i remember when matteo messina denaro was taken into custody. it was so dramatic.s unwell and has been unwell so what reaction was that to his death which was a inevitable? well it�*s bittersweet for italians because we wish that he had been arrested in 1993 when he should have been arrested. he spent 30 years on the run and only went to jail eight months ago. so in a sense his death reminds italians that he was a fugitive for so long and that is not great for italian institution. it was good that he was eventually arrested but it took too long. what is the state of the sicilian mafia? the sicilian mafia mafia is not well and that is good. they are under pressure from authorities. the trade which is very profitable and gave a lot of money to the sicilian mafia in the 80s is not the place where they are. they still are adamant in they are. they still are adamant in the territory and ask for protection money but not as much internationally. 50 money but not as much internationally.- money but not as much internationall . ., ., , internationally. so who controls the d

the notorious italian mafia boss matteo messina denaro has died in custody, at the age of 61.clinic in palermo in sicily, after 30 years on the run. he was given a life sentence after being convicted in absentia of numerous murders. he once boasted that he could fill a cemetery with his victims. among them, were leading anti—mafia prosecutors killed in bomb attacks. he was often described as the last godfather of the sicilian mafia. he presided over the feared and ruthless cosa nostra. one of the biggest bosses in sicily, sicilian mafia, matthew. and he was convicted, actually, of multiple life sentences because of the dozens of murders that were attributed to him, including involvement in the murders of the two anti—mafia judges, giovanni falcone and paolo borsellino, who were two, who remain still two very iconic figures. they were assassinated in 1992 by the mafia, trying to stand up and crush the sicilian mafia. and after that, really the mafia... the italian police clamped down very hard on cosa nostra, but denaro remained on the run for 30 years, and he was finally track

the notorious italian mafia boss matteo messina denaro has died in custody at the age of 61.ro was arrested injanuary at a clinic in palermo in sicily after 30 years on the run. he was serving a life sentence after being convicted in absentia of numerous murders. how richer countries that have contributed more emissions can help poorer nations tackle climate change is the major challenge facing the next cop conference, which will be held in dubai in november. former uk prime minister gordon brown, is setting out plans for a global windfall levy on oil—producing countries to help the poorer ones. earlier we spoke to gordon brown and asked him to explain his idea in more detail. we have got an explosive situation in the world today. we have got droughts, floods and fire storms hitting the poorest countries in the world, and yet at the same time we have got these unprecedented profits, windfall profits that have been made by the petro states and oil companies, and the extent of it is that it is 4 trillion, 4,000 billion in revenues in the last year, 2.5 trillion of that a windfa

the notorious italian mafia boss matteo messina denaro has died in custody at the age of 61. was arrested injanuary at a clinic in palermo in sicily after 30 years on the run. he was serving a life sentence after being convicted in absentia of numerous murders. he once boasted that he could fill a cemetery with his victims. among them were leading anti—mafia prosecutors killed in bomb attacks. he was often described as the last godfather of the sicilian mafia. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making the headlines. a man's been charged with murder after a woman was fatally shot in leicestershire. police were called to a property in long clawson — near melton mowbray — on thursday night where they found carrie slater with life—threatening injuries. richard basson has been charged with murder and is due before magistrates in leicester. health service managers estimate that more than one—million nhs appointments in england have been cancelled because of strikes. nhs providers have warned that resources are likely to be severel

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italian media reports mafia boss matteo messina denaro, who was caught injanuary after spending 30 yearsring from cancer at the time of his arrest. as his condition worsened in recent weeks, he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum security prison in central italy. you're live with bbc news. we begin with a space mission that could help explain the origins of life on earth. a nasa capsule containing rock and dust from the surface of an asteroid has successfully touched down in the utah desert. it's the largest ever sample from an asteroid that has made it to earth, and it's an achievement nearly 20 years in the making. american scientists first pitched the idea to nasa in 200a. it wasn't until their third attempt in 2011 that the project was finally approved by nasa. five years later in 2016, scientists launched osiris—rex into space. on december third 2018, the capsule arrived at asteroid bennu osiris—rex collected a sample from bennu in october of 2020. then, on may10, 2021, osiris—rex began its journey back to earth, leading us to this weekend's events. on sunday, it successf

the sicilian mafia boss matteo messina denaro, known as the last godfather, has died in prison at the boss of the notorious cosa nostra mafia, and to have been responsible for a number of murders. he spent 30 years on the run and was being treated for cancer at the time of his arrest. a writers' strike in the us which has been going on for nearly five months, halting most film and tv production, could be about to end. the union the writers guild of america says it's reached a tentative deal with studio bosses which contains "meaningful gains and protections". the dispute is about pay and the use of artificial intelligence. precious samples collected from an asteroid are to be moved to a specialist laboratory in texas in the next few hours. the material, taken from what's been described as "the most dangerous rock in our solar system", came down to earth in utah in a nasa spacecraft. scientists hope the samples will provide some answers about how life began more than four billion years ago. our science editor rebecca morelle reports from utah. the ssc has entered i the earth's atmosphe