still exercise led by germany with international cooperation and exclusive look at military tactics and what motivates soldiers to keep going? in 60 minutes on dw, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. the magic corner chat, hot spot. and some great culture of the board has to double your travel off we go 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 a 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 this kind of flutter 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. it 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 conflicts on your son jim is 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 he'd been trapped and decided to escape some off of the sale to me, it was all or nothing. i thought either i'll go to prison for many years because i left my army unit or 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 in 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 sent the front and the know that 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 taught anything that the entire training consists of fire and the machine gun. once the news of the human rights activists have noted over a 1000 court proceedings over alleged positions, the actual number of disorders is thought to 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, you, that was. but many other russians did much the same. they never expected. the tutoring would actually invade ukraine, too long, so it wasn't more of a mess. 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 had 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 the chairs. i don't feel safe in georgia and not because the people here are 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 to show some of the state media are giving the russians be impression that personnel are in short supply and men of working age 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 extend as the up age for conscription. albania was long considered, the poor house, so he, europe, but the country on the as radek seat has develop into a tourist do. thanks. a huge lead to its natural beauty and long coastlines, wonderful being as wonderful pearls as the coon, a vine lagoon. but it's threatened 1st global warming and erosion has heavily

affected the coast of the country. and 2nd, locals have often been treating nature just to carelessly albini as the goons in the north of the country seem like paradise dental. she says she comes here to work. he's been a fisherman for 40 years and quinn, a vine with the fish population, is started to decline. he said, let's just go for just a moment. describe, enter, originally, go in there been fewer fish. if you are a model associate them up from one year to the next, we get less then this laguna was amazing. and the problem is you could catch thousands of kilos to fish of our whole current above 0 is if is that is on the me . i agree and trying to cool only the small strip of land separate 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. jeannie says he's an environmental listing. the region and

observes biodiversity video that we have to over there is deandre attic, seen, and this is really good. ex, still ending between the 2 is shrinking. he says, due to climate change, 3, we have moved maritime storms on erosion. high temperatures, floods you, all of this has been affecting the reading, the studies, the civil swell, the more than the logo. and yet, genie says if there is no governmental intervention, albania is coast also will keep shrinking and estimated one 3rd of the countries coastline is already affected by your ocean. these bunker was built during the communist era for decades ago. back then, it used to be at least 40 meters away from the sea shore. many of these bunkers already under water, others are close to being immersed by the sea. and there is less beach 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. 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 sea, the landscape, you used to be different dense woodlands, pine trees as his private footage, dating back to 2005 shows. and when i did the usual, it saw the so 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 sea, and 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's due to some 5th, the nation's of missouri. they'll be in government should be doing much more to stop you erosion. he said, we are headed to the capital to run up in the environmental ministry. we need claudio, no more recount. she starts with coastal conservation. what we suffer is being demonstration, the lack of the financial resources and also of the human resources. because when we're talking about the financial, the resources, this is also linked with the human resources that are needed to work on the

implementation process or less than one percent. of the national budget is set aside for environmental protection. she says an estimate albino would need to spend 30 times as much money that the impoverished country locks back into the lagoon corner by the ex. essential thread is grueling for people who make their living here. says that they come on call because the this yeah 3 long as long as you're sitting 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 they got the me the most us the times when he pulled the key laughter, key, little fish alone go more and more efficient men 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 la, important here at the journey is a goal in itself. you the train trip a choice of readings? concert is kyrie ok. even best will sweet and your time. and when you get off the train at your destination, you won't really care if the train was licked a quick south the end, it's all aboard the culture train. it's francis, getting claimants 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 of there's supposed to be concert later. apparently the single to us is 5. the 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 it is that so because in the car where the vice so usually kept the berlin based, ukrainian trio show have taken center stage. they are performing a mixture of russian swing and coffee house music task. it's a 1st for the band to performing on the rails. that is so it's wonderful that people gather round. 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. yes, i chose it because of all the entertainment on board with clocks funds, it sounded excited, much like something might go down here. right now it's kind of fault 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. both lori 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. growth 12 is a bustling city, full of loss, hip music, scene tubs, clubs, or in the evening by the river. and there standing modern art here to the francis, the claimants and the other culture train. passengers take the weekend to explore the city. we were a group on the train home to listen to their impressions around the find 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 trained teams objectives, to encourage people to explore their neighboring country through culture, to travel consciously, is even on the left, leaving people aren't just glued to their laptops, like in euro, city, and interest. city trains sometimes. when they open their eyes, look out the window and 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. so to healed the past to strengthen the ties that have been screened historically the book is to type, learn so much about the city and it's right next door opened and 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 princess going claimants have to look forward to when they return roma often experienced a discrimination and to 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 or wrestlers fight each other. it's a popular sport in which the opponents are covered in oil. the roll, my truce, i didn't, john and byron half in practice in this sport, and they're both most talented. they are not fighting for victory alone, but also for social advancement. in just a few minutes, the match by them has drained so long for it will finally begin. he is about to enter the arena of the oil wrestlers. turkey's best athletes are squaring off here

in violet. i'm the home town. 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 winter is the 1st to throw his opponents on his back. both struggle for the decisive hole then then is quit by. it goes through to the next round.

by it i'm his younger brother. item john is also competing today. the 13 year old wants to follow his brothers lead by his home has already made it into an athletic development program. if i done so on, wins the tournament, he might get into i'm nervous, but i've trained hard to win. total i'm shown is already won 3 rounds in this tournament. 10 is now in the semi finals, and within a few minutes, he is one again, it's evening and the brothers neighborhood. only rome lived here with their mother, subject in your is preparing dinner. she is a men sleep proud of her son success. even though it has not always been easy.

i might be up almost at this board cost money. you make it for their food and equipment, and we'd rent here. and my husband only makes minimum wages. so i don't sean and buy them dream of bettering their social standing through sport unemployment among roman youth is 65 percent more than 3 times the turkish average. one problem is the lack of role models. you mean 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. yeah, many become addicts, problems the next day, the scenes, heavy weights, the bosh pillay box compete in the reno. 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 it. 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, all call me the rose of the roma. roman living goose expired on the stern in the rena, just before the round ears tense because he has just learned that his opponent is 2 years older and inexperienced breslin. but by i'm fights. well, the 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 gets not enough via them loses younger brother is only one, went away from the tide. gives them some less 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 old spouts goes into extra time the i don't son celebrate 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 rental department and came up with the idea of building some a self, if tiny house, with 2 floors and a 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 mean,

sometimes it's 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. honda was stressful 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 the 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]

the, the thread to the baltic states. what would happen is russia attacked lithuania to health, a military rehearsal for, in this scenario. in spring of 2023. it was

a large scale exercise led by germany with international cooperation and exclusive look at military tactics and what motivates soldiers to keep going. in 30 minutes on dw, into the conflict with tim sebastian america, the secretary of state, down to the clinton was finally engaging in the long delay the whole slide in us china relations. the main sticking point is still taiwan. i guess the time of these 4 minutes, joseph, the islands living on the complex 90 minutes on dw the

just the other day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day in depth look at current news, events analyzed right? experts to come to critical. i think yours not just another show. this is the weekdays on dw, the discovery change your mind just just click away. find out best document trees on you to see the world, the, the, the subscribed no. to dw documentary. i'm not,

i love mastering. i've loved her since the beginning because of her character because of her courage and how she thinks most rain. so today, wise mother annoyed for nearly 4 decades. she's for peace, for the for brace of freedoms in their homeland. they run in spite of love, very few trifold children should not inherit science from us. the an income if you look into the nice just the task july 29th on t w the . this is dw news, and these are our top stories. white improvements as rush over provide free grange of 6 african countries in the coming months west. the russian president made the