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we begin in ukraine, which is celebrating 30 years of independence this week. but it comes at a price many ukrainians are spending the day on the front lines. ah, there are a weeds at the bottom of the trenches. that's how long the frontline has been here and you have for, for satan that says that field name. this has many months of living in and under this is where they sleep, eat and wait for something to happen. the cranes national poet, tara shift chem cook, which has over them. when they shell us, we all come down here to people have to stay outside to monitor the situation. the others hide in here. it's mostly been an artillery being shell shelling back waiting for the next round. 2 sides target each other from

a distance trying to damage a physician enough to then storm just gave the heart of the front is in danger of hank attack. but believe me, if they come, we will meet them adequately with them shouted to right now is the ukrainians were attacking. they launched a counter offensive weeks ago and have taken a few dozen settlements. and the advance is slow jordan recipient. we liberate the settlement that we can when we do, we don't move into the village, but we make sure the russians are gone. and if we don't go in, in order not to risk, our soldiers live. that is important. when the command thinks that we have enough weapons and how soldiers will happily move for you for other super youth period because we travel to another positions scorched. we can't get information on how

many modern western weapons they have at this section at the front. we are constantly told it is not enough to move on more boldly. because the brake from the shelling lunch in the trench, she said, the soldiers have been living here too for many months. village is no decent strikes. artillery dumps has been high miles, much rocket launches, disruptive russians, the benefits of interest only these strikes lead to less shelling from their side for a certain period of time. but the russians also adjust their logistics. they learn the lessons from al high mars and far ranging artillery for ada camacho report later on. fortunately, the war is not just a permanent turn in our favor, but it's a process and it keeps changing it. so here in the trenches at the address on front, it's about patients moving forward carefully and keeping focused around

ah, many doctors have floods since the taliban seized power in afghanistan, forcing severely injured patients to seek treatment abroad as their only chance for recovery. the people here are all hoping to get medical help in germany. hundreds of parents have come to the african capital hobble with a seriously ill children. so did 11 year old up to lend his father. both of do hands were torn off in a bumper tech angela, but he is almost blind in his left eye. the 8 organization, freedom of information, i will bring him to germany for further treatment. hello. hello. hello am i visited other hospitals, but i didn't cover. that's why i am here because i need help with my hands to that . so. glad that delish with claudia kevin miller,

an employee of freedom stuff international, has been flying to afghanistan for years. she and her team have to make life and death decisions in which one of the many children are brought to germany for further treatment. i wish as a shot at seeing the hats, it's quite hard to say he can come with us. so you can come with us next time without knowing that, and especially with the bone informations, if the children will still be alive in 6 months, half like to know. rather than i, this time more children showed up than ever before. $2200.00 families and total. the situation in afghanistan is disastrous. the economy has collapsed. many people are starving. doctors have left the country. and so have many 8 organizations we kinda call them in session. meanwhile, the children are coming to us again without bandages. plus, they can't get painkillers. we have seen severely injured children who would be treated in an intensive care unit in germany, lined without painkillers,

without bandages warners just lying at home, abandon snippy and fast. so how was a legal, a few months later and germany, we meet abdul at the 8 organization's compound. he lives here with other seriously injure children from crisis and war regents around the world without parents an emergency community for as long as operations and rehabilitation take to day abdul has to have his was checked out soon the doctors one to operate on his forearm. so the he can use it like a pin sir. one thing and i'm not as ha it's i'm not scared of the operation. i'm happy though operating on me. i'm not scared at all. that's. that's it. until then i'm bruce venza. spare time with his new friends, they help him through the pain and form of a home sickness. abroad a smart yet know when he will be in. he's already looking forward to showing his family. let me do. den

french a mom, muhammad z ahead is openly gay. risky, considering that 2 thirds of french muslims still firmly reject homosexuality. a law mom ludovic, mohammed's ahead, is praying for tolerance, low, and he's happy to do so with a woman. that in itself is already pretty unusual. but the real surprise is that the muslim scholar is openly homosexual and fighting for gays to be accepted in islam or theorists, hipaa was effect. this can't go on it hold, you know, there's too much violence, pressure and degradation going off it when making people pretend we don't exist. sometimes there's even physical violence in her families and community healthy long off. i mean on a come, no tier, after studying, to become in a mom back in his native country of algeria is our head fled here to mar, say,

in southern france. in his new home he came out as homosexual and founded and his lama institute. these days he also officiate gay weddings i've flown cur massey that hello johnny her. thank you for coming her disability dish and a very honored to take part in the ceremony. as it ceremony, it's about acceptance and standing one's ground on it officially. same sex marriages are not allowed in islam. boy was refer, congratulations, book 30. that's why sammy mom's in france have threatens i head and pitted muslims against him. is i to, if i'm a prison sort, april are very angry without knowing me. it's crazy that people can hate you. i want to see you dead without even knowing you. bought it for fall grenette. according to one survey, over 2 thirds of muslims in france have prejudices against homosexuals.

of the human muslim is we don't have that kind of thing. the, the me, we behave with decency i, i, she norlisha, fed to death her almost. she had to for us to be homosexual, and do such things. my mom is a terrible sind sang and that is why and muslims don't do that. you fake roof emmys, you more if it myself, but i had wants to belong to the muslim community. he's already gone on 5 pilgrimages to the holy muslim city of mce. he wants to show that homosexuals can be good muslims, with despite political unrest that continues to ravage su dan's capital. khartoum german car fans are still finding ways to have fun.

by day fatima city works in a pharmacy, but after work she devotes herself to her favorite hobby. the volkswagen beetle. with what do i like most about the volkswagen beetle? it's the quality the last for ever, and there are so easy to maintain. i do most of the repairs myself. and now that i have my own beetle, i've fallen even more in love with this car. they also just are beautiful inside and out. i love them any muslim to have any she's not the only volkswagen fan in sedans, capital khartoum to day beetle collectors, gather in the city along with other fans of german carmakers from the mercedes club . club,

ben sudan has more than 7000 members. old work me to mercedes music. my love to close my business because it's actually a lifestyle. after graduation i joined mercedes benz trula, germany shellman. i'm a cop mechanic and my love for pain saw when i was kid. i only love classic one. i got to know this new society, new community, and i learned a lot about from those are new friends of mine. because with this one, we kind of say the club is also about learning from each other. how to fix these cars. and when no one knows what to do, this is the place to go in khartoum. they call this mercedes street. if you're mercedes, car has a problem. this is where you get it fixed. it's one workshop after another here. and you can hunt for spare parts in huge warehouses and shops.

fatty mohammed has been repairing mercedes cars for 50 years, ever since he was 10. a cousin taught him how to do it. and i felt a little north. i love challenge and i love that. that's why i chose mercedes like these multiple mom, not every one can fix them. they could be quite difficult. the beetle belonging to fatima city is also temperamental. with trafficking cartoon is really bad in front of both spike and beetles. there is another problem they've done had the radiator, which is why the engine hovering sheet to all the time. it doesn't matter. but city says she still wouldn't want to drive any other car. ah

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