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And thats where masoud aqil comes in. He was captured and tortured by socalled islamist state in syria. But he managed to escape to germany. Now he wants to use that traumatic experience to help the country that has taken him in. Masoud aqil, a kurdish refugee from syria, is an important informant in the fight against is terrorists in europe. Even germanys capital, berlin, is not safe from islamist terrorism. Last december, a terrorist murdered 12 people at a Christmas Market in the name of the Islamic State, the same organization that masoud aqil fled from. What they want to do when they do terrorist attacks in berlin, in germany in general in all europe, in syria, in my home land in kurdistan. All these attacks, their target is to make us weaker, to make us get afraid. But when we feel the opposite, when we get stronger. I think this is the inner thing to show isis they are nothing. Masoud aqil defies is by openly showing his face and revealing the information he brought with him when he fled from syria to europe. He gained intimate knowledge of is the hard way, and is passing it on to the police. These threatenings now may happen here and some of them happened. I felt myself responsible for doing something. Its Something Like a duty, i consider that doing something against isis is a duty. Masoud spent eight months in six different Islamic State torture chambers in syria. The last was in this former Hotel Building in the city of manbij. Sure they would torture me and torture us, all the prisoners. So that, can you believe, the torturing was a routine. It was such a kind of something that should be done. Sometimes the days they didnt torture any prisoner we were feeling that something is missing. Before is captured him, masoud aqil had spent 20 months as a video journalist reporting on the ypgs fight against the Islamic State. The ypg is a Kurdish Militia that receives equipment from the united states. Nine days after he shot this footage, on december 15th, 2014, the young kurdish journalist was captured on this road, south of his hometown qamislo in northeastern syria. He spent 280 days in is torture chambers. Until this happy moment, when he was released in a prisoner exchange. He was the very first kurdish civilian to survive the torture of is. He and his mother fled to germany. Masoud aqil wrote a book about his experiences, with the help of the berlin journalist peter kopf. Even more important masoud aqil recognized terrorists from syria now in europe. The dangerous members who tried to flee, tried to show themselves as refugees, but unfortunately they are not refugees, they are criminals, bad people, who had to join the Islamic Radical groups or people who did crimes against the civilians in syria or in iraq. He even recognized some of his torturers on their facebook profiles. Thats how confident is adherents feel. Masoud turned his information over to the German Authorities and they believe him. Many members of militant organizations is, but others as well came to germany in this wave of refugees from Northern Syria in 2014 and 2015. And there are many cases in which Syrian Refugees now housed in refugee shelters provide the authorities with information on alleged and sometimes real is terrorists. In the meantime, in dozens of court cases, refugees are testifying against suspected terrorists from syria. The court has to distinguish between true testimony and false accusations. There are clearly reasonable doubts about much of the information on supposed is adherents. But when we have someone here who saw this organization from this close, without being a member or a supporter, then of course his information is especially important. Masoud aqil wants to help europe, and especially germany, which took him in. I dream about that one day we will live with zero danger, with no danger of terrorism. That would be great and amazing. Thats why masoud aqil hopes that other refugees will follow his example and say what they know about is terrorists who have mixed in with the refugees. Brave man. Germany though is also home to many people who came here generations ago. 16yearold arman was born here, speaks german as a mothertongue and has only ever lived in germany. His family is originally turkish. That means that as the law stands at the moment, he is entitled to both german and turkish citizenship. But with tensions growing between berlin and ankara, the issue of dual nationality is becoming a political one in the elections and some politicians want to scrap it. This would mean a painful decision for arman. Sports acrobats in berlin run through their routine. Among them are 16yearold arman boyraz and his sister bilge, the only ethnic turks in the gymnastics club. Their proud parents place high value on integration. They deliberately did not choose a majorityethnic turkish sports club. Afterwards, the boyraz family serves up free turkish watermelon for all. They want to be part of German Society but still preserve their turkish roots. As time goes on we feel very good here in berlin actually just like at home but we do in turkey, as well. I like both countries a lot. Arman was born here, so he has a right to german and turkish citizenship. But, much to his chagrin, the debate over the issue has reignited. Will he be forced to choose . German or turkish . Having two passports connects the two countries. That helps to build bridges. Germanys already multicultural to a degree, but this makes it even more multicultural. In the current german election campaign, the conservative christian democrats are calling for a legal requirement to choose. So by age 24, arman would have to decide for one citizenship or the other. This stance is largely a response to the policies of turkish president recep tayyip erdogan. Hes been campaigning among the some 1point4 million german turks with recommendations for the german election. This is just one of the reasons. Many in the Christian Democrat Party are saying we cant have this interference in our culture and way of life from outside. Arman is disappointed that he cant find any solid support for dual citizenship among the opposition centerright free democrats, either. He asks what the party has to say about it. This isnt something you can grant and take away as you please. But when people live here permanently, eventually, they have to decide. But do you think its right that only turks should lose this option while nobody from any other european country would . No, it should be the same for everyone. But you know things are difficult with turkey right now. Only turkish, only german, or dual citizenship all three statuses occur in the boyraz family. The children are growing up with dual citizenship, but the parents may have a hard time deciding. If we renounced our turkish nationalities, wed face discrimination in turkey. Theyd say, what do you germanturks want here . You dont even have turkish citizenship. What business do you have here . Berlin is armans home town, and he wants to stay here. But his turkish passport is like a bridge to the homeland of his parents. Im hoping it doesnt come down to being forced to choose. Of course, id tend toward the german passport, but in my heart, it would hurt. As arman sees it, a political fallingout between berlin and ankara could result in well integrated turkish youngsters losing a piece of their own identity. It would be sad if promising young people suddenly felt they were not welcome in germany. Just imagine. You work full time in one of the most beautiful places in the world. But you can barely afford to live. That appears to be whats happening to some people on the idyllic greek Holiday Island of santorini. Tourists numbers are up. And the Greek Economy is in some ways getting back on its feet. But thats not necessarily being felt in ordinary peoples pay packets. As our reporter has been finding out. For some its the best days of the year finally they can relax on holiday. Visitors come from all over the world come to enjoy the greek island of santorini. But for others its the hardest time of the year. For seven months they work right through, doing endless overtime and often without a day off. Tenia came here from athens. Her first two years in santorini were a nightmare. But now she only works six days a week and earns 1000 euros a month. A great wage for here. Before she was like a modern slave, earning a lot less. There are many such people in santorini, often working without health insurance. But they all keep quiet. Theyre probably afraid that any bad things they say, either about their job or their employer, will come out and they will then lose their job as a result. Most people here are grateful to have work at all. We decide to dig a little deeper in the town of kamari to find out how bad the situation really is. We meet petro from germany, he runs a beach bar here. We ask him how much he pays his 18 employees. The job Machine Works brilliantly. If you worked in athens 8 hours a day, youd get 25 euros a day, thats net. Social security payments are on top of that, like in germany. Here the daily wage starts at 40 euros so if a waiter earns 40 euros plus 40 to 50 euros in tips, thats 90 euros a day, which is quite a lot of money even for germany, right . But is 90 euros a day really a lot for a seasonal job, when you have to pay to live in an expensive place like santorini . We meet tenia again after work. She says the problem of where to live is indeed a huge challenge. The owners prefer to sell their places to tourists, like for some amount of money per day, and that doesnt work for them if someone wants to stay there and pay a rent for a month. One thing is clear, not all employers in santorini are bad and exploit their employees. We visit andreas patiniotis. He employs 130 people in his hotels, which are all luxury establishments. He says he needs well trained people, otherwise his guests complain. And he ensures us he pays them a decent wage. But surely thats expensive. Its certainly a decision that costs money. Everything you do costs money, but if you invest well it pays dividends. Santorini is also a popular choice for Seasonal Workers from romania and bulgaria. One trade union for the Greek Service industry investigates cases of exploitation from all over greece. Giorgos is tasked with helping the victims. The most tragic case so far was a Hotel Chamber maid on the island of zakynthos last year. She died on the job because she was simply overworked. And i think that this is a symptom that is typical for the conditions in our industry. For some its paradise, for others hell. The greek Tourism Industry is certainly benefiting from record visitor numbers, but its often at the expense of ordinary workers. The problem is, right now many greeks simply see no alternative. Bees meant everything to rumanian farmer costel gresala. Thats because he lived off the sales of the honey they made. But now hes lost everything. All because of a pesticide called fiprocid. It contains the toxic ingredient fipronil, that has been hitting headlines across europe over the past few weeks, after it was found in eggs being sold across europe. Now the pesticide has destroyed not only costels bees, but also his livelihood. Millions of bees used to collect pollen here. But two years ago, all the buzzing activity around beekeeper costel gresala fell silent. Take a look. All the bees are dead. All because of this chemical they sprayed on the fields. My entire business is destroyed. At some point ill have to burn everything down. In spring 2015, wheat fields here were sprayed with the insecticide fiprocid to kill ticks. Its use near Domestic Animals was already banned at that time. People in the village of puiesti, in one of eastern romanias poorest regions, were not even informed, says greschala. It was a disaster for us beekeepers. We were robbed of our livelihood. A beekeeper cant exist without bees. These gentlemen caused an ecological disaster here. They didnt think about the people, nor the animals, nor us. All theyre interested in is money. And they cant get enough of it costel greschala lost 24 beehives and with them his livelihood. The same happened to other beekeepers. Along with farming, honey was one of the few sources of income for people in puiesti. The beekeepers are suing this man, the pest exterminator constantin dragut for using banned chemicals. He sprayed the fiprocid, and now he presents it to us with a clear conscience. He no longer sells it. But he does still sell similar poisons. Look here. You can buy it for 15 lei and do what you want with it. But how is it applied . The directions are on the bottle. The trial against dragut is already in its second year. The court wants expert advice from the agricultural authorities. But they havent even looked into the case. And the beekeepers suspect thats because dregutss wife works in the agency and is protecting her husband. The evidence shows that im innocent. Everything was signed and permitted. I was supposed to exterminate ticks. They live in the fields, not on airplanes or ships. So thats where i sprayed. I am not to blame. The beekeepers see that differently. Now that contaminated eggs in belgium and holland have focused attention on fiprocids dangers when used with Domestic Animals, they hope pressure will be put on the manufacturer in bucharest. The company ignored interview requests. But this invoice shows that it delivered fiprocid to animal breeders, although the eu banned the chemical in 2013. Fiprocid can be deadly. Especially if you consume several products contaminated with it. The effects emerge rapidly. The symptoms are nausea, sweating, vomiting, and even unconsciousness. For the beekeepers in puiesti, the egg scandal in western europe changes nothing. Fiprocid killed about 50 million bees here in 2015. Costel gresala is sad that no one seems to have learned anything from that. We exported honey from here all over europe. To germany, france, italy. There were contracts. But since the disaster, since the bees died, we no longer sell honey. Otherwise, this is a pristine region with huge forests. There was never any environmental pollution. Slowly, nature seems to be recovering. Costel gresala makes a discovery. Wild bees have moved into one of his hives. That encourages him to begin keeping bees again. But it will be a long time before he can once again make a living from it. Fishandchips. Fatty fryups. Not to mention all the biscuits. Some of the most tempting food in britain is not exactly what youd call lowcal. Which goes some way to explain why the british have become among the heaviest people in europe. And the difficulty for many men wanting to lose weight, is that dieting programmes tend to target women. So a new club has been set up, using another British National obsession to help men shed the pounds, with the message forget the fryups, focus on the football. One football pitch. Six men on each side. With an total weight of 1500 kilos they play for just 30 minutes. I havent played in five years, so its all a bit rusty, my first touch i dont know what its going to be like. But first he gets on the scales. Christa checks each mans weight, supervises the teams and gives tips on healthy eating. They go to the pub, they have a drink, they have a laugh with their friends. Oh heres fat fred, bulky bob, and they mess around and joke but not a lot of people actually get inspired to come to manvfat or want to do anything about it. Here in colchester, 80 men have signed up, all overweight. Eight teams compete each wednesday. Every pound the men lose counts as extra points for their team. So it may be the thinnest footballers that win rather than the best players. Today twente stone are playing little piggies. After just a few minutes, ben is on. Some of the players soon get out of breath. So they get substituted and the next one has a chance. No one is forced to go beyond their limits. Im absolutely knackered and how many minutes did you play . Four or five minutes. Intense, very intense. 30 year oldteam mate ben is married, has four children with number five on the way. He lives in a neighboring town, where he works as a safety engineer and has a second job working with children. When his weight reached 160 kilos he realized it was life threatening. I could not quench my thirst, so i was drinking four litres, thatd be anything orange squash, fizzy, i was trying anything, water just to get rid of this thirst. But then i was going to the toilet, every 20 minutes. I was up all night, constantly, so i went on the internet and googled symptoms and i was like im pretty sure this is what ive got and i need to do something about it. It was diabetes. Ben could have fallen into a diabetic coma at any time. Now he monitors his calories daily. The uk as a whole has a weight problem. The city of colchester, an hours drive from london, is typical. People are eating too much fat and sugar and not getting enough exercise. The National Health service says 61 of britons are overweight and 25 are obese, putting them way ahead of the european average. Manvfat is seeking to reverse that trend. They encourage their members to walk to training and to cut down on carbohydrates. And its working. Its been hard though because theres not been 100 percent support at home because ive been having steak and salad the wifes been having steak, chips, onion rings and im like, i want to chips. But ive cut it out and it feels good. One week later, the guys are back. Outside the rain is belting down, but no matter. Twente stone are taking on fc beercelona. The opponent soon comes under pressure. Twente stone are completely transformed. After a week of dieting and exercise theyre aggressive and well coordinated. Most of them thought they were too fat to play football. But how quickly things can change. The players here lose up to 30 kilos in one season. Hell be taking over from David Beckham as the next calvin klein model before you know it. Well thats it for this week. Thanks very much for watching. Remember you can always get in touch with me anytime with your thoughts or comments. Feel free to drop us line on facebook, twitter, or email. Always great to hear from you. But for now its goodbye from me, and the whole team here. And do join us next week for more personal stories from all over europe. Steves florence was long an economic powerhouse. Rather than its church, its the city hall, once the palace of the medici family, that towers over the main square. Michelangelos david originally stood here. This is a copy. The original david is the centerpiece of the nearby accademia gallery, which feels like a temple to humanism. At its altar, one very impressive human. The shepherd boy david sizes up the giant. Thoughtful and selfassured, he seems to be thinking, i can take him. The statue was an apt symbol, inspiring florentines to tackle their goliaths. When you look at david, youre looking at renaissance man. Artists now made their point using realism. They did this by merging art and science. For instance, michelangelo actually dissected human corpses to better understand anatomy. This humanism was not antireligion. Now people realized that the best way to glorify god was not to bow down in church all day long, but to recognize their talents and to use them. Artists like michelangelo even exaggerated realism to make their point. Notice davids large and overdeveloped right hand. This is symbolic of the hand of god. It was god that powered david to slay the giant. And florentines like to think gods favor enabled them to rise above rival neighboring citystates. The navelike hall leading to david is lined with michelangelos unfinished prisoners, struggling to break out of the marble. Michelangelo believed these figures were divinely created within the rock. He was simply chiseling away the excess. Here we see the renaissance love of the body, as michelangelo reveals these compelling figures. While these statues are called unfinished, perhaps michelangelo was satisfied hed set them free, and he moved on to other challenges. [voiceover] up next its music city roots, live from the factory. 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