A lot of resilience he says ending up fighting with program one separatist is his number one priority well the political newcomer recently resisted the front lines and invited top european diplomats to discuss ways out of the crisis. Well its a promise the people in donbass are counting on the vast majority of those in the region of new has voted for zelinsky because of his commitment to ending the war and he has taken the 1st step towards deescalation Ukrainian Army has partially withdrawn from the contested region and thats giving hope to Nina Cedar Ranko who has to cope with living in a war zone as a disabled person. Clambering over still needs a low hundreds because makeshift bridge its a journey made by thousands day in day out this is the only crossing point between government and separatist held territory for hundreds of kilometers. Minas a doting co and her husband are not only live on the separatist held site but her pension and the medicines she needs are only available on government territory once a month and you know must cross the front line each trip is an ordeal. For the. National been the most to me i was scared the whole time on the bridge and i had to take a tranquilizer. Is what wouldve happened if someone had tried to tell you they were carrying me. When it would be useful but since ukraines new president followed him as alinsky was elected nina says she at least feels hopeful selenski has promised to make ending the war in donbass his priority. To be given to a good we were so impatient just waiting for the Election Year but we have such high hopes in human felicity gave his oath of office i simply cried and if i do i just want all of this to and to finally get back to peace but i want nothing to do with me and. At least since the needs of the hunts that could now be a little more likely even though heavy artillery fire can still occasionally be heard in the distance block by block the Ukrainian Army is dismantling its forward defenses disengagement means soldiers on post. Sides are now several kilometers apart where previously they could practically look each other in the eye its a measure agreed on some 2 years ago but its only now being implemented on the ukraines new president. Wish of the new ukrainian positions nothing is supposed to give away its location the soldier we meet is adamant this is no retreat live edition that gives russian the new position is bigger and better for us and if we can see the end to be better for me. But then the. 5 years of conflict with the separatists have left their mark more than 10000 ukrainians have been killed and 3 times as many injured since fighting broke out this conflict has cost motel usual being called daily back home in the hands she owned a business that employed more than 150 people the separatists gave her just 6 hours to leave everything behind instead she began volunteering coordinating donations for the Ukrainian Army she believes ukraine should not back down. Im totally against this withdrawal i dont want us to give up this territory again this must all stay ukrainian neighbors we need to join the e. U. Or nato. With a neighbor like russia we cant live without nato. This memorial is for the ukrainian soldiers who died in and around stern its a little hans it was natalees idea given the casualties the tallis says ukraine must not just cave in and accept peace at any price at the present tense him that was his nickname he was a scout. But id just seen him in the next morning i got a call that hed been shot and it happened nearby. Nina said during co has had enough she just wants to get back to her old life a life in peace nina worked in a bakery until a failed operation put her new wheelchair that was almost 2 decades ago a pension is just 50 euros half of which goes on nappies and drugs which she cant get at home in separatist held territories its time to head back to the bridge most people here will have to wait several hours just to pass the checkpoint in hot temperatures of 30 degrees celsius fatalities and no rarity in these queues and then began the motion of a ship of an ordinary people have had enough of this war when you dont when you were grieving for the normal life of my use to live past couple not of my nature is new. The scars left by 5 years of run deep but a little more normality could perhaps finally be around the corner president selenski has announced he intends to rebuild the ravine bridge within weeks with or without support from the separatist side. Of the little is known about their roots in fact many in the country arent even aware of this black minority the afro turks while their ancestors were brought to the Ottoman Empire as slaves hundreds of years ago and for yelchin yannick turkey is his home but hes often viewed as an outsider now hes on a journey to discover more about his familys origins and claim his place in turkish society. On his way to work yeah yeah nick stops by to check on the syrian Refugee Families in the neighborhood and ask them how theyre doing and if they need anything. They call him yelchin brother yochanan. If she can be what you need is turkish but in his hometown is mir hes often himself taken for refugee specifically hes an afro turk a descendant of african slaves brought here in the mid 19th century by the Ottoman Empire. On the streets and even in his own leather workshop hes been called black in a derogatory manner or turkish for arab. These remarks even come from my own acquaintances although theyre meant to stroke a year might go by without any remarks like that at all and then i might hear them 10 times in one week. But turks of african origin like nick are growing more confident once a year they celebrate a festival in izmir with people coming all the way from the americas and africa. Is mirs mayor also came to underscore his liberal image but many passers by are still surprised that after turks exist. Really these people here i wasnt aware of them. Very few of the effort turks themselves know their roots forced assimilation has consigned their history and culture to oblivion you know their descendants want to change that some years ago they founded an association for the purpose. Community for them with stood up so now we have been able to say who we are exactly of course were turks were born here but theres more to it something was always missing. In a disadvantage suburb of izmir the young family sits down to breakfast. Like most afro turks they are of modest means they have little time to delve into their past. Believes his ancestors came from tanzania but thats about all he knows all and youre going to vote even if you do want to research it hardly any documents from that time can be found. Through. Your children havent learned anything about the history of the african slaves in School Leaders its not even mentioned but theyve had their experiences with day to day racism in the better mr. I really dont like to be in crowds. A lot of problems i feel uncomfortable and fried the shitter. When i was a kid it was worse than budgeting additionally i would try to hide under a chair called. Head. The annual afro turk festival concludes with a big picnic the yonex try to get together with other efforts turks more often these days. Sifu here is turkish. Music too. But recently grass skirts and brightly colored shirts have become popular. Nobody here can afford an actual trip to africa so theyre happy to see more and more africans visiting turkey he should leave. Whenever we meet people from nigeria or sudan here in turkey we invite them over and have them tell us all about their home countries and cultures. Of course wed like to travel to africa or so. Maybe someday destry more come true if you good mix that its. But you know chin yannick wants to bring about change here in turkey in 2018 he ran for parliament as a candidate for a left wing party. But he didnt collect enough votes to become the 1st afro turkish representative in the grand national assembly. Hello. Were already more visible in many areas of society. Now its time for us to go into politics time for a black president told minister just a black but its. Almost a given. Noting yannick thinks the time is right some 160 years after slavery was abolished afro turks are demanding their place in turkish society. A boy restrained to his bed and a woman who hasnt seen daylight in 2 decades this is not a prison for violent criminals its a state care home and lekha not greece well a decade ago it made headlines around the world after the shocking Living Conditions were brought to light so why after all this time has nothing been done while activists are outrage and have been fighting to bring dignity to its vulnerable residents our reporter visited the home thats become a symbol of shame in the country. Scene from outside this is a typical nursing home for disabled people one of around 70 and all of greece. A small town on the palate nice. We visit the nursing home with the psychiatry your ghostly colliders to publicly criticizes the conditions in the home. Hes not a welcome guest here as the Nursing Homes director obviously wants to correct the negative image it has attained 3 years ago psychiatrist and colliders found a home in an unspeakable state. Because the story of the guards was clear that the situation in 2016 was shocking. There were 51 inhabitants 36 of which were permanently sedated by medicine or electronic equipment from accused of like to thank you some people have actually been kept in wooden cages for 22 years without ever being let out not even for a few minutes they were even fed in those cages the. Director pasta last less a rope or less only shows us one part of the nursing home many things have improved he says and he finally receives Political Support 45 people live in the home which actually should only house 15. Antonius ray last is no stranger to the nursing home unless. Hes got it 4 years ago because he didnt want to accept such inhumane conditions. At the war this summer when we entered the home what we saw were about 50 the sable people ranging from 4 to 50 years of age in tragic conditions. The hands were tied behind their backs. It was rendered. They encountered problematic conditions throughout the house was cold as there was no money for heating a lack of staff and the few who were there were unqualified a lack of food and what was served was unsavory people locked into cages to keep them quiet. But in the last 5 years there were 19 deaths among the inhabitants of the nursing home. Outside in the courtyard of the you can see the olive tree that. One for each person who died in this. Died from infections of the lungs probably caused by being fed wrong to. Be inhabitants with your ate food while they were lying in bed despite the consequences been having to swallow properly and choke to death. After 30 years should either be shut down or conditions drastically improved activists n. G. O. S and european volunteers are all united into mandan humane treatment of the inhabitants. Despite International Media reporting on this tragedy for 10 years now the conditions at the nursing home have hardly changed the deputy mayor said on the home support for 13 years but sees no fault of his own. Thats what you get when youre just the minister in charge the governments didnt hire qualified stuff. For example of the 3 floors there was only one staff member per floor in charge in the afternoons. So how were they supposed to control these children you see the state theyre in thats why they were put in these cages or tied down which is of course an acceptable but it was not with the way. There was no other way a shocking statement but the director promises things will now get better. So were focusing on improving the Living Conditions of the people here and want to help them develop their perception and. Motoric functions we want to further expand this during the coming year because i know. You might interest in those 2 french and turns a style in pauline speak freely about the conditions at the nursing home yet they havent really seen improvements. Despite the joy the 2 entrance bring to the inhabitants theyre not even allowed to take them outside. The staff so they say dont take care of the inhabitants at all everything thats was so in that we can see here its shock because its from its not normal and theyre not respect the human rights that theyre supposed to every hour shippers are. Dirty from thirst. And its really really bad. Today here you like yeah really really really need sleep and every time people are you list so thrown for example upstairs and i was asked if he was really off and i was at games we have there is one girls who is blind and so she dont have in the music i mean she cannot see she can also hear anything because she is alone in the room. She is alone there is nothing only the master the 2nd but nothing she cannot even see so she just hear and leave in the way that she died the only one i dont know who knows this but in tonys real last wont give up and although he doesnt have much support he wants to keep fighting for all these forgotten souls. They are the yellow vest protesters and have been putting pressure on the french president since last fall well theyre angered by social inequality and policies which they say favor the elite now president Emanuel Mccraw is hoping to appease demonstrators by closing the very institution that paved the way for him and many other president s theyre called that sure now the minister. Has a reputation of being exclusive and elite but students is proud to study there and believes the school plays an Important Role in france society. This is the French National school of administration where ambitious students are being trained to become the next generation of french Civil Servants and lawmakers suzanne is one of the chosen few after earning a degree in Political Science the 24 year old passed the schools challenging entry exam. When i was younger i saw what impacts political decisions have into parts of the owner especially when it comes to education and social affairs but i saw things that could be improved. Which got me interested in starting a career as a Civil Servant. Most applicants aspire to make france a little better suzanne hopes attending the elite school will help her land a top job as a french Civil Servant which isnt unlikely dana has produced some of frances most prominent politicians and heads of state among them president Emmanuelle Mccall and his predecessors alond and shock shock but now has always had a reputation for cultivating a cloistered french elite only children from well to do parisian families its been said stand a chance of being admitted. Though lately efforts were made to make the school more inclusive as headquarters were relocated from paris to strasbourg to draw in less privileged applicants in a director patrick maintains his school is open to everyone he says wealth or social status have no influence on whos admitted. The establishment of each ministry and state department could recruit their own management who did not often lead to nepotism with children and nephews of staff being employed now all Civil Servants must pass the same Entrance Exam its about individual merit which is beyond reproach. Suzanne spent one whole year preparing for the Entrance Exam she worked hard to be admitted. To todays Training Session will teach her how to act if local residents protest against dispensaries for drug substitutes. Do you have additional facts to analyze the situation what do you think about such a dispensary opening even though the entry exam is the same for every applicant many in france feel they dont have a chance of passing it and only a few French Nationals with a migrant background get admitted french yellow vest protestors want the school to be shut down but suzanne thinks the problem lies elsewhere. In a somber you know has become a symbol for everything thats wrong with the french state and we need to accept this criticism. Alone is not to blame for the situation you can only enroll when you have gone to the French School system and we need to ask ourselves how can we improve French Schools that there wasnt. Some former in a graduates are also critical of their alma mater like. He was at the top of his class as a student and could have landed a prestigious job at the court of auditors. But instead he chose to become an asylum judge. But was disappointed by you know. When i enrolled i was full of energy and eager to improve the french state if not more than the school is like a bubble just one example. So i had expected to be taught by economists will. If and perspectives in order to be able to come up with fresh new ideas. But instead we were instructed by you know graduates who work for the finance ministry. Said he says is relocation to strasbourg has not really improved the situation and the school still maintains a small parisian campus a stones throw from the senate suzanne meets in a graduates in the french capital to get valuable career advice though shes adamant this is not about Building Networks to land top jobs in politics. In france the state plays a bigger role than in other countries thats why we are very selective about who will later play a role in managing the. President my call is assessing whether the school should be shut down but susan disagrees shes convinced that to continue training coming generations of a leak french decision makers. Italy is the setting for what may be the greatest love story ever told Shakespeares Romeo and juliet even more than 400 years after it was written this spirit of the star crossed lovers very much alive in verona and so is its protagonist juliet while millions visit the city each year to walk in the footsteps of the famous lovers a romantic pilgrimage where faiths can be sealed and hearts and be healed. Christina spun yellow prepares for her big role should be playing juliets. On the me for. The transformation begins when i do my hair i twist 3 braids and pin them a little. I only do my hair like this as juliet. Christina a young lady of verona its really is in reality a University Student but whenever she has the opportunity she slips into the role of juliets generally at the cost of the juliet or the house of juliet. It receives thousands of visitors a day almost all of the making a pilgrimage of faith faith in love. Basically whoever touches the breast of the juliet statue will always be lucky and love. Them just for the rest they can write and ask for advice and theyre taken quite seriously. Every day volunteers answer the letters every single one at the club. The voluntary secretaries of juliet among them christina spaniel or give each letter personal attention letters such as this one. That is usually. Theres a person in my life very close to my heart weve been together for 4 years now but nothings happening between us anymore. Should i look for a new love or try to find happiness in this relationship maybe no love has left. Clues help me to understand and to. Verona northern italy has become the city of love inseparably belle to the story of Shakespeares Romeo and juliet. 2 and a half 1000000 visitors pass through annually. Most of them called in for the rim antic atmosphere. If some even propose to their loved one here. Year of the year the Cassidy Julia receives. Around 10000 letters from around the world assistance from many countries help out doing what they can to make love grow and flourish. About. Christina likes or work here both as an assistant and in her role as a breeder life juliets the sooner she appears people start asking her to pose for a photo with them. Etc no its always an honor to play juliet for these occasions and to see that the public appreciates my being here and people are happy to see a real life juliet to be there and to be there i was never. Even if juliet story is purely fictional its become a living reality for the city of verona. 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