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 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

italy's prime minister—designate giuseppe conte will be sworn in later today, and then try to form a olitical deadlock. mr conte's first attempt was blocked by the country's president. north korea's former spy chief is to present a letter from kim jong—un to president trump at the white house later on friday. he has reiterated his commitment to a step—by—step denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with politico's main story "italy gets populist government" is its headline. it explains all that might bring, including, not least, clashes with brussels over the eu budget. on to the business insider, covering kimjong—un‘s growing list of meetings with foreign officials. it shows the north korean leader welcoming the russian foreign minister to pyongyang, but there's a bit of intrigue. just what is the mystery box sergei lavrov handed over? here's the sun, and could another puzzle be nearer to getting solved? its article reckons the uk's now mulling the idea of giving northern ireland jo

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 is finally sworn in by the president. but in spain, it's goodbye.rime minister mariano rajoy is forced 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 allies. nobody wins in a trade war. there are only casualties. the summit between the us and north korea is back on. the date and place the same, the 12th ofjune in singapore. it follows the handing over of a letter from the north korean leader at a much anticipated meeting at the white house between the president and a close aide of north korea's kimjong—un. president trump said this was the start of a relationship. mr trump wants to press kim jong—un to give up his nuclear weapons, although mr trump has admitted that might require more rounds of direct negotiations. we will be meeting onjune i2 we will be meeting onjune 12 in singapore. it's a get to wallow you

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

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

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

giuseppe conte, a law professor and political novice, who seemed to have missed his chance to becomeorn in later on friday, at the helm of a new populist cabinet. the one concession — the populist parties have changed their choice of economy minister to someone less opposed to the single currency and the eu. the populists have raised voters‘ expectations, but can they deliver on their promises? james reynolds reports from rome. the apprentices at this care academy in rome know what their country‘s new prime minister must be feeling. starting a newjob with no experience can be nerve racking. this woman comes here twice a week. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomerslj she trusts both her hair and now her country to newcomers. i hope. i trust him. you trust new prime minister? yes. you don't know him, you don‘t know him. minister? yes. you don't know him, you don't know him. what he has been suggested by people who have experience, so yes, he is good—looking. experience, so yes, he is good-looking. he is good-

giuseppe conte is finally sworn in by the president.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.

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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.

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 this w

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 yet to b

giuseppe conte to be the next prime minister. — five star and the league. economy minister was seen asti the euro. now on bbc news, time for the travel show. i think we have something else for you just before that. into a hardware shop looking for fork handles. in bristol on friday. of comedy history. there you are. four candles. no, four candles. well, there you are, four candles! no, fork 'andles! 'andles for forks! laughter. four candles. fork handles. and here it is, ready for auction. ronnie barker's script. every word so familiar. there you are, four candles. across four pages of blank writing paper. four pages? four pages! but to many people, it's much more than that. a ao—year period. oh, you mean panty 'o's, panty 'o's! no, no, '0's! '0's for the gate. mon repose! '0's! laughter. let's have a look at what we've got. by an indisputable source. it was a surprise, yes. anne, and see what's on the television! for me to see that handwriting again. of the box at me. why does this matter so much? it's the sketch, really. it's the comedy sketch that kind of epitomises british humour.

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.

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

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 is set

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

politics, and italy, and this is the maiden speech on the part of a new prime minister of italy, giuseppe contehe 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 in emp

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

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

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

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the man chosen to lead italy's government, giuseppe conte, has been sworn in as prime minister, ending a period of political deadlock. the leaders of two anti—establishment parties who nominated him will serve as ministers in his government. but as one prime minister arrives in italy, in spain, it's goodbye. mariano rajoy has been forced out of office after losing a no—confidence vote. pedro sanchez, leader of the opposition socialists, will take over. at 10:00, fiona bruce will be here with a full round up of the days news. first emily webb goes to meet the volunteers on a mission to save the accused of witchcraft in papua new guinea. in papua new guinea, people accused of witchcraft. people are accused of using witchcraft who actually taught —— died of natural causes. using witchcraft who actually taught -- died of natural causes. it's really depressing, because sometimes, they really come with very aggressive wounds on 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 re

giuseppe conte is finally sworn in by the president.ry public building — the new law now in effect in the german state of bavaria. it has been a crazy, crazy ride and my parents... and this 30—year—old finds himself at the centre of the news after a case of mistaken identity.

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

from the french government before it considers the visas -- the visit by the prime ministers giuseppe conte at the palace on friday. i just spoke to the office of the prime minister. we don't know if the prime minister will be attending the meeting with president macron. so a very tense situation, and the interior minister has been speaking in parliament. he stepped up the pressure demanding an apopology from the french government and said it was unacceptable, saying the french had held to accept more migrants, failed to meet a commitment to accept the 9000 migrants it had pledged to accept over the last several yearars and also pushed back 10,000 migrants who had tried to cross the border from into i france in the past few months. action, notanding words from the president and saying the current policies are unacceptable. the words that were used yesterday were offensive and unacceptable and are compromising relations between the countries now. anchor: do you see a growing rift between two camps in your -- in europe? hungary defended italy, and spain is perhaps joining france e.re in the t

italy's president has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister, giuseppe conte was chosen betyi-establishment party. joining frugs washington is dr. john park, a director of the korean worr group of the kennedy scoop in massachusetts. thank you so much for joining us. i'm a bitfu cd here. what happened? what w in that letter that made president trump change his mi a? >> it waually not the letter but the individual who conveyed the letter and that is kim yong-chol. kim yong-chol is a very very -- senior and close adviser k to jong-un and his meetings with then-director of c.i.a. pompeo and now secretary of state pompeo has created this binge. -- bridge. so it was really the individual and those serie of m meet, that led to the outcome, where esident trump announced that the meeting is taking place in singapore june 12. >> how about the aontents details oar denuclearization? what do the north koreans want?e what about detail? >> so the details part are clearly theme es that have been deferred. if anything, this is very much the focus on the process, as present trump americansed i

overnight, president macron ndlephoned giuseppe conte a appeared to have a cordial telephone commerce asian. the prime minister a short time ago released a statement to say that president macron said he had no intention of offending italy or italians, and had gone out of his way to defend italy and express solidarity and they need for greater solidarity among other european couountrie. it appears this meeting scheduled fofor tomorrow will nw go ahead. it i is still a rocky road, i think. it has been a difffficult couple ofof days. we sawawhe financece minisister cancel his meeting or popostpone his s meeting with his french counteterpart. ministertalian foreign called in the french ambassador yesterday to express serious frenchnts about what offificials including president macron had been saying about italy. it has been a difficult couple of days and this meeting will be critical to getting the relationship back on track. olivia: the human security council is meeting today to discuss an assault on yemen's port city. britain requested a special session be held and fears humanitarian co

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

it is the first full day in office for italy's new prime minister, giuseppe conte, after being sworn coalition government — one half of which, the five star movement, held a celebration rally in rome today. our correspondent james reynolds was there and sent us this. this rally organised by the five star movement in rome shows just how quickly things can change in italy. just a few days ago, it was calling for everybody to come here and call for everybody to come here and call for the impeachment of the country's president because he had vetoed the choice of eurosceptic finance minister for the five star coalition. then everybody got together, the arguments were resolved and this rally has been rebranded as a celebration, people still have decided to come out and it is an important moment for five star. bearing in mind, this movement was only founded in 2009 as a direct democracy anti—corruption party and for the first time, it is officially in government. its priority, it says, is to bring about a job allowa nce says, is to bring about a job allowance from many italians who live in

saturday was the first full day in office for italy's new prime minister, giuseppe conte, after beingtion government, one half of which — the five star movement — held a celebration rally in rome. our correspondentjames reynolds was there. this rally, organised by the five star movement in rome, shows how quickly things can change in italy. just a few days ago, five star was calling for everyone to come here and call for the impeachment of the country's president because the president had vetoed the choice of a eurosceptic finance minister for the five star—league coalition. then everyone got together, the arguments were resolved, and so this rally has now been rebranded as a celebration. people have still decided to come out, and it is an important moment for five star. bear in mind this movement was only founded in 2009 as a direct democracy and anti—corruption party and now, for the first time, it is now officially in government. its priority, it says, is to bring about a jobseeker‘s allowance for many italians who live in poverty, particularly in the south of the country, and the

little-known lawyer and academic giuseppe conte was sworn in alongside other cabinet ministers to lead western europe's first antiestablishment government. jenny hill reports. jenny: it is the moment europe has been waiting for, a new italian prime minister. conte, a law professor with no political experience. sworn in one by one, a new government, antiestablishment coalition. it almost didn't happen at all. the first choice for foreign minister and a fierce critic of the euro was rejected by the italian president. after desperate talks, a compromise in the shape of a more moderate academic who will now oversee italy's finances. an end to uncertainty, but perhaps the drama is only beginning. the new government is already controversial. it has 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 this will be different, especially since you have two wildly different parties in the coalition. the far-right league has a tough

it is the first full day in office for italy's new prime minister giuseppe conte after being sworn invernment one half of which, the five star movement, held a celebration rally in rome today. our correspondent james reynolds was there and sent us this. this rally organised by the five star movement in room shows how quickly things can change in italy. just a few days ago, five star was calling to everyone to come here and calling to everyone to come here and call to the impeachment of the country's president because the president had vetoed the choice of a eurosceptic finance minister for the 5—star leak coalition. then everyone got together, the arguments were resolved, and so this rally has now been rebranded as a celebration. people have still decided to come out and it is an important moment for protrude. bear in mind this movement was only founded in 2009 as a direct democracy and the corruption party and now for the first time, it is now officially in government. its priority, it says, is to bring about a jobseeker ‘s allowa nce for is to bring about a jobseeker ‘s allowance fo

well, prime minister giuseppe conte has pledged to cut public debt by boosting the economy, not throughtion says it wants to help italy's poorest — increasing public spending on welfare and infrastructure, while introducing a flat tax of 15% on individuals and 20% on companies but the turbulent political climate has taken its toll — a key business confidence index, which covers manufacturing, services and retail, fell in may to the lowest level sincejuly 2016. meanwhile, the government's long—term borrowing costs almost doubled in may, to a rate seven times higher than germany's. with me is greg swenson, a partner at brigg macadam limited. good to see you. clearly there are a lot of challenges for italy, but the people voted for change. is this not what they are getting. they expect to change, and basically it, even though the two parties have many differences, one is the populist from the right and one is populist from the right and one is populist from the right and one is populist from the left, they do have a lot of similarities and they did basically get elected because of the vote