richard's right people in particular that i do see as the final straw. might try to her. hello and welcome to focus on europe thanks for joining us today look around a crisis has overshadowed many important issues that were meant to be top of the agenda for europe in 2020 such as environmental protection the fight against covert 19 has actually intensified along existing problem and that is plastic waste the ocean floor is littered with huge amounts of facemasks disposable gloves and

packaging material all these are leftovers of items that millions of people are around the globe are using to protect themselves from corona virus. the plastic waste in the water and along beaches threatening delegate eco systems in spain adding to the numerous challenges the country has faced recently jus to cope with 19 now environmental activists in. north of i worry that that's the increased amount of plastic waste will cause irreversible damage to people's health and to nature. leon i'll be getting is pulling plastic waste from the river segura near the spanish city of alicante there's heaps of garbage everywhere. you. look. at the limo plus the focus on the problem is that plastic is very light so

it's easily swept up by the wind and flows down rivers where it ends up in the sea when i was. really honest says spain's plastic waste problem has gotten worse since march when the corona virus outbreak began. and then that everything's got worse since the pandemic started using less disposable plastic packaging but now spanish people are buying even more plastic wrapped items because they're scared of getting infected disposable plastic perhaps a common in supermarkets of their light an easily swept away is a little bit of having. the pandemic has led to a waste crisis now even environmentally conscious consumers feel safer buying plastic wrapped products. that don't be gathered by that how are you supposed to buy towards here's what i have plastic packaging. how would i transport them how. they get. there when i won't be buying single tomatoes

so that means i need another plastic bag. does it all this is wrapped in plastic so you can buy something unpacked groceries but i definitely prefer the ones that are packaged i'm doing that for the sake of my family and health i mean. here 200 kilometers further south near the city of i'm at the spanish farmers are growing bell peppers and melons under vast plastic sheets. some of them disposable old sheets illegally but catching the culprits is tricky. we managed to find a former farmer who was willing to talk about the problems. even growing crops as their livelihood images like these tarnish their image with a few farmers are ruining everyone's image. and his colleagues from the marine conservation organization study what happens to plastic waste in the sea.

they take samples to have them checked for tiny plastic particles. you get i mean these substances are toxic. they're poisonous chemical products that break down in the sea should not only be concerned about plastic bags floating around. the tiny plastic particles you can only see under a microscope or even more dangerous. team have their latest sample examined at a lab. and they find yet more plastic particles. this plastic passes through the food chain through fish and ends of your bodies to also absorb it through our skin when we swim. we're basically contaminating yourself. sea turtles are the worst affected by this specimen being studied at the university

of all media was found dead marine biologist marty got us and her team are conducting a post-mortem to find out what caused its death. they suspect it might have died from ingesting plastic waste which turtles often misinterpret as food but a few who took over because they got on consumer got the coffee to them the plastic can clean up their digestive tract i don't know not only that we now know that the plastic can poison them winning numbers of a couple going i mean and. plastic waste in the sea poses a serious health risk to humans and animals alike. that's why they can spend so much time cleaning up. she says the pandemic shouldn't serve as an excuse for us to produce even more garbage she says protecting the environment also keeps us hoping . that the cost of the 2 are connected in some way on them but if we destroy the environment we want to endanger our own health we are seeing this now join coronavirus pandemic that we're not thinking ahead and not protecting the

environment and not treating animals like we showed on the start of. the european union wants to cut back on single use plastics but these days due to the pandemic the very opposite is happening. it takes some 500 years for these materials to decompose so they'll be with us for generations. when you hear the word mafia you probably think of organized crime groups from italy but areas for extortion threats murda and corruption this used to be the case in the town of not north of naples which is traditionally a stronghold of the cumorah one of the oldest mafia groups in italy but now they have competition my dear and plans are dominating illegal drug sales and prostitution this man used to be a drug smuggler now he is on the other side and he told us the disturbing details of his criminal past. yes nigeria.

culliver not everybody at the caribbean up thing says the italian coastal town of castile fault or no we were there before the qur'an a pandemic that one it's a popular tourist destination and just since deteriorated into a crumbling crime hotspot it's controlled by the nigerian math here as a former mobster tells us he says his countrymen make millions through drugs and prostitution. the former man who now cooperates with italian authorities wants to remain anonymous so we'll simply call him. he's putting his life at risk after all because i want to be without for many places. where they can. do everything they want. to find this. used to work as

a drug trafficker he like so many other nigerians would swallow little packets of cocaine and then smuggle them back to him to. swallow up $1.00 kilos you cannot get you know so you have to do these without food you would be. lucky. there are many smugglers who die in the process says radiologist majano. if just one cocaine package breaks open inside the intestine the smuggler dies the un has teamed up with italian authorities to crack down on the nigerian mafia in custody paul 2 a no. bradley grammy those packages are in the interest on. will see about 2030 here each about $7.00 to $8.00 centimeters long. or notice a remarkable quantity of cocaine. the. these are a lot of packages and not do it are the very nasty bother somebody is

korea in from somewhere like. calling prof i really need only. a lot of the struggling moved. to curse him on the ground and the hounds and with for the person to die then the. good the who the hoary the officer the value of human being cyril completely 0. the nigerian math here is also involved in prostitution. to humans are treated as disposable that are the guys that will put it up on the law for decades the castille were torn a region has been controlled by a very dangerous and powerful cumorah acland because. of but even so the nigerian mafia has managed to spread in the area that was it for them and they laugh and i'm sure both criminal organizations have come to some arrangement to get

him in our lives with that he thought of blessing is one of the women who fell victim to the criminals the nigerian computer scientist was lured to europe by the mafiosi with the promise of a high paying job she came to italy via spain with all the right paperwork but like thousands of other nigerian women ended up on the streets quando. therefore. i got scared when they took away my phone. and when they told me that i now owed them 65000 euros only then did i realize i was in the clutches of traffickers. in the traffic on thing. lessing had the courage to escape from her tormentors she went to the police and was taken in by nuns believe. when they put you on the street they're always spying on you watching you. if a car comes by

a customer loyalty keep a list and check your earnings later that evening because you could be hiding money if you get pregnant they give you some abortion drugs. and then lock you up at home for 3 days despite the bleeding. or most of these illegal activities happen in what the nigerian mafia calls connection houses during a raid on one italian authorities found weapons drugs and signs of prostitution. kenyan punishments meanwhile are dealt out to anyone who breaks mafia rules to. give you to any member of this in the group to go and try it in the forest so if the body is sick about it it. surely nobody countries

know what there's a person. the nigerian matthew has practically free rein in cattle of all to and i will. remember this brazen drug deliveries by parachute with around 10 o'clock every night there would be boots to board. and would be brought to the end of the boat i see there it's not a fishing boat it's a queue to go. all before you all because joyce if it was like that about what has happened but especially might be somewhat built to move. thousands of criminal organizations are at work in italy that's why davida wants to help fight. the political decision makers that ate in the back. france is currently facing 2 crises there's the corona crisis and then there's another one which gets

much less attention but she is crisis the french are known for their exquisite and tasty. but since the beginning of the pandemic many she is manufacturers have not been able to sell their products the french are now been called upon to show their patriotism go out and eat cheese. boy a region famous for its cheeses they declared an emergency there's simply too much good cheese in storage due to the coronavirus french cheese maker baton has close to 10 tons of cheese maturing in his cellars and that's creating more than a storage problem cheese has a limited shelf life in particular have. you come in for.

for more than 2 and a half months you can't sell it any more it wouldn't look very nice 44th would start to appear on the right and would grow too thick. quire too strong a taste. during the kobe 1000 lockdown artist and all cheeses remained behind closed doors thousands of french cheese shops were shot as were the regional cheese counters and supermarkets restaurants were closed as well so consumers were left eating pre-packed mass produced cheeses with long shelf lives. children who were stuck at home with their families found themselves without their favorite varieties and were not happy about it. oh no we don't have any gets cheese anymore. either it's jew to the lock down there just isn't any. for close to 3 months even gore maize had to put up with

processed or prepackaged cheese meanwhile across france artists and all cheeses were piling up over a 1000 tons worth soon after the lockdown was lifted the dairy industry coined a new term for margie saul combining the words for cheese paul marsh and taking action. eating cheese has become a patriotic duty all nationally and by buying and consuming traditional french he says people are being good citizens helping small produces find themselves in difficulty due to the lockdown will end at the same time they're treating themselves to some delicious traditional french cheese it. campaign surpassed all expectations and has been seen around the world. for farmers like john. who owns 39 cows the campaign arrived at just the right time now

he can once again sell his cable show without any problems but even during the lockdown he came up with a clever idea he contacted acquaintances throughout france and offered to send the cheese by mail. order. to law they said to themselves hey we know them learn a bit of a pickle so they spontaneously said yes for the name of. the farmer thank his customers on behalf of his cows to. get over actual cows don't have a tap you can turn on and off the. you have to be built you watch the day morning and night and you have to do something with the milk. campaign has hit a nerve with cheese lovers in recent weeks consumption has risen in france and the stockpiles of cheese are getting smaller all the time. she's makers like baton

are pleased the french are proving so patriotic they hope france can avoid another lockdown that forces people to eat mass produced products. everyone should enjoy the fruits of the cheese makers the laborers. it's time for a new episode of our series the rush where we bring you stories about the everyday lives of russians living outside the country's major cities our correspondents met up with dimitri kong called he's a steel worker and unlike many other russians he hasn't been affected by the economic impact of the corona crisis he tells us why he loves his job and his hometown located some 500 kilometers north of moscow and why he sees no reason to

move to a bigger city. 1st the breathalyzer test. to me to be control has to do a test every time he goes to work or it's a required safety regulation of a ship or gets metallurgical combine one of the largest steel foundries in russia. for years to me to the concorde has been working at blast furnace number 5 which he and his colleagues affectionately call somebody on the nordic beauty. it's a fiery hell more than a 100 meters long which swallows iron ore and coke at the top and spits out liquid pig iron the bottom. of the chimney is if. the goal is to melt pig iron and the blast furnace there is a good. one but so we enter money with. the pig

iron is cleaned. pressed and shaped right next door the end result is steel a material that's used everywhere construction sites in the gas and automobile industries it's an indispensable symbol of russia's heavy industry. and i came here when i was 20 or very young right after the army. could only go back then this was and still is one of the most secure places in the country in terms of income and social security but. more than $70000000.00 tons per year russia ranks 5th in the world in steel production to me to be concord is proud to contribute he loves his country his company and the glowing steel.

people there would then you believe that the foundry my life would be more complicated i'd have to do somewhere else to make money. dimitri value security most of all as do many in chip obviates. you know what the stable income and stable social benefits are the reason why people stay can you please because there isn't a new unrest or protest here there's just so much that people are in a decent wage and they know that this money will be safe for them tomorrow some. of the more than $300000.00 inhabitants more than a 10th are employed at the foundry they earn on average the equivalent of $900.00 euros per month almost twice as much as in many other professions here.

the biggest of the cost the be with my son wants to go to college later i can afford it i can also provide a future for my wife and daughter and that's what i call stability. he believes that russian president vladimir putin is partly responsible for this economic stability. has ruled the country for 20 years and is still among the most popular politicians for many russians. in all honesty i have respect for putin. first he's a mushnick a man's man as i am. i work in an all male collective as a blast furnace foreman with machine real men in russia that's a term used to describe someone who you can rely on any situation and someone who consistently pursues his goals and i can't call it love i love my wife and daughter of course but i have respect for putin present during his composure. his

resilience. even though he appreciates putin personally the steel worker from the north west isn't really satisfied with russian politics in general. but i don't want to get into geopolitics and talk about things like the marriage of certain parts of the country or foreign policy and. we have enough problems in the country that we should address. remote villages for example our problems in agriculture pneumonia. we should import ordinary cucumber from china to grow them here ourselves just like during soviet times. 'd but to me tree concord doesn't want to live this in soviet times cut off from the outside world. it takes a few generations and then we're friends with the others and the others have more

respect for us. the main thing is that his nordic beauty his blast furnace number 5 continues to spew out enough to keep his future safe. many of you will probably remember how for a few weeks the supermarkets in many parts of the world had empty shelves one of the items that people stockpiled i told was flour and even today the demand for this every day item is still pretty high so people will live close to milk actually have an advantage our reporter abigail in the land she is a miller and she is thrilled that her rather traditional craft is a celebrating a comeback. brixton is home to working with no one for the winter no longer drives and sells flowers to ground here so 862 the mill stone was wind powered then it was driven by steam engine now it runs on electricity. lead miller

abigail hose birth normally grinds flour here twice a month the mill host tours for school classes and the annual bread and beer festival. in brixton a london borough once known for its roughness it had become a real draw. but the coronavirus changed all that. still more flowers now being built here than ever. the wood is that we tend to get maybe 10 or 20 bags of flour. since the pandemic has hit those orders and increased dramatically for the bakeries the nerves are trying to make sure they can produce bread and people milk because they can gain supermarkets they will be able to make bread and passed pastries cakes and things. and then there's the local food bank.

personally delivers donations of flour from the brixton windmill. but a term like this would be. the 1st case it could be. 5 year old. and you could get one by one here in britain there's a real sense of community and the milk is a big part of that. his feet are not helped and cope without the mill which is a charity in itself but also helping out people in the area if you want to get access to good quality ingredients and good flow that they can use to make a few members so it's pretty likely the flour ground at the brixton windmill will remain popular even after the chroma crisis is over. with that we've come to the end of today's show with thank you so much for watching

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