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we begin in latvia wore and co, they'd have put a favorable trading relationship with russia on hold. now, residents face an uncertain future every day yon us rosen, towns uses around 8 meters of linen to produce 6 scarves, which he sells with his wife. laila young has been running the business for 20 years, but doesn't know how much longer he can continue. the war in ukraine has changed everything. that way, i'm very worried about everything to do with the war. but of a he don't know how much fuel is going to cost at the filling station bands. i think one think guide and even just turning the lights on, it's up money perfectly as governor allowed the rosen townslee in a small village in western latvia, set in beautiful countryside. youngest takes the children to school each morning

and brings them home again later. but all is not as idyllic as it seems with a population of just to 1000000 latvia is one of the poorest countries in the european union. it's economy traditionally closely linked to russia's. the war has had a disastrous impact on business owners like yon us, m. o 's board, we've always worked closely with business partners in russia and people there always wanted our products back now that sold gone out such a sad way. so me anees about lat fears. big neighbor to the east has risen sharply since the start of the war. latvia declared independence from the soviet union more than 30 years ago. but the invasion of ukraine has brought back traumatic memories . she, this, the hud baker, optical, it feels like they have hockey, let's say within these im denali. you wake up completely confused. oper old things like asking why you read the news and wonder what the hell is going on in the world

with failure this, but i'm hoping things will get better. know a saddles lago, it's human nature and michael to make the best of things work with what is great lobster, fossil own sanguine, but so silver table. it's only a few hours drive from. the rosen tells house in western latvia to the border with russia in the east. the 2 countries have a long shared history. but to day latvians feel threatened by russia. ah. in more atanya, the government uses a longstanding tradition to detect and combat terrorist threats early on. they hit the road on a camel patrol. this is the latest approach, and the fight against jihad is terrorists in mauritania. a traditional solution to a modern problem. the mahari national guard are

a police unit recruited from local nomads. there camels are their most important tool there. the best way to get around the vast border region between mauritania and molly g. hottest groups linked to al qaeda, have gained ground nearby, and authorities fighting them. need the kind of intelligence that only locals can offer. rosara this is emma allison, i agents go under cover in the market unless they spy on the traders. for example, if we see a know med buying large quantities of fuel, we know that is not normal shipper and no matter the box is to see the bodies went up their work and it is not without danger. while the men cook, lieutenant colonel city labs are secure, as the camp is or fair ah said kit, we form a circle. each group has a century and we from the command or in the center or sample. the mahari police

travels through the desert for months at a time or feed in monsieur dante valdez until we patrolled the region. it's healthy . we look for nomadic populations, but to learn the almost out of the we raise awareness even though we gather intelligence as well that and communicate that to the central government in new act . sure to thought that are on rocks with no idea of the camel corps are partly funded by money from the european union. it's an international attempt to improve security here. and in the larger region known as the sa hell, it's counter terrorism that starts at a local level. got the lizzie, to him, he had his 2 ic. no. how did units gather intelligence, lam in us, they spot the threats and been anti terrorism units that get involved in take care of those threats. but on that account, sit then us,

their job is to also deepen trust with people. people they know from their own communities, they help them by providing health care to said them, the sequence of t, this woman says she has vertigo, nausea and general fatigue. so that's why i gave her some. i'd been dessert because she could have worms the c on the pot as he thought. this approach combining local knowledge with traditional connections and offering help as well as asking for information. it's proving popular. a few 100 new mahari police are already operational and authority say they plan to recruit $200.00 more. ah. in indonesia, the government is using support programs to help former i s. terrorists build a new life. the insurgence who carried out the attack in bali are also benefiting

living a farmers life. something handle their non door could never have imagined possible . the 38 year old is raising some 4000 quails at this farm in pecosy west java. it's a complete turnaround from his previous life. like all workers at this farm. fernando used to be part of a terrorist network, and isaac fighter, who was involved in several t her attacks in, in, in asia. he was arrested in 2016 and released 4 years later. yeah. well i don't. i used to be like whoa, what's the latest weapon? how much is that? you have a gun. now i run this quail farm out. kind of where you had an endo. it's one of some 300 convicted terrorists in, in, in asia who over the last few years have decided to join a state sponsor at d. radicalization program. initially, the father of 2 refused to corporate. sorry us and me. then i got to know some fellow convicts in jail who had cooperated with the entities in governments,

and i'd renounce violence extremism. they got me curious little, why a few weeks later i asked for access to the library and got it. i started to read that to change and, and eventually mustered up the courage to pledge my allegiance to indonesia in 2018 the c. the du radicalization program was established after the deadliest terrorist attack initial history, the bali bomb being in 2000 and do the attack, kill 202 people, including 88 australians, one of the terrorists, convicted for that attack. bomb maker on my paddock also participated in the did radicalization program. he is about to be released on parole 7 years early, like other inmates. the former terrorist was rewarded with a reduced sentence after joining the program de la, programmed, it undergoes out event in a d radicalization program that the challenge is that it always needs to be tailor made take for instance, m r p, sec sung

a you need to analyze his behavior in prison, his understand his interest. yes. learn now what skills he has on all that needs to be a salad i because so the d radicalization program works for him and for other form a convex f x not beat that this man lane. experts agree that simply incarcerating initiate some 500 convicted terrorists for life is not a long term solution. but as indonesia prisons, philip with new terrorist attorneys, the state we socialization program will soon need additional funding and was a non door neighbor at the quill farm is certainly convinced that the foe jack is worth one. 0, but we'll get her ankle. we should embrace them. if we don't, they could go back to where they used to being like, we don't need to be harsh on them. we are all one people. after all, i'm, what am i, apple, all my initially will, ya know, was nervous about his neighbors. now, he is a frequent customer and often comes to the farm to buy quill eggs. he liked the

state beliefs, the former convicts should be given as 2nd chance. our last story takes us to germany, where sniffer dance are being retrained to detect long covered as part of a study. this is barling, and this is poli, like all dogs. they have an incredibly sensitive sense of smell and funeral to fit researchers at the university of veterinary medicine. hanover, are training the 2 dogs under a dozen others as part of a study on diagnosing long cove. it with training, the dogs are usually able to correct the identify smell samples from infected patience or the scope of a sammy got us in the accuracy rate is surprisingly high by mrs. but also movie

government. that was also such a eureka moment for us when we began the study that says by sensitivity, globally, the accuracy rate of dogs is 81 to 86 percent nelson. distances, it's not as portentous of the dogs are much better than rapid outage and tests on the internet. so how to dogs detect poet infections? any one who has contracted the virus, emits volatile organic compounds. the dogs can sniff these out and apparently even long after a patient has recovered that settlers, i'm with a sink under sooner and shines. i'm the women's. we actually found out that the dogs were able to identify long covert samples along but only when they were presented alongside nagging them samples formatting. soon even eager to form pleasant youth. one behind each sniffing hole is a slot with 2 samples, one with the cove. 19 virus, and one without. the machine was designed to train dogs in the detection of drugs

and explosives, but researchers found that it can also be used with cobit samples. in 2020 scientists conducted the 1st tests with the specimens. undiscovered, that sniffer dogs can indeed to taste cove at 19, but could sniffer dogs also be used in everyday medical practice? yard assisting bar. yes, it's feasible because the dogs really do it very quickly. smokeless carton, hundreds which can there are ways to train them. meetings put, there are training programs not so much for disease detection. at the moment. it's mainly training to detect explosives or drugs, but you can also transfer the expertise to diseased detection. the world health organization is now also recognizing the potential for using the animals sensitive noses to detect illness. it wants to support the scientists, and they canine assistance into the feature. ah.

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