matteo renzi's nickname is the demolition man. the only thing he is bringing down is the government and italy does make sense of security in a time of crisis. paul hawkins, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why cinemas are being forced to close their doors all around the world. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th

italy's new political crisis — former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulls his party out of the governing coalition — in a row over pandemic funding. and hollywood hammered — the pandemic�*s sent profits plummeting to a forty year low. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president trump has become the only us president to be impeached twice. the house of representatives has formerly charged him with inciting insurrection after a mob of his supporters attacked the capitol building in washington dc exactly a week ago. 10 of his fellow republicans abandoned the president to vote with all the democrats in the house to bring the charges. this report is from our north america editorjon sopel. on this vote, the ayes... the moment when donald trump carved himself an unwelcome niche in american history, becoming the first president to be impeached twice. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. as dawn broke over the nation's capitol, the place was somehow unrecognisable. the landscape had changed. it now feels like the front line, a garr

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italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. some of the things the covid pandemic has taken from us are easier to quantify than others. the death toll and the job losses make headlines. the closed arts venues, the lack of shared creative experiences — not so much. but make no mistake, the arts face an unprecedented crisis. my guest is tamara rojo, the internationally renowned dancer and artistic director of the english national ballet. can the performing arts survive the covid calamity? tamara rojo, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. try to capture for me, if you can, the personal and professional impact that covid—19 has had upon you. i don't think that upon me is that interesting or very important at this point — other than, obviously, most of the time that w

italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. the uk's major supermarkets have warned the government that an �*urgent intervention�* is needed to prevent more disruption to northern ireland's food supplies. since the uk separated from the eu, there've been new checks and paperwork on food products being shipped over the irish sea, which have caused delays. for over a week now, shoppers in northern ireland have seen shortages in some supermarkets. here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. overnight, the way we get food into northern ireland from great britain has hugely changed, and shoppers are noticing. i thought i would give everyone a quick update on local supermarkets in northern ireland. i spent an hour today driving round, looking for somewhere just to get fruit and veg. so i've just done a quick shop in my local supermarket. so

italy's been plunged into political chaos because the former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing could not be worse, with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. it is just after 2:30am in the morning. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to wednesday in parliament. in this program... shared anger over food parcels sent to some of england's poorest children. so can i ask the prime minister, would he be happy with his kids living on that? i don't think anybody in this house is happy with the disgraceful images that we have seen of the food parcels that have been offered. scotland's first minister tightens covid restrictions with this appeal. please stick to the spirit and notjust to the letter of these rules. and labour says a mental health shake up won't tackle the root causes of ill health. children from the poorest 20% - of households are four times more likely to have serious mental health difficulties by the age

can this give matteo renzi what he wants and get on with the reforms, to have something that looks a bit more stable? and if we don't get that and we have a technical government, who will be in charge? fabrizio: i cannot answer to the second question, but i can tell you that the country needs the structural reform, which this government and the british government have not been able to do and to put in place. i mean, in terms of education, italy is lagging way behind. women employment is very low in italy. the same between kabir -- between career and having children, it is not working. these issues have been -- they have to be addressed. with the reform of the administration and the reform of justice. if we are -- there is something very, very specific in italy. it is our baseline of growth is lower than our other european countries. and we need structure were reform to make life higher and closer to the one of state. francine: if the ecb were not there, actually holding yields firm, what would happen to italian markets in a situation like this? fabrizio: well, we have seen some activ

renzi he's the leader of that small party that supports while affectionate in the party is sent they want nothing to do with bread so he's going to have to mediate his own party but seeing time talking to the center left democratic party and so lots of negotiation a lot so over the whole street and perhaps in a lot of discussion until tuesday where he will report that but for now much to relish at least seems convinced that it is a possibility all right and what if he's wrong what if these talks do not work out as planned or what would happen next. well at the moment a lot of issues still to be resolved who could be a possible prime minister perhaps giuseppe conti a good perhaps just a few go himself perhaps another figure a technocrat but yes if they do not come up with a solution the president will then possibly go back to a consultations once again to try and find some kind of new coalition and if that doesn't work all together that's the last possible option which is really the option of last resort and that is to dissolve parliament and go towards elections and of course most do

the governing coalition initially is on the brink of collapse after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers from the cabin is frenzied said the government's covert 19 economic relief plans were in adequate prime minister is that they can take now means to cobble together a majority or face a no confidence vote. disneyland has a new attraction and it's targeting mostly senior citizens the theme park an arms kind of tea has been turned into california's 1st corona virus vaccinations supersize it has the capacity to vaccinate thousands of people every day the parts hotels restaurants and usual attractions are currently closed the c.e.o. of parlor a platform that's popular with right wing voices says its ops may never go back online after being banned by major service providers those include amazon apple and google parlor which has $12000000.00 users is accused of allowing violent content on its surface. germany's retail federation says thousands of businesses are at risk of going bankrupt as a result of coronavirus restrictions with non-essential stores closed at p

renzi pulled his party out of the coalition government because he failed to secure an absolute majority of meaning he now heads a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies. ali baba founder jack ma law has made his 1st public appearance since oct china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen in publicly since he criticized chinese regulators soaking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported the business been met with 100 rural teachers by a video meeting on wednesday. internees police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the unrest has been sparked by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worsened by the pandemic police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects at security forces. turning to germany where the government has extended the current coronavirus lockdown the mid feb although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope new restrictions can stem the spread of more transmissible coronavirus berry instead of

the governing coalition initially is on the brink of collapse after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers from the cabinet frenzies said the government's covert 19 economic relief plans were in adequate prime minister is that they content now needs to cobble together a majority or face a no confidence vote. disneyland has a new attraction and it's targeting mostly senior citizens the theme park in our nj county has been turned into california's 1st corona virus vaccinations super size it has the capacity to vaccinate thousands of people every day the parks hotels restaurants and usual attractions are currently closed the c.e.o. of parlor a platform that's popular with right wing voices says its op may never go back online after being banned by major service providers those include amazon apple and google parlor which has $12000000.00 users is accused of allowing violent content on its surface. germany's retail federation says thousands of businesses are at risk of going bankrupt as a result of coronavirus restrictions with non-essential stores closed at presen

renzi told his party out of the coalition government that country failed to secure an absolute majority meaning he now heads a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies. founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via video link on wednesday. and rescuers in eastern china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine authorities have established contact with 12 of the men who have been stuck underground since the explosion damaged the entrance to the mine 10 days ago but fears for their survival are growing. the german government has extended the country's current coronavirus all down to mid february although the country has been reporting a drop in new infections german leaders hope further restrictions can slow the spread of more transmissible coronavirus variants that have emerged in other countri

renzi italia viva party abstained and venti announced their resignation. frenzies party disagrees with prime minister tzipi qantas plan over how to distribute the economic aid. but they're also deep political frictions between qantas and renzi that led to the crisis. yeah when you program it it's often placed a left only think of let's all feel problems that's politics it's populism to believe that you can result in with a post treat on instagram story the government demands respect for the parliamentary rules it must be a turd to specially during a pandemic into crisis like this. qantas am now avoiding a new election at all costs for that he even needs to cobble together a new majority in parliament all win over a tally of eva you know it would be more good news if this is the political will i will work until the very end to create cohesion among the majority party so it will never be my own personal matter the interests of the people have to come 1st for that is that if you. if the government does not reach awful new elections could be on the horizon. th

of a governing coalition in italy is on the brink of collapse after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers from the cabinet francis at the government's coby $1000.00 economy relief plans where in adequate prime minister just half a continent now needs to cobble together a majority or face a new confidence vote. and what does that mean for italy's economy let's ask our financial markets. in frankfurt. what does this mean actually for the covert 19 relief age there. well it is in jeopardy monica and we're talking about a huge amount of money italy or supposed to get more than $200000000000.00 euros out out of this covered relief package you know the funding that the european union provides in order to help the economy in the euro pean union to recover after the pandemic is over the funds are a mixture of loads and grants and obviously the 5 star party in a row which is backing the prime minister tries to avoid too many loans here because it doesn't want brussels to have too much of a say in how the funds are used that is of course. bit of a strange position here.

renzi pulled his party from qantas coalition last week over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the world health organization says a highly contagious corona virus strain found in the u.k. has been detected in at least 60 countries in germany schools and businesses will stay shut until at least mid february chancellor merkel and state premiers agreed to extend the existing code with 19 restrictions they also agreed to mandate the wearing of medical masks on public transport and in shops so those were the headlines the news continues here now to 0 after al-jazeera investigations 3 days that stop the work station that's watching. i. it has been a year since i went to war to report on the outbreak in january i would say this pandemic has changed china and the whole world dramatically. when your has passed since i went to work. and i still can't forget many things that happened there during the days and lockdown. going on down trying to sound here. to us it was so that when i was young i owed to fulfill a song though so it was just that yeah it's easy enough these hot lines anyway.

italy tonight facing a new political crisis after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers out of the cabinet are india's angry about government spending plans for billions of euros pledged by the european union for coated 19 really the ministers withdrawal leaves the ruling coalition led by giuseppe conte without a majority. italy was grappling with plans about how to distribute the sizeable e.u. aid into wednesday night the government and that is that because he wants to use the 222000000000 euros to stimulate the italian economy but the junior coalition partner former prime minister or tear it insists you tell you have a party opposes the idea the party's 2 ministers it stains during the road and rinse you know it's the resignation the high point of weeks of ringing between ramsi encounter. it is to plan for spending billions in e.u. funds to help countries better by the coronavirus pandemic because he ations collapsed due to opposition from the biggest coalition partner the 5 star movement but deeper political frictions between content that in c. lead to the c

renzi to pull his party's support for the government it's a court in thailand has handed a record 43 year jail sentence to a woman for insulting the king a former civil south servant was found guilty on $29.00 counts of violating thailand's strict laws on criticising the monarchy by schools say she had posted audio clips on social media prior to her sentencing the woman known only as one child said she now understood what she had done. not ours so i didn't really think it through and was too confident and not being careful enough to realize it at the time that it wasn't appropriate this is a big lesson for me. in indonesia more than a dozen people have been killed and tens of thousands evacuated after flash floods across the country on monday president joe cole we don't go visit it 5 hit areas in the province of south cali montana and in russia about 25 people have been arrested in the city of st petersburg after protesters rallied in support of kremlin critic alexina rami parker ever heard the roar of the protesters were taken one by one to nearby police buses now bonnie has been ja

matteo renzi was the man whistling a different tune. he has come under interns criticism -- intense criticism in germany. >> he probably had good reason to show everyone does government did not have a sufficient majority. i think they will find a solution because italy deserves a good government. reporter: but not everyone in rome was so sure. >> confidence in the government? at this point, no. especially with all the games being played, as they looked for one extra member of parliament to reach a majority. this is not the way you govern the country, particularly a country like italy. >> i'm not very confident, frankly, because i think the behavior, particularly of some political parties, has been very are responsible that share responsible -- has been very not responsible. reporter: whatever the outcome, italians must now deal with political upheaval to add to the turmoil caused by a financial crisis and the pandemic. brent: for more now, i am joined by a german-italian political scientist at the center for international studies at the

renzi he's the leader of that small party that supports while a faction within the party is sent they want nothing to do with renzi so he's going to have to mediate his own party but at the same time talking to the center left democratic party and so lots of negotiation lots of the whole street thing perhaps in a lot of discussion until tuesday when he will report that but for now much to relish at least seems convinced that it is a possibility all right and what if he's wrong what if these talks do not work out as planned or what would happen next well at the moment a lot of issues still to be resolved who could be a possible prime minister perhaps giuseppe conti a good perhaps mr fieger himself perhaps another think a technocrat but yes if they do not come up with a solution the president will then possibly go back to consultations once again to try and find some kind of new coalition and if that doesn't work all together there's the last possible option which is really the option of last resort and that is to dissolve parliament and go towards elections and of course most don't wan

renzi the former prime minister and leader of that small party meet that decision to cool its support from the government creating this crisis and situation and he has been widely. criticised irresponsible but clearly now mr condit had to meet that decision when he saw that didn't have the support in order to handle his resignation. blunders legal club her tourbillon have announced that they're hiring dada as the new head coach this will be darn 2nd stint at the helm for her after serving as head coach for the burley in club for 4 years until 2019 hers are dangerously near the relegation zone and will be hoping the hungry and can turn around their fortunes the club sacked bruno love idea on saturday english side chelsea have sacked their coach frank lampard after a run of 5 defeats in 8 league games lampard leaves with the london club only and 9th place in the premier league table chelsea said that performances have not met expectations this season despite the club spending nearly 250000000 euros on new players german coach thomas to hurl is tipped to take over from lampard. the state

renzi the former prime minister and leader of that small party meet that decision to cool its support from the government creating this crisis and situation and he has been widely criticized for irresponsible but clearly now mr condit had to make that decision when he saw that he didn't have the support in order to hand in his resignation. when does leader club bilin have announced they are hiring paul darvill way as the new head coach will be dartos 2nd stint at the helm for her after serving as head coach for the berlin club for 4 years until 202019 person now dangerously near the relegation zone albeit hoping the one darian can turn around their fortunes the club sacked bruno lubber dia on saturday. english side chelsea have sacked have sacked their coach frank lampard after a run of 5 defeats in 8 league games lampard leaves with the london club only in 9th place in the premier league table chelsea said that performances had not met expectation for a season despite the club spending nearly 250000000 euros on new players german coach thomas to one is to is tips to take over from lo

renzi pulled his party from context coalition last week over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic so those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream station thanks for watching saturday. frank assessments you've got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there's only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to $200.00 people informed opinion as to how big this foreign policy figure in the early stages of a buy ministration becomes it office for the huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines how will a place like good little get the vaccine when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for it inside story on al jazeera. after me ok welcome to the strange how many times of peace senor african friends and family are roll their eyes when they talk about some leaders on the african continent and up here on my laptop this is the regime index of african governance it takes those iraq's and applies data to them asking africans every year what do you think about your leaders

renzi vivah party abstained and then he announced their resignation. prince's party disagrees with prime minister tzipi qantas plan over how to distribute the economic aid. but there are also deeper political frictions between content and the frenzy that led to the crisis. reserve yowie program it's often placed a left political let's solve your problems that's politics it's populism to believe that you can result in with a post on instagram story the government demands respect for the parliamentary rules there must be a turd to especially during a pandemic in a crisis like this. qantas a male avoiding a new election at all costs for that he either needs to cobble together a new majority in parliament or win over a tally of or you know move to more durable if this is the political will i will work until the very end to create confusion among the majority parties it will never be my own personal matter the interests of the people have to come 1st for that is for the future that even. if the government does not reach awful new elections could be on the h

family is facing a new political crisis tonight after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers out of the cabinet renzi is angry about government spending plans for billions of euros pledged by the european union for covert 19 relief the ministers withdrawal leaves the ruling coalition led by giuseppe conte without a majority italy was grappling with plans about how to distribute the sizeable e.u. aid into wednesday night the government and the g. separate country wants to use the 222000000000 euros to stimulate the italian economy but pursuing your coalition partner or former prime minister or tear it insists you tell you have a party opposes the idea the party's 2 ministers are staying steering the road and rinse announced the resignation the high point of weeks of wrangling between raincy and qantas it issued plans for spending billions in e.u. funds to help countries better by the coronavirus pandemic because the asians collapsed due to a position from the biggest coalition partner the 5 star movement but deeper political frictions between content that in c. led t

renzi a former prime minister the former florence cool the support of his tiny party the italian party from the government yanking his ministers from their triggering this crisis treaty and it led to that confidence what we saw there was that he got an absolute majority in the lower house of parliament but in the senate you only got a relative majority and so it was very clear from that point that it was going to be a struggle for condi to pass legislation to move forward with any policy agenda and when this judicial vote was expected later this week rather than risking defeated that he'd be the decision looking at the fact that he didn't have enough support support to eventually resign on tuesday what now for country will he be given a mandate to set up a new government. well the ball now is really in the court of the president that will last now he will be meeting with content and he expects that there are a couple of options more here 1st he could either offer her account to another mendi as well to form with a similar coalitional perhaps a different parties where he has more broad

renzi old his party out of the coalition government a country failed to secure an absolute majority needed he now heads a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies. this is due to the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news or visit our website w dot com. in less than 24 hours donald trump will depart the white house without welcoming its new resident soon to be president joe biden a final break with tradition by a president who came to power promising to break all the rules and he deliver on that promise at home and abroad tonight trump's former national security adviser john bolton joins me to discuss the global order after 4 years of america 1st the good the bad and the broken i'm burnt off in berlin this is the day. walk if you have to lose by trying something new like from this pandemic this horrible plague that came in from china it's going to disappear one day it's like a miracle it will disappear the united states will withdraw from the iran from the paris nuclear deal climb in a court for absolutely no it is empty and for abso

renzi pulled his party from contest coalition last week over his handling of the coronavirus bennett. the world health organization says a highly contagious corona virus strain detected in the u.k. has been found in at least 60 countries in germany schools and businesses will stay shut until at least mid february chancellor angela merkel and state premiers agreed to extend the existing with 19 restrictions they also agreed to mandate the wearing of medical masks on public transport and in shops a 1000 doses of the chinese developed vaccine a been delivered deep into brazil's amazon rain forest hospitals and clinics in the region on the verge of collapse as oxygen supply has dwindled. it's been one year since south korea reported its 1st coronavirus case the country's been battling a 3rd way but there are signs it's under control ryan reports from seoul. one time south korea was the worst affected country outside china when the fear of this new and relatively unknown virus was very real. everyone to restrain themselves from group of interactivity is not only an indoor places but also

renzi the former prime minister and leader of that small party meet that decision to cool its support from the government creating this crisis and situation and he has been widely criticized for being irresponsible but clearly now mr condit had to make that decision when he saw that he didn't have the support in order to hand in his resignation so what do you see happening after conte's resignation tomorrow i mean will he be able then to have to try to build a more stable government. well that really is the burning question at this moment we do know is that he is scheduled to have a cabinet meeting to tell them of his decision then he will head up to the presidential palace and meet with the president said and hand in his resignation then we'll see what happens will matter a lot didn't give him the possible mandate to create this role of coalition for drawn upon or will material after consultations with the different parties then turn towards another figure another political leader or perhaps even a technocratic united technical government and the possible option these elections but t

italy is plunging into a new government crisis tonight after former prime minister matteo renzi told his party's ministers out of the cabinet renzi is unhappy about government plans to spend billions of euros pledged by the european union for covert 19 relief he says that he may be willing to support a new administration led by what he calls a nonpartisan figure that withdrawal of the 2 ministers leaves the ruling coalition led by giuseppe kong day without a majority. or let's go now to correspondent sima groups as she joins us from rome see me it's good to see you how did this you have this internal coalition fight escalate into a full blown government crisis. well mr renzi making that decision to yank his ministers from the government but really plunging everything into a complete chaos if you like in terms of how things are going to follow it now he however has long threatened to pull his support he has complained about conti's plan on how he's expected to use the billions of euros to move the e.u. recovery fund to help countries deal with the up close and demi situation as the ec

his former coalition partner matteo renzi was the man whistling a different to the party chief has come under intense criticism in italy though he looks the most relaxed manner around concept our modern. probably had good reason to show everyone that this government did not have a sufficient majority i think however that they will find a solution. because it only deserves a good government. but not everyone in room was so sure. of my confidence in the government or not at this point. especially with all the games being played. out for one extra member of parliament to reach it. this is not the way you going to country a country like italy. well you know no not very confident frankly because i think the behavior particularly of some political parties has been very irresponsible response of the. president could now charged with forming a new government if he can find additional support. whatever the outcome italians must now deal with political of people to add to the turmoil caused by a financial crisis and the pandemic. and we just have one sports item for you english football club shel

renzi pulled his party out of the coalition government a country failed to secure an absolute majority meaning he now has a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies. and ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticized chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported that the business of businessmen met with 100 rural teachers via video meeting on wednesday. but we head to the black sea now into a sprawling seaside palace complex with its own app a theater a teahouse and a hello pad who wouldn't want to own it while russian president vladimir putin is denying that he already owns such a property kremlin critic alexina bali has released a 2 hour video of the complex he says the president partly finance with taxpayer money. they calling it's the new best i in the 2 hour video only explains how his anticorruption foundation had been able to film the property from above for the 1st time using a drug he says is nothi

italy's former prime minister matteo renzi has sparked a political crisis by pulling his party's ministers out of the ruling coalition that leaves it without a majority of parliament or n.z. is unhappy about government plans to spend billions of euros pledged by the european union for kovan 19 really the german government has signed off on a plan to require travelers from cove and 19 hotspots to get tested before entering the country now the country's health minister yen spahn said that the measures are needed to guard against the new more contagious mutation of the virus he also said that the current lockdown will be extended into february infections and deaths are still at high levels here the government is facing criticism over what many say is a sluggish vaccine. 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. back to you and i thought i would belong to the 2nd group i'm over 75 years old

renzi pulled out of contest ruling coalition 2 weeks ago economic conditions in syria have drastically worse and then recent months the currency is in a downward spiral sending the price of food and basic goods soaring by more than 200 percent that means increasing numbers of children are trading in school for landfills charlotte bellis reports. mona lives in a refugee camp in the syrian province of it live every day with her friends she comes to this landfill she searches for plastic she can sell for cycling probably a lot of money. i come here every day to work and help my father who is sick and can't work i'm helping my father to buy some bread because we left our area see jar and we have nothing but some clothes. after 10 years of civil war syria's economy is in tatters in 20 live in the currency traded at $47.00 layers to the dollar no it's more than $1200.00 the u.n. says food prices tripled last year and used to mates 4 and 5 syrians now live below the poverty line this winter has been a shortage of fuel and wheat cross over on a dry land. we come here every morning scrapping th

the governing coalition in italy is on the brink of collapse after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party's ministers from the cabinet branches that the government's called $900.00 economic relief plans were in adequate prime minister just at the continental needs to cobble together a majority of face a no confidence vote. sharing platform air b.n. b. is blocking and canceling all the reservations in the washington d.c. metro area during the week of president elect joe biden's inauguration that also includes bookings made through its subsidiary hotel tonight security forces are on high alert after supporters of president trump stormed the u.s. capitol last week. and social media parlor favored platform for right wing voices might not come back into services says its c.e.o. the site has been cut off by major service providers including apple google and amazon they accuse pilar of playing a role in connection with last week's violence and washing out. amid a major logistics subsidiary of deutsche bahn will no longer accept goods for transport to the united kingdom the compa

renzi pulled his party out of the coalition government but country failed to secure an absolute majority meaning he now has a minority government that will struggle to implement its policies. ali baba founder jack ma has made his 1st public appearance since october china's most high profile tech billionaire hadn't been seen since he publicly criticised chinese regulators stoking speculation that he was missing chinese state media reported the businessman met with 100 rural teachers via a video meeting on wednesday. rescuers in eastern china are stepping up efforts to try to reach 22 miners trapped in a gold mine authorities have established contact with 12 of the men who have been stuck underground since an explosion damaged the entrance to the mine 10 days ago but fears for their survival are growing and in tunisia police have clashed with protesters for a 5th night in several cities including arianna the unrest has been sparked by mounting anger over the country's economic crisis worse than by the pandemic police used tear gas while protesters set barricades on fire and threw objects a

there is a very harsh attack on matteo renzi. it's difficult for italians to figure out why the country needs an election right now given that all of this is happening, the economic crisis, the pandemic, the g20 presidency. it seems like this crisis will go on for a few weeks and may not end necessarily in a vote. when you look at the market reaction, -- are moving but they are relatively calm. it is very hard to bet against that. matt: it does seem like the spread is so tight, tighter than it was even in 2018. is that because they are getting the money, they just need to figure out how to spend? maria: that's a very good point, matt. while this crisis is happening today, just two days ago, the italian government approved a decree for the recovery fund, which leaves out the priorities in terms of the money and how they will spend it. it doesn't show that there is almost a huge difference between -- it does show that there is almost a huge difference between what is happening on the executive front and what is happening with polit

a cabinet meeting has been taking place in which two ministers from former prime minister matteo renzi's italia viva party were expected to quit. that would bring down the government of giuseppe conte as the government struggles to contain coronavirus. the british government has said it will investigate the quality of food parcels being sent to those on free school meals during lockdown after a number of complaints about the size and standard of some supplies. england footballer and food poverty campaigner marcus rashford shared images of food parcels online, saying they were "just not good enough". this is bbc news. the latest headlines... us officials say hundreds will be charged for their roles in the violence at capitol hill last week, for everything from trespassing to murder. democrats are pushing their case for impeachment, with president trump showing no remorse for his actions in the run—up to the capitol siege. uk police forces are warning of tougher action against those who fail to comply with coronavirus restrictions. the head of the national police chiefs' council said the

renzi his party from come to his coalition last week of his handling of the corona virus pandemic come to appeal to senators ahead of the vote defending his leadership through the crisis. schools and businesses will stay shut in germany until at least mid february after the chancellor angela merkel and state premiers agreed to extend 1000 restrictions they also agreed to mandate the wearing of medical mosques rather than simple cut the ones on public transport and in shops the number of new cases has been falling but although it is fear the situation could deteriorate. it's been one year since south korea reported its 1st case of coronavirus the country's been battling a 3rd way but there are signs it's on the control since a record $1200.00 cases were reported on christmas eve the number of new infections has been steadily dropping from abroad reports from seoul. one time south korea was the worst affected country outside china when the fear of this new and relatively unknown virus was very real owed everyone to restrain themselves from group of interactivity not on the indoor places

prime minister is facing a dramatic political impact sparked by matteo renzi's withdrawal of his party from government. the move robbed conte. joining us is the deputy cheryl -- jeopardy chair of rothchild group. thank you so much for giving us your time. when you look at the complexity of italian politics, a lot of people outside italy don't know what will happen in the next seven days. there are a number of options. what do you think is the most likely scenario? paolo: it is complex also for italians. i believe that we will find a new majority on tuesday in the senate. the new majority made up by what we call responsible mp's, mp's which are from other parties to give mr. conte a majority. some senators are ready to vote for mr. conte. francine: but does it weaken his hand to decide the recovery fund money that the e.u. gives italy? does that make it a bit more messy? paolo: well, yes, it doesn't simplify the situation. the whole subject we are discussing with the business community is how the government will deal with the 209 billion euros which are part of what we call next-generat

renzi quit his coalition. mr conte won by sixty votes, a bigger—than—expected margin of victory. but he faces a tougher test on tuesday in the upper house, or senate, where his government has only a slim majority. 12 miners trapped underground after an explosion in a chinese gold mine have alerted the authorities that they're still alive by managing to send a handwritten note to the surface. state media says the message was passed through a rescue shaft. the fate of another 10 men missing after the blast remains unclear. scottish fisherman have brought parts of central london near downing street to a standstill in protest at problems exporting fish to the eu due to brexit. many say they have not been able to export their stocks because new regulations have added lengthy delays to their delivery times. this has prompted some european buyers to reject the products. a team of nepalese climbers has safely descended after becoming the first ever to reach the top of the world's second highest mountain k2 — in

renzi to follow his party's support for what the government will have to stephanie in rome for us so stephanie day 2 of a potential political crisis what are we expecting today. that's right we're probably just watching him the prime minister addressing the senate he's going to have a harder time is need he needs to convince more of them to be on board he doesn't have the numbers for he doesn't have the majority anymore off her. party pulled out so it's going to be another long day we're expecting that vote to happen sort of late afternoon early evening he did win the vote yesterday with more of a majority than people expected today what analysts predict is potentially because there is some word that the members of. the party that pulled out rather than voting against that he could perhaps end up still with a functioning government but far weaker than before but of course there's still the possibility it's very difficult to predict that he loses the vote in which case you'd have to hand in his resignation then you go into a whole other political crisis but certainly the timing of thi

italy's former president prime minister matteo renzi has sparked a political crisis by pulling his party's ministers out of the ruling coalition that leaves it without a majority in parliament renzi is angry about government spending plans for billions of euros pledged by the european union for kovan 1000 release. germany's health minister says the country won't be able to lift its coronavirus restrictions at the end of the month you also announced that travelers from covered $900.00 hotspots would have to get tested before entering the country corona virus infections and deaths are still at high levels throughout germany this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at g.w. news all this is our website d w dot com. it was one week ago that a mob stormed the u.s. capitol building demanding blood and ballots in exactly one week this is also where joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th u.s. president and today at the u.s. capitol between domestic terror and a peaceful transfer of power the unprecedented 2nd collision between the president of the united states. and impeachm

italy's former prime min prime minister matteo renzi has sparked a political crisis by pulling his party's ministers out of the ruling coalition that leaves it without a majority in parliament renzi is angry about his government spending plans for billions of euros pledged by the european union for the 19 release. germany's health minister says the country won't be able to lift its coronavirus restrictions at the end of the month he also announced that travellers from code in $1000.00 hotspots would have to get tested before entering the country corona virus infections and deaths are still at high levels throughout germany this is g.w. news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or this is our website d w dot com. it was one week ago that a mob stormed the u.s. capitol building demanding blood and ballots and exactly one week this is also where joe biden will be sworn in as the 46th u.s. president and today at the u.s. capitol between domestic terror and a peaceful transfer of power the unprecedented 2nd collision between the president of the united states. and impeachment

renzi to pull his party's support from the constant. not to the u.s. where the capital is under a security lockdown ahead of when states presidential inauguration the secret service is carrying out one of its largest operations to date the national mall usually packed with tourists is now a heavily militarized zone 2 weeks ago the steps of the capitol were overrun by riotous well now it's close to the public joe biden's inauguration will be held on wednesday right outside the capitol building officials are urging the public says stay away over security concerns and covert 19 the capitol building in nearby areas a part of a red goal no goals zone for almost all vehicles most of it has been fenced off and just beyond that is a green zone is still open to residents and local businesses but close to everyone else john hendren has more from the streets of washington. this is where washington d.c.'s green zone ends and the red zone begins these are some of the 21000 national guard troops who've been called in to protect the capitol by wednesd