this week on world stories, italy historic drought threatens rice farmers. germany, d, x monk once church reforms we begin in ukraine where frontline troops are suffering both physically and mentally at special clinic near keith is doing what it can to heal the trauma. rifleman alexi shift jenko work and construction before the russian invasion. within weeks he was on the front lines in the east under constant massive artillery fire. he says he would fall to the ground for cover take out his phone. and amid the deafening blast swipe to a photo of danya, his 7 year old boy back in a capital. but none as there was caused by the lose of what was going to school. i looked at my fun before going to bed and understood that if the russian soldiers were not stopped where i was, they could reach key again was to the buddha. what is the,

what i thought of my boy and asked myself, will someone else raise my son? is it policy policy a winnable? love a looks he didn't want to go into details, but we'll say he suffered a concussion and had a nervous breakdown. he is one of a 150 patients of the rehabilitation center who's location we were asked to keep secret, so it wouldn't be targeted. some supper from post traumatic stress, a psychological problem, and others from traumatic brain injuries damage which can be caused by the blast. ways of explosions, symptoms for both include suicidal thoughts, depression insomnia to anger. logic was a door slam or firecracker can trigger the terrifying feeling you are under fire. again. alexey is here for 3 weeks of psychotherapy group discussions, walks and massages. nozzle. i think that helps them to of course know the belief that we are here yet than william standing behind them. as soon as there are people who respect them immensely, won't,

you won't say what it is. maxime is in explosives expert and has been fighting since 2014, when russia annexed crimea, and parts of the east. he likes looking at the murals at the center to lift his morale, that he suffers from combat related stress. this that are worth of toys on here with working with 5 colleges, it helps to long report. if a person is whole, who has arms and legs, it does not mean that everything is normal with the person. so put up his psyche is to stir. little little shy of successmaker. maxime says he is burdened by many memories. like when his men moved into a town just occupied by the russians, who had shot people attached explosives to their bodies and buried them. we were lodging, but we found a total of 5 buried bodies of food that were booby trapped miss nathan administered, especially maxime says, his men call him every day. they want to come back. he says, he knows it will be hard to return, but that he must awe

about 500 ukrainian soldiers a day are being wounded in the fight against russia. particularly severe cases are now being taken abroad for treatment. for example, to often even when jenko got out alive, he was by you warned it defending key if against russian troops muslim resist of melissa melissa. we discovered them in a forest. now we immediately began fighting a lot though we were lucky that day because our unit left the battle with only 2 wounded. his muffled me and another lad had wobbled on. so yeah, a boy is sheldon florence who jenko received 2 bullet wounds and the shrapnel wound to his legs. he's one of the 1st ukrainian soldiers to be treated in germany says

the russian attack began alone no final to medical care. the patient received and ukraine was excellent, but he needed further operations. so of course, to do that, we needed a large team and the appropriate infrastructure, which is practically nonexistent in ukraine at the moment, minimum cleaning, oh, actual glass breaking in 6 soldiers are being treated at the louisa hospital in austin. maxim cut of ankle was shot at by a russian tongue. the don bus at piece of shrapnel hit him in the arm. oh, immediately. oh, media of my median nerve is damaged virginia. should i am still, i can move my hand in this direction, but not in the other. and i can't feel anything and these 2 fingers, even if there is peace in germany, the doctors in our hands are familiar with war injuries. he found which deed ally knows we had a lot of experience treating patients from a rock many years ago. lampton glenna. so in principle, this is nothing new for us. garza duffer, spoons of quincy periods, nit noises,

but it's not just doctor's helping. the wound has been good ukrainians who live in our hands stopped by to day to wish even a happy birthday. she just turned 37. a brief and welcome moment of destruction from the war. so far, about 300 people from ukraine had been flown to germany for treatment, including civilians and soldiers. the soldiers in our hands were brought there by a dutch and g. o. everett book organized their evacuation. oh, because there are soldiers. then all the fishing allowed to leave the country, so we had to get military permission to bring them out of the country. and doug, doug also was important that we could promise that the soldiers would want. they were healed under. okay. that they would come back to our ukraine, even who jenko knows one thing for sure. he wants to return and continue fighting

and like, but i will certainly year of cousin parker, a wound does not exempt you glance from continuing to defend your homeland. oh, but that is true for the actual as i have thought, much of charlotte, you're sure if my condition allows me this thought i will keep fighting one of the soil with many, doug doug proposal. what were you up at the a bunny for those away? what events birthday wish is victory over dea aggressors, attacking his country. ah, italy is experiencing the worst drought in decades. one of the hardest hit regions is the po valley. climate change is an existential threat, especially for rice farmers a marina full of stranded boats. fields of drooping sunflowers and everywhere fountains with no running water, scorching temperatures of up to 40 degrees,

half in plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening some people's very existence like the regions, rice farmers based advantage of these plants are completely dead. they won't produce anything, there will be no crop here. so whenever 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot alone, the farmer simply couldn't provide enough water. stefano grip is the head of the cody at at the po via association, which represents farmers in the region. italy so called golden rice triangle makes up half of europe's entire rice production. the industry, which is highly dependent on water, is now facing a financial and environmental catastrophe. and she might, to our knowledge, nothing like this has ever happened in the last 70 years. that'll make, according to the data available, a drought like this has never occurred that never. my northern italy depends on the

poll river. it's 650 kilometers, span the country from west to east. it is a source of life for all around it, but water levels have been dropping continuously over the last few years. areas are now competing for the remaining water. a state of emergency has been declared in many reaches about a mortal reducing leaks is another big topic, initially, both for drinking water and agricultural purposes in a group with darby. this yet the system efficiency is currently around 50 percent. jealousy changed it's equal medium internet and quite a pertain to farmers like stefan or could it be also know they will have to change this season. they have already lost 30 percent of their harvest that out again with what i mentioned. we hope we get back to a climate which allows for rise production. otherwise, we'll have to switch to other crops and adapt to a different type of water management. yesterday that was just not enough water for every ones which enter but built for now all they can do was keep the pumps running

and hope for falling temperatures and above all for rain. ah, they are trans lesbian, gay, or by and work for the catholic church. more than 100. 20 of them have come out in germany to demand a fundamental change in the churches mindset to night it's going to be a vegetable stir, fry. how stuff on different back in his husband, walter, marcello castillo are cooking. it's everyday life. but for the former priest, it still feels special. some looks good. i'm already hungry. stephan married his argentinian husband 6 years ago. oh wow. i was looking for a lot or sometimes i still say wow, it's just astonishing here. i'm here now while i'm with walter and together we

cocked together of friends come over. sometimes it still feels unreal. but then i feel so much gratitude to see that it's like this for as us or if stefan was a brother in a catholic religious order for over 25 years. he preached enter in a church that rejects homosexuality. even though he knew he was gay. then his grandfather died and stuff and felt it was time to make a crucial decision. mister store holds there. arden's niece does law, you want to be a priest who hides part of his identity tip or is this part allowed to exist? i india that it's really is part of you. does i something that can be talked about? i thought that something you can live with into stuff with without a guilty conscience and without fear or no wonderfully discovery isn't ladonna alex till hob stefan decided to take a stand against fear coming out meant he had to give up his life in the religious order the nick berg had got her

stuff on her since set up regular prayer meetings for persecuted gay people hiding deep dusty co please allow christian churches to accept the same sex partners as part of your beautiful creation. comes from full on name on ye. the answer knocked on each of these services helps change things, mentor if they take place or people talk about them in the see it happening, horn here about it so, so, so, so hopefully it will have a ripple effect also because it's, it will be some diocese are reacting, they say a person's love, life is private and cannot be used as grounds for dismissal from church, employment of great missionary going or it's not going faster. notion is not comprehensive enough law, but it's happening. what's going in the right direction in the other 3, that is my impression and i talk people ha,

stefan and his husband intially relaxed in her with friends. he stands by his decision to come out and has never regretted it on your mother in law. ah devastating, how is this of to how we can with cars carried off money, effects of climate change, i mean felt worldwide before a station in the rain forest continued carbon dioxide emissions have risen again young people all over the world are committed to climate protection. what impact willing because change doesn't happen on its own

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