italians are, once again, all the time when silvio berlusconi is involved, divided. some believe his mantra, which is that the judiciary system is conspiring against him, and this, the centres for tax that let to community service was a way to get rid of him since nobody managed in the past to get rid of him politically speaking in the past 20 years, while others say that this is what he deserves. even more, where others are angry that he is only allowed to get away with it, when others say he should go to prison. >> this is a reduced sentence for tax fraud that he was found guilty of. what other charges is he facing? >> well, he still is a defendant in the trial where he's accused of having sex with an underage prostitute, ruby the heart stealer. he was found guilty and given a 7- years prison sentence. much higher than the tax sentence he was given last year. now, of course, he has the right to wait for the appeal that we will expect at some stage this year, and then, of course, he needs to go to the constitutional court, the supreme court in italy before it is uph

onto other news, continuing in his spectacular fall from grace, italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi has begun committee service. as punishment for tax fraud, he has been ordered to hospice for alzheimer's patients. we are just outside the lawn where berlusconi is doing his committee -- outside milan where berlusconi is doing his community service. journalists are here, as well as tight security. as you put it, a stunning fall from grace for the three-time prime minister of italy. is in thed berlusconi building behind me to do his court ordered community service for tax fraud conviction. he was technically supposed to serve a four-year prison sentence, but that was commuted down to four hours a week of community service for a year because of his age and former position. he did not make any kind of statement to awaiting journalists here. he cannot make any kind of statement. that is what was stipulated by this catholic run care facility -- catholic-run care facility here on the outskirts of men than -- of milan. hadotester wearing a clown said he thought that berlusconi should actuall

silvio berlusconi hailed it as a masterpiece of italian engineering when he opened it six months after the earthquake, but after only a few months, shoddy construction forced them to move again. >> the entire development was infatuated because it was too dangerous. the construction material was inferior. the work was slipshod. the bluefly, and the concrete foundations were not made properly. every time we had to move, it was like another earthquake for us. >> she had owned an apartment in one of these blocks that was heavily damaged in the quake. she is relieved that her bank has postponed her mortgage payments. many of her neighbors have had to continue paying down the mortgage is on their destroyed homes. >> up to now, there were reconstruction plans for only two of these buildings. we don't know anything about the others. >> she is now living in this supposedly earthquake-proof development, but she is not convinced. at a nearby development, some of the pillars meant to protect against the impact of a quake already need to be changed. a local businessman who did not get the contract

former prime minister silvio berlusconi to ensure the italian people as well as us president obama that the sixty would be rebuilt at top speed. even he a proper system so that its twenty five years later hardly anything has been done to get used to it but it's terrible and this integral to who these two men whom the loving toward me and things you look around and wonder how it could be like to see this on some level i still have some check on him for a lot of time as passed out on at the summit on top of them too wouldn't it. gentle is the engine of anti attributes the lack of progress to two factors for management and the influence of the mafia the european union study found that somehow the billion euros has been paid out to mafia linked companies in kenya. this is a marine park and there was an emergency leave it to a shadow of the events of the systems work in place to keep top mafia controlled companies. so that you aren't reconstruction work in the new christy was put on hold up to two companies were accused of having a mafia links. there are now being investigated for fraud. on

then was moved to this housing development silvio berlusconi heralded as the mouthpiece of italian engineering twenty oh three to six months off to the quake. but often only a few months shoddy construction force them to move again. the entire development was evacuated because it was too dangerous the construction material was inferior to the door was switched on the roof leaked and a concrete foundation support link properly. every time we had to move it was like another earthquake the studio. she had owned an apartment in one of the stall that was heavily damaged in the quake. she's relieved that the bank has postponed the mortgage payments. many of her neighbors have had to continue paying down the mall beaches on the destroyed homes. day two if i have known there were a reconstruction plan for only two of these buildings. we don't know anything about the others were so mean to me now. she's now living in this supposedly earthquake proof development. she's not convinced that at a nearby development summit that is meant to protect against the impact of book week already needed to be changed

my belief is that silvio berlusconi's tactics are overshadowed by a number of elements, like in generalo grips with his own succession. so as long as there is no political legacy for the center right, many voters who previously voted for italia over berlusconi himself, are now turning, either to nonvote or to the five stars movement. and second, yesterday marked a day where we had a huge number of surprise arrests related to the international exhibit 2015 in milan and i believe that this will increase the sentiment of many voters vis-a-vis mainstream politics, clearly berlusconi will not benefit from yesterday's arrests. >> yes. >> and his community service beginning will be overshadowed by yesterday's arrests. >> yes. a former minister of his arrested on suspicion of helping a former party colleague flee after conviction for association. how does that play into the euro elections? berlusconi flirted with being sort of an anti-eu candidate but he hasn't come out forcefully on that. >> no, not really. he made some outrageous remarks against germany, but i don't think that he is that much

the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been talking about a variety of things. parties, his relationship with angela merkel, his fears for the eu. berlusconi is carrying out community service at the moment after being convicted of tax fraud. he told the bbc that the euro could collapse unless there is a radical shakeup. >> translator: we need to radically change the situation in europe. for example, the fact that the uk is not in the eurozone and we are is a complete disaster. we need radical changes, otherwise the economic situation will force us and other european countries to abandon the euro and go back to our national currencies. the european central bank is supposed to fight inflation. and it needs to become a central bank like the federal reserve. like the bank of england or the bank of japan. what does it need to do? firstly, it needs to guarantee the debts of the euro countries. secondly, to print money when needed for those countries that cannot pay their debts. >> do you have a particular problem with angela merkel? is it true you called her an [ blee

you have silvio berlusconi with his party and the new center-right party. rienzi, youer is can see them on our screen. no one knows how the other winner will behave in the european parliament. the party did not exist in the last election in 2009. will they want to form an alliance with the anti-austerity party from greece? not sure because they don't agree on the euro. what will they do? these parties have made a lot of seats, upwon a lot of to 1/3 if you include the skeptics and conservatives from britain. the big question is how they will organize and make sure their voices heard. report, the your traditional parties still command a majority. if you put all the pro-e.u. forces, the conservatives from the european people's party, the socialist coming democrats, the pro-e.u. parties still have a strong majority. becauseld be dangerous i think some lessons must be learned from these elections. >> voters are saying they have had enough. asthey may say business usual, but this is not business as usual. this is a strong and powerful message. a substantial numbe

. ♪ ♪ >> el primer ministro italiano silvio berlusconi cumpliÓ hoy su primera jornada de servicio comunitario >> los grupos de autodefensas en michoacÁn tiene un dÍa para que se cumpla la fecha para el desarme, veamos el informe desde la ciudad de mÉxico. >> el desarme de las autodefensas en michoacÁn es incierto, a menos de 24 horas para cumplirse el plazo para que registren todas las armas en el estado, integrantes del consejo directivo de civiles armados anunciaron la destituciÓn de mireles como uno de los voceros del movimiento. >> el doctor mireles mantiene una relaciÓn protagónica con los medios de comunicaciÓn sin informaciÓn real de los autodefensas, lo que ha afectado la credibilidad del movimiento. >> mireles solicitÓ al presidente un diÁlogo directo en un vÍdeo difundido por redes sociales, despuÉs del anuncio negÓ su expulsión del consejo, ellos incluso pusieron en duda su salud mental. >> le pedimos al gobierno que le realicen los estudios necesarios de tipo psicolÓgico o mental, porque consideramos que el despuÉs del accidente aÉreo que tuvo quedÓ mal de sus facultades mentales.

this is from prime minister silvio berlusconi. will there ever be a united states of europe? >> no. that was a dream that will never come true. today's eu is different from the dreams of its founding fathers. has a very imbalanced economic policy. and a very imbalanced tax policy. and they don't have a foreign policy. when we had a meeting with the heads of state, i proposed to have just one president and i suggested tony blair because he was really charismatic. george bush, a good friend of mine rang me up and asked me who to speak to in order to understand the european position in iraq. to try to contact everybody. concerned about what the european union is doing. and his behavior towards the russian federation. that the euanctions and the usa are imposing on people that they think are close to putin. areoing that, there distances between our countries and this could mean russia returns to the isolation of the cold war. >> are more than half a century, america has had an embargo on trade with cuba, to try to economically isolated island and topple the communist government. castro

. >>> in an hour silvio berlusconi will start his first day as community service. he's to work once a week for a year at a hospice for karl alzner patients. ales himmer's patients. >>> a victory parade is being held in the red square, marking the anniversary of the soviet announcement of germany's surrender in world war ii. festivities in ukraine are being scaled back because of the breakdown in relations with moscow. pro-russia activists in eastern ukraine are preparing for a rebel referendum on self-rule. they are defying calls to delay a vote that is due to take plus on sunday. we have this report on don everybody. where the activists announced their decision. >> the separatists of eastern ukraine might have been expected to do exactly what russia's president urged them to do, poewes pope their referred -- postpone their referendum and negotiate with the government. sitting a unanimous vote, the chairman said the referendum would go ahead. >> translation: we don't have direct contact with vladimir putin, we found out about his proposal through the mass media. he

silvio berlusconi is performing community service. the former prime minister . began his court-mandated service work today. the court ordered the 77 year old to help alzheimers patients. berlusconi was ousted from government and convicted of tax fraud last year. >>> tensions in albuquerque are high. shootings since 2010, 39 shootings in that period. they are concluding that the police are using excessive force, and to learn more about the story in albuquerque, go to aljazeera.com, and there you'll learn more about the prior shootings, and more change in the city of albuquerque, new mexico. >>> there is a new partnership is changing the landscape in mexico's drug wars. vigalantes have until tomorrow to put their guns away and join their local police forces. as adam raney reports. some are embracing the idea -- but others are not. >> slugs shot, collected and saved. all part of an official gun registration. vigilantes amassed all this firepower for a war against one of mexico's fiercest cartels but now that the knights templar has largely disappeared from michoaca

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italy's former prime minister silvio berlusconi has completed his first day of community service whiche was ordered to do after being found guilty of tax fraud. and aarrived for the task car, one protester shouted he should actually be in prison. we have more from rome. >> the media turned out in force to watch mr. berlusconi begin his first for our weekly stint at the care home for the elderly. allow --uards won't his bodyguards were not allowed inside. the former italian prime minister had been warned by justice authorities not to give interviews. he arrived and left without saying a word. he was originally sentenced to four years in prison. this has been commuted to community service. thatarticipant shouted out he ought to be in jail. a regular volunteer of the care home is unhappy about all the publicity mr. berlusconi still gets despite his conviction for fraud. italian criminal law is leading into offenders over 70 years of age. has been stripped of his seat in parliament after his conviction for tax fraud from one of his media companies, yet he still intends to lead a and thel c

coming up, disgraced italian prime minister silvio berlusconi started serving his sentence for tax evasiont he is doing to pay his debt to society. stay "in the loop. how --"in the loop." ♪ >> time now for the global outlook. former italian prime minister silvio bersani began his -- silvio berlusconi began his court ordered community service, patients.th elderly his sentence was commuted to one year of community service. russian president vladimir putin made his first trip to crimea since annexing the region from ukraine. the trip was part of victory day celebrations that marked the 1970 -- that marked the victory over the nazis. london taxis are planning a uber with 10,000 taxicab drivers plan to meet at an undisclosed location. they are opposed to the app that allows them to carry customers without following the same rules. the parliamentarian elections , butcontinued successfully as a democratic process draws to willow, bloomberg's the question how to run the world's largest election? >> how do you exercise the biggest exercise in democracy? saw 713last election million people eligible

if the numbers are those we are seeing today, silvio berlusconi and alfano have very little interestn continuing down the path of an electoral reform which points towards a two-party system, basically because berlusconi's party is now the second largest artery in the country, but the third-largest one. you only enter into such an agreement if you are one of the two largest parties very berlusconi is not in such a position. i doubt that there will be institutional reforms. hopeat is the best we can for, francesco? you are saying that the coalition government could collapse, and secondly, the chance of institutional reform are not great because of the dynamic. what is the best we can hope for in coming months? >> i do think we will see an acceleration in separate -- in several different areas. we will see an acceleration between the centerleft. matteo renzi will use his success to conduct a massive heart he purge. we'll see an acceleration within the center-right, the center-right just desperately needs a new leadership that wants to compete with matteo renzi's centerleft. a third acce

. -- the broadcaster owned by former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi owns in telefonica.sis in ukraine is needed to avoid harming business in europe. the italian bank is one of the largest in ukraine. >> i hope that at the end of the day, common sense will prevail on both sides, in ukraine but also in russia. we need to find a solution, because whatever it is, if we don't find a solution soon, it could affect all european business, including europe and russia. we head to the break, we will leave you with this food for thought in a new study shows the fountain of youth may not be full of red wine after all. resveratrol fails to promote longevity among italians. a study by johns hopkins university followed participants in tuscany for nine years. those who drank red wine were just as likely to develop heart disease or cancer. sour grapes. "on the move" akin to. in two. ♪ >> welcome back. i am mark barton in london. time is 8:54. top moversng at the so far. where were you on december the 30th, 1999? >> i was a country club getting ready to see in the millennium. remarkable. w

. >>> over to italy where silvio berlusconi has officially been linked to the mafia.court heard that the former prime minister, famous for his parties had dealings with the sicilian mob almost two decades, giving them millions of dollars worth of business up million the '90s. that is shocking! beryler beryl can not be -- berlusconi can not be tried because it occurred long ago. >>> aimed at defeating american imperialists. oh, no. players can become the nation's glorious leader as he battles capitalist swine and ride as unicorn obviously. the game features a guest appearance from bff dennis rodman who joins kim on basketball court. that fantastic. melissa: video has the world talking, everyone wants to know what was said in that elevator, right? is nothing private anymore? we're talking about the big money involved in all of this with judge napolitano. plus, the world's worst-paying jobs. they're not just confined to fast-food chains. got to see what is on the list here. do you ever have too much money? ♪. i ys say be thman with the plan but with less ergy, moodiness,

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silvio berlusconi spoke to a group of journalists who had been waiting eagerly for his arrival.arlier this month, he was ordered to spend four hours a week at the facility after he's completed six months of community service. he has a one-year sentence automatically reduced to 10 1/2 months. >>> connecticut police are looking for the man who took a vinyl sign from a connecticut playground. the sign that was built in memory of a sandyhook shooting victim. the man not found told the girl's mother took the sign saying he thinks the shooting at sandy hook was a hoax. it was put up for grace mcdonald who was killed in that attack. the foundation that put up the sign is working to replace it. >>> a brooklyn boy lucky to be alive after he got stuck under a metal parking gate. fire crews climbed atop a car right underneath that gate to get the 7-year-old out. it took them about 15 minutes. the boy may have been playing near that gate in new york city. he suffered minor injuries and not clear if the gate was malfunctioning or what exactly happened but all the firefighters were able to ge

dts, the broadcaster owned by silvio berlusconi, already has a large stake.s worth 700 25 million euros. >> and citizens financial has filed for a $100 million ipo in new york. the proceeds would go to rbs. the eventual size of the share sale may change. >> stay with us on "the pulse." ♪ >> it is time for a look at today's hotshots. top divers from around the world took a terrifying plunge to compete in the red bull cliff diving world series. gold aldridge won the medal and 60,000 spectators came out to watch the action. bikers battled the elements in round two of the supercross world cup in the netherlands. the race completed some impressive jumps in the slippery conditions with an australian writer taking first place. >> let's take a look at how european markets are trading. jonathan ferro, you have got more. can we hold onto the six-year high. >> it looks like we can. since 1999.en the rally continues in london. the equity markets, big trading in the u.s. u.s. retail sales looking for .4% on the month. if you are looking for swedish krona, we talked a lot

broadcast something from silvio berlusconi.he italian company which owns 22% stake has an option to match the bid of any purchaser, according to one of the people. 725fonica's bit is worth million edwards. welcome back to "countdown." i'm anna edwards. 6:00.utes past optimism in india is rising. exit polls saying that narendra modi will be the next prime minister. official results are due friday. we bring in john from hong kong. the markets are reacting positively to the exit polls? >> good morning. modi looks like the man of the moment. so far, the votes are underway, the last phase of the election, 54 million people voted for 4 seats, the last stage, the votes go again. bjp party as the favorite. so far, the exit poll say the bjp wins. the majority that is required is 252 votes in the lower house of parliament to get the majority. that is the crucial area. so far, the markets pointing to a modi win, and the markets like that. the ruby at a four month high, and the key benchmark saturn all-time high rising as well. are up 13%

for silvio berlusconi it wasn't about making money. it was about dominating european football.have changed to some extent with financial fair play. a lot of these billionaires have no choice but to change their approach. maybe the future is not the kind of guys that are worshiped by fans. maybe we have to get used to the likes of the glazers. >> are the figures holding up? today we get third-quarter sales. the damage from last season hasn't yet been factored into the figures has it? will the damage filter through? 50you're going to lose million straight off the hat. it is kind of this -- perhaps it is just a blip. perhaps this is the start of a more terminal thing. >> what about the prospects of the glazers selling off? it has been talked about, hasn't it? does there come a point when the glazers would selloff? >> i think it more depends when it makes sense financially. at the moment, man united is a fantastic brand. they aree know is going to lose the champions league money. we also know there is going to be less tv revenue this year. they are not going to get as much as they

in fact silvio berlusconi apparently is the number six the biggest economy in the world by himself with all his bunga bunga it i mean i'm resisting the temptation to take the low road on this asset or i did. you know cocaine is now included in g.d.p. . because. it is remarkable lead destructive to society as a whole when prostitution and drug use and cocaine use are considered and it's all fueled again by this extraordinarily cheap money that comes out of these central banks so when they say it's a victimless crime that the bank of england mark carney keeps rates near zero well it feels heroine and the prostitution that and that and they in the codification of this in the indexes and statistics that the say the office of national statistics are in the u.k. is as responsible for the deaths and destruction perpetrated by this economy as any other element so any way you know italy is competing against the u.s. which has the u.s. dollar and wall street and that is by many measures all fraud and they get to count that in their g.d.p. numbers london we have all the laundering of money into th

reporter some of his material has been used by the world's major news outlets like this photo silvio berlusconi for the first exclusive pictures of russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky after he was jailed but not spend tonight freezing on a nearby roof to take these pictures and he's covered numerous big events in russia i'm further afield including the revolution in egypt and the conflicts in syria and libya. possesses less field experience but he's already proven himself as a reporter he volunteered to cover the volgograd bombing at the end of two thousand and thirteen he was on holiday at the time he was also one of the journalists working you can have independent square during the sniper attacks in february this year or reporting in kiev he was always in the thick of the fighting on was even less shell shocked once. when the explosive went off close by. produce an independent filmmaker danny schechter told us washington officials are quick to stop the terrorism label and those who try to report a point of view different from their own. us officials are trained in the art of perception manage