because i would never have thought the due date can be live. so i believe it's julie sheen, europe. the 2 port documentary starts july 5th on d w. i the hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm la bella. it's nice to have you with us today. what was once a paradise for sunday? there's a fisherman is now a cesspool and environmental disaster has been unfolding in the turkish fee of mara . blue waves have since been replaced by brown, grew a slime known as cease not that's produced by l. j. and as

a result of the climate crisis and environmental talks in, authorities are now in a race against time to get the situation under control. well, the see of mamma is an inland body of water with narrow connections to the mediterranean and black seas. this makes it a prime spot for pollutants to gather an untreated waste. water from the megacity of its down wall ends up in the once pristine fi, a burden for the ecosystem. and for people like allie josh quin, the fisherman is fighting for his livelihood as this cease not continues to grow a layer of organic goose floats on the water in the port. if you could up an island near esther bowl. local fishermen, ali joshua is shocked at the sight. it's a catastrophe. he says. i was supposed to survive in that way. they swim into will die in minutes of the fresh fish from the

sea of mara used to be a staple danville eateries. but for years the regional fish stock has been declining, parallel pollution is on the rise. never before however, has the sea of mom or a seen this level of pollution. vast areas are blanketed by cease not as the slimy substance has been dumped. we've encountered similar kinds of good seasons, the early 2 thousands of what we just read off our net was and continue with our dig a little back then you could it didn't affect the fish. but these days, the thick substance produced by micro organisms covers vast expanses of the sea. it can drift on for kilometers and doesn't only stick to the surface. it's a result of sewage from istanbul, households and industry, compounded by the climate emergency. turkish authorities are trying to pump the go out of the water with specially fitted ships,

but it's unclear if these desperate attempts will be effective as the sledge can be found up to 30 meters under water. turkey also plans to modernize a string of water treatment plants along the coast and has hastily launched a $22.00 point clean up action plans. well, that's what on those terms. i believe you will conduct the most of the clean up in turkey ever. we're just able to, i'm calling on all citizens to help them with him is their dog to do. but marine biologists like math. google aren't impressed the waters ecosystem has been out of balance for years. he says that it's the see of murmur as connected to the black sea and to the mediterranean sea to narrow channels for quality. this is frankly an inland sea clue system. and for the past 50 years, we come a waste from 25000000 people into its waters. and it is sick. he says, decades of pollution have had a catastrophic impact on marine life. you beckwith has ceased not,

has only made matters worse. it could suffocate the corals below which filter and clean the sea using the sunlight from entering the sea. this makes food to synthesis impossible. organisms cannot produce oxygen poly josh kuhn meanwhile can no longer go about his work. it will all be, give us your name will sink below the surface when they do collect all kinds of grain, but certainly no fish. well, it was after 40 years as a fisherman. all he has swapped nets for fishing lines. even so he's out of luck to day. hollywood. well, we shall know that i recently headed out to see if you could go fishing with my grandchildren. i couldn't catch

a single thing for them if i get to do this with all this sludge swimming is out of the question to the gooey substance, can harbor bacteria and viruses harmful to humans. some experts warn that a cholera outbreak is looming. many beaches along the sea of monro have therefore been shut. bali joshua might also have to close his business for ever you look at this wound issue with nature ever create something like this with ice are doing that is the fuel of, in with that is all on think of 11 once the sea of monro was teeming with life today. it's covered in rot. for 7 years now, war has been raging in the dawn bass. the region officially belongs to ukraine, but parts of it are controlled by pro russian separatists. they wanted to succeed

from ukraine, and so far, some of 13000 people have died in the conflict. though a cease fire hasn't been in place for nearly a year. violations are commonplace. while the front line runs between the town of no part, sca and neighbour and don't ask the residence of north forward scott live in constant fear of shelling attacks by the separatists. now some local believe they have found their own solution to the town crisis. destroyed factories, abandoned homes and uniforms. as far as the i can see, this is no photo scare. a small town on the government health side of the front lines in east and ukraine. town that was just getting by then was struck or stomach before and over. there were leave car when the next with the separatists are like we will be practically

a part of or least gotten done yet. it was like one of our everyone with their to work with us in a lot the traces of the war bound hearing of what else can jumps do not to jana, going to school was born and raised here for years. she taught history at the local school. during the heaviest fighting, tatiana became the towns deputy, met a job included, making sure civilian casualties were careful of the daily shilling. i gave you to that a sense of insecurity never leaves you that we suffered our last, i'm direct hit happened february who 7 years has passed since the war began for you while you were in the fewer people still believe we'll ever see the end of this that both sides will re unify miles of trenches and mine fields. now cut no photo scare off from the big cities that used to be practically it's backyard. if ever a town needed to reinvent itself,

is this one? but how to jessica, go think she's found the also here at the towns overgrown cemetery? this is the aunts and family young. the german founders of new york, the ukrainian new york. that is that's what no for oscar was officially called until 1951. the name dates back to the 19th century. one story popular among locals is that one of their founding fathers visited the real deal in the u. s. and returned to ukraine, wishing to see his home town flourish like its namesake after world war 2. so we took 30, proceeded to raise all memories of the towns german past. they selected a name as bland as it gets. new york became of her upscale or new town sell. this needs to be called gardens, or garden street in german. believe it was the heart of new york,

new york to john is convinced that returning to the towns previous name, it's only yoke. survival is nevada. went back to be new york headlines would surely be guaranteed music. our foreign minister has already suggested to you in assembly here an hour ukrainian new york. let them come. they were ready for them or what it was for us. the new york already has a petrol station, beach area and a handful of clubs. it seems all that's missing is a baseball team and the legal underpinning a draft law to officially change the towns name has been submitted to ukraine's parliament and his pending approval. but not everyone has to jump into them. since the 5 year old mcculla garden is directly on the front line, just getting to his house require the permit. should use for key. it's quiet enough

today. but who knows what will happen tomorrow? down to shooting never really stops here? nobody do. recall it tells us how restricted his life is become the buses, stop running landmines. now prevent him from visiting his parents. grades less skeptical that changing the towns name will make any difference yet the sign was born back when this was called new york, you are don yet still named after solid at the time. but even though what is changing and name going to achieve economic, we need jobs talk isn't enough. time for spring cleaning of the playground, the towns, military authorities and all the time, nor the resources for this kind of thing. it's volunteers like to china refilled a gap. she's there wherever she's needed, encouraging her neighbors to keep on going to never give up when they viewed and

we believe in this place, probably when the relief we didn't talk about, we wouldn't still be living here. you can, you, you who knows, maybe at the ends of new york again, then perhaps the other side will stop showing up. it's in the cell in the form was after all, who's going to want to pick a fight with the american about and then what might sound a little, far fetched, but it's better than sitting around him waiting periods, dream of new york than to do nothing. giving up just isn't an option take back control. that was the slogan for the regular campaign to leave the e u. and at the beginning of the year, that's what the u. k. set out to do. but it turns out that divorce wasn't as seamless as some might have hoped. shipping agents like rob holloman are still struggling with the new reality. as red tape continues to put off, the drivers traveling between britain and the u. many are asking themselves how much more they can take. is it curtains for britain's logistics firms?

there's almost nothing young haven't transported from here in east london, a company transports everything from food, stuff to tool. their operations are perfectly orchestrated. and rom, holloman is something like the conductor, only now he's watching musicians leave in, drove a lot of a with bricks in the i'm certain whether they'll be you to be welcome and it doesn't face about how much reassurance is offered. yes, we need these guys here and i've got a work that is not reassure them enough and a lot of them are disappearing back to the native land for extended periods all for good. for decades, british logistics companies have attracted truckers from the

e u. but ever since brags it came into effect many no longer want to work in the u . k. you know, i have some friends that to me. i don't want to work anymore because, you know, before was like limited employee, dia and this is a big problem. mm. fewer drivers and more bureaucracy for month british logistics firms have been saddled with the consequences of breaks it. the very consequences, rod, mackenzie had long warned the british government about essentially the drivers feel that no longer welcome off the brakes that we are an island nation or we become even more of an island nation. they don't like the red tape that goes with every, every load. they have to ship lots and lots of forms that they have to not necessarily fill in, but be aware of the possibilities and it is no longer open border with europe. so

the job has got more difficult for years, right? mackenzie has been representing the interest of the trucking industry. now he's worried, the lack of drivers will damage the entire british economy as replacement parts or raw materials don't arrive on time. the problem with supply and driver shortage is the tour and it's connected. so there's the example of a large laurie which had to pop up h laurie's last week because they couldn't find any drivers to drive. and that means the, all the contracts are they were supposed to fulfill for deliveries could not be done. and that adds up to shortages somewhere in the supply chain. to date, it's mainly the logistics firms that are feeling the pinch and the smaller the company, the harder they're hit. clive mills used to transport stage equipment for big pop groups, trade across europe. he had a fleet of 16 trucks and vans and employ drivers from the

e. u. now he works on his own. a friend help them secure a fishing boat. he'll transport to wales your causes damage because i'm not, i haven't got yeah, me a fit. i can put an adverb in the paper and get a driver maybe will want to do what i do. maybe know the lack of e workers along with a new post briggs rules are making life tougher. mills of neighbors to farmers can't find in the harvest. hands, fishermen can't deliver their catch to europe. well, why didn't you tell us if 2 years ago that you want got to sell your place? you wouldn't get to sell your craps. we would have to get extra pipe work to do to your exhibition goods the ban. so is going to have problems trying to do the band to work because some of the stuff doesn't only stay in one place. and then so the, the huge thing that we were asking for for years, what is it going to involve for everybody?

you've got mark that was, it was a stony silence. they didn't know me. now. quite mills, only received smaller contracts, restricted to the island. he gets mis deldrick just thinking about the hundreds of thousands of kilometers. he's traveled all across europe. knows, love being a trucker, but ever since brags that he's not sure how much further he can go. difficult question, what i close it down. i mean, i'm at the i, it's now where i think already one older grief. so what i've done. yes, i did. so point we did to, to a point, i wouldn't sight 100 percent, but there is that so a thought on the minds of many british entrepreneurs since britain left of the e u. the war in syria is still unresolved. after a decade aside, remains in office of the country. he fought over lies and ruins. while he was

recently re elected in a vote that e lawmakers have called neither free nor fair. millions of display, syrians fled the conflict and came to europe in countries like denmark. but now the government says it's safe for them to return. russia ca rude is a mother of 2 who manage to build a new life in denmark. now she may be forced to abandon it as it becomes the 1st you country to revoke residency permits for some syrian refugees. every de demonstrators take up position, i say to dennis parliament and copenhagen, and drawn posters like this one. call for a stop to the deportations to syria, to being about 20 protesters a few, not for weeks they have been concerned about the government's plans to the port syrian refugee. one is 30 year old, russia root fi and her 2 teams have been living in denmark for 6 years now. they've been told to leave, then they come to me. one day i received

a letter from the immigration agency, stating i no longer had a residence permit to yeah, i think the blood rushed to my head and was sick to my stomach. so yeah, bang, i couldn't sleep. yes, i didn't have geared i've told my kids, we couldn't stay up below. mister also got a letter from the danish immigration agency. he was just 13. when he arrived in denmark, he was horrified to hear that women and children would be the 1st to be sent back, because they didn't have to fear forced military service against them and very dangerous to send women back to syria them because the men will use them the military got the syrian armed forces aren't only targeting men like me, but also women use many lanes for their husbands. their parents or their families might have fought against the military. so they're not ideal. lee,

denmark's prime minister, the social democrats metaphysics. and that's what we wouldn't want to accept any further asylum seekers or parliament has been working on tightening up immigration laws. method fredrickson claims sending refugees to syria is fully justified. seek for all shabanni. people have no further need of protection because the danger is no longer given me that they should return to their homeland to help with reconstruction, to base if you feel and if they're unable to travel for whatever reason. they should go to the partition center. if we should have handled it this way and then mark it from the beginning, he's going to have people only count refugees if they're in need of protection, hurting him and ask if they need a longer help. still, just like statements like these of brought the demonstrators onto the street. the fighting and shelling me have widely seized. the human rights group see that many people had actually fled the secret police and bashar assad iron fits. and the

recent election has only cemented his grip. everything's an amnesty. international husband, documenting serious human rights violations in syria for years from the barrel bonds in aleppo to the attacks on schools and hospitals in hama. ha, we've also documented systematic torture and abuse in prisons. 35000 syrians currently live in denmark, so far about 300 have been stripped of their residence status. well, few been forced into deportation centers like this one. lisa blankenburg still worries that denmark's policy consist of fetal precedent. ok. very worrying if the other european countries were to policy, to summit and mark as a wealthy country could afford to let these people stay here. especially since many of them are working. or in training with russia. key root was

a teacher in syria over the past 6 years, she's integrated into danish society. first, she worked in a hotel and copenhagen, and then an elder care piece as syria is anything but see for her and her children . i were to land at a syrian airport. the military would immediately pick me up and take me to prison because i am against god. i fled from assad. if they saw my name on the roster, the military would be waiting for me upon arrival. i shall keep it will soon be interesting and appeals board to be for now. she's still late to work and her kids may still attend school. in late june, the authorities are set to make their final decision on her deportation. they have been part of the parisian cityscape for centuries, the book, merchants along with them in the latin quarter. but the future of these look nice

as they are called has been under threats since the pandemic broke out. a sharp decline in tourism left many unable to pay their bills. natalie, carla has been running her bookstore for decades. and though corona virus restrictions are slowly using in france, it comes to late for some natalie fears. this could be the final chapter for her business. it's the place to enjoy a book and a cup of coffee in paris. the latin quarter is the traditional haunt of french intellectuals, tourists. bob, it's unique, blair. but during the corona lockdown, the cafes were empty and all fell quiet around the saw bone university. even now booksellers like, not to the qu long have, but few customers. they'll say, here we have political philosophy and ethics. and here are the used books you look at, you know, whether old or new natalie has been stocking philosophy books for over 30 years.

but her clients have been slow to return. plenty to read said that we had to adapt to try and women present even when we were closed. during the 1st 2 locked down, we weren't allowed to open at all. that was tricky to completely block away. a legend is being dismantled. the corona crisis has claimed some high profile names in the latin quarter. the june, 1 of the biggest book stores in paris has closed the doors of its flagship shop. are good for book lovers. it was an institution that it was just the only way over to buy used because most places such an old minutes has gone off in kid. you can take it back, jeff. i think you have district has changed a lot. are no more cafes chains, like starbucks, the city should do something about an exercise preemption, right? for a neighborhood, the so historical. this is a terrible development digital,

but it's not just the corona crisis that's led to the book. shops, demise, says historian eric, all city who grew up right here by the sin. he believes sky high, real estate prices have also played a role. which i feel i think he plays more ton more. the lesson portrait is dying where he is dying partly because rents are way too high, and shopkeepers can no longer afford them. the 2nd crucial factor plays online sales platforms like amazon was all the people shop online, more or less from and visit, shops less the but the quarters smaller book shops are putting up a fight. not only can home knows only true book warms like yourself can offer personalized book recommendations, and here people can have a hands on experience. would you like a mini book to oh, sorry, no worries. after their therefore together with other booksellers,

natalie ensured that bookstores were class as essential services in france. as a result, they could operate pretty much as normal during the last lockdown. next, she aims to beat the big internet platforms at their own game. when they see that we've been posting new releases on social media, instagram and facebook, and showing new ideas and themes. when we show and publishers bring out new exam preparation titles, we're just trying to react to this crisis as quickly as possible quickly for the proactive present. the not only hopes this extra effort will keep customers coming back and ensure small book shots like hers survive. so badly a files can continue to enjoy a copy and a good book in the latin quarter. thanks for watching focus on europe. do let me know your thoughts about this week stories

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