the the hello and welcome to this week's focus on europe. great to have you with us. millions of people in turkey will forever remember the catastrophe that happened last year and event that changed their lives forever. in the early hours of february, 6th, a heavy earthquake devastated the southern part of the country. hundreds of thousands of houses and buildings were damaged or destroyed, but many people buried under the rubble of more than 50000 lost their lives in the disaster. turkeys president richard paper,

the one was quick to promise financial help and a new housing for those affected by the disaster. his opponents criticized him for using the tragedy for his benefits and his re election campaign. now, one year later, a reporter visited the city of kentucky. i located in one of the regions where the quick hit there. she met the people who are still living. i'm in the ruins fighting for moments of peace and the toxicity of unpack, yes, one's home to hundreds of thousands of people. looks like a field of ruins. an empty last, the year after it was batted by powerful earthquakes. excavators are still busy removing debris. many neighborhoods virtually deserted, uninhabitable on the outskirts of the destroyed hometown indian national tries to create

a sense of normality for his daughter having like so many here in the quick soon they lived in a container shells and now the 3 re metro books funded by the government which covens mom says i and her baby brother ali body of some valet. but be careful tied to the church. bush had somebody it feels crime tier 6 year old kathy, this is hardly any room to place and the families struggling with other problems. so may i be here by the many water outages? sometimes i wake my child up at 2 in the morning to wash or because that's when we have water. you put, the city's infrastructure is broken, the authorities can get a grip on it. everything has become so complicated we my book and you know the value of both teach us. they used to have a house, they tell us regular incomes plans for the future on the somebody felt safe and

secure. but all that sudden we changed a year ago in the early hours of february, 6 salt off the high tow color. it was very dark everywhere. and i looked around and the walls were cracking the large things were falling from everywhere. take advantage. i thought it was having a nightmare. it wasn't just a nightmare for the $7.00 magnitude quakes followed by another massive tremor. only hours later, the coast unprecedented devastation to southeastern taki. some $300000.00 buildings collapsed or with less than the use of the cross 11 provinces. rescue teams arrived late. more than 50000 people were killed, according to official figures. experts blame shoddy construction and the next enforcement of safety codes for the scales, the disaster high up and the stuff i will cut out. cool. i never felt so scared in

my life. i tried to protect my daughter that so nothing would happen to her much. she kept telling her mom, it's okay understood and it's going to be okay. daddy will save us lots of bubble and he's with us is don't cry. some of the allow my mom yearly to hundreds of thousands in the afflicted region are holding out in huge contain of cities or other temporary shelters, defying winter temperatures and drain, waiting for the cities to recover. shortly after the quakes president ridge of tongue of ad one made bold promises, he said hope the disaster zone would be revealed within just one year. how much it was a goal. and the 1st phase is to complete the $319000.00 homes and village houses within a year and hand them over to their owners, the history of ethics. but the reconstruction is progressing much smooth and promised at this building site and attack yes, most of our offline and his team,

a racing to get the 1st 2000 departments ready by february. he attempts to explain the delays. sean india to consider the biggest problem right now with the rain. it's raining very heavily in the region, but we're working non stop. i do, we want to make sure earthquake survivors can move in as soon as possible. the sort of it also started until kansas city struggling to get back on its feet. many shop owners and now selling from containers. mobile phones, closing suite for the economy here is on its knees. most of their former customers are either stayed with the space to see how it gets out of the to help you 6 year old to, to come in with a c as in tool. my often quakes can take, so to have saved for today. ok, you follow me? 345 months. that's our society school the some of the little by the reno's here of the find the

disaster teachers much more news with the children growing some she herself lost relatives and friends and the rocker to to most of the children didn't smile. they were constantly distracted. quote, they were so scared that they didn't want to leave their families, but slowly we help them overcome their for years. so we did it with our we did it with love. we did it by working together. you say that we just want them to have a bit of their old lives bag and to dance lessons or helping the parents to mississippi. the more like it was like a break for us to get you. and then we can finally took a deep breath and forget all our troubles for a moment. they didn't beat it's a good feeling, it's not special. yours dancing,

having fun. and so getting the nightmare of the quakes for coming and the other children. these are the happiest moments a little time out from the strange life in the ruined city. as they are the kings and queens of the same wales while they are coming in the ocean, the mediterranean can also boast a substantial population of these impressive mammals. sadly, their existence is being threatened and not only by human activities on the water. there are also more incoming threats from land. so being that idle de has made it her mission to protect the waves and to raise awareness about the danger as they are facing in their natural habitat. it's an early set off from the port of san remo. sabina, idaho,

the is leading the expedition of the italian french coast to the palazzo sanctuary . home to over 2000 whales. there under threat shipping traffic has become a deadly danger for the wells time and again, there are serious accidents such a big case. there have been cases where the bow of the ship has collided with the vin, well, or a sperm. well, some of those at the home. don't even notice. take this photo, a cargo ship wound up in a harbor like this sole. and nobody noticed that the crew spotted something sabina and her assistant, mario suspect it's dolphins. they try to get closer. they're coming up there.

the there are around 15 dolphins. they're curious and soon take off on deck. it's all logged in. the data will go on to universities, the ship sales further out away from the coast to where the whales should be found at the university upon to a professor sandra, i'm not savvy, or is trying to understand the threat, suppose to wells from a different angle when a well washes up dead in italy. she goes to investigate much audio. is the forensic scientist amongst well, researchers today he's examining to dolphins. both have died young. they were found on the beach off the coast of venice. and they would give me me some of the goals

that we found things in recent years that we have not seen before. the spread of viruses, material pathogens from the mainland considering where they should be instead. concerns is a great deal cheaper. extreme flooding like an amelia romano. last summer. wash as pathogens from fertilize fields into the sea. these land based pathogens are a great threat to the immune systems, a marine mammals mario just 1 o'clock. i saw something i think i saw something, a brass at a breach. if sabina has spotted us in, well, it will have to surface again to breathe after about 10 minutes. once at that, how long has it been? 9 minutes there

it is. it is a fin. well, almost 20 meters long. you remember? it's a wonderful feeling. i've never seen a video before. it's wonderful to connect with an animal that's so much bigger than you up front of the store. so fin a scar, possibly from a fishing line or a ship's propeller. the creature appears otherwise healthy kids even after hundreds of times, it's always the same great rush of feelings at the start of course. but then the researcher in me comes through. i know i have to collect data stuff back at the port of san remo. sabina, idle indeed wants to evaluate all the new data as soon as possible to share with

researchers at the university upon to and then she'll set off again to protect the whales of the mediterranean. it's almost 2 years since russell launched its full scale invasion of ukraine. european countries, including friends, have since then imposed heavy sanctions on russia. the war is also affecting a russian cemetery and the parisian suburb of sands. and if you have the blood, russia has stopped paying for the grape sides, yet there are people like jump. yeah, a month. and then i will in ski who are determined to preserve this piece of russian cultural heritage. oh is quite concerned cuz you know, if you have the black old graves, melancholy air, be unavailable. lensky is one, a few regular visitors here 73 years old. she's a descendant of russian aristocrats who fled to the west in 1917. to escape the

communist. she visits her parents grave every couple of weeks to, to the priest. well, the people who are buried here are part of our country's history. this cemetery isn't just like any other feels like ours mobile lensky is grand parents led by a turkey and hungry. her parents, surgeon irene, came to paris and the 1930s. got you? so could you? they just said, this is our family. i was kind of the time you were a risk of crowds. i'm a member of the 34th generation dba lensky is have been around since at least the 10th century. we always held important state positions and we're part of the aristocracy. this actually they're not the only note where the people buried here. jump, helemano is an expert on the cemeteries history, silver vocal for to come on. i'll show you a gray if you made off know of the belong to you. super who killed the influential preacher? grigori rescued him. he was married to the niece of sar nicholas the 2nd to do,

or many members of russia's former lead, found their final resting place is here. nobody wants to sit on the well known figures, such as are kosky, the famous film, anchor higher ranking military painters and writers were laid here. some $150000.00 russians, emigrated to front surround the time that ever since russia's invasion of ukraine. the cemetery has gone even quieter. russian tourists often used to come here and when there were no more defendants to do it, russia pay to maintain the graves. this has been suspended. a french association maintains around $600.00 graves. when we do, we have a moral responsibility with assets peace, the cemetery is no longer a spiritual place. check. every grave should be a place of prayer. the permanent figures, however, one grave attracts particular attention. this has no radiation

in a spectacular move. sophia ballet, dancer and co yaga for rudolph new reyes defected to the west in 1961 the zip code was in. don't get them 1st like to so can you for a long time. i used to spot an elderly lady sneaking around his grave. oh, he said done my prayers. then i found out that she slept on at nights and told me that's what i don't know. that's unbelievable. who do you think she loves them about a wardrobe assistant the old cemetery of sante. john, if you have the bloss with so many stories to tell, and a rich history just a few months have passed since the military and as everybody john began it's offensive against people of our mean and defend living in the region of not going to car buff although estimate armenians had been living there for decades, as or by john re establish control over the embattled territory or puerto travel to

the region which has been completely deserted, to find out about plans to fill it with new life on the winding road to now gore no car above to travel here we need special permits from the government of us have i shown ready for inspection at check points like these foreign camera crews are not permitted to move freely here. and as a by johnny chaperone drives the head. but it's plain to see 30 years of war have left a mark, mines and munitions still litter the ground nearby, the old as erie armenian front lines today job years. so my dog and his team are looking for unexploded minds, a life threatening task. now me, yes,

we have seen several die soldiers done with a military personnel to the facility. and even the way to the toilet must be carefully marked we as clearly the minds armenians, azerbaijan, as well as the area we are currently carrying, was contaminated by our enemy. let them set up a number in my list of most of them, which means as of now, these areas are trusted with mind. they might allow us to come on me, let me, let me, let's just let me stay after. so that's what our chaperone interrupt. she takes issue with selma dogs wording, and then we don't say enemies. we say separatists armenians are not our enemies. we don't see them as enemies. the immense, if that's a letter from what the minds were laid by armenian separatist forces in cairo by some of them. most of with lot of mean a lot of them to well,

that makes the wonder, are we going to get honest opinions? here are just with the as a by showing the government wants us to hear we are back on the road not door. no. colorado is located on us or by johnny territory, but it was historically inhabited mainly by armenians. in the 1990s, armenia took military control, and many other series had to flee. now the tide has turned us up by john, rich from oil and gas, put the brake away, republic under seas before recapturing it, leading to the displacement of 100000 armenians. places turned into ghost towns. there are some we can't even visit alongside all of that. construction sites as a by zone is building apartments for

a series. like is my username. i know if she takes us into his new home where he re settled with his family a few weeks ago. we'll go from uh, this is the kitchen, the dining room in the kitchen. 3 rooms, bathroom balcony, gifted to the family by the government, as compensation. they say both originally from here that had to flee in the ninety's. but why would they so keen to return upon the cool, knocked in the in box who we lived in public housing. we didn't have a real home that we always said them one day. we would return both. i've lived as refugees in childhood. do they ever think about the recent armenian refugees? i have not know why should i think about them? and you think about my country, my fatherland, was all this sulaiman off isn't exactly empathetic. besides the apartment,

she was incidentally also provided with work as a truck driver, courtesy of the government. talking to neighbors of cam gives us a different picture though. yes, the apartments are great, says one, but there are hardly any jobs. critical voices are few and far between and as i advise you on, especially when it comes to now going to cover the but they do exist. we conducted this interview without our chaperone our interview. we speaks out online against the war policy and asked to remain anonymous. his posts saw him interrogated by secret service on several occasions, even receiving beatings. his are need to fix the next time will bring you and your family in and will torture them before the time. they also told me how will rape your mother fare via since the war as a by zone and armenia have moved cautiously towards normalizing relations. talks of

prisoner exchanges into a peace treaty are in the air, but the mistrust is still possible, as is the fear of renewed violence. and now we'll take you to lot to the um and the western part of the country lies the bog dollar parish. and this place offers the perfect conditions for one of luxury as the most popular winter activities. here you can already see the equipment needed to prepare for something that is meant to be good for your health. but a viewer be warned. this is not for the faint of heart, the northern europe's day like beauty ever gets to a deal like for you, break a hole in the ice and take a dip. ice bathing is lucky, a signature winter's board. oh, lots really nice. so what that just makes us happy, i think i'm say we really, what exactly makes this ice cold escapade so special?

we took a trip to bell gallon western lafayette, to visit 33 year old center today. mana, for 3 years now. she's been beating outdoors once a week, whether temperatures are above or like now below freezing. first, the whole needs to be cleared. at minus 10 degrees celsius, it freezes over fast. then it's time to hop into the cold water. today, 84 year old grandmother australia is here for adept. she's a true veteran. the extreme experience can last up to 10 minutes the how is the cold even bearable? likes, uh yeah, yeah. so any other step into the cold water, you get a shock. you have a hard time breathing so your 1st task is to get your breathing under control

to concentrate. breathe deeply in and out and make sure your breathing becomes regular english and feel like being married. the past time might said southern european jewels chattering, but here up north, it's a tradition. it said the vikings practiced i speeding over a 1000 years ago to nowadays thousands of not beings go swimming outside in winter, including in the delta of a river in the capital riga. the ice here is dick and chips of it could really hurt . it's why men from the polar bears association spend hours preparing the swimming spot for fans of extreme temperatures goes to the next week walters. this is typically not for you because we lot fans are used to rough winters, and that's why we aren't thought squared. if the cold vi doctors and you called water isn't anything unusual to us, moves no, and the cost of it, we go bathing in the cold and it feels great. it felt that the best value to us,

but didn't stick ice breathing is meant to be beneficial for your health. when you jump into cold water, the body's vessels contract. when you get out, they expand again, increasing blood flow, which then boost the immune system. i. swimmers reportedly get colds less often than people who take hot showers a little warm water at the end. doesn't do any harm though, but seem to do a mano, says you must learn ice bathing and someone has to inspire you to do it. guidance aka sale. i started as a child and i used to listen to my grandma's passionate stories on how great it was, how much energy i gave you. what a nice feeling of freedom you get from going bathing in the winter or so it's kind of magic and like ost online disc, especially when she gets to warm up in front of the fire. her husband has started

their children, emilia, rudolph, and rain as don't go bathing in the winter. instead, they walk barefoot through the snow. the families loved for the cold keeps them strong, especially now in these troubled times. that's going right that a wrong is and we're teaching our children to enjoy life in the here and now every day were teaching them to seize all opportunities in life and not be afraid of anything risk. and so it is especially not the frozen lake where these cold russian tuesday is going to have plenty of fun. as long as the ice days thick enough. i'm getting good. loves just the watching them. oh, that's it. before today's edition of focus on your premium. but you can always find out stories and reports on social media moves. so thank you so much for watching.

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