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the rebel army. corps to. remove all in a row because they were. taught to reinforce that. they need blood draws up and he was not putting in hoover's. successors be extra. want to try to start to be. w. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe by so have you with us deal no deal or delay the chaos surrounding brags it has he will do what's of europe but the longer
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politicians in london debate over when and how the u.k. should leave e.u. the more dangerous the situation is becoming in northern ireland it is here at this countryside where the uncertainty is most probable farmer's fields travel both sides of the border and every day people cross it seamlessly the prospect of a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland has reignited fears of a conflict after twenty years of peace well more than three thousand people died and tens of thousands were injured during what's known as the troubles those decades of violence were put to an end in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight with the good friday or belfast peace agreement but for the hard line republicans the fight for a united ireland isn't over young people like paddy gallagher see a hard break sit as their golden opportunity to reclaim the north from great britain. the unfinished revolution miral identifies this building as
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a local headquarters of northern ireland's most dangerous political party c route irish for liberation the party demands the unification of ireland it was founded in twenty sixteen just three months after the break that referendum. passes shop carry souvenirs of what they describe as the heroic struggle against the british occupation of northern ireland. the public face of syria is party spokesman twenty six year old paddy gallaher. he's living proof the irish nationalists are findings young recruits. the bricks that referendum had the effect of driving even more young people into the radicals arms. speak up your people within our communities i can understand. it will be angry if if there is. a fracture infrastructure of the british there. it's a can of the people will get angry. and. they're
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a very looking period for siri for for answers or or advice from not. many of the party supporters come from the poor irish catholic neighborhoods. since the end of the troubles over twenty years ago little has changed for them unlike the great majority of northern irish for many of them the conflict itself is still not settled. it's quite clear that a star on the british occupation but all you have to do is look around and see some of the person over. just as before the principal enemy is the northern irish security forces the police station in central london derry or derry as the catholics call it is heavily guarded just as if there had never been a peace agreement. and for good reason last january the radicals demonstrated what they're capable of an unknown individual particle in
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front of londonderry school building the driver fled the explosion followed soon after. and missed blamed the self-styled new ira for the attack the police paddy gallaher see rue party as the political arm of this group gallaher vehemently denies this. shortly after the attack graffiti was spotted saying the ira is here to stay gallaher soon makes it clear. he sympathizes with the sentiment the ira of today there is what we can army that are function and we still kind of resistance against british occupying forces. aren't seen as a new. i think. he sees it as a continuation of the old struggle as if there had been no twenty year peace process at all. but the northern irish police have changed radically today progress
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is protestants work side by side with pro irish catholics mike lindsay is head of the police union he warns that of bricks it may well give the radical forces the boost they've been looking for i think it's an opportunity for them to keep their political views on the agenda i think no other reason than not i think northern ireland the whole of arland is a different place than it was twenty five thirty years ago these people don't move on they're very much caught in the rhetoric of the past being opposed to commemorates the british security officers killed before the good friday peace agreement lindsay feels more could be added the northern irish police are hopelessly understaffed we simply do not have enough officers to be able to cope with whatever the dynamic of that will bring the road there's a hard border or a soft border i think there's an expectation that the dynamic on the place and dynamic in the border area will change and there will be a different place in approach and some respects. the union leader shows evidence of
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how delicate the current peace can be a photo taken in northern ireland's capital belfast in twenty seventeen. and unmarked police car was shot at the sniper is alleged to have come from the ranks of pro irish militants. one of them was willing to give us an interview through intermediaries we received an unexpected invitation from the revolutionary shin fein party a pro irish splinter group were taken out to a small northern irish town. this party to is seen as the political wing of the militant nationalists who had never taken part in the peace process we're not allowed to show their faces. whether it be a hard or soft border that's the low. and on this fours hours republicans are concerned the only president we be concerned as was. actually the violent end of ireland that is of the whole island called ireland and he sees violence to that end
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as justifying. the subject to political and military. occupation of the series how does and doesn't he just stand there solidly bases of our struggle are different. the young irish nationalist party member patty galahad wants the same thing the british out of iran and all of that now message if there is a practice it or not. would you vote for this comedian as president well that's a question ukrainians will answer in just a few days when the country holds presidential elections act you're a lot of millions he may play a politician in his t.v. series but in reality he has never held office his campaign learns the line between fact and fiction and it seems to be resonating with voters in
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a field of some forty candidates he has emerged as a leading contender well our reporter visited his headquarters in kiev where life is imitating art the ukrainian t.v. series seventy of the people an ordinary history teacher gets a surprise visit. yes . good morning mr president. in the next presidential election fiction could well become fact the polls show that. in the lead his campaign style is a bit unconventional no glad handing the crowds hardly any interviews or even public a parent says but his promise to stay true to himself is having an effect but he and i focus and i'm plugged in or selinski mind venturing to join our elite and run for president of ukraine they call me a clown yes i am
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a clown and proud of it but i'm certainly not the only one. but who exactly is selenski. this building gives no indication of what's inside his campaign headquarters stopped by lots of young ukrainians the working atmosphere is consciously open and modern almost like a startup. and jellicoe nova is a consultant for startups now she produces campaign appearances on instagram as a volunteer like many of her generation she puts her entire faith in the candidate he wants just like we've known him for some time he's famous nobody's ever heard anything bad about him as a person getting a lot less say a line of pork. angelica doesn't see his total lack of political experience and contacts as a problem on the contrary or one of the his whole life he's taken his material from politics. the book that he talks about what's happening in our country in the film
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of humor of so forth that's there for the president let's just get here but is selenski really just a popular entertainer who's heard the call to enter ukraine's political arena some observers have their doubts they suspect him of being just a front for the only god eat whole column i ski arrival of president petro poroshenko. t.v. channel has brought cost almost all of its alinsky series yeah it was delayed but i don't see him as a marionette many who know him personally and of seen him of work so he's got a very strong will and a tough leadership style but he just he will try to distance himself from column oystein but he understands intuitively that there's a risk. but he might that that he's that you will but the expert doubts he can do anything to change ukraine's often corrupt government structures zillion ski chalet skin his series have created a cherished political fallacy that only an outsider from among the people can
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triumph over the existing system that's an illusion he can't manage what just a small team so much. for ukrainians like and jessica that's precisely what gives the lenski credibility five years off that a revolution in kiev's might on her generation feels betrayed by ukraine's politicians the reform process has been burned down. such as they were we see everything repeated for the up to the time it every election the posters are just more or less recycled the slogans and even the promises are always the same the great heart of law to me is that he doesn't promise is the earth and the moon he's got visions and goals but makes no promises. and jellicoe came to care from eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen the fighting is still going on there. to this day they're still shooting where i come from. when i went back over new
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years i couldn't go to sleep at night because of the shooting in kiev they've completely forgotten the war. she shows us pictures of a seven year old son while in jellicoe works for the campaign he stays with its grandparents only a few kilometers from the front. but also for vladimir selenski because he wants to end the division between now ukrainian and russian populations he doesn't divide and conquer he unites and i like that. his t.v. series and his party are both called servant of the people in both selenski takes i'm accustomed park to power in ukraine fact and fiction merge his audience is sure to stay tuned for the conclusion will it be an inauguration in real time. there is hardly a church more powerful in europe than the greek orthodox church it is one of the
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richest institutions in the country and religion is embedded in the constitution but a landmark agreement is seeking to remove the church as a pillar of group society priests are to be cut from the government payroll well it's a reform that would free up two hundred million euros per year for the state but priests like constantine latest see it as a threat to their livelihoods. no gays in asia. konstantinos michel a disc of the divine service in his church in athens. when he holds mass he forgets the argument about who should pay his salary that's raging outside the state wants to find michelle a day as the church is supposed to pay most of his salary in the future for the highly religious greeks that's almost a revolution. but since the debate is totally
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superfluous. it's clear that the church will never die because it is christ himself even in centuries to come whatever happens and when we're all gone the church will still exist and why do we have to talk about this now years with the way we work is not going to change we won't be saying fewer masses as a result of that the but actually. less this you want to give us right now the government's proposal to remove ten thousand civil servant priests from its payroll including michelle the father of two raises many more questions than it answers orthodox christians are split over the move to. the us what less of the i don't want to comment i just want to say that it's unwise to have said priests because they're doing god's work. i think the church has enough money why should i pay my pension and salary have been cut. and the church has its own rich state it
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can finance itself or not which i do think politicians and church leaders are still locked in tough negotiations throughout the economic crisis great governments have often spared the very rich church in tax matters for example and all politicians have turned a blind eye to the greek orthodox churches past tricks. you know. the total number of. on the payroll and the total number of pastoring don't add up and what the store will post those jobs that the law lays down is necessary but i think there has been a slight increase in the number but a lot of priests get paid without having a permanent position on them. some of the ones who are going to guess this another contentious issue is that nobody knows how much real estate the church has because greece still hasn't got a land registry church lawyers like pannier topless see it as
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a major political failure he also dislikes the new salary proposals. favorite things he said if the government wants ten thousand jobs it can create the fantasies to do that one does not have to withdraw the salary of ten thousand priests in a way that was bought in comprehensible and an ethical. question about the church's assets has been asked for years but never answered many people think the disclosure would come the uproar over the job cuts. their church insists its wealth is not great but how much is it nobody knows the land richest it hasn't been kept for years we were fined by the e.u. because of that nicaea but up. greece is desperately short of money and funding for schools hospitals and welfare has been slashed the government hopes it can create new jobs by cutting the ten thousand priests from its payroll. the
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church cannot stand in the way of new structures there are hospitals need more staff right now and so do our educational institutions. but brother constantine are still doesn't see how that will help him he earns about a thousand euros a month and also receives private donations he hopes that the negotiations will benefit everyone concerned and that he won't be forgotten. their view. as the movie path of venus san from a purely human standpoint i have asked the father of a family and in fact all priests in greece of course we should go in secure it because they have. said that death is thirst or we feel that we will be held hostage if he green went on pay has really implemented them is the law you call. until then however he continues to serve his congregation he also knows that greece
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will vote next year so he prays not only for his sheep but also for his own future and his family's. well switzerland is home to some of the safest roads in europe the country has adopted strict laws that have significantly lowered mortality rates among motorists and now switzerland has found another way to keep drivers safe. for senior citizens every two years retirees like heinz share who live after prove they're fit for getting behind the wheel the hole in the heart. of the whole. earth. a vision test for seventy seven year old heinz sheridan alive he's undergoing a health check man there's a lot at stake. if he fails the test he's going to have to give up his swiss driver's license. and not come out since then he needs
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a license otherwise he won't be able to get to his music club anymore. a couple of weeks as always i need to come on public transport it doesn't work that was. his family doctor is examining him closely for any signs of disease it's a comprehensive check up the primary goal is to detect any signs of dementia. as most of you can falls in it certainly makes sense to identify people who are experiencing brain deterioration in cognitive failure because you just know they'll be overwhelmed in traffic only before. and that's why the swiss crack down on unfit seniors who are over seventy five but many of them are not willing to surrender their driver's license without complaint most westing to biannual tests are just fine and i have a colleague who is just surrender to stride and i since at the age of ninety two but just of course disastrous. meant he could only think sick or demented and they
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still are driving it's too dangerous assist to get fed and. structural and raised the limit from seventy to seventy five at the beginning of the year mostly because older people are staying healthy longer if you have only simple health problems you can still keep your license but with restrictions. for example i might drive on balance people who can still see very well in daylight can keep on driving but are no longer allowed to drive at night if. all these measures are aimed at ensuring greater safety on swiss roads would be racers do not get off lightly. this is a speed check in torgau. switzerland probably has the world's toughest fines for speeding. rising at one hundred fourteen stead of eighty outside town makes you
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a speedo. on up to four years' imprisonment and your vehicle could be confiscated as material evidence. but some people still don't seem to know about the tough punishments because drivers zipzer a certain kilometer zone of more than eighty sophisticated technology means that no speedster should get off scot free. as it is a good thing. this device would be able to monitor up to four lane similar tain asli on the motorway. speed limits are sacred to the switch they see them as the key to safer roads. temporally mean the best speed limits were introduced in switzerland out of town eighty one hundred twenty on the motorway fifteen town it led to a marked decrease not only in the number of fatalities but also of serious injuries if you talk most swiss have got used to the speed limits. the side thoroughly
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find there's so many cars you can't get any faster than that anyway it's ok you get used to us here in system when you go type storm list if you want fewer protests we don't need to think about the environment i think you know he's an evil so it's not insanely fast but you get there that's been said he wouldn't like to be out there speeding on the freeway you know it's a bunch of easy that's what i do in germany. it's hind certain lives final test his reflexes are excellent all in all he did quite well and he can keep his driver's license without any restrictions he thinks it's a fair decision. could i define a defensive driver not a who didn't. it's still his license comes with an expiry date his next examination is due in two years. when queen elizabeth met her first corgi in nine hundred thirty three it was love at first sight she has had dozens in her life and they've since become
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a fixture of the royal family well the herding dogs are also loved here in germany with breeders sending their pets to the u.k. to mate a brags it has put the future of these runway views into question for the corgis and callie's and co in germany it may be time to bid farewell to their love island . they're the pride of the british empire now not queen elizabeth and the royal family but these top dogs. what could be more british than. colleagues like this beardy look at now and where is the head of. all cookies the queen's favorite for their good friends. that's what makes this dogs are british those are still it has style probably. i think so. it's big mouth and it's where the prove that.
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at this dog show in the german state of brandenburg they're honoring british style . that. dogs are awarded points on their looks build gait and personality. india a thirteen year old beard he is a veteran what makes this breed so special the ability of a bone to bury as quickly as a sheep dog instead he'll think why does my master want me to come let us has a good reason then he'll come to them on. a partner with a mind of his own how typically british and that's the problem u.k. breeders are proud to be british and even proud of breck's it is ciro boyd from germany's club for british herding dogs so after breaks that regulations for dogs entering the u.k. are likely to be tightened canines might have to spend weeks in quarantine not only
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of course there are really good breeders there and you'd like to use this dogs they have other genetic material than what we have here. when i get it here if they can't go to the u.k. these dogs might not get a mate how shocking. germany's. population soon be comprised of just duck songs and german shepherds. india the baby now in the ring needn't worry about that much with the sixteen years she's a senior citizen. but folks here will also miss the camaraderie with their british counterparts some travel to birmingham to crufts the famous dog show. that it's about fulfilling a dream i'm crying because i wanted to do that once in my life even if we don't win we can say we were there and i'm going to visit. it's sad but cheer up other countries also have nice dogs. and as far as breeding goes there's always
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artificial insemination though for owners who prefer their dogs mate the old fashioned way it's by bike racing. thanks for watching focus on your don't forget you can also watch our show on line i think w dot com and feel free to get in touch with me on twitter about this week's topics but for now.
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