a superpower. the collapse of the soviet union rushes more in one year century. we take a look back and into the future. in slowing in february t w. ah ah. this is focus on europe. i'm labriola. welcome to the show. life in a war zone, people and 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, 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 a town of lemon, we met a couple that found love on the front line. this is what's left of lee mon

and ukraine's done boss region. the ukranian 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 henny 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 ago, and we've been inseparable. the whole time except for a few days, sasha proposed marriage within 5 days of meeting of hannah. the as, as the 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 near 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 living nearest provides sab butters of strength 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 leap, she thought you see there, good, solid and they're bad side talk movie me. ah, the during war time you see the most intimate corners of their soul. good god, she, it's either love more or it isn't local hina and walk me all concrete up on whether you see everything in one or it's really quite simple. a book, there's life on one side, death on the other, seem a book, and we all know that there may not be a tomorrow or more than the book. we hear more lump stories like this. the 1st year of war in ukraine sought 21 per cent. more couples tie 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 tougher together and closer to love. her, i've enough glue life goes on and love grow gl. hi natalie. and it's the next couple of turn. scientists have begun to look into the relationship between war and love. yes, my boy. oh some. it's hard to explain. well, no, because of that you live in safety. when you have time to contemplate a lot 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. katya fled ukraine to germany with her 2 children. her husband had to stand, give e yacht does a mother. my 1st instinct was to get the children out safely. you grab my husband, supported that decision. you 3 more said you sheena. in germany, katia began

a new life. as she looked for housing and a kindergarten, the couple became more and more estranged. was east log, wiggle, went to legal. every man needs a woman's love and affection in aunt home cooked, whom national esau. i asked her some time past. he found a woman who could give him the practical and emotional support. he needed 3 who. she was there when he was there. and i was here, yeah, a lot of our phone calls just weren't enough for him to live for me, but a move and bullen and the style nimbly, no. katya has heard many similar stories. and it's not just the adults who suffer. ian 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 peace. in april 2019 people across

the world held their breath as they saw the notre down engulfed 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, flour vivo salt, the t is one of them. she is tasked with restoring the shine back to no dom, but locals and visitors alike will have to wait until late next year to see the cathedral restored to its former glory. ah se on some petty is preparing for her day's work with care. a master glass maker. she's one of the artisans tasked with restoring the stained glass windows damaged in the nutter dam, fire, and cleaning the sot 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 2 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, 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 true, tom was to be repaired and reopened within 5 years. looking even more splendid than before, you are still to supers who are only the best should work on such an important construction site appealed to local pres, mitzy. in our hiring process, we selected the most highly skilled crops 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. artisans from across france were commissioned to repair the cathedrals, windows, including sla, viva san patty. who works in tall south paris. she is mainly working on stained glass windows from the 19th century of awesome also days from the middle ages.

without its windows, the cathedral can not reopen it, he called said to help me not then. without these windows, the sacred atmosphere is lost and becomes rather profane. the windows are filters that transform natural light into divine light. it can proceed nemea, the cathedral spire will also be rebuilt. exactly as it was before. militia and 100 meters tall. the would inspire will rise into the prison sky. once again, we haven't done anything like this for a long time, or if it will employ techniques used by the 19th century architect, viola. dick goods, them sick, reconstruction is taking a little longer than originally planned, but your dom is no scheduled to reopen at the end of next year. even though they can't go inside, visitors are 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. all you'll is hitting into going through them. i'm happy to see they're rebuilding the cathedral, will have to save the building. will look like the original or even better asa method sampling. it's amazing work. a come to see the cathedral once it's completed . that's for sure. 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 said you were part of a long line of glass makers who began in the middle ages for each of us works to preserve the building for the next generation unit has offered you once to such on the dust of centuries have been removed. the stained glass windows will shine like new a natural dam might even be

a little more beautiful than it was before. a whole just a stone's throw from the sea. it's a dream for many 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. oh, is that we're good? that is where a luxury 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. oh, is a wealth of opportunities and possibilities for those were the vermont donation 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 live 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 wind mill 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 then this one with, we've got a spare bedroom in, so that's if friends or family visit. so he started with a horse laurie, that was seem 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. 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 spouting from the soil. they grow fruit and vegetables without

pesticides, and take care to increase file diversity on their property. they want, sorry, on 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 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 if they're live and very happy now 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, and all the food, any station res, secondhand clothes, new clothes, shoes like it just absolutely everything i am, the one 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 pilot development, it was no move 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. why should i 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 here 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 in their converted trailers is rustic, especially on damp winter evenings. but they love it here and want to be an example for their children. that's got also 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. um, 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 eat 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 here little my aid is hungry. she's marizza a mentor which is 3rd child. she and her husband nam,

in live in bosnia and are unemployed. often they have no idea how they will scrape by a fellow bos. nick, let them stay in his apartment, but they still don't have enough to live on. would you buy king a fund elephant 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. i eda city cabbage 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 rides of bad. but the aid her organisation provides is badly needed in the countries poverty stricken east. with 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 mt with that, but we deliver a lot of it ourselves. we're on the road almost every day. buckling in and i leave all the organization. i'd as a deckervidge founded is, could oh, broadway nickaligha. make someone happy? and that's just what she does. alice, i love you. well, little appleton sat me to which i had crossed the ultimate of its family is a classic case. a family in the countryside. what a degree, right, 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. do people picking raspberries or working in the fields? you the doctor put a pretty red and i got a deal of the winter is the worst time for them got eaten anything. 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 the clergy daily? ivy?

king richard relief supplies like baby food or 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 eat a, 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 was one of those 2 blue booths. when we founded our 1st facebook group public, 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 were in dire straits, as well as people who wanted to help the baby. so my question was in it at dawn on put up. 7 to day the 8 organization has 5 full time staff members. much of the collection work is done by others, like this day care center in sarajevo. the children here had brought in items for donation, helping others can be son, catherine, to help you get out. i done it a 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 got my horses. i love it again today. uh huh. oh oh, yeah. i found that danny, i wanted to donate a few things hackers because these children don't have anything yet. tech guy camera mainly, and i don't want them to be sad matters because their clothes are torn or things like that. even erica, erica boy, gary can nominate punish leslie. we know that there are many 8 organizations in

bosnia, but this one focuses on babies. they're the most helpless of all and on other children of course or solid yet. so last year we got in touch with them. a lot of money off to day abra doin nick, 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 as children make all the effort worth while the pan to 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 videos. special effects and song choreograph 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 su, now 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 felt 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 they are 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 flare 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 that 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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