milan is the second biggest city in italy. it's the capital of lombardy - a region in the north of the peninsula, the gateway to northern europe and all of the trade money that that brings. sophisticated, elegant, and rich. milan is the epicentre of design, fashion, and finance. the most iconic visual representation of milan's power is its cathedral - the biggest church in the whole of italy. this breath-taking architectural jewel with its forest of spires pointing upwards is the perfect metaphor for milanese ambition. where are you taking me beppe? >> it's a very-- >> up. just up. >> it's a good place. >> yeah? one of my favourite italian writers has spent his whole life in milan. beppe severgnini is a regular new york times columnist. >> milan loves the future. >> he is a master at explaining italians to the rest of the world and i want him to tell me all i need to know about milan. >> welcome to milan's first ever skyscraper. >> even better, he has the keys to the most exclusive rooftop in the city. it's extraord -- it's li

you know. >> your parents who came from italy. >> came from italy. >> didn't want you to go to italy. >> it worked out. it was fine >> i think everybody ended up getting a great deal out of it. i came for the sculpture. certainly joan with all the food. >> it changed everything. >> it changed everything. >> it changed everything for me, certainly. while my father was studying art, my mom was studying something just as beautiful -- the local cuisine. one of these because it's so big? >> no, a little more. a little more. i didn't know how to cook when we got married. didn't even know how to boil water. >> while here my mother was also inspired by the spirit of the renaissance and set out to discover the art of italian cooking. >> when we lived in florence and everyone was in school, i would learn to make different recipes. i loved it. >> my mother soon found the key that unlocks so much of italian cooking -- a simple combination of carrots, celery, and onions. fried up together it's called the soufreto. >> looking good. what do you think? >> it's good. >> the base of countless italian d

as the poverty-stricken underdog of italy. but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for me, this is our philosophy. this is our style and tradition. they've given the world its favorite food. pizza margarita! just don't forget where it was invented. [upbeat piano music] if pizza was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast, and a feast for the senses. naples is situated in campania. it's the unofficial capital of the italian south and is even older than rome. it's a region of volcanic landscapes, magical islands and the world-famous amalfi coast. the southern sun nurtures tomatoes that are the envy of the world and out in the hills, buffalo produce the milk for the finest mozzarella. but pizza wasn't born in the lush hills. it came from the darkest, poorest streets of naples and its story combines two of italy's favorite subjects, food and death. >> tv announcer: vesuvius explodes. italy's historical volcano bursts into the most fearsome and devastating erup

this place has more than any other region in italy.ortlessly producing all of these famous delicacies? parmigiano, balsamic vinegar and prosciutto. to find out, i'm heading to the hills outside modena to meet my friend, massimo bottura, again >> what do you have? >> i have some products. ...and his wife, lara gilmore, who runs their incredible restaurant... many ingredients come out of what you have available. >> right. >> ...in your back yard. ...to discover the secrets of why this area is famously known as food valley. the po river is the longest in italy and its fertile flood plain has made this region an agricultural powerhouse. the extraordinary food valley lies between the po river in the north and the apennine mountains to the south. that's modena. it's hazy today. >> oh, that's modena. >> that's modena down in the valley and we have the apennines behind us. so, when you look at a place like parma, the reason those hams are aged so well and have a particular flavor is because a crosswind blows all the way down into the valley. t

they're coming to us to italy because they want a better life. but in fact, they're not bad off economically, like this to ninian blogger. those who are really poor, who remained in africa and are dying of hunger, it is in africa that we should try to help them and not via these n g o z and via what amounts to illegal immigration. europe must help us to stop these landings. they arrive in sicily, too many migrants arrive and europe is not helping us. a big show is made out of these crossings. in addition, in italy, there are many people who think they are being good and say they want to welcome migrants. but in reality, they do not realize how many difficulties there are for italians and for us to cillian who are experiencing a really difficult period. italy is well of a number of european countries experiencing a surgeon asylum claims you. k, france relations recently took a new term for the worst after french president multnomah chronic, his boyish chelsor feeling to offer any kind of solution to the cross channel migrant prices. on the belarus

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two playoff matches italy of deja vu. two playoff matches coming _ italy of deja vu.does the finger of blame point? it's difficult, isn't it? you go back to the summer and absently incredible, but they just had the summer and absently incredible, but theyjust had these unknowing draws, none more so than in belfast. drawing went to northern ireland to good did not concede a single goal, they lost the group not here but by failing to win at home to bulgaria in theirfirst failing to win at home to bulgaria in their first competitive game right after winning the euros. they lost this group by coming to against against switzerland and both of them having a penalty which they failed to convert so it's a really strong sense of if we just took our opportunities would never have come down to this final game, that's what roberto is trying to focus on, he's telling everyone look, i'm so very confident we are going to the euros, and shows the details can we just need to get the details right. but of course when you go on a run like this, when you are failing to win over and over

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only economic migrants who come to italy. the problem of migrants is, according to the search and rescue plan, regulations, concerns old states and not just italy. europe must enforce this regulation. make other states help migrants as well. italy certainly cannot declare war on malta. if the u. n. has austell states to speak up and sold the problem through international agreements. and if, until now, the problem has never been addressed by anyone. it means there is no political will to try to solve the problem of migrants. we've repeatedly said that the problem is not being addressed by anyone. and if it is not addressed, that will be more deaths, more landings, and no end to ngo's helping migrants, etc. this is the problem. there is no solution because no one wants to find it. nothing will ever change as long as things remain like this. a slogan that was meant to promote respect for muslim women has sparked outrage among french politicians. they slogan, goes freedom, is in a job. i was adopted by the council of europe as a

if you thought sicily was italy's southernmost island, you'd be wrong.iful island of lampedusa. with just 5,000 inhabitants, this paradise island was famed for its waters chockfull of fish. situated 70 miles off the african coast it's become a beacon for migrants and asylum seekers trying to get to europe. thousands arrive on these shores every year. i've come to the port to meet third generation fisherman beppe billeci who's bringing in the daily catch. >> beppe's been fishing here since he was nine, catching anchovies and alacce, a type of sardine that was once the main form of sustenance in lampedusa. he's invited me for lunch. his wife rina is rumored to be one of the island's best cooks . >> rina's preparing some traditional sicilian dishes with her daughter enza, using some of the fish that beppe's just caught. >> it's so simple - all she does is dress the dish with a simple salsa verde which is made of parsley, capers, olive oil and bread soaked in vinegar. her second dish is more elaborate. >> rina is making sarde a beccafico which literally mean

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germany and italy are now taking similar measures. and the eu commission set to propose all member states do the same. let's get more on this story. we begin with david mckenzie in johannesburg with more on the emerging variant. david, what more are you learning at this hour about this variant and how effective vaccines may be against it here? >> reporter: isa, we just don't know what the impact on vaccines will be. it's just way too early to tell. it does speak to the quick reactions from south african scientists who have used a quirk in this particular variant that allows it to be picked up by regular pcr tests, to notice that it is increasing rapidly in this part of the continent and also possibly in several other parts of the region. now, it must be stated that it's not so much about where the variant is. it's about who has the capability the it's very early days, but this is a concerning variant amongst several that have been identified. we'll have to watch it very closely. and in the meantime, these travel bans have been put in

that's what i would say about italy i would say that when chinese officials visited italy and said here is what to do, this is what we have learned from our experience in wuhan, you need to centralize quarantine and put those potentially expose into a quarantine hospital together so that, just a crackdown on potential transmission. the italians had no, we can't do that culturally. it won't work. the chinese said that is what they had done and that is what they have found to work, and the italians and said no. do you want to jump in on why new zealand and taiwan in particular work? >> to be honest i wanted to jump back to something that i thought was her interesting, not to avoid the question but one thing that came up during, at least i sitting for me was we learned about the story initially the chief justice of maine who had sort of officiated are judged over her time in the state of maine or she actually lived. most interesting about at the time, you had to go back to all these archives, we initially got a call that a woman who's going to break quarantine, what do we do? do we keep he

however these quarantines originally used in italy since our word kind of takes place in italy? >> has an actual mystery but really it was invented in a time and place. it's very easy they had made the connection basically between the outbreaks which is a brand-new pandemic disease at thela time. it had made its way westward which is wiping out entire populations. they made the connection between the outbreak and ships filled with goods from the east. merchants would travel from the east et cetera. and so the concept pioneered was part of the republic but was perfecteded in venice. we could say these ships are bringing disease we should trade.wn but you cannot afford to do that. and areas like oh gosh we cannot afford to shut down. what they call a quarantine facility on an island a little bit distanced in the city but close enough to see as an emblem of public health. they murdered matrons and ships stay there. then during outbreaks you are in the city itself. they were quarantined in parts of the city there. at times there were like 100 ships around the island of people on the

the on the call and barrier is already spreading globally with us radio and italy among the latest to detect the cases. and also i had with my son is down there in the mind as his mother. i feel that he is alive. 6 among the stories that shaped the we've seen hot break families mold the loss of 51 people and it's high peer and coal mine explosion. several manages out officials have been arrested with 2 protest is killed and over a dozen and judged by the french military india, according to local authorities. after an army convoy on the way to molly was confronted by riotous. ah, bring you all round up all the top stories of p, paul 7 days on is always the very day to to this is the weekly good to have your company to sell. well, jumping right in israel has play thing. it's borders 2 or 4 nationals for 2 weeks. now the global panic spreads over and he was at variant. dozens of countries have halted flights from southern africa where the micron strain was plus detected. meanwhile, back in john bugs, the restrictions have left passengers scrambling to get out for many of them. it's alrea

and in italy and austria as well.hat is new there is austria on top of this announced starting from february of next year we will make vaccination mandatory, and that is the first european country to do that, which makes you wonder whether it will be the only one or the last one will other countries follow? we'll see. >> claudio, what can you tell us about italy which is where you are and germany where cases are spiking but there's been no response like this >> reporter: well, in italy, cases are on the rise as in the rest of europe due to the fourth wave of the pandemic it is very much under control. the cases that we have seen here are nothing compared to what we have seen in places like austria and in germany why? because in italy there have been very, very anti-covid measures being implemented very early if you think about it, italy was the only country that is required -- that required a so-called green pass, which essentially shows you're either vaccinated or you recently recovered from covid or you took recentl

i think it is right that we have now started discussion about whether this should be done in italy. we're vaccine uptake is currently 10 percent higher than germany. they're seeing less cases in this 4th wave in austria, which is 5 percent lower than germany. they've just brought in the new lockdown for the vaccinated. while the austrian chancellor insists this is necessary. it's still draws pushback from the public as boom, this is again, this is our task. as the federal government is to protect the people of austria and that is what we are doing. i must stress. we are not taking this step with a light heart. but unfortunately it is necessary, he's an alternate id. i like it well against the current government, which is leading us into disaster leading us into economic cas cleanings. he saw the overall i find the whole development extremely alarming. there are lines outside of this vaccination center here in berlin as the feeling is the sooner rather than later, germany will follow austria's lead and imposed national restrictions on post that of not being jobs. not combs, as politi

more than $600.00 refugees arrived on italy shore is after traveling from north africa. and as ortiz, charlotte dubin ski explains, they are being treated very differently to those attempting to cross fire. belarus . what a difference a route makes. in the last few days, hundreds of migrants crossing the mediterranean sea flimsy fishing boats found themselves rescued and brought to you repeat land. since the start of this year, more than $50000.00 migrants have used that c route reach italy that's an 85 percent increase compared to the same period last year and almost 500 percent more compared to 2 years ago. by landing on your ex mediterranean coast, my grants find themselves greeted by agencies there to lend a helping hand fly just under 2000 kilometers to another e u. country. and the reception couldn't be more different around 3000 migrants, desperately trying to survive in no man's land as winter sets in n g o z. and agencies can't even get full access while the past to freedom is blocked by t cast by water cannons by barbed wire. in a bid to shore up the eastern eu

pretty. >> so there was a bit of everything is italy since it took place in italy predict. >> so yes,unny that you would think of a conflict have been an actual impact but it really was sort of training time in a place and minutes was where it was perfected because it makes sense and is very easy for the authorities to say, they had made their connections basically between the outbreaks of life death which is brand-new pandemic disease in europe the time that made its way westward towards europe which was pointing out or wiping out an entire population in the immediate connection between the outbreaks and ships arriving and merchants who are traveling to the east and south of so the concept, which was part of the republic of venice at the time, and perfected in venice, was particularly one carload could say that the ships are bringing the disease we should shut them down, but you can do that many contracted covid-19 and everybody a single the forcible shut down. in the authorities, exactly the same thing. so they built, a delicious cocktail of what they called a quarantine facility on

well, it's not a unified front in your of either italy and france. they're both questioning poland severe strategy for dealing with migrants trying to enter the e. u via belarus. paris is refusing to fund a new wall. warsaw wants to build along the frontier. although the european council chief, he's given him his lesson. it's legally possible based on the truant legal framework that threw up a level 2 fighters interest torture history. but when up you can see 40 hamilton, i am in favor of a year of which protects his bonus, but not a europe which bristles with barbed wire or covers itself. with wolves would be this contract. and there quantile what is happening in several places on the borders of the union is disconcerting. the gap between the great principles proclaimed and the neglect of the hunger and coal to which human beings are exposed to the borders of the union, is surprising. cheapie. on the polish border is one of several e migration hotspots currently at last weekend alone. more than $600.00 refugees arrived on the italy shores. they were

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the on the corner variance is already spreading globally with a trailer and italy among the latest to detect the cases. also i had the, my son is down there in the mine as his mother. i feel bad. he is alive. among the stories that think the week seems all the hot break has families more in the last 51.5 period coal mine is close and several managers unofficial, have been arrested over 30 days to off and to protest the killed and over a 1000 injured by the french military and decide according to local storage, often on the convoy on the way to molly was confronted by rises. ah, this is the week he thought he had been robbing headlines over the past 7 days. a very welcomes 12 program while seeing that obviously a lot of people are talking about is role is closing its borders to all foreign nationals for 2 weeks as global panic spread. so for new covert variant, dozens of countries have halted flights from southern africa, where the con strain was fast detected. meanwhile, backend johanna bug, the restrictions have lashed past and just scrambling to get out. for many of them, it's alrea

it's a photo from italy. both say that italy is the place where they became children again after surviving the war and going to italy, it is very beautiful. the italians who were there were very welcoming to the jewish refugees. and you know, even though there were four families to a small house, there was a lot of joy, a lot of happiness being together and having survived. and again, just happy photos from italy. wonderful to see. it took them, you know, perhaps a shorter time than other people, but to sort of fill out, to get tan, to be happy, to go back to school, to find community. so i think probably they are not going to be much different from here on. just as the girls are getting older, i think italy was a wonderful place for them and they were so set on going to israel that they stayed quite a while and eventually that option wasn't available to them. they came to the united states. but i think that is good for -- >> one more question and then i think we'll go to questions from the audience. the stor

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