even if you've never been to rome, you've been to rome.ts stories have been told and retold on stage and screen. the city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin. and of course la dolce vita, the good life. i'm stanley tucci, italian on both sides and i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. but i'm here to discover how it's the food of ordinary romans that has conquered our hearts. but i'm going to warn you. if you're on a low carb diet, beware. you're going to see a lot of pasta in this show. i mean, like, a lot of it. a lot. i'm sorry. ♪ >>> i've been visiting rome for decades. its beauty and history still leave me breathless. but sometimes it's difficult to find a good meal if you don't know where to look. rome is situated in a region sometimes overlooked in favor of its grander gastronomic neighbors like tuscany and umbria. but lazio has fed rome for centuries and every part

even if you've never been to rome, you've been to rome. its stories have been told and retold on stage and screen. the city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin. and, of course, dolche vida. i'm stanley tucci. i'm italian on both sides. i'm traveling to see how the food in the 20 regions is as unique as the people and the past. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. [ speaking foreign language ] but i'm here to discover how it's the ordinary romance that has conquered our hearts. i'm here on a low carb diet to where. you're going to see a lot of pasta on this show. i mean, like a lot. a lot. ♪ ♪ i've been visiting rome for decades. its beauty and history still leaves me breathless. sometimes it's difficult to find a good meal if you don't know where to look. rome is situated in a region sometimes overlooked in favor of its grander gastromomic regions. it's put to use in kitchens across the city to make deeply flavorsome food. to start my journey i'm catching up with my old friend claudia. she's lived here

arrests a navy captain and expels to russian diplomats over suspicions of spying we'll go live to rome for the latest also coming up on the show a new setback for europe's a struggling vaccination rollout in germany holds astra zeneca has coronavirus vaccine for people under 60 after new cases of blood clots are march. a quiet suburb at the heart of america's toughest labor relations battle in decades what is it the union organizers taking on the internet retail giant amazon. times the woman who became in the german army as a 1st a transgender commander tell anastasio defun kinds made it her mission to promote diversity and tolerance in germany's military. oh i'm claire richardson welcome to the show italy has expelled 2 russian diplomats after an italian navy captain was allegedly caught red handed selling secret documents to a russian official according to the republican newspaper the navy captain who worked at the defense ministry and had access to documents concerning italian defense and nato activities the navy captain has been arrested and russia's ambassador summoned to italy's

so has topped -- rome.o hunt 75,000 deaths from coronavirus. -- 275 thousand deaths from coronavirus. the who has warned brazil is not moving in the right direction. there is search for 30 kidnapped students in neria after a raid, the fourth such objection since december. a large group of bandits attacked the school near and military academy. the spokesman for the houthi rebels say they rejected a plan for a cease-fire, saying it only represents saudi and use interviews. earlier, it was said that houthi s were prioritizing and offensive to take one part of the region, and it would spiral into greater conflict unless stopped. thousands of protesters have been protesting in algeria. the president has cold for elections, after dissolving parliament. protesters are demanding a complete overhaul of the government. headlines in the news coming up on "al jazeera" after this. ♪ >> after days of rain or freezing temperatures blanketed the second largest state in the u.s., power stations are back online. that, after

defense ministry as you mentioned in the military start in rome and had access to secrets that concern not only 'd the italian military but also apparently nato communications secrets and it's suggested that these were the documents that he handed over to the russian diplomat who's a member of the military attach a star of the road he'd apparently photographed them from a. computer screen and stored them on a pen drive which is o.t. time today over to the russian official just before being arrested now that these allegations are coming to light how big of a threat does this affair pose to italy's relations with russia. isn't a very delicate moment for the choose sides. both countries i think are interested in no downplaying the. there's the request from this limiting the damage. however the italian foreign ministry the foreign minister has described it as a very serious hostile act and clearly the 'd italians can't pretend nothing has happened here it's interesting that in the italian government now we have the far right league which has a soft spot for moscow and no one before it was

even if you've never been to rome, you've been to rome.screen. the city of togas and gladiators, power and intrigue, empire and ruin. and of course la dolce vita, the good life. i'm stanley tucci, italian on both sides and i'm traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world.

rome and milan the latest cities to be declared red zones. the benefits outweigh the risks. that is the message from leading health bodies on concerns over the astrazeneca vaccine. it comes as a growing number of countries suspend their rollout of the jab. standing up to china. the united states, australia, japan, and india hold their first joint summit to counter beijing's influence in the indus pacific -- indo pacific region. ♪ we begin in italy, where most of the country is headed for a partial lockdown from lunday -- from monday amid a fresh wave of infections fueled by new variance. rome, milan, and surrounding regions have been designated red zones, red being the maximum level in the country's system of covid restrictions. as mario reports, schools, restaurants, shops, and museums are expected to close from monday. mario: one year ago, italy was at the center of the coronavirus outbreak. now, a weary public is set to go back under a partial lockdown. most schools, restaurants, shops, and museums are being forced to shut down as of monday, with rome, milan, and more tha

as the uso in rome serves mainly army people, in naples the big word is "the fleet's in." sailors make the naples uso a busy place. the here is new and at trackingive and offers all the service guys in uniform can expect from the uso anywhere. but it's also the headquarters for what the uso in italy calls its fly-away clubs, serving the mediterranean. say an element of the sixth fleet is scheduled toe tie up for a few days in barcelona where there's no personal nenlt uso. a group of people will set up a van or booth set up dock side to furnish refreshments, a welcoming smile and information for local customs and attractions or it may be, if the number of sailors involves warrants it, that a local restaurant will rented and a temporary uso club set up for as long as the fleet is in port. either way, the flyaway club operations working out of naples provide a welcome nor men on duty in the mediterranean wherever they drop anchor. winding up our uso sampler in europe, we jump to frankfurt, germany. the club here is newly opened and furnished and serves as a major off duty hea

al-jazeera. 8 small regions go into lockdown in italy including the capital rome to stop a new wave of covert infections while the world health organization says there's no reason to stop using astra zeneca as covert vaccine. how i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program gunmen adult 30 students from a forestry college in nigeria's had doonas state a 4th mass school kidnapping since december. president joe biden holds the 1st ever leaders' meeting of the quad a group seen as a counterweight to chinese influence. hello welcome to the program coronavirus restrictions have been ramped up across italy for monday 8 more regions including the capital rome and its financial center milan will become red zones puts most of the population under the country's most severe measures the government is scrambling now to contain a surge in cases believed to be driven by a variant 1st discovered in the u.k. residents in the red zones won't be allowed to leave their homes except for work exercise or emergencies schools nonessential shops and restaurants will all

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. here, wales has begun easing its lockdown restrictions.requirement to stay local. it means that, as in scotland, up to four people from two different households can now meet outdoors to socialise, including in private gardens. the irish foreign minister, simon coveney, has accused the uk of "perverse nationalism" for trying to get its own trade deal with the us. he said the eu, uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. the eu wants to resolve these issues through negotiation, to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are, and to try and accommodate the concerns. that's what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we've had enough of that on brexit. eight people have been shot dead by the security forces in myanmar, as protests continue

mark lowen, bbc news, rome.ecurity forces, as demonstrations continue across the country against last month's military coup. there's increasing international criticism of the tactics used against the protestors. the worst of the violence took place in the city of mandalay where police opened fire on the crowds. jonathan head reports. the date in myanmar�*s towns and cities are punctuated by protests, by lethal volleys of gunfire from the army and police... and by the funerals of those who have been killed. the death toll in this elemental battle between unarmed people and the military regime, whose authority they still refuse to accept, keeps climbing. today was another terrible day in mandalay, where opposition to the military coup runs very high. the where opposition to the military coup runs very high.— coup runs very high. the police started, coup runs very high. the police started. they — coup runs very high. the police started, they started _ coup runs very high. the police started, they started showing i

they said, we're going to go to rome, we will occupy rome. well, imagine the irony that, instead, rome, pope francis, is coming to al tahira church mosul. the pope will be protected by heavily-armed security forces during his three-day visit even as he hopes to deliver a message of peace and healing. >> ian pannell back with us tonight. and i know the vatican obviously aware of the risks and what's been going on in the region, but moving forward with this trip. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. there are enormous concerns about this trip. the pope is going to land in the middle of another significant wave of virus infections in the country. and having so many people gathered together is clearly a risk. throw in the threat from isis and growing u.s./iranian tensions and vaticaned aizers are worried for the pope's safety. but the pope is adamant this is going to go ahead. david? >> all right, ian pannell tonight. ian there for the pope's trip and we'll see you later this week. >>> back here at home tonight and the water crisis in jackson, missis

a russian military representative husband arrested in rome alongside i tell you a naval officer as partof an espionage probe our teams in the f a tranquil takes up the story for us. rome has already taken action to wash and diplomats will be expelled from italy which in almost all cases means the same kind of punishment in the opposite direction this spy scandal really put special moscow or old 'd ties to the test in recent years they've appeared to be much better compared to how russia is getting along with some of the other major european union states rome doesn't exactly see eye to eye with brussels on issues like anti russian sanctions and also the russian covert vaccine and besides this we can remember how last year russian planes were flown to northern italy to help the country deal with the pandemic there's now a big question mark next to that warmth according to italian police one of its special operations units swooped on a russian military representative and and italian navy officer during what they're calling a cloned destine main thing the italian national is accused of hand

imagine the irony that rome, pope francis, is going to mosul instead.his time on a peaceful pilgrimage. it's a scene that would be almost unimaginable just a few years ago. whit? >> ian pannell following the pope tonight. thank you. >>> now to the latest increase in tensions in the royal family. senior royals delivering messages ahead of commonwealth day celebrations tomorrow. meay that much-antateder w y and meghan airs here in the united states. julia macfarlane has the story. >> reporter: tonight, the royals putting on a united front despite the escalating family rift, focusing on the pandemic in video messages ahead of the commonwealth day celebrations tomorrow. >> this pandemic has shown us the true nature of a global emergency. >> reporter: highlighting global efforts to fight covid-19. >> katherine and i have spoken to a lot of health-care workers in the uk and around the world. >> reporter: the royals bracing for blowback from harry and meghan's upcoming interview, which is dividing opinion on this side of the pond. >> when it comes to the queen

cnn, rome. >>> the white house help tour kicks off.h is decimated as covid kept people from traveling. the unemployment rate in las vegas is the highest among major u.s. cities and has been since the pandemic began. larry scott is from the largest food bank in southern nevada. thank you for coming on the show. what do you want to hear from vice president harris tomorrow? >> we certainly hope we will hear that the stimulus package will continue to provide both funding and food, and it might be able to be protracted out. >> i want you to hear what president biden said on friday about the relief bill. let's listen. >> in the coming weeks, jill and i and kamala and doug and the cabinet, members of congress, we will travel to speak directly to the american people about how this law will make a difference in their lives and how help is here for them. >> help is here, but for las vegas is there enough in the stimulus bill to help those who need it most? larry, can you hear me? i think he froze there, so we will have to circle back with larry

cnn's delia gallagher joining me now from rome to talk about that.taly bracing for new restrictions. why the increase in cases, and what can italians expect? >> reporter: well, michael, it seems to be a problem of the rate of transmission. authorities say it has increased rapidly due to the presence of variants. the variant first identified in the uk, they say, is now prevalent in italy. the variant first identified in brazil is now showing small clusters in italy. so what they have decided to do is lock down ten of italy's 20 regions. that includes major cities like rome, milan, and venice, and of course a total lockdown over the easter weekend, april 3rd through 5th. they say that any region, michael, that exceeds a weekly caseload of more than 250 per 100,000 residents will go into automatic lockdown. so there may be more regions in lockdown as we go on. prime minister mario draghi spoke to the nation yesterday. here's a little bit of what he had to say. >> translator: the memory of what happened last spring is still vivid, and we will do everythi

our rome correspondent mark lowen reports.sed the world�*s first national lockdown of the pandemic. now, the first country in the west to be overwhelmed by covid is in a third wave. with cases rising for the past six weeks — exceeding 25,000 a day — italy is closing its doors again. from monday, schools, shops and restaurants will shut in more than half the country. for three days over easter, they will close nationwide. the new prime minister, mario draghi, said urgent action was needed. translation: i am aware that today's restrictions will have _ consequences on the education of your children and the economy and everyone�*s mental health. but they are necessary to avoid a worsening of the situation that would require even stricter measures. it is a bleak situation in some other parts of europe, too. poland has seen its second highest daily number of cases since november, and germany is reporting a rapid rise among schoolchildren, with new variants to blame. the speed of vaccination programmes in most of the eu remains slugg

reminded him of rome and looked like marble. so washington then pushes by hiring coven and vagal what they refer to as a presidential palace. they run into construction problems, funding problems so there's good and bad news here. they found a brilliant scottish stonemason so they brought in more europeans but tragically they would rely on slave labor so yes , slave neighbor built a good deal of the capital, the president's home and capital city because it was cheaper and they ran out of funding. next slide. here's the image. you can see and recognize, you recognize that the white house today, this is colin's original design. it was pretty much a constant area next slide. we bring this to a close by saying they weren't sure what they were going to name the city but everybody knew it was going to be named for washington . somebody proposed the washington oculus and part of me thinks it's ridiculous and the other partthings i like that name . george washington's legacy is he would win therevolutionary war and resign from power onc

her last year of college the goes to rome, and when she gets to rome it's like her world explodes. she decided she wants to be out in the world. so, she comes back home and has an idea that she floats to her parents and she wants to become a stewardess, and this section i'm going to read right now is -- explains why that was such an exciting job for her. >> working as stewardess gave a woman the able to see different places and also to experience who she could be against those very backdrops. this vicinity addition to try out an unfettered version of ones self somewhere else had appealed to enormous numbers of women from the start of the commercial airline industry. sadie in new york in h read a 1986 profile in the "chicago tribune" of a who had beaten out other women on the unite shuttle was very different person from sadie in chicago. in chicago sadie lived, quote, life of considerable dash. biking, swimming, roller skating and shopping. but twice a week her job took her to new york and new york sadie was a different woman. signs she arrived there she bought two books, one fictio

mario: the streets of rome were practically deserted on monday. 11 out of 20 regions are affected by the latest covid-19 measures. this include most of northern italy. including the economic heartland, venice and rome and the surrounding region are under lockdown and parts of the south. some residents were visibly ejected well others called for patients. >> you feel like it is never ending, there is no motivation. there was motivation when you're ago but now it is fading away. >> [speaking italian] >> some 48 million italians will be under strict lockdown measures until the sixth of april. primary schools, high schools and universities are closed as well as bars and restaurants, except for those that offer takeout service. last week, italy's covid-19 death toll surpassed 100,000. it is now facing a third wave of infections with half of the country's hospitals in intensive -- and intensive care units in lockdown. >> let's get some more analysis on the covid-19 situation across europe and where this all leaves the vaccine rollout. let's get more from oksana. she is a global health advi

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her last year of college she goes to rome, and when she gets to rome, it's like her world explodes. she decides that she wants to be out in the world. so she comes back home and has an idea that she floats to her parents. she wants to become a stewardess. and this section that i'm going to to read right now, it explains a little bit of why that was such an exciting job for her. working as a stewardess gave a woman the ability to see different places and also to experience who she could be against those varied backdrops. this invitation to tray out an fettered version of one's self somewhere else had appealed to many women. sadie in new york read a 1936 profile in the chicago tribune of a stewardess who had beaten out hundreds of different women for a spot on the united shuttle. lived a life of biking, swimming, roller skating and shopping, but twice a week her job took her to new york, and new york sadie was a different sort of woman. as soon as she arrived, she bought two books, one fiction, one nonfiction, she stocked her hotel room with a pound of chocolate and a half dozen apple

they are on trial for stabbing the police officer during the fight in rome in july of 2019. they claim that the italian officers did not identify themselves as police after and defending themselves from who they thought weree of the slayi visiting italy as tourists and they were staying at a hotel near the site of the killing. the defense begins closing arguments later this month. >>> dozens of people marched to the minnesota's governor's office today. floyd died may 25th after officer derek chauvinf months o nationwide protests. he faces charges of second degree thursday and manslaughter. we'll be right back. majestic mountains...hways. fertile farmlands... and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not... schuuuuzp.. put them together. save even more. some things are just better together, aren't they? like tea and crumpets. but you wouldn't bundle just anything. li

a quarter of a million astrazeneca doses produced in rome are expected.sing buckingham palace about creating falsehoods about her and prince harry. >> i don't know how they could expect that after all of this time we would still be silent if there is an active role the firm is playing. >> capitol hill under tight security after police receive intelligence about a possible plot by an intelligence group to breach the building. we will look at one of joe biden's first tests as president, america's relationship with saudi american -- saudi arabia. ♪ >> welcome to those of you watching and pbs in america and those on bbc world. we have three important coronavirus developments in europe. italy is banning the export of 250,000 doses of astrazeneca, the first e.u. country to use this new export restriction after delays and vaccine supplies. vaccine doses that were blocked were manufactured at a plant in rome and bound for australia. here is the bbc's mark lowen. mark: this is a move by prime minister mario draghi, making the most of a new e.u.-wide program announ

rear' live in baghdad and rome this hour. >>> good to have you with us. we begin with the much anticipated rollout of a third coronavirus vaccine in the united states. johnson & johnson began shipping its doses on monday and they could start going into arms as early as today, and not a moment too soon. recent declines in case numbers appear to have stalled. cnn's erica hill has details now from new york. >> now we have three important tools in our armamentarium. >> reporter: the advantage of this latest tool, just one shot. no need for special freezers. >> this eases the capacity to get the vaccine where it needs to be. >> 3.2 million doses. >> that was the entire allotment. >> with promises of 20 million by the end of the month. the vast majority going to state and local health pharmacies, 4% marked for community health centers. j&j already testing a booster for variants and hoping to expand the trials to children and infants this summer. >> we are working with nih to accelerate that as soon as possible. >> reporter: the u.s. averaging 1.7 million shots

we're hearing those documents could have been that were exchange for money in this meeting here in rome last night now the kremlin saying it doesn't have any information on the circumstances of the detention of that russian official and about reciprocal action what more can you tell us about that. well what we do know is that the russian embassy here has involvement of the military attack but they say they can't see very much else and we're also hearing reports that the kremlin has hope that this will not have any impact on ties between the 2 countries but they have to act in a recipe roekel manner so we still have to see what exactly that this mean when you expel 2 of officials from the embassy i'll be going to reciprocate the same way with your talent of the sea in moscow on top of that the italian foreign minister who you did my speaking in senate in the senate today essentially saying that this was an extremely serious hostile act and so it's he had no choice but to act immediately to what they saw as a very as it's act of of espionage journalist seem a good speaking to us there fro

mark lowen, bbc news, rome. of "perverse nationalism" for trying to get its own trade deal with the us. he said the eu, uk, us and canada should join together to reach a joint trade agreement rather than each racing to sign a deal. mr coveney has also called for talks to end the dispute over brexit border checks on goods going from britain to northern ireland. what the eu wants to do is resolve these issues through negotiation. to listen to business leaders in northern ireland, to understand what the problems with the implementation of the protocol are and try to accommodate their concerns. that�*s what we all want to do. nobody wants disruption or rancour or division. we have had enough of that on brexit. simon coveney speaking to the bbc a little earlier. a huge car bomb in herat, in western afghanistan, has killed at least eight people. the powerful blast also injured around 50 more, and destroyed more than a dozen houses. the united nations has condemned what it called an alarming increase in attacks deliber

through and if we weren't prepared properly or not take lots of seriously then it could all go pretty rome there's all kinds. of fully go his or mind of our top story this european met since agency has urged governments to continue using the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine the agency says the vaccines benefits outweigh the risks of side effects is to publish its findings on reports that the vaccine is linked to read last votes on thursday. news coming up next on news asia united states and japan jointly condemned chinese behavior in the pacific it will have a look at the finer points of what else they agree on. and sri lankan muslims lash out at the government plans to religious face tough. all those stories and a lot more coming up on the w. news angel with your astrology of course you can always find a lot more of information analysis on the web site in 30 languages d w. m galusha's indelible commune the team here and switch. the body. boy oh boy. oh boy. it was kind of that famous like a bunch of equate because i want to see a gemini with a make the last few years have been quite over

so rome, milan and venice. this is what it looks like. very few people. those heading out to work or for health reasons, that's what you're going to see on the streets. out in the orange zones what it means is that there will be some non-essential shops open and you can get takeaway for instance from restaurants and things like that. but basically the big thing is we've seen over and over again these lockdowns. whether or not school children can actually get to school, basically in the orange zones it was up to the districts themselves, the regions to make that decision. the result is that from this morning and this new introduction of these harsher restrictions the -- of the 8.3 million italian school children, 7 million will be back at home. thavg is a massive blow to parents and a massive blow, rosemary, to the economy. >> absolutely. melissa, many thanks to you. cyril, let's go to you now. and two more countries, ireland and the netherlands suspending the use of the astrazeneca vaccine over blood clots. but any proof of a direct link here? >> that is

, the bishop of rome landed today in iraq.going to mosul, the largest city occupied by isis. and therefore sort of the significance not only for iraq but for the christian community is absolutely massive, jim. >> no question. and people might be surprised to here there are christian churches in baghdad. but they've been under threat for sometime. ben wedeman, thank you very much. >>> right now the senate is debating president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief package and stall tactics from some republicans, well, they didn't work. we'll have details on when the relief package is expected to pass. that is coming up. and now your co-pilot. still a father. but now a friend. still an electric car. just more electrifying. still a night out. but everything fits in. still hard work. just a little easier. still a legend. just more legendary. chevrolet. making life's journey, just better. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought

italy's prime minister says rome will have to make its own decision about whether to purchase russia sputnik be shot if the e.u. regulator doesn't give the covert vaccine its approval. to british controlled territories rejects a government plan to send migrants there for processing the u.k. opposition brands the idea inhumane and ridiculous. and denmark unveils plans to reduce the number of quote non western residents in some neighborhoods in a bid to improve integration. broadcasting live from moscow to the entire world this is r t international law i'm donald quarter welcome to the studio. italy's new prime minister says rome will be forced to make its own decision on the use of the russian covert vaccine sputnik if it's not approved by the european medicines agency archies peter all over has more. mario druggies not long been in the job as a tally and prime minister but already he's facing a real crisis as the country stares down a or uneasy sense of deja vu when it comes to covert 19 it was a year ago that italy was at the very forefront of the virus arriving in europe and right

virtually empty and so are the famous tourist sites in rome. tonight, it's not just this new wave, but growing concern over a key vaccine that they've been using now halted in several countries in europe. here's our foreign correspondent james longman tonight. >> reporter: tonight, europe's vaccine crisis is deepening. already criticized for being slow to vaccinate, france, germany and sweden now among more than a dozen countries to have now suspended use of the astrazeneca vaccine. they cite reports of alleged side effects, including a small number of blood clots, some of which have caused deaths. but the numbers are tiny, just 37 cases in 17 million vaccinations, leaving many wondering, why stop the entire program? the cases referred to europe's health regulator, who tried to allay concerns today, saying there's no evidence the vaccine is to blame. >> we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine in preventing covid-19, with its associated risk of hospitalization and death, outweigh the risks of these side effects

here in rome, and across italy, health care workers are racing to make up for lost time. this astrazeneca vaccination center just reopened today after a three-day shutdown. across the entire country in that same time roughly 200,000 people didn't get a vaccine. but the real risk was losing people's confidence. you don't want the vaccine right now? >> right now, no, i have the i have wait. >> reporter: but there's another problem. even if europe defeats is vaccine skepticism they have a huge shortage. they tell me they've only received half the vaccine doses they were promised. norah? >> chris livesay, thank you. >>> and tonight there's been a major development in the murder trial of fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. a judge has ruled that juniors can see portions of this body cam footage from george floyd's previous drug arrest. it happened about a year before he died in custody. now while that ruling is a victory for chauvin's defense, the judge denied their request to move or delay the trial. >>> and also this, just moments ago we learned about an eighth w

white for. 2000 years ago slavery became an integral feature of the roman empire eventually in 476 rome collapsed under the pressure of invasions by so-called barbarians. scattered territories a range of peoples and powers fought over the empires remains this a goddess and ostrogoths in the west slavs in the north east berbers in the south the byzantine empire the kingdom of new bia and arab tribes in the east just like rome before them these societies also practiced slavery. and every society we see slavery and it doesn't matter where they come from but come from everywhere from the steps. to to russia to a ball of eastern europe. all through the slavic countries which is where of course the word for them in most of european languages comes from a comes from the word slow all of. those were people that. concept from words label it is gravitas for a long time most to slaves were white the majority of slaves being black is a relatively recent phenomenon in history. so how did a widespread practice evolve into an enormous trade which progressively focused its sights on the african contine

surgeon factions from monday most of the country will be under the toughest restrictions including rome and milan residents in so-called red zones will only be allowed to leave home for work exercise or emergencies and also be a nationwide lockdown of the easter break starting in 3 weeks it's believed new highly contagious variants are driving the rise in infections. lots more still to come here in al-jazeera including the u.s. some 3 of its allies seek to counter china's influence with an ambitious back soon supply agreement and why a major landmark in china's capital has just been removed and that stay with us for . maybe surprisingly for march there's the potential for a historic winter storm warnings through colorado and where is it you might ask well it's actually does sort of thing developing we're driving warm air up from the gulf and it's quite a significant walled the still plenty of cold over the rockies and that difference might will turn into something significant a proper circulating still that 1st it's rain that stretches across the ohio valley then the stow starts to fall

head of the easter weekend national lockdown now yes regions including the capital rome and one autonomous province are to bring in the restrictions from monday corona virus infections rose by 10 percent this week and officials have warned the situation is worsening with new more infectious variants gaining ground in recent days more places have become red zones the highest here of localized one of them is frozen only in the let's see a region some areas have infection rates of 23 percent of those tested higher than seen earlier in the pandemic. i am worried my 14 year old daughter is being told there chile she's losing her best use of adolescents like these from morning to night she's inside the house in her pajamas italy is one of several european countries to have a least partially restricted use of the astra zeneca vaccine while reports of blood clots are investigated but the prime minister insisted the inoculation campaign would carry on luggage and c.e.o. repair the european medicines agency is reviewing the suspected cases but is also advised that the faxing should continue to be us

well joining me now from rome is art does our best jaan he's a senior economist at the united nations food and agricultural organization thanks very much for joining us so how concerned should we be about rising food prices and is this entirely down to the pandemic well you know when but if we prices go up it is always an issue for consumers it is seen very positively by farmers. just listening back to the discussions you had earlier i think that it is a pity that in many developing countries farmers would not benefit from the higher prices so they they tend to get the worst of the 2 world on one hand they have to pay more to consumers they're wonderful countries most of them and on the other they're farmers will not be able to respond to high prices and you know benefit from higher income that high prices could bring to them. the level of prices today as they are are obviously high they're not at the highest levels there are still will be the kind of you know prices that we so in the previous serious price surge that happening period between 2000 may 2011 however are put price index

palestinian authority which itself is not a state and does not have the capacity legally to join the rome statute. you know it's one of the reasons why this case is so contentious. and that is why so many countries spoke out against this move by the prosecutor our man other irish concern we have is you know potentially she may investigate hamas will have to wait and see but one thing that greatly concerned me and there her brief to the court last year as well as in the pretrial chamber decision was they only refer to israeli authorities how mass and how's doing armed groups that appear to exclude palestinian authorities and there are many many documented or crimes committed by palestinian authority officials and so i find that highly troubling that the court appears to be giving them a free pass. to be investigated when it's clear they have a lot of responsibility. for many crimes not only against israelis but also against palestinians wm based on what you've seen do you believe that the i.c.c. is going to investigate groups like hamas or that they would investigate palestinian officials