the election nowadays they need alberto do you see this possibility the 2 big egos demaio and matteo renzi coming together despite the fact that just a few days ago the possibility for them coming together was almost impossible. well you know if e's if it's true it's a catholic country so maybe it it could get together if they're able to forgive each other you know the sense of forgiving is at the center of italian culture but in terms of possibility that they come together many political observers said that if you put material rancy which was prime minister true governments ago together with. legion emanuel it could be like putting water together with oil so it's quite uncommon to see them together but it's the whole of the democratic party which has a 1000000 was mentioning is not only meant to rancy but many many other barons many other colonists as a call them so there is a possibility of a new coalition democratic party plus fast as movement was definitely looks impossible at the moment is that they get back to the table the lega any. i think that there is a fracture and there is the

along with matteo renzi who is the. leader of the center left democratic party coming together is this alliance an option what do they have in common. i mean it is an option by the way even if we have to precised that the secretary of the democratic party no i days is not there and month. by the majority of the party of the pratik party are needed by my. so i think that an alliance is possible because the 2 parties don't want to go to the political exile us back that was before i mean they're losing consensus around the county so they don't want to go to the election now adays be newt alberto do you see this possibility the 2 big egos demaio and matteo renzi coming together despite the fact that just. few days ago the possibility for them coming together was almost impossible well you know it'll ease at its roots a catholic country so maybe it it could get together if they're able to forgive each other you know the sense of forgiving is at the center of italian culture but in terms of possibility that they come together

along with matteo renzi who is the. leader of the center left democratic party coming together is this alliance an option what do they have in common. i mean it is an option by the way even if we have to precised that the secretary of the democratic party no i days is not there and month. but the majority of the party of the democratic party are needed by my. so i think that an alliance is possible because the 2 parties don't want to go to the political exile us back that was for i mean they're losing consensus around the county so they don't want to walk to the election now adays be newt alberto do you see this possibility the 2 big egos demaio and matteo renzi coming together despite the fact they're just. few days ago the possibility for them coming together was almost impossible well you know it'll ease at its roots a catholic country so maybe it it could get together if they're able to forgive each other you know the sense of forgiving is at the center of italian culture but in terms of possibility that it come tog

along with matteo renzi who is the. leader of the center left democratic party coming together is this alliance an option what do they have in common. i mean it is an option by the way even if we have to precised that the secretary of the democratic party no i days is not there and month. by the majority of the party of the democratic party are needed by my. so i think that an alliance is possible because the 2 parties don't want to go to the political exile us back that was for i mean they're losing consensus around the county so they don't want to run to the election nowadays be newt alberto do you see this possibility the 2 big egos demaio and matteo renzi coming together despite the fact they're just. few days ago the possibility for them coming together was almost impossible well you know ease at its roots a catholic country so maybe to could get together if they were able to forgive each other you know the sense of forgiving is at the center of italian culture but in terms of possibility that they come together ma

the former prime minister matteo renzi says this shows that populism hasn't worked in italy. heather: in some ways the bypopulism is represented the five star movement, the coalition partner. matteo salvini's party is a highly nationalistic party, very anti-immigrant party. these two forces combid together a year and a half ago to create a populist-natvenalist ment in italy. we were not sure how this was going to work. it showed it had a very short shelf life. i wouldn't say, though, that this is conquering populism and if in fact mr. salvini is pushed out of the government, he still leads the most popular party in italy. if he becomes the opposition, he could potentially grow his popularity. if they go to an early election, he is right there. he has been campaigning nonstop, he is very popular. this is not conquering the forces of populism. it is perhaps staving them off, we hope diluting them. but this is the challenge for many european governments, how do you manage these growing forces? do you bring them into government to co-opt them? do you keep them out? nobody has foun

possibility alternatively the five star movements could join forces with former prime minister matteo renzi center left democratic party. unlikely bedfellows he could mount a real challenge against the leaning. let's get some analysis on this one christian blood the joint is professor of contemporary street at that lewis guido carli university in rome thank you so very much for being with us. i'm wondering what in your view you think is behind jusust that bececomes his decisiono resisign. well first of all it is very important to say that the difficulty in one to two be. distrusted by parliament so you didn'n't want to confront the vote of no confidence. and to keep the initiative in his own house so resigning today is the only thing that you could do now. and to keep the initiative and also had to show resesponsibiliy and to show i am there i do not agree with this way of doing politics asal being asked for the demand in action. in the last two weeks. so he made himself with this is this that basically a candidate for his own succession because asks as you billy was saying. one is talking

before the dissolution of the parliament now earlier in the day matteo renzi the former prime minister from the center left democratic party. colold for mister cellophane his r resignation he said that he didn't have the number as in the senate anymore and he foreshadowed and aligns himself. between the center left democratic party and the five star movement to try and keep some kind of government of floors. it's still very unclear whether there will be some coalition between those. two partrties but suggestions of trying to forge somee sort o of alteternativee coalition to avod elections and. geget through the budget processss in late octobe. a deadly blast last week in russiaia was quote a failed missile explosion according to donald trump. this echoes comments from an anonymous white house official who said that the blalast was lininked to the country's cruise missile prograram a and involved radioactive elements. five scientists who died at the military range near near moscow were buried on monday but with precious little information available about the circumstances of this accide

i thought that is from interestingly there at matteo renzi on the issue off at will. will he be back he says at summers without the is also. but he says no he believes that is it for salvini this is a knock out blow. and he's willing to bet that in a few months even his best friends will be insulting him. so he thinks about it it. intends a frontline politics pool at matteo salvini has an interesting take but we know it's of course the government's change very freak and says we'll see what happens next. so watch this space for italian politics that's one to french. football our question is does it have a. with homophobia well that certainly appears to be the case right now because we're in at the very start of the season and we've already had four matches that have been suspended at the close of homophobic charms the latest one was niece fast as most say at not only with a taunting but they also have some bonnet said this is a very well prepared tia antigay comments being made at the stadium a down in the east and the content isn't necessarily the west you're ever goi

tariffs on chinese goods come into effect >> italian prime minister and leader of the pd party matt matteo renzi told me he doesn't want a role in the new government but tells me rome is open for business. >> i can have vote of confidence i can support. i can block salvini and give a message to international investor, please invest in italy. >> europe's real estate index hits the highest level in a month fuelled by german property stocks following a report that a plan could be less strict than previously expected. and boris johnson vows to step up the tempo on brexit talks as he braces for a show down in parliament next week with opposition leaders ready to ignite attempts to block a no deal well, a very warm welcome to street signs happy friday to you. markets ending the week on a positive note as far as we can tell extending games this morning the stoxx 600 up about 0.6%. this followed a solid day where the benchmark ended 1% higher. we saw strong gains in most regions. in particular strength in the ftse mib closing up nearly 2% yesterday. a lot of movement on the political front and resolutio

matteo renzi is also well known here and could block matteo salvini. the election now, there are difficult decisions to be made before the end of the year. a btp hike before the end of the year is not a good deal for any politician. tom: thank you very much, from the shores of italy, our maria tadeo. we thank you so much. on a very serious note, the hong kong chief secretary will be speaking any moment. we are really looking for that beginning. here we go, starting right now. the headlines are absolutely extraordinary. the hong kong police say they don't see current protests as "terrorism." again, the hong kong airport is closed, for those of you with family and business associates within the district. this will be the beginning of what you must believe is a lengthy. press conference you look at these events -- a lengthy press conference. you look at these events in hong kong, we can make clear on a monday afternoon into 6:00 in hong kong, the situation has deteriorated. francine: it certainly has. we saw that yesterday with some of the handling and so