there are reasons. to. be. there. to. make up your. minds. to. me. a warm welcome to focus on europe with me liz show today we'll bring you people who are impressed and moved us in 2020. because they are different and wants to be respected that way because they produce something that makes the world go crazy.

they stand up for the law even though it's tough they dare to do something even though they are still young or they are old and can offer us wisdom. but 1st let's start with the sweet things in life honey it's used across the world to sweeten food and drinks it's also a well known home remedy against symptoms of the common cold like a sore throat or a cup the honey of beekeeper has some quick who is known yawned his home on the turkish black sea coast because it's supposed to have special powers and here's a warning this time he can mess with your head. a son to 2 up his mother suffers from high blood pressure making her an ideal test subject so it's time for him to measure it again as sanjoy to opt out that means 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 the only lower blood pressure a little bit more would have a bigger effect the murder if you want too much of it or you could 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 from that honey could do what it takes orders for it from all across turkey and sometimes even from abroad but his bees produce this honey extremely sparingly. based on a lot of the dark in the center his chest not a loss of money in the light margarine the eyesight is my honey. this honey has gained a sort of world wide fame partly because of the sherlock holmes movie adaptations or someone trying to throw a stone locally is what's wrong with a glass to match me to see. the key to

a lot of family lives in the wild landscape of turkey's 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 and. their head and ears get hot and their poll slows down or. in fact the emergency room of the nearest provincial hospital regularly treats victims of mad honey. good she's good with a pub if you talk to dave a call out because some of them start seeing double i can cause heart attacks or even cardiac arrest in that but in most cases of delhi we just monitor the patients

for 24 hours and then send them home you know once that pulse is stabilized. loves them. pilot doubleday the video. yet the honey is not prohibited beekeeper his son to to la to naturally into sizes gets beneficial qualities he's willing to climb to the treetops can proceed with it the only place the highs are safe in the region spares around 16 years ago he surprised a bear raiding his hives and almost didn't survive the encounter so we learned it was out of here attacked me right away. we were close to a steep slope and both rolled about 20 meters down into a creek. there we started fighting each other. on the boat i tried to keep him at a distance with my hand in his mouth you see here are the scars from. what i told you i should be all you but the bear was quite old and drunk amani

eventually he 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. i feel about my head. who can i just want to sleep. the sun coup to locked up already has i ran a salty younger tree at the ready to counter the side effects then he finishes up the next time it's all part of the method to his mad honey.

the covert 900 pandemic was without a doubt the dominating topic of 2020 millions of lives have been massively affected by the coronavirus people have lost their jobs their health their loved ones 10 year old lorenzo knows all too well how the virus can change a life instantly he lives in a belgian town that was the cleared a hot spot back in march and 1 of the 1st people to die from the virus was lorenzo's grandfather his death left the young boy deeply scarred. before corona didn't know loneliness now. every day and sleep here. and it's just not right with the 10 year old misses his grandfather luke they were inseparable grandpa was the best pretty happy yeah i was happy.

renzo lived with his grandparents for years and they took him everywhere luke was always the one to pick lorenzo up at school when his grandfather got coated 19 in march and became the 1st known victim of the virus in their hometown of st truman. left confused and angry. by if corona wasn't. nothing of this would have happened his grandmother ginny is still pained to recall how difficult it was to explain to lorenzo luke wasn't coming home from the hospital. and i have to say that. the plea was so. good that. while janine had to deal with her own grief her daughter's and her grandsons lorenzo was troubled he'd never gotten to say goodbye these were grasses

and those are all the names of. people that want to see him again. but then a chance arose for lorenzo to say farewell when his city's mayor decided to create a memorial in a local park around the theme of the flower forget me not. and i said from the beginning i want. from a little child who lost his grandfather of grandmother the mayor asked lorenzo if he would like to speak at the dedication he declined because i fought the were i gonna laugh at me why but. i don't know. why i just think something. that i set that and. that when i set something about my grandpa i was going to cry. it was a little free. maybe you can do it for grandpa.

at the ceremony with his mother nellie beside him lorenzo poured out his heart and touched everyone else and even. your grandpa i miss you very much i am mad about corona mad about what happened you were dead best and always are going to be the best investment and. when you were standing up there and people were listening to hear what you think they were thinking. he's a brave boy. and no longer he realized and angry boy i was happy that i did it that i. rode el out. and was happy. everyone was.

grampa. and in the spring this corner of the park where lorenzo throughout his sadness will be filled with little blue flowers each blossom a promise to those who are gone we won't forget you. spain is also struggling with the effects of the pandemic the country's economy has taken a massive hit given that it highly depends on tourism in cities like barcelona and many hotels bars and restaurants remain closed the economic decline also means that more and more people don't have enough money to pay their rent and that's why bailiff's like pac or grass and martinez are working around the clock his job of carrying out evictions can be both emotionally taxing and dangerous. clearly he's a bearer of bad news. we have

a court warrant will you open up. some martinez works in barcelona's last detail an area his job is to evade people the coronavirus pandemic is a busy time for him more and more people slip into poverty and can no longer pay their rent we have a court ruling you have to leave today. why weren't we told. leaf i'm here now you must have been given plenty of notice if you go for my father's 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 to 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. if you go. down this department was owned by 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. i need police backup illegal 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 are you on the.

subject of living like this of course the father the mother i've 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 a ruling that's the way the law is i don't have a guilty conscience or more than. this squatter won't leave so he's taken away. sees 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 with a day young woman from the dominican republic who gave birth just 2 weeks ago. when mark 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 give 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 now. the only way to get another apartment would be. barbecue sophos a few. more degrees 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. pago has been called to 8 of the actions today

in his district alone he knows that number will keep rising the longer the pandemic continue. living your life the way you want so that's saturday if stuffy of dream in his home country russia he faces hate on a daily basis members of the community or risk being rubbly or physically attacked in public the perpetrators and not held to account i'm a phobia is widespread in the russian society but these wrists don't subset a gay from following his past and of being a drag queen on high heels and dazzling makeup he is living life to the fullest. thanks. for. saying all this giving everyone

was out of the sleazy 6 say i might have to wear the name is miami or miami drag queen i was in miami get a. tax cut. plenty 7 year old sag a game yes miami the films that scream monkey a cape town in mustang. it's how he makes his living even if his job catches with it to feel in russia. have a 2nd phrase for face id it doesn't recognize me i did a good job on the make up today. i don't know she's that kind of woman hello i think it's my 2nd personality i mean with that i don't think it's an illness in the end stated but isn't it yes. because these attacks. say one stage at the club to track winfield's competent in d.c.

outside the club he's pretty ways for that to function he's good at it i don't want to see that. it just makes me want to vomit. right and send him into the army. not just for one year he ought to serve 3. was. 'd the one time you could have gotten your head torn off for that. sergei works hard on his act developing the choreography is himself step by step in 2015 he came to moscow from a little village in western russia he felt liberated but only within the safe confines of the club. with those letters as with my wares and high heels i don't fit the image of the russian male. i can't walk down the street as my army it's not because i don't want to become

a star but because i'm afraid. afraid for my life and for my face freeze that. there are good reasons to be afraid in russia it's very dangerous for a man to appear in public wearing makeup and women's clothes as seen here in moscow's metro homophobic groups may quickly turn violent and deep bass their victims say gays well aware of the danger and never leave the club in drag even so much as posting about his act on the internet without including an age limit could land him in court on charges of homosexual propaganda in such an environment sag a says it's dangerous to come out as gay even to one's own family. i haven't had any contact with my father for about 10 years ago once i got drunk and messaged him saying father i'm bisexual i'm not bisexual i'm gay that's how i put

it i thought it be easier for him i have nothing against girls but i also like boys he's never called me since. my step mother called me from his telephone and said what if you don't you know we raised your speed. but sag a doesn't intend to stay hidden away forever so in his outfits in secret. he has dreams of a grand career and he's invested his creativity and about 11000 euros in fabrics makeup and shoes. which is to me i'd like to be in the media and appearing in movies and shows so people will be scared of us but ones that i'd like to be able to walk the streets by armies and not have people you know things at me like who places in the cemetery there's. such things frighten saguenay but he's not giving miami out he'll carry on as the dazzling drag queen but maybe not in russia

sank in his dreams of a life in another country. for centuries the way human beings have been trying to find the secrets to a long and healthy life is it about diet to getting enough exercise does it have to do with your genes well the answer may be found on the greek island of a carry out a surprisingly high number of people living there reach a very old age researchers are trying to find out what their secret is and i can tell you one thing i believe it has to do with the breathtaking beauty of the island. here in the sea of. nice the island of korea. it's famous for its namesake interest from greek mythology and for the adenike it's been ages. but these days is mainly renowned for the no guarantee of its residence and is known as the island of

centenarians. demetrius crusie is one of the centenarians actually he's 100 in one. his wife is 93 when crusie was born there weren't any streets yet on it korea poverty and hard work influenced his lifestyle and diet but to this day he only sees his doctor for routine checkups what's the secret to his good health. or. well it's a lot of fish. do in after all i was a fisherman myself the girls of the river meets twice a week at most. you are to. and i really liked lentils. maybe daddy gaghan like him like wine doesn't agree with me it gives me a rational because i only drink beer rita is close to a 3rd of a korea's 10000 residents live to be older than 90 finding out why this is has been

keeping countless greek and foreign researches busy for years. nanny costs kalimba here says please let it korea centenarians have attracted international attention however he's also concerns that the elderly could soon be the and only ones left on the island because of a different issue would we have to improve our infrastructure so young people stay on a career. like we need to make investments in health care education and transport passion believe it or ports roads which make british political like you seem a condition our streets are a. minority national grid where you're always having to slalom. if. we took one of the islands better roads to speak with someone who should know more about why people aren't in korea and if so long. for. the islands resident docs are

in the us larry addis suspects that genetics play a role but he also thinks it carians love lives have something to do with it. and always will be. here you have all the records that's for a good sex life a positive attitude of the healthy body and soul lots of social gatherings just a brief monday of celebrations it was your day i then recently a 92 year old into my practice and said if your doctor spite of my age i can still do everything well. i ask what do you mean by everything no. when i say everything i mean everything. one man familiar with this is fun gala schedule known as the james dean of. now a 90 years old he's been married twice but he says women just get too jealous that's why he's now living on his own on his farm with his all if we've been. there

but his energy is boundless his next project to drain the well on the hill behind his house. we have clean air and clean water on the bus the main thing you know. 90. sauces still fighting fit and making plans for the future. because. if you've been married twice you can always try to help her time. but you can't hurry love especially not on a career. life on this stunning island in the i.g.n. sea is full of passion and free of stress and strife. and perhaps that is the secret behind the long given t. of a career is serious. i should think of moving there when i retire or at least to visit the island for an extended vacation well with that we've come to the end

of today's show thank you so much for watching the team and i would like to wish you all the best for 2021 and of course we'll be back next week with more stories from across europe until then. thanks. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank. you.

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