a passionate car lover from austria recreated so from scratch cars from hollywood movies and a getaway to the canary island run canaria for a taste of their unique greasy. but we start off the show with a little spring in our step irish dancing or irish step dancing has a long history and tradition on the emerald island now you may be familiar with it thanks to shows like river dance the movements are similar to fast tap dancing where the feet and legs do much of the work but the arms were main still the music is also generally traditional folk tunes but one group of young irishman is looking to bring irish dancing into the modern day and age. skilled irish dance with a modern twist in breathtaking locations but that's the recipe for the success of the irish dance company. oh my god you know that. is irish for friends and these 7 friends are even quinten ronan o'connell frances fallon seamus morrison brian culligan stephen mcguinness and darren kelly. but irish dancing is what we do just want to show the rest of the world how good irish dancing can be especially when paired with modern music we're trying to bring it forward to a new audience and really show like what ireland can do and what we can do. irish dance as part of the national culture. choreographed a trending topic songs instead of celtic to us and we're relaxed outfits instead of tailored uniforms there are modern performances our unique blend of john rose. what we're trying to do is fuse jazz dancing tap dancing even hip hop with our own irish dancing to try and modernize irish dancing and really taken to a whole new level. it may look straightforward and simple put it in up but it's the result of years of hard training all 7. started dancing at a very young age some have known each other for years from the country's dance competitions they learn the variations and techniques of virus dance almost from day one. irish dancing shoes are made out of leather and they also have a tape that is made out of ceramic and here that is made out of plastic and using these 2 pieces we can make a variety of different beat so you can make a click like that or you can make a sort of a more toadying be with your toe. they got the group together in 2020 but then the pandemic hit and they couldn't perform live so they began producing videos and posting them on the tick tocks social media site. yeah we do try to make our videos look as spontaneous and it was possible but really years of work is going to what we do takes over 15 years. just the center that we've run a series together and you can often take 2 or 3 days to choreograph this very sort of you. the dance company had their breakthrough and august 2020 with this video it got almost 90000000 views and made a social media sensation overnight. our life changed like dramatically from the moment i had to talk he says there we began to get recognised by some people in the streets we. read every newspaper every local radio stations really wanted to talk to us find out what parties were about there's a sense of excitement that within the group as well we're the fathers of day. just . shelter now the company is based in a sleepy little town near galway among their fans are international stars like the colombian singer shapira the make it talent to dancers barely 20 years old have been choir ease from all corners of the world they have a manager now but for the time being still unable to accept any invitations to perform because of the corona pandemic. the young men recently moved into this house on the coast one of the 1st fruits of their success here they eat and relax together. playing chess. exercising. and developing the ideas for their dance routines. they were hearst's in the kitchen or on the terrace. yet we have such big dreams for the future we just want to tour the words doing something that we absolutely love doing you know we're made them viral videos out there and if we can show them to a live audience and get the response just from them it would be absolutely amazing . traditional dance with the contemporary look. the new generation of irish dance. the birds of a feather flock together and it is precisely in these moments that danish photographer sari pulls out his camera the images he captures of starlings in flight look like giant creatures or even abstract paintings in the sky or what started out as a temporary project for this photographer has turned into a journey lasting several years. you wait for a week or 2 weeks nothing cups but then within a few seconds everything changes and its suburbs sky explodes. it is one of the most exciting things i've ever experienced in my life. my name is sun sorcha i'm a danish photographer i photograph starting memory since some very fascinated by the shapes that make in the sky. the magic usually happens when the flock of starlings is attacked by birds of prey. as a defense mechanism they create these very organic shapes like these black waves going through the flock and actually happen so quickly that you don't even realize sometimes what you've seen. the. difference land region in the north of the netherlands photographers and zajac are has traveled here from denmark for his project black sun. i've worked in 6 different countries so far and so i do a lot of research to find out where the birds are. all i can do is research and turn up and then hope for the best. i've been out probably 120 days in the last 4 years and i've probably had between 5 and 10 very good nights. i saw starting memory since when i was a little kid my parents took me to the west coast that much when i was 10 that was an image that never left me really. then i did portraits. 25 years. i suddenly it came to me that i wanted to go back to see those starlings and try to photograph them. continues to make for treats as well he's taking photos of celebrities like amy winehouse. adele. the white stripes. and. that's really been my specialty and something that i've been pretty obsessed with i've completed it's 5 different books of portraits of mainly famous people the new project. that i've been. doing there for a while it's very different it's nature and. it's very humbling in a way it's. the heart museum of contemporary art in a danish city hanging is now showing his photos in a major exhibition. i haven't moved one single bird in photoshop in this project. its nature. and its nature at its most surreal. these magic moments occur by themselves. originally you seem to rector hard to remember plan to exhibits like us photos of danish pop stars but the pictures of the black sun series made such an impression on him that he changed his plan we know what's going on we can explain it and at the same time we see something which is so incredibly beautiful that it is difficult to comprehend. zunes i guess plan to spend one week with the starlings turned into a 4 year project. every picture is totally different i have not in 4 years experienced the same most have twice. so that gives me a great incentive to keep going and i'm far from done with this project i think i will keep going for a few more years. time now for a blast from the past and fans of the 1980 s. t.v. show knight rider may recognize this car well this is the high tech talking trans-am kit which always came to the rescue when its driver got in trouble well one man in australia is keeping kids spirit alive by recreating it and to other hollywood movie cars. martin hunt's mission in life is to resurrect cause the great film or t.v. history and put them back into action he pushes his replica of kids to its limits just like david hasselhoff did in the night by the t.v. series and he takes his original dodge ice charger for a spin near his hometown gruff and no austria. true to its name because even cuts a few good figures on ice in the 8th part of the fast and furious movie series it took martin hahn about 4 years working by hand to replicate the batmobile it's hard to spot any difference to the jet turbine powered vehicle that overtake everything and in the batman movie of 1989. is obama because you know when you're driving a film car it's like a little vacation from daily life you feel special everybody looks at you and you feel a bit like a superstar in the car with them although not in hans daily routine involves working as an insurance agent he's been collecting film cars since 2006 sometimes he feisty originals but often key recreates them himself like his latest version of the kicks complete with the super to see play familiar to fans of the t.v. show for you after working on a car like this for years and investing so much time and money it's a priceless experience when you take a seat in a complete a car. with a vehicle the minute i'm very high level my goal is traveling at excessive speed because kids actually may not talk like the one on t.v. to it but it looks virtually identical it took him several years to transform the pontiac firebird into a night industries 2009 to. detail. i love the parts are handmade or do i bend and well that all the metal the hardest part about duplicating the car was always making the parts to scale you can't get any construction plans all i had to go on were screenshots from the series freeze frames rulers and excel tables to calculate the measurements for the car that was it. if you have the. hondas recreated it doesn't movie cars in steel and 10 from popular movies and t.v. show he's adding more every year he's got the full support of his family for projects that are always experiments. you're also challenges taking on something new and overcoming new limits everyone asks me if i've got a plan how i proceed so i tell them no plan i just take a piece of metal a welding torch of flex and see what comes of it also the best. well comes of it a faithful reproduction especially a cause that right media history in the 1980 s. such as the captain lacked from the cult classic ghostbusters that carried the intrepid heroes out on cruise with old she hates. this song's all the all these are the cars from my childhood but now that i've built the automotive highlights of my childhood i think on specializing in more contemporary cars. he's currently working on his fashions of rusty terry truck character and their race car lightning mcqueen from the animated movie cars that's friends from human personalities. the car enthusiast thomas mechanical life into the fictional models. to look at it would say oh i've got 2 little boys 2 and 4 years old and they're total lightning mcqueen and cars fans my kids don't have an emotional connection to my other movie cars i'd like the boys to develop a passion for cars and that's why i'm building this one it was nice of martin hans re creations are not allowed on public rights but his movie cars to bring a little piece of hollywood to rural australia. tortillas and top are what most people think of when they talk about spanish food but when visiting the canary islands there's a greater x. like to mix now although the canary islands are part of spain they are geographically closer to africa so when it comes to food you can find specialties there that you can't find anywhere else. the island of garonne canaria. whether you're high up in the mountains or down it's need be fishing villages food is a big deal on the canaries 3rd largest island a cuisine influenced by the archipelagos location off the african coast and the mild climate here we find unique dishes like about how to welcome. on the. other. gallows our potatoes with the spicy sauce the good egg on those media near the capital was pomus also serves what is probably the most famous canary inside dish carlotta d.s. race us uses local potatoes because they're the only ones to develop that characteristically wrinkly skin when they're cooked in salt water again apiary asil refinery in the canary and in general this skin in the tasty is part of the pop us out and got us because that's where the flavor is the salt and the moho sauce. and now there's again a moment. for the potatoes are served with a sauce made from garlic chilies and peppers. oh short drive away this mill in sun somebody's gotta get busy producing these staple of canady and cuisine go feel flour it's made from roasted grains mostly corn some mailers still produce it by hand to this day like jose antonio had mondas he only has the help of antique machines. that all go along i do everything by hand i clean your corn civet i put it in the machine to roast i take the book it and put it in at the top we're working hard so this isn't lost because this is gold for a canary and some of you know this is gold at the hotel or you but i'm going to do it over to. jose antonio had none does sells the flour to clients. from all around the island they take it home to have it for breakfast with milk or to bake it or cook it one of the favorites is real is that the at the pits a typical canary dish. goldfield puree is a traditional mix of go feel and vegetable bishop or meat broth. dairy peano had none of those cooks this dish every sunday at the book shop. she likes to serve it with spearman's mobile sauce and onions these will be used as spoons. it undergoes the seed oh i love to cook the smells remind me of my childhood and when the english and the germans come i love watching them eat because they eat with so much gusto and then they think me. these customers from germany are trying go feel as though for the 1st time. it's a very rich delicious taste but it's also really a 1st it's a bit weird if you eat the bunions but it goes well together everything melts in your mouth so it was very good. for dessert we continue to the center of the island to the village of take a about this region is known for it's all been trees and it's treats. and we're going to get it and this is. very good. b.n. mesaba it literally means that tastes good to me cook somebody maybe you know has developed one of the most successful recipes for this allman cream. first she needs to heat up lemon water. then she adds the famous to head the omens. finally she adds some egg yolks. you exhibit what my mother in law and the people have to head that taught me is that you have to cook it to the right point but as i really don't look at you need to know that it's done it needs to smell like a woman's like good on and as we say here so that. needs to cool for a few days but 1st a taste test. for anything excellent it's very good. but it reminds me of my childhood of our landscapes. i'm not proud of our allman trees it's heavenly people didn't see one of my. lawn come obvious cuisine is just as diverse as its landscape that no enjoy your meal for as the canary and say. rabbit. looks good now right and finally we've been living in a pandemic for a year now and if you had to represent your feelings from living in lockdown in an artwork well what would that artwork look like well for me it would resemble something like the scream or one german artist has found a unique way to make a statement about the liberties which have been curtailed during this time his installations with mannequins like this one here have been popping up all over germany now we met up with the artist to find out more about this project. it's been hard to her i saw it and immediately thought that it had something to do with corona and that's what we're not. actually i thought if it was about discounts and so i could get some shots because of the color of the. stuff and it's a group of people women children men and even animals everyone has mastered these days. so you don't recognize people anymore i would argue it's colorful and that's why it brings joy to the heart and that's what we're missing. at 11 am right in front of cologne cathedral dennis josefa magic and his team set up $111.00 money came because his installation it is like it is a symbol for the corona pandemic and its social effects. represents the movement restrictions that we have during these corona times we can't do what we like to do and move around the way that we're used to especially in times of crisis we see how our lives can change and things we have taken for granted can suddenly become a thing of the past. the pedestrian area around the cologne cathedral is just one of the many places to stage his money. since the beginning of the pandemic. they've already toured more than 30 german cities. they placed in front of the. conquered. and occupied the old land bridge and. the fake is wrapped in red and white warning tape symbolize social distancing and the standstill of public life. even on the. limits of the americans come from different places for example from boutiques that have had to close their doors during the pandemic but also from a hobby hardware store that had to shut down so i was able to buy all the mannequins at a reasonable price messick studies at an honest university of art to social sciences. he specializes in sculptures made of materials such as wood which he works on with a chainsaw as well as metal construction. it's a. it's like it is is his 1st public installation later this year a book of photographs on the project is to be published the manikins experience what many cannot join in a pandemic. for example they go club and. hang out at bus to get. well take a trip to the city. most recently that those were the only ones to celebrate the cologne carnival as it had to be cancelled to the regret of many just to give you an idea this is one of the places like not suggest it's lucky that was touring installation can take place independently of temporarily close cultural institutions and it carries a message. not part of culture are also something for the mind but we might not even consciously realize that it stimulates and inspires you mentally in different ways but you notice that you're lacking it somehow. in may dennis years of message will be awarded to create creativity prize in syria 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on d w. if. you look to the. elite. group. led. place. to place. faces to the view news live from berlin polls have closed in 2 of germany's federal states all indications are that the americans conservative c.d.u. party has suffered in both elections we'll have more on those results and what they might mean for september's general election in germany also coming up fear and death on the streets of me and. her testers continue to defy the joneses a crackdown on dissent as many as 14 people killed by police in young going alone in another day. and a protest outside new scotland yard after police violently break up a spontaneous vigil by women i was meant to cast a spotlight on violence against women that's after a police officer is charged with the murder of sarah never are. i'm way across thanks for joining us polls are closed in 2 german federal states but with a single message unhappiness with i'm going to party these. southwestern states of bottom dirtbag and a lot in a border france and each other but they're governed by very different coalitions their election today has been called a dress rehearsal for germany's general election later this year and if so chancellor merkel's conservatives might need to be worried the c.d.u. is down several percentage points in both and that could make all the difference in a national election. let's take a look at those early projection results 1st turning to bodden 1st and beg the greens are up slightly at 30.7 percent and chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. down to 23.3 percent that's a $3.00 percentage difference from where they were currently now the current opposition in parliament they fall and it up at about the same place the far right the alternative for germany there at 11.8 percent there another big loser of the night down 3.3 percentage points with the center left s.p.d. at 11.7 percent and the business friendly f.t.p. they've risen actually to 11.3 percent there are some other parties but they won't make it over the 5 percent threshold that's necessary to hold seats in the state legislature. now those results taking up speaking of those seats could translate into the seat distribution at the state parliament there are 143 in all let's have a quick look at those the incumbent coalition that's the greens and. party the greens with 50 seats the c.d.u. could end up with $37.00 seats that would be anough to continue the coalition and the opposition in parliament that would give the center right s.p.d. the social democrats 19 seats the far right populist a.f.d. 19 seats as well and the business friendly f.t.p. 18 seats. and joining me now for more in the studio as you have used chief political editor. for and for the events in stuttgart with us in the state capital is our political correspondent julia said early julia 1st to you how do these results that we've now seen compare with what was expected. they are pretty much what we expected the polls before today had already shown that it looked like the greens would come in 1st which has happened with quite a divide from. you which came in 2nd which was already seen losing some points especially compared to the previous election 5 years ago also with the other smaller parties it's what we were already expecting one thing to keep in mind is that this year has seen a record vote by mail and that these results we might start seeing later so this is something to keep in mind as we look at these 1st exit polls and forecasts coming in and now all eyes are pointing to what kind of coalition will come out of this the expectation was and remains that the governing coalition between the greens and the c.d.u. i'm going to america's conservative party will continue but there is also a possibility of a so-called traffic light coalition between the greens the social democrats the s.p.d. and the business friendly f.d.p. party so what seem to be the issues are the biggest issues that drove people to the polls to make the the the voting decisions they did. well the coronavirus pandemic has been the overwhelming issue this time around it has overcome even more local issues that we might have seen people here have evaluated the outcome of the local government the regional government policy in terms of handling the coronavirus pandemic quite positively also by come firming the greens and the result at the greens but also in polls they have shown that they pretty much support with the government has done more this satisfaction is directed towards the federal government led by america. we've seen a slow vaccine rollout we've seen a lockdown still in place after many months with cases ticking up going up again with a widespread new variant so definitely the coronavirus has been dominating and then trying to find a balance between reaching climate goals and important business here. which is the automobile industry and there have been pressures from both sides in trying to find a balance between keeping this important economic source growing but also trying to meet these goals in terms of climate change truly are so deadly there for us and should guard the capital of bob baer one of those elections taking place let's turn now back to the studio to michelle kitchener we just heard from julie about that seeming contradiction environmental ism climate change heavy car influence in how have the greens been so successful in that state because the man who leaves the greens the current state catchment is someone who leans very heavily into conservative. territory this was such fun was seen as the favorite even by seaview conservative followers more people from i'm going to. want to agree. in government their. own candidate so that is if defeat and something rather remarkable just happened back something became very tangible that still seen as pretty much unthinkable at the national level which is that a government could be formed without the patient of on them ackles c.d.u. and that's something that will be watched very closely that is something that's already being celebrated as a success by the social democrat s.p.d. top candidates the current finance minister here all off so it sees as the big top line the s.p.d. of this evening that could very much be possible at this very moment in time it's wishful thinking by the democrats and potentially also by the greens but the greens of course very happy that's what the polling currently takes as a given which is that the period after i'm going to michael will see a black green coalition so conservative led coalition with participation as the greens is by no means at this moment in time so what heading into an election period that's much more open than many pollsters predicted so far so that's one state election about let's turn now to the other state election happening today that's a lot to made just next door to body bag those exit polls have also come in and according to early results from that state incumbents that's the center left social democrats the s.p.d. they are coming away with 34.5 percent of the vote the business friendly f.t.p. with 6.5 percent the environmentalist greens they've ticked up a bit in that state to 8.5 percent meanwhile the opposition could be chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. to 26 percent that's a decrease of 6 percent and the f.t. with 10.5 percent also down significantly losing. 2 per cent the free voters another party or regional party there has ticked up a bit of 5 and a half percent or as other parties again below that 5 percent threshold to make it into the state legislature now how will those results translate into possible seats in the state parliament there's 101 in all in. let's take a quick look so the present coalition center left s.p.d. 38 seats business friendly f.t.p. 7 seats environment was greens 9 seats that means a coalition could potentially continue chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.u. with 29 seats and the f.t. with 12 seats the free voters picking up 6 of those seats turning back to michelle if you're there now so this other state election what can we take away from these initial results that it's all about the candidates model to the social democrat state premier is a very popular political figure and it's down to her that the social democrats were able to defend their position and actually as the 1st. the strongest possible most likely form of government they're a remarkable the defeat for the conservative c.d.u. party was most likely i dare say not just into the poor performance of the central government when it comes to securing enough vaccine all of that certainly a factor but also the in the posse scandal which saw m.p.'s having to sign a piece of paper basically verifying that they didn't take advantage of the corona crisis finance these so that still brewing scandal here and many and a very interesting point is that the far right if tea party is the losing and that was seeing in new political force the veda basically appear at the conservative political horizon so there's more fragmentation in the sequel that unscathed and the social democrats just proved in that one state at least. still there just about in the double digits nationally that is a beacon of strength still and what used to be that the big tent party the social democrats so the light at the end of the tunnel for them maybe of course in addition to these scandals you mentioned there's also the big elephant in the room is of course depend them agrees that this is the 1st elections in the pandemic has that played any role. absolutely i mean that defines the daily lives of most people here but here the polling has shown that a lot of the responsibility is seen firmly with the central government for a lot of failings despite the fact that the individual states are responsible for a lot of the just take so a lot of this was very much on regional territory and it was all about the popularity of the candidates and that means it's a very tough day for the man tips to potentially following them in anger machall footsteps indeed i mean less of the current leader of the conservative c.d.u. has a lot of explaining to do and you say can get another hit most likely also within his own popularity so that's not looking good for him whereas michael souter the other man tipped to potentially take on that for us conservative c.d.u. chancellor candice marcus it can draw some strength out of this but it's still very early days in what will feel like a very long election period indeed and we talk a lot about the state elections in germany what is the impact of states and state politics at the national level that guides german policy making but it's pivotal because these states have seats in the upper house of german parliament so there's significant chunks of legislation that have to be passed through the board also they sit at the table just saying in the day to day politics of corona in these meetings with german chancellor angela merkel where we do the state premiers have most of the power when it comes to implementing corona measures but also into law making finding new rules and regulations so a lot of power is in these regions and their very much speaking with very different political voices not just over corona but also when we look towards who could come top in this very important general elections which will mark the end of anglo mack also chopped into politics a delicate political balance thanks for breaking it all down for us the w.'s chief political editor for. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. police in the netherlands have used water cannon and baton to disperse a large crowd of anti lockdown protesters more than 2000 people had massed in the hague on the eve of dutch parliamentary elections months of harsh restrictions have fueled a growing dissatisfaction with the government. spanish police have seized $600.00 kilos of cocaine in a nighttime raid in the capital madrid in 2 other cities officials have confiscated cash luxury vehicles and weapons 12 people were arrested including a lawyer who allegedly gave advice on how to launder the drug money. in british iranian woman detained in tehran has appeared in court to face new charges of propaganda against the regime and the radcliff's family and supporters say the charges are politically motivated she was released from jail last week after completing a 5 year sentence for plotting to overthrow the regime. in the united kingdom anger is growing over the police handling of a vigil in honor of murder victim sarah ever our people once again defied a ban on gatherings this time to mass outside new scotland yard that's the headquarters of london's metropolitan police they're upset at violence women face every day but also at how police forcibly broke up a vigil to honor sarah every on saturday a local police officer has been accused of killing the 33 year old woman. i would immediately acknowledge how deep the problems of institutional misjudging mean i was in the police force you can see it in the way policing is carried out you can see it in the way that we have a poorly no conviction rates and charge rates for rape and sexual violence in the police have a role to play in that and you can see it in how poorly the police form when they have to investigate their own offices there is there was a super complaint produced by the center for women's justice which examined several cases showing time and time again in all sorts of different ways that the police just can't be relied on to. be objective and honest about what's going on within the force i would also open up a conversation between women who feel betrayed by the police so that police get an understanding of what it's like and what to be a woman in the city hoping that the police who protect them and use that to inform the strategies and culture change that is desperately long within that institution . that was man who read of britain's women's equality party speaking t d w earlier now in me in maher's state television is reporting that martial law has been imposed over parts of the country's largest city young gone news comes after the city saw heavy anti could protest on sunday reports indicate as many as 14 protesters and a police officer were killed in crackdowns on young go on alone possibly dozens more cross the country. exactly one year ago the world watching shock as images of overwhelmed italian hospitals became a grim warning of what was to come about with 3rd wave may be coming and countries like italy are once again struggling to stem infection rates the government there has now announced another widespread lockdown. many italians wanted to make the most of the good weather on set that i and the last weekend before the new lockdown comes into effect. as of monday schools restaurants and businesses in many regions will be closed. and the lockdown should have come earlier we always whiten to the last minute and they will all completely locked in. i could never have imagined in march last year that a year later everything would have to close down again earlier this week italy's coronavirus related death toll topped more than 100000 the so-called 3rd wave is well underway officials registered nearly 27000 new infections on friday alone the highest daily tally since the end of november and authorities are concerned about the rapid increase in intensive care patients in many regions prime minister mario draghi warned of the worsening situation. these figures demand that we proceed with caution to limit the number of deaths and to prevent the health system from being completely overwhelmed. a lot depends on the country's vaccination campaign but only about 80 percent of the population have received their 1st dollars many italians were hoping to see a relatively normal it seems inviting the country's lockdown will run through the holiday period. let's turn to some of the major developments in the penn demick ireland has become the latest country to suspend the astra zeneca vaccine over fears it causes blood clots alf vishal said they were acting out of extreme caution slovenia has commemorate the anniversary of the country's 1st death of a 19 or than 4000 people have since perished in the pandemic and australia is working to create a travel bubble with singapore as early as july would allow singaporeans and australians who have been vaccinated to travel freely back and forth. in the 1960 s. and seventy's the french government took away roughly 2000 children from the island of a radio known one of france's overseas territories in the indian ocean their plan was to repopulate roll areas of mainland france and the children were promised education and opportunity and stead many endured years of mistreatment now generation of stalling children want the french government to pay damages for their suffering deb you do have to give your francis correspondent lisa lewis met one of the survivors even at the age of 75 in need benoit who still bears the deep scars left by his youth the government took him away from his family at the age of 9 as part of a resettlement program he was 1st sent to various children's homes on the island of green. or not. and if. we weren't allowed to say or do anything we had to follow the supervisor order as if we didn't they hate us they made us do the hard labor and at one point only had to carry bullets of cement on our heads and pour them onto a slab to build a swimming pool somewhere there was around the homes over 4 meters high and we weren't allowed to go out to see our family or group already were proposed. he was told he would be taken to mainland france but it took another 9 years and instead of getting a good education there as promised he had to work as a farm hand. whole. theory because we had to milk the cow clean the pig pens plant and harvest beetroot and potatoes the farmers that had been told we were dangerous that we were murderous and of these they didn't trust us and treat us like slaves so they hit us at the slightest excuse. he was finally freed at the age of 21 and managed to set up a business as a painter he tried to forget his past as best he could up until a few years ago when he met his partner mary sue she insists that he needed to find his roots like us is 75 now he has lived most of his life but i hope he still has much longer to live at least 10 or 15 years and i want him to be happy during that time when bill. she searched for months sent hundreds of emails and managed to get one spectacular result she found in mills oldest sister mary who lives only in you know they talk to each other daily. or. i was always hoping to find him and he never gave up my search now he's too far away from me i want him to come back here. and 2014 france officially acknowledged its moral responsibility towards the so called children of the cuz the ministry of the overseas told us that they planned to teach these children's history at school but in real is hoping for more of a. more direct we are asking for damages that's perfectly reasonable they have done us harm if i had robbed or killed someone i would also be punished even though money will not right the wrong they have done to us it's like losing a leg you never get it back. but previous claims for compensation were dismissed due to the statute of limitations in meal we'll keep looking for his happiness he's planning to go to in your this autumn to finally reunited with his family with. look at kosovo now it's europe's youngest nation it declared independence from serbia in 2008 but it's also one of the poorest people there want better lives and expectations are high that the designated prime minister i'll be encouraged well be the one to bring about that change governments in kosovo are notoriously unstable and the country is dealing with rampant corruption and enter ethnic strife as well as endemic poverty our correspondent funny for char reports. a scene all too common on the streets of metro children begging for food for money for anything in what remains a town with a difficult history in one of the poorest countries of europe. more than half of the under 25 year olds in kosovo are unemployed they feel let down by successive governments who have failed to make a break from the past and to fight corruption. in february people were dancing in prishtina the capital of kosovo their hope for change that event a leftist movement turned political party with. as its leader he wants to end corruption create jobs and promises the new start has seen so many people leave since the cost of war more than 2 decades ago we want. for the coming years we want more work places. i expect better things to happen and corruption. but not everyone was celebrating some of those in the tributes are skeptical the tone remains divided between ethnic albanians in the south of the city and ethnic serbs in the north this bridge x. is a border between the 2 sides it's blocked vehicle traffic. you've been out of the study of each groups for an engine. that aims to normalize relations between kosovo and serbia she spent a big part of her life in this buffer zone documents to avoid these are vices license plates that's how you gonna sums up life here serbia has never accepted kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in 2008. must make dialogue the serbia a priority if he's serious about all people in kosovo to require all of the arabs actually feel that they are in the buffer zone they are in the between an accord between 2 fires if this is not resolved what is going to happen is that people are going to continue living from here whether the course of a serbs binion's portion of turks it doesn't matter. held the office of prime minister last year a short stint of a few months before being ousted by his. dialogue is not his priority he says we cannot do everything at once some of the things will take longer time for example reform in the education system but certain things we can do immediately for example. but thinking back cost them time you know to the state custom to me to gain money the promises made before the elections. hundreds of millions have been paid to kosovo by the european union much of 8 eaten up by corruption this is the biggest challenge in court he faces apart from normalizing relations with. a quick check of sports now german football bosio dortmund kept up their pursuit of champions league football next season where the win over struggling visitors had temporarily in a goalkeeping horror show in the 2nd half from hats as or in a yard stein helped the hosts collect the points 1st take a look at this he completely missed union bank shot. and then he let the cocos drive through his legs. got a great look at the 2 nil scoreline keeps dortmund in the champions league reckoning while our dragged deeper into the relegation zone. all right have you 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