it is saying it ina very of matteo salvini.aneously founded by young, spontaneously founded by young people. the founders are four friends who don't really belong to politics. they only put up their facebook page promoting on the sardines 15 days ago, it is extraordinary. things can grow quickly and dissipate quickly, the challenge is to sustain. it is a challenge. italy has a long history of this kind of creative, powerful flash movement which happens and then disappears. in listening to, there was a famous one which was led somehow by a film—maker. there have been other powerful movements about women's equality. they tend to disappeared but they do play a very important role in the sense the kind of wake—up important role in the sense the kind of wa ke—up political important role in the sense the kind of wake—up political parties to pay attention to what people are saying. i wonder whether the interest in this might go? there was another movement launched by a comedian, very much a grassroots movement, he has ended up in gove

matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister who is now in opposition, he leads the league party,started just a month ago as a flash mob in the northern italian city of bologna, the idea of four friends to gather 6000 people in the square there as matteo salvini was due to launch a campaign for a regional election. double the number of people came and so sparked this street movement. they call themselves the sardines because they're so tightly packed into squares, and in the last month, they have gathered in the length and breadth of italy. and they have really stunned italy by the speed with which they have grown, by the numbers turning out, and they have really caught matteo salvini by surprise. let's talk now to analissa piras, an italian filmmaker and political observer. thank you for coming in to talk to us. thank you for coming in to talk to us. what do you make of this movement so far? it's fascinating because it's so young, just one month and it has managed to mobilise so month and it has managed to mobilise so many people everywhere in italy and has got to rome, to the hi

they want to stop matteo salvini winning an important regional election in northern italy next month,s say he could win. they believe the tide is turning against populism in this country, and the sardines are riding it. a little earlier i spoke to analissa piras, an italian filmmaker and political observer, about the rapid rise of the so—called sardines movement. it's fascinating because it's so young, just one month, it has managed to mobilise so many people everywhere in italy. the fact that, in only one month, it has managed to get to rome, to piazza san giovanni, which is the historic place where big protests gather, it's quite extraordinary. what is also lovely is the jolliness and creativity of it, people are building and sewing their own sardines, it is very creative and very festive. it is completely apolitical, but it is sending a very strong and serious message, i believe. it is a response to the kind of triumph in social media and new technology that the new populist fascist force, represented by matteo salvini, has managed to do. this is the italian civic society that is s

i do not like matteo salvini.lians that did not wake up from fascism and we are here to prove that some italians. we are leaving a deep and black age in italy so my work here is to stand up for everyone's right and this i think everyone here's main purpose today. what you do see over the seas of ‘the sardines' are political banners and flags. they wa nt to political banners and flags. they want to rise above critical parties above the divided and polarised political system. they're trying to stop matteo salvini winning original election which if you were when could spark national elections which they say he could win. the tide is turning against populism in this country and ‘the sardines' are leading it. let's get some of the day's other news: southwest france has been hit by floods and gale—force winds. two men have been killed. one died when his car hit a fallen tree during the storms, and the other man was swept away by rising floodwaters. five people have been injured, two seriously, when trees fell onto their

matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister who is now in opposition, he leads the league party,m. it started just a month ago as a flash mob in the northern italian city of bologna, the idea of four friends to gather 6000 people in the square there as matteo salvini was due to launch a campaign for a regional election. double the number of people came and so sparked this street movement. they call themselves the sardines because they're so tightly packed into squares, and in the last month, they have gathered in the length and breadth of italy. and they have really stunned italy by the speed with which they have grown, by the numbers turning out, and they have really caught matteo salvini by surprise. negotiations at the united nations climate summit in madrid are continuing this weekend, without an agreement in sight. the two—week summit, known as cop25, was meant to decide on rules for the implementation of the 2015 paris climate agreement. many key issues were left open after last year's summit in poland, and remain unresolved. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, exp

stunned italy by the speed with which they have grown, the numbers turning out, they really caught matteo salvinir salvini was no longer in government, that really he was driving the political agenda of italy and was making bold attempts to seize political territory that in the past has been really the left‘s since at least the second world war. is this an attempt to kind of redress the balance of this? it's definitely an attempt to stop him in his tracks, but you're right. polls show he is either the second of the most popular leader, politician in italy. and if a national poll were to take place now... polls suggest he would win that. and so this is the kind of response to that. it's a protest movement that is aimed to try and stop the league from winning an important election in italy next month. they are extremely worried by salvini's. .. month. they are extremely worried by salvini's... pulses of hard line against immigration. they are saying italy needs to welcome migrants and return to values of human rights. and yes, it is a popular uprising, not only against the far right but also agains

what they're trying to do is to stop matteo salvini winning an important regional election in northernhich, if he were to triumph in, could spark national elections that polls say he could win. they believe that the tide is turning against populism in this country and the sardines are riding it. south—west france has been hit by floods and gale—force winds. two men have been killed. one died when his car hit a fallen tree during the storms and the other man was swept away by rising floodwaters. five people have been injured, two seriously when trees fell onto their vehicles. you can find out more on all of our stories on our website. just go to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. the uk's prime minister, borisjohnson, has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in a region traditionally loyal to the opposition labour party. mrjohnson met supporters in sedgefield, the constituency once held by the former labour prime minister tony blair, but which returned a conservative party mp in this week's elections. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn is coming under increasing pressur

what they're trying to do is to stop matteo salvini winning an important regional election in northernpark national elections that polls say he could win. they believe that the tide is turning against populism in this country and the sardines are riding it. a ceremony has taken place to open the new national stadium in tokyo, which will be the main venue for the 2020 summer olympics and paralympics. the event, at the 36,000—seater venue, was attended by the prime minister, shinzo abe. the stadium, which cost $1.25 billion to build, will host both the athletics and football, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. i wonder who they will get to sing the opening song. sir rod stewart has become the oldest male solo artist to have a number one album in the uk. at 7a years and 11 months old, he has taken the accolade from the american singer paul simon. stewart's latest release hit the top spot narrowly beating ‘60s rock'n‘roll legends the who. so what does the enduring appeal of senior rock stars tell us about the state of music today? we can speak to tom erlewine, who's is an ameri

what they're trying to do is to stop matteo salvini winning an important regional election in northernd spark national elections the polls say he could win. they believe the tide is turning against populism in this country and the sardines are riding it. a powerful earthquake has hit near the southern philippines city of davao. the 6.8 magnitude quake is the latest to strike the southern part of the country in recent months. there is no threat of a tsunami. the us geological survey said there was a ‘low likelihood of casualties'. you can see from these images posted on social media that there has been some damage to roads and buildings. this video shows the tremors causing a hotel swimming pool to overflow. other footage shows buldings swaying and people evacuating. the region has been hit by three earthquakes since october — one of which killed at least five people. anglian water has worked through the night in an attempt to reconnect up to 5000 homes in the bedfordshire town of leighton buzzard. problems began on friday and initially up to 40,000 people are believed to have been affe

they call themselves the sardines, and they are particularly opposed to matteo salvini's la liga partyl september, he was the italian deputy prime minister, with what were seen by many as anti—immigrant policies. our correspondent mark lowen is at those protests. a month ago, this movement didn't exist. but within the last four weeks, it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this — tens of thousands filling this square in rome, rising up against the far—right party here, the league, led by matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister. they call themselves ‘the sardines‘ because they pack tightly into piazzas right across this country over the last four weeks. they are calling for respect for human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to core values of democracy, and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here and the other half of italy is here and we're not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i don't like salvini. salvini, i think he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from

the league's leader is matteo salvini. up until receny he was also he lost that positrecently, but he and his party are still the most popular in the co mtry, polling ore than 30% andi savlhas his eye on a comeback. the league recently won in umbria, yet anothehistorically left-winregion in central italy. roberto menotti with the aspen has successfully capitalized one the issue that's kept europe in knots inecent years, migration, makina dramatic promise to voters about the flow of migrants into the country. >> the argument in previous governments, center-le governments especially was we will manage the phenomenon for you. we cannot stop the flow. now salvini is actually sending a different message. we will actuallyry to stop the flow which in the past essentially no government really even tried to make as an argument. >> reporter: menotti says the league's slogan, "italians first" is of thethat may sound familiar to americans. >> and of course, it has aan truming to it. so a feeling that you have to make sure that most of

they call themselves the sardines and they are particularly opposed to matteo salvini's la liga partythe italian interior minister, with what were seen by many as anti—immigrant policies. our correspondent mark lowen is at those protests. a month ago, this movement did not exist but within the last four weeks it has sprung up from a flash mob in northern italy to this, tens of thousands filling this square in rome, rising up against the far right party here, the league, led by matteo salvini, the former deputy prime minister. they call themselves the sardines because they have packed tightly into squares right across this country over the last four weeks. they are calling for respect for human rights, for welcoming migrants, a return to core values of democracy and they warn that the ghosts of italy's fascist past are returning. we want to demonstrate that we are here and the other half of italy is here, and we are not agreeing with what has been done in the last year. i do not like salvini. salvini, i think he represents a part of italians that did not wake up from fascism, and we ar

civic society that is saying no to those kind ofanti—immigration, racist, extremist views of matteo salviniictory with a visit to former labour heartlands in the north—east of england. boris johnson thanks supporters in tony blair's former seat of sedgefield. you have changed the political landscape. conservative party for the better. and you've changed the future of our country for the better. cheering nicola sturgeon celebrates her party's election success in scotland, saying the country is seeking a different future to the rest of the uk. rail passengers are urged to check train times ahead of major timetable changes rolling out tomorrow. kelvin and ot! a triumphant kelvin fletcher and oti mabuse raise the coveted glitterball trophy as this year's strictly come dancing comes to an end. good evening. the prime minister has visited the north—east of england to thank voters in traditional labour heartlands for backing his party. borisjohnson met with supporters in newly—conservative sedgefield, tony blair's former constituency. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is coming under increasing pr

people are expected in rome today to protest the country's politics in particular far right leader matteo salvini the movement against hatred nationalism and divisions started just a month ago as a flash mob they've taken on the name sardines as they aim to fill public squares as tightly as the little fish are packed in tens. of thousands of tie our position supporters have rallied in the capital bangkok as courts threaten to abandon their party it's the biggest protest in thailand since the 2014 coup which led to the current government of the future forward movement is funded by a billionaire that opposes military rule and is attracted many young supporters. and the russian icebreaker arctica has returned to the port of st petersburg after a 2 day test run with a length of 173 meters the nuclear powered vessel is believed to be the largest of its kind the ship is part of a fleet to built to guarantee russian access to arctic resources like natural gas. 5 days after the eruption of the volcano in new zealand the death toll has now climbed to 51 of the injured died in the hospital on saturday due

they have grown in opposition to the former deputy prime minister matteo salvini and the policies ofogna. but this weekend they were in rome, and many other cities around italy. so what do they want and how far are they prepared to go? let's check in with our correspondent in rome, mark lowen. it is interesting, this. you get a far right group and a counterweight. are they trying to do to italian politics? they are trying to shake it up ina politics? they are trying to shake it up in a way that has not been shaken up for many decades. they are filling a space where the italian political parties are widely believed to have failed to connect with ordinary people. they started just a month ago as a flash mob and putting out a call for 6000 people to come to a square in that city to protest against the former deputy prime minister and the leader of the far right league party. in the wave of sardines have spread very far and read of sardines have spread very far and rea d a cross of sardines have spread very far and read across italy from the land in the north, down to sicily in the south

party the saudi enrichment has become a symbol of resistance to the party's controversial leader matteo salvini salvini served as interior minister and deputy prime minister in the previous coalition government between his party and the 5 star movement. an albanian there has resigned over comments she made about the death toll from last week's deadly earthquake the mayor of the city of duras which was one of the hardest hit areas sparked outrage when she said she was quote satisfied only 50 people died in the quake tuesday's magnitude 6.4 quake also left thousands homeless. now malta's prime minister joseph muscat says he'll step down next month after being engulfed in a crisis surrounding the matter of a journalist daphne chronicle it say was killed 2 years ago in a car bombing catto lopez haria reports it covered up i know my age is definitely in the defiant and under pressure to resign malta's prime minister josef most that announced on national television that he's stepping down and that the president particle board is done i will write to the president of the labor party so that the proces

thousands of protesters have crammed into a square in rome to denounce italian far right leader matteo salvini the rally was organized by the anti populous all danes movement it was a stablish just last month in opposition to growing support in the north for salvaging these right wing coalition the hamid reports from the italian capital. it was the biggest rally yet tens of thousands of italians decrying the far right leader matthew salvini and his party that make the demonstration in rome was organized by a grassroots movement known as the set of d.n.a. it's barely a month old but has a ready managed more than a 100 similar gatherings in italy and other european cities its leaders who friends from the city of bologna have become devoid of the most i would be out the better we 1st got on the streets to protest against a form of political rhetoric that is disastrous damaging and dangerous we didn't discover data many places around italy has a serious problem and a lack of political representation is a big problem which at a moment we cannot be sold i is that cool to counter the rise of the far

thousands of protestors have crammed into a square in rome to denounce italian far rightly the matteo salvini the rally was organized by the anti populists dean's movement and opposition to the growing support for solving these rightwing coalition. the u.k. and u.s. of issued travel warnings for northeast india as protests continue against a new citizenship law anger over the controversial laws brought thousands of people on to the streets gives minorities from nearby countries a fast track to indian citizenship and it doesn't include muslims so how raman is there. they gathered across the capital and from other states in india their message loud and clear the citizen amendment at all to see a as it's note has to go the president of india gave his assent to the cia on thursday the controversial law allows citizenship to be granted to minorities from 3 neighboring countries but the opposition says it discriminates on religious grounds and goes against india's secular constitution this is undermining language and culture and i didn't feel the people in the northeast. have come here to save the

streets of florence and naples to protest against the far—right league party, and its leader matteo salvinithese latest demonstrations staged by the new political movement known as the sardines. it was founded two weeks ago in bologna to oppose the league ahead of regional elections. hundreds of climate campaigners in eastern germany have occupied several opencast coal mines to demand their closure. the protesters have rejected the government's plan to phase out coal mining by 2038,and instead want the industry be closed down immediately. gareth barlow has more. activists pour in where the coal pours out. dressed in white overalls and wearing masks, the protesters occupied several mines across the states of saxony and brandenburg. they say the german government's pledged to phase out coal by 2038 is not enough. translation: we're here, activists for the climate, sitting here in front of the inaction of our government. this is for the climate, for a future with renewable energies. saturday's protests aren't the first such demonstrations. in june, hundreds of activists blocked a mine near col

thousands of protesters are crammed into a square in rome to denounce the italian far right leader matteo salvini the rally was organized by the so-called sardines movement in opposition to growing support for solving his right wing coalition and police in new zealand of confirmed a 16th person has died from injuries sustained in monday's volcanic eruption specialists who are in protective clothing returned to white island on sunday so far though they failed to find the last 2 missing bodies scientists say the possibility of a 2nd eruption has receded but the island remains volatile they go you up to date with the headlines talk to our jazeera is next. driven by outrage and spanning generations the real hinge of demonstrators gathered on the very day a widely criticized repatriation agreement between the governments of bangladesh and me and more was to begin the anger was all too apparent and the fear was palpable if you don't like we're so afraid that if they send one of us back to myanmar today tomorrow they'll send back 10 and the day after tomorrow they'll send back 20 idea if we were given c

thousands of protesters crammed into a square in rome mallya to denounce italian far right leader matteo salvini the rally was organized by the anti populist deigns movement and is the biggest demonstration yet it was born out of a spontaneous rally in bologna and last month organized by 4 friends you know position to growing support in the north of italy for salvini is right wing coalition or dr hamid was at the protest this is the sardines movement has taken many by surprise. just a month ago this movement did exist and its founders probably didn't expect that their message that they 1st thread on social media with resonates so much among the italians that they would have this kind of turnout not only here in rome but in several cities across the country and also in several european cities now the message is very clear italians need to mobilize and fight against the spread of the far right targeting specifically one leader. they had of the orderly party there's a lot of accusations here that he has been using quite divisive rhetoric that italians need to stand up against this sort of fear mong

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this was from matteo salvini's side this decision was very strong decision and mistake for italy and i, so we changed the government in the parliament and we created a new majority. a majority my view, a majority stable for the next three years. so we wait for next election president of republic in january of 2022 and general election in march, 2023. i don't believe possible anticipated election of course, if there is a crisis in the government, there is not election for italian system that would be a new government if in the parliament there are numbers. it's a very complicated system i don't believe in a crisis but in case of crisis, there is procedure with the president of republic, very complicated my message for investor is this parliament will be stable until 2023 >> okay. that's something i want to pick up on. this parliament will be stable until 2023 that's former prime minister matteo renzi let's bring in lorenzo big question really for investors is should we believe mr. renzi? should we believe that this parliament can hold it together? can this coalition survive not just th

you put boris johnson in the same group as matteo salvini, duda, trump.you would create a similar group for jericho -- jeremy corbyn, who would be in it? sadiq: there are a group of left of center politicians around the world. unfortunately, we tend to lose more elections and me when. is those on the far right are running on a playbook that place to people's fears. us on the left, progressives, have to realize that people have problems they need addressed. you see in canada, trudeau winning again this year. you see macron and france. seeen on the far right, you what is happening in spain recently. portugal results not long ago. around the world. new zealand. i accept the challenge because one of the things we felt as progressives is to understand, around the world, there are lots of people who are just not enjoying the fruits of globalization, that have seen their quality of life not improve. they see a sense of unfairness that some are doing really well. what people like trump and boris pen, farageduda, le are doing is playing on the people's fears. it c

thousands of protesters of crammed into a square in rome to denounce italian far right leader matteo salvini the rally was organized by the sardines movement in opposition to growing support for salvaging these right wing coalition. lawyers for sudan's former president dominated bashir to say very ill appeal against his conviction for corruption 75 year old was sentenced to 2 years in detention but will not serve his time in prison because of his age the trial centered around suitcases found in the shias home filled with car seats with more from the $130000000.00. the big picture. china the world's largest communist state. isn't true to the free markets reaches. its paramount leader preaches the merits of globalization and reaches the limits of one man's rule in a one party state. a contradiction in flux in a shifting political order and china the developing country has to become a world leader. but will the faltering west simply step aside to hand china the brands of power. all tighten its grip. as the big picture previously documented in the china complex. china's pocket is paid for the ba

and they are there to demonstrate against that country's far right leader matteo salvini, ascendant initics right now, trying to consolidate his power by having his party pick off seats in traditionally left-leaning regions in the country and his ascendance and that flanking move by him has inspired a 32-year-old italian who almost accidentally became the leader of what would soon be called the sardine movement. this 32-year-old guy started holding counterprotests calling for counterprotests with his friends, calling for counterprotests and flash mobs in cities and regions where salvini was looking to make inroads. the movement responded by hosting demonstrations that were double the size of anything that salvini could turn out. now, here in this country, the trump era has also generated all sorts of organizing and political mobilization in opposition to him and his movement. a couple of weeks before president trump's inauguration, we first noticed small protests cropping up at the offices of republican members of congress. and that started to build. we quickly realized that it wasn't

matteo svini. the sardines held up banners and called on italy to resist salvini and his leaguearty's italy-first rhetoric. critics of salvini say that the league, italy's biggest political party, promotes hatred of immigrants. more than 1000 people joined the sardine movement's first protest in bologna at the beginning of november. a co-founder of the sardines movement says the name reflects the numbers who oppose salvini. he reportedly said "we are like a shoal of sardines. there are far more of us than the sharks." >> sreenivasan: an insider attack in eastern afghanistan overnight has left at least 23af an soldiers dead. officials said the attack took ghazni province.ary base in the soldiers had been sleeping when a taliban infiltrator who was on duty at the base shot and killed them before taking weapons and equipment and t returning to tiban insurgency. this latest attack comes just after the united states took what it's calling a pause inta peacs with the taliban and after an earlier attack wednesday that killed two afghan civilianand wounded dozens more near bagram airfield. sbut if and when those

our top stories tens of thousands of so-called sardine protesters have rallied in rome against matteo salvini and his anti immigrant league posse the movement opposes intolerance nationalism and xenophobia trademark is to pack public squares as tightly as sardines. activists are angry over the lack of progress at the u.n. climate summit in madrid the talks a patient of stalled and some observers fear there will be no meaningful deal the meeting was supposed to end on friday. of course in sudan has sentenced the former dictator omar al bashir to 2 years in detention for corruption the ex-president ruled for 30 years he was ousted by the army in april after a popular uprising the shares to facing an investigation of a war crimes. recovery teams in new zealand have resumed the search for the bodies of the last 2 missing victims of the white island volcano eruption at least 15 people were killed in the incident one more victim died in hospital on saturday. this is the news from balance will follow us on twitter news over the web site it's t w dot com. the to. blame blame. her.