carlos come straight. to the school or see you pick or do the more diligent the marsh school in trying. to get to the final resting place the rush to the amtrak. to. hello and a war welcome to focus on europe i'm lara babalola thanks for joining us europe's last dictator is clinging on to power as bella ruffians rise up against their longtime leader with mass demonstrations and strikes in state owned companies people are outraged at recent election results they accuse incumbent president

lukashenko of rigging the ballot after he claimed more than 80 percent of the vote . well their anger is fueled by the group talent he being unleashed upon them by authorities pictures of beaten and bruised protesters have been seen around the world despite censorship attempts by the authorities now even those working for lucas shango are switching sides yeah go or 1000000 off is one of them the police officer handed in his badge after witnessing the clampdown. minsk august 9th election night. from the window our camera team captured the scene. of protesters kicked in the pit of the stomach. for days and nights since then i've shown this kind of police brutality was no exception. here the police attack a group of demonstrators. they beat the protesters as if they were quite enjoying

it. more and more videos like it are appearing on social media. this kind of brutality can be disturbing to watch right police move against their own fellow citizens. the images were seen around the world. even more crucially the images are reaching every phillips town and family in belarus. and they reached the a male young us. younger humanity on a still finds it unsettling to watch the videos. i've had to push for that really brings tears to your eyes just because they can just beat people up and listen how comes to the mouth the words. he's really letting loose with all his strength. yeah gore is a police officer himself or rather he was on august 11th 2 days after the election

he handed in his badge only has epilepsy as a souvenir of his 15 years of service. in balad ruz it's no small matter to quit a good job he discussed his decision with his wife marina. the moment the 1st blood was spilled at the demonstrations jaeger says he had made up his mind. even that of a bush i was afraid they could send this against the protesters and he will be at that address see the order while i was still new for. eve so i had to resign 1st before i couldn't have this obeyed in order and that's treated like desertion and you just don't do that as a man just leave your comrades in the works somewhere take off the light if you don't get an upload woods was there we're there for one another. so we have to quit 1st stop people doing it but it's you and he's not the only one to quit he says not by far. my department

a rough estimate would be about 10 percent who have quit the force 10 percent of the police officers. his wife is worried that yeager might still be penalized in some way. or the buy used on the budgets even from stop i'm scared that when he takes our little girl to daycare he might not come back and i wouldn't know where they took him used but there's no going back now and besides it moves me to act exactly the same way again today julie but that was in minsk the riot police have even received hugs and kisses some of them look as if they don't know what hit them . they're deployed to guard a government building but the mass demonstration underway right in front. of. the police are with the people the protesters chants one question remaining to be answered is when. their cries for help go ignored and then they are silenced violence against women is rampant in turkey and the brutal

death of a young woman in the city of moola has reignited their calls for change well the suspect says he killed the victim after flying into a jealous rage turkey's government is doing little to stop the violence and is even considering rolling back measures to protect women from abuse it's something bear finn and leila can't except they are fighting for the voiceless women including that of their murdered friend. her friends describe her as a fun loving young woman. this was the image techie was left with of the 27 year old student and i'll go to him on july 16th ex-boyfriend strangled her to death remember her body. flowers and a photo commemorate and her favorite by. now her friends beth and layla sit here

without still numb with grief and in constant fear of becoming the next trick term of violence against women. we've. got here and back maybe tomorrow they'll be announcing my death it starts right from the very 1st 30 shots encounter they say you can't go there alone. you mustn't wear this or that you can't meet so and so on and on and on and that's just another form of violence that the site of the murder was me a present some year g. and coerced. that has a reputation for a free and more easygoing mindset than techies conservative regions or so many women thought. the brutal murder in arkansas can understand wave of protest nationwide against the rampant violence against women and. their forty's and many communities responded with violence sending policemen to beat the protesting women

. the number of women mad at each sharon taki has more than doubled since 2012 now turkish women are no longer keeping silent many celebrities also join the protests around the country including the popular turkish singer celia. maybe my doctor knows friends are also taking to the streets every week in the hind town no longer will they sit by and do nothing as violence against women started. rises . harnick of a step by the lower they try to intimidate and sideline us the greater our rage and to turn the nation and. now i'm convinced of that hard to dramas the minute. the final seconds women key to news unabated. but pro-government policy journalists like. czech don't see the problem so much and abusive men as in the istanbul

convention on combating domestic violence turkey's them government signed and ratified it in 2012 is the one in the us and they're called whatever happens inside the 4 walls of the family's home to stay there. this convention is incompatible with our faith our culture and our traditions on the names that were. seemingly compatible with the culture on the other hand is the coverlid treatment of violence against women in turkish t.v. series for years lawyers took has been representing the victims of domestic violence i'm a survivor as she's often seen the abuses appeal to the court for leniency and sympathy. that could. say this woman has done this or that ruined my male pride in a stain my car that's what motivated these actions which are fabricated something in their entire defense on it given as lose this single time on this home

a lot of you know the accused can then hope for a lighter sentence. which wouldn't even be possible with the authorities and the courts were bound to the european convention on preventing violence against women. what are the men and cannot go to kansas hometowns how important to them is the protection of women. gun violence before i have to confess but it's important for everyone to understand each other and get along. the roots of the violence line are bringing. what has to change from anything with you get it get. murder victim cannot go to concerns agree quite so not times to change in this country until it does the protests will go on that already reshaping consciousness among the turkish people. before i raised my voice and expressed my rage and sought

out the solidarity of other when i was so far more vulnerable to abusive behavior from men and it wasn't just any of that all women experience the same things we see and experience them every day who do you know and. the shield is. the tragedy of their friend's death will hopefully at least inspire a powerful resistance movement among tuckey's women. but where you really from it may seem like an innocent question but for many people of color it's a slap in the face their identity is questioned on the basis of their skin well around 1000000 people of african origin live in germany they were born here and they speak the language yet they are treated as foreigners the black lives matter movement did bring people to the streets here but for many afro germans the micro aggressions remain our reporter met with 3 young people in berlin who opened up

about the discrimination they face every day. is facing post in this park and. today she grew up in southern germany and says even at school she often felt like an outsider because of her skin color. my friends were white i didn't look like them and i didn't do the same things at home as they did i only have had the feeling that i had 2 identities and had to adapt to depending on who i was with the enough to make them to interview. for a sense of belonging because here her skin color didn't matter on a good. day to day life she tells us she's still constantly confronted with racist comments and stereotyping. say things like oh what you're

a student or what you went to high school those things make it hard to feel at home here you always have the feeling that you can't call this place home because you don't look like everyone else and because your roots aren't here but i was born here i speak the language i study here. clark and her brother joseph were born and raised. to know what it feels like to be treated like outsiders. many of my schoolteachers and arrested immediately with the fact that they didn't know how much i was capable of and didn't ask me to participate. with. that made me so angry and sad that i stormed out of the classroom one day. i was after i cried. the teachers came after me and asked me what was up and i told them. i never put me on . here. they said from then on they would treat me differently the 100.

is an a grade student who came top of the class 3 times in a row. is from brilliant to one she will start studying sociology and after. growing up a mother of reka quickly noticed her daughter because sumi had a hard time fitting in. a little dolly like many girls her age she wanted to do ballet you know wear a pink tutu and jump around. she was all glum after her 1st lesson she was only 3 years old telling me mama don't want to be brown and all i was so sad for her instantly sense that even at that age she felt like an outsider like she was always going to be the only one who looked like she knew she would never have long way if you haven't looked like the others she would always stand out in your house. or

reconsider playgroup for afro german kids so her daughter would feel less isolated . the kids have all grown up now and many have joined all rekers organization total plural which promotes diversity only an estimated one percent of people in germany have african roots. discusses most racism is very hurtful and is a feeling many people think races don't counters are an exception and i know they're not why you experience these things every day hark. you know on a regular leave joins the group's monthly get togethers. today they're doing a dance flash mob in the rain for. their having food but they're serious about fighting for equal treatment in germany. life has gone from bad to worse during the pandemic in spain hundreds of thousands have

lost their jobs and the 2nd lockdown has brought many to the brink of financial ruin those who work in the hospitality and tourism sectors are especially hard hit well the government has introduced a temporary basic income scheme for people in need it's a historic step but the lifeline is ross with red tape. even when buying basic groceries she has to calculate exactly what she can afford the 39 year old is ashamed of her situation and wants to remain anonymous so we'll call her maria. but she isn't alone poverty is increasing not only in madrid but all over spain due to the coronavirus pandemic. where i'm out of money that. usually one of my relatives helps me out when i don't have any money left for bales near the end of the month. but because of the pandemic they've lost their jobs or

are working part time and. now nobody can help me. in the buy yet because district what's goes around the food is handed out at this former driving school. agree on a pop and her neighbors set up an aid organization head where they distribute pasta cooking oil and hygiene products to 1900 people in need. i can be. the worst is yet to come. there are still people who don't know if they can ever go back to their jobs more and more people are coming to our banks. or you know what are you. just knew she never thought she'd have to resort to this kind of help the widow's pension isn't enough to survive on and she lost her restaurant job to the pandemic. you know look at then i hit my money for her and if i

can't afford the apartment that's how it is. to help mitigate the situation the spanish government hurriedly introduced a nationwide basic emergency income about 450000 euros a month depending on family size. but the approval can take time until they get it those in need dependent on welfare from their regional administration. but the madrid region wants to save money and is putting pressure on the applicants. within 10 working days the single mother of 2 has to get several documents to prove that she applied for the new emergency income otherwise madrid won't pay out. but maria tells us that each document takes a long time to get. there the moment i think i've hardly slept since i got this letter. and i said to me that maybe i've lost my appetite but as i'm constantly worrying about whether we'll have enough money to

live on next. for the day then adamant. in her search for help maria has turned to the church. and father javier has taken the matter to heart we can't let people down right now. the suspects there's something fishy behind the administration's last verse of the deadline is almost impossible to meet partly because many officials are on vacation there and. i don't argue that there's a strategy behind this. the aim is to make it more difficult for the poorest in society to access these funds but these funds are what make a welfare state of we're going to start. we want to confront which are its regional governments about these accusations but we're refused an interview instead was sent a video of a speech by the minister of social policies he blames the spanish government. and should i mean it's haste but national government hasn't sufficiently considered

the people involved or the social services as a whole going to. bureaucratic wrangling at the expense of the poor aid organizations are mobilizing while maintaining social distancing fatherhood being says that the needy are increasingly being pushed to the margins of society by administrative 50 lang because there it. i think that we're taking big steps in a dangerous direction we criminalize those affected by poverty and suspect them of cheating the system here because a lot of. this idea frightens maria she says she'd love to work as long as she can juggle the job with childcare. you know nothing when i want to go but in the there's absolutely no reason why i shouldn't work. but because it's unclear whether i'll even find a job and i need this basic income will battle me in the movie that i have to live on something to be vandal. finding

a job is becoming increasingly unlikely by the end of 2 years spain expects an unemployment rate of 19 percent the coronavirus crisis has wiped out almost a 1000000 jobs a growing number of people in the same boat as maria but that's of little consolation. beauty can be both a blessing and a curse just as the people of lisbon portugal the stunning city drew more than 10000000 visitors last year bringing both prosperity and pollution a covert 19 has brought the tourism industry there to a grinding halt and there's a little good to come from the pandemic but here on the river things have taken a turn for the better these dolphins have made a comeback in the capital's waters and they are the only ones enjoying a revival. for the people of liz bonn this

is nothing short of a small miracle dolphins have returned to the river take us as to where e. sailing school children are ecstatic like many other locals. i'm from lisbon and seeing all these dolphins is an incredible feelings there was a song pretty much. as a biologist in ash cloud often went dolphin watching in the stores today she works as a sailing instructor she's lucky because of the pandemic finding work is tough especially because there are no tourists. but in nash and her boss say there's a silver lining. this year there are more sardines and mongrel in the osho. that's what dolphins like feeding on presence of century. for most of 50 kilo stone busters to one huge sea bass is going to and we've never seen

this many sardines over the course of the president. many things shot but done spawning in river take us again making it an ideal hunting ground for dolphins. there nardo king taylor is an ornithologist who loves to bird watching they take us delta today he's spotted a group of flamingos a mere 20 minute car ride from this pond city center in. their nardo works for an agency promoting sustainable tourism but because of the pandemic few visitors are coming to portugal. news on that as well to me that we take this river delta is 814000 hectare nature reserve spears. the bird conservation area is even larger. the pied

avocet is one of the best known birds inhabiting least wetlands their home to $200.00 species of migratory birds some $60000.00 black tailed dog which come each winter they are an endangered species. and a flamingo colony raises its young here and stays all year round. but this paradise is under threat the portuguese government now plans to build a new airport in monte show right beside these wetlands beyond the vasco da gama bridge this would threaten this important ecosystem that's why aid conservation groups are now taking the government to court philip ross me right now we're taking action because of the many claims that will be in london beside these wetlands.

through your questions have come to us and it's not only dangerous for the birds the birds themselves will also pose a serious danger to the aircraft or sort of where and when knowing what makes some sense to build a new airport here now that lisbon has just been the cleared europe's rim capital of a 1000 times more. in ash says the water quality of river takers has improved a lot that's why so many dolphins have returned and the fact that no noisy cruise ships are harboring in the portuguese capital helps to dolphins are very sensitive to noise. and more practical street is to me my love ships are very invasive. discussion and avoid swimming up the rest of the margin or i will in 2017 this major cruise ship terminal was built right beside. this bonds old town in the face of major resistance from nature conservationists even though everything is quiet

for now many dread the return of mass tourism and these gargantuan vessels because you me showing me if you should we usually have all these huge cruise ships docking hair. long and they emit 86 times more so for oxide see that all of portugal's cars are put together in a cookie economy but they know when it is when i'm diesel this bond authorities have pledged that by 2022 docked cruise ships must stop their motors to reduce emissions. getting to the baltic where the good of you every cruise ships off the lisbon would have to be connected to the electricity grid to reduce so for all excited emissions and could pollution in the city we will see the outputs pop out of the at the cottage her their nardo and international but dorothy's will keep their promise so that lisbon can live up to its name of europe's green capital.

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