only a promise to his son. return to the concrete and glass jungle of york. the result reverse culture. from the forest. first w. . a warm welcome to global three cells and. swimming with whale sharks is a thrill for tourists in the philippines but it's not so good for the big fish themselves. dangerous talks in german water could that be possible we meet the varians now fearing for their long term health. but we start in el salvador

gang violence has left many men behind bars yearning for a second chance at life. curbing immigration into the u.s. that's one of president trump's key concerns and he seeks support by describing potential whoreson arias this version. as trips for but once peaceful beautiful commuters go bloodstains pilling feels. he's referring to m s thirteen a gang founded in los angeles by latin american immigrants thirty years ago the u.s. government had members deported back to their countries of origin like in el salvador there the gangs cornered the market some drug dealing prostitution and record tearing and donald trump fears that criminals like these could easily end to the u.s. illegally in its struggle to get a handle on the situation el salvador's government has had thousands of gang members jailed. el salvador's

prisons are full to bursting with them you know. this man's nickname is a true slang for vigilant he's been behind bars for ten years now after being jailed for murder and then go jail was built to house three hundred inmates it's currently home to one thousand seven hundred twenty members of the m.s. thirteen and murderous rapists. all cooped up together tattooed on their faces the name of their gang. and the thirteen is my family it offers me protection and respect. some people look at us as if we were from outer space but in my eyes were quite normal we're like brothers who help each other out. and many of these men will never see the outside world again they live in their own world with its own rules. why you hear. of

murder like everyone else here it's normal. not for me. to know salvador it is it's a tradition here. el salvador is one of the world's most dangerous countries seventy thousand gang members terrorize this tiny central american nation there are ten murders each day the state fights fire with fire. it's four thirty am in the capital san salvador the crack police unit the jag us around on the streets the situation in the capital is akin to a war zone. you cover us up front and here protect us from behind you. just a day earlier two of their colleagues were killed by gang members. we're going to locations where police have come under fire and previous deployments. and that's why we have to be prepared for anything. the squad heads to the district of san has

scinto which is controlled by the eighteen revolutionaries gang the police's mission this morning is to track down gang members walter leone and his team frequently have to enter enemy territory. the state has lost its authority in all too many places. there are neighborhoods where the walls are painted with the slogan watch listen remain silent. that's a clear message to the residents those who died. and today again the police meet with a wall of silence people here claim to know nothing about gang activities in the district the police need the locals help but the fear of revenge is great and there's nowhere to hide. live in fear. soon as you leave the neighborhood another gang has you in its sights. the police is

often accused of brutality to anyone with a tattoo often the sign of gang membership is treated as a suspect in the struggle for control both sides play hardball with. these sneakers hanging on telephone lines demarcated gangs territory the city is crisscrossed with borders many invisible if you don't respect them you could pay a very high price bus drivers live especially dangerously their route across various gang territories making them open to extortion each gang wants its share. oh we drive through all the zones anything can happen to you on the street. there's a lot of crime in. the bodyguard serving catalina miranda follows him everywhere the country's biggest bus operator refuses to follow the gangs rules he doesn't pay

any protection money that makes him a target. he's already survived four attempted hits while on his company's premises . near the apartment the we have surveillance cameras everywhere and they're going to hurt them. he spends twenty five thousand euros a month on security there are security cameras on his buses to each journey is monitored closely conditions like this a bad for business miranda believes that el salvador mis read it south of its gangs if it is to have a future allow it i get there the e.u. need to have courage to take on the gangs in el salvador we say that there's a lot of talk but few people have the backbone to really stand up to it all. before you set up a business here you have to consider the possibility of various things kidnapping harassment extortion you're now. el salvador's gang problem has its roots in the

united states in the one nine hundred eighty s. salvadorian immigrant set up criminal operations in los angeles. the u.s. deported the newly formed gangs back to el salvador. the government's only answer to the problem is putting gang members behind bars isolating them from the outside world the inmates aren't allowed visitors. despite the tough conditions inside we don't witness any aggression here in charlotte in one go the prisoners sit together quietly. it's obvious that trigger is the one giving the orders here like a proud prison governor he shows us prison activities bible studies handy crafts and painting courses with motifs depicting the stuff of dreams. some of us have discovered talents we didn't know we had. some guy might suddenly

realize that he can paint. eldritch or wants to see his family again which is why he wants to demonstrate the criminals and murderers can reform he has a message for el salvador's leaders that. we have changed please recognize that we need reintegration programs and work so we shouldn't be treated as if we're scum forever we're human beings. it sounds like a chance for dialogue but both sides are unwilling to make concessions. somehow gangs and government must come up with answers if they are to stop the spiral of violence. and now to europe where drinking water is of the very highest quality at least that's what we're told european environmental also have conducted widespread testing and ninety eight point five percent of all samples met e.u.

standards sounds good but that doesn't mean it's uncontaminated as a result of excessive fertilizing nitrate has seeped into the groundwater in germany twenty eight percent of measuring stations report elevated levels of nitrates. sewage from the chemical industry contains a whole series of toxic substances including p.f.a. away a chemical that makes can. anything more to pray for that may be linked to cancer in humans. on the surface is the essence of the varia. conservative and squeaky clean but if you look closer the region is tainted by something you can't see smell or grasp. has lived here his whole life he never thought twice about drinking water from the tap it was dubbed the purest in the region but that's conviction was shattered when

he had his blood tested amid a widening scandal in the district of. loot my blood has over forty three micrograms of p.f.a. away politer my wife has the same thing and not a day goes by when we don't talk about p.f. i way it's depressing tens of thousands of people here in the altitude district are affected. for the past three years concerned citizens have been meeting on a regular basis to pressure the authorities to lay everything on the table they feel district administrators have done too little and too late to inform the public on p.r. for a levels in the water for frank blame our it was a shock to find out he was contaminated you know once organised my plasma was

refused when i tried to donate to a blood bank we formed this group because we were not informed about the p.f.a. we contamination here in the district only after putting pressure on the authorities and we achieved a certain degree of transparency. but just how dangerous is peer for way for humans it. is technical officer for chemical safety of the w h o's european center for environment and health. is a persistent them by accumulating substances so if that ounce shall harmful effects for human health it's classified by international agency for research of cancer like possibly carcinogenic for human health and despite of much more studies are needed to confirm the health effects now we have evidence that high concentration of human blots relate to this or this fire or it functions disorders and

represent active health disorders. even though many citizens knew nothing about it p.f. away has been saying for decades district administrators say they didn't warn citizens sooner because the concentration was always under the guideline value district environmental protection head says there was and is no cause for alarm is a site that's team up here for it and i've been for it so ever since the authorities were made aware of p.f.a. in the late ninety's the district administration provided extensive information and regular updates to the citizens of alcatel in the meantime carbon filtration systems have been installed so that the entire population has access to p.f.a. way free drinking water. so can i phone call. was produced and used that gandalf chemical complex for over four decades until two thousand and eight p. a freeway was in the air and the plants waste water which is channeled into the

river it's the chemical ultimately seeped into the region's soil and groundwater the u.s. company responsible three m. has agreed to pay for activated carbon filtration systems to purify the drinking water supply for the next fifty years but this doesn't fix the contamination of the soil and groundwater we asked three am to comment three m. commissioned a detailed soil investigation it concluded that the most significant intake of p.f. away for people in the district is through consumption of drinking water the state office for health and food safety was unable to detect any relevant concentrations from the food chain industry and authorities are currently discussing how best to manage the soil within the district. according to that twenty eighteen study over one hundred ninety two square kilometers around the chemical park are contaminated however it concluded that the levels represented no in danger meant organic farmer

and there's been more fire and his wife have four young children they all have at least ten times too much beer for way in their blood even his animals have tested positive for the chemicals many familiar for all of my family and i moved here eight years ago at that point we had no p.f. away in our blood now were heavily contaminated stock we lost it. this atmosphere of all that doesn't last the all i'm shocked by just how fast our levels got so high it can't be just from the water it's from animals in the food we grow here for all that well for all that and leaves middle. of all the contaminated areas in the region the levels in the ettinger forest almost a severe at most people are loves this forest but now he can't even collect mushrooms here. this start with you first here is.

the forest here is part of my high mart it's been contaminated by p.f. i weigh both for us and for generations to come it'll probably take centuries before it's gone because we're in the center confirming you the animals are contaminated you can't see the mushrooms you can't see it but a part of our high mart has been badly damaged. women literacy edmund has lost a part of his home to peter for way he hopes he won't lose his health to it p.f. away will be officially banned throughout the e.u. as of july twenty twenty but the full scale of the problem won't become clear for decades to come. we meet teenagers from around the wilds and also what's important to you that i. think you cheat.

today are global senior comes from the columbia school. a reality based on cost contrast nobleness i'm sixteen. i live in the same paper and the department of says i am columbia. but i have my siblings too since i was on two brothers one of the boys is my twin the girls are four and eleven years old and say i know you know and that was my twin brother is sixteen like me and my big brother is eighteen. and me by that my father works in construction and he also fishes here in the sea

and i got enough in the. meanwhile that in my mother's house lawn she also owns money for cooking for other people you like and if you. fascinated by the lessons because i want to learn so that i can get ahead. in my free time i like to do homework or read up on things we don't learn about in school on the way i like to go swimming at the beach with my friends and i also like to play football or other traditional games here in the village. and i like it well ok. oh. i mean they were. like by and. by an hour to a region it's music that gives people

a way to express their feelings dreams undesired. i also like it because it's music that me and my brother can play together i can write a song and then sing it right away at school or for a family if i mean. we talk about the environment i think the biggest problem is deforestation of humans created a crisis and of completely overgrown nature. makes me happy to live in a simple peaceful village that's filled with wonderful good hearted people.

the world is a wondrous place both on land and in the sea and humans are hungry for knowledge of so what's the world's biggest fish whale sharks these gentle giants can weigh up to twelve tons and the largest ever measured was fourteen metres long and while they're free to swim the seven seas a coastal town in the philippines has discovered a way to get them to stick around. just before five in the morning jose the fisherman and heads toward the sea to mysterious giants of the deep waiting for him like shadows. he knows they'll be there. they come every day as they've been doing for the past six years when the story began. it

was that. we look out for the whale sharks and make sure they get food that doesn't harm them and we depend on the whale sharks for our living. the whale sharks have changed everything in our slop posthaste life and the lives of all the other villagers. but it's the creatures themselves that have experienced the real change . usually the world's largest known fish travel the oceans in search of credit. card. every day after morning prayers here in the southern philippines something happens that nature never planned for. in the past the fishermen view the whale sharks as rivals that depleted their already slim catch whale sharks were also hunted for customers in china. i don't know because. they were only interested in their friends they said they can sell shark fans at a high price but we don't do that it's for

a good shot when the sharks couldn't tangled in our nuts we freed them. we are in a lot of money thanks to the. tourists come to see the sharks and we live all happy . for the whale sharks it must seem like a feast one hundred kilos of credit a day more if necessary some eventually move on but there are always one or two cruising about sucking up what the fisherman tot's in their direction from dawn to noon. no none. in the past we were told that we weren't allowed to feed the whale sharks. but why shouldn't it be allowed that we look after them and the krill that we give them doesn't contain anything toxic we'd have given them poisoned they wouldn't have returned. and then the hordes of tourists wouldn't have come either hunted elsewhere in these huge fish have found devoted fans.

of course there are certain rules such as the poor need or safety zone but people often get far too close to the large creatures. perhaps because far too many people now come to see them. that. the number of visitors has increased six fold since twenty twelve training a slip into one of the biggest tourist attractions in the philippines i know there are a fascination exerted by these gentle giants is simply too strong to resist. its big mouth and its sides stick the big leader of the protest music like it's a good thing terrorism and you know i mean so i don't think it's about so i'm not sure if they're hurt i don't think they should be fair. why do you think you should not. also that they can roam around and do that anyway as late i

mean by the case with. every day and the question resurfaces is this relationship between man and beast really a healthy and sustainable one if we noticed injuries fresh wounds on a well shark's fin. what might have caused that. if we show the images to marine biologist. he's been researching whale sharks for years and wants to ensure their survival. has to be a problem. i don't i don't specially look how clean cut is something knowing audie or in. a very sharp direct cut is he able to survive he might be able to survive luckily he still has to be. in there but he's definitely going to have to waste a lot more energy than he comes to getting. through for the whale shark expert it's clear that there's

a connection between the feeding of these huge fish and their injuries. if a whale shark is trained up mean suit then it is not completely unreasonable to think that they could see another boat which is not one of the regular feeding boats and go after it resulting in an injury. and i was lucky everyone says that they want to protect the whale sharks but at the end of the day big business takes precedence over the welfare of the big fish. the fishing village is now bursting at the seams the boat trips alone pretty end around four million euros a year. and with funding but. i don't know. if they don't feed these well shocks. will go away again.

then everything will go back to how it used to be. no one wants that particularly not jose who's now the proud owner of a karaoke machine he's also built a house. he's grateful to the whale sharks and for every day that they come along on monday i earn much more than i did before how about it then i earned eight euros a week. now a days i can or not the two hundred fifty and we only work until noon we finish at one pm. a lot of things have improved at all. but there's no happy ending for the whale sharks. matley they are the ones who will pay the price for the close encounter with humankind. and here's what's cooking fin next week the demand for chicken is growing in gone

out so it's being imported from europe and the u.s. consumers want lots of it and this cheap as possible a cause for concern for local poultry farmers. that's all from global three thousand this time don't forget to write to us global three thousand and w dot com and check out on new facebook page d w women.

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