would belong to any woman. next. to destruction. starvation. price or government. or selling out the country. don't use fear no how you. start september 18th on d w. union. alone a very warm welcome to focus on europe with me peter creighton and we begin this week in the u.k. where with so much at stake dagens are already drawn although members of parliament have only just returned from their summer recess the action and intrigue are

intense in and around the houses of parliament in london prime minister boris johnson appears absolutely determined to push through briggs it most likely a no deal bragg's it at any cost meanwhile the opposition including members of johnson's own conservatives is just as determined to block a chaotic departure from the year or so who will prevail well the u.k. looks more divided than ever before a number geraghty of school teacher voters are it seems firmly opposed to bragg's it all the talk north of the border is of another independence referendum like the one in 2014 focus on europe has been gauging the mood in the capital edinburgh and met with golden nicholson a man who sail as the ultimate in scottish attire i'm sure you can guess what but 1st some drums. it's show time in edinburgh every summer. foreigners from around the world flocked to the fringe the

world's largest arts festival. for the scots it's a welcome distraction from their wire is about break set. though politics has a place here too at least as parody. well back. with bret said a long time ago we would have been here europe in the u.k. it would have been separated a long time ago though to been here. all along this the french coast i would have had you know that's what we look to do look to to fight the stock symbol. cancer kills maker gordon nicholson breaks it is no laughing matter britain's imminent exit from the e.u. is already hurting business so a complete outfit costs around a $1000.00 pounds but now his clients are hesitant to place orders due to the ongoing uncertainty but killed maker is fed up with britain's politicians he

believes prime minister bar is johnson's brand said plans are plunging the u.k. into chaos. leaving the e.u. there is. we don't know what's going to happen we have no idea no deal or treaty is being put in place so we are just hoping that things are going to be ok that's not the way to run a country and it's not a way to run a business for many scots the kilt is an expression of their own identity or even of their own nation membership in a scottish national party has been rising for it and according to a recent poll some 52 percent of scots and now in favor of scottish independence. also sees this as the right move. we have to tell and nation and we have shown over the years that we are innovative and. we went and depend. not straits of character in strengths of belief and what would we

we can produce i mean believin would certainly take us through the in so you while many scots are turning their backs on bridgend this sentiment is the specially strong in the scottish capital in the 2014 referendum own scottish independence some 2 thirds of voters in edinburgh voted to says day in the u.k. but since the brags had vote the mood has changed dramatically well educated young people in particular don't want to see their career pants blocked do you to brag sit finley macfarlane spent a semester studying in the czech republic and recently traveled across europe by train he feels the british government has let in down whole new demographic of people are starting to question actually maybe independence is the way forwards and especially faulting for young people like me i'm like giving your of auk for the

future of scotland are we stuck with another conservative prime minister this call in didn't vote for and that's been going on for years and years and years know and how was that fair out of the u.k. into the e.u. that would be a big mistake at least according to this scottish labour party m.p. independence at this moment in time is possibly the worst moment you could be contemplating it and it would it would actually it magnify that the consequences that that we're facing a because of breaks it but the other fundamental point is is what what precedent this that that establish in terms of allowing a seceding states and and i think that will be a question and a lot of government and a governments minds across europe not to mention that the british parliament would have to consent to scotland.

with. and russia has also been rocked by several weeks of demonstrations ahead of show due of local elections the authorities initially responded with massive force and violent detentions although the mood has calmed somewhat in the meantime the demonstrators are calling for opposition candidates to be allowed to stand in the election itself or they were prevented from being court on the ballots and among those taking part in the protest is a very different ages as we see now in this report from moscow. maria reza meir of as fearless the 67 year old may have trouble walking but she's still being taken to the streets of moscow with a relative constantine every weekend for nearly 2 months now even after the russian police responded with muscle arrests there's your own rocket.

and candidates are barred from elections and basic democratic rights are violated she says you have to protest i. put the ball of yarn even if i'm half dead you have to crawl i'll take part in every protest that can prevent the destruction of my country and my people. because that's what i'm seeing here the phrase in the propaganda on television won't stop me. getting it. which is not demonstrating maria spends her days lying down the former teacher has rheumatism and is an almost constant pain she stopped watching the state t.v. channels years ago she says because it's all lies she prefers critical online media and opposition bloggers like politician alexei navalny. ria grew up in a politically active family in the soviet union and it's hoped a very different system would replace it but she says the current situation in russia is just as repressive as the former regime. when you move goods a deal it's

a government can do whatever it wants with whomever it wants it can hit anyone at any time and you haven't you they can take away your property or even your freedom consequence of it can happen to anyone at all even to those loyal to the government . the because of these are in danger of losing custody of their youngest son they've been accused of taking them along to demonstrations many russians are shocked that the government would take such extreme measures. it seems we love our children very much. and we hope that this case doesn't 10 family apart she did. for a dozen protesters have been taken to court for allegedly inciting mass uprisings protests in recent weeks observers say the state is using the trials as

a show of strength that means that you can use that you will go many of these trials giving the impression they're not prosecuting with the aim of reaching a verdict it's like the prosecution just said they can arrest search and interrogate people to intimidate them the rest doesn't matter i guess the russian president vladimir putin defends the harsh methods of police and the courts the comparisons to france and the yellow vests demonstrations to them. so we just we all know how things went with the yellow vests during these demonstrations in france by our estimates 11 people lost their lives we don't want anything like that to happen in the russian capital and we'll make every effort to ensure our domestic situation remains strictly within the framework of the law. but maria reznor of a says the protests were all held within the framework of the law. she always creates the police and special forces that the demonstrations with a smile because she says the russian people must be united not divided she's

determined to keep fighting for basic democratic rights at all costs. more. so it's my duty. i feel like a criminal like a sinner if i didn't take to the streets. now they can even load wheelchairs into police cars i don't think i'd survive if i got arrested. but the risk is justified. maria as mayor of a sign says hold violators of the constitution accountable. whenever rights are floated in russia she'd like to see ever more people put their fears aside to take the streets and protest just like her. what a brave woman after all a russian cold just sentenced the protester to 3 years in jail after finding him guilty of using violence against the police officer that's an opposition rally this

summer. now in a different of the people of poland have been commemorating the outbreak of the 2nd world war that came when germany invaded their country on september the 1st 939 the 1st time the gates of the german aggression with the vesta plants a peninsula in the port city of dun siege and the small town of a loan which was struck by a devastating air raid around the hospital now while historians dispute precisely which of the attacks came 1st sophia book is still tormented by memories of that terrible morning 80 years ago. him on his wall huge ripple through thousands of feet or book of chintz got remembers it like it was yesterday. when the germans attacked poland she was 11 years old when we got that more read at the starting number c.f. my mom told me get up we need to get out and i was in bed in my nightgown that ashtray when suddenly we heard a loud roaring sound the ceiling started to crack the windows were blown out. of

our bedrooms were near where the 1st bombs were dropped after the bombing. during several waves of attacks dive bombers of the german lift dropped bombs onto the alone this small town was unprotected defenseless the attack from the skies was a war crime it was a precursor of the nazis goal of total annihilation which characterized the war. the pharmacy run by sophia book a chance because family opposite the church on the market square was completely burned down. sophia's father a polish soldier held onto a few photos they were all that remained was laid on my father had these photos with him while he was in captivity. every sunday he would write a couple of lines on them. and this one reads sunday 1939 germany i think of you all the time. that i missed.

this and. at that point he wasn't sure if i was still alive one of these photos showing her brother in front of the hospital became a symbol for the suffering they endured. sophia shows us the road where the photo was taken the clinic was attacked 1st a violation of the geneva convention it had dramatic consequences for the survivors that the air raid ready ready ready dr murray uncool by chick was 5 years of age when the war started later he examined the survivors for long term psychological effects of the war that's of than in a tricky comes she there's have i was part of a committee for disabled persons there i kept examinee people who like sions were a consequence of their experiences during the air raid you russian egypt now they

were an able to work or should look in the a mugger run after the warrant this suffering of citizens was not addressed by the communist government for decades the german attack undone sick was officially recognized as the start of the 2nd world war but it was another witness of the attack on v alone to a nick who pointed out that the bombing of the small town actually marked the start of the war he was 4 years old when his salvi alone burn later he studied history and as a his story and pressed for the acknowledgement of the suffering of the and on the record the polish armies leadership once unser to letter of minus saying that it's not possible as the vest a plot the exults is a symbol for the start of the whole war 2 because of the polish soldiers bravery you father the tragedy of feeling hardly suffice to instill

a sense of patriotism in the young generation. for the 80th anniversary of world war 2 is outbreak the city museum is opening a new and larger exhibition. people in poland government and especially historians polish german are revealing more and more details that prejudice. german major general. was responsible for the attack he had previously ordered the bombing afghanis spain by dive bombers of the condor legion well became a world renowned symbol of civilian suffering he alone is still looking for its place mari and hopes for reconciliation between the poles and germans. today the germans are completely different people than back. walls are different.

now we've got the e.u. . we're all in the same union. we're going in the right direction to ensure peace. move. at 91 years of age sophia book a chance got continues to work in her son's pharmacy. she still has trouble dealing with the past. us the germans about this they reply that wasn't us the nazis did that. but where did the nazis come from from germany. and if you ask me whether or not i can forgive you know i'm trying but i don't believe the germans. what if this were to happen here all over again. 80 years after the start of the 2nd world war many poles feel that the air raid on and germany's attack on their

country has still not been suitably dealt with in german polish relations. now think of italy and you might come up images of extended families joyously eating and celebrating together with lots of ben beady children the focus of attention that is all sadly a thing of the past today's italy is a chronically aging society with a plummeting birth rate that is among the lowest in the world in the past so keiji a new government might soon take up office the 66 then almost 74 years but women like louise as there are much a have little hope saying that down the years it's a list of already he's of broken all the promises they made so mothers and families . she's the apple of louise's i one year old livia who she affectionately calls the bit about his her only grandchild every year her family spends the hot summer weeks at the seaside just outside rome no no no we misses the lively sound of

children and extended families playing and relaxing used to be so common in adelaide i mean. what do we sacrifice so much for. so it's all pointless if there are no children or grandchildren to pass it on to. italy's demographics have changed for years the birth rate here has been one of the lowest in europe none of the easy even counts are self lucky to have one granddaughter her daughter celina was 39 years old when livia was born. so tina who works at an airport thinks the lack of children can be blamed on politicians she says no government in the last 20 years has prioritized modern family policies to support working mothers at one of the as eat at one of these there are no structures in place if i had a nursery at the airport in rome or i could bring my child during working hours to not have gone back to work the day after giving birth 7 i would doubt it but i

couldn't order possible the weser things her children aren't determined enough like many young italian she says spend that they're afraid to take their lives into their own hands her son enrico works in a pharmacy he doesn't have a family of his own. children's generation has no more real prospects and they have no convincing vision for the future. and not just because there's less work nowadays and not just because the state is making life harder young italians have lost the will power that used to be so characteristic in this country. back in the day louisa loves watching movies from her childhood when children were still a priority for many a towering ends and everything seemed to be looking up with a bit instead of a chip but i still remember how my aunts used to look at us how they would hug as children tightly loved us and they gave us the feeling that through us life was

beginning once again. so what's gone wrong in adelaide sociologists say that during the last 2 decades generations they are have swapped roles. different today the young they don't support the old here anymore is the other way around grandparents passed on houses or property to their kids or pay their grandchildren's nursery costs with their pensions diety he boarded one alyse. on average italian women are 33 when they give birth that's older than in any other european country both men and women often don't view children as a blessing anymore they see them as a burden let me get you into the future. with taxes and expenses life is complicated enough in the few free hours you have left every day you have to spend time recovering or thinking of your own needs a little going out with friends cutting our kids puts an end to all that pure. but the we says so and rico likes being an uncle and visits his sister and niece

whenever possible family is important to him but he doesn't want children of his own instead the 42 year old pops in for lunch at his mom's house every day just before starting his shift. you know it isn't really that and i can't really see either my son or my daughter realizing their dreams so they know went to university but what does she have now badly paying job in america and i had to support her financially for many years. that the irish get married now. and enrico get nothing i had a different future in mind for him to be needed it so. luisa is disappointed in italy a country that's gone through $66.00 governments in 74 years she says all they did was produce crisis after crisis and have done little for the country's future and the future of her children and her beloved grandchild. now it's shocking to know

that many species of wild bees along with a wide range of other insects are increasingly facing extinction well in a bid to tackle the problem people in the dutch city of new tryst have come up with a great idea transforming bus stops into beach stop so what's it all about well with the help of one of the threats been stop keeping we've been finding out. ready lately the whole family there has been one thing as a guard not. his real job is to maintain bus stops in the city of perished but now he's a big stop keep it here to. projects of finish out to lead to marriage and then they'll be able to grow some more. of it of art of watching. the 6 square metre rooftop is covered with see them make it a very hardy perennial also known as gold more stone crop almost pepper it can survive on very little water even in the hottest summer and freezing temperatures

in winter don't kill it either the roof has been turned into a small island of green in the city that is tracks a range of insects. you know as you can see a wasp is just across the wide on of us data only a 4 by. maintaining about shelter costs about 2000 euros a year 200 move with greenery added on top so increase of around 10 percent but who tries to get something in return for stop the boredom for the of any part of plants absorb a particular matter. and because they keep blooming from around april to september they also provide food and other insects for. the debate and all the other insects and green huffy and intelligent that's entrenched self-confident slogan and the city council clearly takes it seriously it's given $316.00 by shelters green roofs transforming them into b. stops. and the locals are happy with the

results. you probably have so it's a good idea to use public space so effectively for the environments. that there may be just to make people more environmentally conscious and to understand how small steps can contribute to change things very sobering fit it in a most nice initiative it looks good and promotes biodiversity. that's positive. in july when the goal most don't crop was in bloom images of the bus shelters were hit on instagram and that inspired others to follow. the city has now received inquiries from all over the world from australia to mexico to ukraine. this is the council is proud becoming a role model for other urban centers and has already thinking about greening up other public spaces. for major we set aside a little funding to help private citizens and companies plant the spaces folks can

also join together with their neighbors to make it a collaborative effort. the maintenance team travels from one bus stop to the next in an eco friendly electric vehicle the cost of tending the green area covered by ad revenue and haven't been added to the prices of tickets. and passengers don't have to worry about getting stung the bees buzz about and the people below. me the sophomore have never been stung i leave them to get on with it i do my thing here and they do best and somehow we work together. and solve robarts systems. to take shows that sometimes a small idea can have a big impact. great stuff and you could almost call those bus stops bus stops and it all once again just goes to show that greening our cities can be so simple we really should be doing more of it and

that's all from focus on europe this time around thanks so much for joining us to come back next time and until then by truth. thank you thank you. thank you michael.

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