save the date for the d. w. global media form 2023 in bonn, germany and increasingly fragmented world with a growing number of forces digital. yeah, amplified. see where this clutter complete what we really need. current divisions into vision for tomorrow's journalism. save the date and join us for this discussion. at the 16th edition of d, w. c. global media forum. with hello and welcome to focus on europe. it's good to have you with us. it's been a years and russia launched a full scale invasion and to ukraine one year ago. many believe that russia's huge

army would have an easy time taking control of the country. russia itself seemed confident to the advances, however quickly stalled. ukraine has been fighting fiercely, but the war has devastated the country. the russian army has been targeting the energy supply in ukraine and its mainly affecting civilians. people who continue to suffer under russian aggression. shortly before the war started be met martha, dr. in the capital, keep, she and her husband said he wanted to do something against that threat from russia . so despite having no combat experience, they decided to wall india to support the army. now after you being on the frontlines, they say the war has changed them as it has changed the whole country. ah marta and sir he on leave from the front. it's been months since they've had the

time to stroll to keep together. they've been on duty since the very 1st day of the war this time it's like to return completely to the time before i could see old change a section it was happens to keep, but i seen feel like i think you'd have to have a few months since the beginning of march, much is for elizabeth is good to have a place where you could get a ton from frontline and understand that that's why the school we 1st met the couple a few weeks before rushes full scale invasion. marta and sir he had just joined ukraine's territorial defense forces, a military reserve of the countries on forces. few members had previous military

experience. marta and sir he didn't either. they got training once a week in the very basics of combat. the other problem. all the stuff that you couldn't, we just deal in the movie. so under the, the common thought is, you know, they seems very simple. but in general, when you started to do it, it's quite difficult because you need to know how to do it correctly or not to be and then just for yourself and for your colleagues. so we provide them with the skills, very basic, but very important skill. at that time, the territorial defense forces were intended to support the military in case of war, but mainly behind the front lines. at checkpoints, for instance, a year ago, nobody knew whether or not russia would actually invade. but if war did come, martin knew she wanted to be prepared for that. it's difficult to

explain to foreign this idea exactly know what to expect from russia, but if you happen to know history many, many times when they just physically destroy all roots of the brain. yes, martin did not consider herself the adventurous type before the war. she'd been living an ordinary low key life. she had a house just outside cheve, a garden and some pets. after studying medicine, marta was supervising studies for international pharmaceutical companies from home . but she sense that the tranquillity wouldn't last. it's almost impossible to imagine what will happen. so how to say in there currently, i don't want to preserve this a on the price of being live on to accomplish. damn,

that's close. war came much faster than expected for the pair was part of the defense forces. as soon as the war began with russian troops swiftly advancing on keep, their hometown became awards on fare. he was fighting in the trenches by march. i served as a medic and a 1st aid station with these days, the territorial defense force is no longer stay well behind the front lines. they become active combat units and are deployed to some of the most perilous sections of the front. who i ah marta and sir he were both recently at the fiercely contested don bus front a

i am still afraid of edison because it is a little bit late. i'm in not a little bit too far more advanced and this i'm still afraid, but what's already happens when they know that they have to go there? you know, i just could go otherwise, i would never go back with other pretty quickly. honestly, i was not really up to me to come to trust muscle for bar. i have a feeling that illusion between is was big problem. it was difficult to move it from yours from supervision. but i only see how army became stronger

and they are really prone to see this but as they walk around their home town, which for now is more or less peaceful, they come across reminders of the war. in the center of keith, the authorities are put wreckage of russian tanks on display. but the 2 have already seen plenty of those. the hypothetical situation they started preparing for over a year ago became a deadly and all to bitter reality. now people in estonia are also watered about the russian at back this baltic nation supports the west imposition against pu then as tanya is a member of the eel and nato, the west and military alliance as trying to ease as tony as fears at the empty air base since 2014 natal fighter jets have been taking off from here to safeguard the

air space or where the baltics, german violet crystal pock. my sto does as in case of an emergency, every 2nd is crucial. thermal. underwear of water immersion suit, boots and g. suit, a life jacket armed a helmet. it takes lieutenant colonel christoph hoffmeister, less than 2 minutes to put it all on my next door. his euro fighter waits refueled and armed if the alarm sounds, the pilot has to be airborne and under 15 minutes as this is zack court summons on hold complexes, it's a very short amount of time for such a highly complex systems for i lip. lawton, it's no big secret that for all pilots when you're fast asleep in the alarm goes off, your pulse, rice is a bit other. that means that the adrenalin kicks in because you're trying to get

ready and be fully alert line. you can get your job done no matter if it's day or night. time talks most more than it is. and clicking on that off, click a button. huck meister is the german detachment commander for nato's enhanced air policing mission in estonia. yes, for euro fighter jets. the pilots, ground crew and support personnel under his command, a total of around $150.00 people. the mission is to protect the air space over the baltic states to identify potentially hostile aircraft and keep them out of nato air space. plato, fighter jets can regularly be heard overhead in the neighboring town of kayla, just over 10 kilometers from the airport. and not everyone is thrilled by nato's presence in the region. for she's busha for fashion for everywhere. who are the

fascists that'll need o t r. i people say the russians are occupiers, but when the german plains lie here, hold on its fine doughty on you met. guess we're looking at that ordinary one guy national prairies of up i'm of course i support it. pretty cheap. right? because i know the reason why they're flying here. i mean, yet that good. it's reassuring that. here's the defend us side case of up up then to that back. in my opinion, it's all about the circus. we never got to know what the russia cannot do. it next to ensure the aircraft remain operational at all times. mechanics worked around the clock, thousands of parts, and more than 40 computers have to be checked and maintained. several hours of work on the ground go into every hour in the air. each our flight costs about 74000 euros on top of that. the jets weapons are extremely expensive. are the young?

yeah. if the if what, what this here is the iris t infrared missile of this you buy in this marking indicates that it's lifecycle nights. yes. it has an internal rocket engine which can ignite and send the rocket flying off as guide rail toward its target of fuel. sina wonder, get it done. within 2 feet. none of the 3 baltic states, estonia, latvia, or lithuania, as fighter jets of their own to patrol the air space since they joined nato in 2004 allies have taken over this realm. and after russia's illegal annexation of crimea, in 2014 nato has been flying from a 2nd base. it me, mary, was east denado stoppin. you can see the presence of the nato countries and not only in the baltic region, and also the present and poland and romania down towards the black sea presents his nero's presence has also become more visible to russian forces. we're showing them that there are red lines that were here and already i just got the russian

plains are not far away. one of their main routes is just north of the estonian coast. russian military aircraft regularly fly without transponders. a device that transmits information on flight data, and they don't communicate with air traffic controllers on the ground, a potential hazard to civilian air traffic. in these instances, german air force pilots are sent to intercept and identify the aircraft. melissa, so management by comfort, there is nothing normal about an uncoordinated encounter of 2 fighter jets and international airspace. are close. obviously when you're approaching an aircraft that you're not in contact with, it's less than you don't know what the other pilot is doing, what their intentions are, or their flight path. of course are a bit more tense, as well as when it was an english monta herself, hoffmeister says his troops have trained long and heard to be ready for any

possible scenario. for the germans. this mission comes to an end in april, when they will be relieved by the british royal air force. dulcie anthea, having shaken by earthquakes, yet again, there have been more debts, injuries, and suffering. darkish authorities have registered more than 6 paldon aftershocks falling that get astro fee that happened a couple of weeks back. densely populated areas are at a much higher risk. exports now on that big cities such as a stumble could collapse completely because building standards are often not observed there. in the city of dozier, some former earthquake victims have managed to build earthquake prove houses for themselves. this new residential area shouldn't have been built here at all is located in the western turkish city of duster. one of turkeys,

most earthquake prone regions said a by you jack doesn't see that as a problem together with a civil engineer in charge. you jack discusses the final details of the construction work together. they've supervised every step of the process. just the t murtha locker thought some construction companies do things like and chemicals to the concrete to make it flow better. if you don't to monitor that yourself on the building site, you can end up in a situation like the earthquake in the east sun for more supervision, the safer it is border or a lot of un lee mother. over 2 decades ago, you jack a lawyer founded the hope homes cooperative housing project with like minded people . they wanted to form a community and construct affordable, an earthquake resistant housing that love at the time their home town of dues, joe had just experienced one of the worst earthquakes in its history. it measured $7.00 on the richter scale. more than 800 people died.

now get on par lock survived. but since she was a renter she was left on the streets following the quake, she joined hope, holmes, and now almost 24 years later, she shows air by you jack the apartment she just moved into. it's one of 237. this is the kitchen. oh oh oh oh wow. a sun room. i want to have a local shuttle it. yeah. they found close to noon. of course we still fear there will be more earthquakes into ye, columbia. but we also know that our house is won't crumble like the ones in the east blue line will regularly visited the construction site. delighted to see every step forward,

whether it was seeing the windows installed or gas pipes were community here in the annual mode resolve. they've waited patiently all these years untrusted, their projections un news of the las without having the trust of the future residents. but we wouldn't have had this kind of successful professional population she did in their success. her sudden example in turkey. at one point the co operative had to sue the state in order for the earthquake victims to be provided with the plot of land. the courts eventually ruled in their favor, univision call lewis, and according to the law, we were also entitled to a low interest construction loan from the state. but at 1st, they didn't want to give us that either the orange and we ended up taking legal action against them in one the case. it could be dealt with a physically we saw a few kilometers away, the mayor of deuce joe is checking the aid deliveries for the region. am eastern

turkey struck by the latest earthquake. his city wants to send mobile toilets and showers. he pulled out of the fog. ursula is convinced that his own city is well prepared to withstand the next big quake induced her new construction can only be 4 stories high, which is unusual in turkey. alum buzzer, we're in the process of completing an urban renewal project. we'll give you a call about 25 percent of the old unsafe housing remains, and we want to replace it in the near future is ticklish to co mazda, in hideous fodder as low as part of the ruling justice and development party. but he is full of praise for the determined building cooperative in his city. candy john, that it did it. they managed to come together and see this housing development through house would be typically a be a very good. i think it's a great success. around our took push a little the last time the earth began to tremble and dunster was last november.

but despite the earthquake measuring 5.9 on the richter scale, everything went relatively smoothly. most injuries were not too severe. although there were damage buildings, the hope homes were not among them. they were stood the quake unscathed as of a live hill, i wasn't too worried about the buildings. yeah. but we still rushed to the construction site to have a look on the. i had already put some furniture in the apartment to be not, but not one thing had been knocked over yet because he could. i see it in the for you, jack. par lack, and the others and the building cooperative. a decades long struggle is coming to an end. their fight for earthquake resistant, affordable housing was a success. and they hope a can be an inspiration to others in these uncertain times. the live and terrible conditions and walk for ready little money in southern italy. thousands of african harvest walkers are forced to live in unsanitary shelters. their

accommodations often lack basic heating and it project in san fernando wants to restore people's dignity by building special housing for them. the initiative hopes to reduce their hardships. santa is on his way to work. he asked to remain anonymous, to protect his family. sano lives in rural sano, a small town in calabria, but he's originally from guinea. he's been in italy for 8 years and he's currently working as an orange harvester. we accompany sano to the plane of joy. total. many harvest workers are employed here. and like sano, they came as migrants from africa. so is, is that though we start at 7 30 in the morning and work for 7 hours in the field here had women. his wage is between 50 and 60 euros

a day. it's good work for good pay. he says, but it will soon come to an end, few queer gamble or did when the boss says the harvest is over there because we have to find another job, josephine condo financial. we go weathers, work on quota. jack. i will not be santa shows us where he lived until recently, a camp for harvest workers near julia toto around 500 people lived there in precarious conditions. we are advised to stay outside as the camp is partially under water. we learn of the 3rd of the situation is tough. now there is no place to sleep either mancha. they say there will be a new building with more space. so it goes in sun eating hair, trying to cook it's hard home booklets, fossil, wasn't we canada at all? oh, got one time cook under born, but the water from the well is not drinkable hunger, so from my there burned you. if you drink it,

we'll get 2nd gazelle when the trash attracts radson straight on the water from the night's rain builds up between the tents. we visit the house of dignity up to 20 migrant workers. have found a safe home here. okay, think yeah. was it called the house of dignity? yeah, my like as a leader in me thought that it's called house of dignity because it's important to us that it isn't a pass of one of assistance. busy the workers are contributing to the cost is based on their income. when you know what to put, 90 euros is the maximum quantity which it's not free housing, which we think is important in taking out an element of passivity initiative that i didn't feel that it up a c, m. o. most santa shares an apartment with 4 other men. yeah. it has one bathroom and 2 bedrooms. uh huh. this is mia got. this is my room and my bed with my warm blanket. otherwise i'd freeze from global. i bought it

in town for 40 years, but i thought, oh, francesco helped santa get a residence and work permit. without that the harvest workers essentially have no rights. with new zones up were a kind of safe space. and this house is an example of that. the mediterranean hope works to ensure humanitarian access routes, and then we provide protection once people arrive. francesco also gets help from local growers the money a tab cooperative buys oranges at fairly negotiated prices and conditions. the fruit is then sent to church, congregations, and private individuals in germany. for example, the proceeds are used to support migrant initiatives in calabria, elementary custody of west. what characterizes the traditional supply chains in our

agriculture is the cruel exploitation of people by people. the learner looking better than the ones most effective maintenance or harvest workers from non e u. countries, either such as migrant workers from africa, living an unimaginable conditions in my, my uncle and elementary shuttle. every majority, aid organizations and orange growers have worked together to provide some hope for seasonal workers. sano has a roof over his head when he comes home and has more safety and security than many other harvest workers. now a toaster is an essential part of most british homes. breakfast often includes dose of white bread with butter and jam. but what should one do once the doorstep stops working? many buttons simply throw that appliances away by the repair shop in london is showing that there is another way. repairs tend to be cheaper and far more

environmentally friendly. and this trend is catching on and in the water is leaking out here inside. and the last that i know, i really, after 5 years of regular use, rashid and cartoons blender is acting up instead of throwing it away. she enlist the help of the fixing factory, a repair shop in london's camden bureau. they repair rather than toss and the services free of charge. the manager drama, jones and his volunteers want to reduce electronic waste, which is harmful to the environment. the u. k. is europe, 2nd largest e waste producer with each household generating 55 kilograms annually. got to change is not sustainable, is destroying the planet. and it would be really, really simple, just to redesign things so that a fixable supply, the parts or the things that were already made just help us out. the repair shop is supported by donations and the national lottery community fund. they're

enthusiastic volunteers are also key to the organization, such as jamie johnson who was inspired by his daughter. yeah, i think there are a lot more am aware than air. probably my generation heard say, and there are a lot more up on nan sort of things to the environment and trying to live more sustainably. think about me says fixing things is also cheaper. rashid and cartoons, blender cost, $100.00 pounds at the time. and the spare part is available on mine for around 4 pounds. now the we living in that price is dinner is very hot. is 5 fat where everybody, you know, in view of the inflation crisis and climate change repair shops are gaining in popularity in the fixing factory success rate is 90 percent according to manager duma johns. thank you very much. i'm delighted and then yes, rashid on cartoons blender works perfectly again. thanks to the fixing factory in

london. i hope that inspires you to get you offline. so bad too. that's it for focus on your time. so watching. good, but ah, ah ah, with

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