with brazil where human trials of the vaccine already underway. the australian state of victoria has reported another 14 deaths from crowd of virus amongst them is a man in his twenty's he's the country's youngest victim new dalian factions have also gone up by about 100 the state capital melbourne is under a 6 week lockdown with 90 curfews and compulsory mask rules. the belorussian government says that it plans to release everyone to arrested in anti-government protests on friday morning large numbers again turn out on thursday night for peaceful rallies 97000 have been rounded up during protests and have often turned violent since sunday they accuse the president xander look at the rigging the weekend election which he won in a landslide those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next to its people in power do stay with us and. trade tensions could cut global economic growth by $700000000000.00 we bring you the

stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in the government has shifted focus from saving lives to saving the economy. counting the coast on al-jazeera. best known to tourists for its beautiful beaches and dramatic coastline italian island of sardinia is also a major cut to make the rest of the locals long these tests of how tough the fact that health for you is the authorities have refuted those playing reporter emma alberici went to investigate.

if. the cost doesn't morale day is a magnet for the rich and famous need hosts the most beautiful beaches in europe. it's not hard to see what draws people to this place. former prime minister silvio berlusconi was one of the 1st to invest here. but i've come here to investigate the darkest side the coverups the secrets the mystery illnesses that have blotted life on this glorious island for decades. the wealth of the north is a stark contrast to other parts of the island where visitors are forbidden.

the san diego plays host to some of the world's most elaborate warga it is like this one in 2015. trident junction it was one of nato's biggest exercises. dozens of countries were involved in. the military exclusion zone as cover more than a 3rd of sardinia is land sea and air planes rome is reported to be making one and a half $1000000.00 a day renting out this space to foreign forces and weapons manufacturers. down south that entire lotta the beaches are just a stunning but they mostly inaccessible. the reka family have been fishing in these waters for generations zimbabwe's

arabs are on their bare back bottom was a lot more of it as i remember them or a couple of the manga given to the main guy. bradstock of what they were rather than what happens if you do. every wal-mart up someone from rio would never bother . the italian ministry of defense has deemed vast areas of the city around sardinia off limits. around their government on a minute that everyone marijuana annoy them really regret their ability for no apparent your name in the military are they watching us. most of the military operations on sardinia have been kept secret since 951. they're the result of an arrangement struck with nato countries after the 2nd world war. and if you go. to them

in the other. purely has made it his life's mission to bust open this wall of silence. he was once the political leader of sardinia but even then he couldn't get access to see what was going on at the military bases on the morrow purely dida eventually get into the tire lot of military side but only after he was elected to the federal parliament in raw and we were the no he was told they would be strictly no filming allowed. if you miss one imagine if. you're going to fire the man or. if i don't know what it mean for the afghan official me. despite the secrecy bits of information have started to leak out. in 2017 sardinia unhealthful far she's confirmed call 1200 french maid.

arrived on. and over the 20 years to 2003 some were fired a town larger of course you need to mean there's a misdemeanor. to love analyze here was this. idea the rhythm and. the guidance systems of these milan missiles each carries 3 grams of radioactive phoria. in heiling florian dust increases the risk of lung and pancreatic cancer. in the school bus and you saw that he thought it was the most watched of the country that didn't go nice she was all she was but i think that. the main concern for sardinians living close to the firing ranges isn't about

damage to the land or restricted axes. they're worried the bomb residue might be killing mail. today or is saying goodbye to another of its citizens 59 year old mario drogo. as a young man he worked at the firing range. he died of lung cancer but he wasn't a smoker. many of the people gathered here have been touched by cancer. here said to them what most of them already in their church are they know they haven't cheated a lot of their station but more in the show their limit their jobs under. the water column or more you don't see it i will get a lot of these it's been decided to intervene to do our share not all that but more from want to measure julie on joining and his friends blame the italian defense force for this suffering. due to modern almost. never found that the

sort of the full range of the a lot on your body to love what i. but when that job and it was that it. the italian military has always denied doing anything to hurt the people of the land all the animals of sardinia. of bondi of pierce and her husband john carroll have been fighting the military through the courts for 10 years but a little dilute the law will still be a little our listeners'. not just. a vision of the past francesco pyrrhus did his national service in thailand it in the late ninety's he took part in military exercises and his parents say he was ordered to pick up all shills with his bare hands. a few years later at the age of 27 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. his parents blame the armed

forces whenever they fuck without throw in no matter what i meant. about the truth. of a general of the mallow. was a more manly. with the. more. difficult. this is the rubbish john carlos is built up in his son's liver. there particles so small they can quickly pass through your lungs and into your body. biomedical engineer anthony a to get it analyzed francesco's liver tissue the and she found nano particles of 7 different metals in the juma including crimea. tungsten and titanium. there's no metals industry around but these are all used by the arms

industry. dr gassy believes francesco was contaminated by dust from a big explosion icicle at the. ok. who are looking. for that for them in. the science of nano particles is still new but the world health organization says early signs show that fine material may be harmful to public health. the w.h.o. is encouraging further research. dr gaddy has consultant to for parliamentary inquiries that looked into the activities of the italian defense force it was that if you know said the. that a trainee. a minute. i thought it well if you've got the only real build up you. meant it

very. much is so. so 30000000. dollars. you know in. this field of. who. they are. it's a 2 hour drive heading north out of town larder to the queerer bombing range. this is the scene of tragic health stories and mysterious birth defects that have come to be dumped the queerest syndrome. for many here life still slow and

traditional. but it sounds like a skull a plateau perched on the edge of the firing range. zarin flying. to see battle of the children to see more to agree that he quit because of food. or disorder. but much of the much about this will be cut but i want to believe that the query. we're at is the biggest military test site in europe. it's used by nice countries as well as israel. those living nearby have known much tragedy. doc to guess he has become an advocate for some of the people of queer and. maria teresa already had 10 healthy children when her last child arrived in 1988. the baby girl was born so severely deformed her mother has never let her photo be

saying. she was baptized maria grassy or she was blind and couldn't move or speak i think that. most of the rules of my. skull apply no symmetry is a sad testament. one in 4 of the children born in the same year is marine ground 0 had some kind of deformity. come into the mother. and spoken into the heart of. the banker said i'm allowed to let it out that you're not their doctor or. don't know how to feel.

john pierre osgar new has tried to hold the military to account he led a 2 year parliamentary inquiry. his committee met fierce resistance from the chiefs of defense. send them to war level for the rich at their cause and one trillion of a. may pully going to support there were further queer look. but come on children this one controlled. we've made repeated attempts to speak to the military during our search for this story but we've been blocked at every turn now this document dated 2011 has come our way it's a confidential ministry of defense memo instructing military officials on how to respond to questions about the health and environmental conditions in and around the bombing sites what stands out is what they told to cite about birth defects

they're told to explain it away with a shocking allegation that children born with deformities of the result of inbreeding god these are the 1st in the future growth. in the seas general maltin a former head of the queer a base he's cool françois' t.v. delivery that came a siege actually friday i think you might actually believe that image in the world of prosecutors and other families there's no evidence to support that climb. the children born with disabilities were conceived in the late eighty's when old munitions bombs and rockets were being routinely despised dolls and queer they were blown up in a piece 20 meters deep and 40 meters wide. and

it might be not subtle your families know it goddammit common or. latino. or devils. decades dust from explode. and tests has rained down on the towns and the grazing fields of the firing range. exactly what was in them no one knows. in nearly 2000 local doctors saw a spike in the number of unusual cancers in their patients. at the same time over in florence a military pilot dominik only jiro was raising his concerns. he'd seen a high incidence of cancers among fellow soldiers returning from kosovo where they

had been exposed to depleted uranium. stomach around the good of. the it's an internet around it's not going to be perfect intervene you're getting better like 2030 minutes and i mean to explore so again we don't see. this to remain. on. me no not. yet immune to the minot is basically like you. have little bit if you will be jack . the italian military felt the pressure. depleted uranium is mildly radioactive and long suspected of causing cancer and birth defects. it's used to help missiles penetrate. at queerer scientist francesco rica bono was flown in by the ministry of defense to do some soil tastes

in front of a swarm of local media. is not going to convince you're out there i'm going to the photograph of. you debug the movie in all of the running for the for the monitor yeah there's a little francesco riccobono didn't find any depleted uranium keeping quiet about the possible. and so thory i'm defense declared the firing range clear. to the sunni admin run anonymous but i have a battle. going on the people going to the last of the year so really going into. one of the line i think you did you grow it to. be there look you really said with it's a disgrace and. then in 2010 events took a shocking turn. the photos you're about to see are disturbing. a

land born with one. others with deformities the line and severity of which scientists and public health experts had never seen before. they don't want to know that was their mother or your mother kick. their. then. bit of room with the mother for them or. believe. their georgia mehlis corrosion report for the district health or farsi assessing the risks posed by the bombing range. from markedly the team of

scientists found 65 percent of the shepherds living close to the range had cancers that get placed where a new body will not be in sort of more walk. the von maur. when even if it. blows your name bombard them into a little bit about. the quest for the better. but. the only main. looming. be on what to look at will be informative they live. in more. immediately a formal police investigation was launched the court ordered the exhumation of 18 shipments died in the 20 years up to 20.

binds were shipped here to easily snow and examined at 2 universities. nuclear physicist vandross seanie lin some of that research. analyse is all but. in the car or. in. your. view. those 11 shepherds with high levels of thore in the nearby towns had all lived close to the firing range. of the shore in quite that authority or by george. the opposition there.

in the regional capital lana say the chief prosecutor called a meeting with the scientist who done the soil testing for the military. why hadn't research of francesco rico bono found any ranee and all the much more dangerous story i'm in the soil as we were. while he was questioned up steve's outside police opened his car and he did a listening device inside. as he drove back to the airport the bug picked up his conversation with an assistant. he'd been interrogated for leaving thore and words out of his record and he was angry with the military this age going with them because the ones who commissioned us to do this work that if you thought that was important if you're honest you say to me make sure to include it because it's important to. francesco rico bono's

university received a $2400000.00 government grant to carry out its work. he was later acquitted of charges that he was involved in a cover up. morrow pili is still convinced of foul play. or slow down the facets that will beat the roy and the. ball. in so many things out of a single. every dollar that. 8 former commanders at queerer and now on trial charged with breaching the duty of care for the health and safety of soldiers and civilians. one of them is fabio tenney infamously caught on film climbing sardinians in brit school another is paolo ritchie who had declared queerer iranian free of the world

business but it really really after 2 decades and 3 previous inconclusive inquiries last g. and john piero's garner his committee made a bold finding and of course trying to mentor for a month or less is the incessant biana during the blue mess so the cozily. election that this position in the lower than in full really don't they live but ga didn't shut the immunity that it quest they will not get the media. for the 1st time nano particles of depleted uranium were found to play a role in the possible development of cheap. crucially for eon when high old or injustice was found to be 5 times more dangerous than depleted uranium. the scouting report was dismissed by the italian defense force. and they refer to. in the letter

a letter on the. the larkham. you're president for an element that says that the script the leverage. but after all that work by the commission a new law to monitor the health of soldiers was blocked by the upper house in russia. for decades sardinia has held its secrets close. it's been mocked in an uncomfortable embrace with the world's military. in a country mired in debt defense contracts are a source of income but also quite possibly the cause of untold misery. after all the inquiries and with military brass now on trial for the people of this island paradise there is a glimmer of hope but the truth i finally see the light of day.

they come in hope and in search of work to provide a better life for the families they've left behind. but though their labor is vital to italy's food industry they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime . trapped in a system with little hope of escape people empower investigates. on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure to turn its back on beijing and u.k. is finding itself a corpse between 2 superpowers with detailed coverage. tracing is now

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