while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. let's cross over to. the who filed that report he's standing by for us and. this trial is taking place and we expect. reggae out this is a historic trial this is one of the you said it already one of the biggest trials in the history biggest anti-mafia trials rather in the history of a modern italy now this trial focuses on one particular mob family a monk who saw a family there facing charges ranging from extortion to loan sharking drug smuggling and a lot of white collar crimes and this is actually what the mob families nowadays focus on taking money they make with their illicit activities and reinvesting it buying power and. and buying by buying politicians and even investing in legal activities and this aim of this trial is not to bring an end to end but to shine a light on what they do usually in the shadows. in the ori polls we've just heard from. witnesses and the prosecutor at this trial is surely dangero

emptied and equipment goes unused while the pandemic rages on we meet the local doctors trying to get calabria clinics reopened . and after losing end the league and the cup byron bounce back against a high flying freiburg side stretching their leaves at the top of the in this league if all the bills coming up. on the go fairly well come to the program russian opposition leader alexei know bonnie has been arrested at a moscow airport after flying to the russian capital from berlin now may have been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the kremlin moscow denies any involvement in his poisoning authorities there said they detained a volley for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. kissed goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free by use i'm not afraid. to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport but had been diverted from a different moscow airport whe

invest money or at least spend their holidays here for the right for this to become reality calabria must be finally freed from the grip of the powerful and drunk it's a mafia group. otherwise it will be hard to breathe new life into to small italian town. the smell of fresh air has become a rare commodity for many russians especially those living in the suburbs of big cities huge piles of trash are causing a terrible stench in these areas people living close to the alex since the landfills suffer whenever they step outside or even when they open a window but them side is becoming bigger and bigger emitting toxic fumes you're yes phaedo say of us feared for the health of her children and so she moved away but she and others are keeping up the fight against the growing heaps of trash. the fumes from the landfills start to sting horrendously. your eyes burn your throat hurts and you feel sick. it's as if someone is pouring water down my throat it makes me cough i can hardly breathe they say everything's alright but to merge and see services have the tech to 25 times over the limit. up

do you think this particular trial will have effects of shock waves if you will beyond calabria in other places of italy maybe. well that's the goal. as i said the the the aim is not to take all that i get we're talking about 6000 members a lot more accomplices we're talking about hundreds of families this is not one organization but it's made up of of various hundreds of different clans but their reach goes very far it goes far beyond colombia it goes to italy and in fact they are the one of the most powerful mafia organizations if you can call it that in the world they are the only mafia organization present on all 5 continents so the end of this trial is not to take them out because that is not what they can do at the moment but to show shine a light on how the mafia the. is doing their business how they have changed how they're trying to do white collar crimes how they're trying to. use their illicit money and legal activities and from there the fight will likely continue with more attention. correspondent mark sun sun in. thank you very much. germany has currently under lockdown hun

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tourist highlights are few and far between in this part of calabria sort of town council is offering houses for just one symbolic euro but they're afraid that still won't be enough poverty and lack of economic opportunity are driving the local people the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug into the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian the naisi has long complained bitterly about organized crime you know is all too well the scars the end drunkards are has left the area of. the earth towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans towns of 10000 people were watching a video of the men and women henschel joran were murdered for vendettas but. graf among the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and customs of weapons seized. be caylee of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires. but he won't be intimidated. so along with. this coun

well the credit buyers pandemic has brought the health system in italy's southern region of calabria to its knees but here part of the problem is it's empty hospitals rather than its full ones several hospitals are not being used to to mismanagement of funds and the influence of the mafia reported my son have met a group of retired doctors were fighting to reopen calabria is closed down clinics . these are not your usual squatters the members of a mental unpaired now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor 94 moto takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in cody at the southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there will be a need to occupy. for a motto invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than

tourist highlights are few and far between in this part of calabria sort of town council is offering houses for just one symbolic euro but they're afraid that still won't be enough poverty and lack of economic opportunity are driving the local people the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug into the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian naisi has long complained bitterly about organized crime you know is all too well the scars the end drunkards or has left the area. sort of. towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans towns of 10000 people were watching a video of the men women and children were murdered for vendettas but. where. the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and caches of weapons seized. big kaley of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires. but he won't be intimidated. so along with. his country belongs to those

the italian region of calabria has been hard hit by the coronavirus its health system is under strain and not just because of the number of patients several hospitals are going on use due to mismanagement and mafia interference reporter max sander met doctors who are trying to reopen the closed clinics. these are not your usual squatters the members of your mental i pad now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor and he from otto takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in county at the southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for a motto invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than $20000.00 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00 . the victoria cross and t

tourist highlights are few and far between in this part of calabria such a town council is offering houses for just one symbolic euro but they're afraid that still won't be enough poverty and lack of economic opportunity are driving the local people the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug into the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian been easy has long complained bitterly about organized crime you knows all too well the scars the end drunk has left the area. sort of. towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans towns of 10000 people were watching a video men women and children were murdered for vendettas but. where. the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and kushner of weapons seized. be kaley of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires. but he won't be intimidated. so . this country belongs to those who are decent those who are

beds are empty and equipment goes unused while the pandemic rages on the local doctors trying to get calabria clinics reopened. after losing the league and took fire and bounced back against high flying freiburg stretching their league at the top of the women's league we have all the goals coming up. on the call for a leash welcome to the program russian opposition leader alex has been arrested at a moscow airport after flying to the russian capital from berlin now while they have been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the kremlin moscow denies any involvement in his poisoning authorities there say they detain you for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. future in. the works. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free anybody use i'm not afraid calmly go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport it had been diverted from a different moscow airport where it had previously been expected to

it will be the last thing that mnuchin and calabria do, at least mnuchin, before he leaves office. calabria's term technically ends in 2024. he may be out sooner, but that's where we are right now. then the biden administration, biden is going to approach housing a lot different. they are going to want expansive housing policy so they will probably want to keep fannie and freddie where they are and make -- and help banks make more loans to homeowners. that's where we are right now. again, unclear exactly where they are going. i keep hearing if you are a shareholder don't get your hopes up too high on something that is massively shareholder positive. but we have to see when it comes. again, the rumor is tonight, after the bell, but who knows. it could bleed into tomorrow. back to you, liz. liz: charlie gasparino, thank you so much. all right. we have suddenly taken a leg down on the dow. we are lower by 65 points. we are coming right back with our "countdown" closer. . . keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment

them together with hundreds of lawyers and witnesses the family's reach and influence go far beyond calabria over the years its business model has evolved from fighting bloody wars in the streets to more sophisticated financial crime. scene that i'm getting now operates in the shadows for example by importing tons of cocaine from latin america and quietly buying power and influence for europe this in their twisted but strong sense of family are the main reasons why it's so hard to fight the family clay. we have been to or tells us now working with prosecutors he was raised to become a powerful. that if you start with guns as a child make you shoot. if they carry guns and you're a kid and it's all a game to you. the other kids have toit guns but your guns are real you're not afraid of being beaten but of disappointing those who are training you whenever drugs extorted people and even participated in murders but after the birth of his 2nd child he decided this life was no longer for him and turned against his own family. when it became known that ambushed me twice within 12 hours the 1st time

the italian region of calabria has been hard hit by the corona virus its health system is under strain but not just because of the number of patients several hospitals are going on use due to mismanagement and mafia interference reporter max zander met doctors who are trying to reopen the closed clinics these are not your usual squatters the members of your mental i pad now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor 94 moto takes turns and occupying the wing of this closed down hospital in southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for a motto invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than $20000.00 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00 . the victoria cross and tina was designed to se

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. flooding has left more than $10000.00 homes in the southern serbia without power days of heavy rain and snow in the balkans region have caused rivers to burst banks in and i think houses and fields and disrupting transport. spine is grappling with record low temperatures after the heaviest snow falls for half a century temperatures have plunged to minus $25.00 degrees celsius in areas unused to extreme winter with authorities people to stay indoors indoors rather to avoid straining hospitals with liberty isn't it 19. germany's health minister against bond says the country will not be able to lift all the restrictions in place to curb the spread of the corona virus at the beginning of february the news comes as the death toll from. continues to mount and new infections rise in 24 hours more than 1000 people have died with the virus and

empty and equipment goes unused while the pandemic rages on we meet the local doctors trying to get calabria clinics reopened. and a call for others to welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexei enough has been arrested at a moscow airport after flying to the russian capital from berlin now valmy had been in germany recovering from a nerve agent attack he blames on the kremlin moscow denies any involvement in his poisoning authorities there said they detained for violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence. kissed goodbye and he's taken it was. arrested at passport control just minutes after expressing hope he might go free anybody who says i'm not afraid to go through border control cross the border and go home i know i'm right. against me are fake. just minutes earlier the plane had landed unexpectedly at moscow's sheremetyevo airport but had been diverted from a different moscow airport where it had previously been expected to land. dramatic scenes unfolded police arrested dozens of supporters who wanted to greet the kremlin critic personally authorities had declared t

for this to become reality calabria must be finally freed from the grip of the powerful and trying it's a mafia group. otherwise it will be hard to breathe new life into to small italian town. the smell of fresh air has become a rare commodity for many russians especially those living in the suburbs of big cities huge piles of trash are causing a terrible stench in these areas people living close to the alex since the landfills suffer whenever they step outside or even when they open a window with them side is becoming bigger and bigger emitting toxic fumes your yaphet all say of us feared for the health of her children and so she moved away but she and others are keeping up the fight against the growing heaps of trash. the fumes from the landfills start to sting horrendously. your eyes burn your throat hurts and you feel sick. it's as if someone is pouring water down my throat it makes me cough i can hardly breathe they say everything's alright but to merge and see services have the tech to 25 times over the limit. up with them it's all because of the dump here. but here julia felt lik

but while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. now let's bring in correspondent max ender who you also saw there and that report max is standing by for us in limits yet tell me where the trial is taking place max what's expected. great this is a historic day not just for but also for italy this is a very important trial that just is about to kick off. but to understand the magnitude of this process is it's important to understand how the end operates their core business is to import cocaine from latin america to europe they make a lot of money with it the control of the majority of the cocaine trafficking and selling it throw it throughout europe and they use this money to invest to buy power to buy influence to buy politicians and even for legitimate businesses and a lot of white called the crimes and the aim of this process is not to take out the input on get but more so to shine a light on their business shine a light tell the operates in the sha

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the health care situation in the entire region of calabria is so dramatic that it was placed under the supervision of the national government 10 years ago causing even further cuts to the health budget battle. impact in the past hospitals were closed in order to pay off debts what we're working on now is to recover doctors nurses health personnel and above all facilities in emergencies. mafia infiltration of the health care system is another issue a look at the hospital roof shows an elaborate solar panel an air conditioning system acquire through new critics government contracts for a model says the mafia is behind it. that's what i thought i'd be able to lead an air conditioning system would be useful if it were accompanied by the fact that there are patients inpatients if there are no patients and the question arises why is this being done and why isn't the ultrasound machine for the cardiology war. the people of the like many across the region suffer patients are currently need to travel more than an hour to get to a functioning emergency room which places a large burden especially

do you think this particular trial will have effects of shock waves if you will beyond calabria in all the places of italy maybe. well that's the goal. as i said the the the aim is not to take it we're talking about $6000.00 members a lot more accomplices we're talking about hundreds of families is not one organization but it's made up of of various hundreds of different clans but their reach goes very far it goes far beyond colombia it goes to italy and in fact they are the one of the most powerful mafia organizations if you can call it that in the world they are the only mafia organization present on all 5 continents so the end of this trial is not to take them out because that is not what they can do at the moment but to show china lates on how the mafia the is doing their business how they have changed how they're trying to do white collar crimes how they're trying to. use their illicit money and in legal activities and from there the fight will likely continue with more attention. correspondent someone in. thank you very much. germany is currently under lockdown till the end of ja

would feel like a coward but i made that i mean the missin today and we while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. a 2nd covert 19 wave has hit south africa which has been affected by the pandemic more than any other country on the continent hospitals are completely overwhelmed. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for coverts patients at the hospital in khayelitsha one patient calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for beds to become free next door these women recluses wanted to do we don't want it understood. dr susan has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits a 3rd of his colleagues have already had the virus how do you feel to see off the bill that will sometimes you can forward it was going to be enough for speeds something we don't do enough we don't need you guys and you know the 1.3 difficulty did something good to drill. to do you 1st it looks just so you shoul

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. and of reporting some sports news now and the men's world championships starts today in egypt germany enters the tournament as underdogs the organizers and this will be planned for the event to go ahead with spectators despite the pandemic but that changed after a number of players voiced concerns. for us the god of the pharaohs the mascot of this handball world championship he stands for strength power and in durance characteristics that matter in this mammoth trying to mint. but with the covert pandemic raging now everyone is on board. i'm definitely looking forward to the world championship i realised the situation isn't the best at the moment to host a world championship so. i just wouldn't feel right travelling there in january my priority is my family and i'm convinced that's right. the controversial president of the world federation egypt's mostafa has insisted the tournament must go on it seems like a van

secretary mnuchin and the lector -- and director calabria took steps in the right direction. while i would have preferred going further, at least there is an end to the automatic profit suite, there is the opportunity to build up capital -- sweep, there is opportunity to build up capital, and there are rules to limit the acquisition of the riskiest loans by the gses. have you had a chance to look at these reforms, and have you determined that you would support leaving them in place? >> senator toomey, it is a very important matter. nothing is more important to the future of housing in the united states than what we do with fanning and fretting. any to look carefully at what has been put in place, and we need to find a solution that has bipartisan support, and to work with congress craft an approach -- congress to craft an approach. >> you commit to developing and releasing reform principles both on the regulatory side as well as the legislative side? >> we will certainly give priority to studying this issue and coming up with ideas about what should be done. >> just quickly t

the italian region of calabria has been hard hit by the current a virus its health system is under strain and not just because of the number of patients several hospitals are going used due to manage mismanagement and mafia interference reporter max xander met some doctors who are trying to reopen the closed clinics. these are not your usual squatters the members of movie a mental unpaired now are fighting for a basic need access to medical health care. the group formed by retired medical doctor 94 model takes turns and occupying a wing of this closed down hospital in southern italy. it was absolutely unthinkable 10 years ago and after so many years that this hospital has been in operation after so many years of work and all these people who have worked here in this time that there would be a need to occupy. for a motto invites is to see 1st selves work is still ongoing at the vento constantino but was so few staff the hospital is no longer classified as such. this radiology unit used to do more than $20000.00 screenings per year now it's less than $300.00 . the vittorio constantino was d

very difficult to get people to speak openly and of course what's interesting is this is being held in calabria in the heart of where that they've got to come from the group is established that say really at the end of the 19th century so they have really had time to stablish themselves worldwide rate so to presidential convictions that have a significant effect on their operations. well i think when it comes to this trial in the short answer it's no it's focusing on one particular family the monk was a family also in one particular province of there are bigger families if you will of course it's significant in the fact that people are being brought to trial that process of justice is being administered that evidence is being given against people that people would be terrified to speak to and about before but whether they're going to be convictions or not i think you won't see any dent on the operations or the structure of this group which is very much run through what they call that safe family dynasties and also often also when you have some of the the main men let's say end up behind bars th

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. we'll talk more about this i'm joined tonight by dr she is a senior lecturer in criminology at the university of essex and she focuses on organized crime the italian mafia and especially enjoy again to dr sarah gives good to have you on the program you have written a book entitled into the global dimensions of the most powerful italian mafia mean in tell us that this is shocking to a lot of people and how influential is the mafia now. i'm surprised you're shocked actually because money's probably the one that has made the news the most when it comes to the mafia and then get abroad so i do think the money to have been some very important news about this that i'm going to and specifically about the mobility capacity that some of the clowns have had. in the past 2030 years. some of these managed to move their money and their activities on an opportunity basis obviously and soloing their own soul the friend industry

the health care situation in the entire region of calabria is so dramatic that it was placed under the supervision of the national government 10 years ago causing even further cuts to the health budget battle. in the past hospitals were closed in order to pay off debts what we're working on now is to recover doctors nurses health personnel and above all facilities in emergencies me 80. mafia infiltration of the health care system is another issue a look at the hospital roof shows an elaborate solar panel an air conditioning system acquire through new critics government contracts for a model says the mafia is behind it. i thought i'd be able to lead an air conditioning system would be useful if it were accompanied by the fact that there are patients inpatients if there are no patients and the question arises why is this being done and why isn't the ultrasound machine for the cardiology war. the people of the like many across the region suffer patients are currently need to travel more than an hour to get to a functioning emergency room which places a large burden especially on the elder

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. and let's bring in correspondent max ender who you also saw there and that report max is standing by for us in limits yet tell me where the trial is taking place max what's expected. great this is a historic day not just for the law but also for italy this is a very important trial that just is about to kick off. but to understand the magnitude of this process is it's important to understand how the enron got to operate their core business is to import cocaine from latin america to europe they make a lot of money with it they control the majority of the cocaine trafficking and selling that throat throughout europe and they use this money to invest to buy power to buy influence to buy politicians and even for legitimate businesses and a lot of white collar crimes and the aim of this process is not to take out the input on get but more so to shine a light on their business shine a light tell the operates in the sha

like a coward but i made that i mean did that argee missin today really while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. the 2nd covert 19 wave has hit south africa which has been affected by the pandemic more than any other country on the continent hospitals are completely overwhelmed. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for coverts patients at the hospital in khayelitsha one patients calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for beds to become free next door you can read the signature we think don't want it understood just so. dr susan mccomb caller has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits a 3rd of his colleagues have already had the virus how do you feel to see off the bill that sometimes you see it for what it was going to be enough speed something we don't do enough or didn't we need to employ you know the one point to the difficulty did something your true. who do you 1

among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. google has threatened to disable its search function in australia if the government passes a law forcing digital giants, such as it and facebook, to pay local media outlets for news content. the legislation would make the big tech companies negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters. if they couldn't agree, a government arbitrator would set the price. australia's prime minister scott morrison said it was for australia to make the rules and his country did not respond to threats. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, the long journey home: the nepalese climbers who conquered k2 and have a tale to tell. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they

howard meant that i mean the missing today will be while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. you have let's bring in correspondent max ender who you also saw there and that report max is standing by for us in limits yet tell me where the trial is taking place max what's expected. right this is a historic day not just for but also for italy this is a very important trial that just is about to kick off. but to understand the magnitude of this process it's it's important to understand how the end didn't get to operate their core business is to import cocaine from latin america to europe to make a lot of money with it the control of the majority of the cocaine trafficking and selling it at the throat throughout europe and they use this money to invest to buy power to buy influence to buy politicians and even for legitimate businesses and a lot of white collar crimes and the aim of this process is not to take out the input on get but more so to shine a light

me centered in libya while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. well here in germany the government has signed off on a plan to require travelers from coburg 19 hotspots to get tested before entering the country germany's health minister yen spahn says that the measures are needed to guard against the new more contagious mutation of the virus he also says the country's current lockdown will be extended into february infections and deaths are still at high levels here the government is also facing criticism over what many say is a very sluggish vaccination rollout. after more than 2 months of increasingly tougher restrictions in germany the number of new infections and deaths from the corona virus remains alarmingly high while the vaccination effort is underway some in berlin are disappointed by its progress. i thought i would belong to the 2nd group i'm over 75 years old and that it will be vaccinated soon but i don't think that's going to work i'm a

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. the head of the irish catholic church has apologized to survive as of church run hong's after the publication of a damning inquiry on tuesday some 9000 babies died in facilities for unmarried mothers and the children of the course of several decades as nearly one in 7 children who pass through the doors of these homes which were finally closed in 1998 this is the site of a former mother and baby home and the site of a mass grave more than 800 babies and children died here before the home was torn down it was the discovery of this grave site in 2014 that spurred the report. that this man grew up here. or neglected no no sure what so ever and it wouldn't have been done to animals what we had to suffer and b.b.'s crying crying children i why because they were all hostile or need this starts and cold. and no living here whatsoever ireland's prime minister said the report held up a mirror to an era that it only recent

trafficking which is being held in a purpose built high security courthouse in the southern region of calabria where the guy. has more now from. over $350.00 people on trial lawyers politicians police chiefs which gives you an indication just as the chief prosecutor. that he has been really prosecuting the for years he's been living under police protection for around 30 years just to give you a sense of just how dangerous it is to confront a group of such power but he said you know this is a mafia that looks just like people just before he went into the court today said people are starting to talk before you talk about this organization in whispers this is now it seems that people are opening up you're going to have around 900 witnesses coming forward to give evidence against those who are going to be in cages during in this converted a call center that's now become the courthouse there's going to be wire taps phone conversations that were so i think obviously very interesting when it comes to the details of how this group operates it's believed to be the most powerful certainly out of the maf

murder extortion money laundering and drug trafficking the trial is being held in the southern region of calabria from where the gang originates the drug is one of the most powerful mafia like organizations in italy it's been around since the 18 hundreds and is believed it makes up upwards of $16000000000.00 a year the drug has expanded beyond its lee and is known for moving narcotics money laundering and extortion now $355.00 suspected members are on trial with various charges against them from med a to drug trafficking that considered so dangerous that a fortified courthouse has been built to host a trial live to our jazeera stephanie deca in rome for more on this so quite the spectacle stephanie what are we expecting today. absolutely it is quite dramatic particularly when you see the larger converted call center and there are cages built for the just over 350 defendants these are lawyers a politician and policeman that are accused of having ties or being active members of the that which these days is really seen to those if you ask people who follow the organized crime syndicates as the bigge

among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. republicans in the us senate are asking democrats to put off the trial of donald trump until around mid—february to enable the impeached former president to prepare his defence. house speaker and democrat nancy pelosi said the trial would show america hadn't forgotten that people died during the assault on the capitol hill. the release of james bond film no time to die is to be delayed again as the entertainment industry continues to be hit by the pandemic. daniel craig's final outing as bond will pushed to early 0ctober. it had been set to be released in april following multiple delays. its commitment to hold the delayed summer olympics and paralympics following reports that the entire event could be cancelled following last years announcement of a 12 month delay. much ofjapan is under a state of emergency due to coronavirus and public concerns over an influx of people have tempered some enthusiasm for the games due to start in six months�* time. with me is our reporter, paul haw

among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: the long journey home — the nepalese climbers who conquered k2 and have a tale to tell. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. they called him - the butcher of lyon. klaus altman is being held. on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news, our main headline: president biden lays out his strategy to tackle coronavirus from the

among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. google has threatened to disable its search function in australia if the government proceeds with a new media code that would force it and facebook to pay local media companies for sharing their content. the new laws would mean big tech companies would have to negotiate with local publishers and broadcasters to use their content. if they can't agree, a government appointed arbitrator would decide the price. joining me now from singapore is our business reporter, katie silver. katie, what is google's opposition to this? it seems fair enough, opposition to this? it seems fairenough, if opposition to this? it seems fair enough, if they want to use people's content they needed to pay for it.- needed to pay for it. yes, well, according _ needed to pay for it. yes, well, according to - needed to pay for it. yes, well, according to google| needed to pay for it. yes, - well, according to google they say they are mary linking to other people's content and they are, in that sense, they are just

among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister. you may remember the team of nepalese climbers who became the first to reach the summit of the world's second highest mountain, k2, in winter. they're continuing theirjourney home, and have been giving more details about how they battled freezing temperatures and hurricane—force winds. tim allman has more. the journey there was arduous. the journey back, a lot more enjoyable. this team of nepalese climbers were given a hero's welcome in islamabad. garlanded with flowers and posing for selfies, their achievement is a source of pride. i think it was a great honour and a great team effort. i think it was emotional because we all walked the summit together and it is a clear message for everybody in the world to say that if you unite together, anything is possible. not quite on top of the world, but near enough. k2 has been called the savage mountain — the only one higher than 8,000 metres that had never been climbed in winter. that is, until a few days ago. hazardous conditions only m

me centered in really while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. a 2nd covert 19 wave has hit south africa which has been affected by the pandemic more than any other country on the continent hospitals are completely overwhelmed. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for coverts patients at the hospital in khayelitsha one patient calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for beds to become free next door these women can reduce the stigma to what we think them to do that on the stage of the earth. dr susan you can call it has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits a 3rd of his colleagues have already had the virus how do you feel the office building sometimes you feel for this was going to be enough speed sometimes we don't do enough oxygen we need to inform our youth and you know the 1.23 difficulty did something you're through. to do you could do it looks just so you

while this trial won't free calabria from the clutches of the mafia it is a real chance to bring attention to the cause of suffering for millions of people not just here in italy. germany is currently under lockdown until the end of january looks like that will go on for longer speaking in parliament health minister confirmed reports that blocked all measures would be extended into next month but he said germany had ordered enough vaccines to immunize everyone against covert 19 this year so pace of fascination so far was due to supply problems according to spawn would soon be overcome that's listening to some of what he said . if you're leaving yes today in january 2021 we are experiencing a time of contrasts on the one hand we are in one of the hardest phases of the pandemic behind the daily figures there are people's feet families in mourning on the other hand never in history has a safe exene become available so quickly against a new virus that is a great success and a german success. in health in asean sponsored beaking that the same time span and many of his colleagues in the you have

tourist highlights are few and far between in this part of calabria such a town council is offering houses for just one symbolic euro but they're afraid that still won't be enough poverty and lack of economic opportunity are driving the local people the way to other parts of italy even worse this is a stronghold of the and drug its the calabrian mafia. journalist mikhail ian the naisi has long complained bitterly about organized crime you know is all too well the scars the end drunk has left the area. there are towns that have actually been depopulated by the feuds waged by the rival clans towns of 10000 people who are watching effigy of the men and women henschel jaron were murdered for vendettas but. where. the 2 has experienced some spectacular police raids the last one about 5 years ago when 55 people from 2 clubs were arrested and customs of weapons seized. be kaley of an a.z. has needed 2 policemen to protect ever since. the journalist from to quote from the has received death threats because of his inquires but he won't be intimidated. so along with his country belongs to those who

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