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what secrets lie behind is what you. discover new adventures in 360. to explore this in a world where intersects with. wild turkey just 360. now . hello and welcome to focus on europe i'm liable it's great to be back here in europe with the corona virus pandemic has again brought life in many places to a grinding halt spain is one of the worst affected countries and the government has declared a state of emergency for 6 months well that has led to outrage in some places like madrid where people rioted against the measures these include
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a nighttime curfew and in some areas the closure of restaurants bars and shopping malls well their anger is mixed with fear for those struggling to get by the future looks bleak residents in cities like barcelona were already struggling with unemployment and high rents since the economic crisis a decade ago and the pandemic has only exacerbated their worries grasso martinez is a bailiff who carries out evictions it's a job that can be both emotionally taxing and dangerous. clearly he's a bearer of bad news. we have a court warrant that will you open up. some martinez works in barcelona's last detail at area his job is to people the coronavirus pandemic is a busy time for him more and more people slip into poverty and can no longer pay
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their rent we have a court ruling you have to leave today. why were we told. leif i'm here now you must have been given plenty of notice. i know. the owner of the apartment wants them out and he has the law on his side. i want the apartments back. for my son. so that he can live here. the locks are changed just straight away courts are cracking down especially on behalf of private owners when apartments belong to banks or companies decisions can take longer. our. landlord has the final say if he's willing to give them another 2 days then that's what happens and if he wants them out today they're out it's up to him. as you go through. this department was owned by
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a bank it would be one thing. when the owner is someone who worked for decades to buy property it's different. i have no sympathy for them. spain's housing problem is nothing new high rents low incomes during the financial crisis several years ago many people couldn't pay their mortgages and many homes were repulsed by banks now the pandemic has ushered in the next crisis. people who were struggling before are now at rock bottom they had brick areas work contracts and now they've lost their jobs so they stop paying their rent. the chronic housing crisis is on full display at his next appointment the building belongs to a bank it's now being occupied illegally palko calls for assistance. illegal
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occupants aren't opening the door. we've been threatened with knives and someone turned on the gas to try and cause an explosion or article it can get dangerous that's when we call in the police officer. parco knows a lot of the police officers well. how's it going the bad guy again. the police go in ahead to check the situation. one of the squatters is still there he's sick the others have fled to the. setup of living like this of course the father the mother lost everything. so presumably i think i'm on the side of justice there's always someone who gets the short end of the stick a lot but that's the way it is after all a judge has made
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a ruling that's the way the law is i don't have a guilty conscience or morgan. this water won't leave so he's taken away. a lot of misery in his job which makes him even more aware of how lucky he is the 52 year old lives with his partner in their own apartment and he is mortgage free. a few streets away he's called on to their day young woman from the dominican republic who gave birth just 2 weeks ago. when martin i'm not doing well where am i supposed to take my child. home on earth and a group of activists are here to support her all parco can do is try to get her more time everything depends on the landlord the woman's last hope is a phone conversation with him. you know the welfare system doesn't function right
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now. the only way to get another apartments would be. barbequed yourself from the mayor's office if you. want the landlord agrees to let the woman stay another 6 weeks but after that she has to go situations like these still upset even after 12 years in the job. there have been many occasions when i've had to grit my teeth and get on with it if it were up to me i'd cave in on humanitarian grounds. but when you've been told you're being evicted 4 times and you haven't looked for a new home at some point you have to draw a line. go has been called to 8 addictions today in his district alone he knows that number will keep rising the longer the pandemic continues. while the corona virus has put a financial strain on many people in russia
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a vaccine for covert 19 has arrived but there's a catch the vaccine has not been fully tested still russia's government is pushing for mass vaccinations and thanks to volunteers like sergei gavels this could soon become a reality or he is one of 40000 people who are about to trial the vaccine but the majority of russians are wary of signing up. the past months has been a struggle for photographer sergei got for us a studio was closed and jobs despond. to be sure the coronavirus wouldn't cause him any more trouble he wants protection i'm just now one of the 1st to test russia's vaccine. besides his studio photo shoots gover us works out what it was with large gatherings of people. for years about why relatives including older people come to the weddings from cities all over and i have a lot of contact with if i suddenly became
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a carrier it wouldn't be good i wouldn't want people to suffer because of me. a story about it can cover us has no worries about the vaccine. like this model good posture. i want the vaccine to have been tested for several years and maybe then i'll be willing to get myself vaccinated i'm afraid of vaccinations in general and even more so of a coronavirus eckstein which nobody understands anyway are you. sure you can be afraid but who else is supposed to test the vaccine for us. thought you did the most serious but here's one of 40000 people who are to test russia's 1st vaccine. production and shipping are already on the way the faxing has been approved even while the test phase the still progress doctors police officers and teachers are getting the 1st objections voluntarily it's been stressed president putin regards
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the vaccine as a matter of national prestige and he apparently wants russia's political elite to set an example. have you had your backs unaided. moscow's mayor has deputy prime minister tatiana going to cover as well you've already received the 2nd vaccination how do you feel just did. you know another test subject this politician value only got tongue now in a video message he says he's contracted to covert 19 but rather than cast doubt on the vaccine the tongue suggests he was part of a control group every 4th subject received only vitamins so researchers can check the effectiveness. selling the vaccine to other countries like syria and venezuela where the 1st delivery and arrived in the capital caracas infection researchers criticized the fact that the vaccine is being delivered before testing
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has been completed. i think it's the wrong policy a policy of reporting great successes where there are now this vaccine might in fact work but we don't know that yet because the testing has not been concluded. many russians share the skepticism a survey by an organization close to the government showed that 73 percent have no plans to get vaccinated yet moscow's mare who heads a commission to combat the coronavirus once things to move quickly. toward the end of the year will have enough vaccine to carry out a mass vaccination. i hope it happens. the manufacturer says that over 2 thirds of russia's population could be fascinated with the new year perhaps a mobile vaccination stations like this one from one of the doctors and just ambulance are only given flu vaccinations now appointments needed and free of charge it only takes 10 minutes to coronavirus vaccine has to be specially cooled
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which still poses a problem soon sergei gover us will be receiving his 2nd dose of the vaccine in a moscow clinic every day he protocols his state of health in an up signs of fever and other symptoms. as a test subject he hopes to hope the worlds get back to normal. credible much numb not among them i hope then we'll be able to deal with each other normally again and not be afraid of contact shake hands again and live normally but that would be nice . for now nobody can say exactly when that might be not even russia. how do the terminally ill prepared to say goodbye to their lives and loved ones well for some it means visiting a special place just one last time but quite often they're not able to do so because of their physical condition or coronavirus restrictions well it's
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a year in ng that frank runs low knows 1st hand after his wife passed away he dedicated himself to granting dying people their last wish in the northern german town of engle he goes the extra mile in honor of his late wife. our task today is to pick up our hats and are at the low end c.s. hospital in gondor because they. are frank fans lowe and his assistants are ready whenever a terminally ill person in northern germany would like to go for a ride but ters are free of charge the stuff volunteers he has his own specially fitted ambulances their mission is to fill a dying person's last wish so they know him and has been a hospice for several weeks the 55 year old has turned cancer. the doctors say her choose an operable because it's too close to the spine. today she'd like to return
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together with her son and his fiance to determine where she grew up. even past the happiest time in your life some place that it's just nice to be back there again and to be quiet to just breathe to feel. we'll manage just fine. moments hometown is just half an hour away she was given morphine for the pain a man who trains paramedics for a living vents low tries to fulfill his passengers every wish he and his colleagues had out up to 2 times a week he's even driven all the way to the north cape. we've got to take it as it comes and then you can handle things quite well right i'll just keep going on up there i certainly hope so. sylvia's chosen the church as their 1st stop. the attendance was rolled the stretcher curve flew over the cobbles. every bump is
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painful for the patient. sylvia with the church here when she was a little girl today the memories so how comforting you are yes i've decided that i'd like to be buried here as well. how fitting that. for many relatives a last journey like this is tougher to bear than it is for the dying person themselves. that 1st sylvia newman son says he feared the emotional stress of the trip. but now he is glad he came along. now i can see what this is doing for her and how valuable is moments aren't and that in the next days or maybe weeks however much time she's got left you shall draw strength from it that's important and beautiful city and the trip continues on
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a ferry across the visa river. for sylvia it's another childhood memory. she wants to see its mighty waters one more time. from friends lower reserved a special place for her with a view look there's a lighthouse in the background one a short walls of the v.a.'s are follows in the middle of the waterway the ferries captain the circles the boat a few times especially for some of you know i'm going. back outside the associations headquarters to nations and feeds from 1st aid course is that from venza oh and his colleagues offer paid for everything here. all the associations vehicles bear the name of fenceless late wife elizabeth. 6 years ago when she was dying of cancer she wanted to make one nurse to trip to the north sea but van slow couldn't find an organization that could fulfill this final wish
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because health insurance wouldn't pay for it. when we if we cannot offer our fellow human beings a last bit of humanity and kindness in their final hours for purely financial reasons then there's something terribly wrong in this country that was the last straw that's what a lot. since then vince love has organized hers like the one for sophie annoying and. she wants to take another look at her grandparents owned neighborhood. watch her thoughts on the coming days. pretty relaxed i think you know i was back here again and that's really beautiful. and i look at the pictures again but there is something more to it. something poignant and deep. for turn lasts for hours then it's time to go back to the hospice franklins low
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hasn't counted how many last wishes he's fulfilled he says his passengers shouldn't be reduced to statistics. then it's time to say farewell to the passenger. and like every time it's goodbye for good. i just said goodbye and i said if we don't see each other here any more than someplace else what else can you say to people. the next morning then slow prepares the ambulance for its next passenger. he doesn't want to arrive too late. i'm sure there are many families who are grateful for his service. they are the largest demonstrations in poland in decades tens of thousands of people are protesting a court decision that bans nearly all abortions and they fear that the country is
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sliding further into autocratic hands as the ruling law and justice party pushes a conservative nationalist agenda olga sabbagh is expecting her 1st child and she is alarmed by the government's plans she says the protests as a fight for self autonomy in her country. these are some of the biggest protests in decades in poland. women and above all young people are demonstrating against the new extremely strict laws on abortion. it would mean that in the future an abortion would be illegal in poland even if the fetus is so ill it would die at birth women feel deprived of their rights. the ship over here to show that we're strong and able to fight for our freedom and right to decide we don't want to be terrorized we want to have a choice i mean sure as an adult i'm simply ashamed i've been ashamed for
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several years already that i live in such a country i'm really mortified. that you and i we're being stripped of our rights we've been abandoned and need to fight for all the women in poland that covered her advice. is pregnant with her 1st child. she supports the demonstrators from home because of the coronavirus. no i haven't been at any of the protests my husband and i wanted to go but the fact that i'm pregnant kept me from doing it to me schmidt used. olga and her husband artur are looking forward to the birth of their child they already know they're expecting a girl. and the doctors say she's healthy. but what if that weren't the case what if the fetus was terminally ill and unable to survive. if i found out now that
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the pregnancy was threatened or that something bad would happen to the child right after birth and then she would die and i'd still have to carry the baby to the end . i be able to feel the baby but i'd know that it would die. that would be an inconceivable atrocity to the mother am the child who is going to die anyway. what really has all gone is the timing. making a decision like this during a pandemic when you can actually predict people being opposed to it it's not the 1st time people have demonstrated against this that the modest. i the nationwide demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands of people are about far more than abortion laws they are protesting the right to self-determination and freedom in polish society that the abortion ruling was made by a government friendly constitutional court just adds insult to injury. hope they'll
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find opposed to the ruling made by this fait court because i'm a woman and i have my rights group your thought you know 3 of my knowledgeable people would you go if we want to live in a normal western society if we're fed up with a few fun gentlemen running our lives for us on the here but you know. the protest in devoutly catholic poland is directed at the church as well demonstrators have interrupted masses the police have been brought in to protect the churches but ultra right nationalists are showing up as well spoiling for a fight there have been clashes. there has also been heated debate on abortion legislation in the polish parliament the same the deputy prime minister is demanding harsh measures be taken against the demonstration organizers during the pandemic. and i suppose in crowds of people to mortal danger of criminals just plain folks this is the 1st step down. but the
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intensity of the protests has apparently shaken the resolve of the policymakers president andre duda is proposing compromises to allow pregnancies to be terminated not only in cases of incest after rape or if the life of the mother is at risk. but many of the demonstrators say that's simply a poor compromise their continuing to protest here for example by blocking the streets opposition politicians are supporting them. it says if i steal a 100 from you and give you 50 back. despite all their joyful anticipation. and her husband artur are left wondering about the rights women have in poland. i feel threatened because i feel my rights are endangered i'm no longer sure about my future here in this country.
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and it is this uncertainty that is placing a stressful burden on the mother to be. have you ever waited hours at a bus stop in the freezing cold well for young kids in rural sweden like the ones we're about to meet it comes with the territory but some have found an alternative means of transportation there is an ingenue it and a legal loophole they have found a way to drive on 4 wheels despite not. and their vehicles are quite special. they may look like they've got a lot of horsepower under the hood but far from it. despite the tricks none of these pick up trucks does more than 30 kilometers per hour that's why they're marked with the big triangle above the rear bumper for young people in rural areas here in sweden there are huge trend that's because you can drive a so-called tractor from age 15 with a moped license. your boy i live in the country i can use it to get to school and
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there are nice way to get together and hang out it's fun. to think i also be home by drivers who are about the same age or in a snap chat group together we write to each other and see where everyone is. air fresheners stereo systems all for cars with a top speed of 30 that are really tractors by long the vehicles 1st came about when people in rural sweden started converting old cars into farm vehicles they were used to pull trailers through the fields they only had space for 2 people. you take the rear part and move it forward. so you end up with a space for transporting stuff. that would last. used to be used in the fields. that's where the farmers could load things. today the pickups or have become the hobby for young people in the countryside and they're also
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a way to gain some independence according to 15 year old john who owns 3 of them this one hasn't been approved for the road because a cable in the control system could be manipulated so 30 engine switches off of the inspection the authorities had a problem with this cable. needs to be more security installed. it can cost up to $10000.00 euros to convert an old swedish car into a fashionable pickup truck for a 15 year old but it's better than waiting ages for the bus or riding a moped in the freezing winter and besides the meet ups are a great excuse for a party. a steep price for a slow car but it looks like fun thanks so much for watching focus on europe and do let 6 me know your thoughts about this week's show on twitter and don't forget you can watch more of our program online at e.w.
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