riches were stolen from africa and europe by colonialists. fact has blood on it from. be done with the stone from africa. this is being hotly debated on both continents. the insult for september 7th g.w. . a warm welcome to focus on here of thanks for joining us today my name is liz show melrose is currently witnessing the largest protests in its history the people living in europe's only remaining dictatorship are calling for change and for

president look at shank or to step down. in the capital minsk tens of thousands of belarusians are taking to the streets they're accusing their government of vote rigging and calling for new elections look at angle has reacted by bringing in tanks and to threatening violence musician eric is among those who stand firm and refuse to be intimidated by this show of strength eric has given up his job at the national theatre in minsk to join the protests like many belarussians he doesn't believe look at shingles promises of reform he is hoping for political change in his country and an answer to the autocracy that has lasted for 26 years. you you you this is close to their state of the ensemble who pull a theater in minutes can get no days. they've been locked out after joining tens of thousands of others demonstrating against the government. every day they hold

a vigil. while this gathering is illegal the policeman interns coming out to sing is enough to face arrest. joining them is double bass player eric since bella who says rigged election demonstrating has become part of daily life especially after he and his colleagues resigned in spectacular fashion. beat it they shouted as they literally threw their resignation letters at the culture minister's feet a scene that soon went viral online. and the moment you just felt that i couldn't keep on working for a government theatre in a situation like this when we have such an abuse of power going on no. no no i think there was almost performers would be able to just go out on stage and carry on as if nothing had happened. or. indeed bell reuss as

a country almost unrecognizable since the rigged election on august 9th. hundreds of thousands of bell russians have taken to the streets in peaceful protests demanding fresh elections. they be met with police brutality and mass arrests. i. mean this friend of mine left this building to take a look at what was going on but very just as he was coming home they arrest the time. he was beaten up badly and they even could office here they said it was too little or no we will destroy it. stand with her arms raised for hours on end effect drop their arms they were a major day it would have to time. but the protests have continued week after week. these are the biggest demonstrations the country has seen in

a porter of a century. in spite of government threats and countless arrests. and they're not confined to the street. i thought it. was. it's a weekday afternoon like any other komorowski market that is until eric and his friends arrive. it. is. i think it's a song that has become an unofficial national anthem and part of the soundtrack of these protests it doesn't take long for the shoppers to react i. every sunday tens of thousands of people flood the streets of minsk for the weeks main protest. this time the police blocked roads trying to split the protesters into smaller groups. police are joined by soldiers in full right here.

but it's not enough to face the protesters out walking on a sunday in their city many even bringing their children. they can feel more like a festival than a demonstration with a good bit of the if they can endure this much the same will by so many people are out on the streets who feel safe could there be a hero and they must feel it is the armored police trucks don't scare you anymore when you're surrounded by 100000 other demonstrators. with the v.a. you know if the government is trying to demoralize. but we're stronger. we wear them down with sheer numbers. because all bit by bit look if there were. i long that will take and what kind of country will emerge from these protests no one can see with any certainty but there's one thing you hear time and time again in belarus right now people tell you they are just tired of being scared.

another man who isn't easily intimidated is vince and he has taken up the fight against one of germany's largest energy firms the company has been allowed to relocate is not bad and all the other people living in the village of kind back in western germany to expand its coal mining activities in the area but many villages are not ready to give up their homes. for close to the digger gets to the village the greater the threat to norbert vincent and its farm. for this is the property line here 100 digger is already right there in front of it's about 3 or 400 metres away it's come a lot closer in the last few months. only 3 more years than this whole undesigned would have disappeared to godfather europe's largest open cost lignite mine. germany has pledged to phase out coal of by 2038

but that's too late for the vid since. they live as an extended family on this historic farm with a 1000 square metres of land. my grandfather was resettled here because of that same mine more than 60 years ago when he was he was told that there was an old farm here that he could take over and he'd be safe here you know we're the 4th generation and it seems we'll have to leave again because of the money. the. seed i heard. we don't want to leave this one though. the vincents want to defend themselves but most of the neighbors have given up even though it's difficult for them. yeah yeah right in front of me having to leave our home is really tough because will never find another place like this if they tell us that we have to leave then there's nothing we can do about it. they're being relocated from their

traditional centuries old farming villages to unfinished new settlements the lignite mining company or w e tells us that 80 percent of the villagers agreed to the compensation while many are struggling others think that resettlement is a good thing it's good. there are people who work for our. relatives who do and of course they are in favor because they're concerned about their job. so there are other people besides them to see the benefits in. terms of money the relocation deal isn't unfair i have to admit. but illnesses of village with the orchards the words and the well being is much more to him than a new development that's what he supports the ones who want to stay and fight like marie to address. my parents keep saying they don't want to go through it again

having to leave my mother says that often and then she starts to cry she says she would rather die than see a coal digger destroy everything here and take her home like. that is why she and her son co-founded the initiative all villages remain to take a stand against a political decision to excavate 6 more villages in the rhineland coal mining area and make it as far as a question of justice it's not fair that people have to leave their owners because of a 19th century form of energy. initiatives attracted support from climate activists and this has caused a stir in the otherwise quiet and long forgotten villages that surround the mine for some the protests are a cause for concern but others like the dress and see the support from the climate protection movement as

a chance to stop the diggers for good. get tired it's given us a lot of strength there's a feeling that we might actually manage this i think it's a great sign. climate activists have been camping on the edge of the villages for weeks. the demonstrations unite different worlds in one call. up after that i've learned that it's important to get out of your bubble and be able to different forms of protest and different people all working together for the same cause i'm going to start see. for villagers it's about loss and destruction they don't understand why they have to lose their homes. they say lignite is not compatible with the parks agreement on climate change the resettlement measure is excessive and that residents rights are equal to human rights. trying to keep all of the villages and we won't back down one bit and it is too late for it's a rotten kinder to keep the others we will persevered.

this week and around 1000 people came together from the villages and beyond to form a human chain salak protective wall for the villages which are still losing ground to the mine. our reporters are always travelling around europe in search of unique stories and this next report is from the turkish black sea coast like in many european regions the people here use the honey not just the sweetened drinks and full of but also as a home remedy for cops and sore throats i reporter meds has son who is a beekeeper and he told us that his money is different from any other honey because allegedly named it has special powers. hassan couture artist mother suffers from high blood pressure making her an ideal test subject it's time for him

to measure it again as santu to opt out going to have found just the right medicine for it a spoonful of this honey. he tells his daughter to eat a spoonful to he's convinced this honey boosts the human immune system. it's just such a small amount of only lower blood pressure a little bit more would have a bigger effect but if you want too much of it you can fall into a coma. good luck as honey is that this is healing properties and more it can also have an intoxicating effect hence the name. turkish for mad honey to do what it takes orders for it from all across turkey and sometimes even from abroad but his bees produce this honey extremely sparingly. just on a lot of the dark in the center his chest not a loss of money you need a light heart or in the eyesight is my honey. this honey has gained a sort of school wide fame partly because of the sherlock holmes movie adaptations

or someone trying to through the stone look here's what's wrong with a glass to match me to see. the key to a lot of family lives in the wild landscape of turkeys black sea coast every day they drive up into the mountains to check on their beehives the medicinal or intoxicating effects their honey can have on people can be traced to the flowers of the pontiff or the dendreon it thrives in this area it's flowers and leaves contain substances that can have toxic effects when consumed. if someone eats too much of it they can start to see black and stagger around. their head and ears get hot and their pulse slows down or. in fact the emergency room of the nearest prevention. hospital regularly treats victims of mad honey. good she's good with a puppy if you talk to dave a caller because some of them start seeing double digits i can cause heart attacks

or even cardiac arrest all of these in that but in most cases of delhi pal you just monitor the patients for 24 hours and then send them home you know once that post has stabilised. loves in a couple of the video. yet the honey is not prohibited beekeeper his son treat a lot of naturally into sizes kids beneficial qualities he's willing to climb to the treetops can pursue this the only place the hives are safe in the region spares around 16 years ago he surprised a bear raiding his hives and almost didn't survive the counter so it was a mere attacked me right away. we were close to a steep slope and both rolled about 20 metres down into a creek. there we started fighting each other. i tried to keep him at a distance with my hand in his mouth you see here are the scars from.

god i actually i you but the bear was quite all man drunk from the money so eventually you let go of me. local people can vouch for the story they've nicknamed. the bear wrestler. back to the bees and the alleged healing effects of the mad honey 10 minutes later to want to checks his mother's blood pressure again he finds out it's dropped another percentage point the honey seems to be working but now his daughter isn't feeling well. we need them along the way that i feel about my head. that we can i just want to sleep. the sun already has i ran into a tree at the ready to counter the side effects. he finishes up the next time it's

all part of the method to his. champagne is not just the name of a rather expensive type of sparkling wine it's also been name of the region in france where this wind comes from wine makers and champagne and have been hard hit by the corona virus pandemic no parties no weddings very few occasions to celebrate it's estimated that $100000000.00 fewer bottles will be sold because of the pandemic now instead of letting the fruits of their labor go to waste the wine makers are finding alternative uses for their harvest that are a little less glamorous. some of the world's finest grapes grow in the champagne wine region but the coronavirus crisis has taken a big toll on visitors here. restaurants in france were closed for months parties and receptions canceled that could ruin champagne wine maker.

good. growing regions are in crisis in a global crisis there's not a sector that isn't affected. what is certain is that we wine which isn't consumed during a certain period you want to be drunk later on. a. family has been in the wine making business in 1644 his wife who is german this worried during france's long lockdown business pretty much came to a halt customers to return with the. like this will be difficult. but never for a moment have we thought. giving up or that things will collapse. you must think positive otherwise i won't have the strength to go on. $7000000.00 visitors

normally flock to the champagne wine region each year. as champagne bars were especially popular with international visitors until the coronavirus had. one whopper we don't have any russian guests anymore. chinese brazilian or australian ones either it's literally keep others in our region alive what are you all. for the week the money has run this bar for 37 years now he may have to lay off a star for good there's little of the french show or the reeve on display here these days he's got a pretty even there with a small bit north a small businesses are in big trouble a 2nd what don't we spell the end for lots and lots of them. we travel farther into the us us with almost 1500 that's the region was a covert 19 at the center. even now only paris has more patience hospitalized with

the virus. normally this area especially popular with belgians. but the belgian government is currently advising people not to travel here. these days there are a few tourists around. like there are fewer and fewer people in the restaurants we haven't met so many cyclists i imagine they'd be more it's nice for us on the municipality of middle of or has just 800 residents. but a boast 21 race and vineyards as far as the eye can see tilling the soil and tasting the grapes. recently causes tivo and biology most specked took over this fin yard from the respective parents a changing of the guard in the mists of a crisis. he said we have too many great was too much wine for the global market and now in addition we have an economic crisis due to coronavirus. that's

a luna's cause an 8 to 10 percent drop in sales. given that it was the only. the french government is aware of the vintners plight and last month increased its aid package to $250000000.00 euros in the alsace alone several 1000000 liters of wine are to be distilled to make room for the new harvest that would have been unthinkable before but the coronavirus crisis has there's hunting over there high quality wine some of it will be turned into disaffected. local politics are getting ready to pump the wine out it will be collected next week but that's about it they're picking it up village by village so just one day for all of it there isn't much of it. we're doing it up because we have no choice but it breaks my heart to part with wine this way objects themselves they'll get $0.78 per liter for the wind that's distilled. at this wine cost around $2.00 euros a leader to make in december 2nd wave of coronavirus in the next few months would

be a catastrophe most of the association wineries make 40 to 60 percent of their turnover during that period. a 2nd wave half of all the wine makers here and all sat out of business because it's going to. visit a kosher is not her part of french culture at the coronavirus crisis has put its very future in jeopardy. it's not just in france where people have not been able to make their vacation dreams come true and this year because of the corona crisis many people across europe have decided not to travel abroad at this time in belgium travelers fictions have led to a new tourism trend. a special type of camping it might not be the most comfortable way of travelling but it allows belgians to go out and discover the beauties of their own country. in the national park

do sort or 2 springs getting there is all the fun. you can go by kayak or on food and 2000 kilometers of hiking trails. through dilute natural landscape spectacular vistas always surrounded by a sea of green. leaves and sea said i've come to celebrate their graduations. easier just to stay and make our own little country and discover it as well normally we just go to the rest of europe and not a lot to hear so it's nice to discover little places in our own country and. rediscovering these natural places is a blooming trend in belgium but who acking involves arriving without motorised transport on food by canoe by. spending only 1001 please respecting

nature burying your waste and taking all trash with you. in belgium camping in the wild as a load only in the areas designated by the forestry office there are 56 of these areas. is a vast d. n. s. has divided them up into zones you have your problem we used to have big problems with wild campers everyone just pitched tents and they were. not to get it under control we decided to designate areas for before walking to. these areas can be checked out in advance online but a surge of traffic has been jamming the website for weeks now. this bit to area on the do sorts national park is a deliberately located on the loop of the or river near the border with luxembourg only 3 tents are allowed any one time in some 2500 square metres of space. for me. cheesy but i think it's true it's like freedom well never you want it's

possible whatever you experience is your so it's just that it's feel of freedom that it's important for me. evenings by the campfire or a big draw to and there's lots of competition ready while camping spots in this area. ready ready ready to make sure all the nature lovers find the police to pitch their tent some local residents like they are inviting them onto their own land. sagat doesn't cost to get only a smile. more than 40 big yards have been offered with more added daily listed on the internet this can expect a warm welcome. i've travelled a lot myself and now i'm giving a bit of that hospitality back to you it gives me the feeling i'm tagging along for part of the journey. leeza easy to think of camping in private yards as

a temporary solution during this popular time. they want to be able to jump in the creek in the morning enjoy nature as a weekend and have breakfast in style. i slept ok i think. there were quite some noises from animals and trees you know when the fire was out it was completely dark so then we were like ok what's what's that but then we sat down by the water and looked at the sky like there were so many stars because it was completely dark they have to have their tents packed up by 10 in the morning. no problem for lease and sita today they're planning to 12 kilometers to the next. sounds like an amazing way to discover your whole region maybe a bit tiring but certainly rewarding well that's what he brings us to the end up

today's show thank you so much for being with us today please join us again next week for a new edition of on here up until then i'll buy a home to take care. conflict

so for these days america's religious rights are in the spotlight few worse groups are active in europe and elsewhere seeking zealots olof the rules of the legalized among other things abortion and gay most of the world congress osama is provides a false platform for such boastfulness week one of it's upon those i will call soon

joins me from luxor below from the conflict so for. 30 minutes from t.w. . they become autonomous the bacon adapt. and manipulate the food in some places humans and technology are being searched. forms of artificial intelligence and how they're changing our society the big reset. she photo. in 75 minutes on w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable charcoal

production. olympus odes are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to mindanao. get. a meal i'm good looking for the 2nd season of only good chance it's about the environment still about society and it's still about our split off planets on the brain clue spoke to some of the leading experts in the field found. such use the phone with a sense of cut. cut

. cut. played. a. play. this is deja vu news live from berlin a military grade nerve agent was used to poison a leading critic of the kremlin that according to the jets the russian opposition figure alexina valving remains in a coma and oberlin hospital we'll have analysis from our correspondents also coming up. a verdict is expected in slovakia in a case that toppled the government

a slovak businessman is up on murder charges prosecutors say he ordered the killing of a reporter investigating his dealings with the governed.