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a part of everyday life. and the brutality is especially felt in the poor city of mary. you, paul, the as of the steel plant has been almost completely destroyed by putin's troops, residential neighborhoods are in ruins. the landscape is apocalyptic. people trapped in mary jo paul 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, poor sheriff, 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 moscow? 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, mr. about them. as soon as my friends and i pulled money to buy the van mo, computer, we packed it up with relief, supplies and painted it, and so it would be recognizable bosom. your little them in the fit all went really smooth and fat. last month in a booster. everything's fine. i'm on the road and hopefully i'll get there. okay. you will stop. lenient. cardozo was also idea how suddenly i had passed the last ukrainian checkpoint and are 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 movie, the fear was there none the last thing you like to dolly, but i drove anyway. yeah, yeah. oh no, this is my to put i had a business in mother you both had just to 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 award? 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 oh, it's been snowing. so today we can wash a bullet hit right here to the wall and more we often took kids, but nothing that struck the bus, hit anyone, shrapnel came in here and here and here a run down with a hidden camera. he lottie, how you who are the lucky i parked the car in front of the entrance. you? he protected us. what could you see where the bon head just behind the car?

a machine? a car was driving by at that moment he blah blah. the grandmother inside di liam was so no come her grandson, and i dragged her across the road at balboa school. you. which is that all? what's in my face? gross blood a lot. yes. nora. like it brings tears to my eyes to see the children crying and afraid. i hope god will save them. it's horrific. just horrific. those us will do everything we can and it's terrible. the memories are coming back. sam, i was asking, so you're being killed. the thing i was most afraid of seeing was the body of a dead child that scared me the most. or whenever there were bodies on the street, all small piles of them. and for these i always looked away both to po 4. children

have a special place in my life. yeah, i'm a father of 4 years to guinea. if i'd seen a dead child, i probably would have fallen apart and go all mortal. yup, with dear rosa was less the 1st opportunity we left a. we loaded the van the children pregnant women and mothers with children. look, my passengers are hello. hello, so oh, you stress. it was awful. what we passed minds and tanks bottom, how many there were lots of mannequins o b. i mean dead people. we told them they were mannequins, but really they were bodies. right? yes. oh no. another vans joined us. sure. we'll call it the last one. there are

more and more of us here with global again. oh, not on my 1st trip. i was the only one focus though, but the 3rd time i queued at the check point for 40 minutes solemn law, a real traffic jam in india. so many people wanted to help get people out. i alluded with who to me the only thing gluten to achieve is to show the whole world who ukrainians are and what ukraine is. people have come together. all general who uses volunteers have brought thousands out of the city in their own cars. when you've many of them haven't returned nicked some drove over mindset, other were caught in cross fire 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 if, if this is, it will be made. we have been draining together with up 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 on her, 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 doesn't seem a threat 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. i'm bought a lot, lee thought, my, but now i think we should have decided to join much earlier that, that bad the such them i got my eyes have been opened. if the luck of the him and i no longer see nato as a war alliance started, are still in it that nato had as the defense alliance 40 lastly 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 like, unfortunately, this neighbor is full of surprises, alicio lexia thinking, my living god of why hell but, but thought i still have some doubts, the guitar feel on sure the situation is bad, but i haven't yet been able to make up my mind or symptom of it, we don't know about the risks of nato membership be better and what finland's obligations would be as a member because he available to so. so warped. swarm of yag. monaco gazillion, him. i live just 11 kilometers from the border. when people ask me if i'm afraid of the russians, i say welcome to finland, let them come and we'll show them how we defend our country. good. what was the most of them on the nato military exercise the simulate expelling and aggressor. it's deterrence as defense, a strategy nato has been pursuing his rushes invasion of ukraine, arming its entire eastern 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 tuition as, as recon being dropped back was a mega wagers. 3 are fighting 3 trousers against people on this, not that front for a central thinking. i think it's my find the fear in the view at the joint military exercises is that the western military alliance would benefit for 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 border town of lap in ranta. feel safer, says counselor bond on there. this is boy one at the i hope will join nato as soon as possible or not on your boy bond that will crown us, i want the war and ukraine to end. soon. yar erabazzo sought on some wooden walk

and for europe to live in peace and stability. i thought my little buckle my lie off on. i know you then burned out a hopes. the blue here will be able to enjoy their free time without worrying. she believes that nato is key to a peaceful and stable finland of 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 porsche gruen south of norway's capital are 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 only drive system footer. we don't have any diesel or auxilary engines that we're in the we rely entirely on batteries. gov would over all the lies mainly as well as proportion of them lived. 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 the ism who with you, but as the ship glides down the oslo 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 shoot. that's still a fairly short harp toys, but electrician bure, not flo sodom is already mulling over solutions for the future vocal vista. so for a long distance, it for longer distances, they'll be a kind of power bank by the sea over by ships can stop there and fill up like at a gas station. komatsu law then off to the next charging station. this is so with a network of charging stations, the range would be unlimited long. the 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 a 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 this embarked and bore norway's ferry 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. eddie vos gus had to get used to it. the stuff to foreshadow full slowly along the biggest difference for us is the quiet is as you can tell, you can't hear a thing and for the shallow macolon, this diesel, ferries react slower to steering commerce and crew. the curve is flatter socked of an electric ferry reacts much faster. similar to electric cars will 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 our crew on board right now. thomas fairbanks 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 and make sure the boat is doing what it's supposed to. doesn't see it up on nothing. the maritime trails should be complete in 2 years. then norway will have the world's 1st all electric and south pilot in 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 organs. and unfortunately they did everything they occurred, but they just couldn't find or free up and i see you bad 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 to in a chest is in crisis. even before the coven pandemic, for 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. yet the waiting list here as long doctor soaps and dues that this has already had fatal consequences. and 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 the workload. with $90000.00

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 gerardo, the g p and president of the royal college of general practitioners. she was able to see most of her 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 head of population and most european countries, certainly. and though we've had money put into the in 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 a chess doctors, nurses and paramedics also say they're at breaking point. oh,

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 emergency departments that are full and emergency departments that don't have room to offload of the patients, fall ambulances. and that means, unfortunately, all ambulances are waiting to af late patients 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 dos entity, you know, and actually we don't know, these people were making decisions about their life. we don't know them. i know some staff over there quite the way home. i will have

a moment. this is 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 national insurance contributions to raise funds for the health system. good. he's 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. 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. we struggle to get an ambulance there because of how far our is, but they would be 1st unseen. if somebody stopped breathing,

so this lot of them and this 47 now kearney looked on a voluptuous fun to watch cycles. just like here in bedford, it's the tireless commitment of people that's keeping the n h as the float. 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 the 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 turkeys 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 cro. chuck, it's the perfect way to end his working day. co jugs day

begins like many other people's in turkey, a lost 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 order on turkeys southern coast. his commute involves a cable car, then his in his element at dizzying heights like these going these up. she didn't so she often she fear awakens my curiosity. when i'm afraid i can sense myself a little, the logical 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 joke arrives at work and he's the manager of the above adar 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. me was axes. his job involves monitoring the cable cause 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 w. he puts on his wing suit as this is one of turkey's hobbs full paraglider is coach that can get a piggy back ride up to just the ride cruising altitude. then

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

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