Sumi Somaskanda

host, Studio Berlin

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This week, we measure the political climate in the U.S. in the lead up to the presidential election. With less than three weeks to go, what’s going on in the nation’s capital?

Is U.S President Donald Trump running out of time?

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On Oct. 3, 1990, less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East and West Germany were reunited.

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