now, of course remember the king of england was the elector of hanover, so hessen was pretty much next door and i've lived in germany for a period when i was a diplomat, and if you go to a castle in marborg in hessen, you can see a whole room devoted to the recruitment of soldiers to be sent across the atlantic to america and the phrase was off to castle. but however, the ruler, i forget his name, the ruler didn't exact -- wasn't actually very popular, and he and his family got their come upance at the time of the revolution. the united states of irish immigrants leaving ireland in the wake of the disaster famine. the irish famine monument in this city near penns landing is the finest i have seen anywhere. irish american political organizations sprung up in a country beyond british control determined to help secure irish freedom and independent, and when militant solutions were not available or failed, they provided political and financial muscle for the breakthrough in the 1880s that put far reaching land reform and home rule on the political agenda, and i think charms stewart parnell

-- england was the elector of hanover, so hessen was pretty much an door. i lived in germany when i was a diplomat, and when you go to a castle in hessen, you can see a whole wall devoted to the recruitment of soldiers to be sent across the atlantic to america. however, the rule, i forget his name, the rules was not -- ruler was not very popular. he and his family got their comeuppance, at the time of the french revolution. the united states became the principal destination of hundreds of thousands of, millions indeed, of irish immigrants leaving ireland in the wake of the disastrous famine, and for many decades afterwards. the irish famine monument in the city near penn'landing -- penn's landing is the finest i have seen anywhere. irish-american political organizations sprang up in a country beyond british control, determined to help secure irish freedom and independence. when militant solutions were not available or failed, they provided political and financial muscle for the breakthrough in the 1880's that put far-reaching land reform and home rule on th

saxony and brandenburg i saw for the most are the centrist parties in hessen saxony and brandenburg merkel's christian democratic union last large numbers of the ones they gained back into can lead merkel's christian democratic union last large numbers of the ones they gained back in 2014 coming into 3rd place with 22 point one percent some 2014 coming into 3rd place with 22 point one percent something. the party was not expecting. the fact that the party thing that the party was not expecting. the fact that the parties in the democratic center didn't obtain a majority is the bits a result of this election these in the democratic center didn't obtain a majority is the bitter result of this election evening this is a situation that was not expected since 1909 they have not been evening this is a situation that was not expected since 1909 they have not been any democratic elections that led to such results where it is impossible to form a governing democratic elections that lead to such results where it is impossible to form a government with central forces so the big winner of the 3

saxony and brother once that suffered the most are the centrist parties in hessen saxony and brandenburg. and the merkel's. christian democratic union last. christian democratic union lost large numbers of the ones they gained back in 2014 coming into 3rd place with 22 large numbers of the ones they gained back in 2014 coming into 3rd place with 22.111 per cent in some something that that the party really was was not not expecting. the fact that the parties in the democratic senate to. the fact that the parties in the democratic center didn't obtain a majority is the bitter result of this election evening this is a situation that was going to mean a majority is the bitter result of this election evening this is a situation that was not expected since 949 they have not been any democratic elections that was not expected since 949 they have not been any democratic elections that led to such result which is impossible to form a government with central forces led to such result which is impossible to form a government with central forces. so the big winner of these elections is the ultra. so

i'm visiting the xcel shooting club in hessen where 14 year old calin trollope is training with around 1400000 members the german shooting federation is one of the largest german sports associations kalin west stiff shooting closed to give her a more stable posture. unlike in switzerland young people here shoot only with air rifles. there's a special reason why catalin took up this hobby 2 years ago she was struggling with her concentration and her mother had the idea to register her with the rifle cop she'd heard that shooting can have a therapeutic effect and boost attention span since then carolyn has been training at least twice a week the 2 hour session not only includes shooting but also progressive muscle relaxation. so i still remember what you were lying 2 years ago the vast the dumbest how. i was still very unfocused and didn't have that much stamina and stuff. and ok and what happened with how do you feel now compared to then. and i've become much better at school i'm getting much better grades i can definitely concentrate well in class. and you'd say that's related to this

have yet to publicly confirm those claims the crash happened in the city if limbaugh in the state of hessen the driver drove the truck into a line of cars pushing vehicles into each other police have detained the driver of the vehicle there are also unconfirmed media reports that he is a syrian who's been living in germany since 2015 and may already have been known to police or political correspondent simon young is following the story forests simon what's latest. terry the latest update that i have is that of the 9 people that are reported to have been lightly injured in this incident 7 of being treated in hospital and we believe among those the driver of the truck the other detail is that the security expert from the that suggestion is public broadcaster. quoting sources saying that this man had apparently tried several times on monday to get control of a of a truck or similar vehicle so it looks as if if that's right that this wasn't absolutely spontaneous but what we still can't say is really what might be the motive was was it sort of a you know a deliberate terror attack something pla

it's gotten all its money back the last instalment interestingly enough just recently and the state of hessen in which we sit here in frankfurt is also interested in supplying additional funds to conjure a figure of german government federal government in berlin steps and after all is based here in frankfurt well the bridging loan being being just a bridging loan who could be interested in buying called or could they go on their own. well theoretically they could go on on their own they're a huge airline really and in contrast to many in the industry even in contrast to some of the so-called premium airlines or national carriers it's making a profit it's and it's been profitable for years used to be a part of lufthansa lufthansa sold it contra when its own way slipped under the wings of thomas cook and it's got $7000000.00 passengers per annum serving $75.00 destinations thousands of staff and it wouldn't really need an investor but i think thomas cook has to let it go in some way and the company that the that or the creditors will want money from the sale of a condo or so someone will snap i

i've always wanted to show you around my hometown and speak a small city in the state of hessen in the heart of germany. there are more than 1000 have to merge houses here. and if you're lucky you'll hear the bells ringing at the marketplace. when i was born and spiegel was located on the fringe of the german federal republic germany's and our border ran only a few kilometers from here it separated has and to lincoln and germany and all of europe for that matter and to east and west but in 1909 the wall came down in berlin and the border between east germany and the federal republic was opened for the past 30 years no bigot has been at the heart of germany. today i want to take you on a little tour along the border between hassett and wellness and places that still bear witness to the cold war division of germany and that's a victim's animals find out what has changed since reunification turning a once heavily fortified death strip and so unattractive tourist destination. we'll visit a small town torn apart in the cold war. we'll check out bob castle one of the symbols of german reunif

germany people have been both shocked and puzzled by the death of a popular politician in the state of hessen walter luke was found dead from a single bullet in the head last week he was a leading advocate for refugees migrants a stance that had brought him death threats over the past few days disturbing comments gloating over his death have surfaced online a reporter travel to his hometown of is to find out more. it was a shock to the had and very close friends here in front of his house c.d.u. politician by 10 look was found by a family member sunday morning since his death no clues have a much about the perpetrator or the pup the trade ins and habitants of his home village east i was shocked because it's a very difficult situation for the time and for me to. he had his own views views that you could run up against that you could debate with him. at a community meeting in 2015 look this stood up for refugees telling those who disagreed that. you have to stand up for these values whoever doesn't represent them can leave the country at any point. or d.n.c. members from the far right where i w

we were showing shots from the old movie "wall street" in this -- >> it was gordon gekko, not gordon hessen. >> but this is pretty much what happened. >> i'm wearing my fox hat today. >> so, how did this happen do you track a lot of planes >> this is not a big part of my business, but we do have third-party access to flight data and after the deal was announced, after occi came in last wednesday, we had it in mind we would track where vicki was going. so, right after she's done here on wednesday, they fly down to tr, baltimore. we assume that's tro so that's handholding with shareholders but rather than coming to the right-hand and dodging all of them, they take a left-hand turn, across the atlantic to paris. we think we know what they're doing in paris we're going to leave that to reporters to confirm that's a big part of the story if you're watching out there and you're at the "journal" or somewhere, that's an important detail to lock down. >> why don't you speculate and help us with that? >> i suspect they were talking to totale about investment, maybe get rid of mozambiqszambia they wil

the boy y was sent t to a relat, a catholic priest in a village in hessen, the clergyman became his foster father. >> he tried to create a couple atmosphere, sitting on the sofa, watching tv in the evenings. then there were caresses, leaning on each other and things. at some point, the next step. a case. -- a kiss. he said he loved me a lot and so on. >> he was sexually abuse for years. the flat immediately after finishing school and went to university in munich. he began to suffer from flashbacks of the trauma. he confided in a friend of the family. she confronted the priest and force him to admit his crimes to the diocese. the prieststs'supervisor spoke o the man and his friend, he offered there be and put him under pressure. >> after he informed me that this conversation was never to have taken place, , he warned me not to take legal steps. he said in his experience, when a person, a pedophile goes to jail, he will still be a pedophile when he gets out. if it were just a matter of changing a p person, this woulde an appropriate step. because he would be stigmatized if you got to jail, i