the one will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for the hello and welcome to focus on europe with me live show the attack on moscow's cro co city hall on march 22nd dropped. all of russian president vladimir put in hold. islam is extreme. is responsible for the attack. that'd be parted. lee left more than a 130 people dead. however, russia also alluded to possible links of the attackers to ukraine, but has not presented any proof yet. moscow has increased as strikes aiming for

targets in ukraine and the neighboring countries. there is a growing fear that the conflict could escalate even further. tensions are especially high in the republic of mold of a and it's eastern border lies the separatist region of trans mr. you wisdom old over in cleaves. like the town of which he, eddie, and just recently the transmit street in pelham, and called and puts in to protect the breakaway region, which is pro russia. the current political situation is affecting people like georg and valentina who are falling victim to the policies issued by moldova, and the separatist. come on, your good, come and help. you can do it for yourself for the 5th of fun and tina and your good are farmers right now. they can only access about one hacked or of their land. the rest of it is located in the separate this region of trends. this trio only

a stone throat from the village of quick cherry. they've been cut off from it since january, when the self proclaimed authorities and friends in history imposed a ban on moved over. and farmers. though me since 2006 it's now the 3rd or 4th time that this is happening. yeah, 3 or 4 popular water. it happened before that we didn't have access to our land and couldn't work it for 2 or 3 years. imagine the difficulty of starting from scratch again what it is. yeah, the 0. the org is in valentin us children left small dover years ago. they are on their own as a try to prepare the land for a full harvest, but they don't know how they will do it. there is no hope they got that. we're old . now, all our children left to spot the cookies with this. why do you think they left just because of this situation here,

thought that situation began more than 3 decades ago. mold open forces for pro russian separatists in the early 19 ninety's most go, has russian troops stationed in frozen history ever since a defacto state? not recognized internationally, but supported by russia mod opens. lucky oriented comrade valerio, folks touring. that's for now. they are worried that things will get worse. again. the trip up a lot to the the population here. freedom of movement is prohibited with the exception of the ferry. moving goods across this region is forbidden as well. so it was freedom of expression for the buck who experimentally built in this this ferry is crucial. it let small domains get our own strengths and these 3 and border

controls with this, the river, the vice small do but from the break away region, except for a funeral dover in place. this is because your in valerio's say it's only a question of time for russia to use transmission area to attack mode. dover, as long as some people are concerned from food and you can expect anything today, he can say one thing. tomorrow he can do another we don't have permission to film and to separate his control trends and these trend regent. russian soldiers who are officially on a peacekeeping mission, keeper watch. but they are pro russian voices in more dove and controlled in place to. so i'm here, open the endorse. potent search usually will protect us of maybe increase our pensions because we're getting little money here is that we want to be with russia . they help us from a how you the mold open government, however,

wants to steer moldova towards the you, they say russia has been trying to, to stabilize moldova. and they say the newly introduced customs for goods from trans, nice trio is necessary, will make fun of cuz he puts it equal. i'm not denying the fact that the economic situation in the trans mystery and region is bad. i use the mold. ova is not the one to be blamed for that. it is not because of ukraine always. ok. yeah, you see it's bad due to the consequences of russia's aggression against ukraine. the ugly su now who's certain 4 people crazy. the organ valentino say there is no real stability for them as long as the conflict with the separate is present. but no one here knows what a solution might look like for the people on both sides of the new still river. or what plans most go has for the region to wear off to italy now where torres visiting the city of bologna uh,

what we meant by red containers right at the old city center. and at 1st glance, the eye catching structures looked like a piece of contemporary art, but they are actually there to protect passers by. and the city's most popular monuments, the towers of getting send. and i've seen a lead these impressive structures have been the symbol of bull on. yeah, for centuries. but now they are facing a serious threats gravity. to 900 year old towers. stan slanted in the city of balloon, yet they've always been anything but straight. the larger one, tony, as the natalie is 97 meters tall. it's smaller siblings. they've got these in the tower tops out at just 48 meters and leading sharply. now there's real concern. the towers may collapse up with us and such as your locals have a bad feeling about it. it's really painful to see such an important historic monument in such a poor condition with someone. you know,

i've lived here many years and over the course of time, i've seen the tower tilting further and further. you tell me it's a really important symbol of fun. you. we help with my stay that way and won't have to be torn down a bond to ensure that doesn't happen. the city council has even brought 70 year old engineer of that file. up rooney, out of retirement, the expert on both towers. she leads the restoration committee. she's headed to the construction site together with her colleague phillip all for allow me, but loony knows, there are 2 main reasons why the tower is thinking it's suffering from a disease. it's had since birth. it was so bad that a 100 years after its construction was started. when it reached a height of 60 meters,

12 meters has to be taken off because it was already starting to lean muscle. yeah . and since then, it's selling a foundation that supports the $4000.00 ton tower, has continued to crumble. the area around the towers has been cordoned off, and norm is containers were set up right in the center of the old town homes. i never assigned to the committee recommended, we set up this double stock of containers tissue. that means that they've been studying the towers for years. so let's say that you see this is how we're attempting to protect the surrounding buildings still. and the people who continue to pass by here take on seeing what the cekada alice, the concrete anchors hold the containers down, steal nets, or to be added to protect the church and the bigger tower. the city's historic center has become a permanent construction site. there have been rescue attempts before during the 19

ninety's engineers used on here in rings to secure the tower. and in 2021, the foundation was reinforced with steel cables to prevent further cracks. oh boy, bullying. we are to observe the structure here and read it here. we end here to this is exactly the little space. sort of their gaps in the walls, thickness. he's got a quote that has the burden transferred from the walls above has constant overload . so the base is less resistant until recently, the tower had always tilted towards the east, but that changed in may. 2023. suddenly the pendulum showed 20 goodies and was leaning towards the northwest to. nobody really knows why. a lot of people that this is where the pendulum is, it's the most visible instrument in the tower. so meet that it starts at the tip

and hangs down to here is what up are good measures to towers movement. i mean, thoughts are measurements system and shows how much is moving. these are what i get to that community. finest. the tower is the moment, sir, and it's always been a moment to that have to offer. there are also acoustical and optical sensors as well as a gpi system at the top of the tower. it is likely the most monitored monument in italy think what's the main stall? so know, most of the state of the tower is very closely observed. that is, we continually check data from the sensors, which deliver information on every movement of the tower in real time to speak. one thing is the planned reinforcing and renovation work is expected to cost 20000000 euros and continue for a decade to keep the tower standing for the next to 900 years. the people in britain are facing the worst economic situation in decades with effects

of brags and the cobit pandemic, and a staggering place. and more and more people are forced into poverty shop lifting, as seen by some as the only possible way to get necessities for themselves. and their children and leaves a fair on mcknight is the person shop owners turn to when they need help to ramp up security. she is familiar with the sheer desperation that lead some to feel and understands the need to make store as a safe space for the whole community of the shots listing in england. is that an all time high? the entire shown subscript there. and so if it were given, many shops are facing bankruptcy. at some point, sarah makes not have enough. she now finds again shoplifters with a start up. that helps storekeepers wishing to protect themselves. feeds plant are

here in small corner shop, almost failing. it sometimes gets by when he shows us what happened last week, an elderly woman had to be brought to safety behind the cash desk. i just for expedited, these may save to my customers. you know, this good. yeah. so yeah, it to them is very what it was it to us on that i so so now farrah has been advising him for years about the technology to use and how to handle dangerous situations like this one, he kept these these tendencies made. yeah. so it's just going to be the person out yet, and that's what his priority is. and he does something really well. if the police show up at all, it's usually hours later, fer, it ensures that the surveillance videos are registered afterwards and charges are filed. she knows all the tricks because she was once a shock lifting herself before she turns 18. she came up with the idea of making

a business much later when she saw how many shops have to close as a result of mobile people, they rely on these communities and schools to be on the doorstep so they can get the mail and they come on some of them comp travel miles and you guys think of this as you know someone is going out, you just say, yes i can say, well sir, it sure is as low as on the shelf me say can one thing kind of mouth so that the silver crystals is going solar, mainly stealing bread, milk and baby food weight, and claiming that on insurance doesn't help farrah points out to women who she says are stealing for their children. this is basically, it's wrong to do this, but there is helping support here and available to you. but it's not that simple. social 8 organizations have closed in many places because communities have

financial issues. there are many reasons for the banks, it, which has contributed to runs and living costs is one of them. and the other is years of tory austerity policies. often, all that remains is for most of time. as here in sheffield, the upbeat behavior is merely a fin facade, but crumbles as soon as we start to ask questions, cause people to, to feed the family to call the positive we all. and the serious thing got ya, suicide is right. i have on at least 5 people died and this last 12 weeks, 5 people to tune from suicide. so with all that and say is as well telling use all every day. are you going to be able to put your food on the tables? i'm going to put the heat when it's being cold, as it is not just me. but what you know to furnish differential

being doing some of by for some reason the english well microsoft in many places. those coming to the rescue are such like the people working on their own, like helen shop may look like any or 2nd hand store, but there's far more to it. it's shelters the homeless and distributes food for people in need. those who have meeker funds can buy a jacket here for a few pounds. helen helps every one with decency and loads of respect. and you call you people any hope kind of a call and so outlook is gonna allow us to 6176 on the side of what we 5, i'm going to show you will be fine at some point we'll get over it. so just go to a muddle through the state, but we've never seen proper time like this before. no. and it's not just the droplets were poor. zoe is a social worker, but her pay is by no means enough to provide clothing for her children. and then

she tells me when you get people coming in and stuff like that, the after her children's father stole her harder and pay, she threw him out. since then she's been raising them on her own. sometimes she needed to steal, especially when they were small. and i'm not gonna lie, i didn't get enough face and because i couldn't afford no, she went and she says the knowledge that there was no long term way out is difficult to bear. you trying to swim over the full and but this is tied, coming in and on with that each time. and you can't seem to be swallowing the wall or at the same time. but then also you're trying to stay, i am on to me, which is knowing that i've got the kids. if i'll often associate with the kids, i've seen kind of drowned just not zoey's. children are aware of her situation.

they notice she often doesn't teach. so that they don't go to school hungry. lucas sometimes feels guilty about it. i would like ask her if she want to, if you like, wants anything to eat. and if you need it, which, um, sometimes i was concerned about that. but then also should be in the middle of a like fitness. the government's support has banished from people's lives. so those in need find their own way to fill the gaps as best they can. fair often brings a colleague to show shop owners how they can protect themselves better. because more and more poverty is being exploited by organized crime. like is that and go ended i and then what happens that escalates and that escalates people get moved violent and not because they believe they can get away with it. helen says, this is

a side effect of increasing impoverishment defects. i think we're kind of of this to, to some way, whenever it's victoria and drug man, wake up kids with housing, the clothes and wholesome shoes. yeah, we receive that now. prison as one of the world's richest countries. but instead of hope for the future, it seems, but many here are on their way back into the midst of britain's dr. passed. many couples who want to have a child would do almost anything to fulfill that dream. unfortunately, women in poor social economic circumstances are sometimes exploited by criminals to make that dream come true, the greek island creed is still grappling with the aftermath of a candle that rocked the community. it all revolves around the very controversial subject of surrogacy. a fatality center incorrectly in

the dreams of dozens of childless couples are contained in these tangles eggs and embryos frozen at negative 196 degrees celsius. the director of the genesis fertility clinic says some of them will be carried to term by surrogate mothers, quite legally. we do a lot of so goods, but we always advise the people to bring their own some of their own. so that means a sister, a friend and mother. contrary to most of the european union, surrogate motherhood is allowed in greece as a lawyer, maria pop, a donkey explains, but it remains an exception and it's not meant to be a business model. it is allowed is all setting this services only senselessly only for our

choice and not for money making because if you make money through this business, then the crime will show month rate is very close. yeah, that's exactly what happened on the greek island of creek. and on a grand scale, the journalist, finding nico foot aki has researched a number of cases. she took us to a holiday village on the islands west coast, where dozens of surrogate mothers were housed until they gave birth from a homeless. they were kept here in absolutely controlled environment. as they didn't have to take care about n sync, they are women mainly from my george. yeah. remain now more, dave? yeah. and after a delivery, this amount of the 10000 up 215000. this was

the payment sort of the scandal came to light in the summer of 2023. the tranquil port of honey was rocked by police raids and arrests. gynecologist who turned out to be the head of a criminal organization, was arrested, accused of human trafficking. more than 100 women from very poor backgrounds are thought to have been lowered to this private clinic. to be surrogate mothers, nikki foot. aki has found out that couples from all over the world paid up to $120000.00 euros for their dream child. now closed the clinic is no longer making millions from the surrogacy business. but nikki foot, aki strongly believes that there are other cases still happening today. steve,

the markets exist because there is the need for dublin still have babies and the gap is martin's more huff problem. so we say for to you she says that the greek authorities have not clamped down on a legal surrogacy and human trafficking. there was nothing nuff gdc added supervising fold based process taking care of this money or these women coming on deck, saving the country. so i believe that it was a hypocrite of local doctors like minorities kind of the talkies are concerned about this kind of medical tourism. he explains that surrogate mothers sometimes look after newborns in intensive care at the state hospital of honey a. he says he was shocked by the behavior of some parents to be we saw them sometimes of times and then they took the

baby and they went away. there's not a box. he said, it's a new born baby. but for some people, children are commodities and women in need can be hired to give birth funding nikki foot ocoee fears that such practices could once again flourish in greeks. and now we have a sweet treat for you had made with the great attention to detail and lots of love . in fact, these asserts look more like a work of art, right? well, no wonder the creator of these irresistible delicacies is an award winning pet to see a from zurich, switzerland. i mean, for the pendulum, for litzy lute fake, i'm 41 in mind. passion is particularly it's more of an artist workshop. then a kitchen fleet sales looks like most sketch. everything right down to the last detail, patricia spends up to 14 hours or more in the kitchen every day. that if it's not

perfect, it's unacceptable to me. the skin shares are artworks with their followers, then is to run them. felicia is living her child, her dream. she's self employed and designing our own creations. she now lives and works in service to grow up in romania lang law. when i was little, i always trying to make treats the whole neighborhood knew there would be something sweet to try on sundays. so people always came over. then we went to her childhood and youth, otherwise hard. after the early death of her father fleet cl looked after her brothers, they can cut a 20 polizzi and move to show you this house. she started training as a shift when she was 27. at 1st she barely spoken to german india and she graduated top of her class. i always dreamed of having my own cafe and making my creations there. i didn't know i'd come this far in the system to finish the vital comment.

she's coming pretty far, fleets. it was honored to us for to see if the year in switzerland, together with a business partner. she now runs a cafe in zurich where her sweet treats are served. hold down nice. uh yeah, i didn't want to offer just cos samsung coffee. i wanted to create a bit of content and content and create and come for la. they've done it for me to use the search engines a month, the cafe and beyond. she also supplies restaurants and events within creations. this is fine. it's an incredible feeling. it's knowing that i'm working for myself now. that's what i've achieved. what i've always dreamed of from even mine tova, from romania, germany to switzerland. thanks to hard work and envision felicia is a european success story that looks so delicious. and that was it for focus on your on for this week. as always, you can find more stories from across your own by heading to our social media. my

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