Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former TV journalist Lauren Sanchez have arrived in Venice ahead of their lavish three-day wedding celebration that has divided the Italian city. Protesters have declared victory after the pair decided to move their wedding to a more isolated part of the city, following weeks of demonstrations and public anger over the billionaire tech founder’s plans to turn a popular central nightlife area of the floating city into a private event for the couple’s wedding ceremony. Freelance journalist Josephine McKenna joined The World from Venice.
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