love on central hospital in the middle of the give them i had a serious problems on a personal level, and i was unable to live there. but what i'm going to make you want to know their story, migrant clarified and reliable information for my grants. come have a piece is counting the highlights you every week in your in box. subscribe now. ah ah. this week on world stories, latinos could swing the u. s. midterm election results in iranian woman is fulfilling her dream. in germany. we begin in ukraine,

where 3000000 people depend on the post office for their pensions. couriers also deliver anything that can't be bought at the front lines like food and medicine. luba lapka, it's out when the air right alarm stop. she works in the north east of ukraine, delivering mail and cash pensions to people living close to the front lines. they never know when russian artillery might hit by the uber swallows for fear or york. what can i say the pension is no, me and they wait for me. when i was off work for a month gone, some even call it and asked when i'd be back with him prior to water. so it's not just about delivering pensions, she tells us many of the older people living here are completely on their own. like tatiana carver, her children and grandchildren have fled abroad. she's so scared of attacks that she barely leaves the house in a yeah,

you best visit is the highlight of her month or what she's what they're very helpful, mike, is she cares about us, brings us, or pensions and news and explains things. oh, i'm going to cry. the post headquarters in keith is where it's all organized. egos, me, lansky is in charge. we're responsible for 65000 employees who deliver all across ukraine being in the producer rewards. it's a huge logistical challenge. he says, and a dangerous one, or one, was a village for the cities for love. and those were days after certain new mining is done, become only convers pensions begun was for food becomes products on bud. it's a war or you have to be to live realistic o things can happen in the war. 15 postal workers have already been killed at 14, injured, to reduce the risk,

they change delivery routes every day. after doing what they can to find out where is safe enough to sent their staff, in lube as delivery district things have been getting worse recently. she says they are our strikes almost every day. one had this home on the west road. she tries to comfort the couple who lives there. the pension she delivers is about $100.00 euro a month. it's enough to survive, says alexander cavalry ankle, but they won't be able to rebuild their houses. i believe we've done what we can shut. but these monsters have destroyed our lives on the stores of how will we survive the winter? i just don't know, even with dr. those are wash cautious. it's hard to take all this and to realize that this is our life now. no more than me that will stay

strong and weak working, but to work luba we retain a year until then she continues to serve her people, bringing pensioners their money and offering them a bit of company. oh good. she says has never been more important. ah, energy prices are no longer affordable. it's one of the many consequences of russia's war against ukraine and france. utilities, companies worry about surviving, especially since the country can't depend on nuclear power. the dish will, more foundry has been manufacturing metro products such as gully covers for more than 150 years. but a, c, e o. now fears that business could melt away the company's electricity bill as doubled to 1500000 euros compared to 2019. while others have

a better 50 off, we've passed on the higher coin just for electricity and for rural materials to our customers. our prices have gone up by 20 percent, but next year we'd have to add another 40 percent to balance out even higher power cord scave that could be disastrous was if you don't go to massive us if vulnerable, get them all the companies electricity bill next year could skyrocket to up to $10000000.00 euros on the current predictions. the foundry could lose customers going to cheaper competitors abroad, and that's not all. they'll go over our heads. we might have to reduce our production and workforce. but we'll obviously try to prevent that. then it it, and so we have for now frozen our investments and start tiring bush, lower gas deliveries from russia since it invaded ukraine. is one reason for europe's high electricity prices. the french nuclear sector is another reason.

varsity out of the countries $56.00 nuclear power plants have been at a standstill for months due to plant or special maintenance wax. but normally, francis atomic power plan provide for roughly 70 percent of the country's electricity. and so france usually europe's biggest net power ex porter, currently has to do the opposite. import electricity, lend money. others, when germany needs our ganges and we need european and especially german electricity, frances, in favor of more cables to connect to countries in notated on all, ah, but zone but is do, shall moment doubts. such initiatives will be enough to keep the foundry competitive. regular motion, we need the government to introduce a fixed electricity price, not only for households, but also for companies most. that's the only way for us to plan for 2023 calculator

budget one to make a commercial offers. it offers both. ideally, the price would be fixed for 2 to 3 years. the window was on, de shamore is determined not to be defeated and make sure his foundry can continue to shine beyond the 7th generation. ah, the poll numbers don't look good for president biden's, democratic candidates ahead of the u. s. midterm elections in states like arizona every vote counts and a lot is writing on the latino community. this is phoenix capital of arizona politically, eddie size, if state in this mid term elections, it went to biden by just 0.3 percent in 20. 20. i result many say was down to latino voters and minority group who could decide the upcoming mid terms as well.

that is why everyone is looking at them. now. latinos are becoming more likely than ever to register and vote he like, oh my i, the latino community has to go out vote. and if you have kids prepare them to vote only. it's very important because it's thanks to our hard work that these country functions is that by his policy on a professor fransisco bay that are sad, arizona save university, says 2 3rd of latinos in his teeth are leaning democrat. the leadership that was developed here in the state of arizona was developed in response to a lot of anti mexican american anti gun or a racist kinds of policies. and the pushback that we see happening today is really an inheritance of that effort. to say we will not be oppressed, he tells us the latino movement is now being driven by women and young people. in

the suburbs of phoenix, it's those women and latino youth. we find volunteering to get out the latino vote . they knock between 80 to 100 doors every day. finally, maria agrees to day to register for voting. after living in this country for more than 30 years. this will be her 1st fault. the economy is her main concern. look later to for everything is so expensive. now the mafia and the wage is a low sign for matthew vocal. and he spent is glad that one more person will be voting. as a kid, she saw how the latino community was discriminated against seeing how my community wasn't being treated, the same as other communities really impacted me. i'm not going to deal with us anymore. i'm going to vote for officials that truly put me in my community 1st, and that's kind of, we're not where i'm at now. it's this impact. it's the engine that keeps the young

latinos in arizona going no matter how long the wrote any rhonda mueller's regime is cracking down on women as they fight for their rights. sonia i like a band, fled to germany several years ago and is now enjoying her new life. as a train operator. a commuter rail depot near stood god rail car for 3 o 7 o starts rolling out. it's almost 70 meters long with 3200 horsepower in the driver's cab as sonya allegra bond, who fled to germany from iran, about 6 years ago. supp garnished with a fish. yeah, i never imagined that i could do something like this here. never, ever yet says specic of water, but now things have got better. it's been a mess. i'm not nervous any more on. i'm less stresses and i'm excited to be able

to drive on my own sooner line the father can. this is a pilot project. currently 14 refugees are learning to become trained drivers. some are from iran, like sonya others from syria and afghanistan, and be lined up. i look when you press there and go to info. you see what's missing . i see it is an even up to a bar yet to school. a woman driving a train has become more common in germany. and for sonya, this job is a big step towards equality escape. then i ran there in no female trained shyness, and not even allowed to do this job. these if the whole muffin it's one of many things. she disagrees with about iran, but out of fear of the regime. she doesn't want to talk about it. she gave up her job as an english teacher and escaped to germany alone with only her dog chica. her family lives in iran,

and is proud of sonya's career with deutsche haben. i'll explain this. everyone is very happy there or that when i have exams or class work, i write to my father and he says, yes, you can do it like you can do anything. does cancel this. and sonya's class, there are 13 men. she's the only woman. every one here had another profession in 2016, when many refugees arrived in germany deutsche a bonn created more than 700 apprenticeships for them both tighter vanish. if i can drive a local train spun, i'm sure i can drive an into city express train shaft, her new dream, driving 300 kilometers an hour on the inter city express. sonya a legged bond is planning to go the distance.

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