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being muslim now they could be facing deportation. the father uncle grandfather several members of shame see a family what arrested would. tamed in china because they are we guess. for weeks shamsi has been joining protests in front of the chinese consulate in istanbul where everyone here has missing relatives everyone here is hoping for a sign of life these even some of them are like these photos are all we have we're not dangerous we just want our families back i don't understand why they're not being released and why nobody talks to us maybe they are afraid of us or afraid of the truth i think that you know you let me come close to a lot of stories like shamsi as can be heard by the dozen in the streets of zeta informal. like use of a muff he works as a cook in

a we go restaurant the thought of possibly being deported warrior's him. to look good there so if turkey sends us back to china they will put us in jail for ever or shoot us debt. lawyer represents many legal refugees he has a folder full of extradition requests from china there have been no deportation so far says arrogant but pressure from beijing is growing is it upon them is that initial most especially during the coronavirus pandemic chinese investments have become very important for turkey's troubled economy 2 major chinese mobile phone companies have recently announced that they want to invest here and turkey relies on the chinese made vaccine i think china uses all of that to exert pressure on tacky. china has given turkey massive financial support in

recent years with investments in infrastructure in ports and bridges but also with credits and loans however this has not affected the turkish position on the weed is the ruling party says. this extradition treaty with china is a. about criminals we have similar agreements with $32.00 other countries it is extremely wrong to present it as an agreement again so we get brothers and sisters mothers mamma. says she has always been grateful to the turkish government for its support of the weakest that should be extradition agreement with china be ratified she fears her name could also appear on a deportation list bands are optimistic but i'm now an activist the fact that i'm searching for my father and other relatives makes me a criminal in china's eyes and now i'm afraid that what has happened to others could one day happen to me. but she does not want to give up her protest

be silent disappear in the crowd she wants for the fate of a family to not be forgotten. the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep the world and its grip in israel however some normality is returning at least to the people who have been vaccinated with their green passports they are once again able to carry out activities that were previously forbidden. since september classes at this television studio have been held online because of the pandemic know people can attend again and person but only those who hold a green pass the house issued by israel's ministry are 1st that is given only to vaccinated people or those recovered from calls at 90 so it's an amazing feeling and everyone is vaccinated so there's no fear and it feels slight and. parly are broadcasting the

classes that are taking place here we are broadcasting them for people who still did not to vaccinate on sunday israel for the east river. dictions after prolonged lockdown malls museums and stores have been opened for all but jim solis culture and sports events will be made accessible to cream pass holders over $4000000.00 people have received at least the 1st buy and take pfizer so israel is one of the 1st countries trying to get life back to normal opening up has also opened a debate over a variety of legal and moral questions of limiting personal liberties as there is someone not rushing to get the vaccine we are limiting few people and i believe this is balance we are not doing that for good you can really enjoy a cultural life you will enjoy those you will enjoy you know going to the gym but

in this time of the temporary base on the short term we will let all of people being vaccinated all we covered for corona 2 of the green pins it remains unclear whether international travel could also billing to the queen pass for now israel's ben gurion airport they remain closed for another 2 weeks to keep virus variants at bay travelling is not yet on the mind of this group or for long term friends and to recent memory age between 84 and 95 they had to play their favorite chinese board game john on line for the palestinian after their vaccinations they feel safe again to meet very nice to see everybody's ok and remain pretty healthy throughout the year but very lonely and. it really is a wonderful feeling it's

a 1st but cautious step back to some kind of normality. the coronavirus pandemic has hit unemployed people particularly hard with some no longer able to pay their rent. aid organizations in the u.s. fears that homelessness in the country could be on the rise. a winter search mission in the city center of paterson new jersey volunteers are conducting the annual count of the homeless population at what bosy leads the evening shift for him this year's count is especially hard. because of and we have to have greater social distancing in the shelters the shelters are about 36 percent capacity of normal so obviously there would be more people out on the street now you would might find them in the you know in the doorways and stuff like what we've got so much snow on the street right now that probably the normal places

that they go they can find now. works for the city hall and is trying to help patterson's municipal government grapple with the rising numbers of homelessness every day he says the toll it takes on the city's destitute bosy war is that the economy fallout from kovac 900 pandemic could push more people into the streets. according to the u.s. census bureau but some 9000000 americans are behind on their rent and at risk of a vacation many now depend on help from places like this community kitchen. the eviction moratorium has protected them from landing on the streets during the pandemic but it is due to run out by the end of march. good 4 months behind you know i did pay my rent horribly and left for nothing. probably the worst possible thing that could happen to anyone is to be homeless

because there's some people who never were home don't know how to handle me i wouldn't have a halo almost despite idea approaching deadline new rental assistance has still not been approved by congress which is currently fighting over to new stimulus package on the streets of paterson edwards bosy hopes that the money arrives on time in compromise on back rent too right i have people we've hired on rent and they're never going to get a job. and if i a victim i would want to just get a good tenant probably was behind on his rent worried as well you know if somebody came to me as a landlord and say hey i'll give you half the back rent i'd be i'd be happy for that without help soon many more people could be left out in the cold. in the siberian town of kissel's u.s. residents have been complaining of breathing problems for years they live in what's

known as the black heart of russia where coal has been mined for 100 years with devastating consequences for the people and the environment. this is vitaly shestakov shovel and snow but this isn't any old snow underneath there is a substance of that looks like a black marble but it's actually blacks know what that's falling from the sky coal dust has darkened. and his garden leaving a palette of black grey and white. sometimes the dust is so bad that the handkerchief that i wipe my face with while i work gets dirty. vitale lives. in softer period. the air pollution here is severe. and the city lies in. a coal mining area that's known as russia's black heart

millions of tons of coal have come out of the ground in the district dating back to the 1920 s. that call is mainly used in the metals industry. is of the basis of the local economy and its biggest problem when if there is no hint of the smoke is so bad that it's difficult to brief according to locals and n.g.o.s study found that twice as many people died of a respiratory disease in coos bus as in the rest of russia. vitaly and his neighbors have had enough of life here a year and a half ago they made a video of the black snow and asked the canadian government for silence. when you we have children and we don't want them to get cancer from the polluted environment . the most amazing thing was that the canadian prime minister who's

a very very far away reacted monster to our video then our own officials your stories here ignored us at 1st and then later our government accused us of being traitors to the homeland and to the coast bus region. almost harmful for russia's industrial waste comes from this region. 86000 residents are among the worst affected a large amount of coal by products created toxic flammable and ready to act if waste. is. the government recently announced an increase in the coal production here to help make up for falling coal prices. at dark day for vitali sets to kofi and his neighbors.

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