East German police and soldiers sealed the most frequently used border crossings between East and West Berlin with barbed wire. Soviet troops began to replace the wire with a concrete wall.

The Berlin Wall was a permanent fixture dividing the city for 28 years, but the events that led to its collapse were swift. This archive video combines two reports by the BBC's Brian Hanrahan.

The opening of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of 1989 ... when the mass movement in East Germany began to effect significant political changes, statements about East Germany ...

UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa Berlin Wall is built, dividing East and West Germany American-backed Cuban exiles fail in an attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs ...

Berlin, the vibrant capital of Germany, stands as a dynamic and diverse metropolis that seamlessly blends its storied past ...

Alarmed by the building of the Berlin Wall, President Kennedy sent his Vice-President, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and US General, Lucius D Clay to Berlin. The Berlin Wall remained a symbol of Cold War ...

Now, however, Berlin is becoming a victim of its economic success. Rising costs are threatening livelihoods of artists and bohemians who after the fall of the Berlin Wall flocked here, drawn by ...

A police officer is among multiple people hurt after a car careered into pedestrians - and a brick wall - in Berlin last night. Emergency services swarmed the street in the Gesundbrunnen area of ...