venice the magical name of the magical city the city of a thousand bridges and canals. the city of cannibals and honeymoons known for centuries has lasted anything on the most serene. the riches of the world were brought in here under the we are to bridge and behind the facades of the palaces the most glittering parties in europe took place. but the splendid sophistication of the nation society was only one aspect of this watery metropolis behind the carnival masks lies a history of plundering which goes right back to the origins of the city. it's history begins with a forced exodus in the fifth century many romans fled to the north away from the invading huns they were driven as far as the adriatic islands where they finally found shelter in the good venice. the venetians were quick to use their position on the coast donors and larger boats were built a merchant navy developed and soon the venetians were boat enough to sail as far as the orient their trade routes later extended further to the north and west with expeditions reaching the canary islands and senegal the m

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piero dream is one of few remaining artist making it steer the gondolas which helped make venice famous so if they want a lot of challenges to show them the real venice not because we want to create a museum there because we think that this is the most intelligent way to visit here and the only way to keep the nancy alive but hoping for tourists who go with the flow is like venice battling against the tide charlie under al-jazeera that is. one of the world's most active volcanoes has been opened up for adventurous hikers. in the democratic republic of congo is home to the largest larger lake on earth the area has been affected by conflict but tourists are slowly returning as malcolm webb reports. perched on the rim of the crater of mount. just outside the congolese city of goma and now now inside the crater is a larger lake he lost the rock did in two thousand and two and destroyed much of the city of goma has interrupted since then well the act death has been affected over the years by eastern congo as many conflicts but this area has been safe since about twenty fourteen after the gov

but at the venice. we're going to take next. on al-jazeera then and embarrassing u. turn the world health organization withdraws its nomination for goodwill ambassador we'll tell you more at an exhibition in france searches for new insights into an emperor a general. hello again in china it looks like the northeast monsoon the winter monsoon is more or less tucked in the city breeze then it's still quite warm in shanghai twenty and not bad in hong kong at twenty seven with lower humidity of course in both places there's still the potential to build showers and high ground the far west of china maybe the finals of vietnam and myanmar but down the coast of vietnam it's looking dry now in fact he's looking dry increasingly side it should be no it should be for weeks on end but of course we haven't quite got there yet the monsoon also over india and bangladesh has been receding other recently we had that little curl of cloud to get a lot of rain to bangladesh and men are that is also disappear go breaking up so actually the next day or so very little rain around and told

dream is one of few remaining artist making it steer the gondolas which help make venice famous turtle want a lot of challenges to show them the real venice not because we want to create a museum there because we think that this is the most intelligent way to visit here and the only way to keep the nancy alive. but hoping for tourists who go more with the flow is like venice battling against the tide charlie and al jazeera that us. that reminder of the stories making headlines now exit polls in austria thirty one year old sebastian kurtz is conservative party in the lead with thirty point two percent of the vote is likely to lead a coalition government with the far right freedom party which is and which is neck and neck with the social democrats on around twenty six percent of the vote. it is a very clear victory for one man and that is that thirty one year old. curtis an extraordinary career for him a rapid rise in the politics of north korea and a clear decision at this very important crossroads in politics in north korea turn to the right the death toll from the powerful truck and c

venice. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the iraqi army is advancing north towards the kurdish held city of kirkuk state television saying that they have retaken vast areas in the oil rich region without any opposition from kurdish peshmerga forces and iraqi army colonel told reuters that the objective is to take an air base and oil fields kurdish leaders met earlier to discuss tensions with iraq following last month's secession river and they have rejected the iraqi government's demand to stop any push for independence. we are ready to start a dialogue with to solve problems between us your joke the use of weapons according to the iraqi constitution weapons can be used as a means to solve internal problems you hope that weapons will not be used in any areas including in kirkuk at least two hundred seventy six people have been killed in the largest suicide bombing in somalia's history no one has claimed responsibility for the blast in mogadishu on saturday. hundreds of somalis of

and why the people of venice don't like tourists and how they're fighting back to reclaim the city. at least eighty five people have been killed in two bomb attacks in the somali capital mogadishu the first explosion was a powerful truck bomb that targeted an area with many government offices hotels and restaurants police say the people are still trapped under the rubble of a hotel and they fear the casualty number could rise caroline malone reports. the. bodies are still being brought out of the rubble of one of the worst attacks in mogadishu in recent times because you know. a truck bomb went off at a busy junction when hundreds of people were nearby president mohammed up to lucky mohammed has visited the scene the sheer force of this blast is clear by the effect on the buildings around him. the target of these terrorist is not government officials but civilians as you see here there are no government buildings only civilians who are going about their daily life we have to come together and fight these monsters until we eradicate them from our country. a large number of people are

piero dream is one of few remaining artist making it steer the gondolas which helped make venice famous. challenge is to show them the real venice not because we want to create a museum there because we think that this is the most intelligent way to visit here and the only way to keep the nancy alive. but hoping for tourists who go with the flow is like venice battling against the tide charlie under al-jazeera that is. but look at the stories making headlines now somalia has declared three days of national mourning after saturday's bomb attack in central market issue the number of people killed by the powerful truck and car bombs in the somali capital reportedly jumped to more than two hundred hundreds more were injured in the blast which hit the center of the city and a residential district somalia has declared three days of mourning what happened yesterday was incredible i have never seen such a thing before and the death toll is uncountable corpses were no one could recognize them austria has turned to the right in its general election with early projections putting thirty one year o

and while the people of venice really don't like you if you're a tourist and they want their city back. we have a typhoon making its way towards high nanau as it pushed across the fost out of china it did bring some very very wet weather as you can see been taping down winds not too bad at this stage but those winds really have picked up now and we are looking at damaging winds making their way towards the gulf of tonkin as we go on through the next couple of days or so so there we go sustained winds around one hundred sixty five that is the position of typhoon and it will continue to make its way further west with dive down as we go on into the next twenty four to thirty six hours the equivalent to a category two hurricane on the south the simpsons dallas one moving fairly quickly that around thirty one clematis the flooding rains they will make their way in across vietnam then central and northern parts of vietnam as because through monday the winds then starting to ease off but still a wet and windy feature this one over the next twenty four to thirty six hours and played a cloud of

of the north but i rather say venice is the amsterdam of the south. it is the guinea rich and. as you can see it's a very special. that's the story because of. one side and the other lives on the other side because of the fact that they want to war all the way down there they built this bridge between here so they could get to reach out to foster. what i really like about. one hand. and on the other hand it's a true metropolitan city. and here. for your. machine is something that people like it because we don't always have time and it's . part of the. field industrial history of this town just like this. room. even made out of shipping containers. in this industrial hall they used to build ships but nowadays artists work here but also free markets are being organized in the week. i couldn't imagine myself a better place to end this day with you down here in the north ramps of them so frank you for being with me and i hope to see you here and i'm stem both teams. so now i'm doing something a little less nerve racking hike through the forest. about ten

then the northern italians including venice. as well as the flemish in belgium there are many regions in europe that are seeking independence and experts fear that it could erode the european union as good as a. few failed it could expand and could continue and there's a fear it will catch on and then the community of twenty eight states will begin to crumble around the edges like a stale cake and fall apart. of a whole lot of title of. the separation of these regions like flanders would be an economic catastrophe for the national government flanders contributes fifty eight percent of belgium's economy. the regions of venice and lumbered that are also striving for independence represent thirty one percent of italy's economy. if one of these regions does gain independence it must first exit the view the date for the reentry would be uncertain. if it was here for a few hours from i think it would sooner be five years than five weeks or months even catalonia would be accepted immediately as an independent state then all the region

venice the timeless city that tourists seem to have little time for twenty million visit each year three quarters of them only stay for twenty four hours they follow the same routes see the same sights the impact is devastating fed up residents and leaving for ever one thousand each year for them house prices are astronomically high the crowds unbearable italian city no longer caters for them they say here feel i want to call you could you fly in the you can buy food now you can buy only bags you live you see here we see these if mccain would be easily look how is it possible to appreciate this if you were running a citizens'. shops only for. the craftsmen are not working in their shops. residents are protesting against the visiting cruise ships that dwarf the city a damage the environment unesco is threatening to blacklist the world heritage site unless action is taken a campaign to enjoy and respect venice is under way police move on to us to sit on steps and encourage them to visit less popular attractions but there are no plans to reduce tourist numbers only we. we agree cruise ships

then the northern italians including venice. as well as the flemish in belgium there are many regions in europe that are seeking independence and experts fear that it could erode the european union as good as. a few fifty eight and could expand and could continue on and there's a fear it will catch on and then the community of twenty eight states will begin to crumble around the edges like a stale cake and fall apart. of a whole lot of title of. the separation of these regions like flanders would be an economic catastrophe for the national government flanders contributes fifty eight percent of belgium's economy. the regions of venice in numbers that are also striving for independence represent thirty one percent of italy's economy. that's into. the interesting thing about these nationalists like the cattle hans is that they are pro european nationalist contrary to the likes of maria let's end in france they want their countries to remain in the european union stopped. if one of these regions does gain independence it must first

residents of venice find themselves priced out of the property market canada's first nations protest against aquaculture but we begin in germany after last week's election the f.t. a far right party has its first seats in the bundestag we visited the a valley long considered a stronghold of the social democrats. the city of essen is this politician's home town but since the german election karl-heinz and a social democrat says he doesn't recognize it anymore in the past his party usually won an easy majority but this time just twenty eight percent many of neighbors told him in advance that they were voting for the far right a.f.d. party instead of his. people tell me they come from a family that's always voted s.p.d. but they went with the far right because they felt we needed to wake up we. to win back our voters if we just sit around and wait for four years that's not going to happen. and is it pains to find out how to get his constituents back in his camp at least the blue collar contingent in his neighborhood pub he runs into supporters of the far right that only i would have vot

for the poor in the south result of the ballots will not be binding we'll have it reports now from venice. and ancient that survived throughout the centuries reflecting a time when venice was a prosperous suffering state that fry for over a millennium before becoming part of italy a bygone era some hoping to revive. the future is a europe one of many different people we're not the only ones everyone has a right to decide it's only administration our culture has been forgotten our children are not told the history of the republic of venice but a history that was never ours. this is a strong sense of identity among the nations one of a region that remains an economic powerhouse providing about ten percent of italy's jaideep but ask anyone and they will say the region is not getting much in return and it's time for a better financial one they hope will come after taking part in a non-binding referendum that was approved by the constitutional court if you look around here you'd be hard pressed to know there's a referendum taking place now the question voters will have to answer is not about i

jazeera venice. kind of makes you not want to go there doesn't it very odd feel a little bit for this newsgroup you know how to get in touch with us twitter facebook whatsapp and see are right back here fifteen hundred hours g.m.t. tomorrow. the man who negotiated the dismantling of apartheid and scrath south africa's nuclear program i don't think we needed the bomb but some of my prediction is just that they want to use it as a deterrent south africa's former president declared talks to al-jazeera at this time. china is holding what appears to be its most significant communist party congress in decades with president xi jinping keen to consolidate his power but what does that mean for this country and indeed the rest of the world join me adrian brown for live coverage and analysis here on out. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe thi

thank you now it's well known that the ancient city of venice is sinking but it's also shrinking its fifty four thousand residents are steadily leaving because it's been overrun by tourists that fed up with locals are hoping to change that with an anti tourist campaign charlie angela. venice the timeless city that tourists seem to have little time for twenty million visit each year three quarters of them only stay for twenty four hours they follow the same route see the same sights the impact is devastating fed up residents and leaving for ever one thousand each year for them house prices are astronomically high the crowds unbearable italian city no longer caters for them they say here feel i want to call you kind of fly in the life food now you can buy only bags you live you see here we see this as if we came with bismillah how was it possible to appreciate a city where around us citizens. shops only for. the craft are not working in their shops. residents are protesting against the visiting cruise ships that dwarf the city a damage the environment you nest is threatening to blackli

i was in venice, it wasn't his town! drivers who cause death in the most serious cases of dangerous and careless driving could now face life sentences. the irish met office holds an emergency meeting as category three hurricane ophelia approaches the british isles. austrians head to the polls for a snap general election — the 31—year—old conservative party leader sebastian kurz is tipped to become europe's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far—right. also in the next hour... forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in california after six days of wildfires. the governor said it was "one of the greatest tragedies" the state had everfaced — swathes of countryside and thousands of homes have been destroyed. also, donald trump's denunciation of iran. theresa may, the eu and brexit. that's all in dateline london, in half an hour, here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy that runs the oscars. in a statement, the board sai

also ahead why the people of venice don't like tourists and how they're fighting back to reclaim their ancient city. at least eighty five people have been killed in two bomb attacks in the somali capital mogadishu the first explosion was a powerful truck bomb that targeted an area with many government offices hotels and restaurants the police say people are still trapped under the rubble of the hotel and they fear the casualty number could rise paul brennan has the story. when the truck arrived at the busy intersection and locally as k. five it was a traffic jam dozens of motorists stuck in their cars hundreds of bystanders too and so the explosion caused. by michelle one cover couldn't have come a lot this was the biggest explosion i have ever heard the car exploded at the center of the busiest junction in mogadishu it caused huge destruction some more than twenty dead people around the street and there may be more than that in the collapsed buildings. that i've never seen a scene like this ever before over the buildings around here have collapsed they were close to two hundred people

i was in venice, it wasn't his town! drivers who cause death in the most serious cases of dangerous and careless driving could now face life sentences. the irish met office holds an emergency meeting as category three hurricane ophelia approaches the british isles. austrians head to the polls for a snap general election — the 31—year—old conservative party leader sebastian kurz is tipped to become europe's youngest leader and form an alliance with the far—right. also in the next hour... a deadline of midnight tonight to spend your old round one pound coins before they are officially withdrawn. but with up to a50 million estimated to be still in the public‘s hands, many retailers say they'll continue to accept them for a limited period. and click goes inside the fukushima nuclear power plant where robots are helping to clean—up after the disaster. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy that runs the oscars. in a

like venice and salami for instance. not bad. for a liquor made by. maybe we're related. all kinds of. and. which is of course. my last stop for the day is bendigo what a castle once a mediæval fortress it was converted into a romantic baroque palace in the eighteenth century. wow i feel like i'm in a fairy tale what a great place for a wedding the banquet hall is particularly crammed. kings princes and counts all feasted here in the past. and here from the terrace i can treat myself to one last view over the hearts region. what a great day adrenaline by the dam hiking through the beautiful forest and some very unique architecture there's something here for everybody thanks to the creative people who dared to work for but the biggest star around here well. always be mother nature. two hundred forty million dollars a year in search of a partner. thirty percent of them now find their partner online. business so much of our special focus on me. through the news. plastic model turned into a paving stone. where . people developing smart solutions everywhere. is. d.w. . sustai

but hoping for tourists who go with the flow is like venice battling against the tide charlie and al jazeera. thank you so much mary more roger federer has got the better of his face rival rafa nadal federer abasing it out for the full time the shots and win the shanghai masters title was still funded al he said afterwards he was struggling with and the injury far as small ripples. roger federer is the only man that can still stop brafman adele from ending the year as the world's number one player winning the title in shanghai would be the step in the right direction for the swiss star federer was quick out of the blocks breaking a doll in the opening game. i. federer beaten adele in the finals of the australian open in the miami masters and in the last sixteen at indian wells this season and he repeated that head to head dominance in china. and the thirty six year old beating the spaniard six four six three in seventy one minutes for his second it shining high crowned a ninety fourth crewe title for federer also sees him draw level with eve online dole in terms of titles won in the

reporting live from venice. a rightwing billionaire businessman has been compared to donald trump looks set to become the czech republic's new prime minister on euro skeptic and no party won around thirty percent of votes in saturday's parliamentary election he's beginning talks to form a coalition government he's been critical of the view in the past that he is against the czech republic joining the eurozone but now he says he wants to take an active role in shaping e.u. policy. voting is underway in slovenia as presidential elections opinion polls are predicting an easy reelection for the incumbent. has been nicknamed severely as king of instagram for his frequent presence on social media is made up. of former comedian of local there the presidency is a largely ceremonial post somali intelligence says that turkey a turkish military base was the real target of a twin attack in the capital mogadishu last week more than three hundred fifty people lost their lives and many more were injured as mohammed atta report

but at the venice. still to come on the program refugee children to escape violence and face a new threat in bangladesh. preparing for the global mass migration from the countryside to the city los angeles could become a blueprint for the future. and its fort lewis hamilton edges closer to a fourth world championship title details coming up a little later with. the head of the world health organization has backtracked on his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador the u.k. and the u.s. criticized the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the world health organizations chief at earlier said that mugabe deserve the honor because of his public health policies. was for his a freelance journalist based in. and joins us now live from there good to have you with us sir. is this an embarrassment for president robert mugabe to have had this on a bestowed on him this goodwill ambassador ship and then have it

but hoping for tourists who go with the flow is like venice battling against the tide charlie and al jazeera lettuce. and finally as we say hundreds of waiters have taken part in the race in the argentine capital participants walk as fast as they can along a one point six kilometer route from point a cyrus but they must complete it without spilling their trays of bottles or drinks the hotel. hospitality workers union sponsored the event and awarded one thousand u.s. dollars each to the winners. or news in a couple minutes see that. in the final of a six part series filmed of a five year olds. the people are still fighting for their land. the village chief is in prison. and forced underground the filmmaker has become part of the saga. crackdown concluding. china's democracy experiment at this time of his era as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the kind of exposure and the job and investigation reve

then the northern italians including venice. as well as the flemish in belgium there are many regions in europe that are seeking independence and experts fear that it could erode the european union as good as a. few fading it could expand and could continue on and there is a fear it will catch on and then the community of twenty eight states will begin to crumble around the edges like a stale cake and fall apart that everything that the title of. the separation of these regions like flanders would be an economic catastrophe for the national government flanders contributes fifty eight percent of belgium's economy. the regions of venice and lumbered that are also striving for independence represent thirty one percent of italy's economy. that's into the sun to buy these nuts and the interesting thing about these nationalists like the cattle hands is that they are pro european nationalist and contrary to the likes of maria let's end in france they want their countries to remain in the european union i cannot stop. if one of these re

i was in venice, it wasn't his town! drivers who cause death in the most serious cases of dangerous and careless driving will now face life sentences. austrians head to the polls for a snap general election — the 31—year—old conservative party leader sebastian kurz is tipped to become europe's youngest leader. also in the next hour: forty people have died and hundreds are still missing in california after six days of wildfires. the governor said it was "one of the greatest tragedies" the state had everfaced — swathes of countryside and thousands of homes have been destroyed. and the accountants who disappeared leaving thousands of lorry drivers owing money to the taxman. that's in inside out in half an hour. good morning and welcome to bbc news. harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy that runs the oscars. in a statement, the board said he no longer merited the respect of his colleagues. it follows a series of sexual assault accusations against the producer — including rape — some of which he

and there were some bizarre scenes in venice as an unknown look took out the city's annual marathon about twenty five kilometers into the race and leading group of six run as took a wrong turn after finding a wave of motorcycle it took them a few hundred metres before they realized their mistake costing them precious minutes iow plenty and took a full advantage of the chaos becoming the first italian in twenty two years to win the venice marathon. you're watching the dead money is money can we be here after the break to see how the business world is reacting to another four years of shinzo abbey and you can also see after days at our website on follow us and twitter i'm under that shima that's it for me i want to go will be here shortly. on freedom and hope.

take a quick look at some sport there were bizarre scenes in venice as an unknown local won the city's annual marathon twenty twenty five kilometers into the race and leading rather a leading group of six of us took a wrong turn of the following a wayward motorcycle it took them a few hundred metres before they realized that mistake would cost them precious minutes i have finding out took full advantage of the chaos and became the first italian for twenty two years to win the venice martha. here's a reminder of the top stories at this hour here on the double the united nations is appealing for more than four hundred million dollars in aid whole range of mostly refugees so far the international community has only pledged three quarters of that more than six hundred thousand by him just have fled to bangladesh since late august because of violence in their home country you know. if you get you can always get ready to leave he's only going to stop the draft from the google play from the apple store and give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notificati

i was in venice, it is not his town! i think there are other mafias in this town... that is how he saw himself, as a capo, that is how he rolled down the street with these people in tow. he was capable of killing stories, of denying people interviews. i was once waiting for helena bonham—carter at an awards ceremony at bfi southbank. he turned her around in the taxi because she was one of his women. he said, she is not coming. i said, what do you mean? we have charity money resting on her appearance. he said she is too tired. i said it is 20 grand towards the hitchcock fund. he said, if she wins she can come. he is not the only person to do bargaining in the industry, it works that way. but he was the chief whip—cracker. we all kind of allowed him to come to the baftas and "oh, harvey, come here". there was a red carpet for him and it was done by money, glamour and the aura of respectability which has been burst now. but it has been that way since 1918 or something like that. it is how the movies work. they are the dream factory, the smoke screen. the messages be

media and how it manipulates opinion in a second why are you in london we have to say the truth about venice right and have to spread the truth of our democracy of our own model of democracy socialist democracy so we came to london to speak to the foreign office to speak much more important for us to the to our friends to the trade union and to the grassroots movement it will be let's go to those moments in a second what about tourism is government because normally the not that as well as used as the butt of jokes by either to resume or for insecure boris johnson or any number of british cabinet ministers i have to stowed island that we need some respect venice for. it cannot be used as an internal issue in the internal political affairs of the u.k. now you cannot attack whomever using our country you have to respect our country we are suffering country and it's not fair and it's not polite even in diplomatic relations to do so so we demand respect for venezuela we told mr duncan the truth about venezuela we left some material for him to study some issues that he has no knowledge about and w

the smallest house in venice is not even three meters wide it was built in seventy nine for a family of ten. the last. very special hobby. and there's the dollar exhibition we've got three hundred fifty dollars here some of them herself she was a dressmaker she also sold some of. it how come this family built such a tiny house. for you. to build according to your financial plan when the house was finished. they were happy to be able to build within the city walls. and they had burglars back then too it was safer here on the inside. i'm still got a little time to buy a souvenir of my visit the store carries all sorts of delicacies from the region. like venison salami for instance. not bad. for a liquor made by. maybe we're related. all kinds of knobs. and. witches of course. my last stop for the day is benny got what a castle once a mediæval fortress it was converted into a romantic baroque palace in the eighteenth century. wow i feel like i'm in a fairy tale what a great place for a wedding the banquet hall is particularly crammed. kings princes and counts all feast and here in the

that survive throughout the centuries reflecting at a time when venice was a prosperous state. before becoming part of. the future is a europe one of many different people not the only ones everyone has a right to decide it's only administration a culture has been forgotten children are not told the history of the republic of venice but a history that was never around. this is a strong sense of identity among the nations one of a region that remains of economic powerhouse providing about ten percent of italy's g.d.p. but ask anyone and they will say the region is not getting much in return and it's time for a better financial one they hope will come after taking part in a non-binding referendum that was approved by the constitutional court if you look around here you'd be hard pressed to know there's a referendum taking place now the question voters will have to answer is not about independence but rather whether they want more from the central government during the night there was a mark a better ngo does hope to vote will help save the murano glass industry a cultural flagshi

i was in venice, it wasn't his town! there are other mafias that rule in italy, harvey weinstein isn't one of them. that is how he saw himself, as a capo di tutti capo, that is how he rolled down the street with these people in tow. he was capable of killing stories, of denying people interviews. i was once waiting for helena bonham—carter to come to an awards ceremony for critics at the south bank. he turned her around in the taxi because she was one of his women, on the trail for on the trailforan on the trail for an oscar for the king's speech. he said, she is not coming. i said, what do you mean? we have charity money resting on her appearance. he said she is too tired. i said it is 20 grand to the hitchcock fund. he said, if she wins she can come. i'm not going to say what happened then, but that was the ransom way that he worked this industry. he is not the only person to do bargaining in the industry, it works that way. but he was the chief whip—cracker. we all kind of allowed him to come to the baftas and "oh