only baldasare's brother giuseppe keeps his 20 acres.hoping to fulfill baldy's dream of an underground resort, but giuseppe needs help. >> my grandfather was 64. to take on a whole business, he just wasn't prepared to do that, so he leased it out. he thought this would be a great business venture. >> a business venture that would celebrate the craftsmanship of the sicilian immigrant and his vast underground gardens. >> the developer promised that he would get the resort going, but instead, he made it weird. >> what did they call it? >> oh, they call... yeah, well, okay, here it is. i know my family hates this, but it was called the human mole. come see the home of the human mole. >> the human mole? oh, my. >> and that infuriated giuseppe and the rest of the family. >> there it is, in print, even, "the secret world of the human mole." what an insult to a man of baldasare's vision. how sad. >> yes, it was. this beautiful accomplishment that he'd spent 40 years doing. somebody was trying to make it something weird. >> after the 10-year leas

prime minister giuseppe conte also said he would make five million euros available from central fundsollowing the collapse, which left 39 people dead and dozens injured. our correspondent, james reynolds,

prime minister giuseppe conte also said he would make five million euros available from central fundsollowing the collapse, which left 39 people dead and dozens injured. our correspondent, james reynolds, sent this report from genoa. can there be anyone left underneath all this? to find out, rescuers will have to search under every broken concrete slab. but signs of life from beneath the rubble have now died away. translation: we haven't heard any cries since yesterday afternoon, but we may still find survivors. looking up, you can see that some vehicles have been abandoned right on the edges of the section which is still standing, just ahead of the collapse. a few more seconds, and those drivers would have crashed to the ground. they were all incredibly lucky to survive. nicola and lisa henton—mitchell, from oxfordshire, were here on holiday with their two kids. they told me they were driving towards the bridge when they saw a commotion up ahead. people started shouting, waving their arms to reverse out the windows. and tooting horns and everything like that. and so we tried to rever

the prime minister, giuseppe conte, said the cabinet had also allocated nearly $6 million from centralcarried one of northern italy's main highways. the government has threatened to strip autostrade per l‘italia of its contract to maintain the road, but the company says it is confident it can prove it met its contractual obligations. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hello there. we're looking at quite a changeable spell of weather, really, over the next few days, with some rain around. we'll certainly get some rain as we go on through the next 2a hours. the satellite picture shows a band of cloud pushing in across the united kingdom for today, and this is rain—bearing cloud. now, we have seen three bands of rain that will tend to merge together into one as it moves its way in across england and wales as we go on through the next few hours. so there is some rain on the way for some of us. if you're out early a bit in the morning, a lot of cloud for england and wales, with bursts of heavy rain swinging across western england, wales, an

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will take in twenty italian prime minister giuseppe conti confound the catholic church will take in one hundred his interior minister emma teo sound vini is under investigation by sicilian prosecutors he's accused of the illegal detention of the migrants and abuse of office responding in a social media post he said if you want to interrogate me or even arrest me because i defend the borders and security of my country i'm proud and i look forward to it . italy's populace coalition wants to reduce the flow of migrants to it shows which have seen more than six hundred fifty thousand people arrive since twenty fourteen . match day one of the new bundesliga season is in the books and for us in dortmund have got off to an impressive start with a four one victory against leipzig earlier in the day anthony goal saw minds and beached at guard as they also start their season on a high. on newly promoted for tuna dusseldorf or not as lucky they hosted oxford in their season opener on saturday and left ethnic handed let's have a look. fortunato soldier are back in the bundesliga after five years fr

hospitals in the area inundated with those that have been injured we've got the prime minister of italy giuseppe conti on site at the moment to to follow up on what's been happening with the rescue operations as well and the scene of what has been the reaction among italians to this disaster and then asking questions among the state of the infrastructure in the country yes i mean ordinary talents if you speak to them or even if you look up on social media reaction reacting with shock really wondering how this could happen in twenty eighteen at this say well it's a question of maintenance the infrastructure projects bridges viaduct is either not been set aside or the projects have been postponed or entirely shelved and frankly the lives of ordinary italians should be put first is what they're saying we have the president of chile said. releasing a statement saying that what has happened today really a shocking disease grace and something that's absurd that those are his words and a many ordinary italians feeling that more needs to be done and perhaps this government this newly elected government

will take in twenty italian prime minister giuseppe conti confound the catholic church will take in one hundred is interior minister imitator salvini is under investigation by sicilian prosecutors he's accused of the illegal detention of the migrants and abusive office responding in a social media post he said if you want to interrogate me or even arrest me because i defend the borders and security of my country i'm proud and i look forward to it . italy's populist coalition wants to reduce the flow of migrants to it shows which have seen more than six hundred fifty thousand people arrive since twenty fourteen . sports now and the new bundesliga season got underway this weekend and saturday's. defeat leverkusen a club expecting to go far in the europa league this season indeed leverkusen as you then brown things his club should challenge for trophies like the german comp and the europa league. germany coach yogi love was on hand to see if you could back up his bullish comments with a big performance. and in the early stages but fed leon bailey whipped in a cross only for lucas a lot eas

will take in twenty italian prime minister giuseppe conti confound the catholic church will take in one hundred is interior minister imitator cell vini is under investigation by sicilian prosecutors he's accused of the illegal detention of the migrants and abuse of office responding in a social media post he said if you want to interrogate me or even arrest me because i defend the borders and security of my country i'm proud and i look forward to it . italy's populace coalition wants to reduce the flow of migrants to it shows which have seen more than six hundred fifty thousand people arrive since twenty fourteen . so. that means the bundesliga is back germany's top four kicking off this weekend with some high gains you won't be surprised to hear which. told us that things that there are some unexpected results on saturday. we have all the highlights for you all talking points coming up in just a second on going to focus track of that's up next year on the telling whizzing by then to stay with us if you can. think on beethoven. his work goddess for tonight. the monstrous and the. beetho

sharply lore dragging down the ftse mib they have hit back at the government after a threat from giuseppe conte to cancel concessions. the operator has been blamed for the collapse of a bridge in genoa that left 39 people dead mr. conte said the government could revoke the company's operating contract and would not wait for the findings of a criminal investigation >> we will revoke the concession to the company aside from the verification that the criminal justice authorities will conduct of course we'll let the criminal investigators do their work. we can't wait for criminal justice. we have the obligation to act so every citizen can travel in safety hence we'll move independently to revoke concession there's no doubt that given the present system and the current agreement, it was the binding obligation of the running costs and to keep up the maintenance of this bridge, making sure everybody can travel in safety >> in the aftermath of the bridge collapse, the interior men city and the deputy prime minister has questioned whether italy should follow fiscal rules if they might prevent rome

the italian prime minister giuseppe conte has declared a 12—month state of emergency and warned thatd terror attack in westminster on tuesday. 29—year—old salih khater, a british citizen originally from sudan, was arrested by armed police after crashing his car into a barrier outside the houses of parliament. he's being held on suspicion of terror offences and attempted murder. the rugby player danny cipriani is due to appear before magistrates on jersey this morning, after being arrested outside a nightclub in st helier. the gloucester fly—half, who has recently been recalled to the england team, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning. he's charged with a number of offences, including resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. ajudge in malaysia has ruled that two women accused of killing the half—brother of the north korean leader should face a full trial. the prosecution says the women smeared kim jong nam's face with a toxic nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport last year. they claim they thought they were taking part in a prank for a tv show. she's sold more t

the country's prime minister, giuseppe conte, in his third month as italy's leader, promises immediate steps. prime min. conte: these are unacceptable tragedies that should not happen in a modern society. this government will doyt evng to prevent such tragedies from happening again. james: but this has been promised before.ye yet fos, successive governments failed to fix italy's crumbling infrastructure. i malians will ask why this new administration should be any different. and for work my spoke with james from genoa. what is the latest in the rescue tefforts? jame government said it can confirm that 39 people have been killed. the recovery effort carries on behind me. the area of the collapse has been floodlit. we hear from about 200 meters draway the sound oling. we see plenty of exhausted-looking firefighters walking by. one i spoke to earlier said they had not heard voices since yesterday aftern hn, more than rs. signs of life has been dying away.ra james, now, questions are being asked about how this could have happened. over the safe procedures which were in place to maintain th

others are injured after a bridge collapsed during heavy rain in the city of genoa italy premier giuseppe conte has called it an immense tragedy and says such things should not have happened in a modern country rescue workers are now searching for survivors in the rubble and what has the story. only from the is it possible to see the scale of what has happened to around the fridge a huge section simply gone. plunging more than eighty meters up the road on the suspension tower. dozens of cars trucks and other vehicles were on the bridge. i heard a loud rumble and i went flying i flew about ten meters into the wall and that's it . a major rescue operation from the ground swung into action involving more than two hundred firefighters with the focus on trying to reach any survivors still stranded in the day three. d. so we're continuing with the rescue operations because we think there are other people alive under the rubble we've extracted people from the rubble in a focusing on helping. the missing section of the bridge spanned the river royal way and industrial buildings in the port city o

that was an offer made to giuseppe conti at the white house.nge bound and there is your cable trade, your brexit trade 128.29. "bloomberg surveillance." right now -- tom: right now, our first word news. sixth prime has its minister in 11 years. is taking over after welcome turnbull control over the liberal party. it is a shakeup aimed at boosting coal numbers before an election by may. 200 rows's benchmark and so did the australian dollar. look for the trade war to escalate. there was no progress after two days of low-level talks in washington. bloomberg has learned china has raised the possibility there will not be more negotiations until after the november midterm elections. the latest round of tit-for-tat tariffs took place yesterday and a new round could be imposed next month. a big stepormalized toward opening its financial sector. it has removed limits on foreign holdings and domestic banks and asset managers, financial sees -- overseas institutions will be treated the same as local. some welcome to the change as it opens the door to more

the country's prime minister, giuseppe conte, in just his third month as italy's leader, promises immediatehese are unacceptable tragedies that should not happen in modern society. this government will do everything to prevent such tragedies from happening again. but this has been promised before. yet for years, successive governments failed to fix italy's crumbling infrastructure. many italians will ask why this new administration should be any different. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 48 people have been killed in a suicide attack against an education centre in a mainly shia area of the afghan capital. many of those killed are believed to be teenagers who were getting extra tuition, as they prepared for university entrance exams. at least 60 people were wounded. the taliban have denied any involvement. police in london have been given more time to question the man arrested after a car crashed into a barrier outside parliament. salih khater is a british citizen who's originally from sudan. he's being questioned by counter—terrorism officers although the bbc understands th

the country's prime minister, giuseppe conte, in just his third month as italy's leader, promises immediate these are unacceptable tragedies that should not happen in a modern society. this government will do everything to prevent such tragedies from happening again. but this has been promised before, yet for years, successive governments have failed to fix italy's crumbling infrastructure. many italians will ask why this new administration should be any different. and james joins me now. are the authorities any closer to finding out by the bridge collapsed so finding out by the bridge collapsed so dramatically? no, but the public prosecutor's office in genoa will begina criminal prosecutor's office in genoa will begin a criminal investigation. the prime minister says he wants anybody responsible held to account. mr co nte responsible held to account. mr conte has responsible held to account. mr co nte has access responsible held to account. mr conte has access to special funds which will allow him to make the area safer. beyond that italy faces wider questions. how has this country perpetu

they will also talk about the latest from prime minister giuseppe conte he is planning on perhaps taking over the company the finance minister has ruled out this option, but we know they don't have that much power within the cabinet but this move using assets to take over autostrade would happen in financial terms. what is the equity value of autostrade the most important italian investment bank, which advised atlantia in its merger with the spanish operator attributes an equity value of 40.8 billion the book value of autostrade in atlantia's balance sheet is 12.2 billion. so these sums will be lower compared with the penalty that the state would have to pay if it presses ahead with plans to strip the toll road operator of its concession whatever the outcome, atlantia's convinced it can prove its innocence and it will either retain concession or it will receive a lot of money this is the key message that the management, the ceo, and the president will convey to the other board members. the board meeting is about to start it will start in a half hour >> carlo, thank you for bringing us th

president trump reportedly has signaled he wants to buy italian sovereign debt he made the offer to giuseppeen they met in washington last month. the paper said the purchases would be coinciding with the end of the ecb's bond buying plan. >>> the white house continues to grapple with the fallout from michael cohen's guilty plea and paul manafort's guilty verdict as tensions rise between president trump and the department of justice. trump took aim at attorney general jeff sessions accusing him of never taking control of the doj. sessions fired back saying they would never bow to political pressure >>> tonight fighting back after president trump escalated his attacks against attorney general jeff sessions this morning >> i put an attorney general that never took control of the justice department, jeff sessions never took control of the justice department. >> reporter: sessions lashed out hours later, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in sessions was at the white house for a preplanned meeting today after unleashing the strongest push back yet declaring while i'm

last month, president donald trump praised italy's newly elected prime minister giuseppe conte for denying harbor to the rescue ship aquarius as it approached italy with 629 migrants aboard. in massachusetts, the aclu says it has uncovered emails showing how a pair of federal immigration agencies worked together to trap and arrest immigrants as they arrived for interviews to seek permanent residency. the aclu says ice agents coordinated its efforts with u.s. citizenship and immigration services as immigrants arrived with their spouses who are youor citizens -- u.s. citizens at citizenship offices throughout new england, seeking green cards. the agencies reportedly scheduled the arrests at times that would attract less public attention. the centers for disease control and prevention preventions is a record 72000 and martin's died of drug overdose -- record 72,000 americans died of drug overdose deaths last year, as the opioid epidemic reached new heights. 2017's death toll from overdoses increased about 10% from a year earlier. it surpassed the number who died from car crashes, gun violence

let‘s get more now on our top story— the genoa bridge collapse, and the italian prime minister giuseppen after at least 39 people died. the cause has not yet been established but the transport minister has called on the bosses of the company maintaining the morandi bridge, to resign. let's talk now tojohn hooper, italy correspondent for the economist. hejoins me via webcam from florence. it is good to see you, thank you for being with us. the announcement of the state of emergency, what does it mean for that region? it is an attempt to try to help the region get over the effects of this disaster because he has on the one hand cut the city of —— it has cut the city of genoa in two because it was a bridge that ran over the city, and it has cut off the main route to the port and the main route along which traffic flows to from the area so which traffic flows to from the area so there is the possibility of an economic disaster in the region as well as the tragedy we have already seen well as the tragedy we have already seen with the loss of those lives at least of the lives you mentioned in

italian prime minister giuseppe conte just gave this statement. the number of injured is 15, of which five are in a critical condition. let's pray for them to recover as best as they possibly can. we also had an update on those who were displaced by the disaster and we have made plans so they have somewhere safe and peaceful to stay and are able to cope with this tragedy. we also carried out an assessment on the state of the road system here in genoa to ensure that the city and the people here are able to get back on the roads as quickly and efficiently as possible. west midlands have deployed armed officers after two birmingham mosques were attacked with catapults. officers were called to the masjid qamarul islam mosque on fosbrooke road, in small heath, at around 10 o'clock yesterday evening and the al—hijrah mosque on hob moor road 20 minutes later. the windows on both mosque were smashed windows during evening prayers. police say the motive for the attacks is unclear at this stage. detectives have been granted more time to question the suspect

the italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, called the incident a tragedy.far, the number of casualties will increase. at this moment it's an incredible tragedy above all because there has not been an explosion or an accident. but we're working on the hypothesis of a structural failure. you can see an you can see an emergency you can see an emergency helicopter just ahead of the debris, the rubble. we can speak to danjohnson, who is there. we saw the helicopter land because we thought another injured person may have been found, but it has not taken off all left with any urgency. new rescue teams coming in to ta ke urgency. new rescue teams coming in to take over from those who have been working all night. more equipment coming in, you can see the heavy cranes to lift some of these huge chunks of concrete, so they can get down and sift through the rubble, through the wrecked cars that have dropped onto the road. it is like the aftermath of an earthquake. sniffer dogs have been going through the rubble trying to find any people who are still alive, trapped. so

the italian prime minister, giuseppe conte, has declared a 12—month state of emergency and warned thatwestminster on tuesday. 29 year—old salih khater, a british citizen originally from sudan, was arrested by armed police after crashing his car into a barrier outside the houses of parliament. he is being held on suspicion of terror offences and attempted murder. a malaysianjudge is due to rule shortly on whether there is sufficient evidence against two women to be tried for murdering a half—brother of the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the prosecution says the women smeared kim jong—nam's face with a toxic nerve agent at kuala lumpur airport last year. they claim they thought they were taking part in a prank for a tv show. the rugby player danny cipriani is due to appear before magistrates on jersey this morning after being arrested outside a nightclub in st helier. the gloucester fly—half, who has recently been recalled to the england team, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning. he is charged with a number of offences including resisting arrest and assaulting a polic