italian saudi arabia. essential a change their strategy they used to fly the bombs out now the ships. we knew that this was the best place from which to take photos of the secret operations with no ban on cameras. from here we recorded what actually happened because if we don't usually eighteen containers a month we're loaded up with one thousand to one thousand five hundred bombs. the wall that it was. fundamentally meant that they were mainly transported by saudi arabian ships three or four belonging to the battery shipping company that was a dock and load up the saudis evidently decided to run the transport themselves so the decision to fire. the military coalition in yemen needs a lot of bombs by the end of twenty seventeen saudi arabia and its allies had flown more than fifteen thousand air raids according to international experts almost a third of those raids that civilian targets. it's a profitable war even for small investors with shares in germany's biggest arms manufacturer a company that breaks

economy persistence many italians are growing tired of the e.u. fiscal policy so we went to northern italy to hear the opinions of some entrepreneurs . this company and pretend to have been processing natural stone and marble for more than one hundred forty years but since two thousand and six revenue has dropped by eighty percent i thought oh my god i knew that if we used to have higher profits that allowed us to invest in the workforce and on materials but nowadays with high taxation and banks that explosions we don't make the same profits anymore there's no lack of work if the taxes that are killing entrepreneurship they're too high up with us are. basically slow economic recovery since the financial crisis still weighs on entrepreneurs some say they're tired of living under the e.u.'s strict fiscal rules. and i still think that the e.u. is a good thing. but i think too much of a silly i don't see this is a good thing. but leaving the e.u. i don't know. despite growing disaffection with the e.u. most entrepreneurs would prefer to stay in the co

italian to produce them contract is worth more than sixty three million euros. the order was delivered from dormice nov us to jeddah islamic seaport from where it was taken to the end customer the royal saudi air force this contract ran until mid twenty's seventeen and coming thousands of m.k. eighty three bombs. since the start of the saudi akram pain in yemen in twenty fifteen at the very latest it is being doubtful whether the arms exports are in line with the tally of lol. this is the deep vein these are sales to a country at war to a conflict that has been condemned by the united nations a numerous occasions yet the italian constitution which condemns war and a law on arms exports totally prohibit. this kind of export thing. how is it possible for ryan metal to export bombs from soundin into saudi arabia none the less when asked the italian defense minister said it had nothing to do with. not italian bonds they're covered by a contract signed by a us firm that subcontracted a german firm. that company has factories in italy. numerous written queries to the

the push that made it happen is coming from the italian part of and yet from the italian side of things they're telling government had been you know asking several times to extradite mr but she she and then of course when you have a man like joy ableson or rove who is you know raving li and he communist is one of his you know top speaking points he's always you know cool but you know against communism against socialism against communist criminals all of this kind of thing this is very much part of he's one of his top speaking points. so that obviously gave a signal to the italian government as well that they would have an ally in the midst of an hour in brazil but yet it's very much it's very much coming to look very much a media spectacle here in brazil at the moment it is important to remember this is a new government that is did win by popular vote but he is definitely a divisive government and it has a very chaotic starts mr bows and arrows going way ten days in and we've had lots of flip flopping lots of like backtracking on decisions lots of kind of like you know. all paid and pie

i quickly want to give you the italian pmi.n italy shrank for a third month in a row in december. that ended a little bit of drama. this is a peerless situation as italian, political and economic picture is concerned. there was a picture of dollar strength. we have seen an incredible comeback this morning. it is now stronger against all major currencies. investors run for safety. president trump has suggested he wants to make a deal to end the government shutdown. top congressional leaders from both parties to a white house briefing on border security later today. this is the first side we could get an end to the stalemate. for more, we have our bloomberg senior international editor. one of the most fascinating tweets from president trump, because it looks like he is at the end of his rope. is he showing a little weakness in the face of nancy pelosi coming in as speaker? >> he may be blinking a little bit. there doesn't seem to be any end in sight. republicans will still be in charge of the senate. the president feels he does n

the italians for the french out of court.s is about is to eu countries having a spat over leonardo da vinci. and it is so much more at important than the economic failures of italy and the social disruption in france is it it is because of the five star movement. that is part of the reason why. but the leader of the reason why. but the leader of the five star movement, they offered support to the french yellow vest protesters. the french yellow vest protesters. the french have taken umbrage at this and this has caused a diplomatic spat. if the italians want to do her own, let them do their own exhibition. that is the thing. part of the problem is that the italians, because they were too busy dealing with other things, did not actually realise that leonardo's anniversary was coming and they messed it all up. they are now angry that the french are way ahead of them but are also making out that the french never allow the mona lisa to leave frantz. is there anything we would never let go from this country? —— to leave frantz. ——

people which should be the preoccupation of the italian government and then believes in it or do they change anything in the french political situation i don't believe so either so i think these are useless remarks and i want to say more about them as of course the on frankly i. think it's called diplomacy mccaughan wants have a good image approach even though in france he's seen in a bad light in his popularity has fallen see the l.o.'s protest he wants to tighten their laws here against demonstrators i don't look like you know it's sort of a double standard he supports such movements abroad but we are not being taken into consideration i don't know why mccraw bothers to make such comments if he's not listening to us at the same time. speaks of democracy but they democracy he has here is a plutocracy the democracy of the rich it is the most absurd statement when for the last ten weeks. we've had people rioting all over the place in france it's a very strange thing to say i don't think it will go down very well at the political class i don't think they would think it was a very clever

but with less austerity and fewer rules that's what many italian entrepreneurs told us here on d w. this is your business update on home free in berlin glad you could join me wall street stocks are off to a monthly labor market report showed that some three hundred twelve thousand jobs have been added to the u.s. economy in the month of december those figures far outweighed analysts expectations and investors were also feeling upbeat after photo reserve chair powell implied that there were no imminent plans for further interest rate hikes he also said he had no intention of resigning over the fed's previous decisions to increase rates but despite facing fierce criticism from u.s. president donald trump. for more i want to bring in our man on wall street now yens quarter yens huge job numbers being added wildly beating expectations any explanation for that and how is it affecting the market there. i actually do not have an a. i can't really explain the mission for the debt way how analysts could be so off with their expectations expectations were that we would be creating one hundred

that so vini and i are not up to it let the italian people decide about that. we can cross. former speaker deputy speaker of the belgian parliament thanks for joining us so good to have you on today bit of quite a lot of divergence has there over the past year between rome and paris. on sensitive issues of migration economy has been to italy's very much had a tough you know tough time with with two of these topics do you think the criticisms are justified somewhat italian leaders are saying. well i actually did it this is tell her more come but first of all i do agree with the president mccrone when he says that the the expressions of italian leaders are outrageous they are covering new ground in diplomatic relation by by talking about our leaders of other countries in the in this man so he didn't start it but i do think that his statement is incomplete in the sense that we can also say that the french people deserve better leadership now whether the specific comment criticism or be made by the balance about some of them are just historical fact i mean it is true that trounc

the italian government has backed down in its budget standoff with the e.u. but until the country finds a way to boost its economy more confrontations can be expected. now it is a man's world when it comes to gaming a women make up only a quarter of workers in the sector and most of them are in marketing and graphics programming game design are reserved for men but to every rule there is an exception so meet linda clears that she's a kokoda writer who's also started her own company. linda cruz is going back in time to ancient rome through the use of her phone she's testing a new app that shows what things may have looked like here two thousand years ago when the german city of cologne was the roman settlement of colonia the app aims to bring ancient times back to life and young people back into museums. the opportunity to expand everything you see in a museum of digitally. museum only has limited space so only certain things can be displayed. through a mobile device i can add many more links and take exploration of the past new level. incomes of. the game des

foreign affairs chief federica marini called into question the italian leadership in the mission and it's true the ire of salvini who suggested marini had forgotten her rooms. the person who represents us in europe was put in that position by the taliban left because of the now off to be in the point it got how to be in the tally and meanwhile the world economic forum has released the results of a recent survey indicating that the majority of italians consider immigration to be mostly bad for the country independent political analyst alice on the bruno told us a lot of italians feel they've been abandoned by the. been asking for help from europe and other countries to deal with the migrant problem for a long time but me has not got much response and that front so if you took a pool right now of italians vini might be the most popular politician because whatever sell vini is doing has worked in the numbers. of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power he has the support of a lot of italian people and he probably has the support of a lo

polls consistently show here in italy that 60%—80% of italians put this as one of their top priorities to be going against public opinion by advocating a more open policy towards refugees and migrants. how do you justify that? in fact, i don't advocate for a more open policy. i just advocate for the respect of human rights. i think this is the basis where we have to agree. so what, you know, the liga wanted me to be perceived, it's like one of the open door policies. this is the fake news they put into the debate. i always said that we have to get access to the territory, to those who are in need of protection, because this is written in our constitution and in ourlaws. i also say that those who don't have, you know, the permit to stay, in order to enter, the migrants, economic migrants, they should be expelled. but respecting their rights, because they are human beings. but i mean, mario borghezio of the league said of you in 2013, because you were chief spokesperson for the united nations high commission for refugees, for 1h years until 2012, so you're very steeped in this issue of r

we will tatalk to the mayor of n italian city who says migrants are welcome in his town. i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. it's one of the biggest data breaches ever in germany. it happened last month and only now are we learning about the personal details of hundreds of german politicians which was stolen and published on twitter. an emergency meeting of the country's cyber defense agency was called and there remain unanswered questions. would we do know is that lawmakers run every political party were targeted -- what we do know. everybybody exceptpt the far rit afd party. >> the breach goes right to the top. angela's information includes a fax number and several letters purpororted to be fromm her off, and it's not just the chancellor. >> persosonal data and documents fromom hundreds ofof politiciand public figures were published on the internet. based on a first analysis,s, politicians and officials from all levelsls are affected, from the european parliament, the german parliament, regional state parliaments, and local officials. >> politicians from ever

s foreign affairs chief suggesting she's forgotten her italian roots. it is friday minus seventeen degrees celsius here in moscow a lot of important stories to get to you today welcome to the. venezuelan president nicolas maduro has ordered the closure of venezuela's embassy in the united states off the total trump recognized opposition leader one quite go as a latin american countries interim leader but otoh has accused of being washington's puppet. i wanted to do you know that his way that the president is elected by the schools they take anyone from the street who wants to be a president nicolas maduro has cut diplomatic ties between venezuela and the united states from what we understand the venezuelan embassy in the united states in washington d.c. has closed i've decided to include diplomatic and consular staff of united states includes our embassy and consulates in that country you. know as an opposition figure he's part of the national assembly and in front of a crowd of his supporters he recently took an oath and declared himself to be the inte

what sort of scars have a left on italian society?lian daily stamper, as a cub reporter i covered terrorism and that sort of seared our soul and our minds and it never heals. battisti started out as a common criminal, then, while he was serving his military service which at the time was mandatory, bounced an officer sophie was sent to jail. in jail he met militants of the extreme radical left and joined the communist party and served. he is believing in the sentence against him, that he killed two people by his own hand, and then he organised the killing of two more people and the wounding of a young man. i'm so sorry, we have to leave it there, we are out of time. thank you very much, jeana gigot are speaking to us from rome. catherine downs has all the sport. let's started the big match in the premier league today, tottenham posted manchester united in what was billed as ole gunnar solskjaer‘s first real test is taking over as manager last month and he passed with flying colours of maintaining his unbeaten start with a sixth consecu

overall italian state. as paid billions of euros to inexperienced aid workers fueling corruption around the migrant perception business and filling the coffers of a mob so long as governments look the other way and avoid responsible action in dating with asylum seekers ruthless speculators will continue to profit unlawfully from those in desperate need. the plundering of armenia's natural riches has uprooted residents and desecrated the habitat of some of europe's most in danger species. but a remarkable campaign by local residents is challenging the miked of the country's investors and pinning high hopes on its newly elected prime minister people in power investigates armenia mining out the left. on a. right out of a hamas script examining the headline we begin with the fractious issue of palestine and israel in the us news and setting the discussions what makes them different as far as you're concerned sharing casanova stories with a global audience nobody feels safe to explore an abundance of world class

and the italian government lol sort. of this back and may be. able to walk the migration problems not the. the biggest problem we have instant them. in american iranian journalist is a people to join her protest in washington d.c. later on friday she's aiming to draw attention to a controversial law allowing people to be held indefinitely without charge which was recently released after ten days in u.s. federal custody earlier marsay a shimmy spoke to artie's afshin rattansi about what happened i was found private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of that. to the f.b.i. take the f.b.i. headquarters. were. my my picture was taken mug shots they took my d.n.a. no one has read you the roads no one is still yet read you the ropes. no one ever read me my rights my rights were not read they said that you are on suicide watch suicide watch. i mean i'm definitely not going to kill myself. i tell you what it concerns me and she because i'm thinking well you know maybe they have something up their sleeves here most of the time i was in solitary

foreign affairs chief for the make a mockery of me suggesting she has forgotten her italian roots the comment came off of the e.u. made it clear it's considering shutting down the italy led search and rescue operation in the mediterranean sea known as the fia with calling into question the italian leadership and the migrant rescue mission. the person who represents us in europe was put in that position by the taliban left in the quarter of the now off to be in the point it out to be in the tallinn meanwhile the south and he could face trial over his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's off the record in italy over ruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges a politician known for his hard stance on migration is suspected of abusing his power and holding people against their will or self any reacted on twitter saying he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision had left him speechless adding though that he feared nothing if out to continue defending italy's borders from illegal migrants and we spoke

of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power he has the support of a lot of italian people and he probably has the support of a lot of the time people who aren't publicly supporting him. in public they may say something. more. and in private they may express different concerns. national that's how things are looking here today we're back again at the top of the. you know world of big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final. lift is only the one percent. to ignore middle of the room signal. the real news is really. need. to. be settled in the face of the here comes back and it's a nice islands off ther

italians. might be the most popular politician because whatever selvin he's doing has worked in the numbers. of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power he has the support of a lot of people and he probably has the support of a lot of the time people who aren't publicly supporting him. in the public they may say something. more. and in private they may express a different concern while just some of the big stories for this friday here on international thanks for joining us here the program returns at the top of the hour . countries gone into a nihilistic fever. thank god it hit. the traveling across america to find what makes america the scholl of the genie's quintessential american hero this is it we've come a point around which element is gone so we always are on the margins something. the culture. was. where starting last with will begin to heading east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the b. i think i want to leave now doesn't g

the italian government has backed down in its budget standoff with the e.u. but until the country finds a way to boost its economy more confrontations can be expected. all right let's talk a little bit about those possible confrontations holger schmieding chief economist at bear broadband good to have you with us. was the first time that we hear your member state. playing about the strict e.u. fiscal rules. a lot of people say it's time for a major overhaul do you agree no i do not agree with that the fiscal rules are basically find the problem is really italy they have a government that wants to spend money which the country simply does not have a country with the demographic low birthrate simply cannot afford to lower the retirement age that is going to cost the country a lot of money and the problems arising from that have nothing to do with e.u. fist moves so how can it really solve its domestic problems and stick to fiscal rules. italy would need to continue the reforms of the previous governments the previous governments have adjusted the retirement age

in the italian government. was back and so made me. while the migration problem is not the major the biggest problem we have incident. do you think the problem has been excess. baited by the policy because when you listen to salvation he says look we want to deport illegal migrants we're not saying no to everybody but we've got a real problem here and the e.u. it is policies in his eyes have failed and he sees that italy is just bearing the brunt of this crisis while in the us some of those possibilities are the same time out when it's not completely right in saying that. i mean there are some agreements . with you we are part of you and we have to comply with the rules of the options we've got we can begin to get it alexy if there is an intellect of our own policy as longer we stay in the european union comply with. the daleks and personally i also in favor of the rule of law respecting the law when. it is part of the problem sorry to interrupt but some e.u. countries don't actually follow you know do they exactly because they don't a

also, is interesting tried to get them to talk about the italian banking system. , but itan italian bank is small and investors keep saying no one really worries about it, but how do you deal with it. he said nationalization could be a way forward. but that's the least of his choices. becauses is important are the good italian banks? i don't mean that snark. francine: there are italian banks that make money and revenue that increase revenue. they also own so much italian debt that is soon as that spread widens, they suffer. what is equality bank if you own so much of the bad stuff? tom: you see how she goes right to the real yield. what is the nominal? she describes the political tension italy and the promise we have -- problems we have over there. last week we record demand for italian debt. at the end of the day we had a record demand for spanish debt. increasingly difficult to reconcile the messy politics because for a while there was a scare their. it seems to be a little bit common now. -- palmer now. francine: invent -- calmer now. francine: if you have the stomach for it and are w

tim cook tells cnbc in an exclusive interview that fears are overblown >>> no safe harbor in the italian market fairs in the chip maker fincantieri after it reveals plans to buy a frerchl rival drawing heavy criticism from the government in rome >>> the uae energy minister tells cnbc exclusively that the balance in 2018 was counter productive as he seeks to strike a balanced feeling for the year ahead. >> placing yet at where it's supposed to be at the five-year -- >>> european markets have been trading now for just over an hour, and as can you see behind me, it is another positive day here in europe the stock 600 up about 85 basis points that's about the same gains that we saw yesterday in europe the overall market narrative continues to be dominated by u.s.-china trade talks with optimism that we will see a resolution after the conclusion of those talks of course, they ran through three full days of negotiations. the third day today was unscheduled. this morning we heard from the china foreign ministry that the length of the talks should send a signal around how serious they are about

if you ask me where he is from, he is italian. he was an italian genius.t he was surrounded by all of this italian beauty, his environment allowed him to grow and become what he is now. james: but france, custodian of the artist's most famous work, feels no need for histor lessons from italy. revelatio yes, leonardo is italian. frbut he has chosely to come in france and to live in this country during sever years, and he conceived many eat projects. leonardo is italian, but at the same time he was french. he was european. jas: a divided continent now prepares to mark the 500th anniversary of leonardo's death, the renaissance symbol w once dreamed of flight now grounded in a nationalistic debole. james reyn, bbc news, florence. laura: the battle for leonardo's legacy. remember, you can find much more on thastory and all of th day's news on our website. to see what we are working on at ytime, check us out on twitter. i would love to hear from you. i am laura trevelyan. thank you so much for watching "bbc world news america." >> with the bbc news ar vertical v

will see that the italian government has backed down in its budget standoff with the e.u. but until the country finds a way to boost its economy more confrontations can be expected. christmas is well and truly behind us you might be wondering what happens to all the christmas trees that don't get sold here in berlin unwanted christmas trees are delivered to the city. these zeros elephants find pine trees particularly to the shifts aren't they. and even the tigers enjoy having something new to play with. them also have received more than one thousand christmas trees as presents this year. you're watching news from ballet and i'm head of the house free and burnt coke will be here in just a moment to take you through the day. to see all her patients nurse alina axeman must walk up to twenty kilometers or she can't afford a car. she's the only medical professional available in one of romania's tourist district often she can only provide basic care is just one of many examples of how money is health care system is failing. in sixteen. the fast pace of life in the digital. shift

which are barbie dolls and they are italian government and. all mankind. suspect lives and song may be. able to spot this is one of the migration problems not the major with the biggest one we have wasted and. the long term supporters in the us are being compared to members of the ku klux klan a number of media outlets and celebrities have likened the make america great again hats to the white hoods of the infamous racists creep into trying to reports. this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot hat this is a kook look squire and hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes eras purposes however this make america great again hat is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump of filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of hat hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k. fashion has been worn by african-americans or the l.g.b. t.q. community well just remember that

italian leaders attacked the french president over immigration in recent days two senior politicians have called on a terrible president and accused impoverishing africa so what is behind this dispute and is it politics at play this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey italy and france have long been close allies and fellow founding e.u. members but relations have taken a turn for the worse since the populous parties came to power in june much of the dispute has been about immigration francis criticized italy for not allowing rescue boats carrying refugees and migrants to dock along its mediterranean ports and on monday it summoned italy's ambassador after the deputy prime minister ligi de mayo accused france of creating poverty in africa and forcing mass migration to europe will bring in our gas in a moment first here's more of what the italian leader had to say. see all. of the that is today we still have people living off the gaieties due to several european countries france above all who has never stopped colonizing african countries france is prin

said that she'd forgotten her italian roots as was came as the e.u. considers shutting down the italian so it should risk you operate. in the mediterranean. the person who represents us and europe was put in that position by the. lords of the now after being the point that forgot how to be in the tallinn. meanwhile salvini could face trial over his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's after a court in italy overruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop charges a politician known for his hard stance on migration is a suspected of abusing power and holding people against their will starve any reacted on twitter saying that he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision left him speechless but that he feared nothing he vowed to continue defending italy's borders in the meantime an opinion poll by the world economic forum shows italy is among the most skeptical of european countries when it comes to mind rence more than two thirds of italians question consider having migrants in t

rome we have a very special guest on our show today the italian fashion designer. let's go inside and say hi. and here she is our very special guest and co-host today love vino visuality thank you so much for having us in your beautiful home right in the middle row thank you so much for coming today was looking so much forward to this special day we do yes and we're looking forward to you helped us put the show together today so we're going to be taking a look at some of the reports that are important to you all right but the first question i'm sure many of our viewers would like to know what are you wearing today but i'm wearing something from our full winter eighteen nineteen collection and it's a cream two which has some english roses and my mom signature so it keeps her always on my heart three and you have any favorite fashion accessories. well i'm crazy about passion and i believe that passion is to be and i either outfits clothes or. the staff to make you feel better right now i'm crazy for this is my belt moment makes me share more feminine ok now you just

me said she'd forgotten her italian roots her words came as they consider as shutting down the italian that rescue operation for migrants in the mediterranean the person who represents us in europe was put in that position by the taliban left the quotes of the now up to being appointed to be in italian. meanwhile salvini could face trial over his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's off the record in italy overturned a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges the politician known for his hard stance on migration is the specs of abusing his power and holding people against their well salvini reacted by taking to twitter saying he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision had left him speechless but that he feared nothing he vowed to continue defending its borders meanwhile an opinion poll by the world economic forum show its lee is among the most skeptical of european countries when it comes to migrants more than two thirds of the talent's questions consider having migrants in the country to be mostly bat

italians. might be the most popular politician because whatever salvini is doing has worked in the numbers. of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power international company the softening don't forget that we've got plenty of stories on our website you can find that. he's gone into a nihilistic theme. thank you gotta. get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the scholl it's the genius of this place especially american hero this is it we've come a point around which alan would have done so we always are on the margins something . called culture. was. where starting last with the movie going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beach and i think i want to leave now doesn't get him oregon . it may be completely different but the end of the. greetings and sal you take us well all of watchers this week it appears that the good country of venezuela has bound itself quite literally in the crosshairs of

of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power he has the support of a lot of retired people and he probably has the support of a lot of the time people who aren't publicly supporting him. right in public they may say something. more. and in private they may express a different concern thanks for sharing some of your friday with us here at international been a pleasure having you with us more of your worldwide headlines at the top of the hour with my colleague. you know world big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. most people think to stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand out in the news business y

ten-year italian bund, it's a big premium -- sorry, the italian ten-year, it's a big premium to the bund >> on that note, i was struck reading through the various end of year reports and analysis to see quite how well people did if they invested in german bonds. it seemed like the eurozone as an asset in fixed income ended up being a good bet in 2018. >> in a bad year yes. fixed income generally surprised many beginning of last year you would have seen people saying equities are the place to be because the yields are just too low. even so, even in america you only saw small losses in treasuries i think that that's something we have to be aware of. for us that remains the place of value. >> i want to come back to european banks 2018 another difficult year for european banks we saw legacy issues continue to weigh on these lerners low interest rates continue to make the profitability and revenue environment difficult. brexit, of course, hanging overhead will 2019 be better? >> only marginally we see economic growth in europe marginally ahead in 2019 from 2018, which means the backgroun

ok just so we're hearing the italian deputy prime minister saying you know france's involvement in in parts of west africa is essentially impoverishing these countries and and causing people to flee to to countries like europe or continents like europe i wanted to get your reaction to that. first of all let me say that i look our being i've been involved. in region and it was across the continent from the north to the south east and west also. i would approach the world speaking on africa it's enough because in diaspora on one thing different he comes across there's a sense of neocolonialism to two very much in africa and the biggest representation of new communities in africa is friends so we no doubt there is nothing new to be said by the italian prime minister maybe the only new thing is that this is coming from the from the prime minister of you can you maybe he for reasons that you need to do it's also quite interesting are these speaking his view not because france has always done these over the years but because he's beginning to feel the impacts of some of the consequences of

in contrast to the much more italian eight row houses, the house has italian detailing on three of its four destinations, indicating that it was meant to be appreciated in its garden setting. out buildings include a historic carriage house and nonhistoric garage. character defining features include the exterior as well as that landscape garden setting. the property owner is very supportive of landmark designation and also planning commissioner richards has been very involved in helping with the landmark designation. the department believes the building meeted the established eligibility status, and the designation is warranted. this concludes my presentation. happy to answer any questions. >> chair peskin: thank you, miss ferguson. before i bring up mr. verplank who prepared the report, i'd like to bring forward our esteemed planning commissioner dennis richards, mr. richards. >> commissioner richards: thank you. dennis richards here as an individual citizen because the commission did not hear this item. this house was a special house. i see -- i live directly across the street and i'v

the italian led search and rescue operation for migrants in the mediterranean. the person who represents us and europe was put in that position by the talon left because of the now off to be in the point it got how to be in the towel in. the while salvini could face trial of his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that's after a court in italy overruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges the politician known for his hard stance on migration is suspected of abusing his power and holding people against their will something they reacted by taking to twitter saying that he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision has left him speechless adding that he feared nothing about to continue defending italy's borders from illegal migrants. in the meantime a new opinion poll by the world economic forum shows that italy is among the most skeptical of european countries when it comes to migrants more than two thirds of italians question consider having migrants in the country to be mostly bad

citizens wage eagerly awaited by many italians will cost billions of euros it's the most expensive item in a budget which has raised concerns in the european union that italy could soon be sowing the seeds of a financial crisis. gordon says worried that italy's increasingly strained relationship with the you could play a big part in breaking up the union. yeah i think i'm word we would be the ones there. because. it is really doing. is is really hard hitting on the european union i'm worried about that but not instance views put him in the minority. not far away in front of another rundown drops and in the city more unemployed neapolitans are queuing to learn more about the citizens wage they to support the new government. in this period i hope that something good could happen. i hope i hope so i trust this government i voted for the i want to work otherwise we can't live. good and so however isn't convinced that this government or the citizens wage will in any way improve his situation maybe i just have to move past where. it's not personally open for i'd like to see him change somethi

ok just so we're hearing the italian deputy prime minister saying you know france is involvement in in parts of west africa is essentially impoverishing these countries and and causing people to me to to to countries like europe or continents like you have i wanted to get your reaction to that. first of all let me say it i look i've been i've been involved in mid-season. regional it was across the continent from do not see the southeast where also the diaspora traveled across towards speaking of africa are missing a few thousand and one thing definitely comes across there is a sense of neocolonial easy to do very much in africa hundred biggest representation of new communities him in africa life for us so we know that there is nothing new that can be said by the italian prime minister maybe doing new things that this is coming from each of you from the prime minister you can you maybe he for reasons looking into the middle it's also quite interesting that he's speaking of you know because france has always done these over the years but because equally tough is beginning to feel the imp

now you heard a little earlier the mayor of palermo is one of several italian mazz who have said that they stranded rescue ships are welcome in their ports i'm pleased to say that that little luca orlando joins me now from. welcome to day w. mr mann what have you done to make this happen. then short for your position i am the mayor of polemic and i only tried to be mayor just the hitting it target the girl who led me to be a c.p. where the human rights are respected and encroached of the law is the name of minister of magenta. material salvini i protested politically protested in many poems this law is against human rights but basically speaking and bowed to the act because of the look just seven of the competence of may or i not only purpose of that but i officially ordered the. stock to stop this law we would occasionally reach the article cited violating human rights of the rightness these law salvini law is a not too human not human and the dust produces crime because the migrant what immediately were legally neatly edinger as a spec meet after this law they lost people should lea

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