hello and welcome to focus on you is good to have you with us. things have come thick and fast and balanced chess, lori these days germany is facing snappy elections in february next year. after the solar eclipse traffic light coalition has collapse. jacelyn shaw says government no longer has a majority in parliament, the collisions and comes them into flagging economy, the war in ukraine and the looming seconds. trump presidency in the us. many young people in germany like polio and had high expectations for the traffic like coalition. we met some of them in building to get their opinion on the current political crisis. holiness on her way to meet her friends. after the breakdown of the german coalition, she doesn't want to be alone. the news that the social democrats, the business spent, the ftp and the greens will soon no longer run the country, the shaking. huh santos, highway. it was a totally crazy day. you woke up in the morning thinking that after trump selection

nothing could possibly be wilder. and by the evening the german federal government fell apart. some a have reaction to get politically involved, holding the fees that the fall ride will benefit from the coalitions call up. so she's joining her friends at a demonstration against hate, an incitement mark of all this complex. that's just the all saba, yes, this is the task we all face now is all making sure we actively bring people back to support. good, progressive politics, approval, say reports to convince many young people fee that with the collapse of the coalition, germany could become less capable of taking action both domestically and internationally . mits, then we'll call you next week to with the rest of the ukraine war happening so close to us. and now with trump back in government, i can imagine that something could happen quite quickly. that affects us too. so you can kind of us off ones, but swift and virtually for me is that the most important thing right now is that a stable government is pouring in. the coalition parties have shown over the last 3

years. that's but they're not really able to do that. it's quickly canon, young and old, have been dissatisfied with the constant bickering for then the 3 potty coalition, the young liberals, one to look ahead via ftp is not solely to blame for the premature collapse. they say for the next to the over 65, the next government, what i wish for our measures to make sure the economy run smoothly. and this a lot of citizens and businesses are fed up in urgently need relief just so they can do their jobs properly. could that's according to the pulse, both the ftp and the greens balloons votes and the next election on the far right a if the will gain significantly, the conservative cd has the best chance of becoming the strongest party. lena was dissatisfied with the outgoing coalition. finishes what to under represented for her, but to see do you like government is now going to you though, mission with, with this hot supplies? i think these are really tough times all, but i also believe that we can make a lot of change if we come together. then we also some tour standing up for their

own issues is important to many young people most and especially saddened by the end of the coalition. now we move to mold over the country and europe's east, that has set its size on joining the european union. president maya sand do was a driving force to bide her country to the west and want in recent presidential elections. still many more though when see the future returning back east. santa only narrowly secured the election against your opponent, who was backed by traditionally for russian party. our porter travels across they'll do by to take the temperature as the dust settles after the election. this is the border of a nation on the edge here in the mold oven, turnovers out of they ask us, ukraine is just to meet. there is a way to live and we feel like we're at, well, we can't develop properly while there has long been a progression break away region. and moreover,

it's the more next door in ukraine that's really made this country. a geo political boss will grant. earlier this month, voters, we elected their pro western president and natalie backed her plan to legally located molto was paid for european union membership. the runoff was marked by a vote buying scheme. bomb threats at overseas pulling places and reports of a legally organized motor transport from russia. here in the countries farthest corner. some don't expect much from the future. good book, but they will stay the same. i just didn't know they might even get was bought in a capital case, you know, the moot is more upbeat, especially after incumbent president tobias on do one against her russia friendly challenger in november, 8th was past and present members of mal dove as they asper filters. like shifted means bush of school who secured her victory. i felt like i'm going, i'm going to case everyone who made the vote in the

favor of that's a future after growing up in soviet era, moldova, in the left to london and spent 13 years abroad before returning home to settle the snow sought after mediterranean, restaurants here to me is the only way to progress farm, although it's all about progress. so about being bit. so moving up, it's takes time. minova has always been like penzel 18 in between, you know, say that pos european and you know, the east. yeah. east russian influence and us and the split is still visible. today . we drive across space, small divided nation of 2500000 people to reach that goes you sent me a told him is region an hour and a half away from the capital. the roads here may be built with a money that's roughly 95 percent of people in this part of the country voted

against joining the last month against the pro western president. the remaining is, will do. it was only official language. the signs here are in russian. it's one of the poorest parts of one of the poorest countries in europe. so this local amusement park where we meet activist and part keeper, even base it up is a cherished treasure. though it's too cold for kids at this time of year of the site was funded by a fugitive billionaire with close ties to the kremlin. and yvonne says, people here don't want to turn their back on most go, i think, did, especially with the that we are interested in working with russia. we will work with russia. we will need to look a store elsewhere. we'll talk to you soon. we will not divide people, we will not divide countries. we want to be neutral as we have been until today. but we don't want the europeans to process into conflict with the russians. so what sort of move that idea that the pro western government is pushing militarily neutral montalvo toward war keeps popping up here. and analysts,

victoria or laurie says it's also a favorite theme of malay doctors only in addition to arrests for attempted vote buying. she's seen kilogram chat, thoughts offering people cash to post anti government content all linked to a russian bank. this is for the texas presence on the web page shows. yeah. with some pop ups and the boys will follow the faithful though the kremlin denies any involvement in election meddling, victoria doesn't buy it. she says, mold over is fertile ground for, for an interference factor, the proportion of whatever we support refer to some uh, short term. um you sent is like money like 50 you are so 100 to us for 2 to 4 within the set the way then to wait for the forms to work on to to wait until no one will become with the front the fed up in union and actually is exporting this idea will be at the beginning, brother,

especially in the context of this worrying the crane and people prefer not to scan the bill. the capacity to hold free and fair elections is a key criteria for joining the. an international election observers have warned the 12 mill, dove, and authorities tried to clump don't on foreign influence. they also failed to offer a true level playing field for opposition candidates. we the concern to the governments . i have a duty for the international organizations. a monthly support is to provide valuable communication for the product is we have the openness to assess, analyze, and implemented best practices for them, not one democracy is not something you just have it. you fight sleep, you build it, you construct it, and you, you feel that the work of constructing and you moved over will fall to people like meals, 13 year old daughter mia. but she has her own ideas for the future. i. so i want to go to the u. k or the usa. yeah. well,

it see who the tendency of young generation they, they still dreaming of living mcgovern and as a whole lot of work to be done to persuade them to stay in the country in the, you know, become the citizens of an era in the country. the next stress test for democracy comes in the 1st half of 2025 with parliamentary elections here. and you'll says he's taking nothing for granted. he just hopes that model was pendulum keep swinging towards your ukraine faces the 3rd winter of war. after russia's full scale invasion, with temperatures regularly falling below freezing, the upcoming winter will be a tough test for an exhausted ukrainian population. as energy shortages, lu, russia has 75 a week port and ukraine's infrastructure is energy grid is just too large to defend . probably, especially when air defenses are in relatively short supply,

the attacks have forced launch part of the country's power plants out of operation, long blackouts, already a daily reality. in the coming months, clattering generators like these could be turning off on every corner in ukraine. since march 2024, russia has targeted and allegedly destroyed around 80 percent of the country's power plants. the attacks have taken out over 9 gigawatts of ukraine's power. capacity vital to the livelihoods of millions. you're in the capital, kia and elsewhere. the electricians have their hands full. they must do the maintenance on the distribution substations much across the board. it's just taking mortality. me look out, we're expecting more blackouts. another good because i'm talking about outages lasting a few hours. so we'll do. i don't think the power will go out for more than 24 hours at a time or 2. a 1st are good, but i put just remove the moon,

but should it come to that? most people have already prepared themselves for these black out. as you look over to the electricians are certainly prepared. yeah. within the which case you have a little gas stove and a little power bank that can keep my refrigerator running for a few hours. if a power goes out for an entire day. but the seats, as winter sets in russia could once again target substations, even ones around nuclear power plants, ones below them it could risky. the former c, e o of electricity transmission system operator who chron. erica is one of the cranes leading energy experts. and so there's always an issue about them incense, it's about the threat to a nuclear power plants, the intro to see on the juice. now, if the russians are really planning to attack the power notes, the rich, the nuclear plants be power into the grid, is a gift that poses an enormous risk in some others, it says, some of which such of it is producing over half the countries electricity. the nuclear power plants form the backbone up to cranes,

power generating capacity. energy inputs from the you couldn't cover such a loss if shows. uh, so, but the contents even the under intensive bombardments or extended periods with temperatures below minus 10 or minus 15 degrees celsius. the blackouts could be drastic and the money, but this is which i know it's a and of course i would pose an enormous challenge both for your cleaning and households and ukrainian economy. talk to the prince curriculum. the looming hardship of a winter during more time is turning up the pressure on president loading their zalinski the minimize for solving in the united states. he met with carmella harris and donald trump. he kept up his diplomatic offensive in europe in 10 downing street with british prime minister, key, or storm or at the end he's a palace with french president, the monument nicole engine room with a tally and prime minister, georgia maloney,

the engine berlin. he met with chancellor off shorts to all, he presented his victory plan, a plan that calls for more and faster military aid and stricter sanctions that would cripple russia's economy. with this strategy, ukraine hopes to force russia into serious diplomatic negotiations. will go into this concept um your quote, would it be to him cause we talked with the german chancellor about what support can be given in this, in the coming year. so it's vital to us that the assistance coming from germany remain stable to stall them. it said, well, this will be assigned to the passport piece is assured, in spite of everything for them, but to move closer to real peace. more must be done. urged finland's foreign minister, ailing of, i'd turn in, she thinks ukraine's current predicament is due to his partner's failures escaped maturity and after the new deal quite, you know, of yeah, of course. first and foremost it's about ukraine. but all of us in europe are

affected by russia's hybrid attacks, even next, essentially in terms of our shared values. we're all in the same boat. it's extremely important for us all to share and the defense and the deterrent in proportion to our g. d p. actually a little bit hiding on file, not the big measuring your assistance to ukraine by gross domestic product, which many smaller member states including finland ahead of germany and the statistics the by my own analysis, i'd say we in europe simply have to do quite a lot more now and especially in the future and functions, the ukraine would also stand to benefit from a strong you that ex, independently of the us. but for now, ukrainians are hunkering down hoping to make it through the winter unscathed. this tumbler is an icon in france. you will find it in contains, disclose, or rest through us throughout the country. the impact resists as

a superior to normal glass due to a manufacturing technique which has been developed by the well established during the next company. but the french glass maker near the city of leo has gone through stormy times when it faced collapse this year. more than $200.00 of the manufacturers employees likes. so the money we saw, we feared for their jobs to avoid the worst they took their destiny into their own production is up and running again at the deluxe factory near oil. it's here that francis famous beach, real glasses are removed from the red hot molds. $136.00 per minute. so would you mind ellen with sol, we is charged with quality control? he loves his job. to be called this the goblet of fire. it's a vibrant noble material we're working with. it's very valuable,

but what emerges from it is a solid object. it's hands on work that never ceases to throw me to the welfare sunni. mine has worked here for close to 20 years. he and his colleagues are like family. but for a while their future looked bleak to relax had long been in trouble. when energy prices sky rocketed, production ceased, then a little french revolution took place. there are no more shareholders or investors do we? workers are now the owners. for us, it's a great pleasure to have saved our company ourselves. so all you have to do during the course of the bankruptcy proceedings to companies made offers to take over dural ex both plan to slash jobs. but in july, the court in all they all reach a different decision it approve the workers plan to found a cooperative and keep the plant running without staff cuts. i saw him on was one

of the initiators. he and the other union representatives were able to convince more than half of their 226 colleagues to invest in their own company. so the more clear that those were intense months with lots of uncertainty in the end, all the workers were hugely believes that are you talk a head so come prepared is glass square for shipping. see if another investor had taken over many workers in her department would have lost their jobs. that's why she liked the rest of her team, paid $500.00 heroes to join the co op no, no. who now we work for ourselves. and that's something quite different. of course we've worked hard before, but now that the plant belongs to us, we give that little bit extra and the full effect. now the workers make all the decisions. that's no easy task. investment is sorely needed. nothing here has been

modernized in years. and the shortfalls are huge, the company lost the $10000000.00 euros last year alone. so the workers elected former plant manager, that's why must piano as the new director, his task staffing to lower production costs and develop new products that will boost sales. but since it previously belonged to another company, the relax doesn't even have a sales and marketing department. they come on, clients don't have to come in through the publicity. we've had orders are rising. but 1st we need to hire the people to take care of this. only then can we start looking for more customers? i think you might prefer the, especially the commitment to save jobs that durrell ex ended suppliers, the co op received support from politicians and government agencies. $10000000.00 euros in total to purchase the plant and its buildings. and to secure loans the best cool night, the april,

the best deal here because we had back in from the city and the region then a little from the government in paris 2. otherwise our financial model wouldn't have worked at all. that's called a picture frame. but not all of the workers are convinced. one of the companies to unions even came out against the plan, because they don't believe the co op controlled or the huge investment required. glass military will for you to cube, is also somewhat way right above the law. so far i haven't invested in the plants. i wanted to see how things work out 1st, but i think it will happen soon. look at the initiator. so do you mind adam? we saw we is convinced that he can win over the critics. when the company starts to turn things around, they don't work hard, it's teamwork. could you see if we can only succeed together? exactly. the overlooks aims to return to profit in 5 years time. and now these workers are invested in making that happen.

switzerland, this famous voice, bind blowing nature in picturesque buildings and a visit to the server and certainly should be on your bucket list. in this case, don't forget to go to the small saint. peter's church here, visitors can have the once in a lifetime experience or virtually talking to jesus and get a direct answer to their worries and needs a report. it took a seat in the confessional to engage in a dialogue with father. so in a center of loose or an ordinary little church is the site of some miraculous technology. meet a i, jesus peters chapel is a new pioneer of artificial intelligence in the confessional of all places. instead of a priest penitence are greeted by cables, computers and tack worth several thousands of years. and on the other side, jesus, his likeness appears on screen dispensing words of comfort,

joy and faith. the kind of did not disclose personal information under any circumstances. i use this service at your own risk press the button if you accept. sure why not? until now jesus has appeared only in the form of devotional objects, silent and rigid, but an ever ready sounding board for prayer and contemplation. but now he speaks at the touch of a button and scripturally sound. so totally to a street. why aren't women allowed to become priest? it is the scriptures teach. so certain rules are defined within the church and each role and task has its place in god's plan. how can you promote peace and harmony in your life? hey, i, jesus tends to answer with more questions, but he's still inspirational. let me restate, he was able to reaffirm me and my ways of going about bicycles and he helped me

with questions i had like how i can help other people to understand him better and come closer to him. it's about it with us via i was surprised, it was so easy guy to immerse and the machine. it gave me so much advice. also from a christian point of view, i felt taken care of. and i walked out really concerning the digital revolution comes to religion. so why looser and exactly, people tend to associate this with city. with its picturesque locate, should nestled between lakes and mountains. hundreds of thousands of taurus come here annually to see the historical buildings the but loose here and looks to the future to it's university is a magnet for computer scientists. this is where a jesus was, can see with the blessing of marco should meet the tech savvy theologian of peter's

chapel. press east that next pennyman. what we're doing here is, and experiments was one was we wanted to launch the discussion by letting people have a very concrete experience with a i don't my on come on to be that way. we have a foundation for talking about it and discussing it with one another through the school to even come. the avatar in both senses of the word even speaks 100 languages for lutherans, taurus, english, for example, the presence of war than poverty, often demons from human actions driven by agree impurity, last enabled desires. yet through our struggles, we are called to reflect god's love more brightly as many as 2 thirds of users. so they came out of the confessional with a spiritual experience. what just one question was, what's a rational reason to believe? especially like on the then the answer to the answer was great. reason is one thing about faith really helps us so. so hope is linked to say you're asking me to give out speed. i asked about the spiral of violence of that how to break one become on

the uh, the answer. i can just go through prayer and not seeking retributions to difficult changes. but i see it as a gimmick for sure. i can sometimes tough to see a low gen marcos meet even sees potential for a i to be the future of modern pastoral care that so kings tightest set, i'm full accessibility is easy still 24 hours a day and see how face tighten. so it has abilities, the pastors don't, and so nice toppin ethics. professor peter kia shaker says the project goes too far, but it does provide food for thought. we have a fall 6 times how we should be careful when it comes to face the pastoral care when finding meaning and religion from seems to be that's an area where we humans are actually vastly superior to machines and machines that we should do these things ourselves. sufficing, i'll say the wild pope francis hasn't yet commented. the chapel has been on the receiving end of harsh criticism. in writing this will not be

without consequences. so we'll god's wrath soon. defend on beautiful assertion before it does a final word from his only son, only avatar. go silent and be with you and guide you on your pass. a man a. well not much i can add now. that wraps up this week. so thanks for watching by and see you next. the pico africa lagos, nigeria badly polluted and congestive it's high time, the city re st. pete's mobility and strategy. sorts of are walking cycling,

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