'd hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe lola thanks for joining us today they are terrorists who tortured and killed for their own caliphate the islamic state jihadists many brought their wives and children to the war in syria or founded families there some 5000 came from europe and after the fall of the terror group

many extremists were imprisoned by kurds in northern syria several 100 are thought to have escaped during turkey's offensive there now there are growing calls for nations to repatriate militants and their families though most countries in europe are refusing to do so but one nation is officially allowing jihadists back in kosovo brought $110.00 mothers children and fighters home from syria a move that the majority of course of our support 95 percent of the population are muslim and believe that those who are radicalized can be reintegrated well the state has developed a rehabilitation program for extremists and officials say those who committed crimes will face justice ana followed her husband to syria and now she says she deserves a 2nd chance. help them. to come 6 months ago and i was still living in the self-proclaimed islamic state caliphate in syria now she's back home in kosovo but

she still wears her kneecap and anytime i go outside they look at us like aliens. but i can see it's bizarre for them to see s. like this but it's not a problem. technically and i was under house arrest but today the authorities have allowed her to meet us at a lake near pristina ana is the 1st kosovo i asked returning to talk about her experience on camera we cannot reveal her full name because should be going on trial soon. and i was brought back from syria with other kosovo iowa sympathizers by the authorities she doesn't understand why other european states aren't doing the same for their citizens because we are human we are people so if someone makes a mistake sometime you shouldn't just leave like that the women are so sensitive and what did the kids do wrong someone should help them.

in april 21000 a plane landed at pristina airport carrying 4 mail i asked fighters 32 women and 74 children from syrian camps in jails it was a top secret operation by the close of our government. its plan to reintegrate former iowa sympathizers into society. fair toast nikolay of the kosovo counterterrorism police unit runs the program he's convinced the returning it will pose less of a threat home than a fraud. after arriving in kosovo mail i a sympathizers were immediately jailed women and children were put under house arrest and closer valence. resistance from to be part of programs and maybe this is due to the thought that they know that. this was the.

otherwise they would remain a conflict zone kosovo's approaches to date unique in europe so far germany france and britain for example i found it difficult to take back citizens who joined us. reportedly hundreds of iowa sympathizers recently fled prison camps in northern syria the region is in chaos due to turkey's military incursion and amid the ensuing power vacuum it is feared i ask you group that's why the way i asked prisoners are treated is now again up for discussion is an a radical she says that in 2014 she went to syria just to join her husband my husband prepared everything to get there he didn't tell me so suddenly i found myself in syria. then her husband was killed in an unmarried another i os fighter we want to know what she makes of the atrocities committed by us the torture beheadings and other human rights violations but she evades our questions

and instead talks about her own suffering. when the airstrikes came they bombed a big building. and there were kids their moms their women everyone. not to feel is a psychiatrist in charge of the government's reintegration program for i asked return he's providing counseling to the women and children. does she think any of the 32 women in her care pose a potential security risk. as a medical professional she's not allowed to divulge that information. but all these women and children are traumatized they have returned from a war zone a war. they have seen and experienced awful things extreme violence and heavy aerial bombings that's why they are traumatized and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder p.t.s.d. . a range of activities games and sports are designed to help the children

process or trauma. so from here to may it's still too early to see any major breakthroughs. but these children are on track to one day leading normal lives we are seeing some progress. and so she feels at home among her kosovo family and neighbors and that nobody asks her about her time with i-s. and she's happy to close that chapter of her life although she understands why authorities have placed her under house arrest. we came from a war zone. it is normal they are investigating. but we didn't do anything wrong. maybe our mistake is that we were there we lived there kosovo's judiciary will ultimately

decide on whether and and the other eye is returned he is will face legal consequences. this is the glittering skyline of lost our city famous for its wealth and power and this is what it looks like in russia's forgotten provinces the contrast could hardly be greater the standard of living in rural areas is markedly lower opportunities and resources are limited and children in villages are at a disadvantage as teachers shortages leave classes but now a new scheme is hoping to level the playing field. another funeral is being held in panel. as so often nowadays. kristie 500 kilometers south of moscow is slowly dying out. that's why mission of the on is here the 27 year old is from st petersburg.

he wants to help the few children that still live here. you are. they live and learn together in this comprehensive school. we've got 3 less today. what does that mean that 3 teaching hours have been cancelled why because the teachers and here. is on a limited contract as a teacher. there used to be 400 students here but today only 18. teachers russian and english today and 5th grade. when you crash to think that village children have far less opportunities than children in the city your

whole world consists only of school and family. even when using the internet or computer they're not as fast as city kids and. you did. a lack of teachers in rural areas is a huge problem in russia village teachers earn too little the equivalent of 70 euro's a month a joke when food costs as much as in the west as a result many quit their jobs and move to cities. the project teachers for russia aims to help with financial support from a bank university graduates from moscow and st petersburg are sent to remote villages for a 2 year period without teacher training but with a strong will and the desire to do something good. for them for the most of the little problem is there are only 2 age groups in the village children in retirees 1st i look for solace on the phone with my friends but you can't replace real friendships sometimes you just want someone to sit next to you although at some

point you get a handle on it if you manage to things not go crazy and not drink yourself to that . point. the p.k. you teach is not only in panicky kristie but also in a small town near moscow to get their take 17 hours using several buses and trains he has to transfer 4 times. the return journey is exactly the same. position maybe i should concentrate on one place but i think the kids benefit double this way. with words. time moves slower and theresa a small town on the oca river in the kaluga region. at least me has 20 children in the class here. but

one since i've lived here and been a teacher my view of russia has changed. i've seen how people live in the countryside they have different values here so. the young graduate from the cultural metropolis of st petersburg sees it as his task to show his students a new perspective to open up new world so that they do not lose touch with modern russia. sooner or later this village will die nor why but it's important not to give up on your inhabitants too soon. i think if they have someone like me here they at least feel like they're not attached as more than your squad with shinya doctors who knows maybe small changes in the school and in the village are still

possible after all. we show you actually on has 2 years and he wants to spend the time usefully with the children. he'll leave. first centuries france's mares have been a pillar of rural communities it's a role that until now has been widely respected but a growing number of mayors are quitting as public opinion turns against them france's interior ministry says that more than $350.00 mayors and deputies were attacked last year one was even killed recently during a dispute while many are walking away from their posts one mayor refuses to be intimidated. when you only. made michel i know has come to look around he's worried about this housing estate on the edge of his town especially since residents often to come here late in the evening on august 1st

they asked him to ensure peace and quiet they had had enough. so this is a series ideal for people to sit and drink alcohol that's how it all started. mr mayor i won't wish you a girl day mayor only wants to see perfect citizens here he basically wants to transform the entire town into an old people's home. that. somebody didn't see live in fear and you're one of these people who scare them intentionally. haha i must look really dangerous they're not scared of me start making up stories there was a fire at the mayor's place and that happened because certain people had an issue with him having attacked anyone else just the mayor i personally want to start a fire i just don't like him but we simply don't talk to one another that's all there is to it. michelle is shocked by this form of aggression toward him as mayor

of. after he made sure things quite down on august 1st his garage was set on fire later that night his house almost caught fire 2. nobody was hurt but the attack left its mark on him you know lost city. firefighters hadn't woken us up by chance because of another fire at 4 in the morning everything here would have burned down. we were all asleep at 1st i was just angry but then we also felt very vulnerable. yes. but grandchild was here 2 days earlier than my wife is affected so i'm not on my own. are no has been mayor for 4 years now he gave up his job in the army. for him being mayor is like

a calling. me an imbecile good community has got to love your community see how the way she can't be mayor. it looks more than just a full time job. are no complaints that in france mayors are pretty much on their own more and more people are ignoring the rules doing whatever they like with no regard for others. will you look at this this garbage just 50 meters from the main road the dish you thought this could be household waste. but often it's well a building site. mean a maze sometimes it includes dangerous substances like a space to say. this destroys the landscape and toxic substances can seep into the ground and if we can destroy the harmony in our community. we have a town garbage facility this makes me furious. according to levy but

taking action can be dangerous last summer a dispute fled in the sudden french town of sr a truck driver want to dump waste from a building site the mayor intervened and was run over the shock was felt all over france. mayors are actually quite popular in france because they're in touch with the people unlike the political elite in paris but now the mood seems to have changed and become so aggressive that half of the current mess will not be running for reelection as political scientists musharraf will call explains and sometimes exposing mayors face a lot of anger in times of social crisis after 5 years in office many now say that they've had enough and are unable to cope with the incentives on the one hand this is a result of constant tensions with the locals so we thought it's also a result of their tense relation to the government. mayors complain that they lack support. the mayor of heavily is now on the

offensive he's joined forces with colleagues to call for more support and the new law. says. if you really want to be heard in negotiations if you want to effectively tell somebody something then you need the means to force them in emergencies. giving up is not my style our fight for this. 3 to go on the battle for. michelle on who wants to run again at next year's election he feels it's his duty he won't be intimidated his hometown of beverly means too much to him. love your neighbor as yourself it's a verse that is testing christians in slovakia the country is home to some half a 1000000 a roma a minority who face discrimination and segregation even in places of refuge though

they share a common religion the romani don't feel welcomed in the church by their fellow catholics instead they have retreated into their own community. a church service in eastern slovakia. going to have a seems to be in church. we had an appointment with andre cuccia of roma. he wanted to show us that there would be no problem for him attending mass here as a roma. he didn't come there are no roma in the entire church. but there are hundreds living in the village. has at home he says he simply didn't have enough time but is there more to it are roman not allowed to attend services even though their catholic. many here are firm

believers and that's probably why nobody talks about an outright ban on the album but there was never a clear invitation either as the village elder carefully explains. fully equipped with of the. doctors but. nobody ever said that we could come down to the church. but we always celebrate mass here outside in the open. when it rains then we go and find somewhere. 70 or 80 roma. but being invited to a church service if. there is no never received such an invitation. in nearby cerise can. asked to be a priest did invite the roma to attend church it didn't go very well. slow that church goers complained about the roma and even spray painted the priests

car. only a few in the village were willing to explain what happened and it would be i think i'll spare you the lot in church you know what it's like with roma the air is thick with me for some people are actually allergic to it they said the roma didn't help build the church but i thought i should build their own church. so again really built them a church well the agricultural cooperative provided them with the room and now they celebrate mass there and you know from years knows. what you're the whole new audience with. in the east of slovakia there are many separate church and just for the roma. back to chose konoha vase andre cuccia and the villagers built their own chapel here with support from germany. priest miroslav trichet comes here on saturdays instead of sundays.

and some of the several you know on their separate here among their own they're not ashamed they're ashamed in the church and you know because of their poverty even the children feel ashamed at the premium you go this year some mothers contacted me so that their children would like to take 1st communion in the big church. as long as they're among themselves it's not a problem but they think they're worthless so they prefer to stay here. father church it tries to keep them in the church no matter which. and andre cuccia he's looking forward to a future will there be no difference between roma and the rest of the community. you don't know. if you guys or we will go down to the village to the church one day at least when someone dies then nobody will make a difference the entire gettable go we'll be buried there slovaks beside rome there we will all be together. but it could still take time says.

the social and economic situation of his minority here need to change as soon as possible. so far prayers haven't helped no matter in which church they were sad. as a child i always dreamt of a secret language and now i know just the place where i can learn what the village of could score in turkey is home to a centuries old language and fired by birds while technology is endangering its survival though it is like cutting back hope that younger generations will learn how to tweet the good old fashioned way. meaning the village of the birds is a small turkish community with 400 inhabitants located in the mountains of the black sea it's home to the age old bird language cottam benteke uses it to communicate with her neighbor from roof to roof. are you collecting hazel nuts

tomorrow. yes let's get hazel nuts tomorrow. there's a wedding in the village are you going. further up the mountain a neighbor joins in the conversation. invites us into our living room several neighbors have come and they all agree that modern times are to blame for the steady demise of the bird language in the village. i really do believe that back in the day everyone could speak at. our ancestors our grandparents. for instance my father my mother my siblings they could also pick it up now we've got telephones and the language is disappearing the young people say it seems rude to them when they whistle they don't learn the bird language they could but they don't because they are moving to the city. in the summer the grandchildren returned

to the village from the city for the holidays caught in tries to teach the boys the language but it's nearly impossible to do in just a few weeks. you may just be asked to call our neighbors for help by whistling we didn't have to walk everywhere you could whistle from here and over there people would understand. the teen hazelnut farmers tradition. is slowly being lost so you know has added the bird language to its protection program the villagers hope to receive financial support and i founded a school for learning the language. some can whistle their 1st sounds from the 1st day onwards others need about a week or 2. it takes about 2 months until they can whistle their 1st phrases. it has a little to do with talent to. iran is the villages greatest hope. what's

up. i'm one of the few who are interested. just say the language is useless. but i believe it's a very valuable language. even though scientists believe the bird language is becoming extinct the interest in this tradition is increasing even far beyond turkey. these days whistling can be heard regularly across the valley of cusco. the next time your phone battery dies well you know it's go has invested half a 1000000 euros to preserve the language there thanks for watching focus on europe do let me know your thoughts or questions about this week on twitter and over again

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