of the multi taskings diesel, modern methods. because if we do too much, we teddy all wrong. we messed things up, risking brain damage. so let's stop this self sabotage, humans and multitasking. watching our new to v w documentary, the hello and welcome to this week's focus on europe with neil is show. the war in the middle east is shaken people in europe to in major cities, many are taken to the streets to demonstrate against the violence. around 300000 people, march to london in a pro palestinian demonstration. they called for an immediate cease fire and an end

to is really a tax and got them in paris around a $100000.00 participants protested against increasing anti semitism in france. they also called for unity encountering hatred against you. many people have left israel out of fear of further attacks. among them is mendel. most kavitsky found refuge in hungary home to one of the largest jewish communities in europe. most of its and his family have moved into a place right on the shore of lake bella told him here they and other jewish refugees can recover from the terrible events back home scenes of serenity after the chaos of conflict. people arising from me through it, this shelter on the banks of hungary lake about on save. it's a godsend, it's, it's a miracle inside signs of jewish prayer, fill, and improvised synagogue. the children sing songs in hebrews and kitchen

stuff, cook kosher food for 200 residents. many of them are mothers who fled hungry after them off the tax. it was very quiet for my children to have the booms and it's was crazy. i live. i live in on an order. they were afraid. this was time. i said they're going to do to us, so we were of actuated, she decided to come here to hungry, which has one of the largest jewish populations in central eastern europe. locals transformed this once abandoned resort into a refugee center after russia's war began last year. for some of the new residents seeking refuge is nothing you mental most of it states eastern ukraine with his family last year on fund a new home and southern use real only to find himself faced with war on his doorstep. once again, last month, a feeling all too familiar throughout history. uh, jews have been evacuated. jews have been expelled from their home countries. many,

many, many times over. and unfortunately, there's the famous saying that history repeats itself. we would love to believe that the world is a better place than it used to be, but unfortunately, we do see we are seeing a big rise and anti semitism right now. all over the world as a sole receive offered the sites to the associations of hon. gearing and ukrainian jewish communities rent free and its closely guarded. but hungary, on team like rhetoric hasn't changed. people here already had the right to travel to the country as you've crating, or is really nationals the right to and government to budapest has faced accusations of feeling divisions and dealing and anti semitic troops. in the past. bought agencies, it has a 0 tolerance policy and anti semitism in early october. prime minister victoria bond bond old protests and so with our to with palestinians, branding them as pro terror. that's something by by shlomo corvette she believes, helps create a sense of safety. yes,

i think demonstrations of such so much shouldn't be bad, hungry has a and it's the society, some level of anti semitic editors just like a other unfortunately, just like in most societies in the world. but there's almost no physical attacks on jewish institutions or are or no physical atrocities. beautiful, some feel secure. others feel silenced. the small memorial outside the posted emission is the only place scott subordinate content from it. that may god he can come to voice his grief and anger. it's really sad that you can speak when, what is your heart or express your emotions after the treasure, the events that we have in the last few days for ramadan, the tragedies, personal optics apartment to shows us photos of loved ones. last, after his family home was hit, mid israel's massive, bombardments, have gone. so i lost my father,

my mother. and my sister. my grandpa. 22 from my 1st degree family. oh yeah, it's really sad to to see the pictures on to know that you're not going to see them in reality. more which did you monetary and catastrophe and costs are growing more dire? daily ramadan has reconciled himself to just one hope just to continue the life with the remaining go. what they have, not those that have regardless backet lake valid on residents turn to face twin, division and suffering. make it hard to see any way ahead. we hope and pray every day that this world and people don't want this war. and people want to live in peace. have families friends at the lake sides default before seals a 1000000 miles away with their future on search and mental knows his family is

lucky to of find refuge here for no, because for so many more safety is still active reach. this also applies to natalia or san sky are from ukraine. she lives less than 30 kilometers from the front lines where the russian and ukrainian soldiers are engaged in fierce battles. fighting for every meter and trying to recapture positions. the situation remains particularly dangerous in the east of ukraine, still occupied by the russian military and especially around separation where europe largest nuclear plant is located. nevertheless, natalie ocean sky returned to her hometown. she wants to defy the danger and to start rebuilding. and she's doing it for the people she loves the most. a symmetry near is that for ratio, every day fresh graves are added natalia ocean scott took us to the grave of his

tongue. a don yard joined to fall into battalions. he was killed when russian tanks attacked his position. natalia came here to mourn at his grave every day for 6 months. yeah. what was the new law then? i realized that done, you wouldn't want to see me in tears and such pain. but because he was always so positive, logan will do, and i threw myself into my work and family was the. yup, it is awful. and that saves me. oh boy, through the atanya is an entrepreneur, ends up a risha at one time an ideal socialist plan, city built during the stolen era, a wide boulevard run through the center. the many people here once tramped over

restoration of the soviet union. now, natalia explains, the city has become a symbol of resistance to the russian invasion. the that has moved, but you know, lots of people have finally understood that everything happening now. as a consequence of the soviet era greater russian patriotism, the russians have always tried to eliminate us from suppressing our language to committing genocide people. but natalia is such and they will not succeed. in 2022, when russian troops occupied the area, they almost completely destroyed natalie's production, east of separation. the family escaped. now with the front line still only 30 kilometers away, she's decided to rebuild her operation. it's a challenge, not least because new work is a hard to find the venetian youth. many people have been displaced. many residents have left parisha and internal

refugees of taking their place. but they don't necessarily have the right training and they're not fully up to the tasks you may need. lots of support for little family business makes organic products is among the best sellers, jams, energy bars and juices made of cornell cherries, a fruit rich and vitamin. see the taste lies somewhere between crim relay and passion fruit. the chair is a common and ukraine where they are traditionally used because explains natalia, whose husband was getting them equally with long ago when the wandering healers came through. and they didn't bother with the villages where cornell cherry trees were growing because they thought the people there didn't fall ill or need any doctors eventually the couple of hope to export their products. but for now,

they have to focus on getting back on their feet and you try and dimensions because we have fewer revenues now since so many people are gone or they have no money in our products or high quality and not cheap. so even with ad ride sirens blaring several times a day, their employees stay on the weekly we've gotten used to it by now. i definitely don't want to leave my country. we never even used to give any thought to how much we love our country, not the most often they watch old videos. the family can no longer reach that form, which is east of that parisha bar in the way of the dragon teeth and mine fields laid by the russians. don had lost his life. in the summer of 2022 sat, gay and natalia have dedicated the rebuilding of the business to him. they planned

for the daughter lisa to take over the company some day. my brother was 24 years old when he died. that taught us to live in the now is it to have fun while we can 30 kilometers away, people are dying. it's a true hell on earth. and so i'm glad of every day that i wake up in my own bed. starting i the ends that parisha of to everything, the families being through won't be easy. every sort and action is overshadowed by the war along with a constant anxiety about the nuclear power plant. just 50 kilometers away. so it's, it's a family to the subject keeps coming up in conversation and is a constant source of tension. but somehow we block it out. we're right on the front

line here. and we have to live with this ever present danger. the ones who couldn't live with it have gone away. only the most resilient state on natalia comes to this place as often as she can to get the new strength to silly me here was that the spirit of the co sacks is all around and you can feel their strength. so i often come here to feel the air that the strong people are the invincible warriors once breached, fairly came when the people in the bottom was near the rebellious cossacks who valued freedom above all else. that's a heritage says natalia. and it may well be the source of inspiration for the spirit of resistance, alive and well in separation to men's has been raising pigs for thousands of years. this particular breed would not be standing here if farmer

volta all and hadn't recognized the potential. it's has especially when it comes to its taste well and owns a pig farm in eastern germany right on the former territory of the german democratic republic in a village called dendrites. insects and me on hold. and the story of former east germany is closely linked to that of orleans pigs of the like, coma, fattening pig is destined for a short life. but this breed almost vanished altogether along with the former german democratic republic. the like, coma pig was bred in this region with its per tile soil like home, a breed still exist. things devoured to learn. but he is likely its last breeder around 2500 like home a table. it's important at this farm every year. we finally have and we will take

them to a stage locked in the next village. 10 kilometers away from the widow states for the next 10 or 11 months until they weigh a 180 killers. then they're ready if it's low to it's their fate. after all, like home is nebraska sion for light sink caulked loose and active berg, the 3 east german regions where the pigs were bred in factory farms and feed lots like this. 170000 pigs were kept packed into close confines with automated feeding. above all for lucrative pork exports to the west. but this came with obstacles like coma peg wasn't well suited to this kind of breeding environment. the reason i, they individualistic stubborn with

a mind if they're running thing that conditions in a big facilities went easy for the animals and each pig had to struggle to get by the offices. kevin, from the cloud. com. but before things really came to a head on the farms, the entire ddr and the like, coma pig came doing that. western breeds were more profitable, were unified. germany almost allowed to like almost to die out of the intel voucher who learned to ride from the netherlands and recognize the potential of the east german pay on his farm and rule sacks me on hold the like home. is there a loud out into the fresh air come rain or shine? it isn't hot to the tough pigs. and the actually much better suited to today is a free range finding then highly productive conventional picks up the convention. now that's why shaggy versus protective pig skin from the sun. in the

early morning and berlin, the next stages of production are underway. this premium, but here is one a voucher lens of regular customers. today, he's taking a shipment of like coma pork sides. the men have their work cut out for them and the heavier than other pigs. and these ones are especially heavy. these are really big pieces. there's plenty of fat on the red. and the meat looks different from supermarket produce, like oma like home, and the heat is naturally dhaka in color. nowadays, most conventional pork actually looks more like chicken breast which are mark, who spencer is convinced by the like, coma, pig, and east germany's decision to breed. in the t d. i

was trying to revive a classic fun pink because they recognized exactly what i've recognized that traditional methods don't work well with modern industrial animal funding to move down in industry the past. the people who loved to hear that everything was bad and the so that i can tell you this, this was a really good idea, a really good initiatives. the lawns also sell like home or products and their farm shop. at higher price has been standard supermarket goods. keeping the animals is more expensive than it was in ddr times. but the breeders have no interest in factory farming. that's awful. maybe we don't have to eat, need to every day, eating

a little less would be better for the climate, for the environment and for the animals to. yeah, let me see the minus why and if i had to put them in pins and pack them in as tightly as back then i'd have to close down the i wouldn't become a vegetarian well, but i wouldn't enjoy breathing picks anymore. diabetes kind of forwarded me a label on these financing with a gentle touch for a tough of peggy. this is how bout are learned once to continue with the animal farming, even under democracy. and in times of declining the consumption. on average, women live longer than men, but these british ladies did not want to grow all the alone. and so they took matters into their own hands and came up with a special housing project in north london. residents have to meet 2 requirements. they have to be women, and they have to be older than 50. over the years, the place has become a home for

a true community and deep friendships. and joining day to day life together, heavy argument and charlotte valesh, i'd love to meet up in their shared garden. we will share this desire to be part of the community. and you know, especially when you get to my age, i didn't go walking as much anymore. it's not for everybody, but i think it's wonderful. it's been wonderful for me. there are 26 women over 50, living in new ground, co housing in north london beach has her own apartment. but there's always someone around in the communal lounge to chat with at $94.00 heavy arch into the oldest. she joined 12 years ago after her partner passed away. and i didn't want certain that to move into a new sort of residential facility. and at the same time, i realized that my daughters with going to worry about me all the time being on my

own. and then i began to worry about my daughters worrying and i thought it was time to look around for some tentative way of living. there must be something it took 18 years for this vision of a small housing, a state to finally become a reality. the founders have to fight against a lot of bureaucracy and against the misconception that so many older people in one place could overburden the social and care services by avoiding isolation and supporting each other. i think we've probably, well, definitely been less of a button on social services that we would have been if we'd each lift or not of heavy arch and can easily pop over to visit her neighbor or hillary vernon smith, an artist. oh image looking to just yeah

for both women it's reassuring to know that someone is always around in case they need any help to change. and i think as i age i, if i'm going to help out other people, i think it's slightly easier to help women than it is to help my male friends. and women are in much more need of housing as they get older than men. certainly in my generation, it was the women who usually lived longer than the men, so were left on their own. men are certainly welcome, but only as visitors we have lots in my office at 1st. we have brothers, we have grandchildren, you know, we have gotten those who are male, we so we have a lot of men around. but they cannot live here. living only with

women is appealing so many. surely. guardianship is in the mid sixties. and recently applied for rim, but there was a long waiting list. she doesn't see the no manual is a problem. it's one gets involved with someone on the serious level. then as in any way, should you have that conversation, where should we live? joe? she doesn't, she doesn't work. the women are proud of the community. they have built. they're completely some organized. all decisions are made collectively without hierarchy. when there's 26 of, you know, it's sometimes it's hard to get everybody's opinion. it's hard to get consensus. you can end up talking about very small things actually very well. it seemed like kind of t things like it might be finding community at times. even if it is occasionally difficult. the women seat themselves as pioneers and hope that others will follow

in their footsteps. community instead of boredom, i mean support instead of isolation, they, each one of us is very different from everybody else, and that's great. but we will share this desire to be part of the community to look out for each other without looking off to reach on that, as this is precisely how friends heavy, urgent, and charlotte polish want to live self determined and independent into old age. so one of the things i love about this show is that once in a while we get to present to you the craziest competitions taking place in europe. it's pumpkin season right now. and in belgium. these giant vegetables are not only used for making slips and halloween decorations in the small town of cast. certainly they know that pumpkins can be used in ways that are much more fun

based pumpkins on just good for suit. they're also used to raise their testily east the bandwidth at 8 30 am a few pauses of the say this, or transform the 500 killer, based into racing. by something practical, said the man of the gro was association. they can deliver size, but not much depth. the pressure, if you tip, that's it. you land in the water room in the women's teams then into totals take on the dancing. this one's the lot to have the home field advantage. we think it's a privilege that we can represent less. it'd be in a pumpkin when the green thing has a recipe for success, you'll have to read the legs put together, put your bottles, even your water. i'm not drinking the day before, but that's not the boats are assigned by drawing lots of

rubber duck squeaks, the starting signal in the full by 100 relay. the new totals are in the elements spot, the dancing swans lead until they spring a lake. they struggling back into the bose and back into the race. they finish with the time of 6 minutes 46 seconds, a personal best in india totals more tests of the ninja come in for all of it's very cool. nice, great. yeah, yeah, it's very high. and what did you make again? i didn't hear the and now they've all earn some delicious. tompkins to of to warm themselves up.

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