rome has so many fascinating things to discover. the video conduct is near the famous spanish steps it's one of the top shopping streets in the eternal city and that's where i'm headed to meet up with another top european lifestyle and culture celebrity. everyone and welcome to this very special edition of your own max coming to you from the italian capital rome we have a very special guest on our show today the italian fashion designer. let's go inside and say hi. and here she is our very special guest and co-host today love vino visuality thank you so much for having us in your beautiful home or in the middle row thank you so much for coming today i was looking so much for it to this special day we do know and we're looking for to you helped us put the show together today so we're going to be taking a look at some of the reports that are important to you but the first question i'm sure many of our viewers would like to know what are you wearing today what i'm wearing something from our fall winter eighteen nineteen collection. and

he's typical italian scooters are ideal for weeding through the busy traffic in rome. we pass all the main sites like the colosseum which dates back to around eighty eighty. followed you know michael there are two things i like about driving a best buy around rome firstly i like the sound of the engine and secondly i realize how many beautiful places there are i drive past the castille santangelo and st peter's basilica through all the little streets and past the fountains and i think rome is fantastic a little bit i mean to be called on my from. the roman forum it was the centerpiece of ancient rome and today a key area for excavation in the form gives an idea of what life was like in rome in the days of julius caesar and emperor augustus. put it best rome would like to be both an ancient and a modern city but whenever we start digging we find a roman villa or a capital. which we just have to accept all of the wrong. being a museum. can only adapt to modern times in a limited way. i'm sure to be meaty up at the level give me. one of the advantages of driving through r

days to rome with the whole family. secondly because i'm very fascinated by the romans how they created all this things they could create and that time. i would i would like to think big like they like i did but without doubt. everything with lots and cruelty. i would like to think big but with love. are we would like to take our viewers on a tour through the city of love i think that for a fair designation for rome and we're going to do like the romans do on a vest but. if you want to see all the sights of rome you'll need plenty of time this city has more than two thousand seven hundred years of history. and that's evident where everybody's. heart historian but lady of an easy is a tour guide in rome his company roman you know offers tours on desperate scooters . ok yeah. he's typical italian scooters are ideal for weeding through the busy traffic in rome. we use all the main sites like the colosseum which is a spatula around eighty eighty. one hundred in the middle of the there are two things i like about driving a b

this me of romance exploring the nation's capital rome. latin lover of venice museum pays tribute to casanova. and mommy the city of naples is the birthplace of the. i will this week we've been starting off in the capital cities of a featured countries and today it's rome a city positively teeming with history and culture ten million tourists visit. the eternal city every year sites like the kosi i'm drawing huge crowds but we're going to beat the queues shun the usual sights and show you a different side of the capitol after all when in rome do as the romans do. the historical heart of rome is world famous and a favorite with tourists. but few make it here to the old working class neighborhood of testosterone in the south of the city on a spacious piazzi as the romans are left pretty much to their own devices. to staunch allies on the tiber river once home to the old city for its old gas monitor still looms tall the neighborhood has plenty of delightful surprises in store like the tram depot cafe it's set in an old tram car. the real stor

rating agency moody's has cut italy's credit rating by one notch over concerns about rome's plans for a larger deficit and the already high public debt load nevertheless costs of borrowing are dropping this morning as moody's said it did not expect any further down wait and left the outlook out stable rome also says it's ready to discuss its budget with the european commission after clashing with the bloc last week over its plans to increase borrowing so far so promising but italy's shaky banking sector remains an underlying concern having only just recovered from the financial crisis and now italian banks are being pressured by the new populist government into financing its expensive election promises italy's banks are in trouble again. just as they were getting over the last crisis a mountain of debt is shrinking cash reserves were growing and bottom lines were beginning to shine. in march this year italy's top twelve banks had a market capitalization of one hundred thirty billion euros but since dropped a ninety five billion fall of over a quarter and they continue to lose value. p

plus italy releases its new budget plan is a smooth sailing ahead for rome monica jones will have that story much more coming for you in two minutes time. on. your home. town. hi my name is frank and let me in to document m.r. so long there's. this week on here max everything's different. the celebrities are calling the shots. to call on them but they're creating a moment of. bureaucrats to decide on. this week on the job. to. really get. your link to the news from africa to the world join us on facebook at g.w. africa. to. italy takes a step toward even a bigger debt the populace coalition gets ready to keep its expensive election promises putting it on a collision course with a brush. and also coming up a bill gates's in berlin the microsoft co-founder has big plans to address poll extreme. the to. welcome to do business italy has submitted its controversial budget plan to the e.u. for review setting up a showdown with brussels over rome's deficit spending plan would roll back a twenty eleven pension reform that raised the retirement age and it would provide a basic income to poor un

budget due to the country's rising debts we'll have a look at what happens next between brussels and rome coming up in business with ben fizzling and also you're going to the top of the hour. time for an upgrade. our furniture that grows all by. house with no roof. or design highlights you can make yourself. against tips and tricks that will turn your home to a special. upgrade yourself with d w's interior design channel on you tube. every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word published in the cook. recoat is in germany to learn german why not learn with him it's a simple online on your mobile and free shop d w z e learning course nico speak german made easy. after. a showdown between brussels and rome italian populist say they're not backing down on plans to triple spending e.u. projects its budget plan in a euro zone first. and us judge upholds a verdict finding by as one sound so liable for failing to warn its weight killer can cause cancer. and more foreign investors flee pulling out of a key investment summit in saudi arabia turkey calls the death

last week rome tripled the deficit spending target to 2.4%. this spooked investors and finance ministers over the last couple of days i'm happy to say simon french joins us to try to make sense on what is going on in rome at the moment and what investors should take away in terms of the underlying fundamental strengths of the economy rather than this political noise. >> that's a good question. at the moment we're trading claim and counterclaim from the italian government and the european commission. heading back to the fundamentals, nonperforming loans in the italian economy have improved in the past few years. a bit of growth expansion across the eurozone which italy benefited from fundamentally you look at unfavorable demographics 130% gdp to debt ratio, and you look at the fact that the commission'sobjective shared b at least previous italian administrations is to try to get a deficit that'saveraged 3.1% of gdp down to balance not only is that unprecedented in the context of the euro, it's going to be difficult for a government elected on a

at least 20 people are hurt as an escalator malfunctions at a rome metro station. hello. bbc has new evidence that china is building a vast network of internment camps for its muslim population, in the western region of xinjiang. analysts believe one facility we identified may be one of the biggest detention centres in the world. it's thought as many as a million muslims from the uighur community are being held without trial in xinjiang. china simply says it has a programme of "vocational training centres" to combat the threat of terrorism. but the bbc has seen analysis that suggests the number of secure, prison—like facilities in the area has more than doubled in the past two years. accounts from people who've been held inside tell of abuse and humiliation. our china correspondent john sudworth, and producer kathy long, brought back this report from a part of the country where journalists are often prevented from working. in xinjiang, displays of police might are everywhere. but there is something here they don't want you to see. huge fences all around. behind these blue

you're watching news still to come on the program italy's banks are in trouble again and while rome and the e.u. are at loggerheads over government spending now moody's has downgraded the country's credit rating to one notch above junk status their heart health first has more. but first we're going to head to lebanon what now the country hosts more than a million syrian refugees many live in extreme poverty and often parents see no alternative to marrying off their children to save money aid groups have warned that the number of child brides is growing in lebanon where there is no minimum age of marriage didn't use i.e. travel to a refugee camp in the bekaa valley in an exclusive report she let a fourteen year old girl who was about to be wed. say last fall when it was just starting a new semester at school. this year she's getting ready for her wedding but i stopped going to school in the seventh grade because i got engaged my mother knows him he came and told her that he wanted me and that was that. my his just fourteen years old when her fiance first brought her her engagement ring i

ascot moscow was maad by an accident involving fans in a rome metro station. as it happened just before the match a collapsing escalator on the metro left some thirty people injured and the mayor of rome has expressed his sympathies to those affected the firefighter chief at the scene says the cause of the escalator malfunction is unknown. we must investigate it he's a strange thing we need to fully understand what the causes are by looking at the c.c.t.v. recordings there is some pictures here you can see a breakdown aren't there there was undoubtedly a failure it seems that the fans were jumping i did not see the pictures. so i reaffirm my sympathies for the injured to the russians who had been injured and i think the police in five fighters who immediately acted to help these people also in a separate incident a brawl broke out between fans ahead of the match with police having to resort to a water cannon to disperse the crowds with more on that sports correspondent joined my colleague colleen bray in the studio. it's a really bad night for c.s.k. moscow in

moscow was maad by an accident involving fans though in a rome metro station. you . look at it you feel as if there were a lot of people there the escalator accelerated and people couldn't get off of it people were trying to jump over each other many fell and injured themselves. well the incident happened just before the match collapsing escalator on the metro left twenty four injured and the mayor of rome commented on the incident saying that some witnesses had seen fans and dancing and jumping on the escalator he also expressed sympathy for those affected by the firefighting chief at the scene says the cause of the escalating malfunction remains unclear. we must investigate it he says a strange thing we need to fully understand what the causes are by looking at the c.c.t.v. recordings there is some pictures here you can see a breakdown are in there there was undoubtedly a failure it seems that the fans were jumping i did not see the pictures. so i reaffirm my sympathies for the injured to the russians who had been injured and i think the police in five fighters who

now, 4000 reasons that are out of our control and probably out of the control of rome itself, rome hass rome, and i'm talking to the centres of power, but against... as mentioning this quote from matteo salvini earlier. worth reiterating. he says... after he said that, he madejean—claude juncker the president of the european commission. that prompted this tweet. it says... i don't know of italians are ready. let's find out. i'm joined by three guests here. alessandro verri, caterina sarfatti amd yuri guaiana. do you think he wants another election? surely not. absolutely, yes. we trust in salvini. you in salvini? the first time i came to a union. i said three words that made me in that place. the territory identity and culture to culture identity and culture to culture identity —— the territory, identity and culture identity. he values those three things but i wonder if you feel he's attacking european identity. i think he's attacking european values. european rights. he is clearly picking fights with your up is clearly picking fights with your up constantly. and that goes against the

promises including expensive tax cuts expanded welfare and pension reform and investor fears about rome's solvent see. we had announced that this would have been a serious responsible and also courageous budget. that we show courage particularly for twenty nineteen. because we think that our country needs a budget low that strongly stimulates growth. is a strong growth that will be based on a very significant investment plan. to see if you get the. the ball is now in parliaments court it will have to review the government's plans before forwarding them on to brussels for review meaning the next showdown between rome and the european union could already be knocking at the door. are companies in germany have a shortage of skilled workers many young people abroad are desperate for work the program out of germany university brings budding graduates together with local companies. these high school graduates come from hungary bulgaria it's really croatia and spain on a spending four weeks of their vacation and most. they are here to boost their job opportunities whether here in germany or back

promises including expensive tax cuts expanded welfare and pension reform and investor fears about rome solvent see. we had announced that this would have been a serious responsible and also courageous budget. that we show courage particularly for twenty nineteen. because we think that our country needs a budget low that strongly stimulates growth. a strong growth that will be based on a very significant investment plan well to see if you get the word business. the ball is now in parliament's court it will have to review the government's plans before forwarding them on to brussels for review meaning the next showdown between rome and the european union could already be knocking at the door. voters in brazil had to the polls this weekend to elect a new government with the elections coming at a pivotal moment for south america's largest economy the country only recently pulled out of its recession remains plagued by and they make growth investor mistrust and a population that's lost faith in both business and the governments with public debt and unemployment continuing to rise it seems br

mosco in rome this time not only their team lost three nil to as roma big defeat but also to very bad incidents for the fans first of all the fight outside the study only because stadium the roma stadium. there were reports that one of the c.s.k. moscow fans was stabbed two were severely injured in the fight over the russian embassy needs in the late denounced this information they denied the stabbing incident but acknowledged the fight i saw some videos on social media the water cannons had to be used by the police so the fight was pretty intense i have to say the last time these two teams met in the champions league was in twenty fourteenth there was trouble then as well is there an indication the maybe the italian police were prepared for this it is really strange but it seems that they were not if we go back to twenty fourteen there was a major scuffle outside the stadium there was a major scuffle inside the stadium it's all started when several c.s.k. moscow fans were stabbed by roma fans outside the stadium and then as a retaliation they instigated a massive fight inside the sta

rome refuses to budge on its budget plan despite brussels demanding changes that he promised. he knows why the e.u. isn't happy. this is the first italian target the e.u. doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels. facebook's fine for breaching probably see rules in the u.k. that says apple's boss claims internet giants weaponize and personal information. i am here in moscow you are watching r t international live. thanks so much for joining us this hour on the latest bomb scare to hit the united states radio station in washington d.c. he was reportedly evacuated on thursday after a suspicious package was. and in the building in the past two days parcels containing crude explosive devices have been sent to a number of leading democrats and also critics of the president in recall internet and barack obama were among those targeted along with the headquarters of c.n.n. the mayor of new york has described incidents which appear to be connected as domestic terror donald trump meanwhile has come under fire with critics saying he's

news still to come italy is banks are in trouble again while rome and the e.u. are at loggerheads over government spending now moody's has downgraded the country's credit rating to one notch above junk status for later with care. of first a quick check of some other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump says that full efforts are being made to stop the progress of thousands of one door and migrants making their way to the u.s. border he says that they have to apply for asylum in mexico and if they don't the u.s. will turn them away the group crossed into mexico from guatemala over the weekend. australian prime minister scott morrison has officially apologized to thousands of victims of child sex abuse he admitted the state had failed to protect children and institutions like churches and orphanages the apology comes a year after an official inquiry revealed widespread child abuse over many decades and eighteen people have been killed and more than one hundred seventy injured after a passenger train to northeastern taiwan investigators

op but not as first the company said it was increasing its budget deficit now rome send signals it is ready for a compromise on spending. and turkey's inflation right surges nearly twenty five percent in september getting his highest level in fifteen years putting more pressure on the central bank to deliver another hestia rights hike soon going against the government. government jobs. this is neither of your business and god offers work of the italian government and its comic plans continue to keep brussels awake at night the country found itself on the receiving end of a stern warning from european commission president jiang globes last week after rome announced plans to increase its public spending from next year now it seems brussels may have prompted italy's government to come to a compromise comes to its next budgets scaling back its spending further markets have been jittery of the face of what some feared could lead to a new euro debt crisis. prime minister do separate countries main focus is on damage control after a meeting with top ministers the italian leader pledged to sh

and brussels braces for a contentious trask's budget from rome it promises to new heights on the debt front the european commission doesn't like it what about the monkey. i've been physical and let's do business in use just in u.s. president donald trump says he's sending secretary of state might on peo to saudi arabia immediately he's making selman of a missing dissident journalist jamal khashoggi trump says the ruler of the kingdom denies any knowledge of the washington post columnists disappearance or claims he was murdered some foreign companies a reconsidering their business ties. this is saudi arabia as it wants to be seen modern and open but with big business now pulling out of this year's future investment initiative the facade is fading. the alleged murder of saudi dissident. puts pressure on global businesses so to the alleged plots ties to the kingdom's young leader himself thirty three year old mohamed bin solvent the face of saudi arabia's reform story its investment projects and its openness to foreign capital. thirteen group c.e.o. richard branson suspended discussions

doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels. you tell me an economy is healthy and this is an economic move that will give it to pretty needs we won't change one comma in this document to. be you know to go to. the. on. the future. spain belgium portugal and slovenia have all been in violation of the e.u. agreements in the past and for years france has broken the three percent deficit threshold imposed on it by the e.u. as for debt it's been in the red since two thousand and two and only this year the second largest european economy received a carefully worded letter in response asking all very politely to reduce its debts . we thank you for sending the front twenty nineteen draft budget that we received on october fifteenth we would like to ask you for more details the commission's preliminary assessment also indicates that the growth rate for france does not respect the reference rate of debt reduction in twenty nineteen so italy refused to be taken to heel by this double standard. except the e.u. commissioner in charge of bud

fans were arrested in rome and c.s.k. fans were banned from away games for three consecutive matches by you wait for afterwards there were no fines for almost the time but if we talk about the roma. fans there are pretty and notorious for this kind of stuff just earlier this year in april they went to liverpool to play a champions league semifinal and they injured several people including one fan who is still in a coma he still hasn't recovered and guess what there were no repercussions for all i went to the return leg to roll for liverpool playing there and i saw a heavy police presence it seems that they were prepared for this kind of stuff this time they have a history with c.s.k. moscow and it seems that they were not adequately prepared they did stop the fight with water cannons but the fight still happened so you have to ask all the questions to the roman police ok so both teams sets of fans have reputations will there be any ramifications for the clubs over this interesting to see because in these cases you wait fo

francesco lippi is professor of macroeconomics at luiss university in rome.come to the programme. give us your take on this situation italy is in and the situation that may occur this week in brussels. yes, good morning. yes, the situation is complicated. the country has plans for further spending and, in my view, these plans were expected because they we re plans were expected because they were pa rt of plans were expected because they were part of the electoral promises. further spending for pensions and spending for this kind of universal income. both measures are transfers. they're kind of support for further sections of the population. in my view what's most worries is not the amount of spending per se, and the deficit is moving between i% to 296... 2.496, deficit is moving between i% to 2%... 2.4%, and i still think that is sustainable in terms of the primary services the country runs, but the problem is none of these measures are measures that are going to foster growth and help the country to foster growth and help the cou ntry recover to foster growt

our rome correspondent covering the story for a spirit she joins us from rome. give us the details on this things --it >> everyone across italy's is asking how is it possible that the mayor of -- come of this tiny town, domenico lugano could be accused of crimes. after a lengthy investigation by the police, they have accused him of aiding and of aiding illegal immigration, promoting marriages, and misusing public funds for the allocation of garbage contracts in this town. he has been a hero for many people, not only in italy, but around the world. he was named by fortune magazine as one of its top leaders in one of -- just a couple of years back. he has rebuilt what was essentially a ghost town, one of these towns where many people emigrated abroad and had a dying population. migrants whowith reenergized to this town and rebuild it, given it new life. onlys become a hero, not in italy, but around the world. so, now, serious questions are being asked about how is it possible that he could be accused of a crime. radioself gave a interview this morning saying he wa

two hundred leaks are still to come here on the program chaos in rome for the champions league football matches followed by a brawl between fans and then escalate a collapse in the italian capitals metro station story all the pitches whether it was just a moment. you know world big partisan movies lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. make this manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. can all middle of the room see. real news. it is good to have you with us today talks with the russian president concluded a two day visit to moscow by u.s. national security advisor john bolton a high ranking official said the u.s. is still going ahead with pulling out of a key nuclear wea

still to come here on the program chaos in rome as a champions league football match was followed by a brawl between fans and then collapsed in the italian capital's metro system about story in full just. playing. i've been saying the numbers. they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten dollars each day. eighty percent of global to the rich the six percent market thirty percent. some with four hundred to five hundred three. and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one show to miss the one and only. once the program. talks with the russian president concluded a two day visit to moscow by u.s. national security advisor john bolton the high ranking official said the u.s. is still going ahead with pulling out of a key nuclear treaty all playing down fears little spark. but despite the tensions between the two countries right now is the mood of the talks was quite light hearted. if you go as far as i remember there is an eagle on the us n

war all right now italy hasn't been budging from its position it's very defiant have we heard from rome. was very quick so the interior minister also the head of the league on north the right wing populist party in responding and he said there's no going back we're not going to change one thing so this doesn't look like he's ready to negotiate over the next three weeks of course this is not necessarily his responsibility being the minister of the interior but he has a very large influence over the government some say this position might change with in spread the spread of course is the difference in what italy has to pay to refinance its debt and what germany has to pay its sort of the indicator it italy to tell how expensive it is to refinance their debt and the spread surprisingly has been going up ever since this new government came into power and some expected to go up even further and maybe at the end convince the italian government to reconsider its position what are the chances max does this becoming another euro crisis. it's hard to say if there is anything at the moment in the

doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels. and facebook's fine for breaching privacy rules in the u.k. passes out pulls in both claims internet giants a weaponized thing personal information. a very warm welcome you want. r.t. international with me thank you erin the top story this hour in total ten suspicious packages have been found by police across the u.s. all were addressed to major political and media figures along with cnn's new york h.q. and others as well the mayor of new york has described the incidents which appear to be connected as domestic terror donald trump meanwhile has come under fire with critics saying he's been inciting violence and you farmer spoke with artie's done of about the bomb threat. trump well he's known as probably the least presidential figure to be in office in a long time to hold the top job but reacting to what happened he tried to keep his cool in these times we have to unify we have to come together and send one very clear strong and mistake a ball message that acts or threats of political

rome has ruled out changes to its twenty nineteen budget plan that's the spy the e.u. commission giving them three weeks to change it claiming revisions are needed in the interests of italy don't call it breaks down the dispute brussels is sharpening its nice in preparation for a new battle with rome for the first time the e.u. has flat out rejected a member states budget demanding a resubmission for the first time as a commission is obliged to. a country that it was off the budget to the plan. but we seen nor alter not do. it all and to do so it is in the interest of. full. the e.u. claims that italy's debt situation is out of control and that salvias government needs to tighten its purse strings and fulfill its obligations the euro skeptics say it doesn't have anything to do with money since there are other states with bloated budgets that have never felt such a heavy hand from brussels this is the first italian budget the e.u. doesn't like no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels they are going to. determine economy is healthy

no surprise this is the first italian budget written in rome and not in brussels. facebook's fine for breaching probably some rules in the u.k. . blames inside john so weaponized personal information. thanks for joining us here live at all to international law. you're very welcome on the program. now in total ten suspicious packages have now been found by police across the united states all were addressed to major but it's a media figures along with c.n.n. new york h.q. as well as others the matter of new york described. the incidents which appear connected as domestic terror says donald trump has come under fire with critics saying his use of rhetoric has fueled hate and the president himself blames the media earlier my colleague got to follow us back to r.t.c. he goes out of. bones from paul he's known as probably the least presidential figure to be in office in a long time to hold the top job but reacting to what happened he tried to keep his cool in these times we have to unify we have to come together and send one very clear strong and mistake a ball message t

repubblica station, in the middle of rome, was packed with people on their way to the game.e escalator they were on as it suddenly speeds up. travellers on the opposite side try to catch people as they fall. the escalator then comes to an abrupt stop, with what looks like dozens of people crushed at the bottom. firefighters worked for about an hour to try and free people who were trapped between the metal plates of the steps. at least seven were seriously injured. one fan had to have his foot amputated. translation: the scene that we found was people piled up at the bottom of the escalator. people, one on top of the other, looking for help. two investigations have been launched — one by rome's public prosecutor, the other by atac, the company in charge of the city's public transport system. the task now, says rome's mayor, is to try and understand just how this could have happened. lebo diseko, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come on the briefing: we reveal evidence of a vast new network of internment camps in china. it's thought as many as a million muslim