but you are also looking at the input cushions for the reform agenda in italy. francine: absolutely. it is very clear that the markets like the results, but i would point to the fact that after eight rounds of voting, if you need to actually reelect a president that did not want a second term, that wanted to retire and was flat hunting, there is something wrong with the system. there is something wrong with the elections or the way the elections are held. it shows the dysfunctionality. another concern the markets may not be pricing and, does this forced mario draghi to govern in a different style and weaken his changes because he wants to be president in a couple years? markets are happy with the result right now, but there are elections coming in 2023 and italy has always been pretty volatile politically. tom: it is that short-term relief. it is fascinating that mattarella said he didn't want the job and got the job and mario draghi has to intervene. how about the mario draghi brand and how it affects his standing in the politics of italy? francine: we are stil

they were put in place to help countries like italy. the amount of money that it receives and also the austerity measures they put in place. if he leaves this prime minister, it is very difficult to fill those shoes to make sure the grants and loans are your dispersed. tom: the future of that reform agenda in italy in question as we face these political changes. let's get the bloomberg business flash with laura wright. >> microsoft shares recovered in late trade after the software giant reassured investors that its cloud computing business has the potential to drive growth. the company posted second-quarter sales and profit gains with revenue climbing 20%. sources say deutsche bank is weighing a 15% increase to its bonus pool as it looks to compete for talent while keeping costs low. still, there will be a divergence and pay across units with raises for the investment bank and cuts to some of the backend staff. investment banking generated almost double the profit of deutsche's three other divisions combined last year. bank of america i

but italy interrupts his work on the divine comedy cycle. he goes to rome, where he spends more than a year, creating frescoes for the sistine chapel, a great honor in recognition of his talent, back in florence. but a chelly takes up dante scenes again. he's motivated and creative and finds a narrative style that is absolutely unique indeed, but italy proves to be a great innovator, carving new, artistic paths. ah then that the dello surnow in the apostolic library in the vatican is the conceptual study, the blueprint for the masterpiece, encompassing all $100.00 can taste. it lays the foundation for the artists unusual approach we look at, but i would think that his son, if i don't think it's interesting to compare body charlie's drawings with what is essentially a contemporary codecs produced between 148014958 gummy report book here we have the traditional relationships between image and text, a full scenario face. the image is directly related to the jagged man and it depends only one moment i will swallow me though english is or selecti

eric: italy wants to stop the boats, even if it costs lives. savvas kourepinis: i am in the sea trying to keep the people alive, and you tell me to call malta. eric: we join a rescue group saving boats in defiance of italy. so they see you as the enemy? gerard canals: absolutely, yes. eric: and we follow migrants on their perilous path to europe. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ eric: we're about to set sail on a high stakes mission. open arms rescues migrants and refugees in distress. [speaking in foreign language] eric: its founder and director, oscar camps, says its one aim is to save lives. oscar camps: [speaking in foreign language] oscar camps: [speaking in foreign language] eric: he was once a lifeguard patrolling the calm beaches of barcelona. now, his passion is using lifesaving skills on the open sea. he says open arms has rescued 62,000 people in the past 6 years. these days he's also fighting european governments trying to turn back the boats. oscar: [speaking in foreign language] eric: [speaking in foreign language] oscar: [speaking i

at least we'll take a look at why italy is making that ah m. anthony howard welcome to the program. the so called islamic state has launched its largest scale attack in syria since it was defeated there in 20. 19 prism holding to hadis in the northeast of syria was the target the kurdish lead syrian democratic forces site. they recaptured most of the inmates that escaped, but clashes continued in the area. a 2nd attack by ice took place in iraq and an army barracks north of baghdad. 11 soldiers were killed in the janice deadliest operation in the country. this year the sounded intense. gunfire fills the air in the syrian city of her soccer. as kurdish led forces fights with militants from the so called islamic stays. the bottles had been centered around the choir on prison where thousands of suspected i as fighters are held. the fighting broke out lays on thursday. when i asked sleeper cells launched an attack on the prison. 2 days later, the kurdish lad forces, backed by us coalition aircraft, are struggling to regain control within the violence has sent patterns of civilians . fal

but italy's drawings could once again be viewed, where did they come from? how did they we surface the reason that the duke is acquiring the water chelly of drawings, his but he has been out of italy from 179122180. 2, acquiring manuscripts, lots and lots a manuscript. he comes back to, to britain. and he is introduced to the leading london bookseller, james edwards, who becomes his mentor, and supplier, and edwards is out in paris and in april of 18 o free. and then when edward is back, he writes a letter to be the 10th duke saying, but he's just returned from paris, where he has spied our manuscripts at molinas. claudio molina is the 1st person to him, but italy's drawing can be traced. a handwritten note by marleni and the cover of the most important clues to the question of where they had been all those years. yeah, f in franklin and stan this states to france at the end of the 18th century and in 5th and hunt up as a roughly sometime between the 1780 s and the early 70 ninety's austin. popular conclusion can be drawn from the papers up here and from the

at least we look at why italy is taking that step. ah, i'm pablo folio welcome to the program. the so called islamic state has launched its biggest attack in syria since it was defeated there in 2019. their target was the way run prison in the northeast of the country. the kurdish lead sirian democratic forces say they repel the attackers and recaptured all or most of the inmates who escaped from the prison made the chaos. the pentagon conferred confirmed it provided air support to help drive back i ass 24 hours after the initial on slot. the neighborhoods around whereon prison were still a battle ground. conflicting reports of numbers of dead fighters and civilians hung over the city like the plumes of smoke from explosions. almost a 100 suspected eye as fighters managed to escape from the prisoner. these kurdish security forces prepared for combat. one, ha, we're now going into the basel round about where there's about $300.00 is lamar state fighters coming out, father will be facing them and turning them back to where they came from. got us will make them regret what they di

how important is the post of president in italy? yeah, i mean, this is not something that you can call a ceremonial role, especially in this country because the president becomes really important when you've got political deadlock after elections, for example. and he's got to step in and bring the parties together and help build and, and a government. we have seen presidents in the past getting involved when it comes to the appointment of presidents, excuse me, of prime ministers, as well as ministers. for example, the current president are mr. marilla blocked the appointment of an economy and finance minister back in 2018 that he felt was far too. you're a skeptic and that would jeopardize italy's relationship with the rest of the european union. so in a country way, governments don't last very long. in fact, mister material as president has, has seen 5 governments in his 7 year term. the president really does become an important figure and many people in this country would like to see mister drug there. because right now he is pre

it was the chilling images from northern italy in march 2020. that made us realize how serious the corona virus pandemic was going to be. we so hospitals overwhelmed with the sick and convoys of military vehicles taking the dead away. now with lee is one of the 1st countries in europe to introduce a vaccine mandate for over fifty's, at least happy to roll at these sleeves for a jab. most people at this, maxine st in rome are getting their booster shot nearly 80 percent of italians awfully vaccinated. the majority of the diameter british understood the need though for her and the good of ne vaccination. obviously her we can or each 100 percent or no doubt. i mean this is impossible everywhere. a little work. her name is all the worries that he's getting that to me with the army on variant people. they may think linda, all me go on. these are like a simple flu. it is not true for a to war, had with vaccinations, and they explained the numbers much better. more italians are getting covered at the moment despite the good vaccination rates, but they'

italy. ople he wanmia:to event we were scared of the rus. in the beginning we thought it was a type of severe flu, but then what we saw on television told uthat it was something altogether different. and the enre villagead t same tught -- vaccinate. reporter: in this hardware sto, everyone has to wear mask. mimma wants to do all she can to protect against the new omicron variant. mimma: yes, and it's the right thing to do. u have to otect yourlf, just like you have to protect others. we are vaccinated. but still, you have to be careful. reporter: in fact, palazzo adriano h a vaccation ratether europn cities can only dream of. going by official statistics, 104% of the population are . that statistical quirk isn't a cinematic fantasy, but due to the fact that the figure includes visitors whwere vaccinat right herin the cinema paradiso museum, which just happe to be houd in the town hl's largesroom. nicolo: this is the cinema paradiso museum. the film is still impoant to us. so locating our vaccination center here was common sense, but also abo

and italy prepare. students would use one of your best, national coven vaccine, mondays. but you have a fifties at least look at why 80 is taken. that's them. ah, i am eddie mike garcia and you are welcome to the program. fighting has been raging for it that day between the so called islamic state on kurdish forces in syria. it comes up that a slum is stormed, a prison, where thousands of its members were held. the monitoring gives says some 9 to people died in the assault, which was i as is largest and serious since it was defeated that in 2019 thousands of prisoners asked, fell on to run 24 hours after the initial onslaught. the neighborhoods around. whereon prison were still a battleground. conflicting reports of numbers of dead fighters and civilians hung over the city like the plumes of smoke from explosions. almost a 100 suspected eye as fighters managed to escape from the prisoner. these curtis security forces prepared for combat. one, ha, we're now going into the basel round about where there's about $300.00 is lamar state fighters coming out, father will be facin

he sporting chances to be italy's next president.— sporting chances to be italy's next president. he put himself forward, dignity, _ next president. he put himself forward, dignity, and - next president. he put himself forward, dignity, and said i next president. he put himself forward, dignity, and said he l forward, dignity, and said he would be interested in the position? it is a seven—year position. why did he want to shift to president from prime minister? has he not got more power and more ability to affect the italy right now as prime minister? i affect the italy right now as prime minister?— prime minister? i said two reasons- _ prime minister? i said two reasons. the _ prime minister? i said two reasons. the first - prime minister? i said two reasons. the first is i prime minister? i said two reasons. the first is that l prime minister? i said two l reasons. the first is that i'm becoming president, he is insulated from political volatility. from there he can protect his legacy, he can make sure italy is thermally an atlanta sister country. we have seen too manyjojos

i still think italy is on a better path. mario draghi increase potential growth in italy on the back of next generation eu funding, the $325 million stimulus that italy is benefiting from today. it is very important to have success continuing in the path of reform on the structural side and clear catch-up on the investment side so they get onto a higher growth path. that is the optimistic scenario. the risks to remain. francine: will be see a sudden move? will the market afford a bit of time for things to settle. will be just see a widening of the spread? guest: i haven't seen italy's exit risk price for the last two years. in the crisis, they want to protect the euro at all costs. it had completely annihilated any form of pricing or premium coming from covid. i think this could continue because the ecb is still there. as you know, there is a reshuffling of the landscape after draghi. he used to be prime minister. we don't know what the italians want with the success of draghi. this is what markets could be worried about. it

how are you thinking about the political risk in italy? there is a lack of transparency on the stakes when it comes to cbt's and we saw pickup from the fed yesterday. part of that was the russia risk. is there consequential threat to the italian economy? paul: i do not think there is a substantial threat. to put it lightly, political instability is not unknown in italy. businesses and investors are used to a certain amount of uncertainty in the political sphere. there is recognition that -- would provide strong leadership in italy, even in a providential role. the general view is that italy have had a transformation over the last months and their economy is on a firmer foundation. francine: i know there is a transformation and then there is a number of articles suggesting that reo druggie was not so focused on the economies in the last months. if mario is no longer the prime minister, what happens to the italian spread? paul: the markets would see reforms continuing, but the eu funding carries on. it would not be derailed. the italian conn

so there are reports in italy that actually the prime minister, murray or dr. g. how's aust, sergio mater ela to stay on. that's off to all of those coalition parties in government, basically realized that they were getting nowhere fast with all the other options. and so really trying to urge much rather to stay in his position. but he's previously made it very clear that he is not interested in doing so. what i was mentioning voting that sexually involving just over a 1000 parliamentarians and regional represent representatives from across italy whose job is to pick the new president. it is a largely ceremonial role, but it is seen as a very important one as well. and during his term, sergio, martha rella has actually seen 5 different governments come and go in italy as well as the coverage in 1900 crisis, which of course isn't over yet, which devastated his country. so a lot of people are saying, well, he has actually got the experience needed. so let's come here on this program 3 months since the military coup in sudan. we speak to the family of one victim who

, in politics, but he didn't want to keep doing it. italy's person and does have stability. amanda . ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello, thank you for joining in. here's your world's weather report. beginning in the middle east. we do have energy across the eastern mediterranean that will eventually slam into the la vance and move for their east drop down some. what weather in the queue. wait, but that several days out. let's focus on the good stuff for now. here's sunday, plenty of sun, but we see that when are they? the wind out of iraq that's going to drop temperature is a bit nama just 17 degrees on sunday, you'll feel those winds pick up just a bit. after ward pockets dawn off, gone as dawn iran fairly quiet here. in fact she raz, at 16 degrees, that is while above average. ok, let's get you to the east or med rate. now where that active weather is. this is throwing rain around the greek islands and southern turkey, but this time around. yes, it's rain. so antalya has a high of 13 degrees. central africa, fairly quiet.

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nina, let me start with you in italy. talk to us about this green pass and how it's being received there. >> reporter: the super green pass is adding on an extra layer of security from the green pass. if you go to italy, i was there recently, it is very strictly enforced. you have to show a bar code that includes details of your immunity status for covid-19. you could also if you didn't want to be vaccinated or couldn't be vaccinated for some reason, you could show evidence of a negative test in the last 48 hours. that's the last bit that crucially has been removed here. essentially meaning that people do have to get vaccinated. narrowing the window of opportunity for those who are stringently against vaccination, of which there is a vocal minority in northeastern italy which, by the way, i should point out has often been vocal about vaccinations even predating the pandemic. it's a legacy issue italy is having to deal with. regional presidents have been piling on the pressure to the prime minister to make sure more and mo

it was the chilling images from northern italy and march 2020. that underscored the serious nature of the corona virus pandemic with the hospitals overwhelmed with the sick and convoys of military vehicles taking away the dead. now, in an attempt to ease pressure on its health care system, italy is introducing a vaccine mandate effective immediately for people over the age of 50 happy to roll up their sleeves for a jab. most people at this, maxine st. ane room on getting their booster shot nearly 80 percent of italians awfully vaccinated. the majority from the diane publisher understood the need though for her and the good of ne vaccination, obviously. or we can or each 100 percent or no doubt. i mean, this is impossible everywhere a little work or that is only worries that he squeezed it to me with the army thrown variant people. they may think that they all may go on. these are like a simple flu. it is not true for a to warhead with vaccinations and explained the numbers much rather more italians are getting covered at the moment despite a good

not in bama is baba is monitoring events in italy out of london. it does appear that there's a strong consensus now on saturday that there should be an approach made to ask sergio mater l as he's a 2 years old to stay on for another 7 year term as president. now this comes after a whole week of voting to try to pick a new head of states, which is really go no way. so there are reports in italy that actually the prime minister. mario, dr. g. how's aust? sergio mater ela to stay on. that's off to all of those coalition parties in government, basically realized that they were getting nowhere fast with all the other options. and so really trying to urge matter rather to stay in his position. but he's previously made it very clear that he is not interested in doing so. what i was mentioning voting that sexually involving just over a 1000 parliamentarians and regional represent representatives from across italy whose job is to pick the new president. it is a largely ceremonial role, but it is seen as a very important one as well. and during his term, ser

but 1st, italy has introduced new corona virus restrictions aimed at encouraging unvaccinated people to get the job. the government is responding to a wave of new cases fueled by the armor chron variant. it comes after authorities introduced mandatory covet 19 vaccinations for people over the age of 50 last week to slow the spread of the virus. people on the island of esquire started their week having to navigate tougher. corona virus restrictions a series of services will now be off limits to those who have not been jabbed, including restaurants, jim's or public transport islanders must present a vaccination certificate known as the super green pass to be able to commute to the mainland. it sparked anger among some living here who say they'll be forced into exile with to struggle. gone thing to the health minister has granted justice bailey penn date was we can brought the ship some trouble for health reasons, sort of get to school. great. what about the need to get to work? wanted to inquire, not every one has a possibility to get vaccinated. everybody is free to do what they want.

we do what is happening in the austria always happening in germany now or in italy, but really, i mean the actual so it's very strong but also reactions. there are a lot of people reacting from the last from the why to because they understand dropped last and why that these is a strong infringement upon your lives. so we should, we should really start with dees up and go back to simple measure using masked with his fine washing and, and test to because test is the most efficient way to understand if you all in fact to be infected or not. well, as is clear, as the previous speakers told when this to induce vital in this program, i mean, but initially is not affected by man. i know people who come to me naked by the vials that were they got the shocks, a booster or whatever you call it. i know people i pull to see people who pass away with double vaccination even to po box nation. so i think a tester being clean using mos, being savvy, aware to lose track. but what the government so doing is really sold to all the implementation of the, of a very, very potentially devastating civil war.

also coming up. italy's political leaders convinced there 8 year old president to stay on. sergio, my parallel will serve a 2nd time and office of the days of debate failed to find a successor and poland starts building a fence on its border with bella rouge to keep migrant south. but critics say the e u is failing asylum seekers. ah, i'm available. hm. at welcome to the program. a major winter storm has land into the us east coast with heavy winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people. residents are being urged to stay in doors and avoid unnecessary travel. the snow storm has almost emptied the streets of boston, with authorities urging people to stay at home. the bomb cycle and is met the religious call. it has generated a dangerous mixture of snow and hurricane force winds. in new england storm search as a threatening community along the coast, forcing many people to flee inland to safety. we got some sandbags. we elevated things in our basement, but this is one of the worst storms i've seen so far. tens of thousands have been

and in the north, like italy, denmark's reopening was brief. now it is breaking caseload records with the highest ratio of infections per $100000.00 inhabitants in the world are the artifact. it every, it's certainly worrying that we're seeing a continued high level of infection. and we're now seeing this more infectious. amr kron has taken over. officials maintain extensive testing has pushed denmark's case number's higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating. countries like romania were a 5th wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that is next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. co 19 posed a challenge to the sports world, the right from the start. many events have been cancelled or took place without spectators, floppy army from barion is causing a new headache athletes everywhere. now, testing positive, causing chaos. 40 manages and torment organizes. ah. when the german

the ftsemib in italy down. -- the ftse mib in italy down. technology right atop the heaviest losses. still with us, florence barjou, cio lyxor asset management. before the break, you said maybe this is a bit overdone. does this mean potentially there is a buying opportunity here? if so, where would your focus be? florence: it could be a bit overdone. obviously, we are talking about flows and liquidity adjusting. and with valuations being very high so the market taking a breath, that's not surprising. the first days of the year are very much in line with what we see for 2022. if you look at the market moves, the higher rates are certainly not linked to inflation. breakeven rates in the u.s. have been coming down. the story is really about growth remaining strong and the term premium, meaning uncertainty in monetary policy, increasing. what we see is the growth story and not inflation story. logically, the fact that value is underperforming, in fact, our basket of value stocks in the u.s. was up yesterday. we see growth underperforming, value

the leader as of italy's 3 main political parties have been meeting in rome and an effort to break a deadlock over who will be the country's next president. parliament has been voting on the new head of state, but all the main part he said that their members cast blanket ballots. current prime minister medea their id has indicated that he wants the job of president, which has a 7 year term. but there are concerns that his departure, his prime minister could put the fragile governing coalition in doubt. aladdin rainy is following events for a syndrome or will voting has just concluded a for a day. but i guess if most people cast a blank ballot, we're no closer to finding out who the new president is going to be. indeed, barbara, we've been speaking the parliamentarians throughout the day. they've all said that bit voting and blank. and in fact, the count is taking place right now, and right now the majority shows of those. they've counted that, that is the case that these are largely blank votes. and one parliamentarian who came out and spoke to us, one minister parliament said the re

we know how disruptive that can be in italy. and he is seen as somebody who can oversee the post pandemic transition. italy's economy is now starting to move upwards, but there are more than $200000000000.00 worth of e recovery funds. heading italy's way, which depends on a series of reforms. and druggie is the figure who seems to be able to actually see those. busy through a continuity figure. so for the time being a lot of people, and it's really a very relieved that he's not going anywhere that he's staying as the head of the government as the head of a coalition government, we shouldn't forget that there won't be snap collections in the near future. military leader is remaining control of sudan, 3 months since the cool, with little sign of a return to the demo democratic transition. the anti coo movement is continuing with dozens of protests killed. and as he been, morgan reports from the city of watch medina, relatives of those who died, hope the movements the minds will be fulfilled. guessing how much family is in morning.

but more than $200000000000.00, any you funds for italy depends on a tight towing table of reforms. the dean baba al jazeera, a delegation from the economic community of west african states, is in booking, a fossil to meet with the lead of monday's coup. when the military seized power, the leader said the president was failing to stop violence from groups linked to isis and al qaeda in the north of the country. the army is on a recruitment drive to send more people to the front line. but as nicholas hart reports now from one good to go, it's a dangerous mission. in search for his families approval, miriam's brother join burkina faso was armed with a uniform comes respect, but also the risk of death. she didn't make much of the call he made one night announcing with going to the front line. the war in the north feels far away from work. i do almost like it's happening in a different country. but now the reality of war is hitting home. bodies of soldiers are returning in coffins among them. miriam's brother, he was killed in ambush by al qaeda fighters. just helping people much when i

well actually, italy has one of the — now? well actually, italy has one of the highest _ now? well actually, italy has| one of the highest vaccination rates in europe, with around 76% of its total population fully vaccinated against covid, and this helps to break the link between the high number of cases and death and hospitalisation which remained well below the previous peaks. and what about mandatory vaccinations for over 50s? to businesses generally support that measure? i businesses generally support that measure?— businesses generally support that measure? i have sent some surve s that measure? i have sent some surveys that _ that measure? i have sent some surveys that have _ that measure? i have sent some surveys that have been - surveys that have been conducted recently by epps off and actually we see that over 70% of the population and italy actually supports mandatory vaccines in the workplace and also for the over 50s, and actually the government, i think, is trying to do what it kind of meant to do last year when they first introduced the green path which is they

there's a saying that comes from the novel here in italy. everything changes so everything can stay the same. this time it isis the opposite. mario draghi and in his post means he can continue working on all of the reforms he has been working on he needed to stay where he was to get those through he needs to make all of the conditions to be in place in order to get the funds coming from the eu. he needs to work on the economic situation. we had strong gdp growth in 2021 the second best in europe. this year will be challenging as we nknow the tensions and energy prices rising. manufacturing has had a good 2021 and can benefit from the backlog in early 2022. the rest of the year will depend how things go with covid and so forth. mario draghi needs to stay where he is. the other thing we can see and needs change and may come because of what we saw this week is politics. we see the political parties having had a very difficult time coming to some sort of solution that was different from mattarella they need to work out their issues and the coali

sovereign debt from italy and others. u.s. blue-chip companies leading the charge in the high rate debt markets, blasting through estimates with 31 deals. royal caribbean kicking off the years junk bond issuance, weekly sales approaching $6 billion. i will never understand the cruise thing. that is a conversation for another time. subadra rajappa, jim caron, troy gayeski. subadra, i want to talk to you about the european debt market. the german 10-year yield is getting very close to zero, within five basis points. you say the treasury market will underperform what is happening in europe, germany specifically. why? subadra: that was the call in the year ahead outlook. we thought treasuries would underperform relative to bunds. it is mostly because of the differential in the policy front. the ecb will remain very cautious. a few elections coming up in italy and france. generally speaking, but they'll be focused on in the first quarter is shifting from the pandemic program to the app. the focus will be on keeping policy accommoda

and in the north, like italy, denmark's reopening was brief. now it is breaking caseload records with the highest ratio of infections per $100000.00 inhabitants in the world at yahoo liked it every . it's certainly worrying that we're seeing a continued high level of infection. and we're now seeing this more infectious omicron has taken over. officials maintain extensive testing has pushed denmark's case number's higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating countries like romania we're a 5th wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that is next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. that's got more on this from the w correspondent, a jack barrack who joins us from brussels. a jack, what is the reaction there in brussels to the high number of cases in many european countries? i get well at the moment they are sort of sitting and watching exactly what's happening here in brussels. w

if she went, she would become italy's 1st female president. the focus right now though is under aggie, and that ela mini italians worried that if motto, draggy is elected to service the president. here's another palace that the stability his government has secured of the past year will fall apart as political parties here fight over who becomes the next prime minister, or least political historian, lorenzo castellano, he says legislators would already have a plan in place if they choose to like bragging or drug will be elected only if there's an agreement on the future of the government, but actually, his overseen the influx of billions of dollars and he, you recovery funds. the worry is if he's no longer prime minister, elite recovery could go off track. many people can be president of the republic, while as a brand new or a drug, he is not easily replaceable. so ease much more useful as a premium. the election held in parliament will likely go on for several rounds until a candidate gains enough votes. whoever wins will have to try and help

and in the north, like italy, denmark's reopening was brief. now it is breaking caseload records with the highest ratio of infections per $100000.00 inhabitants in the world are the artifact. it every, it's certainly worrying that we're seeing a continued high level of infection. and we're now seeing this more infectious. i'm a chron has taken over. officials maintain extensive testing has pushed denmark's case numbers higher than countries that do less testing and less vaccinating countries like romania where a 5th wave appears eminent, especially after gatherings during the holidays. this in a country that has next to last in europe when it comes to vaccination rates. that means it's near the bottom in what is now the global epicenter of the pandemic. let's talk about this with martin mckee is a professor of european public health at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. professor mckee, omicron is spreading fast with hardly any talk of severe disease or even death. the varian seems mercifully mild governments overreacting with

italy is reporting 189,000 covid infections, a new national record. the government is meeting to discuss making vaccines mandatory for all workers and those over 50. >> the youngest to be armed and the endless battle against covid. five-year-old eduardo gets his first jab, as italy steps up vaccination for children. maybe too small to grasp how the pandemic has changed their world. >> why do you want to vaccinate your son? >> because i love him. his father and i really love him and 1 him and his friends to go back to a normal life. this is the least we can do. respect science, respect our children. >> it was ok, says eduardo. dated her, i asked. just a little bit. they do their best here to soften the experience with certificates of bravery, a rite of passage for the pandemic generation. >> you can see the smile on their face when you ask, canou see my friends? yes, you can play with them and everything. now the vaccine is so important for everything. >> when italy became the first country in the west to fall to the virus in 2020, it was the first in

also coming up a 2nd term for italy's president, despite his wish to step down 80 year old sergio matter. rella is set for another 7 years in the office after multiple votes failed to find a successor. and raphael and dal chase is a record 21st grand slam at the australian. open a denise mid, yet it is determined to wreck his dream. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. a major winter storm has slammed into the us east coast with high winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts were issued across a region of around 70000000 people. residents are being urged to stay in doors and avoid unnecessary travel. the snow storm has almost emptied the streets of boston, with authorities urging people to stay at home. the bumps, cycling is met, the religious call. it has generated a dangerous mixture of snow and hurricane force winds. in new england storm searches, a threatening communities along the coast, forcing many people to flee inland to safety. we got some sand bags. we elevated things in our basement, but this is one of the worst storms i've seen so far. tens of thousands have been l

we are waiting for some whitesmoke in italy. we will not get a new pope but we may get a new president. francine lacqua is in room. look at that skyline. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: italy still without a new president. we have had five inconclusive rounds of voting. we await the white smoke. let's take you to roam and find out what is happening. when will this come to a conclusion. when will be get a new president in italy? francine lacqua is in rome and looks fabulous. five votes. does votes today. where are we? francine: we are near chaos. what we thought would speed up the process of finding a president was the second vote this afternoon. it seems the parties arbitrating. there is about 1001 senators. they need half of those votes to find a president. what we have understood is the parties, especially the ones that make up government would vote together to find some kind of consensus instead of telling their own party to vote for someone the others do not agree with. this afternoon the right-wing candidates are asking to be v

guy: prime minister mario draghi has elevated italy's position in europe. you see my are -- you see mario draghi and emmanuel macron fighting for loose rules when it comes to the environmental stability pact. he has been key for stability in brussels because he is seen as being a stability candidates. i appreciate what you are saying about presidents, about that role having significant duties, but nevertheless, can he still fulfill the role i have just talked about if he is no longer prime minister? ? 's silvia: -- no longer prime and -- no longer prime minister? silvia: i think so. more importantly, political stability and the government infrastructure that is already put in place in terms of the reforms, the use of funds should allow the next government to carry on the work. guy: can i ask a broader question about what is happening in europe right now? there is the potential for a significant energy crisis over the next few months in europe, where there to be conflicts in ukraine. i'm wondering how you think europe, europe's governments, europe's institut

italy's parliament has re—elected president sergio mattarella for a second term in office. the 80—year old president, a highly respected figure in the country, had repeatedly said he wanted to step down. (read 0n) 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen explains how mattarella has come to dawn italian presidency reluctantly. he has been re—elected against his will. he could not have been clearer when he said that he did not want a second seven—year term. he is widely regarded as hugely popular and competent, but he felt it was time to pass over to another president. but italian politicians have proven just incapable in uniting around an alternative figure. they were fearing fresh elections had the current prime minister been elected president and the government could have collapsed, and really, many of them had feared they would lose theirjobs in fresh elections. so there will be a lot of critics, i think, tonight, that will see this as proof of italian mps' inability to think beyond the status quo, and to pass the rains to, frankly, a younger president or indeed the first

now, as and when we get more reaction from italy, we will bring that to you. let's bring you up—to—date with all of the weather. hello there. what a storm he started to the weekend it's across northern britain. these winds associated with star malik which was named by the danish met service. the winds of malik now easing and we look to storm corrie which will impact northern britain again as we move through the latter part of sunday and into the early hours of sunday. the winds associated with storm malik easing down quite quickly tonight, high pressure builds in from will be dry with clear skies and it's going to be a much colder night than it was the previous night with a touch of frost, but that means it's going to be in a lovely bright start to sunday morning. through the day, we will start to see storm corrie race into the northwest of the uk bringing heavy rain and gail's, scotland, northern ireland, snow over the hills and a chilly day right across the board. storm corrie spreads across the north of the uk into the early hours of monday, a real sque

it was the celine majors from northern italy in march 2020. that made us realize how serious the current virus pandemic was going to be. we saw hospitals overwhelmed with the sick and convoys of military vehicles. taken the dead away. now italy is one of the 1st countries in europe to introduce the vaccine mandate. 4 fifties, at least happy to roll up his sleeves for a jab. most people at this, maxine st. 8 room are getting the booster shot. nearly 80 percent of italians are fully vaccinated. the majority of the time population understood the need of and the good of the vaccination, obviously we can reach 100 percent. no doubt, i mean this is impossible everywhere in the work that is only worries that he's given it to me with the army on variant people. they may think that the all new gle only, sir, like a simple flu. it is not true for a to warhead will vaccinations, and explained the numbers much rather, more italians are getting covered at the moment despite a good vaccination rates. but they are not often getting seriously ill. that's bank

now already italy had what was called the green pass. this allows are people in bars restaurants, cafes to see that you tested negative super green pass that's put in place for the over fifties in italy, specifically that shows that you've been vaccinated and that you have toasted negative while italy puts in place new measures elsewhere in europe, there are some countries that are talking about lifting measures almost entirely. in the czech republic, there is talk of allowing even people who tested positive to go to work. it's an attempt to try and keep the economy alive. it is only at the discussion stage at the moment in prague, but what they're basing it on is the idea that the o micron varies results in less people requiring hospital stays, and that would allow them to keep the economy going if certain professions were allowed to continue even if you tested positive for cove. and of course, if you have a mild case of it over in the united kingdom, they are also looking at lifting restrictions a little bit. not as extreme as what's b

k. france and italy, along with 3rd nato leaders and leaders from the european co union. so obviously a wide range in call taking a lot of time as we understand, but the exact details we don't know, but no doubt to president biden brief, the leaders on his decision to put on stand by some 8 and a half 1000 us soldiers as they will be on stand by to join the nato reaction force should it be necessary. this was also announced by the spokesman for the secretary of defense. this is what the defense spokesman had to say. secretary, arson has placed a range of units in the united states on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces. if nato should activate the n, r f. or if other situations develop, all told, the number of forces that the secretary has placed on hight miller, comes up to about 8500 personnel. just to repeat the n r f is the nato reaction force and the spokesman made very clear that any you as soldiers deployed a would be placed with the reaction force. and he reiterated precedent biden's comments earlier, that under no

we know how disruptive that can be in italy. and he is seen as somebody who can oversee the post pandemic transition. italy's economy is now starting to move upwards, but there are more than $200000000000.00 worth of e recovery funds heading utilities way. which depends on a series of reforms. and druggie is the figure who seems to be able to actually see those through a continuity figure. so for the time being a lots of people, and it's really a very relieved that he's not going anywhere that he's staying as the head of the government as the head of a coalition government, we shouldn't forget and that there won't be snap collections in the near future, not him baba falling, that story to do with the heart of italian politics, not in thank you very much. lot more still to come for you here on the news are including we're in the mountains of pakistan from their arm groups a launching attacks. and in sport, australia's 44 year wait for home, see champion at the us, pretty openness come to an end. santa is here with that story in a

i was raised in italy for the first couple of years. each of my brothers and sisters and i have a full set, it is a nativity scene and many people would say a crash. you see them in churches. it was made possible, popular by st. francis of assisi. >> he had seen it back in jerusalem and he brought it over to europe. and it became very popular. initially, they were very popular to be live, now we have to little figurines which are bit more rational. ivan entire set with sheep and goats. >> i hope so, yes. >> this little one that you are looking at right now is made out of corn husks and given to me by a friend, it is a traveling set. that one is good. you see the three kings, there are three in that set mary and jesus and joseph. this is just a commemoration of what we are really celebrating. i occasionally put up a christmas tree. sometimes i do and sometimes i don't, i always put up the preceptor you. >> this is of an italian manufacturer? >> from northern italy a gift for my grandmother. >> and the christmas tree, i think is a dramati