rome has been spared the horrors of war.e should show our gratitude by good works and charity and cease from hatred and rancor. [speaking italian] [cheers] >> back in the english channel, great convoys of troops and reinforcements continue to move toward the beaches of normandy. the beach head already had expanded to 50 miles, and they put ashore the complete equipment of a highly mechanized army. pinpoint shooting put numbers of nazi tanks out of action. and in the skies, bombers and fighters maintained cover for the ground forces below. [explosions] the allied troops are received as long-awaited friends. peasants show them the way, warn them where to expect mines and give all possible help. the allies have found firm resistance and are prepared for even stronger contests. less than a week after the initial landings, we had taken 10,000 prisoners. there is much hard fighting ahead, but the germans are now faced with a three-front war. in the northern reaches of russia, in the mountains of italy, and here against this most t

commission have been at loggerheads for months josephine in rome how is this news gone down in rome where the governing coalition seems shaky as it is. well that's right this was a very scathing assessment of the italian economy and both the leader is of the league mattel sylvania and the movement luigi to have reacted to already. with serious people this is a serious country we want to cooperate but you're not going to touch our pensions. salvini the head of the league campaigning for local elections think tax cuts of the end and that's not going to be very going to go down very well in brussels so both of them sticking to 2 very strong features of their own policies and while they're saying they want to be cooperative i think we're in for some conflict up ahead and joseph fill us in on the question of how this ballooning deficit actually came to pass and what does the government want to spend the money on. well the wages deputy prime minister and head of the 5 star blames the previous center left democratic party government for this deficit affecting 2018 but there's no doubt that this

triggering a disciplinary action against rome for breaking fiscal rules will go to our correspondents are more on the end brussels for their latest. that's coming up next on the w business you're watching you get the news from berlin not only a lot more rock on behalf of all of us here thank you so much for spending this part of your day is also going to mark. the sun is certainly going to sky for germany's. i love berlin. 50 nations 50 stores and 15 very personal to all berlin is very best features. book no comment from our bureau max series every week on g.w. . takes personally. with. some special. federal troops. there's trouble brewing wholesale coffee prices have been heading downhill and as farmers in countries like kenya fear for their livelihood we ask an expert what it would take for things to improve also coming up. a fight with italy over its ballooning debt correspondents and. bring light to villages in. africa. you might not have noticed it at the davie stop at your barista but wholesale coffee prices have been plummeting spelling trouble for many small scale produces an

in rome, general clark watched his men march into the city. allies were able to view the work of their mighty air support. repairs for the germans were out of the question. devastation now being rocked throughout the whole of europe. entry, the umphal long history of the ancient city has seen few more joyous events. rome is the first grade capital to be freed from the enemy. the flags of the united nations .ere unfurled at once the balcony, where mussolini once harangued his people. suddenly, there is excitement. a bomb has been thrown into the former german headquarters. the italian people discovered some hiding inside. soon they smash thei rway in. they find little forgiveness in the hearts of the people. road throughark the capital, american flags found their way into the hands of liberated italians. the -- of the victorious french armies went up to the balcony with the american commander. the drama shifted to st. peter's. his holiness the pope was about to speak. pope pius had this to say. thanks be to god. we have been spared the horrors

our correspondent, james reynolds, is in rome. what is it like in rome?ome and will get even hotter tomorrow. heading up to the north—west of italy temperatures could hit around 42 degrees which would be a record for the month of june the only place to escape to at the moment is the south of italy which is a bit cooler but because of the hot temperatures here and in the north the government will issue a red alert for a number of cities including rome tomorrow and friday, essentially telling people what they should already know, to stay indoors away from the sunshine during the day. ordinary italians know this, they go through these kind of temperatures in july and they go through these kind of temperatures injuly and august every year and stay indoors. but rather bedraggled red—faced tourists do not have that privilege of staying indoors, they want to see the sights of rome so they go up and down and a warning to them that if they attempted to jump into the fountains of rome they might risk being fined several hundred euros and they will have to find diff

is set to rule on whether italy's budget violates its rules and it's not expected to go easy on rome. also coming up as the 2 countries trade dispute goes on china warns its students against traveling to the united states. was once a video empire that's found the globe we see what's left of blockbuster at its very last store. but have to do that the business i want to get jones and berlin good to have you with us so is italy in breach of european budget rules that is the question european regulators are expected to answer with yes later today the move could result in the e.u. imposing financial sanctions on the country the dispute centers on italy's mounting public debt at present the sum the government owes is worth 132 percent of the country's total economic output and that figure is expected to rise to 135 percent next year that is a thorn in the side of the e.u. under its rules member states can only hold a debt of up to 60 percent of g.d.p. so a showdown with the e.u. would put further pressure on italy's fragile coalition government which is already under pressure to deliver on

earlier i talked to freelance journalist seem a good in rome and i asked her were people around italy following this devon's demolition yes they were very closely i mean it was being covered by local television channels as well as news outlets now seconds before it was demolished the sirens ran out and we didn't seconds the entire remains of that bridge would demolished a few things of dust spilled smoke rise rose into the air as the residents that could see the process applaud it now it appears it things have gone according to plan but he's still seeing those want to cannon's heating up to control the die. i think for many of those watching there's a feeling of relief that this i saw is finally being removed but at the same time a feeling of sadness as everyone remembers those 43 people that were killed as a result of that tragedy back in august last year built the new bridge is expected to be the most expensive in europe what can you tell us about the plans for that new bridge understand that the foundation has for at least a foundation stone has already been laid yes and they plan

going to be interesting to see how rome reacts on that one.ici earlier very interesting on that one, the european commissioner who started that. s&p still above the crucial 2800 mark

rome's most recent budget proposal seeks tax hikes. disciplinary measures could trigger a 3 billion euro fine for rome. p most vinci wants to anoint -- wants to avoid that situatatn. >> we are in the liliening mode. my door is open. -- atodody must u understand this stage is warranted. we are looking at ways to avoid that. they have to be credible. >> time for a check on the markets. bidpean index is flipping a following a a tax on two tankard ships. slowing growth over weakening demand and global economy. frankford dax is down at midday. on the commodities market, crude oil spiked on news of the tanker attacks. prices falling back a bit. demand is at its lowest level in years. atnt crude is down to trade $61.23 a barrel. france is set to implement a system of incentives and penalties to discourage the overuse of short-term employment contracts. the new regime won't affect every sector, just those where sectors are most common. they will be hit with higher social charges. the measures should apply to every sector. it could stifle hirin

known primarily for his copper engravings of ancient rome. landmarks your church is fascinated by his architectural fantasies some of which are kept in the library of the sir john so museum in london it's always really exciting. to print and i've always loved her and particularly i know this is one of his most famous ones but. this is the 1st time i seen it in the flesh i just find it really inspiring i love seeing the trauma in here. in a.z. is via appia in rome inspired her latest work dealing with the housing shortages plaguing modern london she took thousands of photos all around the city. thing at the architectural shapes and by the similarities i'll take various images and then i'll work out what fits back into the bible composition. digital processing is the most time consuming part emily all church picks out details from a great cache of photos to manipulate sizes colors and shades until they fit into the greater whole pixel by pixel she pieces together her image based on the original artwork the final image is made up of several 1000

here is what you can do in rome.tains. you are entitled to dunk your head and a fountain and get a refreshing stream of water but if you carry on walking and see that trevi fountain, you cannot go into it and treat it like a film set to colour. one drunken tourist area we re colour. one drunken tourist area were signed 450 euros. summer wills do not waive those fines. thank you very much for that. —— rules. if you happen to be in rome in the next 2a hours or so, you happen to be in rome in the next 2a hours or so, you can happen to be in rome in the next 2a hours or so, you can throw a coin into the trevi fountain but not yourself. the singer sheryl crow has told the bbc that original recordings of some of her biggest hits were destroyed in a huge fire at universal studios. the master tapes were kept in a vault in los angeles which went up in flames 11 years ago. it's estimated half a million songs were lost. mark savage reports. for 11 years, universal music has said that the warehouse fire in los angeles had a limi

promises well from what i'm joined now by joseph in mckenna she's a freelance journalist based in rome good to have you with us and good morning to you know italy of course only narrowly avoided financial sanctions already late last year will there be a 2nd chance. well there's every indication that the european union is running out of patience with usually the financial minister the finance minister of b.c. several times has indicated enough is enough and there was a letter from the european commission to italy last week or so warning italy that time was running out. and one of the italian newspapers republika this morning is citing excerpts from what it says is the leaked report from the e.u. suggesting that these sanctions will go ahead unless usually is prepared to introduce some kind of mini budget and pare back around 4000000000 euros of excess spending particular concern about pensions and the introduction of the guaranteed income for the poor which was a whole mark of the 5 star movement that has been introduced by this coalition government which is contributing to a blow out i

european union calls on italy to end its standoff with a migrant rescue ship in the mediterranean rome threatens drastic action after the vessel defies the ban to enter the tally of course. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. well leaders are gathering in the japanese city of us had a friday's g 20 summit with no shortage of big issues to discuss the trade war between the united states and china is expected to dominate the white house says washington is still insisting on changes to intellectual property rules as a condition for any trade deal a top aide says president trump will decide whether to impose more tires on chinese goods after meeting president xi jinping. stormy weather greeted donald trump as he arrived in osaka but his fans braved wind and rain to get a glimpse of the u.s. president all eyes will be on trump when the 2 day g 20 summit begins on friday some 32000 police are on hand to provide security as they usually do the g 20 leaders will debate the condition of the global economy and world trade they'll also be plenty of bilateral meetings in luxury hotels on the si

and joining us now from rome is freelance journalist seema group sima those were some spectacular images that we just saw of that controlled explosion thousands of residents were evacuated how risky was the endeavor. well it was something that was planned for months and today the mayor of genoa saying very clearly that everything went according to plan and thanked all the all those that would fold at $937.00 local time what remained of that morandi bridge that collapsed some 11 months ago came crashing down in this controlled demolition in just 8 seconds and what we saw was a plume of dust still smoke rising into the air there were canyons water cannons to try and control that dust as well to make sure that that didn't create other problems and that demolition was followed by a long round of applause by the residents there watching now it's not just the residents in january that were watching what's going on this was also followed very closely by local t.v. channels as well as news outlets i think many talents are wanting to see this i saw removed from the skyline of genoa but at the sam

demolition a process is completed sima thank you so much freelance journalist sima gupta there in rome. thailand has been marking a year since the dramatic rescue of the boy's football team that was trapped in a cave in the north of the country earlier this week the boys and their coach returned to the cave to honor their rescuers and talk to the media their ordeal has not only brought attention to the region but also tourism the w.'s charlotte charleston pill report. small to imagine this is the sites that came so close to tragedy. a bike riding fun romantic anniversary of the dramatic rescue of the 12 going to coach locals are here to raise money to develop the area and propel its transition from sleepy backwater to buzzing tourist hot spot is a project that's transforming the fortunes of this community i knew locals used to come to this area now there's a whole infrastructure built around this the site of the rescue that had the entire world gripped turk groups like this one a few looking here it's got a fast one taste of the ordeal the cave itself is currently closed to the public

italy's far right party saying today that yes wolfy in that reconstruction plan to reporting from rome thank you. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world . 2 people have been evacuated from the sea wash humanitarian ship for medical reasons all the boats entered italian waters in defiance of a ban from rome 2 days ago at least continuing to refuse its permission to dock the ship's captain has accused european countries of abandoning the migrants. australian authorities say they are trying to establish the whereabouts of a student feared to be detained in north korea relatives of 29 year old alec simply say they have not heard from him since tuesday and his abrupt silence on social media is unusual sickly is one of few foreign students at pyongyang university. the bodies of a father and daughter who drowned trying to enter the u.s. via mexico are being returned to their home country of el salvador the 2 were swept to their deaths by strong tides in the rio grande dame they were found together with the girl tucked inside her father shirt. you'r

the journey here in thejourney here in rome is —— later gym here in rome is not meant to be less hot.but a bit hotter than expected. yes, la st but a bit hotter than expected. yes, last night at the spanish that it was 41 degrees. that is way more than you wanted. yes, it is exhausting when you're trying to see all the sites. it was 37 at etienne when we were driving. you're not stopping, you're carrying on seeing the sites? -- at 8am. trying to stay: drinking lots of water. it is very stay: drinking lots of water. it is very warm. stay: drinking lots of water. it is very warm. you did not expect this? no, not at all. it is beautiful though, we will put up with whatever. to escape the heat, some tourist might be tempted to think about it jumping into tourist might be tempted to think about itjumping into the fountain. but, no matter how hot it gets here, run's normal rules still apply. anyone who jumps in, run's normal rules still apply. anyone whojumps in, will be fined. our environment correpsondent matt mcgrath is in bonn in germany for a climate change conference. 0bviously obviou

prime minister there speaking known as the so-called march on rome i. mostly neo rived the next day from his headquarters in milan. i that. that. he wore a suit and tie instead of his usual fascist uniform. on october the 29th king victor emmanuel appointed mussolini prime minister. as the head of government mussolini chose a policy of cooperation with the catholic church and pursued his aim of transforming italy into a challenge hereon states. in germany militarist and nationalist factions united around general dogs who had been the de facto 2nd in command of german forces during the war. newton doff would later support at all hitler. hitler said. our people are miserable we must act now so that they do not join the communists. in january 923 french and belgian troops occupied the rule region because germany had fallen behind in its war reparations payments. those payments contributed to an economic crisis that included runaway inflation the german government kept printing more and more money. plus one point a loaf of bread cost $460000000000.00 marks.

i will speak to our rome correspondent for the latest. swelterontinues to under the heatwave this week with record temperatures ranging from spain to switzerland to here in france. trouble forup, more boeing as regulators find a new problem with the 737 max. the plane was grounded after two deadly crashes. our update.in confirmsat notre dame there was no criminal because that started the blaze. the details on what could have been behind it, coming up. first, our top story, live from paris. ♪ genie: an explosion rocked tunis . the attack looks to be targeting police. , three say three people police and two civilians were hurt. it is not immediately known who is behind the attack. to get more live from tunis, let's bring in our reporter. >> the explosion took place near a police vehicle near the entrance of the old city. and interior ministry statement said two security forces were injured and three civilians were transferred to a hospital. a ministry spokesperson said four officers were injured. we may see the numbers change as we learn mo

to go to rome.overwhelmed. it's quite overwhelming being in there. i needed to have a sit down for a minute and i saw off in the corner, just of the bill area that had some chairs and there was nobody there so i went to sat down there, there was a light on it. attended —— it turned out to be centuries of chapel. it sat there and they were paintings on the walls around me picketing jesus ministry. all the things he did, tending to the sick children, the dying, the grieving, all that kind of stuff and asi grieving, all that kind of stuff and as i sat there, i thought that is exactly what people are doing in port talbot right now. there are organisations and charities and support groups, carers and teachers and nurses and hospices and all these things and i thought, that is whatjesus did. and that is what community is. that is how we keep community is. that is how we keep community going and in that moment it clicked for me. i was telling the story ofjesus but it's not the story ofjesus but it's not th

to go to rome.was quite overwhelmed by it. for anyone that's been there, it's quite overwhelming being in there. and i thought, ijust need to have a little sit down for a minute and i saw, off in the corner, just a little area that had some chairs and there was no—one there, so i went to sit down, there was a sort of light on it. and i sat in this — and it turned out to be stjoseph's chapel. and i sat there and there were paintings on the wall around me depicting jesus's ministry. so, all the things he did, you know, there's the — he's tending to the sick, and with children, the dying, and the grieving, and all that kind of stuff. and as i sat there, i thought, that is exactly what people are doing in port talbot right now. there are organisations and charities and support groups, and you know, carers and teachers and nurses and hospices, and all these things and i was like, oh, that — that is whatjesus did. and that is what community is. that is how we keep community going and in that moment it cli

white everything lex is a follower of the stream old the way to the middle east and me i also left rome and moved to berlin. to decent job at the rectum before mentors for german television. and in my free time i could enjoy the boy email lifestyle of the sea. is instead was sold was looking for something more something new. i need something that i can just. because i'll be climbing like this his latest obsession was to be able to travel and work alone. truly do your friends. you know your friends you know your reference point. your friends your tribe. oh dass you're spending your time you're. there you go sky. high there. was you know. there's like a really great. point out there like oh yeah i get us. back.

. >>> it is originating from a train controlled rome. these are rome's position throughout the system that basically communicate the train control system. and the track system. that room was getting overheated or something where it is causing a problem. communicating with the tracks. in the train control system.>> reporter: as of now the problem the issue has been resolved. the cranks are back to being fully automated. no more manual switching. writers may be experiencing a few residual delays from the hours long slow down along any train to had to come to the bay fear station here in san leandro. the question we have for bart what exactly happened ? they do not have the answer. >>> the good news is that it wasn't boiling hot for all those stranded writers. >>> paul is live at the alameda county fair where families are enjoying a little bit of a cool down.>> reporter: we finally cooled back to average earlier this week. high temperatures from 100 to 1 06. i am happy to report on opening night of the fair in pleasanton alameda county. it

finals in morocco and rome earlier this year, why have things turned around so significantly?round so significantly?m is a very question. this is a very surprising run, despite the fact thatjohanna surprising run, despite the fact that johanna konta surprising run, despite the fact thatjohanna konta played so well in rabatin thatjohanna konta played so well in rabat in morocco and then in rome where she reached the final in a strong field. she has taken her opportunity magnificently well. i think a lot comes down to confidence, getting so many wins on clay under her belt before roland garros makes a big difference. she isa garros makes a big difference. she is a confidence player who is on a run, she has a lot of wins under her belt which helps on all surfaces. as for the clay particularly, i don't think there is anything dramatically different she has done it this year. it was interesting to hear that before great britain's tight with kaza khsta n over before great britain's tight with kazakhstan over easter weekend on indoor hard court, johanna konta decided to play on a cla

david: thank you so much for reporting from rome. now let's head to london. even as we are speaking, we now have president trump meeting with the prime minister of ireland. what are they trying to accomplish? what is on the agenda? >> trump is meeting with the prime minister after having days with prime minister theresa may and the royals in london. if those two upset any president, trump will discuss foreign policy. he spoke with prime minister may about iran, he spoke with chancellor merkel about libya and he showed in the u k he was not afraid to wait into the domestic affairs of other countries, speaking about britain's elections that are upcoming. we will see the news from that meeting. he is also likely to make news on domestic affairs in the u.s., which we saw in london. david: the president has been in london meeting with prime minister may. he made news. did he accomplish anything? if there's one thing the president would say i can't push this in london, what would it be -- would say i accomplished this in london, what would it be? >> trump and may s

will be to endure the economic pressure in the now and industrial rebound we're joining me now from rome is philippe munoz global automotive analyst at j dynamics thanks very much for being with us so what went wrong in the end why did this merger not go ahead. well 1st of all i think the story hasn't finished yet because. neither f.c.a. nor brain know they have a plan b. so maybe that withdrawal is part of the game i mean we have to remember that both groups together would in only become the 3rd largest car maker but they would become the world's largest s.u.v. make up with almost $2900000.00 units sold last year according to our data so that means they would become the leader in the only driver of growth in that it's remaining in europe usa and china. however i think this trunk presence of the governments is had had a big thing to do with this with this and i mean especially in south or in europe the governments instead of enabling enabling business they are making things more difficult to these kinds of operations finally i think a rhino my fees in this measure proposal to send a mess

announcement and the. 3 years have gone by since we both left rome and i met. when visiting our families . well looking at the state that it put it in the $42.00 periods of. the summary of the time. you know the time i was 19 i was child and all these groups of west africans that were traveling up towards mali towards this help countries who were busy going on the scene trip that i did end of filming 10 years later you know at the time i just thought they were just groups of . young nigerians traveling and some like that and these guys were going on a huge clan this trip you know from country to country and i was just traveling with them i had no idea but in a way those experiences they helped me later on because you realize that you can just do it you know. you can just travel people you can move how they move and stuff like that and there are a lot more like you than you actually think. here she's there with a focus weight and it was queen i called her queenie and she was nigerian clue from nigeria so we connected because i'd just been a jury and you were hom

or are just not using them because a car is becoming more a problem than a solution in cities like rome like new york and so people are not buying cars anymore this is especially the trend among young people and and also we must consider that communication and working abbots are changing so people are working from home so they don't need to move to move around as much so has the industry been too slow to respond to these changes do you think yes absolutely they industry the car industry is extremely slow when taking the stations because it's it's very expensive it's a huge industry and the most important because it's vital in many economies so every time a big thing like this happens local authorities want to get involved and these makes things more difficult as i said before politics and business are of nor are are not always a good marriage so they industries moving very slow just to give you an example in the in the electric vehicle market constant it seems that counselors are moving faster than our all to make is i mean you find very long waiting lists for electric cars they offer s

james reynolds gave us this update from rising heat of rome. it's about 35 degrees here in rome.italy, the temperatures might hit up to about 42 degrees, which would be a record forjune. the only place to escape to at the moment is the south of italy, naples, or sicily, which are a bit cooler. but because of the hot temperatures here and in the north, the government is going to issue a red alert for a number of cities including rome for tomorrow and for friday, essentially telling people what they should probably already know, stay indoors away from the sun during the day. 0rdinary italians know this. they go through this kind of temperature in july and they go through this kind of temperature injuly and august every year. so they stay indoors, but rather bedraggled a red face and terrorists do not have that privilege of staying indoors, they have to see the sights so up and down the go. —— lb tours. a warning to them, if they are tempted to jump into the fountains of rome into the fountains, they might risk a defiant of several hundred euros. they will have to find different way

the dutch flags german rescue ship says it has just entered italian waters despite orders from rome to stay away the sea watch 3 has been writing off the island of lampedusa for 2 weeks with more than 40 migrants on board it's a risk and says the ship should travel to germany or the netherlands. of german n.g.o.s headphone world hunger aid is sounding the alarm over the impact of the climate crisis on the world's food supplies and its latest report the organization says rising temperatures over the next decades will lead to a reduction in crop yields and an expansion of arid land areas as well as the climate fish stocks the fear is that millions of people are will be forced to leave their homelands in search of better lives elsewhere. veld home to have a new old review was presented today it's secretary-general is material mulga welcome to you. who should be most worried about this. i think we all should be very worried about this development i think we see in recent years that the numbers of hungry people in the world is rising again it was declining up to the year 2014 but since 2015

the case will take us from moscow to rome to london, into a world of spies and spy-catchers of corruption and those who dare to expose it. a world in which murder happens often. was there a hit list in mind? >> i'm sure there was. >> reporter: but our story begins closer to home. on a late winter evening, paul joyal, an intelligence analyst, was driving to his house just outside washington, d.c. it was quiet and dark. >> i got out of my car. there were two men waiting in the bushes. they jumped me. one man i fought with, and we ended up on the ground in a tussle. and this one man said to someone else i didn't see, "shoot him." so i covered my heart with my arms, i turned to the side. and a shot went through me. >> reporter: one shot? >> one shot, and then i heard the click. >> reporter: another click? >> right. and nothing happened. >> reporter: so you're shot once. >> right. >> reporter: you're rolling to protect yourself. >> right. i hear a chamber to clear it, gun jammed. at that point in time, the lights went on in my house. >> reporter: joyal's wife, elizabeth, heard the commotion. >

some outstanding meeting already this season in the diamond league and we hope for more tonight in romespective a dinner asher smith takes to the track. last week she had an excellent race or 200 metres and tonight she goes in herfirst 100 metres of tonight she goes in herfirst100 metres of the season and coming up against the olympic champion elaine thomson. in the main‘s side, noah liles is the man to watch any 200 metres, erase he's made his own, unbeaten since 2016. —— a race he's made his own. he had a personal best in the hundred metres in shanghai recently. he is looking to double up but he says notjust yet. we've talked about going for the 0lympic double and the main reason right now we are trying to get the 200 women in the world championships is so we go in as the favourite to win —— 200 metres when in the world championships. so that when we go to the 100 it is like a second win, almost, and we are just trying to honein almost, and we are just trying to hone in on the hundred to get it ready for next year. big night of athletics here. more meurig runs in the 1500, she is the

from italy's far right party saying today that yes goofy in the reconstruction plan to reporting from rome thank you. thanks to the u.s. for presidential hopefuls have clashed over the past and the future at the 2nd democratic party debate in miami florida well they're vying for the chance to take on donald trump in 2024 vice president joe biden was looking to cement his position as front runner in a very crowded field but another candidate california senator. put him on the defensive last night and is going to run on has more on that same stage same for much same jampacked gathering of 10 democratic candidates in the miami for the performing arts ryan behind me but this time 2 men are at the focus of attention former vice president joe biden and vermont senator bernie sanders who are running 1st and 2nd in most polls. but the fate of the many watch parties in miami began it quickly became clear that it was neither by ignore senders who grabbed the spotlight it was set up to a come along harris who took command stage she criticizes biden this recent remarks about working with segregationis

the german organization whose migrant rescue ship has entered to tell good waters despite a ban from rome on board that ship or 42 people picked up off the coast of libya 2 weeks ago meanwhile the head of the federation of protestant churches here in germany has suggested that the church get involved in rescue efforts by partnering with civil organizations to send another ship to the mediterranean a realistic option to talk about that i'm joined here at the table now by the chairman of germany's federation of protestant churches. mr. strawman it's good to have you on the program let me start by asking you why does the protestant church want to support search and rescue missions what we're seeing right now in the mediterranean well the basic answer is pretty easy you do not let people drown period. it is a human duty and it's certainly a christian duty to come to aid to people whose life is in danger and it's intolerable it's a moral scandal that those who have saved lives the only ones who save lives in the military and terrain and have to justify themselves are actually being criminalize

a dutch flagged german rescue ship says it has just entered italian waters despite orders from rome to stay away the sea watch 3 has been waiting off the island of lampedusa for 2 weeks with over 40 migrants on board it was going to set the ship should travel to germany or the netherlands instead. a new united nations report has revealed the scale of global drug use the authors highlight at the level of opiate use with $53000000.00 people worldwide now taking the substances cocaine production also hit record highs reaching almost 2000 tonnes in 2017. former u.s. special counsel robert muller has agreed to testify to public hearings in congress next month muller of the investigation into russian election meddling and detailed numerous occasions when u.s. president donald trump may have obstructed justice previously declined to face public questioning over his report. and president trump's son in law has appealed to palestinians to support a plan he says will revive their economy and improve their lives all the proposals presented at a meeting in behaving involve investing billions of do

country's mounting debt with deputy prime minister at the tail salvini threatening to resign that as rome proposes a new kind of bond which brussels sees as a threat to the year of. watching our attention national bring you live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.s. is piling more pressure on iran with a new round of major sanctions to tehran later on monday the escalation comes in response to iran's downing of a u.s. military drone which the islamic republic says violated its airspace but washington has expressed doubts over who is really to blame for the attack. we expect the president to announce an additional round of sanctions in response to iran's downing of an american unmanned vehicle the president also had doubts as to whether or not the downing of our unmanned aircraft was actually authorized at the highest levels but we were not convinced that it was authorized at the highest levels. the drone downing prompted a furious reaction from washington preparations to strike iran were minutes away from being put into motion before donald trump inte

if followed through rome could be handed a penalty of up to three point five billion euros. in a report published wednesday the european commission said italy hasn't complied with the blocks the school rules and we have concluded. that the debt criterion. he's currently not respected. and that's that based. excessive to procedure is warranted. for it. according to that analysis italy's public debt was over one hundred and 32% of its gdp in. twenty eighteen and the commission forecast that number will rise to over one hundred and 35% by. twenty twenty responding to the report italian pririme minister just that they contact you said the e. u.'s rules are outdated. initially the governments of change must absolutely committed to change the rules. the problem is that now current regulations are enforced. see most folks with my will do all i can to avoid an infringements procedure please. italy's populist coalition was in conflict with brussels last year over rome's big spending twenty nineteen budget. commission rejected it in a historic first but the two sides reached an agreem

whose migrant rescue ship has entered italian waters now is that despite a ban that was imposed by rome on board the ship people. off the coast of libya 2 weeks ago meanwhile the. head of the federation of protestant churches here in germany has suggested that the church get involved in rescue efforts by partnering with civil organizations to send another ship to the mediterranean. and is that a realistic option to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table now by the chairman of germany's federation of protestant churches mr bradford strawman's good to have you on the program let me start by asking you why does the protestant church want to support search and rescue missions what we're seeing right now in the mediterranean well the basic answer is pretty easy you do not let people drown period. it is a human duty and it's certainly a christian duty to come to aid to people whose life is in danger and it's intolerable it's a moral scandal that those who have saved lives the only ones who save lives in the military and tearing and have to justify themselves are actually being crimi

with dozens of migrants from docking on the country's southern most violent as the captain accuses rome of doing nothing to help those on board. live from moscow what's your the international 8 pm here in the russian capital. thanks for joining us president vladimir putin and donald trump held a closed door meeting on the sidelines of the g. 20 summit in japan on friday it was the 1st time the 2 leaders had met since the publication of the report on interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election with the details trying to reports from osaka. well i can tell you that the full big fat agenda of the who get together didn't stop the 2 leaders from having a few light hearted moments and despite the dilapidated state of relations between russia and america donald trump tried to lighten up the mode as best as he could. do you. have to really be. a little. while the white house and the kremlin remained why tight lipped about what was discussed in that room even though they did list the usual range of topics from iran to venezuela it definitely seemed like the president's word definitely ma