Farewell, Super Mario
From Our Own Correspondent
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ποΈ 30 July 2022
β±οΈ 29 minutes
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Summary
Stories from Italy, Ukraine, Peru and Sri Lanka. We're in Italy, which last week saw the resignation of Mario Draghi as PM after only 18 months in office. Initially a popular choice as PM β Mr Draghi has guided Italy and the eurozone through numerous crises. But having failed to win support for a new economic package among his broad-based unity government, he called a vote of confidence β and lost. Mark Lowen reflects on a very Italian situation. In Ukraine, Dan Johnson visits some of the Soviet era institutions where children and young people with disabilities are confined. He found that many of these residential homes are ill equipped to provide proper care and cope with their complex needs. Human rights investigators say the neglect disabled people face in Ukraine reflects the failings of a system that has been deficient long before the war started. Amid the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka, we hear from correspondent Aanya Wipulasena about the people growing their own fruit and vegetables to cope with the soaring costs of food. And about the broader impact of the instability on education and people's livelihoods. In Peru, we meet the farmer behind a David and Goliath-style lawsuit, who has taken on Germany energy company over the impact of emissions on the local environment. The case centres on determining the link between climate change and the melting of a nearby glacier, and the risk this poses to the lake it feeds. Olivia Acland followed the story. And finally - Roger Harrabin reflects on his 35 years covering the natural world, focusing, in particular, on the threat posed by human-induced climate change. He reflects on how reporting on this issue has changed over the years.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.4 | Today we're in Ukraine revealing the desperate plight of disabled children on young adults |
| 0:11.2 | still living in Soviet era institutions. |
| 0:15.2 | In Sri Lanka we meet the people growing green fingers as locals learn to cultivate their |
| 0:20.6 | own fruit and veg in the face of soaring prices. |
| 0:24.8 | We meet a farmer in Peru taking on one of Europe's biggest energy companies in a landmark |
| 0:30.6 | lawsuit. |
| 0:32.0 | And from ozone holes to heat domes we hear about the ups and downs of covering climate |
| 0:37.4 | change over the past three decades, with a little bit of help from the iron lady herself. |
| 0:44.2 | First Italy, a country which has developed something of a reputation for its political |
| 0:49.2 | revolving door. |
| 0:51.3 | Last week it was Mario Draghi's turn to resign as Prime Minister after only 18 months in |
| 0:57.0 | office. |
| 0:58.0 | Initially a popular choice as PM, Mr Draghi has guided Italy and the eurozone through |
| 1:04.2 | numerous crises. |
| 1:06.5 | But having failed to win support for a new economic package among his broad-based unity government |
| 1:12.1 | he called a vote of confidence and lost. |
| 1:15.4 | The strong support that defined his initial months as PM evaporated and the challenges |
| 1:21.0 | proved insurmountable even for the man dubbed Super Mario. |
| 1:25.9 | Mark Lohan reflects on a very Italian situation. |
| 1:30.0 | There are two Italian phrases you need to learn straight away, a friend told me when I |
| 1:34.4 | moved to Rome almost three years ago. |
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