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feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. on this week i'm world stories. the lyla violence on the fringes of the you and germany, the fucking heavy metal festival has returned. let's begin in ukraine. they are the families of prisoners of war, a growing, increasingly concerned for their loved ones. 50 ukrainian soldiers have died in in

custody. eat morling if gania would kevin take some time for herself and quite to look at her son. she hasn't heard from maxine since russian forces captured him 2 months ago. she scared there might be torturing him or that he might be dead into a cylindrical. i sit in the kitchen and just cry. well my husband is still sleeping . when he gets up, i wash my face in person nights and try to be strong for the day and not to cry any more. only in the early mornings i allow myself to cry. what is it you branson does when it is? yeah, the capital invited us to their home because they want the world to know about their son. his parents say, maxine volunteered to join the army, even though he is a pacifist, he had worked as a journalist and activist campaigning for refugees and human rights. but when russia invaded, he decided to take more direct action to wish union school. so she to go me to,

he told me i'm joining the army because i have to defend the values i've been fighting for my whole life. yes, this is bruce. they only realized he had been captured when a video of maxime being interrogated was shown on russian state media with tabitha. it was horrible. the 1st thing i felt was just horror. i saw my early childhood listen. so i thought that can't be true crow kremlin telegram tenants quickly called maxime and nazi a nationalist. they even said he was a british spy because he had worked as a local producer for the b, b. c. in 2003. this is in the blue cross blue. my biggest concern is that they might not recognize him as a prisoner of war like they have with others e and that they would fabricate a criminal case against him. so using all those lies and twisted evidence,

latisha with some of a good, a storage. it was just when you free our domestic intelligence sources confirm that russia is holding more than 7000 ukrainian soldiers prison. but they won't talk about any of it on camera. because negotiations for prisoners swaps a top secret, a lawyer representing the families of more than 50 captured soldiers has agreed to talk with us. let us laugh, we cannot see. f works closely with domestic intelligence to try to get prisoners back. he expects that russia will fire more and more criminal cases against ukrainian prisoners of war. i think this is, this is done mostly for the political purposes. when you create search and you know importance of the person, gray parties, you know, you can use it to in their political, you know, treat but yes, gania and alexandra,

i don't want things to get that far. they filed an urgent appear to the european court of human rights. they say they will fight with every thing they have until maxine is friendly. ah, on the border between morocco and the spanish exclaimed mila security forces are violently driving back refugees the you and condemns. what it calls the unacceptable use of excessive force moroccan border guards round up and attack people trying to get over the fence that got let violence and contempt in a situation with no solution for either side. it's difficult to tell who was alive and who might be dead. a troon was there that day via the heed you even in the floor. the heat use homework. you know,

after you knock out, you know, 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. we meet a troon in the derelict school in casablanca, where he's been living. he level serious accusations against the spanish police. he says he had already reached european territory where he was seeking asylum, but he maintains the officers forcibly deported him. local journalists, javier on gusto was inside the spanish city of melia. when crowds stormed the border in june. he confirms that trans account will get him. with america more, i saw several dozen migrants managed to get over the bundle and no one else has no idea. they will illegally devoted st. louis, i recommend going up with didn't even have like johns to game asylum. you'll have what? yeah, i don't want to spanish police simply send them back. that would be,

oh my god. that's illegal. under international law, many of the migrants were from countries entitling them to refugee status in europe . we put the claims to the head of the regional government. there might be one or 2 cases that have been many attempts to get across the border. recently. we were all worried about the wall rising green prices, missile, and people going hungry. they are real consequences from all of that or less realty . i was totally literate. melia is a small city with a population of around $90000.00. it's one of the few european territories which has a land border with africa. journalist javier says spain as happy to pay out millions to its african neighbors to keep migrants back from its border. maroka, half in morocco, music. he doesn't know the world for us. we want to be seen as a beacon for human rights,

but he didn't go wherever hamper lucky this fence for example, was previously especially wishes type of raise a shot bob wire. i'm rights activists complained that the spanish took it down and then with that, but then spin just paid morocco more money than what i mean would be. and now exactly the same res offense has gone up on the other side. what would it be known in a little matter of several spanish cities saw protests after the unrest on june 24 . the interior minister now has to testify before the european parliament. but the prime minister pedro sanchez has praised the security forces on both sides. back in morocco, a true remains. undeterred. he's already tried 10 times to get into spain, and he's ready for attempts. number 11. ah, in taiwan worry over chinese invasion is mounting. many fishers don't even dare head out to open waters for fear the chinese military.

this was the very 1st time that captain shin home in has had to return to port due to chinese military exercises. he says he's never before felt so threatened by beijing's actions, and he doesn't want to take any risks. they went got out. yeah, yeah. well, i heard about the live fire exercise. i wonder if so we're scared scared of being hit by missile want. i was supposed to work for 10 days. now i will lose more than $3000.00 us dollars for shortening my fishing time. it's fine for me. this time, well, but what of chinese military exercise has become the new normal here? i may, i lot. chin is not alone. hundreds of fishing boats a lying idle in ports across taiwan. many of their crews are worried that the drills might affect their livelihoods over the long term. hey,

i say the chinese people's liberation army begins to military drills from august, 4th to 7th, please pay attention and jackie, you, i have a 2 week it and yes, this is the 1st time that the national fishery radio station has made such warnings in don gun which has one of tie, one's largest fishing harbours, even the announcer herself, finds it unusual. horton, i won't see a foot mountain on. yes, and this is the 1st time anita, not a warning about police military exercises. the situation here is very tense. you've gotten some china's military drills have already affected and worried. many fishermen in taiwan, the taiwanese military is on high alert. however, most of the residents here don't seem to be worried about a possible wool ploy. no volunteer. ethan, i can't predict if war will break out. or not, is away. i don't want to think about it. if it happens, it happens. jehovah,

i'm not too worried about us. thinking too much. it doesn't help, aren't they wish i had thought him? if a vol reason, they've been saying it for a long time. china has said they will attack us, but it has never happened. this time. they probably just want to scare us. can i get my kids a word to bob wall? yeah, they asked if it was possible here and but to hide, i told them where the shelters. ah, but we have no control over it. i don't want to worry about something that i can't control that. china's life i, a military exercises have already raised tensions in the taiwan straits to the highest level in decades. but that is not anything that fishermen chin home men can change to him. what really matters is going out to fish, to earn a living for himself and for his family. ah, in germany, heavy metal fans are back in head banging heaven. after 2 years of corona related

constellations, 100000 funds have once again descended upon the tiny village of vacuum to celebrate the hot weather didn't keep the crowds away. with heavy metal fans from around the world had been waiting over 2 years to return to what they called the holy ground. the revellers at this year's voc, an open air hail from his far away as mexico south africa and indonesia. black up all the way to motivate on the 2nd side. you can really be yourself here. we've had the tickets since 2019. we finally made it. we're here and it's so great. $200.00 bands are in the line up headlined by big names like slipknot and judas priest, but covering the whole gamut of the genre, including the ukranian band i t who traveled from kiya for the event.

it's not just the legendary line up that draws the crowds to vulcan. it's 3 days of metal lifestyle, a rare chance to let their hair down after 2 years of code restrictions. but despite the grimace static and the music's often violent lyrics, fans describe bokken as an a waste of good vibes. responded vicky. what's interesting is that if you ask most fans what they associate with metal with concerts with festivals, beer is the 1st answer and of course, loud music. but the very next answer is peace. also be a person. oh, you could say these middle heads have finally returned to their happy place. ah

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