we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible town, back to the 12th century, people charge up the hill to the beautiful church to take the walk at michael coreleone. now and forever more, it will be sort of the godfather theme park, where they are just playing the godfather theme over and over. most are disgusted by it. imagine not waking up every day as one bus after another field with japanese tourist go up there. look, michael coreleone got married there, it is so fantastic! [ laughter ] is one of the most beautiful places in europe, a place whose roots are very much the town where i live, but somehow, i ve never been able to get it right. to tell the story, any story of sicily. it is the biggest island in the mediterranean, two main towns of palermo and catania on opposite sides. i ve done a show in palermo before, it was an epic goat rodeo, a failure of humiliating scale. this time, i was going to get it right. there is the sicily we know from films, an provoc
production in the united states and it is called the bankers on wall street. putin s words are hurting americans at the gas pump. putin gas hike. of the consequences of putin s price hike. the republicans have lobbied plenty of blame but have not offered a single solution. greg: it as a result of his genius mastermind problem-solving abilities. the white house called out for taking a victory lap on the 50-cent drop in gas prices even though they are still at record levels. we ve seen gas prices go down the last 34 straight days. a gallon higher than when you took office though. first of all we have to look at how we got there. if you think about the war that russia has taken on in ukraine. he greg: at the biden oval office the buck apparently does not stop there but if it did, hunter would probably give it to a stripper. after coming home empty-handed with no oil deal from the saudis, biden is going all in on green energy. they say that biden will take add
On the last day of this parliament before the general election and june the 8th. Coming up, condemnation from labour on the governments brexit strategy. Is not the truth that, far from uniting this country, this tory government and its ministers have been dividing it since they took office . But the brexit secretary says, out in the country, there is huge support for theresa mays approach. Massive respect for our Prime Minister, and a belief that she will deliver the best outcome in bracts in negotiations. The Government Faces more questions over taking child refugees, and Parliament Comes to a close with the traditional ceremony of pro rich in. As the last two pieces of Legislation Finish their passage through parliament. But first, theresa may called the election arguing she needed a strong hand in the uks brexit negotiations. Eu ministers are due to meet in luxembourg over the weekend to hammer out their final negotiating position. On wednesday, theresa may met the European Commissi
And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an
To meet the russian president , vladimir putin. Trade is set to be top of the agenda as china looks to push its vision for the new silk road. but beijing is also looking further afield for some fresh impetus. From today, Global Investors can buy Chinese Company debt through an exchange for the very first time. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. Chinese president xijinping is in russia for talks with his counterpart vladimir putin. Trade is set to be top of the agenda ahead of the 620 meeting of Global Leaders later this week. The visit will be president xis sixth tour to russia since taking office in 2012. And their meetings seem to be bearing fruit. According to chinese statistics, trade between the two increased by over 26 in the first four months of the year, reaching nearly 25 billion. Co operation is increasing, too. Russia will be a key component of chinas belt and Road Initiative an ambitious multitrillion dollar project that will link europe and asia via the