A man has come forward who claims to have witnessed their deaths in 999. 00 that was the year president Alexander Lukashenko expanded his power to establish a police state and some politicians like former interior minister use actor enco dared to take him on but failed and investigation by those who will has found that members of a secret military unit might have been involved in his death. Youre a guy rav he says he was part of that task force he claims to have 1st hand knowledge of zakhar rankles disappearance for his daughter yelena its a chance to get answers to questions that have consumed her for decades so she made the decision to come face to face with one of her fathers alleged killers. 2 2 2 2 in 1999 yeah naz actor and course father yuri vanished without a trace. She never found out what happened to him. And for the past 2 decades she has hope that maybe somewhere her father may still be alive. It was 20 years of uncertainty for her and her family now live in german exile they only have a few momentos of urys acar and. Some of us in the sense they are here and usually the this situation was hardest for my grandmother would give them additional when she lay dying in the pit its me of them. Within the school this is my grandma here im not her last words were yuri. His name. You know she died not knowing what had actually happened to her son. When we knew it was no up robbed us just. Yelena is slowly learning about what really happened to her father a famous opposition figure in critic of belorussian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. Documentary recently revealed that yuris actor and go was murdered by his squad in the spring of 1999 on may 7th for men assaulted zachary and go as he made his way home and bundled him into a car. The men were dressed in civilian clothes but were part of a military elite unit called sober. They drove to a forest where they shot him. We know this from your testimony one of the men involved in zachary abduction and murder he is presently applying for asylum in switzerland. Yuri garage ski says he was not only involved in zacharias killing but now 2 other opposition figures as well. This. To do when youve killed 10 or 15 people it messes with your head. It makes you a sick person. In this case 3 people were killed and i feel it weighing down on my soul and mind. Thats why youre a garage skee has agreed to speak to zachary daughter yelena. She hopes to finally get answers to the questions that have been tormenting her for years. I want to be sure that this man actually witnessed my fathers murder. So i want to feel all this in my heart. And of course i want to look him in the eyes and i want to feel with my heart and find peace for my soul. Mates. Ya know heads off to meet your a garage city in switzerland it will be a painful journey into the past and she knows it. But she hopes it will also be an opportunity to finally break out of the vicious cycle of grief and Unanswered Questions she feels trapped in. A garage ski arrives at the offices of a swiss newspaper noir. Hes nervous unsure what to expect both have agreed to security procedures the atmosphere is tense. A little later you know an hour arrives but she also undergoes a search. And finally they sit down face to face. But that will. Help to stop i have come here today to look you in the eyes. I want to know the truth is to. The but. Its important for me to know for a fact that my father died of a fast death. For a long time. I thought he had been slowly dismembered. Is a good just. No no absolutely not he was laid on the ground face down and then shot in the back through your father was shot along with gone charred cross off ski through. You know i now want certainty he really is telling the truth. I will ask you one final question said can you swear on everything you hold dear in this world that everything you said is true you can look good i swear on my daughter i swear on my Daughters Health that we arrested and killed zucker rinko gone char and cross off ski yes weve been referred to as a death squad and thats an accurate description thank you. The 2 hour talk leaves eureka roski and yon as acar and go emotionally drained roski is trying to come to terms with his past he knows that he perpetrated serious crimes but also feels like a victim of the belorussian regime. I feel squeezed like a lemon i mean motion a League Source did it is always difficult to tell the truth. Here he says hes prepared to treat penn for his crimes behind bars. And yelena says she saw the guilt in his eyes but that she is not feeling a sense of relief. Which is a little social this is very difficult. But this feeling weighs heavily on me i dont know. The black wall that has always been before my eyes has opened up. I know now that my father was killed. I know know the truth. But ya know also says this wont bring her peace of mind after all bella bruce is still controlled by the same regime that once murdered her father yelena is now hoping the perpetrators can finally be brought to justice by an International Court if there is one european city that knows how to celebrate carnival in style its venice the tiny canals are filled with mast party goers looking to relax and celebrate which makes them ideal targets for pickpockets but he is determined to stop the nation franco duran wants to make the streets safer and has taken matters into his own hands but his initiative isnt being welcomed by everyone. From cody rossi is a proud phoenician and passionate about protecting fairness carnival reverence. Frank was a member of the cheetah dini known distract the Citizens Initiative that has vowed to keep an eye on pickpockets to keep locals and tourists safe if. You get out of. Members of the group confront thieves and give advice to do or its like carry your backpacks on the front. De rossi says the citys busy realtor bridge is a favorite with pickpockets refreeze i mean thing every day i mean i can spot them by the way they walk. How they look at backpacks and purses. Above all their eyes give them away. A thief may conceal his or her hand under a map and surreptitiously slide it into the victims bag the person busy taking pictures doesnt realize a thing and their wallet is gone as de rossi continues patrolling the city center some of his fellow activists find an empty wallet someone has most likely been pick pocketed. To show i want it so long. And. The thieves often hide their loot in the park sally roma the activists sometimes find one it still full of valuables here. And secure them before the thieves accomplices can get to them. Ok so i work as a teen. Some still wallets and take the cash while the others try to use the credit cards. To. Give me all no gets he hands it over to plain Clothes Police officers they appreciate the work of the activists. More and more nations and tourists have started taking action against pickpockets. This thief was caught in the act and apprehended until Police Arrived members of de rossis group filmed the incident diversity or like here de rossi follows 2 women accuses them publicly of being pickpockets such videos often end up on the internet i didnt like going. On might you know. The Venice Police criticize such forms of vigilante justice. If. Its forbidden to put these recordings on the internet especially if theyre minors its forbidden to get ruzicka even if people are concerned unknown pickpockets as long as they are not caught red handed the presumption of innocence applies the citizen may not simply take another citizen. On scent mark square most tourists enjoy the carnival perhaps watched by the yacht pickpocket. Franco de rossi took off his mask the nearly 70 year old is taking a break. He meets of a nation woman from his initiative. He doesnt want to hear any criticism of his own work im a document that makes me mad not just the system and the police just dont take it seriously they dont send the pickpockets to jail but you know when you go. Because the evidence is missing i dont understand that. So i do what i have to do. Then he storms off. He got a call pickpockets this time the police were there in time for the victims it all happened very fast. They just went into 3 times and sort of fortunately they didnt take anything to prevent the other problems even. If a member of franco de rossis group exposed them the ladies will be taken to the Police Headquarters today rossi the hunt continues. If you just like there are many others i wont stop until there are no more pickpockets the new people. Until then de rossi will keep his mosque on during carnival and charge off to protect his hometown as he says but some people find him rather scary. They are hungry cold and vulnerable the roman children in bulgaria are particularly hard hit by poverty hope for a Better Future is hard to find in one of europes poorest countries they live in the eastern town of sleeve in the home to one of the well gary is largest roma ghettos. And for young girls like mariana its a dangerous place but now she and other children there have been given a chance to change the direction of their lives. Like yes the roma settlement in sleeve and is called. Which means hope. But there is little sign of hope here. The people are poor. 25000 roma live in this ghetto its one of the largest a milk area here a lot of the street prevails Nicolo Demeter have never let his 12 year old daughter mariana out of the house alone its too dangerous girls live in constant danger of being kidnapped Child Marriage is common the last of the according to our tradition girls get married when theyre 12 or 13 and then they have children but i dont want to live like that. Since her mother left mary ana lives alone with her blind father hes constantly worried that he wont be able to protect his daughter. I have a dream to get out of this ghetto theres no future here in the dish to. Marry on his cello helps distractor she practices for hours every day shes able to leave the ghetto with her instrument 3 times a week into another world. Into gear argued world. Famous bulgarian violinist has performed on the big stages in europe today he lives in germany but he grew up in a desert. That this is i was just like these kids mr shoeless and do it today here in this host my father gave me my 1st violin and it was here that i started playing because abortions. Is familiar with poverty he also knows that for most roma children especially girls its difficult to escape 10 years ago he got the chance to do something about it and took it. Lord knows but my partners father died and we found an end of the look with money its not much money neither its the folk who are children so we decided to do some things that the money in the roma quarter instead of that was lost the my wife said you are a musician the children with your violin. Have decided to open a music school in a sisters garage with the help of donations 300 roma children have since been given the chance to learn an instrument here for mariana it was a long and hard way. The other kids teased me when i went to music class with some of the so when they heard me play in concert they apologized to me and i even proud of me for them my dream is to play the cello and to teach. That to. Mary on a School Principal insists she has to study hard and to speak bulgarian well only then will she have a good chance for a musical career. They have to have at least to see a great average gotten otherwise they cant develop musically. Shows his scholars the countrys most important stage the concert hall bulgaria and sofia. Mariano and her fellow students play together with the virtue of the National Symphony orchestra. Her father couldnt afford the trip to sofia but he knows that mary on his concert is a good chance for her. With Music Lessons our children dont only learn music they also experience a whole new culture which helps them to break the roman mentality of the roman traditional all. Niccolo demeanor of wants to accompany his daughter on her journey leaving the streets and as best as he can. Well as collide jeff once said in the world of music it doesnt matter where you come from in the Scottish Highlands a storm is brewing the picture as country is on course to leave the e. U. With the u. K. At the end of this year despite the majority having voted against for exit some like farmer james porter feel like they are being taken out against their will he fears that it could spell the end of his business and now hes pushing for an exit from briggs it. Is such a beautiful morning its easy to forget the wounds of the world for a moment. Come summer theyll be pleased barrys prosperous and strawberries ripe for the picking but james porter is worried that they wont be anyone to pick them. Thats not quite so easy to fix so yeah its a big concern for us mainly because of labor my company around 4000. 00 we need 4000. 00 workers every year to come over from Eastern Europe mainly from poland and romania. And. You know were very concerned that without that we wont be able to continue this business like a majority of voters in scotland james porter did not want brecks it now the fear that britain will no longer welcome workers from the e. U. Has become reality weve tried to encourage people locally to come and pay. You know the numbers just arent there so these guys are only solution for harvesting what we grow. He doesnt know what he will do in the future hes hoping that the British Government will offer a compromise. Others are hoping for more radical solutions from the Scottish Parliament and would have liked to stay in the e. U. Im really angry and upset and being taken over vu against our will not just piques my heart just breaks my heart please leave l. A. On fodors last find a refight to europe please england. Scotland are in 2 different caucus in englands one to go their own way and they want to be a bit more right wing and they want to be a bit more reclusive not supergrass save the scotland wants to be progressive. To despair about bricks it has reignited the debate about scottish independence. Scotland already declared its independence once here in opera exactly 700 years ago. Kenny brace is a councillor for the Scottish National party the country strongest Political Force at the moment he wants history to repeat itself of course scotland could be independent a country with such huge as awesome as we have 25 percent of europes offshore wind and. Thats massive and we have one of the best educated and highly skilled peoples in europe and were not saying were any better than other people in the world but at least as good as scots wont be given the chance to vote again on whether their country should become independent unless the British Government agrees. But kenny brace about to tuck into a traditional scottish haggis denah is outraged. Well i think its completely wrong and i think the people of our country like the democratic right to choose that only. Those. The great work against. These if youre out in the wild on at least in the democratic world. Is the right. Peoples right to choose how and by whom that got them but in a country where tradition is important there are also some scots who disagree with him and want to remain in the united kingdom. Another day today to give a bad idea the 1st one post a lot of divisions and society can change ships in scotland we are not Strong Enough country to feel to going to paint and i just feel no stickley not a good idea and years ago i would just say yes 70 to. 80. Kenny braces on patel he thinks that the consequences of bricks it will make these detractors change their minds. If a waking up in the middle of the night to catch an early flight isnt your cup of tea this next story is for you night trains are making a comeback theyre nostalgic comfortable and Climate Friendly so its no wonder that interest in rail travel is up especially in austria a new route right through europe from the capital vienna to brussels in belgium is growing in popularity and its reminding travelers that its not about the destination but the journey. What a grand reception for a not so new idea for the 1st time in 16 years the night train from vienna has arrived in brussels and the revamped night jazz has a great deal of fans. But. The heyday of rail travel in europe might be long over until the 1960 s. Trains were the main means of travel bar and restaurant cars were a must and rail journeys were associated with leisure and not necessarily with speed. But then at least in germany cars planes and high speed trains took over travel became almost instant the austrian federal Railways Company went another way if german sleeper cars that were no longer in use and business is booming. People are traveling by night again weve seen a big 10 to 15 percent increase in passengers nor does haifa sleep because especially the de luxe ones with sweet showers and toilets. To be fair the compartments are not quite as luxurious as in the past. So lets talk now ill show you a luxury compartment not very big as you can see. Its a bit of a squash indeed. What do the passengers in the cheaper compartment say. Im sick kind of is it difficult to sleep here with all the back and forth and noise its true its not like sleeping at home but i still think its comfortable. Sweet dreams which is a voice from the loudspeakers. Back in the olden days passengers were perhaps a little more elegant. And there was more so. Staff on hand to provide service. But there are still friendly waiters today to provide guests with coffee in the morning. Breakfast in bed is the rule on this night train which doesnt have a restaurant car. After 14 hours on the train some passengers might be a little worse for the wear in the morning. But theyve made it and as weve said before for many train travel is more about the journey than the destination. A Climate Friendly journey that brings you right to the city center to well thats all from us this weekend focus on europe if you have thoughts or questions about our show you can get in touch with me on twitter thanks for watching and ill see you again next week i for now. Move. To the big. The big. Mega city these concrete jungles are often boasting after seeing. Their economic powerhouses get leave people with no limits above how much population already lives in urban centers leaving climbers with a huge challenge how can these monstrous cities be tell me. In 30 minutes on d w. To the point of strong opinions clear positions International Perspective such surely is actively looking abroad for skilled workers even willing to court other migrants who say temporary asylum has expired and meanwhile zina phobic right wing parties are on the rise opened or closed is germany a country of immigration joined us on to the point to. Point. With anything up to minutes on d w. 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News live from Berlin Germany is in mourning after a far right extremist killed 10 people with immigrant backgrounds the gunman walked into 2 boston the city of hananiah front but and shot his victims prosecutors are treating it as an act of terrorism chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her condolences to the cousin with people across the whole of germany i share the deep pain felt today by the people of the now over the brutal deaths of so many of our fellow cities