A toxic legacy what are locals doing about it. But 1st we learn how the coronavirus pandemic is forcing urbanites to say farewell to their beloved. Freedom of selfdetermination and the opportunity to get ahead for centuries cities have promised all of that even today many people are drawn to urban areas for exactly those reasons ive a half the global population now lives in cities thats more than 4000000000 people and few places have offered greater hopes of success and happiness the new york city now though the pandemic is laying the dreams of many lives there to waste. In a few days time Celine Copland will have left new york she came from paris seemingly a lifetime ago saying goodbye to the city is hard. Make it. Big. Ill be back i just dont know where. To go but theyre very good. And moving searching here its like its. Emotional. She came for love then stayed to build a new life in the city of Limitless Possibilities setting up a successful Public Relations company. Its a great sou
Police in belarus have used water cannon to break up a rally demanding the release of Political Prisoners tens of thousands of protesters have again marched through the capital minsk authorities are refusing to allow foreign journalists to cover mounting opposition to the regime of hardline leader alexander lukashenko. Police in germany have confirmed that a 26 year old jewish student was seriously injured in an attack outside the main synagogue in the Northern City of hamburg a man dressed in military style clothing struck the victim repeatedly in the head with a shovel place of rest of the alleged attacker this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website at state dot com. 30 years ago these images went around the world on october 3rd 990. 00 germany was united barely one year after the fall of the berlin wall the signing of the unification treaty in 1990 saw the end of east germany now all germans share one kolya mince and one curre
A government buildings after at least one person a died in clashes with Security Forces the Prime Minister again back off has now resigned. Ellerys his exiled Opposition Leader its got a lot of chicken off chaos has been in berlin holding talks with the german political leaders including chancellor Angela Merkel she wants european help in forcing a new elections in belarus following a disputed poll in early august since then the country has been gripped by mass demonstrations and a government crackdown. Legendary u. S. Rock guitarist and songwriter Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65. 00 after a long battle with cancer his band of van halen became one of the worlds top selling acts with songs like hes considered to be one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. This is g. W. News from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website dot com. U. S. President donald trump is out of hospital and actively campaigning from the white house we dont know if hes
Located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. , the National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932. We visit the museum to learn about early american portrait paintings. In this program we feature the work of Gilbert Stuart. His unfinished portrait of George Washington is the image on the one dollar bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. West was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was washingtons aid to camp. It is interesting that here , Alexander Hamilton is hanging next to Gilbert
Night. Y located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. , the National Gallery of art was a gift to the american whole from Andrew Mellon served as treasury secretary from 1921 to 1932 hearing up next come in the second of a twopart program, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait tainting. In this program, we feature the work of Gilbert Stuart, whose unfinished work of George Washington is the image on the 100 bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. West was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was washingtons it is interesting that here Alexander H