our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world. while keeping with all the time that i didn't go to university to kill people and accidentally am paying. people feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course to stay behind. place to start talking or $68.00 on g.w. . in. howard a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and one of the big questions in europe in recent weeks has been could greece and turkey go to war in a bitter showdown over what appears to be largely gas and oil deposits in the eastern

mediterranean. now ankara had angered athens by sending a survey vessel into waters that greece believes to be its own plant ship has since been withdrawn but both sides have stepped up their military presence in the region . now turkey says the disputed deposits are within its continental shelf athens though for its part points to greek islands that like close to the turkish coast and on one of them can stay low rate so we met an unlikely couple see costs and his wife 40 goal who are living proof that differences can be resolved peacefully. the greek island and holiday paradise cost a lower is the lies just off the turkish coast. when his goes out in his boat he's always within sight of the turkish mainland he grew up on this island and

is mighty proud of his home his wife back here she comes from turkey when they 1st met they say it was love at 1st sight now they run a restaurant together on costello as though. and i'm sure our wedding was quite a surprise. nothing like it has ever happened in the history of our region cashen comes to learn. you can reacted well. with him all. turks and greeks are neighbors here they say they need each other and they don't like to talk about the political tensions between the 2 countries. and i'm not politician enough to know how to solve the problem but i'm certain the heads of government should then their rhetoric and find a solution together our government along with everyone's people.

but on this island there's no escaping the crisis the dispute over natural gas reserves has prompted both countries to send troops and warships to the region many here worry that tensions could escalate out of control. there was an incident between a turkish frigate and a greek. it's highly probable something like that will happen again but we're going to. try to got. nobody at least not in greece once. their view of castillo is though from the turkish side just 2 kilometers from cash the $7000.00 plus townspeople have always thought of themselves as the larger half of past a lawyer named mason turkish. but the ferries that carried turks and greeks back and forth have stopped running and not just because of the pandemic now turkish military helicopters buzz over the harbor and frigates patrol the waters.

owner and sham skill edge wish they could return to the days of harmonious coexistence with the greek side they came to cash 6 years ago and open just scuba diving school. when they take their clients out to the best diving areas they cover half the distance to cost a lower as though now their boat alarms the greek coast guard. ship shows anybody who didn't know the situation here would think a war is already underway through 6 helicopters and jets flying around but it isn't . if this has a negative impact on tourism normally the diving area would be full of tourist boats cruising about but today acknowledging his customers have it all to themselves. the family moved here to the mediterranean coast from istanbul mainly so their son would enjoy a peaceful and carefree childhood side by side with their greek neighbors in the

region is really too bad we can't go over there because there really aren't any problems between our 2 peoples all of us greeks and turks have friends on the other side cross part of couples get married all the time now politics might ruin all of that. turkish president heir to one continues directing harsh words and threats at his neighbors insisting on his country's claim to the natural resources in the mediterranean greece also stakes its claims. on a woman who opposes turkey. only place his own population in danger. i say this very clearly. he will. in due time. high price for it. relations between greece and turkey have gone through difficult times before but it's been a long time since they've been a chance as they are now both locals and tourists agree. that's why i

just see this warship why i'm curious to see what's there. but i feel i would feel more comfortable when they be looking back on cause to laura's old seacoast mayotte he said his wife are closing up shop for the day so they can spend time with their son they're proud he speaks both languages they'd like to visit their family in turkey again but the corona pandemic has kept the border shut that causes enough problems they say the whole maritime dispute is just adding coal to the fire and everyone here needs turkey because we all work together with the turks just like we depend on the people and catch up with god they also. are all we're neighbors. back here she hope that both sides will manage to deescalate the situation soon that would be

a happy turn of events for the entire region. and once the resumption of e.u. burke talks between greece and turkey on their maritime dispute there is still hope that a peaceful resolution is on the horizon. now this year germany is marking the reunification of the country that took place 3 decades ago the incredible and at times troubled the growing together of east and west germany that began after the fall of the berlin wall one legacy of that reunification can be found in the network of 16 national parks several of which date back to that time such as the heart's national park located right on the former east west border here dense woodlands have grown together faster perhaps than the people of the country around them. this is where the death strip used to run between east and west germany today it's

one of germany's largest nature reserves. ever since the hots national park was created 30 years ago biologists going to a cost day has been making sure that what belongs to gether grows together. that's an alpaca starts if the unique thing about this national park is that we're giving nature $24730.00 hectares of space to unfold however it likes. it's rare for such a large area to precompute untouched by the lumber industry and that nature has such for. when the national park was created the staff had to start from scratch like here at the farm or death strip. in 1909 soldiers were still patrolling the border between east and west germany a stretch of no man's land 100 meters wide was to prevent people from escaping to west germany. the barbed wire and concrete fortifications were practically

insurmountable. 3 decades later nature has killed this deadly zone with new life. church trees really want the rice because of this strip was treated with herbicides and pesticides so heavily hardly anything can still grow here and yet so much has happened here in the past 30 years. and it's not just the plants that are making a comeback several rare animal species are also reclaiming their natural habitats this hidden camera has captured the latest arrivals. a lynx around 200 years ago this predatory big cat had died out in the region but today more than 100 individuals have returned. look the thing i thought 4 legs had lived here the hearts region for a long time. to live or killed off by humans. for the image they deserved to be

back in the hearts and so $99495.00 we started reintroducing them and for borg. it was a successful undertaking which took a lot of hard work the biologists spent thousands of hours in the woods carefully documenting nature's campaign to recapture its territory in the former border region. and yet the biggest challenge the staff at the national park face still lies ahead of them dead trees as far as the eye can see here there used to be huge spruces but droughts and rising temperatures week into the trees and the bark beetles finish them off increasingly go to cost just stems the tides with educational work. it isn't science when you walk along here what if you look closely you can see that all your life is emerging where the old spruce trees have died out. it's

a colossal task requiring that authorities from the former east and west work together more closely than ever without germany's reunification this would have been unthinkable. but we still need to be able to disagree sometimes otherwise we lose the pieces for new ideas schools on both before 3 to beat everyone just agreed all the time we never make any progress. the journey continues onwards to the national parks highest point. bowen route we passed by this former hotel. takes us along inside back in the day he says decorated members of the east german state security or stars he would lodge here. here they could take a holiday were spied from spying on fellow citizens. as i say it was the stars the big shots who came to stay and. time seems to have stood still in these rooms

it's still invokes better memories for the former east german citizen. a student when i was a student in my 6th term i had an encounter with the stars and they wanted me to spy and one of my friends and i refused or knew full well that that could have repercussions. that's just something we live with it or because this is our home the hearts. of. it it's me. the finally at 1100 meters above sea level we reach our destination the brock in this listening post which used to be sealed off was used by east german and soviet secret services to intercept communications in the west. today it's right next door to the botanists pride enjoy a garden with hundreds of plants. this means that over the past 30 years

the brocken has regained some of its native features and its untouched nature that makes us really happy but he's not done yet good to cast a carries on until one day what belongs to gether has grown together for good. now staying on reunification and it's intriguing to know that there was a short interlude just a few months after the fall of the berlin wall when the formerly communist east germany democratically elected its own parliament located in the old palace of the republic and its own head of state sabina backman pole now 3 decades on she's been reflecting on that remarkable episode in german history and she too has been asking how well the 2 halves of one day sion have since been able to grow together. this is that being a bad man paul today hardly anyone recognizes the 74 year old as she strolled

through berlin's brandenburg gate and yet her biography is inextricably intertwined with germany's historic past she served as east germany's last parliamentary president and head of state italian never thought i'd actually look nice german history unification. nobody's if you want a glimpse at life behind the iron curtain you need to go to a museum. at the interactive d.d.r. museum on the banks of the schrade river exhibitions with original artifacts take visitors on a trip back in time. been a bad month old remembers it all too well and how faced by an overbearing oppressive state families and friends had to stick together. but even the most well treated museum can't convey that sense of community. but i'm very nice states crumble museums can help preserve their collective memory but they

cannot conserve the feelings and personal experiences of people who lived there and then that's why it is important to share these memories with the next generation of 30 years after germany's reunification many are still keen to learn more about life back then young visitors are especially eager to hear the personal accounts of older generations for our generation that is mostly for for media right like for movies and all of that but that's always a risk he would perspective. so anyway that you can actually get sort of real information from someone who has experienced it that's. the law i learned about east germany in school during history classes. but nobody in my family actually lived there and need to be sure to pass the message in richer . explain. to be aware of. order.

systems. today many remnants of this era have than initially like the former east german parliament building which was located here just around the corner from the museum the palace of the republic has made way for a replica of the royal palace this is where the east german parliament used to convene the for decades the real power elite with the ruling socialist unity party of germany it was only after the east german revolution that free elections became possible and lawmakers like the peanut pac man paul entered parliament. really were just a motley mix of political neal fights who happened to go on to write history. these germany's parliament was staffed by newbies. that we quickly learned how politics works and what we need to do to shape it and was. you know because 990 east german lawmakers voted for the country to join west germany it was a key moments in the process to work german unification announced by the elected

head herself. yahav 294 delegates voted yes. if visitors to the berlin palace would never guess that this is where lawmakers once meet this momentous decision that. reaches belief additionally i have written letters and told so many people it would be essential to mark this as a place that played a key role in german history and this is where german history was written and where a major step towards our unification was taken a mortar she says is essential to keep the memory of east germany ally. nevertheless she is still pleased to see her germany has evolved over the years. as a. at 1st i was very disappointed about how little people knew about east germany but

today i know that germany offers us plenty of opportunities to grow. i hope that someday we will no longer be comparing east and west northwest rehab the moon with . that man paul is optimistic about the future will never forget east german past. now with the corona pandemic threatening the livelihoods of so many people in so many different ways an old adage comes to my desperate times they say call for desperate measures and in scotland a growing number of people are responding to the hardships they face by turning to a practice that goes back centuries for all and popovich and others like him it's much more than just a hobby. the water's cold cold. for 2 days has been on many quarters in southwestern scotland dredging up the creek bed

he'd just learned how to prospect for gold 3 weeks ago and thought he tries look here creek has been known to carry gold for centuries i dug a hole here and there was absolutely nothing i did a test all i would down about 3 feet absolutely nothing i moved up. a meter and i have. on goal that's how. closely could be true without getting. punished makes the heavier gold settle to the bottom. that looks like a piece right there. you see that stuck in there. allan puns for gold as a way to relax. my mind for a while right now myself hopefully i'm back at work here the next of elites but. i'm just trying to make the best of it and make a ring one day status gold so. that would basically be. my goal right now you may find the very 1st particles of gold for it and this pile. about 100

kilometers farther north vincent is heading further of a strain. he's been carrying his equipment over the hills and through the underbrush for an hour so. he feels drawn to the wilderness. this is one of the richest gold streams in scotland and nobody comes here any more i don't know why i think they're not doing their research because the 1st thing is research and the 2nd thing is getting. vincent has been prospecting for some 40 years normally he teaches courses on how to prospect for gold but the crown of hyundai mc has left him without income for months hasn't been able to travel either he's looking for somewhat larger nuggets uses a magnifying glass to do it i've already forgotten all my problems but i've only been here a few minutes. what i love doing this issue you're looking underwater with your

hand you're blowing away the gravel and sometimes you just see it and that slight the holy grail prospect is well i haven't seen one yet but you just never know. the 1st hours of work of turned up nothing at all pining hasn't helped either. evening comes and still no gold for he still got high hopes. maybe he'll have better luck the next day he's glad to see britain's rediscovering gold prospecting . for the month for prospecting rights is beyond me i get one or 2 letters a month from people who are dreaming and they write to me and say i've decided i want to pay off my mortgage so i'm going to go go prospecting how do i start where do i go where is the best place and i always write back to them there are 100 reasons to go go prospecting and money is not one of. the brave some rather inclement weather. but he keeps his diet for the telltale metallic yellow. every

particle takes a bit closer to his gold ring. than a stepfather from the stress of his job. and i battle is never about the battle. it's captured in the bottle. love it it all adds up the stand out it's a night when i get home. brag in every way. it's amazing and good feeling really good feeling so they love it. instead has found another spot in that stream he'd rather not name. the new day brought new luck. a surprising 100 euro's worth. i found a rather lovely nugget i am so pleased with this i was finding some small a bit surly or and suddenly that one appeared and it's like whoa where did you come from i really really wasn't expecting anything this big in fact my granddaughter

matilda has just been born so maybe this is matilda is not a get her grandfather found her gold nugget and she will have a little chain and that's for me i've only just thought of that it's beautiful and . prospecting for gold is no way to get rich not financially anyway. quite possibly in many other ways. well finally to northern italy and corona has also changed everything in venice with the city on the water facing a moment of truth everybody agrees that before the pandemic this global treasure was slowly suffocating in the millions of tourists it hosted annually now the big question is can and should venice be protected from the masses. the arsenal is just a stone's throw away from the famous st mark's square and home to many even the

locals. like arianna after husband even who own a little pasta factory here their traditional business is fighting the tides of must tourism to keep a foothold in the area. and this is fragile it's a very delicate fine city and it doesn't need certain types of tourism. if you just want to stroll through the city or you can go to las vegas and have a look at the think venice there now you know has popped by the shop to pick up some pasta he used to repair electronic devices but nowadays that's not enough to make ends meet i had to switch jobs because the population was decreasing and i didn't have enough work to get by. i became a gondolier so. what kind of tourism is good for venice many residents here asked themselves the same question in early 2020 the city was closed off for 10 weeks due to corona today streets are still strangely empty the guggenheim museum is open 4

days a week down most visitors are italian experimenting learning and doing new things especially in times of crisis these are the things that land arts its vitality. we must also think that about protecting it for us but also for future generations so there is an opportunity and we have to see whether this opportunity will be will be taken and understood by the right people and the younger generations. the local say corona could be an opportunity for a fresh start. if they know mass tourism oh no it is on the ground more civilized this city deserves to have cared who are. saying yes to tirzah britain moderation this could be venice is formula for. future after corona.

oh i do love venice it's certainly one of the most beautiful places on earth despite everything and i hope that corona will teach us to give our cities our forests and all people just a little bit more space to bring in for now from focus on europe despite. move. move move move. move

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