a private initiatives is pushing to make it happy with me personally. it's just a dream. i've always had of always wanted to see a distant space storage more change on d w ah ah, hello, and welcome to focus on europe. it's good to have you with us. it's been a years since 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 it's mainly affecting civil ins, 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. so 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 a year of being on the frontlines, they see 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 war. i could see old change

a section that was happens to keep, but i seen feel like already in use after a few months since the beginning of the mileage much is for elizabeth is good to have a place where you could return from the 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 just seal 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 quite important 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 s y v r a. 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 your brain, yes, martyr 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 martyr 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 if i have to leave it to. if i have to just a fight and it will been destroyed, it could happens. i am trying to be ready for this because it's still how to say in definitely i don't want to preserve was, is a on the price of being live on to occupation. dan, that's close. more 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 a war zone. sir, he was fighting in the trenches by march. i served as a medic and a 1st aid station with you. yes, city is the, is it 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 blue. ah, marta and sir. he were both recently at the fiercely contested don bus front a i

am still afraid of edison because this is a little bit less, i mean, not a little bit to, is far more advanced than this. i'm still afraid, but what's already happened when i know that they have to go there? you know, i just could go otherwise. i would never go back with me now for the 1st time but couple has some time off together pretty quickly. who hollis lee? i was not really up to me to come to trust months for, for i have a feeling that he loses between is was big problem. it was difficult to move from yours from supervision. but i only see how are me became stronger

and they are really prone for 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 keys, 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 too bitter reality. now people in estonia are also worried about the russian aback this baltic nation supports the western position against fulton. as sonya is a member of the eel and nato, the west and military alliance as rang to ease as tanya's fears at the a muggy air base. since 2014 natal fighter jets have been taking off from here to

safeguard the air space or weather baltics, german violet crystal pock. my sto tells us in case of an emergency, every 2nd is crucial. thermal. underwear of water immersion suit, boots and g suit, a lifejacket armed a helmet. it takes lieutenant colonel christoph hoffmeister, less than 2 minutes to put it all on right next door. his euro fighter waits refueled and armed. if the alarm sounds, the pilot has to be airborne and under 15 minutes, this is zack court summons on hawk on texas. it's a very short amount of time for such a highly complex systems for alice lawton. it's no big secret that for all pilots when you're fast asleep and the alarm goes off, your pulse rises a bit. alene alina, so that the adrenaline kicks in because you're trying to get ready and be fully

alert. i am, you can get your job done. no matter if it's day or night, time talks when it was nordland dishes and clicking on that off, click a button. hoffmeister is the german detachment commander for nato's enhanced the 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 system russia for fashion,

for everywhere. who are the fascists, nato, nato, der. when people say the russians are occupiers, but when the german planes lie here, hold on its fine doughty on unit gets more looking at that organ, one cognition, and larry's sub up. um, of course i support it, pretty cheap. right? because i know the reason why they're flying here. i mean, yeah, that's good. it's reassuring. so here's the, the fan thus side case of up of been to the effects. in my opinion, it's not a book, it's a circus. we never got to know what the russia cannot do 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 hour, slight costs, about $74000.00 euros. on top of that. the jets weapons are extremely expensive.

of the young. yeah. if the, if what this here is, the iris t infrared missile of this, you buy in, this marking indicates that it's lie of the night. yes, i did as an internal rocket engine, which can ignite and send the rocket flying off as guide rail toward its target of fuel. sina wonder, good and done with cynthia. none of the 3 baltic states, estonia, latvia, or lithuania, as fighter jets of their own to patrol their airspace since they joined nato in 2004 allies have taken over the swell and after rushes illegal annexation of crimea in 2014 nato has been flying from a 2nd base at me, mary was east denado stopping. you can see the presence of the nato countries and not only in the baltic region when to all 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 a 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's nothing normal about an uncoordinated encounter of to 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. this one as well is this an anguish monta. host of hoffmeister says his troops have trained long and her 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. dog and syria have been shaken by earthquakes, yet again, they have been more dead 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 thumb, bold could collapse completely. vickers 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. it's located in the western turkey city of duster, one of turkeys,

most earthquake prone regions nearby. 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 to stick to murtha la copa some construction companies do things like add chemicals to the concrete to make it flow better. it if you dont monitor that yourself and the building site, you can to end up in a situation like the earthquake in the east sun, the more supervision, the safer it is, order, or color you only 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 hometown of dues joe had just experience 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 look. sure. oh yeah, they found cloak with who knew of course we still fear there will be more earthquakes in a ye columbia. but we also know that our house is won't crumble like the ones in the east is yet blue light 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 result. they've waited patiently all these years. untrusted are projections un news of the las without having the trust of the future residents. but we wouldn't have had this kind of successful official publishing. she did 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. this unit is him call lewis and thought, 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 civic when we saw a few kilometers away. the mayor of does, joe is checking the

a deliveries for the region and eastern turkey, struck by the latest earthquake. his city wants to send mobile toilets and showers, 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 call mr. images for 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, it, it, they managed to come together and see this housing development through huseby, typically, a, be a very good. i think it's a great success. it only took bush a little the last time the earth began to tremble and good stir 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 i did, i ended hill. i wasn't too worried about the buildings yet, but we still rushed to the construction site to have a look on the plan. i had already put some furniture in the apartment to be nosy, but not one thing had been knocked over. yeah, because he could have, he had it for you, jack, par, lack, and the others in the building cooperative, a decades long struggle is coming to an end. they're fired for earthquake resistant, affordable housing was a success. and they hope can be an inspiration to others in these uncertain times. they live in 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. sano is on his way to work. he asked to remain anonymous, to protect his family. santo 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. what was i said 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 comp or did when the boss says the harvest is over. there we go. we have to find another job. josephine condo, financial, we go weathers, work on quota. jack, i will not be santo shells. i swear 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. learn as we go through. the situation is tough. no, 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 booklet also was if we canada at all, i'll go from cook hon. but to watch up from the, well, it's not drinkable hunkers of my, they're burned you. if you drink it from,

you get sick. was there were, will in the trash attracts rats and straight ons. 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. what do you think? yeah, was it called the house of dignity? who 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 at one of assistance. but the workers are contributing to the cost is based on their income and you know what $90.00 euros is the maximum quantity which it's not free housing, which we think is important in taking out an element of passivity. that is sheila, that i didn't feel that it up. i see the dog m o. most santa shares an apartment with 4 other men. 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 bug. 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 nose young 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 are 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 delana looking better than the ones most affected by this 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 on the left, stuffy from my legs. and you 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, if to buy the parts or the things that were already made, just help us out. the repair shop is supported by no nations 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, i would say, and there are a lot more up or none. sort of things to the environment, and trina live more sustainably. think about mrs. fixing things is also cheaper. rashid and cartoons blender cost $100.00 pounds at the time. and the spare part is available online for around 4 pounds. now the we living in the air prices in not is very hard, 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 durham at john's, thank you very much. i'm delighted and then yes, rashid on cartoons blender works perfectly again. thanks to the fixing factory in

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