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he knows what happens behind the close pool with 60 minute d, w. ah. sometimes to be sure that you t the highlights fresh in your in box every week. not them up with oh, no one will come to focus on europe. aside from the war in ukraine, another disaster continues to play out across europe. migrants from africa are
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still dying on the dangerous journey across the sea. this year alone, hundreds of people have died or disappeared without a trace on the high seas as they try to reach the coveted destination of europe. despite that many migrants feel, i have no other option and continued to attempt the journey in overcrowded. often unsee with the there is also a route to europe from africa by land, and it's no less dangerous as a recent tragedy in melia shows. the spanish ex clave in north africa borders with morocco. dozens of migrants died in june, tried to cross from there into melia, a truen from sir darn witness these brutal scenes 1st, that the number of people like him who risk their lives fleeing to europe is likely to rise. as the war in ukraine has intensified the threat of famine in many african countries, ah,
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june 24th at the border to maliyah. this eye witness footage allegedly shows moroccan border guards beating hundreds of african migrants who had tried to cross the border from morocco to spain in a mass surge. in the end, there were at least $27.00 africans dead and dozens of police injured. o, a troon from sudan was there at the time. he's already tried 10 times to reach europe . he never thought he would experience a disaster like this. the heating people because as a warning, the telling you never come by the heat you. you can see the people here. most of them that injures. yeah, no, teeth hurt, thing themself. they, the bullies had been a little. they had you even in the floor. it's use homework. after you knock
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out, if you don't know anything, you come move they, they will leave you. if you can move there will hit you tell you, you can move for now a true has a place to sleep in an abandoned school. in casa blanca, moroccan security forces left him and others did in these migrants here. hundreds of kilometers from the border. but a true also brains, spanish police. he says he's been on european soil before to apply for refugee protection. but the security forces still forcibly deported him. they send you back to the morrow. kin. sometimes they are allowed to morrow. can police to enter inside to pull you all was the ha migrant. they sing bait, they make it after they cross the border, then they send them back to morrow. across the border in malea. local journalist, javier on gusto. have seen it all while average. he says,
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spanish officials tried to block the roads into the border area. among the reporter shows us how he made his way across. and he confirms a true account. with a radical mark, i saw 30 or 40 migrants make it across the border of yellow rather than they were pushed back to the other side that it would be that one had the chance to apply for asylum. huh. brooklyn, up willow buffalo that would violate international law. most of the migrants came from sudan and chad. citizens from both of these countries have good prospects of obtaining asylum where we meet the regents mere president and confront him with the accusation or even gospel. have you got alcohol? there may have been one or 2 cases. so many tried to cross the border here, but everybody is worried. it talk on the war, the rising grain prices, the hunger crisis. milam, luna, this law has an impact realty. i latoya literate maliyah,
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a city of some 90000 people is one of the few places in europe with a direct land border with africa. people frequently tried to scale the 12 kilometer long fence. those who make it usually head for the city central reception center. we're not allowed to film behind the high walls and men of the migrants will speak on camera. journalist and go still can not stand why there have been no political consequences of the june 24th tragedy. morocco. morocco was just doing her dirty work on yet. no, we prefer to be seen as a shining example of human rights manual. but he didn't know marie as mere president, is also critical of the cooperation with morocco, but sees no wrongdoing by spain. schindler, elevator leslie must just look at the brutal film footage that should never have happened. american, it did not, but it happened on the moroccan side,
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not the spanish woman took the moroccans let it come to this matter of monica. now to have to explain themselves granted, her african neighbors special me, he shouted also they have to take responsibility show that i have to come back in morocco. a truen is not deterred. he still has only one goal to cross the border into malea. i will try again on drag at wherever. nothing is done as a use. we have no opportunity to to develop ourselves or to war. even if you study, you can work dead there. one choice in sudan, even you can't enter the army or work as illegal war a truen and the others will try to get by somehow and food donations from the neighbors. and to hold out until they one day reach europe.
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the majority of georgians also want to join europe, the european union, and as soon as possible, like ukraine, their country is a neighbor of russia conflict as brewing over the russian bag, breakaway regents of south america. it up cause yell at many georgians. are worried about being pu tins, next target, young activist. now young, big wood, johnson is doing everything she can to clear george's path into the you. but is there rock throughout? ah, yes, to europe. tens of thousands of georgians marched through the capital of tbilisi. after the e you declined to give their country candidate status. they think it's their government's fault, and they're demanding. the administration stepped down. marianna gig tratta is in the midst of it. all. she sees europe is more than being geographically close to the west to her europe is the future and she's made it her life's mission to fight
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for it. i think that georgia deserves to be a proud member off you up in union, but i know that there are a lot of problems today, and that's why i'm also doing my best and just leaving for these changes. marian kicker, chatty says, one of the problems is george's neighbor, russia. she took us to an area where the issue is quite apparent at the border with a partially recognized separatist republic of south or city. most of the international community views the territory and the caucasus mountains as part of georgia. it proclaimed independence 30 years ago, but heavily relies on russian aid russian money control south of santia, the russian military istation there. and after russia's attack on ukraine, georgians fear they may be next
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with it took 2 and a half hours to reach the destination. the village of continuity lies right on the border with southwest eta. and the people complain the border here changes constantly. they say russian soldiers keep occupying new parts of georgia and the border even runs straight through the fields of some farms i've doin myself. did i do? so i'm scared of the russians. the russian army is just 5 kilometers from us. hamish order of the job. yeah, and even though no russian soldiers have come to my village yet dumber we all live in constant fear, which is what our english should owe me. especially after the russians invaded ukraine. mag this opened the central government and tbilisi is also afraid of conflict with russia and prefers to stay neutral. georgia may have
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officially condemned the war, but they're not participating in the western sanctions against the kremlin. instead, the government in tbilisi chooses to attack its own critics like the protest movement. shame that marianna giggled, jots a co founded when the you declined to grant george a candidate status, shame didn't blame brussels. they blamed their own government. the protesters accused to belushi of doing too little and appeasing russia. i on a sunday. but politicians are striking back from circuits when the civil says of other by me to another. and that these people want our country to drown and must protest and turmoil and throw it all to end in a war with russia. hello, sada has not strickland trina side, but we're not going to let it happen. told us in the got c, a, b i o lobo, the bullets are delay their propaganda machine is also working very well. and if you look further, everyone can notice that it is so similar to russia proper than many people here
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think russian president putin will not stop with ukraine. they fear he may target georgia because it was once part of the soviet union. and putin may be trying to restore rushes, former glory, the only country that's been a hindering gorgeous development to destroying georgia's culture, destroying george and tradition, george and religion, the only countries russia, marya and her cohort say, that's exactly why the, you should have sent a message to russia and granted georgia candidate status. they were deeply disappointed by the decision from brussels. oh, it was one of the said his days of my life. i remember me because i realized that i'm still enough can missing side and probably and was like a tiny part of me still hold for something late. amazing to happen. i don't know. ah,
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but she hasn't given up hope and she plans to keep on fighting until ga one day becomes a member of the european union. oh, also campaigning for changes, maria, that is, are in but outdoor in italy. she wants better prospects for the people in her home, city of naples, especially the children. the camera is rife, in many neighborhoods of naples, especially the poor districts like sun. giovanni didn't show. this is where maria, that is, i am, but our to add her fellow, campaigners are an acting real resistance against organized crime. and it's all to do with energy, a lot of good energy residence, called the brooks, the per district of san giovanni, or to do cio in the eastern suburbs of naples. the district is grouped by poverty
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on employment and the mafia. but it's here that natalie's energy revolution began thought that noise, that it was good to start from dinner because we want a socially fear energy transition course to be due that we must fight climate change and social injustice together when he gets back on in here and that's what we've done here for harlequin, a lot that either way, yon set italy's 1st energy community was created on the roof of this building. 166 solar panels produce electricity for 40 families. energy has become part of a social project here. the former or frontage of the familiar d. maria foundation is a drop in center for families. a place where children can go to save them from exploitation by the camera, with a risks involved. 3 out of the home, up on this whole comes from a bullet fired in front of the entrance of the foundation, yet hit this wall with all a blatant sine of organized crime. one of the big problems here,
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then the dish that they want to show that places like this or not wanted anything because we educate the children to respect the laws. i know about timing and our weapons are books, more musical instruments, and even solar panels, one than me for the old back. gennaro is 11 years old. he comes to the foundation every day and it's made him an environmental activist. children play an important role. they're the ones who persuaded the parents to participate in the energy project. crash her claim. we installed more solar panels here by and over there now . and also on this side chair with key. it makes me happy thought, because at least we're doing something for the climate. cham. i told my momma that it's good for the environment in death. and you also save money. doesn't pasquale cheery low has been working for the foundation for 20 years. but for him, it's about much more than alternative energy regarding that i got select them and
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we try to give these kids a chance that at that we tell them that, okay, this is a difficult neighbourhood. there are many ugly things that she's on, but there's also something beautiful was i've been though we've had a place where you can do theater and music and she's all of it were. there are people who will listen to you, the ones who can help you when you have opportunities here. why not for me, doc? whether it's for football, environment workshop or making music over a 100 kids come every day in all seasons that are on that gonna show us what you've got. yeah. wow. i thought he was able to go home. but when we deign of getting a solid on it, we want the electricity project to show families that we care that in senior. the 1st energy community was not created in the city center. but here anybody in naples east will me. we're the 1st to do it or plain this. finally, the residents no longer see themselves as the last ones, the forgotten ones who always get the leftovers?
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no, no, this time we are the 1st time we'll only manny result isn't pinging north. the facility cost $100000.00 euros, financed by the canal, sued foundation. the families are now entrepreneurs, not only used electricity, but also sell it for several months now. the facility has been producing green electricity at the foot of a service on seat with family dynamic daddy, this energy community represents a new path with this district at no, not yet. there are still many unsolved environmental and social problems, and the mafia is still present and acting. but this is finally a positive story here. following their example in the next few months, dozens of new energy communities are to be set up all over southern italy the cost of living crisis has hit turkey hard people there are spending exorbitant
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amounts even on staple foods, like brit turks are paying almost 80 percent more on average than this time last year for everything they need to live. it's that weak currency that's driving prices up more than anything president air tuan, is doing to little and above all the wrong things to curb inflation, se turkish economists. meanwhile, families are becoming increasingly desperate as they try to make ends meet. nacia is preparing dinner for the whole family. there's rice with bean soup and a fresh salad. meat is usually part of a turkish meal as well. but right now, that's out of the question. why down that might oh, we only have me on special occasions now danny, we can't afford it any more at these prices. how could we love the
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germany is currently experiencing 7 or 8 percent inflation, but these are numbers that turkey can only dream of crisis. have risen by almost 80 percent within a year. officially, the economists say it's much more how will this an o everything is extremely expensive. energy, rent and food. yeah. them along. well my father used to easily feed his 12 children on one salary high. and that was on minimum wage. nowadays you can't even feed one child in that salary. why is it like that? why are we in this situation? what camille? well, that he does is married and has a daughter for her brother, her dear. it's not an option, right? now, a wedding would cost many months. wages visit my home, it under the man, forget about a term both. it's it. the bride's family, once 3 or 4 gold bracelets, his dowry hyster donna, i asked a jeweler that's 90000 lire. you do so how can afford that go?
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how can i get married? jumped on elizabeth, though, and i can't even think about having children. but most all in most of you do most arilyn in 8 of them live in a small house and a poor neighbourhood, a vist emblem, sharing 3 rooms. the parents receive a small pension to dear works is a car mechanic earning minimum wage could dear, and one of his brothers are the only ones bringing money home. there are many families in the same situation in turkey with too little to live on. around 60 percent of all employees work in the low wage sector. many on minimum wage. the government has just raised the minimum wage for the 2nd time this year to $5500.00 lira about $310.00 euros. for idea. it hardly makes a difference. amazon, i didn't tell it because right after that's the prices of goods went up as well, longer will no longer than that,
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no matter where you look. although everything is more expensive, it just isn't enough. 15500. it's impossible his from vision i the election is coming up next year and error one must be worried about holding on. for him only the economy counts, growth at any cost. inflation is rising, but interest rates remain low at the behest of the presidential palace. she gives her ambushed her 1st and foremost that we have supported production in all areas. so it doesn't come to a standstill and getting limited and we don't have a fallen employment. misty, dumb, 30500000 people are currently employed. yona flesh was export figures are hovering around $250000000000.00 and she and i guess, proves our efforts are working in the fall out is enormous. few benefit in many suffer. the central bank should raise interest rates drastically to curb inflations as economists, supposedly dairy change and good. but the presidency is interest rates themselves
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as the root of all evil for they are making an experiment, reducing inflation by helping to strengthen fado ah, hiking them. marriage love is so woof, production increase efficiency, but the mathematics of economics as other that fe we can't get away, is the name of a platform that she hon. lian mc, helped to build. he studies engineering and is currently writing his doctoral thesis. the initiatives goal is to show people that others are going through the same struggles song. and again, people feel abandoned with their problems as they don't know how they're going to get by. and they just keep retreating. one, 1st, a pandemic, and now this, it's not easy. who do i thought it's i know there are, they can barely pay their bills. so they take to the streets and protest against the skyrocketing cost of living and launch petitions against rising rem doing. and it's not simple in
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a country where the power of the state dominates everything. but they tell it like it is often meditated long video hulu. when fuel bills shot up on that, we made people aware the customers are being charged $0.21 for $0.30 of electricity . will you call that 7 times the price? it means everyone to pockets those big profits has the energy companies in the room . their main demands are for energy companies to be nationalized, more social housing and aid for farmers. but they probably won't be met. on the international stage, president erewhon presents himself as a strong leader and divert attention away from the problems back home. for example, in his resistance to finland and sweden joining nato for you. the she found the strong but that's of little concern to khadija and his family right now. they want the government to finally think about people like them. he feels there's no real future in turkey any more than anyone who can is packing their bags of other
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sources. earth. i'm good at the 1st chance i get. i'm leaving you today. i'm stuck here for the moment, but i want to get out of the modules, or before i want to head to england, germany or france, i don't care where i go all, i just want to get away home. no flesh itch, and then buddha humbled. not much is expected to change before the elections next year. everyone assumes prices will go on rising, and they have no idea where this is all leading. so what do you buy when you go to the pharmacy? maybe not necessarily what you see behind me here, but a few 100 years ago, a scorpion like this was considered a veritable remedy. and there was much more besides. if you're looking for somewhere quickie to visit in northern europe and the estonian capital of talent, you can immerse yourself in the world of miracle cures from times gone by.
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ah, a stuffed crocodile was a must for any self respecting pharmacy in the middle ages. anything exotic was considered to remedy that a council pharmacy and tollen. estonia also used it to woo customers. medicines have been sold here in the building opposite the town hall since $1422.00 foot in the museum next door. burger to lun mets explains. the tourist from talon on ceremony. what was sold back then? i can say hedgehog spines were late and smoked as he believed it purified the buildings aura, and protected against disease hedgehog incense. you could say wow. i mean yes me. they also learned that hedgehog urine was used as i drops. i so i don't when any one's urine in my eyes cinema looks like while a dried toads were hung under the roof to keep away the plague and warm oil
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apparently strengthened the immune system. in the cellar, burkett's explains another sales strategy of the many evil pharmacist customers were given strong. my spiced red wine to lift the spirits and loosened the tongue that i could come in while the customers could offload their worries and revenge in the mood to buy some pharmaceutical remedies. yes, he some think. let me know, taste like port, gar mold wine, nikisha wood, for those weren't sure about viper ondemand and bats. blood modern medications are sold next door. one ancient remedy can still be bought and talon council pharmacy marcy pon occupant, it's much hip and maritza can improve your mood and help against heart rate lawyer . but them and in small doses, it's completely harmless. oh yeah. 600 years of pharmaceutical knowledge,
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alive and well and tollen. finally, medicine that's tastes good. that's all we have time for today. thank you for watching. from everyone here. i focus on your good, by the next time with
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who into the conflict zone with sebastian little is known about the inner workings of the kremlin, especially with vladimir putin in power. but my guess is weak former prime if somebody can work with me. and he knows what happens behind the
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close to the russian government, a conflict with dw lebanon's crisis. ah, even after the explosion that rock big way can years ago, nothing has changed. the corrupt ruling class is still driving the country towards bankruptcy. ah, rapids inflation is making survival id really struggle for the people ah, in 75 minutes on d w. oh, wow.
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