yes, i think mario draghi _ step forward? yes, i think mario draghi has - step forward?ink mario draghi has said - step forward? yes, i think mario draghi has said it'sl step forward? yes, i think| mario draghi has said it's a calculator, managed risk so to speak. it is basically easing, opening up the economy, in a situation in which contagion is still on, but the situation is improving at the same time, so it's a risk that the country can actually bear.- can actually bear. talk is through _ can actually bear. talk is through this _ can actually bear. talk is through this ambitious i can actually bear. talk is i through this ambitious plan can actually bear. talk is - through this ambitious plan he has for the italian economy, costing a cool 220 billion euros. your thoughts on this. well, it's massive, and it is partly financed by european money, eitherthrough partly financed by european money, either through grants or through loans. there is a top up through loans. there is a top up with nationalfunds. if through loans. there is a top up with national funds. if you thi

mario draghi laid out how italy will spend the eu recovery fund. the big question, could rome spend that money effectively that is a huge moment for italy, also for the eu. and vowel-mageddon. that's what i'm calling it. aberdeen standard releasing their new name which is pronounced aberdeen, but spelled abrdn. european equity markets being driven by the banks today. travel and leisure stocks are also having a fairly solid day as well. european stocks by around 0.1% -- by about 0.7%. kailey: you know that i will be getting on the internet right after the show to check out my flights to ireland for this summer. i am so excited about ursula von der leyen's comments over the weekend. i am looking at my board and realizing alix steel is probably shaking her head at me because i do not have a sickle commodity on here, and a number of them are on a tear today. in the other asset classes, we are looking at equities gaining about zero point 25% on the s&p 500. you have a lot of catalysts this week, including back to cap tech earnings. investors may be in a

. >>> welcome back to the show prime minister mario draghi submitted the plans for the country's 221illion euro recovery package it will focus on the economy by investing in high speed rail and green energy details presented to the italian parliament today let's get to claudio it costs the job of the previous prime minister because there was so much debate of the recovery fund and how much everything would be disbursed what more do we know how the italian government is spending this money it is a lot of money >> certainly it is a big hurdle. a big objective to reach for mario draghi it is an important day this package is going to parliament if all goes well, on the 30th, within the deadline, it is expected to go to brussels the package aims mostly to also face the structure reform issues this is something that mario draghi's government has really stressed he wants to aim at improving the public administration and the justice and tax system which is important. bringing simplification for italy. this is important for italy which suffered during the pandemic and a long productivity and

this is a huge challenge for mario draghi.e needs to succeed and carry through what everyone else has failed to do, major structural reforms in the country. a lot of money is coming from the european recovery fund. there are questions around that. will we get the payments in the second half as promised? can italy absorb that kind of money in a short time? they were clear yesterday that we should be mindful of the credibility of the country at stake, and the macro picture is challenging for italy with debt to gdp set to go up to 160% of gdp after coronavirus. it is a credibility test for mario draghi as to whether the numbers are big enough on paper. the question is if italy can absorb the money, carry through the reforms. annmarie: another credibility test will be germany. overnight we are learning they are opening vaccinations to all adults by june. will this work? maria: the signal is that is their intention in june, everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to do so. this could be huge breakthrough for the biggest economy i

this is what mario draghi is talking about right now. has been a narrative that europe is very slow in terms of the rollout or the recovery funds that are produced months and months ago and nothing has been done. the french finance minister was voicing his concerns about this. i had to come back to the compare and contrast, but the narrative for u.s. investment is europe is not delivering on the fiscal front. is that narrative correct and you think europe is capable of delivering infrastructure same way the united states is? karen: when we compare fiscal, the difficulty comparing the u.s. to europe is they are not headline announced packages the same way they are with the states. biden announces 1.9 trillion fiscal stimulus package. we can get into arguments on what additional booze that is to the economy. so much of europe is by the automatic stabilizers. if we compare how household incomes have been propped up or employment has been propped up, it is difficult to contrast. there is no doubt, biden is demonstrating to the world an inter

prime minister mario draghi is also due to announce ambitious plan to restore the country's economy.eepest recessions. we will discuss this in detail in our business coverage in 15 minutes. somalia's international partners, including the uk and the eu, have called for calm and restraint after violence in the capital mogadishu. clashes erupted between security forces and armed opposition loyalists amid tension over the controversial extension of the president's mandate. israeli police have allowed palestinians to gather on the steps at the entrance tojerusalem's old city, easing tensions that had resulted in three nights of clashes. following a rally by hundreds of palestinians at the damascus gate, police removed barricades blocking access to the promenade and announced the area was now open to all. the area is a popular night time meeting place during the muslim month of ramadan. still to come: manchester city win the english league cup for a record—equalling fourth time in succession as 8000 fans watch from the wembley stands. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force

we heard there from mario draghi yesterday.e of the plan from italy is staggering. that he wants to see that this is not just going to support the short-term but have long-term impacts on the prospects for the italian economy. are you looking for the same thing? esty: absolutely. there is a lot of benefit of the doubt for mario draghi from markets and investors. we know he is working to have a plan that can bring reform to italy. he really has an opportunity, he has the buy-in from many different sides that he can get this big support from the eeo -- eu recovery fund with the funds being allocated to specific sectors to reform and transform the account -- the italian economy. it is never as simple as allocating the funds but there is a view that if someone can get enough buy-in from the different sides to get things moving, it is mario draghi. a little optimism embedded into that. and we have to see the fine print on how that will develop and whether it can work over the long-term but it really is putting the eu recovery funds

through the kovacs assistance scheme turkey's condemned comments by the italian prime minister mario draghi who's like i'm president retch up type or go on to a dictator. or one of humiliating the european commission president. she was left without a seat during a meeting in ankara on tuesday the u.k. has accused of bullying its own ambassador after the envoy was locked out of the embassy in london show schwall mint has been removed from his job after condemning the coup on february the 1st and calling for the release of the democratically elected leader aung san suu kyi. votes are being counted for the day in a landmark unionization plan at an amazon warehouse in the u.s. state of alabama final results may not be known until friday but so far the numbers are showing workers have rejected forming a union more than 3000 workers cast a ballot has often been accused of unsafe working conditions and union busting which it denies those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness i'll have another quick summary for you in 25 minutes so you can. and. you could live alone

has become the latest european leader trying to boost ties with libya's new interim government mario draghi is in tripoli for his 1st overseas visit since taking office they said it was time for the 2 countries to rebuild their friendship and underlined the importance of respecting a ceasefire signed last october. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories iran and the u.s. say they're making constructive progress and the latest efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal to new working groups will focus on getting each side back into compliance in more than or more we've got to go on ours or we find this position realistic and promising it could be the start of correcting the bad process that has taken diplomacy to a d.d. and we welcome these comments brazil has recorded more than 4000 coronavirus deaths in a single day only the u.s. and peru have reached that threshold nearly 337000 people have died since the start of the pandemic chile is perspiring upcoming elections by a month because of the pandemic president sebastian pinera has signed a decree delaying this weekend's vote to may 1

alix: we have italy increasing their budget deficit, mario draghi talking about how they hoped to be financing with good debt, etc. who is going to lead out of this? judy: it is a very good question. germany will come through eventually, but there's already a huge dispute at the european union unhealthy borrowing rate for this huge economic recovery plan is going to be financed. we don't know this, but this squabbling at a time when the european union should be pulling together, it should be led by the european commission in brussels, and certainly pushed by president macron and chancellor angela merkel. but we don't see this happening, and we see actually the country a few months ago, when there is a fairly -- a feeling that europeans would pull together, now we seem to be all knowing our own way, and once again, the european states are just looking after their own interest. at the moment, this is not very good news for the identity and the reputation of the european union, which probably will pull through, but it is going to cost an awful lot of social and palooka damage. alix: if

mario draghi laid out how italy will spend the eu recovery fund. rome spend that money effectively that is a huge moment for italy, also for the eu. and vowel-mageddon. that's what i'm calling it. aberdeen standard releasing their new name which is pronounced aberdeen, but spelled abrdn. european equity markets being driven by the banks today. travel and leisure stocks are also having a fairly solid day as well.

turkey has condemned comments from mario draghi, who has likened president erdogan to a dictator. draghi accused erdogan of humiliating the european commission president, left without a seat during a meeting in ankara last week. the u.k. has accused myanmar of bullying its own ambassador after he was locked out of the embassy in london. he has been removed from his post after condemning the coup on february 1 and calling for the release of the democratically elected leader. votes have been counted in a landmark unionization push at a warehouse in alabama belonging to amazon. final results may not be known until friday. numbers are showing workers have rejected the formation of a union. 3000 workers have cast ballots. next, inside story. ♪ >> rare but dangerous, the astrazeneca vaccine for cid-19 is linked to blood clots. buthe benefits outweigh the risks. should people be worried? this is "inside story or code -- this is "inside story." welcome to the program. many countries have been relying on the astrazeneca vaccine to get them out of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. there have

according to the financial times, the italian prime minister, mario draghi, is to announce a recoveryhan £200 billion to help the country's economy recover from the pandemic. there's the ft. the sun says it's time for you to book your summer holidays abroad, as europe will open its door to britons following the success of the uk's vaccination programme. and the mirror carries a message from the queen on her 95th birthday, where she thanked people for their heartfelt messages following the death of the duke of edinburgh, which left her family "deeply touched". some of the front pages that we have already in and as always, very good of both of you to join us on this wednesday evening, and a lot to get through. we are going to start with the metro and, maya, let's start with you. the headline, basically the metro is quoting a report from an organisation, called transparency international uk, a bit of a play on words in the headline. i'm going to not go there, i would let you explain it, and a serious report when it comes to what this organisation is alleging. what this re ort is organisa

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are dictators with whom one nonetheless has to coordinate the turkish government to hit back at mario draghi remarks calling them impudent and ugly and on thursday the foreign ministry summoned the italian ambassador to express its condemnation meanwhile the european council chief charles michel has defended his own conduct explaining why he had not tried to defuse the situation by vacating his seat. i was convinced that any reaction among the college could be perceived as paternalism there was a risk of provoking an even more serious incident which would reduce the already fragile chance of having less negative relations with turkey. we asked the political analysts in europe and turkey how suffocate could i think both of these persons in history shows and restored again probably didn't show themselves as a gentleman however there is a protocol in these types of situations and it appears that within the european union they don't really agree who is supposed to be number one and number 2 in this protocol shall be shot that in the protocol both of them should be sitting around erudite what is

has become the latest european leader trying to boost ties with libya's new interim government mario draghi is in tripoli for his 1st overseas visit since taking office he said it was time for the 2 countries to rebuild their friendship and underlined the importance of respecting a ceasefire signed last october. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories iran and the u.s. say they're making constructive progress and the latest efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal to new working groups will focus on getting each side back into compliance in more that or more what we've got to go now is that we find this position realistic and promising it could be the start of correcting the bad process that has taken diplomacy to a d.d. and we welcome the.

capital and other cities to close turkey has condemned comments from the italian prime minister mario draghi who's likened the president wretched typer to one to a dictator techies foreign minister some of the italian ambassador to explain the remarks druggy accused murder one of humiliating the european commission president still on the line she was left without a seat during a meeting in ankara on tuesday. non-believers who the internet police really appreciated i absolutely disagree with president who once positions i think it was inappropriate behavior i was very sorry for the humiliation that the president of the e.u. commission bunda lion had to suffer a good congress the. yama to figure with these let's call them what they are dictators however we have to collaborate one has to be frank in expressing the diversity of views opinions behaviors in visions of society. still to come here on al-jazeera a 1000000 miles military rulers are branded bullies after the country's ambassador to britain is locked out of the embassy in london. and we'll look ahead to the elections and been enough for

time in months spas restaurants cinemas and concert halls have partially reopened prime minister mario draghi says he's taking a calculated risk he's been under pressure from far right groups and anti lock down protest as italy's infection rates and intensive care missions have fallen but kovac 19 deaths are still high. cyprus has ended a 2 week lockdown to contain a new wave of infections but it will accept to vaccinate to tourists from 65 countries starting next month's they won't need a negative code 900 test all go through a quarantine. health officials in gaza say they're facing a critical situation in the battle against kevin 19 has been a surge in young people being affected thought to be from the more contagious u.k. variant the rate of people testing positive is now among the highest in the world and vaccines are in short supply gaza already struggles because of israel's long running blockade still ahead on out to syria. after weeks of increased tension on the border between ukraine and russia hopes from here a resolution. sponsored ploy qatar airways. we got the rain clouds now gath

the italian prime minister, mario draghi, has presented a coronavirus recovery plan worth nearly $300nt. the money will be used on projects including infrastructure, green energy and sustainable development, as well as internet services. most of the spending envisaged will come from european union grants and loans. a prosecutor in moscow has ordered the suspension of all activity by the political offices of alexei navalny. teams linked to the jailed opposition leader will have to cease working across the country — whilst the court decides whether to ban them for good as "extremist". germany said the move was incompatible with the principles of the rule of law. the british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been sentenced to a further 12 months in prison in tehran on charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. last month she completed a five—year sentence for spying — a charge she vehemently denied. her husband said he was bitterly disappointed at the court's decision — as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. nazanin�*s baby girl is now almost seven

the turkish government have back at mario draghi remarks calling them impudent and ugly along thursday the foreign ministry summoned the italian ambassador to express its condemnation meanwhile the european council chief shell's michel has defended his own conduct explaining why he didn't try to diffuse the situation by vacating his seat. i was convinced that any reaction on markets could be perceived this puts the lism there was a risk of provoking an even more serious incident which would reduce the already fragile chance of having less negative relations with turkey. a live now to political analyst nicholas us from paris welcome back to the program how do you think this happened then quite a few people seem to think that there's an element of sexism in this that you've got the female leader of the year being sidelined onto a sofa next other men. this is the flu what it looks like and 'd it is the images are terrible and the fury i think at this it is a great back to ash in western media against the aragon. today of course i think both of these persons are history shows and mr erdoga

you that the harshest reaction came from italy and its prime minister and this is exactly what mario draghi said. i absolutely do not agree with no one's behavior and i was very sorry for the humiliation the european commission president under lane had to suffer let's call them what they are dictators with whom one nonetheless has to coordinate. dictators wow no surprise turkey wasn't happy with that at all there was outrage and almost immediately like you said the italian ambassador was asked to show up at the turkish foreign ministry for a very serious conversation but regarding the sofa again on turkey saying that the meeting was held according to protocol no violations. stumble. through turkey especially in meetings held in turkey applies the protocol that is in line with international protocol rules as well as world renowned turkish hospitality traditions always extremely accusations against turkey within the framework of the importance we give to women and other issues. but rory let's go back to brussels because what's even more ridiculous such high ranking officials as the president

turkey's condemned comments from the italian prime minister mario draghi who's likened president wretch up tire birder one to a dictator druggie accused murder one of humiliating the european commission president obama to lie and she was left without a seat during a meeting and anchor on tuesday turkey's foreign minister and some of the italian ambassador to explain the remarks the u.k. has accused of bullying its own ambassador after the envoy was locked out of the embassy in london chose schwarm in has been removed from his post after condemning the coup on forever the 1st one calling for the release of the democratically elected leader aung san suu kyi votes are being counted for the day in a landmark unionization push at a warehouse in alabama belonging to amazon final results may not be known until friday but so far the numbers are showing workers have rejected the formation of a union on 3000 workers of cast ballots those are your headlines up next inside story quick summary of news right after the top of the hour see that. but still dangerous the european medicine is agency says

turkey has condemned comments made by italian prime minister mario draghi which likened the turkish president to a dictator turkey's foreign minister has summoned the italian ambassador over what he called ugly comments he also accused one of humiliating european commission president. lyon she was left without a seat at a meeting with adam and the european council president on tuesday. and. i absolutely disagree with president wants positions i think it was inappropriate behavior i was very sorry for the humiliation that the president of the e.u. commission bunda lion had to suffer. as the. with these let's call them what they are dictators however we have to collaborate one has to be frank in expressing the diversity of views opinions behaviors in visions of society. another night of violence in northern ireland has spot calls for peace from the british government as well as the white house the region is split between people who want to remain part of the u.k. those who want to unite with the irish republic of groups clashed on wednesday for the 1st time with children as young as 13 throwing

help get al-jazeera the white house turkey has condemned comments from the italian prime minister mario draghi who's likened president wretch up time her to one to a dictator turkey's foreign minister has summoned the italian ambassador to explain the remarks druggy accused of humiliating the european commission president on the line she was left without a seat during a meeting in ankara on tuesday. oh no no i'm going to go into the boat it's really a procedure i absolutely disagree with president to one's positions and i think it was inappropriate behavior and i was very sorry for the humiliation that the president of the e.u. commission bunda lion had to suffer a good congress the. humanity because with these let's call them what they are dictators however we have to collaborate one has to be frank in expressing the diversity of views opinions behaviors in visions of society. the world health organization has warned africa is being left behind in the race for cope with 19 vaccines countries around the globe are grappling with supply shortages and delays to the world health organization says

the italian prime minister, mario draghi, has presented a coronavirus recovery plan worth nearly $300iament. the money will be used on projects including infrastructure, green energy and sustainable development, as well as internet services. most of the spending envisaged will come from european union grants and loans. a prosecutor in moscow has ordered the suspension of all activity by the political offices of alexei navalny. teams linked to the jailed opposition leader will have to cease working across the country, whilst the court decides whether to ban them for good as "extremist". germany said the move was incompatible with the principles of the rule of law. the british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been sentenced to a further 12 months in prison in tehran on charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. last month, she completed a five—year sentence for spying — a charge she vehemently denied. her husband said he was bitterly disappointed at the court's decision — as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. nazanin�*s baby girl is now almost se

mario draghi says he backs the extension of rules.een scrambling to rain and price assets after a stock route left many vulnerable to takeovers. global route news -- global news, 24 hours a day on air, on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: we will have more on the tensions with beijing. we will look at the senate's latest strategy to counter china and how it will affect relations. plus, singapore's finance minister bows out as a successor to the prime minister. we look at what that means for the transition of power in the city state. haidi: there has been a blow to singapore's long telegraphed power transition with the man expected to take the reins stepping aside. let's get to our senior asia economics reporter. this was a meant -- and this was a surprise move. >> heng swee keat was considered the heir apparent and singapore is a place that likes a stable, predictable leadership process and this known for that stability. keep

mario draghi says that he backs an extension of so-called golden power rules to protect local industriesthe eu nations have been scrambling after last year's pandemic left many vulnerable to takeovers. indian prime minister says that he is trying to boost capacity to make vaccines as new coronavirus infections surged to a record. several states have warned of vaccine shortage with mumbai's state saying that it is just three days worth of doses in stock. india reported a daily record of over 126,000 cases thursday with that state accounting from a staff of those. australia is recommending people under 50 avoid taking the astrazeneca vaccine amid warnings to a link of a rare blood clots. the government prefers the five -- pfizer is shot for that age range. this is after the eu found the possible links between vaccine and blood clotting issues. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn, this is bloomberg. >> still ahead, more on the vaccine rollout changes in australia. we sp

mario draghi does. the greens could win an election in germany.ou take on a lot of demand for sustainable electricity, cheap and clean electricity, and lights on your own? are you going to need to partner with other companies? >> i think that is a very important point. europe, we talk about 1.8 trillion where there is going to be an investment in low carbon technology. there is a clear emphasis on mitigating climate change. we are very well-positioned in europe and we have developed what we call the greens which which is an approach -- the green switch which is an approach with local government where we describe what are the solutions they can put in place, the project they can launch when it comes to lighting. targeting a climate change, clean energy, circularity. we have all the solutions and the green switch approach is to tell these governments what they can use and how they can use it in the spirit of the green deal. when we crossed the atlantic we talk about 2.3 trillion in terms of incentive. we are seeing that between three to 4 billion wi

it's a significant number because this is the goal mario draghi set out for himself a month ago.stage, we want to do it quickly. it's been able to triple the pace of vaccination in a month. a lot of this highlighting the production of vaccines has really accelerated in the european union and is now feeding into the national distribution data. anna: absolutely. good to see those vaccine numbers on the rise across europe, certainly in parts of it. today is the eu recovery plan deadline. as companies think about their successes in rolling out those vaccines, they are also mindful of the long-term investment that these european economies need. today is the deadline for submitting plans on the recovery fund. what have we heard from various countries that have submitted plans? maria: we have had 4, including that of germany and france, he still have 23 to go. the idea is that come july, the european commission will look at those plans and will start to prep payments coming out from that recovery fund. if you put all of this together and the forward-looking data we are seeing, the combi

spain and even france panicked and tried to dump their government bond hall says or president mario draghi then made a policy statement that would become famous. draggy soon became known as super mario for his role in dealing with. the crisis he dismissed speculation about the end of the euro and the solvent see if individual a you countries. within our monday the z.b. is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. and believe it will be enough to. do whatever it takes to get the 2 of us notes for the saudi promise to take all necessary measures to protect the rock trying to put an end to speculation in the financial markets to frame down so still the politicians had failed to stop it so the e.c.b. had to step in to try to keep things from getting even worse and a few 1000 feel it is something that. is not against us it was a highly unusual move and some e.u. states criticized it especially germany there were questions about whether this decision was compatible with the e.c.b. mandate but others said it was the most successful monetary policy measure ever because it calmed the mark

and generally speaking, the leadership under lagarde is clearly more consensus driven then under mario draghi. so all of these things kind of weaken. the purchases were on a monthly basis around $60 billion per month, 30 billion under the regular program in q1, and at the start of q2, these were may be around 100 billion a month. so it is an increase. i am not sure i would call it that significant, but i do think this is arguably remained pretty stable, which is one of the ecb's aims. but with the inflation target at 1.4% for 2023, i think if anything, the ecb could be more ambitious to actually add credibility to the inflation target. alix: that is a really good point. why aren't they doing that? because they are not even at pre-benda make inflation rates, so getting to 2% -- at pre-pandemic inflation rates, so getting to do percent -- 2% seems even harder. why? nicola: i think there are a couple of reasons. the first is a recognition that the ecb is almost out of let's -- out of bullets. there's only that much stimulus the ecb can achieve, being so close to the effect of lower bound. i thin

the stabilization of figures as well in italy with mario draghi announcing they were bringing forward the date for some of the lifting of restrictions. that does not reflect the progress that has been made with vaccines, because of course they've been remarkably slow. here in france and germany, we're about just over 6% of the population fully vaccinated. that's going to take some time to have an impact. what has had an impact are these restrictions that cannot be left in place for too much longer. in france, we're starting to see that stabilization, authorities looking at may 15th for possible reopening of terraces and museums, closed since october because the restrictions have been strict, that the third wave, the faster-spreading variants, seem finally begin to be brought under control in many european countries. >> melissa bell in paris, thank you. >>> india is fighting a devastating spike in covid cases as well. it's reporting more than 260,000 new cases just in the past 24 hours alone. the prime minister is asking people to practice symbolic rituals during an ongoing hindu festi

at this point, italy, mario draghi said he wanted to make this the number one priority.he numbers there are not pickin as quick. alix: just a quick note on the economic data as well. there's a lot of information about production from france and germany, in particular in germany. industrial production was down when new orders were up. it speaks to the issues of those lockdowns. can you walk us through? maria: when you look at the numbers and especially the industry for germany, that data is backward looking, and it was softer than expected, but now you have a situation that is really very difficult to read against. on the one hand, you have more vaccines. the distribution does seem to be going faster. but of course, we are still very much led by the infection rates, and restrictions are still happening. so we're are looking at potentially mid-may or april to see an opening up in the european economy. it is very difficult to track because in some ways, they are moving on two different paths. guy: have a great weekend. thank you for the great coverage this week. bloomberg's

. >> reporter: prime minister mario draghi admitted the problem earlier this month and reprimanded theueue-jumpers. asking italians, with what conscience could they skip in front of older, more vulnerable people at risk of death? a researcher for an italian think tank estimates 6,200 more lives could have been saved from mid-january to now if those shots had gone to the elderly. another complicating factor, the astrazeneca vaccine was initially only recommended for people under 55. it was the perfect storm that left some of italy's over 60 population stranded. a group which accounts for 95% of the deaths, according to italy's health minister. like 63-year-old teacher roberto, who died of covid on april 3ed in tuscany. >> when they started vaccination for the people of his age, he was already -- with covid. >> reporter: his wife blames italy's delayed and disorderly vaccination rollout for her husband's death. >> they killed him. everybody, them, they killed him. >> reporter: by the first week of march, the region of tuscany had only vaccinated about 8% of people over 80, prompting a le

if vaccinations are picking up in europe, mario draghi for example once a production hub in italy to rollout more vaccines, that is going to be good for the economy, so maybe vaccination trade moves from the u.s. to the u.k. and now to europe. we are seeing that play out in the currency markets. we also have a ton of supply coming online in the market. it wasn't met with a lot of fervor when it comes to the bond market. yields pretty much flat on the day. the action in the bond market also over in italy, with yields up by two basis points. sort of the status quo over here in europe. in the u.s., a lot more action, particularly with j&j. abigail doolittle has the latest. abigail: on the surface, the s&p 500 at another all-time high, but a very small game. the futures earlier had been down on that breaking news alix had been mentioning in terms of j&j. the fda and cdc recommending a pause in the use of the single shot vaccine, with six women between 18 and 48 having a rare blood clotting issue. that is out of nearly 7 million people, so an abundance of caution. probably the bigger stor

and in fact the prime minister mario draghi himself was vaccinated with the astrazeneca vaccine. they will be starting to use the johnson & johnson vaccine mid-april, so that might help them speed up their vaccine rollout in this country. >> thanks so much delia gallagher in rome. and let's go to italy. so let's dive a bit deeper into that controversy unfortunately fueling more doubts about their vaccine. what's the latest there? >> reporter: absolutely, kim. and let's start by saying there are still investigations being done by experts to try to understand if there is a link what is the link between the astrazeneca vaccine and these blood clots. but unfortunately u.k. have officials have confirmed out of those 30 cases in which clots were exhibited, seven people have died. that's what was confirmed to the bbc. and again more investigation is being done but the u.k. regulatory body here again saying the benefits outweigh the risks. the new york medical agency saying this is possibly a link between the vaccines and these blood clots but it's still to be proven. so in the meanwhile

prime minister mario draghi, saying, recently, his goal is to get that to 500,000 people, a day. and have all-italian adults vaccinated, by the end of the summer. delia gallagher, cnn, rome. >>> now, most people miss special things from their pre-pandemic lives. of course, for some, that might be cheering on a favorite team. but for others, it could be dancing at a music festival. the netherlands is conducting experiments on how to safely bring back live events. and other countries, like the u.s., could end up following similar protocols. zain asher, with the story. >> reporter: a win for orange. special night for some fans in the netherlands. back in the stadium, again. for a world-cup qualifying match between the dutch national team and latvia. >> very excited. it's a good occasion to dress up, again. and to be able to share with so many people, with my friends. we always watch the games together. >> reporter: the match is one of several experiments organized by the dutch government and sports and entertainment groups to research how to safely hold live events. only-5,000 spect

this is what mario draghi had to tell italians this week. >> this risk that the government has taken, and that, surely, meets the expectations of the citizens, is based on a premise that people, strictly, respect the reopening rules. so, face masks, social distancing. >> other european countries, also, now looking at how they can begin to ease restrictions and more particularly, how they can begin to lift some of those travel restrictions ahead of the busy-tourist period. the european-tourism industry, which is worth many hundreds of billions of euros has been at a standstill for months. economies heavily dependent on it, really pushing for the european-vaccine passports that should allow europeans to get around, more freely than they have, so far. greece has announced, ahead of the summer season, that anyone who's been negative or been vaccinated from, either, europe, the united states, and a few-other countries, will now be able to come, without quarantining. portuguese authorities, also, saying that they are looking towards the european-vaccine passport mechanism to be able to allo

president mario draghi then made a post the statement that would become famous. draggy soon became known as super mario for his role in dealing with. the crisis he dismissed speculation about the end of the euro and the solvent see if individual e.u. countries. within our monday the z.b. is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. and believe it will be enough. people do whatever it takes to get the 2 of us not finishing the job promised to take all necessary measures to protect the rock trying to put an end to speculation in the financial markets so for him donaldson the politicians would fail to stop it so the e.c.b. had to step in to try to keep things from getting even worse and a few t. shirt is a frame that. is not against us it was a highly unusual move and some e.u. states criticized it especially germany there were questions about whether this decision was compatible with the mandate but others said it was the most successful monetary policy measure ever because it calmed the markets and the policy itself was never fully implemented that's what

coronavirus restrictions around 200 demonstrators tried to reach the office of prime minister mario draghi the 2 are held back by police in full riot gear. now sudan will receive $400000000.00 from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to fund the country's agricultural product production imports this year according to sudan's news agency suna it's money that could do a lot of good for farmers that if it wasn't for another major problem plastic pollution excessive waste is hampering growth and threatening livelihoods. on the streets of khartoum they're everywhere plastic bags from local stores and markets way too many in a country that often doesn't have enough in sudan traders pay a ridiculously low price for the bags for customers there free of charge available nearly everywhere. in the plastic bag business run smoothly and users can keep them for a long time and they don't easily break or where. they will get the most. plastic bags that are no longer needed are usually thrown into the streets garbage bins are rare garbage collection is sporadic sometimes not coming by for weeks and

to radically restructure to escape the worst recession since the 2nd world war prime minister mario draghi the former head of the european central bank promised m.p.'s an economic. i'm sure that only stay intelligence and hope for the future will prevail over corruption stupidity and vested interests this isn't reckless optimism but a show of trust in all italians i mean if the plans are approved by m.p.'s at home they'll go to the european commission in brussels italy's been promised $230000000000.00 in e.u. grants and loans the largest chunk of the entire blocks $900000000000.00 recovery fund for the commission wants to see proof of massive investment in new infrastructure and green energy projects among them plans to lay one of the world's 1st graphene enhanced runways at rome's airport seen as a more resilient and eco friendly alternative to asphalt billions will be spent on education and health care in some of the poorest parts of the country and the driving force of italy's economy tourism will gain a much needed by. used after the pandemic turned popular holiday destinations into gh

time in months bars restaurants cinemas and concert halls have partially reopened prime minister mario draghi says he's taking a calculated risk he's been under pressure from far right groups and anti lock down protesters italy's infection rates and intensive care missions have fallen the coven 19 deaths are still high. cyprus has ended a 2 week lockdown to contain a new wave of infections but it will accept vaccinated tourists from 65 countries starting early next month they won't need negative kovan 1000 test all to go through a quarantine health officials in gaza say they're facing a critical situation in the battle against cove in 19 there's been a surge in young people thought to be from the more contagious u.k. variant the rate of people testing positive is among the highest in the world and vaccines are in short supply gaza already struggles because of israel's long running blockade. plenty more ahead on the news hour including. after weeks of increased tension at the border between ukraine and russia hopes from kiev of a resolution. and the legacy physique of virus in cape verde will

turkey has condemned comments made by italian prime minister mario draghi which likened president richard to one to a dictator turkey's foreign minister has summoned the italian ambassador to explain what he called ugly comments italian prime minister also accused at one of humiliating european commission president was left under lyon she was left without a seat at a meeting with the european council president and turkish president on tuesday. i absolutely disagree with president wants positions i think it was inappropriate behavior i was very sorry for the humiliation that the president of the e.u. commission bunda lion had to suffer. with these let's call them what they are dictators however we have to collaborate one has to be frank in expressing the diversity of views opinions behaviors and visions of society. no challenge there live from london still ahead as sri lanka struggles with its vaccine rollout why these 600000 doses sitting in storage on able to be used. as number of people including many children heading to the u.s. increases the white house suggests a new policy for centr

coronavirus restrictions around 200 demonstrators tried to reach the office of prime minister mario draghi the 2 are held back by police in full riot gear. now sudan will receive $400000000.00 from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to fund the country's agricultural product production import this year according to sudan's news agency suna it's money that could do a lot of good for farmers that if it wasn't for another major problem plastic pollution excessive waste is hampering growth and threatening livelihoods. on the streets of khartoum they're everywhere plastic bags from local stores and markets way too many in a country that often doesn't have enough in sudan traders pay a ridiculously low price for the bags for customers there free of charge available nearly everywhere. in the plastic bag business run smoothly and users can keep them for a long time and they don't easily break or where. they will get the most. plastic bags that are no longer needed are usually thrown into the streets garbage bins are rare garbage collection is sporadic sometimes not coming by for weeks and t

minister has become the latest european data trying to boost ties with libya's new interim government mario draghi is in tripoli for his 1st overseas visit since taking office he said it was time for the 2 countries to rebuild their friendship and also underline the importance of respecting a ceasefire that was signed last october draggy praised the new government's efforts to curb the number of migrants fleeing to your. jill of all days is the answer. we want to think and return the cultural and economic interchange with libya to the level that was at 5678 years ago and in that sense our conversation today assures me that we want to actually overtake that level in other words we want to make this partnership a guide for the future of the faults of primitive libya. 118 people have been confirmed dead in the flash floods and landslides in indonesia and east timor more than 100 others are still missing tarantula rains were triggered by a passing cycler and now as conditions begin to improve rescue workers are trying to reach communities still a need for washington reports. on a community tries to co