this week on full stories. africa's fall is just woman. and she semitism in fronts. but first we tend to pose and it's been twenty years since the country became a member of nato these days u.s. troops are deployed is full in east as the border with russia a situation perceived by moscow as a place in provocation. but these are not pictures of an actual war it's an exercise in case of emergency jonathan oakes has been stationed for six months in northeastern poland through the russian border a long way from his home state tennessee in the u.s. he previously did two tours of duty in iraq as a tank gunner completely did not have the requisite combat mission. bring

with busy focus on. missions throughout the day throughout the week. here we're focused on training with our friends nobody here hates working with the nato partners. it's one of nearly a thousand nato soldiers from various countries helping put on this show of force the occasion poland is celebrating twenty years as a nato member. it's a demonstration of power also meant for the polish president. who we're going to argue remember what he knows quick response taskforce troops which protect us and the eastern flank of the alliance who are stationed here. really is a. i hope that they will increase their presence soon or

worse. especially since the ukraine crisis and the annexation of crimea many pose few russia's threat that's why the u.s. has sent x. or troops to nader's eastern flank as a deterrent there are around five thousand u.s. soldiers and poland. the digital town of auschwitz near the nato base has been profiting from the presence of so many u.s. soldiers oaks and others frequently visited he says he does not feel threatened that the russian border is less than one hundred kilometers away. i wouldn't say a burden at all it's. our nato partners manny off the townspeople feel safe for now that the americans are here at oaks favorite restaurant people no longer fear russia. where less afraid of them

coming here or bombing us because. we think we can depend on the americans. bought of the best. and one of the guys we believe will help us is in case it comes to a conflict with russia. poland has been calling for a permanent u.s. spies for years but for the time being the soldiers are only stationed here for short term oaks will soon return to tennessee he's especially looking forward to being with the same daughter again homie so only briefly right after she was born. to uganda now with susan long it was crowned the twenty eighteen national ready champion she's the first woman in africa to win the national title in most are. now no one is fast becoming an inspiration for women beyond major sport. what

a sport funds in uganda will do anything to cheer their teams five feet high adrenaline sport has a big following among both men and women five but things look quite different in a corporate. via just over fifty licensed drivers international rally championship . almost exclusively men but the phrase one woman who runs some on the base. when i had just gotten little did they know that these sorts of cars i was young by then and that this young lady who had come up to challenge man everybody despised me that is a lady that speeds. whatever over. this takes in the national championship are high and susan more often gets nervous when her rivals are on the truck. and fast seal become anxious.

but let our own when you get to the tat when i get to the stats and i drop all the fellows. it is not easy. how could driver knows how to give slams on a boast when the competition is stiff. so i also tend to be a lady that more in such a moment when she feels likely to be depressed that the guys are faster than her and there is still i know we are fussed. the team strategy seems to be playing golf when she saves the super league she's known to have funds can be and cut your book . in twenty eleven longest surprised me when she won ugandans national rally championship. she won each again last year the only african woman if a twitch of such racing success i remember my fellow i.

so i myself. do have funds and especially to women blog is an icon of empowerment onto her rollup yes she is a rival to be reckoned with read it watched the competition with. the waves of anti semitic attacks in france has left many jewish communities there feeling uneasy france is home to nearly half a million jews but now the violence is prompting some to leave the country many are choosing to go to israel. to defy the benefit of us a call is not a hundred. a lunch alone is preparing for shabat it's friday and tonight he's meeting other members of his jewish congregation together they are going to read the sabbath prayer is the thirty four year old is an active member of the jewish community here in paris being jewish is important to him but so is being french

that's why the increase in violence disturbs him so much to both parties and cities with the insults vandalism and sometimes even cases of murder for us that means staying aware and alert and always keeping an eye out we wouldn't have to do that if we didn't feel threatened now we're also asking ourselves is france really the right place for us. around half a million jews live in france the third largest community behind israel in the u.s. last year there were more than five hundred anti-semitic offenses here in increase of around seventy five percent. fossick ali far president of the umbrella organization representing france's jewish community is also alarmed he says the real figures are much higher as not every offense is registered he's most concerned for the young. softballs raef we're noticing that in some regions jewish

children are no longer going to public schools you know they're being pulled out because they can't have a normal school day they're being insulted and their physical safety can't always be guaranteed system. back in the synagogue young ballerinas are practicing for a big performance the synagogue offers jewish children an afterschool program which parents gladly make use of deaf intel have is the mother of three sons she tells us one of them has moved to israel because he feels safer being jewish there delfin says she's shocked by the rhetoric she hears she thought it was a thing of the past. or not this was kid is when we hear things like go back home. it hurts us deeply. the song you feel threatened. he launched on mom says he will never conceal the fact that he's jewish despite the dangers it is i've never hidden the fact that i'm jewish and i won't do that now

when i go to the synagogue for sure but i will my kippah and i will continue to do so. so little real. but when it came to the question of whether he would let his own children wear a key part in public in line couldn't give us an answer. and else our last stop pakistan a few women there dared to ride bicycles for fear of being seen as an islamic but one community group is defying the rules to mine a car and went to meet them and sent us this report from ca to. getting to grips with the first bicycle every sunday morning very much harm it joins her friends at her local cycling club for the eleven year old this is a totally new and sometimes daunting expedience told us up

a lot of arrows is alive and initially i track this bike along with my feet then i slowly learned how to control it i love the fact i can right now. i wish i could cycle every day with my friends as it makes me feel really good. it's quite rare to see the men on bicycles in pakistan as many think it is as they have to straddle a seat but these attitudes are also part of a vital. culture you have to know how society doesn't feel right about girls sorting out in the streets it doesn't usually happen here but it's common abroad where. it doesn't feel right but it's ok they're only riding around locally. what can we say to those parents who allow their daughters to run bar school should be joyous around to which all. women socializing in public is still viewed as

a threat to public morality it is to come to these norms that a group of women said to believe he goes kathy there also organizes bike races well . i'm a bengali no one wanted but at the start we were harassed and some boys even tried to take us off our bikes and it was tough but we won't stop that cycle and it's our mission to encourage these girls and introduce them to sports which is also very important. but don't do deals are slowly changing them a spirits were reluctant to allow her to join the cycling club at first but soon changed their mind. telling my family and my in-laws both said that it's not a good thing and i should just stop her it's a problem in our society that if a girl goes out in public for anything say for work or even cycling people talk bad about her but my husband and i think differently so what if she's

a girl she should go out and also progress when the cycling club began a year ago this started with only now there are over thirty members. and all are determined to keep begging their vig to words of fear and more equal future in pakistan. rearing to leave. not everyone who loves books has to go and save. the d.w. literature list hundred must reads. five days in the midst of venezuela's crisis in

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