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looks soaked a little bit sorry for itself and the ox 1st one off on halt. the world. coming up russia and ukraine agree a tentative cease fire in the donbass region the tensions all fall from easy battle mode stories on how to humphrey thanks for your company and by sending. shock hello this is you new balls speaking when i come to the show with the ding dong xoai concerts with the extremist guests.
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credible. welcome to. the week w. this week on world stories. cracking down on pirates in the gulf of guinea. and indian company converts garbage into bio gas. we begin in eastern ukraine where a ceasefire between ukrainian troops and russian backed rebels has to be implemented by the end of the year.
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close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists facing them the whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like that maybe on the 1st night of the cease fire it's a strange and there's no fire at all you get all nervous we're used to the shooting at us and the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with her child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week our guide through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the conflict broke out when he unrolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself a 1000 kilometers from home fighting a trench war was the fuses them all everyone is tired of the war has parents wives worried about them back home. if the politicians can sort this out by talking why
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not if we withdraw from here it's not a disaster as long as no apparent just the same but then it does with hoarders. but off camera many soldiers are more skeptical they don't want to give up territory regain from the separatists at the cost of many lives a present selenski government is convinced that only a buffer zone between the front lines can bring peace. it's a short drive from the trenches to one of the region's biggest crossing points between government and separatist held territory thousands make the journey every day spending hours out in the cold. we're hoping for peace after all this time we need to resolve this war it's been 6 years since it all began i'm convinced on buses part of ukraine selenski and putin should sit down together drink some thought get together and put all this behind them. with the but with city. we need
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a united ukraine and we need an end to all this. so people don't have to suffer in these queues anymore at the. back of the front line it's quiet at least during daylight hours silence allows time to think about the future of this war needs to end i've lost so many comrades already. but for giving the other site making peace that's going to be tough. the repercussions of this war will be felt for years to come it's not just about the mines and grenades the litter this landscape it's about the war in people's heads. during the recent street demonstrations in hong kong the police have used tear gas against the protesters many who were sprayed with tear gas now complain of health problems and it's not just demonstrators.
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kathy jew and patricia levy rented their real room apartment in hong kong suburb of 2 months the 2 roommates felt it was a good deal price was reasonable. the building in good shape but now they wish they had never moved here come along my nose off an itch is in my skin feels dry i feel very uncomfortable and i have diarrhea that usually lasts for a few days and had to go to the toilet a few times every night i hold hold hold not come out of kathy things that it is a consequence of the g. a gas to none has become one of the hot spots of hong kong's protests often clashes occur just below their window that night also that usually protesters would set up roadblocks here police would then come to remove them and they fire tear gas to try to catch the protesters says the couple they seem going to get. since june the
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police have fired more than $10000.00 canisters of tear gas chemical irritant but mainly affects the eyes lungs and the skin it's use is prohibited as a chemical weapon in warfare with allowed in riot control although its effects are meant to be temporary there have been case reports of chronic eye diseases caused by the chemical. they were also some cases that they had no it's much to begin with but after exposure to tear gas some of the protesters actually developed a spray like symptoms for 2 to 3 years and there there were also cases that people develop crumley eczema to get skin problems them at tartus for a number of years. while the highest risk lies with frontline protesters and join a list of residents have little chance to escape the consequences of tear gas as many protests happening in densely populated areas yes i'm a logical call if i saw a doctor he asked me where i live and then he said i should consider moving away if
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i could tell you some insight on that. most of them plan to stay with relatives for some time but moving home is out of question the landlord would not let them cancel their current. pirates have become a big problem in the gulf of guinea. a few days ago they kidnapped a tanker crew and are holding them for ransom the nigerian government has promised to crack down on pirate activity. from the outside the puta for wetlands of nigeria inside a problematic history we argued in the vast creeks of the niger delta. and this is where pirates operate from a labyrinth of water once but it's not only home to criminals lives near by the river the source of income transports goods and people he's careful since he was
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attacked by pirates the. critics like misplaced scenes when they. drive down to the creeks. bins forest the armed men wanted to take the engine off his boat when they realized it wasn't good enough they let him go they took his money instead from then on the parrot peanuts stopped working after sunset we are very scared. when driving on the sea or in the river because you don't know when exactly the corpse so sometimes if they are stuck on the with a cane it will with all your money so piracy. is a very big problem. they want to be there before pirates strike members
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of the nigerian navy are headed out on their legs headquarters to money toward the sea here given rare access. to accompany them on their daily patrol warm it up good . very good. quality is responsible for navigation and training on board there is only one of that so that money tours hundreds of not to come out today but the navy doesn't have enough that source and personnel to prevent piracy attacks fall is near for more training in a position of more platform a position of minutes 2 minutes piss for the vessels i get in the business absolutely so this is the difficult as in this case if another challenge west african countries have different policies to protect their waters in movies of the old if they're also. going to see the go for you need to come together to effectively morny tell you go because even though there is india this so-called
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diplomacy it never was a modern day where they'll find a loophole and they do what this navy vessel is money touring one part of the gulf of guinea and attack is reported on the same day a few 100 miles down cell and oil tanker similar to this one passing by us has been targeted the nigerian navy is not there maritime security should start here in the niger delta before an attack happens locals tell us they want to thore tese to deploy more security to stop lawlessness in the creeks and to eradicate piracy altogether. india has a huge problem with garbage and how to get rid of it but a company in bangalore has found a way to convert garbage into vial gas so they help clean up the environment and earn some money. in the heart of
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bangalore garbage is festering everywhere this neighborhood is drowning in it the population has grown rapidly the infrastructure hasn't kept pace entrepreneur. has not enough is teamed up with chemistry teacher padmashree to encourage residents to separate their trash. he collects it is rule material it has to be well suited for his operating costs go up this is nearly 100 percent there is about 5 percent that needs to strip the floors and i'll lead with. this extremely good i mean this is now good enough. gas is in demand all over india for things like cooking and carbon lights brand has managed to establish itself well what we're producing as an end product is about a 90 to 94 percent of meet him which means it's much better than natural gas it can
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displace any fossil fuel. so at the end of the day we're creating. a clean clean renewable energy right here in. the potential for bio gases huge normally $5000.00 tons of trash a day end up in landfills and salters it's not only a waste of raw materials. it's the most unscientific waste. causes diseases the pollution creates needs again which is entering into. a source creating meeting that's again adding. some wants to see less garbage ending up in landfills and more of it recycles it would certainly boost his business he already has several plants in operation. this one process is over 13 terms of food waste
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a day for mighty and industrial parks under screen 870 jobs. dream is to have across india with. this business. it's a win win for the country creating more jobs. creating energy security so much already expanded into 2 for the states and has plans for more with investors getting on board the ways to fuel business model could be a viable way for cities to finally clean up their act.
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