i am i am i am you. can. carry on respects to the. degree. to. to and i am to hello and a warm welcome to our program thanks for joining us today europe's coastlines are littered with ticking time bombs remnants from the 2nd world war that are becoming ever more dangerous in the north and baltic seas alone around 1600000 tons of war

and munitions lie on the seabed like this huge underwater might most of it was simply disposed of in the sea by the victorious allies and decades on erosion is threatening to release the toxic loads substances such as arsenic mustard gas and t.n.t. could contaminate the already vulnerable waters off the polish coast and one of the biggest worries for ecologists is the massive amount of oil from sunken warships found in places such as the bay of get down sc environmentalist august sarna fears that the past will soon catch up with the present and ruin the sea that holds a very special place in her life. the vest a plot of peninsular in the device copper channel this is where the shots were fired that marked the start of the 2nd world war polish marine conservationist augustana is worried about the threat posed by contaminants and new missions that

are still lying at the bottom of the baltic sea. there is at least. 80 to 100 wrecks in the baltic that are potentially dangerous to the environment and my might still can contain a big. amount of oil in them and if it leaks the whole eco system of the body will be in danger the franken poses the most serious threat the german oil tanker was told peter by soviet aircraft in the gulf of diced at the end of the war. the wreck is being decomposing on the seabed for 75 years and still has fuel in its hollow. sun a fears that the function could soon break apart with devastating consequences. marchin public is a diver that has confirmed that the vessel is badly corroded but the 2 environmental activists say no one is prepared to take responsibility. some people say that the

past on earth of the regs should be responsible some say that the countries in which waters he directs are responsible for taking actions of direct so that's this is basically why this is such a complicated issue because there is no clear definition of who is there sponsible and who should take action. the baltic sea bed is littered with potentially dangerous munitions. that the institute of oceanography and diced research is are examining samples such as these rusty containers of chemical warfare agents tracked down by professor yet sick bodog ski. it's about 404242000 tons generally it's estimated like the major origin of it is in the home base in it's about 38240000 tons whereas

about 2000 tons it's in the goat of differently but if some of them larchmont at the same time in a small amount but you have a large release then you can have. disposal clouds moving 15 kilometers away and killing ever think all the way. ecosystems in the baltic sea are already under threat fertilizers from agriculture end up in the sea that are causing low oxygen levels that are becoming critical for many species. for older son and her fellow activists the baltic is a major part of the polish cultural identity and must be protected from everything all the while because some special place in our hearts i mean i spend every holiday every summer at the seaside since i was scared little daryl so we kind of have this connection with the body even if we are not strictly from here. sana says the oil

in the flank and needs to be drained immediately to prevent an environmental disaster in the scenic dynamic bay. sound which in the entire tanker is too risky and in fact ship wrecks attract marine life and actually help ecosystems to flourish. you all you think you would see on the bottom is just sent there's not much life life for this world of wrecks or you can see big fishes sometimes 3 lions so it's it's it's really good to have those wrecks and to take care of them and to preserve. the toxic legacy of the 2nd world war urgently needs to be dealt with time is running out oldest son of talks to the media as often as she can tirelessly sounding the alarm. unless action is taken with winds could soon be witnessing an environmental catastrophe. domestic abuse is

a subject that is still largely taboo in our society an epidemic hiding behind closed doors and is a problem that women in russia are acutely aware of despite it claiming the lives of some 14000 women there each year the government has downgraded some forms of domestic violence to a misdemeanor and for survivors the physical scars left behind are painful reminders of the past a tattoo artist yes a car is helping women transform their wounds into works of art for her clients this form of therapy and able them to again feel comfortable in their skin. will. not give. up hope in a city of over 1000000 in southern russia. this is a benefit concert to help jenea take the 1st step towards achieving her dream one

jenea tattoo's women who've been abused by man. showed knife when the project 1st started carter was one of the 1st women to show up. actually i don't want the women to be constantly reminded of why they came. and it's over and done with but people want to hear their story is. the heart of man so the king's daughter. jenny is dream is to cross russia on a motorcycle offering free tattoos to female victims of male violence. her project is called transformation. has a long scar across her belly jenea turns it into a little. question. or you can. it can't get any worse than what i've been through. of course not. the man all your blames for her score was a distant relative. she came on

a visit when she was 17. he was drunk. he tried to strangle me. he said either i'll kill you or you let me do you. i broke free and screamed i'll stab myself if you touch me he said you won't do it you wouldn't have the guts come on come on try he came at me and i stabbed myself in the belly with a knife. an estimated $14000.00 and more women die as a result of male violence every year and russia. jenny says the numbers are in fact much higher. you have the most. probably a more. than i think the problem has to do with the mentality. and the farther away from central russia you get the greater the unemployment and the

alcoholism among men. oh you hopes the lily will also grant her fur till it. since the knife wound in 2005 she's never been able to get pregnant. the russian parliament the duma has passed legislation led by arch conservative female m.p.'s exempting offenders from criminal prosecution for the 1st domestic violence offense the 1st one is to be classified as a petty offense a relatively trivial matter. and that these women in parliament absolutely do not represent ordinary russian women not in the slightest. i represent the interests of russian women because i see all this these politicians have no idea what they're talking about this new law is against the people not for the people. the next day jenea and her friend set out for some are.

it's a 13 hour trip to get a free tattoo used to victims of abuse jenny and never expected so many women to contact her from all across russia the 1st woman here is 39 year old vic oh she's embarrassed by the large store that her coworkers can see on her hand. my ex-husband. and i wanted to leave him and he locked me and. he cut me all over so i wouldn't ever belong to anyone else but him. he hurt me wherever he could and my face hands and my toddy. later the doctors told her she'd come close to losing her hand now a flower cross on the spot that had been so painful.

to look. overwhelmed that someone came all the way from. to give her a free tattoo. but i'd be a couple are you to me it's not only about helping these women i want to show people that it's possible to do something good that it isn't hard to do something good. for them but for her she. was on the way back to another abuse victim calls for help on jenny a small pile. her start was left by a wound from a hunting rifle. and i've been doing this for 2 years nothing's changed but more and more women are coming to me. there's a real problem but i don't know how to solve it there's no end to it.

they live undetected underground where their colonies can multiply and outnumber humans rats are a plague in many large european cities such as portugal's capitalism gone well the city is crawling with millions of rodents who have the potential to spread disease so how to get rid of the pests and tear the part a troll an elite feline unit tasked with sniffing out the vermin. they proles through the streets in silent pursuit of their prey. lisbon's cats are helping sort out the city's rodent problem. some 6000000 rats live here and the feline forces are out to get them. and to r.j. and her colleagues from the organization animals on the street go around picking up feral cats. and then they relocate them in places where the rat plague is at its

most severe. with cats being a pre-date. so the smell of the cats keeps the rats away from the surface so it's a good thing for them to do you give them a home and in exchange they keep the rats away from your house. the lisbon authorities are keen to build up a copy troll but rounding up the city's feral cat people like cats are being given a new opportunity to escape homelessness through a special program the no strings attached game has given them a chance to rebuild their lives. trains for marathons at least 3 times a week she takes part regularly. so only when i started running 5 and a half years ago a real turning point in my life. i had just gotten off drugs and that's how i got the psychological part straightened out but i do much better when i get moving in

the. car used to be a radically different life sleeping in public restrooms and shooting up heroin she'd never know a real hope. i was a drug addict on the skids i didn't have any teeth. life was a really really bleak. carty i was at rock bottom but then the city of helsinki gave her an apartment it was part of a national program to get people off the streets the state of cities and a few foundations pooled their resources and achieved results. 80 years later the number of long term homeless has dropped by 35 percent. the housing 1st strategy means everyone should have a home of their own even if their drug addicts or unemployed.

get into the housing 1st principle means that homeless people are offered a home 1st. not just an apartment or lodging or a door they can close but a real home. on help me start on our task here is to give people a feeling of security you know. to help them rebuild what are often wrecked lives. song enemy stuff and you know sociality we help out with every day problems and social and health problems. the residents get together in a common room you're not $31.00 and he's been living here for 3 years currently he's in drug replacement therapy but he landed on the street after his father died he slept in stairwells or his grandmother's place and he spent 5 years in prison

the label on his doorbell says the boss. this is his 1st real home in many years he has his own key and private space but he knows that he'll need help for a long time. by friday i will have cleaned out here and gotten rid of all the surrenders and things so you won't have to watch where you step anymore so it's very important for me to have my own apartment it's the most important thing of all. i know how it is when you don't have that. i get the feeling that people take having a home for granted. but they shouldn't. so it's the same as with the freedom that i used to take for granted. when i was in prison i realized that i couldn't take it for granted.

the success rate speaks for itself 8 out of 10 never go back to the streets. is one of the success stories she's training to become a social worker the 1st training she's at the age of 42 because they have a 1000000 years to get running was just one step on the path to getting back on my feet again. see the 1st step was getting an apartment. and someone else can use. lego describes a way of life that is joyful and relaxed and where better to study living the sweet life and italy that's where one mare is rewriting the laws of decency he is determined to rid his town of newsarama of offensive language those caught making

insults are penalized but instead of fines or community service the town is using love and culture to even the most of tongues. is full of terror mouths wide open. the terrible result of nastiness underway across to the mayor says this painting serves him not only as a warning but is an inspiration. i don't have this painting to scare people but so that i always see what nastiness can actually do other. earlier this year the mayor introduced an ordinance banning offensive behavior in lusaka it's the 1st of its kind in italy. it will denounce the us that they will not. want to build a dam and against the degradation of social relations especially on the internet and social media. but that are that if people are so nasty to each other on social

media on facebook instagram twitter etc. you'd never see such gratitude just behavior on the piazzi in the bar or at the newspaper kiosk if people were face to face because of the money the. mayor has a lot to do in his small town of 10000 inhabitants between reggio emilia and months away in northern italy. but he hopes the loops are a can act as a bulwark against nastiness and be a model for the whole country. the mayor has a plan for punishing offenders. for example a compulsory trip to the city's theatre he thinks culture can serve as a weapon against the potential collapse of society. forgotten or

a minute of it doesn't change anything of people vent their frustration angrily and with nastily their frustration remains their problem stays and the whole community suffers the most which. and request to also recommend literature the municipal library houses all the italian classics and much more. all those who violate his ordinance will have to read certain books he chooses costa was inspired by chestnuts of a teeny a screenwriter born in lazzara who worked with the directors viscounty and tony only and fellini and had an impact on italian cinema for more than 3 decades. i want to be with jason it's of a team the i wanted to create a library of italians that every italian should have in their home. books about philosophy literature and science. his idea was that only a well rounded general education could bring about peaceful coexistence.

between out of the pedestal. but not everyone in lazzaro agreements naturally the mayor is ordinance against nastiness has its critics. always are normal citizens like me feel offended we are decent people and if i go overboard a bit once i'll be immediately punished. for stuff you see all the same row before you go over. but others are happy about the new decree especially when it comes to social media. would lead to not express opinions to people's faces anyone can pretend to be a hero i want to keyboard. if i did during the 1st year that. the mayor has already taken one of these so-called heroes to task he was offensive on facebook. but i made that. i contacted the offender and called him to account telling him what mistakes he had made but i also invited him

to read some of the books which are listed in the ordinance or phone conversation ended in a very positive way. they are under his cost to a certain of his convictions and the painting will remain as an inspiration against his fight against nastiness. well that's all for this edition of focus on europe but you can always get in touch with me on twitter about this week's topic i'll see you again next week thanks for watching and all theaters in. the be. the best.

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