journey, landing in italy. since 2014, italy has been welcoming, receiving half a million migrants and refugees. but that's starting to change. in tonight's signature segment, special correspondent nadja drost and videographer bruno federico start the story in rome. >> reporter: when migrants and refugees traveling from northern africa to southern italy make it to rome, they have few places to stay. some end up in this parking lot by an abandoned bus depot. >> we have the eritreans' part, we have the somalian, we have the sudani part. >> reporter: for the past two years, andrea costa has led an association of volunteers called baobab experience, who've helped 70,000 migrants who've stopped here, giving them free meals and legal advice on filing asylum claims. >> and it started because in roma, the authorities didn't organize anything for the migrants in transit in this city. there was not a first reception hub for migrants of any kind. >> reporter: rome, like most of italy, has gotten by without a proper reception system for migrants because most pass through quickly, on their way to w

puts europe on high alert with prices soaring and a state of emergency declared in italy. thanks for joining us this morning is the you watching international. the west bank city of bethlehem has been thrown into turmoil since donald trump's announcement last week that he was recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel according to the palestinian health ministry four people have been killed almost two thousand injured in six days of clashes while protests erupted throughout tuesday journalist reports from gaza tensions is increasing on the buffer zone nothing knows each year yet we can see and hear we just right now know. the live. shot just right now a palestinian kid got shot just right now in a live bullets from days rallies to seniors are still protesting the demonstrations and protests are struggling in gaza strip west bank and bet let him flourish. that sixth day today and palestinians have been protesting since. thursday night oh we can also see their tear gas pumps that israelis are throwing to use tear gas bombs that are filling the place palestinians have been demon

one thought it's back in the fields of italy the victims are mostly migrants almost one hundred thousand arrived on the italian coast this year alone in search of a better life many did not survive the journey. and for those who made it the plight continues more and more end up on huge plantations in southern italy where they toil seven days a week in human conditions without water electricity or adequate food some of those responsible have now been formally charged with enslavement our reporter went there to find out how this could have happened in modern day europe the grand ghetto near italy southern city of fudge it is home to some fifteen hundred people during harvest time although home is hardly the right word the migrant laborers from africa live here in appalling conditions they earn up to a maximum of twenty euros a day not enough to afford a proper place to live. on for three of us sleep here. this is the kitchen or we make food. we have some rice. and some oil. and thats it. recently the water supply was cut off here but the migrants stayed anyway partly because they

boost a fucking economy will get more from our correspondent in monrovia. also on the program italy switches to campaign mode after president dissolves parliament with elections set for march of next year analysts are predicting a hung parliament and more instability. for analysis. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us liberia is poised for its first peaceful transition of power in decades that's off the former soccer star george weah won a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff liberia is africa's oldest republic but its last transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another came back in one thousand nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen year civil war that ended in two thousand and three. was to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president weeps tears of joy . george weah has waited a long time for this moment after past election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory. supporters on the streets celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate. th

. welcome back italy is to send almost five hundred troops to the border between asia and libya saying it wants to control human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants italy's prime minister branded michette the main transit country in africa for europe migrants troops will be deployed to fort madama on the border between asia and libya an area described as a gateway for refugees who want to cross the mediterranean a top european officials have already called for military action however the toughest deals being sailed by italy as interior minister is raising eyebrows after boasting about his murphy attack takes. the oath. i want to make them out. only when i reassured them that i was from calabria a region which deals in alliances a suit with blood that they finally agreed to sign. monitors were shocked by what they witnessed thousands of the massey ated and traumatize men women and children piled on top of each other locked up the hunger is with no access to the most basic necessities and stripped of the human dignity. some tough words from our community there and let's cros

italy prompts. the use accused of knowing exposing thousands of refugees to torture and abuse in the bag. hello there it certainly is hot for some of us in australia and that hot weather is spreading here's the cool a change though and that's gradually working its way eastwards but it's ahead of that where it's very hot at the moment we're looking at thirty five an hour delay thirty six in melbourne and that heat is then working its way eastward so on thursday we'll get to thirty six at least in sydney this area of cloud there brings the cooler weather as we head through thursday that is for melbourne and force in adelaide saw temperatures will drop down to the mid twenty's meanwhile further west we're already in the mid twenty's here and perth will stay at around twenty four degrees over towards new zealand lots of cloud here for the south island that cloud is also bringing a fair amount of rain say really quite cold in christchurch a maximum just of seventeen degrees and feeling cooler than that thanks to the clouds and the rain for the north island though it should be brighter in

normal family from the northeast of italy. i really -- i feel like i am a builder. i am not an entrepreneur. i am not someone who is building and selling, like in silicon valley. i am someone who loves being in -- who loves to build a company and wants to build it to last. lacqua: even growing up? do you remember what you wanted to be as a child? marchetti: i always wanted to be an entrepreneur. even if my parents were not entrepreneurs, i really wanted to become an entrepreneur because i wanted to have my own thing, my own project, my own company. i left my hometown when i was 19 and went to milan. i said bye to everybody and i went. francine: do you think italy needs more of that? it is not typical. marchetti: i think italians, they -- there are definitely brave italians, as you know, but generally speaking, we need a little bit more determination and taking courage. >> yuck! francine: yoox was a strange name for the radical concept to sell high-end designer clothing on the web just as other fashion sites were going bust. bring me back to when you thought e-tailing was the fu

. italy's prime minister wants to dissolve parliament. we get the latest details from milan later in the show. "what'd you miss?" nirvana is tax cut running into local problems -- underfunded retentions. what does this mean for markets -- higher tax collections usually go into credit funds forcing -- focusing on corporate distressed debt or leveraged buyout commandant meets next year could end up looking a lot like this year with the debt-fueled stock buybacks, m&a, and tighter spreads. here to find this, brian reynolds. think you so much for joining us. -- thank you so much for joining us. explain to us what is happening on the local level and the ripple effect we're going to see? brian reynolds: it is a daisy chain of social engineering. they did not raise texans -- taxes to account for pensions they promised workers. state and local taxes went up by $100 billion this year just for pension allocation. that means they need to get 7.5% annual returns of that money. they put it into aggressive credit funds. those funds by corporate bonds, put cash on corporate balance sheets, and ceos use

us. slavery is a thing of the past in europe, or so one thought. it is back in the fields of italy. the victims are mostly migrants. almost 100,000 arrived on the italian coast this year alone - in search of a better life. many did not survive the journey. and for those who made it, the plight continues. more and more end up on the huge plantations of southern italy where they toil seven days a week in inhumane conditions, without water, electricity or adequate foo some of ose sponsible have now been formally argewith enslavement. our reporter went there to find out how this could have happened in modern-day europe. >> the "gran ghetto" near italy's southern city of foggia is home to some 1500 people during harvest time. although "home" is hardly the right word. the migrant labourers from africa live here in appalling conditions. they earn up to a maximum of 20 euros a da not enough to afford a proper place to live. >> three of us sleep here. this is the kitchen where we make food. we have rice. and oil, that's it. >> recently the water supply was cut off here. but the migrants sta

family from the northeast of italy. i really -- i feel like i am a builder. i am not an entrepreneur. i am not someone who is building and selling, like in silicon valley. i am someone who loves being in a company and wants to build it to last. lacqua: even growing up? do you remember what you wanted to be as a child? marchetti: i always wanted to be an entrepreneur. even if my parents were not entrepreneurs, i really wanted to become an entrepreneur because i wanted to create my own thing, my own project, my own company. i left my hometown when i was 19 and went to milan. i said bye to everybody and i went. francine: do you think that it is not typical? marchetti: i think italians, they are definitely brave italians, as you know, but generally speaking, we need a little bit more determination and taking courage. >> yuck! francine: yoox was a strange name for the radical concept to sell high-end fashion on the web just as other fashion sites were going bust. bring me back to when you thought e-tailing was the future. marchetti: i had just finished my mba in 1989, and at that point in ti

this is bbc news. our top stories: the united nations begins flying refugees from libya to italy to help stop vulnerable people being trafficked to europe by sea. a man's been charged in the united states with planning a terrorist attack in san francisco over christmas. president trump welcomes the imposition of tough new sanctions on north korea, as china calls for talks to ease the crisis over pyongyang's nuclear programme. a deadly wildfire destroys more than 700 homes in california, becoming the largest blaze in the state's recorded history. also in the programme: thousands gather at the imperial palace injapan to wish emperor akihito a happy birthday. the united nations has begun flying refugees from libya to italy, a move welcomed by the italian interior minister as historic. more direct flights for those deemed to be "extremely vulnerable" are planned in 2018, including single mothers, unaccompanied children and people with disabilities. many people are trafficked to libya and risk a perilousjourney to europe by sea. andrew plant reports. a military plane touching down easily

missions over italy and france except for the last mission in which he was captured by the germans and was a pow. let's get started. i'd like to start gentlemen as i mentioned earlier, can you hear me ok? start with mr. alexander. us a little bit about her background, where you grew up, where you came from and why you joined tuskegee airmen? i'm a college graduate. you had to be a college graduate to go into the army air for in 19 41. remember, they bombed pearl harbor in december. i graduated six months later from college and the draft board was after me. they wanted to send me to the army. if the draft board had caught me, i would be a book private. corpsjoined the army air and as a cadet, learning how to fly, with the excitement made $75 per month. after nine months, you begin a second lieutenant was a little gold bar on your shoulder and a set of wings and you make $150 per month. plus $75 for flying pay. now which will you take? [laughter] airmen.came a dusky it is part of my life. i had a good time. >> could you give us a background on the tuskegee airmen form? >> segregation. 1941 a

with the division. in world war ii. we have lieutenant jefferson. who flew 19 missions over italy and france. except the last mission in which he crashed and was captured by the germans and was a pow. let get started. i'd like to start as i mention earlier, you hear me okay? okay. let's start with mr. alexander. could you give us more about your background, where yo grew up, where you came from and why you joined? >> i'm a college graduate. you had to be a college graduate to go into the army air core. in 1941. i remember japanese bomb pearl harbor in december. i graduated six months later. from college. and the draft board was after me. trying to bite me to send me to the army. if the draft board had caught me, i would be a buck private. making $21 a month. but i stayed allowed joined the army air core. and as a cadet learning how to fly with the excitement. $75 a month. and after nine months you became a second lieutenant with a gold bar on your shoulder. and a set of wings. you made $150 a month. plus $75 for flying pay. which would you take? why i became an airmen, it's part of my

and how far away is that future anyway first i'll feel as reporters take you to italy that electric comic. as made a name for itself with also a live shot sees that helped save power from that it's on to switzerland where they had an intense encounter with a vehicle that accelerates foster than any other car in the world and it's made by . christiane last year we drove across germany in various electric cars now we're touring europe and it all feels very familiar once again it's hot thirty eight degrees we're in italy once again the car is a bit wonky it's electric but whatever. we wanted to start off small. definitely small we had to really cozy up despite the heat and we still have switzerland austria norway head of us. so how will i cope. but first we are in italy in a media romagna we have a two seater vehicle manufactured by touch saudi prices for this car start at twenty thousand euros they are assembled in the town of. this plant has been building electric cars for eleven years it's a world away from the gasoline guzzling sports cars that italians are known for. we have this

of homes been destroyed italy's declared a state of emergency after an explosion at one of europe's main gas distribution hubs in austria cut off that surprise from the site the blast of bound garson on tuesday morning left one person dead and injured more than a dozen others it forced the closure of the entire facility significantly disrupting gas supplies from russia into europe paul brennan explains. the explosion sent flames shooting hundreds of feet into the sky and the blast was heard more than forty kilometers away this photograph taken from neighboring slovakia baumgarten is one of europe's main gas distribution hubs handling four hundred billion cubic meters of gas annually fire crews were quickly on the scene. when the first units arrived here baumgartner there were already huge shooting flames it became clear very quickly that this had to be a gas explosion because the enormous heat six further buildings caught fire they were completely aflame that's why two hundred fifty firefighters were needed to bring this fire under control the bound garden gas hub is the main entry

over italy and franz except for that last mission in which he crashed and was captured by the germans and was a p.o.w. so these are the stories we'll hear this morning so let's get started. i'd like to start gentlemen, as i mentioned earlier -- can you hear me okay? okay. let's start with mr. alexander. could you give us a little bit about your background, where you grew up, where you came from and why you joined the tuskegee airmen. >> i'm a college graduate. and you had to be a college graduate to go into the army air corps in 1941. i remember the japanese bombed pearl harbor in december. i graduated six months later from college and the draft board was after me trying to bite me to send me to the army. if the draft board had caught me i would be a book private making $21 a month. but i stayed -- i allowed -- joined the army air corps and as a cadet learning how to fly with the excitement, you made $57 a month and after nine months you became a second lieutenant with a little gold bar on your shoulder and a set of wings, you made $150 a month. plus $57 for flying pay. now wh

terrorism in recent years. but one country, italy, has remained remarkably unscathed. special correspondent christopher livesay in rome went to find out why. >> reporter: christmastime has arrived, a holy season for the catholic church, and the thousands of faithful who turn out to see the pope. added visitors means added security, and for good reason. the swiss guard, charged with protecting the pope, have said it's only a matter of time before terrorists hit the vatican. but while paris, london, and other european capitals have been targeted, rome has been spared. in recent days, isis has called on lone-wolf terrorists to weaponize their vehicles, in order to shed "christmas blood" at the vatican. isis videos have made similar threats on the pope, declaring" we will be in rome." that's gotten these visitors on edge. >> i guess i'd be worried about a car coming through. >> i appreciate the security measures, because you never know what can happen, right? >> reporter: stefano dambruoso is an expert on counterterrorism, and a member of the italian parliament. >> ( translated ):

you drive the tractor. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> anthony: southern italy, the heel of the boot. remote. vast open spaces. the red earth here has a magnetic pull. raw, alternately charming, and savage. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ splash ] >> anthony: grazie. now in the annals of food, this is like a divisive dish. basically anything with ricci, also known as uni, we call it sea urchin roe. this is truly one of the greatest things on earth. goddamn. ♪ >> anthony: despite its uncanny beauty, southern italy's puglia and basilicata regions are some of the least populated, least visited, least known parts of the country. ♪ a mix of sea, hills, valleys, and rich earth. the food here is italian, but completely its own. >> anthony: a little garlic, pepperoncino, parsley. sea urchin, some kind of fish fume. pasta, that's it. uh, incredible. i've never been to this part of italy before -- a lot of blue here. light browns, and ochres, and white. i don't know, you just look at this place and it demands a big space. as i walk around, i'm always humming these ennio morricone scores. "for a few dollars more

. ial yans are not going back to italy. germans not going back to germany. think about it. they're getting ready to deport some young people born as children here. and didn't go through the green, that's part of it. why we join the army air core and the army, prevented from fighting. segregation. evilness. but that's part of my life. >> talk about flying. had you flown before? >> no. learned how to fly as an airmen. >> tell me about your solo flight. >> i grounded. our training was exactly the same as white training. nine months. it was primary with a steer man. basic and advance. three mornts each in each phase. and it was exciting. learned how to fly. learned how to ground loop. flying underneath the bridge in detroit. oh gosh. but, in combat, i flew long range escort missions. where you in the squadron we had four. we accompanied the b 17s and 24s from italy to germany. italy to austria. italy to. we flew top cover above the bombers. and as colonel davis often said, stay near the bombers. don't go off chasing germans. and trying to get some victories. every american bomber that

. i start with no money. my family is a very normal family from the northeast of italy. i really i feel like i am , a builder. i am not on entrepreneur, i am not someone who is holding and selling, like in silicon valley, i am someone who loves being in a company and wants to build it to last. lacqua: even growing up? do you remember what you wanted to be as a child? marchetti: i always wanted to be an entrepreneur. i wanted to become an entrepreneur because i wanted to create my own thing, my own project. i left my hometown windows 19 years old and went to milan. lacqua: you said that it is not typical? people in its lead 10 to stay at home longer. -- people in italy tend to stay at home longer. marchetti: i think italians they are definitely brave italians, as you know, but generally speaking, you need a little bit more determination and taking courage. >> yuck! lacqua: yoox was a strange name for the internet concept to sell high-end retail. just like other fashion sites were going bust. >> bring me back to when you thought that electronic return was the future. marchetti: i had

italy will be heading to the polls in march of next year to elect a new government that's off the president said joe month that dissolves parliament on the day the move was expected as the country seeks to break its political deadlock but analysts now believe the march election will do little more than produce further instability. italy's president signing the document that will dissolve the country's parliament and pave the way for new elections. he took step after talks with senior political leaders it was not unexpected the current government of prime minister paolo gentil loney has completed its term but the move could spark a period of political uncertainty as a poll is unlikely to produce a clear winner. earlier in a traditional end of year address the prime minister defended his government's record for most of what he said they had put the economy back on track and were managing the refugee crisis. through the transition from criminal migration to the management of migration is possible if lee is proving it with a one third reduction in arrival of this year and a seventy pe

hung part of it, in other words a new government and in charge of italy. how would that politically play out for it? john: well, that would be plan b for italy. basically it is the prerogative of the head of state to decide who to give the task of forming a government to. he doesn't have to give it to the lead party, which may well be the five star movement. he could first try and find out if there is a possibility of a coalition, maybe a combination which we are not seeing in the campaign because after elections, obviously parties could change alliances and this would be seen as a safe pair of hands by the establishment to entrust it to keep going for a few months, possibly some reforms, but nothing huge expected because he would not have a very strong hand in parliament and he could lead us to possibly a new election in the autumn. manus: john, thank you very much. julian howard is still with us. it is interesting, isn't it? the brits have crisis. ok? the italians have what i would call chatters. which is a line from a very famous irish player. we're in a state of chatters. this p

flying vulnerable african refugees being held in libya into europe. more direct flights to italy are planned for the new year — for those deemed to be extremely vulnerable — including single mothers, unaccompanied children and people with disabilities. a military plane touching down in italy. 0n—board, 110 women and children, african migrants. refugees who travelled to libya, now flown directly to europe for the very first time. they are part of the protection work that unhcr does in libya. we have visited the detention centre 995 times this year and 1,200 vulnerable refugees, we have had them released. tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes arrive in libya each year and attempt to cross the mediterranean to reach italy, their very first footsteps into europe. the risks are enormous. these people were pulled from the water last week when their boat broke in half off the libyan coast, rescued by chance by the libyan navy. this year and for the past four years in a row more than 3,000 people have died trying to make the crossing. those who survive often say their greates

northeast of italy. i really -- i feel like i am a builder. i am not an entrepreneur. i am not someone who is building and selling, like in silicon valley. i am someone who loves being in a company and wants to build it to last. lacqua: even growing up? do you remember what you wanted to be as a child? marchetti: i always wanted to be an entrepreneur. even if my parents were not entrepreneurs, i really wanted to become an entrepreneur because i wanted to create my own thing, my own project, my own company. i left my hometown when i was 19 and went to milan. i said bye to everybody and i went. think that itou is not typical? marchetti: i think italians, they are definitely brave italians, as you know, but generally speaking, we need a little bit more determination and taking courage. >> yuck! francine: yoox was a strange name for the radical concept to sell high-end fashion on the web just as other fashion sites were going bust. bring me back to when you thought e-tailing was the future. marchetti: i had just finished my mba in 1989, and at that point in time i said, now or neve

declared in italy. you're watching r t international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program amnesty international has issued a strong worded condemnation of the way e.u. governments including italy are handling the migrant crisis the group has published a report titled libya's dark web of collusion focusing on the detention and abuse of people trying to reach europe. we believe the. complicity in a system of abuse and torture of refugees and migrants. because they know exactly what is going on and they have chosen to support. the system of detention and the view of migrants without. any safeguards some of amnesty international's findings are based on videos published by a volunteer rescue group called sea watch in the van but one of the video shows a refugee being thrown off a libyan coast guard boat the to use at the first. this video was shot from a sea watch search and rescue vessel of the pictures show migrants being whipped with a rope. to this boat seen in the video and i did working closely with people traffickers that comes from the testimon

will be its next president. teenage migrants in italy are attempting dangerous night—time crossings over the alps in a desperate attempt to reach france. almost 2,000 people have made the crossing since july, according to a local charity. many have come from migrant camps in italy, described as overcrowded and under—resourced. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has been to the alpine village of nevache, at the main crossing point into france. after dark, alain and sylvie become a nightly mountain rescue team, walking the alpine passes that act as migrant gateways from italy into france. tonight, they found these six young men, half frozen after walking through the alps. this ghostly picnic their first taste of france. the clothes that carried them from west africa, eritrea, afghanistan, dangerously thin for the alpine snow. it is a good sign if you can still move your hands. i am finding it a little bit difficult, a little bit difficult. because snow and mountains and night, everything is dark and then we discovered we had snow. also up on the mountain tonight, the border pol

essentially any migrant a refugee is pretty much criminalized you know italy has been singled out for criticism it's accused of beating efforts to fund libyan detention camps train libyan coast guards to intercept ships carrying refugees and migrants as well as encouraging libyan tribes in armed groups to work as border guards amidst the also found those prevented from leaving libya face arbitrary detention torture forced labor extortion and death at the hands of the authorities traffickers as well as armed groups no european government officials can claim to be unaware of what the libyan authorities that doing the kind of go up to the kind of horrific suffering that people are facing inside libya so i think the approach of the european union is in order to protect their own border they are ready to push people back at any cost and not respect even the basic rights of human beings libya is the main transit point for refugees and migrants trying to reach europe by sea nearly half a million people have made the dangerous crossing across the mediterranean over the past three years accord

lieutenant colonel alexander hamilton who flew 19 missions over italy and france except for the last mission in which he crashed and was cap purred tured by the ger. i'd like to start, gentlemen, can you hear me okay? let's start with mr. alexander. can you give us your background, where you grew up, where you came from and why you joined the cuss key g -- tuskegee airmen. >> i'm a college graduate and you had to be a college graduate to be into the army air corp in 1941. remember the japanese bombed pearl harbor in december. i graduated six months later from college. the draft board was after me trying to bite me to send me to the army. if the draft board caught me, i would be a book private making $21 a month. but i stayed. i allowed -- joined the army air corp and as a cadet learning how to fly with the excitement. we made $75 a month. after nine months you became a secretary lieutenant with a little gold bar on your shoulder and a set of wings and you made $150 a month. plus $75 for flying pay. which would you take? why i became a tus ca gee airmen. it was part of my life. >> can

has sparked a round with italy after offering to give austrian passports to people in a disputed border region says that the move revives old hostilities justice chancellor insists that it won't damage relations. south to roll a stunning mountainous region on the border between italy and austria with over half a million residents the area was part of the austria hungary an empire before falling under italian control around a century ago. the region has to official languages italian and german puts the last twenty lim census reveals almost two thirds of german speaking. now the right wing freedom party a member of austria's new ruling coalition is fanning the flames offering austrian passports to south to relieve. the people of your old will be able to apply for or through citizenship from two thousand and eighteen. italy's in shock blasting the proposal as ethnic nationalism a fanciful move crazy idea and shameful for an. ostrich chancellor is trying to ease the route but is it already too late. some in south to rule are extatic. we've always defended that request of the double c

% decline. a pretty weak dollar story here. we have breaking news now out of italy. they have extended time for the selection. it is expected to come and we have the prime minister go to the president earlier today. next up is the time for the election. it is one group they particularly wanted to withdraw from the eu. it could be later in this hour from rome. congress gets back to work next week and the have a lot to be excited about in the new year. we talk with maggie gage. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is bloomberg markets balance of power. i'm david westin. >> david, prime minister paladin to loney says the government will continue to carry out duties even after it hands temporary control to the president of italy. political trigger instability. >> they trust the government and the friends and decisions of the president. there will continue to carry out the timing and procedures the next institutional steps. >> it appealed the political parties and avoid unrealistic promises. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the islamic state attacks on the cultural cen