for the. british. since 9. starts to simmer down. w. hello and welcome to the program liz show for a long time russian authorities acted like they have the coronavirus pandemic under control they issued relative low infection rates and even developed the 1st vaccine against the virus but now the numbers have skyrocketed in many russian cities hospitals have reached their limit even the government has admitted that in some

regions almost all hospital beds are occupied and the number of cases is rising steadily. one of the cities that has witnessed a rapid increase in corona virus infections is a 1000 kilometers east of moscow the situation is dramatic more and more people are falling sick or dying from called 19 that's something out of tour can see caves and other undertakers are experiencing firsthand he and his colleagues are working around the clock our reporter met the men at work. with a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence at the morgue every morning the team from the funeral agency to fight it while comes here to collect new victims of the pandemic. 29 year old actor kinsey kiev has been working at the funeral home for 12 years but he says he's never had to bury this many bodies going

up there in such a difficult time a lot depends on the team we all know exactly what to do we know who picks up the coffin from which side which shoulder to carry on and that makes a difference how we work together matters even more now that we have so much more. call the relatives to identify the body. this morgue in the city of who fought is only for those who died of the corona virus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffins closed. many russians feel they are dead should be treated with more respect toward explains. some of the relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic body bags they aren't allowed to open the barracks i tell them that try the way some people cry and demand that we open the bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves the virus is no joke. the thing that.

has been in the business for 7 years today he's in charge of the team of undertakers he says that since the 2nd wave of corona virus hit in the fall there have been more than twice as many deaths in the city of. everyone i know suddenly wants to know more about our work they call me and ask other really so many funerals are a lot of people dying i tell it to them like it's news people don't believe the media maybe they think they're being lied to so instead they want 1st hand information and. over a 1000000 people live in new far the capital of the republic of. government statistics say that only around 80 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but official numbers also show that during that time over $4000.00 more people died than in the same period last year corona virus

infections are spiking across russia but authorities insist the situation is under control. the undertakers aren't so sure today unity because loft and his team are interring and 92 year old woman she didn't die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia. usually funerals are big family affairs in russia people gather at the cemetery and then at home with food and long toasts but the pandemic has changed that. it was a war that. some people called to express their condolences instead of going to the funeral some people are afraid of getting infected they don't want to take the risk . that so that sort of. some people are really worried about what is happening

but we have to bury people anyway. no matter what happens we do our work and. so when you go through the whole reason other than we do insurable since the coronavirus some funeral agencies have even started offering live streams from the cemetery business is booming so far no one on yuri's team has caught covert he can only hope it will stay that way. in russia people say if you decide it up there that you'll get run over by a street car you won't drone fate is fate if the coronavirus isn't my fate it will pass me by me we're very good the next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals i tour and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the moment they're just too busy. the ing

a fisherman is a tough job if you're out on the open water the seas can get rough but abrupt changes in the weather and high waves are not the only lurking dangers in september 18 fisherman from the sicilian town of mud that had set out for the rich fishing grounds in the southern mediterranean libya claims sovereignty over this area although it is considered international waters and that's where the sicilian men were arrested by libyan coast guards their families haven't received any signs of life from them since then and are desperately calling for their release but this case has not deterred others from risking it all for the big catch. once again it's been a successful fishing trip despite the risks. bulk says upon boxes are unloaded from the trawler and carefully registered the men are happy with the catch is specially

with this delicacy. these are famous prime quality red prawns. the mediterranean prawns are in great demand in fine restaurants around the world would be somebody i know in good times with 550 euros for. the prime quality red. top 45 euros. basically a little more than the fisherman from those spend weeks out at sea for such a catch sometimes even up to 2 months but they're taking a big risk the richest fishing grounds in the southern mediterranean are off the libyan coast in international waters but libya now claims them as territorial waters this has caused repeated conflicts like in the summer of 2018 the libyan navy wanted to stop the italian fishermen in

a row. the entire crew. in september that's exactly what happened to marco maroney his 2 travelers were impounded by libya the ship owner is in despair his 18 crew members have been in a moving gazi jail for over 3 months fishermen have never been held this low number the goal other than not being able to see the ships or the men who work for me is awful because like a song that you miss you can no longer hug from aboard. the train during that confrontation libyan authorities pursued 9 italian trawlers on the open sea unlike some of his colleagues captains you separate alone a managed to get away. vision out of the vision that the libyans came close to wanted to seize all the captain also on the ship papers patrollers were told to

follow them but we could flee risking our lives the coast guard is on fire at us. there's a lot. of other well there were worse. back in 2018 the fisherman received help italy sent a naval helicopter to aid the troll there's the libyan speedboat was forced to back off but now italy no longer provide such protection in the southern mediterranean of the libyan coast telling fishermen such operations are too demanding and politically sensitive. now they fish at their own peril. with all the forethought but we need protection so we can fish on these international waters for all of the otherwise what happens in the fishermen's will happen again just. now. the shipowner has even spent 2 months protesting outside the italian parliament in

rome calling for his crew and fish trawlers to be released. you know we are all risk of being arrested 74 nautical miles off the coast because libya claims the open sea has its territorial waters. europe and italy must take action against this because this sea belongs to nobody alone to us all if. that includes crew members like mohamed he is one of 6 tunisians who worked on the italian trollers who are now in jail in benghazi mohammed's family is worried about him in the past he was already arrested twice by libya but this time it's worse. in the past we were always in contact but we knew how he was doing his don't always work thing that i wish this time we've not heard from him and that we have no idea what is going on even if he is still

alive sort of. whenever she can mohammed's daughter nora's meets the families of other detained fishermen at the port of missouri. here they staged protests with ship owner marco monet to give each other hope. but with with fighting for 18 italian fishermen includes 6 to museums to senegalese to indonesia and. all of them have lived here for many years some of them even before. the families have no choice the hunt for the lucrative red province must go on that is the only thing that makes the fishing industry in missouri profitable in international waters and that includes of libya's coast. our next report comes from the greek island of it's one of more than $200.00

inhabited islands in greece but it's rather small there is no hospital or police station just the school which is the pride of the village in fact it's the smallest school in the greets 12 year old crystal is the only student on the whole island life there can be a pretty lonely is so here in the future are trying to do something about it. because it's bells kristoff has a long talk each morning soon after he sets off for school it's a kilometer right here on the tiny island of aki in the aegean sea. just some 40 people live here 12 year old christophe's is the youngest president and the only child farm why. when he gets to school his teacher in the area to see a letter is waiting for him along with his own you blaming the schools do you want to. go in this friend's like

a plate of course prince who go to school with me and who i could wait for away. from a mosque. or girl love the school day begins outside by raising the flag and singing the greek national anthem even though it's just the 2 of them i try to make daily life the same as every other elementary school increase. one people one teacher one classroom here marriott see a letter teaches every subject whether it's joe graffiti music or money she'd love to have more people but so far no more families have been persuaded to move to the island. yeah i meant more to get the cue ball pop up because i would love to have some fellow teachers also want to ask you about the situation has brought us together. and i've always been able to offer chris store some variety.

we've visited other schools. and gone to the movies in theaters on other islands we have to keep on oscar see but. for now christoph is still spending his breaks along . next summer he'll move on to a new school and if no new people show up only school will have to close there's little work available on the island a handful of people live from fishing and farming like crystal says parents who don't want to speak on camera and a few live from tourism like those who work at the island's 2 taverns so longtime residents are skeptical whether the school can remain open or. in my childhood there were almost 20 who pulls equally and there weren't more families but each family had 6 or 7 kids. and we were all taught together only from the 1st grade and as i. was

going 1st it's easy to move from here to a bigger island but coming here from a city or a larger island is tough it's understaffed really. still maria hopes to say 1st school from closing every evening she sits a computer and tries to find families who'd be willing to settle on this beautiful island. just to persuade businesses to pay for their moving expenses. borne up on up others the up a war part of found a greek family and group at all germany. yep they've already been there and seen everything harmonious and memorable horney your policy now i'm constantly on the phone of office writing e-mails in trying it with the help of a t.v. station. to find someone among the countries their companies who finance the move on to jobs and our my god i'm not set out. until then this will

remain greece's smallest school and crystals its only student but he too has formed the plan to help his school in future in the form letter i want to go to high school and later become a teacher and then i want to come back here and teach if they're still in you can't say. i want to spend them. but because none of showed up so far christoph sets off for home alone like every afternoon. he says sometimes boys or girls is a chore among the tourists that come to the island he shows them how to catch fish so he takes them to see his horses visiting the horses is always the 1st thing christophe does off to school and then. without children like christophe's and his little school the island has no future that is why hakim will continue to fight for every people.

over the last years hundreds of thousands of people tried to reach the european union through the balkan route but only a few make it allegedly across the border police are brutally pushing the migrants back to the bosnian town of b. hatch preventing them from entering the e.u. they are stranded with little help from the government and no supplies for the approaching winter their only hope lies in bosnian volunteers like blacktown called . the bosnian war left him badly wounded but that's not keeping him from reaching out to those in need. slots and kovacevich is getting ready to help people in dire need 1st he has to put on his artificial limb almost 30 years ago he lost his left leg at the age of 14 in a mortar attack during the bosnian war knows that and insists the loss has only made him stronger most muslims i don't really see myself as disabled on the

contrary i'm with you with the misery i've gone through has changed my perspective on holiday and life. i can empathize much better with the pain and suffering of other people parking. soon after he heads out on emergency call that saved his hometown behind you the border to croatia and the european union that's not on his volunteer helpers regularly take care of migrants and refugees who are forced back across the border into bosnia the offer 1st aid can provide necessities for those who want to go you know feel very closely of course brooke. these are images of a classic push back. there are a group of 13 to 14 people that are also minor injuries one man has lost consciousness. or that. the area where this group of

pakistanis is stranded is dangerous only a few meters away there are land mines under the trees left over from the bosnian your failures in these woods but the worst they've been through was not inflicted by anybody else but by human. believe me and he too much hate me too much hate me. and leave your cute i leave my feet dig my nails in real steel base near and far too much blood this was no isolated incident brutality and illegal deportations along this border are well documented technically everyone who makes it into creation and european union territory must be treated humanely there refugees have a right to request asylum and expect a fair hearing but here international law is apparently violated people are

mishandled to scare off other migrants. the croatians told me to burn the food in my backpack i replied that i couldn't reconcile that with my muslim faith then i bruised my arm and beat me with a stick. nevertheless remaining in the impoverished and politically strain is hardly an option for most migrants the few emergency facilities set up by the government and international organizations in bosnia offer new realistic prospects and a river created. so many of the migrants seek refuge in this old factory building in which he sat down in his helpers are the only ones who check in on the market really sound again and offer support among those living in this misery are children and teenagers they are going to say that you know it's not that good family. i don't love them at least you got to look at it it was

a little bit of us but it is. not over yes rather broad and i thought well not really going to give one good look as to. when evening falls the refugee sets off once again in the hopes of reaching a better life he called it again it's a clandestine dangerous hike across the mountains into croatia and. nearly all the migrants are teens and end up where they started back in bosnia exhausted cruzan often without shoes. you know. one more. thing it's hard that's a person who thought that was before we talk to them and find out how they're doing and we'll give them something to eat for a couple of blankets so they can warm themselves from. the. team but the items cheap the money comes partly from slots hands modest disability

pension but mainly from private donors and foreign aid initiatives some of them are in germany whatever comes in these distributed. the selfless dedication of this and p.t. war victim is also a message to all those who do nothing. the. young movie star how does what i'm doing really help. well i'm doing the best i can to make this terrible world a little better and maybe set an example for helpless would you enjoy these 2. boys in everything you do michael you have to treat people as ukraine's sausan says so that everyone can keep their dignity that's really the most important thing to much of here on earth you are. very good about that a good conduct. regardless of what you think of donald

trump there is no denying that he massively increased people's interest in american politics is there is in the white house may be numbered but he still manages to capture people's attention the belgian chocolates here dominic press wanted to create a trump inspired treat for his customers and so he came up with us which creates and that combines the president's looks and some of his rather controversial views . a well known bleach product in much of europe is now also the name of a chocolate it's the latest creation by chocolate year domenic perre soon. i was looking at the news and i saw that president trump was announcing that we should drink bleach water that it will kill the quote on our virus and that i see the disinfectant if not in a minute. and it's the way we can do something that's a good joke maybe you can use it as inspiration for

a bumble person as the rock star of belgian confectioner's and not just because he once created a chocolate shooter for the rolling stones. fashion house louis vuitton and various royal families swear by his original creations but for his trump chocolates he sought help closer to home i asked my wife too because she's a harbor professional spy specialist. a list of these infecting spices. he says the delicate feeling made from sea buckthorn berries and honey has cleansing properties. of his small chocolate factory in volusia her soon sporty 3 workers have to handle their bosses wild ideas he uses ingredients like soy sauce cider vinegar caviar and bacon for his unusual chocolates that's earned her soon an entry in the famous michelin guide and this is one of my inspirational rooms in my

life i have the target at home who gives me a lot of inspiration and hearing my beer to bar so i have the same thing. he also shoots his wacky promotional videos at home. or. aura honestly it was just a funny joke it has nothing to do with politics or just want to make people laugh in those dark days it is disinfectant chocolate is a hit but due to the recent election its sell by date is fast approaching trump will soon be leaving the white house and also pursuing its chocolate shop with a discount on throw. a belgian chocolate that's likely more to trump's taste than the u.s. election results. it actually looks quite tasty right well that brings

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