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ex monk once church reforms we begin in ukraine where frontline troops are suffering both physically and mentally at special clinic. mir key is doing what he can to heal the trauma. rifleman alexi, chef jenko worked in 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 the capital, the bananas there was always play for lose of what was going. so i looked at my fun before going to bed and understood that if the russian soldiers were not stopped where i was there, they could reach key again to the modem. what is that, what i thought of my boy and asked myself, will some one else raise my fun as opposed to policy? a winnable love? i looks he didn't want to go into details, but will 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 for depression. insomnia, the anger articles, 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. no, i think that helps them if well, the beliefs that we are here yet, william standing behind them. so as soon as there are people who respect them immensely, won't you won't tell. but it is. maxime is in explosives expert and has been fighting since 2014 on russia, annex 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 sort of what of toy i'm here with

working with psychology just helps along to show if a person is whole, which has arms and legs, it does not mean that everything is normal with the person. so put up his psyche is to stir roles. 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 who attached explosives to their bodies and buried them. we were lodging, but we found a total of 5 buried bodies. the 3 that were booby trapped listener, fitted you miss theodore sturgeon, 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 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, she was by you warned it defending key if against russian troops muslim was distal from 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 sambo he showed, incorporates 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. i know who i'm speaking

given. 6 soldiers are being treated at the louisa hospital in austin. maxim cut of ankle was shot at by a russian tongue. kinda don, thus at piece of shrapnel, hit him in the arm. oh, me, johnny. 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 in these 2 fingers. even if there is peace in germany, the doctors in a hand are familiar with war injuries. he fall, which did align, or we had a lot of experience treating patients from iraq many years ago. lampton glenna. so in principle, this is nothing new for us. garza duffer, spoons of quincy periods, nist noises. but it's not just doctor's helping the wound i. ukrainians who live in our hands stopped by to day to wish even a happy birthday. she just turned 37. that 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 not and 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 have to get military permission to bring them out of the country. and doug, doug also is important that we could promise that the folders would bumps there were healed under. okay. that they would come back to your crime even when jenko knows one thing for sure. he wants to return and continue fighting. and like what i hello session a year of cousin parker, a wound does not exempt you glance from continuing to defend your homeland luxury of perpetual. as i have thought, much of chateau,

you're sure if my condition allows me this thought i will keep fighting one of those all with menu doug, ollie proposal. what were you up at the a bunny for those away? what events birthday wish is victory over d 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 happened plaguing northern italy for weeks now and threatening some people's very existence. like the regions, rice farmers is the advantage on these plants are completely dead. they won't

produce anything. there will be no crop here. so on epa. 15 tons of harvest lost in this plot along the farmer simply couldn't provide enough water. stefano grampy is the head of the call you 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 made that according to the data available. a drought like this has never occurred that never . my northern italy depends on the po 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. it both for drinking water and agricultural purposes, any dope with abby this yet, the system efficiency is currently around 50 percent jealousy. jane said it equal to madame ethan or nancy went up. pertain to farmers like stiff on how can it be also know they will have to change this season. they have already lost 30 percent of their harvest, erotic. and with what i mentioned, we hope we get back to a climate which allows for rise production at least otherwise we'll have to switch to other crops and adapt to a different type of water management area yesterday. that is just not enough water for every ones with which into but for now all they can do is 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 $120.00 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 steph and ethan back in his husband, walter marcella castillo, are cooking. it's everyday life. but for the former priest, it's still feel special. looks good. i'm already hungry. stefan married, his argentinian husband 6 years ago. yeah. i was looking for a lot or sometimes i still say, wow, it's just astonishing here. i'm here now. well, i'm with walter and together we cook together of friends come over there. sometimes it still feels unreal, but then i feel so much gratitude to see that it's like this for it does so. so if stefan was a brother and a catholic religious order for over 25 years,

he preached and taught in a church that rejects homosexuality. even though he knew he was gay. then his grandfather died and stuff on felt it was time to make a crucial decision. versus the war. hope there. arden, sickness, those are. you want to be a priest who hides part of his identity to ted 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 of something you can live with into stuff with without a guilty conscience and without fear or no honestly describe 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 next the girl. but the girl that though stephan has since set up regular prayer meetings for persecuted gay people hiding deep dusty co please allow christian churches to accept his same sex partners as

part of your beautiful creation from fruitful on name on you. the answer knocked on each of these services helps change things, mentor if they take place or people talk about the mind, see it happening, kon here about it or social so hopefully it's will have a ripple effect. that's 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 . escape michigan 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 us be that is my impression and i talk with people. yeah. 1 stephanie and his husband in chile relax dinner with friends. he stands by his decision to come out and has never regretted it on your margin now. ah.

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