Packaging material all these are leftovers of items that millions of people are around the globe are using to protect themselves from coronaviruses. The Plastic Waste in the water and along beaches is threatening delhi kate eco systems in spain adding to it the numerous challenges the country has faced recently jus to cope with 19 now environmental activists and what a model that north of i worry that that is the increased amount of Plastic Waste will cause irreversible damage to Peoples Health and to nature. Leon ill be getting is pulling Plastic Waste from the river segura near the spanish city of alicante theres heaps of garbage everywhere. At the limo plus the locals know the problem is that plastic is very light so its easily swept up by the wind and flows down rivers where it ends up in the sea that one of. The liana says spains Plastic Waste problem has gotten worse since march when the corona Virus Outbreak began. In the middle everythings got worse since the pandemic started using less disposable Plastic Packaging but now spanish people are buying even more plastic wrapped items because theyre scared of getting infected disposable plastic gloves are common in supermarkets so theyre lighten easily swept away a little bit of everything. The pandemic has led to a waste crisis now even environmentally Conscious Consumers feel safer buying plastic wrapped products. That dont be gathered by that how are you supposed to buy tortillas without Plastic Packaging and. How would i transport them. They probably. Will when i wont be buying single tomatoes so that means i need another plastic bag. Does it all this is wrapped in plastic so you can buy some unpacked groceries but i definitely prefer the ones that are packaged im doing that for the sake of my family i need a health i mean. Here 200 kilometers further south near the city of im at the spanish farmers are growing bell peppers and melons under vast plastic sheets. Some of them dispose of old sheets illegally but catching the culprits is tricky. We managed to find a former farmer who was willing to talk about the problems. Weve all been growing crops as their livelihood images like these tarnish their image a few farmers are ruining everyones image. And his colleagues from the Marine ConservationOrganization Study what happens to Plastic Waste in the sea. May take samples to have them checked for tiny plastic particles. That i mean these substances are toxic. They are poisonous Chemical Products that break down in the sea. Only to be concerned about plastic bags floating around. The tiny plastic particles you can only see under a microscope or even more dangerous. Team have their latest sample examined at a lab and they find yet more plastic particles. This plastic passes through the food chain through fish and ends of your bodies to also absorb it through our skin when we swim. Were basically contaminating yourself. Sea turtles are the worst affected this specimen being studied at the university of all media was found dead. Marine biologist marty got us and her team are conducting a postmortem to find out what caused its death. They suspect it might have died from ingesting Plastic Waste which turtles often misinterpret as food but if you put it over there you get im going to mother got the coffee give them the plastic can clean up their digestive tract it will not only that we now know that the plastic can poison them because of a couple of i mean and. Plastic waste in the sea poses a Serious Health risk to humans and animals alike. Thats why i began to spend so much time cleaning up. She says the pandemic shouldnt serve as an excuse for us to produce even more garbage she says protecting the environment also keeps us healthy. Thats got us one of the 2 well connected to them in that if we destroy the environment we want to endanger our own health we are seeing this now during coronavirus pandemic that were not thinking ahead and not protecting the environment and not treating animals like we should all those photographs that the European Union wants to cut back on Single Use Plastics but these days due to the pandemic the very opposite is happening. It takes some 500 years for these materials to decompose so theyll be with us for generations. When you hear the word mafia you probably think of organized crime groups from italy but oreos for extortion threats murder and corruption this used to be the case in the town of not north of naples which is traditionally a stronghold of the cumorah one of the oldest mafia groups in italy but now they have competition my dear and clans are dominating illegal drug sales and prostitution this man used to be a drug smuggler now he is on the other side and he told us the disturbing details of his criminal past. Yes like you got to. Come here theyre not. Going to leave but not everybody because it may not fit says the italian coastal town of castile fault or no we were there before the quran a pandemic that once a popular Tourist Destination it has since deteriorated into a crumbling crime hotspot its controlled by the nigerian math here as a former mobster tells us he says his countrymen make millions through drugs and prostitution. The former man who now cooperates with italian authorities wants to remain anonymous so well simply call him. Hes putting his life at risk after all. For. Many years and youre going for. Everything you want. To find this. Davide i used to work as a drug trafficker he like so many other nigerians would swallow little packets of cocaine and then smuggle them back to italy. Or i can swallow up 1. 2 kilos you cannot get him off so you have to do beings without food. There are many smugglers who die in the process as radiologist marianos. If just one cocaine package breaks open inside the intestine in the smuggler. Got the u. N. Has teamed up with italian authorities to crack down on the nigerian mafia in custody paul 2 a no we brought the gun in there those packages are in the interest on. Well see about 2030 here each about 7 to 8 centimeters long. Or you know theres a remarkable quantity of cocaine. The. These are a lot of packages in order to guard the very nasty bother somebody in korea and from somewhere like. Carrying drugs arriving in new delhi. Discharging with the. Crowd across him on the ground and. A week for the person to die then the head of the who is a more important than the person the value of human being is still completely 0. The nigerian maffia is also involved in prostitution so you are treated as disposable because that will that is out of the law for decades the kasturba tourneau region has been controlled by a very dangerous and powerful cumorah clan because policy. But even so the nigerian mafia has managed to spread in the area that was for them and that im often im sure both criminal organizations have come to some arrangement the cynic in me knowledge with that it audio blessing is one of the women who fell victim to the criminals the nigerian Computer Scientist was lured to europe by the mafiosi with the promise of a high paying job she came to italy via spain with all the right paperwork and like thousands of other Nigerian Women ended up on the streets quango. Have. I got scared when they took away my phone. And when they told me that i now owed them 65000 euros only then did i realize i was in the clutches of traffickers reminded traffic. Lessing had the courage to escape from her tormentors she went to the police and was taken in by nuns illegally. By estrada. When they put you on the street theyre always spying on you watching you. If a car comes by a customer they keep a list and check your earnings later that evening because you could be hiding money if you get pregnant they give you some abortion drugs. And then lock you up at home for 3 days despite the bleeding. Or most of these illegal activities happen in what the nigerian mafia calls connection houses during a raid on one italian authorities found weapons drugs and signs of prostitution. Kenyan punishments meanwhile are dealt out to anyone who breaks mafia rules. And they give it to him in a member of this in the group to go and try it in the forest so if the body is sick about it it. Surely nobody countries know what is a about person. The nigerian maffia has practically free raining cats and all daveed are remembers brazen drug deliveries by parachute were going to turn the clock in the right there with the boots. And figure bra through. The photo see where its not official go to take you to. All before you all become a joyful because i got about what is. Rather special there might be somebody who knew. Dozens of criminal organizations are at work in italy thats why davida wants to help fight. The political Decision Makers 38 and. France is currently facing 2 crises theres the corona crisis and then theres another one which gets much less attention and lets see is a crisis the french are known for their exquisite and tasty cheeses gone to opt for but since the beginning of the pandemic many choose manufacturers have not been able to sell their products the french are now been called upon to sell their patriotism go out and eat. In a region famous for its cheeses they declared emergency theres simply too much good cheese in storage due to the coronavirus french or cheese maker baton has close to 10 tons of cheese maturing in his cellars and thats creating more than a storage problem cheese has a limited shelf life in particular. The current president. For more than 2 and a half months you cant sell it anymore. Look very nice or negative 44th would start to appear on the rye and would grow too thick to pull in after more than 2 months or too strong a taste. During the covert 1000 lockdown artist and all cheeses remained behind closed doors thousands of french cheese shops were shut as were the regional cheese counters and supermarkets restaurants were closed as well so consumers were left eating prepacked mass produced cheeses with long shelf lives. Children who were stuck at home with their families found themselves without their favorite varieties and were not happy about it. Oh no we dont have any gets cheese anymore. Either its due to the lockdown there just isnt any. For close to 3 months even gore maize had to put up with processed or prepackaged cheese meanwhile across france artists and all cheeses were piling up over a 1000 tons worth soon after the lockdown was lifted the dairy industry coined a new term for margie saul combining the words for cheese paul marsh and taking action. Eating cheese has become a patriotic duty all nationally and by buying in consuming traditional french jesus people of being good citizens and helping small produces the find themselves in difficulty due to the lockdown will end at the same time theyre treating themselves to some delicious traditional french cheese it. Campaign surpassed all expectations and has been seen around the world. For farmers like john. Who owns 39 cows the campaign arrived at just the right time now he can once again sell his cable show without any problems but even during the lockdown he came up with a clever idea he contacted acquaintances throughout france and offered to send the cheese by mail enjoyed your coffee. Along they said to themselves hey we know them there and a bit of a pickle so they spontaneously said yes for the name of. The farmer thank his customers on behalf of his cows to. Get over actual cows dont have a tap you can turn on and off they have to be made. Twice a day morning and night and you have to do something with them now. The campaign has hit a nerve with cheese lovers in recent weeks consumption has risen in france and the stockpiles of cheese are getting smaller all the time. Shes makers like batons are pleased the french are proving so patriotic they hope france can avoid another lockdown that forces people to eat mass produced products. Everyone should enjoy the fruits of the cheesemakers labors. Its time for a new episode of our series the rocks where we bring you stories about the everyday lives of russians living outside the countrys major cities our correspondents met up with dimitri kong called hes a steel worker and unlike many other russians he hasnt been affected by the Economic Impact of the corona crisis he tells us why he loves his job and his hometown located some 500 kilometers north of moscow and why he sees no reason to move to a bigger city. 1st a breathalyzer test. Of to me to be controlled has to do a test every time he goes to work or its a required safety regulation of a ship or gets metallurgical combine one of the largest steel foundries in russia. For years to me to the concorde has been working at Blast Furnace number 5 which he and his colleagues affectionately call somebody on the nordic beauty. Its a fiery hell more than a 100 meters long which swallows iron ore and coke at the top and spits out liquid pig iron the bottom. Of the chimney is if. The goal is to melt pig odor and the Blast Furnace fire is a good. One but so we enter money into. The pig iron is cleaned. Pressed and shaped right next door the end result is steel a material thats used everywhere like construction sites in the gas and Automobile Industries its an indispensable symbol of russias heavy industry. I came here when i was 20 or very young right after the army. Put on radio back then this was and still is one of the most secure places in the country in terms of income and Social Security but. More than 70000000. 00 tons per year russia ranks 5th in the world in Steel Production to me to be concord is proud to contribute he loves his country his company and the glowing steel. To be there with a new bill thats the foundry my life would be more complicated ive got some new somewhere else to make money about the. Dimitry value security most of all as do many in chip obviates. Here and there with the stable income and stable social benefits and the reason why people stay can you please because there isnt any unrest or protest here doesnt show the. People are in a decent wage and they know that this money will be safe for them tomorrow some. Of the more than 300000. 00 inhabitants more than a 10th are employed at the foundry they earn on average the equivalent of 900. 00 euros per month almost twice as much as in many other professions here. For the cause the beat of my son wants to go to College Later i can afford it i can also provide a future for my wife and daughter and thats what i call stability. He believes that russian president Vladimir Putin is partly responsible for this economic stability putin has ruled the country for 20 years and is still among the most popular politicians for many russians. In all honesty i have respect for putin. First hes a mushnick a mans man as i am. But i work in an all male collective as a Blast Furnace foreman with machine real men in russia thats a term used to describe someone who you can rely on any situation and someone who consistently pursues his goals and i cant call it love i love my wife and daughter of course but i have respect for putin present during his composure his resilience. Even though he appreciates putin personally the steel worker from the north west isnt really satisfied with russian politics in general. But i dont want to go. Geopolitics and talk about things like the marriage of certain parts of the country or Foreign Policy and. We have enough problems in the country that we should address. Remote villages for example or problems in agriculture which for pneumonia. We should import ordinary cucumbers from china to grow them here ourselves just like during soviet times. Doesnt want to live in soviet times cut off from the outside world. Takes a few generations and then were friends with the others and the others have more respect for us. The main thing is that is nordic beauty his Blast Furnace number 5 continues to spew out enough to keep his future safe. Many of you will probably remember how for a few weeks the supermarkets in many parts of the world had empty shelves one of the items that people stockpiled at home was flour and even today the demand for this everyday item is still pretty high so people will live close to milk actually have an advantage our reporter abigail in the land shes a miller and she is thrilled that her rather Traditional Craft is celebrating a comeback. Brixton is home to working with. For the winter no longer drives its sales flower is still ground here 862 the mill stone was wind powered then it was driven by a steam engine you know it runs on electricity. Lead miller avigail hose birth normally grinds flour here twice a month the mill host tours for School Classes and the annual bread and beer festival. In brixton a london borough once known for its roughness it had become a real draw. But the coronavirus changed all that. Still more flowers now being built here than ever. The wood is that we tend to get maybe 10 or 20 bags of flour. Since the pandemic is here those orders of increase dramatically for the bakeries are still open theres the trying to make sure they can produce bread and for people looking for flour because they can gain supermarkets but at home they want to be able to make bread and pass the patients cakes and things. And then theres the local food bank. Personally delivers donations of flour from the brixton windmill. I determined this when people looked into various cases they could be a. 5 year old. And you could have been one on one with peter brooks and theres a real sense of community and the mil is a big part of that. Just feel not come help and put up the mill which is a charity in itself but also helping out people in the area if you want to get access to good Quality Ingredients good flour all they can use to make cookies. So its pretty likely the flour ground at the brixton windmill will remain popular even after the corona crisis is over. With that weve come to the end of today is filled with thank you so much for watching who join us next week for another edition of focus on the europe from me and the rest of the team goodbye and see you are next time. Good thing. Im not thinking out of the gym i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and when we should have been think deep into the gemma culture of looking at the stereotypes aquatics put in here thinking shes a country guy not. 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This is deja vu news live from the land Security Forces say that they have freed a german woman kidnapped by militants in iraq now hello to me this works as an art cheerleader in baghdad and has been missing since tuesday her abduction has caused along in the capital. Also coming up china orders the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move comes after the u. S. Told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston and u. S. For