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e u on edge for years. just weeks ago there were fears that an armed conflict between kosovo and serbia could break out. in december serbian protestors erected road blocks in northern kosovo. they were calling in part for the release of a serv detained for attacking ca, civil police. tensions flared, and serbia put its army on high combat alert. well, the european union just recently published a peace plan to normalize ties in kosovo. both sides have endorsed the road map, which includes strengthening the self managing rights of the serbian minority in kosovo. a group that refuses to recognise kosovo as an independent country for more than 20 years. the international peacekeeping force k for, has been mediating between the 2 ethnic groups to maintain stability, a balancing act in a country, divide it, ah,

they've been more heavily armed in the past. but for the soldiers of the k, for international peacekeeping force, the pistols are largely symbolic at the moment. for now, the situation is calm and northern, kosovo. there's a chance to connect with the locals in the small town of little savage. on one of our local stabs at restaurant found out that there had been a power outage. and so we're just trying to get a feel for how far the power outage spread. and alex like, affecting the local population right now at the local hospital. a doctor confirmed that there was an outage, but says they had emergency generators. a power outage here can have significance for the military. so the soldiers gather information whenever they can, before having the obligatory cup of coffee with kosovo, just celebrated 15 years of independence. but an epo savage,

only serbian flags are on display. the defiant words splashed on the wall. read this is serbia. have no fear. we are here to protect you. we try to keep a very neutral posture. we don't wanna look too aggressive or what up cuz that in a day, i mean we're people to, we understand like the issues and concerns that they have as well. we follow the peacekeepers nor to the border with a regularly patrol and for good reason to is or the bundling. it was a few weeks ago. there was a flare up at the border with radical serbs clashing with kosovo, albanians. the tension ran higher than it had in a long time, not least because of an unidentified group of masked man. with the russians, a serb says in the cellphone footage. desmond speculation that mercenaries from the

notorious wagner group were brought in as agitators on russian orders. k 4 has observed what unfolding without intervening, the soldiers only step in of kosovo and you police force has failed to get the situation under control. by a squad in particular, we were responsible for on top of the hill behind us. like in that general vicinity like ensuring and no side traffic was coming through. and just we had others that belong with our company on stand by just re the support. see, you know, the a, kosovo police department? no. where are the divisions in kosovo, more evident than in the city of metro visa, where the south is mostly populated by kosovo, albanians and the north by kosovo, serbs, you police guard the bridge that connects the 2 parts on the albanian side. people

talk about their fear and distrust. thus, for these cabinets on woman, i know that up when we don't have any kind of relationship with the people over there. now i'm not sure the daughter she thought and okay me. but what i'm, what i'm afraid to talk to not yet that because i go over there often and they could do something to me. in the north, there are serbian flags everywhere. the only person willing to speak with us is a teenager almost doubled the boy. how to make it better? no idea. now, i mean they may be by kosovo, fully belonging to serbia, the commerce with it, but we don't go to the other side. nice to that. we don't have any friends there. so we stay here in the north and and serbia. oh, kosovo and serbia have agreed to a proposal aimed at stabilizing relations. and although both sides have yet to sign, it is the 1st shimmer of hope in a long time. so most of the movement of what makes me more optimistic is some of

the pressure of the western countries or serbia, you know, surveys surrounded by, by european union and by nato. are these cars are right on the way back to the base . the key for soldiers made a group of serbs protesting the expropriation of property by the kosovo state. yes, the long colloquy waffle, morty, gone. it's in your power and you and your superiors could talk to the leaders and the people in charge in pristina that would really help us last you please. i don't like the most i can do is relay that. but what i can do for you guys like, cuz at 1st we didn't think that we were welcomed at the protests. you, i mean, but we can stop, hang out, show the, we're here. and i mean, so it's like a unity. kenneth m like is at yahoo is act. if he was friendly. the serbs claim that's neighbors from the kosovo police are hiding up in the forest. and indeed,

there are some patrol cars following the protest from a distance. we are not allowed to film. distrust runs deep in kosovo on both sides, and there is little to indicate that it will change anytime soon. bare treasures of the ocean that have existed for hundreds of millions of years. and it's not only divers and ecologists who are enchanted by these natural treasures. but also jewelers, the red coral from the mediterranean sea is coveted and is found in abundance. and it leaves torre del grayco at the organisms are under threat not only from climate change, but also from poaching. smugglers are plundering the precious, read coral to get a share of the multi $1000000.00 industry. mico cut towel, though, is a vendor who knows the tricks smugglers used to evade the authorities. naples in southern italy, for centuries,

the region has been famous for quarrels under the shadow of mount vesuvius, lies torre del grecko. the unofficial capital of the global coral trade. local business leaders are up, beet, red coral jewelry is once again in demand international fashion and jewelry. brands are flocking to torre del could echo local entrepreneur maria de simona believes this success is helped by a serious commitment to conservation. she says her business strictly follows environmental protection rules. yeah. she's aware of the illegal coral trade but says that's a different world. you have a name, you have a story, you have her something to defend and there you don't do this things. there are many factories, i mean also small, which have a name. i respectful name, and i'm sure they don't, that they have nothing to do with these people. eventually we find

a merchant who's willing to discuss the darker side of the coral trade. michael catallo says the atmosphere is something akin to a gold rush. he says, although authorities are keeping a closer eye on the problem, smugglers continue finding new routes. i say something although very cordial for because a day later um let possible goods, goods the call from spain as been isabel softer country. and so they, spain, france, i don't come in italy. they find another way we head to the other side of the mediterranean sea, wherein to barker on tenicia, northern mediterranean coast. for centuries, everything here revolved around precious coral. but unlike in italy, business is slow. local residents tell us 90 percent of the shops have closed

because there is no more coral available. she walked to my flock on will at some point there will probably be no more quarrel left at all. hello. people die out more. that as a shortage already makes it unaffordable for people here may yet have no money. who can afford top quality coral jewelry? it may be artists or business people on that there. for years, solid butare worked as a coral diver. he insists he always stuck to the rules, but now he's grown too old for the job and allows other divers to use his boat instead. yeah, laquisha was a lot of illegal fishing going on and that creates huge problems for us. because at destroyers or carl stocks and the entire seebert me due to no fault mother. if 10 kilos of coral are growing on a rock, illegal fishing methods will destroy all the habitat around it. yeah, plesk and you know, the gray is our robert g. my yellows of the coral is lost and only one kilo

ends up being caught. sorry, as i said, almost daunted fast. he says the coral is smuggled by a tunisia and scent all over the world. demand in southern europe and asia is especially high. he says it's hard for authorities to verify the corals origins. she did grow coolers almost like cocaine these days that are happy. cook county, i mean that yard a while ago they caught an italian man with a boat, who was transporting coral to italy illegally. dr. sat or got it figured out yet that everyone knows smuggling is happening here. it's not, that's not illegal. anything the coast guard regularly conducts tis of votes at the small port of to barca. 3 years ago, they uncovered a network of smugglers. from algeria, tunisia and spain, whose global trade and coral was worth, millions of heroes has blown out for that was in, they often store the goods in the city of desert,

where the capital tunis asthma. then they tried to exported it, not the classic route is to italy, it could have been a spec via it from there, the coral is often transported to destinations as far away as india, with the lemons put it italian hint in many asian countries. the underwater species are said to have health benefits and even supernatural powers. criminal networks go to great lengths to cash in on the precious corals which often live hundreds of meters below the surface. jewelry artisan, murat are folly, is convinced that all the problems plaguing the coral stem from one thing, humans and their great gene huddle. wishing out of them just like many other species or corals are dying because we no longer give them time time to grow and develop and simply don't appreciate the treasures of our oceans anymore. so mickey had to give us, she was you in love that we are all back in taught a del grecko,

the problems of the north african traders seemed far away. even still, many are realizing if they don't take action to combat the illegal trade, the coral stocks could run out forever. for centuries, pete has been used in irish homes for fuel and heating. the country likes other natural resources like coal, oil, and gas. pete, also known as turf, is not only found in abundance in ireland. it is also cheap. many people in the countryside build up their own reserves. first, eating and cooking. know conroy is one of them. for now, at least he is rattled by the government's plan to ban turf. cutting pete lens that are intact, store vast amounts of c o 2 and can reduce greenhouse gases. but for the people in the irish countryside, the climate friendly alternative to heat and fuel their homes is an unattractive option. ah leim and a sister phyllis price of

a veritable treasure and the garden, their property and the irish midlands includes moorland and de cheer. the harvest pete, also known as turf, the heath, their house. well, the, the, the good part that you're looking for, part to barn is from this level. and that's ground tough. that, that deft with right to the, to the end there would keep one house warm for a year that the family has been harvesting pete for generations. the siblings, their children, all of them burn pete for heating. it's part of the culture, but possibly for not much younger. burning pete is very damaging to the climate of the irish government wants to put an end to it. well, i don't think we're causing that much. i mean, a lot of the plans up there and we never get anything is cheapest turf? i mean, we don't have all these in our house. we just have their supply of pete spears,

them from skyrocketing energy bills. once a year they use a machine to collect and cook the pete. it's been set aside to dry and that's it was scary. 250 years worked to tar fair. and that will do for over year. steve, there are some 100000 people in arlan to still harvest pete from the local moors to heat their homes. many are fighting to keep things as they are. oh, last year the government's tried to implement a partial ban on pete cutting. it triggered under the countryside like here in clara almost circling 90 percent of the houses here are, are boarding local politicians and lobbyists like seamus. poland did all they could to lift the restrictions,

saying they'd come too fast when you introduce the law without the supports to implement that law than you, you cause enormous trouble and pain and it's practically and physically not possible for people to make that change. mm hm. that's one side of the story. but tristram white says there's another side and time is of the essence. pete lance can work miracles in the fight against climate change and c o 2 emissions is put great effort into restoring this more carbon from the air that then look under that water table and it save that for thousands of years. and that was a part of the carbon cycle they were taking this, this, this, this carbon from the atmosphere and lock in it away. and, you know, that was what was regulated climb and regulate in a temperature. about 90 percent of irelands wetlands have been destroyed. partly through industrialization, this bog just opposite was extracted for a former pete power plant. this site is

releasing carbon, you know it, it's crackin and it's, it's, it's leaking off in the water as well as all the carbon and the peat following pressure from residence in rural areas. cutting pete remains allowed for private use, but commercial sale of pete is banned when to pressure from the you to meet climate targets. the irish government is still intent on persuading those who still burn pete for heating to switch to greener methods. one of the huge yeah, important things with what low cost loans, we need to move to electricity for heating and we're going to produce huge amounts of renewable electricity in the coming decade here in orland. no conroy is worried . he needs turf to heat his house to cook, and to have a hot shower. i'd have to spend a 100000 here now to bring my house up to don't want a modern to house,

and i just can't afford us. he rejects allegations that he doesn't care about the environment, like others. he gave his bug to the state so it could be restored. in return, he received a smaller piece of moorland for his own use. we want to play our heart for it rather than gun crucifying us. we we, we should go have dinner to, to load us. and if tor fulton is colemander has to be a us a solid alternative for now there is no satisfactory solution. i'm putting an end to the traditional practice of p t harvesting. it's hard to imagine with ether being some major investments. he is a celebrated top chef and france with several michelin stars to his name. here the marks moves in exclusive circles in the capital, paris, but his personal philosophy is quite the opposite. the chef rose from humble

beginnings to become a millionaire, all without a high school diploma. he believes wealth is a good thing if it's shared, some away from afghanistan is benefiting from his generosity, clearly has founded schools in france that give migraines, the school dropouts and ex convicts a chance at a fresh start. michelin started shaft here he marks is giving the final touches to the ravioli. he is serving in his new paras restaurant. he has a keen eye for detail. his philosophy as that cooking. as not only about talent. he says, all people can do it. if they put their minds to it, tomorrow girth lulu, of horse, any one can reach a very high level if you're determined and not afraid of certain words, like discipline, rigor and commitment, you can reach the top longest roll. it was probably the thumb, hulu. when you,

those are all attributes that samarnie has. after fleeing afghanistan, 4 years ago, he had to find his way, 1st in austria than in france. summary says cooking is not just about earning a living. it's a calling for our was yeah. and if for expect your 3rd, griffin, i already had experience because i learned to cook with my mother or more live with the on falls her in francisco, i live with 5 with the afghans and i cook afghan dishes for them, for it was in a low i've got no. margie terry marks is passionate about training and susie asked at cooks liked samarnie. oh, he teaches classes in the cooking school. he founded cuisine mode employ. we'll say here's a tube. when you make shoe pastry, be sure to beat the eggs 1st. up. gentle plated,

every movement must be precise, which can be difficult. the shaft pays attention to every detail truck as worker. i would say there's still some egg missing, but remote empty through the tally marks has been criticized for supporting migrants in his school. detractors has said he'd grant asylum to anyone who wants to cook the fall regularly behalf papers, even if there's a time limit member since we want to import knowledge. so they have more freedom, little more autonomy and can live their life on french soil in the best conditions possible with a professional solar cell or signal in the off with the shop. he may have a committee more than 6000 people have trained at the school. not only migrants,

but also people who spent time in jail or who didn't graduate from school. she had a marks himself didn't graduate from school and he wants to help people put their problems behind them. lou facilities were not interested in people's past, or we ask what they want to do now. if they want to cook, we can help with it. for summer, hey, it's the chance of a lifetime. one he doesn't want to miss the go though, that they had to learn a little breath because she was here. but i'm happy that they learned it is very, very from my shift theory works. those who get through 3 months of training and pass the exams can usually find a job in high end paris restaurants that this works. and what mil gift we noticed that it puts people back in an upright position. they can see beyond the horizon. and imagine becoming establish chefs and crafting their own style in

summer a wants to combine afghan and french cuisine. one idea is to serve traditional afghan man to or dumplings with a french style vegetable broth. lo, i want to often my starfish, my foremost hewn. i want to work after that, i want to open up the restaurant property with the blessing of t. every marks who hopes his trainees will make it as far as he has people flying through the air and bouncing off the walls in a church. it's not a wholly miracle, but an unorthodox place of worship in the northern english city of bradford wrestling needs religion. while it may seem like an odd paring to some for the congregation, it's a match made in heaven. oh, in a country where many churches have been turned into restaurants or night clubs, some clerics decided to turn the tables. they bought

a nightclub and converted it into a church. not that it looks like one much at 1st glance. yes, there is a cross yellow and a candle, but there's also a bath tub at the fountains church in bradford and northern england and most unusual, a wrestling ring and a monthly show you read the bible. there are stories in that can enable someone got murdered. there are always a people fighting the whole of book of job isn't wrestling with, with the circumstances that he's in the som see. david's kind of expressing his feelings, like all of that is in the bible and there's worse than wrestling in the bible. that's certainly true. and some may prefer rock guitar to the more traditional church organ. in any case, the atmosphere is electric. as the 2 wrestlers step into the ring. in this choreograph show metal god, alex and jack johnson seems evenly matched. but it's the latter who gets the upper

hand, perhaps with a little help from above. his tiny got led down the wrong path, getting wiring from being quite rough area. and i got involved with like the wrong crowd of people. and that if i feel like with wrestling and gtm style of his to far i found the right path all his life. i believe now is the right time to take that step into faith. and while shall i all the past. negativity wash away literally after the fight. jap johnson is one of a few to be christened. ah, it's not only the trial that's in great spirits. so is the bishop of bradford, who thinks it's great to preach from the ring, what it means to fight when people are willing to be o about a story. and it is a beautiful thing, and it's a beautiful thing and we, we hold it very tenderly. um, sometimes like tonight i feel like almost need to take off my shoes because it's

holy ground. 02 wrestling matches 3 christenings and 12 confirmations all in one evening. and this night club turn church in bradford ah, spandex and sermons. who would have thought? that's all for him as this week at focus on europe. thanks so much for watching. bye for now. ah, ah, ah, ah, with

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