this instalment of the war in sicily... the allied landings in sicily led to six weeks of fighting across difficult and heavily defended terrain. the twins‘ father, also called edward, serving with the royal irish fusiliers, fell during a night attack. edward, sydney. this is the end of the journey. last night, as fog swirled around the volcano, researcher richard o'sullivan took the brothers to the area where he died. it does bring it into perspective and it does make it more real, when you are actually here on the site. he was one of many brave men who participated in the liberation of europe. i just feel enormously proud. fusilier graham was never identified, buried as unknown among more than 2000 in the cemetery at catania, but after decades of dogged research, edward graham believed he had found his father's last resting place. we were able to narrow it down quite easily, of royal irish fusiliers in sicily, who had no known grave, and then at that point it was just a case of narrowing down their final locations throu

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today conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's been described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe often on overcrowded unstable falls or the one hundred forty seven thousand people i thought to have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year if we look at the tragic situation in the mediterranean last year over five thousand people died or went missing in the desperate attempts to cross the mediterranean in two thousand and seventeen the death toll remained an exceptionally high with almost two thousand eight hundred raked him. in addition to that nobody can say how many people died while taking the similar dangerous man route through the. against this backdrop it is clearly in the interest of all parties concerned not least of migrants themselves to prevent irregular migration well the migrant crisis has transformed parts of sicily some areas on the italian island are now a reminder of the risks

a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's being described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe often overcrowded and on the stable it's more than one hundred and forty seven thousand people are thought to have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far this year. if we look at the tragic situation in the mediterranean last year over five thousand people died or went missing in the desperate attempts to cross the mediterranean in two thousand and seventeen the death toll remained and acceptably high with almost two thousand eight hundred raked him. in addition to that nobody can say how many people died while taking the similar dangerous man route through the south against this backdrop it is clearly in the interest of all parties concerned not least of migrants themselves to prevent irregular migration well the migrant crisis restaurants or parts at least some areas on the italian island of the

robert hall, bbc news, at catania in sicily. more on that and all the news any time on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley. thank you for watching. good morning. the farmers may well have ploughed fields but that hasn't stopped our weather watchers from posting photos of the harvest moon. it has clouded over. not quite a full moon. 98%. we will see the full moon tonight. the time being, the cloud has arrived and we will see strong winds and rain but the next few hours and then that eases away through the south—east corner. it would be a damp old start first thing thursday morning. if you are travelling to work there will be outbreaks of rain and still pretty blustery. behind it, quite a clearance and some decent spells of sunshine to look forward to. not a bad start through northern england, northern ireland and scotland. scattering of showers to the north and west but they should be isolated. into the afternoon, we continue with the risk of a few showers a

this instalment of the war in sicily... the allied landings in sicily led to six weeks of fighting across difficult and heavily defended terrain. the twins' father, also called edward, serving with the royal irish fusiliers, fell during a night attack. edward, sydney. this is the end of the journey. last night, as fog swirled around the volcano, researcher richard 0'sullivan took the brothers to the area where he died. it does bring it into perspective and it does make it more real, when you are actually here on the site. he was one of many brave men who participated in the liberation of europe. i just feel enormously proud. fusilier graham was never identified, buried as unknown among more than 2000 in the cemetery at catania, but after decades of dogged research, edward graham believed he had found his father's last resting place. we were able to narrow it down quite easily, of royal irish fusiliers in sicily, who had no known grave, and then at that point it was just a case of narrowing down their final locations through

landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean. is an environmentalist who now spends his time documenting the arrivals of these migrant builds. change ninety nine percent of the boats arrive continues here those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they arrive in this way that it want to be recognized we know little about them and they have total freedom here. eighty boats are now stranded here including this one that could have never made it across the sea alone authorities suspect a larger mothership somewhere at sea this patching migrants in smaller numbers of people here call these then goes both it takes twenty four hours from the minute they leave tunisia to when they're arriving here in sicily and during that time these boats go completely undetected the minute they're arriving on shore the people on board this person as quickly as possible and nobody knows how many they are

the latest instalment of the war in sicily... the allied landings in sicily led to six weeks of fighting across difficult and heavily defended terrain. the twins' father, also called edward, serving with the royal irish fusiliers, fell during a night attack. edward, sydney. this is the end of the journey. last night, as fog swirled around the volcano, researcher richard 0'sullivan took the brothers to the area where he died. it does bring it into perspective and it does make it more real, when you are actually here on the site. he was one of many brave men who participated in the liberation of europe. i feel enormously proud. fusilier graham was never identified, buried as unknown among more than 2000 in this cemetery, but after decades of dogged research, edward graham believed he had found his father's last resting place. we were able to narrow it down quite easily, the royal irish fusiliers, in sicily, who had no known grave and then at that point, it was just a case of narrowing down their final locations through war diaries.

the town of ganges straddles the a dilemma donia mountains in central sicily an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side of. country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. country has no industry to speak often times population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get injured on by a lot of privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give them to us one of the. after the initial shock many owners were in fact happy to sign over their properties to the commune inheritance tax and the heavy cost of renovation had made many buildings unattractive investments. the mess saw an opportunity to attract new residents to gandhi after decades of emigration he offer

and in sicily standard time is italian and language takes some of in college is a that. then there's sicilian which was different enough from that that if you roll the dice again in a sicily were different country, it would be a separate romance language. if you see something like the godfather or some episodes of boardwalk empire use characters translating using sicilian rather than standard time because it's different enough that to anybody who knows the territory to show this characters speaking textbook college classroom italian would be ridiculous. whenever you see one of those sicilians into the godfather speaking that language they are really speaking something almost as different from italian and spanish. that person speak standard italian in school, in the job interview. there's no debate in sicily about whether sicilian threatens standard time pick would neverr to anybody. similar is in most arab speaking countries. if you know someone who speaks arabic, when they say i speak arabic, the looming i speak latin and french. they stick to things, they speak the sta

with sicily, "parts unknown." yeah, sicily show, the diving for octopus scene was a genuine, genuine meltdown. it was my birthday. i think it was the last shoot of the season. i'd chosen sicily because we'd already screwed up a sicily show in a previous series, but i thought, you know, it's beautiful, the people are nice, the food's great, it's a good way, you know, to do a chill, easygoing show. and the minute i, you know, that octopus, that dead octopus started hitting the water around me, my sense of rage, of self-disgust and just -- i'm not going to say i had a mental or nervous breakdown, but i came close. and the implication, explicit or not, from some of the people i was working with on th episode, in particular, that i should play along with this horrendous manipulation of reality, that i should, you know, maybe hook a dead octopus and wag it around and go, "look, he's still peppy, he's still alive, what a triumphant day at sea." when in fact, i wanted to murder everybody involved and then hang myself in t

sicily is the most beautiful place on earth. the climate the people everything the vegetables the fruits the fish everything. we have everything including beautiful women. beautiful women are also visible in palermo in the film of statues. a stroll around the historic city center is best begun where they are at an intersection cold quiet. or full kaunas after the four richly decorated matching kona buildings the traffic hub is a high point of the rock. you can also take a tour around the city in a horse drawn carriage the nano is geographically closer to tunis than it is to rome carriage drive. says that's reflected in the architecture of the old city center. area africans and normans helped build this. and the photo of the south. from the ninth to the eleventh century was under north african rule the saracens used the old basilica as a mosque after them came the normans who built the present cathedral son to sima asunta which is also known as the norman cathedral. cafes. monotony is a popular spot for a lunch break. if you want

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a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's been described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe where there are hundred forty seven thousand people are thought to have crossed so far this year. the migrant crisis has transformed parts of sicily some areas on the italian island are now a reminder of the risks that people face trying to reach europe or the abdel-hamid reports the landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean but. there is an environmentalist who now spends his time documenting their arrivals of these migrant boats. which ninety nine percent of the boats arrive from to new zealand those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they arrive in this way that it want to be recognised we know

sicily is the most beautiful place on earth. the climate the people everything the vegetables the fruits the fish everything. we have everything including beautiful women. beautiful women are also visible in palermo in the film of statues. as stroll around the historic city center is best begun where they are at an intersection cold quite tall or full kaunas after the four richly decorated matching kona buildings the traffic hub is a high point of architecture. you can also take a tour around the city in a horse drawn carriage the nano is geographically tunis than it is to rome carriage drive. says that's reflected in the architecture of the old city center. area africans are normans helped build this. and the photo of the south. from the ninth to the eleventh century was under north african rule the saracens used the old basilica as a mosque after them came the normans who built the present cathedral son to see mao asunta which is also known as the norman cathedral. cafés is a pop. yes but for a lunch break. if you want to do

the town of ganges straddles the a dilemma donia mountains in central sicily an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side. country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. ganji has no industry to speak off on the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med decided to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get a lot of privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give them to us one of the. after the initial shock many owners were in fact happy to sign over their properties to the commune and heritance tax on the heavy cost of renovation had made many buildings unattractive investments. the mess saw an opportunity to attract new residents to ganji after decades of emigration he offered the hous

sicily is the most beautiful place on earth. the climate the people everything the vegetables the fruits the fish everything. we have everything including beautiful women. beautiful women are also visible in palermo in the film of statues. as stroll around the historic city center is best begun where they are at an intersection called quite tall or full kaunas after the four richly decorated matching corner buildings the traffic hub is a high point of the rock. you can also take a tour around the city in a horse drawn carriage the nano is geographically closer to tunis than it is to rome carriage drive and nick says that's reflected in the architecture of the old city center. area africans and normans helped build this. and the but the other stuff. from the ninth to the eleventh century was under north african rule the saracens used the old basilica as a mosque after them came the normans who built the present cathedral. asunta which is also known as the norman cathedral. cafes. monotony is a popular spot for a lunch break. if y

with sicily, "parts unknown." yeah, sicily show, the diving for octopus scene was a genuine, genuine meltdown. it was my birthday. i think it was the last shoot of the season. i'd chosen sicily because we'd already screwed up a sicily show in a previous series, but i thought, you know, it's beautiful, the people are nice, the food's great, it's a good way, you know, to do a chill, easygoing show. and the minute i, you know, that octopus, that dead octopus started hitting the water around me, my sense of rage, of self-disgust and just -- i'm not going to say i had a mental or nervous breakdown, but i came close. and the implication, explicit or not, from some of the people i was working with on that episode, in particular, that i should play along with this horrendous manipulation of reality, that i should, you know, maybe hook a dead octopus and wag it around and go, "look, he's still peppy, he's still alive, what a triumphant day at sea." when in fact, i wanted to murder everybody involved and then hang myself in

sicily is the most beautiful place on earth. the climate the people everything the vegetables the fruits the fish everything. we have everything including beautiful women. beautiful women are also visible in palermo in the film of statues. as stroll around the historic city center is best begun where they are at an intersection cold quite talk or full kaunas after the four richly decorated matching kona buildings the traffic hub is a high point of the rock. you can also take a tour around the city in a horse drawn carriage and then i was geographically closer to tunis than it is to rome carriage drive a nickel says that's reflected in the architecture of the old city center. area africans and normans helped build this. and over to the south. from the ninth to the eleventh century there was under north african rule the saracens used the old basilica as a mosque after them came the normans who built the present cathedral son to see mass on into which is also known as the norman cathedral. cafe spin is a populist. for a lunch break

sicily is the most beautiful place on earth. the climate the people everything the vegetables the fruits the fish everything. we have everything including beautiful women. beautiful women are also visible in palermo in the film of statues. as stroll around the historic city center is best begun where they are at an intersection cold quite tall or full kaunas after the four richly decorated matching corner buildings the traffic hub is a high point of the rock. you can also take a tour around the city in a horse drawn carriage and then i was geographically. than it is to roam carriage drive a nicole says that's reflected in the architecture of the old city center. area africans and normans helped build this a federal. and the but the other stuff. from the ninth to the eleventh century was under north african rule the saracens used the old basilica as a mosque after them came the normans who built the present cathedral son to see mass on into which is also known as the norman cathedral. cafes. monotony is a popular spot for a lunch

robert hall, bbc news, in sicily. let's get a look let's get a look at let's get a look at the let's get a look at the weather... let's get a look at the weather... hello, some wet weather and windy weather overnight. the rain, which has been quite heavy in northern ireland, south—west scotland and north west england, eases off overnight. this rain band moving southwards. ahead, gusts of up to 60 mph locally. clear skies in the north, turning chilly. some mild cloud and blustery weather in southern areas early in the morning. when they move away, wind comes through. showers in north—west scotland. some moving over the irish sea into north—west england. the midlands too. it will feel chilly in the wind. a chilly start friday morning. we could have a touch of frost across scotland in particular. stronger winds up away by friday after a crisp start, sunshine around. cloud in scotland later. and around. cloud in scotland later. and a bit of rain. hello. this is bbc news. in a faltering speech to the conservative con

the landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean. is an environmentalist who now spends his time documenting their arrivals of these migrant boats. ninety nine percent of the boats arrive from those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they arrive in this way that it won't be recognized we know little about them and they have total freedom here eighty boats are now stranded here including this one that could have never made it across the sea alone authorities suspect a large mothership somewhere at sea this patching migrants in smaller numbers people here. it takes twenty four hours from the minute. time these. the minute they're arrived. the people on board dispersed as quickly as possible and nobody knows how many. where they come from or where they going to do. this is the usual tactic running towards the hills and from there to the mainland all this trying to be security forces but

i've never been to sicily, - right. i still have never been to sicily. - the least they could have done was sent you to sicily after the campaign, right? - exactly! i had, that phone call was very sad and i felt terrible because i ben wall was like "what do you mean you're not coming, we leave in 10 days." - yeah. - and it was one of those moments that i realized, holy cow, i must really love my job. - yeah. (chuckle) well, that's okay. - or i must be psychotic. or both! - and that's okay, by the way too. so, the sequence here at the very beginning is, you end up in new hampshire with trump. - yeah. - and you watch him speak, he recognized you out in the crowd. now, you've not actually had any face time with him at this point at all, right? - i've never shared the same air as him before. - right. - never been in the same physical vicinity. - yeah. - i'd never walked in to trump tower in my life, i mean i'd lived in new york for 10 years. - yeah. - never passed through those golden doors. (audience laughs) and seen that

sicily. the u.s. senate's passed a bill setting aside more than thirty six billion dollars to cover the cost of rebuilding after disasters large parts of the country have recovering from hearkens wildfires and floods now a government watchdog says climate change will see the cost of damage skyrocketing years to come and gallacher reports from miami. over the past few months the us has witnessed the most powerful atlantic hurricane season in history hurricane harvey devastated parts of texas a few weeks later hurricane slammed into florida and the u.s. territory of puerto rico continues to make a slow recovery following hurricane maria scientists say these catastrophic events like the ongoing wildfires in california and made worse by global warming going to the government accountability office or g.a.o. over the past decade alone climate change has cost the u.s. government three hundred fifty billion dollars the figure set to rise dramatically in coming years all of the climate related of weather event

you have seen that in sicily. he's in the 16th infantry as well. and his platoon sergeant, said of him, "he was a man for whom i had the utmost admiration and respect for." he was 31 years old, and platoon sergeants don't often have nice things to say about their commanding officers, in this case he did and he meant it. so you had a close command team between these two guys. and the lieutenant -- i won't bore you with all the ins and outs, but he's landed at the extreme eastern flank of omaha beach, and that is the eastern flank of the entire american effort -- invasion effort. so it's pretty important to make sure that is secured, because the germans could come in, ke omahattack, and ra beach over with nasty fire. the army ground forces on his left shoulder. he leads an attack that gets up the beach, of the bluff, and secures the eastern flank, and he leaves two tanks off the beach, which makes them a perfect target for a lot of the germans who were in a network of pillboxes on the eastern flank overlooking the area. somehow he survives. later in

you have seen that in sicily. he's in the 16th infantry as well. and his platoon sergeant said of him, "he was a man for whom i had the utmost admiration and respect for." he was 31 years old, and platoon sergeants don't often have nice things to say about their commanding officers, in this case he did and he meant it. so you had a close command team between these two guys. and the lieutenant -- i won't bore you with all the ins and outs, but he's landed at the extreme eastern flank of omaha beach, and that is the eastern flank of the entire american effort. so it's pretty important to make sure that is secured, because the germans could come in, counterattack, and break omaha beach over with nasty fire. the army ground forces on his left shoulder. he leads an attack that gets up the beach, of the bluff, and secures the eastern flank, and he leaves two tanks off the beach, which makes them a perfect target for a lot of the germans who were in a network of pillboxes on the eastern flank overlooking the area. somehow he survives. later in the day, th

a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe says despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe it's estimated about one hundred forty seven thousand people of crossed the mediterranean so far this year. russia has vetoed a u.n. proposal to extend investigations into the use of chemical weapons in syria the oversight mechanism was created in twenty fifteen and extended last year but it expires in the wimber eleven countries backed the proposal china abstained. in china she jing ping's name and ideology have been added to the constitution cementing his status as one of the country's most powerful leaders in decades in unspent was made on the final day of the communist party conference the vote to establish cheese thought on socialism as one of the country's guiding principles is likely to mean that any move to challenge she personally will be seen as a threat communist party who. two hong kong democracy act

you have seen that in sicily. he's in the 16th infantry as well. and his platoon sergeant said of him, "he was a man for whom i had the utmost admiration and respect for." he was 31 years old, and platoon sergeants don't often have nice things to say about their commanding officers, in this case he did and he meant it. so you had a close command team between these two guys. won'te lieutenant -- i bore you with all the ins and outs, but he's landed at the extreme eastern flank of omaha beach, and that is the eastern flank of the entire american effort. so it's pretty important to make sure that is secured, because the germans could come in, counterattack, and break omaha beach over with nasty fire. the army ground forces on his left shoulder. he leads an attack that gets up the beach, of the bluff, and secures the eastern flank, and he leaves two tanks off the beach, which makes them a perfect target for a lot of the germans who were in a network of pillboxes on the eastern flank overlooking the area. somehow he survives. later in the day, the germa

yangon a two day conference is underway in sicily focusing on what's been described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe first despite the risks people are still making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to get to europe often on overcrowded unstable one hundred forty seven thousand people have crossed the mediterranean into europe so far. if we look at the tragic situation in the mediterranean last year over five thousand people died or went missing in the desperate attempts to cross the mediterranean in two thousand and seventeen the death toll remains an accepted lehi with almost two thousand eight hundred raked him. in addition to that nobody can say how many people died while taking the similar dangerous nand route through the sahara against this backdrop it is clearly in the interest of all parties concerned not least of migrants themselves to prevent irregular migration. the chinese president's name and ideology have been added to the constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in decade

the italian island of sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of the country but it's also an area of striking natural beauty the municipality of gandhi has come up with a plan to fight further economic decline it's buying up deserted houses and selling them on for just one euro so they can be redeveloped as tourist accommodation. the town of ganges straddles the it elect madani a mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side. gandhi is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and narrow roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. ganji has no industry to speak of the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get injured on by a lot of privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and somewhere in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if th

of sicily is to the offer of the g.d.p. of lumber the and the same applies to being at the g.d.p. of bentley's doubled in the g.d.p. of colombia per capita which means the eagle is divided into two halves and. is a long process with a long story but should stop because by giving out all these mounted to the side of the government we don't tell the southern region to go in to double up they are very much subsidize and the situation is quite similar to that of the louvre and so i think the county i work out of will be aware of the legal powers in economy sure that have well more political power and they able to dispose of they was sold to to to to use the money and of a sources they produce in their own territory you mention catalonia that you think that what's happening in spain has had any effect as it kind of given confidence or unfold and some of the areas and it's. thought on the serpent is wood or they are macho i had grown in catalonia than in benetton lumber because people are marching in the streets on the tiles in the cage and we did you have in september a million so peop

sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of italy but it is also an island of striking natural beauty one town has come up with a plan to fight further economic decline it's buying up dessert and houses and selling them for just one euro so they can be revamped as tourist accommodations have a look. the town of ganges straddles the it elect madani a mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side of. the country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern income. country has no industry to speak on valentine's population has been steadily declining for years in two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get injured on the lot of the lodge and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather giv

sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of italy but it is also an island of striking natural beauty one town has come up with a plan to fight further economic decline it's buying up deserted houses and selling them for just one euro so they can be revamped as tourist accommodations have a look. the town of ganges straddles the a dilemma donia mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side. country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. country has no industry to speak off and the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med decided to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get a lot of privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and somewhere in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give them to us one of a

out in sicily the u.s. is considering sanctions against me and my office treatments of revenge of muslims the u.s. state department says it may use a human rights law to target leaders or groups involved in the violence in rakhine state more than six hundred thousand range of lead to bangladesh to escape another three crackdown the us army denies accusations of ethnic cleansing the chinese president's name and ideology have been added to the nation's constitution on the final day of the communist party conference it makes him one of the country's most powerful leaders in decades it has been more fighting between kurdish peshmerga and iraqi government forces near a key oil pipeline in the north of the town of fires couple is near iraq's borders with syria and turkey peshmerga commanders say they stopped government troops advancing towards the south of the town and. the most senior u.s. general says he believes a group linked to isolate is behind the ambush that killed eight soldiers in asia he won that eisel

tremendous migrants from tunisia and are coming to italy through sicily and sardinia if one country closes borders and doesn't let them in migrants will go by a different route through a different country the borders need to be secure to use responsibility it has to maintain a dialogue with the north african leaders and read no it's not doing enough in that respect so isn't italy and the e.u. in effect becoming victims of extortion and racketeering by huddling with guns if they're forcing you to pay to stop the migrant flow no no no i don't think so oh no i don't think so despite the deal that the european union made with turkey you will to stem migration cost at six billion euros really those who are wondering what is going on in libya though should know that the european union made a six billion euro deal early going to turkey to block the flow of migrants now since they decided that it pain turkey was the right thing to do i would say it will be equally sensible to invest this kind of money in libya if that's where it really goes so writers recently reported that a former mafia boss is

trend this migrants from tunisia and coming to italy through sicily and sardinia if one country closes borders and doesn't let them in migrants will go by a different route through a different country the borders need to be secure that's the use responsibility it has to maintain a dialogue with the north african leaders and read no it's not doing enough in that respect so isn't italy and the e.u. in effect becoming victims of extortion and racketeering by hundred homes with guns if they're forcing you to pay to help the migrant flow no no no i don't think so oh no i don't think so despite the deal that the european union made with turkey you will to stem migration cost it six billion euros. those who are wondering what is going on in libya though should know that the european union made a six billion euro deal early going to turkey to block the flow of migrants now since they decided that it pain turkey was the right thing to do i would say it will be equally sensible to invest this kind of money in libya if that's where it really goes so writers recently reported that a former mafia b

sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of italy but it is also an island of striking natural beauty one town has come up with a plan to fight further economic decline it's buying up dessert and houses and selling them for just one euro so they can be revamped as tourist accommodations have a look. the town of ganges straddles the it elect madani a mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side of. country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now over hardly wide enough for a modern car. ganji has no industry to speak off and the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get injured on by a lot of privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give th

sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of italy but it is also an island of striking natural beauty one town has come up with a plan to fight further economic decline it's buying up deserted houses and selling them for just one euro so they can be revamped as tourist accommodations have a look. the town of ganges straddles the it elect madani a mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side. country is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. ganji has no industry to speak off and the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leeches are mccourt to get injured on the lot of the lodge and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give them to

sicily is one of the most economically deprived areas of italy but it is also an island of striking natural beauty one town has come up with a plan to fight for their economic decline it's buying up dessert and houses and selling them for just one euro so they can be revamped as tourist accommodations have a look. the town of ganges straddles the a dilemma donia mountains in central says late an hour and a half's drive along windy country roads from palermo it boasts a superb view of mount etna from one side of. gandhi is home to seven thousand people twenty churches and now roads hardly wide enough for a modern car. ganji has no industry to speak often the town's population has been steadily declining for years and two thousand and fourteen a new med aside to inject energy into the commune by selling off old abandoned houses the leaches democratic ungentle mellowed a privilege and a few years ago we did a count and discovered that there were six hundred eighty empty houses and some were in acute danger of falling down so we asked the owners if they wouldn't just rather give them to us one

branches of the economy are reportedly controlled by the mafia who conduct their operations out of nearby sicily experts say malta is a paid financial laws create an ideal climate for below board business something italy's anti mafia commission knows they're visiting malta this week. it's so hard to block you don't it is necessary to close those legal loopholes that the mafia uses whether they use violence or when they ask complicity or corruption mafia gangs always have a predatory attitude towards the areas they target. they confronted in areas barkeeper in the media. crime tax avoidance and corruption malta's government has done little to change the situation and even the e.u. has turned a blind eye in the past something at least some officials here hope to change. all right i've read to understand that men and women still don't quite see eye to eye on several occasions absolutely it's about obviously sexual harassment what you're talking about monica and the sexual harassment a sort in rape accusations ended hollywood film producer harvey weinstein have triggered a lot of similar reports aro