the collapse of muse lina brought additional forces pouring into italy. from fighting a lie the nazi was now the unwelcome intruder who would wage his battles of fierce resistance on italian soil bringing further ruin and suffering to an exhausted, war-sick people. on the 17th of august, 1943, 38 days after the invasion began, patton's seventh army took messina and all sicily was in allied hands. as well as 100,000 italian prisoners. most of the nazis had escaped to the mainland across the straits of messina. >> 11 days after the fall of sicily, allied headquarters in the pacific announced the end of all japanese resistance on new georgia island. general macarthur's forces were starting on the road back. we had already begun our island hopping in the central solmens. but the battle for nazi held italy was only beginning. >> on the 3rd of september, two british divisions crossed the straits of messina to land otto of the italian boot. six days later, american forces struck the beach 30 miles south of naples. they met stiff enemy resistance. >> four days af

for the entirety of italy. that was especially true under mussolini's regime. there were several loopholes to this. in theory, places like sicily or naples had no choice over what they could teach and for how long and what books they had. , much of italyly was agricultural and rural, a lot of schools had less oversight and italy for a long time was very poor. control toa lot of what they called paris states -- education that ran schools. weren various regions differences in oversight but the main goal was that the state at large had control over all of the school. people to oversee and control. dr. bischof: so the state would be responsible for adopting schoolbooks and for hiring teachers. so teachers had to sort of buy into this fascist idea of race, right? dr. mclean: certainly more overtime. this is one of the things that shows the evolution of fascism over time. they did not have state textbooks until the 1930's. , there is a little bit more flexibility. but once we have the 1930's, there is increased centr

but the battle for nazi-held italy was only beginning. september, two british divisions crossed the straits of messina to land on the toe of the italian boot. six days later, american forces struck the beach at salerno, 30 miles south of naples. they met stiff enemy resistance. ♪ ♪ four days after the landings, the hurriedly reinforced enemy launched a counterattack, pouring in some of its best troops. for a time, our foothold was precarious. but supported by a concentration of combined firepower from aircraft, stable guns, and artillery, the allies held the beachhead. [ explosions ] the heavy pounding by land, sea, and air was too much for the nazis. they fell back as our own forces pushed on toward naples. by then italy had surrendered unconditionally, was officially out of the war. october 1st, 1943, elements of general mark clark's fifth army entered the city of naples. they were greeted not as conquerors but as liberators. the citizens knew that we and our allies were the only hope of driving the germans from their homeland. here, as

even at the moment, fighting was most intense in italy.r allied operations around the world. oncairo, talks centered in then operations pacific. from cairo, roosevelt and churchill flew to tehran. they are, for the first time during the war, they met with martial stalin, dictator of soviet russia. the allied leaders failed to agree on everything. but one thing they did agree upon was the invasion of normandy in southern france must and would take place sometime during the following summer of 1944. ♪ for some time, there had been doubt as to who would command overlord, the invasion of normandy. roosevelt, en route home, stopped to see general eisenhower and told him he was to command overlord. the grand design for victory in europe was now completed. ♪ but so far as the allies in italy were concerned, france and the cross channel invasion were a long way off. it was to be a tragically long winter of hard fighting in italy. [explosions] [airplane engines] there was the battle for monte casino. [explosions] ♪ to bypass the mountainous terrain

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but, the battle for nazi held italy was only beginning.n the 3rd of september, two british divisions crossed the straits of messina to land on the toe of the italian boot. six days later, american forces struck the beach at solar no, 30 miles south of naples. ♪ four days after the landings, the enemy launched a strong counterattack pouring in some of its best troops. for a time, our foot hold was precarious. supported by a concentration of combined firepower from aircraft, naval guns and artillery, the allies held the beach head. the heavy pounding by land sea and air was too much for the nazis. they fell back as our own forces pushed on towards naples. by then, italy had surrendered unconditionally, now officially out of the war. ♪ october 1st, 1943, elements of general clark's army entered the city of naples. they were greeted not as conquerors but liberators. the citizens of naples knew that we and our allies were the only hope of driving the germans from their homeland. here as elsewhere, a new problem confronted our invasion forces. h

italy's.e uk has had more deaths from covid—i9 than any other country in europe. if it does turn out that we are the country that is hardest hit in europe, what is your reaction to that? there are different ways of counting deaths, as we know, we have had that debate in this country. we now publish data that includes all deaths in all settings are not all countries do that, so i'm not sure the international comparison works u nless the international comparison works unless you reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way. and it also depends on how good, frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics and our own office of national statistics is widely acknowledged to be the world leader. there are key differences between countries that could affect the outcome. in italy, the median age is a7, while, in the uk, it is a0 and we know the elderly are more vulnerable. london is a city with global connections and more exposed to the movement of new diseases. while in italy, m

here, you can see 736 miles to berlin from italy. what we tell however is that the road to berlin will not go through italy. despite the efforts of the allies to fight up the italian peninsula, the terrain, the nazi armies, all of this is going to combine, to bring a short to bring us short of the goal of ultimate victory against nazi germany. we are not able to make it over the alps so in order to hit nazi germany directly, we are going to visit a gallery that talks about the air war. the one place in these years of 1942 and 43, where we were able to directly strike at the heart of hitler's empire. we are now entering our air war gallery. up to this point, at the museum, we've had visitors in chronological march of action in world war ii, north africa, sicily, italy. the air war was going on throughout 1942 to 1945. it was the one part of the war where we were constantly trying to hit nazi germany. we could not strike them from north africa or italy physically, but could from the air. you can see this on the map where we are watchin

no one is gladder than i that italy is back.t i'm worried about supply coming onto the market as well as existing stock. i know you're slowing down the pace of development. but are you going to just try to limit supply onto the market now hoping others will do the same to shore up prices, in order to shore up rental yields >> well, italy, and particularly milan has healthy balance between supply and demand. there has never been oversupply in the last years and even in the last 24 months the supply has been relatively limited. what will be the consequence of the crisis that we're all living is that the demand will be focused more on high-quality building when i say high quality, i'm also referring to buildings that are controlled from a health and security standpoint, that perform environmentally in measurable ways. in a way the demand will be very much focused even more on class building if you look at the gap we have on class "a" building in italy, in london you have almost 40%, 50% of supply, which is class "b" building, in it

north africa, sicily, italy. the air war was going on throughout 1942 to 1945, and it was the one part of the war where we were constantly trying to hit nazi germany. couldn't strike them from north africa or italy physically, but we could from the air. and you can see this on our maps where we are launching missions from out of north africa, and especially from great britain where the 8th air force was located. now, in this gallery with the air war, the air war went through several stages. you have some initial beginnings, and then, most importantly, by the end of 1943, we are basically losing the air war very badly. in raid that regions berg and , we areike polesti losing disproportionate amounts of our bombers going up trying , to hit the heartland of nazi germany and other industrial facilities throughout europe that the nazis were using. the reason this is so problematic for us, if you think about it, for example, a b-17 bomber, which was the workhorse of the european bombing campaign, had a trained -- had t

this is from italy.oreigners cannot come to italy, italians are going after the sunbathing on beaches themselves to get the economy going. yes, poor italians having to go to the beautiful coastline themselves and not have it spoiled by foreign tourists clogging up the sun beds. no, foreign tourism is vital to the italian economy and they are slowly easing restrictions. italy had one of the worst death tolls in europe, and this will be welcome news. they we re and this will be welcome news. they were promised in the height of the pandemic they would be allowed to go back to the beaches the summer so this‘ll be really welcomed for them. there is also talk of air bridges and that being a way of encouraging tourists to come back, something the prime minister actually floated at the liaison committee yesterday, something that seems to be on the government table as they are looking at enabling tourists to travel without quarantining when they get back to people realistically do go on holiday. that something th

testing got a slower start than in italy.said this before, i think if we've managed to mmp before, i think if we've managed to ramp testing capacity quicker, it would be beneficial. for all sorts of reasons, that didn't happen. i think it's clear we need lots of testing for this. in so many towns and cities, there have been terrible losses and it isn't over yet. it may be years before we actually know the final death toll and then work out which country suffered most, and when we get there, how much will that really matter to the families hit by the virus? and the disease never loses its shock, killing three members of this family within days of each other. first keith, a nurse age 5a. then a week after he died, his father morrissette and his mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. —— father morris. mother lillian were also claimed by the virus. -- father morris. i'm still in disbelief a little bit. if key‘s children are... absolutely devastated. then they lost their nanny and granddad, they were really devastated. my

he is speaking to us from ththe lockdown in rome, italy.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: marcella bella. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the e quarante report. we a are spending the e hour wih profesessor frank snowdeden, profesessor emeritus of historyf medicine at yale university and author of the book "epidemics and society: from the black death to the present." he has devoted his life to looking at epidemics and teaching thousands of students. he is now in rome, italy, where he has been for months, coincidentally, with her for another project -- went there for another projecect i got caut in the lockdown, got covid-19, has recovered from that and we are like enough to have him as our guest for the hour. professor snowden, take us to hispaniola in 1492, a different version of history that we learned about cortez and pizarro peru to theas and aztecs of mexico. what happened in haiti and in the united states when it c came to smamallpox. columbus landed a at hispaniola, the first place. his ideaa -- the nanative population. ther

for italy such advice came too late. so many people were dying that the army had to be called in to transport their bodies to cemeteries and the virus was still spreading despite the government's announcement of a lockdown in the 2nd week of march. because he was the 1st country in europe to impose such destruction and they were unprecedented suddenly cities such as melanne a place known for its bustling vigor became deserted as people followed the order to remain indoors unless they needed to leave for work or health reasons. for the 1st time in decades venice was emptied of the millions of tourists who normally visit each year. italy's air force marked world war 2 liberation day without the usual crowds on the ground in rome. instead people celebrated on their balconies. but they too are now keen to be liberated from their long confines meant. earlier i spoke to dr michael verdana an anesthesiologist and critical care physician in to read and i asked him if this is the right time for italy to be emerging from lockdown.

our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up in italy says it will throw open its borders next month to relaunch the tourist industry as the summer season begins. a surge in deaths in aden fuels fears the correct virus has already taken hold in yemen. and top to football kicks off again in germany behind closed doors and with the sporting world watching closely. you know the man accused of bankrolling the iranian genocide now faces trial after he was found hiding out in paris for the towns accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people and supplying them with machetes he devoted capture for more than 2 decades until police raided and assuming apartment block north of the french capital sunday i got to go has more. to say this is good this year he was one of the world's most wanted fugitives 84 year old. the man accused of financing the militias that must get 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from international justice for 25 years i had been indicted by the united nati

italy. eisenhower and marshall are opposed to this idea. let's promote eisenhower into the stratosphere so that we can put a brit in charge and make it easier to get what we want. that did not happen so they said, let's put a deputy in to help eisenhower that will take over everything and undermine everything the americans are doing. that did not work either. it did not help that the british were so frustrated that they gave a number of interviews to british newspapers, arguing that the americans did not do much in north africa, it was mostly a british campaign. you can understand that did not go well with their allies, the americans. of all the calculated risks taken by george marshall during world war ii, none was bolder than the decision in 1943 to maintain the u.s. army's combat spring at 90 divisions. 90 divisions is an important number. 1941 and 1942 estimates of divisions were high. they anticipated needing somewhere in the number of 215 divisions, which would take a whole lot of manp

they made sicily in italy at the first opportunity. intensify counterattacks against submarines and launch a armor offensive on germany, again preparing for a major offensive in the pacific, accepting nothing short of unconditional surrender as the basis to end the war. this was the kind of powerful, top-level determination the world had long awaited. there was swift response on all fighting fronts. british.ell to the ♪ tanks hurled back forces to the algerian border. ♪ but then, combined british, american, and french units stopped the drive and overran tunisia. ♪ [explosion] ♪ in the pacific, on bloody guadalcanal, fighting an entirely different kind of warfare, united states troops overcame the last fanatical japanese resistance and one complete control of the island and the airfield. -- and won complete control of the island and its airfield. ♪ of the bismarck sea, allied bombers sank eight transports and four destroyers of a japanese convoy of 16 ships. [gunfire] sounds] [explosions] 181 days after the allied landings in north afri

25,000 access deaths in italy. the number of excess deaths in italy was higher. which suggests when all the balance is done at the end of the italian number could still be higher than the uk's number not the least of which because there are relatively less ca re which because there are relatively less care home deaths included an italian statistics. another warning, it is hard to compare at this stage. thank you. i'm joined now by labour's shadow transport secretary, jim mcmahon. as we were discussing very grim statistics which have emerged today, where the total number of deaths in the uk has now exceeded it alize and what is your reaction to that? the only reaction can be behind those numbers are people morning that family communities who they loved and who they will never see again. we are talking about the situation in care homes in particular are a social affairs correspondent has said the government will set out plans for more intensive support for ca re plans for more intensive support for care homes and how

is there risk surrounding italy here? marilyn: there are some risks around italy. what we see in terms of fiscal stimulus and fiscal aid for the italian economy in the euro zone i think will play a key part in the trajectory for the italian economy going forward. what the culmination is in terms of whether you get loans or grants i think will be very key btp'sms of determining and the trajectory for the italian economy. that being said, i think the announcements we have heard from the ecb, the fact that it is prepared and said it will be expand thed will program, it is using the tltro ltro to support the sector as well, so i think you could see further compression between italy and germany from here. you could also see some compression as well in spreads banks and germany as well. in terms of spreads in italy, which are still pretty wide, you could see some compression at least in the short term. vonnie: are you surprised that yields in hilly it -- in italy our entire? this is a country on the verge -- in italy aren't higher? this is a country on the verge of junk,

. ♪ >>> with the coming of spring, 1944, the winter stalemate in italy was broken.ur forces slowly resumed fighting their way up the west coast of the italian boot toward rome. against bitter german opposition. the british advanced up the east coast in the face of equally bitter opposition. in the pacific troops of the first cavalry division landed on los negros and aamas islands in the admiralty group to wipe out all japanese resistance and complete occupation of the entire group of islands. we landed large forces at hollandia and aitape on the north coast of new guinea. general stillwell and his troops were fighting the japanese in burma. this was global warfare on a scale never known before. less than three years before, heightler had addressed the likestag. >> germany, italy and japan will wage common war on the united states to a victorious conclusion. >> in rome his fascist partner had declared -- >> fascist italy and national socialist germany, ever closely linked, participate from today on the side of heroic japan against the united states! >> a japanese mil

italy is opening up.ple back to the mediterranean for the start of the european summer. but there is still a lot of uncertainty. translation: with the measures that will be imposed, according to rumours, because we still do not know what they will be, we risk having 30—35% fewer umbrellas. tourist operators are planning as much as they can. everything could change if there is a second wave of infection. but from june the 3rd, the government plans to reinstate free movement around the country. holidays will be allowed, and encouraged. translation: in two months, we have only had two overnight stays. this gives you an idea of the situation. the newly published government decree also reveals plans to open italy's borders. but it is unclear what restrictions will be put on international travellers. already at airports in rome, thorough cleaning is taking place, as well as temperature checks at customs. it is a gradual process. from monday, beauty salons, shops and restaurants are allowed to open, but business

italy is coming out of that nightme now.he lights have gone dim on broadway, and london's west end is deserted as the pandemic case you disclosed f untther notice -- keeps theaters closed until furtnotice. regional theaters are the lifeblood of the industry. in the u.k., many fear this to behe final curtain. will gompertz as more. will: many a crown jewel of british theater has been found and polished in the regions. the global hits produced by the royal shakespeare company in stratford upon avon to contemporary classics presented at liverpool's everyman a playhouse theaters, making money for the local economy and inspiring generations of actors. kim cattrall found global fame as new yorker samantha in "sex and the city," but she found ung girl a liverpool. kim: the local theaters meano everything t because i was so inspired by them. i look back and the dreams i had and they all started regionally. they belong to the people of that city. will: not at the moment they don't. covid-19 has forced theaters to close, leaving many

its lock downs children and the austrian city of south spork enjoy their freedom of the park again italy this season some of its restrictions today while germany and spain have also relaxed some cups. also coming up millions of doses of coronavirus vaccine at an affordable price for use around the world that is the aim of the european commission's virtual pledging conference looking to raise a $7500000000.00 euro. and south korea's baseball fans look forward to the league restarting on tuesday even if they're only allowed to watch the games on t.v. . i'm sumi so misconducts great to have you with us italy is set to ease some of its strict lockdown measures today the country imposed nationwide restrictions on its population to halt the spread of the corona virus a 7 weeks ago parks are reopening and people will be allowed to visit relatives living in the same region the government has promised further openings this month if the rate of new infections stays low italy as the 2nd highest death toll after the us was nearly $28000.00 deaths out of over $200.00. and cases in a moment we'll have

italy. so eisenhower and marshall are adamantly opposed to this idea. what else can we do? let's promote eisenhower out of this position and let's promote him out of the stratosphere so we can put a brit in charge and make it a whole lot easier to get what we want and that didn't happen and let's put a deputy to help eisenhower who will actually take over everything and undermine everything that the americans are doing and well, that didn't work either, and it didn't help that the british were so frustrated that they gave a number of interviews to british newspapers arguing that, yeah, the americans didn't really do much in north africa. it was mostly a british campaign. you can understand, that didn't go well. that didn't sit well with their allies, the americans. of all of the calculated risks during world war ii nothing was bolder than the decision in 1943 to maintain the combat's army at 90 division and the 90 division is an important number and we'll keep coming back to that. early esti

the gilded wall of italy's finest nazi hotels instead the song ends on the once bustling terrace and the symbol of a pub that swept through leaving thousands. devastating its economy is that this hole would have been crowded noisy with people chatting at the bar visitors passing by and appreciating the beauty of these halls now it's empty lonely it is the 1st time in almost 80 years of the history of this hotel which was built in the thirty's is empty and closed but there are signs of hope the government is allowing people into and out of italy from early next month free travel within the country will also receive a number you want to look forward to the reopening of borders and then there might be the possibility for travel to full casts a not positive but we are very optimistic. a low eighty's coastlines hotel owners are preparing for a different kind of summer but on the other we're ready to host tourists who come to the veneto coast in these last weeks we've worked to adapt our beaches our hotels and our campsites to the current health emergency we're able to guarantee the celebr

is empty and closed but there are signs of hope the government is allowing people into and out of italy from early next month free travel within the country will also receive in number they want to look forward to the reopening of borders and then there might be the possibility for travel forecast the not positive but we are very optimistic. along italy's coastlines hotel owners are preparing for a different kind of summer but on the other we're ready to host tourists who come to the veneto coast in these last weeks we work to adapt our beaches our hotels and our campsites to the current health emergency we were able to guarantee the celebrity of a seaside holiday caution is critical for any industry that contributes per 1000 percent to its knees g.d.p. and employs more than 4000000 people the economic impact of the pandemic. it's been devastating to the line of we're estimating they will lose about $18000000000.00 in 2 risen this year but we need to understand what will happen tomorrow on words if hotels have a possibility to reopen in june giving foreign tourists the chance to reach i

italy was the worst—hit country in europe. lockdown there is now being eased, but ministers say comparisons are not straightforward. i'm not sure that the international comparison works unless you reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way. and it also depends on how good, frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics. we'll have the latest, on the day one of the government's main scientific advisers stood down. professor neil ferguson, one of the architects of the lockdown, stepped aside because he'd broken social distancing rules. virgin atlantic says the business effect of the pandemic is devastating. it plans to cut 3,000 jobs and might end its operation at gatwick. and we meet the choir that's come together online to fight isolation and to support each other. and in the sport on bbc news — as other sports voice concern over their future, the english football league says it could be facing a loss of £200 million. good evening. in the seventh week of the lockdown, the united kingdom has now record

a cautious reopening italy gives the green light to international tourism after weeks of total shutdown plus. you can a big look with clarity right now to apply more gears or to other grocery shopping difficult decisions in the united states as food prices soared to the highest level in nearly 15 years. a top u.n. prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 994 a london genocide police in kapooka avoided capture for more than 20 years until french police raided an apartment near the french capital paris some of the ago reports a person this is called this is he was one of the world's most wanted fugitives 84 year old. the man accused of financing the militias that mascot 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from international justice for 25 years i had been. indicted by the united nations international criminal tribunal in 1907 on 7 counts of genocide but the film a businessman managed to avoid arrest using his powerful international connections to evade capture to go always had very close relations with iran'

news live from berlin italy prepares to get back to business restaurants bars hairdressers and department stores are among the services reopening on monday after a 2 month quarantine the government warns the virus is still circulating and physical distancing rules need to be respected also coming up. brazil's president turns out to greet his supporters who defied stay at home orders to rally behind the walls of adults under pressure for downplaying the content of the steps and things that new infections sore. and defending bundesliga champions bar in munich have returned to action with a victory over your own berlin we'll take you to the stadium for some coach my post match not just. on pablo photo i.d.'s welcome to the program italy was the 1st country in europe to go into lockdown because of the corona virus and more than 2 months later many businesses in the country are preparing to open their doors again but it will be far from a return to normal authorities warn that the virus hasn't gone away and if new infections start to grow rapidly again restrictions may have to be reimposed. no

regular migrants in italy. illegal and so we're talking about people who would be able to work mainly in the agricultural and in the you know the domestic services will say i'm also because they're legal that we have to access basic health services it also in proves their quality of life and also let's not forget because there is such a crisis recovered 19 if they're in but if they're actually illegal it will also mean that testing will be able to take place and also. they get ill you know they can actually get the proper treatment so it's really a human rights issue here as well because in these initial permits we understand will be valid for 6 months what happens after the 6 months once you have the 1st 6 months then you can get another 6 month extension after 12 months then if you have a work contract then essentially you can get a longer permit and the idea is for this not to be a temporary measure but really a sort of more medium to long term solution we know migration it is i mean it's a politically sensi

hello i'm down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a coarseness reopening italy gives the green light to international tourism after weeks of total shutdown. a test of leadership we take a look at why some world leaders are under fire for their handling of the condiment . trapped and unable to join their adoptive parents dozens of babies born to surrogate mothers are stranded in ukraine due to coronavirus restrictions. a top u.n. prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 1904 rwandan genocide. avoided capture for more than 2 decades until french police raided an apartment near paris some of the younger reports of course that this is going to this year he was one of the world's most wanted fugitives 84 year old. the man accused of financing the militias that mascot 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from international justice for 25 years i had been indicted by the united nations international criminal tribunal. in 1907 on 7 counts of genocide but the film a businessman managed to av

italy was hard hit by covid with around 1,000 deaths a day. now, deaths are down up to 75% on some days but italy is opening cautiously restaurants are open just for takeaway real estate agents and eyeglasses shops open, too. the deputy health minister told me businesses were chosen that don't draw crowds as a test for the rest. >> i believe that we will restart entirely over the next month. >> reporter: but italians are still hurting. this 100-year-old family-owned bakery made everything here for today, but barely sold anything people are still scared to come out sergio told me it's not yet in italy but today life here got a little sweeter. officials here told me today's partial reopenings put 4.5 million people back to work. >> richard engel tonight, thank you. >>> up next,no one else has doe in history >>> finally he led his team to the only perfect season in nfl history. our kerry sanders remembers the legendary don shula. >> don shula was the architect, coach of precision and numbers. 347 more wins than any other coach in nfl history 7-8

the story of italy's coronavirus outbreak starts here.e 20th of february, there were no known cases of covid—i9 in europe. doctors were aware of what was happening in china. but no—one in lodi expected their small, provincial hospital, and its sister clinic in codogno, 15 miles up the road, to become the epicentre of the outbreak. doctor paglia knew his small a&e department in codogno did not have the resources to cope. so, in the middle of the night, he prepared to move the whole operation to the bigger hospital in lodi. what doctor paglia and his colleagues did not know was that the virus had been incubating in the community for weeks. suddenly, patients began arriving in huge numbers. they all need one thing — oxygen. in the very beginning we were astonished. it was clear that that was a source of mass casualties. so, just to give you a rough idea, this was the overcrowding situation that we had in the very beginning. these are the aisles in our emergency department. all the other rooms were already filled by patients, so this was the

i easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number 4 on the buyers failure to take really aggressive action we get them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like he did with there's one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of throat of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. to know. what. you're watching us there are a reminder of our top stories this hour french police have arrested a rwandan business that is accused of funding the $994.00 genocide felicien cablegram has been on the run for 25 years french authorities say the 84 year old was living on the false identity in his house. at least government is to ease travel restrictions for early next month all international travel and movement within the country will be about italy was the 1st country in europe to impose a nationwide lockdown. and in germany the bundesliga for all tournaments has resumed on saturday 6 games are being played with spectators have been exclu

i'm rebecca rate as welcome to the program italy's government has announced that tarus will again be able to visit from june 3rd a 14 day mandatory quarantine period will also be scrapped it's a big step for a country recovering not only from one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks but also the huge economic cost of lock down. famous for once having too many visitors the coronavirus has lived in venice deserted many here who rely on tourism eager for people to return but it's a balancing act between preventing a 2nd wave of coronavirus while reopening the city. i hope the authorities will manage the city get away that is a compromise between the city we knew then and the one we are experiencing today. he said lee became the center of the coronavirus in europe in late february the government imposed a crippling shutdown and the pandemic has so far killed over 30000 people areas on the address to cars to have taken a huge hit but travelers will soon be allowed back in time for summer. months we've had only 2 overnight stays this gives you an idea of the situation. for reopening

guest: yes, there were germans in italy until may of 1945. decidedians in 1943 had after making an alliance with of steelns, the impact that mussolini and hitler's put er. in 1943 hitl there were negotiations between the americans, reddish, and italians. in 1943 the italians switched sides. not all of them switched sides. state that rough prevailed in northern italy supported by the germans. the fighting in italy which had began with our invasion would continue right to the very end of the war. it lasted almost until this day 75 years ago. the italians eventually surrendered after the germans had agreed to surrender. it was the germans occupying italy,fighting in propping up that state of the italian pseudo-government who had to throw in the towel. that occurred may 2, 1945. the war was in italy until the very end also. illinois, you are on. caller: good morning. i hope the fellow from new mexico is still listening. we had a navajo on our local radio station being interviewed hymn in fellow sang a navajo. the hairs on the back of my neck were

it meant italy had some time to prepare.ut like most nations, italy didn't appreciate the full scale of what it was about to face. >> unfortunately, italians like me, myself included, we started to take it seriously when we were forced to do so. when the lockdown came as a decree from the government. >> sporting events were canceled. schools and universities shut. and italy's famous cafe culture disappeared from the sidewalks. but italy's attempts to stop covid-19 came too late. the first recorded case was on january 31st when 2 chinese tourists from wuhan became ill. almost three weeks later, two clusters emerged in lombardy and the numbers just blew up after that with hundreds dying every day. 51 days after reporting its first case, italy replaced china as the global epicenter of the covid-19 pandemic. one thing was unmissable as the world watched italy suffer. even one of the best resourced health care systems in the world simply couldn't cope once covid-19 took hold. nobody thought they'd be treating so many people so qu

italy reports the fewest deaths since lockdown. we'll get a view from the ssociation of italian business about the path forward. president trump sees the u.s. 100,000.ll rising to the u.s. secretary of state says there is evidence that in a wuhan began lab. global markets sink. risk-off returns as investors infections wave of and a steady stream of bad economic data. good morning. evening.ernoon, good this is bloomberg surveillance. i'm francine here in london. of course, it's monday. to everyone out there. a lot of the focus is on what we heard from president trump yesterday. ideal way to actually reopen an economy is well.uarding lives as we'll look at italy as today is the first what they call phase two. actually day that it's starting to slowly reopen. his is what your markets are doing. the focus is not just on european stocks, but on -- you can see european stocks down some 2%. crude oil. because of the rolling of the contracts and what we saw just a to le of weeks ago need spend a bit of time in terms of oil and what they se