this is. from berlin tonight the power of populism in europe italy ushers in a radical new government today italy's president gave. his approval to become a prime minister a political novice charged with leading a government of extremes is this the beginning of europe's next crisis we'll bring you the latest from rome also coming up you'll use script all speaks the russian national enter father more attacked with a nerve agent in the u.k. last march she says her life has been turned upside down. and one of america's

literary giants philip roth is at the age of eighty five his works explored the tragedy and the comedy of the jewish american experience will take a look back at the wife of the pulitzer prize winning novel. it's good to have you with us tonight in italy a political picture of certainty mixed with uncertainty today italy's president approved the appointment of juice. to be the country's next prime minister. a little known lawyer and a political novice he was put forward for the post by italy's two main populist parties the far right league and the anti establishment five star movement in his acceptance speech he valen to form a government of change but said he is aware that he needs to honor european and

international commitments. promised to protect italians at home and abroad. but if. the president has given me the mandate to form a government which i have accepted we'd raise a violation if i manage to form this government i will present to the palm and chambers a program that he's biased on the interests of the majority political bodies. i'm preparing now to defend the interests of all italians in old places in europe and internationally in dialogue with the european institutions and with representatives of other countries i will be the defense lawyer of the italian people. are going to appoint our correspondent now he joins us from the italian capital role good evening to you baron so the president has said yes what happens now. but next week this

contest to win a vote of confidence in both houses of parliament but that shouldn't be a problem because the movie went to. the protest party and also the right wing extremist from league a promise to organize this majority and then mr condit can start to work on the big long wish list of these two populous parties he will be the moderate face of this radical parties who want a tax reform who want to reach. treaties with the european union who want to crack down on margins and every populist dream you can dream of and we know that he is the populist parties pick although he's a political novice and he is a man that many italians will tell you they've never heard of so i mean what more do we know about mr conte tonight. but he's

a law professor in florence not many people even in the academic world know him. he was also a specialist all public and inspiration and full bailing out failing companies maybe this gives him a little bit of experience to deal with italy but many experts assure. the lifespan of his government did not so did not be so very long he says the sixty fifth government in seventy three years in that anybody since a rope or two so he has to fight a lot to stay in power more than a year yet so it sounds like no change in all the change i mean what changes are italians likely to see in this new government. but italians have the approach just let's wait and see what really happens that was a lot of fighting in the complains that a lot of promises but italians also used to

a petition is giving lots of promises and deliver nothing so they have a net a job waiting of course high expectancy. to have more economic grows to have a text break and stuff like that this is what italians want but they are not sure if they. actually see what was promised and it tell them politics is a very very difficult game it used to be a shock to get missed the point is just a little fish in that little fish and we know that a lot of leaders in brussels with the european union there are seeing purana in the water i mean what does this mean we've got the populace in power in italy what does this mean for the european you. the new italian government has actually the potential to inflict a crisis in europe when it comes to the prison preservation of the euro as a currency five of the new finance minister supposedly is

a euro skeptic or your foe you can say he wants to get rid of the euro in this will lead to too much fighting in europe and we will see if the markets tolerate that and if it will even be able to lend money to reasonable interest rates in the future if not then it can be very difficult you know to roll over debt to refinance that italy and it's in these heavily indebted with about one hundred thirty two percent of its g.d.p. so there's a lot of anxiety in brussels right now yeah a lot of fear that this could be the next chapter in the euro crisis and bring it on the story for us tonight in rome baron thank you very much. the five star movement and the league both ran fiercely anti immigration election campaigns now foreigners in italy are starting to worry about their prospects under the new governor. is

learning italian through games like this one originally from mali he comes to this school in eastern rome four times a week along with other migrants and refugees but that might change if the new italian government has its way. you know. students are definitely aware that something has changed here people are starting to give them strange looks are they getting a first hand experience of the shift in italian politics. the head of the right wing populist party. wants to push through a hardline anti immigrant agenda as italy's next interior minister he and coalition partner luigi de ma you know from the five star party want to deport half a million migrants as part of their agreement but experts say that might not succeed they will try things but i don't think they will be able

to do really effective things the common basis of these parties is these idea that they are both. i do not expect. a very long long then the incorporate. after months of uncertainty there's a sense of relief among the general population polls suggest six in ten italians are ready to welcome a populist coalition government. we've had very little substantial progress in politics over the last few years i hope this alliance if you can call it that will make a positive difference but. also most tension that i feel nervous about this. we're taking a big risk. on kevin. i think change is good italians have had enough of traditional politics and we haven't got much to show for.

but many refugees in italy like to come up to and from mali have reason to feel uneasy now. i think it's crazy that they actually want to send us back i can't believe i've been hearing about this since i got here it's just insane. man. that's why people in classrooms like this one on the edge of rome hope the new government won't accomplish all it set out to do at least when it comes to migration. or many here in europe especially the u.k. and russia have been waiting for her to speak today she did you know your script all has spoken about her recovery from the nerve agent attack that almost killed her and her father a former spy they were poisoned in the british town of solsbury back in march your

script all says her life has been turned upside down. nobody yes i will. hello my name is yulia scream i came to the u.k. on much the third to visit my father something i've done before you know after twenty days in a coma i word to the news that we may have been poisoned and i still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that we were attacked in this way. the fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking we're so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination i don't want to describe the details but the treatment was invasive painful and depressing. our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. these. years and i'm grateful for the office of assistance from the russian embassy but at the moment i don't want to avail myself of their services also i want to reiterate what i said earlier that no one speaks for me or my father

but ourselves. and there was a script all speaking there of the german chancellor angela merkel is due to land in beijing in the next coming hours there she'll hold talks with the chinese government relations between beijing and berlin they've been described in the past as complicated but in the wake of growing u.s. protectionism and washington's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal chancellor merkel and president xi jinping may be looking to deepen their strategic ties during this visit. or germany's foreign minister high kumasi has been holding high level talks in the us capital washington earlier today he told national security adviser john bolton that europe's security could be affected if iran resumes its nuclear program of following a meeting with the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh mr moss said that europe seemed far away from a compromise with the u.s. over and iran deal on peo has threatened what he called the strongest sanctions in

history if tehran fails to comply with washington's demands and one of the greatest american writers philip roth has died he was eighty five years old a roth pushed literary in social boundaries with his explorations of sex death and assimilation he won every major u.s. literary award including the pulitzer prize. reclusive and often reluctant to give interviews philip roth was known for his provocative and uncompromising novels about the american jewish experience there's a certain odessa to writing books without the audacity of can't write books and perhaps there's even a certain recklessness in writing books. i think that the society i live in can live with my recklessness such as it is rob who is the author of more than thirty novels and short story collections spanning seven decades is

a work frequently blurred the lines between fiction and memoir and drew on his experience growing up in a jewish family in new jersey many of his protagonists were thinly veiled fergusons of himself my strong as it was is the life of men and i think my subject has been that. what what what is that what is what it is the life of a man in my time roth was one of the most highly honored figures in american literature but for him a claim and controversy were inseparable he insisted writing should expose and not sanitize the human experience. germany's national football team has begun to arrive in northern italy for training ahead of the tournament in russia almost all twenty seven players in coach walking loves a provisional squad will be there by the weekend the final twenty three must be decided by june fourth germany will play two friendlies against austria and saudi

arabia before the world cup tournament begins on the fourteenth of june. were german prosecutors have charged three former german football federation officials with tax evasion in connection with the country's successful bid to host the two thousand and six world cup former presidents of. ago and former general secretary horst schmidt argues of hiding the real purpose of an almost seven million euro payment to football's world governing body the payment was declared as an operating expense but investigators believe it was actually the reefs. here's a reminder of the top story the following for you italy's president has approved. to become the country's new prime minister a relative newcomer to politics mr conte will head a populist coalition of the five star movement and the lead. up to date with

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