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the people elected long before the pyramid, technical and logistical feet that symbolized the impossible, really see it. the stones tell the story of a powerful revolution. what exactly happened as a 10000 years ago? the secrets shone age starts december 22nd on d, w, and the this is focus on your up arrow below a welcome serbia is due to hold parliamentary and regional elections in mid december. the snap vote was called by the president who was under mounting pressure from the opposition. alexander village church has been in office in serbia for 11 years. under his tenure, violence, corruption,
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and criminality have increased. the country has long maintained strong ties with russia and china. well, also pursuing membership in the you, his policies have united opposition parties ahead of the vote was the goal of hosting routes, which well and increasing number of serbs are taking to the streets to protest against the rise in violence in serbia. one of them is university student power, which about which the demonstrations have given rise to a multi faceted movement whose supporters are united in their desire for change. and their rallying cry is resonating far beyond the capital belgrade they want to serve. you are free from nationalism and authoritarianism. the crowds lined up in front of a cultural center in northeast side, a feeling of hope hangs in the air. the pro glass initiatives or pro voice in english is hosting a panel discussion this evening. it's
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a full house dog on via logan, which a well known serbian actor and co founder is initiative gets straight to the point where all the units we believe if we wake up with the citizens of serbia, if we become active and realize it's up to us then will become a force for change the initiative was found it after 18 people were killed in to mass shootings in may in the violent shops. the whole of serbia lost many serbians lane presidents which is government through not of the they say it's fuel, the climate of violence and the country, underwrote it democracy. and the rule of law not have to be a it is serbia, is being held hostage. serbia is a country full of violence. so be as a country where one man decides everything. this has to stop. what estimating the look i want to democracy, style, free media,
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sort of an independent judiciary. popular challenge, a 21 year old political science student is also here. the math shooting, instruct him to and he decided to take action. the next morning we meet with kitchen rich edwards university. in belgrade, i like serbia, isn't a dictatorship. he says, but a hybrid redeem with authoritarian elementals, it's a region that's been undermined, democratic principles for 11 years at the expense of his future. well, one thing is that the i always like to see therapy as part of the can you ever as a country that respects the read off laudable, where there's not such a deep religion? corruption is that, can you, me knowledge the moment we have a state in which criminals and politicians are canal to the what a condition that as many students here seem to share his views, they're unhappy about the country's rapid crime and climate of corruption. and the government's attempts to silence to centers. we travel to potentially
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a town north west of phil grade. this is where you alayna me, holler that she lives with her husband, an opposition politician. she tells us their daughter was banned from preschool because of their political activities for they asked and 3 out there is complete, it was very time. this is to my last tend to live a minute. i never would have thought that someone would want to discriminate against my child is more of what it was very stressful for a family. my. the other children in the park told my daughter she wasn't allowed to go to preschool. she came home crying for to fly to the local equal opportunities officer confirmed her complaint and you laid them a holler which said this is just the tip of the iceberg here. that's also why she joined the demonstrations after the mass shootings, when thousands protested for weeks. she also spoke out against the voltage government. she couldn't remain silent any longer. we would have liked to ask
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president alexander voltage personally about the accusations against him in his government. but the questions were unwelcome at this event and his party didn't respond to our request in pro government media, however, who regularly rails against the opposition, who he says is trying to ruin serbia. least the sort of you because the opposition is calling itself, serve you against violence you want to quit for there's not they're all boys. and so one of the people who support them. okay. and that's, and i'm not talking about ordinary citizens as we are, but those who appear in public because obviously cousin, which himself is not up for election. but his party is they have a lot of support in the provinces. and even in belgrade, where the opposition strong positive, i'm satisfied with the government, the jobs, and when it comes to the direction in which the country is moving, i think our values are located. let's keep that. i don't want to think change us thoughts of a problem, any space or continue to govern as they've been doing in the current presidents or
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continue to lead us. but posit chavez and his fellow students hope the selection will bring change their optimistic because the previously divided opposition is now united and the european union is keeping a close eye on the upcoming election. and just to mention that the owners, the so what i really, i believe it's important now for the e, you to send monitors to serve you to serve the process. uh, so for us to, but are you able to go in? yes, the e u has a relatively here, i think it's any mo, data as the citizens that i serve you whatever the outcome they're determined to continue their activism. the people in serbia need to wake up, says pop the chip savage for anything here to change a sport, leisure and play residents and helsinki are able to enjoy these activities in
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a winter to deep underground. the finish capital has build a mass of leisure centers at a depth of 30 meters or nearly a 100 feet. but that's not their primary purpose. the structures are actually shelters for emergencies. and security has been growing since finland's neighbor, russia invaded ukraine, and a network of bunkers is bringing some in helsinki. peace of mind, it takes just half a minute to reach another world, 13 meters beneath the streets of helsinki, the labrons of tunnels and bunkers under. he'll think he was designed to protect 900000 people from missile attacks, chemical weapons and radiation in the event war. but that's not all welcome to one of these most popular playgrounds for both children and adults. it's a hockey field and digital cafeteria and parking. oh and want some people even
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celebrate their birthdays here. this is a daily life for us. we've grown up with having these bomb shelters, so it's not we don't really think about it. and the whole thing is like filled with, with under an own under ground world. this bunker in canyon the district is one of finland's largest, 2 soccer stadiums which fits in site. so civil defense officer tony brass sites in the event of wars, the, the facilities quickly be converted into a fully functioning care of each shelter. normal scenario, a spend sheltering each time is required between some hours and some days on most of our shelters. we can make the sheltering periods quite much higher blocks show spring period that creates different problems. one of the biggest problem is to hate that one person creates when i create up approximately 100 watts of heat all
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the time. so here's a problem for 6000 people to live in a bunker like this in an emergency. nelson helsinki. the federal beneath the city is solely granite and nice. the bunker was carved into the underground rock, but is not the only solid, but also cool. in the event of war, the large calls can convert it into smaller rooms that needed. so sizes of people can lift down here for longer periods, but just the above ground. they will be people dying. they will, they be both available by saying they will be 6 people. they will be glad to people that will be sending people every function. and as a normal and society happens within the shelters. finland chairs the board of russia over 1300 kilometers long for a long time to refuse to join need to but not anymore. the war and ukraine changed
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that the u. member has now also been a mutual member for 6 months. the majority of fins call for more protection and greater security. i would say the fetus people have like, rather if this got this boy added to it to the situation. so we know we know that there are very states risk always. it has to be in there like seems to be and i'm going to independence. it's realized in the 2nd world war, but rush it right to into bad feeling. and it could happen some day also. that's how we know about that. but it's not something we're like actively, you know, fear. it's not something that we think about in our everyday life. yes, memories, happy to be a weekend of what is known as the winter war when finland fought against the soviet union from 1939 to 1940. finland emerged from the conflict with its sovereignty and tact, but paid a high price, some casualties and territory. the peace of court noon is the treaty of moscow
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marks in the dark chapter and relations between the 2 countries. this monument in central helsinki commemorates the sacrifices of the winter war. during the conflict, finland passed its 1st civil defense lot even to the old public buildings and private buildings over a certain size must have a shelter. as though some extra in total, helsinki has more than $5000.00 a year, read shelters, with rooms for almost a 1000000 people the we do, i was hoping that the name will be deuced, would stay what we need to do it. so his story has been shown us that he's possible and when something is possible, it might happen. and the people of health think he wants to be prepared. unprotected,
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13 meters deep in the bunkers beneath their capital the. the high can energy prices in europe has prompted people to sit shooting alternatives in the winter. and cost of all the attention has turned to firewood. the goal lock mountains near the village of grass sheets are traditionally rich in this resource, but that is fast changing. the timber that has failed and sold there is often done so illegally. it's a lucrative draw for feeds in a country where poverty is rampant and catching. the perpetrators isn't easy for law enforcement. the thieves struck only hours before the cuts are fresh. the trees were stolen, lots of them. it was the work of timber fees. ranger phoebe berthiaume says he finds seems like this on patrol almost every day on board found out. it was normal,
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it really infuriates me and my coworkers across the it doesn't only destroy the forest, it affects the entire ecosystem here. and i say to know that that comes from these days, cases like this, keep us busy around the clock and the deep look out for a ball and other details of the north and the people to see me is one of a small force of rangers patrol linked the cool, like mountains of fast area covering some $11000.00 tech tears. the ranger says they're mostly fighting a losing battle. more and more land is being raised. all killed the illegal logging in these forest is terrible because of course take so long to regrow beam, it doesn't happen over night, or even in a single year out from the it's usually the little harvest ends up here in private homes as far most local family still sheet with the war and ukraine has also sent energy prices soaring and poverty stricken cost with an open doors for the legal
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traders, the stolen timbers sold roadside we shopped, disputed with a hidden camera via the me. this is 4 cubic meters. are the best wood for burning beach? actually it's even a bit more. but you can have it for 40 euros, a cubic meter, 160, for all of it. and as early as today, i'm gonna use that legal. no, we don't want any trouble with the police on a monday or no, no problem. i take care of things like that. i'll bring the wood unloaded and bring the machine to cut it up. but that will cost extra and the certainly not far away. we meet these 2 brothers, they are involved in the business with stolen timber. so they don't want to be identified. they see it's the only way they have to make some money and get through the cold winter. if we didn't have this business,
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we'd have to live without a fire, only with blankets. and then we might not make it through till spring. it would be really tough. especially if the winter is very hard. the the as a neighbors place, they show us the machine they use. it's had me very old and indestructible. they use it to solve a still inbox, but they've been sell the know many of their customers person the would comes from this area and farther afield. our customers still the timber because they're poor. they collect the logs and load them into their tractors. they see the themselves, which never steal timber from the forest. the risk of getting cost is too high.
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their suppliers keep running into rangers and they're scared. they've been caught and punished quite often. so they give the rangers a little pay off us, but they aren't really corrupt. they know what our situation is like, and they just want to make a little money themselves, mainly for their children. back in the gold mountain ranger, but she is familiar with these allegations but doesn't put much stuff on the country. he says the feeds are violent and don't even shy away from murder. 4 years ago they shopped one of his fellow rangers at 4 in the afternoon with the 2 that could have been me or one of my other colleagues cannot see. and we worked together until 3 pm. so you know, and only one or 2 hours longer and you would have got us to just because suddenly the weather changes in these conditions,
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head ranger mendota zebra goes out on patrol himself. he says the timber thieves feel safe in the mountains and wait and cold because they know his divisions doesn't have the budget to properly go after them. and the reason we need more stats of the more money and more technical equipment source of which is what are the for now we're doing whatever we can to stop the legal log in with what's available to us and next to the sources. but it won't be enough, but we just don't have enough resources left them all that we need more not doing nothing at the source. and so the illegal logging in costa book continues broad stretches of this corner of the bulk of long being covered by pristine forests. but how much longer will these products are fine? the doctor is john paul deal is ready for retirement, but he isn't hanging up his stethoscope just yet. that's because in france where he
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lives, there is a chronic shortage of doctors. if john paul leaves his practice, there won't be any one to take it over. the shortage is especially acute in the countryside, in a dipaq mall and the reason of normandy, the state is trying to alleviate the deficit with buses that function as immobile medical practices. they are equipped to provide health care for patients in france as so called medical deserts. emilio isn't, isn't going on vacation. she's taking her suitcase to work at this doctor's office on wheels and normally the medical assistance also dr. we're going to meet patients right now who really need our medical assistance. a role region in the northern part of normandy. there's a serious shortage of doctors. the patients are already waiting at the community
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center. i sprained my ankle at work on saturday. the bus has been rented by the department of every day of travels to a different town with a rotating staff. today i'm a leo's and is a company in by retire doctors on post a on the the 1st patient is just here for a check out the still, the on the bus is equipped with everything needed for standard medical examinations . this patient michelle blash agrees that the doctor shortage is a serious problem. keep putting all categories they retire and nobody wants to replace them. to. the last doctor had a successor who then changed his mind. we have to go somewhere else to see a doctor. but since the bus started, and i've been here twice, and it's helping me really be a commitment, what you do is utah ok. last year,
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dr. day, on close his own practice and another region of normandy when he got bored after a few months. you've really wants to do something like doctors without borders, but then i thought to myself, why go so far away? when of course it wasn't close by, it didn't make sense, easy to contact, and then a hospital contacted or the on behalf of the reach of the project, st. jude. good. an interesting come to us. i said yes. with more than 30 patients and one morning, the doctor and his assistant didn't get a moment's rest. most patients book their appointment online. but for urgent problems people can come without an appointment. the see the best off spot. we have patients here who haven't seen a doctor and 2 year. yep. and then that's a long time. even a year. it's
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a long time, but you know, they haven't had any blood work done or any kind of check on the article. some have been taking medication for years without any monitoring because there's no doctor here idea who you think you would have to move it all in may. the doctor does came to prevent ties. 30 thought for the 1st time it was a resenting success the municipality. you know, even provides office space, it's handy for people who would have trouble climbing into the bus, which is true for quite a few people here. that toy face is the same problem. as many other rule regions in france, young people are moving away services, an infrastructure and vanish. an elderly people who need help are left behind in the mobile office doctor de oh, mistreating a man who is not feeling well at all. and it will have headaches and sleeps so badly. i feel like i'm going crazy. pretty much the so class he did go to
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see another doctor. he says, but his complaints were brushed away. the exam here is thorough and, and rushed and ends with the referral to the hospital to be all significant. i'm very happy who both of you did a good job on and all right. have hope for the future over here. i'm 66 and there are lots of things i'd like to do with my family. it would be nice if i could go camping at the we can, for example, if i'm on. well, of course that's impossible. people form for that issue. at the end of the day, the deputy mayor stops by the plan is to turn the temporary office in the villa into a fully fledged examination room. it makes sense because it's unlikely that the town will ever have a full time doctor again. young, young and the medical bus could also go to other places where its services are badly needed. a tremendous out. i can give you about 50 reasons for the shortage of doctors. i conclude it's all very complicated. for most people,
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it's not something that can be solved quickly. or even in 10 years it's not possible. but if i had a solution, it would go into publication. each for now though, so set that idea aside. he'll be on vacation for a few weeks. but at closer the time we'll have to manage without the doctor of us until then. and the 1st appointments have already been filled. charity is one of the cornerstones of the christian faith. archbishop cost back as evangel of the apostolic christian church in the town of edmonton, north london, however, has developed his own method of connecting with his parishioners knock out punch. for years, the clergyman has been using a boxing club as a means of saving the youth in his trouble neighborhood from the life of crime. caustic as believes in the power of working off aggression in the ring rather than on the streets. i saw this eventually bishop of the christian church,
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she thought base symbol, something to him to the community, what, what the cypress used to be to meet us. but some also known as the scene vicious about the archbishop is a trained focusing coach in 2000 for a long sight. his clerical gt; stock is funded an amateur boxing club to get young people away from the games and off the streets relate to all costs and bad company as well. so i would street wise, i'll go in fights when i was younger. my, like since i was leaving to what the cost by a gang fight that if you see the scar from my face comes will be as mentioned, you goes welcome, everyone. regardless of the faith on japan, many members here come from disadvantage background. archbishop stuck in police of books and clubs, gives them something positive to don't, don't turn it to somebody on the street. how are you one guy rather than by myself being as i angry? cuz after a session, you can really, you know,
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you feel like your reaching your goal is on your developing yourself and your skills. and over time you see that you guys ago, there was a lot of nice trends and, you know, violence in general in this area. by phone, the and all know people, especially teenagers around this area, the youth have become involved in not sports like this and in the community. and it's made the more, you know, like i said, humble stock is funded. the stomach christian church street full. and is the congregations proceeding minister, a church creatures, peace reconciliation and non violence? so how does, because stack is reconciled these values with what is a rather brutal sport. how it impacts young people from being actually physically violent industries, crime, knife crime, and they change to a 100. and they typically turn around then that ways that it gets to, to, to use. those are the words here. the young foxes gets a fighting chance in the range and of the streets. that's all from us this
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week at focus on europe. you can watch more of our show online at dw dot com. thanks for your company. bye for now, the the,
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