this is in southern italy, rural southern italy. it is very striking, the correspondence between roosevelt and the other leaders of the fifth army with washington and roosevelt, they rapidly begin to warn that this is going to be a major problem, particularly when we get into the northern part of the country. the government is deeply unpopular with the italian people. it is seen as a continuation of the old regime. if we continue supporting it, we are going to have a big problem. appearingfact end of as the liberators but actually having to end up shooting down italian partisans. if you think this is far-fetched, think a little bit about what happens in greece in 1944 where this scenario did unfold. by this time, eisenhower in particular has undergone this amazing transformation from the landings in north africa through to the summer and fall of 1943. asenhower now recognizes supreme commander in the mediterranean that his task is not even necessarily or primarily military, but it has to involve the political dimension and the solut

from the air, italy is more remote. airmen never sees the face of the people, only the face of the country. from the air, you look down at the mountains. look down and wonder how our men on the ground ever got through. mountains and rivers. a lot of american blood in that one. natural barriers made other campaigns tough, too. exhausted elephants, sesar's legions. for the air men, the ground war is remote. the only war you really understand is the air war. you can see a pattern to it. lots of the country never been touched. little towns that walked the ridges, like tightrope artists to keep from falling off. this one didn't matter. when something did matter, that was another story. this is how we changed the face of italy from the air. they boasted italian trains ran on time. not these. this is what we did to the face of italy. there's a story behind why we did it and how we did it. the story starts on an island 60 miles off italy's coast. the island of corsica. >> corsica, rugged, primitive, mountainous, malaria. here,

from italy.ake us back to the mindset of the late '30s and early '40s and how this might have affected the psyche of directors like william wyler. >> one thing that it's really hard to recapture now is the idea that before the war, the relationship between hollywood and washington, d.c. and in fact between hollywood and much of america was very suspicious. there were many isolationists in america and in fact in congress, and in the government. there were certainly many anti-semites in america, and there was a considerable overlap between isolationism and anti-semitism, although there were certainly isolationists who were not anti-semites and a lot that were. and the way that played out was this suspicion that this kind of grubby, seedy business where there was mob infiltration of the unions, where most of the men who ran these studios were first or second generation immigrants. most of them were jewish. there was a suspicion that's, you know, these people were not real americans. that they were f

faded is historically where is italy headed? let's go live to rome. john renzi entered office with lots of support but he is able to turn the economy around, what happened. >> economy is not coming out of the recession, in which it had been sunk, seemingly forever. this is a country that has not really been growing since the turn-of-the-century. he is now starting to pay the political price for that. his popularity has joined old to the low 50%. -- two below 50%. he would say, this is not my fault, i have taken over a stagnant economy, i've been doing what i can to bring it out of the recession by implementing reforms but these reforms are going to take time. to some extent, this protest today was against those reforms that he has managed to at least get as far as parliament. >> look at the protests today, the number of young italians leaving, it looks like the country is fed up with austerity. could we see a stronger anti-euro movement in italy? let's definitely. in recent months and weeks, the new leader of the golden league h

every structure of power in italy has been exposed by successive scandals and he has called on italyo finally root out corruption once and for all. there is an editorial. these things get named very quickly in italy. it uses an analogy that lovers of comic opera might appreciate. it is more like mahogany, the city from bear told breck -- berthold brecht's comic opera. they are considering it -- comparing it to a farce at this point. >> there was a tragic fallout to the attempted rescue of two hostages in yemen. >> they were both killed in a rescue bid gone wrong. it appears that one of them was on the verge of being released. the u.s. did not know this and did not know the identity of the other hostage. they were simply looking for luke summers. the south african government said now is not the time for pointing the finger, but such a lack of communication has happened in the past particularly in the botched rescue of a british journalist five years ago, who was ready to be released when he was. >> just to wrap up very briefly, the new james bond film is showing a little bit of progre

and bureaucratic economy. >> there are a lot of things we need to change in italy. we need to change the public administration. we need to simplify taxation. we need a justice system that is stronger but also more straight forward. >> despite the strong union turn-out renzy continues to enjoy high approval rates. the polls show they are willing to give him time to get italy working. >> hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been gathering for a shia religious rituals marking the death of the imam hussein, who died 1,300 years ago. one person is reported to have been killed there by rocket fire in that city. claire williams has more. >> music blairs from loud speakers as black-clab shiite -- pill grams march through the streets. they are coming for bastardo's ritual. islamic state group fighters view shiite muslims as heretic. but their attacks have done little to keep them from making the trip. >> before the ritual started, we heard the islamic state group had said iranians would not be allowed to come here again. so we iranians decided to come in larger numbers, ev

they will tell one thing they don't know about italy? >> october is the best month to come because the sunset is spectacular and there's not many people. >> great. but no matter when you come, you know what, it's italy, it's always about the food. tucked away 20 minutes south of rome, the chicken has enticed pretty much every a-listers. >> and diane sawyer. >> also known to make special concessions for one blue-eyed fan. >> frank sinatra used to rent a villa not far from this place and have a nice party there. with his scotch. >> it's like sea food sushi, the food is so fresh, it's practically crawls on your plate. this charming spot promises the best mediterranean sea food you'll ever place. >> pasta with lobster in our restaurant, very good. >> welcome to italy. >> a mix of fish, sea food and pasta and look around, you're likely to see a familiar face. >> adrian brody, penelope cruz, they all come. >> only one day to compete a perfect day of eating gelato. >> what's your favorite flavor? >> one of the few shops that boasts all fresh in

>>> welcome back italy style, michael is hanging out at one of the most recognizable spots and one of italy's best kept secrets just next time save a little room for me come on buddy. >> you got it mario, i'm here at the coliseum in rome a beautiful sight and another beautiful sight? seeing this guy, the go-to guy for oprah and many other celebrities when they want to see rome. why is it everybody wants to see rome with you? >> because i love my city and i think i know how to show. >> when in rome do as the stars do. we're in italy getting the only tour oprah takes with the only man who can truly deliver -- >> welcome to rome. >> our new pal is on the speed dial of oprah, stallone and michael j. fox. and always by his side in work and play wife eva and sons marko and simone and always on their agenda, showing you italy at the highest level. >> we're atop of the mayor's palace. >> the best view of rome. >> if you want to see this whole view you've got to call angelo sneaks you in. now they understand but tell them one more thing they don't already know about italy. >> october is the be

we caught up with him in italy over the weekend. here's what he had to say. >> it is important that the ice dynamics towards his political value. it's far too below. too low. >> finance ministers have longed at least from those countrys that have been anecked talk about the need do something about inflation. for that they're going to need that printing press to open much more wide open and to do that, they're need to get through germans. >> thank you very much. and staring the caldron from berlin. japan and a potential recession. the third's largest economy is deeper than it actually monstered. , where was the ig shift well, it was a bit of a surprise this morning. one's k more than last 6% contractions. we had in fact, expected to .d.p. data to be revised afterwards. this will be a blow to prime minister abbott less than a week before the general election on sunday. abbe had framed the vote on his referendum. holds more than 60% of seats in the lower house. now, should he retain most of them or ex-pand his majority, he would have r

in italy, donatello was only 10 years old when sluter began to carve these figures, which display an intense realism never seen before in european sculpture. as this reconstructed model shows, the well of moses was originally brilliantly painted. the prophets deliver their prophecies like figures from a medieval mystery play. the piece was intensely theatrical linking prophecies of the old testament to the sacrifice of christ on the cross. originally, the well was surmounted by a life-sized crucifixion group. this crucifix was smashed to pieces during the french revolution, and the largest fragment that remains is the head of christ. somehow, sluter's carving conveys both the agony of christ on the cross and the release from suffering which death has brought. life at the burgundian court was not always domated by thoughts of god and death. the dukes of burgundy were famous for their tournaments, banquets, and extravagance. they placed great importance on all the arts. their court was one of the grandest in europe. because this was a tring cot, moving between the palaces of their scat

in italy. they just go through italy and they go to the north of this country and they go to north europe, germany, france, and u.k. and so on. >> the spring you an update in another incident in the adriatic involving ac rescue after a passenger ferry was engulfed on a voyage from greece. 105 survivors have been flown home from the port more than 400 people arrested at 11 people are known to have died. the crisis in ukraine is figuring heavily in the messages of leaders. president qiagen said the people of moscow the site -- of crime era return home. our correspondent reports from berlin. >> for these ukrainians, new year's eve in kiev means being far away from home. that is because they fled crimera before moscow took control. today, they're still living as refugees. more than half milk will have been displaced because of the ukraine conflict. the russian resident vladimir cute and said the annexation was a sign of love. -- vladimir putin said the annexation was a sign of love. >> it manifeste

>> it was shot by john huston in italy. it was intended to be a document commissioned by frank capra of the successful u.s. effort to free small ancient village with -- told to go to italy in search of a town that could provide images like joyful and grateful villagers emerging from their hiding places with rounds of cheese and loaves of bread and casts of wine to greet the victorious americans. huston got to italy and found the right town but the battle was already over. the town had been retaken. there were no villagers in sight and it was mined german traps. so what he did with the full knowledge and enthusiastic cooperation of the army, was to restage the battle. the battle of san pietro, this film is fake. it's all re-enactments. re-enactments done on that location and with actual u.s. soldiers, but none of it was real. it was very successfully passed off to the american public as predominately actual battle footage. the army put out press releases who say huston and his men were so brave that they actually preceded th

by 1400, this was the city-state that dominated central italy.ut bankers and textile merchants were expanding their trading empires all over europe. over the next 100 years, an extraordinary interaction took place in florence-- the innovations of artists and architects, the excitement of rediscovering classical achievements, and the patronage of a wealthy commercial class. these key elements brought about a series of artistic and intellectual breakthroughs that came to be known as the renaissance-- literally the rebirth of learning and culture. in the church of santa croce, a series of frescoes painted around 1320 were to have a revolutionary effect on florentine painting. here, the great merchant families competed with one another to commission the leading artists to decorate their chapels. in the chapel of the bardi family, professor john white of university college, london, describes how these medieval images came to life. this is a franciscan church, and the franciscans were the passionate preachers of the late medieval world. they used their

give me a sense of what italy needs to do now.renzi is considered one of the great reformers. it seems that reforms are a little bit late. they are lagging behind. what happens next year? renzi is devoting an increasing chunk of his time to interparty wars. there is too much of that and very little devoted to fix goal -- fiscal expenditure or cuts. package from q4 a greatther than seeing deal of expenditure cuts, we are seeing automatic tax increases kicking in if there are financial shortcomings. this is a worrying signal because it shows us that this government has very little attention for doing the right and starving the beast. >> these things take time. when you look at the reforms, they take time. if we look at two or three years down the line, is italy going to be in a better place? thehere a danger that european central bank is putting too much pressure off the politicians to do more? >> it is hard to say. italy is a special case, not just because it has very little growth or because of its unprecedented unemployment. the

when it says product of italy most of the time it means it is been packaged in italy but the oil maye from different countries and sometimes the quality -- >> with the fancy white cheese in the salad? burrata? do i not know where that comes from? oil,at brand of olive tomatoes and burrata do you buy? >> burrata normally does not carry a brand. 90% of thematoes, cans going around the world with brand of tomatoes are not from them. they are from that province of salerno and they have a special -- >> i don't know if they're in the can or whatever. >> in 2003 doors an investigation by italian authorities and they found a lot of tomato imports come from china or california. >> have investigated burrata? oil has moved to a new low. >> how does it affect italy? well affects consumers as because the quality of what you eat is less and there is regulatory control. >> i think this is a scandal. it needs an "surveillance" guilt trip. >> would you use california olive oil? olive definitely drink oil not from italy as long as it is extra-virgin what you learn .s it is nearly impossible , quality

and parts of italy brought to a stand still during a national strike by two unions. ♪ there's more toews than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. ♪ >>> hello again, a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry warning of a global tragedy unless a deal on climate change is reached. >>> india is on high alert as massive oil slick makes its way towards the border from bangladesh. about 200,000 gallons of cooking oil was spilled after colliding with another vessel. >>> >>> dozens of people have been killed in iraq as the army continues its fight against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. a suicide bomber killed 14 iraqi soldiers at a military base in anbar province. the bomber blew up a house the army has been using as a base. the area has seen intense fighting recently. meanwhile eight people were killed in an attack at a shia mosque in another province. three mortar shells struck the mosque. in the northern city, iraqi wa

he joins us from southern italy.irst off this vessel the norman atlantic, what caused the fire aboard the ship? [no audio] >> villa? can you hear us, philip? ok. we can't get that up right now. but we will try later on this program to get philip back with the latest on what happened to the norman atlantic, and of course the migrant ship. >> [indiscernible] >> ok. we will be getting philip later in the show. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has signed a palestinian request to join the international criminal court7 . >> this comes after the u.n. rejected a resolution calling for a end to the israeli occupation of territories. abbas slammed the resolution -- rejection. israel welcome to the resolution by the un security council. >> we're joined more -- by our middle east correspondent, tania kramer. what can we expect as a response from the netanyahu government? >> mr. netanyahu -- there is a lot of anger in israel about this. israel has tried repeatedly to prevent palestinian leadership, the palestinians from becomi

. >>> still ahead, two of italy's major trade unions take aim at the government. explain what they are angry about. >>> environmentalists warn of an ecological catastrophe after an oil spill in the world's largest man grove forest. stay with us. >> a conflict that started 100 year ago, some say, never ended... revealing... untold stories of the valor... >> they opened fire on the english officers... >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes continues episode three: the new middle east on al jazeera america there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece delay your retirement? i'm here to make the connections to your money real. ♪ >>> let's look at the top stories here on al jazeera. air traffic has just been restored in london after a technical failure lead to air space restrictions after a power outage. >>> iraq's finance minister has told al jazeera th

france and italy both trading lower. actually, italy now at session lows. s&p cutting its rating on italy to one notch just above junk status. reiterating concerns around italy's growth and its progress with matheo renzi's forecast. we are starting the week in negative territory. >> on thursday mario draghi did not announce qe. and his statements were suggesting we won't see it any time soon. given that markets haven't done too badly since thursday. >>> let's also look at the bond markets. we have seen yields tick up a little bit so far in december. we kicked off december with the u.s. much closer to 2.2%. and it is now above 2.3%. why have yields ticked up in the u.s.? well, we have had a slightly more risk on sentiment, particularly the strong fundamental data. so we have seen a more positive number with the yields tick up. the yields have ticked up in europe over the last week or so but because we are not as confident as the quantitative easing from mario draghi, although that's still the expectation from investors that we'll get it at some point in q1.

say at least five people have been killed in the fire onboard a car ferry traveling from greece to italy. >> translator: possibly there's a discrepancy between the list and the people onboard. that can happen from time to time, that there could be some other people possibly some illegal immigrants as well. >>> a snap general election is called in greece after the country's parliament fails to elect a new president. >>> and 160,000 people are forced from their homes by flooding in malaysia. >>> the search teams looking for the missing asia air passenger plane say they've spotted the first potential signs of wreckage. an indonesian helicopter has seen two oily spots in the search area and an australian search plane has spotted objects hundreds of miles away. it is still too early to know whether either sighting is connected to the missing aircraft. the search is centered on the java sea off the coast of sumatra. it's now been called off for the night. the plane's last known position is in this area and you can see the total search area has been divided into several sections. well, the plan

. >>> the ship carrying 700 migrants is docked in italy after being rescued by the italian coast guard. >>> navalny and dozens of supporters are arrested following a rally in moscow. >>> new zealand is ringing in the new year. this is the scene where it's now 2015. >>> the first bodies from the airasia plane disaster have been brought back to land. the operation to recover more victims and wreckage is hampered by bad weather. 162 were on board when it took off on sunday and all are feared dead. the operation is 100 kilometers southwest of indonesia. seven bodies have been retrieve ed from the water so far. two have been flown back to surabaya where the plane took off as officials try to identify and bury the dead. airasia is saying it's clear priority is help the victim's relatives. we can get more from jane. >> at surabaya air base the indonesian military respectively bears two coffins of two that died in the air disaster. identified only by numbers, the task now is to give them names. the bodies are taken to a hospital in the city from which the ill fated flight q 8501 took off. the

euble also praised italy and said their structural reforms are competitive. at the same time, he said all the programs and principles that apply to greece have to apply to the other countries. that is a clear reference to italy and france. they are not going to come in under target. we are going to have a fun meeting. angela merkel dropped a bomb, criticizing france and italy. we are going to see some tension. jon. >> hans nichols, thank you very much. now. head out to athens a former world bank economist and member of hellenic parliament, now with thought for action. elena, i'm going to start with a quote. when bondting the era markets were close to us and we needed bailout loans to buy. is the prime minister too optimistic? are we that close to exiting that era? >> i think he is more optimistic than reality. we are not very close and that is the actual reason why. we are still communicating and negotiating with the troika. crunch oft the last the european bailout. we will be able to continue with this new year's budget. it is a tough period. we are going to

>> guest: in europe there are always pockets of protest whenever the tragedies happen in italy there was a slice by the f-15 leading to the tragic deaths and so you had all the sessions and oppositions and protests related to the instance but where is you see the larger protests where it's not just not in my backyard type of protest but something that galvanizes i think much of the country or at least the anti-basal position at the national level we have seen this in italy there is the expansion of an air base in northern italy and there've been protests from 2006 and 2007. it's died down a lot but they are still ongoing. they seem protests in ecuador which is highlighted in my book that eventually closed down. and then of course in afghanistan and iraq. it's hard to say whether it is activist with civil society because you have insurgents but obviously islamic extremists who don't like u.s. or don't want the u.s. military to be on their soil but in terms of the government as well we have seen opposition from the politicians and we didn't need that large presence in place as many ass

out -- the alps in eastern italy. today, the path of peace follows that front line. the path leads to an old cannon at an altitude of 3300 meters. during the war, cannon and other equipment were dragged into place on treacherous paths like these. traces of world war i are everywhere here. for example, deep tunnels into rock -- the soldiers dug them for protection from snow, cold, and enemy fire. during the war, supplies for the troops came on bridges much more rickety than this. both sides wanted to capture the peaks. high ground is strategically advantageous. after hours, we reach canon 149 in one of the most spectacular r. >> we are at an altitude of 3300 meters. they dragged the gun up to this point. the barrel alone weighs more than three tons. plus, the wheels and the heavy carriage -- it took 200 soldiers to pull it up. on the last stretch, they used sledges. >> we continue on to italy's largest glacier. in world war i, it became an icy grave or hundreds of italian soldiers sent to attack the austrian lines with

the cargo ship is arriving at barry port in italy. one perp died 227 passengers -- person died 227 passengers are on the ship. let's go to simon mcgregor-wood, who is on the line from a coastal city. we are hearing that bad weather is hampering the rescue effort at the moment. can you confirm that? >> yes, absolutely it's been a difficult night from all that we can understand from the conversations with the italian coast guard and navy. we were told that the "northern atlantic", was going to be towed to a port in southern italy. that changed. the rescue operation is centered at the scene of the ferry's fire, the ferry is stable it's been attached with cables. it's not being toed. that's the latest situation through the night. the shuttle mission, if you like of italian helicopters winching small groups of passengers from the top decks of the ferry to nearby waiting ships, and to other merchant vessel ships that are circling the northern atlantic to provide a place where they can be airlifted to. the numbers, therefore, are changing al

and aaron, i think you're starting with that big strike in italy. >> big strike, indeed.y is in the midst of of a huge general strike today, with public transport, medical services and schools shut all across the country. it has been organizes by unions in opposition to labor reforms made by prime minister matteo renzi. trade unions want to stop the government reforming the country's labor laws which they say protect workers being sacked by unscrupulous firms. but the prime minister has made the reforms certainly the centerpiece of his plan to lift italy out of years of economic stagnation. let's go straight over to rome, and james reynolds is there. james, great to see you, mate. let's start with this. you've been out on the streets. i want to get a sense of just how disruptive is this strike today. >> when you are away from the center of town, the answer is it hasn't brought life to a standstill. restaurants are still open. cafes are open. and many people are going to work, including two municipal workers i saw mowing the lawn in the central square where the strike was

italy is the great example.as actually just looking at this map i think in the memorial, you know, across the way, about the powers, and they left italy out of it because, of course, italy doesn't make sense. italy was on the central power side. they had a formal treaty of alliance of germany, austria and hungary. not only did they not join them they went over to the other side. bulgaria was kind of listed on the central powers, with turkey bulgaria had in turkey in both 1912 and 1913 and they more or less quarrelled at the end of the war. one of the little known aspects of the end of the first world war is that in some ways the decisive breakthrough actually mapped in macedonia. again to get back to this map you look at the military history of this thing it was a little bit accidental. they sent troops there because nothing was going on at gallipoli. they were trying to impress the greeks into joining the war. it didn't work. they had to send troops to greece and basically depose the king and put in a puppet go

. -- france and italy.re. she said, though budget rules have to apply to everybody and she thinks france and italy the to make chance -- changes by march. schauble may have softened it and said he was quite impressed with italy's reform. at the same time he said the rules need to apply to everyone. strong words from merkel and mixed words from schauble and we had into the meeting be the outcome very much in doubt. describehow would you the franco/german relationship? how would you see this relation? >> right now, they are confused. air is a great deal of certainty in germany of hold the new leader in france will be. that's why we had this big back and forth. would sarkozy address the conference? pausems like it is on until there's more political certainty in france. said, they- that seem to be on the same page. it is a question of whether or not france can relate undertake the structural changes to their budget and appeasing german voters. , merkel seems to move incrementally and bring the german public all

italy is the great example.was actually just looking at this map i think in the memorial, you know, across the way, about the powers, and they left italy out of it because, of course, italy doesn't make sense. italy was on the central power side. they had a formal treaty of alliance of germany, austria and hungary. not only did they not join them they went over to the other side. bulgaria was kind of listed on the central powers, with turkey, bulgaria had, in turkey in both 1912 and 1913 and they more or less quarrelled at the end of the war. one of the little known aspects of the end of the first world war is that in some ways the decisive breakthrough actually mapped in macedonia. again to get back to this map you look at the military history of this thing it was a little bit accidental. they sent troops there because nothing was going on at gallipoli. they were trying to impress the greeks into joining the war. it didn't work. they had to send troops to greece and basically depose the king and put in a puppet

five people have now died. >>> italy's prime minister matteo renzi is in rome right now. he is giving a planned end of year address to the media. it's likely he'll mention, of course, that operation in the adriatic. he has also been tweeting about it, talking about the helicopters bringing people to shore. let's have a listen. >> the italians who are saving people, and frankly, it's very impressive. and i look to the various messages and i was thinking of how dedicated these people were and also, you know that there were other interventions at sea, and of course, it's a very difficult and painful situation and i'd like to express my concerns to the people. so our men really have carried out this work with a lot of passion and have managed to avoid an appalling situation. and i am very grateful and i'd like to express my gratitude in the name of all italians, whatever their political opinion is. during the day, of course, more information will be given by the ministers, who have responsibility with regard to the military and the ports, so they were responsible for these re

. >>> now a cargo ship carrying estimated 700 migrants is docked in southern italy. the coast guard brought the ship to dock early in the morning. host are considered to be british. we spoke about where may grats s migrants are taken to. >> reporter: there was medical help for those on board. we're not sure what conditions they had been in. they were clearly hidden in the cargo ship. you imagine the conditions they put up with were not pleasant or comfortable. >> what more do we know other than many are from kurdish or syrian backgrounds? >> reporter: very little at the moment. we're trying to piece this together, the story of how they got on board that boat the extent to which they were hidden and relationship if any with the crew. one of the puzzling elements of this story is whereabouts of the crew. when the italian coast guard took control of the ship it found according the reports we've got the ship was on auto pilot and no sign of a crew. >> you report repeatedly on migrants trueing to reach the italian island but is the route these migrants were on one that's

>> yes, the boat is being towed to italy. that's still under way. we haven't had many updates about the towing operation. there were some moments where it was dramatic the albanian authorities had prepared and the decision was made to take the boat somewhere else instead. >> now confirming that five people have been killed. do stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come. we speak to the parents of the al jazeera journalists who were arrested in egypt a year ago. gon. no big deal... until your insurance company jacks up your rates. you freak out. what good is having insurance if you get punished for using it? hey insurance companies, news flash. nobody's perfect. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. m so glad we could be here for larry. >>> oily patches and objects in the sea have been spotted by rescue teams looking for the missing airasia plane. it's too early to say if the sightings are connected to the air

and it's a chance for italy to get a few more fans.herever where i go in do ma you see fans wearing barcelona or real madrid top. >> this is much warmer in doha than it is in italy, are players happy to be playing the match in qatar? >> reporter: well, you're right, it's a much better temperature than it would be in italy and the harsh winds there. that's why qatar said that they can do it. it's not the extreme heat that they're used to, which can reach up to 50 degrees. it's more 20-22 degrees, perfect football weather. they're making the right noises. it's great facilities, great weather, they're being treated very well. there is only one point, the napoli coach said that they prefer to be playing in front of their home fans so they can bring--so they can win the match in front of their home offense in italy. most of the fans here like football but they're not all quite juventus or napoli supporters. >> these two teams will be spending a short time in doha, but they're not the only teams spending their winter break there. >> reporter

italy's prime minister said they are necessary to bring the country out of recession. we are in rome with more. >> the biggest problem, is unemployment. people are 15 to 18 percent jobless, the youth 45%. the jobs act passed earlier this month contains some of the most sweeping labor reforms that italy has seen in many, many years. it will make it easier to hire people, the government said, better for business. the unions say it simply makes it easier to fire people, removing laws against unfair dismissals. they're also unhappy about the budget for 2015, which the unions say is just another austerity budget, just another after six dictated by brussels and outsiders have failed as this one will fail, they say, to reverse the trends of high unemployment and low slow growth. >> environmental activists say an oil spill in bangladesh is an ecological catastrophe in the world's laryngest mango forest. we have more. >> it's a risky job to clear an oil spill by hand, but for the people of bangladesh, it's a matter of saving their lives and liv hoods, because their homes closes

and they left italy out of it because, of course, italy doesn't make sense.entral powers side. they had a formal treaty of alliance with germany and austria and hungary. not only did they not join them, they went over to the other side. bulgaria was listed kind of again on the central powers with turkey. bulgaria in fact had fought turkey in both 1912 and 1913. and in fact they more or less quarrelled at the end of the war. one of the aspects of the end of the first world war is that in some ways the decisive breakthrough happened in mas dpoen yeah. -- macedonia. if you look at the military history of the thing, it was a bit accidental. the allies sent troops there because there was nothing going on and they were trying to impress the greeks into joining the war. it didn't work. in the end, they had to send troops to greece and depose the king to get them to join the war. they had troops pinning down and defending all of central5/wj eu against this allied expeditionary force in macedonia. they get screwed over by their allies where they don't get the promised

italy is managing to buck the trend. it's flat following some successful bond auctions where the ten-year yield on the italian debt has hit a record all-time low. let's look at oil prices as well. yesterday, oil prices were strong. that stemmed from issues in libya where that was calling into question supply from libya. but once again, oil prices are weak against the day. 53.3 for wti. down 0.6%. and brent is at 57.4 down 0.86%. >>> now, back to one of our top stories fp. the indonesian navy has confirmed at least 40 bodies have been found in an area of the java sea. understand near ya's president is expected to meet with the families and hold a press conference. for more on the story, we'll go out to martin sung in singapore with the latest. martin. >> wilfred, good morning. you're right. basically, we are in the recovery phase of this operation now. and i say that because it's not search and rescue any more. they have basically identified the crash site of airasia 8501. they've confirmed objects found are indeed wrecka

the adriatic it's not uncommon for rough seas in that part of italy, on that side of italy. but it really is hampering the rescue operation at this moment. >> tough situation for those still on board. barbie thanks. >> incredible to hear that the nightmare doesn't end when they get you off the ship. but getting you onto land is still a problem. >> unbelievable. i think it was 60-odd people they were trying to get in there and could not and they had to go elsewhere. >> our thoughts are with those on that ship and their families who are going through a horrific time watching these pictures. >> can you imagine, you're sitting at home watching on television and your family is on board? >> just a nightmare. searchers are back out looking for airasia flight 8501 coming up paula hancocks will have details on the massive search under way for the plane and survivors. just in time for the holidays. t-mobile introduces america's only unlimited 4g lte family plan. get two lines of unlimited 4g lte data for just 100 bucks a month. with any smart phone. including the samsung galaxy note 4

. >> is sicily italy? >> yes. >> should it be?n't know, but we used to have influence from britains, normans, arab, spanish. so, basically, we are a mix. we're a blender. >> oh, look, my octopus! i remember personally catching that one. it was a mighty struggle, too. no, actually i don't. >> yeah, the octopus. >> pretty, beautiful little shrimp. very tender, the octopus, very nice. and another traditional speciality. i'm told they call this tuna tartar. and cuttlefish, i recognize you, my friend. how traditional is this to sicily? >> i think from the part of the sea they almost eat a roll. >> always. >> yes. >> but fisherman only, fishing communities only or in restaurants? >> no. >> always as long as you could arrived, you see crudo like this? >> no. i see crudo in the poor family. >> so, it's not like there's japanese influence, but the japanese sort of gave everybody permission to eat traditional foods, their own traditional food. what are the great mother sicilian classic dishes? >> the anchovy. anchovy and parmesana. [ speaki

a cargo ship with 48 of the passengers arrived at barrie port in italy. they are being checked by local medics. around 183 people are still on board the vessel. we can cross to simon mcgregor-wood, who joins us from the coastal city of brindisi in italy. it looks like blue skies behind you. we are hearing bad whether is hampering the rescue efforts. >> yes, blue skies this morning. i have to tell you, as you may be able to hear from the microphone, it's extremely windy, and extremely cold and a little further out to sea where the rescue operation is continuing. it is a little less sunny and more cloudy we are expecting rain to come through here a little later. conditions challenging for the rescue operation which essentially is a shuttle mission of greek and italian helicopters hovering above the upper decks of the atlantic, and winching to safety small groups of passengers in about 15 minute cycles, and another helicopter comes in. those passengers are taken to a number of vessels that are stationed around the stricken ferry. the italian navy headquarter

let's focus in on italy. italy's october industrial output contracting by 0.1% on the month and down 3% on the year. of course, this is italy, a country that is dealing with sluggish growth as well as high unemployment. in fact, youth unemployment, north of 40%. the industrial output contracting month over month as well as year over year. we're looking at the ftse mib. the italian markets right now trade higher by around 33%. the focus really on the tail end and what he can do to provide growth and stimulate the economy, wilfred. >> we've heard from the norwegian central bank. meanwhile, the russian central bank is widely expected to raise key rates higher than expected. the central bank is also battling the sharp fall in the ruble which is down over 65% versus the dollar this year. earlier, the central bank conducted $348 million worth of forex market intervention on tuesday alone in a bid to stabilize the currency. joining us now, our guest for the next hour, nick karn. very good to have you with us. >> tha

italy's interior ministry says that nearly 170,000 migrants have arrived in italy by see this year. human rights groups estimate at least 3200 have died trying to reach europe. 10 years ago, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history struck more than a dozen countries in southeast asia, a powerful tsunami killing nearly a quarter of a million people. >> a remembrance of the people that lost alliance. they released hundreds of lanterns, a symbolic and rather touching liberation of the spirits of the dead. >> that moving tribute was just one of dozens of ceremonies held across asia. >> indonesia's resident lay tribute at the grave. around 50,000 victims were here. about 170,000 people were killed in indonesia. a massive underwater quake triggered this in on me. not to miss waves up to 35 meters devastated also areas around the indian ocean. people lost everything they had. today, indonesia has rebuilt much of what was lost. thousands of kilometers to the west, the waves devastated them, a small town on the southern most tip of india. most have feared another disaster.

two major trade unions in italy caused nationwide strikes over changes to the labor market.ms will make it easier to hire and fire workers and prime minister says they are necessary to bring the country out of recession, schools, hospitals, airports and local transports are all expected to be affected by the strikes and let's go to our correspondent live for us in rome, what are the key issues? >> well, the biggest one probably is unemployment. 15% across the board in italy are unemployment and among the youth 45% are unemployed and that is a problem and the highly contentious job act passed in early december containing some of the most sweeping labor reforms that italy has seen in many years and the government says it will make it easier to fire people and better for struggling businesses and the unions say it simply will make it better by removing laws by unfair dismissal and unhappy about the 2015 budget, another austerity budget they say after six austerity budgets by brussels and other outsiders have failed and this one will fail to reverse high unemployment and low slo

italy's gdp came in. another contraction growth for italy. what can he do to lift the economy and, of course, the labor market. >> let's see what that means for the markets, seema. particularly over the course of last week, italian tenure is just above 2% now. french tenure is below 1%, uk, below 2%. germany, .7%. huge, huge moves in european bond markets for the fundamental economy but also the prospect of more easing from the ecb. but interestingly enough, that yield compression in europe has seen yield compression in the u.s. where, of course, the outlook is very, very different. the u.s. is not here at the moment. we have seen yields push below 2.3%. is that town to correlation with european and japanese bonds or is it because people are, in fact, more bairiearish than the highs might reflect? basically flat, 1.2464. 118.4, weakening in the second half of asian trade. the dollar is soft by .36%. weaker data out of china this morning. the korgs between the chinese data and the dollar always very strong. u.s. dollar against the ruble, now a