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in fact just ahead of the ceremony today of this formal agreement today several countries have opted out have withdrawn their support from this agreement citing concerns that this agreement may actually to mass migration or even pose a security threat to their countries or a security threat to europe as a whole but if you look inside this agreement we find it is a non-binding agreement which at its best can serve to create minimum standards for migrants worldwide how to protect your rights it's not going to change their situation overnight it's not going to change a death on the mediterranean sea overnight neither is it going to change the horrific conditions in detention camps for example the ones in libya but as the secretary general of the united nations mystical terrorist has put it it can serve as a quote roadmap to prevent chaos and suffering benefiting everyone. for the majority boarding there we'll be back at the top of the hour with more news.
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because don't entice me when i ask him to jurors or dealing with a new economic killed many civilians in the irish coming including my father was such i was a student because i wanted to build a life for myself like these totally but suddenly life became elish kind of sob. providing insights global news that matters d. w. made for mines. sometimes books are more exciting than a real lights. raring to read. what if there's no escape. literature list. german law straight.
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out or fall hama suffers from dementia or not to punish tara is his caregiver was he like you i miss my family but it is what it is i need money for medication and to support myself here. is strong chest because that in poland eastern european caregivers are in great demand in germany like here in venice now in the southwest of the country that's because few germans want such low paying jobs it's good money for donata but she only goes home to poland every few months. your words don't matter intense to adults practically around the clock which means he can keep living at home. yes that adults had
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a good night's sleep is an experienced caregiver she helps him with all of his every day needs with patience and good cheer. you know this strong young meg's aryans as i've been at his side for six years now almost seven we know each other very well. being i always spent three months in germany and one in poland. that's just how it is. the caregiving routine has created a strong. adult seems content the eighty year old once worked for the railway he bought his house started a family had two children then his wife passed away five years ago he began showing
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signs of dimentia his daughter bergen often stops by per visit. how is everything i don't think you know thank goodness everything's fine here i'm not and burkett handled the paperwork and everything else adult needs the memory loss has turned his life upside down. he. spoke he used to be full of energy athletic dynamic and helpful and now he needs help and that's something you have to get used to. oh my god it's so hard i could never do this. he says you can tell he doesn't like it and that would make it hard for me to hope so my heart has everything under control much tippett it's really think. it's these are the top four did not i was here i had to take care of him for a few days and i found myself in some impossible situations and i had to take care of his personal hygiene. and i couldn't do it just isn't it this hobby now they did
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not is here to look after him and i don't have to do it myself because he can't manage everything of course like when my father falls down the steps but at least he's living at home which is really important to us decisions consoled me. as he got us and i don't think my father recognizes me anymore but that's just how it is . he recognizes my face right and they're going to raise the. question does it do you know that i'm right. but if you look at toys you know. that's good you don't. take the opportunity to spend time with her husband. the conversations seeing him is important for her even if it's just on the computer screen.
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she's also hoping to get a chance to talk to her three children and two grandchildren. one of the reasons mark. so ron christie a day keeps have busy so i'll do no no no no no no no please don't sit down with. it's an exhausting job and she's already fifty five years old herself my first one i got take is a highlight of adults today but it's not clear just how much longer he'll be able to live at home. don't matters tend up the music it reminds her of life in poland and her husband. think. i used to dance with my husband often he was a good dancer but not anymore. it was a great time those days are in the past now to nada spends most of her time in
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germany that old son stops by fergus that what needs doing in the garden will be being outdoors and tending to the garden brings the family together. recipient when it's for the night we can take care of our father selves because he needs around the clock assistance to be toy involved on this issue and that's hard to do when we've got a regular day job in the not as very warm and caring and how she tends to her father does me very good and i wouldn't be that sender even though or maybe because he's our own father finished all violence insofar as. then it's time to say they go by as. you are i don't know where to go. and truth just out very different from go see my golfing let's say goodbye to the young man a free. europe. the
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next day adult and a heading to your lantus will shop it's become an important meeting point for polish cake it was invented now. if. you learn to helps connect german families with polish caregivers they're highly sought after which is good business for your lanta the regular meeting also helps the caregivers cope with feeling homesick and adult enjoys the company. the most we need practically every second or third day right sometimes every day so not as dependable she looks out for adult wellness core we polish women we cook clean bake we do everything. that you land has the
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caregivers also get practical help and advice both of you for the threat of that it could be a true. protracted established take a stab. at all fulham a is better off than many elderly germans who need care he's able to keep living at home that's not financially feasible for many families and many don't have the space at hand it's a good job for donata though being away from her family for months is a high price to pay the rent a stint leave i'm tired yes that's true i work a lot every day. through and i miss my family. but that's how it is i need the money for medication for my life my apartment.
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here homo. the roof but i'm glad when i go home and see my husband and children. she spent almost three months here without a single day off now she's heading back to poland. you take care of yourself don't forget to eat and drink. take care of yourself. some two hundred thousand east european women workers can give is in germany today many of them are old enough to retire themselves. is just one of many polish can give us on the pass. they're exhausted but happy to be heading home.
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after a seventeen hour bus journey janata has reached chest to cova her oldest son patrick is there to pick her up. about his family lives on the outskirts of the city four people in a fifty five square meter apartment. his son alexander is on the couch. there is a good man here on the wall and some very good i mean first he's not in a very welcoming mood his mother has been gone for three months. but the apartment has been spruced up and the dog is happy to greater. poet is a girl close finally her husband which owns time. and he's been a tireless pleasure like adolphine germany suffers from kidney disease. doesn't.
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slowly family life gets back into the swing of things. out of habit or not just speaks to her husband in german it takes some getting used to being back in poland so much as well i know there's my husband's tired because he's had a five hour dialysis session. but everything's fine. later they head off for a walk in the countryside just the two of them. also i. think so why don't you go. for a few hours they leave their worries behind. you. lovely right here i feel very happy when i'm here i love this place it's. it's not too crowded and it's so quiet. that if you knew or.
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whenever she's back in chester carver don't matter visits the yasna gorham on a street to pray. each day the last hour i go to the monastery and thank god that i made it back to poland in good health through dick. cut the journey went well. and that my family is doing well with. heineken although i get my strength and my energy from god i know very well through maybe. despite her strength and optimism she feels torn about the latter accepts her situation as it is.
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we buy cheap clothes and discard them soon after. fast fashion is everywhere nowadays. in germany alone almost a million tons of textiles thrown out so every year. most are poor quality and hard to recycle. so what happens after clothing is dumped global three thousand next on d w. i florida. car culture. car a hair. color superman. superfood stylish style icon. lifestyles of. the moment.
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welcome to global three thousand life is all about buying things because we're told that boosts the economy and not just in industrial countries and the middle classes of emerging economies are also the constant target of seductive advertising campaigns there's too much of everything including information. but how do we deal with it. with all the stuff we no longer want most countries have a trash problem only a few really recycle. rubbish piled high in the streets of beirut after lebanon's largest waste dump closed in two thousand and fifteen it was already groaning under fifteen million tons of excess trash sounds and is took to the streets to protest against the situation has anything changed since then.
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the beaches in the lebanese capital beirut could be beautiful but the reality is they're often hold buried under garbage. so these young people are getting ready to transform their local beach they're taking part in a campaign called run unclean it's the brainchild of char and his n.g.o.s live love beirut. the group spends part of the time juggling and the rest picking up litter the event store up to two hundred people. many young people in particular are fed up of waiting for the lebanese government to take the initiative. this is part of the outcome of the crisis that we had a few years ago with you that people.
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