please places in europe, record me into a bold and venture. the treasure map for modern globetrotters, discover some of your record breaking on you to know also in book form in the news. hello and welcome to focus on europe. i'm lab a la. 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is now a cesspool and environmental disaster has been unfolding and the turkish fee of mara, blue waves have since been replaced by brown, grew a slime known as the snuff that produced by l. j. and as

a result of the climate crisis and environmental toxins, authorities are now in a race against time to get the situation under control. well, this fee of mirage 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 it's done. who ends up in the once pristine feed, a burden for the ecosystem. and for people like alley justin, the fisherman is fighting for his livelihood as the seas not continues to grow. a layer of organic goose floats on the water in the port. if you could up an island near esther val local fisherman ali joshua and is shocked at the sight. it's a catastrophe. he says. i was supposed to survive in that way. if they swim into it,

they'll die in minutes. fresh fish from the sea, a mom ra used to be a staple. and it's 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 chains of seasons, the early 2 thousands of we would just rinse off our net and continue with our dig back then 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 in 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 cleanup action plans. well, that's what on those terms. i believe you will conduct the most the ends of the clean up in turkey ever 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 it's the see of murmur as can to the black sea and to the mediterranean sea farmer, too narrow channels for a couple of days. it is frankly an inland sea. a clue system. and for the past 50 years, we'll come to waste from 25000000 people into its waters. and he says, decades of pollution have had a catastrophic impact on marine life. ubiquitous cease 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 synthesis impossible. organisms cannot produce oxygen. what does that make too much 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, as well as one of the after 40 years as a fisherman, ali has swapped nets for fishing lines even so he's out of luck today. well, we'll get you another i recently headed out to see if you could go fishing with my grandchildren. couldn't catch

a single thing for them to 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 mara 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 or that is all on think of 11 once the sea of mom or i 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 feed from

ukraine and so far some a 13000 people have died in the conflict. though a cease fire has been in place for nearly a year. violations are commonplace. while the front line runs between the town of no heart, scott and neighbour undone, ask the residence of no forward. scott live in constant fear of shelling attacks by the separatists. now some locals believe they have found their own solution to the towns crisis, destroyed factories, abandoned homes and uniforms. as far as the i can see, this is no hurdle to get a small town on the government health side of the front lines in east 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 leakage that we use will be practically

a part of for leaf gotten done yet. it was like one big city. everyone with their to work with us and what the traces of the war abound. here in the football game, jobs do not to janica 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 her job included, making sure civilian casualties were careful of the daily shelling. who gave it to madison to the insecurity never leaves you. we suffered less. i'm direct, hit back in february will 7 years have passed since the war began fresh for you while you were and fewer people still believe we'll ever see the end of this that both sides will unify miles of trenches and mine fields. now cut no photo scare off from the big cities that used to be practical. it's backyard. if ever a town needed to reinvent itself,

it's this one. but how to jessica sco think she found the alta here at the town's overgrown cemetery. this is the aunts and family young the german founders of new york, the ukrainian new york ratish. that's what no for old school 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,

john is convinced that returning to the towns previous name, it's only a survival. if no votes go went back to be new york headlines would surely be guaranteed. music of our foreign minister has already suggested we post you in assembly here and our ukranian new york. let them come. they were ready for them or was it was up 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 and depending a draft lower to officially change, the town's name has been submitted to ukraine's parliament and his pending approval . but not everyone has to. jonathan tuesday has him since the 5 year olds, because garden is directly on the front line just getting to his house require the permits. she needs booking. it's quiet enough today. who

knows what will happen tomorrow? shooting never really stops here. nobody mcculla 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 or younger. these i was born back when this was called new york. you are on yet still named after stolen at the time. you know, what is changing and name going to achieve. 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 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 when there's really, if 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 to say the fill in the form was after all, who's going to want to pick a fight with the american out? and then what might sound a little, far fetched, but it's better than sitting around waiting message, 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 you case head out to do. but it turns out the divorce wasn't a seamless a 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 britons, 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 rob holloman is something like the conductor. only now he's watching his musicians leave in, drove a lot of a bricks in the search and whether they'll be tv to be welcomed and it doesn't face about to have us 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 disappearing back to their native land for extended periods or for good. for decades, british logistics companies have attracted truckers from the

e u. but ever since brags that came into effect, many no longer want to work in the u. k. you know, i have some friends said to me, i don't want to work anymore because, you know, before was like limited self employed. yeah. and this is a big problem. mm. fewer drivers and more bureaucracy for month. british logistics firms, have them settled with the consequences of bricks? it the very consequences rod mackenzie had long warned. the british government about essentially drivers field, they're no longer welcome off the brakes. it that we are an island nation, or we've 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 pos for the authorities and it is no longer an open border with

europe. so the job has got more difficult for years. right. mackenzie has been representing the interests 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 the supply and driver shortage is the to are and it's connected. so there's the example of a large laurie which had to pop up h lowrie'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. con mills to transport stage equipment for big pop group street across europe. had a fleet of 16 trucks and vans and employ drivers from the

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

everybody you've got mark that was it was a stony silence. they didn't know me. ready now, quite mills only receives 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 spreads 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 up to a point, i wouldn't say 100 percent, but there is that a thought on the minds of many british entrepreneurs since britain left, 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 be in this 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 route. she and her 2 teams have been living in denmark for 6 years now. they've been told to leave. then they come. one

day i will see the 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. geared i told my kids, we couldn't stay up the la mr. 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 them use them, they will go off. 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 ideally,

denmark's prime minister, the social democrats metaphysics and they wouldn't want to accept any further asylum seekers in the parliament has been working on tightening up immigration laws . method. fredrickson claims sending refugees to syria is fully justified. seek for autopay and people have no further need of protection because the danger is no longer given medicine, they should return to their homeland to help with reconstruction debates. 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 in denmark, from the beginning, he's going to have people only count as refugees, if they're in need of protection and asked if they need no longer exists, to help us to just life statements like these of brought the demonstrators onto the street fighting and showing me have widely seen the human rights group see that many people had actually fled the secret police and bashar and the recent election

has only cemented his grip. since 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 $300.00 have been stripped of their residence status. well, you've been forced into the partition centers like this one. lisa blankenburg still worries that denmark's policy consist of fetal precedent. ok, larry worrying if the other european countries were to fall as susan would summit and mark as a wealthy country could afford to let these people stay here. especially since many of the are working or in training with it. and russia. key root was

a teacher in syria over the past 6 years, she's integrated into danish society. at 1st, she worked in a hotel and copenhagen, and then an elder care piece as syria is anything boxy 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 addressing 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 anthem, part of the parisian city state for centuries, the book, merchants along the then in the latin quarter. but the future of these book,

a nice as they are called, has been under threats since the pandemic broke out. a sharp decline and tourism left many unable to pay their bills. natalie, carla has been running her bookstore for decades. and though corona virus restrictions are slowly easing 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 intellectual tourists. bob, it's unique, blair. but during the corona locked down, the cafes were empty and all fell quiet around the saw bon university. even now, look, sellers like not to the qu long have, but few customers though, said professor 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 our clients have been slow to return. plenty to eat. he 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 jeep as june. one 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 money we were to buy because he was such an old man is gone. we can kid you can take you about jeff. i think district has changed a lot. there are no more kathy's chains, like starbucks, the city should do something about an exercise preemption, right? for a neighborhood. so historical, this is a terrible development name,

but it's not just the corona crisis that's led to the book. shops, demise, says historian eric, all. who grew up right here by the sin. he believes sky high, real estate prices have also played a role. i think he clipped more time. so my son 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 is online sales platforms like amazon, which all the people shop online more, less form and visit shops. the but the quarter's smaller bookshops are putting up a fight. not only knows only true book warms like yourself can offer personalized book recommendations. and here people can have a hands on experience. you like a mini book to oh, sorry. no worries at what they're 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 a scene and we've been posting new releases on social media, instagram and facebook, and showing new ideas and themes, what we show and publishers bring out new exam preparation titles. we're just trying to react to this crisis as quickly as possible. and if you feel like a present for natalie hopes, this extra effort will keep customers coming back and ensure small bookshops like hers survive. so probably a files can continue to enjoy a coffee and a good book in the latin quarter. thanks for watching. focus on europe. do let me know your thoughts about this week

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