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Berlin Wall: Thirty Years Pass Since its Fall

09/11/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Berlin Wall: Thirty Years Pass Since its Fall

Today marks thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall

Celebrations kick off in Berlin to mark three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Also on the programme; former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been freed after more than 18 months in prison. And; Former US Ambassador to the UN discusses her new book, ‘The Education of an Idealist’.

(Photo:  A view of the illuminated Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Credit: EPA)

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