ah, more than 300000000 people are seeking refuge. we ask why? because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. d. w. for mines. ah, this is focus on europe. i'm labriola nice to have you with us, destroy buildings and mass graves, cities and lives are in ruins, as russia's war rages on in ukraine. places in the east and south of the country are under heavy attack as the war enters and new phase. in the don bass region, hooton's troops appear to be ready to launch

a major offensive or people around the ukrainian capital. keven contrast are cautiously optimistic. russian troops have seemingly withdrawn from ukraine's north scars from the war are still visible. and fears of further attacks linger yet day by day. a sense of normality is reemerging and keep amidst the shock and trauma. key of resident ana is doing something for herself after weeks of watching her world fall apart. getting her nails done so lovely. of course you want to feel clean, look good. that's part of life. there's death everywhere anyway. don't cover that. now that keith is waking up. i'm realizing that there's hope, despite everything ukraine is going to win, but it is going to cost resources in time and of course live. and it has

a bunny nails has started welcoming customers again and branches all over the ukranian capital. and there's plenty of demand of then when you're at work with think you've got to listen to every thing, uncle in ohio, but you can't get used to bombing at night lawless. so we barely slept last night. and we might have finished the spoiler. but in certain parts of key of something akin to every day, life is returning stores and cafes a reopening and for now there's less risk of a land invasion by the russian army. however, there is still the danger of air raids. despite a longing for a return to normality, kias residents are preparing for the worst. we met marianna in a wooded area on the outskirts of ki, of at 29 years of age. she worked in an office with the city administration before

enlisting as a volunteer. i was at them gliding even as late as im yourself. this was almost all essential and that only 2 days after the invasion, i realized i would go crazy if i didn't do anything. let me say it says i barely have any experience with weapons, but the way i see it, if that person it within your life is at stake. you don't have a choice. boy, i just hope that my hands and brain will do exactly what they have to if it comes to that, that okay, but it, so it was excluded should say, it will detect ever marianna and the other women and men with her are all part of the territorial defense, the ukrainian armies voluntary units. it was formed in 2014, the year of the annexation of crimea and the war and don boss. to day they boast around 130000 members. at us with this war can only end with our victory to give there can't be any compromises. what

a more hannon we can't sit at the same table with terrorist. ha ha! leave their killing. our compatriots on them are children and parents, sons. i had not daughter, but i had mentioned dave on the right, a bunch key of thingy of the chalk. some 250 kilometers away, a northeastern ukraine, not far from the russian border lies the small town of trust. and yet, the russian composer, tchaikovsky once meant a summer here, composing music. the locals here lived under russian occupation for about 4 weeks. ukrainian force has drove out the russian military only days ago. the residents had to survive without water or electricity, and food remained scarce. what supplies are being distributed in front of this church? solano. reuben is also waiting. vacuum of yeah. those we really need this eventually. we all hit at home for a month. yes, i didn't have any potatoes left. yes,

absolutely. got boldly or for the russian soldiers were in the town center, and i avoided at the entire time of year the other musical parts. i was afraid of applicant for ya, gabriella. such as well, let the russian army shout the surrounding towns from this central square. russian soldier slept in the train station buildings and stores, some of which they also plundered. the ukrainian army showed the russian positions as it recaptured the city. most locals refused to talk to us about their experience of the occupation, saying it was too painful. but they all say that their relationship with russia is destroyed from good woman. i've already had a very different relationship with russia since the don boss war. a 2014 yeah, i wouldn't say i hate them and knowledge, but i despised him, but not all rationalize if were yeah. like my friend for example manella. she cries on the phone with me as a me, she understands and beg me for forgiveness and approach. it pulls away by junior.

on the other hand, i've got a lot of relatives in russia who don't believe me or they say we're to blame. wanted someone they did it, but why don't i need it? because we're ukrainian at him were when, when is uncle michel my grandson? for now the people of trusting, yet are relieved that the russian occupation is over. but it will be a long time before every day life returns to normal again or the war. and ukraine is also affecting the food security for the local population. well, the country is one of the top producers of green in the world, earning at the title of europe's bread basket. and before russia's invasion, much of ukraine's wheat was exported to europe, asia, and africa. but that food supply chain has been disrupted, driving up the price of wheat dramatically. andre voy, tango works in the agriculture industry. his top priority is to ensure that people of ukraine have enough to eat,

even if it means there will be chronic shortages elsewhere. the wheat harvest this year should be a good one. it was seated last winter, a laundry shoes as had the work, the soil and removed weed supple. but unlike previous years, he's unsure of how to proceed. this time when we incarcerated his seat, supplier has now changed over to wartime production, which means supplying what ukraine needs for its own survival. thank now sure in abuse, just as the fighters are doing their job at the front to them or we're doing ours and the wheat fields. sure that this is merely, it's equal to we realised that the war affects everything that matters because me. so we're planting more spring wheat. ah shanita theory and speaking for my own agro business, or reproducing less corn, but more wheat closing i was vision pursuing. that's how we are enhancing our food security natural, a puddle which will sparkle at the president's request,

ukrainian farmers are planting less corn, some flowers, and canola and more greens. the military asked as not to shoot her andres farm lies because an army base is located nearby wallace. yeah, we're only allowed to shoot hogs outside inside. we can also see the snails, andry, exports display and france. there were a bags of c green to eve with labor intensive work of the sea, that oak bid. number 3, i super to you what we have $22.00 full time employees and about $150.00 seasonal workers for the 2 or 3 months of the production period. i saw nick, that's in the queue, shut his door, and then i need someone to cross breed the plant, la jolla. i some other of mr. that's a specific job of this and i have to hire someone to do it or taking care of a name or to the day and they mile a day in the center of youth. you'll meet them there will it will scare equipped with a pistol and showing on videos of target practice with

a kalashnikov. that's you suddenly the war seems a lot closer to 2nd. yeah. insight he shoes as remnants of a russian missile. the struck year a few days before you get them from. oh, he's worry that neighboring bella roost could enter the war early. but right now, he's got to win the battle for the next harvest me. and we would, rich bartel at your lugubrious load of most of the men had volunteered to go off to war. other to leukemia. and many of them were also drafted. he lost now. the only ones left behind are the men over 60 years old, listless, the keystone. she said, well, now we're looking for a van to drive the tractors and work other machines that was lost in the either the not we have a big problem with our labor force. ma problemo or will it's glamorous, will sit alongside russia. ukraine is african asia, bread basket. ukrainian farmers were previously exporting over $4000000.00 tons of green per month. now the government puts the figure it just a few $100000.00. with the black sea ports, effectively blocked wheat corn and cooking oil can no longer be shipped soon.

agricultural production itself, me start dropping. the shock waves are felt around the world. grocery prices are rising. the u. n. fears that hunger will spread, especially in poorer countries. an agricultural expert from leave offers little hoop. no, it should be a good if the situation continues the way it is now. now we won't have any problem with food production in ukraine as they saw marks telemundo and your phone. if ukraine produces $100000000.00 tons of grain, one and half of that is exported over the whole, the harvest could turn out bad 2 times in a row ha, more than we still wouldn't start. now's laser st. mary's broadly lifting the whole dollar. even su, that women few are exports to the world, especially to countries that depend on ukraine surpluses. andrea and ukraine her like to find ways to deliver their products to the eating by land. but the question will soon be worked on how much they'll have electric sport. toll hook to char. oh,

oh. you cranes dawned as region isn't the only place where a separatist received support from the kremlin, who is regime also backs serbian separatists in bosnia herzegovina. while the region of republic has therapy, hska wants to become independent sparking fears of another conflict in the ethnically divided country. 30 years ago, war crimes were committed in b elena bosnia herzegovina. it was the catalyst for the bosnian war use of terror beach survived, the blood shed back then. now he fears that the separatist movement could lead to a renewed conflicts. ah, they are marching once again. bosnian serb nationalists, displaying their colors earlier this year. this parade to mark the anniversary of the proclamation of the mozy and serve republic republic. a serb hska is officially

the strong man of the bosnian serbs. melora nodding doesn't care. he wants secession also for the republic to have its own army. some people in bosnia herzegovina fear, another, or the last war in bosnia, a slaughter was just 30 years ago. months. another thing is my knees were shaking hold, sir. we heard gunshots, horse explosion, fierceness local road, nasa. but we thought it was a war between soldiers, uniform gunmen shooting in each other on the corps would say on another also. but these were civilians, the elderly people lying there in the street to la villanova. only then did i realize that this was something completely different to my own. if the little old on august, the mountains uses turkish. so as whole war began and be elena with a war crime against this wall. at least 48 men, women and children were murdered and tired. this picture of a fighter kicking the dead bodies became

a symbol of the bosnian war turbo, which was the only meal prisoner to survive with yellen, a massacre. that's why the former journalists decided to stay there as a witness to the truth, which he shears over and over again. war criminals are still popular and republic, a serb sca, the former, bosnian serv, general maddie is a hero in this graffiti. and it's not an isolated case tube which cannot understand the nationalist parades or what they are celebrating here was the source of unspeakable suffering and indescribable crimes. the persecution of hundreds of thousands of people and the killing of thousands liliana he doubted it led to mass graves and concentration camps comparable to the model set by the nazis gillilan. if you ask the people and be elena, get a mixed response. many however,

subscribed to the nationalist lugens of their leaders and see their future and that of republicans, serv, hska and the police up site was yeah, i seeing no way out why neither in republican snaps guy, nor in the bosnian federation. it was, i let go to, the governments are corrupt, every layer of notches, i think that what's better to be a part of bosnia lame but independent in every other way. boy, like with the flag and so on. everything we already have a thumbs up as obviously i'm for independent on the molly floor with our own money on our own flag and our own or me the shad. otherwise we're under pressure from the bosnian federation and sorry ego. he said, and i told christiane schmidt is in bosnia on behalf of the united nations as the so called high representative. he is supposed to deescalate tension between the ethnic groups. he is extremely concerned of it, general nationalist mood and also the fear shared by bosnians. you see a kind of greeks give fall. he said, i don't see any danger of war, thus dr. it see the but i do see how tension could build up as

a result of targeted actions to for the or a combination of circumstances and which could erupt into violence. d. c l glanton can owe him, give out for use of target violence has been a part of everyday life. as a journalist, he couldn't get a job and be elena for 10 years. finally, opening up a kathy instead horror for that audit. i had to do something on and off, and of course i ran into a lot of problems. god provocations. once while they completely destroyed my bar like of and another time they tried to set it on fire map was like, well, i put up with everything because i think that all the problems i face are the price i have to pay for doing what i do real more on the blog use of turf, which has written several books about what happened then and what is happening now . irritating a lot of people along the way. he also testified before the international war crimes tribunal. his latest book focuses on nationalism among bosnian. muslim,

it is banned in republic. a serb sca belgium is home to many distinct origins and we're taking you to one of them in the countries east. it's a community with a population of around $80000.00. here german is spoken in schools and court houses . it's one of belgium's 3 official languages. open is the capital of the region and it even has its own unique parliament. their politicians shape policy together with ordinary citizens. it's an experiment and do it yourself democracy. yana hand guess is 30 years old and a member of the citizens council. next held annoyances. 64 years old and chair woman of the citizens council. their story began 2 years ago. dana, a student received an unexpected letter from the citizens dialogue in east belgian beth. pelham, and kept the alchemist parliament drew my name at random. and you can become

a member of the citizens assembly, join in and me. 24 other citizens whose names were drawn. what did i think at that moment? i thought, oh god, i can't do this. but yana took on the responsibility since then. she's been commuting regularly from her college town, akin to the citizens council sessions and open which she has now co governing kit on which only prevent okay, i have to be present and participate as mr. my can also vote on issues that may be of interest to me or to the young people here. so account me in the parliament of around 80000 germans speaking belgians called upon the newly elected counsel women to help improve nursing care in east belgium. the region has a say in many things, the knowledge and experience of citizens here in oi been of served a purpose since 2019. when men to cassini, sit in the oak. when you watch the events going on now and ukraine, you know, democracy can't be taken for granted autism. and i think only if we all stay on the ball, will democracy have a chance of surviving long term in our world,

involving these 2 women are part of the citizens council, which meets outside the regular sessions of parliament. it's still an experiment for now that will soon become a permanent institution. career politician. antonio's antonio audio is a parliament minister. at 1st, he was skeptical about making policy with ordinary citizens, or amateurs. people have certain expectations of one of those expectations that everything has to happen right away in our design software and eventually will happen because we're here english. but if it does a dog miss warmly because somebody doesn't want to do. but the citizen council members are prepared, they can consult experts, collect information and discuss ideas with one another and the politicians. even the career politician learned a thing or 2 thus mon bushed, india looked him up from the dialogue we conducted us. he suddenly realized that there are many things we cannot take for granted

a sin and that we have to start communicating differently with one another. one is 0, and this time next hilton ions will be speaking to parliament, diggers, to the greatest cultural achievement of a nation. is contented seniors, she's thought for her ideas for 2 years, including greater self determination for seniors and for their family members in retirement homes. that is 5th or as it's this for on caught. now, by law, every senior care facility must create a council for relative to silicon hot oh, and sleep noble from. this is one way the citizens council, women hope to make life better for every one in the open region. it was a long, hard road through the planning and coordination processes, but they were determined to see it through mon bought. it takes perseverance. i mean, not just for myself, but in general because you see that these processes can take quite a long time. the day turned out very well for the chair woman of 5 recommendations

made by her group 2 were passed. speaking to people, i'm satisfied, relieved, and a little proud of some stories. yes, i'm happy both intend to carry on in east belgium citizens council to keep practicing real democracy. while a recent study by citizens shows that less than half of the world's population live in a democracy. one of those people is sabrina of rossi, a professional athlete from afghanistan, she was forced to flee her country where the taliban have stamped out democracy and imposed a dictatorship with a women's rights eroded, abriya feared for her life. the islamists labeled her an infidel because she play soccer. though she and her entire team fled to the birthplace of that beautiful game. in leads, england, they are living out there dream on and off the field. abriya, no,

rosie can play soccer again at last. you're not gonna stand. she was captain of the junior team, but they were all forced to flee. she's been living in northern england now for several months. then netflix play football. i thing. i'm very happy, but i don't have any following that met life. this is no longer possible in her home country. she's too well known there. she co founded the 1st women's soccer team and had ot in western afghanistan, a sport forbidden to women. and i think i've said a ring i i now i'm so happy because it all then neil,

i'm faith i can go to it was i can give them walk. when the taliban came back to power? sabrina, rosie was forced into hiding. she didn't leave her home for 10 days. the tale, bon consider soccer players like her to be infidels, and she risked her life to escape. she was scared to death when she handed her papers over to the taliban at the border. taylor that he treated me horribly. he opened the gate that was out of my bag and pushed me towards the direction i should walk as got it and said that was enough. go in, don't come back because if you don't, the only our government will kill all me. no lad, mohammed smart boston connie. sabrina. no rosy struggle. before the taliban came back to power, she was even beaten up. but she had persevered enough to enjoy success and participated in international tournaments,

drawing even more negative attention. magda was back in, i thought they tried to kidnap me twice idea. i asked once they tried to stab me in the back. i tell was our last voice, but someone helped me. well, i'm young enough. i to mac. so only the tip of the knife hit my side, but paloma bad cutting my lower abdomen. where yag that a pile. well chalked up soccer player kalita. paul knows what abriya and her team have been through. she helped them and their families escaped. procuring british thesis for a total of $130.00 people a visit to the soccer museum in manchester, where they learned how english women to had to fight for their rights. i mean, going to the history of my english how women's football and their band and the

history of like how the if i bonded it's very much like it's a 100 years ago and it's very similar like hearing that and also seeing the object . it's very similar to our story, like today's story. the women of afghanistan is bang for playing football just because that woman kalita papa is one of the pioneers of afghan soccer. a role model for young female players. and we started playing football for the 1st time in the history of, of gunnison back in 2007 where we used all platform as a movement. 22 sunflower rides as a woman of afghanistan to change a history, but also make history and say this is we are half of the population and you cannot just decide for, for us on behalf of us. ringback the successes are now in ruins. sabrina talks on the phone with her mother in law in afghanistan. although she tell somebody that women to day of receiving threats just for going to the market on their own. la la

la, now that the terror catches up with sabrina in england too. she has nightmares about the taliban trying to chew her off is joe is her team and her love of the sport help her to cope with it all. i like football love because that all that guess we together but together is passing shooting and that it's very amazing for me. but when they go to the get the gall, i'm ready, so i'll be gone. girl, i like it that good. yes. a barrier has already introduced herself to leeds, united. she's hoping for a professional career because soccer to her means one thing above all. that freedom ah, it's more than just a game. that's all from us this week at focused on europe. don't forget you can

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