Berlin marks end of WW2 with unprecedented holiday

Berliners have been given an unprecedented public holiday, to mark the end of World War Two in Europe but also liberation from Nazi rule.

Not since reunification has a German city acknowledged 8 May as a day of liberation in this way; some Berliners are unaware of its significance.

A street party and several events have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The holiday is one-off and is not being held outside Berlin.

But there are growing calls for a public holiday to be held across Germany.