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her 1st clinging lesson and then doris grand moment arrives join the arena tango on her journey back to freedom. interactive documentary dora and the rioting returns home. this week on the world story. italy and ireland tale. spain heading to the moon. but we begin in south africa for gang violence there's a growing problem in cape town over 900 people have been murdered this year alone the government is now putting soldiers on the streets.

seeking an option for peace right in the cape town talent ship of man and when local goods are in charge. up to carry adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and says the level of violence nowadays has never been so bet's father to 5 children adams worries about their future none of us feel safe in this is in this environment now school children caught and goes to a feeling that holds this a lot of innocent people that said to that's been dying men in the adams shows us around his township man and brick has been considered a troubled area for many years. but in recent months violence has escalated with several gangs involved in the brutal battle over drugs and power this is still limited considered to be individually but there's an audience of interviews. so

it's really straight they divided the terrorists yeah. the goal of. both gangs reached a truce but it didn't last long just a few days ago shootouts took place and a man was killed. the protesters express their solidarity with the victim's mother . to her house. and we. teach now we have to march again. to to try and get peace again or will it continue with what we're doing to try to make men in the bid to police. the military is now patrolling the cape flats area of which men and brokers a pot they're supporting the police for 3 months to bring the violence on the control residents demanded for more security but adams doesn't believe that will solve the problem there's a lot of unemployment and unemployment causes. so we need to look at

the programs to get people really didn't this he is. having the army is not going to solve the problem. when our men and boats resisted still them and giving them protests they say they will continue until the streets are free but. 6 for years the italian island of lampedusa has been a popular gateway for migrants seeking to reach europe the numbers have recently decreased the island inhabitants still face a number of challenges. lampedusa island of recreation island of refuge. as the closest european shores of the coast of libya lampedusa takes in several 100 asylum seekers in an average month those who survived the treacherous journey across the mediterranean. no sequence as many

lives as this. once migrants arrive on the island most are taken to this immigration center where they are registered and a 1st step toward applying for asylum. after being registered the residents are free to leave. at the church in the center of town i meet mahmoud. can compare between libya and italy there is. a frequent in libya and so there these. give you. a lift leave you. as i'm leaving the church square a man begins shouting. i've known or should have thought if it wasn't for the migrants the media wouldn't come to lampedusa. no one cares about us lampedusa. but there are as many opinions in this small island town as there are people. and events are placed we feel sorry for these poor people who are arriving

some of them are women and some children these people face terrible things in order to get here and they're not doing it for pleasure. my producers mayor tells me he welcomes those rescued at sea lawyer. boucle of the past couple we are an island of fishermen but my father was a fisherman i am a fisherman. and one a fisherman rescues a person at sea we apply one law. not the french up not the german or anyone else's law. with a skiff and chasing a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them insecure that you just save them and this is a bit incoherent tackles on saturday evening another standoff begins a rescue boat defies the government's order to stay away it enters the port

carrying 41 migrants the vessel is called alex operated by italian angio meditate and then. there is commotion at the dock where locals have gathered to watch an argument. that if you want them here take them home with you someone shouts there. a representative from italy's right wing leg a party is here too she wants to send a message to the new arrivals as well as the boat's crew. sockpuppet get up damn i'm here because we have to fight against those who traffic human beings these people are not save us they are people who traffic human beings so the boat is taken into police custody on the other side of the bay. the exhausted passengers wait another 7 hours before they are let off the boat as the mayor of lampedusa told me immigration to this island is nothing new. he believes the current standoff can only be resolved by european solution.

halfway across the world in california the situation is not so different the border angels as they call themselves are caring for refugees in the desert and standing up to trump's anti migrant hyperbole. with every step they take the dangers of the desert become more and more evident heat sun and no access to water my. crossing the mountains a risky undertaking 15 volunteers of the so-called border angels try to make it safer like dropping water in the desert traces tell them they're on the right track this is a heavily traveled area and bad. because the border patrol presence has been stepped up in other areas more people are feeling funneled into this more dangerous ravine and region and coming through here and there are

discarded things out there go along along the way empty water containers show that their efforts are not in vain. among the volunteers the descendants of migrants like seek his son chess whose great grandfather migrated to the u.s. from mexico 100 years ago there were no roads there were no interstates there wouldn't nothing so the only possible way that he could have gotten up here him in my great grandmother were. walking. you know. somebody had to help him along the way. here i am. others want to make a statement against the u.s. government's migration policy. and ministration and the current political climate as a represent a mass majority of the mirror came to welcome in the koreas. finally the group reaches its destination time to deposit some water containers for migrants coming

through from the nearby mexican border the bottles will be among the 1st things they find plane crossing into america a personal message in spanish when i sweat up the good luck to those who might need it. we have brothers and sisters that are in need that are facing death and facing hardship that because of a gallon of water might be able to be saved and become productive. at the end of the day the border angels hiked 10 miles for new and desert they say helping migrants is their duty because america has always been a nation of immigrants. practice makes perfect on the holiday or in wonderland soroti one european astronaut is getting ready for outer space. from the european space agency he's training to go to the moon w went to meet him while he was still on earth.

this dusty landscape is not the moon but volcanic ground on the spanish island of land serota much as mara and french astronaut trainer every step along are gearing up for the next moon landing they're testing equipment and gathering igneous rock which is similar to that found on the moon if marty is mara does make it to the moon he'll need to be able to identify everything he sees doesn't mean that's a lose even a mineral that comes from deep underground from close to the earth's mantle geologists are really keen on making a discovery like this on the moon. because samples like this could tell you a lot about the moon's composition to see if the ball. mounir is one of 7 astronauts preparing for what may be the next manned flight to the moon liftoff could be in 2024. they station from our is the

astronaut training center at the european space agency in cologne. china is investing heavily in space technology so much he has mauer is learning mandarin as well as russian he wants to work with chinese astronauts and eventually fly to their planned space station. moments from. the chinese space capsule will have a weight limit for astronauts 75 kilos so fitness is a key part of training. this is a typical exercise that prepares you for space in a space suit is so tight that you can practically only use your arms there's a risk of injuring your shoulder muscles. next stop brylin mara has come to this planetarium to persuade politicians and business leaders to support

the moon mission. please complete the sentence i'm glad that people are going back to the moon because. that's because it'll be an amazing adventure and not only for astronauts but the right technology we can bring everyone along using virtual 3 d. technology people can just put on a headset and join us when we explore the moon. in november the european space agency will decide whether to pump money into the race until then much he has mauer can only dream of being the next human to set foot on the moon.

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