ringback zouk the at. the exit. to. get. me. hello and welcome to focus on europe we are currently experiencing an absolute state of emergency more and more european countries are under lockdown and are closing their borders theaters and schools are keeping their doors shut all in an effort to fight the coronavirus and no other

country has been worse hit than italy. doctors and nurses are working in disaster mode emergency centers have been set up because some hospitals can no longer admitting tech to patients italy is the country with the highest number of cases outside china. all of it really has been and acquired and seen for weeks now schools have been closed since the beginning of march but for the students at the german school in rome this doesn't mean they get extended holidays teachers are doing their best to have their students studying from home using smartphones and tablets and the principal at thomas high is being very resourceful in order to keep the young ones motivated italy correspondent visited the school to find out how it's all working out. its a.t.m. and the roads are free almost unheard of at this time of the morning in the italian

capital. but nothing is normal in these times of the coronavirus this is the unusual empty parking lot of the german school in rome. headmaster thomas hart is one of the last people still coming in daily but he welcomes me with a new way of greeting the combo's hope team our main team is a maximum of 10 everyone else has a home. that's almost 1000 people the school has 88 teachers and 830 students including my 2 sons a whole series of disinfection measures have been introduced to protect people from contamination. going on as are hundreds i'm supposed to be touched any more as germs commuting for several days. but there's a great sense of uncertainty everyone here was taken by surprise by the rapid spread of the coronavirus. perhaps the head of the food we thought that it was

a long way away. he said then we began to notice how fast it was spreading. from just the number of cases to all of a sudden very different figures be told it's 5. times hard now has the huge task of organizing remote lessons for the entire school from kindergarten age to high school. all the teachers have to familiarize themselves with the new digital teaching platforms. and this is not necessarily dot simple. as the many to turn off the same for everyone. even the microphone has to be protected against the virus. thomas hart and his colleagues are preparing lessons for the coming weeks. it's not easy to ensure discipline at home. it's very difficult for the pupils to structure their day so we

created special instructions so that parents can help their children especially primary level also to help the older students plan their days. i was hoping to talk to people about their new daily routine. but since they are stuck at home and worried about being infected that didn't work out but i know lampard who was classes from primary to high school level was willing to invite me into her home she says that managing the virtual classroom is anything but easy. when there are many technical challenges what format should i use to post a video online while the pupils be able to open it you have to prepare instructions it's not so easy to answer questions and solve problems if students don't quite understand something. but. she's using the internet to rearrange your courses

and is producing her own videos for teaching latin so good morning good morning class today we're going to be looking at the accusative plus infinitive maybe i should get a bit closer is that better. for her older history students she was prepared an audio chat session. she knows that she's got some tough weeks ahead. but she's also communicating one to one with students who need advice like my son for example for him and the others it's a whole new territory. we have so much free time and have tremendous everything i was so it's easy to do very little or nothing at all it would help if the school gave us more structure. the change situation has had an impact on absolutely everything in the country supermarkets are controlling the number of course dimmers to decrease the risk of infection and the queue outside looks quite

different 15 years they have to stand one meter apart only 10 to 15 people are allowed in the store yesterday i had to wait almost an hour. until. this feeling of being shot in is getting too many in italy. to me too nobody knows how long we have to cope with this situation. according to official statistics only a few people in russia have contracted the corona virus so far in the city of. one particular group stands out in the fight against the virus the cossacks can roughly be translated into free warrior or free man these descendants of former military horse men have declared war on the invisible enemy threatening the health

of their fellow russians. for russia have an office prepared to take on any enemy including the coronavirus since early february he has been in charge of the special patrol by the ural coast acts a hand-out facemasks in their neighborhood if you catch a plane book and check people for signs of a cold. igor gorbachev is an ottoman one of the heads of the. people here recognize them by their uniforms and some of their recommendations on how to stay healthy are just as old fashioned. recommender traditional remedies. and keeping to basic rules of personal hygiene when people come in from outside they should wash their hands and take off their clothes. at the site it's a government with a coronavirus because we care but the faith of russia. carry holy water along with them for extra protection against the virus these vigilante

patrols weren't authorized by the city but in russia cossacks often support the state security forces and act as unofficial guardians of public order. the next morning. try their hand at a paramilitary drill from the late 18th century sachs defended the borders of the russian empire since the fall of the soviet union kosek identity has had a revival anyone can now become a cossack being patriotic conservative and ready to fight is. you might yeah but he got. off served in the soviet army in the close that community he is in charge of their children's military education he says it makes them stronger and healthier. we cause x. aren't afraid i can't own a virus or a prince of that's what's important for the kids to exercise and have

a healthy lifestyle. they're often outside for 4 hours straight that toughens the russian needs a healthy society well not just physically healthy but morally healthy. and moral health includes orthodox christian faith. now my dear. even traditional close that cats have to be taken off for prayer. but the co sox sense of their role as a patriotic a lead candidate times border on the extreme including when it comes to the corona virus. we believe that our immune system is stronger than the immune systems of immigrants from here because of contacts additionally lived on the border of the russian empire and. protected russia's border. and we also get strength from the

russian orthodox church where we believe that god is with us cossacks are and have always been the warriors of christ because like you were in the me. the authorities generally give the co sachs a free hand and applaud their initiative after all they are consistently loyal to the russian government but people in your catalina book on so sure about the vigilante patrols as a kid who they think they are there not doctor could diagnose anything the child. honestly i think everyone goes crazy in their own way. who knows what the cost x. have come up with this time. it's probably better to ask them that. an office proud to be able to hand out face masks on the patrols they're sold out many stores in russia and though there are more and more cases in the country he is convinced that the corona virus won't take hold here.

demick in russia where there was the most rigid from we have good preventive care and a good health care system. go to the doctor with the words but it's better. than treated . the atom and hopes that the other kosek organizations will join their fight against the virus soon even though it sometimes worries he could get sick as well he feels the fight against the corona virus is a duty to his country. meanwhile of the cossacks have decided to stop kissing the cross when praying out of fear of the corona virus we move on the to greenland islands in northern europe completely covered by ice sheet right now climate change is causing the ice to melt the process is slow but unstoppable and it is attracting much attention because buried beneath the ice lies a treasure of mineral resources foreign companies eager to extract them however

locals are afraid that they will be ripped off. greenland an island of stunning natural beauty. blue its vast sheets of snow and ice lies a wealth of valuable natural resources. like red took. a precious mineral. entrepreneur . wants to open a small mine to extract the valuable gem stones. it has always been a childhood dream finding the big. dig it out with the owner. but also this year a new mining talk in the south was to start for me and jim stone it's more. environmental friendly. as greenland's

ice sheets continue melting for investors have started applying for licenses to extract you rhenium rear earth schooled and the like but so far in you it's like are profiting from their islands natural resources. to. move their lot scale mining was opened in 2009. but there's no been no discussion prior to how are we going to my resources among the common people i think that's. so that's missing. greenland's capital new is thriving. but almost one in 5 green wonders live with the poverty line. that's why alston says local should benefit more from the extraction of the island's resources. many here agree. so you should be profiting from this. it's our kind she wants then.

we should get to keep the proceeds. just like in other countries you know. greenlanders have been taking to the streets protesting against foreign companies dominating the island's mining sector. but the nation's minister of mineral resources insists only major corporations from china australia and the us have what it takes to get the job done you need to have. to have experience operating with nature like. and you also need to have funding the necessary funding . make sure compliance. rick elations said he also find this infuriating at home he discovers that the ministry is again allowing multinational corporations to explore large areas on the island for natural resources. you don't have the resources.

to combine. all sin and his wife are also waging this fight for the sake of their 2 children. controlling greenland's natural resources is vital and could one day allow the able nation to become independent. it should be. able to if. there's a be able to take his own. stuff if. i just want him to live in a society where he can be happy. wilson won't give up he hopes that once he's got his mining license he can start extracting gems by next year. he thinks agreements in new people need to be more assertive. because i have been polling for so many

years. it's like a lot of mindset. i see it all in all but generally something has this world we need to wait for the government for something to happen. also says it's time to ditch this mentality and finally reap the profits of the island's natural resources. do not at any cost of course overexploitation after all along with global warming could severely harm the island's pristine nature. there are some tourists who are not afraid of anything not even an extra dose of radioactivity will keep them from visiting extraordinary places and one of these places is turned mobile in ukraine more than 30 years ago the town witnessed of the world's worst nuclear disaster the area around the reactor is now deserted but it's

attracts tourists an example of dark tourism. kiev at 7 am in the morning and a korean of awaits target from around the world. will guide them through the exclusion zone before they set off each participant receives a certificates of attendance organization and openness of the foundations of on his job the working mother of 3 has done the story with more than a 1000 turns to date and knows how to make it attractive to be cheerful like a child like. oneself. from a quitter former office job for a more adventurous change that offers more variety the atmosphere in the bus is a mix of tense and excited look for igor from boston. but in full adventure. nothing gone hill from no way likewise has high expectations. that. it will be interesting so it's

a big. hit for. the area within a 30 kilometer radius from the power plant is still an exclusion zone today before the group can enter the compound each member is equipped with a geiger counter. this day trip cost $100.00 euros. about $75000.00 tourists visit at chernobyl last year despite radiation exposure being around $5.00 to $10.00 times higher than a normal day in germany. the contamination levels differ though which can be seeing clearly at so-called hot spots in these areas there are more radioactive particles which is a huge health risk this clearing is the 1st highlights but also radioactive hot spots like the geiger counter measures nearly 7 mini sievers a return flight from frankfurt to new york would be 0 point one m. e. seems to me like you know where they don't know what you're after the excess on.

that sounds and this is nothing so let's punish you like 10 seconds that's nothing if you are going to be disloyal from the heart that's going to drop out of us if you're not going to fight with her antics and a lot of humor and we try to counteract the groups easy feeling. the visitors reach the next apocalyptic setting an abandoned nursery school a movie like scenery for visitors. i don't like living in. a mine. at last the group which is the center of the exclusion zone the nuclear reactor. ever since it was covered by a giants are covered the radiation has been decreasing for most of the locals whoever chernobyl remains are to bu even 30 years later i can tell this thing can be great for those people who want to know the part of the story but this is a good idea that after so many years they didn't forget about this era and got it

from. before they can continue that or the tourists each undergo a radiation test with original soviet whitman's. contaminated objects cannot leave the exclusion zone for the what looks like from a museum the machine works there have been occasions in the past where visitors have to leave the shoes here but they everything's fine. back in the bus. let me welcome you in because. 50000 people used to live in this showcase housing estate from the socialist era just a stone's throw away from the reactor. project once used to be a prosperous city. under tells anecdotes that recall those times but there are other remnants too but the most popular photo setting on the turf the abandoned amusement park a perfect space for the selfie audience and for instagram where the still life.

yeah those perfect heroes such a typical modern gift welcome to my thing a world yeah exactly to the visitors display seems surreal devoid of people and deadly silent it's more a memorial than an adventure park that are from bosnia is also in a more somber mood now. and the city seems empty and. even though the emptiness of i'm getting. that feeling like you see here birds. you know so you know. you're hearing you know old electoral sounds. gets me back to those pictures and the commensurate. protein location before and now we see and now we should really see in my. many to remind us that the church. it projects the consequences of

a nuclear catastrophe are clearly visible and many visitors my grasp its extent for the 1st time. thanks to the turners the site of the world's worst nuclear accidents could have a meaningful future again. imagine a job where you don't have any colleagues you never see sunlight and you can't even use your cell phone might sound like a nightmare to some but it's the dream job of middle slavin admitted is responsible for maintaining a nuclear bunker in that sex capital of prag and after more than 40 years doing what he loves me does lab is showing no signs of slowing down. this is new. work place. deep down below a park. that works as

a janitor in an atomic bunker he's always ready for the worst case scenario. in an emergency you just remove these floorboards. when you put this insulation rubber and shook the store. every day net that ensures the bunker is ready for a nuclear attack even though the cold war ended 30 years ago. there are 48 never used toilets 2.5 kilometers of hallways as well as 260 year old diesel generators for the air ventilation system. i move the engine every day so the pistons don't get stuck. 20 meters above not a sound of the underground activity can be heard on prague's the hill hardly anyone

would guess what meandering tunnel system lurks below. to this day the czech capital maintain some 900 bunkers. the one underneath the hill built in the 1950 s. is one of the largest it is laid out for a 5000 people all prague bunkers are fully operational. we gain from filling this bunker up with concrete. in the bunker i mean all the money that was spent from this was wasted. so we keep everything. you need someone like me. who doesn't mind working on his own 20 meters below ground without natural. reception. at least he's got his parents to keep him company. but i like these bunkers

i pray that this you know. we're never a look see things i've done so i have a special connection to this place. a bunker he's been taking care of for 49 years now only rarely film crews come here to shoot movies. all his life net that has carried out bunker maintenance in case of nuclear war though he wishes there was no need for that. people could shelter here for 3 days. but once they've returned to the surface they find everything in ruins. i hope humanity is wise enough that these bunkers will never be needed. in a hero. ned that has started training of his successor. for now it's still his dream job and if he's never needed he knows at least that the world above has done everything right. and that's all we have time for

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