this is focus on europe. i'm laura babylon, welcome political attentions and they'll do the r, heating up as the nation struggles with an energy emergency. at the turn of the new year, russia stopped exporting gas. they're leading to severe shortages and electricity and heating. now thousands are facing us, dark and freezing winter well for decades and will deliver relied on cheap gas from russia before exports ended. the government secured alternative energy supplies, but at a much higher price in the stuff which is region of treasure history, which is backed by russia. there is no plan be residents in and near the break away territory have been left in the cold, including in the village of our needs, which borders trends in history at suzanne a board. so it is struggling to get her family through the crisis. she can barely afford gas canisters to heat her home. still some residents in the region put the blame not on russia, but on will do is pro western government,

and they feel the situation is being politicized. luckily susanna board, so it has enough wooden store at her house in moldova because that the cold start of the year, moscow shut off the guess. the people in suzanne is village of for needs. and many other villages along the border with the russian controlled separatist, the region of trends, mystery of our freezing, their power and gas used to come from there in this time of need. everyone has to improvise a web page, go what you version of the window is very important now that it's winter, the consequently they've turned off the gas and there's no light, it's good. so we have to click on the store. he's going to stop it, but we'll, we'll assume that i'm on the mall drove and lives in a house with 6 children and her brother's family. most of them are at school. now her husband works in the czech republic. there's only electricity, every 4 hours and buying gas is expensive,

which i was looking to go. we've had to hook up a gas cylinder because i can't start the wood stove before the children go to school in the morning of september for us to get to what do we eat? the water for tea on the stone was provided with a pitch proposed petition with a gas cylinder like this. it costs almost 40 years and only last for a month and a half of boerger loans for 5 levels that i missed on the board. so is need around $700.00 euro is a month, but life is getting more and more expensive, especially here on the border to transmit strip. last year, russian gas was dirt cheap. now that supplies have been cut off, inflation is high, and prices are rising. many environments blame not moscow, but mold overs, e u friendly government. sounds of what are you guys to ascend to came here in the lights came on and she laughed again without a word to the people who think goes better with the same goal. and everyone is cold, they want to sleep with you to the what show that it's one on the street and that

school. it's a very me that it's just a temporary problem or it'll all be fine. russian cannot leave us hanging as new friends searches. but russia has cut off the power supply to transmit. drill in the villages on its border and mold overs. dependence is plain to see for tickets. little thought was given to an alternative energy supply. but the former energy administer denies responsibility of the problem that they experience is actually deliberately involved by external actors uh, by the russian federation of the government is going to do everything possible to live a, to this shop. and with the support of the international partners, we are increasing the budgets allocated for compensations for the, for the, for house full sleep. with the new, the re elected pro western president of most of my us and who has declared a state of emergency. she's trying to buy electricity abroad as quickly as possible,

and hopes to re unite her country with a separate test region. energy is central to the costs. this is why the country's largest energy supply wants to get in this dependence on russia party, personal import coastal diversification of supplies, especially in terms of energy. but i still use a lot of a new book energy, and to improve the energy infrastructure in the future, especially dealing with the following connections. it's important to care for much more sustainable and the secure energy system and the to be really independent and to craft different supply sources from the market and from the region. but it will take time back in for a need say it's just after 4 pm and it's getting dark. but they've turned off the power button on you. they won't come on again until about 9 pm. give it yourself a shuffle until then we have to use our flashlights and customer days from our susanna, step south sides to call

a friend in neighboring trends and this trip she knows the situation. there is even worse. jim, what are you doing for like a doing well today using the smartphone telephone number for me. hey jen, what's it like for the kids when it starts drip that you like way back in the stone age for long as it's gonna leave you only a few people are on the streets and barney to susanna. children will be home so time to make didn't do much. don't you know, come to an agreement with me would you will have gas and electricity again, most of them will be able to live normally again, opposing and you can't go on living without light and gas. you'd be able to go with her husband away and 6 children to raise. susanna keeps

a pope and makes the best of it. this castro was found wounded, fighting for survival, but it was rescued and brought to a wild life rehabilitation center in spring. that's where natural terror works. he's an animal keeper and cares for creatures of all kinds, including endangered species. since it was founded more than 40 years ago, the centre has become the largest non profit of its kind in europe. and the work done by the vets. and keepers goes far beyond nursing the animal's back to health. now this feathery friend rescued, thanks to natural hotel. do you notice the castro back to health in a spanish wall? i'm blind clinic. the prey had flown into a fence and injured its leg off to being tact it will be released if you don't mind calling me back. yeah. you, they told us, please love you with releasing them into the wildest, the most beautiful along with that is because one can some fall by the way side of

the, the, all of us here do our best to ensure as many animals as possible, combined survive. but uh, but uh, if they, if that wasn't the whole meant the we in my honda on the, on the outskirts of madrid, visiting your laundry is wildlife patch and right clinic in just one year. 6500 native animals were treated in protein by hikers. all foresters, mainly funds, but also rep titles. i am the aunt pointing mammals these baby was always found roaming around long enough to hunt. most likely its mother was shot while the bose not protected. in fact, several places have problems with population control. still, they will train the little squeak. there's been a lot of the time we might release this animal in a hunting reserve where it might migrate to an area where hunting is allowed. but

it can survive. we don't decide which animals can be shocked and which cannot. but in this facility, everyone gets a chance of working out until the finish defends a little bit. i feel another team examines an eagle out the bed with shots. one of the ties has to be removed but event. fernando gonzales is confident that it can be released back into the wild after all hours on the tunnel and relying mainly on that. hearing the conflict. on 1st examination, we discovered that he had been hits several times once in the i totally forgot that unfortunately, we see quite a lot of this here take on that myself too many protected animals being shut out because of the heroes in case on this part of the like

a whole bunch of eco owls. i'm protected in spain and mustn't be hunted out of it's an environmental crime and that's how we deal with it's a performed autopsies and report to the authorities. so defense can be legally pursued. good thing is how do you like, how does this prison voucher didn't make it? it did have power lines your hand a lopez finds the via bones on its wing, even electrocution. like this are treated as criminal offenses, not as accidents. energy companies must take action for the okay, you see, unfortunately this happens quite often in the, although we actively search for dangerous spots as being energy companies to better insulate their power lines. so to see birds keep dying different when that especially the big ones. i kind of just gave them some animals have to stay here so good. with severe injuries, they wouldn't stand

a chance in the wild on like nachos castro, which is ready to leave the clinic and show off its abilities in the wild. will they see it off the and it can fly over a 100 kilometers per hour, but it's had stay steady. if it didn't say it wouldn't be able to handle the fatal look. it's had all witnessed a still sick day and most of the time has almost come. a thrill that never gets old for nacho and his colleagues know see him. but he, some of your lead touch is you're not quite get any mine, no matter the animal in my feet inconspicuous or even majestic there. it's always something specialist and will feel. and finally, the moment to truth, the effects of the

castro. so once again, the of the seaside town of whitby in northern england is famous for its rugged coastline and maritime history. it's where captain cook learned to sail the seas. it's also known as a top destination for a dish that's quint essentially, british fishing chips. but the humble meal has now become a luxury for many prices around all time high as fishers struggled to make a profit. stewart fuss goes fishing chips. business has been in his family for generations, but he fears it's days are numbered. costs are spiraling due in part to briggs it or many in the community voted to leave the you. but now they feel the gamble has backfired. britain's pride and joy, a sibling away. habits or cod tipton batter, and then deep fried fish and chips. britain is world famous for this specialty,

but the national dish is experiencing a crisis and with its stewart 1st go a 3rd generation fish prior i'm 3rd generation fish by uh, taking of my parents and drunk grandfather. obviously, you know, it's difficult to guess on fish and chips, really soft costs of our heritage. but the business has been causing him concern as quick and cheap meals have become a small luxury. the whole family will come and get mail. and now you see every other week rather than every week and nothing the saving money, some customers only order, fried battery and ships. it's grease year and cheaper. but richard littlewood are regular orders the fish without the fries. well i think it's well worth it because what you get a boat from when cooking for me for this process used

to be a fraud. you know, i think really, but now it's kind of on hold day over, treat something like that. you wouldn't be the east coast of england. the explorer james cook learned to sail here. now the town celebrates itself as the home of british fishing ships, culture steward fisco, shows us around his warehouse. it quickly becomes clear why fish and chips are getting more and more pricey. involved ship fluid big toes have been quite high in price lot more than usually. yeah. but, and that's down to the, whether the oil is being a very expensive, and this is down to the war. and ukraine, global politics affect the prices as well. what's your supply and quite a bit of fish out the bag and say, always here, suffice no stults. so the price of fish on demand is going on everywhere. and

on top of that rising energy prices and labor costs have drastically reduced revenue. psychopathic storm if we don't put our prices up, we'll be sending out to the loss and not just doesn't make sense. steward. cisco gets his fish from iceland, norway. it's cheaper than british fish. he says, we want to know why and visit the last big fish trader in britain. according to the advertising video of the killer $2300000.00 portions of fishing ships were caught here on each fishing trip. but what the workers unload nowadays is much less. the boss jane santo blames breakfast. we've it the price to try. we're going to get control of our waters. we're gonna have to fish know about sausage simply hasn't happened. we have 10000 tons of codes in the region. we'll test this year. we have $700.00, which is why dean and ryan jackson have much less to do. father and son homes, minutes taylor on the curricula. their ancestors were also fishers. this is the

last box, the end of the whole fishing industry, hired right now. so i'm going generations obviously in the future, but just make sure the sale is not going to be anything in the future. the many fishers have voted for brick set, but now they suffer the consequences. lower catch quotas and difficulties selling their fish to the u. everybody's fails as all the stuff in the back and let down tremendously and wave loss. we've lost a huge, a huge amount of the quote for this shift. and which obviously is for everybody in a position financially why we're losing, like the per kilo reading up for the next trip. dean jackson looks out for fishing grounds. got to go now. we got was one some. i'm think some of the men are lucky to find work at all along the curricula. the whole of the industry has no benefit to some breaks it. the tool said all case,

we've lost either 50 percent of official security, which means we've lost 2 fishing vessels. we've had to have a number of crew on this vessel. now it's hot, right? when you have to tell settings to pay for that they no longer have your card is in short supply, and therefore becoming increasingly expensive, which has also failed here in london, where the fishing chips industry gives felt awards every year. for example, to jamie russo the young fish prior of the year is the holy grail for any young fire steward solisco and joyce the food. but he's still worried every 3rd fish and chip shop is threatened with bankruptcy. everything seems to be riding quite high. the moment the current be forever and i think the to the operators around i think so with a maybe not survive later at home and with the steward. cisco is visited by andrew crook, the president of the national federation of fish briars, other think

a lot of the fishermen, so they probably got a better deal. and i think they probably feel a little bit less let down by the governments in the way the negotiations when government actually didn't understands the sea food industry and where fish came from. a steward solisco keeps his business going with tourists in the summer, despite high sales losses. somehow they'll get by. he says, because a true england fan doesn't skimp on britain's national dish. benjamin miko is a musician who is long dreamed of playing with an orchestra. as a visually impaired person, it presents a challenge. benjamin is always searching for creative workarounds, including using voice software to record his music. but he's been invited to take part in a festival that caters to his needs, pairing blinds fingers with orchestra performers. benjamin is travelling from the german capital, berlin, to the southern polish city of crackle for his debut. our reporter accompanied

benjamin to the festival where he was met with an unexpected turn of events warming up for the unique and concert gym and composer sing a benjamin michael, is one of the most visually impaired musicians. take your time in the lines festival, for the bi annual event held in crack, called poland haines to become the challenges of getting their songs plays fine, orchestra their compositions have been scored as sheet music and then now being tested under the conductors that's on the, the orchestra's practicing with the best thing is that things have never had this arrangement type of falls. so yeah, get thrown in the deep end with all the song that we do know. but with an arrangement, we don't over the 4 day programs, the participants joining workshops,

exchange experiences, andrew hers for a dollar concert. they've come from across europe and as far as afghanistan, india and morocco, some returning attendees have used the previous appearances to launch professional musical career is such as iceland, exterior model goodness and the. 2 we always need to advocate for accessibility and, and i believe this competition does do that very well, but as well bring together the community or plan musicians. and yeah, i think that just makes us stronger. but for 1st time participant benjamin michael, the practice session reveals a major problem. the festivals organizes have for gossen to walk. a straight is

peace. it's only hours away from the final concept at the crack co op or a house. i was very surprised to find out that my piece was not fully orchestrated as it performed with disability. i come across the sort of issues more often than one would expect. it's taught me a little lesson and focusing on the things that are within my power rather than focusing on those that are outside of it. i've tried to find some solutions with, with what i can do, which is play the piano. i found a video to play i who is willing to support me. so we've practiced my piece in this small arrangements. as they prepare backstage, the audience takes the seats for the 5th lines will some festival for the blind standing on stage. it's the performance time to sean, the the, the

only benjamin must play without the backing of the orchestra. but it lets them show his best talents, improvisation and adaptation. my son was pulled on . it's about exactly the less and go you'll see is your way. and trying to peek around to find the good side the for benjamin, the experience has been less than is self sufficient. let me go. it shows the need

for better support for visually impaired. awesome everywhere. it's nice to have this kind of event, but it wouldn't be even nice if the inclusive in the really any music festival, any closer, responsive use able people and things that we can say. and there's a lot of talent not being seen because there are too many bias. the you love mountains, but don't like hiking this could be your ticket to ride. it's the world's steepest cable car, a short cut to enjoy spectacular views on the summit. the record breaking cable

weight recently opened and this was out in shield horn. its modern design allows guests to see the mountain in a new life and enjoy a spot of praise ski at the top. the top, the majestic shield horn is the terminals of a new record breaking gone deluxe. part of the largest cable car project in the alps. the familiar lift, hope all the new aerial guns, the brakes, the world record for steepness, the styles to solve the problem. it has a gradient of 159.4 percent cycle a short route of the norm. this jump in after 220 for then your approval from the valley and check his bag all the way up to move and the going to la climb some 800 meters and just 4 minutes. despite being a mere 1200 meters long, the car holds 85 and it has a unique design dangling from an 11 meter long arm. y'all don't the night, due to the incline the cabin had to be adaptable so that it doesn't hit the

suspension cable during breaking copied. and these don't the talk side in a home. the home the large observation window can be opened and experience unlike any other. look down is not for the faint of heart. you also have the list of the ride feels like an elevator of this that's quite fast. you can feel it. it's different to other counselors to under environmental. should your computer? well, here's the big windows making. the system is atanya most constantly monitored by cameras and sensors, so as not to require any staff on board. it is also equipped with an energy management system. explain to lafayette design this. this saves precious energy which is stored in this giant battery when to copy them. when the cabins are full and ascending, we generate energy, which we recover from the system and store in here. and then when we go off again, fully loaded and at full speed, we use the energy stored in the battery energy and just

like that, the cable car produces up to 20 percent of its own operating power. it costs around $40.00 euros to make the journey up and down, and it's a ride into the alps. you'll never forget. that's quite the cliffhanger. that's all from us. this we get focus on europe. if you missed a story or i'd like to see more of our topics on europe and do our website and dw. com, thanks for your company. bye for now. the respect,

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