i'm ill and i'm talking to the 2nd season on the grid. it's about the environment it's still about society and it's still about us not planet on the brink it's a good circle leading experts in the house to. look at your sleep only brings. us. the a. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe i'm peter cup and thanks for joining us these days we are all longing for life to get back to normal while we are gradually moving towards normality in europe the impact of the covered 19 crisis is becoming more

and more visible especially when it comes to domestic violence millions of women have been physically abused by their partners during lockdown staying at home and parent time did help protect women and children against the virus but not against domestic violence according to the w.h.o. emergency calls from victims rose by 60 percent. domestic violence is a big issue in russia after the kremlin opposed and they show wide lockdown in march women's rights advocates sounded the alarm about a surge in domestic violence cases and calls for action to protect victims but only few were able to escape their plight after all many official shelters were full moscow hotel operator volunteer consented all of us stepped into the breach is 70 accommodating tourists she officer rooms to a woman seeking protection. konstantin

of a has put the past few weeks to good use she's turning these old window frames into decorations for the rooms in her hotel valentino has time for interior design projects after all her hotel hasn't had any guests during moscow's lockdown but it wasn't completely empty either since early april she's been hosting survivors of domestic violence women who couldn't be taken in that official shelters because of quarantine regulations have been staying with her for free posting them wasn't always easy and. when the women arrive here they cry they go to their rooms they cry again they can't sleep and get up late and then they cry again but i see that they start to relax here to feel at home we are very gentle with them i think it's very important that we don't ask them why they are here we don't meddle in their private lives we don't ask questions we talk about other things we don't have to be together. domestic violence is often

a taboo topic in russia but it's an emotional issue for valentina she has friends who've escaped abusive partners it says she couldn't always help now she can help women like that explain the musician spent several weeks said she couldn't stand being around her husband anymore. it wasn't the 1st time my husband hit me even before the quarantine when you love someone you forgive the. but the 4th or the 5th time it's just impossible to bear. something clicks in your head it made me just get up and leave. i couldn't stand it any more. so usually. it's not just you know who had to escape her home during quarantine women's advocacy groups have reported that calls to

a domestic abuse hotline have increased by up to 75 percent since the pandemic and they don't expect any improvement soon. we will be dealing with the consequences of this quarantine for a long time especially our boyers and psychologists people will be coming to them with horrible stories huge traumas and serious tragedies. according to some estimates over $10000.00 women in russia are killed every year by injuries inflicted by a partner but in many cases domestic violence is not a criminal offense. in other countries there are mechanisms in place to fight against domestic violence on a state level restraining order strict legislation and law enforcement agencies that are taught how to deal with these situations unfortunately russia doesn't have that that's why more cases here indeed murder and more women stay in abusive relationships because they don't have the tools to get out of them. tina's hotel is

located in moscow's these majlis key market before the pandemic tourists bustle between stalls of the bric a brac and god copies of russian style architecture valentino hopes that paying guests will start coming back soon she's nearly finished renovating the rooms of her hotel a few of them which by then tina is proud to show off her donna already but she also doesn't want to stop taking in survivors of domestic violence. this is the amount of it's great we are helping people and that gives everyone at the hotel a good feeling even if it's not always easy with the women in there are sometimes tough situations knowing that we are doing something good lift our spirits and makes us more ready to fight for the hotel after the pandemic you. see here valentino's team plans to keep one or 2 rooms available for the women and the hotel owner says in normal times that should be a problem. at the hotels shouldn't see this as a huge sacrifice to society or as

a huge expense it actually costs almost nothing essentially it's just the cost of cleaning the she'd see it. for many women valentino's commitment has already made a difference in her time in the hotel has given professional singer the strength to start over. them when it is. really my. business emory a student from norway he considers himself lucky living in a country which could be a corona role model for europe norway has reopened kindergartens and ramped up primary and junior school provision which does not appear to have triggered a resurgence of covered by 19 months to the light of emory who's really thrilled the back of school self of all slow in a stunning location. sometimes the walk to catch the school bus in norway looks

like a hike in the country spectacular scenery one thing the corona crisis has not changed and break in la france have been boarding the bus south of every morning again since late april. here with strict hygiene regulations are still in force but at the school things are almost back to normal normally uses the traffic light system for at schools the alert level has been on red since the crisis hit now it's on yellow and the peoples have slowly grown used to the classes being kept apart on the school grounds. we obviously have a big section over there. and the other class in our grade can be there behind the playground. and bricks teacher welcomes the youngsters outside in the school yard 1st they all have to stand in line to disinfect their hands. but since the 1st of june they haven't had to keep the minimum one metre distance from each other any more even if them bricks class has plenty of room between the desks anyway before

their teacher we know hogan said something else is much more important. that last week teachers are allowed to pick the children up again and comfort them for instance when they hurt themselves that was hardly possible up to now if you have to wear a face mask every time it seems very unnatural to model so far norway has had almost only positive experiences with reopening at schools according to the nation's epidemiologists hardly any cases of children passing on the virus have been reported the experts feel validated by developments since the schools opened you know i guess about what early on our view was that closing the schools was unnecessary and it was a political decision and a complicated situation and. now even the norwegian government has serious doubts that closing the schools was any help at all fewer than 250 people have died in the car. on a virus in norway the scandinavian country has not experienced any excessive

mortality rate events with gatherings of up to $200.00 are now permitted after school today emberg in his class are off to the seashore and now they can get together with youngsters from the other class in their grade but they still observe the hygiene guidelines. the 1st part is they can see my friends again regularly. but the corona virus is still a dangerous thing it will probably be around for a long time. and it can make people very ill. despite loosening restrictions and always still keeping its borders close this summer the norwegians will be keeping mostly to themselves. to reflect prospects for emerick at the beginning of the school holidays no tourists and a lot of space for himself things are very different on the spanish yorka many earn their living through tourism especially from german guests but due to the coronavirus pandemic the island's beaches unlike here where deserted for months and

tourism was at rock bottom residents are now hoping for the summer season to compensate for their losses our reporter was at the island's international airport where the 1st plane with holiday makers arrived. majorca has been waiting 3 long months for this plane it's carrying the 1st holiday makers since the coronavirus lockdown they're taking part in a pilot project in the shadow of the pandemic new in the arrivals terminal are the infrared cameras measuring their temperatures and the health questionnaires. summer vacation is suddenly breaking news not even when the 1st east germans arrived in majorca after the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago wasn't such a media sensation. but i think it's because we had a total lockdown for 3 months and in that time everything that used to be normal stopped being normal. and what didn't used to be news that millions of germans were

coming to majorca is now suddenly news. they receive a celebrity welcome. thomas and antonia tobler arrive from ball in the morning they patiently answer every question. but i was the flight the flight was fine except it was back to the press that was the only strange thing over 4000000 holiday makers come to the island from germany alone every year the beach resorts in particular cater to master as them but that is not harmed majorca is popularity . antonia and thomas told or have had time at their hotel to recover from the media frenzy normally this would be peak season but now they have the beach prominent almost to themselves it's luxury at package holiday prices. nothing during a ball or money is there. they're not really bothered that majorca is popular dance

clubs aren't permitted to open. actually all we wanted was to go to the beach we talk to ourselves where can we go which borders are open and which aren't what could be more relaxing than my work or without people. and we've earned it. yeah so much i'm an occupational health nurse for example miners in our ward took in suspected covert cases. so we've already been through a little. emotionally as well. but we're just thankful that we can be here we were starting to climb the walls so this is a real taste of freedom. the island's hotels had been preparing for weeks to make it possible the polity manager and a metis laws had to put the government's 21 new hygiene stipulations into practice by far the greatest challenge was the work routines and the hotel restaurants and

installing partitions to protect both personnel and guests. yeah he had come and they guests won't be able to take the food themselves here anymore. that's what they call cross contamination. advocates but there's a lot of your room back there. that's where our personnel can cook the dishes and serve the food directly on to the plate to let you take the heat and. the 3 months of lockdown have left their mark everywhere on the island it was imposed in early spring right at the start of the vacation season many businesses in the coastal resorts haven't opened since last autumn some will probably never open again. on the beach to everything's different to make sure people keep their distance the number of beach loungers has been cut by 3 quarters the rental agent disinfects

them after every guest or you go on a sunday like this the beach would normally be completely full. and that's. why this is a very popular section of beach especially with families and couples to. which the water isn't very deep and everything's nice and pleasant here. but we don't you know we talk normally we'd be really busy a little more you study up most of the hotels are still closed this little fast food shop at the foot of the deserted high rise hotels reopened about 2 weeks ago its owner emmanuel style where oh has had to adapt quickly now he takes orders on line he's still waiting for his regular customers to show up. my ork is a 2nd home to many germans. you don't know about others but if you take my orca away from the germans they've got a problem in that you. want to do if you take the germans away from us we've got

a problem that money as it were. not all the islanders are as welcoming spain was hit especially hard by the corona pandemic over the last few months over 28000 people died some people here worry that thousands of holidaymakers could bring new infections the great he says majorca is not an experimental lab you learned out to be honest i'm a little afraid the tourists get up to lots of mischief but now we'll just have to get on with it then i guess. somehow things have to return to normal but we have to be more cautious we can't change the situation but we shouldn't go back to the old times when it was so overcrowded here we need a more careful and gentler tourism. some 75 percent of the island's economy is generated by tourism so it's vital that the hotels win back the tourists confidence but antonia and thomas still have to get

used to the many new hygiene rules. oh. yes 1st descent. back then put the gloves on and disinfect again bend on the masses. this really feels like being admitted to the corona board just like at work. later at the bar on the promenade the mood is more relaxed despite the social distancing rules the couple can chat with others but most people remain cautious surveys show that most europeans still prefer not to travel abroad. one of the we've seen this time and again you know after terrorist attacks for instance. people stay away for 4 or 5 years you know prevention they get used to anything. and then they'll be back in full force. but i think it'll take a bit of psychological self persuasion with a lot of people who are still uncertain right now. by the time the tow bores leap

into the warm waters of the mediterranean the old holiday feeling slowly returns but here on majorca nobody knows of things will ever be the same again. 1st brick set then the pandemic and now the highest covered mortality rate in europe more than $48000.00 deaths so far the u.k. already has enough problems and now the country's phone masts have been burning some brits think they're dangerous people like pierce corp and of course you know us that fact the technology is essential for fast and mobile internet but he also released 5 g. is responsible for the spread of the virus you think that's absurd conspiracy theories are apparently finding more and more followers across the nation. at this protest at hyde park in london people are demonstrating against a lockdown. and warning about

a coronavirus vaccine. it's a man with a megaphone as the organizer appears corgan is a colorful figure among conspiracy theorists as well as the brother of germany courting the longtime head of britain's labor party. the demonstration ends with his arrest. a week later press corp in is back in action he's organized another rally to warn people about a vaccine against covert 19 and 5 g. wireless network technology. imposed vaccines. on the world along with microchip. control control control associated with ford g.m. ford g monitoring the people and checking market chips put into the bodies and so forth the police are already waiting for him must gather rigs are found that the timing lent everyone who shows up or sent away for pierce quarterly it's

a bill taking a stand and not backing down. a vaccine and forgery all connected together and we have to absolutely oppose any mandated the vaccination and. rolled out a fog of dust which. the police escort home is no real setback as this theories have been spread far and wide and so followers protest with more than words. destroyed then this is just one of many internet videos which incite people to destroy 5 g. musts some have received hundreds of thousands of views now must a regularly being set ablaze according to their operators around 80 have been torched in the u.k. in recent weeks and destroyed. this tower and saw the hole in the west midlands was also set alight the smell of scorched electrical cables hung in the air for days now the equipment is being replaced. councillor chris williams has the feeling

something's gone arroyo while lab repairing this mast making it usable again there as i caught a stopped and just shouted out some of on it says some swear words about how they will burn the mass down again. i hope it was a terrible joke but they said they've had other people join the day say the same thing which makes you consider that maybe somebody is actually being serious. among conspiracy theorists 5 g. phone must have come to symbolize the enemy though this isn't the 5 g. tower at all some people even believe 5 g. transmits coronavirus williams knows about these and found the theories but was still surprised by the recent attacks there are a lot of other masts being bent exactly the same time it's not every day that a mobile phone masts gets bad but there are several not just in this region but around england all the same time this and there was a lot of social media traffic around 5 g. conspiracy theories. on social media groups that believe 5 g.

spreads covert 19 are growing like i. did in a way to do exactly like my jesus did i killed. him in a time the sun is going to kill everyone. that's right at the hospital. how do you feel if you have to. let everyone will be dead. dylan feral had a similar experience here at this intersection he was sitting in a telephone or a pair of on the red light when a driver started screaming at him that 5 g. kills and that he should be ashamed and then the man jumped out of his car. was sitting in the drive you see obviously it really did shake while for someone to come over bought the place to try to get it and stop buying it i do wonder if i hadn't walked what would the consequences of that been if he's trying to gain the obviously wants to cause physical damage. in the u.k.

there have been over 200 such incidents in recent weeks so now tell him feral and his colleagues always work in pairs for their own safety. the british government is now trying to pass legislation to combat misinformation and conspiracy theories m.p. julia knight comes from sally hall but the phone must was set ablaze he reopened the debate earlier this month all of the words 'd if you. needed. it speech knowingly or. even it seems. need to increase. so we could just walk away. but tory damian collins would also like to punish those conspiring to spread false info are all people stretching campaigns to try and promote somebody suspicious the theories of people doing that i think they should be regarded as christian friends

because they could do real harm to public health as a consequence of it. that could include people like pers corben one of the activists publicly proclaiming an unproven link between the kind that make and 5 g. . now wants to organize rallies throughout britain. and i just have an antidote to conspiracy theories. let off steam probably the best remedy is to hit the dance floor it's true in many european countries and demi has brought the club scene to the steps getting into a defacto band from working but now a nightclub in the dutch town of new megan has freed itself from the sleeping beauty slumber despite distance rules it's time for social this dancing. after its long sleep the sleeping beauty nightclub has. now the venue in the city of hopes to revive the dutch club scene. although things look

a little different than they did before. we hope. we could let people experience this. new way to used to do before the crisis but unfortunately we had to make some adjustments. chairs have been set up and the guests must remain seated that's because the authorities doubted that dancers who got caught up in the music would remember to stay 1.5 metres apart but the concept works even if it looks a little. maximum capacity is 30 people. the d.j.'s must get in the mood quickly so that as many as possible take part in such a short. what we normally do when. we've got. 20 minutes. 20 minutes. difference we tried to i tried to get you to feeling. but then maybe it's. the

sleeping beauty has been around for 50 years a social distancing will go down in the club's history books. the experiment has paid. the guests are getting into it the organizers are relieved. it's still very cool and still people are still dancing. their fist pumping moving their bodies so it's great. for 3 months due to. so people are willing to pay 10 euro's to get back on the dance floor. because it was not until. they get here. or take a dose of music like 20 minutes is enough yeah sure it was not that it made me at least on the low when i was starting in july 100 clubbers will be allowed in at once before then we'll need to come up with

a new kind of social does dancing. any idea is good to bring us back to normal life and that's all from focus on europe for now if you have thoughts about this week's show do get in touch with me on twitter by phone now just. live. the band. playing.

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