for answers, for 2 years, the author accompanies a cell, a fist family in northern syria, insights into the isolated world of radical islamists, film about family, faith, masculinity of fathers and sons starts april 16th on d, w. ah ah, ah. hello and welcome to focus on europe and we begin with the war that continues to ravage large parts of ukraine in recent days, violence there has reached a new and even more shocking level. in the small town of boucher close to the capital cliff,

russian troops appeared to have brutally mascot innocent civilians. their remains were literally scattered along the streets, men, women, and children, ukrainian government, and many in the international community believe the atrocities of war crimes the kremlin for its part denies any involvement. well, during russia's invasion of ukraine, vladimir putin has had the influential backing of patriarch carrier of moscow time . and again, the head of the russian orthodox church has sided with putin all the more remarkable therefore that a small russian orthodox monastery here in germany, in a village north of berlin, has been giving refuge to a number of ukrainians seeking shelter from po tins, bombs. so oh, let oh, yeah, up at the new greets his guests. that normally only has 9 monks would be eating in

the small kitchen. but this russian orthodox monastery has taken in about 20 refugees from ukraine. so now everyone takes their meals and shifts. settled although it is dog. sonya has found refuge here too. is good. now, one is never, she's innocent to give good just as we are. as i'm ready to cry, we're all just waiting for peace. one long piece everywhere in the world. that's my greatest wish. now, so i do that with their common language is russian habit. neil has integrated the refugees into the monasteries daily routine, including the chores labels. here in the monastery, me live by the principal. ora at la bora, labord, a pre and work that we have for pictures of land, and so there's plenty to do to low it has been assigned to the hosting together with her daughter and parents. she's found sanctuary in the russian orthodox

monastery. as a practicing christian, she assumed the monks would help her family. she got to know father de niel some time ago by a facebook could i believe i know it's on mr. lemme knows. my chair, to me being here is heavenly, peaceful, a spooky in the night required. she and we help and know will wake up every morning and i d. m, still not there. sure. and everything will be peaceful and calm. he said that the whole emma are not due to shows us photos of her life and keep visiting the christmas market with her daughter. oh outings with her mother. she never dreamed a war was possible and she'd have to flee from her own country. nazi have i been spitting north a national day every day? we're in touch with our neighbors on social media. yeah. as of to find out who's lost their apartment and key is of which national dan from the outside the russian orthodox monastery looks impressive. but the manor house is dilapidated and unsafe

. the monks and refugees are crowded into the former servants quarters. these every little bit of space? yes, all that our housekeeper, this is our house chapel gets hubble via, you know, set up temporary beds for our refugee families here who it wasn't a good fit of family. the room is cluttered before any miss would have had to have been quickly tidy. but now father de neal doesn't mind that hobbs are had the food. what's important is that they feel good here and see that's the mean thing for me, the safety stiffness. the loss in london can thus crystal cindy, that we have to ask, what would christ have done? sinca? i think christ would have a legless oath. abbot neil is convinced that christ is on his side. yet the russian orthodox church supports the war and ukraine.

that pains father de neal his monastery was built partly with funding from russia. ulysses, it doesn't bless his lovely equity seattle's useless little fis. callaghan . thus neither can any war is terrible. and it doesn't have to be this way out of the machine. and we all have to live together in peace in and if needed, lost diplomatic solutions should be found. delightful isn't but please like i never wore not the russian orthodox cleric is standing by ukrainian refugees. i was the village of what he sees, how these war victims are suffering and his heart goes out to them. and as the dog of our 1st days were very, very hard, we all cried a lot. even my hair started turning gray during those days that all the volume

over facebook father, daniel receives more calls for help, almost daily. most recently, a priest friend looking for a safe place to stay with his family of 7, contacted him. the friend had hoped to come to the monastery. ah, father denila had to make a tough decision, stands up as abuse and we don't have any room left who are overcrowded. it's sad that be super late and you have golden. now he'll have to wait a while, but i'll find a solution. no problem can conclude ah, that in the monastery politics have to be left at the door. at this table, all people are just people all with a shared wish for the war and ukraine to end soon. now it's an open secret. switzerland has long been one of the most accommodating countries for russian business. yet following the invasion of ukraine,

the swiss government agreed to match e u sanctions and clump down on russian multi millionaires. well, it's been over a month now since those sanctions were announced and critic, se swizzle authorities are up to their old tricks and are only really going through the motions if any one knows the secrets of swiss banking than it's this man. so van bison is an investigative journalist, and for many years he has been focused on offshore banking. since the start of the war in ukraine, he's been particularly interested in the hidden assets of russian oligarchs. also yet by the senior specific switzerland unfortunately doesn't have a special unit for tracking down his oligarchy. assets, law pose of damage. busy yet they're in banks or other places such as galleries or duty, free storage depots were artworks or capt reserve or docile sold hope was it sees actor or let these actors have to declare that they have clients who are subject to sanctions, spoke hewick. so luckily but this requirement is taking effect very slowly,

if at all, at a rally and band. it was ukrainian president viola demerit zalinski himself who called on switzerland to take a more assertive action against the oligarchs in boca blunt or do something to fight. the people who have unleashed this war, he urged he was referring to people such as from man abram, manage, whose luxury yet is currently grounded. the basil euro airport also on the international sanctions list is alicia. it was min off in here, handing over a multi $1000000.00 donation to the i o. c museum. what the and then there's jenna deaton jenkins, a close associate of putin. so i'm one of the world's richest oil tie. coons. he owns a villa on lake geneva, with an underground tennis court thought to have cost $19000000.00. switzerland is a paradise for oligarchs,

his swiss politician roget nord man. boss i union is for 2 reasons. they can lead a good discrete life is then it's an optimal location for wealth management of altima. and of course, is oligarchy. try and park their cash, or even hide it. he huddled in, that's why they're all here with this hudson. theodora, a task force has been set up to change that it aims to help track down the oligarchs assets. the idea is triggered bitter to beat in the swiss parliament critic see the end of the route for switzerland as a financial center young's off off. along that we immediately insisted that switzerland have its own task force for a klepto task force, like the ones in the u. s. or germany. because these complex ownership structures i get with strawman, joint stock companies and so forth must be completely exposed. otherwise, as much too easy for the oligarchy to hide their assets in that can't be that good law skittles. i'll highlight task force the next star and ain't even

a task force won't change the fact that over the past 10 to 15 years, a welcome culture was created that extended to these oligarch without the se already got. so for people and put them in a circle, the out them own fake proteins. the sanctions will have a significant impact on switzerland status as a financial and business hub says investigative reporter. so of amazon is the solar believe this was population is in favor of the sanctions, referent. quite simply because this invasion is a serious crime and there's no justification for it the property. so if the sanctions are properly enforced and the assets are actually traced, switzerland, as a haven for oligarchs, will be a thing of the past. well, the tough sanctions imposed against russia adding to the pressure on companies and governments scrambling to procure the raw materials. they need to survive in increasingly competitive energy markets and one place where those tensions are

playing out is co vash, to borrow. so in northern portugal, on the one side, foreign companies wanting to mind, lithium, a key component in batteries, and on the other side, protest and such as nelson go, mash, who believes it will destroy the ecological balance every morning, nelson comb as walked through his barn with a heavy heart, he wondered how much longer he will be able to keep his cattle. many who live here in clover still that also in northeastern portugal farm for a living. but that could soon change because of a lithium mine. and my father was at the gandhi museum that we are in on we're talking about meaning on a huge scale for the school, but a, all the rocky debris of i what the volumes of water that will be consumed melody, the noise boulevard. if you pull up and we're right next door, would a sound equinox times won't brought him an entire village feels threatened and is

intent on blocking the project? this banner reads no to the mine. yes, to life. these signs say together we resist. you know, some gomez and his neighbors have found it as citizens initiatives and carlos gone 5 as is also on board. mom. he's a beekeeper concerned about the impact on his $450.00 hives. what i mean, the rosalie? yes, not the mind here will use as much water as the whole community. so where's, or that water supposed to come from? we don't have it. sure, we can redirect a stream from what streams have already been drawing up more in recent years. guess went circles this is a consequence of climate change. yet lithium mining is part of a solution to fight global warming. these pictures from mexico show what lithium mines look like. the harmful alkaline metal is used to produce batteries. in turn, these are used to store electricity,

also from renewable sources. portugal is thought to have the largest lithium reserves in europe. test drilling has already been conducted nickel, vestal, but also for most people here, however, this wealth is a curse. even in boutique us, the regions mean administrative town. we only found one person in favor of the project. you're both game with them. i think it's important that we facilitate the lithium my older. we can't always just think about the environmental to lie and we've also got to think about the economy that them and they couldn't be it would appear. the portuguese government is also intent on extracting the lithium, the ministry of environment and climate action informed us. it was committed to the european green deal and wanted to help ensure that europe could meet its own lithium needs. the light metal could soon be extracted just over 100 kilometers to the south of co vestal,

but also in vila garcia where courts mines already exist and where there's less resistance from the largely older population. get off of all people here are used to mining rehab ludo, horror, and i'm not sure what the plan is or whether it will be beneficial to us. murphy acc? indeed again, oh, some say it will create jobs and we need those jobs. the ill this makes their job all the more difficult. josie, alameda and his friends are raising awareness or would birth in neighboring trend causal. they want to inform locals. their argument is that lithium mining represents a dramatic encroachment on the natural world. not they see the moon to the val gobble. there's not been enough information about will still mean for people living close to the minus the also to some extent fight is being pushed through behind people's back or leave us the publicity 20 kilometers away and pin. yes. the mayor

even has plans to sue the portuguese government. louis ventura says, just the years of preparatory exploration on 40 percent of the land unsettled investors, he expects europe to look for less aggressive alternatives. those i remembered the 2nd would be we all know how important listeners go forward, but we also know that there are other options without lithium others to lead you. but we should continue to investigate those ala but cannot boneless in dis, does the a hug. we have to let the scientists do their work is always europe's always saying that, but doesn't do it up. avella, in awesome. listen, coolness. the farmer from calisto, that also also knows that for now, lithium is crucial for meeting climate targets. but he says the price is just too high. they will not be there. so robert, we have a healthy, sustainable lifestyle here in the brilliance. it's leading rules, nar, land and destroy everything walks. then i wonder what will become of our region

after the minds of what lou leanne good should have been. then as i was young, the boy that this person, that means just 4 years ago the, you enlisted his home region as a globally important heritage system because people live in harmony with nature. those here are not willing to give that up. they're also fighting climate change in their own way. now on a very different notes, if you set out to uncover traces of turkeys rich, but neglected jewish heritage, one place to go to would be the western city of is mia. it's jewish community was one's vibrant and cosmopolitan until waves of discrimination in the past century, forced many jews to flee. now some likeness in ben joya are returning and they are determined to revive is miss hidden treasures. and above all it synagogues,

the camera faulty bizarre district in turkey is a jean. coastal city is near the historical areas, routes reach back to ancient times, but anthropologist ness and benji. i was looking for different routes, namely traces of his own jewish ancestors. but it's not a lot the residence you see down there as a so called jews court on the ultimate sylvia told you, johnny, the jews themselves called these houses on or tale sat on yo, they came to the ottoman empire from spain. hold your other. that is spying a done if your image be odd messin bender, you returned to his home town is mere in 2010, like many turkish jews. he had previously immigrated to israel in is mere, he's been working with a foundation to save the architectural remnants of jewish life here in particular the cities remaining synagogues, most of them are in the former jewish quarter, which is now a poor area. a bit of it,

i'd like to turn these sites of jewish life into spaces for art and culture through i found out that would also benefit the district, which i thought because it was i tried visitors, loved ones who aren't just looking for cheap merchandise. yeah, nicky, be vicky, he shows us one of the 6 remaining synagogues, the hope is that one day it will host exhibitions and concerts. the building is hardly more than a ruin, but it dates back to the byzantine era. the debris was meters, i you and of trees already growing on slide. be aware that the roof was long gone now and look here in water and numbers of the rows of benches were marked on hunger . now we just need to find out if we sat in luck the initiative has been getting plenty of support, including from germany. most muslim residents here also stand behind the project. they hope it will bring in more tourists through other tourism. oh, much to get

a tourists appreciate the history more than we the quarters residents do well, much to get on that claim, but i'm hoping we can learn something about it to what it is they withers but there are also anti semites and turkey them that when is really president isaac hertz, came to istanbul, and mid march, a demonstration was held outside a synagogue where he was attending a prayer service in anti semitic prejudice as easy to find on his stumble streets. what are you in the dea unity of the money rules the world and since the jews have too much of it, they end up ruling the world. not what the universe is already a santa lynn aside. we shall the jewish faith, respect, but they have no regard for our religion. we all are having it is clear that they rule the world here. there is a few powerful families who do nothing. ness and bender jo, has heard these prejudices before. there are one reason why he organizes tours of is moore's former jewish quarter for his turkish countrymen. a vehicle for most

of them is the 1st time they see a synagogue from the inside a honda. that's the 1st step we can say all neil the next time they might attend one of our cultural event a be the heart be the high galaxy in the it kinda was under currently there's a debate and honest conversation being held about discrimination and violence that mama's minority suffered in the past one catalyst for this seems to have been the popular turkey streaming series the club. the series dramatize real life attacks on christians and jews in 1955. benuya was a young boy at the time. while we're at the 10 chile violet mall had gathered on one of the city squares me and my mother rushed over to the neighbors with me. he, i remember her shouting that people were running from the street badging on that man that they might attack our houses. slung slash was when i watched the part of

the cds that dealt with those events, say about all the fear i experienced as a little boy came back to me. good. as a consequence of the harassment discrimination, many jews left turkey to day only about 20000 remaining the entire country in burly 1000 and is mere instead, they took cash to wash. only the older ones among us are still here shirley's. i them hardly any of the 1340 year olds are left at all. they shush did him. is there my life and were having one funeral after another. i father mother chuckled him little little nashik bender years when a very few jews who have returned and he wants to ensure that at least the cultural heritage of is murs once proud and thriving. jewish community is preserved by what, returning our attention now to the war against you, crane, which has literally torn people, families, and communities apart. take,

for example, the ukrainian chamber orchestra called the key of soloists. they were on tour it italy when the war broke out. now, the staging benefit concerts across europe to support people back home. and the musicians insist that they will keep on playing until they can once again see their loved ones. oh, it's rehearsal time in league, and the piece is called dream of an old forest. it's in a stealthy composition, and here it remains of the time before the war. i really feel like i'm in comparison flores after the rain is a lot of fun sounds like birds. these 15 musicians were only supposed to be gone for 2 weeks. now they have no idea when

they will be going home. my cello is not mine, show up my jealous day of here in my apartments and we dont know and runway come back. the more took them all by surprise. a few hours before russia attack you cream, they had set off for a tour in italy. now they are traveling around you from one benefit concert to the next, such as this one in basil switzerland. while war reaches in their home country, they do their best to play music. ah, when yet they do, most of our minds and hearts are in the ukraine watching. so it's difficult to perform because music requires feeling. and we're all thinking about our families in the ukraine or luscious. in these days, the musicians are always on the move, performing in different cities and sleeping in different hotels. and they are all

separated from their loved ones and try to keep in contact as much as possible till shames address here in normal life. with just waiting. my husband is that i never been apart from him during the last 11 years. i know it be in that body for longer than 2 weeks. nobody in ukraine resents them for staying abroad. they know they can't go back yet. even if being away as painful. anatoly says he refuses to panic. he's forcing himself to get through this, even if the future is so uncertain. dinner ship lanelle, all our plans. what was important to them? we apartments cars because everything we owned is not important anymore in his life . nobody knows what will happen to know where their live work. what's it? what can be done in such a situation that you like to appear with them switch?

if the meal members of the ensemble weren't performing abroad, they would have to fight in ukraine. they prefer to contribute to peace to their music and introduce their audiences. ukrainian culture war is this talk, do. are these opposite? i'm was, did you, can you creative energy? ah, it is celia stats of sim, seasonal brain. we all decided to stay in the west because we know that musicians cannot do anything in ukraine. any small so much when you look at it, they're not soldiers. when you might wish to numbers proposal to more serious issue school it quit good quote, but we will do everything to help if there is just a tiny glimmer of hope critique, this is dillon showstopper believe and

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