is already among the world's most indebted countries but the coalition hopes a political novice giuseppi country will ease the concerns of italy's partners the law professor has been proposed as prime minister the two party leaders agreed on the unknown technocrat as a compromise for the top post now italy's president has to approve the new coalition's choice. can't nobody student job getting the economy in shape is going to be harder than throwing together a pizza italy is deep in the red state that stands at two point three trillion euros that accounts for a quarter of the total to avoid euros or member states combined pretty steep when you consider the country only makes up fifteen percent of the euro zone's economic output and we have a government making all sorts of promises it may not be able to deliver on well let's get the take from gentle do belong to our financial correspondent and frank just how much of a nightmare is this new coalition for economists you know. well i suppose really it's a continuation of the ongoing nightmare that's been the italian economy we have a situatio

is already among the world's most indebted countries but the coalition hopes a political novice giuseppi will ease the concerns of italy's partners the law professor has been proposed as prime minister the two party leaders agreed on the unknown technocrat as a compromise for the top post now italy's president has to approve the new coalition's choice. l.-y. has loose talk about debts and plans to free of billions of euros for tax cuts and welfare analysts worried well let's just see how deep in the red italy really is is a figure for you would tell you and it already stands at two point three trillion euros again trillion with a t let's put that into a pun european perspective makes up almost one quarter of the total that of all eurozone countries combined pretty steep when you consider that the country only makes up to fifteen percent of total eurozone eurozone economic output so we have a government making promises a calm possibly deliver on within eurozone rules i asked our financial correspondent genelle to milan a frankfurt stock exchange if investors there are having a deja vu. ye

here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you italy's president has approved giuseppi conte's to become the country's new prime minister a relative newcomer to politics mr concert will head a populist coalition of the five star movement and believe you'll be a script all has spoken about the aftermath of a nerve agent attack that almost killed her and her father she said the attack in the u.k. back in march and turned her life upside down she hopes to return to her home in russia she says in the future. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i hope to see you that.

minister at just towards an end of the country's populist coalition nominates a little note academic giuseppi come to a meeting a new government could be sworn in as early as this week we'll bring you the latest from rome also on the program washington lays out its tough new line on iraq. progress no more acceptance of missiles landing in riyadh in the golan heights no more cause for expansion or reigning in power secretary of state mike pompei or went on to say that the u.s. would impose its toughest sanctions yet. russia faces a new doping investigation with less than four weeks until the football world cup german journalists a serious suspicious test results of russian squad members were covered up. time saudi arabia hits the brakes on women's rights the kingdom is due to lift a ban on women driving in just a few weeks ago forces have arrested a prominent activist who campaigned for the change describing them as traitors. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. it's of his populist coalition has nominated a little known law professor with limited political experience to be prime minister . g

is already among the world's most indebted countries but the coalition hopes a political novice giuseppi country will ease the concerns of italy's partners the law professor has been proposed as prime minister the two party leaders agreed on the unknown technocrat as a compromise for the top post now italy's president has to approve the new coalition's choice. now why has all the loose talk about death and plans to free a billions of euros for tax cuts and welfare analysts and politicians worried well let's see just how deep and the red italy really is shelly is a figure for you italian debts already stands as two point three trillion euros that's trillion with a t. that's put that into a pal european perspective that italian debt makes up almost one quarter of all u.s. own countries combined that's pretty steep when you consider that the country only makes up fifteen percent of the euro zone's total economic output. so other government making promises it can't possibly deliver on within euro zone rules let's bring in general de milan our financial correspondent who joins us now joins us

is already among the world's most indebted countries but the coalition hopes a political novice giuseppi will ease the concerns of italy's partners the law professor has been proposed as prime minister the two party leaders agreed on the unknown technocrat as a compromise for the top post now italy's president has to approve the new coalition's choice. now all that talk about debts and plans to free a billions of euros the tax cuts and welfare of the coalition agreement why has that analysts so worried well let's just have a look at how deep in the red internee really is and has a figure for you italian debt already stands at two point three trillion euros let's put that into a pan european perspective that italian debt debt makes up almost one quarter of the total debt of all eurozone countries combined for any state when you consider that the country only makes up to fifteen percent of the euro zone's total economic output now that's brandi w.'s band heda who is covering this story for us from rome bound italy's finances are as we've seen pretty much a shambles petitions in france germ

out all right so he might not have very much time at all but what could this new government under giuseppi content mean for italy's european partners this is this going to cause more headaches in brussels. is it's a show will they tell the newspaper put it this way this morning they said we're not going to eat the cake we don't have meaning that the money is simply not there and the europeans are very that italy could plunge the e.u. currency into a new crisis because if the debt is not serviced by italy then the tide is expect europe to jump in but the europeans are not willing to do that so there's a lot of crisis ahead and also on other topics like migration the italians are now at the odds with the european partners this is a new approach that might be quite an adventure in the future for their opinion in italy was a cornerstone of the e.u. and now nobody knows exactly what is going to happen and could even venture ahead band record for us in rome thank you very much as that was saying country's appointment has left some in italy concerned the parties are putting forward the five star

political rambling have failed to produce a new government to its early prime minister designate giuseppi contacts says he's officially giving up on forming an administration after the president rejected his coalition's choice for economy minister president. says he had to block the euro skeptic candidate to protect all italians on the economy. for people that i knew this would not be a popular decision except for the prime minister proposal despite the fact that you stepping on to it was not elected. the trick is that if i have been informed that the parties now want an immediate election it is a decision i will make after we discuss it involvement and i will take action in the coming hours in. the us president donald trump says his team has arrived in north korea to make arrangements for the planned historic summit with kim jong un next month striking a more positive tone also said he believes north korea has the potential to become a great economic and financial nation his comments come after south korea's president in said north korea was committed to the summit and why the denucleari

top story this hour the president has approved giuseppi called saints become the country's new prime minister and a relative newcomer to the company will head. off a five star movement and the lead. a group of foreign journalists is on route to north korea's remote nuclear test site to witness it being dismantled north and south of result differences so the group will now include south korean reporters after boarding buses in the north korean city of. travel for twenty hours to the point ged test site in the mountains of the country's interior. decommissioned suggestion of goodwill had a plan summit with the united states. the white house on. tuesday but with a. singapore between the u.s. . president or north korea's leader concerns it might not happen tops the agenda when donald trump posted his south korean counterpart moon jay in the two discussed efforts to convince pyongyang to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace deal but the north has reacted angrily to u.s. demands in recent weeks. it refuses to completely dismantle its nuclear program with kim jong il saying he needs it t

government collapsed it comes after the president vetoed the prime minister designate gore said giuseppi choice of economy minister forcing him to give up trying to follow on that administration the president was quick to defend themselves saying he had to block the euro skeptic candidates powerless of honor to protect italy's economy it's thought on now try to appoint a caretaker government there are fears of a possible constitutional crisis and fresh elections with continuing political instability al jazeera is not in baba reports. after weeks of talks and hopes of a breakthrough italy's prime minister designate throws in the towel. i have announced the mandate which i have been given by the president of the republic a diploma government of change. had been asked by the so-called populist coalition which between them won the most seats in the march election with forming a viable cabinet now he says that's proved a bridge too far and the sticking point the proposed economy minister paolo servo a former minister who's also a well known euro skeptic italy's president says boehner would ha