matteo salvini alss the eu to change its posture on migration. his popularity has really come from being an incredibly strong crackdown on migration coming into italy, and he is being rewarded by almost doubling his popularity in over a year. sophie: what do you think it means for the populist movement? the former prime minister matteo ows thatys this populism hasn't worked in italy. heather: in some ways the populism is represented by the five star movement, the coalition partner. matteo svini's party is a highly nationalistic party, very anti-immigrant party. these two forces combined together year and a half ago to create a populist-nationalist government in italy. we were not sure how this was going to work. it showed it had a very short shelf life. i wouldn't say, though, that this is conquering populism and nationalism. if in fact mr. salvini is pushed out of the gernment, he still leads the most popular party in opaly. if he becomes thsition, he could potentially grow his popularity. if they go to an early election, he is right there. he h

matteo salvini is already italy's most influential politician. he works on his man of the people image the way others work on their tans. 0n the beach near rome, we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet another election," this holiday—maker tells me, "so be it." "it's all a mess," this man says, "but i hope there is a vote soon "and i'll be happy to go with matteo salvini again." and it is here at sea that the far right leader has won his support. matteo salvini has made it much harder for migrant rescue boats, including this spanish vessel, to dock in italy. this afternoon, some migrants, tired of waiting off the coast of lampedusa, jumped overboard and tried to swim to shore. and this evening, here in rome, the outgoing prime minister went to see italy's president. the decision to call an early election now rests exclusively with the head of state. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. carrie lam has announced the immediate establishment for a path forward for dialogue. she also said hong kong's police watchdog has set up hong kong's

james: matteo salvini is alreado italy' influential politician. he works on his man of the people image the way others work on their tans. on the beach near rome, we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet anothe election," this holidaymaker tells me, "so be it." "it's all a mess," this mane says, "but i h will happen -- but i hope there is a vote soon, and i will be happy to go with salvini again." it is here at sea that the far right leader has won his support. matteo salvini has made it much harder for migrant rescue boats to dock in italy. this aft noon, some migrants, tired of waiting off the coast, jumped overboard and try to swim to shore. i finally,ly agreed to take everyone on the rescue ship to dry land. this evening here ine, the outgoing prime minister went to see italy's president. the decision to call an rly election now rests exclusively with the head of state. sophie: for more on italy's political uncertainty, i spoke y, a formercon state department official who is now at the center for strategic and international stud

matteo salvini is already italy‘s most influential politician. he works on his man of the people image the way others work on their tans. 0n the beach near rome, we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet another election," this holiday—maker tells me, "so be it." "it‘s all a mess," this man says, "but i hope there is a vote soon "and i‘ll be happy to go with matteo salvini again." and it is here at sea that the far right leader has won his support. matteo salvini has made it much harder for migrant rescue boats, including this spanish vessel, to dock in italy. the decision to call an early election now rests exclusively with the head of state. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. around 100 migrants have been stranded in a rescue boat in the mediterranean for nearly three weeks. italy‘s interior minister mateo salvini had ordered the open arms ship to be blocked from entering the port of lampedusa but now an italian prosecutor has ordered the migrants to disembark in lampedusa. at least 15 of the migrants jumped overboard this mo

the from rome. leg's leader matteo salvini, surely the legs leader matteo salvini, surely the most photographed man in italy, wants to break up the populist coalition and head for an early election. but that is no particular surprise. for the last year, matteo salvini has had to share power with the 5—star movement, as one of two deputy prime ministers. but current opinion polls suggest that he may have a chance of winning a snap vote and taking over as italy's prime minister. he is calling his members of parliament to rome to organise a no—confidence vote. translation: all the parliamentarians from the league will be in rome on monday, they will be there on tuesday, on wednesday, on thursday and on friday stop it is absurd that someone says, as i read in some newspaper, but we cannot force parliamentarians to work on the public holiday. they should get off their bottoms and go to work, even on a public holiday. this puts pressure on the 5—star leader who is also a deputy prime minister. his party has been losing support, but he says he is not scared of an early vote, and he accuses matte

matteo salvini is already italy's most influential politician. he works on his man of the people image the way others work on their tans. on the beach near rome, we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet another election," this holiday—maker tells me, "so be it." "it's all a mess," this man says, "but i hope there is a vote soon "and i'll be happy to go with matteo salvini again." and it is here at sea that the far right leader has won his support. matteo salvini has made it much harder for migrant rescue boats including this spanish vessel to dock in italy. this afternoon, some migrants, tired of waiting off the coast of lampedusa, jumped overboard and tried to swim to shore. finally, italy agreed to take everyone on the rescue ship onto dry land. and this evening, here in rome, the outgoing prime minister went to see italy's president. the decision to call an early election now rests exclusively james reynolds, bbc news, rome. 11:17. the headlines on bbc news: warnings from the uk's oil refineries saying their future could be in

matteo salvini is already italy's most influential politician. he works on his man—of—the—people image the way others work on their tans. 0n the beach near rome, we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet another election," this holiday—maker tells me, "so be it." "it's all a mess," this man says, "but i hope there is a vote soon "and i'll be happy to go with matteo salvini again." and this evening, here in rome, the outgoing prime minister went to see italy's president. the decision to call an early election now rests exclusively with the head of state. james reynolds, bbc news, rome. the new boss at virgin galactic says the company will begin taking people into space on commercial flights by the end of 2020. the project hasn't been without its problems. in 2014, a pilot died after crashing during a test flight, and there have been question marks over the project's environmental impact. the bbc‘s marc cieslak travelled to spaceport in the united states and sent this report. 20 miles past the town of truth or consequences i

vini's -- matteo salvini's party filed a no-confidence motion. salvini's hoping to capitalize on support for him. five-star has more parliamentary seats than the league, but the other has twice as much voter support according to opinion polls. plans for early elections have been m met with defiance were politicians fearing holding a vote would bring about further instability. salvini, ando italian brexit is not entirely impossible. i am pro-european. we must fight with our eney to prevent this scenario. >> the senate meets to set the date for a no-confidence vote against the government. be upgoes ahead, it will to italy's president to decide whether to dissolve parliament. joined by christian in rome. senate leaders are meeting later to set a timetable for a no-confidence motion. what can we expect, when you consider the league does not have the largest numbers of mps, the five-star movement does. other political forces will try to prolong this and quick- to avoid this very vote. date mid october, both the parties, the president will try to find

conti has blamed interior minister matteo salvini for toppling the country's ruling coalition. we will be back for more news in just a few minutes. don't forget to go to our website for the latest news and information around the clock. thank you for watching. ♪ . all fronts twenty four i'm from twenty four .com. its lease prime minister is to resign she said because this decision is set to plunge the country into another constitutional crisis obseservers via the far right to takeke a firm hold on power. its the oldest the seizure of the open armrms rescuee s shift ande disembarkatition of what's left of the ninety migrants on board. after least nineteen people jumped overboard in life jackets to escape the deteriorating situation on the vessel at sea for over two weeks. states the c cashiers to be heard before the international court of justice india revoked

>> it is not t up to matteo salvini to cononvene parliliame. it is not up to him to set the timeframe for a political crisis where other instititutional figures will have to step in. on the contrtray, it willll be p to him to explain to the nation and justify in front t of the voters who believed in the promise of change the reasons why he has decided to disrupt the workrk of government. reporter: but conte has agreed to convene parliament for a vote of confidence in the government. as for salvini's coalition partners, the former deputy prime minister from the five-star movement says they want to do the job of government and go to the electorate. >> good work can be done by senators and deputies voting to cut their numbers and saving italians 500 million, then everyone can go to the polls. reporter: t the coalition has oy been in existence for 14 months. salvini's league party has doubled in popularity. close watchers of italian politics will be wondering if that has more to do with the timing of his demands than any internal bickering. phil: l

the movement is set to form a new government today y after a failed gamble from matteo salvini. the latest from m our correspondent inin r rome in a w miminutes. bril a agrees to acceptt 10 million pounds in aid from the the to stop fires ravaging amazon. on the way, in business, apple is apologizing for a privacy lapse with c or he that exposed personal customer details to contractors. ancient ancestor lucy has an older relative. more on that, coming up. getting directions. genie: an emergency debate on brexit next week after boris johnson decided to suspend deadlinet ahead of the october 31. more than one million people signed a petition against the move in less than 24 hours. i have douglas herbert with us on set. the queen has granted his request to suspend parliament. there has been backlash. might the people have the final say? >> it will have toto come throuh some popular people's effort. this backlash is spawning itself around this sentiment growing across britain that this is an assault of parliament and the unwritten constitution. is severely undermining democracy. eve

forming a a coalition to basically force out the right wing matteo salvini. at who is very much a populist handed it. it's interesting that the italian version of the local that website has chosen the word of the day to be. so which means crazy it can also mean markman. is this a coincidence whether they got their inspiration from i couldn't possibly comment. at what i will say though is that matteo salvini has been very very active today on social media. this is one image that he posted on his twitter account he's calling for order talents to go out into the streets on the nineteenth of october he's calling it. a great day off the timely and pride. and the video is that he's posted on facebook he talks about demanding democracy. and respect for the vote armed rules he feels the what happened is basically. something of a queue at much is the same criticisms of being made in the united kingdom right now. and he's also blaming some very familiar scapegoats for what's happened he says it's brussels that went out to get him they want. to get rid of that pain in t

matteo salvini's gamble in which he wante to try take matteo salvini's gamble in which he wanted to try take ultimate power might see him havingto sit on the opposition benches for three or four years. the climate campaigner, greta thunberg, has arrived in new york, after a well—publicised trip across the atlantic, under sail, to minimize her carbon emissions. it took 15 days. she'll nowjoin climate events ahead of a big un meeting next month, calling on world leaders to act to try to reduce the effects of global warming. the bbc‘s chris buckler was there as she arrived. when world leaders travel to the united nations, they rarely get a reception like this. the un brought out a flotilla of boats to welcome a 16—year—old schoolgirl. it's a sign of how much of a figurehead greta thunberg has become. greta has come to new york to raise concerns about climate change, but even the journey itself was intended to send a message. she wouldn't fly because of the environmental impact. instead, she spent two weeks on a yacht powered only by the wind and sun. the ground is still shaking for

matteo salvini is already italy's most influential politician. he works on his man of the people image the way others work on their tans. 0n the beach near rome we found italians ready to go and vote. "if we need yet another election," this holiday—maker tells me, "so be it." "it is all a mess," this man says, "but i hope there is a vote soon "and i'll be happy to go with salvini again." and it is here at sea that the far right leader has won his support. salvini has made it much harder for migrant rescue boats including this spanish vessel to dock in italy. this afternoon, some migrants, tired of waiting off the coast of lampedusa, jumped overboard and tried to swim to shore. finally, italy agreed to take everyone on the rescue ship onto dry land. and this evening here in rome, the outgoing prime minister went to see italy's president. the decision to call an early election now rests exclusively with the head of state. and ten night there is no guarantee that the president will agree to a snap vote. —— tonight. he may even decide to ask an

matteo salvini's gamble to ta ke time. matteo salvini's gamble to take ultimate power might seem set in opposition benches for three or four years. almost all of an indigenous territory has been burnt down in the amazon basin. the 2,000 square kilometre are—oes reservation is home to the xavante people. earlier, brazil's president jair bolsonaro said that south american countries will meet next week to discuss a coordinated response to the fires. pro—independence protests in indonesia's papua and west papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week. police say gunfire killed one soldier and two activists on wednesday. the government has cut internet access in the region. at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico that police say was lit deliberately by gang members. eleven other people were badly injured. mexican media have reported that the bar was peppered with gunfire and that molotov cocktails were thrown inside. over 800,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes across

naomi: on tuesday, matteo salvini band a humanitarian -- bay armed -- banned a humanitarian ship from italian waters. he has seen his population surge at home -- popularity surge at home due to hard-line policies. anchor: japan's ambassador will launch a complaint to remove seoul from the list of preferred trade partners, which could mean a slowdown in goods. this comes in the context of a deepening political and economic feud. is an internal blame game. at the g7 summit, japan's prime minister lashed out at south korea over its recent behavior. they continue to act in a way that undermines trust. there are bilateral agreements and promises. reporter: the comments drew an angry rebuke from seoul. the one taking unilateral, retaliatory economic andures, twilight wto rules go squarely against the g20 declaration adopted this summer at a summit it hosted. reporter: a long-running feud over colonial grievances. as the supreme court ordered japanese citizens to paint for more time grievances. japan says this file is a treaty which settled wartime reparations. the decision by the japanese g

. —— matteo salvini. he had been with the 5—star movement forfour matteo salvini. he had been with the 5—star movement for four months when he effectively ended the coalition, say he could no longer work with his partners. the five star movement then turn to the opposition democratic party in an attempt to a new government but there talks stalled and only resumed after it was agreed that giuseppe conte should resume —— remain as primitive. there are more sticking points. five star movement wants to cut the number of parliamentarians. the two parties also are expected to have differences over next year's budget. and the centre—left democratic party are looking to roll back some of the league spent —— sponsored immigration. with mr matteo salvini's nationalists eyeing 50 after the league's strong showing in the elections. an unusual message of support from donald trump who tweeted that the prime minister was a talented man and if a new coalition deal was agreed before wednesday, matteo salvini's move to tighten his grip on power will have failed for now.

it's all because of this man, italy's interior minister matteo salvini. his nationalist league party has been in government with the populist five star movement led by this man luigi di maio for the past 14 months. but relations between the parties have turned sour and last week mr salvini announced he was puling the plug on the populist coalition government. james reynolds has more from rome. political leaders of all parties have broken their summer vacation, some of them reluctantly, have come here to rome and those leaders in the senate will now start debating and try to pick a date for a no—confidence vote. that vote may take place in the next few days or weeks. if that vote brings down the government, then the power will go to italy's president, sergio mattarella, who will have to decide what to do — whether to hold a new election or whether to try to put together a caretaker administration from alternative parties. the president, normally a ceremonialfigure, then becomes the key player in this drama. italians are used to this, this kind of tradi

so max matteo salvini the interior minister he is taking a gamble here hoping for snap elections do you think he will get that chance. it is very difficult to say at the moment some things have changed so fast the last couple days and we don't know we don't even know what's how going to happen in the next 48 hours or so if snap elections take place it's likely to be in fall and whether or not people here are going to hold it against material salvini that he actually brought he personally created this crisis without there having been a crisis before actually it's not clear yet if people will hold that against him or if he will still come out as a as powerful and as popular as he expected to in the 1st place well that's the question max with such a tough economy blasting salvaging a speech accusing him of putting himself before the country so how do italians feel about all of us. that's difficult to say i'm worth the pick of holiday season at the moment a lot of the tellings are at the beach and trying to. do more or nicer things than they're following government crisis but those that do

high stakes poker in rome this man the interior minister matteo salvini pulls the plug on his coalition government and forces the prime minister to resign because he is angling for the job himself will his gamble pay off some a scandal in berlin and this is the day. to go to get into their most can.

matteo salvini, the leader of the league who hopes to win a future election, wants to win an election. but this is all been pre—empted. it's more than possible there could be another general election in italy which would happen in the autumn, if it did happen. a few things that might happen to avoid that. it did happen. a few things that might happen to avoid thatm it did happen. a few things that might happen to avoid that. it might not be the only country with a general election. that in itself, and clearly also potentially destabilises one of the major european countries and could lead to potentially a far right leader being empowered out. time has beaten us. thank you very much indeed. don't forget, you can see the front pages. it's on the bbc news website. it's all there for you,seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, sonia sodha and martin bentham. goodnight. steve smith is out of the 3rd ashes test. the australian batsman hasn't recovered from concussion. it's after he was struck by a

matteo salvini's gamble in which he wanted to try take ultimate power might see him havingto sit on the opposition benches for three or four years. climate campaigner greta thunberg has arrived in new york having sailed over the atlantic to minimize her carbon emissions. the journey took 15 days and now she'll take part in climate events ahead of a big un meeting in september, calling on world leaders to act against global warming. the bbc‘s chris buckler was there as she arrived and has this report. when world leaders travel to the united nations, they rarely get a reception like this. the un brought out a flotilla of boats to welcome a 16—year—old schoolgirl. it's a sign of how much of a figurehead greta thunberg has become. greta has come to new york to raise concerns about climate change, but even the journey itself was intended to send a message. she wouldn't fly because of the environmental impact. instead, she spent two weeks on a yacht powered only by the wind and sun. the ground is still shaking for me so, but i want to thank everyone so much, everyone who is here, and ev

salvini reluctantly authorized them to leave the open arms ship 6 e.u. countries say they will take in the migrants. accompanied by the italian coast guard the migrants finally reach land medical stop a 1st to see the unaccompanied youths before they are allowed into the receiving center in lampedusa. but just a few 100 meters off shore more than 100 other migrants are in limbo as the italian government refuses to let their rescue ship dock. that's been on board the open arms since they were picked up near libya on august 1st. last call for their constant fights and arguments on board it's been 17 days of unbearable tension and living in overcrowded conditions even a detained person should not be treated this way because they will is holding us against our will even though a court has mandated the evacuation of these people so they can receive medical attention. the spanish rescue ship one a legal battle to enter italian waters despite a ban by far right interior minister matteo salvini he still refusing to let vessels dock in italy despite offers from o

matteo salvini is the leader of the league, a part of this coalition no undergrad strain has also been out on the beaches all summer “— also been out on the beaches all summer —— coalition under great strain. he might get a step closer if the italian prime minister, his coalition partner, steps down. but clearly, as always in italian politics, there is a lot more going on. i think those in the five star movement i think maybe we perhaps need to form a coalition with the opposition, maybe we don't need you mr salvini or the league that we have been in coalition with over the last few months. i would say the situation is pretty much pretty unstable. and it has a knock-on effect to the finance world as well. this is still one of europe's biggest economies. we need to realise as well than most italians, the root of the current political troubles are the fact that economic growth has been so we can this has led into political instability. it's been about a decade at least since italy had some growth, it had very little economic growth in the last decade, it has an accumulated debt o

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high stakes poker in rome this man the interior minister matteo salvini pulls the plug on his coalition government and forces the prime minister to resign because he is angling for the job himself will his gamble pay off i'm sumi so misconduct in berlin and this is the day. google if you must conclude that the decision by the league to present a no confidence motion and ask for its immediate showjumping. require me to interrupt this government to disprove that he would have. told. you. after the end of the debate i will go to the president of the republic to officially inform him of the end of this government and to offer him my resignation as prime minister you seem to see. also coming up on the day britain's new prime minister boris johnson says it is anti-democratic and on viable and the european union's backstop plan for ireland has to go but the e.u. isn't budging are we back to break that deadlock so they have seen that the u.k. parliament is 3 times rejected the withdrawal agreement the backstop just doesn't work it's not democratic i hope that they will see fit to compromise. a

italy's interior minister matteo salvini is to challenge a legal ruling that allows a migrant rescue ship to enter italian waters. the spanish charity open arms has a vessel heading for the island of lampedusa. there are around 150 people on board. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. for nearly two weeks they have been at sea. dozens upon dozens of desperate people — men, women, and children. this ship unable to enter port until now. translation: we have overturned the decree which banned us from entering italian waters under the threat of confiscating our boat. we can now enter italian waters without fear of being fined or having our boat confiscated. what was stopping them was an order signed by this man, interior minister matteo salvini, he's taken a hard line over illegal immigration, insisting tough measures were necessary to protect public order. in a tweet, he said he would file a legal challenge against this latest ruling and he was prepared to sign a new provision to stop other ships entering italian waters. some people have already been evacuated from the the open arms

this is what deputy prime minister matteo salvini is hoping for. he had fourth a no-confidence motion against the prime minister and said he could no longer work with his coalition, five star. it was a an attempt to capitalie on the growing popularity of his far right party. >> i would do everything i did again, everything. i am a free man. i do not fear the judgment of the italian people. the league is pulling in first place at just under 40%. took just under 17% of the vote in elections last year, but president matta rella can look if they can form an alliance, it means salvini's gamble will have backfired, but there is a new chance and new coalition without a new election would alienate voters and further boost his appeal. there is a third option for the president. he can install a caretaker government. in any case, the upheaval comes at a sensitive time. italy must present its draft budget for 2020 by the end of septemember. claire: whoever becomes italy's next leader will inherit a difficult economomic situation. among first challenges will be

brbrent: we knowow all eyes have beenen on the far right leader, matteo salvini. how does he look tonight in the eyes of italian voters? is see the big loser here? is he now getting the arava babargain? -- air of f a bargain? >> you're right. in the eyes of everyone, he is a loser. they showed up in front of the press. he hasas really lost the plot by opening this crisis. he's opening that we will go straight to the e polls. in the end, the systemm which stopops the racee to the early elelections. they find the new majority to establish a new government which leaves something out. brent: joining us tonight on the latest of that political situation. thank you. after 14 days, greta thunberg has crossed the atlantic in a zero emissions sailboat. she docked in lower manhattan in just the last hour. when he came out to greet her arrival. she will attend several climate summits in the city next week. she refused to take a plane to reach new york due to the emissions caused by flying. she sailed for plymouth, through germany and across the atlantic. she was delayed due t

he blamed matteo salvini, accusing him of irresponsible rebellion. crisis willnt compromise the work of this government. conte announcing his resignation. the five-star movement and the democratic parties are holding talks over a possible coalition. james mccormick is my guest host. as you look at the potential political, somewhat say chaos in italy, do you think we are going to elections or do you think we will get a deal between five-star and democrats? >> our base case is we are going to get a centerleft coalition. we think snap elections, the risk around that is now much managed. we are probably looking at -- much diminished. we are looking at next year for elections. of positioning, the risk is salvini came to power, there would be fiscal indiscipline. the five-star and the democrats, does that reassure you? >> i don't think so. long-term we have to recognize italy has clear fiscal issues. the european economy is weak. the ratings in italy on btp's is one notch above junk. you are always going to have that problem. looks like werisk have dodged

salvini he pulled the plug on the last coalition by removing his party's participation he was widely seen to be angling for new elections but the new coalition puts a vote off for now i mean pick you up i would of course those who are afraid of elections can run away for a month 6 months or a year. but not forever. the only thing that unites them is their hatred of the league your. the drama is likely to settle down in the coming days conte said the new government's most urgent task is to come up with a budget for the coming year. when the u.k. opposition to the prime minister's surprise move to suspend parliament is growing forest johnson faced another setback today with the loss of a key party player ruth davidson quit as leader of mr johnson's conservative party in scotland citing family pressures and her opposition to brag that during her 8 years in charge ms davidson that the party's resurgence winning vital seats that kept the national party in power on wednesday mr johnson announces he would suspend for 5 weeks between september and october he says the break is necessary to al

they oust the far-right league party, pushing controversial leader matteo salvini out. he pulled out of the area earlier coalition to try to trigger elections and when a majority, but the gamble backfired. correspondent: a seismic shift in the italian political landscape. the established, centerleft emma craddick party and italy's antiestablishment five-star movement agreed to put aside differences and join forces to form a government. the outgoing prime minister giuseppe conte, who resigned last week, returns to the top job. >> it will be a government for the good of citizens, a government which will modernize the country and make our nation more competitive internationally, but also more just, more supportive and more inclusive. correspondent: the surprise partnership puts an end to the first postwar populist government in western europe. italian politics imploded earlier this month when deputy prime minister matteo salvini withdrew his league party from its turbulent alliance with the five-star movement the right firebrand hoped to exploit his party's popularity to t

context uses interior minister matteo 70 of wanting to rule by himself. don't need men with absolute power. but people with a strong sense of responsibility. i really salvini the leader of italy's right wing likud party told senators he triggered the government crisis because he wanted to bring about snap elections. before they. will do everything that i did all over again thank you. thank you. everything with a great strength of being a free man. it means i am not afraid of being judged by the italian the. his supporters have been out in force chanting elections now elections now salvini is bid for power comes amid high poll numbers reflecting widespread support for his tough stance on migration. if the 5 star movement is unable to secure a coalition deal italy's president is expected to call an early election for november. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world brazil has backtracked on the offer of aid for the amazon wildfires by wealthy g 7 countries after president called his french counterpart to apologize for an al

context used his interior minister matteo 70 of wanting to rule by himself. we don't need a man with absolute power. but people with a strong sense of responsibility. i mean salvini the leader of italy's right wing likud party told senators he triggered the government crisis because he wanted to bring about snap elections. before they. will do everything that i did all over again thank you. thank you. everything with a great strength of being a free man. it means i'm not afraid of being judged by the italian this was the. his supporters have been out in force chanting elections now elections now solving his bid for power comes amid high poll numbers reflecting widespread support for his tough stance on migration. if the 5 star movement is unable to secure a coalition deal italy's president is expected to call an early election for november. and we can speak to journalists in rome now so the 5 star movement has the most seats in parliament and has to find a majority by the afternoon what is the latest that you're hearing there on negotiations but what we do kn

matteo renzi is also well known here and could block matteo salvini. if he doesn't get the election now, there are difficult decisions to be made before the end of the year. a btp hike before the end of the year is not a good deal for any politician. tom: thank you very much, from the shores of italy, our maria tadeo. we thank you so much. on a very serious note, the hong kong chief secretary will be speaking any moment. we are really looking for that beginning. here we go, starting right now. the headlines are absolutely extraordinary. the hong kong police say they don't see current protests as "terrorism." again, the hong kong airport is closed, for those of you with family and business associates within the district. this will be the beginning of what you must believe is a lengthy. press conference you look at these events -- a lengthy press conference. you look at these events in hong kong, we can make clear on a monday afternoon into 6:00 in hong kong, the situation has deteriorated. francine: it certainly has. we saw that yesterday with some of t

italy's interior minister matteo salvini is to challenge a legal ruling that allows a migrant rescue ship to enter italian waters. the spanish charity open arms has a vessel heading for the island of lampedusa. there are nearly 150 people on board. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. for nearly two weeks they have been at sea. dozens upon dozens of desperate people — men, women, and children. this ship unable to enter port until now. translation: we have overturned the decree which banned us from entering italian waters under the threat of confiscating our boat. we can now enter italian waters without fear of being fined or having our boat confiscated. what was stopping them was an order signed by this man, interior minister matteo salvini, he's taken a hard line over illegal immigration, insisting tough measures were necessary to protect public order. in a tweet, he said he would file a legal challenge against this latest ruling and he was prepared to sign a new provision to stop other ships entering italian waters. some people have already been evacuated from the the open arms

for its ruling coalition and called for fresh elections matteo salvini wants to reform the government following repeated clashes with his fellow deputy prime minister luigi de milo. and the deepening political crisis could see the parliament returns from its summer recess for a vote of no confidence james the xena hustle. each tool that resembles a campaign trail. it's a these deputy prime minister matteo salvini is clay he wants to become the country's new leader as soon as possible. because of the most useful thing to do the most dignified thing iss to vote as soon as possible about it prettyty much. notice he shouldn't say is i read in the newspapers thatt senators and mps confidence because workers. he's on sentences most sketching gear and come to phone. so the nissan league about the motion of no confidence against prime minister giuseppe kansei on friday w which under senate ruls must be addressed within ten days amy so send me any but with both houses of parliament close for the summer. savini is having difficulty rallying politicians back from the holidays. his coalition with

matteo salvini is headed for the hurdle, and the biggest has been clear for the government. be different in september when talks between five-star and the league will resume over the budget for next year which is likely to be a major source of clashes. overall, does he still have a say over the budget or will he try to stay in power and given to what matteo salvini wants? meio will try to show he is fighting hard and having a say that after the results of the elections in may the biggest decision from the budget will be , hisg matteo salvini biggest pledges to cut taxes and wants a flat tax. we will see a clash between the league, matteo salvini, their plans, and the european union. it is not clear what matteo salvini is thinking and he may decide if demaio pushes back to hard he will try to break the government seeking new elections. the prime minister is also a member of five-star, he is siding with demaio. he is the prime minister and does have a say. francine: thank you to our italian reporter talking about politics. let's get back to rupert harrison of blackrock. buns f

italy's fiercely anti immigration interior minister of matteo salvini had resisted pressure to let the migrants off the ship drawing condemnation. risk that people should not be used as hostages for the purpose of political point scoring and the situation right now is your crystal ball and should have never come to this on tuesday spain dispatched a navy ship to bring the migrants to the spanish island of majorca a journey that would have taken 3 days but even as it was under way italian prosecutors intervened ordering the remaining 80 migrants to be evacuated finally ending the ordeal of those on board. those free food out on some of the other stories making the news at this hour the number of wildfires in brazil's amazon rain. from. 3. after. over the accuracy of this distance. large areas of venezuela's capital caracas have been hit by a power cut that lasted several hours. transportation mobile phone services were disrupted. and as well as the electricity company says the blackout was caused by a breakdown at an undisclosed location the country has repeatedly suffered outages . us

m matteo salvini comes how lionel migrants took enough this week when it. ruled that ninety marcus stuck at sea for two weeks. should be allowed to land that my producer. let's listen to its knees president sergio mattarella. welcome temple or you delete it. i have the g. t. to request. in the interests of the country the quick decisions. for marvel holds me consultations which will begin next tuesday in order to reach a conclusion. and to make the necessary decisions. a performance and visual imageges sonya. noww this book with our cocorrespondent in rome for the will and i asked him how he thought the situation without. things are really hangingng in the e balane say here at the moment. yeah it's a very uncertain situation that. commentators of being calling it says to bring a little at that school crisis. and in fact no just a crisis of the government. yeah but a crisis of the italian political system. i think they do have a point. the five star movement. is being a container of. hi good okay system this man to gay sits on a political system. and it said

salvini says a coalition with a populist 5 star movement has collapsed over policy differences he's calling for a vote of no confidence and snap elections also coming out. not just another fridays for future demo the movement to end a week long forum in the swiss city of luzon with the adoption of a climate declaration calls for climate policy to be based on the best scientific research and. from political and known to rush us all for experiencing ruler blood in your putin marks 2 decades in office we'll ask our moscow correspondent what's behind this staying in power. plus and the footsteps of the bad new reports from abbey road 50 years after the beatles created one of the most recognized album covers and music history. on the welcome to the program. italy has been plunged into a political crisis after the far right league party said it would go ahead with a no confidence motion against its own government that's after the party leader deputy prime minister matteo salvini announced that his coalition with a populist 5 star movement had collapsed over policy differences the prime mi

well the timing hee is interesting i think matteo salvini noise that he's in a very strong position in the recent polls show that he has around 38% of the vote. that's double where he and his party were a year ago. and in contrast the five star movement has fallen to around fifteen or 16% so its popularity is harmed from where it was a year ago or- so the test of any. is watching those polls he knows is in a strong position he's out there on the beach is conducting a- a kind of a beach campaign at the moment while attendants are on vacation. and he knows that he can push ahead with elections confident that he can possibly form a coalition if he doesn't have 40% of the voters. enough to govern on his own he can form a coalition with other right wing policies that will take him across the line. and allow him to push ahead with some of the policies that he wants to go ahead with this week we store a very divisive polland when the five star movement opposed the high speed rail link between touring. and lee all that is a project that the league favors and i it's a an indication of jt the di

at the start of this month, matteo salvini was the dominant figure in italian politics as the deputy prime minister in a populist coalition. but he ends this same month out of power in opposition. he's out because he overreached. he brought down the coalition hoping to engineer a snap election in which he might win outright power. but this gamble had a serious, a fatal flaw. he never thought about the possibility of his opponents teaming up against him, and that is what happened. "stop salvini" has become the organising principle of the new coalition between five star and the democratic party. that's what got them together in this new government. but in order to stay in power, in order to form a lasting administration, these two parties may need to find more common ground than their simple mutual distrust of a single man. and bear in mind, over the next few months orfew years, however long this coalition lasts, it will be harried and traced at every step by the politician it has just sent into exile. the climate campaigner greta tunberg has arrived in new york after a well—publicis