we will be live in the italian capital. fedex delivers bad news. the courier company points to significant economic weakness in europe and china. let's turn our attention to the markets. this is the situation. european equities fading over the last hour. only up by 3/10 of 1% in the broad market. there are some individual pockets of strength today, one of those is found in italian assets. there is unicredit, italian banks trading stronger today. yields on thect rise. thither stock i want to mention is glaxo-smith-kline -- the other stock i want to mention is glaxo-smith-kline. this is a very neat solution generated by gs k. -- gsk. it has a nice way of incorporating the assets of pfizer it could not afford to buy and bolstering its formal research division, giving it a continuing kick in financial performance. we will play you some tape from the cfo. sitick look at where we with the italian bond market story. this is the picture as you can see, hire for italian bcp's. that move throughout the day. a little higher in terms of yields. will the parlia

government accuses the people behind the mission of running a taxi service to italian port. it is used to drizzle its response to the situation with aquarius is proof of a form of cynicism and a lack of responsibility on behalf of the italian government when faced with this dramatic humanitarian disaster. my duty is to defend the borders this country was built you cannot become a refugee camp you know you don't have the right and it's legal and it's there are other people so they can go to spain france malls and the netherlands. according to international organization for migration more than two thousand people have died or gone missing this year while trying to reach europe across the mediterranean the project coordinator for the aquarius told us about the pressure they've been under . in the last three months we've had our flag stripped twice. once express lee from italian pressure to the panamanian maritime authority most recently we've had a trumped up. waste profiteering legal process started in catania sicily and it's part of a longer two year smear campaign not just o

we are saying reaction in italian stocks. this would be a standoff that would go into the european elections. today it will be ratified, it is still a big if. do we know which measures will stay, and which got asked? -- which got axed? is another big question because if you have less money to spend, some of these promises which are expensive, early retirement, universal basic income, it will cost a lot of money. this is the reason why the european union said it underperformed and was a breach of european fiscal rules. that was a big sign of alert for the european union, also keeping key.e -- this will be there is a lot of tension in this coalition. the political parties have never really worked together before and have a different political agenda. who got the new budget approved today is the big question. war.: who will win the pr shaun port is our cio guest from the night. moving by 10 basis points. do you join that rally? guest said the spread could move to 250 basis points and back to 200. what do you reckon? shaun: it is

italian governments forced into a virus sing u. turn over its high spending budget plans in a bid to avoid the e.u. sanctions although critics quite double standards towards europe which similar french plans in the past. and kosovo votes to create an army to move not only serbia doesn't recognize kosovo's independence but also the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten stability. it's nine o'clock and you're watching r.t. international live from all studio in moscow with me in a day or two to welcome to the program. tensions continue to escalate between israel and palestine and the day of rage riots in gaza and the west bank. i. was. just one. palestinian teenager has been killed and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers israel says its actions were in self-defense and to stop acts of terrorism the palestinian demonstrations follow rallies by hardline jewish protesters in west bank settlements where they clashed with police and demanded the closure of a major motorway to palestinian traffic tensions

plus offer a senegalese player was subjected to serve racist abuse at a recent supporters of italian club not believe take a stand against discrimination in something. in a minute she has mackinnon thanks so much for joining me after more than two years of delay presidential polls have finally opened in the democratic republic of congo voters will decide on a successor to joseph kabila who is stepping down off to an eighteen year reign he is facing a strong challenge from os in spite of a former director manager exxon mobil recent polls put faiumu in the lead at international observers have echoed the concerns of congress opposition policies that the election is not free and said the government decided not to open. polling stations in the opposition strongholds of beni and the tempo cited militia violence and outbreaks of. decision lead to unrest the demonstrators accusing austerities of those the suppression the u.n. has also expressed worries over along the lines in the capital of where there is only one polling station for every seven hundred people that service feel fear of viole

did the italians blink? or were they just pragmatic, and they lower the deficit because why go to war with the commission at this juncture? janet: yeah, i think that the italian government probably faced a lot of pressure from the markets, given the bond yield has risen, which is bad for the repayment. majorityty of the -- a of the deficit is interest payments. they definitely felt market pressure from that. i think it's good news from the italian government that an agreement is reached, but in the future, people are still going to be worried about the ability of italy, especially if growth in the eurozone continues to slow from here. manus: we'll circle back to that because italy is flatlining. let's bring in bloomberg's western european editor, kevin. thank you for coming in. the budget is settled. is everything fine and done and andy for now, so to speak? kevin: not really. the government cut back its economic growth forecast. then you have the rivalries within the coalition. right now, italian deputy pre

issued a document rejecting the initial italian budget while the tally in m.p. employed a little punt of mine to express his dissatisfaction. so it's really found themselves firmly in the financial naughty corner over their budget that they've now backed down on bullets just this week france's announced plans to appease the yellow vest protesters with a slew of social spending a manual on well his government planning to run a budget budget deficit that could run from three percent to three point five percent the reaction from pierre moscovici the e.u. commission commissioner for economic affairs was quite different have a listen to what he had to say. the eventual overrun of the three percent must not extent over two consecutive years nor exceed three point five percent over the one year there is no indulgence these are rules and nothing but our rules for the italian side aren't happy they say this is a double standard for a muscovy chair in the e.u. commission site they say that two slightly different scenarios for the french case this is a one off budget defic

commission president juncker has urged the italian government to cut 4.5 billion euros. juncker has asked rome to reduce next year's budget deficit from 2.4% to 1.9% of gdp. the paper also reports that the prime minister will hold budget talks with his deputies ahead of the euro group meeting later today. let's first check in on some of the italian banks. there are some idiosyncratic stories. they're selling off non-performing loans in line with a big boost we are seeing a bounce from eye tall yab banks, up 2 to 4% let's take a look at italian bond yields which have fallen to 2 month lows. italy's finance minister is negotiating. they're at 3.15. they're 12 and a half basis points on the day. our experts join us for more on this topic i know you've been watching this closely. it really feels as though there's a bit of horse trading going on here. 2.4% 2.1% if they meet in the middle at 2.1% can we just put this story behind us and move on? >> i fear that that's not the case i've been hearing from officials in the brussels that the chances are that the procedure against i

it's not italian. one whole say amazon of spain is also one of the largest trade ins in tomato concentrates. each year he buys some six hundred thousand tons of fresh tomatoes for resale in the form of concentrate. the giants of the agro industry trust him. one for say i'm a saga traverse the globe in search of the best tomato harvests. while the talons are supplied by china he prefers california. today tomato is a red goat today. california has been growing tomatoes for many many years and growing steadily the acreage. as consumption increased. they have. good technology they've got the highest yield in the world as a country as a region. and it's always a it's so it's always good to know what what's going on here. this is the largest tomato field in the world tomatoes as far as the eye can see. california produces a third of the world's tomato source. in these fields nothing is picked by hand it's all harvested by machine. chris roofer is the undisputed leader of the american tomato industry. his com

looking at the italian stocks, not a huge amount of movement. the biggest mover is ubi bank down 1.6%. >>> italy has increased efforts to solve its budget problems, that's according to the commissioner for economic affairs, pierre moscovici. he said talks were intense but have become more constructive over the past week he said the commission welcomed italy's reduced deficit target >> we've also taken note of the recent announcement of the last days in order to reduce public deficit in italy that's in the right direction. we are waiting for more details to evaluate the size of the steps. it's clear that we will need commitments which have to be concrete, credible, and that we will act in the framework of the rules. >> silvia has some more details from that press con venferenccoe mr. moscovici, was there anything new he said this morning? >> he made it clear the european commission is still working on two paths. he is talking to the italian government hoping they will change their deficit targets for 2019, at the same time the programs for a defi

coming up after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match support of the italian club take a stand against discrimination in football. and a glimmer of hope for the mountain gorillas of rwanda a species that's no longer critically endangered we look back on one of our favorite stories of the twenty eighteen. i knew it was mackinnon thanks so much for your company. bangladesh's election commission says it is investigating nationwide allegations of vote rigging in the country's parliament tree poll ballot the now being counted after a vote that was mobbed by deadly violence despite a heavy security presence first projections are due in the coming hours but the outcome is largely seen as a foregone conclusion prime minister shake has seen or is expected to be returned to power. it's an election that's been tainted by violence and vote rigging allegations turnout was low and security was high authorities limited internet access claiming rumors could spread unrest rights groups have spoken of a climate of fear at polling stations opinions were divided. following i real

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and after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match some holders of italian club not only take a stand against discrimination in football. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has threatened to launch an operation against u.s. backed kodesh forces in the city of man bitch the red areas to the east of man bitch a controlled by the code is forces which turkey sees as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate. mosco and chris say they'll coordinate ground operations in syria despite the fact that they're backing opposing factions in the country's ongoing civil war. a warm reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington surprise military withdrawal has reached the deck following their talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. to consume it today we have reached an understanding on how the russian and tu

in a statement he said the government spending plans will help millions of italians. however, he didn't provide details about the budget changes that the government has made to meet eu demands. >>> and elsewhere, the uk government has ramped up preparations for a no deal brexit setting aside about two billion pounds for contingency measures downing street's plans include hiring more border officers and making space in ferries for food and medicine separately defense secretary announced that more than 3,000 military personnel are also ready to be deployed if needed wow. meanwhile, teresa may is set to urge scotland, wales, and northern ireland to back her brefrm i didn't think deal the prime minister will tell the nations to listen to business and get behind her agreement in a meeting later today, may will also say that her deal worked to the whole of the uk as it keeps close ties with the eu. >>> and the uk could drop out of the world's top five economies when it leaves the eu. that is according to pwc's latest economic forecast britain will fall into seventh place in

is this the end of the job around the italian budget? the great standoff between brussels and rome, is it done? >> good morning. this is what we know, information from the treasury. they say they have a technical deal, of course, this is a political budget. again, the key here will be that deficit figure. 2.0% of gdp. we know the commission wants to this below 2% of the italian government started on 2.4, so we are seeing a reduction. it is very significant, and italian bonds are rallying from a three-month low. things are that easing is enough to see a rally. we got this ratified, and that is what we hear from the government. we still made to wait for the european commission. perhaps a little bit of momentum, even. matt: do we know which measures will stay and which ones will be asked -- axed? and that't really know is something that everyone will keep a close eye on. of course, if you want to cut down, you will not be able to deliver on this very expensive promise, at least in the scale of the italian government wanted to initially. aga

they will not necessarily boost the italian economy. if you look at the forecasts of several economist ‘s income is that it 0.7% and it puts it out of kilter in terms of the eu and the same time it does not do anything for you but that is what happens when you have... it was on about the budget but it is about how the la liga and five stars combined. —— lega. the la liga and five stars combined. -- lega. a ceasefire in hudaydah, the main port in yemen. talk us through this article. this is a saudi backed paper, the arab news. are we hopeful we will see the ceasefire tomorrow? i hope so, i hope so but there are many things that can get it off kilter. we may see a ceasefire for a short time and then, one of the two parties does something stupid and we are back into full—fledged war. but we have to hope because if you look at the port of hudaydah, that is where the un help gets in and people are starving so you need to get the help him. the saudi backed coalition has also appointed a lot of the arms for iran's for the houthi rebels

and after a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match some holders of italian called not only take a stand against discrimination in football. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program top government officials from russia and turkey have met to discuss their response to the u.s. military pullout in syria the talks also commas turkey has threatened to launch an operation against u.s. backed kodesh forces in the city of man which the red areas to the east of man which i controlled by the kodesh forces which turkey sais as a terrorist organization and has vowed to eliminate. well sco and chris say they'll coordinate ground operations in syria despite the fact that they have backing opposing factions in the country's ongoing civil war. a warm reception for turkish officials in moscow but after the hugs and handshakes the pressing business of shifting alliances in syria washington's surprise military withdrawal has reached a fold the deck following the talks moscow an anchor represented a united front. with the students and today we have reached an understanding on h

you've kind of helped them get to the italian ports. in the past prior to the closure of ports we brought them to the closest port of safety which is a legal concept to which italy is a party to. how europe chooses to make assessments for asylum claims is it a european his shoe but ultimately. saying that the libyan coast guard is responsible for bringing them back to libya has been acknowledged by the u.n.h.c.r. three times two thousand and twelve two thousand and fourteen and again this amber as an act of will of the will which means putting people who will have a human right to flee their right not to be sent back into grave danger where indefinitely arbitrary detention is a common practice is not an acceptable alternative and that's not acceptable for us . and if we look at you know from the italian perspective they're trying to control illegal migration to europe that's the perspective they're putting so how are they going to avoid returning these migrants back to libya and the other countries that they're having from. you mean how

italian. they can read italian. which is another reason why these ethnic communities were so tightknit in the early 20th century. a lot of the newly arrived immigrants could not speak english or speak it well. they are literate but not necessarily in the english language. here's another set of columns from the document. one of the questions which is interesting is what is your race? or, to what people do you belong? it says in the document, it says italian-s. would someone care to translate that? right there. student: could it be because naples is in southern italy? prof. courtwright: it is italy, but specifically in the south of italy. these are people who gathered at the port of naples. but they came from villages in the south of italy. what is interesting, it doesn't say region. it says race. let me introduce you to an important idea here. today, when we talk about race in this country, we generally -- we have three basic categories. we typically think of people as being white, or black, or maybe asian. if you lo

our future late and italian m.e.p. from the five star movement we spoke to says there are positive aspects in the new budget despite italy's struggles with the e.u. so where. about the its people think about two coolest thing about software that they use all of this during the last year or so we are very satisfied about we have our european commission that was appointed in twenty four and now with this where almost twenty nineteen they don't represent any more political situation that was e.u. reports he's saving up for in the broad stewarts. france this should be completely the ball and what i mean we have nothing against france and there we hope that french can do or some expansionary mangers in order to about big that we're leaving for the french people we're all you peons but we cannot state standards to your current brought to all of the main counties of europe and it doesn't for me i'll be back with headlines in thirty two and a half minutes stay with us this hour to international. thank you very much. the u.s. s

italian governments forced into a virus sing u. turn over its high spending budget plans in a bid to avoid these sanctions although critics cry double standards towards europe rubber stopper similar french plans in the process. and costs of votes to create an army. not only serbia which doesn't recognize kosovo's independence but also the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten regional stability. but questions over the freedom of speech make headlines in the u.k. offer a comedian is asked to sign a paper like riemann to head of the gate to student banning jokes on certain topics . it's ten o'clock and you're watching international live from last year in moscow with the main a day or two day welcome to the program. tensions continue to escalate between israel and palestine amid a day of rage riots in gaza and the west bank. was . a palestinian teenager has been killed and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers israel says its actions were in self-defense and to stop acts of terrorism the palestinian d

italian. they can read italian. which is another reason why these ethnic communities were so knit, a lot of the newly arrived immigrants could not speak english or speak it well. they are literate but not necessarily in the. english language. here's another set of columns from the document. one of the questions which is interesting is what is your race? to what people do you belong? says in the document, it says italian s. would someone care to translate that? right there. e becauseit b naples is in southern italy? >> these are people who gathered at the port of naples. they came from villages in the south of italy. what is interesting, it doesn't say region. it says race. let me introduce you to an important idea here. today, when we talk about race in this country, we generally -- we have three basic categories. we think of people as being white, or black, or maybe asian. if you look around this room, most of us would say we see white people, african american people. identity of racial was much more variegated in

the italian government forced into an embarrassing you turnover is high spending budget plans in a bid to avoid the sanctions although critics crying. towards europe which are similar french plans in the east. and cost of a vote to create the move. doesn't recognize those independence but also the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten regional stability. questions over the freedom of speech make more headlines in the u.k. for a comedian is asked to sign a behavioral agreement to head to students banning jokes on certain topics. it's eleven o'clock and you're watching all international live from our studio in moscow with me welcome to the program. tensions that continue to escalate between israel and palestine amid a day of rage riots in gaza and the west bank. the . palestinian teenager has been killed and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers israel says its actions were in self-defense and to stop acts of terrorism the palestinian demonstrations followed rallies by hardline jewish protesters in the west bank settlements where they clashed with police

italian governments forced into an embarrassing u. turn over its high spending budget plans in a bid to avoid the e.u. sanctions although critics cry double standards towards europe which rubber stamps similar french plans in the past. and kosovo votes to create an army the move angers not only serbia which doesn't recognize kosovo's independence but also the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten regional stability. and you're watching all to international live from a studio in moscow with me now they are two to welcome to the program. tensions continue to escalate between israel and palestine amid a day of rage rights in gaza and the west bank. the. the. palestinian teenager has been killed and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers and israel says its actions were in self-defense and to stop acts of terrorism the palestinian demonstrations followed rallies by hardline jewish protesters in the west bank settlements where they clashed with police and demanded the closure of a major motorway to palestin

cully do coulibaly has known italian football at its worst today napoli friends showed their players a brighter side with their support ahead of their three two victory over blown you're on saturday a group of supporters distributed ten thousand flyers declaring solidarity with their defender it comes after coulibaly was racially appears by internets are not only friends in milan on wednesday. after the game napoli coach carlo and she lost a few officials for failing to take action. but he was racially abused for the whole match. we asked the authorities to intervene that only announcements were made. they didn't temporarily suspend the match as we had requested them and that's i think would have been the right thing to do. while officials and or thora to struggle and failed to deal with the problem grassroots activities by friends offer a more inspiring example. where a group of friends when we come to the stadium we are passionate and this is unthinkable for us and it always happens wherever we travel with napoli these incidents shame italy shame everybody if you don't know what i

and off for a senegalese player was subjected to racist abuse at a recent match supporters of italian club not take a stand against discrimination in football. i mean you could just mackinnon thanks so much for joining me third. polls have just closed in bangladesh as parliamentary elections where prime minister shaikh hasina is expected to win a comfortable victory she has been praised for taking in hundreds of thousands of her head injury refugees fleeing neighboring me and ma the critics accuse her of attempting to solidify her power by silencing political opponents including tribal leaders the who is currently imprisoned on corruption charges the first projections of the results are expected in a couple of hours. i spoke to a correspondent. and i asked her about the reports of violence between opposition members and supporters of the ruling party there have been reports of deaths. reported that as many as nine people have been killed in different parts of but even speaking about it in different parts of bangor they should excuse me but even speaking about talk it is worth noting t

let's turn to italian assets. italian banks trading higher. higher.nicredit trading italian banks are doing well and we are seeing a move down in italian btp moves. the critical thing to remember is the link between btp's and italian banks is very firm. with the ecb ending the qe program, you wonder if they make it under pressure going forward from here or ultimately end up translating into more pressure down the road for italian banks. the fact that we have a blessing from brussels for the roman budget is something the markets are cheering. facing asrome powell tough a call as he ever has today, coming under increasing pressure from president donald trump. president trump: i think that fed has gone crazy. the federal reserve is getting a little too cute. that is ridiculous, what they are doing. the fed is far too stringent and they are making a mistake. i am paying interest at a high rate because of our fed and i would like our fed to not be so aggressive because i think they are making a big mistake. despite that, we are doing very well. i t

the italian banks are a concern for a lot of people because they own acute portion of italian debt. you make it -- you may have a problem in the banking sector. we will see. david: muddling through. next up, france. lisa: how about brexit? going absolutely smoothly. we will see how the budget works out for italy in practice. lisa: but the markets are buying it and you are seeing a bid for italian debt. you may see something a little more positive. up 300 basispreads points. coming up on the open with jonathan ferro, the bloomberg opinion columnist will be there discussing. ive from bloomberg, ♪ jonathan: from new york city, i am jonathan ferro. the countdown to the open starts now. coming up, the federal reserve expected to shakeup presidential pressure and raise rates by 25 basis points. economists looking for a hike. looking for 2019 rate guidance. andy volatile equity market waiting for confirmation what the rate market has priced in. the equities not waiting around. we are up 16 point. six tens of 1%. euro-dollar,, -- 114. investors worldwide coming into the big decision, look

do italian when gambia. so when you don't know and we want to start the when it's early and we're under seal going eleven we start going to be another zero. so those are different strokes why punish this young so my focus being it will be one of the windows open to see i got six and so on this is going off into the goal of only what to use and that's one of the been the shuffle as you mentioned american the snow was i'll follow the scene from it unless i'm misreading and i'm in all this one with on that side. connecting with each other despite the lack of help from the government's policies somehow in public outlook showed that east possible to make a difference if you make the effort. the highlight of the week for everyone the night of the final three teams to match the special teams. this summer came out of the finals with two proud wins. i came across two words that have been living next to each other for a long time but have had little to do with one another. danish a little sort of relations a mutual mi

doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels. the italian economy is healthy and this is an economic move that will give italy distributing needs we won't change one comma in this document there is a plan b. you know to go through that that we are not going boards that are both on. working the future. more than words as well when the e.u. issued a document rejecting the initial italian budget want to tally and then pay for employed a little pun to mine to express his dissatisfaction. so it's really found themselves firmly in the financial naughty corner over their budget that they've now backed down on but just this week france's announced plans to appease the yellow vest protesters with a slew of social spending a manual on well his government planning to run a budget deficit that could run from three percent to three point five percent the reaction from pierre moscovici the e.u. commission commissioner for economic affairs was quite different have a listen to what he had to say. the eventual overrun of the three percent must no

italian and. and other european politicians are seeking is creating this into a discussion about migration and it is most certainly not a discussion about migration is a discussion about rescue at sea. u.k. is gearing up for one of the most crucial parliamentary votes in the country's modern history parliament confronted prime minister trace a major in a five day debate on whether to vote through the draft regs that deal on tuesday and there seems to be a mix of confusion panic and anticipation among the british public on the issue and if the sea at york and takes a look. brick said from a people's vote to a nation's headache it's a ticking time bomb with just days to go before it goes off which could potentially set in the u.k. into more chaos and uncertainty december eleventh will be make or break day for the british prime minister apparent it's guessing game about what outcomes are likely to follow have reached boiling point in the u.k. the house of commons will vote on whether or not to give a

it's going to st joe's yeah and in england football fans are in for a festive treat and italian fans are catching on to yet they owe for the first time in italian league history football fans will be heading to say ends up and down the country for a full schedule of matches the day after christmas the pick of the games on wednesday sees third place into milan hosting second place napoli in the late game the move by setting could be seen as emulating the english premier league which takes advantage of people who are off work during the holiday period or lack seeing with their families around the t.v. at home it's telling clubs will still get a winter break but it will be in january well joining us now is us based football writer and roma fan wayne gerard now wayne this is a new thing for italian football how much was this a commercial decision. hey guys thanks so much for having me it's entirely commercial decision this is an entertainment industry and that's completely displayed here throughout this the christmas holiday break so the north american market is obviously one that the eu

italian and. and other european politicians are seeking is of creating this into a discussion about migration and it is most certainly not a discussion about migration is a discussion about rescue at sea. the u.k. is gearing up for one of the most crucial parliamentary votes in the country's modern history parliament confronted prime minister theresa may during a five day debate on whether to vote through the draft brings the deal on tuesday and there seems to be a mix of confusion panic and anticipation among the british public on the issue artie's honest takes a look. brick said from a people's vote to a nation's headache it's a ticking time bomb with just days to go before it goes off which could potentially set in the u.k. into more chaos and uncertainty december eleventh will be make or break day for the british prime minister apparent exit guessing game about what outcomes are likely to follow have reached boiling point in the u.k. the house of commons will vote on whether or not to give a g

sensible approach by the italian. what do you make of it this morning? quite a significant move. can i tend to be both skeptical and realistic? i think this is reality facing the italian government. they have had some weaker economic numbers. tos is in a sense a reaction that. i feel that without those numbers, they might resist very much on the point that they could get through until the summer without having to formally respond to the e.u. and cut the deficit back to a sensible point. i'm surprised that given in, but when i look at the numbers, it looks like they are dealing with reality here. nejra: perhaps not surprising given some say the situation in france might give italy a little more leeway. buyer given the skepticism you just outlined? eoin: i think you could be a buyer at this point. reality has set in so they look a little bit stronger. i think you are right to highlight that will now take all of the attention and there deficit numbers will be substantial. they may well get the focus of the e.u. themselve

the italian government is forced into an embarrassing u. turn over its high spending budget plans in a bid to avoid ease sanctions although critics cry and double standards towards europe which rubber stamps similar french plans in the past. and the cost of both those to create an army the move angers not only serbia which doesn't recognize kosovo's independence but also the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten regional stability the e.u. and nato fearing it may threaten regional stability. plus questions on freedom of speech on certain topics. it's midnight and you're watching on t.v. international live from moscow with mina. welcome to the program. tensions continue to escalate between israel and palestine in a day of great rights in gaza and the west bank. was. was was. was. on its own. was. was. a palestinian teenager has been killed and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with israeli soldiers israel says its actions were in self-defense and to stop acts of terrorism the palestinian demonstrations follow rallies by hardl

italian football club will play their next two home matches in a completely empty stadium after nothing a player. was subjected to racial abuse in milan earlier this week it was the latest in a series of incidents italian football with authorities struggling to eradicate the problem so in the absence of an effective official solution some fans are now taking it upon themselves to show racism the red card. do coulibaly has known italian football at its worst today napoli friends showed their players a brighter side with their support ahead of their three two victory over blown you're on saturday a group of supporters distributed ten thousand flyers declaring solidarity with their defender it comes after coulibaly was racially abused by internazionale friends in milan on wednesday the after the game napoli coach carlo and she lost a few officials for failing to take action. but he was racially abused for the whole match. we asked the authorities to intervene that only announcements were made. they didn't temporarily suspend the matches we had requested them and that's i think would have b

italian and. and how other european politicians are seeking is of creating this into a discussion about migration and it is most certainly not a discussion about migration is a discussion about risk you would see. a court hearing in canada has revealed that the chief financial officer of the chinese smartphone giant who way faces from fraud charges in the us mang one jew was arrested in vancouver last weekend and she is accused of circumventing sanctions against iran and faces extradition to the united states if found guilty she could spend up to thirty years behind bars china is calling for meng's immediate release and says her detention amounts to in violation of her human rights court is currently considering whether to release her on bail. the rest of may one jew who is also the daughter of ways of founder has that led to fears of an escalation in the us china trade war shortly before her detention donald trump had expressed hope that a cease fire was on the horizon and that a deal on import t

. >>> banca carige pop as the italian lender's largest investor holds talks with the ecb. >>> investors seek safety in the yen and gold as global growth worries persist >>> it's broad based, it's decent, it's green that's what the rally looks like in europe. stocks across the board are joining in this global rally triggered by wall street we got 1.25 on the benchmark in europe we are in lockstep moving higher let's take you to the individual bourses. some are leading the charge more than others. the swiss market is up about 2%. of the core markets, we're trading up roughly 1.3%, 1.4%. when it comes to the ftse, we're well and truly off the highs in 2018 we're trading at 7,800 points as we look to wrap up for the year, we are around the 6,600 level. so we have come back from those highs in what has been a turbulent year for uk stocks around brexit and gyrations in the currency when it comes to the rest of the market, trade is impacting some of these economies and problems domestically in france the yellow vests destroyed some of the confidence in macron's ability to change tact in that m

he bought a house and had it refurbished in the style of an italian villa a real novelty in the city but rubens didn't just bring a touch of italy to antwerp he was a world citizen undeterred by borders within europe. i should you should act what is national here if you ask me what was reuben's nationality i would say he was a european born in germany employed in italy and hired by the rulers of england spain france and the netherlands. from his base in antwerp he cultivated a name norma's network that opened on to be. an inordinate attic. rubin studio became a veritable image factory. he hired a small army of students to help meet demand from patrons at home and abroad. his career blossomed. he was a master of using motifs from antiquity for his own creative output. then on to give would build he looked at the sculptures of classical antiquity statues of venus's and our team misses and literally covered them and skin a little bene mit's heads over talk of. rather than replicating the sculptures rubin's focused on specific details of the works he referenced reworking their appearance

>> i would say that they all have italian names. >> obviously they are italian. >> a lot of them either say mother or father. >> exactly, do you see those abbreviations? does everyone see that? they are staying mainly with relatives. this tells you something else important about the pattern of migration. it was not just a shot in the dark. this is a very daunting experience. if you have ever lived overseas, there is a lot of adjustments and alienation that you experience if you live for a long time overseas in a strange culture. it is also expensive. $10 can mean a lot to a southern presence in the 20th century. you do not just leave lightly into this. you more typically have someone who is established in the us and then says you can stay in the back bedroom until you get on your feet. that kind of thing makes people much more willing to migrate. historians and sociologists have a name for that. we call that chain migration. once someone becomes established, they can bring other people along with them. by 1923 they were asking more personal questions. whether you are a polygamist, and a

italian assets are doing quite well one company not doing well is gam. shares are plunging after they announced they plan to cut jobs and scrap their full-year dividend julianna is in switzerland and has been covering this big story for gam. there's a big price drop in the shares, shares down about 20%, takes it to a full 80% drop for the year this company has been saddled with a lot of issues, be it on the redemption side and on investigations into some of that's policies with some of the personnel as well. >> absolutely. this is a company that has been facing pressures of all kinds. in addition to the regular pressures facing the asset management industry, gam has been saddled with their own idiosyncratic issues before i get behind this profit warning and restructuring plan, if you have not been following the story closely, the firm saw this wave of withdrawals kick off mid summer when tim haywood, their fixed income director was suspended after an internal probe identifying risk management and recordkeeping issues this drove a wave of withdrawals from

so it's a very intense hot house. >> narrator: every powerful italian family has a seat at the table and a horse in the race. >> the two most powerful factions in this conclave, one was led by a cardinal named sforza. his primary rival was julian know della rovere. >> juliano dell rove ra rovere, nephew of sixtus iv has inherited his uncle blind ambition. >> della rovere had a very powerful personality. >> he's very smart and very ruthless. >> narrator: determined to swing the conclave in his favor, juliano della rovere begins handing out bribes in exchange for votes. >> although the matter may be about god in heaven, this is an earthly institution and it's run by men and it has power structure attached to it. and wherever in history you introduce power structures, you will find forms of corruption. >> but when della rovere begin to wheel and deal, another candidate forms behind the scenes. >> rodrigo borgia. he was an insider and a dark horse at the same time. >> narrator: rodrigo gorge borga spanish cardinal who rose through ranks of the church since he was a teenager. >> is he had

people and italians to go to the southwest. you might've heard of the galveston movement. it was an attempt by jewish reformers and philanthropists to open a port in galveston texas, and get them to immigrate to galveston and distribute themselves to the south and west which were underpopulated. they thought it would ease the congestion of eastern cities. the urbanization and immigration was one thing that raised so much concerns in americans minds. they were writing about the ghetto. this is part of that story. you cannot believe in the inherent inferiority of immigrants if you think you should just put them in paducah instead of pittsburgh. maybe you can pick that's not the argument i'm making. the idea was that there was too high a country -- congregation of them. let's dilute their power. let's not ban them together. it a try that, did not work. i will and, to emphasize the relationship between distribution policy and changing ideas about federal power with the example that the last chapter of my book, is an attempt to brin

to come forward italian prosecutors say they are members of the secret service and police and believe they have to have done in twenty sixteen to twenty eight year old was researching egyptian trade unions at the time his body was dumped by the side of a highway near cairo. i find it very unlikely that president i'll see she was not aware of what was happening the nine days between genius kidnapping to chad and finding his body was too long for him to be unaware we have twenty names but many more people are involved we estimate up to forty because in order to follow for months kidnap him and do what they've done to him many people were needed those are the people we discovered by our own means those people should now be afraid. who the rebels and yemen's government representatives are said to meet in sweden the talks are aimed at bringing the four year war to an end the united nations says the conflict has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis and speak to her covering the talks for us in a rainbow north of sweden's capital stockholm so hashim day one of the long awaited talks

once expressed lee from italian pressure to the panamanian maritime authority most recently we've had a trump. waste profiteering legal process started in catania sicily and it's part of a longer two year smear campaign not just of ourselves but of the whole search and rescue. community if you'd like to refer to it as such all of it attempting to switch the focus onto os away from all noble who are at present drowning at sea european union has something called chaos which is a comprehensive european asylum system. at present there is something called the dublin regulation that dictates that every border nation is responsible for everybody who arrives there the preamble to creating madness that border states take their. migration very seriously consequently it is left room for populist and right wing politicians to create and still fear and use what is arguably not of migration crisis the european commission as of methods as much. to create fear. the one hundred thousand people crossing the mediterranean is a drop of very very small drop in the bucket. of population and with the the ul

defeat of the italian football grounds are a long way from finally being free of racism but supporter initiatives like this one showed that progress can be made at the now i'm not sure what. first day at school. or first climbing lesson in the door as grand a moment arrives. joining a reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orangutan returns home on t w don't come to tanks. i am a peace loving man. i believe that it ought to be the first wish of every honest man to live and tranquility of mine. i am sorry that all kings and princes are not of this humor. the words of peter paul rubens writing to a friend in france and sixteen thirty six a time when the catholic church was fighting to counter the effects of the reformation. his allegorical canvas the consequences of war is considered one of the very first antiwar images ruben's at once a catholic and a humanist achieved superstar status in his day and remains a towering figure in the history of western european art. and he could do everything to the very highest standards he was among the most

well the italian side aren't happy they say this is a double standard from ritchie and the e.u. commission site they say there are two slightly different scenarios for the french case this is a one off budget deficit going to allow them to push them through and it must not exceed three point five percent in the italian case they were saying well this is going to be a series of budget deficits that will continue for the future as they put forward their plans and that was something the commission couldn't couldn't accept it hasn't however stopped those in rome from looking over the border over up into northern europe towards france and thinking we wouldn't have got away with that why do you. that was the assays peter all of that. now the u.s. congress is seen voting in both the house and the senate over america's continued support for the saudi military action in yemen senators passed a resolution initially demanding washington halt arms sales to riyadh by fifty six votes to forty one however members of congress them pasternak that delays any vote on the matter until at least next

have reached a consensus the italian government promised to set new debt that two point zero four percent of g.d.p. next year instead of the two point four percent as a regionally planned brussels as agreed to this so there's no threat of sanctions italians are relieved. that's it then but. it's important that italy works with the european union that. there's no sense fighting against europe. let it go i see it as a good thing i hope this government can move forward with the things they've planned or to know they can work on all their plans in the future the way i see it i don't like thinking all the time that things could go wrong when we actually project but it's just that the italian government is a coalition of the right leaning league and populist five star movement both want to finance expensive election promises including a basic income and a lower retirement age but at around one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. italy's mountain of debt is second only to greece. and the parliament that also approved the twenty nine thousand budget by a narrow margin on tuesday the debate had been

do italian one gambia. so when you don't know when we want to start the one italian year understeer going to eleven we start going to be another oh. so those are different stalwarts white ones the young so my focus being with will be one of the women of the soul. of the sea i got to see some snow on this in off of only what years and was one of the been shot and as you mentioned american the snow was i'll follow the scene from it unless i'm missing reborn and i'm in all this one with on that side. connecting with each other despite the lack of help from the government's policies somehow in public outlook showed that each piece possible to make a difference if you make the effort. the highlight of the week for everyone the night of the final three teams to match the special teams. this summer came out of the finals with two proud wins. i came across two wards that have been living next to each other for a long time but have had little to do with one another. danish a little sort of visions a mutual mistrust