how did the enter. the secrets. starts october 11th. hello and welcome to focus on europe i large about a lola thanks for joining us the sinking of the m.s.s. donya in the baltic sea was the worst maritime disaster in post-war europe is a tender of 1994 the ferry was caught in

a storm and sank in just 30 minutes few of the 1000 people on board survived today questions and conspiracy theories still linger after the official investigation concluded 25 years on survivor ted hare stead is still waiting for closure but he recently suffered another setback a court rejected a multi-million dollar compensation claim survivors of the sunken histone year and victims' families launched a lawsuit for their pain and suffering to add to their grief authorities still refused to salvage the wreck and can't fears that the truth of what happened that day between talon and stockholm will remain lost at sea. memories can come back on expectantly. when kent head shit is standing by the water for example. then he is back in 1904 again as a passenger on the baltic sea ferry

a stone you're from thailand. it is september 28th. at 1 22 am the captain of the estonia makes a desperate s.o.s. call the ship is in a heavy storm suddenly a huge wave breaks off the bell visor from the hole the ferry fills up with water and minutes and begins to sink. it on you know what's going on can you reply the whole ferry fell on the side and it really came as a shock to all of us and the next there well we needed to get from the ship down to the water and then of course in the cold water to try to find a raft to climb up to and then later. those of us who were alive in the morning rescue helicopter by then most of the people on our rafts were dead they froze to death so we were only 6 alive in the morning maybe 20 in the beginning.

852 people died their names are engraved on this monument casualties from a dozen countries it was the biggest maritime disaster in europe since world war 2 . an investigation in 1907 showed that there was a problem with a bow doors locking system safety regulations for baltic sea ferries were tightened but the wreck was not salvaged. that was a mistake so sending witer the german swedish lawyer is still occupied with the estonia case even in a spare time vitter has represented dozens of the victim's relatives in court and also initiated his own investigations. he says the investigations of the wreck were insufficient. the run of projects into this phase always torn open all of this

on the card. list. only a stone has sinks. and of course you have to know what does it look like on the card where the trucks properly lashed down officially there's no film material for me inside of the car deck. we say you have to go down there again and take a look. even if it was a long time ago does not. is a watertight bulkhead was missing behind the bell visor the lawyer says neither the german shipbuilder nor the french safety inspectors were found guilty of intentional fault when they use the raised ramp as a water type ok. you could do that for coastal traffic but not on the height seems . very tense should have said stop it's not c. wordly it needs the bulkhead 1st. this summer a french court again rejected a claim by britain's colleagues for damages against the ship's safety inspectors.

on behalf of more than 1000 claimants they demanded 40000000 euros in compensation . for can't have that money isn't as important as the truth about the estonia catastrophe. a survivor and a member of the swedish parliament for many years he tells of persistent rumors that a bomb caused the ferry to sink planted by intelligence services or terrorists let's try to find every everything we can. and maybe it can also put some of the of these so close piracy theories to to a tourist because it is not good for the democratic societies that there's a lot of suspicion either floating around so so i definitely think it would be useful for everyone. and he thinks that the 852 who died in the baltic sea 25 years ago on that day in september deserve that.

it's a way of life that has sustained indigenous nomads for centuries and one of the most remote places on earth the nets people of russia have made a livelihood of herding reindeer along an insular but now they are preparing to part ways with their past as their tundra is transformed the climate crisis is thawing the permafrost and hampering their movements but for the government global warming offers them access to untapped gas and oil reserves a construction boom is reviving communities as children like prepare for a future very different to that of their parents. from above the tents of and then its people and their rainy day look like high ricklefs. they will come together in a large circle on your resting place that everybody is helping. the rainy day mean everything to the nets. young woman takes care of his favorite

rain day right away his mother was there too but if he did no. more 3 a small amount and only 3 days will move on otherwise will ruin the soil and will be able to come here again next year. soon to leave but without rehman it's his last day with his animals and family. a helicopter is coming to morrow to bring the children to school. and if he said no we wouldn't want to fix the dawn of a new era children have to learn that they won't have as many reindeer as we do. because more and more drilling rigs for gas are being built in the tundra the reindeer suffer as a result. but nevertheless the concha and the husband perceive their lives as in a months and travel the whole new through the tundra even during winter temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees celsius. they are

carefully preparing the sun ramón of a city life although he would prefer that the nomadic life. cover. up from the north began our 2 oldest already students our youngest son ron is starting 6th grade but he prefers to be in the tundra with the reindeer and of coolies. it's hard for him to say goodbye. as is a reindeer his dog and his freedom. all summer long. the red black 2 at boarding school i cry with longing. which is. what you are but i like technology and mathematics that's what i like to do a boarding school. the bridge. i

want to become a pilot that. tree most of one day being able to fly over the tundra in a helicopter and take the children to school. but how much longer can life in the tundra be possible his parents worry about the animals climate change has long been noticeable in addition more and more oil and gas companies are expanding into the tundra. if you went out with us in winter the snow is covered in smoke from the towers making a hard crust so the reindeer can eat their fat layer is only one centimeter thick it used to be 3 or 4 centimeters and many died when did. you cope with the things

in the end we're left with nothing reindeer are a food clothing and means of transport was the moment. let's look at what it did. then the helicopter arrives to pick up the children and i caution know is that she won't see her son for months because she'll have to help her husband with the exhausting trek through the tundra. it's difficult for the crew to locate this man comes down to don't ever be a mile peninsula as the nomads are constantly on the move. as the plan the frost was lakes form where they weren't any before. now on bremen has to sit still. some subjects even shorten that own language so

that the new my children do not forget it. spirit has been teaching here for 25 years she wants the children to be proud of their origins proud of the next coach in. your family you mean handicrafts outdoors the 1st days are the worst for rahm and mentally he's still in the tundra only his sister comforts him but i am on the bill i thought when i was little we wouldn't see a soul for days today you can see drilling rigs smoke. on the one hand it's good for the country that oil is being extracted and bringing money on the other hand this oil is no longer like it was but i'm worried because our reindeer graze their butt on the. i think that. the parents are ready to move on the coach and lead to the track north hauser's of kilometers to the arctic ocean.

in the past just will be covered with snow new. winter is approaching and then runs through to future here in the tundra. a powder keg in the balkans the multi-ethnic republic of kosovo is home to a centuries old conflict that is threatening stability in the region well despite kosovo declaring independence in 2008 serbia doesn't recognize its sovereignty and the deadlock has made tensions especially high in the country's north where many serbian course of ours live this is also where the mafia controls a major smuggling ring one which kosovar inspector barr deal hacks is determined to shut down our reporter accompanied him on a raid. constable inspector by deal hoxsey

mustafa and his team are in the border region to serbia. they're tracking down smugglers. tourist michelle new york our town is a check our agents leads on the ground on the front door but it has a body memory and that it's a. it's a difficult and dangerous mission. one of the informants from the smuggling me you joins and he's received a tip which. was a good deal i sent you a message a truck is on its way to make 2 of each of you know which truck is it oh you know it belongs to. yeah we're levels of it you know. that situation if. 'd 'd there are lots of eagles here large trucks. most of them are used for smuggling goods from serbia into kosovo.

before. the turks cross these mountains into kosovo ever since kosovo introduced tariffs of 100 percent for goods from neighboring serbia smuggling has been rampant it's a political hotbed. this region here in the north of kosovo is home to ethnic serbs and the smugglers are also 100 percent serbian but what about the m m m a little way on and the sooner that it's sort of i or say it's difficult as we're being followed and there are surveillance posts all along the roads that's intake on the pickup truck. all that needless at the end of may the situation in the north of the country escalated during a large scale raid by his colleagues from the cost of a police this mugler said tried to stop the special police unit from the capital prishtina with their trucks the police responded with full force. $1000.00 police officers were arrested on allegations of corruption and smuggling including costs of ours with albanian bosnian and some with serbian roots. on the day of the raid

the serbian government showed its support for the cause of ours by sending troops to the border. the situation was tense. got the. albanian forces have arrested a dozen people in northern kosovo and metohija under the pretense of fighting organized crime and corruption to report to work on his own a criminal this is an attempt to criminalizing our compatriots. well. the mood in northern coast of all is tense this region is known as a stronghold of serbian nationalism and many feel threatened in their very existence by tariffs of 100 percent on serbian goods. this is primarily an economical issue because if it weren't for these goods being imported into north corso walk then we would not probably survive the products that we are seeing here

are important from serbia proper so they're basically serbian products the police says it's smuggled in it's a criminal activity then it means that we're all smugglers and nor criminals in the north of course. he says the 100 percent tariffs are responsible for an increase in goods smuggled into kosovo but the cost of our government argues that the tariffs are simply a reaction to serbia failing to recognize the republic of kosovo and its borders or caring for most information of the smugglers from serbia our support out and encouraged cooperation together with the authorities there does not exist focus it's a deep political and ethnic divide in order to catch smugglers red handed inspector hoxsey most often needs to rely on informants to give him names and places you know . the group i can tell you who the most important smugglers are here they take care of finding bias and they also sell the goods themselves. for.

oxy most stuff explains that kosovo is missing out on these tariffs resulting in political and economic destabilization when they memphis and. i'm convinced that this problem can be solved by fighting uncompromisingly against criminal gangs that's a pretty mean they're not only harming kosovo's budget but creating problems for our citizens in the northern communities 2 or afraid of the free. will but suck on my claim and all the. inspector baggio hoxsey mustafa and his unit. are preparing for many more raids along this dangerous and politically charged border. women power switzerland's lower house of parliament could see sweeping changes as a record number of women are running for election they have come a long way with women were 1st granted suffrage and 1971 they would have to wait

another 20 years to vote in all tanton or federal states well thousands recently took to the streets to demand gender equality and farmer lucky bollman feels the odds are stacked against her and she's speaking up for change despite some resistance. former lawdy bowman lives in the can't argue it looks ideal but she says looks can be deceiving on many farms here wives are completely dependent on their husbands they work hard you have no money of their own or social security if you've probably heard by there are problems if couples divorce. first women lose their home usually the farm was taken over from the husband's parents and the woman married into the family so she leaves and has nothing to prove she works there. a part time job and a prenuptial agreement i'm sure that she won't suffer a similar fate and her husband supports her efforts parties call for a woman to strike could have caused problems in other farming families some saw it

as a provocation. to not purely showing grief. of course that leaves you open to attack i've received a lot of negative feedback but if all is good at home and you have support then it's much easier to do this. but it's also about something fundamental don't know why women should have the same rights as a man period. who. you think that would be self-evident switzerland yet in june hundreds of thousands of women demonstrated for better wages and affordable day care. and to protest that many top managers of swiss firms all look like this this or this. manuel horne ago says in switzerland women have to choose between having children or a career. that i feel on in this rich country women shouldn't have so little income and be so dependent either on the man or on the state just to get by. the mitsu but

it's an incredible in justice. one that everyone here has experienced 1st hand ma and had a tough time returning to the working world after spending a decade as a stay at home mom so sometimes itself kate saw men get promoted and earn more money she got left behind she fears falling down the career ladder. one step in the right direction would be more paternity leave employers are only required by law to give fathers a single day off yet firms reject further government intervention. in practice companies have been finding solutions with their employees for years when a young worker becomes a father one company might offer him 3 days another 5. another might give him 6 weeks depending on. capabilities you know because. the woman decide what to do next there are so many issues for instance my carers and

teachers jobs traditionally held by women are so poorly paid. the cons that you don't see a lot of you can spend your whole workday working for society but society won't thank you for it because it's just you don't you just missed why should a banker earn more than i do why is his work worth more than mine for me that's the underlying issues from. even its organizers were surprised by the strikes impact but for these women it's just the beginning. i lifted my own anger we put women center stage now i really hope these women will actively take part in discussions everywhere and not withdraw or relinquish responsibility. both fit onto it to me stop giving. the swiss go to the polls in october women here fought hard for the right to vote now they plan to use it to better their lot. where do you go when you've reached the end of the rote is

a question that's become a hot topic in britain not 1st philosophers but for a team of pathfinders they're on a mission to recover public rights of way on private property before they disappear from the map for good well thousands of trails have been lost or in some cases intentionally hidden now david ormond and his army of volunteers are in a race against time to uncover a network of paths. david and his friends are doing some detective work in norfolk county in the east of england those looking for old public pathways and are calling for the free right of way which they feel might disappear forever. no old program because of size and complexity of trees in the central. and you'll see that the road here is hollowed out respective to the fields either side you can

indication it's a very old road in the suddenly the perth comes to an end of the road. this is where the pathfinder is work begins the looking for evidence that it was illegally closed off. hikers organizations estimate that more than 10000 kilometers of public pathways are inaccessible can't really get through their kenya. so people . may want to be moving up there. many years ago a former land owner planted a hedge in the middle of the path. and he used to join one church to not the church and presume the way the rector walked up and down and the congregation. as part of probably with that before the present landowners that some of these parsifal dozens of years old so no land rayna has the right to stop people walking on land where people have tried think roman soldiers have. everybody sent.

david once to document the case. the current land owner doesn't want to purchase the crosses property so it's going to be a power struggle in the end the council will decide. to do a lot more work i should go back and look at the. satellite trees as i get an overall view of perhaps where the path was. david has submitted $27.00 applications and all he's called for 30 tracks on one property alone to be made accessible the land administrator says that will never happen as public parts can lead to concerns over security and frequent incidence of illegal waste i'm paying for evidence yeah i knew you'd need to look at the evidence it's possible that we could agree maybe maybe one of the tracks there are some drives that have got

a lot of historical history. but there are other parts is that we're looking at. was made by the by the farm it was part of a field. it wasn't it's not a recognised so we would probably resist this this particular track. but david would never settle for that for him it's a matter of principle what's driving this is the requirement to to have all these documented by $22.00 and jennifer 2026 and that deadline goes we lose all ability to find lost rights of way it's a pass that the public ought to have a right to walk over and those rights away so continue without hedley and legally closed off they were entire disappear. so david and sue and dean will keep on looking they want to fight for the right to roam the english

countryside until the bitter end. not all who wander are lost thanks for watching focus on europe let me know your thoughts on the show by getting in touch with me on twitter remember you can also watch our program online at d w dot com by for now. movement . from.

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this is detail being used live from berlin saudi arabia joins the united states in accusing iran of sponsoring attacks on saudi oil fields this attack. was a lot against picking them up so do so if you are of course also did a go it was when i was told to go there to national community saudi arabia is

calling for an international response spot a key question remains unanswered where did the drones and me sounds come from also coming out.