with a quote the where is france or italy. in france off in france good ball how many of you are there read that the. fall. that if you will rue carefully hide behind a mound of snow and there. now they think they know where they can find the refugees. cheap goes on ahead apparently there are two more refugees. who. if the police catch them now with refugees in their car they could go to jail for up to five years and be fined up to thirty thousand euros. are you cold there's a bag in the back and the square was locked with one drinks are stuck up here going to grow the bushel. the third helper also drove ahead to scout for police they'll have to wait for the all clear resource they're all for workers but . you know what. i'm taking you to pray to the sanctuary to be created. really. what's the name. the place where you found us the motion have. now they're safe refugees and helpers alike. working. for the two young men from the train station looks on also here including the one who claimed to be heading for turin. of the phill

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with the new look for them in italy as well didn't look. so good the settlement they refuse. she's don't know where they are or they're unfamiliar with the area. checks if they took the last bus from works there's no one inside the patrol point you can check the tunnel it will meet at the parking lot that's all accomplished as. they continue on to kavita an italian village directly at the border. they have clothing and warm shoes ready for the refugees so they don't freeze if the police pursue them and they have to flee to the mountains. they could be hiding anywhere. he said go to bring them to vent to a feeling of we found some migrants here before. us your father with the offer leave it. to. their kids or. to guess at their estimates a good thing for them the garage door is open. talking softly all the way here or it's worn out after that there's nothing. to stop at all till till. the main street in. sometimes the refugees walk along here. the volunteers also want to warn them about the deep snow in the mountains on either side of the border. nesting. they head back to the

when i see the situation of italy, i think the vote in italy has been moderate. the situation is almost as bad as the one in germany in the 1930s when italy was elected i think the italian electorate has been moderate in complaints. >> that's a huge statement you think italy, 2018, the economic and the societal fundamentals are similar to what we saw in the early 1930s in germany? >> absolutely. 12% unemployment 35% youth unemployment three major banks that fail. 30% of it is more loans that defaulted. this is a gigantic thing 25 years of no growth. that's a long time it's a generation. there's a generation of italians who see less than what we've seen before. >> let's just very briefly transfer this to the united states as well you invited mr. bannon to come and talk to your students in chicago. i imagine most of your students are free traders, globalists, not from the heartland of america. you brought mr. bannon in to explain why people had a backlash against their way of thinking, yes? >> i invited him to debate with one of our faculty it's not like a speech b

with a new look for them in italy as well didn't you. so be it the settlement the refugees don't know where they are they're unfamiliar with the area. checks if they took the last bus from works there's no one in sight they pick through point you can check the tunnel it will meet at the parking lot that's all. they continue want you can get in an italian village directly at the border. they have clothing and warm. shoes ready for the refugees so they don't freeze if the police pursue them and they have to flee to the mountains. they could be hiding anywhere. he said but you couldn't live in a mosque befell another we found some migrants here before. either of them make the offer leave it out but. you know they're going to tell. us about us and it's a good thing for them the garage door is open. office or the other way here or it's warm for the very first and. the thought of all to kill. the main street in. sometimes the refugees walk along here. the volunteers also want to warn them about the deep snow in the mountains on either side of

ok china in the alps on the border between france and italy she leaps in n.t. and two other french volunteers set out to rescue refugees and on the border police are going to get them out here in. the prison to feel. normal as they usually come from that direction both to sit well on whatever the macbook air full darnell snowmobiles belong to the border police ok but on obama anyone who helps refugees risks a jail sentence and have to finds. out. that. the money we're willing to take the risk. that's not as important as the lives of these people. you could put the granny who says on. to us at least once a book it's not as important german life has no price tag that's what i believe. it's daybreak. brings a family of illegal immigrants into his home but the eighteen year old young woman doesn't want to be filmed of the small family managed to escape over the snowy peaks in the cover of night with a fourteen month old baby. fifty two year old felipe offers them shelter a bed some food and something to drink from. and. for. for his wife supports him but she doesn'

or first you say there are no reforms being done there but the unemployment rate in italy has fallen to its lowest level in five years but they're still at the very end of the labor market situation in europe and if you take the g.d.p. to debt ratio it's one hundred thirty five percent at the moment that's actually the moment when we started to rescue greece a few years ago so italy might become the new and even larger greece do you think more investment into the labor market will help me is on the report the five star movement wants to spend up to two billion euros is of course investment would help but you need to do investment into the structural reforms of the labor market and you could look at two fronts which is doing exactly that the right thing to reform correctly but the french president is facing heavy opposition and growing resistance to these reforms as we also see well the jury is still out for him whether he will succeed in the end but for the moment he's doing the right things he has undertaken the labor market reform he's now taking up the fight against the unions as

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on that italy, too, obviously. there shouldime, be another factor which should speak in favor of a greater cohesion in the eu, also on the part of italy. this would moderate lastly, some populist anti-eu moods around. francine: but if the trade war escalates, could it push the world economy into a recession? mario monti: it could. i would hope the cumulative experience of leaders will influence him too to become slightly less populist, as the italian leaders are trying to evolve. so, this must not really be allowed to escalate out of control. eu can exercise a moderating and of course, we on the that germany is finger pointed by the u.s. and others for its surplus.ssive they do not call it excessive, but it is a huge surplus. within the rest of the world, how to deal with internal imbalances within the union the little used policy out of brussels, the macroeconomic balance procedure, which is triggered not just when ountries have an excessive public finance policy or debt, but if they have growing and exceeding tra

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but tonight italy's saying it knows nothing of the agreement. this is r.t. news of a level me. first in the program the russian foreign minister says the u.k. is gone too far with its accusations over the poisoning of sergei scruple and his daughter and will eventually have to provide answers to the questions that are being posed by russia here's some of what had to say which correspondent. expanded on for us. beauty of that if you will not be possible to get away from answering the questions since the obvious nods and what else is obvious is no british colleagues have gone too far with this game which the russian foreign minister has a focused in detail on everything going on in this case first and foremost he said that he's very glad that the daughter of the russian citizen usually is recovering and he's also said that he hopes that her father on the mend to also he has stressed that russia still has a lot of questions that has asked repeatedly but which remain unanswered pretty much russia even wrote an official mail an official letter to the

is barbara vessel reporting from brussels on italy's political impasse barbara thank you now to some other stories making news around the world former new york mayor rudy giuliani is joining us president donald trump's personal legal team he's one of three new lawyers dealing with the probe into possible russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen election juliana was also the chief prosecutor in manhattan in the one nine hundred eighty s. memos written by the sacked f.b.i. director james comey detail suppose that discussions with u.s. president trump the material includes a claim that the russian president vladimir putin told trump russia has some of the most beautiful prostitutes in the world responding in a tweet trump says the memos show komi leaked classified information. dozens of people have reportedly been injured after two passenger trains collided in the austrian city of salzburg the crash happened at the main station in the early morning hours and investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident . for the french president emanuel mccall has been in

and she spends much of her time outside italy. and finally just prior to the airstrikes against syria a good deal of hysteria was circulating online in russia and that provided one state on t.v. channel in moscow with an alarmingly obvious story opportunity it decided to prepare its viewers for world war three it was a four minute long segment on the rossiya twenty four s evening news program where the kremlin on channel suggested some essential items for life in a bunker iodine to protect the body from radiation rice and its seven year long shelf life and rule number one if you were sweets more water noted we'll see you next time here at the listening post is the police. gun now and i still can you not can your so if you feel to be in your book. you read always but those looking in another source in which i got to live it's a list of books sure that you mostly stick to but those of by need it is. always because union that you put it is like in this up us let us government but the idea is that yeah and then you moved there were mo

hate netanyahu you're an occupier and it is as an occupier that you are on those lines at the same italy the french ambassador was has so far kept a civilized tone some italian politicians haven't held back we'll remind mccrum that no foreign agent can come here and assert their authority we are a sovereign country not a province of france we are not micron's toilet on top of expelling russian diplomats we should expel french ones. who writes this will be the first and the last time i'm very angry about what's happened there about it tensions were provoked when french police entered italy to drug test a nigerian passenger on a paris bound train the station where the incident took place is in the town of banda neck here which is known as a staging post for migrants making their way from italy further north french authorities claim they crossed the a tally of border under a decades old bilateral deal but the italian foreign ministry stressed that it told paris some time ago that the station was no longer accessible since a vein occupied by an engineer which use for which he used it for hum

the size of spain's italy's per capita g.d.p. is also projected to be by the i.m.f. to fall behind that of the czech republic and slovakia by two thousand and twenty three italy's debt to g.d.p. ratio is the second highest in the eurozone after greece and could become increasingly problematic for the eurozone. food banya fact sure nestle has posted their q one earning statement declaring a profit of twenty one point three billion swiss francs on top of a strong two point eight percent increase in sales overall and a one point two percent growth rate in u.s. sales and while sales grew nicely investors say nestle profits are being held back by low prices meanwhile nestle a twenty three other chocolate trading manufacturing companies have made an agreement with the nations of the ivory coast and gonna to make cocoa cultivation more sustainable and prevent cocoa planting and protected areas illegal planting as harmed ivory coast forest home to rare endangered animal species including chimpanzees and the pygmy hippopotamus. the englis

media on red lines humanitarian intervention and the need for military action the enduring sexism on italy's airwaves have a talionis missed their weinstein moment facebook and its fact checking initiative in the philippines provoke a backlash from supporters of president to tear tank and one state on t.v. channel in moscow provides russians with the news they can use how to survive world war three come off of him and his love company yourself by the human spirit that it does love to you ask them they say that truth is the first casualty of war in the coverage of syria you can add evidence context and balance to that list when footage of an alleged chemical weapons attack was beamed out of duma it set off an outcry and lit the fuse for counterstrikes the narrative for many in the western mainstream media echoed their own governments a red line had been crossed it was a transgression that could not go unpunished but those demanding evidence that the assad government was behind the chemical attacks the skeptics question in the rush to launch were given short shrift for media outlets in the u.s

media on red lines humanitarian intervention and the need for military action the enduring sexism on italy's airwaves have a talionis missed their weinstein moment facebook and its fact checking initiative in the philippines provoke a backlash from supporters of president to territory and one state on t.v. channel in moscow provides russians with the news they can use how to survive world war three some of them when you. ask them they say the truth is the first casualty of war in the coverage of syria you can add evidence context and balance to that list when footage of an alleged chemical weapons attack was beamed out of duma it set off an outcry and lit the fuse for counterstrikes the narrative for many in the western mainstream media echoed their own governments a red line had been crossed it was a transgression that could not go unpunished but those demanding evidence that the assad government was behind the chemical attacks the skeptics. question in the rush to launch were given short shrift for media outlets in the u.s. u.k. and france particularly the twenty four hour news channels th

because italy cannot keep all these thousands and thousands of migrants this situation of the french border is really critical and this is something that will not go away after this small crisis will be over. the world's two largest economies china and the united states appear to be on the brink of a new trade war after beijing increased tariffs on more than one hundred american products the measures are in direct response to an american increase on imported steel in aluminum last month the charges to target american food products including paul wine and fruit terrorists are expected to increase by up to twenty five percent to be worth three billion dollars a year to beijing the unstable trade relations between the two biggest economies have investors worried with us stocks predicted to make a weak start on monday but despite the tension the american president still calls china a friend in dealing with north korea i view them as a friend i have tremendous respect for president xi we have a great relationship they helping us a lot in north korea. and that's china we talk to economists

but italy says it knows nothing of this agreement nightlife comment on that coming up. live from moscow this is r.t. news at ten with me kevin knowing well mark i'm sure you want to first in the program the russian foreign minister says that the u.k. is gone too far with its accusations over the poisoning of sergei scruple and his daughter on a venture he says have to provide answers anyway to the questions posed by russia here's some of what sergey lavrov had to say which correspondent dan oftener expanded on. that if you will not be possible to get away from the question since the obvious nods and what else is obvious british colleagues have can see fast with this game which the russian foreign minister has a focused in detail on everything going on in this cripple case first and foremost he said that he's very glad that the daughter of the russian citizen yulia is recovering and he's all. said that he hopes that her father on the mend to also he has stressed that russia still has a lot of questions that has asked repeatedly but which remain unanswered pretty much rus

somebody who wants to push europe in a more conservative direction we saw beany after the elections in italy he was the leader of the populist right league. almost say it immediately that he wanted to visit victor or ban and that follows a broader alliance between hungary and austria poland and the czech republic of group a bloc of countries trying to push your appt in a very different direction. in berlin you've written extensively about populism and nationalism in europe so how do you think germany is looking at the elections in hungary what's the perception in berlin there where you are. well germany is very concerned about what is going on in some central and eastern european countries and beyond like turkey where we see a general trend which is different from the original narrative how european integration came into being and this narrative is about would we overcome nationalism we've become part of one we still stay who we are germans hunger ariens brits french but we belong to something bigger and there's something bigger is committed to core principles which are in essence liberal an

because italy cannot keep all these thousands and thousands of migrants situation the french border is really critical and this is something that will not go away after this small crisis will be over china and america exchange blows as a trade war bridge between the world's largest economies up and give that and more after this short break. no one else seemed wrong. but all wrong just don't call. me. yet to say proud to still come after. and engage me equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. apply to many clubs over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the shaper money killing their own lives and spending two to twenty million at one player. it's an experience like nothing else only because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game like great so we'll pull chance with. the basics it's going to. welcome back what is nearly a month since for my double agents like a script pal a

the size of spain's italy's per capita g.d.p. is also projected to be by the i.m.f. to fall behind that of the czech republic and slovakia by two thousand and twenty three italy's debt to g.d.p. ratio is the second highest in the eurozone after greece and could become increasingly problematic for the eurozone. food manufacturer nestle has posted their q one earning statement declaring a profit of twenty one point three billion swiss francs on top of a strong two point eight percent increase in sales overall and a one point two percent growth rate in u.s. sales and while sales grew nicely investors say nestle profits are being held back by low prices meanwhile nestle and twenty three other chocolate trading manufacturing companies have made an agreement with the nations of the ivory coast and gonna to make cocoa cultivation more sustainable and prevent cocoa planting and protected areas illegal planting as harmed ivory coast forest home to rare endangered animal species including chimpanzees and the pygmy hippopotamus. the english

because italy cannot keep all these thousands and thousands of migrants the situation of the french border is really critical and this is something that will not go away after this whole crisis will be over well moscow says it has a number of questions over the spy poisoning case in the u.k. which still remain unanswered when have more on that after this short break. when you have no clean water no healthcare no infrastructure those are all symptoms of a greater problem in haiti and that greater problem is imperialism greater problem is dead dependency in domination that haiti has had to deal with since it became the first. free republic ruled by black people since a cio for. the poles and you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want. to do it. this is what. reasonable people. interested always in the water. should. welcome back when it's nearly a month on from the attack on former double agents like a script pal and his daughter in the town of seoul spree in southern england on moskos says its position is bei

in italy there's a divide on one side we older conservative people who don't acknowledge or even see the problem on the other side there's a younger generation who are more open more worldly and more critical a major difference between the era when the berlin the became popular and today is that we're no longer limited to just italian t.v. it's much easier to see what's going on in other parts of the world model better more study to see one another there's no question that sexism in italian television is alive and well but there has been a change in the way such blatantly sexist practices are received by the public put instance in march two thousand and seventeen there was this right program partly ominous sabato which asked why italian men have a preference for eastern european women are a problem at all and very often i felt that i just had a graph that actually there was a big reaction against it on social media to the extent that the producers decided to cancel the show the changes here have not been as dramatic as we might have seen with the me to campaign in the u.s. but awaren

a standoff between italy and france over a border incident seems to be going from bad to worse rome is now launching a probe into the alleged incursion of an armed french border patrol to a train station in italy the french ambassador was summoned over the issue and while rome has so far kept a civilized tone some italian politicians haven't held back. remind mccrum that no foreign agent can come here and assert their authority we are a sovereign country not a province of france we are not micron's toilet on top of expelling russian diplomats we should expel french ones french police do whatever they want on italian territory without being disturbed as if they're at home what happened in barton in his grave and shows how our so-called friends in europe have little or no consideration for us. right no rights this will be the first and the last time diplomatic tensions were provoked when french police entered italy to drug test in the interior passenger other paris bound train the station where the incident took place is in the town of bars and neck here which is known as a staging post

and a last ditch push in italy today to form a new government after last month's inconclusive election our reporter went to rome to ask politicians why it's so hard to find agreement. that shima russia's military says the syrian government has taken complete control of eastern huta the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus and that includes the town of dumas the site of the suspected chemical weapons attack at the we can the u.s. president donald trump threatened missile strikes in response but not as ministration says all options on the table. a rare moment of celebration for syrians at least government supporters they took to the streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left yet the victorious military action included a suspected poison gas attack the attack for which u.s. president donald trump has vowed retaliation but the white house later appeared to roll back on his threat to launch missiles. the president has not laid out a timetable and still leaving a number of other options on the table and we're still considering a number of those and a final decis

italy's highest court has ruled against releasing a boat belonging to a german aid group that's been seized by authorities the crew of the u. venta said that they had been helping to rescue margaret's in the mediterranean last august the coast guard boarded and took control of the boat off the telly an island of lampedusa telling prosecutors say there was evidence that this a group had colluded with people traffickers to transfer migrants directly to the vessel the event the berlin based charity has disputed the charges in the case at reach now italy's highest court the majority of migrants who are rescued at sea are picked up by private n.g.o.s but italy has been cracking down on such operations last year interior ministry issued a new code of conduct that several aid organizations have refused to sign and one of them is the group that runs the u.n. so. i'm joined now by yulia momentary r d correspondent in rome yulia thanks for being with us what can you tell us about the court's verdict well italy's highest court decided to dismiss the appeal of the german n.-g. o. you're going to

all eyes are on italy's president said. to find a way out of the country's latest political deadlock. largely ceremonial the president's job is to appoint a prime minister with a majority in parliament but last month's elections failed to produce a clear winner italy is no stranger to multi-party coalitions this time though it's different and italians are concerned. when i do this country is undergoing a cultural drift that really worries me a strong dream if to which with the next government whatever its my cop can only get worse it's adrift affecting all of europe the whole world may be i'm worried. i'm a bit worried because i think the politicians are playing around through much and in the end they're playing for their own interests not those of the country i think they'll all take a step back and make an effort to find a soul originally pledged not to govern with other parties a position that they've since softened reaching out to the far right and to the left. but the center left of former prime minister my tail renzi

we wa nt we want to go to italy. everyone's ready, alfie is ready, so now we see what the three judges in the court of appeal can do to us, and even if we don't achieve getting to italy, thejudge is still we don't achieve getting to italy, the judge is still offering we don't achieve getting to italy, thejudge is still offering us we don't achieve getting to italy, the judge is still offering us the chance to get home, and if we can do that, then that can be done. also this morning: actor and director rose mcgowan, the first woman to go public with rape allegations against harvey weinstein, tells this programme she has received texts from the film producer in the last month. it was on his behalf. what did it say? i shook. it was like a bullet. so many of you getting in touch after that interview — abbie says, thank you for your bravery. if it wasn't for people like you speaking out, some men still wouldn't realise that certain behaviours are wrong. and sleep, we all need it but most of us don't get enough of it, ho

somebody who wants to push europe in a more conservative direction we saw beany after the elections in italy who is the leader of the populist right league. almost say it immediately that he wanted to visit a big tall man and that follows a broader alliance between hungary and austria poland and the czech republic of group a bloc of countries trying to push your appt in a very different direction. in berlin you've written extensively about populism and nationalism in europe so how do you think germany is looking at the elections in hungary what's the perception in berlin there where you are. well germany is very concerned about what is calling on in some central and eastern european countries and beyond like turkey where we see a general trend which is different from the original narrative how european integration came into being and this narrative is about would we overcome nationalism we've become part of one we still stay who we are germans hunger ariens brits french but we belong to something bigger and there's something bigger is committed to core principles which are in essence liberal

developed countries such as canada germany and italy. so first there's a deal then there isn't a deal for now anyway paula middle east correspondent across these twists and turns it's changed a lot the few hours bring us up to speed. well certainly what seems to be happening is that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is buckling under pressure and criticism in the last few hours we've heard him make three different statements regarding the future status of african migrants inside israel now late on monday in a dramatic about face the israeli prime minister announce that he was canceling earlier announcement in which he said that a new agreement had been reached between the israeli government in the united nations refugee agency regarding the future of migrants now that agreement was supposed to see some sixteen thousand african migrants resettled in a western country the countries that were listed with canada germany and italy and another eighteen thousand who would receive temporary status here in israel after that announceme

sixteen thousand two hundred fifty migrants will be sent to countries like canada or germany or italy or some of the world's most developed countries that's the commitment of the u.n. high commissioner. but that plan has also run into trouble hardliners say it allows too many migrants to stay in israel. that seems to be want has driven nessun yahoo to suspend the deal just hours after announcing it but it also remains unclear exactly how the u.s. . germany and italy both mentioned as possible destinations for the deported migrants were taken by surprise they had not been consulted although the german interior ministry said berlin always respected its humanitarian obligations. let's bring in our political correspondent hans blond to try to explain what's going on here hans the israeli prime minister announces a plan to send an want to decide i'm seekers to other developed countries like germany and italy but germany and italy claim to have no knowledge of this possible frankly it's it's a gaffe on the side of netanyahu and diplomatic and something he shouldn't have said and he has expl

somebody who wants to push europe in a more conservative direction we saw beany after the elections in italy who is the leader of the populist right league. almost say it immediately that he wanted to visit a big tall man and that follows a broader alliance between hungary and austria poland and the czech republic of group a bloc of countries trying to push here or in a very different direction. in berlin you've written extensively about populism and nationalism in europe so how do you think germany is looking at the elections in hungary what's the perception in berlin there where you are. well germany is very concerned about what is calling on in some central and eastern european countries and beyond like turkey where we see a general trend which is different from the original narrative how european integration came into being and this narrative is about would we overcome nationalism we've become part of one we still stay who we are germans hunger ariens brits french but we belong to something bigger and there's something bigger is committed to core principles which are in essence liberal a

and a last ditch push today in italy to form a new government after last month's inconclusive elections our reporter went to rome to ask alterations there why it's so hard to come up with a deal. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us russia says the syrian military has now taken complete control of eastern ghouta that's the last rebel stronghold near the capital and that includes the town of doom of the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack over the weekend the trumpet ministration has threatened to respond saying all options are on the table will cost our correspondents for more on the international dispute over that alleged attack first we have this report. a rare moment of celebration for syrians at least government supporters they took to the streets of duma after rebels who had controlled the city left yet the victorious military action included a suspected poison gas attack the attack for which u.s. president donald trump has vowed retaliation but the white house later appeared to roll back on his threat to launch missiles the president has not laid out a timetabl

sixteen thousand two hundred fifty migrants will be sent to countries like canada or germany or italy or some of the world's most developed countries that's the commitment of the u.n. high commissioner. but that plan has also run into trouble hardliners say it allows too many migrants to stay in israel. that seems to be want has driven nessun yahoo to suspend the deal just hours after announcing it but it also remains unclear exactly how the u.s. . germany and italy both mentioned as possible destinations for the deported migrants were taken by surprise they had not been consulted although the german interior ministry said always respected its humanitarian obligations. let's bring in our political correspondent hans blunt to try to explain what's going on here hans the israeli prime minister announces a plan to send unwanted to saddam seekers to other developed countries like germany and italy but germany and italy claim to have no knowledge of it how is this possible frankly it's it's a gaffe on the side of netanyahu it's under play mattick it's something he shouldn't have said and h

she's a bridge between opposing factions in italy. >>> sticking with italy, jpmorgan has begun coverage of some of the country's banks this week and updated its ratings for others it sees encouraging asset quality trends in the sector but warned the ongoing npl cleanup in italy may not constitute sufficient action. jpmorgan performs unicredit and intesa because of lower probability they will need further cleanups when it comes to bad debts jpmorgan also revealed its top telecom picks for europe the least preferred picks include talktalks, swisscom and kpn. >>> telecom italia says elliott's aim is to reduce the significance of the company's assets it said its strategic plan is on track and that it could reinstate its dividend policy once the group hits investment grade. this comes before what is said to be a fiery shareholder meeting. >>> and hammerson has withdrawn its offer for intu properties and recommended share holders not back the 3$3.4 billion deal. the real estate developer said the long-term risks outweighed the long-term rewards. intere >>> rio tinto will aim to complete the s

we want to go to italy. everyone is ready, alfie is ready so we will see what the three judges in the court of appeal will do for us. good morning — it's wednesday the 25th of april. also this morning: a "disappointing, missed opportunity" — jewish leaders sayjeremy corbyn failed to commit to concrete action at a meeting to tackle anti—semitism in the labour party. a man is in critical condition after he was attacked before liverpool's match with roma last night — two italians have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. tsb says its banking services are back online after customers were left unable to log in, pay the bills, or make transfers. i'll explain your rights if you've been affected. in sport. a brilliant champions league night for liverpool at anfield as they put five past roma, but two late goals for the italians mean they aren't out of the semi final just yet. and carol has the weather. good morning. it's a chilly start today in a day of sunshine and showers. initially in the north

in italy there's a divide on one side we older conservative people who don't acknowledge or even see the problem on the other side there's a younger generation who are more open more and more critical a major difference between the era when the billionaire became popular and today is that we're no longer limited to just italian t.v. it's much easier to see what's going on in other parts of the world model better more study to see one another there's no question that sexism in italian television is alive and well but there has been a change in the way such blatantly sexist practices are received by the public put instance in march two thousand and seventeen there was this right program partly ominous a bottle which asked why italian men have a preference for eastern european women are a problem at all and very often i felt that i just had a graph that there was a big reaction against it on social media to the extent that the producers decided to cancel the show the changes here have not been as dramatic as we might have seen with the me to campaign in the us but awareness is growing a

the size of spain's italy's per capita g.d.p. is also projected to be by the i.m.f. to fall behind that of the czech republic and slovakia by two thousand and twenty three italy's debt to g.d.p. ratio is the second highest in the eurozone after greece and could become increasingly problematic for the eurozone. food manufacturer nestle has posted their q one earning statement declaring a profit of twenty one point three billion swiss francs on top of a strong two point eight percent increase in sales overall and a one point two percent growth rate in the u.s. this and while sales grew nicely investors say nestle profits are being held back by low prices meanwhile nestle and twenty three other chocolate trading manufacturing companies have made an agreement with the nations of the ivory coast and gonna to make cocoa cultivation more sustainable and prevent cocoa planting and protected areas illegal planting as harmed ivory coast forest home to rare endangered animal species including chimpanzees and the pygmy hippopotamus. the engl

if you look at the data, italy is not alone here. spain, belgium, look at there are countries in europe -- actually, countries around the world -- that is not have a government but are not impacting growth. in fact, growth may be higher in those apartments because political uncertainty just simply does not pass through to consumption decisions. francine: james comey if you look at the spread between -- james, if you look at the spread between the owned and the spanish 10-year, where do you put it? james: i look at the bund. i think it is because people are assuming that whoever comes into power will make it stronger, even if we were looking at a five-star northern league coalition, there was talk of a very sort of respective finance minister being part of the. for the markets, are we going a newhe route of government in italy? if the answer is no, then it is contained. francine:? do you agree with that? simon: i do. the only game in town is driving spreads. the answer is whether come september the ecb can afford to take its foot off

in his home country of italy saviano lives virtually in captivity with constant police protection. in two thousand and six his book more exposed the criminal heart of the cumorah in naples since then he needs bodyguards and bulletproof cars as the mafia are threatening revenge. he described the terror of the clan in detail named names and provided evidence to investigators leading to the arrest of several mafia bosses. violent death is still an everyday phenomenon in naples only the gangsters methods have changed. in the past the quarrel we conquer their territory using blackmail threats today they just burst in and shoot indiscriminately at property people gain power by spreading fear . they raced through town on scooters looking for easy money and they are prepared to kill for it that's the life of the teenage killers of seven i was novel the for runners which is due to appear in english in september. his fast and furious description. borne out by police videos gangs of youths gaining control of the drug trade in naples whatever it may cost a new fresh faced mafia generation. who

italy would be in a better position with in terms of its debt to g.d.p. debt as a percentage of its economic output compared to the united states if our debt continues to grow along its current trajectory not to think that we'd look across the pond and say you know you would tell you as you probably get italian you don't know how to stop spending money and italy's going to be in better physical shape than we are in the space of five years the i.m.f. report was very eye opening. that's very interesting actually i'm curious in general daniel about this. debt to g.d.p. ratio i mean if you don't have growth in your country and you have a big debt if you've got interest on that debt and there's no way out right i mean it's like i was in college or those student loan and salaried it didn't pay enough government salary how are nations actually going to deal with that just hope for economic positive news. well i suppose so bart but if there is positive economic news there should also be along with that rising interest rates if you look at the situation here in tw

and israel suspends a deal with the un to resettle african migrants to western countries while italy and germany say that they are unaware of any such agreement. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international incheon thomas glad to have you with us now the russian foreign minister says the u.k. has gone too far with its accusations over the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter. earlier joined my colleague hala bray in the studio to discuss the latest statement from sergey lavrov. you will not be possible to get away from answering the question since the obvious nods and what else is obvious which is now british colleagues have gone too far with this game and usually schools shoot the russian foreign minister has it focused in detail on everything going on in this case first and foremost he said that he's very glad that the daughter of the russian citizen yulia is recovering and he's also said that he hopes that her father on the mend to also he has stressed that russia still has a lot of questions that has asked repeatedly but which re

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israel suspends an agreement with the un to relocate african refugees to some european countries italy and germany say they were never made aware of the deal in the first place. and the museum in new york is facing backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator of its african art exhibit the move has rekindled something of the great effect we absolutely should not be trying to say there's too much should be quote play or a tie it's. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me. now our top story a u.s. broadcasting corporation is under fire for asking president as to read out a prepared script for promotional video it warned viewers of the dangers of fake news the sinclair group which is known for its conservative stance owns almost two hundred stations across the u.s. it sends out a memo requiring it sank to read out a statement during their news programs the script attached the quote troubling trend of irresponsible one sided news stories plaguing our country the sharing of biased information and you can call to comment on the issue of. the. recently or t

to relocate african refugees to some western countries italy and germany say they were never made aware of the deal in the first place. a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me they care and good to have you with us now our top story a fight fake news that's the mission statement of the largest local broadcasting corporation in the u.s. and is requiring its presenters to read out a scripted message to back that up i think lead group which is known for its conservative stance owns almost two hundred stations across america it sends out a memo telling anchors to read out a statement during their news programs this script to attach the quote troubling trend of irresponsible one sided news stories plaguing our country and here's how that looked. the sharing of biased information news here you can call to comment on the. recently or through the exorcist fortunately the stars and receive the. address. for you and this is really dangerous george marcy the broadcaster states the project no political agenda however the initiative has drawn outrage across the mainstream med

in his home country of italy lives virtually in captivity with constant police protection. in two thousand and six his book gomorrah exposed the criminal heart of the cumorah in naples since then he needs bodyguards and bulletproof cars as the mafia are threatening revenge . he described the terror of the clan in detail named names and provided evidence to investigators leading to the arrest of several mafia bosses. violent death is still an everyday phenomenon in naples only the gangsters methods have changed. in the past the quarrel we conquer their territory using blackmailed threats today they just burst in and shoot indiscriminately property of people they gain power by spreading fear. they raced through town on scooters looking for easy money and they're prepared to kill for it that's the life of the teenage killers of seven on his novel the puranas which is due to appear in english in september. his fast and furious description. borne out by police videos gangs of youths gaining control of the drug trade in naples whatever it may cost a new fresh faced mafia generati

in fact, the bank was in italy first. let's not forget that. please don't discriminate us for being italians and give us a day to celebrate our roots because we are proud of our roots and our history. thank you very much. >> first of all, thank you supervisor stefani and to the other supervisors for the consideration of this ordnance. you're going to hear a lot of good things here. it's a wonderful ordnance. i hope that the rest of the country takes this formula and starts to apply it to other places so we start having a -- instead of a devicive situation the but where people are coming together. thank you again. >> i'm going to try to do this with a guest speaker here. my name is nick fagoni, i'm with the coalition of italian childrens organizations. that's 22 organization that is came together. that was in advance of a sad day and that's when columbus day was taken away from us. through a tremendous amount of community energy, a lot of people that you see here today came to meetings, we workshoped, we came up with some ideas, we actually laun

go back to italy streets so my family we. have a right to live. the twenty four year old asylum application has already been rejected twice but this lutheran church and its pastor are giving her temporary protection. for now she can be near her father and brother who have been granted asylum here in germany. the family was torn apart by war her mother and youngest brother are still in syria waiting for visas to germany. she keeps her family together virtually with a collage she made on her mobile phone. and this is it it makes me so angry it's inhumane book stage four floors the rightful place itself the most human rights in this fashion why can't they forbid the family to reunite. the church protects you sir but the asylum offered by the church is not official legal protection so far the state tolerates this the police doesn't raid christian places or prayer right now about six hundred refugees are being harbored by german churches officials have a problem with this. stuff a church asylum can only be allowed to exist in exce