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buildings from past centuries of being lovingly restored and the crumbling remains of the soviet era of being swept away. highly acclaimed georgian dramatist and critics doubt its going to nia is following the changes to the city his country and its inhabitants closely. after decades of russian occupation where is the independent republic headed and how is it dealing with its past i think it needs years and years of experience stability and peace and economy development in the country to start talking about realizing in recent king our past. for georgians the past means centuries. a foreign room exploitation and oppression . it means jazz standard system of injustice soviet propaganda. as well as the hardships after georgia gained its independence in one nine hundred
a new round in the arms race. the protests in germany were the largest since the end of world war two. in the end instead of a strike there was a handshake in october one thousand nine hundred six u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev met in reykjavik to sign a treaty that would eliminate all u.s. and soviet land based short range an intermediate range missiles. this was the so-called i.n.f. treaty. by nine hundred ninety one the two sides had eliminated a total of nearly two thousand seven hundred missiles. some of the cruise missiles that were eliminated under terms of the agreement had been stored at facilities like this in germany. christensen says the treaty was unprecedented in its scope. it was the first class or agreement that simply eradicated an entire class of missiles what was also important was that it had
a counterbalance to the kremlin it was it was to help guard against the spread of communism to europe to help rebuild germany to make sure germany never again became a military threat to europe and if you look at where we are now in one nine hundred ninety one the soviet union disintegrated in and with it went the warsaw pact the eastern nations sort of version of nato and now most of those countries are members of the western alliance so simply the fact that nato exists and took in all of these former soviet satellites of course is a big accomplishment in itself when when nato looks to the future as it continues to expand it's going to be more difficult to gain consensus and so i think that that's what their focus is going to be on going forward coming out looking united as they continue to expand to thirty members with north macedonia this year w's teri schultz in brussels we think you for your reporting now last september a member of the russian activist group post the riot was rushed to
a great collection of books from england. and my job was to dust every day. my father was totally doest the books but don't read them. in one nine hundred ninety one or korea was awarded the prestigious man booker prize for fiction for his novel the famished road the book addresses the coexistence of the spiritual and material world through the life of the spirit child living in an unnamed nigerian city. the river became a road. on the road branched out to the whole world. because the road was once a river it was always hungry. the author is in berlin to headline the african book festival which starts on thursday and of crete is a philosopher a mesmerizing and thought provoking all thought and someone who's not afraid to step up and speak his mind. joins me. thank you
a new round in the arms race. the protests in germany were the largest since the end of world war two. in the end instead of a strike there was a handshake in october one thousand nine hundred six u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev met in reykjavik to sign a treaty that would eliminate all u.s. and soviet land based short range an intermediate range missiles. this was the so-called i.n.f. treaty. by nine hundred ninety one the two sides had eliminated a total of nearly two thousand seven hundred missiles. some of the cruise missiles that were eliminated under terms of the agreement had been stored at facilities like this in germany. christensen says the treaty was unprecedented in its scope. it was the first class agreement that simply eradicated an entire class of missiles what was also important was that it had
capable of hitting targets in most of western europe. european politicians demanded a response. and nato proposed stationing nuclear capable pershing two and ground launched cruise missiles in western europe. the soviet union feared that this deployment could lead to a nato first strike. millions of people across europe demonstrated against what appeared to be a new round in the arms race. the protests in germany were the largest since the end of world war two. in the end instead of a strike there was a handshake in october one thousand nine hundred six u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev met in reykjavik to sign a treaty that would eliminate all u.s. and soviet land based short range an intermediate range missiles. this was the so-called i.n.f. treaty. by nine hundred ninety one the two sides had eliminated
capacity to deal with them. and there are no reports of cholera cases yet but the w.h.o. is scrambling to fly a nine hundred thousand doses of cholera vaccine. and material and practical aid continues to flow in from all over the globe like these tents being set up by a kenyan emergency response unit important as the only non-medical way to fight the spread of disease is to improve living unsanitary conditions these people have already been robbed of everything now even their physical health is at risk. now to western sahara a territory in africa's my grip region that's been disputed since one thousand nine hundred seventy five that's when the spanish left and morocco annexed most of it a nationalist movement called the polisario front fault and independence campaign there until a nine hundred ninety one cease fire since then
minister of new zealand says she's looking at actually tightening gun control laws what needs to happen. well the last time i got a lot was significantly strengthened it was. the last major mass shooting in new zealand which was nine hundred ninety one and while a mascot and since the heart from a few minor changes our gun laws have really stagnated so at the moment we don't have a rich history of the different far as that excess new zealand make it really quite difficult tracking those know who owns what and we also allow the position of some simular americans which with some small modifications can be turned into the kinds of weapons that the shooter used in that horrific massacre so those are the two kind of main issues that look like your own table for gun the former coming weeks and a prime minister a signal that she's keen to look into this issue senior policymakers have expressed
a computer is the weapon of choice for how they can steal data and disrupt services . i can actually see a fighter jet or a tank coming towards you where you can see the cyberattack coming towards you can tell it's already happened. in two thousand and seven there was a large cyber attack against dystonia and there was also the first cyber attack in the world and the world against nation. government services unavailable business is estimated to have lost millions of years the state set up a site defense unit with volunteers and that was the point. were not only me but many estonians suddenly realized the importance of cyber defense. is certainly regained its independence from the soviet union in one nine hundred
a tank coming towards you where you can see cyberattack coming towards you can tell it's already happened. in two thousand and seven there was a large cyber attack against the stone and there was also the first cyber attack in the world and the world's against nation. government services unavailable business is estimated to have lost millions of years the state set up a cyber defense unit with volunteers and that was the point that. were not only me but many estonians suddenly realised the importance of cyber defense. is turning over again to its independence from the soviet union in one nine hundred ninety one digital products and services gave the tiny country a chance to rebuild its economy. today around ninety nine percent of all government