no i m minister of the interior and it s not my aim to become prime minister my business right now is public safety the mafia drugs i m going to have this job and i want to keep doing it but only a few months into an easy government coalition between salvini sleek they were the the and the five star movement of luigi de ma you italy s far right senses the chance to govern alone to leave. has already overtaken its previously stronger coalition partner the pole. the setting for this political battle is now the holiday island of sardinia here both camps are pitted against each other in the regional but. for an entire week interior minister has been traveling around the islands to complain it shows just how important this region election here in sardinia has become it is a test of strength for the parties and an indicator that the entire country of
a man engaged in sex and no illegal so there is hope and people like mary and the activists here they won t stop fighting until one day they all seeing this as equal citizens and can love whoever they choose to love melanie card to ball joining us from nairobi thank you melanie. watching date of you news still to come on the program the italian island of sardinia has turned from a sleepy tourist destination to italy s political hotspot a closely watched election there has drawn the country s tough talking deputy prime minister the leader of the country s all right party. but first today is the second day of the vatican s four day summit aimed at stopping sexual abuse in the catholic church bishops top vatican officials experts and the heads of religious orders have heard stories from abuse survivors about the devastating effects the trauma has had on their lives many have suffered in silence other survivors have seen firsthand efforts by the church to cover up sexual abuse.
knew livers only one thing all the others and i m nothing but he kept his promise. fishmonger subuh talk among also like the speech. he s doing so many things right he loves public order and the people love him look around everything s going smoothly in the market here today at the end of the event as usual but he also being asked the audience to. join him on stage a selfie with italy s most popular politician and if there was this office followers come true the next prime minister. of the more on this now we re joined here in the studio by my tail he is an expert on italian and european politics at oxford university welcome to the program thank you how important do you see sunday s election in sardinia for italy as a whole indicator of what we might be see and what will things to come possibly it s a three way race we have the time to write an account of back by any. that
as an indicator of the growing popularity of italy s far right league party their leader and deputy prime minister mattel salvini has been campaigning in sardinia and. reports from the campaign trail. they celebrate him like a rock star i. italy s fall right into your young minister is cranking out. here in this small town square in sardinia i the beach is only one flag one mine with one identity history culture i m tradition which must survive. to be able to if you could put it in sharp rhetoric against migrants and praising the electoral votes he will is not to back. lection sardinia is only a regional one italy s paul wright is flying high in nationwide a situation that so he now wants to exploit even if he s keeping a low profile in front of your camera not all your friends i mean is the link there
concrete actions. and that was martin jacques speaking with us from the vatican let s get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the united states says that it plans to keep a small unit of around two hundred troops in syria as part of an international stabilizing force in december the trumpet ministration announced that it would pull out all two thousand troops in the region a decision that shocked the u.s. allies and military commanders. demonstrators in bratislava have marked one year since the murder of the slovak journalist john kitschy at jack and his girlfriend were shot dead last february shortly before he was to publish a report on alleged government corruption the killings and the explosive before it sparked mass protest leading to the country s prime minister resign. the italian island of sardinia goes to the polls on sunday in a closely watched regional election commentators believe that the poll will serve