hello and welcome to focus europe, my name is liz shoo. on average, every european produces around 500 kilograms of waste per year. but what actually happens to it once we discard it? some of it is given a new life. but what is not recycled is incinerated or ends up in landfills - in the worst case, unsorted. in some countries in eastern and southern europe, this type of disposal is still widespread. romania is ranked among the eu's worst member states for waste recycling. a lot of of garbage and recyclable material is thrown together before it even arrives at the landfill. this violates the standards of the european union, which has given money to romania for proper waste management. this includes the construction of a modern landfill in klooj-napoca. but our reporter discovered that millions in eu funding has failed to clean up the problem. a romanian landfill site, full of unsorted waste -- financed with money from the european union. this was supposed to be a modern, environmentally friendly waste dump to replace the older, illegal lan

hello and welcome to focus europe, my name is liz shoo. on average, every european produces around 500 kilograms of waste per year. but what actually happens to it once we discard it? some of it is given a new life. but what is not recycled is incinerated or ends up in landfills - in the worst case, unsorted. in some countries in eastern and southern europe, this type of disposal is still widespread. romania is ranked among the eu's worst member states for waste recycling. a lot of of garbage and recyclable material is thrown together before it even arrives at the landfill. this violates the standards of the european union, which has given money to romania for proper waste management. this includes the construction of a modern landfill in klooj-napoca. but our reporter discovered that millions in eu funding has failed to clean up the problem. a romanian landfill site, full of unsorted waste -- financed with money from the european union. this was supposed to be a modern, environmentally friendly waste dump to replace the older, illegal lan

my name is liz shoo - see you next time! berlin. israel has targets across the gaza strip, including an airstrike on a densely populated area in the south, a region israel had told people to relocate to. hamas media reports several people killed or wounded in the blast. also coming up, aid deliveries for gaza are on standby following intensive diplomacy. israel and egypt agree to allow

my name is liz shoo - see you next time! 10/19/23 10/19/23 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! pres. biden: i come to israel with a single message, you are not alone. you are not alone. as long as the united states stand, and it will stand forever, we will not allow you to stand alone. amy: israel is continuing its deadly assault on gaza a day after president biden traveled to israel

a very warm welcome to focus on europe this week with me, liz shoo. it's campaign season in poland, and the ruling national-conservative party could lose its majority. so part of its strategy to attract voters has been to spread fear about refugees. the ones they are targeting are those trying to cross the border from belarus into poland, and therefore into eu territory. despite beefed up security, the number of illegal border crossings is on the rise. the wall runs along the border between the polish region of podlaskie, and belarus. but refugees are not what worries residents like maria pshtshkhovska. she's more concerned about the divisive tone of the election campaign: the stirring up of nationalism and xenophobia. all this could hurt her business, she says. and give her homecountry poland a bad reputation. it may look a bit like the end of the world, but it's only the border of the european union. this is podlachia, poland, on the border with belarus. there is not much here apart from forest, fields and a few houses, and that's exactly why maria

a very warm welcome to focus on europe this week with me, liz shoo. it's campaign season in poland, and the ruling national-conservative party could lose its majority. so part of its strategy to attract voters has been to spread fear about refugees. the ones they are targeting are those trying to cross the border from belarus into poland, and therefore into eu territory. despite beefed up security, the number of illegal border crossings is on the rise. the wall runs along the border between the polish region of podlaskie, and belarus. but refugees are not what worries residents like maria pshtshkhovska. she's more concerned about the divisive tone of the election campaign: the stirring up of nationalism and xenophobia. all this could hurt her business, she says. and give her homecountry poland a bad reputation. it may look a bit like the end of the world, but it's only the border of the european union. this is podlachia, poland, on the border with belarus. there is not much here apart from forest, fields and a few houses, and that's exactly why maria

hello and welcome to focus europe, my name is liz shoo. on average, every european produces around 500 kilograms of waste per year. but what actually happens to it once we discard it? some of it is given a new life. but what is not recycled is incinerated or ends up in landfills - in the worst case, unsorted. in some countries in eastern and southern europe, this type of disposal is still widespread.

a very warm welcome to focus on europe this week with me, liz shoo. it's campaign season in poland, and the ruling national-conservative party could lose its majority. so part of its strategy to attract voters has been to spread fear about refugees. the ones they are targeting are those trying to cross the border from belarus into poland, and therefore into eu territory. despite beefed up security, the number of illegal border crossings is on the rise.

i'm liz shoo. thanks for joining us today! it's peak campaign season in poland. the country is set to elect a new parliament in mid-october. the ruling national conservative party pis is fighting to keep its majority, in a campaign rife with criticism against the eu. the verbal attacks are also aimed at liberal opposition leader donald tusk. he's the former president of the european council and the main challenger in these elections.