i. want to. try coincidences. happen. to be the creation of our solar system and our planet is a bit like winning the lottery. where you start september 18th on g.w. . hello and welcome to this week's focus on bureau of alice show and it's great to have you with us the russian opposition leader saying of all me is still recovering after being poisoned by the military grade nerve agents novacek the attack on him

has also poisoned relations between the e.u. nato and russia. this video shows not only before the attack campaigning in the russian town of novelty beers he became popular for uncovering corruption and mismanagement and for his videos exposing the luxurious homes of politicians loyal to the government he's regarded as the leader of the opposition now vali has been a thorn in the side of russian president vladimir putin for a long time the kremlin has tried to help with exclusion from elections prosecution and even jail time but all the efforts have failed so far russians who openly criticize putin are aware of how dangerous it is especially for the leaders of protests and opposition our moscow correspondents met up with some of them. piotr there's the love knows all too well what it means to enjoy life one day at a time ever since he was poisoned in moscow in 2018 much like opposition activist

aleksei never any in august this year unlike now finally though he showed no signs of the nerve agent navi chalk. always thought it was a 3 inch my poisoning was weaker my recovery went faster that we can meet you by the 2nd we can treatment i could talk again with. the new the child is a very strong choice of a future for i can cripple or kill someone be thought your. choice is ideally suited to murder that would. be worth. like never any where's the love a long time spokesman of the punk band pussy riot was treated in berlin sherry tate hospital based on the symptoms doctors found the activist had probably been poisoned though they could not identify a specific toxin as they now have 4 never any support. i think thinking that the use of newbie chalk carries the handwriting of the russian president yet the. one

thing is clear that only the secret services have access to special weapons agents . and they could only have carried out this operation with the express consent of law the mere puton went up with dimitri good coffee is certain it's meant as a warning shot to all well known opposition activists the liberals were not allowed to feel candidates for the election to the moscow city duma. from the rhinestone planning part of this country freedom and justice don't exist here anyone who calls for a demonstration can be put behind bars for 30 days. good cause knows what he's talking about he spent 36 days in prison the mass protests came to a head when opposition candidates were barred from running in the election to the moscow duma. in 2019 independent local politician. was another well known face at the mass protests in moscow. that bought the rights

of the get back we live in enough for a tarion state a dictatorship whose beginnings could be made out as soon as lattimer putin took office. i mean i paid for her political activism with several prison terms each a few weeks long the last time she was arrested alone in moscow with just a poster while protesting against the detention of a reporter charges were brought for violations of the right of assembly and she was sentenced to 5 years in prison. and in both neutral nor i'm not afraid but this trial is making things hard for me i'm not allowed to leave moscow for example i'm not allowed to take part in any more protests that restricts me quite a lot. of other than he was more. in the state as your 1st 3 your own protected. no body guard will be able to save your life. so most of the stupid what you might

protect you from hooligans but not from poisoning or murder or even so he has no intention of giving up the poisoning of alexei in the heinie might weaken the russian opposition. but he was only its best known face not only leader can't poison us all and in fact there are lots and lots of people in russia who aren't afraid to protest anymore because the desire for a change in the system is growing stronger and stronger. since he recovered putin critic. also has been politically active again he sees it as his responsibility to press on for himself and for his daughter. my friends my family and my daughter to live in a magnificent country without putin and his treacherous system of certain. things. but in the meantime. won't let his daughter out on the street along every

morning he brings her to school personally. would you say no to this job offer like robinson crusoe you get to live all alone on a beautiful island located between corsica and sardinia you're surrounded by nature and you're only task is to protect the famous beaches of big italian island well the man in our next reports took on the dream job of island guardian for over 30 years but now he's been ordered to leave although his job is nonce unimportance very. well you can't come in here because you see the red boys. around he is able to drive these 2 would be intruders away. if i were to your they'd already be lying on the beach. would follow their lead in the whole

place was full of people like used to be. morandi is defending this. on the island one of the most famous speeches on the mediterranean it's paying sand it's unique. and around he has been caring for this natural wonder for over 3 decades he got stranded here back in 1909 while heading for the atlantic in his path to. marandi happened upon the little islands between corsican sardinia quite by accident. he's living here on his own and watched over the jelly ever since 81 he's still almost comically self-sufficient ready. when i came to the island i couldn't even change a light bulb. but here i was forced to acquire all sorts of important survival skills. like a modern day robinson crusoe he uses everything the island's rugged terrain has to

offer like prickly pears and aloe vera. i also use the ilo as a medicinal plant to treat cuts and scrapes and above all. because the only shady spot on view deli is by his house miranda is only companions are his 2 hands to keep them hopping here's. what they jump over the brush and lay their eggs elsewhere. so he can't count on eggs for breakfast. that's a dead person is the friend did with supply him with food now randy was once a teacher and lives from his pension. i used to go shopping myself but then i was forbidden from using the motor boat. so now i have to rely on others his days in paradise look to be numbered soon there could be no more rubber boat on the pink beach and no more merrill marandi and. that's it the administration of the

national park on the main island madalena has its way the whole model an archipelago is run from here to delhi included. to build a research station were in a museum there in place of. some future visitors to the pink beach to better consciously enjoy the natural beauty before their eyes. the operators of the national park want marandi to leave 6 years ago the italian government purchased new delhi which had been privately owned they say miranda's contract as the island's caretaker is now know and void. in public administration positions are publicly advertised candidates must be suitable. and several need to apply sort of. but now roam around you won't be pushed out of paradise without putting up

a fight using instagram as his weapon he's one close to $60000.00 followers they have launched a petition demanding he be allowed to stay and continue posting photos of rule breakers. i need this life here it's my mission. and i hope the folks from the national park finally get that. many day trippers who visit here legally in the summer and keep to the prescribed paths think that the. pink beach needs protection from the tourists towards. and those who have met. agree that he and his way of life are worth protecting to. morrow should stay not just because of the island he makes to reflect what are our needs where do we come from. as long as he lives and who

knows how long that will be he should be allowed to continue. our own marandi can't imagine being banished from his island paradise he plans to stay live in his hut and continue his work protecting delhi and its pink beach. they are loud they are proud and they want to be accepted as part of the polish society homosexuals and transgender people are leading a difficult life in their country which is largely catholic even the government is calling for a ban of what it calls l g b t ideology but that's not keeping clear activists from taking to the streets in cities like war so and large they want their cries for equality to be heard even if that means being arrested. a peaceful demonstration. protest or serve the police acted against them with the

president and severity. go here in the right is the icon of the polish l g b t movement the movement for gay lesbian and transgender rights she was arrested join the protests together with about 50 other activists this is what margot had to say shortly before her arrest let me say good for you we are not afraid we are gays and lesbians in poland and we aren't afraid of anything in this darn country it can't get any worse and we'll fight back if we have to because this is our country our poland our home. since this escalation there's been rallies of warsaw and elsewhere and solidarity with thousands of participants. almost every weekend they take to the streets against violence and homophobia. one of the demonstrators is to write

a study at school. travel from march to warsaw to protest against the discrimination against certain faces. she isn't intimidated by the authorities it represent is the that sonia middle we founded the group we parents because we're also affected as parents of homosexual children. our children are systematically excluded attacked speak now. but we stand by them. at their home unlatch the router her husband and son kiat on a watching a video from a demonstration in august they say the violence against gays and lesbians is escalating and it's hard for them to watch patton was also there and he too shocked the ground and because now. if you watch the news from the past few days it now seems socially acceptable to do something like this. just yesterday a gay couple was beaten up in front of their own apartment. but actually is against

the law in poland is hanging a rebel flag on a memorial. the harmless it's considered a desecration of monuments according to polish law for which one can be thrown into prison. the violence over the last weeks is proof that this is becoming a dangerous war of cultures gays and lesbians are increasingly considered fair game in conservative poland some communities even the clear themselves l g b t free zones under proud of it. to stop the eskies fear for their son and even more so since the reelection of the conservative law and justice party pressure is increasing on those who don't follow what is considered the norm. launders between western europe and russia. and for years the country was also somewhere in between when it came to homophobia. now we're going we're in the

direction of russia but it's getting worse and worse. the polish government sees it completely differently of course and blames demonstrators for the violence with alleged video evidence. there vandals that's just banditry. the opposition is still defending them this is a region that they should apologize to the police and to the citizens separately for the. the e.u. is observing the developments in poland which concern the e.u. commissioner for equality has called on the government to respect the rights to demonstrators. and those are just words they don't help the 26 year old and his rainbow community in their daily lives. the question is whether the commission wants to intervene at all. for years the e.u. is avoiding clearly stating what's going on. there are only ever being cautious

when it's regarding poland's politics. yes i do if he really wants to take a stand for l g b t rights. parents are afraid that something will happen for the child here in poland. they also fear something else that their only son like so many young people will be the country because he just doesn't feel safe in lunch or warsaw. before the cold 1000 pandemic the number one topic in the european union was brags that the brits had voted to leave the e.u. by the end of this year and now the transition period is set to expire bud's negotiations for a trade agreement are still ongoing if the u.k. exits without a trade deal it would lead to scenes like this long queues of tracks waiting to cross the borders we visited one of the oldest markets in london to find out what new important expert regulations could mean. 2 people come to

such wonders borrow markets looking for all the tea not bargains. here you can find delicacies from all over europe. right there. dominic quite a loves the variety. is godor come from holland. for courses in france supply him with conti and more b.a. . and in summer there special from the greek island of les boss. not a day goes by when the cheese monger doesn't sample some of his wares himself like his beloved french comte a. sweet whereas most of the british chooses are crumbly and. sort of brightens and shot. but brags it poses a big threat to his little she show mustn't worry the enemy and has been worried

since the referendum had already run off stockpiling plans. to make sure we've got enough stock at the prices that we're currently paying and we don't have to incur any higher prices that might be introduced by high tariffs. quite takes us to his story seller he fears food products and the e.u. will be slapped with higher g.t.s. his already pricey cheeses could then cost up to 20 percent more and who'd be willing to pay that much. and that's if the cheese even makes it to london as more stringent border controls could lead as we are stuck in transit for days i imagine that is going to be. lit the transport logistics is going to be that much more complicated it is going to be expensive because it could be extra paperwork involved. and i can only imagine it's not going to be as free flowing as it is currently. no market has been supplying hungry londoners for close to 300 years

still a new deal breakers that could change was offered here. today warned the supplies of fresh produce could become scarce of trucks get filled up at the borders some 80 percent of the fruit sold here is imported. yet this scenario doesn't show britain's because in the matrix if you don't have to watch next year a better body than the camera. will be ok you know where even many of the tablets are unfortunate if london fails to reach a deal with brussels the us could fill some of the gaps through prices might even fall. but what about the quality. u.s. environmental and health standards are lower than those in the e.u. in the u.k. especially where meat is concerned. merchants fear that british products could then no longer compete with us and i think the real worry is that if we get these influx of much tina fey thing important to actually see markets will stop say

chain restaurants start phase and so outrageous hey you know what only supply the best face a fat price means that the disparity between consumers off it is going to be much wider than it already is the continuing uncertainty about life after breaks it provides folder for conversation don't make quite talks things over with next talker a fishmonger we all believe english you know always feel or always call me old fashioned a shouting out because we want to shoot at least on the lawn and you know on days of a conscious that you will have us covered and you'll. quite is preparing for a heartbreak sits in his own way for a time when a stockpile of affordable imported cheese runs out so he can stay in business a friend who bakes cheddar and we've talked about maybe selling so. the reason for

us to look into that sort of the more local indigenous issues is because of the exchange rate and the security of supply and all the sort of. 2 2 merchants at london's barra market are still. the brits reach a treaty before the end of the year so the continue to offer their customers food products from europe. and we are keeping our fingers crossed however at the moment it seems unlikely that's london and brussels will reach an agreement by the end of the year. climate change has become a topic all over the world and innovative ideas can come from the most unlikely places such as a small village in finland called its citizens are role models for climate protection even the youngest villagers are part of the solution and although climate change may be a somewhat abstract concepts the people in know that protecting nature can have

immediate rewards. the outback of finland near the baltic coast a session in the sauna punctuated by dips in a cold river is a blanket or a. very refreshing and when you're in the water you feel so much like a part of nature that it if so on this town in finland is called spelt simply with 2 eyes just as simple and straightforward as the town itself a few roads to supermarkets and not quite 10000 people but even a very well be europe's greenest town the community has succeeded in reducing its emissions of c o 2 by 80 percent. in that you must be here in realized that climate change is not yet to come it's already here. and we

understood that it's not just the world's big movers and shakers that have to act like. we ourselves have to do something. the key to their success has been creating incentives so that everybody pitches in. it all started with a $5050.00 project we tried it in 3 schools the children had to monitor the power and water use and they got back half of whatever money was saved then they could decide for themselves what they wanted to spend the money on the model was such a success that we expanded it to all the schools and daycare centers and. in the past 10 years he has managed to cut its power consumption in half. yet and the children have used the money they saved well they bought game tables toys and lots of plants. the town of

e is surrounded by unspoiled nature as well as some of europe's biggest peat bogs. for centuries pete was burned here as a source of energy but the moore's are also a vast reservoir of c o $21.00 of the principal greenhouse gases protecting the moore's keeps that c o 2 out of the atmosphere the town has banned anything that pollutes the air oil heating for instance replacing it with wind and water energy now the little town is generating 10 times as much green energy as it use and selling the surplus brings in nearly 4000000 euros a year. we've also had a great deal of the scotian about wind power about the noise for instance the blight in the countryside and how the wind turbines interfere with community life. and on site inspection for the 60 new wind turbines in planning but they are to be located at the edge of a primeval forest not one tree has been felled here for

a century you will be able to. be 300 meters tall and set up only a couple of 100 metres from here. so. it's our common goal to protect nature in that we need the wind power but we also have to protect the area all around. that it's like a puzzle. that we have to fit all the pieces together in the end and find the best compromise. protecting the climate is indeed a massive puzzle and what impact can such a little town have on such a global problem a big one say the people of east they can set an example what works for remote corner of finland just might work for the rest of the world too. just goes to show that a lot can be achieved when each one of us is willing to do their bit that brings us to b. and off today's show from me and the rest of the team it's goodbye and see you next

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whatever we begin to do today will affect live out of syrup to an atmosphere of the increase of the temperature. 2050 we have to start out by starting to decrease the amount of c o 2 for them so this is actually not a hard problem just states will however there are very important economic interests to own a lot of coal will own a lot of oil that are doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen and we have to fight them by 2050 will be well on the way to reliable or adorable solar wind i'm optimistic that. we're not totally saying s.p.c. . this

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