this week around the world stories. italy and ireland. spain heading to the movies. but we begin in south africa for gang violence is a growing problem in cape town over 900 people have been murdered this year alone the government is now putting soldiers on the streets. we're seeing for peace right in the cape town talent ship of man and when local give us a child. 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 how schoolchildren

congo's gone wild feeling that holds loose a lot of innocent people that they 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 yes 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 in there they'd say. there's an odious thank you. so it's pretty straight they divided the terrorists yeah. 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 by marching to her house. we've been marching and we. beseech now we have to march that mean. to die and to try and get peace again

will it continue with what are we 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 apart 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 it will solve the problem is a lot of unemployment and unemployment causes. so we need to look at programs to get people really doing this he is. having the army is not going to solve the problem. when our men and goods was still them and giving them a chance 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 see claims 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. i can compare between libya and italy there is. a frequent in libya and

so there are these. t.v. these are left leaving. as i'm leaving the church square a man behind shouting. i've no more should of them if it wasn't for the migrants the media wouldn't come to lampedusa. no one cares about us lampedusa us. but there are as many opinions in this small island town as there are people. and events of waste we feel sorry for these poor people who are arriving some of them are women 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 voyage. boucle because couple we are an island of fishermen i think my father was a fisherman. i am a fisherman. and one a fisherman rescues

a person at sea we apply one loan. busy so you are. not the french uptick not the german or anyone else's law. for this conflict chasing a pig. they don't have to be dying so you don't have to document them you just save them and this is a bit incoherent trickles 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 that 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 may. 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 shoulder if 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 and 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 just to represent a vast majority of americans who welcome immigrants. 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 when 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 through fornia desert they say helping migrants is their duty because america has always been a nation of immigrants. practice makes perfect on the holiday i wonderlands a roti one european astronaut is getting ready for outer space. from the european space agency he's training to go to the moon d.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 lance a rotor muchas 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 nothing 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 comes if the ball is more. mahler 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 is mauer is learning mandarin as well as russian he wants to work with chinese astronauts and eventually fly to their planned space station. woman 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 mauer has come to this planetarium to persuade politicians and business leaders to support the moon mission. these complete the sentence i'm glad that people are going back to the moon because. that's number one because it'll be an amazing adventure and not only for astronauts with 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 is mara can

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