next a former ira fighter working to heal the scars from decades of violence in northern ireland stay tuned for that i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour right here on. the. people here love life. they love their country but not the current conditions. iran a journey through a land full of contradictions oh joy and sadness. confidence and

doubt. the sour documentary depicts the contrasts of everyday life oh and help people cope with the flow. to run bittersweet. a second g.w. . this week on world story. a former nigerian boko haram victim attends university. hungary and journalist in german exile. but first we take a look at northern ireland where an ex ira fighter is on duty as a social worker promoting peaceful coexistence in his neighborhood.

john donnelly is a former a fighter from terry and his home is a small collection of treasures from the decades of wolf known as the trouble to. show me a young lad fungus the british soldier spelt back contains photos from a secret list of wanted a members and as a matter of michelle fair they are technically army. this guy usually down. there in florida. is a farmer. and i think it was martin mcguinness was to form a provisional ira leader but later sinn fein's chief negotiator for the good friday agreement twenty one years. over three decades he and the ira for british rule in northern ireland john donnelly was the leading political force in terry northern ireland second largest city he was instrumental in curse aiding ira operatives to lay down their hopes. twenty one years on the conflict seems to have been settled

but for many this is merely a superficial arrangement. donnelly says poorer areas of derry are still waiting for the peace dividend to kick in. says the peace agreement ok up till now it has been all kinds of all. there's a lot there's often the people who put their finger on and say look. that's that was that's what happened at a good faith you got a b. and c. . in the rossa moment community center the former i.e. fighter is a social worker helping those who are off. to punish so-called anti-social behavior radical elements impose ritual and justice in the poorer areas of terry this is a holdover from earlier times when the ira police neighborhoods

a tradition that radical irish republicans are carrying on today. a mother and her son visit the community center they want to remain anonymous the boys accused of stealing a car has threatened punishment is to be shot in the leg. we're trying donnelly is trying to mediate. i talk to people at the threat. under cause. because we need it. we're a girlie write a letter a letter of apology will hopefully avert the looming threat. it's a typical day at the rosemont community center an indication that for some people in northern ireland peace has returned. even twenty one years after the good friday agreement. to. reporters without borders warns press freedom is under threat in hungary. that means many

hunt garion journalists are forced to go into exile. barely nine hundred kilometers separate berlin in budapest but for a journalist or a dish areas work the two cities are worlds apart since viktor orban became prime minister nine years ago hungary's media landscape has changed radically. had have heard that when i was a child i always heard that hungry was one of the most liberal countries in what was the eastern bloc and i grew up with this idea that it's depressing that specifically this democracy in hungary is slowly being deconstructed and that press freedom is being restricted. during the experience first hand how new regulations turn the broadcaster where she worked into state controlled media critical colleagues were fired she herself quit and went to germany in twenty

twelve. bagnall is from back home two hundred journalists including doris former colleague were recently laid off and here t.v. station once critical of the hungary and government he reports that the broadcaster was taken over by a media foundation headed by a manager loyal to the government. as it can a lengthy perspective as there are no long term opportunities for quality journalism in hungary. dora works at a nonprofit organization in berlin with its own news portal and last is an agency that produces content focused on eastern europe she says you can find critical reports written in hungary and about corruption for example but they are mainly online yes get propaganda you know there's a lot of propaganda in hungary the same militaristic choice of words the same formulations the same phrases that government speak is use.

journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. five years ago the boko haram terror group abducted more than two hundred girls in northeastern nigeria today happy for them are free and in rolled at university but not all parents approved. to be a muslim is in high spirits and he can laugh again something he wasn't able to do for a long time we first met a most five years ago just a few months after the terror group boko haram abducted his daughter from her school in chibok. today but i was totally devastated then i couldn't eat for three days and i cried and cried. like i thought i'd failed as

a father. but my most important duty as a father is to protect my daughter and i failed to do that. in my. two and a half years ago his daughter comfort was suddenly freed after the government's negotiations with boko haram. her family is finally recovering but a farmer is still not entirely at ease he lives in to book and his daughter received a government scholarship to study at a university that a whole day's journey away. i'm proud of her and happy that she can study again but that's one problem no one is telling us exactly what the girls are doing. more than one hundred freed girls from chibok housed at the american university in your to attend

a kind of prep course reginald bragg's the school director shows us around for the girls' protection filming is allowed only during the school break he says the trauma has left its mark the clock stopped you know. so we're very sensitive to. just feeling depressed. you know. you know. liver. leg. back you know just. bragg's says the girls need peace and quiet and time to concentrate on their studies. says he says only a few parents have been as critical as he must live while most of the people you know are supportive but you always have people who are not you know where you. need

to be out here on a far we need to get married you need to do this so don't listen to those naysayers because in the. process. you got your degree. saying. she did. called his daughter comfort at least twice a week that's his only contact with her he says she'd like to come back to chip after her studies and work as a doctor or entrepreneur and serve her community her father can hardly wait. thomas jefferson first came to shanghai as a student then he married today his funny online videos of being a foreigner in china and having chinese in-laws at made him an internet sensation. when thomas docks also known as often stroh's through the streets of shanghai he

rarely goes unnoticed. there are now. thomas is a celebrity on the chinese internet seven million people follow him on social media where he posts clips about his life as a foreigner in china. says it's time now there shanghai accent is great you're a real shanghainese. you were doing. thomas came to shanghai as a student in two thousand and twelve he fell in love and stayed in his videos he talks in fluent chinese about a broad range of topics. travel. he wanted to be. but it all started with a sketch about his sign on german marriage. to me if you know what. i do you hide the particular. body. why is your paper the kind

you want. thomas and his wife julie write and produce the clips together and they can make a living from them it all started when they came across a video by a chinese internet celebrity. sketch she recorded a sketch about coming hung for chinese new year that's when people are us the same questions over and over again when you getting married how much do you know when you're going to buy a car when you're going to buy a flat julie then said to me you should film a clip about marrying into a chinese family as a foreigner. my. life was when i told my parents i'm dating a foreigner my father chris glass down we were having lunch and he said what did

you say that i said a foreigner. he shouted are you crazy what's wrong with you all these foreigners are playboys. that. it's true i didn't like him at the start he's fat he said he was poor and a student don't talk about that it's embarrassing. they continued to joke about what has now turned into a wonderful friendship for his part thomas says he's lucky to have found a chinese family who share his sense of humor one sketch at a time. entered

the conflict zone fronting the powerful my guest this week here in thailand is martin helm a deputy leader of the conservative people of his family despite calling for blacks to leave the country feel insists fuz not a racist when you see that you most good w.-l. support by christine feels that we don't want to be faced in estonia winter for conflicts of its own legally. speak to that special edition from uganda we are going to be discussing a very far the topics here gender parity on like they are all the time seeing these men behaving exploited children and women being tricked him back to coaching is ok but if it comes to quickly i think some people may have trouble dappy to these new changes do you think uganda will ever be egalitarian to seventy seven percent to sixty minutes on d w i i.

what's coming up on the call display you have plenty to talk back here to tell. every weekend here. populous politicians have made fresh gains in the european union this time in the stone mia well far right nationalist party but more than doubled its vote in recent parliamentary elections my guest this week here in tallinn is martin helm a deputy leader of the conservative people's party of astounding despite calling for blacks to leave the country he insists he's not a racist what is he then.