if you came into rome, rome was a civilian-run place. your military, your troops, your thugs had no role there. it is a strong principle of western democracies that a military or a militarized force has no role inside a country for domestic affairs. but basically what donald trump did is didn't use the military, but he used these troops. he used these people who he essentially used as his troops to say, you storm the capitol. >> yes, and he planted these seeds during the debate with the proud boys where he said, stand back and stand by. if you cover extremism over the last few years you would know this. the proud boys are the big tent group. they organize rallies and get everybody riled up saying, hey, are you pro trump, do you think the government is messed up? come meet with us. they try to bring everybody in and try to get sheer numbers. by the time they're storming something, by the time they're messing with a protest, it looks like they have a lot of people. today they had a lot of people. it was a goon squad for the president. ali,

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. lovely blue skies in rome.t's a perfect sunday for getting outside and enjoying some fresh air. for most of us, it will be a dry, settled and relatively sunny afternoon, but the further north and west you go, a brisk wind driving in some showery outbreaks of rain, with gusts of 30mph to 40mph here. elsewhere, with some sunshine, the temperatures will peak between 6—9 degrees — where they should be for this time of year. moving into monday, closer to this area of low pressure, it will continue to feed in showers across much of scotland and we will see weather fronts starting to gradually approach from the south—west as low pressure edges in from the atlantic. but there will be some drier, brighter weather, particularly in sheltered eastern areas. generally a little more cloud around than we have seen today. 5—10 degrees the overall high. but from tuesday onwards, it turns increasingly wet and windy across the country. milder for england and wales, but some of that rain could bring some flooding. hello, this is b

here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen. like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings migrate in winter south to africa. nesting at night in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. a murmuration, it's called, and this city of art marvels at the show. but beneath their charm, rome is rotting, and it's a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day, the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear, and for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not exactly sightly, it can be a safety hazard, and i can tell you that even with the mask, the stench is rancid. "i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy", this man says. "the world has invented everything, just not bird underpants." beside the ancient forum, a new attempt to try and solve the problem. city officials shining lasers onto trees, which the birds dislike, prompting them to move on. the project is focused on rome's tourist heart in a bid to clean up its image. translation: this do

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. beautiful blue skies in rome filmed by mark lowen.particularly across england and wales this morning but the weather has been changing a bit. you can see in gloucestershire how we have this shield of generally high cloud and further north—west into western scotland the cloud is thickening up and we have had showers which are getting longer spells of rain. looking at all this ground coming from the atlantic, it's mostly high cloud, spilling eastwards, so sunshine is hazy at best and the best of the sunshine probably to the south—east of the uk. the north—east turning wetter, breezy as well with temperatures of 6—8 . this evening looking wet in scotland and northern ireland. before we replace the rain with showers will stop a view showers and more cloud pushing into england and wales. a bit of a breeze as well and on the whole it should be just about frost free although there is the risk of a few icy patches. tomorrow, a line of rain across southern scotland. to the north of it, sunshine and showers and wintry over the hills. elsewhere,

mark lowen, bbc news, rome.ore than 250 metres of a skyscraper while strapped to a wheelchair. lai chi—wai scaled the great height using a piece of rope and sheer grit and determination, as our reporter freya cole explains. from dizzying heights, lai chi—wai looks tiny, but in the grand scale of the situation, he has more strength than most. translation: l was quite - scared, climbing up a mountain, i could hold onto rocks or little holes. but with glass, all i can really rely on is the rope that i'm hanging off. ten years ago, lai chi—wai was in a car accident which left him paralysed from the waist down. it ended his highly successful professional career as a climber, as he knew it. but over time, he's overcome mental and physical barriers and now there is very little that will stop him. translation: i want to climb something higher| than lion rock mountain. i want the image of me climbing up in a wheelchair to become a reality, and it's always been a dream. lai chi—wai came so close to the top when he had to

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. beautiful weather in rome.nated not by wintry weather but by wet weather. in fact, for some parts of the uk, a lot of heavy and persistent rain, which will bring the risk of flooding. through this evening and tonight, many spots will be dry, particularly down towards the southeast. a few showers for wales, northwest england and certainly some showery rain at times for northern ireland and scotland. a bit of snow mixing in over high ground across the northern half of scotland. temperatures getting quite close to freezing, most spots will hold just above. then, as we go through tomorrow, we will have this band of rain affecting parts of southern scotland, that will drift northwards back into the central belt. showers for northern scotland, some of which will be wintry, not a bad day for northern ireland, and eastern parts of england will hold onto some brightness, but for wales, the western half of england, it will turn increasingly cloudy, misty and murky with some outbreaks of rain at times. it's going to be tu

we are in a bill of one of rome's greatest statement. cicero. he spent his life defending rome's concept of a republican government with its senate and system of checks and balances. but when cicero wrote his most important works, the republics and the laws, the age was already upon him. he knew the decay of rome's political institution, what he called the enemy within, had been raging for many years. worldly senators blocked political and economic reforms. there were massive public works programs with no sensible scheme to finance. the urban proletariat, not to mention the farmers and the workers were alienated from the political system. there were great economic disparities worsened by a crippling tax system. they were deep political divisions, with a lot of conspiracy theories floating around. mob violence was on the rise. does this sound familiar to anybody? let me add as well, the city of rome, the cosmopolitan center of a million people, everyone complained about the traffic. some things never change. for cicero, the great system of declin

the founders took note, they learned from rome's failure. they were always conscious of the silent artillery of time, the natural drift of political society toward corruption, dk and degeneration. listen to madison on desperate enlighten statesman will be able to -- the public good. enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. can i get an amen on that. our problems are real and that cannot be wished away. we have in our hands an essential part of the remedy. listen to james mason from the virginia declaration of rights -- the blessings of liberty can preserve any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles -- a return to first principles. that is the task of the statesman and the patriots. there is no guarantee of success. suggested at the outset, the way forward demands that we look back, back to the constitution and its attempts to the ideals of freedom. ronald reagan, who had a great attachment to the constitution, put it this way. the torch of liberty is

rome's leaders behaved as their private life had no relationship to the public good.y were squandering their republican inheritance according to cicero. let me read a few lines. long before but living memory our way of life produced outstanding men and those excellent men preserved the old way of life and the institutions of their forefathers our generation however, after inheriting our political organization like a magnificent picture now fading with age, not only neglected to restore its original colors but did not even bother to ensure it retained its basic form. then he closes of this great tragedy we are not only bound to give a description we must somehow defend ourselves as if we were arraigned on a capital charge. trouble in river city, we will come back the point is the american founders knew this history, they studied it, they understood the challenges of building and sustaining a just and democratic society. they look for wisdom ever they could find it, they knew the odds of success of preserving a republic over a vast territory when they were stacked again

and there he decided to go to another facility in rome,!i5÷d d build these enormous corinthians columns. eight of them, individually. to support that center part of the ceiling. now those look to behewí5h marb, they are not. in fact they are part of that brick work. each of those has about 70,000 bricks in them. then plastered over, and painted to look like marble. so we call it marble icing. as a result, the building became sort of usable by the mid 18 eighties. about 1985. and people from the pension bureau, started to move in. and in that point in history, president grover cleveland was about to be inaugurated. and somebody decided that this would be a great space, to have an inaugural ball for grove or cleveland. so in 1885, you can see the bricks, the roof is beginning to be put in here, and here are the garlands left over from the actual ball itself. because there was no roof when it, they had put a temporary roof. and clean up the floor there were standing on, put a wood floor down temporarily. so when it was done, they went back and

parties 4 days to form a new call listened to or will dissolve parliament we'll get the latest from rome. i'm married to evanston welcome germany is imposing a travel ban on countries most affected by new coronavirus variance the measure came into effect just hours ago and will remain until at least the 17th of february berlin says the restrictions are necessary to prevent a surge in new infections. the fear of new coronavirus mutations is real in germany it's also one of the main concerns for german authorities to prevent them from spreading fast in the country the government has now announced new travel restrictions the interior ministry has imposed an entry ban until the 17th of february for travelers from countries that are particularly affected by them brazil arland portugal south africa the u.k. listened to and it's one teeny mutations have not hit germany as hard as other countries but already a hospital in berlin was forced to halt admissions after several cases were fond of the mutation 1st discovered in britain and health officials are stressing that the situation could deterio

from casting their ballots, for consuls, for senators, these were the offices rome, and these armed gangs ran through the streets of rome, keeping elections from being ever being called, and, in them end, because of that, the roman republic fell and a dictator took its place, and that was the end of the roman ryublic or republic, for that matter, untib thautiful constitution was written in the united states of america. so it is my proven hope that the way we respond to this today, my dear colleagues, is that we give the biggest bipartisan vote we can in support of our deanocracy in support of our constitution and in rejection for what we sawo tday and what the roman republic saw in its own tie. there's a tendency around this place, i think, to always believe that we're the first when that's seldom the case and to underappreciate what theu effect of actions will be.e wed to deeply appreciate, in this moment, ourbligation to the constitution, our obligation to the democracy, our obligation to the republic. there are people inhis chamber that have twisted the words, twisted theds worf

these were the officers in rome and these armed gangs ran through the streets of rome keeping elections from being started, keeping elections from ever being cold and in the end, because of that the roman republic fell and the dictator took its place. and that was the end of the roman republic or any republic for that matter. until this beautiful constitution was written in the united states of america. so it is my hope that the way that we respond to this today is that we give the biggest bipartisan vote that we can in support of our democracy and in support of our constitution and in rejection for what we saw today and what the roman republic saw in its own time. there is a tendency around this place i think always believe that we are the first people to confront some when that is seldom the case. and to under appreciate what the effect of our actions will be. appreciate in th we need to deeply appreciate in this moment our obligation to the constitution, our obligation to the democracy, our obligation to the republic. there are people in this chamber that have twisted the words. twis

there, he decided to go to another facility in rome, which was a church, and build enormous corinthianolumns. 8 of them individually to support the center part of the ceiling. those look to be marble, they are not. they are part of that brickwork. each has 70,000 bricks in them. they have been plastered over and painted to look like marble. we call them marble lysing -- -- marblizing. people from the pension bureau started to move and while it was -- construction was continuing. at that point in history, president grover cleveland was about to be inaugurated. somebody, we don't know who, decided this would be a great space to have an inaugural ball for grover cleveland. we have a picture of the building still under construction in 1885. with the in columns, you could see the bricks. the roof was beginning to be put in here. here, they are left over from the inaugural ball. because there was no roof, they had to pay temporary roof. -- put a temporary roof. they had to put a wood floor down temporarily to be able to use it. when it was done, it went back and they begin to use it as part

from casting their ballots for consult, for senators, these were the offices in rome and these armed gangs ran through the streets of rome keeping elections from being started, keeping elections from ever being called, and in the end, because of that, the roman republic fell and a dictator took its place. and that was the end of the roman republic or any republic for that matter until this beautiful constitution was written in the united states of america. so it is my fervent hope is that the way we respond to this today, my dear colleagues, is that we give the biggest bipartisan vote we can in support of our democracy and in support of our constitution and in rejection for what we saw today and what the roman republic saw in its own time. there's a tendency around this place, i think, to always believe that we're the first people to confront something when that's seldom the case and to underappreciate what the effect of our actions will be. we need to deeply appreciate in this moment our obligation to the constitution, our obligation to the democracy, our obligation to the republic.

but beneath their charm, rome is rotting. and it's a hell of a mess. to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it's not exactly slightly, it can be a safety hazard, and i can tell you that even with a mask, the stench is rancid. translation: i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy. the world has invented everything, just not bird underpants. invented everything, 'ust not bird underpants._ bird underpants. beside the ancient forum, _ bird underpants. beside the ancient forum, a _ bird underpants. beside the ancient forum, a new- bird underpants. beside the i ancient forum, a new attempt bird underpants. beside the - ancient forum, a new attempt to try to solve the problem. and that's it from us or the time being. stick with us on bbc news. much more to come. hello there. after the snow that some of us had last week, this week, the weather focus shifts to rain, enough rain in a few places over the next few days to give the very real risk of some flooding. now, having said that, monday morning is getting off to a decent start, a lot of dry weather

the building he built inside, which was patterned after a different palazzo in rome, which we have a photograph of here. if we get the right angle of a here, if you could see with that looks like, and how very similar the arches, pediments, windows all look to what we are looking at back here. he enlarged it. this again was an open courtyard. he was faced with the problem of how to cover a large expanse of this enormous space. this space inside here is almost as big as a football field. 316 feet long, 116 feet wide and completely covered, but completely open. as a result of that, coincidentally, not design for that, but ended up with the largest covered space in this part of town. as it was built in the 1880's, 1885, 1887. but his design had problems. trying to put a roof on it became an issue because of the large space. in those days masonry and would -- wood did not cover those expansions. he was able to devise a fairly new cast iron, and some steel to build a roof over this thing. what we are seeing is under construction, and these pieces here are the structures that will hold the

and one of the facilities that he looked at was this palazzo, which was built in rome about the early part of the 1500s, so it's a 16th century roman architecture, three stories, and a very distinct pattern of these windows, straight here, alternating curved and rectangular here and rectangular all over the top. so he decided to use that as a model for the outside. he realized he would have to put a roof on it up here someplace because this was to be a covered building, obviously. but this is a four-sided building with an open courtyard in the center. that's what he started from. he took exactly the same pattern of windows and extended them out here and put this enormous building, which consumes almost an entire city block. it's 400 feet long, 200 feet wide and rises to the top here about 160 feet from the base. it's a big building. and by the time they were done, it was advertised as the biggest brick building in the world. they used over 15 1/2 million bricks to build the outside of the building. and if you go outside, you'll see it is very, very different and is quite striking in t

in fact the marble in question is located in this roman temple of augustus in rome located in modern-day antarctica, the capital of turkey. 2000 years ago when the temple is built this was the capital of the roman province of the last year and it had recently been conquered by the first roman emperor, caesar augustus. there he is on the right looking imperial. but the key thing for us is the work that i've highlighted, one of the things you can see in the undamaged part of the marble and that's counts and you can see the resemblance to the english word census and that's because we take our word census from theromans . first get back at it to be to see the contents of this inscription. the full inscription of this temple is much larger and it's suffered significant damage over the centuries. but i'm sure in the 19th century grandpa church and gives a clearer view of the wholething including the undamaged section . this document has become known as. [speaking latin] which means the deeds of the divine augustus. as an autobiographical obituary of augustus. think of it like the presidential

the last days of rome.t least government risks collapse after a junior coalition partner pulls out. french finance minister bruno le maire opposes a bid for supermarket chain, casting doubt on the $20 billion deal. just under an hour away from the start of cash trading across europe. let's take a look at futures right now, pointing higher on the ftse. the dax up about 2/10 of 1%. we do have gains on european futures, uniformly. take a look at u.s. futures. nasdaq futures pointing lower this morning. you do have gains on dow jones mini contract as well as the s&p minis. nasdaq futures down 1/10 of 1%. let's get a quick recap of the renault headlines here. i gave you the breaking news at the top of the hour. renault is now targeting more than 3% -- a more than 3% group operating margin by 2023. over the next two years, they should be able to boost their operating margin to 3% at renault. at least 5% by 2025. i will speak later in the day with renault's deputy ceo and we will bring that interview to you later

all right, for more now from rome is our journalist. it is good to see you, seema.o we know what is behind conte's resignation? after all, he won two votes of confidence last week. rerter: it was absent a majority and quite clear, but in the senate, it was just about relative majority, so it was clear even then that he was going to struggle to enact any of hisolicy agendas to pass any legislation, and to pass any possible vote, it was clear that this decision came come his resignation on tuesday morning -- he thought it was supposed to be a vote in parliament this week on the annual report of the justice system. it is clear that he, perhaps, thought that was not goi to pass, and a failure in a possible vote affected his decision to resign or hand his resignation in. brent: this political shakeup, how responsible is this for a country that is in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? reporter: absutely. this is a cntry that up until now has lo more than 85,000 lives to covid-19. it is dealing with increases in the number of hospitalizations as wel as admissions to t

let me take that to natalie in rome.m the perspective of the european union, from your understanding, do you think the e.u. wants to see this problem resolved, resolved as and finally -- let turkey into the eastern mediterranean gas -- or is it just about ensuring that things don't boil over that is all the e.u. wants to see, let's not have a war and maybe have some attempt at curbing turkish power in the area. >> i mean, i think tying together what they are both saying, in an ideal world the european union would like to see these talks eventually lead to a resolution of not only -- greece-turkey issues that you were discussing but eventually that this will have positive spillover effects on the cyprus conflict onto the broader energy conundrum in the region. and perhaps having spillover effects, positive effects on issues such as libya. so, this is obviously in an ideal world. of course, and i share andreas's pessimism, we do not live in an ideal world. and, therefore, does the european union prefer the kind of -- confl

here's our rome correspondent, mark lowen.he stage. the acrobatic swells like wisps of smoke. a synchronised spectacle of breathtaking beauty. the starlings winter south to africa, nesting out tonight in central rome for warmth, flying in formation to avoid predators. amm oration, it is called, and this city of art marvels at the show. —— a murmuration, it's called. but beneath our charm, rome is rotting. and it is a hell of a mess. in the cold light of day, the other side of these gorgeous birds is clear. for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it is not exactly slightly. it can be a safety hazard. i can tell you that even with a mask, the stench is rancid. translation: i mask, the stench is rancid. translation:— mask, the stench is rancid. translation: i slipped on the dro inas translation: i slipped on the droppings when _ translation: i slipped on the droppings when it _ translation: i slipped on the droppings when it was - translation: i slipped on the droppings when it was muddy, | translatio

i was there in rome. i made an opening speech, although i have never had any official position. said i have come to rome to speak for those who cannot speak, the victims, and that is what i have been doing. i have been trying to speak to all the victims who cannot speak. there's a lot of opposition to it. ms. friedberg: you speak tirelessly and with clarity and conviction. we have time for two final questions. one from a viewer named william who wants to know if you have ever had a thought about retiring or settling down. mr. ferencz: [laughter] no. no. i thought, what would be more interesting than what i do or more important? playing golf? no, i think that is quite ridiculous. i'm never going to retire. we are making progress. i'm not discouraged. ms. friedberg: the final question, as you described to us, you have been told no a lot in your 101 years, from your first attempts to enlist, initial plea to get prosecutors assigned, people telling you what you are doing is impossible, but the answer no has never stop you and you believe in something. what fueled you to keep fightin

guy: can the ecb continued to buy at the current rate if there is fiscal stimulus in rome?ve avoided elections at this point. say it flares up and there is a significant problem in rome and the government starts to fall apart. at the moment we find ourselves in a situation where rome is struggling to deliver upon the next generation in terms of how they are going to be spent. can lagarde continue to step up? erik: that is a good question, right? i think the answer is no, and i think we have seen it already. she will go back to explaining very clearly that the objective of monetary policy now is to prevent monetary typing as a result of -- that is yield curve control and in europe also spread controls. that is basically what they introduced. once you control, you have to stay -- with the crisis in the intelligent government, it is a reminder that too much money can also be a problem. and spreads widen. we see it is a good buying opportunity because we never thought -- i think there is some to come here. the ecb can never and will never be seen as coming in and protecting a c

or i'm just now i'm half regular and half rome and sort of. this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved its historical structure both in stone and in spirit. the whole world was in reagan's book during the perpetual diet but he comes across this mixture of presidential and cosmopolitan is really something that beautiful. and your working hard to keep it that way. what would you say to the 1st time visitor here and i think it's for whether they come by cruise ship or from somewhere else in germany where would you send them what's your top recommendation. it was under saddam i would put it differently i wouldn't give any tips you know instead i'd recommend just coming here staying a week and going where the wind takes you stop so force discover the city on foot onto his it's not like there's any other way to get around town and just drift along and let the city work its magic and then follow your interests you know are you looking for gothic architecture in the cathedral or are you after something romantic or do you just want t

days ago italy's 1st cova 1000 shots were administered in rome the country has one of europe's highest coronavirus death tolls dr patricio hopes the worst is now over. the big fear or we will go on oh my wish is for the new year. and for all of those around me. is to find a way out of this nightmare as soon as possible with a sense of that's what. the situation in which there is no clear way out we all live in uncertainty of the but at the same time we hope that all of that i know you are all doing our best of the most you go. with the traumatic 2020 now behind them hope is in sight for a better year. and countries around the world are rolling out vaccination programs and an effort to stop the spread of the crown of virus in many countries including the u.s. and germany are falling far behind projected goals the vaccines currently available require people to get 2 shots and those come 3 weeks apart but now many experts say it would be better to stretch the waiting period between doses to 3 months that would allow more people with some resistance to the virus britain is the 1st country

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. what a beautiful sight. we had been hoping to bring you an interview with debbie for the 100th anniversary, but i'm afraid she's vanished. she really has. we hope we will be able to talk to her some point during this evening. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good evening. a bit of a shift in our weather focus as we move into the new week. the wintry weather of last week replaced by some very wet weather in places this week, there is the risk of flooding. it isn't a bad start to the week, certainly through the early hours of monday, we will see some showery rain across scotland, into northern ireland, the odd shower for england and wales. further south and east, some clear skies, that's where we will see the lowest temperatures, one or two spots getting down to freezing, most places hovering just above. then for tomorrow, this band of rain across southern scotland will eventually shift back northwards into the central belt. sunshine and showers for the far north of scotland. not a bad da

will not talking ninth century rome. _ months. will not talking ninth century rome, were - months.st—century america. pretty much similar. don't get me started. i've gone through the constitution several times in the past couple of days looking at the impeachment proceedings and i can find anything in there that has potential value, that has a groundwork that says you can remove a private citizen who was the former president from office. you can remove a former federal judge but i think the republicans were standing up to this might be onto something it will be interesting to see their take on the constitutionality. it interesting to see their take on the constitutionality.— constitutionality. it could be related to — constitutionality. it could be related to it _ constitutionality. it could be related to it but _ constitutionality. it could be related to it but about - constitutionality. it could be related to it but about what | constitutionality. it could be i related to it but about what is happening to the republican party because we have had in the last few days some pretty c

one of the facilities he looked at was -- which was built in rome in the early parts of the 1500s. the 16th century roman architecture, three stories. a very distinct pattern of these windows with alternating curves and rectangular's all over the top. he decided to use that as the model for the outside. he realized he would have to put a roof on it up here, because this was to be a covered building. this is a four sided building with an open courtyard in the center. that is what he started from. he took exactly the same pattern of windows and window pediments, extended them out here and put this enormous building, which consumed almost a city block. it is 400 feet long, 200 feet wide and raises to the top 160 feet from the base. it was the biggest brick building in the world. the used over 15 and a half million bricks to build the outside of the building. it shows, if you go outside, you will see it is very different. it is quite striking in the city of marble and white to see this particular kind of holding. the second part of the problem was to build the interior. for that he did

well as economic crisis that the country is dealing with journalist himachal for speaking to us from rome thank you and more than 370 migrants have arrived in sicily after they were picked up off the libyan coast fire rescue ship most of the migrants are from subsaharan africa and many are unaccompanied children the ship's crew says it was a huge relief that they were given permission to dock. the ocean viking mirrored in august in sicily its latest rescue voyage behind it. after being tested for covert 19 survivors begin to disembark their voyage aboard ocean viking began after being lifted from these rubber dinghies the new passengers had left their homes in guinea sudan and sierra leone to cross to europe despite the improved transport they were still in for an unpleasant trip. if the naginata of the sunday was very difficult it was bad weather and rough seas people get seasick especially children. $165.00 children to be exact many of them unaccompanied 3 pregnant women were also one board. viking turned to italian and maltese authorities after calls to libyan officials went unheeded a

in ancient rome, the starlings were seen to auger the gods�* wishes.enturies on, these dazzling creatures keep visiting. how man and nature can coexist is the eternal problem of the eternal city. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. now it's time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. precious point for motherwell who move off the bottom. rangers still a hefty lead at the top still unbeaten. i will have more throughout the afternoon. . hello. we have severe weather on the way, today has been fairly quiet, this evening we have thicker cloud bringing wet weather for a while across scotland and northern ireland before it turns more showery, some of that cloud and showers will push down into england and wales, a bit of a breeze overnight. shouldn't get too cold, to many places temperatures will be just above freezing, there is the risk of a few icy patches and tomorrow we are left with this line of rain in southern scotland, to the north of that there will be sunshine, showers, wintry over the hills, a bright enough start elsewhere with the odd light shower b

let's get some insight into the story now journalists standing by in rome hi sima explain this to us what led up to concious decision to resign at this point. well he did win the confidence vote in parliament just last week and that was as you said because matteo renzi a former prime minister the former mayor of florence cool the support of his tiny party the italian party from the government yanking his ministers from their triggering this crisis treaty and it led to that confidence bill and what we saw there was that he got an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament but in the senate you only got a relative majority and so it was very clear from that point that it was going to be a struggle for kaante to pass legislation to move forward with any policy agenda and when this judicial vote was expected later this week rather than risking defeated that he made the decision looking at the fact that he didn't have enough support support to eventually resign on tuesday what now for country will he be given a mandate to set up a new government. well the ball now is really in the

. >> present over 130 nations have signed on to that 234 rome. i was this there in rome.pening speech. i have never had any official position. i said i came to rome to speak for those who cannot peek, the victims. and that's what i've been doing. i have been trying so speak for the victims who cannot speak. and there is a lot of opposition to it. >> ben, you speak tirelessly and with clarity and conviction. we have time for two final questions. one from william. he wants to know, have you ever had a thought about retiring or settling down? >> no. i have thought what would be more interesting than what i do or more important? playing golf? so, no, i think that's quite ridiculous. i am never going to retire. i am going to go down fighting for what i hope to achieve. i won't achieve it in full, but we are making progress. i am not discouraged by the progress we have made. >> as a final question, ben, as you have described to us, you have been told "no" a lot in your 101 years, from your first attempts to enlist to your initial plea to get prosecutors assigned to people telli

various theophanous he's the president of the cyprus center for european and international affairs in rome we have natalie toci she's the director of the institute of international affairs and a former advisor to for that he can be any the european union's foreign affairs chief and in london we have gallup the lie he's a researcher at the university of oxford welcome to you or so perhaps i could start with andreas and ask the question do you think this round of talks will succeed andrea's. well we should who'd be optimistic in that sense but even taking into consideration i'm kind of rhetoric and also who the stated positions on various issues. involving it were to push relations as well as the sec risk question he would be very hesitant to express optimism let me say that the differences between the 2 countries as you know greece and turkey in relation to before you do that and realize that he jumped in and asked this question the fact that they have started talking is that a success in itself isn't something of a success if there's a turkish perspective which is this needs to be sorted o

times dot com unfettered bindi frederick is professor of political science at the top university of rome you're both very welcome federica can we kick off with you freedom of speech is guaranteed it's the 1st amendment it's the court tent in the united states is facebook playing a dangerous game by taking the unprecedented move of banning a democratically elected president. there is a feline i mean freedom of speech is granted sibylle a shiny invitation to violence that is a completely different thing this is why i think facebook did the right choice inside president tramp these weeks but i don't think it would be possible to stop him from poor life. mark zuckerberg may have just heard and they're accusing double trump of inciting a violent insurrection he's all alone in the but he also added undermining the peaceful transition of power i suppose the point is his platform his rules exactly and you know one of those things and we talked about this a couple of weeks back as far as facebook changing actually to a publisher as of october 1st so technically from a legal perspective they do ha

and cost of course the story 1st good evening rome and so what awaits then election of only when he returns to russia on sunday although probably an arrest if he doesn't check in with the police because like you said as of the 29th of december of last year alexei navalny is now a wanted man in russia and this has to do with his. failure to observe the conditions of a suspended sentence where he was supposed to check in with the prison authorities at least twice a month now something about that conviction he was convicted for stealing money from a french cosmetics company here in russia and horses to supposed to spend 3 and a half years behind bars according to prison authorities in their latest statements they did take into consideration the fact that he was treated in a german clinic however they said they noted that he was discharged already back in september of this have a listen. official warnings about the possibility of canceling the conditional sentence and replacing it with a real prison to more issues for each violation by alexina of only official confirmation of his treatm