West Berlin
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| Founded | 1949 |
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| Status | Allied-occupied Germany |
| Today part of | Germany |
| Historical era | Cold War |
| Official_languages | German |
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| ID | 2337244 |
About West Berlin
West Berlin was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. There was no specific date on which the sectors of Berlin occupied by the Western Allies became "West Berlin", but 1949 is widely accepted as the year in which the name was adopted.
Berliners rave against the motorway as extension threatens 20 cultural venues
... Building the highway started in West Berlin in 1958, when the city was divided between capitalist West and communist East - initially with the hope that it would one day be a ring road if Berlin was ever reunified...
Ukraine's Zelensky calls on Germany to tear down Russian wall
... Using another German Cold War analogy, in his speech President Zelensky said that Ukraine needed an airlift, and a no-fly zone to protect it, just as Cold War West Berlin had been saved by the Allied airlift in 1948-49...
Flip Schulke photographer, on the left side of the U. S. civil rights movement of the Berlin wall
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Berlin Wall anniversary: Merkel warns democracy is not 'self-evident'
... The wall had separated Soviet-controlled East Berlin and capitalist West Berlin during the Cold War...
Berlin Wall: 'Germany was first re-united on the dancefloor'
... Previously, West Berliners like him were only able to visit the east with a day pass...
The fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 transformed the modern world
... West Berlin was an island surrounded by Communist East Germany...
News Daily: UK 'front of the line' for US trade - and are hands-free sets safe in cars?
... Read the full paper review Daily Digest £100m extra promised Police disguised as protesters Vaccine passes safety tests The electric car hot-spotIf you see one thing todayIf you listen to one thing todayIf you read one thing todayLookahead09:30 Office for National Statistics announces latest unemployment figures19:45 Celtic play second leg of Champions League qualifier against Romanian side ClujOn this day1961 Troops in East Germany seal the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the route for eastern refugeesFrom elsewhere...
The public art project that entranced post-Cold War Berlin
... The former German parliament building sat on the border between East and West Berlin...
News Daily: UK 'front of the line' for US trade - and are hands-free sets safe in cars?
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Boris Johnson and Donald Trump shake hands at the UN headquarters in 2017 UK 'front of the queue' for US trade dealIn 2016, then-President Barack Obama said the UK would be "" for a US trade deal if the country voted to leave the European Union . Three years on, President Trump's National Security adviser John Bolton has said the UK is "constantly at the - or line, as we say".
Mr Bolton - who was speaking during a visit to the UK - said a deal, or a series of smaller deals, could be reached "very quickly". He also said the US supported a no-deal Brexit, and claimed he and President Trump were "leavers before there were leavers". "The Fashion in the European Union when the people vote the wrong way from the way that The Elites want to go is to make the peasants vote again and again until they get it right," he added.
Read our basic guide to a no-deal Brexit, and learn about the post-Brexit deals the UK has already agreed.
Is it time to ban hands-free phones while driving?Drivers could be in England and Wales, a committee of MPs has suggested. While it has been illegal to use a handheld phone at The Wheel since 2003, a hands-free device creates "the same risks of collision", the MPs said. One expert told The Committee that taking a hands-free call caused "essentially the same" amount of distraction as being at the legal limit for alcohol blood level.
Fix 'unfair' business rates, retailers demandBosses of More Than 50 retailers, including Asda and Boots, have (the tax on non-domestic properties). The Group said the tax had jumped by 50% since the 1990s and was leading to empty shops - with vacancy rates at a four-and-a-half year high. It also said retail accounted for 5% of the economy But paid 25% of all rates. The Treasury said it had a £3. 6bn fund "to support our high streets and town centres".
The disappearing pensions of ZimbabweBy Shingai Nyoka, BBC Africa, Harare
Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would Live Out their golden years with dignity.
He is 85, and served one company for 46 years as a cleaner, eventually rising to become a receptionist. But Vesta says rising inflation has robbed them both of a comfortable retirement. A year ago Teddie's monthly pension was worth $80 (£66). It's now worth $10.
"I Am saddened when I see My Beloved sitting in that corner from morning to night," Vesta tells the BBC. "I would love to give him a banana, an orange or a cool drink. But we can't afford it. A banana costs $0. 40. "
The prices of basics like sugar and Cooking Oil have jumped by 200% in June, according to official statistics. So has healthcare. Meanwhile, the cost of bread has gone up five-fold in four months.
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What the papers sayBoris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds are all smiles as they are pictured together on The Front of The Times , The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail . A Downing Street reception for hospice staff was the couple's first official engagement since Mr Johnson became Prime Minister . However, it's the warm words of President's Trump's National Security adviser, John Bolton , that is the focus for The Times . "US promises fast-track trade deals after Brexit" is the headline - But The Paper points out that a series of "mini-deals" may not be politically palatable in the US.
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Daily Digest£100m Extra promised
Police disguised as protesters
Vaccine passes safety tests
The Electric Car hot-spot
If you see one thing todayIf you listen to one thing todayIf you read one thing todayLookahead09:30 Office for National Statistics announces latest unemployment figures
19:45 Celtic play second leg of Champions League qualifier against Romanian side Cluj
On this day1961 Troops in East Germany seal The Border between East and West Berlin , shutting off the route for eastern refugees
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