. >> discontent is growing in the valley of tears, but in romania's capital, bucharest, no one hears the calls for help from romania's most troubled region. >> i wish i were a chicken -- it may be hard to believe, but a song by that name really did make it to the top of the german charts. the lyrics are all about how much fun the chicken's light must be. -- a chicken's life must be. you can spend all day lazing in the grass. reality paints a different picture. laying hens are usually cramped in different cages. one british woman wants conditions to change. she has founded the british and welfare trust -- british hen welfare trust. >> this is how it heidi -- this is heidi. the family has 20 hens and three roosters. other 14-year-old girls wish for a dog or a hamster, but just wanted chickens. >> they are completely different. they are really sweet. >> heard chickens come from the british and welfare trust, a charitable organization which regularly picks up older battery hens. we cannot go along as no egg producers are willing to let us take chickens -- take pictures of their chickens.

in vienna, 26 and friday, 27 in bucharest. warmer weather is ahead of you. here's the extended forecast. that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with updates at the to of the hour.

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