they were training and everything, and they made my debut up it burnley with all three of those still in the team. people like martin were intrigued at how suddenly it grew more and more important. martin never levelled anything like that, he was very low—key and good company, but never went looking for any headlines. liverpool have won the fifa club world cup after beating flamengo1—0 in extra time. the main incident of the 90 minutes came in injury time when the referee awarded liverpool a penalty after sadio mane was brought down. he then reversed his decision after looking at the var monitor. but then roberto firmino, who scored the winner in the semifinal, did the same again. it's the first time liverpool have the competiti

compare that to 7—10 degrees in the south and the west. so quite a contrast in weather conditions to start boxing day. chilly, fairly bright across the north and the east. the winds continue to pick up here. wetter and windier weather across the west will slowly spread northwards and eastwards. we could see a little bit of snow over the highest ground of the pennines and perhaps southern scotland later in the day. a bit of brightness moving in behind. one or two showers within the next batch of rain moving into the south—west. temperatures here will be in double figures. a blustery day for all but certainly windy further south and west that you are. so as we head for the evening period, that next batch of rain starts to move northwards and eastwards again. maybe some heavier bursts in it. it will be quite misty and murky as those temperatures continue to rise. 9—11 degrees in the south and west. six or 7 in the north—east. so turning milder for all. this is the weather front bringing that next batch of rain, high—pressure beginning

a band of showers moving toward south—west scotland. the wet and in the south—west of england. that rain on the south—west on that weather front will run away fairly quickly, and we have still got that fairly brisk airflow quickly, and we have still got that fairly brisk air flow as we head into the weekend. that means some spells of sunshine, but it will also mean so spells of sunshine, but it will also mean so much those will be accompanied by blustery winds. it will be cold enough for some snow on the hills. and you can see that across scotland. most of the showers on saturday for scotland and northern ireland. very few until right at the end of the day in england and wales, but signs of wetter weather riding. a cold day, temperatures five to 7 degrees. that's where the front climbing and the west is going to sweep across mainly england and wales on saturday night, and it is going to bring some snow. a few centimetres over the hills of wales, and likely and northern england. as it clears a bit, it is going to turn icy about the money. more showers are for england and wales

n the west, the progress of emancipation followed the army's movements southward. his predecessor, john c. vermont, the republican presidentialians 1856 had entered a hort-lived emancipation proclamation, one that lincoln states into drive succession. troops in northern and southeast issouri were enticing missouri slaves to abscond and become servants for fair wages. used slaves freely who offered information about sunionists.nd dins would not allow contraband slaves to be returned to the masters to reclaim them. going on in northern missouri when illinois eastern orred and in outhern missouri when illinois troops entered as well. as the western armies pushed south into the mississippi buckle of the nation's plantation belt, a umanitarian crisis created by the flood tide of fugitive owners ho fled their into eastern arkansas and northern mississippi, pressured oth political and military policy. union officers required to return these slaves often comply, encouraging congress to begin debate over confiscation bout and contrabands and commanders after indicated using

some rain will continue to play the far north—west of scotland. the other half of the uk seeing nine or 10 degrees in the northern half lower. with this south or south—westerly winds, blowing across the high ground, where you get some shelter to the north of our grant on the north coast of northern ireland on the murray coast of scotland, you could get to 14— 15 degrees, that is pretty exceptional for this time of year. as you go through sunday night, we will keep some areas of cloud but that cloud will tend to break upa cloud but that cloud will tend to break up a little bit more. we will see more clear spells developing. this band of rain in the north—west will try to make some progress south—east was. it's going to be a slightly cooler night than we've had of late. so as we go into monday then, this front will be sitting around across north—west trying to make some progress south—east was, bringing some rain for scotland and northern ireland through the day. you can see the outbreaks of rain pushing slowly south—east was with a mi

temperatures six oi’ off for the west. temperatures six or seven with still some gales in the far north of scotland. showers will continue to blow into scotland this evening. elsewhere, the showers move away and skies tend to clear, so move away and skies tend to clear, so temperatures fall with the risk of some icy patches. frost likely not just of some icy patches. frost likely notjust in of some icy patches. frost likely not just in scotland, of some icy patches. frost likely notjust in scotland, but northern and eastern parts of england, with clearer skies for longer. further west, temperatures may recover later in the night, because the weather is set to change. i showed you the cloud earlier, and it's because of this weather system, which will bring some wetter and slightly windy weather in from the south—west. we have got rain arriving across western areas in the morning. that pushes north and east through the day for the chance of some snow over the hills of northern england, the pennines and the hills of scotlan

collective security with the west. you have a juxtaposition you have a have a british delegation they set off to go to moscow but they take a slow ship and they go through the baltic and then but the nazis were picked up he got on a plane and he flew there immediately stalin knew the soviets knew that they were no goodwill from the west and at the last 2nd they made a decision you could talk about the morality of it that's fine but the geo political political aspects of this very make sense well seconds from a moral point of view it should be admitted that almost all european countries between 10331941 corporators with nazi germany. was one of them unfortunately but it was not the one that won and the big lie now is that in the west we hear that it was all of the soviet union the ones who were clean no almost everyone with the exception possible exception of czechoslovakia and that's a huge lesson. because the western powers allowed it to be broken up against international law they were not supported sovereignty and th

to west uganda in the mountainous region the idea. the we. will be safe from the risk of sliding much. more i'm joined by. the latest is that the situation is. very fragile the government aid agencies are reporting that the rainy and it's very hard to reach. the people who are still trapped on top of the mountain they were going don't you know top help yes there's been food. items that have been given to some of these people but some of the people. didn't fight very tree care for the. rains are stopping anytime soon. it's rainy season every year what's unusual about . what could be unusual be related to their with their minds what do with a month sees the rain is way much more than what. been predicted now which. many people are taking advantage of the dry season to houses and. the. least expected to heed these. victims people displaced people or. even many. to be chopped. rain. until the end of december could even go into general are. many do not want to do that because they don't want to leave the house is going to be handled. i think that'

was one of them unfortunately but it was not the one that won and the big lie now is that in the west we hear that it was all of the soviet union the ones who were clean no almost everyone with the exception possible exception of czechoslovakia and that's a huge lesson. because the western powers allowed it to be broken up against international law they were not supported sovereignty and that is the crisis of the interim national system that they bear responsibility for their demands all the time we have marcus thank you very much merry christmas to you we'll see you in the new year many thanks to my guests here in moscow and in london and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t.c. next time remember rostock rules. when else so seems wrong. but. just don't. get me. yet to shape out of this they become advocates and it gains from an equal trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. sex drugs or financial survival. when customers go by you're disappointed. in elf well reduce and lower. that's undercutting but what's good for market is not goo

in the west, temperatures are higher because we have rain across northern ireland, wales and west and england continuing towards the east. the showers in scotland mean the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. the rain across western areas pushing east, accompanied by blustery winds. these isobars mean the wind will strengthen later. this morning, the rain continues with hill snow pushing steadily east. brighter skies today. sunniest across north east scotland. elsewhere in scotland, north east ireland, showers. the rain in wales and the south—west pushing to eastern parts of england with hill snow. heavier bass is possible —— heavier bursts are possible. but it will be transient. behind this band of rain, things improved in terms of temperatures, not as cold but there will be showers around. later on, the wind strengthens across south wales, south—west england, the english channel and the channel islands, touching gale force at times. some clear skies, some showers, the rain today pushing in the north sea will move back into eastern parts of scotland. tomorrow, we start off with

we might make double figures in the north—west of scotla nd double figures in the north—west of scotland and the south—west of england where it should be drier and brighter than today. we tap into some milder air that is coming from the azores on thursday. that is ahead of these weather fronts here. those will bring some rain from the north—west. we will get some outbreaks of rain affecting northern ireland, into scotland that rain could be heavy over the hills of the west of scotland on thursday. and this band of rain heads down towards the west of england and wales later. dry and bright, some sunshine at times, but a windy day everywhere. strong to gale force winds. it will be mild everywhere, temperatures at 11 be mild everywhere, temperatures at ii or 12 degrees. the milder weather might not last too long because as those weather fronts take any remaining rain across the uk overnight, the wind direction changes and we draw down some cooler air. there could be some cloud, some spots of rain to clear from the south of england and through the channel islands in the morning. elsewher

our special correspondent ed thomas has been in west bromwich west, in the west midlands, to take a look at the new political landscape. look beyond the cities, and move to the towns of the north of england, the midlands, to make sense of this election. to the people in constituencies like west bromwich west. singing. and listen. congratulations, borisjohnson. to the voices of wednesbury. it's happened, it's absolutely amazing. does it feel like you've woken up in a different country? yeah, ido. he's going to sort out everything. the poor, nhs, schools, police, immigration. what was the thing that got you voting for him? the one thing? because he wanted to listen to 17.4 million people. for the first time in 45 years, this constituency has broken its bonds with labour. family, generation after generation for the working class. labour voter, labour voter, labour voter. yeah, yeah, definitely. and now that has all changed. yeah. and you have woken up to a conservative mp, west brom west. yes. how does that feel? that feels 0k actually. i think it's great, it's what the country needs. a con

in the south—west of england. that was slowly ease down a bit during monday as this ridge of high pressure comes in and the stronger winds are likely to continue for longer down the eastern coast of england and scotla nd eastern coast of england and scotland through the north sea. gail is here, showers for a while, they will ease off and then we will see things coming down, the gradually easing, most places dry and sunny, chillier perhaps than cloud and patchy rain arriving in northern ireland during the afternoon. but more wet and windy weather to come. the next weather system driving in during tuesday night, bringing heavy rain, likely to bring squally as well. —— winds. this is bbc world news today. our top stories: the united states and iran have carried out a rare prisoner swap — coming despite heightened tensions between the two countries. questions raised about russian interference in the british election after the leak of sensitive trade documents. and a controversial audience with pope francis for m

that is hunter's force, moving in from the west. he's going to have 8000 men stationed around hillsboro, virginia. his job is to intercept the retreat of the army. he is going to send calvary south, about 500 men, south from hillsborough. he is going to hit the center of jubal early's retreating column. they will capture and burn about 50 wagons and teamsters before a general comes up drives out the union raiders. i just wanted to show you how close a run it was that you were early escaped. one of the things that is often lost to history is the reason that early is able to escape and doesn't have the entire army blocking his path, the rivers in west virginia were at low water. when they were treated in that direction, they thought they were going to be able to take riverboats and get on the railroad and the back in time to confront the threat. however, mother nature helped the confederacy at that time and cost them several days. it is because of that that jubal early will slip by. at this point, horatio wright would have been conten

i raised my kids on the city's west side. i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for illuminating the culture of the place i have called home for almost 60 years. as a small token of our appreciation, the city planning department has gifted our office the original plans that planning has for richmond district. i can think of no better keeper of this document than you. woody, thank you very much. so proud to recognize you today. >> thank you. [applause] >> is it okay president yee, if i say just a couple of words? thank you. thank you, supervisor fewer, i consider you a great friend to me and the richmond district. i appreciate the honor and see it as recognition of the importance of local history to the city we love. conversations about our past are often mistakenly framed as divisive topics, but i have advocated that local history in particular is an opportunity for unification. we all share a deep love for san francisco. our architectural and cultural heritage, our buildings, neighborhoods, our doorways to understa

some outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, west wales, south—west england and the winds picking up here as well. but turning milder by the end of the night, 7 degrees in belfast, for example. further north in scotland, there will still be a touch of frost for some but for many the big weather story on boxing day is this frontal system working its way eastwards, bringing rain at times. but not all the time. this band of rain pushing out of northern ireland quite early in the morning, moving out of wales as well, pushing eastwards across england into southern scotland. a bit of snow might mix in over the very highest hills of scotland and the highest hills of the pennines but even if it does, it will not last long. behind it, sunshine and showers, some persistent rain getting back into the south—west late in the day where it will be very mild but further north, another rather cool feeling day, 5 degrees in glasgow and in newcastle. a fairly windy day as well, particularly in the south—west corner where we could see gusts of up to a0 mph or more for a time. through boxing day even

, so tuesdayis to the east and to the west, so tuesday is one of those yet again. a lot of wind around, gusts of 50—60 mph, a lot of rain eventually right across the british isles but those temperatures just taking up a degree or two thanks to that change in wind. so here we are into the middle pa rt wind. so here we are into the middle part of the week of the little tip in the jetstream just taking the low pressure away and then things go quieter and probably cooler because the jetstream is diving away to the south of us and as we get towards the tail end of the week, the ridge of high pressure has disappeared and a new low is close by to the british isles and it is leading in chilly airagainfrom the isles and it is leading in chilly air again from the north—west. the intervention of these mild atlantic airs is all brief, you can see how much cold air there is on offer. no two days the same. mainly cold but there will be those occasional wetter, milder and interludes to break up that pattern. hello. this is bbc news with rebecca jones. we'll be taking a look a

to west uganda in the mountainous region the idea. of washed away. villages. to move to the slopes so. they will be safe from their risk of sliding much. more i'm joined by. uganda the latest is that the situation is. very fragile the government aid agencies are reporting that the rainy and it's very hard to reach assistance especially to the people who are still trapped on top of the mountain there what is still going on and formulas do not top hope yes there's been food. items that have been given to some of these people but some of the people. did fight so it's still very tricky for them. that the rains are stopping any time so. it's rainy season every year what's unusual about. what could be unusual name can be related to their with their minds what do with a month sees the rain is way much more than what. been predicted now which. many people are taking advantage of the dry season to houses and runs along the slopes least expected to hit this day when there were. victims people displaced people or. even many bodies that are still trying to be chopped that

but there'll always be some rain at times towards the north—west. this is the earlier satellite picture. and what we've had is a moist south—westerly flow across the british isles, bringing a lot of cloud, some mist, some murk, some drizzle, and the thicker cloud up to the north—west associated with this waving frontal system here which will continue to feed rain into parts of northern ireland and scotland through the day ahead. so, this is how saturday's weather shapes up. across england and wales, yes, a lot of cloud, mist and murk to start. the odd spot of drizzle but basically a dry day. i am hopeful that cloud will break up to some extent, especially across north wales, and north—east england. rain will feed into parts of northern ireland, some very heavy rain across western scotland, but for the north—east of scotland, with some shelter from the mountains, well here has a fighting chance of seeing some brightness. on the moray coast we could see temperatures up to 13 degrees. but generally speaking, 10, 11 or 12. that is above where we