florence is an open—air museum. places to see for free in florence. florence is an open-air museum. as well as art. so here is one final recommendation i have been given. inside this florence i'm palace they are attentive to find out the following. if i take a bean plants down a fast slide, will it feel less stressed as me? i'm serious. this is a good contraption, isn't it? i need one of these for pottering around the garden. the slide was designed by ca rston the garden. the slide was designed by carston holler, who has installed similar shoots in london's tate modern and new york's net. it is as fast as you would expect. once you are down, you hand over your little green friend for some tests. and take it for the measurements. people say, i talked to my plants all the time. there is really no scientific evidence to say... you could find that evidence! we could, perhaps. we are doing this through measurements about whether the plant can bring in co2 or release water and whether those values change depending on the conditions, so if they went down the slide or they did not go down t

tonight -- paul rudd, musician florence welch, music from florence + the machine.eaturing the 8g band with joe russo. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening, i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how is everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] that is fantastic to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump was in the milwaukee today to meet with his supporters. and after i read his remarks, i also needed some support from milwaukee. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] at a rally in north dakota last night, president trump said that he wants his pick for the supreme court to stay on the court for 40 or 45 years. even more disturbing he added, "or until the end of my presidency. whichever comes first." [ laughter and applause ] according to the reports, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is considering a presidential run in 2020, making him the richest person to seek the position. i said, making him the richest person to seek the position! according to new research, artificial intelligence

it was model films that made florence go supernova films like the first avenger simple. and now with the cute black. since two thousand and one the sudan so has been a familiar face in germany working on musical stages and in film and television with black panther the soon but has finally now made it in hollywood. even as a strengthening what i find nice is to see a movie with so many actors of dark skin color who play positive characters and some of them are heroes and we're seeing more of that i notice myself with costin's which i get from the us that more and more of them are going in this direction and it's good that something is changing in. black and gripping and full of spectacle and a massive boost but actually florence. making. our next star duo are about. hollywood's a list of the world's top directors producers and studio bosses are on their speed dial they've also won over the critics winning awards from cannes to the oscars. if you want to watch tonight. to make a deal. christoph waltz plays a sadistic nazi like we've never seen before. oh sure sure. he did

italy joins us live now from beijing florence so these talks are broadly about the u.s. trying to reduce its trade deficit with china so how is it proposing to do that and what a both sides actually want. that's right now in the u.s. at the moment buyers about four times more products from the chinese than it sells to china and u.s. president donald trump says he has said he wants to reduce the annual trade deficit between us and china by about two hundred billion dollars within the next two years so how are they proposing to do that well the first step is by getting the chinese to buy more u.s. products now there was some sort of great commitment that the two sides had reached during the last round of trade talks that took place in washington d.c. last month where china had said it was specific it would substantially increase its purchases of u.s. agricultural products as well as energy goods now in the u.s. secretary will be a ross this weekend is expected to push for a firm commitment from the chinese in terms of specific targets in terms of us in terms of chinese pur

gripping and full of spectacle and a massive boost factious florence. making. our next star duo are among hollywood's a list of the world's top directors producers and studio bosses are on their speed dial they've also won over the critics winning awards from cannes to the oscars. if you want to make the tonight. to make a deal. christoph waltz plays a sadistic nazi like we've never seen before. oh sure sure. he did and as a bounty hunter who free slaves and then joins them on a rampage that they are bigger the reward. was. director quentin tarantino discovered votes for hollywood for his roles he would win best supporting actor twice in twenty ten and twenty thirteen. long under rated in germany most now plays in hollywood's big lake it seems the quintessential baddie all psychopathic smog brilliant and bizarre. as all your. issues in contrast in the new manga film alito votes is unusually gentle even kind. for his next act involves is stepping behind the camera to direct. our number to diane kruger an actress who did things the other way around crew got was a

there are plenty of places to see for free in florence. florence is an open—air museum.st slide, will it feel less stressed as me? i'm serious. this is a good contraption, isn't it? i need one of these for pottering around the garden. the slide was designed by carsten holler, who has installed similar chutes in london's tate modern and new york's new museum. it's as fast as you would expect. —— and it's a bit faster than you would expect. once you're down, you hand over your little green friend for some tests. the florence experiment continues at the palazzo strozzi until the 26th of august. keith wallace, exploring the beautiful city of florence without breaking the bank. well, to finish this week's programme, here in cairo a new music genre has risen from the streets to inspire a fresh—faced generation of stars. this is mahragan. mahragan means festive, it means festival. it is very much a street music. it evolved from a previous genre, called chaabi, it means of the people or popular. and it's very, very unique to egypt, and specifically cairo. it's loud and brash and

and we go behind the scenes at the lab that looks after priceless old masters in florence.e starting this week in thailand, a country with over 2,000 kilometres of coastline, and every year, millions of tourists come here to enjoy its tropical sandy beaches. but some of those tourists are having an impact on the marine environment. they are the ones who leave their rubbish behind when they've finished their day at the beach. and it seems that smokers are among some of the worst offenders. so much so that thai authorities have now introduced a smoking ban at some of the country's most popular beaches. it is now illegal to smoke at 2a beaches across the country, and if you're caught smoking or dropping cigarette butts, you risk a fine of up to 100,000 thai baht - that's over £2,000 — and a year in prison. i have come to songkhla in the south of thailand to find outjust how big the problem with cigarette butts is. yupa was part of a team which sampled different beaches around thailand to count the number of cigarettes. this beach in songkhla was found to have more than anywher

it's florence and the machine friday here on "gma." in the park. >> see what you did there. they have a brand-new album out today and they're taking the stage in central park. the audience is there going wild. >> i will be heading out there in just a minute. pe ed.thkiller iw z is on the l , o.r:eorg good morning. "the capital gazette" publishing that paper no matter what. even when they had to report on their own tragedy. this is the front page. and right there on the front, the photos of their colleagues. their five colleagues who lost their lives. this, as we learn new details about that suspected shooter. police say this is the man, 38-year-old jarrod ramos who fired through the glass doors of "the capital gazette" newspaper. the urgent call for help happened just after 2:30 p.m. >> emergency response. "capital gazette." >> several shots have been fired. possible shotgun. at least then shots heard. >> reporter: inside the newsroom, reporters and editors fled for cover, recalling the moments of terror. phil davis described it as a w

the were in the republic of florence they ruled the republic of florence and then expanded their power across europe they installed family members and as like katherine dimon in france the queen of france the pope's in italy. you know they became powerful in the first half of the fifteenth century because they were a banking family who were first to really use the power of double entry bookkeeping so they were the ones that became very powerful from that which is interesting in today when we have big queen and triple entry bookkeeping so they became powerful through that they brought us the likes they were patronage of the arts they had some from davinci to raphael they financed these guys so you know they did bring us some good stuff but the warning on it is coming up really they were fantastically wealthy at the time and what happened well america the media cycle in the corporate powers and politics a recent paper by luigi zingales of the university of chicago titled towards a political theory of the firm deals with the issue of rent seeking behavior by monopolistic firms through pol

let's cross over to florence louie who is joining me now from beijing and of course florence you were listening in to that joint press conference between the americans and the chinese and they seem to be on the same page should be able to speak from you might say the same hymn sheet. that's right they seem to be on the same page as china reaffirming that it's it's committed really to denuclearization of north korea that it will support the international community in achieving this goal but there was one area where where there seemed to be perhaps a little bit of a gap between how these two countries approach certain things and this is in the area of sanctions now and the chinese foreign minister was asked specifically whether he supports the view the child or the the chinese the u.s. view that you know the sanctions will have to remain in place until there's complete denuclearization of north korea and he kind of. didn't answer the question directly he instead said that there must be north korea's security concerns must first first be addressed this has to be done through a peace mech

period left some examples of great artistic beauty in florence i am not sure that market capitalism of the twenty first century will be able to do the same they need a new renaissance to wait out the potentates in aristocrats during the middle ages created the lords and serfs in the dark ages and then we have of course triple entry bookkeeping with crypto community and that is the new renaissance otoshi is the new dimension and where patrons of the new renaissance of art like alex shaffer who's burning down the banks on canvas you know as a representation of what needs to happen to stop this vicious cycle. but without being patronizing they don't go away michael hudson will be in the circular don't go with. it. you don't. into the whole circle there in the sand on the bus i'm not at any club owner tens of thousands on what he calls a still small pot. cause i don't need guns to tell him the will move out to us all morning as the silence is a downside acid all to the city. apply for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside guides. football isn't only about what happens on the

sometimes on warm summer afternoons, it feels like half of europe has come to florence.d here's one of its stars, the ponte vecchio bridge, built in the 13th century. it's not exactly off the beaten track though. so this is the historic centre. it's all unesco world heritage listed. firstly, because it's incredibly beautiful, and secondly because the museums and galleries down there have some of the most important and famous works of art the world's ever seen basically. but you'll notice there's a river cutting right the way through it. as you can imagine, it's very important to make sure that never breaks its banks. but tragically, in 1966, it did. 101 people died and it's estimated around 14,000 artworks were damaged, ma ny lost forever. so this is the high watermark from the flood, which is almost five metres. and just over there, you can see the santa croce basilica, which is stuffed with all sorts of artworks and relics, so you can see that might have caused quite a problem. it's ta ken half a century to restore some of the art inside. only two years ago, work finis

the were in the republic of florence they ruled the republic of florence and then expanded their power across europe they installed family members and as like katherine did in france the queen of france the pope's in italy. you know they became powerful in the first half of the fifteenth century because they were banking family who were first to really use the power of double entry bookkeeping so they were the ones that became very powerful from that which is interesting in today when we have bitcoin and triple entry bookkeeping so they became powerful through that they brought us the likes they were patronage of the arts they had some like from davinci to raphael they financed these guys so you know they did bring us some good stuff but the warning on it is coming up really though they were fantastically wealthy at the time and what happened well america the media cycle in the corporate powers and politics a recent paper by luigi zingales of the university of chicago titled towards a political theory of the firm deals with the issue of rent seeking behavior by monopolistic firms throu

at least not right away out of there was florence levy joins us live now from the chinese capital beijing front so just talk us through beijing's reaction to these trade tariffs imposed by donald trump. well i think the chinese of fear is they are absolutely furious at what's hit them and they are hitting back they're hitting back hard we heard the chinese commerce ministry issued a statement shortly after trump made his announcement and they said they would respond with taxation measures of the same measure of the same scale and then they've released a list of products of u.s. products that are going to be affected by these chinese tariffs and this list is an expanded list from initial initial one hundred and six products in april to now on six hundred fifty nine types of goods and this first list this first tranche of tires they will come into effect just like the u.s. tariffs on the sixth of july and this will hit u.s. farmers because these tariffs will hit farm products including soybean pork chicken seafood as well as automobile manufacturers and then there's a second tranche that's

correspondent florence li who's there in beijing and florence . underlining the importance of this relationship this is president his first overseas visit since israel action and again emphasizing the fact that these two powers are an important alternative to u.s. germany. that's right and in fact putin is actually here for the summit of the shanghai cooperation dialogue this is this was set up in two thousand and one by six countries russia and china among them and it's seen by some as a counterweight to the grouping the blocks that are traditionally dominated by the united states now these two countries want to build closer ties as you mentioned to challenge the united states and the closer ties also come in part because these two men bloody near putin and paying actually share a very good relationship as well but the reason why they want to why it's important the two countries cede it to build closer ties is because their relationship with the u.s. is becoming more fraught now russia has been accused of meddling in u.s. elections it's also incr

all right florence louie live for us in beijing florence thank you. all. ok and as we can see right now the reason we pause there is because u.s. president donald trump is indeed as you can see making his way to the podium to give a press conference after his meeting with the north korean leader kim jong il so let's let's listen. to go back at a tremendous. twenty four hours we've had a tremendous three months actually because this has been going on for quite a while and that was a tape that we gave to chairman kim and his people his representatives and captures a lot captures what could be done and that's a great a great place has a potential to be an incredible place between south korea if you think about it in china it's got tremendous potential and i think he understands that he wants to do what's right and it's my honor today to address the people of the world following this very historic summit with chairman kim jong il of north korea spent very intensive hours together and i think most of you have gotten the signed document or you will very shortly

analysts say the unified message from china also presents a challenge to the west in that world order florence li al-jazeera beijing. china as leader of course is one member or one head of state that won't be present at that summit historic summit between the leader of the united states and north korea however china does have a lot of influence in that issue let's go back to our diplomatic editor james bays he's joining us now live from singapore and james we saw a few moments ago some latest pictures of the motorcade of the u.s. president heading towards around the standard meeting with singapore's prime minister no doubt there's some last minute diplomacy or mediation could we say taking place to try and set everything up for tomorrow's meeting. well yes this is the first time that we've seen either of the key leaders that we want to see kim or trump since their arrival pictures at the airport there's quite a lot going on as we speak in two locations one of them is the hotel just there the ritz carlton where a minute ago the meeting between the north korean delegation and the u.s. delegation

counterpart putin was given a medal by xi jinping who called the russian leader his best friend florence louis reports from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin and what it for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development. it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that both are keen to show they retain influence over north korea. and i see. we've talked about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east and asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry ou

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louis is there for us so fruitful but frank have these talks achieved anything yet florence. more as far as we know not what the u.s. officials have been hoping for now going into these talks the u.s. officials had a few objectives they were hoping to discuss better protection for intellectual property rights they were home.

analysts say the unified message from china also presents a challenge to the west in that world order florence li al jazeera beijing. well the white house a stepped up its verbal attacks on justin trudeau with top of visors claiming the canadian prime minister stumped as in the back at the g. seven summit trudeau avoided questions from waiting media in quebec donald trump labeled him weak and dishonest or comments made after the summit trudeau told reporters the us president's decision to invoke national security as a reason for his still trade tariffs was kind of insulting mike hanna joins me now from washington michael it rather than them making up it seems this war of words is actually escalating is indeed quite extraordinary the depth of this ongoing dispute between president trump and allies such as canada president making very clear his feelings about the canadian prime minister just minutes after the prime minister had announced a united g seven well in the course of this day president trumps advisors have been doubling down on his comments on larry kudlow his economics adviser said tha

counterpart putin was given a medal by xi jinping who called the russian leader his best friend florence three reports from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development. it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that both are keen to show they retain influence over north korea. and i see. we talked about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east and asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us it will carry out const

the foreign ministers respectively of the united states and china and listening to that with us is florence lu our correspondent who's in beijing and flora's i was quite struck by the friendly cooperative tone between the two men both of the being quite quite brief in their comments but seeming to be very much on the same page which is what we've been discussing all morning as to whether china and the u.s. see this north korean issue in exactly the same way. absolutely you know after the thing of course summit took place some commentators have said that it appears as if china's vision of denuclearization on the korean peninsula has emerged dominant and this is following president trump's remarks that the u.s. will suspend war games war games that it or military drills that it carries out in south korea with the south korean military because this is something along the lines of what china has been advocating freeze for freeze north korea giving up its nuclear and missile test in return for the u.s. giving up the military drills with south korea so it does appear that the relations between ch

yeah china may not be at the negotiation table but he'll be looking to make its presence felt of florence joins me now from beijing as you say while all eyes might be on singapore china knows all too well that it really does have that vested interest in the outcome of these talks. absolutely these two countries have been really close allies in the past from the time when.

china's been hosting the shanghai cooperation organization summit let's go live now to florence or hereis in beijing and what's come out of it so far. well you know some analysts see this shanghai cooperation organization or f c o as a counterweight to the groupings and let the lead dominated by the u.s. and its allies now this organization is made up of eight members it's led by china and russia it was set up in two thousand and ones and nearly two decades ago now recently included india and pakistan and its grouping and with that it represents about forty percent of the world's population but only about twenty percent of the world's g.d.p. so in terms of economic and trade it isn't really a heavyweight but because it's got china and russia it is a bit of a these are two heavyweights in the international arena and we've already seen some leaders taking the opportunity using this summit as a chance to speak up to speak up we've seen we've heard the iranian president criticize the u.s. for what he calls unilateralism in withdrawing from the iranian nuclear deal not only that he's praised

calls economic rivals the agreement signed on friday go a long way in strengthening that partnership florence. beijing. now the u.s. says chinese government hackers have stolen large amounts of highly sensitive data about its submarine technology the washington post reports the breaches took place at the beginning of the year the hackers are believed to have attained secret u.s. navy plans to develop a supersonic anti ship missile by twenty twenty the news comes as the trumpet ministrations seeks china's support of persuading north korea to denuclearize four palestinians including a fifteen year old boy have been killed after israeli forces fired live rounds and teargas that protesters against near the gaza border the palestinian health ministry says more than six hundred others have been injured in the violence israel says the action was taken after kites carrying explosives were flown near the fence israeli forces have killed at least one hundred nineteen palestinians and demonstrations which began late march hamas leader ismail haniyeh says protests will continue until the israeli blockade

counterpart putin was given a medal by xi jinping who called the russian leader his best friend florence louis reports from beijing. a friendship medal for russian president vladimir putin awarded for what china says is putin's outstanding contribution to china's development. it's a sign of ever closer ties between the two men and the two countries both announced several business deals including a joint investment fund in projects in china and russia the closer relationship comes at a time when tensions with the u.s. have increased both the russians and chinese have been sidelined from tuesday's planned summit between trump and kim jong il despite that both are keen to show they retain influence over north korea. but i see you've seen two sort of we talked about the korean peninsula issue russia and china both want to see the korean peninsula and north east in asia enjoy the peace we are happy to see that the current negotiation process between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. is in the framework of the roadmap initiated by russia and china in recent communications pyongyang confirmed to us i

angle there china's been hosting the shanghai cooperation organization summit is go live now to florence and she's in beijing says several things have already come out of this summit one of them that emir putin says that he wants to meet when trump is ready. that's right now he said that he's ready to meet u.s. president donald trump face to face thought to be uprooted his remarks come just as donald trump said at the g seven meeting that perhaps it was time to allow russia back into the g. seven fold now and trump's remarks angered the rest of the g seven members particularly british prime minister the reason may who's accused russia of meddling in her country's affairs and also of conducting attacks on a former russian spy and his daughter in march on british soil now these remarks by vladimir putin most certainly while very likely be welcomed by donald trump but not so much by the g. seven members now it looks like and if a meeting does go ahead with trump and with between putin and trump could we perhaps see russia being welcomed back into the west and alliance including the g seven