with africa giorgia meloni and her government are trying to come along term project.ut geopolitics, about redefining european order. this is about the role that italy wants to play in africa. also considering that other major players internationally are trying to have an influence, such as china. giorgia meloni has been criticising for a year france for having a colonial approach towards the african continent. now she wants to build a relationship with several countries in order to relaunch europe and to tackle the migration crisis from a different perspective. making africa a richer, more powerful international continent. good to have that assistant for the our bbc news reported joining us live from the newsroom. south africa's former presidentjacob zuma has been suspended by the anc — the political party he was once the leader of for more than nine years. anc party officials decided to take action against mr zuma after he created a political movement to directly rival his former party and then told people not to vote for the anc in this year's general election. sinc

movement that later transformed into the right-wing brothers of italy party, whose leader is giorgia meloniy. that in the us presidential elections it will be possible to vote without an id card, just take and send a ballot somewhere by mail, probably for the same reason the us does not allow international observers to its elections, and in general, if we take and analyze the election system overseas with these electors, primaries, voting by mail, you understand that all this is generally little like elections and even less like democracies. after the hearings, he approached american journalists and through them conveyed a message to biden personally to all democrats, if the court says, criminal cases.

and finally, australian open championjannik sinner has been honoured by italian premier giorgia meloniry after defeating daniil medvedev on sunday. that's just about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. a fairly potent area of low pressure is going to move to the north of the uk. it's been named storm ingunn by the norwegian metservice. the southern half of the uk is going to be bright and breezy on wednesday, but that storm will bring some strong winds and heavy rain across northern parts of the uk, particularly so for parts of scotland, where the strongest winds could reach around 85 mph. here's the storm system; you can see it developing here. it is moving well to the north of us. but just look at all those isobars heading our way through the day on wednesday. so that's the active front that's bringing the strong, squally winds and heavy rain. first thing, wednesday, i think temperatures are going to be nearfreezing, perhaps ev

giorgia meloni working with viktor orban to see if there is some incentive she could provide in termsving or bonds party join -- having viktor orban's party join the far right european coalition ahead of the european elections this summer. it is an effort west or leaders have been trying for months to make progress on and have so far failed. kriti: it is an interesting dynamic between italy, hungary, the united states even, all to deal with a war that is entering i believe its third year in 2024. bill faries, thank you for walking us through that story. other top stories from around the world, the white house is backing legislation that would let it see some of $300 billion in frozen russian assets to pay for the reconstruction of ukraine. bill was just talking about funding that was indeed stuck. president biden's support for the move comes with republicans in congress blocking more than $60 million in that funding, concerned the u.s. is carrying too much financial burden as kyiv's counteroffensive stalls. joe biden intends to dispatch a bipartisan delegation of former officials to t

in her opening speech, italy's prime minister giorgia meloni provided some details of infrastructure project named mate plan, which aims at resetting the colonial and neocolonial relationships. africa is not poor as it is often described, our mate plan holds a new approach, not predatory, not paternalistic, but not charitable either, and you would focus on six macro areas: education, food, water, agriculture, energy and infrastructure. open criticism of. meloni's unilateral proposal came among others from the african union commission chairman musa faki mahamat who stressed that african countries wanted to be consulted before rome unveiled its development plan for africa. this italy africa summit leaves me rather puzzled. the way the meeting was organized does not respect african countries dignity. there is no reciprocity. it's just a project outlined by one side only, namely. far right italian prime minister whose rhetoric has always been centered around clamping down on african migrants. african analysts residing in rome also fear that the overarching goal of the summit is expanding

as bloomberg reports , giorgia meloni, the prime minister of italy, is working with orban, who does notwn citizens to kiev. she also calls for a rebranding of relations like orban himself. with zelensky, and official budapest with kiev. about active cooperation with ukraine is talked about in the uk, where the newly appointed foreign minister declared his readiness to fight to the last ukrainian. we are ready to provide support to ukraine throughout the twenty -fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth years, because this conflict is a serious challenge for our generation. add up the gdp of the coalition country, we surpass russia by a ratio of 25 to one. it shouldn't be for us. impossible to reach a sufficiently industrialized level, but european military experts are confident that american volumes the military-industrial complex of the old world will not be able to supply supplies, now there are simply no weapons factories in europe, they will have to be built from scratch, and by cutting the budget of social spheres, the british publication telegraph writes about this, but from an industria

italian prime minister giorgia meloni and german chancellor olaf scholz discussed military and financial support for ukraine before the eu summit, which will take place on february 1. their telephone conversation was reported in the italian press service. i'll remind you, earlier scholz stated that germany planned to double military aid to ukraine, and expected other eu countries to increase their contributions as well. the leader of the democratic people's republic of korea, kim jong-un , said that south korea is the main enemy of his country, and he has no intention of avoiding war, according to the state information there. agency, he asserts that the dprk will not hesitate to destroy south korea by mobilizing all available means and forces. the south korean dictator also announced a new military policy industry north korea is intensifying preparations for war. armed men seized the studio of a national tv channel in ecuador. the presenters were taken hostage during the live broadcast. this was reported by the reuters news agency . they managed to arrest 13 attackers and evacuate the em

the publication notes that the prime minister of italy, giorgia meloni, is steadfast in her intentionto help ukraine. however , the five star opposition movement opposes the further shipment of weapons to ukraine. the european union begins screening ukraine before the start of accession negotiations. this was stated in the press service of the vice prime minister for european and euro-atlantic integration olga stefanishyna. the ukrainian delegation took participation in the meeting regarding the initiation of screening in brussels. i note that this is important. the process of evaluating ukrainian legislation for compliance with eu law. later, ukraine should form road maps in the areas of the rule of law, freedom of movement of persons and public administration reform. only five bodies were brought to the belohorod morgue, which corresponds to the number of personnel of the il-76 crew, ukrainian intelligence representative andriy yusov told radio liberty. he noted: they should have been on the plane. a few tweets from the military and political representation of the aggressor state, b

at a summit of african leaders, giorgia meloni, said her government will commit $6 billion to the plann red alert to warn about dangerous extreme heat that is moving across parts of the country. they're cautioning people to stay in indoors and hydrate. wednesday is forecast to be the hottest day with temperatures reaching 35 degrees celsius. authorities in spain's southern andalusia region have approved new measures to combat a country—wide drought with reservoirs at dangerously low levels. the measures include financial support for desalination efforts and reservoir improvements. officials have warned water usage restrictions will begin in the region's biggest cities of seville, cordoba and malaga by summer if there's not substantial rain soon. it may feel like winter hasn't even arrived yet in those parts of spain with unseasonably warm and dry weather, people in the town of ituren have already moved to try to set the stage for spring. sheepskin—clad dancers with heavy bronze bells strapped to their backs took to the streets to perform a lengthy ritual dance to ward off evil spirits.

the publication notes that italian prime minister giorgia meloni is steadfast in her intention to help ukraine. however , the five star opposition movement opposes the further shipment of weapons to ukraine. i remind you that the espresso tv channel is collecting funds for the soldiers of the 128th separate mountain division. assault brigade on binocular vision. our defenders perform combat tasks mainly at night, so the device is extremely necessary for them, good vision in the dark not only saves, but also helps destroy the enemy. our goal is uah 170,000. we already have 144 thousand in our account. you see the details on the screen. an investment in the armed forces is a contribution to our freedom and independence. the new president of ukraine. football was headed by ex-coach of the national team andriy shevchenko. the winner of the golden ball had no competitors, his candidacy was unanimously nominated by all permanent members of the association a month before the elections. 93 delegates from 1994 voted directly for shevchenko at the congress. andriy himself did not vote for himsel

is trying to return the interest of the western public to the conflict, and they are trying to giorgia meloniime minister of italy, is working to convince colleagues within the european union, as bloomberg reports, with orban, who does not want to send the taxes of his own citizens to kiev, and she is calling for a rebranding of relations between both orban himself and zelensky, and official budapest with kiev. they talk about active cooperation with ukraine in velikri. this is a serious challenge for our generation: add up the gdp of the coalition country, we outnumber russia by 25 to one, it should not be impossible for us to achieve sufficient industrially developed level, but european military experts are sure: the military-industrial complex of the old world will not be able to handle american supply volumes. now there are simply no weapons factories in europe; they will have to be built from scratch, and at the expense of budget cuts in social spheres. the british publication telegraph writes about this, but from an industrial point of view, according to journalists, russian troops are

at a summit of african leaders, giorgia meloni, said her government will commit $6 billion to the plan investment in african economies as a way of reducing the need to migrate. police in brazil raided a holiday home linked to carlos bolsonaro, one of the sons of former presidentjair bolsonaro. the search is part of an investigation into allegations that political enemies of president bolsonaro were spied on illegally by the brazilian intelligence service during his time in office. the former president was staying at the residence with his sons before police arrived. south africa's ruling anc party has suspended former presidentjacob zuma after he gave his backing to a rival group for this year's national elections. it's the latest sign of strain between mr zuma and current leader cyril ramaphosa. mr zuma's nine years as president were rocked by scandal. an official inquiry said the former president placed the interests of corrupt associates ahead of those of his country. french farmers have blocked highways near paris and across the country as part of continuing protests against fallin

at a summit of african leaders, giorgia meloni said her government will commit $6 billion to the planway of reducing the need to migrate. the court of arbitration for sport has banned the russian figure skater kamila valieva for four years for doping violations. the failed test took place before the 2022 winter olympics, where she helped the russian team win gold. this means that russia is likely to be stripped of its gold medal. the international skating union will publish a full statement on the matter on tuesday. french farmers have blocked highways near paris and across the country as part of continuing protests against falling incomes, high inflation, and competition from imports. french authorities say 15,000 police have been mobilised to prevent tractors from entering paris and the big cities. the protests follow similar demonstrations in other european countries, including germany and poland. very little is known about how great white sharks reproduce. however, one youtuber and drone operator may have taken a video of something never seen before. it's thought this could be the

the prime minister he announced in december to giorgia meloni . he said he was giorgia meloni.k that, and i going to look at that, and i want him to get a on with want him to get a move on with that because i think that will grasp nettle. ready grasp the nettle. europe's ready to conversation the to have that conversation in the us ready to have it. so us is ready to have it. so i think that's how properly get think that's how we properly get control borders. and jane control of our borders. and jane stevenson, of course, you spoke to sunak then and to rishi sunak since then and you on quite well. did he you got on quite well. did he huggedit you got on quite well. did he hugged it out? no, he he absolutely knows where i stand. he i feel that i'd he accepts. i just feel that i'd like a slightly tougher bill. some party think it some people in my party think it will now . now some people will work now. now some people want bit softer . so want it a little bit softer. so the know news the disagreements i know news teams like to get a good schism story. i don't think we're that di

giorgia meloni blasted stellantis for the push to more production to low-cost countries.he country owns fiat and alfa and flags it is moving to morocco for ev makers. >>> and french farmers have set up road blocks across the country and set bales of hay alight they are calling on the french government to lose even regulations and protect them from cheap imports and rising costs. charlotte joins us now with more good morning, charlotte. it is not unusual to see strikes happening in france. tell us what makes this one different. >> it is interesting because the french government had been watching the protests by farmers in germany they have been worried about contagion effect in france it can get tough and difficult to revolve you don't want to get the farmers on your back the poll showed 80% of the people were supporting farmers in this case we have seen emmanuel macron put out a statement to listen to the demands of the farmers what are those demands that is difficult. the miryriad of concerns. the farmers have been facing higher costs with diesel and gas and electricity

i’ll tell you more, the current prime minister of italy, giorgia meloni, comes from the very neo-fascisthose members were yawning for time. in general, time passes and history repeats itself. italy's supreme court has ruled that fascist salutes are legal at rallies as long as they do not threaten public order or risk reviving the banned fascist party. the greeting or roman salute is a ritual reminiscent of the gesture characteristic of the defunct fascist party. therefore, is a crime under the fifth article of the szelba law, according to which, taking into account all the circumstances, such a gesture may pose a certain danger of the revival of the former fascist party. this is exactly what was noted at the joint sessions of the supreme court of cassation, held to resolve the fascist issue. the video came as a shock to italy, but not to the office of italian prime minister george miloni. a group of about 150 people raise their right hands in a fascist salute to commemorate the murder of three neo-fascists. the rally is held annually at the headquarters of the italian social movement. th

giorgia meloni support is young not middle aged and older. pritt stick i don't do any harm really interesting. >> i'm glad i haven't come across that yet. right across europe youth right europe it's the youth right across europe are saying we across europe who are saying we don't vision. across europe who are saying we dorwe vision. across europe who are saying we dorwe don't vision. old >> we don't want these old unelected brussels unelected people in brussels running our lives. actually, it's youth and the whole it's the youth and the whole european is falling european structure is falling apart. they're arguing like cats and dogs over migration , saying and dogs over migration, saying this for decades now it's every day now. >> it's going to fall apart any day it's happening. this politician going politician who it's going to fall but it's fall apart tomorrow. but it's not more robust not it's actually more robust than actually, thanks than ever. and actually, thanks to to brexit, you to you and thanks to brexit, you actually saw chaos in