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Newshour: State of Emergency Declared Around Genoa

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State of Emergency Declared Around Genoa

15/08/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, State of Emergency Declared Around Genoa

Italian prime minister declares 12-month state of emergency in northwest Liguria region

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency in Genoa and the surrounding region of Liguria amidst after the collapse of a major viaduct in the city. The government has threatened to fine the company responsible for maintaining the country's motorways. We ask an MP from the ruling coalition who should be made to pay. 

Also in the programme: we hear from someone who suffered abuse at the hands of one of the hundreds of Catholic priests named in an official report by the US state of Pennsylvania.

(Photo: Rescuers at the Morandi motorway bridge after a section collapsed in Genoa, Italy Credit: ANDREA LEONI/AFP/Getty Images)

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