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on the 3rd local time, tens of thousands of german people gathered in the center of berlin to oppose the german government's continuous shipment of weapons to ukraine. they protested against the united states and western countries' efforts to ignite the russia-ukraine conflict and the palestinian-israeli conflict. they also called for the resolution of the conflict through diplomatic channels.

on the 3rd, german people who participated in the rally marched through the center of berlin from three directions and held a rally in tiergarten park.

headquarters reporter yu peng: this is the city center of berlin, and october 3 is german reunification day. unlike the celebration scene, thousands of people gathered here. demonstrators came from all over to use their voices to protest against the dangers of escalating conflicts around the world.

demonstrator ulrike guerro: now we see that the united states does not really defend peace, and we do not see the european union showing a strong stance in defending peace. "arms supply" was one of the most mentioned things in this demonstration, and everyone was saying that no matter what we do as a country, germany should stop supplying arms. this is illegal.

in recent years, the intensifying conflicts and their spillover effects have had a serious impact on germany's society and economy. many protest marches took place in germany. people called on the united states, western countries and relevant countries to immediately resolve the crisis through diplomatic channels.

demonstrator rainer brown: we want all wars in the world to stop. we need negotiations, ceasefires and diplomacy. stop the killing, stop the murder, stop all the destruction.