with that as you mentioned do you see brussels making any sort of concessions for italy. it's going to be a little tough i mean there was there was definitely more momentum going before the french elections were back on the run and i have. merkel is doing so well she's getting a lot more support when those leaders of france and germany were kind of struggling it was looking like there was a bit more negotiating power but right now the euro zone has got much stronger as a whole from a political standpoint that it was a year ago and italy's economy is actually getting a bit better i mean we're seeing some signs of strength you know i'll be the not exactly robust but on a relative basis with what italy has been struggling with over the past ten years we're seeing a bit more strength starting to come and brussels why is brussels going to came to italy right now and the rest of the european union is feeling a little bit better about it now the big picture is that the euro currency i think is unlikely to survive because never in history has any kind of a currency survived when

you are eating here and you are drinking the water of italy, so you must be loyal to italy. sc going to prisons, by speaking to people and teaching them not only to love islam, but also to love italy. salah ramadan elsayed: yeah, to be integrated. scott: it prevents radicalization, it prevents attacks? salah ramadan elsayed: yes, it helps very much. scott: the lack of attacks against italy may also be partially due to its reduced combat role in the anti-islamic state coalition. and maybe, by avoiding the accusations and labels that might make them a target. are you saying that italy doesn't make as many enemies? nicola pedde: if you look, for example, the case of, italy with respect to groups like hezbollah. hezbollah is not recognized as a terrorist entity in italy, or the muslim brotherhood. so our position is quite different from most of the others. scott: are you surprised that you've been so successful so far? nicola pedde: you know, we live day by day, and so we are sober enough to think that sooner or later, but until now it didn't happen. sharyl: but italy is targete

italy is not growing. stronger euro does not help italy. ande's a lot of debt contained spreads because of ecb purchases. the debt trajectory is sustainable now. normalize, it really is not. concernedmarkets over last year, they may be getting overoptimistic this year. robert: it is a little, look at it, but at this point if you compare the u.s. and europe, when they created the euro out of nothing, they really created a tremendous physical process that they immediately -- fiscal process that they immediately violated. what has happened with the financial crisis and euro crisis is they have really regrouped. at first they wanted to drive the private sector involvement, and that was obviously a disaster. instead they tightened the fiscal restraints and the approval process. they began to make examples out of individual countries when the eurozone was acting in a position of strength. a key example is cyprus where they basically restructured the banking sector and took money out of deposits to right the situation. how does this matter for ita

i've been working a long time from within the eu, from within italy, to make things better. but the mistrust is there and it's a fundamental problem, and in my view, to overcome this mistrust, it's not so much the institutional reforms that we need, but it is some concrete policy change. for example, the germans should become slightly more open and accept a wider and better treatment for public investments under the fiscal rules throughout europe. and, on the other hand, the southern countries, like italy, should stop asking always for greater and greater flexibility in sort of circumventing the rules. it's interesting you talk about the germans. of course we're speaking on the eve of a german election where mrs merkel is widely expected to get re—elected. there is talk of the revival of the franco—german motor driving europe forward, but if you look specifically at what macron and merkel have said about their vision of the next phase of european reform, they're not actually quite on the same page, are they? do you see the french and the germans acting in lockstep or do

next, we turn to italy. there has to be a general election there by the middle of next year and a key figure when that election happened is likely to bea that election happened is likely to be a young guy called luigi who has been chosen to lead the populist 5—star movement. james reynolds has met him. 5—star announces a new leader who was a few years ago a university dropout working on a web start—up. 31—year—old mp luigi di maio is campaigning to become italy's youngest ever prime minister. i asked italy's youngest ever prime minister. iasked him if he italy's youngest ever prime minister. i asked him if he was too inexperienced to lead his country. translation: young people are not the future, they are the present. they are the people who can change our country with their energy and innovation. when i went to your parliament in westminster i found that senior officials were maximum 50 yea rs old that senior officials were maximum 50 years old which was normal. by contrast that would be considere

if we compare italy and france from a real economy less of view, italy is advanced than france, and you mentioned some of the data. from a financial economy point of view, a public sector budget point of view, italy has done francerably more than over the last five years or so, france has consistently been above the 3% allowed by the growth pact. italy has gone below that ever taly is moreand i advanced in terms of pension reform and labor market reform. think that france and germany being on the same page would benefit italy. superficially, one might say, if the two leading countries of the eurozone were to agree, italy may suffer in terms of protectionism, but if we look at it will be a, clear advantage for italy as well. james tobin.y with he was for the idea of using fiscal stimulus as a constructive tool. does europe and america need fiscal stimulus this far into the recovery? think they need a selective fiscal stimulus. i am deeply convinced that in the u.s. and europe we lack infrastructures, traditional infrastructures, and infrastructures related to the digital economy. i think

italy isn't really growing. a stronger euro does not help italy. there is a lot of debt with a low bund yields. and contained spreads because of ecb purchases. the debt trajectory is sustainable now. but if markets normalize, it really isn't sustainable. that would be an issue in europe. just like markets over concerned with populism last year, markets might be getting overly optimistic given the french election. europe, there are issues that sovereigntymuch countries it should have versus how much commonality they should have. robert: it is a little complicated but if you look at it between the u.s. and europe, when they created the euro out of nothing, they created the tremendous fiscal process that they immediately violated. what has happened with the financial crisis and euro crisis is they have really regrouped. and so, at first they wanted to drive the private sector involvement, and that was obviously a disaster. instead they tightened the fiscal restraints and the processes for approval of budgets. they began to make examples out of individ

there was a venture capitalist in italy, probably the best venture capitalist in italy which i am very thankful to. $1.5hen i think i got million for 30% and i started to look for brands. i went to the door of all the different brands without knowing them. completely cold calls. hi, i have ajust, proposition. federico: i have a dream. every entrepreneur is a dreamer and i shared the dream with them and the most innovative and the ones who i had good empathy with shared by dream so starting with mr. armani, not a young boy anymore, but he was super quick and saying let's try it. francine: who are your main competitors you worry about? federico: worried about everybody, but also no one. ♪ by 2015, federico outhetti's yoox had carved an enviable position in the heommerce landscape, but wanted more. for years, he chased a merger with an investor who sold in seizing ready-to-wear to the fashion elite. the merger made yoox net-a-porter the biggest player in the market and frederico a powerful fashion insider. francine: when did you decide that you wanted to merge with ne-a-porte.a -- feder

a very thorough report and the numbers seem quite sad i mean is it worth keeping the euro in italy if in fifteen years of having it as a currency it has failed to improve its lives economy i mean growth has been literally zero and the economist competitiveness as an export has deteriorated. but i do not i do not take the arab human that you're putting on the table i do not think that the euro has been a failure i do not think that many problems that we have to address in italy derive from europe and this they do i do believe that if you take a cost benefit analysis the cost there would be much higher than the benefit if it decided to leave the euro the point is not to leave a stable currency the point is on they tend. to not waste time and as wasted as wasted too much time since the beginning of the two thousand we must speed up they reform which are needed for the italian economy notwithstanding that our membership of the eurozone we must we have started with the interim government we are continuing with the only government to test those structural reform which are absolutely necessa

the numbers reaching italy have been dramatically cut, for now. but new routes have already opened up and around 1 million migrants are still trapped in libya with dreams of europe. many more are on the way. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged ahmad. our top stories: donald trump steps up the pressure on north korea, with more sanctions against companies who trade with pyongyang. our new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. racing against the clock — rescuers frantic struggle to get people out of the rubble after mexico city's devastating earthquake. the death toll passes 270. the caribbean islands still without power and all but cut off by hurricane maria. authorities ask for all the help the world can offer. facebook promises more transparency over its political advertising. 3,000 accounts from last year's presidential election will be passed to congress.

the numbers reaching italy have been dramatically cut, for now. but new routes have already opened up and around 1 million migrants are still trapped in libya with dreams of europe. many more are on the way. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: a powerful earthquake strikes central mexico, toppling buildings and leaving at least 140 people dead. many are feared to be trapped in the ruins. i don't know the extent of the damage. what i do know is that dozens of people are desperately removing rubble here because they believe that someone here is trapped. hurricane maria strengthens as it sweeps west across the caribbean. the virgin islands and puerto rico are facing a potentially catastrophic impact. talking tough at the un — president trump says north korea faces total destruction if it threatens the united states. and the north sea gives up a century—old secret — divers discover the wreck of a first world war german submarine.

i believe that if italy has decided that g.m. owes will not be grown on its territory that decision has total legitimacy those who come to italy have the opportunity to buy and taste a large amount of local products these products are the result of years of work and one hundred year old farming history what will we gain from g.m. most if a sovereign state decides that certain laws are fundamental to its economy i don't think it is right that the e.u. can interfere with those laws but. if you produce in italy and you are italian you should follow italian laws not force things that go against those laws we work here and we do not break our laws we respect them we completely reject g.m. seeds we produce high quality products in former ghana. all the fears over g.m. crops are wide vary they range from minor food allergies to more serious cases like infertility miscarriage birth defects and even cancer the spy felt the e.u. court approved some g.m. seeds usage in italy and we discussed it with a number of experts. or. not these crops

camilla from nigeria spent years as a forced prostitute in italy a year ago she was discovered by the police and deported she prefers to remain anonymous during the. binning city is a hub of prostitution and human trafficking local women are drawn into the traffickers web with promises of a better life in europe only to find themselves forced into prostitution. back in nigeria camilla wants to start a new life but her feelings of shame are such that she has yet to visit her family . will she find the strength to meet them. camilla still has a list documenting her harrowing experience it's a record of her earnings from working the streets in florence italy. she had to record every single euro which she then had to surrender to her pimp or madam who was also from nigeria. back home she's found support and refuge at a women's shelter run by catholic nuns. she spent most of her time in italy imprisoned in a tiny room with no chance of escape she collected my own. i was taught i could not call my parents see my cheeks and mean beats me. that thought that had been mean i don't want to pay h

but it's not enough, says berger, to cover the cost of italy's rare problem: too many relics and ruins. >> it certainly is probably the world's most numerous concentration of works of art of paintings, of sculptures, of buildings, of churches, of archeological remains. all of these things are concentrated in this country, which is blessed to have all this, but cursed, because it's something that it cannot maintain by itself. >> reporter: the italian government has pledged to spend a record billion euros, about $1.2 billion on new restoration projects, including for the ancient city of pompeii and the uffizi gallery in florence. but that's a fraction of what's art, artifacts, and archeological monuments all over the country. and berger says, unlike the united states, italy doesn't have a great tradition of philanthropists willing to fill the gaps. >> i think in the united states people have this idea that we are lucky. we emigrated to a country that made us relatively comfortable, and we have to give something back. the europeans in general don't have that feeling. they've always felt t

all of this trend of negative attitudes towards italy. in my view, today we are completely out from the negative deriving from the perception of systemic counts and you could have minor problem, but not affecting the strength of the country. with the cost of equity. theith the reevaluation of equity with italian banks can be reserved. francine: what about political risk? share prices have gone high. do you worry about the upcoming election? >> if you look at germany, they are now voting like italy. not in the sense of strength of the country or structure and conditions, italy more savings, but more public debt, but in any case from a political point of view in italy, what we need is a low in order to have more stability. italy is a country with a lot of rich people and rich people generally do not want to take risk or take political sides. my expectation is in the end, there will be some compromise at the end of the elections. i am not worried at all for the situation. ♪ do investors still ask you about the banking system and loans, or

narrator: 1.2 million people work in the agriculture sector in italy. unions say that more than half are being exploited including by , the mafia. migrants usually have no idea who is employing them. they're just desperate to survive. >> these people need protection, because they are vulnerable to blackmail, and that's why these job agents like working with migrants. there's even a recruitment system. it's not just in the ghettos or in the streets, they're recruiting in the migrant centers. narrator: there aren't enough controls in the migrant centers or in agriculture. charities receive 35 euros per refugee per day. is this too much or too little? >> if a good meal is provided, including a starter and a main course, and clean clothes, then 35 euros isn't too much. but if they only get a thin soup made with a stockcube and some pasta for dinner and spaghetti and tomato sauce for lunch then 35 euros is too much of course. narrator: when we visited, the meal was filling and well-balanced. but some of the refugees were dissatisfied. >> they never give us r

in milan, italy, is francine lacqua. it is always good to go to milan , european and italian banking in the last 12 months. it must be most interesting this time around. francine: it is most interesting. finished a fantastic panel looking at the challenges and opportunities for european banking sectors. when you look at italian banks, they have been in a funny place. investor start looking at them because of the turnaround or selection points that we saw because of nonperforming lows that offered consolidation in europe. what comes next is the big question for a lot of us. we talked of mifid ii and brexit. now, the ceo of mediobanca. thank you for joining us. when you look at the italian banking system and i spoke earlier, to the finance minister, they both say, this is an inflection point. how can you be so sure that something ugly is not around the corner? something with the political system? >> i think they are right in saying, italy has removed the systemic risk with two major interventions. one was the capital incre

he saidi herba can be extradited to italy. he said i have rejected all of your challenges, i find the said i have rejected all of your challenges, ifind the request said i have rejected all of your challenges, i find the request is proportionate and does not amount to abuse. and went on to say i have decided you should be sent to italy to face trial for her kidnap. you remember that chloe went to italy earlier this year injuly. she alleges to police there that she was attacked by two men who then drugged her, and then she said they kidnapped her. but the judge today has said this polish national can be extradited to italy. one of the arguments from his legal team was that the case may have been made up, authorities to have him extradited back to italy. we do know though this isn‘t the end of it. his legal team have said they will appeal this decision. they have seven days to make that appeal but they have said they would, so there‘s a new date at the high court for the 2nd of october when the appeal would be put tojudges t

ticking and as the clock ticks who better to explain the mafia like power of european leaders than italy's former foreign minister and someone who like bonnie has served as the e.u. commissioner then judge franco frattini he was also a candidate to be nato secretary general and he joins me now from rome greg thanks so much for coming on the show what's the michel barnier like what do you expect him to tell the u.k. when wrecks of negotiations resume in ten days or so well i don't meet each other very well used to be my call there just for i mean is there used to be my call there or around a table of european commission is there very tough negotiator to point that to be to be taken into consideration one thing is to defend european interests while negotiating if framework agreement or any number of agreements dead are not to the dead tree meant european cities and other thing that would be wrong would be to punish u.k. i think michelle would go along that line if ending europe while not punishing very very diplomatic response bernie and of course was appointed in the french cabinet under sa

polish national can be extradited to italy. 0ne today has said this polish national can be extradited to italy. one of the arguments from his legal team was that the case may have been made up, that it was a complete sham, but thejudge here this up, that it was a complete sham, but the judge here this afternoon said that that wasn't his job. his job isn't to look into the allegation of kidnap, his job is isn't to look into the allegation of kidnap, hisjob is simply isn't to look into the allegation of kidnap, his job is simply to isn't to look into the allegation of kidnap, hisjob is simply to honour that request from the italian authorities to have him extradited back to italy. we do know though this isn't the end of it. his legal tea m this isn't the end of it. his legal team have said they will appeal this decision. they have seven days to make that appeal but they have said they would, so there's a new date at they would, so there's a new date at the high court for the 2nd of 0ctober the high court for the 2nd of october wh

and welcome to techno from southern italy. this is an absolutely beautiful part of the well but it's also a giant birch tree for scientists this is one of the wild so-called blue zones an area where an unusually large percentage of the population lived to one hundred years or more and that's exactly what attracted a team of international scientists to find out exactly why. this is all children of. a village where time seems to stand still. long enough for people like i'm twenty of a son and mina for do you know to grow old he's a hundred and ninety three. she's the younger woman they're married and have been for more than sixty four years. and you're. on your. own here. these days if you stroll by the seaside apartment you're likely to catch a glimpse of the newly minted celebrities they're becoming famous for growing old. i think turner has been waiting so long for his lunch do you have lunch at the same time every day. they say that they have like time table regularly and i have it they have lunch at twelve in the morning an

into italy, as well. —— we are one of the most important importers into italy, as well. everybody is on the same page that no deal is not an option for the uk 01’ no deal is not an option for the uk or eu. but the europeans have the upper hand on this. it‘s the uk that will have to decide which way it goes. they gave the message today through michel barnier, that they are prepared to talk, but they will only talk of britain stands by its commitments. that starts with money, honouring the commitment to europeans in the uk, and, of course, finding some sort of solution to that very difficult issues in ireland. thank you. and we‘ll have extended coverage throughout the day on the bbc news channel tomorrow live from florence and reaction in westminster to the prime minister‘s speech. and we‘ll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the journalist and author, sarfraz manzoor

coming up on the show is a mafia like cartel turning the screws behind a brick set franco frattini italy's forward foreign minister gives us a cautionary tale of how a paris washington by the conspiracy brought down the italian government and his take on britain's post brooks it's a bible and is ice is the new one direction for some british muslims we speak to award winning stand up comedian. about blaming the kardashians for young british women joining isis down there as a regional actual to a kicks off at ilkley literature festival in the next few weeks from the headlines we reveal hillary clinton's curious combination of facts and spin on the royal father the baby who is great with a chopper all the more coming up in today's going underground but first u.k. prime minister trace of me off to no doubt congratulating princess diana's son on soldering another baby will be protesting nuclear proliferation on the korean peninsula at today's prime minister's questions that's despite her proliferation of nuclear missiles for all we know off the coast of pyongyang on submarines which she says sh

italy could start bailing out the banks with public funds but that goes against the e.u. bailing out rules now should the government just go ahead without brussels approval or should it really wait until the e.u. comes up with some kind of solution. to europe you know we do believe that there are some of the existing directly the banking sector we. have to be revised because they implemented in different ways in different counties that mean that all of this leave not all the existing rules are very efficient and we do believe that on one side we have to intervene and where to do our part at national level on the other side there must be also review and they know the european commission is working on that. directive because they're banking restructuring within the european union now they have the euro group talking about the bailouts in general he sat that southern countries quote blew their money on drinks and women is that what happened to italy as well. well i mean i think that the least that we can see of the statement of a year on buys them blown that was very unfortu

the strains negative in italy. today, we are out from the negative, arriving from the -- notion of systemic affecting the strength of the country. reevaluation of equity, of italian banks can absolutely be there. francine: what about the political risk? , do youre an investor worry about the upcoming election? carlo: if you look at germany, they are now more like italy. not in strength of the country, public -- italy, more saving, but more public debt. stability, but it really is a country with a lot of rich people and rich people generally don't want to take risk. there will be some compromise at the end of the election. not to worry for the italian situation. francine: in five months, you are unveiling a new plan for bucket is some pablo. specificocusing on things? carlo: we have already consider the possibility to make a , considering the potential to be working on our portfolio business unit, especially on web management. web management remains the main saner for some pablo -- pablo. also, we want to become num

how unusual is that for italy to have such a young contender? it is absolutely stunning but if you look at italian history in the last 20 or 30 years, italy has been consuming particle classes. nowadays experience is more ofa classes. nowadays experience is more of a liability than a resource. but luigi di maio's all younger generation is not entirely convinced by his promises. i would not feel represented by him because he is very young and he is not prepared enough to become prime minister.|j am enough to become prime minister.” am quite afraid of the fact that he has almost no experience. luigi di maio may face similar scepticism in this, his roma neighbourhood. the staff at his favourite bar are not particularly starstruck. translation: so many people come here every day, yes, i have certainly seen him. by contrast his own supporters can be only let him go. now luigi di maio has to persuade an entire country that he is ready to govern. last week i was in florence talking to people about brexit and a lot of people were in favour of brexit,

you will remember that very went to italy earlier this yearin that very went to italy earlier this year injuly she alleges to police there that she was attacked by two men who then drugged her and she said they then kidnapped her but the judge today has said that this polish national can be extradited to italy. 0ne polish national can be extradited to italy. one of the arguments from his legal team was that the case may have been made up, that it was a com plete have been made up, that it was a complete sham, but the judge in this afternoon said that that was not his job. hisjob is not to look into the allegation of kidnap, hisjob is simply to honour that request from the italian authorities to have him extradited back to italy. we do know, this is not the end of it. his legal team said that they will appeal this decision. they do have seven days to make that appeal but they have said that they would. so there is a new date at the high court for the 2nd of october when the appeal would be put to judges there. this is not the end of the story. let‘s take a look at some of the other sto

and so, most of our business is in italy. so, we are tied to the performance of the domestic economy, which as you know, has been lagging the rest of europe for the last 10 years. and i think this is, you know, mostly due to the fact that there are structural reforms which have not been carried on as they should have. a diversion led to result in terms of the economy and the growth prospects for italy compared to some other countries. and i think, you know, the cases of, germany or even the case of spain, which is more similar and more comparable to italy, show that whenever you force play and decidedly attack those structural issues and implement those reforms, you can reap significant benefits in terms of gdp growth, employment, and therefore, consumption. and i think this is one of the issues that we have in italy which is we're late. francine: is italy ready to be reformed? everything comes with a political tinge. you have to have a country that wants to change. so, no matter who comes in power in the net selections that

. >> france temporarily nationalized it back in july after vetoing a deal to sell the site to italy. it wanted france and the state to have equivalent shares in the site. emmanuel macron is meeting the italian prime minister this afternoon. according to a newspaper, they will have good news to announce. >> a creative compromise that could satisfy all parties. france and italy have agreed to split ownership of the stx shipyard down the middle, with paris london 1% of its s shareso the italian group, effectively giving it control of the company. the loan is set to last 12 years, during which both sides will meet regularly, leaving france the possibility to take if itts 1% take -- steak deems italy is not respecting his promises. the deal comes after months of tensions between the two countries. an original 80 million euro agreement in which they would own a 55% stake in the shipyard was blocked by emmanuel macron, who pushed for a 50/50 deal instead. with both sides keen to have a majority of shares, a tug of war ended with france's surprise decision to temporarily nationalize the site

italy could start bailing out the banks with public funds but that goes against the e.u. bailing out rules now should the government just go ahead without brussels approval or show daily wait until the e.u. comes up with some kind of solution. to europe we do believe that there are some of the existing directory the bank can say we. have to be revised because they implemented in different ways in different counties that mean that to all of those the. doors. are very efficient and we do believe that on one side we have to intervene and to do well apart at national level on the other side there must be also review and i know the european commission is working on that. with the directive because they're banking restructuring within the european union now they had of the euro group talking about the bailouts in general he sat that southern countries quote blew their money on drinks and women is that what happened to italy as well. well i mean i think that the least that we can say of the statement of a year on buys them blown that was very unfortunate. that it proved that it'

the spaniard joins italy's andrea dovizioso at the top of the world championship standings. the honda riderfinished ahead of italy's ducati rider danilo petrucci with dovizioso, also on a ducati, finishing third. both marquez and dovizioso have 199 points with five races left in the season. seattle's michael bennett and marshawn lynchjoined other nfl players in protesting the treatment of minorities by us law enforcement during the first weekend of the regular season. both players remained seated during the national anthem two weeks after bennett was detained on a las vegas street by police investigating a shooting. on the field the seahawks have been beaten at green bay while the atlanta falcons beaten in ast year's super bowl made a winning a start to the new campaign. the baltimore ravens were in dominant form as a defensive master—class helped them to a 20—0 win against the cincinnati bengals. the team knocked out in the play offs by eventual winners the new england patriots last year, the houston texans, lost out in their opening match to the jacksonville jaguars. g