a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised, there is a very clear coalition of interests between all the right wing parties. they are fighting as a team. you, on the left, are not. there are two reasons. first reason is the fact that there s 40% of the people saying that they will abstain, or they are not decided. they have not decided what they want to do. second, because the unity of the right is a fake. they are united today, b
66 people are now known to have died and more than a dozen are still missing. others have been left stranded after landslides closed off roads. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in three weeks time, italians vote in a general election. now, if the opinion polls are to be believed, the country is about to embrace a political movement with its roots in post war fascism. what would that mean for italy and for europe? well, my guest today, here at the ambrosetti forum a sort of italy style davos gathering is enrico letta, a former italian prime minister and leader of the centre left democratic party. is his effort to keep the far right out of power doomed to fail? enrico letta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation. we appreciate your time, particularly because you are in the middle of a fiercely fought election campaign. would you accept that right now, you in the centre left look as though you are going to lose? no, i think we will win. how can you think that, when the raw mathematics of this election look so bad for you? and i say that because the right has coordinated, it has organised
and i m chris rogers the other stories on bbc news. several regions of ukraine occupied by russia begin voting in so called referendums on whether to become part of russia. protests continue across iran after the death of a young woman detained by the morality police . her father says they lied about how she died. and some promising news. scientists say a new type of cancer therapy is looking hopeful. hello, i mjoanna gosling, in westminster ahead of the government s mini budget annoncement this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng is expected to unveil tax cuts and increases in public spending as part of plans to boost economic growth. it s not a full budget that s due later this year but it still has some pretty sizeable changes.let s have a look at what could be announced. the chancellor will confirm it will let people keep more of their earnings by cutting national insurance contributions & go through with the plan to cut corporation tax. the government could als
charles watson live in atlanta with more. charles. good afternoon the news of the passing of nba legend bill russell is sending shock waves to the sports world and beyond. people try to wrap their heads around this tremendous loss. a message posted to russell s twitter earlier today said he passed away peacefully with his wife jeanine by his side. tributes for the boston celtics gray can nba hall of famer has ported from high-profile figures including former president and fellow basketball legend such as magic johnson who called his death a tremendous loss for the entire basketball world he continued on to say russell was my idol i looked up to him on the court and his success on the court was undeniable he was dominant within the championships off the court will also pave the way for guys like me. nba commissioner adam silver called him the ultimate winner and teammate whose impact on the mba will be felt forever and president obama said today we lost a giant, he goes on t