carefully, don't know how to do good. ah, you discover the world around you? ah, subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. ah, this is focus on europe. i'm laura babel lola. welcome to the show. solidarity with ukraine is strong in europe and beyond. but in russia,

the picture looks very different. that's partly due to the news that's consumed by the people living there. the television and social media accounts spread president putin's propaganda and miss information. and it appears to be working. the survey by an independent russian polling group shows that more than 75 percent of people there support the war or not long ago, a large majority of russians also supported him latvian singer, entirely useless for years. he entertained millions on russian t. v. he was a celebrated star with a huge fan base. but when puttin invaded ukraine in tarsh ju align in the sand, he became a critical of the kremlin. and many of his russian fans have turned on him. but in his home land of latvia in tarsh is largely celebrated for his dance against prudent solidarity it with ukraine is especially strong there. and so too is the fear of their powerful neighbour. oh, in touch,

bacillus performed on russia's celebrity circuit. even playing the kremlin for a show scene on the state, ron channels, the latvian pop singer was a star, russia, ah, for years he went on concert. tres across the vast country, singing in russian. ah, you know the culture and people and celebrated them in his performances. ah, i'm good to speak as nearly as bad cisco, mister guy, i'm so i'll go to do to thursday. i still can't quite believe it's all over. this was i was due to solar sleeps the other, the actual goal is that i might not go back there for the next 50 years,

nickel and i won't have any concerts there recently. yeah. got the sponsored pickled car read better the more so they some minds based dismissed. i hope my russian fans don't take it personally, but as long as puritans regime is in power, i'm not coming with dish on look america, my local 40 regime here. this is to larry that this was about the ssl is concerts and had plenty of money, even after russia's annexation of crimea in violation of international law. this performance was on the biggest network channel one, russia, from parliament is in lots of people are blaming me. why and i know i know i'm guilty of but i really loved it, not this. i'm a buffet. i loved to be concert halls. lila's, the big audiences, the millions of people who are this acoya key art ballston. but then came

the war and a change of heart for the 44 year old to pop star. we talked with him in a studio. ah, and tosh bacillus is now recording a song for peace for ukraine. he's taking a stance at long lust as many here and not fear saying, ah, he started posting information and videos about the war and his social media channels. ah, he wants to confront his wish and fans with the reality of the invasion to show to death and devastation which they don't see and strictly state controlled russian tv . the image is shocked as fans and many react, loveless products. it's a huge paradox. coin roxio resp,

the biggest fans who wrote the nicest comments, had turned into the biggest enemies when they've gone crazy. attacking me, god, alex is no. jed scrub. it isn't without risk for the sooner we filmed at his barn, but he asked us not to show where he lives, because those who consume which in state media live in their own echo chamber. nearly a quarter of latvians are ethnically russian. putin's propaganda has reached the baltic republic driving a wedge through the population. on may, 9th, the day mark and victory over nazi germany, tens of thousands lay flowers that soviet memorials enrica. many of them support the war of aggression against ukraine, which russian propaganda has portrayed as a battle against naziism for solace has experienced

the consequences of this propaganda personally, from the streets of his own hometown is taken abuse from people accusing him of spreading lies about russia laurel abroad lama ah no bonds come here. they curse at me but but i say to them build friend ha it's all fine i understand you se it don't worry. it's not your fault for thinking that now is totally your victim of propaganda. ladies cooper, dormer, though smothered zip booklets propaganda, and tosh bacillus wants to change his funds. perspective. what might be hopes? they'll open their eyes to what is happening after the war. we'd like to take his children along to one of his concerts in russia. but only if it's a different russia without newton fields of golds. ukraine's wheat and corn fields are

a vital pillar of the economy. countries in europe and far beyond to rely on exports of the serial grains. but with ports and infrastructure destroyed by russian bombs. a world hunger crisis is looming, and ukrainian pharma alexi las ether is in survival mode. his granary is are full, but he cant export their contents. with his finances dwindling and the front line, drawing nearer alexei fears his wheat and corn fields will soon become battlefields for alexia liter. desperation has led to determination determination to survive. the farm he runs in northern ukraine was attacked by russia in the early stages of the war from and if you look at the silo, as you can see, lots of holes with different shapes and sizes. for some rockets were fired straight into the building. so over the break and dizzy law in the aga, i'm just trying to organ there's the was a fire here. that was

a bomb. it isn't. he has hatred towards the russian. there could still be russian rockets inside the silo. alexa doesn't know how many or if they could still explode. the invading forces were just 200 meters from the farm during the attack. he vowed not to surrender. his harvest supplies, all few reserves. made an agreement with the manager. if the russians entered, we were going to blow up or $200.00 tons of diesel was all prepared for that right . and last year ukraine solar record harvest, there was more than farmers could sail. like many others alex, i was expecting solid prophets. but now the russian attack has damaged his corn and that's not the only problem. dustin distance, now, we thought we were sitting money because corn is money hard. right now,

it's not worth anything because we can't transport or export attend the export you can get by for maybe 3 or 4 more months and ovens vita ukraine has been struggling to export much of its produce. the port city of odessa is under attack. further east mario pole lies in ruins. no cargo can get out. the romanian point of contact could be an alternative, but poor rail lines will make transporting goods. they are challenging. the system was not prepared for the levels of disruption. the war is causing the porch also lacks the capacity to ship out the hundreds of thousands of tons of ukrainian grown, wheat, corn, and sunflower seeds. ukraine farmers are facing more than just export problems. as alexa shows us rockets have rained down on fields everywhere, he can only plant on 3000 tech tiles of his 30000 tech tough son isn't find

a brutal enemy that wants to annihilate once i fell off a nice commission here and saw them ukraine. me as apple, locals fear for their lice. vitale, loopy nose runs and not cultural company. he and his dad fall worried. it's the last week of the sewing season. but the front page, it's just a kilometer away. that it should run to a good. there were more attacks at 5 am this morning. we were worried because the area came under fire. but we have to work. we can't let down our government or our people. we need to feed our families, our armed forces, ukraine and the whole world, including with, if farmers can't grow crops, they won't eat and if they can't expose produce, they are left with no income. but for many, the biggest concern is simply staying alive.

roman is listening for the sounds of shots. there's a constant fear that the enemy might advance. sure. i'm scared like any normal person. when they were you more like that? sure. but it is. you want to see if these monsters come will pop out tractors. grab the machine guns and excuse me. shoot these phrases hear me listen. even less. vitale shows us a video of rockets that landed on his field. that can only be removed after expert has safety. deactivated them. already the piles of munitions are building up and nobody knows how many more dangers maybe lately and the saw. i mean, it's worry whenever andre clowes the fields. boy, no, i can't hear anything here in my cabin so that i have to look outside to see what the others are doing. oh no. if there's no frantic waving and shouting, everything is fine. if there's a situation where i'll need to get out and run for my life, no jewel,

it's hard to imagine working under these conditions on top of everything else. fuel is running low. they borrow what they can from neighbors, other farmers who have stopped working because of the war. if worst comes to worst, they plan to protect themselves from the bombs and rockets in this purpose built shelter. with his, with it the computer we can at least keep our boys say for a while to there's one and a half me does it play above our heads and other to keep us warm is more and drinking water brick my we could survive for a while but i said it more than a month. none of them want to flee their work for the next harvest continues for ukraine, as well as for export to europe and the world the world. even if their immediate goal is simply to stay safe for children. while the struggle to survive has also touched this young man's heart, or to or souffle is

a 13 year old from france. he dedicates his time to painting, not only because it feels good, but also because it brings good our tour, it sells his paintings to the homeless. it's an initiative he started many years ago after an encounter with a homeless person. with each painting our tour hopes to make the world a little better. at york souffle is 13 years old, and a batting artist. well started me deposit for now i'm going to use a bit of black and then i'll add other colors so that there's a good contrast when i paint, i feel calmer, 100 pounds till she can but our cheer doesn't paint just for the sake of it. nessie, how did you get the idea? i was just a g and i thought i was literally, we were on holiday. he got yes,

i was still and mommy's tommy and we were still in san tro. pay. and arthur saw so much for the 1st time after pulling out for santa fe or son, milo lee sama lo e. so someone living in the street, not actually, giovanni, i wanted to help the people on the street and i didn't know how, but i saw some artists on the beach and i thought i could do the same as missing. so i started painting in the sand and using little stones and, and money to buy them something. oh, brazilian, a long on foisy de little ha, children breakfast. and even he can mammal after has been painting and to raise funds for homeless people for almost 10 years. you've been with the whole family as on board, but it can be tough at times. my dish has a forklift. there are some really strong moments like when we drew with claudio, could you? oh yes, claudio. it's a wonderful homeless person. we often went to find him. he had an artist, so there are 11 corn though he was in the street. he had courage and continued to

draw and he did what he wanted to do. i thought that was really beautiful this afternoon after was just playing some of his works for sale and an artist run gallery. if you could not, everyone encourages what he's doing. it makes bullet at the louis. okay. think megan or some people think it's too much for me that i should stop with kepsa. what do you say then? loud, i pretend to listen to them. but in my mind, i just say no. i did. i did. yeah, i mostly after has fans though, like 8 year old big dog who's here with his grandmother. a should have leverage. i think what he does is good. i really like his paintings. him. yeah, he doesn't know who do you want to do that too? i said, yeah, ah, well, i actually prefer sculpture to chill with myself with the

dusk helped her with me. he thinks he could make small works with or big ones along with out johan has family will use the money raised to buy food here they're on their way to the city of to way in northern france, where 20 percent of the population lives below the poverty line a 3rd more than the national average. they're meeting go highly jabrisa, a social worker and family friend. and lou, 2 vehicles, ferpa, a homeless man. oh no, mister le february is an alcoholic. he's been homeless for 4 years and he's yeah, his situation is challenging, but out she refuses to lose hope. i'm unhappy. but now we of course, i just wanted to know if you get lost a good friend of mine. what if will, are the authorities have to be informed of your situation so they can help you?

okay. it's a fucking p was a day or 2. i don't think the really interested little mill onto that found my mr. la copa has been living in his car for months. he smelled it with blankets and made a home for himself. roger don't come sits in my room, wound up jill, bring some light to a dark situation or the movement. you're the king here? no, no, no, no, i'm not the king of anything more of your life. well, you at least should live life to the full vin. oh, oh. what does it mean to have up to you at your side? when you're a lot of food forms my heart here, if possible, i think you going to find a way out come on like

a little bit. you may have to look, you've taught me a lot thanks to a few to you may not have changed. mr. le ferpa situation, but he has shown him that there is some one out there who believes in him, and who cares about people experiencing homelessness. any for marijuana smokers in europe, the netherlands is a big draw along with a cappuccino. you can also order a joint in many dutch coffee shops. it's a business model that's only half legal, coffee shops get a special license that allows them to sell small amounts of wheat. it's not technically legal, but it is tolerated by the authorities. well now the dutch government wants to regulate this legal grey's own with an experiment. marijuana groan under state

control. so yes, images like these have become a stereotype of the netherlands. it's perfectly legal to buy a joint here if it's for the customer's personal use. this coffee shop in breda has been around for 30 years, but now there's going to be a radical change. the shop will no longer have to source its cannabis from drug dealers. instead, it will be able to buy from a state controlled croft owner and patch thinks it's a good development. this is sure. what again, personally, it's cleaner or pesticides are used over the strict cultivation wilson deal comfortable. it's ecological hold on sustainable and to provide legal for them and for the 1st time will be able to do are buying on the books. oh, okay. the experiment is taking place in breda and 9 other municipalities. it's been put in place to combat the fact that the netherlands has

become a hub for drugs. partly because of its liberal policies, partly because of its ports, violent, criminal gangs control hard drugs like cocaine. in july 2021 dutch investigative journalist pater devries was murdered after reporting on drug crime authorities, one to at least gain control over the soft drug market. we hope this experiment will put an end to a half baked policy of tolerance. lucky you can buy and sell cannabis in a coffee shop, a vehicle which are not allowed to produce at 70 militia as ha ha, that's led to an illegal market for production. lucy, dominated by criminals. though many of the criminal the question now is how the state controlled cannabis harvest. we'll get safely to the coffee shops. transported g which will go transport to

still a problem with an armored vehicle will bring the hash out. i'm not sure how i'm supposed to feel about that going you got there, you hold. so the experiment is due to ron for 4 years after which the results from the 10 participating municipalities will be evaluated. for centuries, italians have been perfecting the art of pizza, making hand needed dough, a stone oven, and the finest ingredients are required. pizza is a part of italy's national identity, but this tradition is now being challenged by new technology in rome. a pizza vending machine and a front to some restaurant owners in the capital city. but the machines creator says he's bringing a little slice of heaven to the streets of rome. this is an old school pizza, yolo are welcome to pizzeria ramo the best and robot. no matter organ or

mine, and this is a pizza seller of the new school. welcome to mister, go. i'll show you how it all works, sir. his business concept pizza, in 3 minutes from a machine, must see mobile call. no normally sales medical equipment, but he's always dreamt of running a pizzeria. he wanted it to be different. so he looked around until he found a pizza making machine. he redesigned, it's tim a function without a baker using only the touch of a button here in the eternal city. it's nothing less than a cultural revolution. the city was divided we i'm not sure but some accepted the machine and thought it was good to be able to buy a fresh hot pizza 24 hours a day. a big pizza from a machine was always something inconceivable, especially in a country like italian and even more so in cities like ryan at work or not to mention naples. here. pizza is sacred over with some people were pretty angry for

it because it was like an attack on the article. the pizza did allow for delivery. so this one is hand made using the best ingredient center war muscle pasquale has been making them for over 40. yes. we're here on pizza napoli to go coming up here vom ah, yes, i've heard of the machine of a 2nd of all that i can't believe it can make a pizza like mine. i went to the pastor this door was hand made it boss. so it was the wood burning of the us, you have to clean out. i mean, you know, these are but could never do that. we go there, but forget it. but for a box, or if there's a making a budget for some out. okay, the key is how you need the dough. the bizarre you have to get out all the lumps which your hands look, this is all hand made mara flower

a yeast or assault, and then you work it like this. with the mr. go machine, it's all automatic pizza, nobody, you know. but i mean, the flower goes into this cylinder where it's mixed with water and a little some water and a little salt. let me show it to and then the dough is pressed into a disk and covered with fresh tomato sauce, tomatoes. but then he comes the oven for a metal hand positions the pizza on the grill, like where its baked at $380.00 degrees celsius. publish them figured out how squall is pizza is now dumbasses up. there covers saw more arbiter. no, the pizza is perfect. it closed up the joy to flavor a ramo has been serving up hundreds of pieces every evening for over 40 years. the customers here would never consider trading one of task wireless

pizzas for a machine meet one notting. the youngest a pizza has to be made by hand, just like this one, john. and especially when it comes to the don't get if you lead a machine to it company, the pizza will never taste like one that's been made by the hands of a pizza yolo. so far, mr. go has made over 7000 pizzas around the clock. sometimes even a roman will take the machine, made alternative a volume on general. every pleasure. if i want to eat a really good pizza of corso wouldn't turn to mister go figure. so roam has hundreds of pizza rears, that make great pizza off. i'll be bought if i want to eat something foss door, i just want to try something new out of curiosity. mr. go is always, there will be, especially after midnight. it's hard to find something warm to wait till then. we're a great alternative or approval to go along with matt seymour has improved his design, his new machines will soon be cooking even better. peter's demand is high,

especially from brought in italy itself. not quite so much. so is it a recipe for success? let me know your thoughts about our show on twitter. you can find me at laura babel, ola underscore. don't forget, you can watch more of our show on d. w dot com. thanks for watching bye for now. ah, with

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