His men were apparently members of elite units loyal to the head of state in belarus that is Alexander Lukashenko from their official mission combating organized crime. But the units were it also seems tasked with liquidating political opponents in order to bolster the author of tarion regime the president lukashenko still today rules with an iron fist one man whose name is your to get up scale was a Senior Member of such a special unit and in conversations with our reporters hes provided some telling testimony. Yuri ski says he was involved in the murder of belorussian opposition figures over 20 years ago now he wants to come clean hes currently applying for asylum where we cannot disclose fears the belorussian secret service might come after him. I received information that they either wanted to arrest me or put me in jail. But i dont want to be locked up or give testimony or me and use of something i did not even do. Them. With a rough ski broke his hip in a car accident and bella. He was operated on in the country and where he is now seeking asylum garage he has recovered and no longer needs crutches but hes certain that his Traffic Accident was actually an attempt to kill him he finally wants to speak out about his role in the assassination of the russian opposition figures. 20 years ago 3 opposition politicians vanished without a trace in the belorussian capital minsk among them was the then interior minister your reason. On the evening of may 7th 1900 9 oclock or ranko had parked his car in front of the old fire station in central minsk he left his car and made his way home by foot. According to the testimony of key witness. 2 men followed the minister. To further men then blocked his path. He says they were undercover members of the elite sober unit. One then told the Police Follow us. Although the political situation in belarus was turbulent at the time that had been a leading opposition politician and had been determined to stop the countrys turning into a full fledged dictatorship his aim was to oust president look at. In the mid 1990 s. Organized to controversial referenda that effectively consolidated his dictatorship he stripped parliament of its powers even ignoring lawmakers on Hunger Strike since then has ruled the roost with an iron fist the country is deemed europes last remaining dictatorship and the epitome of a police state. Was 18 years old at the time after completing his military service he joined the newly founded elite unit where he served for 5 years and rose up the ranks. He has copies of documents from the time as evidence. He keeps the originals at a secret location. This here is my special forces Veterans Association membership card. Is issued only to people who served in combat units to the interior ministry i was Deputy Commander of the 1st unit this id card is only issued to sober members. Bella ruse has many elite special force units all of which are loyal to look at. The official purpose of so was to combat smugglers and organized crime though he says that wasnt its only role. According to the minister did not resist his abduction he was taken to a military Training Area northeast of minsk. On the right there he reportedly asked his captors to make his death as painless as possible. He says he then handed a special assassination gun to one of the officers. Was shot at close range and instantly died. When munster a small town in northwestern germany. Soccer and goes wife and 2 daughters live here in exile. As well as their children who never met their granddad. You lena is oldest daughter she works as a saleswoman and is the only Family Member willing to talk about their experience. This is the 1st time she is confronted with testimony about the murder of her father. She reacts skeptically but also deeply moved. Its difficult to learn about all this and to see the place where he was buried and to hear how he died you need nerves of steel for the. President look at change go has so far refused to shed light on the suspected murder of the opposition figures even the council of europe investigators believe he might have orchestrated their disappearance which is why he has been persona non grata in the west for years. In november however he made an official state visit to austria. At the press conference he was asked about the disappearance of the opposition politicians. But he refused to comment. Youre a garage ski claims he was forced to participate but he also says he feels guilty towards the victims relatives and wants to aid the investigation. Through scream i asked for the my sincere condolences as i was involved in these murders. I apologized to them. At the burial sites number up. Everything else know the pens and them in a better way to see in Justice System this is. Your line is that karim co is struggling to find the right words after hearing he confessed to his involvement in her fathers murder. At the new one. This is not about this is about the system he was a part of you cant blame him for anything. People like him were dependent on the system. They were forced to carry out bloody crimes like these just being. Each year a vigil is held in minsk in remembrance of the karang co and the other politicians who disappeared. He says he knows what happened to them as well 20 years after these events the truth about his quiet impellor roofs might finally come to light. Well it certainly chilling stuff and that testimony will surely be of interest to the council of Europe Special investigator who has long believed that the order to kill was issued from. Now on a very different note british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has it seems finally got what he wants after more than 3 years of torture at an acrimonious debate its going to happen brags that the united kingdoms exit from the e. U. Is just a couple of weeks away now as a result many foreigners living and working in the u. K. Say they no longer feel welcome and that includes a significant number of people from the baltic republic of latvia and now theyre going home but starting another new life is far from easy. No more big ben no tower bridge and goodbye to bricks it more and more latvians are turning their backs on britain and building lives for themselves here in riga edgars context has already taken this step he spent 7 years living in studying in britain. Now hes working for a lack in Construction Company enrica the bricks at referendum to change his life forever. I was shocked so its and because of that. All these things that were warned before beforehand all these and economic implications of course which is important for me as a student and a potential future workforce i decided to make decisions go back to libya. He had dreamed of working in the british Auto Industry now he heads the Accounting Department here at 1st it was like taking a step back in time. For life you know you know i was sort of not sure about it i was. Made a decision without crystallized and i dont think im going to make any other future in any other country. Oscar tootin says also left the u. K. And returned to latvia the uncertainty about living in a britain thats no longer in the e. U. Drove him to leave. Back in england 2 tins operated a small gardening business now he wants to make a fresh start hes arranged to meet fellow gardener she and her staff attend the grounds of reagans only croquet club. But he hopes to get some advice but the weather is giving him 2nd thought to shape the gardening season is much shorter here in southern england it was 10 months long. As we thought moving along just before christmas and started again in february. Its made in response hard to imagine how you can survive the winter here how you can make a living as a gardener in latvia but theres also a big discrepancy in pay some of it. Britain is home to more than 100000 latvians many moved here after lexia joined the e. U. Because the wages were good or in the wake of the financial crisis. On sundays children take classes as alexian house in London Learning the life in language learning songs and their own culture helps them stay connected to their homeland. For months breakfast has been causing turmoil a worry for many latvians what about their residency status what about their pensions. At a reception in the last few an embassy they speak with their foreign minister many tell him that the attitude towards foreigners has changed dramatically here. At the other end the open dark hole they should have a ritual that i have not experienced before they actually owe a mouth with. Abuse to people who was speaking the same language she was saying i thought that was desperately sad. Minas let me in foreign minister edgars rink a vigil travelled specially to london to woo the expats to return home of the he sees it as an opportunity for latvia. I would say the brics it globally was good if i play say in the sales got ready people start the story saying what they want to do in the future if you carry with us maybe some of them really have a 2nd look at the chance to return. But readjusting to life in latvia isnt easy for many moral rules and knows that all too well she lived in britain for several years herself. So she another return is founded the group with world experience in life via most of its members are 30 somethings whose the things the chaos surrounding bricks it will lead more latvians to return the uncertainty and the perception that perhaps its not them what will happen with their children what will happen with the next generation i think those are still open questions that im sure im sure that people do have those concerns and thoughts and and. Anyways of course that is more likely to push them to come back rather than make them stop. At a tango session in riggers old town asters 2 tins is making new contacts. 3 months after returning he still feels a bit out of step with life in latvia yet he also knows britain is no longer the place for him. Now germanys northern both think port of rostock front itself in the spotlight this past summer when it became the 1st city in the country to elect a normal german mayor klaus through a mud sometimes a danish citizen was voted into office on an independent thinkers the question is hows it going to go down with the locals well perhaps one of the best places to find out is a traditional german Christmas Market. The Largest Christmas markets in northern germany and it dana in the middle rustics mirror close months and thats probably gone now i can open the Christmas Market in 5 minutes i hope its around the corner before i get into trouble ill go ahead. And there santa claus hi santa. I dont know any of this saying something later something spontaneously i dont have anything prepared. Main thing is to Say Something like no the last till Christmas Market this open ok ok its my office calling probably nervous about whether i. Follow. The mare marched unprepared to the opening in the town hall is worried. I thought no big deal im here with santa claus couldnt have a better advisor. At the town hall isnt used to his relaxed money yet german brock received meets danish offhanded this thats what election was a test of courage for him but voters in rostock he believes also were courageous. And. Can be proud to be the 1st big city in germany with a foreign mare which proves how cosmopolitan rostock is and its cool when people say hey were about the content not the passport passed on to me you know i dont feel in large files in this desk copenhagen is this role model. Like the danish metropolis must focus to become a bicycle city i think there is enough space out there to create something really intelligent. For the common or ham so we could have an idea competition or something for a bicycle friendly downtown. Politics close to citizens this is how rostock wants to counter the political trend towards right wing populism which munson experienced himself. There are a few who write to me directly about things they dont like is that have a right. There are a little more to the point for example. Well theres a comment or 2 about the fact that im not german he thought it. Was. Back to the Christmas Markets and its not a home game matson was previously a furniture dealer and not a master of ceremonies. I should Say Something so your children im supposed to open the Christmas Market is that cool. And i think thats mega cool if i were not mer i would like to be santa claus. I know why because he only has to work once a year. He was elected because voters believed he would be able to tackle the well be German Administration that he is danish is seen by some as an advantage but not by everyone. You have to be willing to accept change i dont know if its ready for that kind of come i get to you know conscious say german no foreign i think its a bit silly. But he doesnt have a german passport. I dont really understand that there are people who have 2 passports german and another one i dont know why he hasnt got a german passport stick to it i have my danish passport and no other and i think thats right why. Because its a fact if someone was born in germany and moved to london he doesnt become an englishman. The new job as mayor can have its pitfalls is trouble finding the entrance 1st next appointment finally hes led into. A discussion in a high school on the topic of education. And then i can go through the indian market 8th graders get grades for the 1st time here its stressed from the 2nd grade what kind of grades do painter and hands have been or. I dont even know the names of all these daily exercises and tests examinations its insane in the you know when it comes to education the germans can certainly learn from the danes their fire ahead. Thats for the Christmas Markets are concerned according to mayor madsen rostock is the best. Again a change of mood in the week as are a turkey ethnic minority many of whom were held in force detention in a network of internment camps in chinas North Western region of change yeah now critics accuse china of subjecting the wages in these camps to indoctrination and abuse and that has prompted a growing number of these mainly Muslim Community to seek refuge in the turkish city of istanbul among them is gold jewelry over whos been sharing details of her treatment in change young with our reporter. Going for walk with her grandson just over a year ago. Wouldnt have dreamt it was possible at the time she was in china in an internment camp for a week as hundreds of thousands of members of the predominantly Muslim Minority are believed to be health that the leadership in beijing calls them education santas. This is from the day i was arrested when the chill of the states my name my birth date and that im a terrorist. Group house says the chinese authorities never explained why they thought she was a terrorist she tells us about the cruel conditions in the camps about torture. And she mediation will throw away with those a lot of the ever spoke weaker was locked up in a dark cell we also had to write out lines of praise to the Chinese Communist party but. 10 days we got an injection in our arm we dont know what it was. About the younger women stopped having their periods was like it or going to. Split them we had to do sit ups in the nude didnt matter if you were 14 or 84. Us but thats how they violated our honor. Talked. When Good Behavior was finally released she fled to istanbul like many other week is around 25000 now live here as snake religious and cultural ties with turkey have made building new lives easier for them they say but most we get is a here because they feel safer in istanbul than in china. In this Primary School in istanbul for example it is quite normal for the children to learn riga. Singing reading or writing in their mother tongue. The teachers see a say in china that would be impossible. Chinas ambassador to turkey considers the criticism to be unjustified he says his government has done a lot to develop the weaker province change on and he rejects reports of human rights violations. The Education Centers are not prisons here they are not concentration camps. The media claim this in order to dramatize the situation. In fact these places are more like boarding schools with us and the human rights of the students are respected. So you know where i have the impression that some media and others arent. Buz ing the subject to cast chinas shinji on policy in a bad light just dont tell us. And yet all the week as we meet in istanbul say that some of their relatives back home have gone missing after rahman talk to for example he hasnt heard from his children and his wife in over 3 years at that time they went to china to visit the family they never came back. Talked recently discovered this video online it appears to be a chinese propaganda clip the boy says talk to his his son as he says. He does whats your name after izzys your age for home country peoples republic of china all of them after 3 years the 1st sign of life for my child the last time i saw him when he was very young he could only say mom and dad now he speaks chinese when i saw that i cried my eyes out all the breaks my heart know im devastated im. Also knows dozens of such stories she herself made it out of ching junk to freedom but the horror in the camps changed her she says all she has left now is to tell her story so that the world wont forget the fate of the weakest. And the really can be no doubt the time has come for the world to listen more closely to the story of the people. Now theyre long and thin crisp and crunchy the great french baguettes a National Institution however france is it seems not just a proud but also a wasteful nation wasteful to over its bread which prompted one inability of baker to come up with the great french really break. Our daily bread. Day after day its thrown away by the ton so almost 4 years ago friends became the 1st country worldwide to ban food waste by supermarkets stores now face fines if they throw away edible food rather than donate it to charitable organizations from kool aid has found a way to make day old bread new again he designed the crumble or to make bread crumbs. But security this i wanted to prevent waste but also produce quality. To ensure high quality in germany its recommended that fresh bread contain no more than 6 percent recycled bread crumbs but while 8 uses 20 percent the rest of the recipe remains unchanged yet when it comes to frances famous baguette bakers remain wary of going here with it because all bakers was thrilled with the idea of being able to use their day old bread to make new bread the moment its just that the big get the sacred here so we dont touch the recipe she said but our new method allows us to bake new types of bread that look like the gets. There just call Something Different yet we can still buy the buy get other so that baguette eva day was born literally the baguette that evaded being thrown away like. You know even cookies are being made and tire leaf from old bread so theres nothing stale about the way they taste so. Theyre simple but they taste great just like regular cookies yet not theyre perfect. 70 bakeries are currently using the crumb. To recycle their day old bread and reduce their food waste and well it would be happy if more joined in. Will be honored almost we were told me so of course id like this idea to be employed an old baker yes they will cut this so that ultimately no bread is thrown away and an organ of the moderates recycled into new high quality tasty recipes that please everyone will use the. Well a says producers need to act more responsibly when it comes to food stuffs to meet the demands of customers and our planet. About a lot on focus from europe this time around 3rd join us again certain sell and buy buy and. Good. Good good. Good. Good. Good. God. It was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult chancellor helmut kohl addresses the people of east germany shortly after the fall of the wall. The crowd primers for treme. Journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the tightrope back in dresden. Just 2 minutes mandeep the. 50 years of religions for peace. From many different states are working together toward a common goal the peaceful resolution of religious conflict. Now all the female members of Religion School peers from the middle east are demanding the larger. Common ground is empowering women giving them the rule. Making them. Change to play. The female makers storms january 5th. 77. Young. Cuts me into me. And you know what its time all voices. The same speech. To claim. The 77 percent this weekend on. 1111. 11. 11. The boosts. This is the dublin news live from berlin donald trump becomes only the 3rd ever president of the United States to be impeached. Are one is adopted. The house of representatives votes to send the president to a senate trial in an attempt to remove him from office also on the program a warning of dangerous times ahead this week in australia the state of New South Wales declares out bushfire emergency threat levels are set to rise as the country battles a record
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