or italy not russia syria not any of the people is the constitutional crisis our government is set up to where there are three branches that constantly struggle one against the other. so that in itself is horribly unexpected but i do believe that these side shows are out of keeping with the traditions of the united states and how our government functions but what looks like a constitutional crisis brewing in the us is not the only problem trump is facing sanctions that hit russia's energy and defense sector are in theory being america's partners in europe those who work with moscow and those areas so these things can seem to be leaving hardly anyone happy trumps being forced to go against his constitutional beliefs yes worst of elations take it further heads america's closest european allies go on the defensive to counter what they see as measures potentially in violation of international law when these statements from trump and with the president claiming that he can make far better deals with foreign countries than congress but was measures such as these being passed you may be prev

that suggestion has angered italy.n border here. italy has made it very clear he doesn't wa nt has made it very clear he doesn't want border controls. the brenner passis want border controls. the brenner pass is a key transit route at italy has warned austria that border controls would mean breaking eu rules on freedom of movement. the migrants are taken off for questioning and fingerprinting. some could try to apply for asylum in austria, others may get sent back to italy. with the third round of brexit talks beginning in brussels later, adam fleming has been thumbing through the story so far, and it's a pretty weighty document. everywhere i go, my brexit binder comes to. it is every document published by both sides since the process officially started in march. what i am proposing cannot mean membership of the single market. today my task is to propose a draft, guidelines on brexit. at first, mainly what i had to read, yes, sometimes in the pub, with papers from the eu who complained that the uk wasn't giving them en

and italy debate using their navy to stop traffickers launching boats from libya.mnesty international calls the plan shameful, almost 100,000 migrants have come to italy so far this year by sea. ♪ laila: i'm laila harrak. thank you for your company. we are starting off with the volatile situation in venezuala where the government is cracking down on the opposition. to opposition leaders were taken by their homes by security service and overnight raids. this comes a day after the controversy over vote for an assembly that will rewrite the constitution. a move that critics say could spiral the country into chaos even further. correspondent: in the dead of night, authorities arrested opposition leaders. the cctv posted on twitter by his wife. 12:27 a.m., the moment the dictatorship kidnaps him from my house, you will not break them, reads the tweet. lopez was already under house arrest when the intelligent services came for him. as was caracas maya, who authorities have also detained. two of the most high profile opposition leaders, but my call for a boycott of the vo

italy debating using the navy to stop traffickers launcnching frm libybya.ernational has calleled the plan shameful. almost 100,000 migrants have come to italy by sea so far this year. thank you for your company. we will be back right after this. ♪ all over the world. for the top stories out. no details here us president donald trump this is all this while going to talk. immunizations start. models but it is the first day on the job you. so all. general john kerry bring order to the white house. it's techies biggest post acute trial today hundreds of people are facing charges over their alleged role in a failed plot to overthrow president at one. the accused forced to work past angry protesters on their way in schools. and pakistani make

making theof people crossing to italy has dropped eughtly since 2016 but with nations like:, hungry,nd the czech republic refusing to take asylum-seekers, italy is determined to clamp down on the influx. the first of to a tie-in naval vessels -- ical you and naval vessel set sail trying to prevent vessels from leaving. >> we voted to support the libyan coast guard and their efforts to send the migration flow to italy. we hope our european partners will come alongside us in order to tackle migration flows in the mediterranean. >> italy lego shaded the mission with the u.s. -- the libyan political instability may complicate things, rivals have called the deployment a violation of libya's sovereignty. >> joining me now is an investigative journalist and writer, writing about libya. just to pick up where the report left off, can the migrant crisis not be resolved as long as you have this situation in libya of rival authorities. you have a deal struck with italy but only by the authorities in tripoli, then the other set of authorities criticizing this. the meeting in paris, i think it wil

almost 100,000 migrants have reached italy so far this year.as not happened. so large numbers are applying for asylum here, putting the government under pressure with elections looming next year. now the italian navy's sophisticated radar will enable the libyan coast guard to stop many migrant boats before they leave libyan territorial waters. and send them back to libya. that is sparking alarm amongst human rights organisations. there is no system to claim asylum. there is automatic detention of irregular migrants in centres where people are systematically abused, and it is completely unclear how the italian government think that these people would be protected after disembarking libya with the key assistance of the italian government. italy is also imposing restrictions on boats used by charities to rescued migrants. it is feared fewer ships will now be in the key areas, and already this year more than 2000 migrants have drowned. richard galpin, bbc news. the business news now. a cash—flow analysis seen by south african mps suggests south afr

also this last week italy seized a german groups migrant rescue boat which would suspect the take of migrants from smugglers the first time italy then the seized a humanitarian boat and it's part of a government initiative agreed this week to send military vessels to libyan shores to stop people traffickers it's an issue the still firing of promotions across europe. in the moment europe is responsible for the destructions in africa a lot and look at that it's necessary to open legal ways for refugees but europe children people on the countries like italy like spain like portugal with a problem but all european countries should take responsibility and so the people who are. members on this ship and on other refugee had boats as well they just want to save lives because of the last ten years there was more than forty thousand people dying in the mediterranean sea and they just don't want to see the people joy i see very clearly that this is not a humanitarian help it's not a military or an s.o.s. but it's helping those people arriving in italy and the refugees that are coming in are pa

should pay the price for it so it's a huge problem italy and finally the government decided to take some action to stop this kind of fatigue this. activist who was on board the impounded ship describe what happened. this interrogation started spontaneously without the presence of a lawyer only witnesses we discovered that the boat was being searched at that stage we decided to go to the boat and not to declare our intentions in front of the police after a long and meticulous search we were let go but i want to stress that we were free to leave at any time and at this stage the investigation into aiding illegal migrants remains ongoing towards unknown persons need of the crew nor the ngo has been formally accused of anything. my colleague neil harvey will be back with the news headlines in just over half an hour. most people think just 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 race in truth to stand there since you just need as the right questions demand the right answer. questions. economic develop

hit hard by the twenty crisis but which is now in the front line of the european refugee crisis is italy joining me now is the italian ambassador to the u.k. tara chairman of thanks so much about governing on the show the refugee crisis arguably disappeared a little from the british headlines it's not over for italy either though it's probably news fatigue but the situation is every day we were seen in getting worse it's sheer tragedy and italy has been left alone to cope with this tragedy i'm afraid yes we have n.g.o.s helping what we need is more fun. because we have to address the problem at the origin so we need more development aid for countries of origin which outside of countries maybe eighty percent and then we need more funds for transit countries such as libya out but also child needs so don because they need to strengthen their borders. on land and sea and hopefully we would like them to set up camps for refugees and the edges of the surveillance of the relevant united nations agencies. and then of course we would expect the european union to implement the relocation scheme if

i'm not sure that it's absolutely under the economy i think that there is a competition between italy and france today. and throughout the importance in europe. with. eternity. to the meeting. and they were all there was a trio between thirty france and germany and today we. tried to come back to the french germany. suspicion a cooper with germany. and we can understand that it's always drama. thanks for with us this morning on the way from hero to zero the computer hacker who beat the want to cry virus could face decades in the u.s. jail tell you about it. what do you what's your current take on the administration right now just six. they're having a tough situation would be inherited from obama but i think the big problem for trump is that issues you want he protested everything was great i liked him better as a candidate when everything was great when the data was phony great the statistics are real the unemployment rate is much higher don't believe the g.d.p. the stock market is a big fat ugly bubble that's proper gold for trump by god everything is great. it's a bond market the e

reporter: 2017 will be a great vintage for italy's winemakers. heat wave has crated the perfect conditions for an early grape harvest. black pinot, white pinot, and chardonnay grapes are ahead of schedule. it adds freshness. despite a drop in production, they will have a coworker of a year, predicted to make more wine than both france and spain. it is also set to be a good season for football. i will hand you back over to sarah. sarah: tomorrow is the traditional curtain raiser for the german football season, the cup to read it pits bayern munich against dortmund. bayern, it is a track -- a chance to get back on track after a difficult season. ♪ reporter: two mainstays of the bayern squad. despite advancing years and injury-prone bodies, they have 21 goals and 31 assists between them last season. the record german champions also need new blood. madrid has been ruled out for a month since in a tree. it is what bayern have been looking for. >> quite simply, he gives us the quality we need to have a new successful season. reporter: also, i knew face

neighbors france and italy have descended there with economic jockeying at a table of migrant crisis fracturing their once rock solid partnership here's how it all unraveled for the tube. emmanuel macron would like you to think he leads the e.u. even shows it's music to his victory march. try telling that to italians though they've just had their hands slapped away from a huge deal to buy one of france's biggest shipbuilding ports. wanted fifty fifty but rome was so upset they've sunk the deal entirely. nationalism and protectionism are not an except to build bases for establishing relations between two great european countries to work on joint projects you need reciprocal trust and respect . he and i am announcing that we took the decision to exercise the preemption right of the state of s t x this decision has been taken in total agreement with the president of the republic and the prime minister his decision has only one purpose defend this to interest of france in terms of labor constructions. it's not just macro his business dealings getting italy's base his attempts to solve th

in europe and italy, they can grow.uro, and the sense of currency, , that willvaluation be a problem for possible growth , especially for germany and italy. we will see what can happen in the usa and europe. there could be, in 2018, a , so my expectation and interest rates can increase starting from the end of 2018. we have to be ready. for the public debt and italy, it is not positive. francine: does it make a difference for you? -- carlo: brexit is not paolo.ant for san are not a significant player, but we can benefit from the best part of the brexit. francine: thank you. the ceo of intesa sanpaolo. is there a future for diesel berlinrs? we are live in for the very latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this "bloomberg surveillance.". fromve some figures standard charters. but there estimates, may be disappointment when it comes to the dividend. for the moment, there will be no interim ordinary share dividend declared and they are saying there are political uncertainties that will -- -- tomorrow we will bring you an e

not fallen. not fallen. notjust in rome but in other parts of italy as well. of italy as well. goodthwards but it will come south through the night. through the night. catch one it is likely to be heavy but there will be a lot of sunshine. but there will be a lot of sunshine. anglia, kent and to the isle of wight. wight. quickly and the sun will come out quite quickly behind it. quite quickly behind it. the strong winds they will blow through quite quickly too. through quite quickly too. the evening and overnight, still windy, we lose a lot of the showers. windy, we lose a lot of the showers. head southwards, and still if you showers piling in on. —— on the wind. wind. tomorrow not as wendy across england and wales. england and wales. showery through the cause of the day. day. are in the sunshine out of the win that will feel quite nice. that will feel quite nice. dry that rain coming into northern ireland later in the day. ireland later in the day. thank you very much, we will see you later. would you know what to do if faced with the victim of an acid attack? advice on how to help

italy's matteo trentin sprinted to the stage win in the catalonian port city of tarragona.y — although only 11 seconds separate the top six. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's euro hockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to reach the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. jo hunter finishing off. before a penalty corner by giselle ansley secured the points. the defeat means scotland are out. we knew coming in they are very good in defence. they dropped deep and we knew it would be a close game, particularly in the first half. we knew if we continue to do the right things, the opportunities would open. joe hunter got a fantastic first goal and then the corner for the second. we came with not much to lose out and we stuck with the system we wanted to play to see if we could come away with the result. disappointed, but a good performance and we have proven how well we can play and i think we are happy with that performance. meanwhile in the other game in pool b germany beat ireland 5—1

the defending champions beat italy 56 points to 13 in dublin, as maz farooki reports. the shirt is the same but the line—up is very different. the only fully professional team at this world cup, a luxury to make ten changes to the team that overwhelmed spain on wednesday. stand—in skipper emily scarratt showed pace and power to give the world champions the lead. where she went others followed. italy, like their men, has strengthened. but when forced outside the defence cracked. england had four tries before half—time. there were still chinks in the armour. england missed eight kicks at goal. an area that needs work. but in this match, those lost points didn't matter. italy scored a couple of consolation tries but for the second successive match, england scored ten. another win, another 50 points scored. the defence of their world title on track. england is doing well but wales can't qualify for the semifinals after their second defeat in a row. this time 15—0 to canada. posts ireland made a dramatic comeback to keep alive their hopes of making it to the last four, agai

also it is in italy have impounded a boat belonging to a german group reportedly rescuing migrants in the mediterranean this is footage released by the italian coast guard showing the old. surratt is seizing the ship the vessel was intercepted on wednesday as part of a government initiative it's designed to counter the surge in migrants mostly africans trying to reach italy from libya officials claim crew members from the boats were working with people smugglers. the in several cases these interventions see by the boat carried out not to save people who find themselves in imminent danger but simply to pick up people in school to buy libyan traffickers. well this comes after italy presented a controversial code of conduct to aid groups it demands a police presence on ngo vessels and bounds the transfer of refugees to other ships phone calls or flares from n.g.o.s boats are also forbidden as they could be used to communicate to people smugglers but six out of nine n.g.o.s operating in the mediterranean have refused to sign the document well earlier i discussed the issue with italian jou

well this comes after italy presented a controversial code of conduct to aid groups the cow dumond's a police presence on ngo vessels and bans the transfer of refugees to other ships phone calls all flows from n.g.o.s vessels are all safe a bit in those they could be used to signal when it's safe for people smugglers to send a boat to sea but six out of nine n.g.o.s operating in the mediterranean have refused to sign a document well earlier i discussed the issue with italian journalist much elo father and martin told a german politician oh in the moment europe is responsible for the destructions in africa a lot and look at that it's necessary to open legal ways for refugees but europe shouldn't leave her alone to countries like italy like spain like portugal with a problem but all european countries should take responsibility and so the people who are. members on this ship and on other refugee had boats as well they just want to save lives because of the last ten years there was more than forty thousand people dying in the mediterranean sea and they just don't want to see the people

does it really realize that there are three governments in italy operating right now libya i mean in libya. yes of course we realize but we are seeing something different we are seeing that a code of conduct should be adopted by n.g.o.s. called a couple conduct meaning that they should operate they should not station their vessels within the libyan territory or water at the short distance from the shores of libya because if they stash station there inevitably they exist size of put factor because people simply go because they know these are some n.g.o.s that. of course i can image but we are not saying that they shouldn't if there is an emergency and some live lives might. can be saved of course you can get into the territorial waters but then you should be in the do this in cooperation with the libyan coast guard otherwise we never be able to reassert some national leave you know story on the territory and or own territory waters. and then we want to know the who is financing these n.g.o.s and we want to have information about the cruise and this because as you know maybe there were

very simply get into the habit of just shunting people up the spine of italy and saying well you know not here. going claim asylum in france can also put a point another point to what some of the locals were seeing to us keith they were saying that they have seen an uptick in crime they're saying because there are a lot of teenage boys there the there's not enough being done to look after them define themselves with more time on their hands on things happen maybe they don't have enough food for instance so they steal it are the migrants committing crimes because a lack of anything to do is that partly the fault of the local authorities and the lack of a proper plan put in place there. well i think. the absence of provisional adequate provision i should say i mean some charities as you know are trying to provide food and clothing but there's not enough that clearly is going to lead people to desperate measures to to feed in and clothe themselves i mean i think when you mention young people the other problem of course is the the there exploitation of young people under the age of eighte

what does that look like in italy? least and busy after countries when it comes to -- least and is the aspect countries when it comes to the euro because the economic crisis has been profound and their recovery is not being felt. italy is recovering. the second quarter was healthy. that is pretty good by recent standards, but italy is still lagging behind other peers, many other peers in the eurozone, with the exception of greece. that means people are really not feeling this recovery yet. unemployment is still high, which growth has been very poor. combination will continue to cause some anxiety. having said that, italy is a mostly conservative country. suddena of all of the ditching the euro to go to some sort of weird arrangement seems strange. lesser member, berlusconi has always been good at playing these games, for years talking populist but actually being quite realistic when it comes to economic policymaking. he has been talking about parallel currencies for years, has never done anything like that. , populism,

but it's helping those people arriving in italy and the refugees that are coming they are paying huge sums to human traffic us this is immoral and i would say that. the destruction of libya was a mistake of historical mistake but i don't see why contra single country like italy should pay the price for it so it's a huge problem neatly and finally the government decided to take some action to stop this kind of. a trumpet ministration announced a crackdown on friday on federal government leagues which have left the white house and more the culprits are being warned to stop now or face legal consequences. leaks are incredibly damaging to our intelligence mission and capabilities simply put these leaks hurt our country if you improperly disclose classified information we will find you we will investigate you we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law and you will not be happy with the result the move followed yet another scandal over a month off arise disclosure after transcripts of donald trump's phone calls with foreign leaders were leaked to the media they show that he aske

it's not just macro his business dealings getting italy's base his attempts to solve the libyan crisis not going down too well either. with. the courage that is yours today by being here and by agreeing to these joint declaration is historic. it's doing that got the italian press up in arms and the politicians were venting their anger it's true there are too many open formats in libya to many meditators to many initiatives one topic is keeping very hands off zero is migrants italy wants other countries to open their borders but france's doors the staying well and truly shots last month italy asked of the e.u. countries to open their ports to migrants too but france said no way as it would create a magnet effect so what does neighborly love look like right now between france and italy maybe something like this. a french publisher we spoke to says there's a third party effect relations here too in the us germany. i'm not sure that it is absolutely under the economy i think that there is a problem of competition between between italy and france today. two of germany and two of the importa

competition between italy and france today. the importance in europe. with. eternity. to the meeting suites. and they were all there was a trio between the thirty france and germany and today we see that. tried to come back to the french. especially. with germany. and we can understand that it's. right ahead here after the break through toxic revelations about one of the world's best selling weed killers we'll tell you all about twenty seconds ahead. oh there are already. what do you what's your current take on the administration right now just. they're having a tough situation would be inherited from obama but i think the big problem. is that this. waddy pretended everything was great i liked him better as a candidate when everything was great when the data was phony the statistics on the unemployment rate is much higher don't believe the g.d.p. the stock market's a big fat ugly bubble that's from the go to for the truck by god everything is great it's a bond market the economy is great that's all because. secret documents show that the american agricultural chemical

. >> a heat wave is disrupting the harvest of wine in italy and experts say that could hurt quantityity. >> reporter: a summer heat wave forecasters have nicknamed lucifer is baring down on italy and bedeviling grape farmers. they jump started this harvest an average of ten days early and production is taking a hit. this spokesman from italy's agricultural lobby said the high temperatures created a drastic decline in production of 10 to 15%. violent hailstorms and spring frosts also hurt some of the grapes. italy's annual wine harvest is the biggest in the world and the industry employees about 1.5 million people. but despite the heat wave wine makers still see the glass as half full. the quantity may not be there they say but it could still be a very goodyear in terms of quality. that's because excessive heat prevented fungus and disease from spreading on the vines. some towns have occasional rain before the hot weather leading to more concentrated sugar levels in the grapes. >> the technology they have now is a lot easier to manipulate. >> reporter: last year italy produced about 1

italy's dealing with transporting arms wide area but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. very good afternoon for me kevin i was just in one of the afternoon here in moscow you watching r.t. international law top story this hour then after three years isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syrians there is or as the army battles to retake it from islamic state exclusive video from that besieged city. he was probably. the. conditions inside that city after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce and the u.n. humanitarian agencies concerned the vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through it drops. reports. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. although it almost seems impossible but the only way to get into the city is by plane but

italy created a barrier outside its territorial waters to send migrants back to the libyan coast but this is absolutely wrong they want to concentrate all migrants on the libyan coastline this is after all migration and we shouldn't turn it into colonize asian earth and it would be better to tackle the root of the problem of technical capabilities and borders need to be developed with help from other countries and it is that the europeans have to be responsible and participate in meeting the challenge of adequately equipping libyan border guards or if they want to prevent illegal migration they should reduce weapons import constraints italy's dealing with transporting arms via tunisia and now geria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and of course this is part of increasing pressure on the libya and this is supporting terrorism that instead of fighting it all the. we conduct business transparently with state to take the initiative of france took the initiative to mediate rebuilding our state and to help establish peace and we will work with france using everything we

a british model who says she was kidnapped for six days in italy returns to the uk, saying she feared for her life "second by second." i've been through a terrifying experience. i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. the police watchdog in scotland wants to know why it took more than a month to find the body of a missing man who all the time was in his own home. in herfirst interview since becoming the next dr who, jodie whittaker says being a female time lord is a proud honour. i hope, you know my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans. because in this world, particularly, there aren't rules and that's a great thing. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, south africa are set 380 to win the fourth and final test. it'll be a new ground record if they were to end this series all square on 2—2. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal

another problem was wolf was not interested in surrounding in italy. the most dangerous was that the head of the ss in germany found out he had been talking to him. he essentially took wolf's family hostage in germany and said, you need to get back here and working to have a chat about what you been up to. with considerable trepidation he went back to berlin and got chewed out by hitler. there talk ended with wolf being ordered to go see hitler himself that evening. wolf left an interesting account of going to see hitler later in the war which was the underground fortress of the shelter that hitler lifted. wolf had a story that was part true apart lies and said i've been meeting with them. he figured the germans had figured that out but he said it wasn't to surrender it was to cut a good deal for us a peace deal between germany and the united states. he claimed that he had the ear of roosevelt and could communicate directly with him. hitler calm down and thought that was a good idea. in the latter months of the war that was hitler's main home for how t

italy's dealing with transporting arms fire. unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. eleven am wednesday morning. watching r.t. international with me. first after three years isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syria or the army battles to retake that city from islamic state has filled exclusive video from that besieged place. what is it going although i keep thinking of. the. i think the. as you can see the conditions a die after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce in the un humanitarian agencies concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through air drops and sleeper trenka reports. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years thanks. although it almost seems impossible but

italy's official records submitted to the un were well below that two to three tonnes.igation and i spoke with him earlier about the sheer difficulty of collecting reliable data on these greenhouse gases. the big difficulty here is the amount of data that is out there and how difficult a problem this is today because there are huge amounts of gases come from all sorts of sources, man—made and natural, and scientists struggle at times to quantify those gases and this is an even bigger problem in the developing countries than it is in the richer world where we have been doing it for 20 years. so in countries like russia and china there is reluctance to allow international scientists to take data? all of these countries have a history of being very cautious about data and we saw in our story how russian scientists on the russian government wants to see all the data that the german scientist that are monitoring siberia, they want to see at first i may have to put it on a cd-rom at first i may have to put it on a cd—rom so they give it to the government before they can take

italy's dealing with transporting arms. but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. hello welcome you watching out international come to live from. now after three years of being isolated from the outside world there's hope for the syrians and to resort the army is battling to retake it from islamic state an r.t. is filmed exclusive video from inside the besieged city. thing of. the. the conditions inside the city as you can see from that to die in the years of terrorist oppression the basic necessities including food and the un's humanitarian agencies concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now be any way to get emergency supplies to civilians is three drops you prefer and it has more to tell. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years. although it almost seems impossible but

out after they were pulled from tons of rubble following monday's dead lid earthquake near naples, italy. aside from being exhausted and thirsty, the boys appear fine. two women were killed and dozens more were hurt when the 3.6 magnitude quake hit the volcanic island monday night. >>> it's hard to believe it's been six years though since our region magnitude earthquake centered south of mineral, virginia and could be felt as far knot as rhode island -- north as rhode island. it caused more than $34 million in damages to the national cathedral. >>> and so many of you remember that day. exactly where you were. you know some people were in the gym. they felt if shaking and heard the -- the shaking and heard the shaking and it's crazy because you don't think of earthquakes here in virginia and d.c. but it's possible. all right let's turn to the weather today. we are starting off on your wednesday afternoon almost half way through more than halfway through the workweek now. and we've got a mostly cloudy sky. here's the deal. we've had a couple of showers around. spotty showers this morning.

authorities in italy have impounded the boat belonging to a german group that was reportedly rescuing migrants in the mediterranean this is footage released by the italian coast guard that shows the authorities seizing the ship the vessel was intercepted wednesday is part of a government initiative that's designed to counter the surge of migrants mostly africans trying to get to with delete from libya officials claim the crew members from the boat were working with people smugglers. here you see in several cases these interventions at sea by the boat were carried out not to save people who find themselves in imminent danger but simply to pick up people or scored it by libyan traffickers. that comes after italy presented a controversial code of conduct to aid groups this demands of police presence on in jail vessels and it bans the transfer of refugees throughout the ships phone calls or flares from angio boats are forbidden as they could be used as feared to communicate to people smugglers the six out of nine n.g.o.s operating in the mediterranean sea have refused to sign that documen

but it's helping those people arriving in italy and the refugees that are coming they are paying a huge sums to human traffickers this is immoral and i would say that it is true that. the destruction of libya was a mistake of historical mistake but i don't see why a country single country like italy should pay the price for it so it's a huge problem neatly and finally the government decided to take some action to stop this kind of. the pentagon this denying claims that it knew about torture and killings carried out by elite forces in the central african state of cameroon the group known as the rapid intervention battalion obey are reportedly carried out a legal acts at a military base where u.s. troops were conducting training as reports. according to amnesty international it's pretty clear that the african nation of cameroon is not a human rights paradise reports published in twenty fifteen and twenty sixteen highlighted how cameroon's authours ease and security forces often fail to respect obligations committing human rights violations including with arbitrary arrests incommunicado de

helps knock italy out of the war. that is wonderful and we will do that by 1944, but you still are going through a mountainous 500 mile-long peninsula. it seems to me if you want to go here, this is a very bad way to do it. as you know the british are telling us, at least you are not invading france in a wide open area against the germans. more importantly is this issue we talked about, russia. at stalingrad between november 1942 and 1943, by content of january, -- and of january, 600,000 germans missing, surrendered, or lost during that campaign. there is not going to be a chance again that hitler is going to win the war quickly. it will be a war of attrition . aid942, all of this direct from the arctic circle through and the soviet industry command economy, russia is japan's has its hands full. russia is in a very good position. it is starting to not only be in a good position, but worry people like the british. when they see the red army, churchill and others think about what they did when they land.ed up po when t

fdr would dispatch allegations to italy to bring it here. all of this is the actual history of our country. after world war ii, the gas chambers, auschwitz. they became associated with the holocaust and progressives were coming to dominate the academy, whoa, this is bad fuse, -- news. if people associate the left with fascism, we are through. you need to be dominant if academia and in the media, in other words, you have to be able to pull off a big lie and the big lie of fascist that was promulgated by hitler. people can catch a small lie because they can compare it to their experience, but if you give them a big lie it's really hard to get your head around it. it's so big that you don't know where to attack it. it encompasses a lot of smaller lies, part of my expose is that one of the biggest lie that is we are living with now, fascist lig buy -- big lie where it's astrib -- attributed to be on the right but it's in the left. people take things they do and blame them on other people. jews are trying to take over and make everybody like them

a british model who says she was kidnapped for a week in italy says she feared for her life second by second. i've been through a terrifying experience. i feared for my life second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. i'm incredibly grateful to the italian and uk authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release. also in the next hour: in herfirst interview since becoming the next dr who, jodie whittaker says being a female time lord is a proud honour. i hope, you know, my gender isn't a fearful thing for the fans, because in this world particularly there aren't rules, and that's a great thing. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers "the right to be forgotten," with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will have to obtain "explicit" consent. rather than using pre—selected tick boxes to gather details online. here's our political correspondent,