listen to the with the end of a superpower, the collapse of the soviet union rushes more in one years. to come back and into the future. been slowly in february w. ah, this is focus on europe. i'm lar about the lola. welcome to the show. life in a war zone, people in parts of ukraine are adjusting to daily life in cities and towns scarred

by war. near the front lines, access to clean water is an arduous task. pipes in homes have been destroyed with a mirror and chair become a make shift hair salon and a bunker. a comes a laundromat, residents are improvising to get by access to basics like water, electricity, and heating are the top priorities. well, another precious commodity in ukraine is love. you might be surprised to learn that since russia's invasion, weddings in ukraine are on the rise. in the face of life and death. ukrainian couples are saying, i do, for some getting married, gives them hope for a brighter future. in spite of the ongoing attacks by russia. fierce battles are taking place in ukraine's east, where a powerful offensive has been launched by the kremlin. in the town of lemon, we met a couple that found love on the front line. this is what's left of lemon

and ukraine's done boss region. the ukrainian military liberated the town in the fall of 2022. now it's making a fresh start. war can serve as a giant reset, not only for a place, but also for love. you have hernia and sasha are both paramedics. they met during a mission on the front. was the youngest, couldn't we've known each other for 3 months, and we've been inseparable. the whole time, except for a few days, sancho proposed marriage within 5 days of meeting of hannah. they actually in law, i used to turn down marriage proposals, boy scott, and fact, i didn't want to get married and a little katya until i met my prince during the war. but instead of living yet, sasha was determined and he won. yes, he has heart. she used to be a beauty queen and a lawyer and key of war turned her into a paramedic. the couple got married at the front line and december. a military

commander officiated the ceremony, the newly whence are spending their honeymoon here. dalton, lavinia was garage, sab, butters, of stray war, reveals people's true colors. ah, lou been as he quote this book, the soul of the person you're communicating with. c, m may leaps his thoughts, you see their good side and their bad side talk navy, me? ah, the during war time you see the most intimate corners of their soul. good god was she? it's either love more or it isn't fickle. hang out and walk me out. come griffin lee, see everything in water. it's really quite simple global cuz there's life on one side. death on the other sema book, and we all know that they may not be in tomorrow. a little more than the book. we hear more love stories like this. the 1st year of war in ukraine sought 21 per cent . more couples tied the knot. this bride and groom are getting married and key if

they don't have time for long interviews, but don't need many words or brings people to put together and closer to love her i've enough blue life goes on and love grow gl harden evolution. and it's the next couple of turn. scientists have begun to look into the relationship between war and love. yes, my pain, some. it's hard to explain. well, numbers are that you live in safety. when you have time to contemplate. but for us, every living moment counts. this is why people make a quick, independent decisions that suit the current situation and up they will. but war can also achieve the opposite. destroying love and marriage. katia fled ukraine to germany with her 2 children. her husband had to stand, give e yacht, the jazz a mother. my 1st instinct was to get the children out safely. you care about my husband supported that decision you through mom said you sheena. in germany,

katia began a new life. as she looked for housing and kindergarten, the company became more and more estranged. was east log, wiggle much larry. every man needs a woman's love and affection in aunt home cooked, whom national esau. oh, after some time past, he found a woman who could give him the practical and emotional support. he needed to be 3 cool. she was there when he was there, he moved and i was here, ya, blah, blah. our phone calls just weren't enough for him to live for me, but a more than woollen at the style m. leno. katya has heard many similar stories and it's not just the adults who suffer. e n is niagara with the yuk bias. i don't know how to explain to the children i for why their father can't find half an hour to play with them before you bought. the people loading his name, the real consequences of the war, including its emotional impact, will likely only be revealed once there's piece. in april 2019 people across

the world held their breath as they saw the notre dom and gulf in flames. and almost burned to the ground for centuries, the cathedral has stood as a central landmark in paris. while the damage, the gothic masterpiece, sustained, is extensive. and millions of people have donated money to its reconstruction. hundreds of art historians and crafts people are working day and night to meet the reopening deadline. master glass maker flavio also the t is one of them. she is tasked with restoring to shine back to neutral dom but locals and visitors alike will have to wait until late next year to see the cathedral restored to its former glory. sophie von san patty is preparing for her day's work with care. ringback a master glass maker. she's one of the artisans tasked with restoring the stained glass windows damaged in the natural dam, fire and cleaning the thought off them. it's a painstaking operation,

but she's working at full speed so that the cathedral can reopen as soon as possible. it's also where they work in to shifts here from 6 in the morning to 10 of night think m o m c m, we are work to help repair this trauma is something really special. have i said, we usually have more time for our work on projects that are planned for the long term and, but this is an emergency of sorts. no tottenham has a very special symbolic quality, which we need to restore somebody. and the adobe as if by a miracle, most of the cathedral stained glass, which stood the heat and flames of the fire on the 15th of april, 2019. but the icon expire collapsed. ah, the roof and parts of the vaulted ceiling were destroyed. the entire cathedral came

close to collapse. after the fire, the french government announced an ambitious reconstruction plan, not to tom was to be repaired and reopened within 5 years. looking even more splendid than before. you were still to suit slippers, who am only the best should work on such an important construction site, updated local mid season. in a hiring process, we selected the most highly skilled crafts people in every trade with suited to me . me, me, you chicago, homer, to more than 100 companies and over 1000 crafts people are involved in the reconstruction. not all of them are on site partisans from across france were commissioned to repair the cathedrals windows including show viva san petty who works in tall south of paris. she is mainly working on stained glass windows from the 19th century avow some also take from the

middle ages without its windows, the cathedral cannot reopen it, he call said to help him out again. without these windows, the sacred atmosphere is lost and becomes rather profane. the windows are filters that transform natural light into divine light. it have received nemea, the cathedral spire will also be rebuilt. exactly as it was before. revolution and 100 meters toll, the wood inspire will rise into the prison sky. once again, we haven't done anything like this for a long time. what will employ techniques used by the 19th century architect, viola dick, who does the dim, sick? reconstruction is taking a little longer than originally planned. madame is now scheduled to reopen at the end of next year. even though they can't go inside visitors, a thrilled to see the construction work. and when you're welcome circle,

a building like this is something you just have to see. it's magnificent arctic. all your 0 is in basic. one thing that man, i'm happy to see they're rebuilding the cathedral will have to save the building. will look like the original or even better. so my thought sam had it's amazing work . i'll come to see the cathedral once it's completed. that's for sure. is that money isn't an issue for the cathedral parish. donations from around the world will cover the cost of the repair work. for many of the crafts people, though this is more than a job, it's a labor of love. also, since you were part of a long line of glass makers who began in the middle ages, each of us works to preserve the building for the next generation region. as your kid you wants to sought on the dust of centuries, have been removed. the stained glass windows will shine like new and not dumb might even be

a little more beautiful than it was before. a home, just a stone's throw from the c. it's a dream from any nature lovers. and for one family in britain, it became a reality without breaking the bank. they farm a piece of land on the west coast in the community of new port in the middle of a national park. it's a scheme supported by the welsh government, but there is a catch matthew wilkinson and his wife caris, have agreed to a life with a minimal ecological footprint. a simple life that requires a lot of imagination. in yeah, a reserve we're good. that is, rollers are very low, elsa and billy are collecting eggs. their father, matthew watkinson, has made his dream come true. he and his family made a fresh start. oh,

matthew gave up his job as a veterinarian. so did his wife caris. ringback ringback now they farm a small piece of land in new port wales where their property overlooks the water. hulu is a wealth of opportunities and possibilities for those with a bit of imagination to say on a char, something different. a miss was the outlet. we would just wanted to let creativity and imagination go and turn what is just bare sheep fields into something full of life to what concerns leave from what nature provides their property is completely off the grid. instead of a washing machine, they have a makeshift hand power device, a small windmill and solar panels provide electricity. but when it still lower

cloudy power can be in short supply, everything is improvised and everything gets recycled, even old cars. so this one we, we plot all our seeds and we start our seeds growing in there and, and then this one with, we've got a spare bedroom in said that say friends or family visit. so we started with our horse laurie. that was seemed to be the quickest way to create a habitable space. we needed a bit more space, so we decided we'll get some old agricultural trailers. i'm slot them in behind. lincoln altogether somehow cover him would. i'm this is the result is a can i complete a hodgepodge of things that we could find at the time. vegetables are grown in old truck tires. it's winter, but rhubarb is sprouting from the soil. they grow fruit and vegetables without

pesticides, and take care to increase file diversity on their property. they want, sorry. the wells government support sustainable projects like this one under a program called one planet development. in return, the what concerns must demonstrate they provide at least 65 percent of their food and energy themselves to earn money. they give courses for people who want to live a low impact lifestyle. they'd hope to raise honey bees, but that turned out to be more difficult than they thought. the these were a big part of what we were doing up here, which is not getting as much honey as we thought. whether that's to do with climate change, i'm warm, wet to winters that we seem to be getting more often a per a bond for bees. i don't know, but we're just happy of their lives and very happy now that we got one by the kitchen window. a lot of paperwork goes into achieving and maintaining their status as eco pioneers. every year the authorities check to make sure that the family is

as self sufficient as the rules require, they are building permit and the national park depends on it. and to show what your ecological footprint is, you, you have to literally record everything. you've spent money on an all the food, any station res, secondhand clothes, new clothes, shoes like it just absolutely everything. the what concerns were allowed to build on the coast in the national park. they received the permit because they met strict environmental criteria. busy there on the mountain known as kindly among the locals, it said to be a magical place and some object to the watkins since living there. when the application was made for the one punitive element, it wasn't moved to this shoe because cunningly is held in high regard and revered locally on many people thought it was inappropriate or any form of development on

the slopes of cunningly wanted a her. the want can since have been living here for 6 years, but now their neighbors are trying to block the properties, access lane, a move, they didn't expect. the hardest part by far. yeah. is dealing with the resistance to what you believe. and i believe in making this patch of land more habitable for people, for wildlife. i'm the what concerns are doing without comforts many take for granted life and they're converted trailers is rustic, especially on damp winter evenings. but they love it here and want to be an example for their children the day that's got both. so we're having much less of an impact on the environment doing this. and it kind of shows them how they might be able to do that in the future. as well, and that we can do this without getting rid of all electricity and television and

internet, you know, we've still got all of that, but we can do this or even if some of their neighbors haven't been won over the what concerns hope that they're inspiring as many people as possible to live in harmony with nature. diapers, baby food, clothes, and toys fill these care packages. i eda said he coverage is the founder of an eat organization helping babies and mothers in need. it's located in bosnia and herzegovina, one of the poorest countries in europe, unemployment is high, and the pandemic has made things even worse. especially in rural areas where mothers with infants are struggling to me even the most basic necessities for families living in poverty there the donations are a lifeline yet little my eat is hungry. she's marizza a mentor, bitches. 3rd child. she and her husband, nermine,

live in bosnia and are unemployed. often they have no idea how they'll scrape by a fellow bows. nick, let them stay in his apartment, but they still don't have enough to live on. would you like king and fun? danica. if we get the equivalent of about a $150.00 heroes a month and benefits for the children, that's much less than they need. everything costs more these days of school. so the, the family needs about 4 times that amount to make ends meet. no i eda city coverage is going to pay the family a visit. he takes her about 3 hours to drive over the mountains even longer in winter when the roads are bad. but the aid her organization provides is badly needed in the countries poverty stricken east. with that, there aren't many of us, but we still try to cover all of bosnia and herzegovina. dominic we have various

projects going and also keep all parts of the country supplied by express mount b, but we deliver a lot of it ourselves. we're on the road almost every day. like when i leave all the organization i eat acidic of each found it is could oh, broadway nickaligha make some one happy and that's just what she does. alice, i love you. well, if you would have the sandwiches that had cost, the estimate of each family is a classic case, a family in the countryside, what a degree like they want to work, but there are no jobs, not in the private or in the public sector. and anybody, nikita so they have no choice but to do seasonal work in the summer people picking raspberries or working in the fields, you could put a pretty red and idly and yellow winter is the worst time for them corrected near me, and they don't earn anything and use up all their savings from the summer just to survive the winter. when would you like to tackle really? all i v, i mean as of relief supplies like baby food, clothing and diapers, make

a big difference. mama, look, we've got disposable diapers, size 3. look great. these i 3 wonderful, fantastic. go check on the baby. so back home in sarajevo, i ada explains why she drives across bosnia every day. originally she studied literature and trained to be a nurse, marlo, but when she had her son zide 7 years ago, she realised just what it takes to care for a baby. she saw how much the mothers in her own circle was struggling and decided to take action. he, the phenomenon with the blue album, when we founded our 1st facebook group, we were helping one baby a month. you taught in our free time. we collected everything just for this one baby, then a couple of tv channels reported on it. and suddenly we were getting calls from

mothers who are in dire straits, as well as people who wanted to help the baby. so my, we pseudo janette at bonham, put up. 7 for today, the 8 organization has 5 full time staff members. much of the collection work is done by others, like this daycare center in sarajevo. the children here have brought in items for donation, helping others can be fun. lessons later you could ask. i donated toys so the children would have something that they wouldn't have otherwise are so that they can have fun and be happy. he got a gun meg or says other again, but they thought, oh oh yeah, i from that danny, i wanted to donate a few things that they're stuck because these children don't have anything yet camera, me, me, and i don't want them to be sad accurate because their clothes are torn or things like that. even erica, erica boy, gary can nominate,

have wonderful us. we know that there are many 8 organizations in bosnia, but this one focuses on baby so much. they're the most helpless of all year and on other children, of course, for sally did. so last year we got in touch with them about us months knocked off today over a doin nic, olga regularly assists over $250.00 families. i'd acidic of ich says the state is simply not able to provide the aid so urgently needed if not for private initiatives like hers. the situation of bus news children would be even more desperate. since the breakup of yugoslavia and the bosnian war nearly 30 years ago, the country's economy has been in crisis. back to the amount of each family, the joy on the faces of maurice's children make all the effort worth while. the pan it brings more than a ray of sunshine into a gloomy winter's day. and says, ida, that's what counts. blue german ban,

ramstein are known for making a slash with their cinematic video. special effects and somehow choreographed to create a visual feast for the viewer. so how do they film at a rough seas without going overboard? the answer can be found and felt. florida belgium not far from the capital brussels . it's honda, europe's largest and most modern underwater film studio. with the touch of a button, a tiny ripple, or as soon as he is created and the adrenalin gets flowing. it may look elegantly effortless but aquatic filming is demanding physically and in terms of expertise. it's something of a specialty here and fell forward a belgium and they even have the most modern underwater film studio in the world. it's 10 meters deep, has a submersible floor and equipment for specially fact. it was created by a cinematographer and diver who was tired of waiting for the right whether i was

literally waiting for day, sometimes in the water, waiting for an effect to happen. and i saw around me 50 people grew standing and waving. and i thought this is something that is not okay. there. we have to do it better. and that was held light studio came into existence. the exterior may be unassuming, but the inside is action ready for the silver screen. right now there demonstrating what the pool can do. it can raise a storm with meter high waves and pouring rain. and it draws stunt performers who are among the best of the best being there in the waves. it's not easy because you think he can go up for breath where and then a wave hits your face. and he looked you trying to inhale, but there holy water. and then you need stay quiet and calm because it's very windy and loud and that waves are pretty high. not only the small waves that are the

water is it's not very quiet, but also the tip things with the big ones. yeah, yeah. and there's, it's impossible to swim again. so you can imagine how intimidating the choppy water it's can be for actors. of course, all the special effects are carefully controlled and there are plenty of staff to ensure safety. but there's no getting around the fact that there are 6000000 liters of water in an olympic sized pool. it's heated with solar panels and heat pumps. and the water is a fall me $32.00 degrees celsius. that's good for long days of filming. but it's still not easy, but we do prepare the actors are in the best case scenario, we get the actors before the production starts. we learned them the techniques to hold their breaths longer, to be calm on the water. and then also to the basics of scuba diving tube to read on the water from a regulator you gain a lot of time if you prepare your actors well. because it's very overwhelming for

most actors to come here in this water environment it's, it's difficult. many international productions have already found their way to fell florida. later, the viewers won't have any idea that the actors aren't actually in the ocean. the magic of movie making. well, that's all from us this week. our focus on europe. thanks so much for watching bye for now. ah ah, ah, with

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