as i say is the size of these foreign minister, joseph the islands living on borrowed conflicts in 60 minutes, dw, outdoor sports, all of our scoring we say they were about never giving up sports flies every weekend on d w. the high welcome to focus on europe. it's great to have you with us. the war in ukraine and to russian occupation has been going on for more than 500 days. no prospects of

an end are bleak as the situation at the front. e bowls into trench warfare. ukrainian counter offensive is meeting heavy russian resistance around the town of the moot. both sides are fighting for every inch and each country is reporting high casualties. this information has not been verified independently. so these 2 russian men don't want to fight for pooty. they flip their country when they were threatened to wisconsin scription, they feared being used as kind of sutter on the front line and were horrified by the idea of killing ukrainian soldiers. one of them said to georgia the other to cause us to report him at the 2 men who even now don't feel safe from the long arm of most count for some months now, a young russian man has been living in fear of being discovered here in tbilisi george's capital he won't tell us his real name. we'll call him nikita.

until last february, nikita lived in studied in moscow. then he was called up for military service, and he fled. i didn't want to go to war, leaving the country was my only chance. i knew the consequences that i'd have to hide from russia for the rest of my life. i'd never be able to return, but i just don't want to kill people. i'm not afraid of dying or landing in prison, but killing people. i can't do that. thousands of kilometers away in europe, western context on your son's you have it's living here for now. he'll show his face. he wants to go public. when the mobilization commenced an autumn 2022, he was ordered to report to the military ostensibly to confirm his personnel data.

but one eagle or showed up, he was inducted on the spot. that same evening, he was to be taken to an army training camp. a few weeks later he was to be sent to the front, eager felt you've been trapped and decided to escape from the roof off of his fail to me. it was all or nothing. i thought either i'll go to prison for many years because i left my army unit where i'll die somewhere in ukraine. any of your thoughts on even though what to look at it. so i'd rather go to prison. yes. okay, so we'll say i thought i would assume i don't want to take the risk of, i'm gonna start as go watch. i don't wanna gamble in this lottery called the war that president putin and staging there. but he's getting some pointed them me, but i this lottery as ego, our son, chief costs of war and ukraine is deadly. he says, the latest media reports say it's cost tens of thousands, depression lives. currently, none of the figures can be confirmed. many of those called up left here under

pollutants mobilization order were fathers and many came from russia's poorest regions. a few complained to human rights organizations are in social media about the poor conditions and shortages of arms and ammunition. new done the for you, we get lots of reports about the k. you said the front and the no, but sometimes nobody knows who the commanding officers are, but it is a need for the some say they were simply dumped in an open field with no idea of what to do and no leadership of any kind. the. we've heard that conscripts aren't talked anything that the entire training consists of fire and the machine gun once the human rights activists have noted over a 1000 court proceedings over alleged positions. the actual number of disorders is thought it'd be much higher and the general fear of another mobilization still looms. the men who join the military before the war have even more to fear,

like nikita in georgia, as he tells us the military finance does. university studies in return, he had to sign on for 3 years of service. after graduating. i sign the contract out of sheer stupidity. there were many things i wasn't aware of when i started university, the age 20. i thought, okay, i'll waste 3 years in the army, but i get my degree. know nikita realizes, toner eve, that was, but many other russians did much the same. they never expected. the tutoring would actually invade ukraine, too long. so it was more of a less the financial opportunities for our people are limited. you wages aren't paid when your health care is poor mobilization and joining the war effort was the only chance many people have to show up their budgets. one person might have a daughter about to start college sports. another might have taken out a mortgage. a 3rd might need a car. but now with the war in full swing, it's

a question of life and death. ego or in the key to know that in russia disorders face long prison sentences cause enough for their chairs. i don't feel safe in georgia and not because the people here are a meeting or anything. as a russian, i have never experienced any negative sentiments from the georgians. but here i am just as afraid of the russian states as ever. sometimes i have nightmares of my old boss knocking at my door and saying, i found you the fiegel or applied for asylum in context of what was rejected. he appealed and was turned down again. now he's facing deportation to russia. ego has no illusions about his future. mean you have the ability to remove or continue. you can expect either prison or

ukraine at the front. you know, almost a show. some of the state media are giving the russians the impression that personnel are in short supply. what you see and men of working age ought to go to the front of a cell phone that they'll chest and we will use this. but neither ego nikita intend to comply. they're making every effort to stay abroad as long as they can. president protein has not waste the upward age limit for reserve this and also extended the up age for conscription, albania was long considered the poor house of europe. but the country on the, as radix see, has developed into, into, with you. thanks, a huge lead to its natural beauty and long coastlines, one of all being as wonderful pearls as the coon of vine lagoon. but it's threatened 1st global warming and erosion has heavily affected the coast of the

country and 2nd, local stuff off being treating nature, just to carelessly albini as the goons in the north of the country seem like paradise. dumber says here comes here to work. he's been a fisherman for 40 years, including a vine, put the fish population has started to decline. he said, let's just go for just a moment. describe entre originally going. there been fewer fish, fewer models. so if you them up from one year to the next, we get you less than this laguna was amazing. and the problem is you could catch thousands of kilos to fish of a whole current above 0. because if it does is on the me, i can try to only the small strip of land separates the every optic. see from the local the sea level is rising, allowing more blue crafts to enter the lagoon. they are replacing the natural fish population. yup. genie said he's an environmental is thing to region and observes

biodiversity video. they have to over there is deandre attic, seen and this is the coolest still. and in between to, to his drinking. he says, due to climate change, 3, we have moved maritime storms, erosion, high temperatures, floods, you, all of this has been affecting the other good or anything. if that is the sea will swell the more than the logo and you have, jeannie says if there's no governmental intervention, albania is coast also will keep shrinking. an estimated one 3rd of the countries coastline is already affected by your ocean. these bunker was bills during the communist era for decades to go back then it used to be at least 40 meters away from the sea shore. many of these bunkers already underwater, others are close to being immersed by the sea. and there is less speech for torres to enjoy. as the sea advances inlet would be the loom gimme

plus to the last year we had more umbrellas this year. we have one roll less. who knows what happens next year? maybe we will lose another room for new hotels are also being built locals fee or the construction will speed up your ocean spots, you know, cause concern this restaurant built by his father in the late 19 ninety's will disappear into the see the landscape. you used to be different dense woodlands, pine trees, as it's private footage, dating back to 2005 shows. when i did the usual, it saw these, all the locals from the village used to come here back then everything was green. it was like a forest like the amazon to me, but now i'm of you can see for yourself really damned or funny. yes. according to this as well. no much is left from the time. most of the trees are gone. taken by

the c n by people local villagers, we legally cut them down. few a tourists come here to visit, which means less revenue for his restaurant comes. if you have them simple for invest, i'm my entire family has invested the money here in the business, and we are very sad about what's happening because it's our lives investment that state near to some fit the nation's of missouri. they'll be in government should be doing much more to stop your ocean. he said, we are headed to the capital to run into environmental ministry. we need claudio, no more rica. she starts with coastal conservation. what we suffer is the demonstration, the lack of the financial resources and also of the human resources. because when we are talking about the financial, the resources, this is also linked with the human resources that are needed to work on the

implementation process. in less than one percent of the national budget is set aside for environmental protection. she says an estimate, albania would need to spend 30 times as much money that the impoverished country lux, back into lagoon, queen of mine, the existential threat is growing for people who make their living here. says that they come on the go because the this yeah 3 lawn far as you sit in this lagoon already gave for science years ago, but we did not take it seriously that everything here is coming to an end feeling that the way they got to be made the most says the times when he pulled in key laughter. key little fish alone go more and more efficient and are quitting blue crap. that's the only thing now abundant here. train journeys can sometimes be terribly adult if you need to get from a to

b. that's definitely not the case though. if you bought a special train connecting building with ross lot important here at the journey is a goal in itself. you the train trip, a choice of readings, concerts, karaoke, yet even best will squeeze in your time. and when you get off the train at your destination, you won't really care if the train was licked a quick sophie and it's all aboard the culture train. it's franciscan claimant's 1st time on this route from germany to poland. on this train though, it's just as much about the journey as a destination for linda road, suave accompanied by culture in art we're really happy to be headed to drop off for the weekend. i think it'll be great, and we'll even taking some culture on the train. there's supposed to be a concert later. apparently. sometimes it's 5, but i've never actually been to poland. it's exciting because i grew up in east

germany. your think i would have been on their minds like that is that so because in the car where the bikes are usually kept, the berlin bass ukrainian trio show have taken center stage. they are performing a mixture of russian swing and coffee house music. it's a 1st for the band to performing on the rails. that is something that's wonderful. the people gathered around. they're curious and they listen to us play some of them even dance. it's fantastic. that's why most of the passengers chose the culture train rather than the faster euro city tre . absolutely, absolutely. yes,

i chose it because of all the entertainment on board clocks funding. it sounded exciting, much like something might go down here. yeah. right now it's kind of full glory. you could say i thought it might be a bit more fun, a bit more chic, but hey, of the bank for other passengers. polk laurie hits the spot, summer ukrainian, refugees traveling to poland to meet friends. the it's excellent. it would be great if it were like this all the time. the people are happy, they get on the train with a smile. the train's motto is what connects us more than appropriate in times of war. we must fight the disasters of the world

together. not hate one another. it's good to find projects that bring us together. we're really happy to be here. a few hours later we arrive in 2016, 0, appear in capital of culture. broke 12 is a bustling city. full of life. a hit music scene. tubs, clubs, or in the evening by the river. and there standing modern arts here to the francis the claimants and the other culture train. passengers take the weekend to explore the city. we were at group on the train home to listen to their impressions. as found the point, what we really noticed on our trip is how seldom we look to the east. our polish and check neighbors aren't on our radar nearly as much as our westerly neighbors

misplaced the window, shut those in. and that's one of the culture trading teams objectives, to encourage people to explore their neighboring country through culture, to travel consciously. it's even an item live leave and people aren't just glued to their laptops, like in euro, city, and interest, city trains. sometimes it does rent out, they open their eyes, look out the window, strike up a conversation with the person sitting opposite or in this place. especially when you're a german traveling abroad, you're on a kind of political mission to healed the past to strengthen the ties that have been strained. historically the book is to kind of learn so much about the city and it's right next door to i'd love to come back. it's sunday afternoon and the culture train we can do is are all back on board new

routes and an ever changing cultural program. just to things franciscan claimants have to look forward to when they return roma often experienced discrimination and social exclusion. they belong to an ethnic minority in europe. one of the largest will not communities lives in indiana, turkey. and here once a year, the country's best on wrestlers fight each other. it's a popular sport in which the opponents are covered in oil. the roll monitors i didn't, john and byrom has been practice in this sport and they're both talented. they are not fighting for victory alone, but also for social advancement. in just a few minutes, the match by them has trained so long for will finally begin. he is about to enter the arena of the oil wrestlers, turkeys, best athletes, or squaring off here in biomes. hometown hope you do me. the 15 year old romance is

also wrestling prejudice. i'm feeling really strong. it starts in a few minutes and of course i'm pumped it started to rain to the care canard. tournament is famous. anything can happen. the wrestlers are 1st coded in olive oil to make it harder for the opponents to gain a home by of them has already won the title once 2 years ago. he wants to do it again. the bouts begins. the winner is the 1st to throw his opponents on his back. both struggle for the decisive whole the and then then is quit by them goes through to the next round.

by the younger brother, item john is also competing today. the 13 year old wants to follow his brothers lead biome has already made it into an athletic development program. if i don't on wins the tournament, he might get into. i'm nervous, but i've trained hard to win. total fight on. sean is already won 3 rounds in this tournament and is now in the semi finals. and within a few minutes, he is one again. it's evening in the brothers neighborhood. only rome i live here. their mother, soft in yours, is preparing dinner. she is mentally proud of her son success. even though it has not always been easy on my people,

most of them this board cost money. you make it for their food and equipment and we'd rent here. and my husband only makes minimum wage. height on sean and buy it from dream of bettering their social standing through sport unemployment among roman youth is 65 percent more than 3 times the turkish average. the one problem is the lack of role models. it is sitting in by the roman. i have hardly any options. if you don't finish school, you play music. maybe just you. if that doesn't work, you collect garbage. you have many become addicts, problems the next day, the scenes, heavy weights, the bosh pill yvonne's compete in the reading. a few wrestlers make it this far and some doubt that a roman could ever do it, believing they're all just born drinkers and criminals by as um, as long suffer from such prejudices. sorry,

any incident. i think this is the best way i can represent the roma room on the end of my success so far speaks for itself. yeah, the roman model is that a lot of roma, especially in my neighborhood called me the rose of the roma. romano expired on the stern in the arena just before the round ears tense because he has just learned that his opponent is 2 years older and inexperienced wrestler by um, flights well, after 20 minutes, they take a short break before the round goes into extra time. and again, back and forth for some minutes. but

in the end, it's not enough bye of them loses younger brother is only one, went away from the time to get some some last tips and i don't, son is the term i've trained well in all the the champion items sounds opponents, his strong to like his brother is a 13 year olds about goes into extra time the i don't, son celebrates what is the fight over the referee hesitates. i dont john has one. now there is no holding back the otherwise reserved boy to run my brothers and one great dream to fight their way to the,

to the the housing market in london, as you might know, was over crowded and overpriced. and yet, harrison marshall needed a place to stay in the english capital. the resourceful rick looked for alternatives to a renter department and came up with the idea of the like himself. if tiny house was 2 floors and the kitchen, it's an amazing project and it's not everyone's cup of tea. i'm house and muscle. i'm a designer and i go to, i'm also an artist. and this is where i live in a tiny house and escaped. his home measures a full 6 square meters of living space. it's got a kitchenette, a chair and the bed. the restroom is a port, a potty. you take showers at the fitness center. wow. so i missed some of these

nice having housemaids because because you know, you feel a little bit of a need for you. but harrison never really feels lonely. as soon as he moved in, he started taking videos in the skip, british english for container. with over 55000 instagram followers, his popularity spills over into real life. the motivation was simply the cost of living in london, the dreaded house. hans was successful in such a night that even just finding a place that was within budget typically that that'd be a 100 other people on that same road. so i decided to build terrace and worked on his project for about 3 months, investing about $4500.00 euros in it. the city council provided the lot in south east london to his neighbors. let him use their water. all he has to pay is a power bill of about 60 years, a month conceived as an art project. the aims to expose the sheer absurdity of london's housing market. his plan was to live in the skip for one year. but if he

likes it, harrison might stay longer for his current needs. this place is just perfect, and that's off on this edition of focus on europe. thank you for watching. on behalf of the whole team. hope to see you again next week, bye. for now. the, [000:00:00;00]

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