back rooms of these luxury boutiques are hidden away on the other side of the alps in the heart of tuscany. hundreds of supply is timing leather for world famous brands with subcontracting the law employees are overworked or in this case i was. during our filming. we met some questionable bosses. welcome to a rather chilling industry. we began our investigation on our hometown of. after all being in france we have paris. paris we have fashion week. but of course you know all about fashion. star studded catwalk shows. and some want to be stuck. with a no no no theme deal. who cheese dental chic with little. happy smiling faces at louie vito. but it wasn't really the clothes that stood out to us have you noticed what each of the models is carrying. handbags of oh shapes and sizes and at all prices starting at $1350.00. and. accessories a move popular than ever you only need to look at the figures. take some of the major french brands for example we calculated the sales revenue from items such as handbags wallets and shoes. in short leather goods here are the results. for gucci 74 percent of

the tanneries of tuscany the breeding farms and slaughterhouses of china after all.this we are left with one question what if this beautiful image of luxury has been nothing but a dream. he wanted to smash the berlin wall long before it finally felt i was also issued a new york state you know linda is actually better known as the legend of german rock music. let's find out more about this amazing man mr who goes live. 30 minutes to. come to. school for your concept discovered with the valves for. a school. project after 100 years the ideals of the bonds are more relevant today than they were. 100 years ago visionaries really shaped things to come because people understood design as a way of shaping society. about half a man does cross off. with ideas that are part of our future looks on how a part of our. documentary starts november 14th d.w. . player. playing. this is d w news live from berlin for like sions in 4 years the polls are open to get again in spain as acting prime minister pedro sanchez hopes to finally secure a majority votes but yet another alleged al w

cause the flooding in pisa come is known for the leaning tower as well as florence and other towns in tuscany kanye west performed at a mega church, and president trump pulls back on a vaping endorsement. president trump backed off a ban on most flavored e-cigarettes that he once touted. the "post" says on november 4th, the night before a planned news conference, mr. trump said that he did not want to move forward with the ban. an anonymous trump adviser told the "post" the president feared it would lead to job losses. white house and campaign officials said it might hurt his re-election prospects. last week, white house officials reportedly met to discuss a new vaping policy. >>> "the san francisco chronicle" reports pacific gas and legg is warning that power might be shut off on wednesday and thursday this week across much of california. the company says the potential power cuts would prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires with warm, dry conditions, and gusty winds in the forecast. fire officials say fire-fighting equipment is ready to go. >> always a battle for us. it's something th

further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno.now due to subside, but a massive cleanup operation lies ahead, as well as the constant fear: what about next time? stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how to help workers when dirty coal mines close — can spain be a model? benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european anti—nuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of d

further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno., but a massive clean—up operation lies ahead, as well as the constant fear: what about next time? in sri lanka, a controversial former defence chief has been elected president. gotabaya rajapaksa took more than 52% of the vote, which was split along ethnic lines. from colombo, our correspondent yogita limaye reports. a wartime strongman returns, as sri lanka's most powerful. mr rajapaksa is seen as a leader who can keep their country safe. we don't have enough protection for the people. you see everywhere there are bombs and terrorists, day by day a lot of terrorists created here. so, we like to have a father for our mother country. in april this year, a series of attacks by islamist extremists killed more than 250 people. what happened inside this church in many ways change the course of the election. the idea that peaceful families sitting together attending mass could be brutally killed shook this nation. and brought national security into the centre stage. the attacks were a remin

without electricity and are isolated and yesterday where there was some fear that the art no river in tuscany which flows through florence and pisa would go over the edges luckily that did not happen but better weather is forecast for the rest of the week and people are gearing up for another difficult week here in italy. in venice thank you very much. now an item of sports use and we take you to tennis stefan as city pass has been crowned the a.t.p. finals champion after a 676276 win over dominic team in london the greek won a nail biter against his austrian opponent leaving the 3rd and final set on a tie break city pass is just 21 years old he's the youngest a.t.p. finals champion in nearly 2 decades. and not a formula one red bull's match for stop and has won the brazil group restarting in pole position the dutchman crossed the finish line ahead of the pack of world champions lewis hamilton finished 3rd its 1st stop and a 3rd win of the season this is the news and these are our top stories police in hong kong have crashed over it clashed with protesters at a university in the city center a

further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno.ide, but a massive clean—up operation lies ahead, as well as the constant fear: what about next time? the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall arrived in new zealand on sunday to start their first visit to the country in four years. prince charles presented the queen's colour to the royal new zealand airforce. it's a replacement for the original, which was presented to the airforce by the queen in 1953, but has suffered some wear and tear since then. the film joker has made more than one billion dollars in global ticket sales, becoming the first r—rated movie to achieve the feat. the film, starring joaquin phoenix, is currently number seven on this weekend's american box office chart. an "r" rating in the us requires everyone under the age of 17 watching the film in a cinema to be accompanied by an adult. an ice—white carpet was rolled out in london last night for the european premiere of frozen two — the sequel to the smash hit disney animated film. as well as being a success a

likes the idea of creating a vineyard here with lush grapevines creating a sort of napa valley or tuscany communications hill. what they don't like is using their homeowner fees to pay for it. homes sit atop communications hill, but there's barren unused land on all sides. real estate developer larry strangis wants to change that. he's one of the original visionaries for building a community on the hill. now he wants to add a finishing touch that would turn the hillsides into lush, working vineyards, producing grapes to make wine. he says a recent fourth of july fire on the hill made him even more determined. >> having a working vineyard up here would act as a fire break. >> reporter: san jose is studying the plans but the city wants to use up to $400,000 out of a community assessment fund to test soils and develop plans further. some homeowners who pay into it through a special tax say hands off. >> not a problem. if some private company would like to pay for that, i'm all for it. >> reporter: other residents say creating the bucolic vine covered hill would enhance property values. >> yo

further south, in florence in tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno. as the constant fear — what about next time? rich preston, bbc news. now some of the international stories making the news. the winner of sri lanka's presidential election has promised to be the leader of all sri lankans, regardless of race or religion. the former defence minister won just over 52% of the vote with his support concentrated in sinhalese majority areas. chile's president sebastian pinera has condemned for the first time what he's called abuses commited by police in dealing with weeks of anti—government protests. in a speech to the nation, mr pinera said the army and police had used excessive force in containing the unrest during which 22 people have been killed and thousands injured. he said any officer found to have breached protocols would face justice and extended sympathy to all those affected. the interim government in bolivia has had to fly basic provisions into la paz as supporters of the former president evo morales continue to block major highways to the city.

older sister to visit -- then she is going to tackle the 400 mile hike through spain or go down the tuscany way down. >> i love her. >> physically and emotionally vibrant. that is what we all hope to be. >> you have to start walking. >>> still ahead, disney is celebrating some surprising numbers this morning . >> the deficit has a disappointing number. we walked all the way here. >> the budget deficit hit $1 trillion for the first time in nearly 8 years. government spending rose 8% in october and the revenue dropped 3%. it could affect things today when opening bell rang. disney's stocks were up, we are talking about the success of its live streaming even surprising the analyst numbers predicting that it would take disney about a year to hit 8 million and they have already had 10 million new subscribers for that disney plus. taking a look, here is the big board. the stocks are all down this morning. the dow jones is off a little bit, at this number and the nasdaq is also down this morning. families in san francisco received food assistance they could soon get free diapers. the program alrea

further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno.ss eastern europe, it will keep these rain weather fronts at bay. for the time being, we are between two areas of cloud, mostly clear skies and some fog patches. range drifting down... that for most, we stick with a dry and sunny weather right for the afternoon. clear skies around as we go into tonight, temperatures are going to ta ke tonight, temperatures are going to take a tumble again. for the northern isles and south—west, could it had a dip of temperature. the breeze will pick up and more cold airwill breeze will pick up and more cold air will move then, notice colder temperatures across england and wales. mine is near 9 degrees in rural parts of scotland. a chilly start to tuesday. dense fog patches across parts of southern england. that might have left, cloud across anglia... for many, bright sunny spells, but more cloud into northern ireland and some rain at times. there weather fronts that come with a bit of rain are being held at bay as we go through tuesday night into wedne

which is in italy, so is now in the mountains, rain at lower levels, very high river levels here in tuscanyime you get to the end of the weekend, sunday and into monday, we are in spring tide again, just as we work last tuesday when we had that major flooding work last tuesday when we had that majorflooding in st work last tuesday when we had that major flooding in st mark's square and across many parts of venice, so looking at tidal levels of one metre above normal, and then a storm surge coming in with a strong south—easterly wind pushing more water at the adriatic and into venice, so we could find some records broken again as we head towards the end of the weekend. what about closer to home? closer to home, slow changes. it is cold at the moment and it will get a bit milder. still rain to come from low pressure towards italy which eventually fades away and a big area of low pressure encroaching upon mainly western parts of the uk where we will see the most of the rain in the next few days. today, many places have been dry with a lot of sunshine after what was quite a cold start this morn