The fighting was program one separatist is his number one priority well the political newcomer recently visited 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 house 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of his commitment to ending the war and he has taken the 1st step towards deescalation Ukrainian Army has partially withdrawn from the contested region and thats giving hope to Nina Cedar Ranko who has to cope with living in a war zone as a disabled person.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 lot hunts 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 core of her husband and 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. It is for the. National been the most poignant i was scared the whole time on the bridge and i had to take a tranquilizer. It would have happened if someone had a trip to tell you why they were carrying me. 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. Be given to a good people we were so impatient just waiting for the election you know we have such high hopes in your minds alinsky gave his oath of office i simply cried and i just want all of this to and to finally get back to peace i want nothing to do with me. At least instead its a 100. 00 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 own forward defenses disengagement means soldiers on both sides and 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 under ukraines new president. We show 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 from here. 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 not being called daily back home in the hands she owned a business that employs 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. The way it was able to im totally against this withdrawal i dont want to give up this territory again this must all stay ukraine. 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 then its a little hans it was not talents idea given the casualties the tally 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 it happened nearby. And in the sea 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 in a 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 territory. 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 begin the motion of a ship when ordinary people have had enough of this war when when you didnt when you were grieving for the normal life right now used to live as a couple not among nations knew. The scars left by 5 years of runty but a little more normality could perhaps finally be around the corner president selenski has announced intends to rebuild the ravine breach within weeks with or without support from the separatists. 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 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 i dont know if she can get 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 of gold and then i might hear them 10 times in one week. But turks of african origin like El Chino Yannick 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 afro turks exist. Really these people here i wasnt aware of that. Very few of the afro turks themselves know their roots forced assimilation has consigned their history and culture to oblivion now their descendants want to change that some years ago they founded an association for the purpose. Of 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 his near the yannick 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 if youre going to vote even if you do want to research it hardly any documents from that time can be found. Where you 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 and. I really dont like to be in crowds. A lot of fall and i feel uncomfortable and frightened. And. When i was a kid it was worse than budgeting admission to get i was trying to hide under a chair called to have had. The annual afro turk festival concludes with a big picnic the yonex try to get together with other efforts works 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 which would leave. Whenever we meet people from nigeria or sudan here in turkey we invite them over one of 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 get a good mix that is. But yeah nick 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 or minister just a black but it. Would look almost a given. You know chin 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. Where inhalation of a small town on the palate nice. We visit the nursing home with the psychiatry your ghostly colliders who 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 that has attained 3 years ago psychiatrist in the light has found the home in an unspeakable state. Because thats the way he was the darkest through the worst situation in 2016 was shockingly. Beautiful there were 51 inhabitants 36 of which were permanently sedated by medicine or electronic equipment. Used careful with the king some people had 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 to the. Director of 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 a home which actually should only house 15. Antonie sree last is no stranger to the nursing home unless. Hes got it 4 years ago because he didnt want to accept such inhumane conditions. As the war that 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. That made me. 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 in part one for each person who died in this way would have. Died from infections of the lungs probably caused by being fed wrong. Habitants with pureed food while they were lying in bed to study the consequences of the inhabitants 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 in demand Inhumane 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 sat on the home support for 13 years but sees no fault of his own. Given just the mystery of sharjah the governments didnt hire qualified stuff. But for example of the 3 floors there was only one staff member per floor in charge in the afternoons. So what were they supposed to control these children you see to stay there and 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. You know so 1st i was 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. Will be my 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 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 she pours are. Dirty sometimes. And its little really that. They hear you like that if youre really lucky and every time people are in the south room for example of stairs and i was after she was off and i was at this we that there is one girls who is blind and so she dont have a new 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 sick and nothing she cannot even see so she just here and even the way that she die the only thing i dont know is a sudden tony stray 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 youre 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 french 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 impact will little decisions having to deal in a especially when it comes to education and social affairs history 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 says im hopes attending the elite school will help her land a top job as a french Civil Servant which isnt unlikely has produced some of frances most prominent politicians and heads of state among them president call and his predecessors. 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 director patrick maintains his school is open to everyone he says wealth or social status have no influence on whos admitted. I want to know the establishment of each ministry and state department could recruit their own management who take that 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. 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 i was disappointed by you know. When i enrolled i was full of energy and eager to improve the french states if not more because 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 as 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. And 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 determined on the me for. The transformation begins when i do my hair i twist 3 braids and pin them up 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 juliet 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 in love. So as 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 to give each letter personal attention letters such as this one. That i do and to my own up to giulietta 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. For own a northern italy has become the city of love inseparably bello to the story of Shakespeares Romeo and juliet. 2 and a half 1000000 visitors pass through annually. Most of them calling for the rim antic atmosphere. If some even propose to the 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. Christine who likes her work here both as an assistant and in her role as a real life juliets the sooner she appears people start asking her to pose for a photo with the. Mess of the north 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 its even better and theyre all over the world so level. Even if juliet story is purely fictional its become a living reality for the city of verona. A city where life imitates art well thanks for watching focus on europe and they try to get in touch with me on twitter about this weeks topics next week my colleague peter craven will be back with a special edition a focus on europe for rome is sure to join in but thats it for today by. Come. On. Shore east that people are all done for g. W. On facebook and twitter us up to date and in touch and follow us. Its all happening much of it before coming to. Your link to news from africa the moral majority links to exception these stories and discussions continue and will come to be diffused after coming program and from one generation from our use of easy to our i would say demi come smash africa join us on facebook at g. W. Africa. I am the flower. Yeah im beautiful and ive heard it before and it never grows old. Im worshiped from my looks and my scent my looks but heres the thing. Life starts with me. You see i feed people. Every fruit comes from me. 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