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This week's episode looks back at the results from last weekend's snap General Election in Italy which has likely resulted in their first female Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni. As Italy prepares for a new right-wing government, Sam and Chern discuss the dynamics of the race and the performance of the main blocs. How were the right able to dominate the election in both Chambers? What demographics propelled the Brothers of Italy to first place? What is next for the Enrico Letta's Democratic Party as they head back into Opposition? And was this election a disappointment for the Five Star Movement? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ballot-to-talk-about/message

Denmark said Tuesday it believed “deliberate actions” by unknown perpetrators were behind big leaks, which seismologists said followed powerful explosions, in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. European leaders and experts pointed to possible sabotage amid the energy standoff with Russia provoked by the war in Ukraine. Although filled with gas, neither pipeline is currently supplying it to Europe. “It is the authorities' clear assessment that these are deliberate actions -– not accidents,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. But she added that “there is no information indicating who could be behind it.” Frederiksen also rejected the suggestion that the incident was an attack on Denmark, saying the leaks occurred in international waters. Giorgia Meloni scored a remarkable success in yesterday's Italian election – and is all but certain to become prime minister. Her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party's 26% of the vote makes it the largest party nationally. Overall, the rightwing coalition it now leads will have a considerable majority in both houses of parliament. Part of the explanation lies in the weakness of the opposition. The eclectic Five Star Movement (15%) and the centre-left Democrats (19%) did not join forces and, after years of failing to improve working-class living standards, were unable to rally the left's historic base. Turnout was easily the lowest in the republic's history, with only 64% of Italians voting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denmark said Tuesday it believed “deliberate actions” by unknown perpetrators were behind big leaks, which seismologists said followed powerful explosions, in two natural gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. European leaders and experts pointed to possible sabotage amid the energy standoff with Russia provoked by the war in Ukraine. Although filled with gas, neither pipeline is currently supplying it to Europe. “It is the authorities' clear assessment that these are deliberate actions -– not accidents,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. But she added that “there is no information indicating who could be behind it.” Frederiksen also rejected the suggestion that the incident was an attack on Denmark, saying the leaks occurred in international waters. Giorgia Meloni scored a remarkable success in yesterday's Italian election – and is all but certain to become prime minister. Her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party's 26% of the vote makes it the largest party nationally. Overall, the rightwing coalition it now leads will have a considerable majority in both houses of parliament. Part of the explanation lies in the weakness of the opposition. The eclectic Five Star Movement (15%) and the centre-left Democrats (19%) did not join forces and, after years of failing to improve working-class living standards, were unable to rally the left's historic base. Turnout was easily the lowest in the republic's history, with only 64% of Italians voting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Italy will be led by the most far-right government since the fascist era of Benito Mussolini, early exit polls suggest. An alliance of far-right parties, led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party -- whose origins lie in post-war fascism -- were on track to win between 41 and 45% of the vote in Sunday's general election, according to data from the Rai exit pollster Piepoli. The ultra-conservative Brothers of Italy party looks likely to win between 22 and 26% of the vote, with coalition partners the League, led by Matteo Salvini, taking between 8.5 and 12.5% and Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia scoring between 6 and 8% of the vote. As the leader of a far-right coalition, Meloni, a 45-year-old Euroskeptic firebrand, is now set to become Italy's first female prime minister. Final results are expected early Monday. Meloni's party has seen an astronomical rise in popularity in recent years, having won just 4.5% of the vote in the last elections, in 2018. Their popularity underscores Italy's longstanding rejection of mainstream politics, seen most recently with the country's support of anti-establishment parties such as the Five Star Movement and Salvini's League. Celebrating the early results on Sunday evening, Salvini said on Twitter, "Center-right in clear advantage both in the House and in the Senate! It will be a long night, but already now I want to say THANK YOU." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/world-voices/support

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This week's episode examines Liz Truss's election as Conservative Party leader and her new Cabinet, as well as previewing the upcoming the Italian General Election. As the UK mourns the loss of Her Majesty the Queen, they are also experiencing the first week of the Liz Truss premiership after she defeated former Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Who are some of the notable Cabinet appointments? What do the Cabinet appointments suggest about how her Government will differ from Boris Johnson's? And how will the seismic royal news in the last week affect her Government agenda? In Italy, voters will be heading to the polls in a few weeks time for a snap election after the collapse of the technocratic Draghi Government. Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party look set to win the election and form a right-wing government with their alliance partners, but Sam and Chern analyse the campaign and other involved parties. What has been behind the meteoric rise of the Brothers of Italy? And was this at the expense of The League? Why are the Five Star Movement projected to fall to fourth after winning the 2018 General Election? And why are the centre-left not a big factor this time? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ballot-to-talk-about/message

Italy's President Sergio Mattarella has rejected Prime Minister Mario Draghi's resignation following a split in the coalition government caused by the Five Star Movement. We are live in Rome for the latest. China's economy contracts by 2.6 per cent in Q2, casting doubt over Beijing's ability to hit its full-year targets. In the U.S., JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley miss on both the top and bottom lines. Weaker investment banking activity and increased provisioning have weighed on both lenders' quarterly data. Global inflation and the conflict in Ukraine remain the focus of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Bali, Indonesia. The OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann says the world must remain united to ‘soften' the impact of the downturn. We are also live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where U.S. President Joe Biden is due to arrive today as oil drops below $95 a barrel for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

U.S. inflation hits its highest level in 41 years to 9.1 per cent. A 100bps rate hike is expected from the Federal Reserve this month. The inversion between the 2- and 10-year Treasury yields widens furthest since 2000. In Italy, Giuseppe Conte's Five Star Movement has said it will boycott a spending vote today, threatening the ruling coalition government it is part of. And U.S. President Joe Biden embarks on a 4-day Middle East tour, landing in Tel Aviv. Iranian nuclear ambitions is the largest topic on his agenda. And in crypto news, lender Celsius files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a month after cancelling withdrawals.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has transformed Europe within a matter of weeks. A continent once fractured by the refugee crisis is now taking in millions of refugees. Countries such as Germany have made considerable pledges to increase military spending. The European Union said it would cut off Russian oil and gas “well before 2030” — a once unthinkable prospect. The European project seems more confident in itself than at any other time in recent history.But some European countries are also seeing trends in the opposite direction. This month in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government won re-election easily. The far-right leader Marine Le Pen lost this past weekend's French presidential election to the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, but secured a significant 41.5 percent of the vote, up from 33.9 percent in 2017. And nationalist movements — Brexit in Britain, the Five Star Movement in Italy and others — have become potent political forces in recent years.So what's next for Europe? Will Putin's invasion reinvigorate the collective European project? Or will the continent revert to its preinvasion path of fracture, division and nationalism?Ivan Krastev is the chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria and the author of numerous books, including “After Europe” and, with Stephen Holmes, “The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy.” He's also one of my favorite people to talk to on the subject of Europe, liberalism, democracy and the tensions therein.We discuss how European identity went from revolving around war to being centered on economic trade, why Europe has treated the Ukrainian refugee crisis so differently from previous refugee crises, how the West's overly economic understanding of human motivation blinded it to Putin's plans, what the relative success of politicians like Le Pen and Orban means for the future of Europe, how fears of demographic change can help explain phenomena as different as Putin's invasion and Donald Trump's election, whether Putin's invasion can reawaken an exhausted European liberalism and much more.Mentioned:“The End of History?” by Francis FukuyamaThe End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama“We Are All Living in Vladimir Putin's World Now” by Ivan Krastev“The Crisis of American Power: How Europeans See Biden's America” by Ivan Krastev“The Power of the Past: How Nostalgia Shapes European Public Opinion” by Catherine E. de Vries and Isabell Hoffmann from Bertelsmann StiftungBook Recommendations:Free by Lea YpiThe Age of Unpeace by Mark LeonardTime Shelter by Georgi GospodinovThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld; audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Our executive producer is Irene Noguchi. Special thanks to Kristin Lin and Kristina Samulewski.

The law was blocked and then reinstated by lower courts, Also: Westminster memorial service for the murdered British parliamentarian Sir David Amess, and Italy's Five Star Movement loses control of Rome and Turin in local elections.

This week's episode concludes our European-themed month to mark the postponed 2020 Euros tournament by talking about the parties and politics of one of the finalists - Italy. It also includes an update on Northern Ireland leadership a week on from Jeffrey Donaldson becoming the third DUP leader in two months, and the change of leadership in the Australian National Party, with Barnaby Joyce reclaiming his position as Deputy Prime Minister. Just a few months on since the formation of the new technocratic government under Mario Draghi, Sam and Chern look at the state of the ever-fluctuating Italian party system, talking about trends which have dominated the national picture in recent years. What has been key to the longevity of Silvio Berlusconi, and to what extent does Forza Italia exist beyond him as an individual? How does Italy have the political space for two far-right parties to be performing well at the same time? What went wrong for Matteo Renzi? What is the ideological position of the Five Star Movement, and are they truly office-seeking by nature? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ballot-to-talk-about/message

Occupy Wall Street, Italy's Five Star Movement, the indignados in Spain—we've seen an increase in anti-elite protests by a disabused public over the last two decades. But what has caused this "revolt of the public"? Martin Gurri, Visiting Fellow at George Mason University's Mercatus Center and former CIA media analyst, argues that elites have overpromised and under delivered all while losing their monopoly on information flows. But have our emperors been revealed to lack clothes, or did they never have them to begin with?

Italy's Five Star Movement, a political party co-founded by comedian Beppe Grillo in 2009, promised radical change by putting citizens back in control of politics. Today the party is facing problems. Will this populist force change course or will it continue with its anti-establishment agenda?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Tom Kington, Italy correspondent for The Times.Host: David Aaronovitch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Arun chats with Nadia Urbinati, Paolo Gerbaudo and Rachel Donadio on the rise and fall of Italy's Five Star Movement (Cinque Stelle). Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss any content and become a member at https://www.fans.fm/committee. Members have access to full episode audio, Committee Program merch, exclusive content and more! Watch our show every Monday at 3p ET/12p PT on the Nomiki Konst YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/KonstNomiki

That tension between the politics of the whole and the politics of the part, that tension between the politics of generality and the politics of particularity, is really at the heart of party democracy. What we are sort of trying to capture, I suppose, with technopopulism is to think of a form of politics where that tension has simply gone.Chris BickertonA full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.Key Highlights Include- Chris describes Technopopulism through an explanation of the Five Star Movement in Italy- We discuss how populists and technologists consider expertise- How technopopulism is different from classic interest-based politics- We discuss ANO and the Pirate Party in the Czech Republic- Barak Obama is analyzed in the lens of technopopulism- Chris explains how he thinks we can move beyond technopopulismChris Bickerton is a reader of of Modern European Politics at the University of Cambridge. Alongside Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, he is the coauthor of Technopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics.  He is also a frequent panelist on Talking Politics. More InformationDemocracy GroupApes of the State created all MusicLet's Find Common GroundKey LinksTechnopopulism: The New Logic of Democratic Politics by Christopher Bickerton and Carlo Invernizzi Accetti"Understanding the Illiberal Turn: Democratic Backsliding in the Czech Republic" by Seán Hanley and Milada Anna VachudovaFive Star Movement at WikipediaRelated ContentChad Alan Goldberg on the Wisconsin Idea and the Role of the Public University in a DemocracyThomas Carothers and Andrew O'Donohue are Worried About Severe PolarizationMore from the Podcast

In this latest issue of my weekly podcast, we discuss Biden's infrastructure package. The plan will cost nearly $4T over ten years. The money will be divided as follows: $1.4T for straight infrastructure, $600B for clean energy, $400B for manufacturing, $300B for innovation/R&D, and $800B for the caregiver economy. To pass this bill, Senate Democrats will need to use reconciliation. If it does pass, it will be a major win for Biden. Infrastructure has broad bipartisan appeal among the general public.Lula is eyeing a return to Brazilian politics. In a surprise ruling, a Supreme Court judge has annulled the "lava-jato" convictions against former Brazilian president Lula da Silva. If the verdict stands, Lula could once again run for president. As Brazil's iconic if aging left-wing populist, he could be a strong candidate against Bolsonaro.Italy’s political parties are in disarray. Since PM Mario Draghi came to power with a large coalition government, Italy’s political parties have struggled to define their future. As the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party scramble, Lega is looking to fill the gap.US mortality rate skyrockets. Covid-19 triggered a 15% estimated spike in the mortality rate for 2020, according to the CDC. This jump would mark the largest single-year increase since 1918.Japan dodges C19 deaths. Last year, the number of deaths in Japan declined for the first time in more than a decade. The decrease appears to have been driven by a large decline in other respiratory illnesses like influenza and stands in stark contrast to the steeply rising mortality experienced by other countries during the pandemic. **********The content featured here is a small part of Hedgeye’s Demography Unplugged, a game-changing market intelligence product brought to you by historian, demographer and best-selling author Neil Howe. Visit us to find out more and subscribe.

Technocracy and populism are normally seen as opposites, but new political parties in Europe appear to be combining the two in novel ways and upsetting the traditional left-right divide. On February 15, 2021, our guest is Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Associate Professor of Political Science at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center, CUNY, and we discuss the rise of Europe's technopopulist parties, such as the Five Star Movement in Italy, La Republique en Marche in France, and Podemos in Spain. Will these novel party organizations upend the traditional left-right divide? Transcript: http://ralphbuncheinstitute.org/2021/02/15/the-rise-of-technopopulism-in-europe/

Disney soars in extended trading after the media giant tops first-quarter earnings forecasts, while subscriber numbers near 95m. Female-focused dating app Bumble lists on Wall Street with shares spiking on the debut. Strong sales in China and soaring online orders help L’Oréal to a topline beat. In political news, President Biden warns senators that Beijing could outstrip Washington on infrastructure investment. And in Italy, PM-designate Mario Draghi succeeds in gathering enough support from Five Star Movement MPs to create a new majority government. He is expected to name his cabinet today.

Asian equities respond to U.S. futures indications that last week’s rally – the markets’ best week since November - could continue. A poor U.S. jobs report on Friday raises hopes of a stimulus deal. In vaccine news, South Africa suspends inoculations after studies show that the jab created by Anglo-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca provides minimal protection against its national Covid variant. Meanwhile in M&A news, Japanese microchip giant Renesas is set to swoop for DAX-listed Dialog in a reported $6bn bid. In Italy, former ECB president Mario Draghi has secured conditional support from rival parties Five Star Movement and Lega as he attempts to rebuild the splintered government coalition.

The Iuventa ran hundreds of missions to save migrants from drowning off the coast of Libya. But after Europe cracked down on migration, its crew found themselves facing prosecution. By Daniel Trilling. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Italy’s Five Star Movement has won a referendum to reduce the numbers in parliament. But what does this actually mean – and can it be seen as an accurate reflection of the party’s clout? Andrew Mueller explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This essay is part of "On China's New Silk Road," a podcast by the Global Reporting Centre that tracks China's global ambitions. Over nine episodes, Mary Kay Magistad, a former China correspondent for The World, partners with local journalists on five continents to uncover the effects of the most sweeping global infrastructure initiative in history. If Venice makes you think of scenic canals and singing gondoliers, think, too, about how Venice was once a center of global trade. Goods from as far off as China would travel on the ancient Silk Road, in ships that would sail right up to the city’s San Marco Square. That trade brought Venice wealth, ideas, innovations — and disease. The bubonic plague, which geneticists have traced to its origins in China, wiped out a third of Venice’s — and Europe’s — population in the mid-14th century. Venice’s innovation then was to isolate incoming travelers on islands until it was clear they weren’t infected. It was the dawn of the quarantine.Now, in a new pandemic, Italy faces new challenges. Its economy was already in recession with high unemployment before COVID-19 hit this spring. In March 2019, disgruntled populists, skeptical that the European Union had much to offer Italy, led the way to make Italy the first G7 country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — a global infrastructure initiative to build a belt of land routes and a maritime road of sea routes, in which Chinese loans and investments, and mostly Chinese state-owned companies, are building roads, railways, ports, pipelines, 5G networks and more around the world.  The hope was that joining the BRI would help Italy export more of its products to China, narrow its considerable trade gap and pull in new Chinese investment. China has already invested some $20 billion in Italy over the past 20 years. But that investment peaked four or five years before Italy joined the BRI. And significant new Chinese investment, or a new Chinese appetite for Italian exports, hasn’t exactly been pouring in since — certainly not this year amid a pandemic.  Related: The 'China dream': China's new Silk Road begins at homeBut Italy’s move closer to China, which the European Union calls “a systemic rival,” served as a wakeup call to the EU: If it doesn’t help member economies when they’re feeling economic pain, they could come up with solutions that may not be in the EU’s strategic interests. When Italy’s economy reeled under COVID-19, the EU offered Italy help: more than $200 billion in cheap loans and grants from the EU’s coronavirus recovery plan, an outsized share of the $890 billion total available in the fund.The EU appeared to be applying a lesson learned during the 2008 financial crisis. At the time, it insisted that an already suffering Greece undergo austerity measures. Instead of being squeezed indefinitely, Greece accepted investment from the Chinese state-owned China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) to manage, and eventually buy, a majority stake in Greece’s storied ancient port of Piraeus, which also happens to be one of Europe’s most strategically located ports. COSCO’s investment has helped transform Piraeus into the busiest port in the Mediterranean.Chinese investments in the Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste were mentioned in the memorandum of understanding Italy signed when it joined China’s BRI last year, a fact that got some Europeans speculating about whether a Chinese presence in those ports would be a Trojan horse for China to dominate central Europe.Michele Geraci is an Italian economist who, as Italy’s undersecretary of economic development at the time, was instrumental in moving Italy to join the BRI. He dismisses such concerns as overblown, given how many European ports China already manages or owns.“When we hear warnings that Chinese should not invest in the Italian ports, it’s too late. China has already invested in all major European ports and almost manages 15 to 20% of European traffic.”Michele Geraci, former Italian undersecretary  of economic development“We have Bilbao, Valencia, Antwerp in Belgium, Zeebrugge, Piraeus in Greece of course, Dunkirk, Le Havre, Marseilles, Nantes in France, Malta, Rotterdam in the Netherlands,” he says. “So when we hear warnings that Chinese should not invest in the Italian ports, it’s too late. China has already invested in all major European ports and almost manages 15 to 20% of European traffic.” The container port in Trieste, Italy.  Credit: Courtesy of Mary Kay Magistad The challenge, he says, should be for Italians to figure out how to make Chinese investment work for Italy’s interests.And in Trieste, a picturesque city rising above the Adriatic Sea, with a port going back to the Roman Empire, and a free port for 300 years, port president Zeno D’Agostino sees great opportunity.“We must try to use this opportunity, which is to be a node in world logistics,” he says. Related: China's new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence.D’Agostino says he’s been working with Chinese partners to get more Italian exports to eastern China. He’s looking to develop areas of Trieste’s free port, with factories and warehouses to take advantage of its free trade status — only paying duty on goods when they leave the warehouses.  He’d been expecting this kind of investment from the Chinese. But while that’s been slow to come, the publicity that came to Trieste when Italy joined China’s BRI has drawn in more European investors. “I don’t need the money of the Chinese, I can tell you, without problem,” D’Agostino says. “So if we do what we agreed, we are both satisfied. If they do what they want, and it’s something different from what we agreed, we cannot do [it].”Italy’s “Golden Power” rules prohibit the sale of ports and other strategic assets to foreign entities. Back in Venice, the head of its modern Marghera Port, Pino Musolino, says it’s a good thing Italy has those restrictions because China has proven adept at establishing a presence at strategic ports all the way from China to Europe.“The Belt and Road [Initiative] is not just about infrastructure,” he says. “It's a huge design aimed at controlling trade flows and controlling the main global value chains. If you control those, you don't need to control any army anymore. You are controlling the very specific wealth of any country along those economical corridors. Chinese are very much aware of this, and they are doing a very good job on this, honestly. And they are also very straight forward on this, I have to say, I don't see them particularly scheming on this. They have a clear goal and they are pursuing it.” Italy’s government, made up of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party, is working out its own goals for what they expect to be an economic bounce next year, after Italy’s economy contracts 8 to 9% this year. There’s talk of upgrading train lines and creating a fast broadband network. China’s Huawei had been in the running. Italy’s leaders have since reconsidered using them, citing security concerns.

Whole-country quarantines, border closures, states of emergency, medical supplies requisitioned – and now the United States has banned most Europeans from travelling to the United States. The coronavirus outbreak may have begun in China, but the illness is currently presenting an almost unprecedented challenge in Europe. Our guest is a man deeply involved in those efforts: Fabio Massimo Castaldo, a vice-president of the European Parliament. He is from the Five Star Movement, which is currently in coalition government in Italy, one of the countries worst hit by the virus.

During the 2020 Winter School for PhD candidates, LSE Associate Professor Jonathan Hopkin joined us to discuss his forthcoming book on anti-system politics and economic inequality in the West. Jonathan and Aidan Regan discuss whether it's cultural changes or neoliberalism that drive anti-system parties of the left and right, as well as the relationship between welfare states and party politics.Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMjTbbz7UQ&feature=youtu.beThe book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/anti-system-politics-9780190699765?cc=us&lang=en&Our website: http://www.newpoliticaleconomyeurope.eu/Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/UCD_DEI

*)UK PM vows to get Brexit deal after losing election vote again British parliamentarians rejected a second attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to call an early election to break the Brexit deadlock. The rejection was a final show of defiance before the prime minister’s controversial suspension of parliament came into effect. After the second rejection of his snap election bid, Johnson vowed to secure a divorce deal with the EU at a crucial summit in October. *)UN rights chief 'deeply concerned' over India 'actions' in Kashmir UN Human Rights Council Chief Michelle Bachelet has voiced alarm over the situation in India-administered Kashmir. It follows New Delhi's revocation of the Muslim-majority region's historical semi-autonomous status and military siege of the disputed valley. Among other things, Bachelet noted the "restrictions on internet communications and peaceful assembly and the detention of local political leaders and activists". *)Italian PM seeks EU reform as government wins confidence vote Italy’s incoming coalition of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and centre-left Democratic Party has survived a confidence vote. The new coalition will now focus on the upcoming 2020 budget, a key test for relations with Brussels. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called for the reform of EU budget rules and cooperation on immigration after winning the confidence vote. *)Kremlin suffers losses in Moscow city vote after protests Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman has played down major losses of pro-Kremlin candidates in a Moscow city election. Peskov pointed to wins in other local and regional elections across Russia instead. Kremlin-backed candidates previously held 38 of the Moscow assembly's 45 seats, but after voting, that figure is down to 25. Analysts describe the local vote as a test ahead of parliamentary elections due in 2021. *)Malaria outbreaks to be predicted from space And finally, NASA is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space. The goal of worldwide malaria eradication within a generation, by 2050, is "bold but attainable", a report released this week in The Lancet argued. But the emergence of new drug-resistant strains of the parasite in Southeast Asia has threatened efforts to wipe out the deadly disease globally.

It’s good to talk…the U.S. and China agree to resume trade negotiations, prompting the Dow to surge by more than 350 points – its best day in three weeks. The news also sparks hope across Asian markets ahead of U.S. jobs reports but Fitch downgrades the Hang Seng after months of violence across the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. We are live in Westminster for the latest on Brexit where Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ratchet up his demands for an early election. In Rome, the new PD-Five Star coalition government is sworn in, but the challenge of delivering a budget to Brussels this autumn still lies ahead. We are live at the Ambrosetti Forum on the banks of Lake Como with in-depth analysis.

Italy's prime minister Guiseppe Conte lives to fight another day after a bid by the populist leader Matteo Salvini to unseat him and win power by holding snap elections failed. Katie Martin discusses whether the new alliance between the Five Star Movement and its former enemy, the Democratic Party, can last with Ben Hall and Miles Johnson.Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor, Ben Hall, Europe editor, and Miles Johnson, Rome correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UK Conservative rebels inflict a Commons defeat on prime minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit policy, leaving Britain on the brink of a general election. Plus, Italy’s Five Star Movement votes heavily in favour of a coalition with a centre-left rival, Walmart introduces new restrictions on sales of ammunition a month after a mass shooting occurred at one of its stores, and the US manufacturing sector contracts for the first time since 2016 amid global trade tensions and fears of slowing domestic growth. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Divisions within the Federal Reserve are exposed in the latest minutes, as policy-makers suggest that July’s rate cut does not signal a pre-set easing cycle. The central bank cites the trade tensions with China as a ‘persistent headwind to growth’. Meanwhile, the U.S. yield curve inverts once more on nagging recession concerns but President Donald Trump deflects attention to Germany, hailing its negative yields despite the first 30-year zero-income bund auction receiving scant interest. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts new U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson and lays down a 30-day challenge to him to resolve the Irish backstop conundrum. France’s President Emmanuel Macron, who Johnson visits today, says blame for a no-deal Brexit will be laid squarely at Britain’s door. And in Italy, President Sergio Mattarella has begun party talks to form a new governing coalition. The opposition PD party is attempting to woo Five Star into an alliance, albeit with stringent conditions. The potential for fresh elections looms large.

*)Italy's president accepts PM's resignation Italian President Mattarella began two days of talks with parties to form the country’s 67th government since World War Two or call early elections. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned after a vote of no-confidence from his coalition partner in government, Matteo Salvini. In his resignation speech, Conte called Salvini "irresponsible" for pulling out of an alliance with the Five Star Movement. *)Sudan’s military and opposition form sovereign council Sudan formed a sovereign council to lead the country through its transition to civilian rule. The eleven-member council, led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan, will run Sudan for three years until elections can be set. The power-sharing agreement between the military and opposition ended months of unrest that followed the ousting of leader Omar al Bashir. *)Hong Kong protests spread to subway Hong Kong’s anti-Beijing movement will hold a sit-in at a subway and a site of a mob attack on protesters. Bank of Asia warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chinese-ruled city and mainland China. Wednesday’s protest will be at Yuen Long MTR station, one of a series of demonstrations over 11 weeks that sometimes turned violent. *)Two killed in gunbattle in Kashmir At least two people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting in India-administered Kashmir. It's the first such incident to be reported since India's decision to claim autonomy of its only Muslim majority state. Jailed separatist leaders urged people via posters in Srinagar to defy India’s strict curfew to join a mass march after Friday prayers. *)Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell And finally, An Australian court rejected an appeal by Cardinal George Pell against his conviction for child sex abuse. Pell, Vatican’s third-highest official at, was found guilty in 2018 of molesting two 13-year-old choir boys in a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s. Victoria State Court of Appeal’s decision means the cardinal will remain behind bars and can appeal to Australia’s high court.

*)Kashmir clampdown enters fifth day A lockdown on Indian-administered Kashmir entered a fourth day after the government pulled the region’s autonomy and redrew its map. Facing outrage, India’s Prime Minister Modi attempted to justify his move, saying it would free the disputed region of “terrorism and separatism.” Pakistan’s army warned India against any misadventures as Islamabad, which also claims Kashmir, said it was not looking at military options. *)Malaysia charges Goldman Sachs in 1MDB Malaysia has filed criminal charges against 17 current and former directors at Goldman Sachs subsidiaries in its state fund 1MDB investigation. Goldman Sachs was under scrutiny for its role in helping to raise $6.5 billion in bond offerings for 1MDB. 1MDB has been the subject of multibillion-dollar corruption investigations in at least six countries. *)Hong Kong protesters kick off three-day airport rally Pro-democracy activists kicked off three days of rallies at Hong Kong’s airport, hoping to win international support from arriving passengers. The rallies were promoted on social media with a mock boarding pass reading “HK to freedom.” The protests that began in opposition to extraditions to mainland China have entered its third month. *)Italy’s Salvini calls for new elections Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini declared the governing coalition unworkable and called for fresh elections. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the leader of the ruling League party must explain to Italians why he wants to bring down the government. The announcement follows intense public feuding between the right-wing League and its coalition partner, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement. *)More than two million Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimage And finally, More than two million Muslims began the annual Hajj as the Saudi hosts sought to deter politicisation of the pilgrimage amid tensions in the Gulf. The Hajj, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is one of Islam’s five pillars. It consists of a series of religious rites which are completed over five days in Islam’s holiest city and its surroundings in Saudi Arabia.

The Italian capital is in the midst of a waste management crisis as mountains of uncollected rubbish are left to rot on the eternal city's streets. Manuela Saragosa hears from disgruntled residents and the war of words between those who say the blame lies with the anti-establishment mayor, Virginia Raggi of the Five Star Movement party, and the mayor's supporters, who argue Rome's rubbish crisis has its roots in an historically corrupt and inefficient waste disposal system. We hear from Massimiliano Tonelli, founder of the Roma Fa Schifo blog, Marco Cacciatore, the Five Star Movement city council alderman responsible for Rome's waste management, and Mr. Cacciatore's counterpart, Massimiliano Valeriani, at the Lazio regional government. Will Rome's recurring rubbish crisis ever be resolved? (Picture: Waste overflows on the street in the Tor Sapienza neighborhood, on June 30, 2019 in Rome, Italy. Picture credit: Simona Granati - Corbis/Getty Images)

Italy's economy remains in the doldrums, with many Italians blaming the European single currency. Meanwhile the Italian populist government has taken a markedly more friendly line towards Russia, with a scandal brewing about alleged business deals between Moscow and the ruling Lega party. Manuela Saragosa speaks to Alessandra Maiorino, an Italian MP for the Five Star Movement and Lorenzo Codogno, economist with the European Institute at the London School of Economics, about growing anti-European sentiment in Italy. And journalist Stafano Vergine explains why prosecutors are now looking into links between Italy's Lega Nord party and Russia. (Photo: An Italian euro coin; Credit: Getty Images)

King's College's Giulio Pugliese and Senior Fellow Devin Stewart discuss the political climate in Italy, with the Northern League and the Five Star Movement representing various types of dissatisfaction with the status quo, and China's increasing interest in the nation via its Belt and Road Initiative. What could Italy get out of this relationship? What kinds of concerns do Italians have about Xi Jinping's China?

King's College's Giulio Pugliese and Senior Fellow Devin Stewart discuss the political climate in Italy, with the Northern League and the Five Star Movement representing various types of dissatisfaction with the status quo, and China's increasing interest in the nation via its Belt and Road Initiative. What could Italy get out of this relationship? What kinds of concerns do Italians have about Xi Jinping's China?

The crisis of our time People have very little political power beyond voting on election day. Current governing structures are incapable of changing the world and solving the big problems that we face, such as the climate crisis. The solution is to form a social movement – perhaps through revolution – that can make good decisions and achieve its goals, such as win elections, take sovereignty, and maintain power. A notable example is the Five Star Movement in Italy, which directs policy and takes control away from elected representatives when they violate the core principles of the movement. The limitations of contemporary protest Occupy Wall Street did not achieve its goals of ending the power of money over our democracies or give more power to the 99 percent. However, it did reveal that both the strategy of street protest as well as the way of protesting are broken. In addition, current activist culture is producing consensus-driven activism that is looking for incremental change and reform within the existing system. A true activist used to be someone who stands outside of the status quo and is not afraid to go against a movement’s consensus. The nature of social change A strong theory about how social change comes to fruition revolves around structural forces beyond human direct participation, like an economic crisis. This argues that it’s the combination of the crisis and people in the streets that achieves change. Two more ways of thinking about effecting change are subjectivism and theurgism. Subjectivism believes that change is a process that happens within us. When we change the way we are, then we transform how we see the world. Theurgism believes that social change and revolution are a process of divine intervention, by forces that are completely outside of our control. Find out more: Micah White is the lifelong activist who co-created Occupy Wall Street, a global social movement that spread to 82 countries, while he was working as an editor of Adbusters magazine. He is also the co-founder of Activist Graduate School, an online school taught by, and for, experienced activists. His book, The End of Protest, A New Playbook for Revolution has been translated into German and Greek. His essays have been published in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, and beyond. He has been profiled by The New Yorker, Esquire, and more. Follow Micah White on Twitter @beingMicahWhite

There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and the now subordinate, bizarre, amorphously anti-corruption, internet-fetishist, pseudo-directly democratic Five Star Movement. In other words, Italian politics is dominated by a viciously racist anti-migrant politics; the left, along with most traditional forces, is in utter disarray. Today, Lega, led by Interior Minister Mateo Salvini, runs Italian politics. But the bad news is maybe also the good news: Salvini has not solved Italy's deep rooted economic problems, and so it's quite possible that the very same instability that abetted his rise will ultimately lead to his downfall. Dan interviews David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi and Marta Fana. Thanks to Verso. Check out their massive left-wing book selection at versobooks.com Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig  

There is perhaps no more depressing situation in Western Europe than that which prevails in Italy: a coalition government between the far-right Lega party and the now subordinate, bizarre, amorphously anti-corruption, internet-fetishist, pseudo-directly democratic Five Star Movement. In other words, Italian politics is dominated by a viciously racist anti-migrant politics; the left, along with most traditional forces, is in utter disarray. Today, Lega, led by Interior Minister Mateo Salvini, runs Italian politics. But the bad news is maybe also the good news: Salvini has not solved Italy's deep rooted economic problems, and so it's quite possible that the very same instability that abetted his rise will ultimately lead to his downfall. Dan interviews David Broder, Lorenzo Zamponi and Marta Fana. Thanks to Verso. Check out their massive left-wing book selection at versobooks.com Support this podcast with your money at Patreon.com/TheDig

Squawk Box anchors discuss UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s last-ditch effort to get her Brexit deal through the House of Commons, offering lawmakers a variety of concessions, including the possibility of a second referendum. In the US, Wall Street bounces back after Washington offers Huawei a temporary reprieve, easing its restrictions as the Chinese smartphone maker launches new products in Europe. Chinese President Xi Jinping calls for a ‘New Long March’ amid on-going trade tensions with the US but also offers the prospect of a fresh round of negotiations. And, we are live in Westminster, Brussels and Bari ahead of the European Parliament elections. We hear from Italy deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini who brushes off suggestions his Lega party’s election campaign may have hurt his coalition government with the Five Star Movement.

Italy's Five-Star Movement rose to power campaigning on a host of proposals, chief among them a "citizen's income," a cash assistance program. While there are obvious thing to like about the program, there are problematic elements as well, including the inclusion criteria, and what recipients have to do to stay on the program. Owen and Jim break down the program and discuss whether or not the program should be seen as a step in the right direction.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam acknowledged on Friday that he was photographed more than 30 years ago in a costume that was, according to his words, “clearly racist and offensive” — admitting that he had dressed either as a member of the Ku Klux Klan or in blackface. “I am deeply sorry for the decision I made to appear as I did in this photo and for the hurt that decision caused then and now,” the Democratic governor said in a statement on Friday evening. On Saturday, Northam held a press conference wherein he retracted his Friday admission and said that he is not in the picture. He admitted donning black-face during a Michael Jackson dance contest that same year but said that was not him in the yearbook photo as either racist character. Can you, during an early part of your life, do stupid, racially ignorant and insensitive things but not be racist? Should you be allowed to continue to serve?European powers have backed Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president in an effort to raise the pressure on President Nicolás Maduro's regime, even as divisions in the EU threaten efforts to forge a common stance. Spain, France, Germany and the UK followed through today on a January 26 pledge to recognize Mr. Guaidó as interim leader if the government in Caracas failed to call fresh elections within eight days. Other European states including Denmark, Austria and Latvia followed suit in a coordinated show of support for the opposition leader and head of Venezuela's National Assembly to organize fresh polls. The EU had also given eight days for the Maduro government to announce elections, but has stopped short of saying it will recognize Mr. Guaidó as interim president and has warned only of possible “further action” instead. The bloc's position has been complicated by divisions within Italy's governing coalition of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the far-right League over the crisis in Venezuela.US President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver his State of the Union address tomorrow evening at 9 p.m. ET. What should Americans expect? The first question is whether he'll declare a national emergency to build his proposed border wall if Congress can't agree to fund it. He's been coy on that subject leading up to the speech, telling reporters last week: “You'll hear the State of the Union, and then you'll see what happens right after the State of the Union.” He may use the event to unveil where and when he'll meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un for their second summit. Trump has expressed optimism about striking a deal with China, and said on Friday that a meeting with President Xi Jinping would probably be announced this week. He's likely to at least claim progress has been made with China during the speech on Tuesday. How will he analyze the state of the US economy?In the crowded race to the White House, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) officially kicked off her campaign for president this past Saturday. In a speech in Oahu, Gabbard, 37, stressed lessons she learned while serving in her state's National Guard. “When we raise our right hand and volunteer to serve, we set aside our own interests to serve our country, to fight for all Americans. We serve as one, indivisible, united, unbreakable ― united by this bond of love for each other and love for our country,” she said. “It is in this spirit that today I announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America.” She has to be the most truly progressive candidate in the race at this point, but she's getting the least amount of coverage. The four-term congresswoman took aim at US interventionism, slamming officials who engage in armed conflicts at great costs while treating troops “as political pawns and mercenaries for hire in wars around the world.” Other policy positions that the White House hopeful discussed included Medicare for all, criminal justice reform, environmental advocacy and the need to combat privacy infringement by big tech companies. Is she getting the coverage she deserves? GUESTS:Gary Flowers — Host of The Gary Flowers Show on radio station Rejoice WREJ-AM 990. He has been executive director of the Old Dominion Bar Association, special assistant to Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, public policy analyst and coordinator of electoral observers for the 1994 elections in South Africa, vice president of programs and national field director for the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Executive Director and CEO of the Black Leadership Forum in Washington. Daniel Lazare — Journalist and author of three books: The Frozen Republic, The Velvet Coup and America's Undeclared War. Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression, who also writes at jackrasmus.com. Garland Nixon — Co-Host of Fault Lines on Sputnik News.

As new political winds blow in Italy, FRANCE 24’s Europe team looks beyond the stereotypes in the country of "la dolce vita". It's been almost a year since Italy's populist Five-Star Movement and far-right Lega (League) party joined forces to form a new government, ousting the centre-left Democrats.

As new political winds blow in Italy, FRANCE 24’s Europe team looks beyond the stereotypes in the country of "la dolce vita". It's been almost a year since Italy's populist Five-Star Movement and far-right Lega (League) party joined forces to form a new government, ousting the centre-left Democrats.

Previously in Europe Pirates. On today's episode, we talk about the current state of France mostly, that one ghost from the Matrix is coming third in the polls and how Italy said that thing European countries aren't meant to say. WE HAVE A T-PUBLIC STORE what a fashionable way to support our podcast We now have a website that you can find here! Feel free to send us an email at PreviouslyInEurope@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @PrevInEurope If you can please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and if you can't do that tell a friend, this stuff really helps us out Also, have you considered Matteo Renzi? Nonsense Section Hot damn, we have a name change Greek parliament ratifies the agreement which included changing the name of Macedonia (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/25/greek-mps-ratify-macedonia-name-change-historic-vote)... It was tight but they got 153 votes - curiously more than they had for the vote of confidence... Salvini is a Kidnapper His not letting people in policy is apparently kidnapping in cases where the people were rescued by coast guard ships... since you're effectively saying they can't leave your own ships. I'm guess the Sicilian court is trolling a bit but it would be great if this went somewhere (https://www.dw.com/en/italy-court-rules-far-right-leader-salvini-can-be-charged-with-kidnapping/a-47224819) Italian government split over Venezuela crisis 5Star Movement and far-right La Lega at loggerheads about Nicolás Maduro. M5S concerned that this is what happened to Libya while La Lega don't want to further alienate themselves from Europe. Alessandro Di Battista, a former MP and top campaigner who is preparing to lead the 5Stars’ efforts against the League in the upcoming European election, replied to Salvini’s statement on his Facebook page: “Signing an ultimatum to Venezuela is bullshit. It’s the same identical scheme that was put in practice years ago with Libya and Gheddafi [sic].” https://www.politico.eu/article/5star-league-italian-government-split-over-venezuela-crisis-alessandro-di-battista/ Pirate Politics is still a thing in Czechia They survived mostly because they have social concerns about income and junk. https://www.politico.eu/article/czech-pirate-party-anti-establishment-ivan-bartos-ahoy/ Topic 1 France Fun Gilets Jaunes Party? They've announced a party list for the EU elections called RIC - of Citizens Initiative Rally (https://www.euronews.com/2019/01/24/raw-politics-gilets-jaunes-protesters-announce-candidates-for-european-elections, French article with more detail - http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2019/01/23/25001-20190123ARTFIG00274-europeennes-une-premiere-liste-gilets-jaunes-conduite-par-ingrid-levavasseur-presentee.php) There was polling from the day before which had this hypothetical party list polling at 13%, with votes coming from across the board (https://elabe.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20192301elabebfmtv_les-francais-et-lelection-europeenne.pdf). FN (NR?) would lose 3%, a lot of parties would lose 1% or so. This is just one poll but this would mean they'd come in third, ahead of what we used to call the "major" parties... The protests themselves are still happening French people: Macron is a bit of a shit Another poll this time talking about what Macron needs to change. 66% say he's not changed since the protests began and 80% want him to change how he expresses himself (i.e. not be so smug?). 73% of his own party's voters agree with the latter. Also 78% say he should change his economic policy. This all when his approval ratings hover in the 30s (https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/sondage-voici-5-choses-quemmanuel-macron-doit-changer-selon-les-francais-3845999) Salvini says Macron is terrible and don't vote for him “In France they have a bad government and a bad president of the Republic,” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/23/italian-deputy-pm-matteo-salvini-calls-on-french-voters-not-to-back-macron) Di Maio thinks they've been creating poverty in Africa (https://www.euronews.com/2019/01/27/france-s-macron-dismisses-attacks-by-italy-s-matteo-salvini-and-luigi-di-maio). “France has never stopped colonising tens of African states,” said Di Maio, leader of the populist Five Star Movement. “The EU should sanction France, and all countries like France, that impoverish Africa and make these people leave, because Africans should be in Africa, not at the bottom of the Mediterranean.” (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/italy-france-refugee-dispute-awakens-dark-colonial-legacy-migration) Also France and Germany are Officially Friends Again Phew... without this new treaty I don't know where we'd stand (https://www.eurotopics.net/en/213282/treaty-of-aachen-unifying-or-divisive#) Vaguely stating that populism is bad is all the rage these days, so I guess they thought they'd get in on the action (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/22/france-and-germany-renew-postwar-vows-of-friendship) Let's have a town hall Pictures of Macron and people in sashes is a way to make the public feel heard. I'm not saying it's bad to have a national "listening" tour - but he's pretty clear that this isn't going to affect broad change in policy. Which is the thing the protesters and apparently a lot of the country want (https://www.euronews.com/2019/01/22/macron-s-great-national-debate-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work-euronews-answers)

This week's podcast comes from an event hosted by Intelligence Squared Germany, in collaboration with ECFR Berlin. Our panel of speakers, including representatives of the Five Star Movement, Fidesz and the ECFR asked: is Germany really the bastion of European stability that it likes to portray or is it actually the source of European fracture?Speaking for the motion were Deputy Minister for Education and Member of the Italian Parliament with the Five Star Movement Lorenzo Fioramonti and Hungarian politician and MEP for Victor Orban’s Fidesz party György Schöpflin.Arguing against the motion were Programme Director and Head of the Sofia Office at the ECFR Vessela Tcherneva and author of the critically-acclaimed 'The Shortest History of Germany' James Hawes.The debate was chaired by Katrin Bennhold, the Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi all. 2019 is shaping up to be a tumultuous year. The far-right is gaining power around the world, the economy is facing headwinds, Trump is going crazy - you get the idea.Rather than look back at 2018, I want to look to the future. Over the next few days, I'll be sharing older episodes on topics I believe will shape 2019 and beyond.This first episode is about leaders who will play a major role in world politics in 2019. This first episode is an interview with Edwin Ackerman from Syracuse University about Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leftwing President of Mexico. When we first talked, Obrador wasn't yet President. After a short time in office, he's already leaving a mark. The interview is based on an article Edwin wrote for Jacobin titled A Potential Breakthrough in MexicoI won't ruin the episode, but Obrador is already leaving a mark. As one of the few leftwing leaders to succeed in 2019 by offering a truly leftwing vision, his success could have a lasting impact around the world. Here's a list of other episodes I recommend listening about leaders to watch in 2019.#5: Remember the Name Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez w/ Raina Lipsitz - listen hereAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez has quickly become the voice of a generation as the youngest person ever elected to Congress. She singlehandidly put the Green New Deal on the national agenda and is shifting the overturn window in a progressive direction. I talk to reporter Raina Lipsitz about her experience covering Ocasio-Cortez's insurgent campaign.#14: Italy's Donald Trump w/ Vito Laterza - listen hereMatteo Salvini, Italy Deputy Prime Minister, is Italy's Donald Trump, if Trump was actually effective. Salvini is a leading figure in Europe's anti-immigrant/refugee movement and will shape not only Italy, but Europe for years to come. Guest Vita Laterza breaks down Italian politics, and discusses Matteo Salvini, the Five Star Movement and what Italy's rightward, anti-immigrant shift means for the rest of Europe.#15: Is Abdul El-Sayed the Answer to Far-Right Populism? w/ Maximillian Alvarez - listen hereAbdul El-Sayed lost his insurgent primary campaign to become Michigan Governor. Understanding his campaign and eventual loss is valuable as we move into the Democratic Presidential primary season. The forces that shaped his campaign - progressive outsider versus institutional insider, leftwing populism versus centrism, materialism - will be the forefront of US politics.

The Expert Series welcomed back Jacob Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for a discussion on the Italian budget proposal and recent developments in Italy’s coalition government. In the half hour discussion, Jacob reviews the outlook for the Italian budget deficit and the likely response from the EU Commission and the ECB, the rise of the Five Star Movement within the coalition and finally the outlook for an early election.

While the world watches America burn, the world's eighth largest economy just elected a populist party. And they have their own version of Donald Trump... Anti-immigrant rhetoric, fake news, a populist comedian? While some far-right populist themes are similar, Italy has its own unique brand of politics. In this episode of Cable Street, we sit down Vito Laterza to discuss Italian politics, populist leader Matteo Salvini, the Five Star Movement and what Italy's rightward, anti-immigrant shift means for the rest of Europe. Show Notes Vito Laterza - Twitter, Biography The New Anti-Migrant National Consensus

Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump; Erdogan in Turkey and the Five Star Movement in Italy; Podemos in Spain and Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines. All of them have been described as populists. But what does ‘populism’ actually mean? How can it include people with wildly different ideologies under the same umbrella? Is it possible to be a progressive populist – and even if it is, should progressives use that label? Ayeisha Thomas-Smith is joined by academic and writer Eliane Glaser, and Michael Walker from Novara Media. Enjoying the show? Tweet us your comments and questions @NEF! Produced by James Shield. The award-winning Weekly Economics Podcast is brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the UK's only people powered think tank. Find out more at www.neweconomics.org

Low paying jobs. Deeply in debt. Can't afford a home. Refuse to vote. Love avocado toast. These are just a few of the characteristics used to describe millennials in the western world. Another characteristic? Anti-democratic. At least that's according to one research study that showed younger people no longer have faith in democratic institutions. To discuss how millennials are shaping governments around the world, I sat down with researcher David Coletto from Abacus Data. We discussed how millennials are shaping policy and political movements, how they feel about democracy, their inclination towards populist politicians, and the intergenerational conflict that exists between them and older generations. Show Notes David Coletto An Entire Generation Has Lost Faith in Democracy - source

  Today, we're talking about Italy, where a so-called "populist" alliance of the Five Star Movement and right-wing League just took over the government with anti-migrant and Euro-skeptic agenda. Dan's guest is David Broder, a historian of French and Italian communism and frequent contributor to Jacobin. The Five Star Movement was for a time welcomed by some on the left. But it’s not of the left; rather, it is a product of the Italian left’s collapse.   Thanks to Verso. Check out Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life by Adam Greenfield versobooks.com/books/2742-radical-technologies And register for the Socialism 2018 conference (July 5-8, Chicago!) at socialismconference.org And support this podcast with $ and access our weekly newsletter at patreon.com/TheDig  

Financial markets have reacted with alarm to news that Italy will have to hold fresh elections after the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the far-right League, failed to form a coalition government. Martin Arnold discusses what this means for Italy, its banks and the wider eurozone economy with Miles Johnson, FT capital markets editor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Christine Ahn, International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, and author and professor Tim Beal. One of North Korea’s top leaders is arriving in the United States today for talks with Trump Administration officials, and possibly with the President himself, on kickstarting the US-DPRK summit originally planned for June 12 in Singapore. General Kim Yong Chol is one of Kim Jong Un’s closest advisors and is a former chief of the North Korean Intelligence Service. The hosts continue the weekly series “False Profits -- A Weekly Look at Wall Street and Corporate Capitalism with Daniel Sankey”. The Trump Administration over the past several days has tried to defend itself against allegations that it has lost track of 1,500 undocumented children placed in temporary care. The accusations come on the heels of news reports that the Department of Homeland Security has implemented a policy of separating undocumented parents from their children. But the truth is that the policy dates from the Obama Administration, and at this point in his presidency, Obama deported far more people than Trump has. Brian and John speak with Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer of Black Alliance for Peace. Italy’s current political situation is in a state of chaos. Just days after two populist parties--the Five Star Movement and the far-right League party--agreed to form a new government, the deal fell apart and President Sergio Matterella has called new elections. The two parties are expected to win even more seats in the next parliament. John Wight, host of the weekly Sputnik Radio show Hard Facts, and Sputnik News analyst Walter Smolarek join the show. Colombians have failed to elect a president outright, setting the stage for a bitter runoff between two frontrunners from opposite ends of the political spectrum, while a fragile peace process with leftist former rebels hangs in the balance. Mario Murillo, author and professor of Communications and Latin American studies, joins Brian and John. Electronic incarceration--the use of ankle bracelets and other monitoring devices on released prisoners are popular government alternatives to prison. But are they really that different? The devices have turned prisoners’ homes into prisons. In addition, prisoners are charged a daily fee for electronic incarceration. And if they can’t pay for it, they go right back to prison. James Kilgore, research scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) who writes at ChallengingECarceration.org, joins the show.Harvard University’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health released a study this morning saying that the government’s estimate of 64 deaths in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria grossly underestimated the true number. The report puts the number of deaths at 4,600. Many of them because of delayed medical care. Brian and John speak with Camilo Matos, a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.

The coalition agreement between Italy's Five Star Movement and the League puts the country's new government on a potential collision course with the European Union, and has prompted fears that the country could nosedive out of the euro zone. Markets have already born witness to investor nervousness over the coalition's proposed agenda, and the new government's priorities run counter to the prevailing fiscal and monetary policies of the euro area. If Italy were to follow through on its new plans for spending, the expected reaction in among bond-buyers would make it very difficult for Italy to finance its already-significant amount of public debt. Any discussion of a possible default necessarily involves the euro area – as Bruegel's database of sovereign bond holdings illustrates. Just how exposed are the other members of the currency bloc, and what paths might be taken in order to avert a crisis? In this week's Director's Cut, Bruegel senior fellow Francesco Papadia joins Guntram Wolff to assess the problems that currently occupy both Italy and the EU. For further reading, note Guntram Wolff's article on why Europe needs a strong Italy, whoever is leading the government. Also consider looking at Jean Pisani-Ferry's opinion piece on the opportunity that such political upheaval might offer Italy to overcome its longstanding internal issues.

Does the new Italian government really pose a danger for the Eurozone and the European Union? There has been much to-ing and fro-ing in Rome this week as the two parties which finished up ahead in Italy's election in March have tried to persuade the president to approve their coalition government. The parties are unlikely populist allies: the anti- establishment Five Star Movement and The League, which started life as a secessionist movement in the north of Italy. Both parties reject economic austerity. They want to lower taxes and raise government debt further. This is causing alarm bells to ring in EU capitals. Were Italy to prove unable or unwilling to cut its budget deficit, the potential for a new crisis in the Eurozone looms. Italy, say some commentators, could drag other countries, such as Spain and Greece, down with it.It is unprecedented in a country that was one of the founder members of the EEC, the EU's forerunner, to have Eurosceptic leaders at the helm. CONTRIBUTORSProfessor John Foot, a historian specialising in Italy at the University of BristolJacopo Iacoboni, author of L'Esperimento, a book about the Five Star MovementCristina Marconi, a journalist on the newspaper Il MessaggeroFerdinando Giugliano, a columnist and leader writer on European economics for Bloomberg OpinionJudy Dempsey, a former Brussels correspondent and now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe think tank.Image: Italian lawyer Giuseppe Conte addresses journalists after a meeting with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella on May 23, 2018 Credit: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Tim Shorrock, a Washington-based investigative journalist who grew up in Japan and South Korea, authored SPIES FOR HIRE: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence, and whose work has appeared in many publications in the United States and abroad. Today marks the 38th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising, also known as the May 18 Democratic Uprising. It was on May 18, 1980 that the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up against authoritarianism and dictatorship. Today, peace and reunification hangs in the balance as U.S. military drills has prompted doubt over high-profile diplomacy.On today’s regular Friday segment covering the upcoming midterm elections, Brian and John talk about races in Pennsylvania, Florida, and elsewhere, and about why Democrats voted for Gina Haspel for CIA Director. Jacqueline Luqman and Abdus Luqman, the co-editors-in-chief of Luqman Nation, and they host the livestream “Coffee, Current Events & Politics” Thursdays at 9 a.m., join the show. Trump will announce today that organizations with Title X funding will not be able to say “abortion” any longer. Title X funding is for family planning and health care, and Planned Parenthood is one organization that relies on this funding to provide care to women and men, including abortions. The hosts speak with Danielle Norwood, a reproductive rights activist and a therapist specializing in treating adult and adolescent survivors of trauma. After a week of intense wrangling, two populist Euro-skeptic parties have agreed to form a government in Italy. One of the parties, the Five Star Movement, is an eclectic mix of left and right wing policy proposals, and the other, Lega Nord, is virulently anti-immigrant. Both parties ran on platforms that threaten conflict with the eurozone and the EU. Legendary anti-war activist and former British parliamentarian George Galloway joins the show. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is poised to win reelection on Sunday, despite the country’s economic woes due to western sanctions. He has incredible popular support. Meanwhile, opposition groups have incited violence in the country. Lucas Koerner, an activist and writer for VenezuelAnalysis.com, joins Brian and John. Republican Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama said yesterday that rising sea levels are a result of soil erosion or rocks falling into the ocean, not of climate change. Believe it or not, Brooks is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont and the co-author of “What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism” and “Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation”, joins the show.The hosts continue the regular segment of the worst and most misleading headlines. Brian and John, speak with Steve Patt, an independent journalist whose critiques of the mainstream media have been a feature of his blog Left I on the News, which you can find at lefti.blogspot.com, and Loud & Clear producer Nicole Roussell.

As Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement and anti-immigration Northern League edge closer to a coalition, we ask whether such a eurosceptic government might scupper plans for further EU integration.Manuela Saragosa is joined by Federico Santi, from Eurasia Group, and Jeremy Cliffe, Berlin bureau chief at The Economist.Plus, what do business schools teach about the art of negotiation? We hear from Heather McGregor, entrepreneur and Dean of Herriot Watt Business School in Edinburgh.(Picture: A mural by artist TVBOY depicting Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio kissing Northern League leader Matteo Salvini, seen on a wall in Rome in March 2018. Credit: Tiziana Fabi, Getty Images)

The top winners in the Italian elections was the Eurosceptic and populist Five Star Movement. Having won just a third of the vote, they will now form a center-right alliance. Host Dan Loney talks with Francesca Vassallo, Political Science Professor at the University of Southern Maine, and Filippo Taddei, Director of the Bologna Institute for Policy Research at the SAIS Europe Johns Hopkins University, to analyze the results and where this puts the European Union on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Darrell Castle talks about the recent Italian elections and how immigrant migration drove the results in Italy, just as they did in America. Transcript / Notes PERHAPS ITALY ISN'T DEAD YET Hello this is Darrell Castle with today's Castle Report. Today is Friday, March 9, 2018 and on today's Report I will be talking about the Italian elections held last Sunday.  The elections in Italy are very relevant to us here in America as we will see.  This Report will argue that Italy has joined a growing number of nations around the world which are starting to resist the destruction of their culture and heritage.  What does it all mean?  I will attempt to answer that question with this Report, and I thank you for joining me. Italy is a once great nation that has fallen on hard times recently, thanks to EU policies and regulations.  It is the EU which dictates to member nations that they must resettle migrants, even if they have to displace their own people to do it.  It is the EU's common currency, the Euro, which keeps member states from devaluing their own currency to help them deal with debt. In the last four years, 620,000 migrants have settled in Italy.  The Italians don't really ask them to come but they don't stop them either.  Italy sticks out like a boot into the Mediterranean, which makes it a very convenient landing place for migrants from Libya and North Africa.  Hundreds of thousands try to cross into Europe on leaky boats, which have to then be rescued and delivered to Italy by the Italian navy. As a result of the tremendous welfare costs of the migration and other policies of the EU and compliant Italian politicians, Italy is suffering in other ways as well, i.e., 11% unemployment and 34% youth unemployment, a measly 1.5% economic growth compared to the EU average of 2.4%, no growth in productivity at all, extremely high government debt across the board, declining birth rates among Italians as the population fell by 100,000 last year except for immigration, and an aging retired population with 30% over 60 years of age. All this has destroyed faith in the EU promise of the benefits that liberal democracy would bring to the continent.  Migration continues to inflame, and the more the people who are concerned about it are demeaned by the press and EU bureaucrats, the more resentful they become.  The mainstream politicians have no answer for those who don't want their country turned into a third world slum. The Italian people of one village chose to celebrate their success in removing migrants from their town by baking a community cake.  In the village of Sesto San Giovanni near Milan, the people have been actively working to remove migrants and in celebration of their 200th migrant leaving they baked a giant pistachio cake with 200 spelled out in green icing.  Everyone was invited to come celebrate and have a piece of cake.  This celebration by the blue collar people of one little village is evidence of a new attitude forming across Italy and that is — kick them out.  We shouldn't have let them come here in the first place because, thanks to the stifling EU economic policies, we are having all the trouble we can handle just feeding ourselves. The Italian voters decided last Sunday to punish the mainstream parties and politicians they blamed for the migrant crisis and for the stagnant economic conditions.  There's not much point in our trying to sort out all these parties but the thing to remember is the old EU elites who refused any limits on immigration were turned out and a new group of what the media calls “extremely right wing parties” prevailed.  They are called “extreme” because, as I said before, they are tired of seeing their country turned into a third world slum, and they are not longer afraid to express that sentiment. The two parties with the most votes, the Five Star Movement and the League, are currently trying to each be the one to form a majority government under the Italian parliamentary system.

The Five Star Movement and Northern League have shaken the political establishment in Italy, and both groups make protection, cultural and economic, a key element of their platforms. Alberto Mingardi comments on the changes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A hung parliament in Italy and the prospect of a government led by one of two populist parties has caused a considerable amount of nervousness in Brussels. The maverick, eurosceptic Five Star Movement, which before the election rejected any prospect of a coalition government, has softened that stance since emerging the victor with 32 per cent of the vote. Government formation is likely to take several months and the anti-immigrant Lega party has also emerged as a major force, led by Matteo Salvini who has in the past spoken of selective ethnic cleansing in parts of Italy. On today's podcast, Europe Editor Patrick Smyth reports from Brussels on why the Italian election is bad news for Europe and will further strengthen Euroscepticism in the EU. Also, Eastern European correspondent Dan McLaughlin has the latest on the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova, which has sent Slovakia into a political crisis. With further anti-government protests are expect, populist prime minister Robert Fico and president Andrej Kiska are at loggerheads, amid calls for a snap election.

In the wake of Italy's elections results last weekend, Mark Blyth & David Kertzer put it in historical context and talk populism, nationalism, Five Star Movement and what Italy's next government will look like.

The surge in support for populist parties across Europe in recent years is well documented. Right-wing populists are in office in Poland, Hungary and Austria, and in the Czech Republic, recently re-elected president Milos Zeman campaigned on an anti-immigration and Eurosceptic agenda. Next month in Italy, the Five Star Movement could capitalise on anti-immigration sentiment and a stagnant economy in the country's parliamentary elections. But how should the European Union react? Are sanctions appropriate, or might they only serve to exacerbate the problem? And what are the consequences for French President Emmanuel Macron's vision of further European integration? Today's World View podcast features European Editor Patrick Smyth, Eastern Europe Correspondent Daniel McLaughlin and Assistant Editor Ruadhan Mac Cormaic.

The former premier has returned from political oblivion to recast himself as both an elder statesman and an alternative to the populist Five Star Movement. He is likely to play a crucial role after next month’s elections, but for how long? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

March elections in Italy could see a surge in support for the country’s eurosceptic opposition. Paolo Gentiloni’s ruling Democratic party is trailing both a resurgent centre-right coalition led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement in the polls. Gideon Rachman discusses what this means for Italy and the eurozone with the FT's Rome correspondent James Politi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How do you take something complex and convey the information in a fun way? Just ask filmmaker Damon Gameau. It's what he did with That Sugar Film. And what he's going to do with his latest documentary, 2040. It's all about what the world could look like if we addressed climate change using knowledge we already have. We are SO excited for this film. It's still a work in progress and right now Damon is engaged in a global quest to find the best models on offer. We were so lucky to have him share some of his findings with us early. Editor's note: The Five Star Movement is a provocative new way to approach politics. Dumbo Feather does not necessarily endorse its views, but believes it offers food for thought in redesigning a broken system. All movements have leaders with agendas and those agendas must be examined from within a holistic perspective of what is the best way forward for our societies. Mentioned in the podcast: *That Sugar Film: http://thatsugarfilm.com/ *6:00—Tropfest winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxiSP_ch_oI *15:00—Project Drawdown: http://www.drawdown.org/

The FT's James Politi reports from Sicily, an island with one of the highest levels of poverty in Europe, and where the populist Five Star movement has a growing appeal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The eurozone's third-largest economy, Italy is struggling with high unemployment and towering debt. One political party, the Five Star Movement, blames a lot of the country's financial woes on the EU and wants to put the country's membership of the euro to a referendum. The Five Star movement was launched in 2009 by former comedian Beppe Grillo. It started as a web-based organisation focused on uncovering corruption in politics, but today some of its own politicians stand accused of graft.

BBC World Questions comes to Rome to discuss the future for Italy at a key moment in its history. Paolo Gentiloni has recently been appointed as Italy's 7th Prime Minister in 10 years, but it is not only political stability that threatens the country. A banking crisis and economic conditions have the potential to impact the lives of all Italians and could even destroy the Euro. Youth unemployment is extremely high. Italy is also at the frontline of the wave of migration from Africa to Europe. Early elections are possible and with the euro-sceptic Five Star Movement riding high in the polls, a referendum on Italy’s place in Europe could be just around the corner. Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a lively debate to discuss the challenges facing the nation. He is joined by a panel of leading politicians and opinion formers with all questions raised coming directly from the audience. The panel includes Alessandro Gozi, Undersecretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for European Affairs; Deborah Bergamini, Member of the Chamber of Deputies and former spokesperson for Forza Italia; Nathalie Tocci, Chief Advisor to Federica Mogherini High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Manlio di Stefano of the 5 Star Movement, who is a Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. This international series of events is created in partnership with the British Council. (Picture: Roman Forum Picture Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Britain’s vote to leave the EU, the election of Donald Trump and the high opinion poll ratings of Marine Le Pen’s Front National have led to anxious debate about the rise of populism, inspired by what many regard as a rogues’ gallery of demagogic leaders of rising anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic movements throughout Europe and the US. The declining appeal of traditional parties of both left and right has been apparent for a generation, and now seems to have reached a head, to the consternation of those who see the new populism as a rejection of common sense. At the height of the referendum campaign, the Guardian’s Martin Kettle articulated the exasperation of the political establishment at the evident disaffection of the masses when he described support for Brexit as ‘part bloody-mindedness, part frivolity, part panic, part bad temper, part prejudice’. Almost invariably, the concept of populism is used in a pejorative way. It is often preceded by the implicitly disparaging adjective ‘right-wing’ and directly linked to notions such as racism, ‘xenophobia’ or ‘Islamophobia’. Yet in the past, populist movements have as commonly had a left-wing as a right-wing character. They have often expressed an inchoate animosity towards a corrupt elite. Such movements are inherently unstable and tend to evolve, according to circumstances, in either a radical or reactionary direction. Recent political phenomena such as Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain, the Five Star Movement in Italy, and the successes of Bernie Sanders in the USA and Jeremy Corbyn in the UK, show the complexity of the popular movements that have emerged to fill the vacuum left by the decay of the old politics. Mainstream politicians and commentators fear the polarisation resulting from the rise of populist movements, but seem unable to engage the public through open debate. Others argue that the upsurge of popular discontent with the stagnant political order points the way towards the revival of democratic politics, and is worth celebrating even if it unleashes uncomfortable sentiments. Are populist movements merely ‘morbid symptoms’ of a decadent political order, or harbingers of a democratic renewal? SPEAKERS Nick Caterexecutive director, Menzies Research Centre, Australia; columnist, The Australian Ian Dunteditor, Politics.co.uk; political editor, Erotic Review Ivan Krastevchairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia; permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna Jill Rutterprogramme director, Institute for Government Bruno WaterfieldBrussels correspondent, The Times; co-author, No Means No

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from China, Venezuela, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire and Kosovo. As the news of Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential election sinks in around the world, former China correspondent Celia Hatton reflects on how the whole story of his campaign has been spun in the Chinese media - and whether it's dampened or sharpened the public's appetite for more democracy at home. James Copnall takes in the new air of bustling, business-friendly Cote d'Ivoire - a country which seems keen to leave its recent political crises behind it. The eclectic, insurgent Five Star Movement has shaken the political landscape of Italy and Helen Grady weighs up what it's offering voters as they prepare for a referendum on changing the Italian constitution. Amid the escalating chaos and often-alarming news in Venezuela, Daniel Pardo concentrates - for once - on the nation's brighter sides. And Andrew Gray gets on the supporters' bus with the passionate fans of Europe's newest national footaball team: Kosovo.

Virginia Raggi, a 37-year old lawyer, has become the first female mayor of Rome after an election that delivered a resounding victory to the populist Five Star Movement and a blow to Italy's centre-left prime minister Matteo Renzi. Joshua Chaffin discusses what the result means for Rome and for the Renzi government with FT correspondent Rachel Sanderson. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 173 with Michela Montevecchi, Italian Senator for Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement (M5S).

Beppe Grillo has achieved a stunning success in the Italian elections with the performance of the new citizens' protest network - the Five Star Movement. He is its guiding star, a comedian-turned politician. The movement emerged from the web and took its argument into town squares all over Italy. The citizen activists oppose what they regard as the corrupted, self-serving traditional parties - the entire failed political establishment. The movement has connected with huge numbers of Italians who have developed a contempt for the governing elite. Producer Ian MuirCochrane.

With John Wilson. Claire Foy stars with James McAvoy in a new production of Macbeth, set in a post-apocalyptic Scotland riven with war and climate disaster. She reflects on the challenges of bringing something new to the role of Lady Macbeth. Artist Dinos Chapman discusses his latest project - an album of electronic dance music named after a Norwegian chocolate bar, Luftbobler. Dinos explains why Kylie Minogue has made a guest appearance without her knowledge and why he may form a musical duo with his brother Jake. The Bay is an eco-horror film, loosely based on actual events, about mutant parasites that attack fish and humans alike in the waters off a holiday resort. Critic Ryan Gilbey delivers his verdict Comedian Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement have made an unexpected impact on the Italian elections. Correspondent Annalisa Piras discusses Grillo's brand of comedy. Producer Stephen Hughes.