system of total surveillance on economic expansion, without scruples and again and again, she provokes and threatens with military aggression. the chinese president believes his way is for superior than that of western democracy. china's president, changing pain starts july 30th on d, w. ah, ah hello and welcome to focus on europe a europe that is facing huge and unprecedented challenge is one of which is heat. now wildfires are of course typical for the season in dry southern parts of the continent, but this time around large areas of central and even northern europe are all so

bearing the brunt of the conflagration. well meanwhile, farmers in spain, southern region, van de lucio also bringing their hands in despair. they to need a lot of water if they're going to prevent crops like strawberries, vegetables and salads from going to ruin on their giant plantations. but digging wells to give themselves access to ground water is illegal and also has a negative knock on effect on wetlands. like the dani ana nature, reserve life is about to get harder for this spoon. bill. heron, environmentalists, philippe went elsis, and one romero are concerned about the existence of hundreds of thousands of such water birds in the wetlands of dawn. yana in the south of spain because water levels are falling. but allow me leave. i see that live on the family. it's a catastrophe full by

a diversity in there by the high and this is a protected zone he'll get out without. don yana has been as good as dry for 2 years now. it usually it's a wetland area with no water because it's wasted. and sometimes by breaking the law community, danielle national park, a unesco world heritage site, is surrounded by farmers who use ground water to irrigate their strawberry blackberry and raspberry plantations. in the me a lot of the to get all of them are they will look at the rent parts on phillip his map. so all the plantations that have cropped up in the area since the 1980s without a license yet i am i, they me both we legally, both while over a 1000 to legal why me. i've been drilled in the middle of the forest without permission. i mean, it's heavy and the authorities, when negligence. fairfield, nobody stop the uncontrolled grows. yeah, but up on it, but i think would benefit one wants to show us the illegal wells. he understands

the situation of the farmers who've been waiting for years to be connected to an irrigation system in which water is transported to the region from distant rivers. but he thinks it's wrong for them to drill wells if they don't have permission. but we're at it, a wolf, a water is guess resource has broken out. it's about who gets more. that's the problem. i think i'm and that, that, that, that, that approach we come across a wildfire, a consequence of drought and record breaking heat. there's an illegal. well right here, if i'm of in law on buffalo, get that it was built by circumventing the law without papers off. it would leave him right next to a dry river bed. that is public property edgar. there will gullible english, although many bully go. either way, many of these fields were planted with farmers simply turning forest or meadows into plantations. we wanted to speak to some growers,

but no one wanted to speak to us. even those with licenses refused to appear on camera. but manuel salgado spokesman at the dawn, yana farmers association agreed to talk with us. lemme lemme, i figured we were getting a bad reputation if consumers are led to believe that all fruit has grown illegally . this isn't true. well we're a synagogue. one of the conservative people's party in spain has announced an amnesty for illegal cultivation, which has fueling more attention than many that young lady. i love you now though you have in these farmers shall be punished and the land shall be cleared. said couple of the opposite is happening while they're being rewarded. therefore they, after 18 years of illegal farming up, they going to get a permit comfortable if i get called the on the now that the people's party was recently elected to the and to lucy and regional parliament with an absolute

majority. one is worried that it will implement what it is promised it, but a beetle in a level that now are allowed that at hockey, that's now going to govern here and, and to lucia has promised to legalize everything on you on. that's why the authorities awaiting and not prosecuting those who've broken the law than that that would just create a big fuss because expectations are so high other been in manuel antonio gonzales is a deputy for the people's party in analisia. he doesn't understand the criticism and says that his party wants the amnesty to ensure that all plantations are connected in future to an irrigation system. was 8 m. o had healed. what a low this way will achieve 2 goals he bought at all. we will be regulating and we will ensure that no more ground water is withdrawn and the spanish government finally does it. duty and builds irrigation channels of with. for one romero,

all of this is a power struggle for political and economic interest at the cost of nature get as they get, as he indicated he and the after they want to grow and grow until the done, yon a nature reserve disappears completely. if we can c h r, i mean, instead of wetland this is a dep and desert without ah, now the european commission has intervened and has given spain an ultimatum. there will be big fines if the nature reserve continues to be destroyed and water intensive, agriculture grows. this might be the last chance for this bird. ah . well one man who knows a thing or 2 about the horrors of war. his australian war photographer, warren richardson, he regularly joins ukrainians up at the front line in that conflict with russia. recently, for instance, he captured some of the fighting in the fiercely embattled southern city of mc upon

. so why do fighters and why do civilians trust him? will probably because he takes the same kind of risks as they do. oh, oh. oh . the death nose keep bringing out in nico pole, in southeast, in ukraine. today these people are bidding farewell to 0 crust. nicky who died at the front. his son was given the day off to stand by his mother's side during this difficult experience. a lot of people have been morning in nico, pole, and wolf photographer warren richardson takes pictures of them. he's been photographing people morning he for weeks of an estimate. oh, we met these trillion at a parking lot by the ne copal train station, morally his while air raid sirens kept blaring. he showed us the course of the

nearby frontline here. there is a nuclear power station here. the russians control this whole entire area. so they're completely in control of fear right now. very difficult to cook and the situation can change it any time. said there were few moments when the sirens go silent. oh, hello sir. in that situation it's, it's an everyday situation. so for me, getting on the trains with the people at a fling, you know, you're around women and children that are completely unaware. ready oh, you know, they don't know what's going to happen next. when warren takes photographs, he most is himself in people's lives. he tells their stories and the horrors they've experienced, so that their sacrifices are not in vain. but sometimes the reality is too

brutal and the images unbearable uncle to emergency. so we don't want to publish the pitches quite work, but we can't publish them. it's not what we're at. warren wants to know what this war is doing to the people fighting it. so he sought answers among churchgoers like from father, mercury's ukrainian orthodox congregation. the clergyman is steadfast, any support of the ukrainian so did as a rule, and keeps in constant contact with the front, where he's convinced they're fighting for all of europe. he feels his country has been betrayed by their brothers in face on the ground. you will see the russian orthodox church is like a tumor ravaging our nation's body, washed in many towns. they welcomed the occupiers with bread and salt on these teachers while euclid. once you put you under humping priests who wanted to talk

their whole congregations into surrendering or was a painted crosses on the russian tanks, young you're not, is old. we accompanied warren to the russian orthodox clergyman, father nicholas, and we wanted to know where does he stand in this difficult situation, j cook to live. if you're not a religious person, i put all my hope in god's mercies. may he bring his peace? if 0, but of course i believe in the defender boy, the ukrainian army of nealus, but they have a great duty to protect their home. last what are well below, he seems terribly kind hearted, but he was done talking politics. if his church was pursuing its own agenda behind closed doors, we could not find out war and doesn't pass judgment with these images. his aim is to understand all sides of the conflict, and he would also show the russian side, he says it nico paul,

it's little stories that describe the big picture women just as they are, who left their homes in don bus. they're paying the price for the war and waiting, and nick opposed to see what's next for them. all done watching, pigeonholed state thinks that it was very sad back at home so. so we didn't have any water for 70 days, and the gas was turned off for the ocean to hello. like hard there because the bakers can't make bread without gas wolves to put it in the hall. and so just like that arena here, a nickel, many others are waiting for the war to end. why not? i was not out of the war and without some winning of course, long leave ukraine level reading. warren richardson feels it's the children that suffer most from the war because they're the ones who have to build their lives among ruins and on the run in the next generation where they take on bitterness. i don't know when i take on diplomacy,

i have no idea. i would really hope that things are set in place for them that allows them to have some sort of understanding that they can live for future as opposed to live in fear. while another employee may pull things, battlefields is the gas war which could leave many people across europe in during a tough winter. so to prevent the russian leader from having the whole continent at his mercy, people in the netherlands have been looking more closely at their own reserves. they're located in the hunting and gas field up in the northeast of the country, which is viewed as the biggest of its kind in europe. but that might sound good, but there are problems. young whittaker's damaged house is being strengthened to withstand future earthquakes. it's a complex operation on dish and tile. this part of the building is all ready to pay

to come and she, you can see it here. i and rod holds the warm hour and the inner part of the building to get on desk boy to should, to sharman house. another section had to be completely torn down and is leaving. the house was damaged and the aftermath of a strong, ugly huffman 12 urine, groaning with gas extraction, had triggered, tremulous for dickie. that does was, it was horrible. all, everything was moving yield. there was a huge noise. them as well. oh, there was one loud bang bye bell. i mile went on to go here. it's a huge long little. it was a beautiful house and we were happy in it. and we are a rundown mitchell for in the earthquake, almost caused the collapse of the more than 100 year old barn as well. it's roof is now reinforced by steel beams. i think her miracle kept a record of the earthquakes which began in the region in the night in the task

barge. the ones and rate was serious. some registering for the 3 point is under which the scale is been uncle vernon. in the launch, i began to record the earthquake zones 1994 stroke and i stopped in 2015 and is ragdoll because there was so many of toys i but this lizard would have gone all the way to the ground. right. beaches in gordon, the earthquakes have led to more than a 160000 damages claims to date. which prompted the dutch government to scale by gas production and take a decision to close down the gas field by next year. but the russian invasion of ukraine and slashing of gas close to europe has thrown those plans into question. the dutch government is now considering tapping the fields, still ample reserves in case of a gas emergency in winter. marquee on mulder is an energy expert at the university of crone. again, he believes it's possible to temporally res, output at the growing and field to get the residence on board as well. if look at

the failure which could earn from is a good make by selling for years and growing. guess i'm selling solar market research yokes. if you only use a small part of got these revenues to compensate, all habitants are written of groningen at the expense a bit higher risk for earthquakes because they still exist. so this will be the best decision for, for everyone. what we've got correction law, but there's also correction ceiling, but residents and groaning and don't trust those promises quick and appropriate compensation has until now been a distant dream for many who made a new claim. marianna tori has been petitioning authorities for 6 years to recognise and be for the damage she says was caused by gas extraction and pull down the house if needed. she still waiting for a decision. the damage, meanwhile, is growing. this is the type of damage that, that we see a lot. and it's the one that it's showing them that really scares me

a lot of people are afraid with an next earthquake. that the roof will come down and, well, the beams may land on you. the issue was led to heated debate about netherlands, future energy options. local green politician justin jones says the crisis is an opportunity to ramp up alternative sources and energy efficiency. and insists that extending the ghastly life should not be an auction. extracting fossil fuels comes at a cost, it comes at a cost to people, and it comes at a cost to nature. people think that now the gas tap is being closed. further that, that this will mean that we have no more earthquakes, even if we close by the deadline that the government has given it itself. we still have a problem here. it was should not prolong the extraction because the consequences will just go on and on. and on in young monica's case, it took 10 years to finally get financial compensation to rebuild his home. and

monica knows from experience that the earthquakes will continue in the area for some time to come. don't keep dish or there are some monitors where it's quiet, india, but then you have a new earthquake. lauren, nearby, you have new damage. sure. you have to register it with the acorda. tell them and the whole craziness begins again. it could be the wrong. oh, the dot state and the gasoline operator have paid out over a 1000000000 euros. so far affected residence for rebuilding and strengthening homes. none of the residents are looking forward to continuing damage to the homes . but the dutch government may be out of other options. if the gas crisis takes the tone for the worse in the winter. oh, very interesting. so now we go to denmark where there are strict provisions over when a child's well being appears to be in danger. when the date state is obliged to take action. it's a controversial practice and it is currently being hotly debated, which helps to explain what happened when this young woman, hannah yacht,

had her daughter taken away from her. hannah and her husband no live here in germany, from where they're fighting for their daughter to be allowed to live with them. once again. hora is still written all over hannah, short's face. it happened 2 years ago. the danish national was on her way to germany with her family. at the danish jack point, police officers blocked their way. it was about her daughter flora of vienna, so miss owen lithium. at 1st, we were detained for over 3 hours without clearly being told what it was all about, lee by another that it is with every minute our fear and panic, rude moon, it's hard to describe them. consider a few of them when it was clear that an 18 month old child was to be taken away from her parents and brought to a foster family by complete strangers. i was just beside myself. all

that hannah has laughed of her daughter flora awesome photos. the little girl now lives with a foster family in denmark. the reason offered was that the child's well being was in acute danger. the local authorities and hannah's home town ve bulk claimed that she and her husband came when not taking sufficient care of flora bath lately. figmott 1st about some apparently they pitch and hold me after i chose to give my 1st child to a foster family. when i was still very young, but sante ha, i think at yahoo bell. but he is an expert from the youth welfare office, found that flora made unusual movements to the side and grunted at about us alone. no, no lessening. am thanksgiving. we took her to a doctor and he found nothing unusual on the sofa, but the local authority stuck to its assessment and made our lives more and more difficult. come the nothing we did was good enough is ursula inks and gut nutters. fearing for their youngest daughter, elvira,

the family moved to the northern german city of flints, ball kim, as a steady john. hannah is the ceiling a correspondence course. still they fear that if they return to denmark, l vera could be taken away from them too. just 2 hours away in denmark, lars, chris down. some is sitting in his garden, making a phone call. after witnessing traumatized danish soldiers having their children taken away, chris johnson became active as a kind of escape helper. if it was avoidable, gave tools, they'll kill a baneful skeleton. sometimes they get up to 3 coals per day from people fearing it forced adoption of their children or naval login for kumarelle. i advised them to go abroad loaded, so that demons williams soon. because as long as the authority has it made a final decision about the fate of the child, albert, it's legal to leave the gala livelihood and more hannah shorts local authority. and

denmark was not available for comment. i the danish ministry of social affairs, wrote to say that they regret the flight of danish families and their children abroad. but the protection of the child comes fast flints, bogs, city, whole notes, with mixed feelings, that more and more danish families are seeking refuge from their social authorities . but all new comers. all welcome, wagner. nicholas agates company, allie, you don't advertise and say, come on over here. every one, very of super conditions. yeah, i'd rather if someone moves the floods bug and we get files that show it's a case we need to follow. then of course, we have to take care of those cases over enough and about so because we're convinced that it's good for the child to grow up and in their own family, am off with it. across the border and denmark, youth welfare officers are defending themselves against accusations of hot

heartedness. in general, coercive measures are the absolute exception. say the family support officers from admin most of your sale. we're observing that the debate on forced adoptions has led some parents being afraid to seek help from the youth welfare office. we regret this very much, even if you liked it, because you can actually appeal against a decision of the youth welfare office. said can men play it? and if you're not satisfied with a position at the next instance of easements, i guess, then you can take it to court in early view. and that's what hannah has done. the trial is scheduled to take place in september, but she has lost all trance in the danish state. in france box. she says they've been given another chance to look for still in a minute. does he go to meet people who can accept the ill? even if i have a different opinion that he, we never experienced that at home at the heaviest leg up louisville. hannah and kim

are expecting their next child and want to prove that they are good parents. well no doubt about it staying cool and paris in heat wave is not easy. a cold bath might be one solution, having enough to drink is good to her, but not if you just create another waste problem and good for them. this summer, the parisians have come up with a solution where ecologically interested shop owners jumping. stevens, a mummer store is at the front of the popular district of monterey in paris. he's particularly interested in sustainability and only by his frames that have been produced ecologically. he didn't think twice when he was approached by they owe to perry or paris water team. she was equaled on, but super. oh,

i'm happy to be participating from an ecological point of view at paris. i strand zillow oper, 3rd is true that horace is still quite dirty here from what we shear round us. the whole moral, so it's good to have less waste by filling up bottles of them all to fall the wrong . the city of paris is trying to cope with its waste problem by encouraging people to reuse bottles. since the end of april parisians and tourists alike can fill up on fresh water at a number of stores like this cheese monkeys. you've saved them on our goal as clearly linked to the ecological transition and to the fight against climate change . it's a very long term approach, the bottle title, and that's why we want all parisians to mobilize for more sustainable, greener city in here. job. but there is still lots of people who don't know that there is free water available in stores or not. and i had no idea what to do.

it, none at all. no, i didn't know little toggle. so when you said she should have a bug okey for limited communicate, bruce. so set off all my sheila, most people are aware of the hundreds of out to a drinking fountains dotted around the city. this one even has sparkling water with a play that is kicking from the description. it's clearly a good thing here because we've been coming here for a few months. yeah. and it's a real health and it is free water is also part and parcel of the restaurant experience in paris. if you're lucky, it might even have some refreshing maintenance. well, from that whole story from the shake was invented people of paris. that's a lot this time route on focus on you or if i do hope you've enjoyed the show in the week if you plan take effect by

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