league party is uncertain but it could be politically significant and then in the on the developed calabria region in the south he is also hoping to expand his foothold so for more on this let's go to sunny gago who is in a long a force exit polls are just coming out now sonia one of the indications. well mary it would appear that the center left candidate for the immediate a minute region is just ahead in the exit polls by about 4 points with the party candidate trailing behind with some 47 percent of the of the vote there the biggest loser you could say of this campaign is 5 star the 5 star movement who are part of that national coalition government only 5 percent of the votes count accounted for at this moment and meanwhile in calabria the southern region it seems like it has it will be a comfortable win for the league party that no surprise considering that neither leader was the senator until last year for the region itself and has been campaigning there as well but it's also interesting to note that with all the. importance being put on sort of right the region of immediate a minute h

us tell us why the results of these elections in these 2 regions in particular emilia-romagna and calabria are getting so much international attention why is this important. first start when you consider the region of it has been a leftist stronghold since the end of the 2nd world war it's what defines this region politically meanwhile if you look at the. strategy electoral strategy since the mid 2080 they've had an enormous amount of success gaining about 8 regions a winning in 8 regions now if they can claim which. they have been quite neck in neck in the polls with their political opponents in the democratic party they can clinch it that would almost certainly consolidate their power in terms of the regional legislative assembly representatives that they would have that in turn would put further pressure on the government and the call for having a lections is something that. is. almost in a constant campaign in the mission to try and get back into the heart of politics something he's very good at doing he has been consolidating his support through social media platforms he has been winn

means he returns to national governments one of the prospects at this point in our money and in calabria yes with calabria looking like it will certainly be a victory for the party not necessary also just because of the fact that my view also was the senator for the region until recently in me had a manja though it is known as clear cut yes the party had been neck and neck with their political opponents of the democratic party they have force especially medicine to me has fought of a very energetic campaign on the social media platforms as well something that he has been doing he started campaigning early quite early on after he walked out of a coalition government and began giving promotions to the products that this region is famous for such as ferrari sports cars parmesan cheese assessor etc but the interesting thing is that beyond giving paying lip service to local products is the fact that he has really built the campaign around national issues also to the league parties national issues like for example the flap tax plan by the league party to lower taxes for corporations and. indiv

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press conference he made a lot about the lead parties backed candidates in the southern region of calabria sweeping up a lot of the votes not so much about what the party's success during this night was it was ferrying in immediate or mine yeah but he seemed to think that he had started something here and in effect what he wants is the end goal to be able to flip this region around to. right wing. region whether he will be able to do that and whether the liberal grassroots movement that the sardine so-called saudi movement is will be able to push that away or will be finding out about that in the coming hours kim thank you for that that sonia gago live from below you. the world health organization is sending its top official to china to figure out how to stop the spread of coronavirus china's government says the number of people killed has risen to 80 with nearly 3000 infections health officials say it can spread between people before symptoms show which takes up to 14 days the city of han at the epicenter of the outbreak is expecting a 1000 more patients over the coming days. in libya at

in time and anguish religion the 5 star movement hasn't even made it to the regional assembly in calabriawe're talking about the main party in parliament which went everywhere in the last a real actually and still 6 or 7 weeks ago had the most votes they also barely made it in the media. it's clear there's been a shift to the left and we can't wait to confront each other on a national level with our proposals for the economy society and family because prosecutors have volved of the geoffrey epstein sex trafficking inquiry want to speak with britain's prince andrew but the chief federal prosecutor for new york geoffrey bourbons says prince andrew has provided 0 cooperation he says the best gaiters have contacted the duke of york's lawyers and asked to interview him but there's been no response. some of the last living survivors of the holocaust have shared their emotional testimony as they are the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camp in poland more than a 1000000000 people barely jews were killed at auschwitz alone between 140 and 945 jonah hill has more from the ceremony.

congress in march, at which point they might try to chart a new direction their support here and calabria in single digits >> thank you so much for breaking it down for us. let's now get back to our guest, senior economist from hsbc, fabio. as we heard, one of the key takeaways from this election result is the collapse in support for the five-star movement what are your views in terms of the coalition, what this means for the relationship between five star and the movement >> that's certainly been the big story. polls were suggesting it would be very hard for them, particularly in regional election which seems to polarize around two candidates. the party has been showing a lot of consistent downturn in terms of polls, several mps have left the party. that's the possible weak link in terms of the government coalition. they are trying to coalesce around some broader policy for example, just last week the government agreed on implementation of some labor taxes. the government is trying to move forward. the five star in the near term has implication to go forward. the government is trying to

the 5 star movement hasn't even made it to the regional assembly in calabria we're talking about the main party in parliament which went everywhere in the last a real actually and still 6 or 7 weeks ago had the most votes but they also barely made it in the media. it's clear there's been a shift to the left and we can't wait to confront each other on a national level with our proposals for the economy society and family some of the last living survivors of the holocaust have shared their emotional testimony as they mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in poland more than a 1000000 people mainly jews were killed at auschwitz alone alone between 140 and 9 $145.00 china whole as more the ceremony. facing the entrance to auschwitz birkenau seated alongside the railway line that delivered multitudes mostly jews in cattle trucks to their deaths survivors shared their stories. when. they get. trucks from the barracks. i can hear them screaming i could hear it in my subconscious when i remember the vents. world leaders royalty and religious leaders listened

and i think it was huge and the 5 star movement hasn't even made it to the regional assembly in calabria we're talking about the main party in parliament which was everywhere in the last 2 elections and still 6 or 7 weeks ago had the most votes they also barely made it in the media. it's clear there's been a shift to the left and we can't wait to confront each other on a national level with our proposals for the economy society and family well let's talk more about this with stephan of it james an investigative journalist and the co-author of the black book of the league which looks into the league party stefan of there jeff thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera does some v.b. have a point in the sense that yes the league didn't secure it. but it was always a bit of a high end bishan because it is a solidly and historically left wing party or virtually so is it really had the feet for him. well the fact of the incumbent democratic party candidate stiffened when she won the elections in emilia-romagna is definitely a big defeat for soviet who made every effort to give the el

gave a press conference here where he touted the party's success so far in the southern region of calabria the lead party backed candidate that has is seeming to do very well sweeping up the votes there that is not being repeated here so far in immediate or mine yeah there was a little bit of. disappointment in that but saying that he wasn't going to be giving up the battle to try and gain the party at some point for the league itself but so far these votes are still being counted maybe some time or another couple of hours or so when we get a clearer picture of what is going to happen but it would appear so far that what they are attempt to try and turn this red belt of italy into a lead party. let's talk a little bit about that if the democratic party does win that would be interesting wouldn't because a lot of people were saying they are so vinny's league party has been pushing hard and doing well in these regions. well he certainly has been giving a very enthusiastic campaign especially on social media platforms where he really is actually known for campaigning practically nonstop on on

other minute region is uncertain but could be politically significant meanwhile an underdeveloped calabria in the south of the country he is hoping to expand his foothold that a swing to the right could give the anti migrant posse the influence to possibly demand an early election bringing down just at the county's coalition government. so for more on this let's go to sana gago who is and been on you for as saying salvini is really counting on a political comeback possibly from these local elections sania what has his message been to the people. well it's interesting marian because while he has mentioned a lot of sloganeering in effect he hasn't really talked much about the local issues at hand but has really turned more into a national campaign in fact he has been much more in the forefront than the actual candidate for his party at the guns only in the meantime he still keeps repeating the same issues that he has always sought after you still don't want to tax again a national issue clamping down on what he says is planned to start in immigration and also you know raising sort of euro sk