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conditions because outside the sweltering heat wave continues across europe. people are suffering from the heat with countries continually reporting record high temperatures and wildfires. ordinating not just in southern europe, but in central european countries, and even in the typically cooler northern parts, heat, waves, and drought each. a consequence of human induced climate change are becoming bigger problems every year. some of the consequences of climate change have almost biblical proportions like on the italian island of sardinia, where the province surrounding or a tele has been plagued by locusts since 2019 rising temperatures have pushed up locust numbers and come summer huge swarms reek havoc on wild life, including on farmers crops, months of hard work can be wiped out in a matter of hours and the question is, can these insects be stopped? awe

of barren landscape. and the last stragglers of a recent locust swarm, the insect left a trail of devastation in their wake. also on farmer, anton hello, browse pastures. ah, quote the much there is nothing left. look at the soil and wonder. they devoured everything. what look, look here, see how many locust there are. what like one to cover with to so. so the slurry tank is full of locusts. anton hello had to move his 800 goats to the surrounding countryside as there was nothing left for them to graze on here. the insects even ate the hay for the winter, which will mean higher cost on a job that's already hardly profitable craft. but normally it's impossible to calculate the damages, the constant o'clock. we've had locust invasion since 2019 look a little,

but it's never been as bad as this year. so like was to live in a request on north brookfield an estimated 50000 hector's of land in sardinia have been effected. the epicenter of the plague is the tier. so river valley. so not that it's only the 5th, but this whole area has been ravaged by the locust oscillate. the gallow figure, the spunk helmet they. they moved along the river with a flood plains below this mountain range. oh, for ideal conditions for local seal ali, a soap talk was that got they like it? like the little mardina, gavin owen fabio worked for the regional agriculture agency. part of their job is to try to gain control over the past. really kick with thought here this female is laying her eggs sweet because our fe mina, she digs a whole clear said outside of an all clear then and go the eggs we met they leeward for every female deposits up to 30 eggs 3 times each season. will take talk with stripped of them. these are the pods they laid their eggs in africa,

3 next to each other. call the internal dish inside that the eggs. if the locus anthony aline, their life cycle last from april to july. hello, i'm at the lulu. they lay eggs 3 times, and then they die. that bone of both evolved if we morial. locusts will even eat other dead locusts, fabio says proper plowing of the land is an important tool for combating invasions that it would have an effect. but it may ploughing is important in order to get the eggs out of the ground that land onto the surface. they, because only the can they be eaten by the natural predators that birds, pigs, wild boys or other on the horse from dahlia to the chatham public. any marley shall neely arturo cocoa from the university of sorry, research. as locusts. he explains multiple factors contribute to locust infestation, which began on sardinia in 2019 sequence man. they can be, i mean the climate change plays a big role. you mall because we now have long, dry periods eatable receive. on top of that son know more and more land has been

abandoned, unequal. it's no longer been cultivated or managed to liquidity bazzi on i've been very thought. mm. the use of chemicals is only effective against to young locusts. plus, there are large areas where pesticides cannot be used anyway because they're devoted to organic farming. researchers are therefore relying on natural predators. first and foremost, this beetle malebranche, variable, us, that bothered up on the north that are important that we must do whatever it takes to protect and propagate the locus natural predators soon. and their la had that. but i thought the only way we could control vis infestation would red linkedin seat that request they be questing for us. that's your gabino and fabio collect the beatles as they are currently the most successful weapon for preventing future locust plagues that bonnie lew over arlene. this is a delay, its eggs in the hole where the locusts have their eggs late. in the linda beat, love i eat the locusts eggs they,

they were tried to capture as many beetles as possible and places where they're not needed terrible, and used. and where we need their help out only over magole, tennis channel, or generational. the main in 2021 sardine as regional government made a plan to combat the locust plagues. this includes an app for reporting swarms, organic pesticides, and farmers being required to plow their land. even now gabino and fabio are working hard so that next summer their native island will be spared from the insects. lou. many european countries and the us are supplying ukraine with tanks, rocket launchers, and rifles to resist russia's invasion. and humanitarian aid is also being sent to your craniums. one thing they're lacking though, are some very specific kinds of cars altering and automobiles like su, views, and pickups. these vehicles are mainly needed near battle lines to bring food or

ammunition or to evacuate the wounded. ja checks you go. bater is bringing such vehicles to ukraine. the initiative is funded by donations and for him and his friends, the more cars, the better. ah, erie corpus is inspecting the actual suspension here in warsaw. he's helping to get this old korean off rhoda and shake the vehicle will soon be heading to ukraine. to double check the suspension. it's not sitting right. like if the used car was purchased with donations, the men overhauled it for free. it's to be handed over to ukraine's armed forces at no charge. not gonna, we're looking for off road vehicles that could be put to use at the front. but for example, to transport the wounded image on a daily, they should have all wheel drive solutions, puzzles well known polish journalist and author,

yet se coogel barbara came up with the idea for this initiative. since the invasion began. he has been in the ukraine several times and eventually started collecting donations. where profess williams virginia, but the good i'm a reporter and the job is my life. look at the i and since i'll be going over there, quite often i wanted the ukrainians to get something out of it. but let that was it . so i launched this fundraising initiative and was able to buy for vehicles including that one total. and he learned what was needed most during his trips visual talkie, we are flooding the major powers and tanks and artillery. but they don't have enough everyday vehicles and they really need them in my own. if i realized there's no point in sending good new cars because they'll have a short lifespan in ukraine, central cooper, which i bring these cars to the troops of the 24th mechanized brigade and the dunbar. cl, dr. good, i've friends fighting there. has they received a beautiful new car from the u. k. that only survived for 2 days. one gotcha. or the south pink, some awkward, novel dangling due to was i'm glad the. evelyn nautica, a native ukrainian,

is packing donations from a canadian aid organization to be brought along. this is a very, very expensive and coin badly needed because suitable for anybody for the soldiers or for the general population. and we've throwing a couple over those for kids. just, you know, they're, they're going through a war. and so just a couple of things with the box head, a little bit of space. so we put it in. and then here is a drawing that one of the children in canada, hadron for ukraine. so we'll be passing on a couple of these for 84 year old fall, then other relatives are stolen key if it's a source of constant worry and very saddened and it's bewildering to me that in the 21st century we have something like this going on you all's also urgently needed in ukraine. the country is suffering fuel shortages. so yeah. second, evelyn will be taking supplies. both were themselves and as a donation to our kia, however,

we got here from the 1st time i went to ukraine, there were only 2 filling stations along the entire road from of even cheaper. but that's about 900 kilometers. even one would only let you buy 20 leaders, the other 10 and even for that, ukrainians had to stand in line for 24 hours a little stretch. so you had to stay in line around the clock just to get 10 leaders of fuel to do for you, but everything's ready to go fuel reserves, donations of medical supplies, and to vehicles and ins. okay, so far we'll see 290000 kilometers on the vehicle with both the ah, it's a 5 hour drive to the ukrainian border and a few more hours to levine, a long journey for the old car and its passengers. the next day they've almost reached their destination yet sick hands over the remaining

fuel reserves and the vehicle on a parking lot on the outskirts of town. we can't say exactly where for security reasons, even for the tally will help make sure the vehicles reach the forces on the front line. nissan altima hotel, michelle boys have as many vehicles as they can get up on the pickup trucks, it all will light off, rotors will be on the all wheel. mini buses are all great options because they can get through grass with mud and other surfaces really well. village as i have great respect for the poles and all the other europeans who are helping us car, the po together will when was more next week. yeah, think who boulevard are plans to bring another 2 vehicles, julian crane or a country fighting to defend its independence? since the beginning of the russian invasion around one 3rd of the ukrainian population has had to flee millions have found shelter abroad,

and among them are sasha and her 17 year old daughter ana, who are staying with a host family in berlin. now on paper they're safe, but how safe you actually feel when you're starting a new life in a foreign country and facing all of the challenges that that brings. how do you deal with making a fresh start? while many of those you care about remain in a war torn country are reporter accompanied sasha and ana as they took their 1st steps in the german capital. a rushes violent invasion of a crime has forced millions of people to flee their homes. and sasha are now refugees in germany, which now which increases with the hearts are still in ukraine here. so anyway that was ya could the, my friend stayed and shanna he, i think my classmates would but them were supreme. i, i can't bear the thought that they did not have the chance to escape what i, even though they wanted to what britain. it's terrifying.

but it's hard because i can't help some extension from which in anna was finishing up high school. such a work to the call center. the war completely changed their lives when beaten us was and actually they bombed us from de, wallowing a deal. so the very 1st week we moved to my mother's house and his dad did notice. we were in the basement the whole time, a porcelain was valued as lead shot. the bombing started timothy. after a while, we could tell what kind of shell had fallen just by the sound those 1st days. we knew a lot of people who died in the street is a way to civilians ordinary people, our neighbor prophesied in. uh huh. but after the 3rd attempt,

another sasha managed to escape. they now live with a host family. berlin, o jones or fibbs and susan's. it's gone as we humans are social being with if someone falls down next to you, you feel empathy and help them out there. it's only natural for descriptions on on sasha have signed up for a german class. me the courses offered by the church for free. i think it had been do you have children e i 2 children. well i the name of your wife, your husband. i morton is who i am single with. oh okay. thank you very much on know. guess a little bit if you go with, oh yes,

good. and we want to started your money. i play them a. that's why we do things that are a g o my male variable, which is not just the current situation that weighs on them. they are also still grieving the death of anna's father. he died fighting separate us in 2017 as follow movers her as i stand here, i think of my husband ranch and he died very early in the school. we found our piece with it's a bit, was that all got my decision, but all those painful feelings are back again. i would say it's all so sad and chatting with shannon and sasha want to say thanks to their hosts. so they are cooking a typical ukrainian dish that also brings up memories of their own lives in the

home. and i want to see my grand and eat, grinned grandma, as for it is the, the most beautiful thing in the whole year. and her, me, my friend and talk about, oh, how's a feeling? and arizona is fine or maybe something is terrible. and just tuck musical. overall, they have gotten used to their new life and they get along well with the host family through the government. and it feels like we're having dinner with our own family. we're already entirely comfortable without german family. it's like being home got dormer tooth, and berlin is also growing on the la

couldn't yet most of this. and there, lot of different on there are new brands in the making. i want to to come back to ukraine to see my family members. but i think about leaving in terms of my life in the future. because like as country new phone booth and i'm too old to completely overturn my former life to live and my relatives are in ukraine. i leave my house to. i want anna to decide for herself whether she wants to stay in germany or returned to ukraine. you leave that, but i want to go home sunday so that when the war is over, i will definitely do that. that's in at this deal. but as to when that might be, for now, mother and daughter have no idea. daughter, good deal ludovic. muhammad z ahead is a scholar of islam, a mosque founder, and he's openly gay. he was reported to be the 1st french muslim to be sibling

married to another man. and while many would argue that was his right, there were those who say islam and homosexuality are not compatible, even in mar, say, in the south of france, where's i had lives. he has allies in his fight against prejudices, but the path he's chosen is long and risky. law was on law. mom ludovic, mohammed's ahead is praying for tolerance and he's happy to do so with a woman. that in itself is already pretty unusual. but the real surprise is that the muslim scholar is openly homosexual and fighting for gays to be accepted in islam or this if up with effect, this can't go on with it for the others too much violence, pressure and degradation gone off it on again, people pretend we don't exist. sometimes there's even physical violence in our families and community healthy off. i mean, on the come new tier,

after studying to become in a mom back in his native country of algeria saw, had fled here to mar, say, in southern france, in his new home he came out as homosexual and founded in islamic institute. these days he also officiated gay weddings i've flown cur massey, that hello dal d a. thank you for coming her. she decided she fish a very honored to take part in the ceremony. as it's at a money, it's about acceptance and standing one's ground on it officially. same sex marriages are not allowed in islam bo was refer, congratulations, bob, book 30. that's why sammy mom's in france have threatens i head and pitted muslims against him. as i did come up with a cerebral are very angry without knowing me. it's crazy that people can hate you. i want to see you dead without even knowing you. bought it saw father kenneth,

according to one survey, over 2 thirds of muslims in france, have prejudices against homosexuals of the will. muslims, we don't have that kind of thing. the be me, we behave with decency i i, she, nor dish earlier fed to death, homeless. she and for us to be homosexual and do such things. them all is a terrible sin sang and that's why muslims don't do that. he fe kuth, emmy, do my if, if i sound but i had wants to belong to the muslim community. he's already gone on 5 pilgrimages to the holy muslim city of macca. he wants to show that homosexuals can be good muslims. this said, it hasn't was important to me and those to be physically present and show to be exist and are part of the community learning. he's off her back to let them know

that we have the same practices and that for no less human or spiritual, just because we're of as they put it different for the on the fill. the a mom is calling for open discussion about a new reformed islam with more tolerance towards minorities. he moderates talks on social media, and today's gases are a catholic clergyman and so lima, one of few women who are a moms. okay, culture, the chena, you get them. so asia, farts is sure that you, well, better than me that says we have created man, we have created the way and we have created something in between. so lima values her brother in faith and says he is breaking new ground. what linda vic is doing is he is creating an institution. he's institutionalizing and new, modern i am inclusive islam and this is new. there is nobody offering those

tools because i had also wants to protect those who are in danger because of their sexual orientation like this group of homosexual refugees. some have had their lives threatened back in their home countries and their fellow believers here don't always show them tolerance either. oh well i think it's time to sound the alarm for toner and the mom has been supporting this artistic work for years. here. the group is putting on a dance performance o for cult often, it makes me happy to see how much good at those to participants boxes. and it's interesting for the audience too, because some struggle to understand these identities either hong, or though just

a reality was to audience discovers here throughout the whole. and that's a wonderful thing. i need to go to the cash off to think excessive, amicable in order to win over more people for his cause, ludovic, mohammed's had wants to share this with others. he's determined to keep at it despite the risks. we want to sure. there are moments when you're afraid of her, but not really. and that's not count to hold us back. to buy food teams, i thought there are unfortunately only a few wild rivers left here in europe. the view also in albania, is one of the last that still flows untamed and free. it's a unique ecosystem that has remained largely undisturbed by human influences. and it's now been decided that it should stay that way. the government in toronto wants to turn the viola and all of its tributaries into europe's 1st wild river national park. that's music to the ears of nature, lovers,

and environmentalists. although they don't quite trust the government's plans. the vio, so river and its tributaries are a rarity in europe, as they are still largely wild biologist all c mika has been fighting to keep it that way for 12 years, and to keep the river safe from hydro. electric plants construction had already started at the side of 3000 dams that are being projected in the balkans. so 90 percent of these dams are the so called small scale hydros. actually they are bringing almost nothing to the energy grid. but at the same time, they are having the huge, ecological footprint, albania, power grid supplied almost entirely by hydro electric plants, but they can't meet demand to keep the vio, san tat. environmentalists have been calling for a national park for years. it's actually our last chance to steal, contain the free flowing river, not for the banana law, but it's on

a european context. finally, in early june, the albanian government promised to establish a national park, looked at kids. no new power plants are to be built on the visa, but we can't speak of a national park where they will be only plants and animals bar. there will be economic development for people as well. the music on a me, but he is in jan. pearce acres, his gaming, people, local residents, question the projects, integrity, ackman, belzoni of his rafting tours for backpackers, for years he's been campaigning to legally protect the viagra for gentle tourism in the region and no dams. i got done robina, we, we have not all the confidence to believe worth of the government save because what the government now say they can change it. essentially, the vios as future depends on whether it's protection as a national park is signed into law. and on that,

those in power let this river stay wild. that brings us to the end of this edition of focus on europe. if you missed anything or want to share a report, you can always find our program on our website. it's d w dot com. thank you for watching and on behalf of the entire team. try to stay cool. see you next week and good bye for now. ah ah, with

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