being a captain and setting sail to discover a route, a race linked to military interest, a race linked to political and military christy, but also to main financial venture full of hardships, dangers death. my children's journey around the world. september 7, w. ah, this is focus on europe. i'm laura babylon, welcome to the show. europe is drying up. a new report by the commission says the continent is experiencing its worse drought in 500 years. the extreme heat this

summer has left deep scars in many regions. germany's longest river is shrinking at an alarming rate. an extreme water shortage on the rhine has hit the environment and the economy hard news channels need to be dredged so that ships can transport goods and people along the river. while the rhine is regarded as germany's most important river, it has inspired a famous author's composers and philosophers over the ages. but with temperatures getting hotter, the mighty waterway is gradually losing its size and stature. traffic on the depleted water channels has been brought to a stand still in some places along the rhine. our report are met with people whose livelihoods are being affected by the drought. ah, historically low water level, in some places, the rhine is no more than a meter. deep things have come to a standstill. in our trip in western germany,

operations have been stalled for days. the water is too shallow for the ferry, which this family business runs. this was on mobile, there the water was one meter 30. well, if we cross over our ship won't make it worse and we'd be finished muscles. then you're stuck in the sand with the propeller last day from work. a new propeller like that costs 26270000 you just can't go out and buy that the devil often. now some employees will have to go on vacation. others will have their, our shortened, and the rest are using to excavators to dig a new deeper channel. further down the rhine. at manheim, it is clear just how much is at stake. 80 percent of germany's inland shipping passes through the rhine arbor, director of the current tells us that many sectors depend on goods delivered by water says in of that we've been over there. you can also see that the police are blocking one of the 2 routes on the bridge of ice, probably because there's not enough water awful, which is here. and you can see how these 2 ships now have to watch out passing each

other. i common as it so now these guys really have a hard job, making sure nothing happens explosive. but the biggest problem, according to the kern can be seen with this freighter ships can no longer be fully loaded. as mobile privacy via my cell currently takes $3.00 to $4.00 times as much cargo space to carry the same amount as at normal water levels of filters, of at least the shortages and of course to increase and costs. well, that's the big problem with the forcible it but the rhine stroud affects the environment. most gerardo ogre laffer cat has observed the natural landscape here for over 10 years and the vegetation is now in serious danger, uva, another. here we would normally be a meter under water and there's just no more water. we're all living things here that can't retreat into the water. will die. ost says to like, thine can this mainly affect small animals like crustaceans. but according to conservationists, it is now also dangerous for fish. as the year's son,

everything is already dead here. you have to imagine such puddles can get to 30 to 35 degrees. this is, these are death, so is not only poor fish or professor, but for all smaller organization alpha. he glanced and glanced leibovich. even worse tourists are further damaging the flora and fauna many are taking advantage of the drought to walk to the world famous mouse tower. environmentalists say this destroys precious breeding grounds and others pulled them within lens. so the problem is that people and otherwise inaccessible islands are a disturbance, is the still i for gra, ruined fish and the ocean. then the bird gets used to with environment just us. and if it's not useful humans walking around often than anyone walking around, there will be huge disturbances still long and so it might abandon its nest off

that of those angle league of her. as we continue our journey, we pass long sand banks, idle ships and water that is rarely been this low. almost all fairy services across the rhine have closed. however, martin schnauzer in the small town of india heim is still operating for 130 years. and for 5 generations, his family has run a ferry on the rhine. his very can still make it because it is specially designed for extremely shallow water. with the eclipse, without a pillar is in the hall, which means that very doesn't have a keel. so we have less draft the local, neutral there still enough clearance for that so the water can still fall half a meter. hopefully it won't come to that. hopefully, business is still good for margin. schnauzer ever more commuters than tourist now depend on his very real vital threat. this used to be once every 20 years. now every 2 years the river can't be crossed and so we have to help out and demand is increasing that the also was no other life. the fairies still has 50 centimeters to

the river bed. but martin schnauzer doesn't know how long that will last. if it doesn't rain soon, he will probably have to give up to ukraine now, where the suffering and cruelty from the war continue unabated. it has been 6 months since russia invaded the country, and putin's bombs are landing and residential areas killing and injuring those who are the most vulnerable hospital patients. ukrainian. pavlov, tonya has made it his mission to document these horse. he is determined to hold the kremlin accountable for such atrocities, according to ukrainian data. some 700 health facilities have been struck by russian missiles. far from the front line and sure niv hospitals are coming under attack. ah. when he was deputy minister of health

pablo cove tune, jak tried to reform the ukrainian health system and now 3 years later, he's documenting its destruction. this was once the cardiology center of churney, hugh, but in march or russian air raid reduced to rubble. that was just one of over a $180.00 attacks on health facilities documented by cop ton yoke. and his and geo i see the systemic read that an open destruction of froth care as a bottle of civilian livelihood, but it's not only about health care, it's old types of civilian objects. abby systemic on it. targeted a dash cam video recorded the moment. when 8 russian bombs hit this residential area. a witness sent us another video. it shows the devastation just minutes after the impact and the crater right in front of the cardiology center is

clear to see. 47 people died in the attack and dozens were injured. one resident told us about how shells were raining down nonstop on chair and a hue back. then the lots up. they needed escalators, the victims all had to be buried in body bags. wife, witnesses confirm. there were no military facilities or positions of any kind near the hospital this. that's why captain york says the attack was a war crime and that russia must be held accountable. understood, was with us, other places, which means that a should seek to avoid actively. it's not that they would shall announce at all saudi that was a hospital. no, they should check eva hospital as there. and if it is there, they should. anything possible not to hear that it said obligation, according to geneva conventions,

but to ensure justice is served there trying to gather as much evidence as possible co, tanya and his colleagues have been in the field talking to witnesses and looking for traces of impacts and pieces of ammunition like russia, and they're meticulously documenting the damage. liquor cop, tanya says they're following international standards. yeah. so that courts world wide can use their evidence. we are not legal the fall. i bet ground none of us. we are health careful. but you've got some trainings in those protocols and those procedures and, and we're using the software to do our best. and they're hoping for at least a bottom of that evidence. we'll go and we'll win in some case. and his angio has also documented the case of china. hughes pediatric hospital. we spoke with dr. me colo. you'd kabbage a little bit. but before we could ask him any questions, you know,

he just started talking about what happened with the book and about how they were treating all the people injured in an attack on the residential area. oscar o and how their hospital itself was hit by a bomb. 2 weeks later, malicious of the while were trained trauma surgeon school, but we've never experienced these kinds of bleeding wounds. brazil, everyone was screaming adults and children. we put 5 of them on the floor, but they just kept coming local, it was complete chaos. b, i tell you, ship was to part with shells raining down. they had to flee into the basement again . and again, they even did surgery there and did their best to protect the children until the hospital itself was hit. the russian missiles were equipped with cluster munitions, while it is largely band under and international treaty. and here they impacted the 1st to the 5th floor. but it symbol upward that enough that it was fortunately, there was an air raid siren before the cluster bomb hit. he thought, so he got the kids into the basement to madison. mean, wish otherwise, we would have had 237 fatalities. if they,

if he showed us the pieces of shrapnel he collected on site with you, but it would have taken them hours to remove the dozens of bits of shrapnel from the children's bodies says the questionable uncle. moby rose is filled with the door and i am new here it is. no need to explain why when it justice for somebody needs to pay for what was done to that to people like like mccollugh or his patient. as we left charity, hugh again, we passed by another fully destroyed hospital cook, tanya knows it could take years for legal action to be taken in international courts. but in the meantime, he wants to do anything he can to collect evidence. this is the golden jackal. native to europe, though, the predators are smaller than wolves. jackals have a unique skill. swimming. they can swim several miles in pursuit of prey and they

adapt quickly to new habitats. jackals will also eat almost anything from fruit to livestock. well this is bad news for the shepherds who live on the croatian archipelago of the corn, natty islands, a paradise in the age your attic see where until recently jackals were unheard of. shackleton's you catch has been out all morning hoping to find at least a couple of his sheep. they are semi wild and live scattered across the island of peachcare. his plan was to do some cheering today, but all he found was a terrified lamb yolk of lives with his family on the corner. he islands the archipelago as a natural paradise and has been a national park for over 40 years. for centuries, the people here have lived from fishing, sheep, farming, and olives. a fragile ecosystem that is suddenly under threat

jackals have appeared on the island. wolfe like wild dogs flood call regina, which the national part biologist is on their trail. it's a coincidence that he is here today just 2 days ago, yrc of tells him there were a couple of mother sheep with their lambs at the house. this is how old they seem to. we are said lot in 2 weeks. oh, and this one's one, we call it on the one there. and here there was another one along with this one. the, the also one week, but it's gone. and these 2 are gone to. i found this one this morning. he was there gonna be room. i 30 a yell cup will raise the land himself rather than leave it to the jackals. he earns nothing from the sheep's wool. only lambs could be sold

they had set a trap above yakobelli farm. it's an attempt to at least do something but so far without success, the trap is empty. and the food chill. nolan, it doesn't work for jacqueline. like with a light, i will. will try it again somewhere else. leukemia tomorrow. jack av says it's too small. local coaches, i thought that monica, this is she said because the girl at the entrance is much too small. it's good. molly jackals are shy and cunning and masterfully camouflaged by their fur. it's only with video traps that slot go gets to see the animals but that the tedious, it's hot, the islands to rain is rough. putting cameras in the right place requires as much luck as skill. and then he has to go back every 2 or 3 weeks to replace the batteries and view the pictures in cocoa farm or

her. or here we are is in 8 cameras to find out who, how many the arts, what direction they are headed in and the frequency on your child, how often they show up at college culture. so a civil jojo neurology here at the only water hole on all the cannady islands. the chances are good, the sheep come to drink, but so do the jackal's. nice. ne, here with this is chuck lenise, and this is the, the sheep sheep, and check ok. muffin, drink to water. it said that this is now life threatening for the sheep and sheep are important for keeping the vegetation cropped on the island, especially under the olive trees. they wouldn't grow properly if there were too much undergrowth. we accompany up her good ministration patrol. they organized regular hands now and have shot a few jackals, but the animals are still propagating across the islands. the rangers are not yet

sure why they suspect environmental influences with miss more than alone. we are here on the south side of dog attacks, or that it's really kaba behind as, as the small island of villa alba, gala corner to the shore. but it blew o february for gun. we think the jackal swung from to the our talk to fella alba. and then here to connect to another boy stress scoop on the go in total. that's about 800 meters blue. and we know from research that chuckles can easily swim to miles. morrison, a chug unit problem in the, the amelia, but it blew up and indeed, there is a video taken by locals. a jackal conley swims to the shore. never before had there been jackals on core noddy. now you can find their traces everywhere. more and more pictures of dead sheep are emerging, not all victims of jackals, but most of them but a 3 or 3 years ago before the jackal came out. but we had about $200.00 sheep on

each farm on the island. we start la blog now there are about 60, if that are quite hypocrite. the farmer has since spotted a few of his sheep. but as soon as they catch his scent, they take off semi wild, cheap, forming, has no future. jak of says he wants to change strategy. i came over there at the one in september. we will start a fresh, which is good. i'll bring in 10 new sheep this. let's see if that works or with not as many as before i'll be done. but we'll keep them in the barn on the go, nego or to korea. so stanley yaga will probably have to get used to living with the jackals. it looks like they have come to stay. the new inhabitants of the islands they came hoping for asylum and away into the european union. last fall at tens of thousands of migrants suddenly gathered at poland. border. suspicion fell on

belushi and ruler, alexander lucas shanker. he was accused of sending him there in retaliation for you sanctions against his regime. holden's response was swift. the boarder was a fortified with police and barbed wire. warsaw then went a step further and installed a heavily guarded fence. now, only a few migrants managed to make it across to the other side. maria, she knew the polish fellow russian border. until recently, this was a restricted military's own. he searching the forest for migrants who managed to cross over and calls for help keep coming in. he told us how he helped a boy from guinea just before our meeting. which at the latest lands were entered from the wire fence, his deep wounds were infected and filled with pus. i had to disinfect and treat everything. doris boy, his the 1st time he's been able to search her again because the strip was sealed off for over 9 months. even for helpers like him. if they been you milk,

did we shoot them? if we activists and volunteers weren't on the ground, most of these people would probably die in the forest. because the condition that some of the men and women were in was really hard to describe his diary of the jericho piece. i just looked up the the region is normally known for its wild animals for nature and for the be of, of each a forest. but the area was closed off because poland wanted to stop migrants from crossing the border from bella, ruth, and many from the middle east. now there is a newly built fence vice versa, because i think the government is just doing a show for just like the lease where the pence may be a small barrier, but refugees still get through over the top or underneath a little bit. but let's be honest, that probably me no wall can stop people that laying from death, war, or persecution of truth. mitchell going locally from the one army. we wanted to see the border fence for ourselves at almost 190 kilometers long, 5 meters high. it has guards and comers. according to the border guards,

significantly fewer migrants are now entering poland. we noticed that were not the only ones visiting the fence from others hair. it is still an unfamiliar a strange sight. the village of been casa was also in the restricted zone. there was a state of emergency here, no one from outside could enter without permission. and i was seeking to leave was checked several times. the fence runs right up along these yards behind it lies bella luce and i have putin. we asked if it was right to build a fence. if it wasn't for the spence, the russians would already be here. this was all set up back then for the ukraine conflict with blue green was more in the same sentiments. could be heard that the local village store. here comes on wheels here too. we are safe now. it's good that the wall was built and we are grateful to those who made it happen. do we? i mix up the phone with you and men cough so like an other villages,

military and border guards are still in the move. officially, the zone was also for protecting security forces and arresting migrant smugglers. but there have also been accusations against poland for sending people back to paris in violation of international law. the so called push backs are approved by the polish parliament we drove on and more than $180.00 villages were affected by the exclusion zone, including many that are normally dependent on tourism. like christian danay. only a few families live here many polish tortures. a muslim minority. oh, on saturday morning, men and women pray separately. oh, at the mosque we met you not a bug done of it. she was relieved that the restricted zone was finally opened. with what you son, when you called it was why it no one was here,

no one at all. that's why we're happy that there are prayer meetings again to low that we can celebrate the feast of sacrifice together in we're happy that things are going back to normal, fix them. so banga sofa, she took us to a restaurant just across the street. ah, was traditional torture cuisine and 30 employees. it's a large establishment. the guests are mainly tourists and regulars and have not been allowed to come for a long time. did you enjoy it? asked the restaurant manager. excellent. as always, replies the customer. at last, there are guests here again. after the covered lock downs, the exclusion zone nearly drove them into financial rooms. so janitor, bob donovan, ahmad sir, nicky call without outside help, we won't be able to survive. you that have been to pamela. if we get support,

i'm at, i'll be able to manage it. but if not, we don't even want to imagine what will happen. but money isn't the only problem. she told us. the exclusion zone has also had an effect on our spirit to help others . she now allows small businesses to set up stands at the restaurant. ready strength the sound and the family. she says. the haunting beauty of a building left in ruins. as an eerie silence. broken only by a bird or the wind moving through the trees. mother nature is left to devour the abandoned space. one branch at a time. these dilapidated buildings, or so called last places fascinate german photographer van fenmont. his work is getting noticed on line, but some of the attention is unwelcome. then last places are being found by a new generation of content hungry creators. serrano in

northern italy is home to the ruins of the eas delta for skinny car factory. it's been deserted since 1990 and bushes. shrubs and trees have been sprouting up between the steel girders. nature is reclaiming its space in record time bruins like this are a playground for cliff health based photographers spend panama. if it's not 50, there's a true symbiosis here. number, it's not a conflict like how we normally try to keep nature in chicago, cut it back and shape it's in to retire. nature can unfold freely, has woodruff, and yet it does so through dialogue and the end dialogue with the building and benefit of some buttress produces very astonishing images voided under the fling. type guns, no guns astonish buddha, italy as venomous destination of choice because hardly anywhere else has as many modern ruins. unlike in germany, many things are just left standing completely abandoned. but even in italy, urban spaces like this one are enticing developers. and the owner told us an art

academy with the museum is said to open its doors in the coming years. awkward they be. then student housing will probably go up to not in bottles of it that'll make for a living space where the people can reclaim this property again. so the kristy spots. but the plan is to at least keep the green space around the property making for a bit of urban wilderness. but the modern ruins in italy faced another threat through social media and the internet. hidden gems are increasingly being revealed. and vandalized. panama has often visited the villa romantic under bolona, but this time he is in for an unpleasant surprise. open think i'm really a pol try. i've been her twice and there wasn't any graffiti at all. that's from on . my last visit was 6 years ago and i know 50 now that a lot has been destroyed or tagged its time profound. am i to change locations

because there are still some magical places left, but he'd rather not say just where this churches lost and found a now a closely guarded secret. that's all from us this week at focus on europe. thanks so much for watching. bye for now. ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah. with

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