Place after this novembers election. Policing bellaver is have detained hundreds of people during a womens match in the capital minsk wakely protest has become one of the largest Anti Government action since a disputed president ial election triggered on wrist in the Eastern EuropeanCountry Police have begun to round up female protesters in recent weeks. Prodemocracy protesters have gathered in thailand to demand the Prime Ministers resignation and reforms to the monarchy tens of thousands have so thought turned out for a weekend of rallies student led demonstrations are calling for democratic reforms and changes to laws against criticizing the time monica. This is datable the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram news is the handle that our website they w dot com. This week on world stories turkey waves of protests against femicide russia opposition members in danger but we start in greece there is deep despair after the fire in the refugee camp and more of tensions between refugees and locals on the small mediterranean island. Baby emmanuelle is just 3 weeks old she was born in moria her parents say they fled from the congo to europe in hope of safety and a better life but what they found was hunger thirst and homelessness just 10 months or so disappointed because the European Union could have helped us after all this time its been 4 days no one is taking care of us what are they thinking how can they abandon us the European Union to i dont know what theyre doing is there because the very few. Days after the fire in the morea refugee camp chaos reigns on the island of lesbos families like the malays are left to fend for themselves thousands of refugees are camping on the hot asphalt the greek government promises hell but it is yet to be seen. Scenes like these showed just how great the desperation is. When the 1st deliveries of water finally arrived there were riots and some refugees were injured we do what we can the governor of the island explains but he points out that the fire was a catastrophe with the message lesbos has been left with a huge numbers of refugees for too long now he hopes things will change. For lesbian people and for myself it was in a tragic way it was a good day volution because. Something that kept a close coupled with this tragic way im very happy that we didnt have any people lost or and you can get people but still its a good its a big progress. The inhabitants of lesbos dont want it to be an island for refugees any more they repeatedly set up roadblocks they dont want to 2nd moria and say the refugees should leave their island my rehab so my dad he lives in moria their teacher experienced firsthand how her neighborhood became radicalized at 1st many welcomed refugees but then the mood changed. Over time things happened. There were thefts and the refugees burned the olive trees for firewood. Then Public Opinion changed. He. Said. Unlike many in her village maria some a doc is still has compassion with the refugees she and a friend donated food to be distributed to them but they both agree that it cant continue like this. You must. Have made. All of your totally disappointed. All these years weve heard talk of sympathy and support more to come to the conclusion that the only thing people are trying to do is make greece and especially the islands of the east a g. M. And a location for a permanent refugee camp. The refugees dont want to be cooped up in a camp again either but continue on to the rest of europe again and again they demonstrate on this post now the end patiently and increasingly desperate. Climate change is causing extreme weather changes worldwide in california he says pools forest fires that have devastated parts of the state the 1st returning residents talking frantic with the destruction of their livelihoods. Nothing but destruction this is all that is left on the 5 acres of farmland in Northern California where sorrow hawkins and her husband have created a Little Paradise over the last 17 years to go only 4 hours before everything was destroyed left are only shards of memories programmed mothers good china items they collected over decades the fire was coming across short grass it was coming across dirt there was no place that we knew for sure would be safe here in this barn sarah lost all her 17 baby goats to the flames we didnt have time to look at the trailer. We didnt know that we were in any kind of danger no fires ever move this fast out here ever you know and when we came back the next day. Ill never forget seeing the burned bodies in the barnyard. In claremont we speak with the director of environmentalism now this is Charlie Miller human beings are driving Climate Change theyre driving it because in fact were in cars in Southern California and elsewhere that were pumping affluence and to be air thats heating up the planet and the atmosphere and so when the fires start burning theyre actually burning as a result of our own actions. Sarah hawkings is not willing to give in and is already building a new born knowing that the next fire might take everything away again. The added one government wants to restore from the European Convention have the protection of women act resistance is grabbing future by the racial murder of his young woman in western turkey which is not an isolated incident. The friends describe her as a fun loving young woman. This was the image turkey was left with of the 27 year old student penasco to come on july 16th exboyfriend strangled her to death and then pound her body. Flowers in a photo commemorates her and her favorite. Now her friends pathan and lane are set here without still numb with grief and in constant fear of becoming the next victim of violence against women. To get here and back maybe tomorrow theyll be announcing my death it starts right from the very 1st 36 encounters they say you cant go there alone. You mustnt wear this or that you cant meet so and so on and on and on and my thats just another form of violence that the brutal murder you know can see can understand wave of protest nationwide against the rampant violence against women and. Their fortys and many communities responded with violence sending policemen to beat the protesting women. The number of women met each share in taki has more than doubled since 2012 now turkish women are no longer keeping sign that maybe it was god who knows friends are also taking to the streets every week in the hind town. No longer will they sit by and do nothing as violence against women steadily blinds us but progovernment policy journalists like. Czech dont see the problem so much in abusive men as in the Istanbul Convention on combating Domestic Violence turkeys them government signed and ratified it in 2012 the word of mouth and. Whatever happens inside the 4 walls of the familys home to stay there. This convention is incompatible with our faith our culture and our traditions and that means that were going through this for years lawyer has been representing the victims of Domestic Violence im a survivor as shes often seen the abusers appeal to the court for leniency and sympathy. Because theyll say this woman has done this or that my male pride in a stain my car thats what motivated these actions which are still fabricated something and based their entire defense on it what to the man and can now go to kansas hometowns how important to them is the protection of women. All evolution in the roots of the violence line or upbringing. That has to change anything with you get to keep. Murder victim to not go to kims friends agree quite so not just a change in this country until it does the protests will go on. So. It is not yet clear who administers the deadly poison to russian Opposition Leader never mind what is clear is that critics of the russian government are in danger and yet many refuse to be side. People to receive fighting for it but 2 years ago the activist was left fighting for his lunch struck down by a poison his situation was similar to that selection of only but unlike novell me there were no signs of the nerve agent. Raise the ball as you can with 3 inch of my poison he wasnt as bad as his i was able to recover more quickly i was already able to speak in the 2nd week of recovery but navi chalk is an extremely strong point and it doesnt make a difference that you want to hurt someone or kill them. Chocolate paff it before committing murder war there as it was for me to be away. Like novell me seal off was treated the berlin charedi terry hospital. No one could confidently identify the substance that had been given to him his symptoms prompted the doctors to suspect the poisoning but with novell new jersey law says there is no doubt. Thinking the cop was the fact that nobody caught what use clearly points to the russian president up there was the. One thing is only secret agents have access to the specific poison where you know its from yet your call this operation could only have been carried out with the other group of law dimia pretty much anything business and with the right were going to put the. Other opposition figures have been targeted with less deadly means among them is independent politician dmitri good cough one year ago he was barred from standing in the Moscow City Council elections and jailed for 36 days. Means another gallium enough an independent local politician and a prominent figure in the mass protests in moscow one year ago she still faces charges for participating in demonstrations. That top of that they get that you live in an authoritarian country in a dictatorship began when Vladimir Putin was voted into Office Thousands of them but i mean youre human rights arent part of the equation here freedom and justice dont exist here you can be jailed every time you call for people to join a protest. In the face of intimidation. Over seal off refuses just very silent since his recovery he has become politically active in moscow again and that despite the fact that he has a young daughter just a with me do you. Know what my friends my family and my daughter to live in a wonderful country without putin and his disgusting system that beautiful that in war im sure we can achieve this goal. Until then he also received life wont let his daughter go out alone at night and every morning hes by her side and the walk to school. By dusty very muddy tires and drums we deliver urgent life saving boxes we give our everything to reach those who need us the most every box feeding their futures. Goats is full of hope of life saving food in the sun a small down roads with no names we feel asleep to live a relentless you know promise to make every delivery special. Not just next day but every day. Thousands of children are still waiting for their delivery sponsor a box today so together we can deliver inches. The brain is over and the new zealand is kicking off the most. Summer break in the history. Of history. Like going back to. This. Problem came back normal. Numbers in this league started to temper the team on d w o. O. Last winter in moscow. Thousands of people lined up in the middle of the night to be a part of an old ritual. The russian soul where under the single. We are facing gun. Makes a strong thats the it out yet oh yes. Something resembling a baptism for adults is taking place next to a church. The faithful take a quick dip in ice cold water. In your home during the soviet era this Russian Orthodox ritual to mark a pick all but disappeared now its being revived. This is not just about faith its a way to show the world but russia is capable on. Russian television is here to show president Vladimir Putin taking the plunge. 400 kilometers from moscow the man who serves as a role model for his country enters the chilly water when hes not. Just. This ritual good nights russians in different parts of the country. And the faithful are impressed that their president is leading by example. With both the broad well the love of a good russian a religious russian if you spray people to his roots his country and the system in which he led us. Want to bring about these values you need someone to lead the way. And thats flat on your part of the body but. Many things that were banned in the soviet union are now presented with pride including cossacks traditions. Not far from red square are the offices of sarka t. V. A broadcaster that propagates a return to traditional values. Even in the lobby its clear who has the say here the president and the patriarch of moscow and all russia. The broadcaster was founded by constantine while a few have an orthodox businessman and putin ally here journalists criticize western decadence and declare homosexuality to be a cardinal sin so our grad t. V. s biggest star is host andre often as you have. Thats always true to your hes considered one of the best and definitely have well equipped and russia saying the world. The main specialty of it is the ham brain that i can all. Jesus the creator its one of one of the symbols of our channel. In 2017 andre oftenest you have made International Headlines when he produced a video offering the russian homosexuals a free one way ticket to the u. S. So. When you see that you are watching this is not a joke we really want you to move there where you can openly submit to your since you put up i. Saw our grad t. V. Says these kinds of pieces have increased viewer numbers substantially. The broadcaster claims a quarter of all russians have watched its programs at least once. Those of us thats a young video if im underage often r. C. U. Welcome to the russian answer to. The programs fight for family values and against abortion and they depicts the west as decadent and corrupt. These are also favorite topics of owner constantine. The 45 year old business tycoon amassed his wealth through banking and internet companies. People call him the orthodox oligarch though he sees himself as a marxist hes also said to be into regular contact with glad im here putting. Putting in my i was there from to substitute for the star for this moment there because what hes doing right now it would be the best what. Could be done by born star. He personally far use himself with russia. To pass the sense of patriotism and orthodoxy on to the next generation constantine has also founded a school the st basil the great school is located in an upscale neighborhood in moscow. 400 pupils attend classes in what resembles a palace the school is a Training Ground for russias future elites the walls are lined with images of past czars and famous russian writers constant reminders of the prerevolutionary russian empire. The point was you know for children true no more so these paintings. And dates its given something to your hearts and to your mind here and if youre not nationalists did in your module this would remember you know some some nice you know it back to russian history. Of to make sure nothing distracts from the special atmosphere cell phones arent allowed at the same basel the great school for just over 1000. 00 euros a month even Young Children get to learn all about tradition including Church Slavonic which is still used in orthodox services. Where its a volunteer like Church Slavonic was if it goes. Along with the classical education pupils are also taught good manners proper etiquette and dancing. The way 15 year old barbara is the daughter of an oil company see you know shes attended the school for 4 years. Now not too bad. I proceed and its her turn. I think theyre doing so but this traditional dance was very popular in the 19th century. And were practicing it for our schools anniversary celebrations what is it when our parents and many other guests will be clear voice. Celebrated in the style of the imperial era the ball is one of the highlights of the school year barbara will also dance before the watchful eyes of School Founder constantine around here. Ill admit im a bit nervous at the most but after the dress rehearsal therell be less stress and at the ball ill be much better choices for. Barbara lives in an exclusive residential area not far from the school with her parents and her younger brother. A room is decorated with russian icons but recently barbara has also been learning to play the guitar and her walls are also covered with posters of rock bands which arent on the curriculum at the same basel the great school. She says she has someone pushing im a completely normal teenager make up artists that i listen to alternative rock like a ramstein 3 days grace and green day. And theres a magic dragons and my chemical romance she made the rainbow flags which symbolize the l g b t Pride Movement herself. I knew my parents dont know what these colors mean nor at school they tell us that homosexuality is something bad. But i think that all people are equal if. You dont. Doesnt even if someone has black skin or a different Sexual Orientation they should be respected and loved with your view wishing youre with them you. Know. This evening barbaras parents are hosting a dinner party her father andre is cooking a specialty from siberia where he grew up. This is siberian sturgeon was the favorite dish of people in the north. That although if we lived in the north for 40 years my parents moved there in their youth in the days when it was still the soviet union also i would cyril. Andre trained as a geologist he worked for an oil company and rose through the ranks until he became its c. E. O. Now he belongs to the russian elite. Are delicious. She barbaras mother anastasio is also preparing a siberian specialty. At the beijing library impel many dumplings filled with grammys and on the russians love that just simply. Another married couple and barbaras grandparents have been invited for dinner. And of course theres lots to drink since yes i wish you luck and with. The roundabout way glad youre here. Its hot. In russia its a tradition to say a toast before drinking another glass. Fletcher for that post the hostile more of our shores and you drink to your big family may remain united thats whats most valuable to us as the. For this and that you honor tradition to you in your specific things weve known each other so long thats not. Maybe these russians are so focused on tradition because their recent history has been so chaotic for many change breeds fear. Bullshit that in russian history is already there in every major changes lead to violence. If you please could you let me push you to those who believe weve always had bloody revolution losing to cruise with many deaths and lives shattered. The league. Right here theyre all put in supporters mainly because russia has enjoyed sustained Economic Growth during his rule. Since 1909 the average income has increased 10 fold. Today we have more faith in the future. The country has stabilized. We feel protected in every way you can make money legally stability is the most important thing. But putin doesnt just have the wealthy upper class behind him he can also rely on the support of a legendary slavic people known for their courage and fighting skills the cossacks. Their troops on horseback once defended russias borders and spread fear among opponents and religious minorities. Rostov on don in southern russia the center of the don cossack culture. Grigori is 15 years old his father and his grandfather with cossacks his lifes aim is to defend his homeland. Coached the hordes of people. In which everyone must decide if hes a patriot or not. Today russia is subject to many dangers from abroad but. The subject is a she should i have to defend my motherland one day. I mean prepared to sacrifice my life with. The stories strobing it instead. Grigori has already internalized the cost of values of patriotism militarism and orthodoxy. Its a mixture that matches blood a mere putins conservative ideals. Grigori as a cadet at the highly regarded shakti cossacks school. Here 220. 00 young men are preparing for their military service. Well there are full girth and if you look pale the floods of the Russian Federation and the rust off region you have to go our court was smooth enough. In soviet times cossacks were oppressed after the iron curtain collapsed their culture began to flourish again and putin officially integrated them into the russian army this school is publicly funded but let me. I expect our president to hold the country together and ensure our welfare system missed any. Today is most important duty is the security of our country and one must see to it that there is peace in our nation. Because whats happening in our borders frightens us. Any. Grigori and his fellow peoples have the same curriculum as in other russian schools they study everything from math to literature but here theres a special focus on history specifically the history of the cossacks because of the sort. Of what i said not. What. The. Global warming is a good for the cossacks your head covering as a question of honor. Our forefathers only removed it to pray when they entered a church or were communing with god. Lets just. Get that across that died on the battlefield. He was never buried with his casket. It was always brought to his widow. To be the one if you will that. Along with the uniforms and weapons pupils are also told about their forefathers heroic deeds grigori and his friends are proud of these stories. But just because the venue because they came in the cossacks played a key role in almost all the wars. Iteration of what they were the 1st to go into battle. Its because of them that russia was so powerful that he could. Sew at the school they also put theory into practice they reenact historical battles to internalise heroic feeds from bygone days. To bugger thats come here. For School Director vitali its an indispensable exercise. But the school go boom with what weve read isnt enough sure we have to put on the uniforms of our forefathers and use their weapons and march for kilometers in the same conditions youll meet you killing you through the future we have to withstand cold and snow storms for war thats the only way to learn our history in the us numbers but it. Was. After an hour of drills in temperatures of minus 15 degrees celsius the caustic students can finally warm up but before they eat they have to pray. Im. Sure. I know what i feel. Like youre saying its a big issue its a commotion just me i want to share this adventure with my comrades and i say if you ever need me ill help them out but i feel connected to them and perhaps will be to serve in the same regiment. Of my out of range for fitness. The older students are doing bodybuilding their big role model is glad im here putin. Is putting a strong man for you. And youre still here see as a strong character this one here for your slow speed through sickly and mentally strong. Lets just one of the saudis even a martial arts master with more prestigious awards system thats how we can lead a country of 150000000 people hear the word the decision or he can help our country advance a new bell or watch it was your words. This is just i dont see anyone who can equal him. Good or replace him as president. Just. Like every weekend grigori is packing his things. Tomorrow hes going home its a 200 kilometer trip. He lives in a small town of some 8000 people in this house. Is just so much. I miss you too. These. Are gorgeous parents are divorced. His mother yelena works in a medical lab and earns around 300 euros a month. When her son comes home she lets him sleep in the only bad. It is it a one block local cast my brother was just going to school because hes a soldier in a special forces unit its nice youll notice you do as youre doing hes my role model. Thats what a real man and soldier should be like the beach. The way you approach the chili to. Yelena does worry about her boys but her love for her country is paramount. And the most important thing is that my sons defend our nation. And they must be prepared to sacrifice themselves for their comrades if necessary she is this ive raised my sons to be real men. Because. She thinks putin is a good president. He supports the revival of also doxy and has had many churches built for us cossacks thats important. Since putin has been in power the Russian Orthodox church has enjoyed a noticeable revival. In the last 2 decades around a 1000 churches have been restored or rebuilt each year. Many were destroyed during stalins rule. Since 201165 churches have been erected in moscow alone another 150 are in the planning. The idea is for every muscovite to have a house of worship within easy reach. The moscow patriarchate has even been offered the citys green spaces as building sites. The conflict has erupted between residents and Church Leaders over the trophy at the park in northern moscow. On the one side or priests and the faithful who are staking their claim by holding regular man. Says here. On the other side are angry locals who dont want to lose their park. At 530. 00 or 3 natasha is the groups spokeswoman for 2 years shes been fighting to have the construction stopped or at least postponed. There are already 4 churches in this district this would be the 5th if why did they have to destroy the park when there are already so many. Recently natasha and her friends were attacked by a group of thugs. Oh dear god i just hope i was punched in the head who gave me a black eye and broke my brow bone welcome to because generally because i filed a Police Report i received threats will kill you in the name of our faith. With. The other protesters were beaten up too but to date the police have stood idly by you know i give out so i want to ask you many of us were attacked and injured by s. S. Type thoughts yet nothing was done about it. Why dont you would russia were not going to. Even though. You know. The group which calls itself 40 times 40 is protected by the authorities. It acts on behalf of the Orthodox Church the name 40 times 40 refers to the 1600 churches that were set to exist in moscow before the revolution former hooligans and martial artists comprise this arm twin of the Orthodox Church. The group holds president putin in high esteem and claims to act. In russias interest these scenes show 40 times 40 s violent intervention at turf a young couple. In their own way they demonstrate the growing power of the Russian Orthodox church. That. We meet members of the group. One of its leaders are invited us to a church. In the basement there practicing martial arts. Beforehand they also pray here. For a soft symphony of welcome. If you will the little. Boy to light up the bricks. Very soon to say this is youve seen with her the police gets us to with one of the scenes are going to flip National Solution it doesnt the group is comprised of a colorful mix of Students Police officers and i. T. Experts like the twice a week they gather here to train after work. For the family so lets go. First and keep moving. You know. Archie on tells us that to defend their conservative faith they need to be physically fit. Single source articles with cigarettes and it will work for emblem is of course the orthodox knight who defends the Russian Church with a sword in a field thats why its a good thing for us long its there to get over or push the world so so much longer the loss of the orthodoxy in our country are important to us alters the russian you are seeing. During the soviet era such emblems were forbidden. Now theyre being used to win the faithful respect the abortion laws dives i should say so right we have to protect our members in our cathedrals i think if someone attacks us or makes fun of holy things then we have to try to defend them with a book in which we must defend the thinking of them with those in the group that is a shocker for. People. Over time 40 times 40 have made themselves into sponsible. Here is fortunate that they were taking on more and more duties at 1st we only defended holy sites or she just said that now we also help with the patriarchs Church Services will disappear after that. On the same evening 40 times 40 will be on duty at a ceremonial mouse attended by then Prime Minister dimitri made the idea. The cathedral of christ the savior moscows largest cathedral is heavily guarded only invited guests are allowed. To listen to this is the invitation. Its a preview needed to get in the photo move over where you can almost feel i live where i got it thats a secret change itself he used to like head. I chum and his friends dont need an invitation. Around a dozen people from their group are in attendance. At the officially theyre here stewards for. Every other crazy thing reverses what a lot i can. See. Was the cathedral is full of security personnel. The Church Service is being transmitted live on television. It. Was. Then Prime MinisterDmitri Medvedev has come to hear Patriarch Kirill sermon and person. The. Presidency is a good omen. The. Culture of russia start anew somewhere with our best times were always when political power in the church were united this i will as long as this alliance lasts occur nothing can happen to us star nation with the reference. Was that he did was here to represent Vladimir Putin who was attending a celebration in st petersburg. Special facts. Well number of christians like it that when theres an orthodox believer it should so he supports the church and thats very valuable the loss of fortune so. In spite of their violent methods and his friends are welcome here. 40 times 40 enjoys the support of the church and likely that of the authorities to. At least thats the opinion of the demonstrators protesting against the construction of the church in moscows trophy onka park. The attacks against them were never investigated. And the touching afghani have been targeted again and again. Got a car the most needed stuff in the middle of the night should we suddenly heard someone sawing at our door of the age of truck but not since you were taking my husband opened it and 15 masked men stormed in and pointed their guns at us or the movie distills i hit them several special units were involved in searching our house including the secret service is this the goods if its lesbian to see a saw they were all after us. Yevgeny and 8 other activists each received unwelcome visitors who were accompanied by t. V. Crews. Clearly these home searches were meant to serve as warnings. But since you have any began receiving Death Threats over the inner