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begin in ukraine where residents are rejoicing after taking back control of russian occupied territories. but there are also reports of detention and torture. the ukrainian blue and yellow flag floats again on the statue of much loved poet and nationalist, terra steph sankoh on the likely as man square. it has only been a few days since tom was liberated from russian occupation locals as team trying to come to terms with what they've been to we meet our tim lashan cove who wants to show us where he was in prison for 46 days over the summer he was arrested because his brother is a soldier in the ukraine. an armed forces come hope that this is my line 46 days. each stroke represents one day just so you don't get lost in time. here are 10, had to share the small, windowless space. we several other people are what can i say? normally 7 of us lived here. i think one here sometimes choo here to here and 3

here. they usually slept at each other's feet. water was under the sink. summers as well. the 1st day was the hardest. jenkins i was blindfolded. they could have been taking me to lew hunched me somewhere. there were cerebral hunters, mother, ukraine, in authority, say dozens of civilians were arrested and tortured by russian troops during the occupation. they were more interested in knowing with the state and by the clearer than those which served before. who were officers who were attach. nick, who fought in the war. i said, i didn't know and they started to electrocute me. is a switchboard with an electric current, the more you move, the stronger the impacted. somehow i was lucky. i was there for for half an hour. people used to scream for one and a half to 2 hours and bologna, papa lucretia, just a ballpark of law during the interrogations prisoners had to record themselves reading a piece of paper, pledging their support for russia. local ukrainian police officers were powerless

once the russians took over. some fled or went into hiding some collaborated, others joined the resistance. dis officer agreed to talk to us, but asked not to be named. i distola such an mileage. many people were arrested for being pro ukraine and for cooperating with us and passing on information information from on some were held and we still don't know their whereabouts. and some were sent away a week later. i don't know what it depended on me. i know friends of mine who were also beaten was a reseller. they broke ribs, hands and everything else, school, my aide, all but out all keep just an eye on bleckley as man square to blue and yellow flag brings logos together, but he will take weeks months, so even years until older stories of their time and her occupation are revealed germany is sending more troops to lithuania to strengthen nato's eastern flint

defenses. about the country has feared rush and aggression since the war began rolling off the boat into nato's most vulnerable region staff, sergeant, macs whose last name we've been asked not to give is providing security for the bonus vales, new forward command element. in lithuania, it's the headquarters of a german combat brigade with up to 2500 soldiers. max is a deputy squad leader on this armored personnel carrier. part of one of germany's armored infantry brigades damaged by learned of. i know, but i think it's important because want to protect what we have at yahoo got involved and protect our country window. and now that i've been in the army for some time, come, i also to fight with my brothers in arms and keep my men safely. men on your line

ingle, vincent hathaway. the soldiers are also here for lithuania, as collective defense, which is how nato calls it. vilnius, along with the other baltic states, had been calling for more troops. and in june german chancellor, olaf schwartz granted their request, an additional combat brigade on top of the $1600.00 soldiers that are already there . but there's a catch out of the convoy traveling down this highway, only the land elements comprised of around 50 soldiers will be stationed here permanently. the bulk of the troops will remain in germany on high readiness, and can deploy quickly on short notice. conus lithuania is 2nd. largest city is only a half an hour's drive from the base where german troops are stationed. people here are largely happy that more soldiers are coming or soberness to the most important

thing is that russia does not even think about taking any aggressive steps towards nato. all it delaney sherman thought on the mouth to ensure that max and his men are armed with some of the most modern equipment in the german military. they say they are well trained and ready to go to war. if they must, after accompanying their brigades combat headquarters to lithuania, max and his comrades will go back home. but not for long. in october, they will return for their combat exercises with the lithuanian military. when the former president of the philippines rodrigo de dirtier took office, he promised to end drug trafficking. 6 years later, the problem and its related violence are more widespread than ever.

each of these skeletons has a story to tell the story of a war on drugs. the philippine government fought over the past 6 years. officially some 6200 people were killed by police for dealing with drugs. the true toll is nearly certainly much bigger and the ex rashad. oh, don't worry ribbons. okay. and i am just so happy that it was, they were not lost. they were not lost. so 2 bullets came with that i examining the remains of some of the people who died forensic pathologist, raquel for tune made a shocking discovery. in 7 cases out of $47.00, the death certificates were false year. they listed a natural cause of death. when people had actually been shot national, the philippines procedures for investigating death says the 60 year old have always

been flawed. it's been happening. we're looking for the 16. i give it to me escalate that safe, black to harass somebody english when i'm not going any mean many families in the philippines have experienced this kind of scenario hitman approaching at night to shoot aloft one then evidence of drug abuse is planted, says grace she lost her father and brother, 6 years ago when miss wendy ha, civilian and shopping. gib ah, may find there. one shot again to sure. she's dead, he's dead eyes the darcy 1000000 planted. my father ah, dying. ah dorothy, she said,

damn cache. and my me, the poor, where the primary victims of the war on drugs. the international criminal court estimates that up to 30000 people more than 4 times the official number were killed on former president to testers. watch many relatives now want to set the record straight. this catholic priest is doing his part to support them with reference love yano villanueva pays for the exhumations, and full legal advice. he fears that the killings even with to tear to gone. they are far from over. in the past the weeks we have counted at least 8 or 9 killings to this very presently my point there's no difference between but then and to day. so the one on the dogs is

a complete failure. if it has one success, it left families broken, widowed an orphan. the drugs continue. the drugs are cheaper this days. dr. fortuna is convinced that the 2 toll of the warrant rocks will never come to light. too many of those who lost their lives remain unidentified and unclaimed. but she hopes that her discoveries will bring a semblance of justice to the families who remain behind ah, located in the reconstructed berlin city palace. the humboldt forum is one of the city's most famous museums. now it's showcasing the famous benign bronzes. before the returned to nigeria, the humble form is finally opening all its stores. it's taken to decades,

it almost 700000000 euros, but the opening of the east wing means the form can now be enjoyed in full. it's also been the source of much debate, something the director general welcomes the homewood form, perhaps became a catalyst for many, many discussions. not only in germany, but also bird wide about the future. for example, off collections. the best known examples aren't from germany's colonial past, but britons the benign bronzes, british colonial forces, looted 4000 of the bronzes from the kingdom of benign modern day nigeria, in 1897. after much discussion, germany signed a deal that will see the return of the bronzes. a 168 will remain alone in berlin for 10 years with just 40 on display, the original bronze. his exhibition was changed to a story of restitution and installation. now features those involved in the process . could this be part of a wide, a paradigm shift when it comes to stolen artifacts?

this symbolic return unsigned of these agreements are here, or would germany and of course, with other countries. ah, it's in us as a, as, as a point as a symbol for also other countries to get. there are 2 fox bug against the current links, a u. s. collection by an indigenous omaha acknowledges from the late 18 hundreds with personal stories from to day. well, you have here the blogs to us. they don't have anywhere else in this world. there is not a replica of some of these items. nowhere else on this earth. you have the order. one is been a palpable shift in public attitudes when it comes to how problematic artifacts are dealt with. now the humble form is fully open. we'll see that's up to the gargantuan task. it's set itself.

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