well, i and i had known that the boat would be that small, i never would have gone on the trail. i would not have put myself and my parents are in danger. a slave who love instantly be hosted with them. i had serious problems on a personal level, and i was unable to live there with you want to know their story, migrant verified and reliable information for my grants. ah, this is focus on europe. i'm labriola. welcome to the program. we begin our show today in ukraine where there is no let up in the fighting bombs, injuries,

and death have become a part of everyday life. and the brutality is especially felt in the poor city of mary. you, paul, the as of a steel plan has been almost completely destroyed by putin's troops, residential neighborhoods are in ruins. the landscape is apocalyptic. people trapped in mary. u po, are desperate for help. some are risking their lives to escape, while others are barely surviving under siege. among those who managed to flee mary paul, to safety army hilo, poorer shift and his family still mika, yellow, refused to leave his people behind and kept returning to the bombed out city. to deliver life saving aid, our reporter caught up with him after one of his trips. yup. and most of what i understood, the town was under siege like 20 years if i understood that nobody was going there . yeah. but my employees were there. i promised them i would come home,

bring aid and get them out. most about them is kimberly, as my friends and i pulled money to buy the van mobility, we packed it up with relief supplies and painted it. and so it would be recognizable, wilson little from in the hit all went really smooth and fat. osman m a booster. everything's fine. i'm on the road and hopefully i'll get there. okay. you would stop. lenient. cardozo was also idea how suddenly i'd passed the last ukrainian checkpoint in our each other problem intellectual. i encountered the war and commune the mines on the burned down. tanks all the horrors that you see with this was as luck. i thought of the videos here. i had to bibles here this is and to here is the beauty of the fear. was there none the last thing you like to dolly but i drove anyway. yeah, yeah. oh no, this is madeau for that. i had a business in mother you both adjusted and it was a club, mozilla. most of it was in the basement. it had concrete ceilings,

so we turned it into a bomb shelter. you order. there was a grill. so we could cook food and boil water damage. we joke that it was a 5 star bomb shelter, ship dead seals mercer, it's been snowing. so today we can wash a bullet, hit right here to do all and more. we often took kids, but nothing that struck the bus, hit any one. shrapnel came in here and here and here. a run down with a machine body. hell, who are the lucky i parked the car in front of the entrance. it protected us. what could you see where the bonham just behind the car

a machine? a car was driving by at that moment blah blah. the grandmother inside dian with no come her grandson and i dragged her across the road with school you. which is that all? what's in my face? the blood a lot. yes. with it brings tears to my eyes to see the children crying and afraid. i hope god will save them for you. it's horrific. just horrific. it tells us we'll do everything we can in. so it's terrible. the memories are coming back samar was also still yet being eligible. the. the thing i was most afraid of seeing was the body of a dead child at that scared me the most. what whenever there were bodies on the street or small piles of them for the i always looked away. you booked upa for

children. have a special place in my life. mia? i'm a father of for use of guinea. if i'd seen a dead child, i probably would have fallen apart anchor or 2 mortal. yup. at earlier the deputy director was left the 1st opportunity we left a we loaded the van, the children pregnant women and mothers with children. look, my passengers are hello melissa origin stars. it was awful. my beijing, we passed mines in tanks. bloom, how many there were lots of mannequins o b, i mean dead people. we told them they were mannequins, that really they were bodies. right?

yes. oh, uh huh. another vans joined us. sure. we'll call it the last one was there are more and more of us here with global engine. oh, not on my 1st trip. i was the only one focus there. what the 3rd time i queued at the check point for 40 minutes solemn law, a real traffic jam in a g. so many people wanted to help get people out. i legitimate what? who did the only thing clinton's achieved is to show the whole world who ukrainians are and what ukraine is. people have come together in volunteers have brought thousands out of the city in their own cars. many of them haven't returned nick. some drove over mines. other were caught in the crossfire at night. these are regular ukrainians every day people for people living close to russia in finland like linda brown after the war has

marked a turning point. finland was a neutral country for nearly 80 years, staying out of military alliances. it's a stance, the vast majority of fins support it. now linda and many residents in the border town of lap and ranta are eager for their nation to join nato. it's a move that has sparked anger in moscow, but for most fins, neutrality is now a thing of the past. simulating war to secure peace with its more than 3000 soldiers and nearly 700 vehicles. the finish army is holding our $22.00 exercises in western finland together with nato. for the 1st time in the country's history, a majority of fins want to join the alliance. others, we are so ready ready to enter the night day if, if this is it will be made. we have been draining together with a good partners which are basically made apart as you know, exercises for 44. yes. so that shouldn't be

a problem. this historic turning point is especially relevant for the people of lappy and ranta on the border with russia. it was also a u turn for linda pond. odder. a local counselor in this tranquil little town. she couldn't see why her country should join the military alliance until now the town and it's beautiful cafes enjoyed the benefits of its neighborly relationship with russia. she says russian tourists from st. petersburg loved coming to lapierre. ranta, but times have changed my opinion. it's a rush. it didn't seem of tibet before. now, i think only about our 1000 kilometer shared border kilometers. on these days, the nearest border crossing is all but deserted. there's little traffic from either side. that's mainly the result of the war of aggression. russia is fighting against its neighbor ukraine in just wakes, the war has dramatically shifted finish opinion. on joining nato.

linda plant odda shows as the old fortress of la pain of anton built in the 18th century to defend against the russian army. back then it didn't prevent the russians from conquering the city. she sees it as a symbol of the russian domination. she fears to day. my, i got, i mean, and then at 1st i thought it was better for us not to get involved. did military alliance line law or law lead thought my but now i think we should have decided to join much earlier that, that bad. the such them that i like of my eyes have been opened. it's a lucky of him and i no longer see nato as a war alliance thought across deloney that nato, but as the defense, the lions thought a lot less than alon forest. and that's what most people in lapi and ranta think they have not been any indications of a confrontation yet. but many here are unsettled russia, so close, so not money have a country next door. that's huge and dangerous and you don't know what to expect

from it. so let the, unfortunately, this neighbor is full of surprises, alicio lexia ticket. oh god, why? hello. but but thought i still have some doubts. the good for the long. sure, the situation is bad, but i haven't yet been able to make up my mind it and love it. we don't know about the risks of nato membership with others and what finland's obligations would be as a member because he available to so. so, warped, swarm of aga monaco, gazoomba. i live just 11 kilometers from the border. when people ask me if i'm afraid of the russians, i say welcome to finland and let them come and we'll show them how we defend our country. remember that most of them on the nato military exercise, assimilate expelling an aggressor. it's deterrence, as defense, a strategy nato has been pursuing since russia's invasion of ukraine. arming its entire east in flank as a result. and finish nato membership would especially strengthen the security of

the baltic region. now it's still going crazy. i would say what's happening and nobody expect to rationalize as we can being dropped back was a mccoy just we're fighting for each other. i grants people on this, not that friendly for such was thinking. i think it's my kind of fear in the view at the joint military exercises is that the western military alliance would benefit from finland's military involvement. the country may not currently be a nato member, but it is a nato partner working closely with the alliance since 1994 full membership would also help people in the small board, a town of lappy and ranta feel safer, says counselor bond on in my dad is that boy on that, i hope will join nato as soon as possible. and i thought, yeah, boy barnett thought up or crown us, i want the war in ukraine to en soon. ya. erabazzo saw dance at manon lock in for

europe to live in peace and stability. how i thought of my little basketball mile, my eye out on fun for you. my eve then burned out a hopes he blew. he will be able to enjoy their free time without worrying. she believes that nato is key to a peaceful, stable, a norway, which also shares a border with russia has long been a member of nato. the nation is not only well positioned in terms of security, but also when it comes to energy in norway, the worn ukraine has not led to any shortages. that's because the country is one of the world's largest exporters of gas and oil. it's also a pioneer and e mobility per capita. it has more electric cars than any other nation in europe. and it's set to get even greener. that's thanks to people like thomas fave ang,

who is leading our way into the history books. as captain of the world's 1st battery powered container. ship containers are loaded onto a freighter and push klune south of norway's capital or slow destined for the port of but a v. at 1st glance, tomas fare bangs bridge looks like any other, but it has quite a few more joysticks and monitors the in this of the hall. you can see our early drive system, but we don't have any diesel or auxilary engines. good, we're in yet. we rely entirely on batteries of foot over all the lights, mainly as well as proportion removed. generally, she'll have at least a diesel engine as a back off all you all the war. but here we've done away with that completely along the route. good about that is some who with you but as the ship glides down the us low fjord, it leaves no trail of black smoke. it's fully electric. in the engine room,

tomas shows us his ships, beating heart banks of batteries, charged with power from a hydro electric plant for a single charge can take the ship about 75 kilometers, also showing that still a fairly short harp toys, but electrician bure not flows. sodom is already mulling over solutions for the future over this to so for a long distance, it for longer distances, they'll be a kind of power bank by this sea over by ships can stop there and fill up like at a gas station. komatsu law. then off to the next charging station via the through. so with a network of charging stations, the range would be unlimited, long them. when it comes to electro mobility, the norwegians don't just talk big. they put ideas into practice whether on water or land, even as the yard vehicle and container ship is in its test, phase dozens of car fairies are already applying the fjords on electric power. the

ports are equipped with gigantic outlets for the ships they recharge. while passengers disembarked and bore norway's fairy users are glad to see the country's electric boom. take to the water. yeah, you lose? yeah, i like that. the series much more modern and much quieter. and it's bigger 100 so they can take more cars on the bus. do electric can carry 200 cars and 600 passengers making it the world's largest electric drive ferry. the environmentally friendly propulsion also changes the handling captain. attic vast, gus had to get used to it. the star stood for shameful, slowly or low. the biggest difference for us is the quiet is as you can tell, you can't hear a thing and the little l. mccall, this diesel, ferries react slower to steering commands and crew. the curve is flatter socked of an electric ferry reacts much faster. similar to electric, it'll be making shipping more environmentally friendly is just one advantage of the

yadda beard. colon norwegian engineers are also using it to see whether ships can sail without her crew on board. right now. tomas fav on still needs to be on the bridge. also, but in just 2 years, the ship should run itself with the captain on shore war lou healthy of the ship will make its own decisions throughout membrane. my job will be to monitor them up and make sure the boat is doing what it's supposed to. didn't see it up on up in the maritime trails should be complete in 2 years. then norway will have the world's 1st all electric and south piloting container ship. imagine you have a serious illness or accident and no access to health care. for many people in great britain, this situation is a reality. the islands and national health service, or any chess, is on life support. under funding, red tape and chronic staff shortages have left millions of britons without access

to proper care. and it's not only the sick who are suffering. the crisis is also taking a tool on medical workers. they feel powerless in britain's ailing health system. she may be smiling, but lara's fighting for her life. she urgently needs a new kidney. preferably a pancreas too. she has been waiting for a transplant for 3 years. in october, i received an offer for a kidney and pancreas to hop simultaneously. and it was a good offer. they were good match for me. they were good all guns. i'm and unfortunately they did ever thing they occurred, but they just couldn't find or free up and i see you bet for me. salvation was within reach but with the national health service stretched to its limits. even patients like lera sometimes can't get treatment. you wait. so long,

and it's like finding a needle in a haystack trying to get the right match. you know, this isn't something that comes up every day. so it just feels utterly devastating and not frankly disgusting. that an opportunity that so rare and so special has had to be messed you to a logistical nightmare. she has no clue when another oregon offer will come up. the in a chess is in crisis. even before the coven pandemic, for a 1000000 people in britain were waiting for necessary hospital procedures. now the backlog has had 6000000 patients come to london's kingston hospital for cancer treatment. the waiting list here long dr. sobs and do so. this has already had fatal consequences. coping with treatment, patients who are potentially curable, become non curable, but treatable. but we'll still do the best we can. and that's very sad when that happens. doctors and nurses can hardly keep up with a workload with 90000 posts currently unfilled. there is

a shortage of staff to perform necessary procedures. money is a big factor. health care in britain is financed through taxes. but for years, the budget for the n h as has been to tight dame claire to rod a, the g p and president of the royal college of general practitioners. she was able to see most of our patients to day, but some will have to wait. i have to say it's true to the pandemic. i, i think we've had very little a flex in our health system. we've had, we have fewer beds per headed population and most european countries, certainly. and though we've had money put into the nature seats against a backdrop of being one of the lowest funded again, in comparison to our european colleagues, it's not only patients who are suffering from a straining in h. s. doctors,

nurses and paramedics also say they're at breaking point in bedford ben hawkins answers, emergency calls for the east of england ambulance service. lucy, for weeks he struggled to get his paramedics to where they're needed on time. there are mostly departments that are full, an emergency departments that don't have room to offload of patients fall ambulances. and that means unfortunately, all ambulances are waiting to fly. patient say they've still got them on board their ambulance. and, but it does mean that we can't always get ambulances back into the community, which means patients are waiting in the community. it's causing stress for him. and his team, extreme cases are on the rise decision between i've got 2 people, not breathing and one ambulance, which one to send it he, you know, and actually we don't know these people were making decisions about the life we don't know them. i know some staff over there quite the way home. i will have

a moment. this is a responsibility for the n h. s. ultimately rests with prime minister boris johnson . in the past few weeks, he's visited several hospitals, partly in an effort to get some favourable media attention. the government has increased to national insurance contributions to raise funds for the health system . good use absolutely. everything in our tool box or to fix the backlogs. investment, massive investment that we're making, but also new technology and of course on the massive investment. so we're making in stock. we're, however, his government admits that things are likely to get worse before they get better in a year or 2. meanwhile stafford bedford's abilene service are voluntarily working extra shifts to make up for shortages. some paramedics even leave their beepers on when they're not working, which struggled to get an ambulance there because of how far our is. but they will

be 1st on seen if somebody stopped breathing. so this lot of them. and this 47 now coney looked on. i've alec troops want motorcycles. just like here in bedford. it's the tireless commitment of people that's keeping the n h as afloat. at least so far . for most of us, the daily commute to and from work can be a real drag. but there are those who say it's a highlight of their day, like jang is co check. he gets to enjoy a spectacular view. and the trip comes with an adrenalin rush. coach jack works among barbara in turkey, mediterranean, despite being at an altitude of a 1000 meters, he can make it back down in minutes. so how does he do it? save yourself. soaring high above the earth like a bird of prey, then landing smoothly on the ground for jenkins co. chuck, it's the perfect way to end his working day. co jugs day

begins like many other people's in turkey, a last sip of coffee, then he's out the door. the rest of ko chuck's routine is less typical. for one thing, his workplace is purged at a 1200 meters altitude on mount above radar. on turkeys southern coast, his commute involves a cable car, then his in his element at dizzying heights like these are these up. she didn't so she often she fear awakens my curiosity. when i'm afraid i can sense myself, i pulled up the article co chuck needs the challenge. during his time as a paratrooper with the turkish armed forces. he discovered base jumping with and without a wing suit. he's one of the few people in turkey hoof masted. this extreme sport

co chuck arrives at work and he's the manager of the bubble dog cable car. he hangs his wing suit up by his desk, but apart from that, his work day has very little to do with extreme sports. while that's his, his job involves monitoring the cable cars, technical systems, and keeping an eye on the panorama restaurant and the viewing platform. after coach act puts in his 8 hours, it's quitting time in a moment. he looks forward to each day in the city. i rarely take the cable car home because i can fly or tell you he puts on his wing suit as this is one of turkey's hobbs full paraglider is co jack can get a piggy back ride up to just the right cruising altitude.

then he just spreads his arms and heads for hon. at speeds of up to a 180 kilometers in our home is by one of turkey's most beautiful beaches. a live dennis to land safely. old co jack has to do is open his shoot and he's almost time 4 minutes of flying instead of 40 minutes by cable car. i and now i'll unwind and watch netflix mystery. so she has it been, the last job is to stow the equipment in his backpack uppermost wing suit flies. the extreme sport is a rare experience. for jenkins coach jack,

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ah, this is dw news, and these are our top stories, u. s. president joe biden has given his full support to sweden and finland joining nato. he met the 2 countries leaders at the white house. they formerly applied to join the alliance in response to russia's invasion.