the creators of miniature venice have a convenient solution for the city's rising water levels.that only real world problems were as easy to fix. the next up we're headed to italy for real for euro max extra two. to a city once ruled by the venetians in fact and as usual one of our viewers had a hand in deciding our i ten or it. is them but i know hails from bogota in colombia and he wanted to see something of northern italy and so we're off to the region of d. to explore the top of bed a couple that's about fifty kilometers north east of milan well there's hardly a town in italy it has to be admitted that isn't rich in history and the typical italian flair but better go which is with its famous upper and lower cities separated by the unesco world heritage listed venetian walls is one of this country's treasures. they're the most location in the alpine foothills our shores a grandparent around the countryside all around. the name is a dramatic origin meaning something like mountain home. the first settlers came here in ancient times. for good harbor sub on navigates the streets

i travelled to venice personally and went into the archives there and to the venice be anally archives i saw mr stettner spray painting. in a photograph. james palmer was delighted he'd found it. this photo taken at the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale shows twelve paintings on the wall of the room dedicated to. ten portraits of women and two of men. the one on the right was already identified and well known. the painting in the middle however the one of a seated man is more mysterious. so now you've got reference to mr stener owning the painting you've got reference to portrait of a man. and you have a photograph that's the exact same painting that is now illustrated or described as the seated man. finally james palmer knew what the painting looked like. but where had it gone he searched everywhere activated his contacts toured the auction rooms archives and museums. and after a few weeks ago. he found a trace of the painting here in london in the catalogue an auction held at christie's in one thousand nine hundred six. the painting was entitled seated man with a cane. but who

i travelled to venice personally and went into the archives there and to the venice be anally archives i saw mr stettner spray painting. in a photograph. james palmer was delighted he'd found it. this photo taken at the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale shows twelve paintings on the wall of the room dedicated to. ten portraits of women and two of men. the one on the right was already identified and well known. the painting in the middle however the one of a seated man is more mysterious. so now you've got reference to mr stener owning the painting you've got reference to portrait of a man. and you have a photograph that's the exact same painting that is now illustrated or described as the seated man. finally james palmer knew what the painting looked like. but where had it gone he searched everywhere activated his contacts toured the auction rooms archives and museums. and after a few weeks ago. he found a trace of the painting here in london in the catalogue an auction held at christie's in one thousand nine hundred six. the painting was entitled seated man with a cane. but who

in venice the renowned museo cordura mounted an exhibition of missions photos. the home of mars showed portraits of the diverse people of azerbaijan. who did so and then the persons of other but chan you had female man you had young people older people and you did make interviews before with them what was the topic we are on what was remarkably for you when you read the interviews i was invited to do a commission in azerbaijan which once was a part of iran in the nineteenth century so we share a lot of traditions and the walls are austrians and in fact many of the people's ancestors in azerbaijan are persian or turks are many and. you know i it's multiple ethnicities so i thought what would be great is to do a project that sort of really questions this idea of homeland for a country that it's a cost to all of us so many different type of people from different ethnicities religions languages but they're all cause that by his own home and this was very poignant for someone like myself again that i had there a couple of bad relationship to home. spoke to every one

venice. the church there took a hard line towards those of different faiths and the venetian censor history me took a very close look at the book to see whether the haggard dark contained anything at variance with catholic doctrine during the war and dragged out over it stuck it out in the national museum and risked her life for bosnia's cultural heritage she held firm like vista rini the venetian censor who perhaps deliberately overlooked a few things that was the period of the church was very strict about the content of the books so almost had to be inspected and decided should it be left to live or stake the book or pass the censor even though it contained images which at the time contradicted catholic doctrine the hakadosh showed for instance that the earth is a sphere and not fat. so it is very interesting how the book survived censorship catholic censorship with such images in it so some of the thought is think that maybe this says a clerk it's jill. visto dharmesh revised by me this te

but it was not until around a hundred years later the venice recognized the value of the collection and built this splendid hall for the books of bass and here space are. up to then they had lain unnoticed in some dark corner by the time the library was opened many of the manuscripts had already disappeared. the cardinal had lived in grotto ferrata near rome in his own or even today the town still calls itself the city of books the monastery of santa maria to gratify datta is said to have been built on the remains of a summer villa reputedly owned at one time by the roman philosopher cicero. a monastery constructed on classical philosophical ground the perfect environment for a book hunter like best aria. cardinal bizzare and was the abbot at his monastery a greek enclave in a roman catholic while. the monastery is famous for its restoration workshop in which time seems to have stood still centuries old books are restored and rebound with techniques that are every bit as old. we can be assume that manuscripts made from hyde will enjoy from around four hundred years even longer if the cl

some go to venice beach california. some go to venice beach california what a revelation that personal have later this is serious. the next comment from some dude whose name i can't read says maybe by pilgrimage they meant they drive around america i am through watch this i'd cern this innocent looking plastic god and to say that i got. this it says it look i'm a kid and i crossed it out because i wasn't going to say anything just hit it five or six times if god was bruised in attica but. that's what you got to get it but that's my prejudice by the way that's weird dude i want to jump into another one it says a couple of rent boys bumming around america so right now what you're saying is you've got some kind of vibration with me max and the twins which are saying billions and billions and many mixes are ready at the ready like that like the minutemen it's a seminal moment in american history what does that mean. for the couple of brit police bumming around him. who is or maybe that's probably somebody who's like a hard

that's the government that we want for venice who are a government of national unity that includes and doesn't exclude a government that can save us from this misery from this tragedy this debacle that the government has turned us into i repeat this incapable inept government that's what we want for venezuela and that's why we're here at the national council and we demand all these conditions. on a fifty six year old former state governor believes he can win by taking advantage of widespread dissatisfaction with the ruling socialist over venice way less dire economic crisis that have millions struggling for food and medicines by the two strongest opposition rivals among them former presidential candidate and. i barred from standing in the united states a sole so considering imposing sanctions against modest government due to what it says are unfair conditions for the presidential vote. for venezuela it is and now there are attempts from the u.s. to interfere in the country and it's evolving to hold the presidential vote in spite of the criticism from abroad. for this way this poor econ

sunday's election is widely anticipated to result in a hung parliament willem is still in venice. i believe you are joined with a guest. >> i am. we're joined by one of the business leaders of this region and of italy, she's the chief executive of the bower group we're inside the iconic bower hotel here i want to ask about these elections. what do you think it means for investment opportunities for italians and for those outside italy when it comes to businesses here. >> good morning. thank you for being here i'm very honored to be able to give my outlook at what i think italy and venice are interested in, offering and interesting the economic world internationally we know very well the big companies have been really on the resurge nlge of many investi the last 5, 10 years i think this will not be stopped by evolution in politics for one simple reason, the people in play now are still the same that have been running the country for the last five years. so somehow it would be more interesting for italians at some point than for foreigners. italy is like a playground the companies a

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it's from a drone, i wintry venice -- a wintry venice. the snow and ice have caused havoc.reeze is expected to continue. >> the winter weather system has caused widespread destruction to public services and travel. this busy airport hub was forced to suspend all flights for several hours after snowfall blanketed the swiss city overnight. heavy blizzards and biting temperatures are continuing to lash europe, from the far north to the mediterranean south. a red alert has been extended as parts of britain faced severe weather conditions. but some have been enjoying the unusually snowy weather, like the children since paying -- these children in spain, where hundreds of schools canceled classes. in paris authorities urged commuters to leave their cars at home because of treacherous roads. many drivers were left stranded in their vehicles due to heavy snow on roadways. the chill reached the mediterranean would normally-sunny nice blanketed in snow. meanwhile in denmark, the winter weather spells trouble for this fishing boat. it got stuck in the frozen waters of the limp fjord.

now to more than twenty four hours after one of the worst tragedies to hit a detention facility in venice where there's still hasn't been an official statement coming from the government or the minister of prison services who all too many plea is responsible for anything that happens inside prisons in jails in beneath well and this of course that sparked outrage in the country and internationally with the u.n. humanitarian human rights office sorry demanding. from the venezuelan government and asking for a speedy end for investigation and about what happened inside this jail on a wednesday the only official information is still from a twitter thread that were sent out by the office of the attorney general of venice with the late on wednesday in that tweeter trades he essentially put gave the death toll at sixty eight he said he was appointing for prosecutors to investigate what happened but he was also fast in blaming the mates in. starting the fire that caused all these that we saw some of the anger from some of the families of the sleeve involved in your report what are they calling for

time it took her to forge a new government and you could see that there was much resistance but like venice said earlier she's back and this might be forgotten very quickly because she is by far the most experienced leader in the european union she knows all the tricks the only other person within the institutions might be include younger who has that experience and can really you know deal with her if she really pulls all out all the stops but of course she used to be the queen of europe but this gap this time has has been has been a kingmaker for mike hall so it gave him the chance to rise up at her side and be the the new king of europe alongside the queen of europe yeah because we had almost six months with a government and debt that has diminished miracles somewhat in brussels hasn't it. a little bit but you know this could be forgotten very quickly because germany after all is still the most powerful economy in the european union without the germans you really can't get anything done and she is the chancellor of germany and that's the perception here also from abroad you know if you l

what ever it takes to survive the united nations has a team here and says the nearly two billion venice will instead of pledge the country in the past two years are refugees this is thousand of people who are crossing every day the border into the gulf and on its own protection and humanitarian assistance this is definitely much apprises. as for the encounter there is no time to wait they keep walking one foot in front of the other mother and son alone hoping the road ends in a better place. on a highway in northern brazil the u.s. ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation amid strained relations between the two countries in a note to embassy staff roberta jacobson said she will leave her post this spring she didn't detail why she was stepping down but said that the situation was difficult because now is a crucial moment in the u.s. mexico relationship france's far right leader marine le pen has been placed on the formal investigation for posting violent images of i saw atrocities online the investigation relates to three graphic images of isolate secu shuns the ship posted on

that's the government that we want for venice who are a government of national unity that includes and doesn't exclude a government that can save us from this misery from this tragedy this debacle that the government has turned us into i repeat this incapable inept government that's what we want for venezuela and that's why we're here at the national liberal council and we demand all these conditions. on a fifty six year old former state governor believes he can win by taking advantage of widespread dissatisfaction with the ruling socialist over venice way less dire economic crisis that have millions struggling for food and medicines. two strongest opposition rivals among them former presidential candidate and. i barred from standing in the united states a soul so considering imposing sanctions against modest government due to what it says are unfair conditions for the presidential vote. for venezuela it is and now there are attempts from the u.s. to interfere in the country and to vowing to hold the presidential vote in spite of the criticism from abroad because how will i just. here

i went to venice which was a course that famous city. the good news is venice is no longer syncing. they have fixed that and the bad news is that the water is coming up. halfway through my book knowing about sealevel rise and having a cappuccino and just sitting there and all of a sudden the water starts running to the piazza san marcos. i was like what is going on and i realized it was just high tide and on high tide the water comes certain times of the year and not every high tide but often and it runs into san marcos. within an hour there was an inch of water. people continued on their way with galoshes on but it was just amazing. this is all happening in real time before your eyes. it's incredible and they tried to build a barrier to stop this which is not going to work very well. marshall islands. marshall islands is a place where's sealevel rise is not a problem for real estate. it's a problem of existential existence. their country is going under water as our many other low-lying islands. they have confrontations with things like is their nation still a nation if we don't hav

then a refugee crisis in south america we have a special report on venice whelan's who fled their country's economic crisis into neighboring colombia the story of the daily struggle to survive. hello i'm terry larson good to have you with us. a former russian spy living in england is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance sergey script paul was granted refuge in britain after a spy swap deal in two thousand and ten police have confirmed that two people a man and a woman were found unconscious on a bench on sunday in the city of souls beurre both are receiving treatment and an investigation is underway to determine what caused their condition. a crime scene that could be straight from a bond movie. police don't hazmat suits as they decontaminate the street where the former russian spy sad case great pal and a woman had collapsed the substance that has made them critically ill hasn't been identified. the treating it as a major incident and have even closed a nearby restaurant as a precaution apos abayas said it looked like the pan had taken drugs. on the bench there was a

film something on the back that we only noticed later this label from the one nine hundred thirty venice biennale. the owner's name had been crudely erased. and it looks like that of stanton or. a clue to which the detective never had access and which could be crucial for the next stage of his investigation. and detective is convinced the geneva freeport could be housing other works of dubious origin. well i think there's a high probability that many other paintings in the freeport were probably looted and probably rest there today that have not seen the light of day for many decades and i believe they're there and i think that it would be very interesting if the public were made aware or at least the art industry were made aware of what those paintings are so so that you know if the prosecutor's office was going for example were to provide us with information on all those paintings we could pretty quickly tell them which ones were store pretty quickly. for the swiss art dealers lawyer there's no point in dreaming no one will know for years what's really stored in the freeport. best. lit

to stay at home dozens of people mainly rough sleepers have been reported dead across europe even venice the city of canals didn't escape the big freeze it's historic buildings and monuments blanketed and white the waterways still flowing just about . and in parts of croatia a road maintenance team even used explosives. to remove piles of snow with more gales a blaze it's expected over the next couple of days the west may not be out of a yet sunny al-jazeera london seven people have been arrested in slovakia in connection with the death of a journalist police raided houses linked to alleged members of the italian mafia in two titans the man aged between twenty six and sixty two are being held suspects twenty seven year old young krycek was shot dead on sunday he'd been investigating alleged high level corruption and my feelings in slovakia new footage has emerged of israeli soldiers beating and kicking a palestinian man just before he died in custody and is really human rights group says the man didn't receive proper medical attention for twenty five minutes his family is considering leg

in their hands portraits of venice children when they were abused. in the us sixteen thousand people have already launched complaints for sexual abuse against catholic priests. these victims have joined forces for the annual conference of their support group smout survivors network of those abused by priests. oh everybody. great to see you again and i think it looks like we've got a bigger group than last year which is even better news so how many of you are here for the first time. thanks to. remember that all of us here are survivors of sexual assaults and betrayals during our youth so if you're looking for an opportunity to share your experience with people who truly get it this is the place. recently the organization has seen abuse victims from all over the world join its ranks it has become the internationale of those abused by the church. certainly it will be here because of the weather and use is so huge that every and it was a child has a purpose and the focus that had on us but by that they gave us the sense there was other put it in the sub

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dozens of people have died in a fire that swept through a venice walen jail after a riot broke out there both inmates and visitors are among the dead it's been reported that the fire started during an escape attempt clashes have erupted outside the station between police and crowds demanding to know if their family members survived. half hour or so this woman the wait is agony relatives have come to police station in desperation to find out if their loved ones are still alive but nobody will tell them. he got that i don't know if my son is alive or dead because they won't give me any information he. you know not people that they had i think anyway because i haven't heard anything about my brother since seven in the morning they say a lot of people are dead people and people were injured but no one knows whether the hero in the hospital will really where they are we don't know anything that. angry and desperate the waiting crowds trying to break through police firing at. driven away with tear gas. reports indicate a prison riot started often armed inmates shot at a prison officer prisoner

people who are having their homes destroyed in yemen is a very different message message it sends to venice but there are human rights don't matter message it sends to vend is that their lives are of less importance than profits would be systems when i'm sure you i don't know whether you go to say that the royal air force. trainers are training saudis to do it there is should they disobey their orders we don't believe that they should be taking part in training programs because they're ordered to where there's a beer is i mean if you. want to do so it was more of a point we would make the u.k. has been utterly complicit in the destruction of yemen from day one it has the u.k. government right again says it is giving aid to yemen but that's a tribute he has given so many to yet. and we hope that but it is reaching people in need but the key point is the u.k. has also licensed almost five billion pounds were fighter jets and bombs. so in some bombardment began and there is no question that results have been devastating even borders johnson has called it the worst humanitarian crisis in the wo

no, we were supposed to be in venice now, so that has been cancelled for the moment and we are hopingook for a couple of days' time. —— we are hoping to rebook for a couple of days' time. now on bbc news it's time for the film review with mark kermode and jane hill. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? we have red sparrow, the new film starring jennifer lawrence. we have a fantastic woman, which is chile's oscar entry for the foreign language film academy award. and game night. is it a game or is it real? red sparrow. red sparrow is very interesting. it's based on a book by a former cia operative, jason matthews. jennifer lawrence is a russian ballerina who is violently recruited to become a sparrow, an undercover intelligence agent. she is taught how to seduce her prey. she is sent to budapest on the trail of an american, played by joel edgerton, who she meets, and we know she has to win his confidence. it seems early on they both understand what the other is. here is a clip. dominika.

willem marx is live in venice with what you need to watch.ome familiar faces from renzi to berlusconi, willem. it wouldn >> you're right. matteo renzi has been falling in the polls, and berlusconi is actually banned from serving as prime minister, but that doesn't mean he won't be kingmaker his party, forza italia teamed up with a right wing group known as liga, formerly the right wing league they will not necessarily get a majority of votes to form a government, so the negotiations that follow have a lot of moving parts. another party here, 5 shg, the r movement looks like they will get the most number of votes as a single party they issued their list of potential cabinet ministers, trying to project confidence ahead of this vote on sunday either way there will be negotiations likely on monday. a lot of horse trading we won't have a clear picture of who ended up on top and who teamed up with two long term until the end of march back to you. >> i'm curious what your thoughts are and why the equity market seems to be brushing off this uncertai

we were supposed to already be in venice now, so that has been cancelled at the moment, we are hopingon bbc news it's time for newsnight with emily maitlis. i want to be straight with people. life is going to be different. we all need to face up to some hard facts. we are leaving the single market. oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! no! some of these ideas depend on technology. robust systems to ensure trust and confidence as well as goodwill. as frictionless a border as possible. if this is cherry picking, then every trade arrangement is cherry picking. are we there yet? theresa may is seeking a new path through the brexit blizzard. we dedicate tonight's programme to asking if she is on the right track. good evening. a few hard facts. a bit of soft fudge. and a warning to everyone they would have to compromise. theresa may was speaking today to her own sceptics as much as she was speaking to the naysayers of europe. if everyone or no—one ends up happy, then perhaps herjob is done. the tone today was markedly different from a year ago. then, she promised us the same benefits in terms of

they've been cruising around on segways checking out masterpieces in milan and breathtaking view in venicethis balcony picture is the best. i mean >> breaking news. shortly before 6 pm law enforcement personnel made entry into the room where we felt hostages were being held and the suspect and unfortunately made the discovery of three deceased females and one deceased male suspect. >> we have confirmed that the gunman and hostages are unfortunately dead today at the veterans home in yountville . tonight we have team coverage on the situation. two let's go to the scene. a news conference just wrapped up.>>> first i want to get to information worry confirm from bill dodd. he said the suspect was part of the pathway home program that had been expelled. he's

harvey to just we had no physical proof, we hadn't gone to the police in... on the lido in venice. weally to request damages. ♪ i >> narratonegotiation with weinstein's lawyers, they asked for around $200,000 each, and also insisted on measures at would protect miramax employee from harassment: therapy sessions for weinstein, a new hr podcy, and a clause that co see him fired if he paid off any more women. weinstein accepted the terms on condition they sign a non-disclosure agreement, or n.d.a. >> we weren't allowed to talk to anybody about the alleged behavior, but also about our time at miramax.rm this wasn't a confidentiality agreement; thisg wasn't us sahat we weren't gonna, you know, give away corporate secrets. this was a deeply personally binding agreement, which certainly in my colleague's case, meant that she couldn't ever speak about a huge petoonal trauma that happene her. ♪ >> narrator: perkins wld eventually decide to break her n.d.a. but her former colleague hasin main her silence. in his statement to "frontline," weinstein denies the attempted rape allegation, and says that