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a barrage of missiles on areas far from the front line and ukraine. fear and uncertainty have now returned to places of relative calm and safety. well, the latest attacks hit several civilian targets. russian president vladimir putin says the shelling is retaliation for the explosion on the bridge, linking russia to the annexed region of crimea. even though it is still unclear who is responsible for that attack. the barrage of strikes destroyed critical infrastructure across ukraine, water and electricity plants were hit, as well as residential homes for civilians. and the trauma of war is being compounded by worry over the coming months. winter is looming and in ukraine, temperatures often fall below 0 degrees celsius. many people now face the reality of getting through it without heat or hot water. rockets have been

raining down on harkey for months. and the apartment buildings in the eastern district of south africa have borne. the brunt of it. lay on 8 lives on the 1st floor, the impacts of ripped through his apartment, destroying walls, furniture, the refrigerator with his window panes gone. the wind blows right through the flat, lay on it is trying to prepare for the winter woodward woodland motors. i'll figure something out and look around and make things pleasant and comfortable for myself. good afternoon. i might buy a sheet of metal attached here and make a hole in it. so i could set up a wood stove on a trim color because you can cook on that and it gives off heat dirty about it. that would help lay on it be less dependent on electricity. when a russian rocket hit this power plant near harkey, his flat was also affected by the blackout. parts of the power grid and eastern

ukraine were out for hours. there was no electricity or running water and the subway in the city with more than a 1000000 residents stood still. so you theses, grains, you hundreds of thousands of ukrainians were sitting in the dark without power out of school. home hospitals, schools, these municipal infrastructure on russian rockets are aiming straight or targeting that have nothing to do with our armed forces. infrastructure, seal, master desktop in presidents. so lensky is hometown of cree bearish, a damn was severely damaged. several streets flooded, and the drinking water supply to the city of more than 600000 largely stopped working. russian attacks on critical infrastructure in ukraine are on the rise. the government fears the country is facing its toughest winter since gaining independence in 1991. that's partly why so much maintenance work is currently under

way, like here on a substation. and the so low means key districts of key with the team from a local power, great as preparing the capitol to whether the cold season they are very aware of potential attacks on the grid. the fuel with all these attacks, keep up there may be interruptions to the power supply for residents and other consumers. sure. but we're preparing for that kind of scenario that we've put together plans and coordination with the, with the support administration and the central energy system. some tournament, if that happens somewhere, we'll do our job that little what the good with the war has caused the countries energy consumption to plummet. much of the industrial sector has shut down, and millions of people have bled abroad. energy experts say ukraine is currently using 40 percent less than its average electricity and gas consumption. they say

the country is prepared for winter. not it was diagnosed by see we have enough gas reserves the shuttle and enough cold. yeah, we might even make a profit from selling power i looked at on that here. we can make it fine other winter. it wasn't glitches in but only if rockets don't hit our infrastructure data collection, such as our combined heat and power stations, nuclear scientists, or other power atlanta, something that wasn't shown. if they get heads, they'll stop working that it only goes to, would you shot them as well? that's part of the reason why the government is urging people to also independently prepare for winter. all of that in the form of lucia is running out of time for house near hosta mil airport was hit half a year ago by a russian projectile. the only reason she and her family survived is because they'd already fled. yeah, for the cello, that 1st i cried a lot alcala, it was really hard for me. i've seen you looking to like 14 year old son got up in the morning and said, mom highly, don't cry all over the dumps the all rebuild your house kitchen and the pledge as

it is due to be hot. the will do what they are currently staying at their neighbors, but in just 2 weeks they will have to return to their still unfinished house, which they been rebuilding with the help of volunteers. there is still no heating. oh yes ma'am. we need a boiler daily. did either one that runs on solid fuel or electric little because we don't have any gas and we're not getting a back. are you when they didn't over there. so solid fuel or electric but, but they both cost money and cost of and that's really unrealistic for people who lost that everything's a doza. nidia hadn't had linear lucia is thinking about taking out a loan to protect her family from the cold. the war has stripped ukrainians of security. many households are tight on money, and millions of people are heading into the winter months plagued with uncertainty . italy is on the cost of

a historic change of government. the country is poised to have its 1st female prime minister once the results are confirmed. and ga, maloney will also be italy's 1st far right leader since world war 2. she is crystal clear about her vision for the country. maloney is a champion for conservative family values and rejects the l g b q. community one that monica and maria belong to a couple lives in sicily and maloney's victory has set off alarm bells for them. they fear the far right leader and her brothers of italy, party will be a threat to their family values. oh monica, saba comes from katana as city and sicily. her wife maria harris, is from barcelona name at 15 years ago and described their meeting as love at 1st sight. shortly afterward, maria gave birth to her son pau with the help of

a sperm donation. and 9 months later monica had her daughter mia the same way out. you can taste it now and later to see by why such a big spoon mendelson, would you rather ligand off my fingers? now? the election victory of the far right party coalition cast a cloud over the family, monica and maria worry about the future son almost. and for my daughter one, those are children are well aware of what's going on and on a and now when they hear the name, george maloney think it scared. i'm not, they asked us what would happen. they're not without me. reassured them, they shouldn't worry loudly went to that on the end. their children are alarm because of speeches like this one by a georgia maloney. the leader of the far right brothers of italy, party say no. yet each of the traditional family not thought out. no, no, to the l g b t lobby that day. the yes, it is sexual identity. no,

no to gender ideology at all. yes, to the culture of life ah no to the culture of death. a strong words which carry all the way to mount etna in cataneo. maria and monica fear hard times, lie head for families like theirs, and that the l. g. b t. q. community will face an erosion of civil rights under the new administration. me for po delicate, don't elani a simple suffolk with george maloney scares me because so far she hasn't shifted her position enough for lead. and so i doubt that she will change them now will he be got it and this goes beyond a political agenda. it's a precise idea of what society and politics should look like. shown. grande seymour, i fear that minority rights will see a make big set baggy the belly. me not on say something she both women work in academia and they also worry that the aggressive rhetoric will poison the social climate. he found also went on both alcohol. the danger is that these things become

acceptable to that. you can insult women or be openly homophobic without any consequences. a man benefited any an day. during the election campaign, georgia maloney tried to present herself as a moderate politician. but she made it clear that for her a family should only be one thing. would have been widely leaky as far as the rights law. we're couples, are concerned and unit. there are already registered civil partnerships, and that is quite sufficient. joanna, for me, i'm against adoption rights for gay and lesbian couples. not because i'm homophobic as some say, but simply because children need a mother and a father and a stable relationship, which is what our current legislation already provide. us with moderates, benita, that our goal. yeah. will get bit of it almost religion. shamia sucka is a professor at the university of rome. she studies political phenomena and has taken a close look at ga maloney as election campaign and at her political values. quinn, look at me on the on her pain can be summed up with one of her slogan logon as i am

a mother, i am a christian, and i am a woman. actually this actually describes her and her parties, political culture on the ship. and we believe this will also be her guiding principle when she steps into office at it and kill us attorney to go at. professor soccer says this is also because the heart right party will have less margin to take action in other areas. she said i'll nat since they have little room to maneuver in economic and foreign policy. the new government is more likely to emphasize identity issues. and sadie minorities could be used as pawns to make a political martin. what this means for monica, maria, po and mia is not yet foreseeable. if the situation worsens, the family already has a plan that a default, ah, a profit in young cal buyers. i said the way it all it done through ation gets worse. if we're ready to move to another country for the safety of our children and

our children, our top priority for a lot of there may be willing to leave our home country for their rights and well beings. vasa on get that us video to me. monica's hope is that georgia maloney will not revert to social policies of the past, which discriminated against minorities. as such a shift would significantly change the lives of her family and of many other italians. water may be upon us, but the traces of europe sweltering summer still linger. extreme temperatures left a trail of destruction across the continent with harvests withered rivers dried out and forests scorched. but there is a silver lining for some europeans like those in frances champagne region. and quill producers of the sparkling wine are raising a glass to an exceptional year. and wine growers, cedric new se, is looking forward to an excellent champagne vintage

a. here in france, a champagne region, wine makers have waited all year for this moment. this is when they see whether all their efforts this year have paid off philip, which is mildred, any poet? this is the product of our year's work also cope with the grape lar mills these next few days will decide everything. yeah, i won't question. i couldn't sleep, allow united on settling was a is a 4th generation wine grower. he's convinced 2022 is an exceptionally good champagne vintage. a bond for live police. there's no wrong. it's fantastic because it's fabric. look at it. he's an oxidizing radiator like caviar. if possible makes very good champagne, it's a great the la golden. and this, although the champagne region along with the rest of europe experienced

a heat wave this past summer with record temperatures and drought going down to look, these grapes ripened without a drop of rain in 3 months. it's incredible. this is your stock web. grape finds actually pull water from deep in the soil, thanks to their long roots. when i graduated, several, the routes are a problem you were most farmers will not let the roots of grapevines can grow 8 to 10 meters down. they get water, look in the soil where there are also more nutrients and mineral, you are the more meaningful ill them off the soil impacts the grapes wise. just imagine how they'll taste. you mentioned yellow, foam or else, cuz typically happy wine growers though patience is needed. let's go back to the why and prism

it will take 3 years into the champagne is ready and they can test it to see if it really is a great champagne. i'm sure, as of right now, this is grape juice out, then the juice turns into wine and only then to champagne. well, it takes time, goes on it. the more you this here here here, juice will still fix it. it has a complex labor with a fresh finish and a yellow fruit outside. the reason it's very nice and excellent harvest after 2 bad ones. the price of champagne, however, won't be falling any time. soon spoke the submit. any of this here will balance out the past 2 less good year. let me quickly show reduction cost remain the same every year, but last year the harvest couldn't cover the causal. la, nina. cool. i pretty cool. so i'm not sure champagne prices will drop unfortunately

for consumers i knew missile key. murder was one horrible cilenzo said lake must say will produce of her 100000 bottles of champagne from this year's harvest. he sells to buyers around the world. i feel so fulfilled. this is 100 percent loan. yeah, great variety, vintage 2017. a vintage that's peaked. this american wine buyers interest is a really cool to see though the beginning and it's amazing compared to last year. there there's, it's just a night and day you know, that the different. so we're all really excited. we're all related the demand is quite high. i would say it in new york and as but in the world, i think it's becoming more and more popular with marketing social media. last year, record amount of champagne was sold worldwide. said lake

must say, send 70 percent of his produce abroad before the 2 pallets are going to the us out. who to luxembourg arethia america is our most important market. after brenda said, to think, ma say, wants to stop exporting to russia because of the war and ukraine, even though this would mean a financial set back and go south south milwaukee behind you live to sell 5 percent of my products to russia. so round about $5000.00 bottles per year, 2000, but this year they're not getting any until things have a calm down show. suppose was all due today. russia is trying to conquer a part of the world and we could find ourselves at more with them tomorrow. do mel players selling them my champagne is out of the question to new la, multi with a full crew. well, this aside, wind grove, is here hope to sell 325000000 bottles of champagne this year, which would mark

a historic record. shaheen and albania is a growing tourist destination, located on the northern, adriatic coast, and living alongside the visitors are several 100 refugees from afghanistan. while they arrived at a resort after being evacuated from capital by the united states. but what was supposed to be a brief stop over for jam, she'd act bari, has turned into an agonizing wait job. she'd act barry always loved basketball. back home in afghanistan, he used to coach a women's team professionally. the income comfortably sustained job. she'd and his family thus good. last of all is my life and was my greatest passion. i'd reached the national level. i worked as a coach and coached a women's basketball team, basketball, the hostile but the taliban band,

women sports jam. she'd managed to flee. afghanistan just in time, thanks to assurances from the canadian government. but after a few weeks in cutter, he got stuck in albania as canada wouldn't take him in. he's now hoping for a u. s. visa, but check, you know, that he shows us pictures of his family who he had to leave behind his twins or just over a year old. now he hasn't seen them since they were newborns. then his white calls . but hold on me, i'm only am. i am giving a television interview in brazil, i will talk about my problems, loneliness, the family, the bureaucracy ritual. you know, if i swear all i do here is wait in, i'm audio, stop to mission. yak, sunday head was ash over the past year. every one hold me,

i had been extremely lucky because i was able to leave my country and reach albania, but in your ios, alex from walmart and that we are on route to canada or america venue. but i think i'm the unhappiest of all the unhappy people here who i live. i think nicole but boston mass over a year has passed since us forces blue, thousands of afghans out of the country. following the taliban take over. us agencies asked albania, a poor country to take in 2500 refugees. the refugees were brought to a hotel and the resort town of shen jean. their stay was supposed to be a stop over, but 700 afghans remain here, stock among sunbathing tourists. with each day that passes, the united states promised to take them in rings holloway a honey to ha dari and her sister were active in afghanistan's women's movement for years. they can't go back while the taliban is in power. but there isn't

a clear way forward for them either, but that should all either cut out a sion e would get we were promised that all african refugees would be transferred from albania, to canada, into condo, where the u. s. you go within 2 to 3 months, law beach dash that our vision actually that up to date, that hasn't happened those done ago. and it makes us worry, becca, the gym. we eat, rosie, ham dusty. we asked the u. s. embassy and albania, for an interview. but we're told to contact the us state departments in washington . but even though we did several times, we didn't get a response. we had for the albanian capital to ronna to interview prime minister eddie rama. albania. after all counted on the us taking in the afghan refugees i understand them, but so time is going. oh and no we don't have the feeling that

the u. s. m. of this ration mom is processing them. oh we of the feeling better. they are here to stay. anyhow, they cannot so say for every mill, tell them they have to start to do life. how mania, however, is a poor country with high unemployment. those who can leave the afghan refugees are worried that remain stuck in albania. a few months ago, they staged their 1st protest and a ha, nita joined them and she non question would have done me been in as you can see, albania as a poor country by myself, because we enjoy greater safety here than in afghanistan. but more that is all i me good im fucked up as, as refugees we have no opportunities for education, employment with or any other kind of development in this country, which is in india as lenin composition. if jam sheet has almost stopped carrying, all that matters to him is reuniting with his family. valet to us off on

a sauna, i fled from afghanistan, where there is a war going off on a nym. this when new half of all people there on is on, i have no perspective, no work required to you and or poor father lines we but on body. even these circumstances, life is better in albania, law, and i would say shot already husky baja to julia bloom, albano formula. medea even so jumps she'd still dreams of making a new life in the us together with his family. but with each passing day, his hopes slowly fav. sylvania is a country known for its breathtaking landscapes. among these is the mountain resort, a vella cup plenty now is less than an hour's drive from the capital liliana. but in many ways, it's worlds away from the city. there's no running water or electricity, but there is a parliament one where cows have political influence in

the herd. her settlements on the valeca plan, nina, things went a little differently than down in the valley. for generations, they have been hurting towers during the summer months, according to their own rules and belo my wish. 50 years ago my husband brought me up here for the 1st time and our children are now 50 years old. their children worked here themselves. now. could i have been with them? i get up at 5 am now that milk the cows cleanup and prep the milk before making the cheese. that that's life up here. the farmers are usually down in the valley, but from june to september they had up to the alpine past is when exactly that happens is decided by the herders parliament which meets in this building is that and that's pretty unique, says robertson leon who runs a small restaurant me, him and one william, we call it a parliament with as if we were a small country out of here into the loom or seen a thin robert and his wife only served produce,

made up in the alpine pastures. this was also decided by the herd as parliament fashion would have usa. so as you perform each cow, you get one vote. now, you know, we have 6 cows out, so we have 6 boat, so we boat on how to clean the pasture, where to fix the fences where to direct the water and which paths to repair, things like that i as a open novel with rights however, come responsibilities cycle can i have them? what is she in the summer? the herders have still claimed he worked with the 8 hours of it per cow do years that but it a boy, this blocked level, got the genders in this grassroots democracy. the herder with the most cows has the biggest number of votes, but also the most community duties. old customs remain, but the alpine pastor is changing. out of $64.00 huts, only 13 are still inhabited. tourist loved the seclusion, but what about the younger generation is my boy that the tourism will be here for a long time, but probably not the herders. yes,

young people stay in the valley and go to school there. well, the hope is that a good community will encourage herders to return again next summer to this unique place in slovenia. well, at least they don't have to worry about energy prices. that's all from this we get focused on europe. thanks so much for watching and bye for now. ah, ah, with

who enter the conflict zone. the war in ukraine has raised political attentions throughout europe, but relatively between kosovo and in brussels. officials have told both sides to cool rhetoric and warn coffee vote without an agreement to normalize relations with

belgrade for time, for joining the you is running out my guess this week from christina, because i've been caught prime minister across the conflict zone. in 30 minutes on d, w, one of mankind's oldest ambitions could be within reach or what is it really is possible to reverse e. j. researchers and scientists all over the world are in a race against time. more like 75 on d, w with stand behind van d w. news africa. the show that the issues have been the continent. life is slowly

getting back to normally where on the street to give you in the report on the inside of our cars, funds is on the ground reporting from across the continent, all the trend stuff. the mazda u. d. w is africa every friday on dw the or eternal dynamite and the pillar of stick in society, a symbol of arbitrary rule. in the struggle for justice, taxes. in many ways, i think taxation is one of the most extreme actions by a government, but it's also the definition of government because without taxation, there's no government the right to levy taxes and the obligation to pay them both inherent in the sovereignty of nation states and their citizens but what happens

when the power of taxation is undermined? a tax on top of the tax on top of the tax. that's the straw that broke the camel's back. i've been running forever thinking to myself here. when's it all going to come crashing down? can't pay, won't pay. taxation and politics starts october 21st on d, w. ah ah, this is d w. news. and these are all top stories. united nations has voted overwhelmingly to condemn russia's illegal annexations of 4 occupied regions and ukraine. 143 countries.