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d. w and online power games on the melting ice. a reporter tracks down the arctics major players and with your unfolded, there is russian warships and alan guys, ration harmony, guns for shadow. park starts december 23rd on d w with ah, this week in world stories in somalia, it's historic drought is killing children in columbia children and need receive cooking classes. we began in ukraine where russians occupied the city of chance

right after the invasion ukraine recaptured it in mid september. but today it looks like a ghost town. ah. it used to take less than 2 hours to drive from heart, give to of chunks. now it takes 5, you have to take small, local roads and long th was all the major route and bridges are destroyed. which is 4 kilometers from the border with russia. the town was taken on the 1st day of the war. local tele, the russians set up a torture chamber in this country. they mostly took young men. they're very kind of all of that. so just ordered him to go there after they caught him outside of the curfew yard, the warm one of them, i thought they would torture me well, shows him. i came as i was told at 8 am, but they just made me dig trenches was carry stuff around the door and stacks and

bags had to be there at 8 and would work until 5 was. that's how they made me slave away. miss girl with a girl for the fellow manager houghton, the everything looks broken and the russians do so from across the board. the people were still here with soon face a tough winter. the electricity is often out and there's no gas for heating. some humanitarian a does come, but not often. it's so hard to get there. given these conditions, not everybody is happy. the russians are usually bullying when they were here. we could still live more or less. normally, there was work and we were getting humanitarian aid every 10 days. they would also hand out money. now we have nothing,

excuse me. there's not much for sale at the market and not many people, many left for russia with the retreating soldiers. it's an area a long considered pro ration. now the ukrainians are in charge again. many are anxious and suspicious. painters as collaborators as a woman, she won't be on camera all. the time. with trust is everywhere. soldiers in charge of the town worry that locals are informing the russian yet, but not least we hear about those who sit with one or 2 chairs. yeah. they used to tip off the rush petroleum. now they come to see you and say this, or that person was the collaborator fair. you only here to have is mother prepared for winter. he took his wife and young daughter out of town and will soon joined them. but he's determined to return and hope the tone can get back to normal.

the pandemic war in ukraine and inflation. britain has been hit particularly hard by these crises, in part because 6 people living in poverty suffer the most. ah. the kids are everything for making sure coven, and as me never go hungry is daniel burnside, top priority. the 32 year old house employ painter. but with high gas prices and inflation over 10 percent. it's not enough to make ends meet. turning on the heating is a luxury these days them, it's been off for a couple of days of this at the spare grip and wait for the next paid payday or the

next bit of cash and find to to put it on sim with electric. i'll turn lights off on a night of on, on the house. it's in darkness. there are free food banks all over the u. k. like here in north london. but across the country, the lines of needy people are growing longer. i had to read than i ruzen as a single mother and works part time in a department store. she comes here almost every week. it will be very difficult, especially nowadays today inflation and the prices are growing not go up so much know very difficult, very defy, didn't know how could manage our f tars carnis in charge of food distribution. he estimates that demand has gone up by 50 percent in the last 6 months. the country, i don't bring a face to time with the war. people that are in,

we're actively both husband and wife. they are covered to access all services. and these people will normally associate, yet older people, single parents, children, poverty hits them all particularly hot. martin godfrey is a doctor in london. some of his patients are overly pale and prone to infection because they don't have enough to eat. he worries, especially about the children in 2020 and in some of abundance. 25 percent of the population is living below the poverty line. something like 12 percent. her children are going to to, to sleep hungry, which seems to be, ah, i'm an unforgettable. we're an unthinkable situation. father, dr. food, bank worker. they're all afraid the coming winter is likely to bring more suffering before more people here in britain.

somalia is suffering from it's worse drought in 40 years. millions of people face derivation. according to the un, half a 1000000 children under the age of 5. soon ty, ah, these children are fighting for their lives from all over somalia, those most in need get referred to this hospital and the capitol mogadishu. many die on the way. little amina abdi weighs less than half of what a healthy child her age should for days she has been in a coma. i mean, i've been now. she is summer good. are unusually normally, she was supposed to be 16 good. again, with severe good. none of the initial good, the go condition, who the swallow shock mouth use, a better mil. okay. a terminal case it only 4 years old. this is the impact of

the extreme drought. that's devastating somalia. it's the worst in 40 years. by door is 250 kilometers west of the capital. it is seen as the epicenter, the hunger crisis. the situation in the hospital here is desperate. one and a half year old mariam was admitted a few days ago. she's showing typical symptoms of man attrition, diarrhea, vomiting and whooping cough. for her mother and aunt the weight is unbearable. l. j raf, l. them i feel so sad for my sister. i pray to allah that she will recover and also that he will alleviate the drought. i love. like most the monies, both were livestock, farmers until the drought took everything from them. for rainy seasons have failed,

and they are fears that a 5th will now fail to high food prices due to the war and ukraine. decades long civil war and climate change have created an unprecedented humanitarian disaster. 8 organizations, one millions. on the brink of starvation, the united nations children's fund units have says, $1000000000.00 you as dollars in aid is needed to avoid the situation getting worse . if we have half a 1000000 children at the severely acutely, my lot was basically means that if don't, if they don't receive assistance, timely, they are just simply gone to that 800000 people have sought refuge in and around by dora. they've doubled the city's population. ah, the corona virus pandemic, and columbia was particularly hard and young people with special needs. so the father of a severely disabled boy decided to do something for them. rubio

fernandez, his life changed with the arrival of his youngest child. he quit his police job and devoted himself to francisco, who needs round the clock care. when the pandemic started, the 2 found themselves cut off from the outside world. but then ruby fernandez, had an idea. d in a 2nd here in my kitchen, in my house, i started offering cooking classes for people with disabilities here. this is where the magical project was born with the cooking adventure we have for children with disabilities. here, after the lockdown was lifted, the therapy kitchen project found a new and larger home in the sensory life center. trained therapists and caregivers could now join in let's go to some of them. other with the children was super motivated,

but the kitchen of mr. fernandez was too small for the entire group zeal, so the decision was made to move it here project that we started with the desert project and that worked out beautifully as im willing into the therapists and caregivers at the center say that therapy kitchen is helping their patients put the lockdown behind them, learning to cook brings them both physical and emotional benefits. will chest, they must, they make lots of progress as p and they get out of there were attain and feel lacking outdated part of the community. and often they feel they're not good at any thing, but here they can do things for themselves. so no more. daisy mora is also benefiting . she's visually impaired and lost her job during the pandemic. her therapist recommended joining the cooking therapy to help lift her spirits. daisy mora uses the classes to learn new recipes and cooking techniques. it also helped her get

back on her feet after the lockdown. workers cannot run as almost what we don't want to be pitied with us. we just like every one else. we may do things differently, but we're the same for what colors are not human beings with the same rights, but with different ability measures implement that before the classes are free of charge for participants. rubia fernandez volunteers here. part of his police pension goes towards buying ingredients. is what i'm here. somebody else said you're in breach. ok. if that goes, you know, if it up you you can use it just so it just came in. i think up in the paper allow my son added up your record for can again, i'm just a few thoughts here on the dishes they prepare are sold at local markets. the income then helps maintain the kitchen for rubia, the therapy kitchen has given him a new vocation. ah

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