Nov 08 Watch 9:28 Why German divisions remain, 30 years after fall of the Berlin Wall By Malcolm Brabant It's been 30 years since one of the 20th century's biggest historic events: the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although the East German dictatorship subsequently collapsed, cultural and political divisions remain, more than a generation after reunification. Special correspondent Malcolm… Continue watching
Sep 16 Eliud Kipchoge sets new world record in Berlin marathon win By Associated Press Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge set a new marathon world record, winning the Berlin race in 2 hours, 1 minute and 39 seconds on Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 08 Police say 6 detained in foiled plot to attack Berlin race By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press The German daily Die Welt is reporting that police have foiled a knife attack on a half-marathon in Berlin. Continue reading
Oct 08 Syrian dancers perform show about migration in Berlin By Jona Kallgren, Associated Press A group of Syrian dancers is going on tour across Germany with a show that tells of the plight that made them flee their homeland and of the hopes they have for the future. Continue reading
Aug 25 Rosa Parks’ house may be returned to U.S. from Germany By David Rising, Associated Press BERLIN — Section by section, American artist Ryan Mendoza painstakingly disassembled the small wood-frame home of civil rights icon Rosa Parks after learning that the struggling city of Detroit was going to have it demolished. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: FBI says ISIS is urging holiday attacks on the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the FBI is warning that Islamic State supporters are urging attacks on holiday gatherings and churches in the U.S. Also, the suspect who plowed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market has been shot dead. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect By PBS News Hour The man suspected of carrying out an attack on a Christmas market was well known to German authorities. Anis Amri was under surveillance for six months and slated for deportation, but his home country refused to accept him. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch 4:42 Berlin attack suspect is a ‘nightmare’ for authorities By PBS News Hour The manhunt stemming from Monday’s Christmas market massacre in Berlin has spread across Europe, and there’s a new suspect. His name is Anis Amri, and he is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Tunisia. Judy Woodruff speaks with special correspondent Malcolm… Continue watching
Dec 21 After violence in Turkey and Germany, Trump meeting with security adviser By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump is planning to meet with his incoming national security adviser in the aftermath of a rattling day of violence around the world. Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 7:23 Is Berlin truck attack a turning point for Germany? By PBS News Hour Berlin’s normally bustling Christmas market was quiet Tuesday, as investigators searched for clues into a truck attack that killed a dozen people and injured 50. A suspect who was detained after the attack was released due to insufficient evidence, and… Continue watching