giuseppe conte, a law professor with no political experience.ablishment coalition. it almost didn't happen at all. paolo savona, first choice for foreign minister and fierce critic of the euro, was rejected by the italian president. after desperate talks, a compromise was made, for giovanni tria, a more moderate academic who will now oversee italy's finances. an end to uncertainty, then, but perhaps the drama is onlyjust beginning. the new government already controversial. it's promised to deport half a million migrants, to lower taxes, spend more on welfare. one thing to keep in mind is that italian governments hardly ever last the entire five—year legislature. i have no reason to believe that this will be any different, especially because you have two wildly different parties in this coalition. there's the far right league, which has a very tough stance on immigration, with the five star movement, which really has a little bit more left—wing sympathies, so that is an issue between them. translation: the new government, it will be fine. even if

giuseppe conti, a law professor with biblical experience.st didn't happen at all. the fierce critic of the euro was rejected by the time present. desperate talks, mice in the shape of a moderate academic who now will oversee italy's finances. an end to uncertainty. but perhaps the drama has onlyjust begun. the new government already controversial. its promise to deport half a million migrants to lower taxes, spend more on welfare. one thing to keep in mind that the italian government has hardly ever —— entanglements hardly last the five—year legislature and there no reason to believe this to be any different discussion because you have two wildly different parties in this coalition. the far right league which has a very tough stance on immigration with the five star movement which has a little bit more left green said today. so that is an issue between them. translation: at the new government will be fine. we must change. at least we must try. translation: i hope this government will start well. we are living in a rather special moment sol w

giuseppe conte is finally sworn in by the president. christian crucifix in the entrance to every public building, the new law now in effect in the german state of bavaria. it has been a crazy, crazy ride and my parents have actually... and this 30—year—old finds himself at the centre of the news after a case of mistaken identity. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the meeting between the united states and north korea is back on. it follows the delivery of a letter from the north korean leader during a meeting at the white house between president trump and a close aide of kim jong—un. in a hint of the negotiations behind the scenes, mr trump said he believes the north korean leader wants denuclearisation but also other things along the line. chris buckler reports. the white house made a point of doing everything but rolling out the red carpet to welcome a former north korean intelligence chief. in the past, the united states has accused kim yong—chol of crimes including an attacking killing dozens of south korean seamen. but today he w

giuseppe conte leads a controversial populist government.ope, mexico and canada pledge to hit back at america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, promising retaliation. the german state of bavaria imposes a new law requiring a christian cross in the entrance to every public building. and vogue arabia defends its decision to feature a saudi princess as a symbol of women finally winning the right to drive. hello. the meeting between the united states and north korea is back on, for now at least. it follows the delivery of a letter from the north korean leader during a meeting at the white house between president trump and a close aide of kim jong—un. in a hint of the negotiations behind the scenes, mr trump said he believes the north korean leader wants denuclearisation but also other things along the line. chris buckler is in washington. the white house made a point of doing everything but rolling out the red carpet to welcome a former north korean intelligence chief. in the past, the united states has accused kim yong—chol of crime

giuseppe conte has for the second time in eight days been asked by the italian president to lead thete's government is expected to be sworn in later today, and he says his administration is ready to get to work for all italians. the indian government's attempt to sell a stake in the national carrier, air india, has failed to attract a single bidder. in march, the government announced they were going to sell three—quarters of the airline as a way of off—loading some of its $5 billion debt. but, despite a booming aviation market, prospective buyers stayed away. mps in the spanish parliament are due to vote today on a motion of no confidence against the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, following a huge corruption scandal involving the governing party. the motion was called by the socialist party and is expected to topple the prime minister and the government. people have been wearing lipstick for thousands of years, but for most of that time the authorities have denounced it as decadent. nowadays, however, billions of women and quite a few men wear it regularly, and it earns its m

in italy, the new prime minister, giuseppe conte, anand his cabinet have been swon in. they have a remarkably eurosceptic stance. he will ask what this could mean for the european union. in spain, lawmakers ousted mariano rajoy in a no-confidence vote. it was triggered by a corruption scandal in his party. socialist pedro sÁnchez is said to be the new man in charge. we meet a young mother at a refugee camp as the save the children charity publishes the end of childhood report. it examines the causes of childhood abuse and suffering. brent: i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. it is back on. u.s. president donald trump says he will meet north korean leader kim jong-il and in 11 days time. trump had earlier canceled the summit, which is intended to denuclearize north korea, citing belligerent rhetoric from determination. trump spent the last few hours today meeting with a senior north korean envoy who has left the white house. kim young chol is the hyatt -- kim yong chol is the highest-ranking figure from north korea to come to the white house and useful to he delive

harsh words now it's handshakes and back rubs french president emanuel and italian prime minister giuseppe contests are finding common ground despite their differences one is a european cheerleader the other the head of a euro skeptic government but both agree that the current rules for processing asylum seekers in their country of a rival are not working. the concept of a state of first entry must be reviewed whoever set foot in italy sets foot in europe. will be to make the math that today the current system does not work at the moment. the solidarity system is designed with quotas did not deliver satisfactory results we must find

giuseppe conte has been sworn in as italy's prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock.eaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers. the president had previously rejected his pick for finance minister. the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office this week. 0ne pressing issue facing his successor is the future of the northeastern region of catalonia, where an unsanctioned referendum on independence was held last year. niall 0'gallagher reports for our world. barcelona. capital of catalonia. 0ne of the most prosperous parts of spain. it has a distinct culture, and its own language. but under the dictatorship of general francisco franco, speaking catalan was banned and the region's autonomy was lost. when democracy was restored, catalonia was able to govern itself within spain, and most people here expected that. —— accepted that. but recently support for independence has risen, and the region's people are now split on whether they should remain part of this pain. —— part of spain. with political tension rising,

giuseppe conte has been sworn in as italy's prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock.he leaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers. the president had previously rejected his pick for finance minister. now on bbc news, the witch hunts of papua new guinea. in papua new guinea, people live in fear of being branded a witch. people are accused of using witchcraft to kill people who have actually died of natural causes. it's really depressing because sometimes, sometimes they really come with very aggressive wounds their bodies. the belief is deeply ingrained in the community. identifying and bringing attackers to justice is a identifying and bringing attackers tojustice is a real challenge. i'm this is chimbu in the highlands of papua new guinea. the area is rife with sorcery accusations. he sorcery is known as sanguma. peter is a local policeman on a mission to help people accused of sanguma. people don't tend to believe in accidental or untimely deaths here. so when someone dies suddenly, an accusation is made. peter has a tough jo

, prime minister giuseppe conte? people to gain entry into the workplace. because it is not easy. we can get very discouraged. the trainee cooks at the italian chef academy in rome had some simply for their country‘s new leader. they told me that no one really enjoys being thrown in at the deep end. translation: a bit of anxiety and uncertainty on the first day. i thought i wouldn‘t manage to ove rco m e day. i thought i wouldn‘t manage to overcome some of obstacles. but if you have the commitment and the passion, you can easily overcome them. these trainees have time to learn the craft. the prime minister does not. well, as italy‘s political crisis abates, its mediterranean neighbour spain becomes embroiled in one. members of parliament there will vote later on a motion of no confidence against prime minister mariano rajoy. it follows a corruption scandal involving the governing party. the motion, called by the socialist party, is expected to topple the prime minister and the government. our europe reporter gavin le

italy's prime minister giuseppe conte calls for changes to europe's asylum system, after meeting in paris with president macron. day of the world cup ends with a thriller, a hatful of goals for christiano ronaldo as portugal take on spain in the game of the tournament so far. and sending his voice to the stars, a final tribute to the physicist stephen hawking, his words, broadcast into space. lol welcome to the programme. president trump has confirmed us tariffs targeting $50 billion worth of chinese imports. the 25% import duties make good on his pledge to punish china's alleged theft of us intellectual property. and to redress the large trade imbalance between the countries. the us will begin collecting 25% tariffs onjuly the 6th, on a list of 818 chinese product lines, worth $34 billion. washington says tariffs on a second tranche of 284 product lines, worth another $16 billion, will go into effect later, after a consultation period. the new us import duties come just days after mr trump infuriated europe and trading partners, including china, with tariffs on steel and aluminium import

>> let's get more on that giuseppe conte and emmanuel macron meeting. good to see you.almost got canceled. can you tell us why it is back on? macron,somehow emmanuel the french president, manage to calm down the diplomatic tensions with italy, with giuseppe conte on wednesday night. this is after emmanuel macron criticize italy for being cynical and responsible -- irresponsible. macron told giuseppe conte on the phone on wednesday that these were not meant to be offensive -- these comments were not meant to be offensive for italy. obviously what these new solutions are that emmanuel macron is thinking of. if you look at the numbers, we had this eu-turkey agreement in 2016, which reduced the numbers to greece. we had another similar agreement between libya, italy, and the eu last year. italy still has the highest , with more than 15,000 arrivals since the beginning of this year. >> it is interesting, isn't it? hotre as you say, pass the high turf of the immigration numbers. could this issue derail the eu unity that chronic -- emmanuel macron hopes for? in terms of taking

italy's prime minister, giuseppe conte, agreed to attend, but only after a phone call and assurances from german chancellor angela merkel. her political future is on the line as she pushes for european union solution on migration. also coming up, where are their parents? trump says border agents are trying to reunite migrant children separated from their mothers and fathers. a public backlash forced him to scrap a policy which took 2000 children away from their families. we will get the latest from washington. plus, campaigning for the next election in erdogan's, turkey, what is ankara turns away an international observer from germany, we asked how likely is sunday's election to be fair? also coming up on the show, heading to the world cup. argentina clash with croatia. there were some spectacular goals on show. we bring you the action from that and all of thursday's other world cup games sto. brent: i'm brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight the european union's volatile stance on migration is on display yet again. emergency talks are planned for sunday, and italy has c

migration also topping the agenda with emmanuel macron meeting with giuseppe conte's in paris.fter the talks macron called for profound reform of the european union's migration policy. the summit past update after a tense exchange earlier in the week over italy's refusal to let migrant ships docked at its ports. reporter: days ago they exchanged harsh words. now it is handshake and back rubs. french president emmanuel macron and italian prime minister giuseppe conti are finding common ground despite their differences. one is a european cheerleader, the other the head of the eurosceptic government. but both agreed that the current rules for processing asylum-seekers are not working. >> the concept of a state entry must be reviewed. whoever set t foot in italy sets foot in europe. >> today the current system does not work. solidarity system is designed with quotas and did not deliver satisfactory result. we must find something so each state can bear responsibility for migrants on its territory but also allow for solidarity to the geographical situation does not result in an unsus

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with the exception of italy, currently down 8/10 of 1% after giuseppe content -- conte said he wantednd $130 billion taxes at the same time, until is feeling pain right now, but europe is doing quite well. other countries are above water. new prime minister passing the first hurdle. he won the no-confidence vote in the senate, but the markets didn't like what they heard. saw a backing up of yields in the bond markets yesterday. the market is looking at a spending plan. we see significant repricing of italian assets. we are getting a potential down like. -- down leg. how does what we are seeing in italy stacked up -- stack up against the historical pattern? >> investors have this sort of attitude, all in, all out, on markets. the word comes from embezzle, their victims don't ow they are being preppef. when you know, you all of a seven we price. if you chart what happened on the italian yields with some of the other assets that are more toys "r" us,s micro markets that have big moves into you do not expect this on something like you do notds -- and expect this on something like italian

details of the phone call tonight between theresa may may and giuseppe conte.overed after their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. the defence ministry says 68 were rescued off sfax province. tunisia is a departure point for migrants heading to italy. another nine people died, after a speedboat carrying refugees sank off the southern coast of turkey. a 17—year—old boy has been stabbed to death in ipswich, in what was police believe was a targeted attack. witnesses said the teenager was leaving a shop in the nacton area of the town yesterday afternoon when he was attacked by two men. he died later in hospital. a 41—year—old man has been arrested. police officers visited a house in surrey today where it's thought a hitman hired to kill the lover of former liberal leader jeremy thorpe is living. police had said andrew newton was dead — but he's now believed to be alive and using a different name. his apparent death was one of the reasons given to thorpe's former lover — norman scott — for dropping a conspiracy to murder investigation. duncan kennedy reports.

giuseppe conte has been sworn in as italy's prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock.eaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers. the president had previously rejected his pick for finance minister. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this a of a bit of a lot of ”if? once a world—renowned hay festival. once a small town of books hailed wide in... hosts thousands of visitors. hay is a great place to hear from walters, scientists and big thinkers and when you done all that, you can come and see us and when you done all that, you can come and see us too “— and when you done all that, you can come and see us too —— authors. for the third year in a row we've been asked to show off some cool tech in front of a live audience. of course, we turned some into communist vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you feel like you're their? year. i can turn round and i can see everything, i've got a whole room. we play mind games with dog that... even though you know it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wr

also coming up he's back after abandoning his bid to be italy's prime minister last week giuseppe conti will take the post after all this after the two main populist parties make a last ditch deal to form a government. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. the european union is waking up to an economic gut punch just a few hours ago the united states impose tariffs on steel and aluminum on the european union it's doing the same for canada and mexico negotiations in paris to avert the tariffs failed and now all three are vowing to retaliate with countermeasures against u.s. products the standoff has sparked fears of a global trade war. canada is the largest exporter of steel and aluminum to the u.s. both metals are critical for the american defense industry with applications in aircraft and tanks in canada could be considered a national security threat to the united states is inconceivable the northern neighbor says it will now impose proportional import tariffs on u.s. products as diverse as yogurt coffee washing machines and lawn mowers. to the south mexico has promised its own tarif

btp was on the move as a result of giuseppe speaking.t on bloomberg television later on. michael spencer is the next group ceo. infrastructure the story in the city of luncheon -- london. he will be joining us at 8:30 a.m. withantial strategic news -- from them. m&a will be on the agenda. let's get the bloomberg first word news. here is juliette saly in singapore. juliette: donald trump is set to meet japan's shinzo abe ahead of next week's historic north korean summit. the white house wants kim jong-un to put commit to a timetable to surrender his country's nuclear arsenal. north korea has bristled at u.s. officials' insistence it must agree before reserving -- receiving anything in return. we will bring you the news conference live from 7:00 a.m. u.k. time. donald trump's top economic advisor has attempted to ease concerns over trade disputes. he said trump will meet one-on-one with justin trudeau and french president emmanuel macron during the two-day meeting. >> we are talking everything through. it may -- that may be disagreements,

president the republic who loves italy and wants to succeed together to obtain a strong europe thank you giuseppe. i'm really delighted to have been able to meet. president. today my first visit has the new prime minister of italy i would like to thank him for this opportunity and also for the exchange with opinions which we have had much appreciated it. we have. concerted to work on the principle challenges before. migration and of course the eurozone will be at the center of discussions at the euro. council at the end of june we want a stronger more fair europe one which helps all the citizens of italy but also other countries. i think that we have really come to a moment where we are going to. turn a leaf and i would like to thank president particularly for this i think we also ought to change strategies and have a really consistent policy with european values reinforcing strengthening particularly the security fundamental securities of the continent and. of europe as a whole. we have always said and i repeat it again the treaty of dublin must change italy is very much against the proposals wh

is ftse mib, the italian index no doubt spooked by some of the comments from new prime minister giuseppe conte and his future budget-busting measures, as they're now known as, on what they're planning to do on the fiscal side no doubt will set them at logger heads with their european counterparts. but the picture for the rest of the european indices is moderately positive. ftse 100 leading, up 20 points or so or about 0.33% let's see where the leadership is coming from basic resources at the top up 1.3% in today's trading. oil and gas has rebounded in line with the move we've seen in spots and underperforming, household goods down 0.4%. >>> let's go to our main story the euro has hit a ten-day high against the dollar after ecb's chief economist said the cenal bank will discuss an end to bon. ed thaflion is rising back towards its target and expectations of a qe exit had wanes among weak economic data and political uncertainty in italy bundesbank president jans weidmann has weighed in. he says it's plausible that the ecb's qe program will be wound downy the end of the year and added that

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the italian leader, giuseppe co nte, italy.th big new ideas and new ways of looking at the problem from a european perspective. he hasn't told us what they are but he is determined to change the conversation in brussels on migration. going into these talks a couple of lines were coming into us from the newsroom, particularly from france's president macron saint eu leaders should not betray their values. a rebuke at italy. how much have those values changed and how much of a threat is this to eu cohesiveness? it is a threat to cohesion, of course. you have a pretty direct disagreement between the newly elected italian government, which has a pretty clear mandate to control immigration, and angela merkel. in terms of emmanuel macron's remarks, you can give them a lofty interpretation as has been seen a lofty interpretation as has been seenin a lofty interpretation as has been seen in some a lofty interpretation as has been seen in some news a lofty interpretation as has been seen in some news agencies but i would be inclined to s

but after a week of back and forth italy finally swore in its new government political newcomer giuseppe conte a little known law professor will lead an anti-establishment coalition as the country's new prime minister. for the italians he will give it our best. the country needs confidence it needs to lay the groundwork to take everyone forward with dignity and pride. words intended to build trust currently in short supply in italy's markets the debt securities have been in freefall and there are major concerns about how a new government will behave towards the euro and the european union and whether italy will try to leave the block any time soon the new government has a huge hole to climb out of italy is two point three trillion euros in debt that's the equivalent of one hundred thirty two percent of its g.d.p. should the e.c.b. and its low interest rate policy italy would face higher interest payments which could lead to financial collapse unemployment in the country stands at around ten point two percent but labor market reforms are progressing slowly and previous governments have ye

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giuseppe conte leads a controversial populist government.ledge to hit back at america's new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, promising retaliation. the german state of bavaria imposes a new law requiring a christian cross in the entrance to every public building. and vogue arabia defends its decision to feature a saudi princess as a symbol of women finally winning the right to drive.

and italy's first populist government has been sworn in little known law professor giuseppe contactedleads a coalition made up of politicians from the anti establishment five star movement on the far right in the party as armenians three months of political deadlock since election in march you're up to date with your headline stay with us on our next stop it's rewind. hello and welcome again to rewind to i'm laura cairo and this series we're revisiting some of the best documentaries on al-jazeera english since we launched more than a decade ago back in twenty thousand the people in power series traveled to west africa to expose the shocking story of how young gone and children were being murdered because of the mistaken belief they were possessed by evil spirits no one knows the.

sworn in bringing an end to three months of political deadlock little known result of professor giuseppe contests and it's a coalition of the anti establishment five star movement and far right party. has more from rome. hunting over to the new prime minister paolo gentle only makes way for law professor giuseppe conti marking the first time italy's so-called populists have been in government ruled the is very cool i swear to be a lot of republican faithful respect its constitution and its laws and to exercise my role in the exclusive interest of the public. the financial markets have reacted positively to the new governments with shares in italian banks gaining more than three percent on friday but this is unknown territory for italy and the new administration is promising big changes the incoming interior minister matteo salvini head of the far right league wants to expel hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants he's recently talked about setting up detention centers across the country while he's equally ambitious rival five star leader luigi to my old buddy labor and industry mi

in the coalition of the far right league and populist five star movement is led by prime minister giuseppe conte who is not affiliated to a political party one of his deputies is legal. i swear to be faithful to the republic to observe its constitution and laws and to exercise my functions in the exclusive interest of the nation. but if the new minister for european affairs paolo savona is a staunch critic of the euro and of germany and has described the common currency as a german cage it was his proposed appointment as finance minister that led president said joe matter l.-a to veto the coalition's first attempt to form a government. and. it's not true that they want to distance us from europe. i think they want to fundamentally reshape europe i mean. i think they've made promises that they won't keep but. what chaos i hope they really are united. paolo gentil loney is now handing over official duties to his successor contests in the coming weeks the chamber of deputies and the senate are expected to pass votes of confidence in the new government. in spain socialist leader pedro sanchez

giuseppe conte has been sworn in as italy's prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock. leaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers. the president had previously rejected his pick for finance minister. in about ten minutes on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. but first, here's click. a bit of rain, a bit of sun and a lot of books. that's the world—renowned hay festival. once a year, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales border, hosts thousands of visitors, ready to fill their boots with fact, fiction, opinion and debate. screams hay is a great place to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see asked too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with ne

and every time we betray them we do damage italian prime minister giuseppe conti once an overhaul of the so-called dublin agreement under which asylum seekers must be processed in the country they arrive italy says that will ensure a more equal distribution across the e.u. and open the door for bilateral agreements on the repatriation of migrants and that's exactly what angle of merkel once she does not want to send refugees back to another each member state without that country's agreement after the talks merkel was optimistic. wherever possible of course we want to find european solutions and where this is not possible we want to bring together those who are willing and work out a common plan of action. every willing european partner strengthens michael back home in her dispute with her conservative c.s.u. sister party at the end of this week the chancellor must be able to show them what she has achieved. i'm joined now by the political correspondent max cautious so max the full you leader summit is taking place next week and america is domestic critics have basically given her unt

the concern about giuseppe conti, the newme minister behind the populist vote. you will see money go to the poor, cisco expansion to the tune of 120 billion eurosaccordi that will start to increase the pressure between the eu and those budget commitments. let's check out what is happening in terms of fx. i want to take a look at the great british pound. up 0.2%. we havee fuel of the u.k. economy doing better than expected, three-month high or services. see the british pound tick higher as the boe seems to be vindicated for that selloff. that issue with the overall gdp growth was just a temporary one. julie: let's check in on bloomberg first word news. >> the u.s. has quietly asked saudi arabia and other opec members to boost oil production. the trumpinion wants anonlln barrels a day to become. u.s. gasoline prices have hit their highest levels in three years. the trump administration has publicly complained about oil prices. the present tweeted that the russian witchhunt hopes continues because jeff sessions .id not tell him leaderu.k., labour party jimmy carter

and every time we betray them we do damage italian prime minister giuseppe conti once an overhaul of the so-called dublin agreement under which asylum seekers must be processed in the country they arrive italy says that will ensure a more equal distribution across the e.u. and open the door for bilateral agreements on the repatriation of migrants and that's exactly what angola merkel once she does not want to send refugees back to another member state without that country's agreement after the talks merkel was optimistic. we have a possible of course we want to find european solutions and why this is not possible we want to bring together those who are willing and work out a common plan of action. every willing european partners strengthens my coben her dispute with her conservative c.s.u. sister party at the end of this week the chance of the must be able to show them what she has achieved now to some of the other stories making news around the world the libyan coast guard says it has rescued several hundred migrants from rubber dinghies in a series of operations off the north afric

giuseppe conte is finally sworn in by the president. but in spain, it's goodbye.from office by a vote of no—confidence. caught in the crossfire of a trade war? the eu plans to raise duty on harley—davidson motorbikes and other goods unless us withdraws tariffs on steel. it is very unfortunate if we get into this tit—for—tat position, especially with one of our closest

politics, and italy, and this is the maiden speech on the part of a new prime minister of italy, giuseppeonte, he has no political experience, a lawyer, this is this first foray as it were, and he is pretty high profile. he had a lot to say about russia, president putin, which will not be going down well i imagine that this european neighbours. no, it is slightly odd. i'm not sure of this motivation. it aims to be another example of this trend towards populism we are seeing across the world. is that populism, two align yourself to president putin? i don't understand. it has not been clearly explained. he just think it is a bad thing. he hadn't explained it. he is also deciding that we need to crack down on immigrants, and that is this major thing, and it is once again mirroring the likes of trump and so forth. he is claiming he has stated this maiden speech that he is not a racist. the problem, as soon as you start demonising migrants in some way, they have half a million illegal immigrants. it is perceived asa illegal immigrants. it is perceived as a major problem and they have terrible

italy's prime minister giuseppe conte calls for changes to europe's asylum system, after meeting in paris. day of the world cup ends with a thriller, a hatful of goals for christiano ronaldo as portugal take on spain in the game of the tournament so far. and sending his voice to the stars, a final tribute to the physicist stephen hawking, his words, broadcast into space.

three months on from the election, we know that the new prime minister will be giuseppe conte, an academicielded by the leader of the league, and the leader of the movement, in their rather peculiar coalition. this is notjust any party of government, this is a populist government, this is a government that is anti—system, which brings the left and the far right together. these people have basically nothing in common, other than their stance, which is anti—system, the fact they want to lower taxes and the fact they want to reverse pension reform which had upped the age of retirement. aside from that, they disagree on pretty much everything! the big problem for italy is its debt pile, which is effectively one and a half times bigger than ours, the coalition‘s big spending plan could scare investors who currently lends to italy and may wonder if they will be repaid and that could create crisis. will the coalition really pursue the bank? reality will impose itself on the fantasies, let's say, of the electoral campaign. parties which have never been in government. fortunately there is a sort of

giuseppe conte, a political novice, will be sworn in later today.eone less opposed to the euro and the eu in general. james reynolds in rome has been gauging the political temperature. the apprentices at the sargassi hair academy in rome know what their country's new prime minister must be feeling. starting a newjob, with no experience, can be nerve—racking. romana andriani comes here twice a week. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. i hope, i hope. i trust him. you trust the new prime minister? yes. because i... you don't know him, you don't know him. but he has been selected by people who have experience, so, yes, and he is good—looking. he's good—looking? yeah. he's good—looking. he seems a nice person. so what advice do these apprentices have for their fellow novice, prime minister giuseppe conte? translation: i hope they give more opportunities to young people to gain entry into the workplace. because it's not easy. we can get very discouraged. the trainee cooks at the italian chef academy, in rome, have some sympathy for

barbara so political newcomer giuseppe conte is the house now been sworn in as prime minister tell us about the rest of his populist cabinet . it is and that's a remarkable fact it is a cabinet largely made up of total political newcomers novices if you want the only exception is the foreign minister but everybody else has and says so far not even organized city hall and that can well turn out to be one of the first and biggest challenges off this new government because they need to figure out what is this ministry that i am all of a sudden supposed to lead an organized particularly for finance minister here who yes to day nobody had ever heard of he's an economics professor from rome will have a hard time to come to grips with the challenges that the italian finance ministry being so it will not be an easy beginning after the festive part is over when prime minister comes they nominated paolo's to vote as finance minister italy's president said no because he was too euro skeptic now he's to be the e.u. minister should be you be worried. not about that at least phil because this is no

there are strains even within the european bloc the new italian prime minister giuseppe conte has openly expressed support for president trump. with tensions rising and a possible trade war looming amongst close allies the future of the g. seven is hard to gauge many observers have said it's likely this summit will end without a joint communique signed off on by all its members. i'm now joined by having a greek from the think tank german council on foreign relations trump says he wants russia back in the g. seven fold why is he so keen on getting moscow back at the table here can avoid thinking that this might be an attempt to divert attention from the conflicts inside the g seven i think trump has understood that the g. seven isn't united against him in this case japan wanted to have closer relations with russia italy as has been said the new government might be open for that so he might have caused some some. discussions inside the g seven that stop people talking about the trade issues that you think it was so in the direction of conflict and war now. it's too early to do that to take

giuseppe conte, the prime minister, used his debut speech to parliament to call for a fresh approach. the guardian carries a warning from the world bank who say the escalation of the trade tensions between the us and its major trading partners could have consequences for global trade equivalent to the 2008 financial crisis. the telegraph leads with criticisms being levelled at oxford and cambridge university for their lack of diversity. universities minister sam gyimah has attacked 0xbridge for its "staggering" failure to attract more black students. and finally, the atlantic says the miss america pageant is having a #metoo—era makeover. there will no longer be a bikini or swimsuit competition and contestants will no longer be judged on their outward appearance. is that possible? so, let's begin. with me is geraint anderson who's an author and former stock broker and columnist known as city boy. good to see you. let's start with the story about brexit and the opposition party in the uk, the labour party, jeremy corbyn saying we are going for a much softer approach. it seems like they

on the phone we have our values and every time we betray them we do damage italian prime minister giuseppe conti once an overhaul of the so-called dublin agreement under which asylum seekers must be processed in the country they arrive italy says that will ensure a more equal distribution across the e.u. and open the door for bilateral agreements on the repatriation of migrants and that's exactly what angle of merkel once she does not want to send refugees back to another evil member state without that country's agreement after the talks merkel was optimistic. before him wherever possible of course we want to find european solutions and where this is not possible we want to bring together those who are willing and work out a common plan of action. every willing european partners strengthens michael back home in her dispute with their conservative c.s.u. sister party at the end of this week the chancellor must be able to show them what she has achieved. and let's get the latest on the soccer world cup in russia and emily gosh it's from sports is here to guide us through it said emily englan