this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: polls close in italy — after an election campaign dominated by immigration, exit polls suggest no group has won a majority. tributes to sir roger bannister who stunned the world by running the first sub—four minute mile. still not enough detail on how the irish border will work after brexit — the irish government suggests uk proposals may not be sufficient. as syrian government forces are reported to have seized control of a quarter of the rebel enclave of eastern ghouta, our correspondent reports from nearby damascus. and this year's oscars get underway injust over an hours' time, taking place against the backdrop of the harvey weinstein allegations, and the metoo and timesup movements. hello and welcome to roam where it

is just after the night. hello and welcome to roam where it isjust after the night. the polls closed just half. hour isjust after the night. the polls closed just half. error i beg is development is the populist five star movement is predicted to be the largest single party in italy is that new parliament. italian media is saying it one up to 30% of the votes. nine points more than the governing centre—left. the polls are

expert predictions but they suggest the five star movement will and up with up to 32.5%. a real beating for the former government. the northern league, in coalition with silvio berlusconi's forza italia is up to 15.5%. it is unclear whether forza italia will be more or less the same. very interesting to see if la lega overcomes and surpasses forza italia and what kind of power struggle they may be. with me are my

guests. the editor of rivista europa. what are your thoughts as we see these quite staggering figures, particularly from the five star movement. we have to wage this political force in the movement. we have to wage this politicalforce in the parliament, starting before the election in the two houses. the other consequence will be on the consultation because we have the sea if the president of the republic will begin his consultation from the first single party orfrom consultation from the first single party or from the single biggest coalition said it will be pretty different for the balance of power. i think the head of state will have

to take into consideration the first party. one out of three italian 's have voted for five star movement which is unbelievable. if they are open for a coalition with others, for whatever kind of government,. we still do not know. we cannot know. i think he will have to start with the five star movement. are you staggered with the figures?” five star movement. are you staggered with the figures? i mean, i expected that because i know italian society and people are tired. this social elevator is topped. it crashed. there is no way topped. it crashed. there is no way to elevate yourself, not with education, job. it is incredibly wrong for a society that so i understand them and understand completely those who voted them but

lam also completely those who voted them but i am also scared with people who voted for matteo salvini, especially in the north, they are really scared about immigrants and they are worried about them which is bad because our politicians could not understand immigration, could not manage immigration and this is also europe's fault because here are completely abandoned italy and this is not fair because we cannot face all immigration by ourselves. we cannot let people live like animals, you need to educate them, give them ajob, give them you need to educate them, give them a job, give them clothes, food and you cannotjust a job, give them clothes, food and you cannot just ignore a job, give them clothes, food and you cannotjust ignore the problem. immigration exists and you have to manage it so our politicians failed. that is the big issue. what do we

expect now? we are in front of the lower house of parliament, what sort of wheeling and dealing will be going on behind the scenes and went in its start officially? officially it will start on the 23rd of march but it is starting tomorrow, of course, negotiating to decide the president. between the house and the senate, the voting system for the president is quite different. probably the five star movement will have a stronger role while in the senate they only need an absolute majority so they may elect another president easily. maybe. so this will open an option for the president of the republic, for example he can appoint one of the presidents of the chamber, most likely the president of the senate,

with an explorative mandate. this can be an option. it has already been like this, if i not mistaken, in 1987 been like this, if i not mistaken, in1987 and been like this, if i not mistaken, in 1987 and 2013. this is a likely option for italian set and we are going back to what we were saying before. it will take one month, two months. people around the world are thinking, are we going to see what germany has been going through— could it be five months bass yes, we cannot really predict how long it will take. thank you very much to all of you, for the moment. it was certainly a different election, not just the popular forces surging onto the italian scene but also because it was the first rollout of a new electoral assistant which was a hybrid between proportional

representation and first past the post. it seems that italy has hung parliament and that negotiations are going to be what we are going to see over the next forthcoming weeks at sir roger bannister, the first man to runa sir roger bannister, the first man to run a mile underfour minutes has died at the age of 88th. he made athletic history as an amateur runner. after retiring, he became a distinguished doctor and urologist. today, fellow athletes have paid tribute to a man who made the impossible possible. the prime minister described in as a great man. newsreel: 25—year—old roger bannister, third from the left. there are some moments of sporting history which become part of the world's history. he's decided this is the right moment. what roger bannister achieved in 1954 was like a lunar landing for 20th century sport.

bannister‘s old friend and rival chris chataway is in third place, waiting to take over as pacer. to run a mile and stop the clock before it reached four minutes in 1954, this was a magical number, a barrier of human achievement. a feat that would redefine what was humanly possible. and it would fall to a young medical student to achieve it. after two—and—a—half laps, brasher gives way to chataway. bannister, a superb tactician, has suffered some criticism in the past for adopting his own rather unorthodox training methods. but they are paying dividends now. at this point it becomes quite painful. i overtake chris chataway and begin the finish. and here he comes. bannister goes streaking forward with about 250 yards to the tapes. every stride counted. the tape broke at three minutes 59.11 seconds. and bannister has done it. though he is out on his feet, his coach and team manager tell him he has achieved his ambition.

it might have felt like the world stopped when that clock stopped. four minute mile was a sporting catch phrase everyone recognised. all i can say i'm absolutely overwhelmed and delighted. it was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today. and i think i was very lucky. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event, and something of a landmark for the country. sir roger bannister was a hugely influential figure in sport. especially for those whose athletics careers came after. roger was a great athlete. he would tease seb and i in later years about had he been around in our day and had better tracks and better shoes and better training methods he would have beaten us.

he was one of the cleverest people i think i've ever met, and he was, in equal measure, modest as well. he never really got what he did and it wasn't a front. laura muir is the most recent athlete to continue great britain's middle distance tradition, giving everything to win a silver medal at the world indoor championships this weekend. she studied medicine to become a vet, and recognises her link to bannister. i think he was very influential and very sort of inspirational to a lot of people, and to me, that you can combine, you know, academics and running. sir roger bannister was knighted in 1975. athletics was only a small part of his life. he regarded his work as a neurologist as more significant. when he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease he described the gentle irony that a neurologist should find himself with a neurological condition. training for roger bannister in athletics had been half an hour a day on a cinder track.

the world's first for minute miler was also perhaps sport's last great amateur. sir roger bannister who has died at the age of 88. translation: it has been five days, no fuel, no bread, no food, no water.

most of them are civilians who have not been able to escape the war. translation: when the plane's shelled, i could not see anything in front of me. i did not wait for the ambulance, i started running. the air strikes have been followed by ground troops who are making rapid advances. for people who did not get away in time, the risk is death. syria's will create rivers of tears and kills without discrimination or hesitation. western countries and

others have condemned attacks kill and injure civilians. the un humanitarian chief called it collect if punishment. the i fféiifiéfii eéifiéf $293,551? 33113: ffié _. a ridiculous lie. combination was a ridiculous lie. syria he said was fighting terrorism. the airstrikes have been followed by ground troops who are making rapid advances. the strategy seems to be cut eastern ghouta in half. negotiations between the rebel groups and the russians have been going on for some time. it is not clear if the objective is a ceasefire or the effective surrender of the rebels. the biggest rebel group says it is regrouping after a retreat. the fighting is still going on. for the regime at the price is

the end of the major on clave around the end of the major on clave around the massacres. for the rebels, these are desperate moments. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: polls close in rome, exit polls suggest no group has won a majority. still no detail on how a border after brexit. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, sport centre, here's damian. england's women twice came from behind to secure an encouraging 2—2 draw with germany in their second match of the shebelieves cup in new york. the lionesses, unbeaten in the tournament, were watched by former england

captain david beckham in this one, although he won't have enjoyed germany's second. a comedy of errors leading to millie bright's own goal. but ellen white scored her second of the game late on, to give england confidence ahead of the deciding match against the hosts, usa, on thursday. i do not think an england team has probably created as many clear—cut chances against a side like germany ina long chances against a side like germany in a long time. i am pleased with the team, their attitudes, and i think that people back home will probably say we are heading in the right direction and nowjust cannot wait for the last game. it is the game we probably have all been waiting for, usa game, and it would be nice to get a little bit of sunshine because it has been freezing the last two games. manchester city have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to 18 points with victory at home to chelsea. a second half goal from bernardo silva was enough for pep guardiola's side to see off the reigning champions at the etihad stadium.

chelsea, who didn't manage a single shot on target, are fifth — five points adrift of the champions league places. so city cruising towards the title. but a very different outlook for arsenal and their manager arsene wenger, as they slumped to a fourth straight loss in all competitions. brighton are into the top half after their 2—1 win at the amex stadium this afternoon. arsenal keeper petr cech apologised to fans after the match — he was at fault for lewis dunk‘s opener. glenn murray's header put the home side 2—0 up, before pierre—emerick aubameyang pulled one back for the gunners. but many of the travelling arsenal fans made their views clear, calling for wenger to leave the club. it did take us a while to get into the game, we were sharper after that. after that, we made defensive mistakes. unfortunately, we could not find a goal and we were in for tough, tough time, and it is of

course a difficult at the moment. as tough as you can remember, do you think, this week? three defeats back to back like that? never happened to me in my life that is maybe on the confident side, you could see that the team at the moment struggles a little bit. in scotland, rangers and celtic have been drawn to play each other in the scottish cup semi—finals, that's after rangers beat falkirk 4—1 at ibrox this afternoon. jason cummings scored three of them. motherwell beat hearts in today's other quarter—final and will face either aberdeen or kilmarnock in the last four. great britain's andrew pozzi has won the men's 60 metre hurdles gold at the world athletics championships in birmingham. pozzi had qualified as fastest for the final but he looked to have been pipped on the line by the american, jarrett eaton. there was a photo finish between the two athletes and just a hundredth of a second between them.

after a nervous wait though, victory was confirmed for pozzi in front of a home crowd in birmingham. the 25—year—old, who's great britain's joint team captain, grew up not far away from the arena itself in straford—upon—avon. it's pozzi's first global title after taking european indoor gold last year. my heart stopped at the end there. i knew at the fifth hurdle, i was behind and i cannot describe how much i wanted it. i was hoping to get there and theyjust much i wanted it. i was hoping to get there and they just about much i wanted it. i was hoping to get there and theyjust about got there. this championships has been amazing, to be co—captain to this championships has been one of the best moments of my life. every single member of this team has been just perfect and i'm just delighted that i could win it in the end. john higgins has won snooker‘s welsh open for a record fifth time after a 9 frames to 7 win over barry hawkins. the pair couldn't be separated for large parts of the afternoon, but it was the four—time world champion who pulled away at the end to seal the victory, which included two century breaks. it's higgins' 30th ranking title.

obviously when you get to 30, it is brilliant and hopefully many more to come. no, i'm delighted to obviously win another tournament. so yeah, thatis win another tournament. so yeah, that is what it is all about. in the aviva premiership, exeter chiefs have extended their lead at the top after beating second placed saracens at sandy park. exeter took an early lead against the european champions with a second minute penalty, before ben earl went on to score the first try of the game. the chiefs ran out 24—12 winners. there were also wins for harlequins, wasps and leicester. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. thousands of homes across the uk without water tonight due to multiple burst pipes caused by the extreme weather and subsequent thought. water companies across the country have described problems and one of them has

apologised, saying that there had been an unprecedented number of lea ks. been an unprecedented number of leaks. elsewhere, been an unprecedented number of lea ks. elsewhere, a been an unprecedented number of leaks. elsewhere, a number of locations in south—east england have been affected, including rutherford. a lorry loaded with bottled water finally arrived in rotherfield this afternoon. those who have been cut off since saturday morning, the way the water was frustrating. that has only been one delivery of bottled water, which was last night. we've been told they would be water, it is nearly 12 o'clock and it has still not arrived. there is no communication, as per usual, unfortunately. i had a little this morning, enough to fill about a quarter of my sink but that is pretty much it. we are delivering water, we could have bought some down. a local charity was co—ordinating water supplies for the elderly and vulnerable, bottled water delivered by volunteers.

south—east water has apologised for the delays and says they are dealing with an unprecedented number of burst pipes, caused by the subzero temperatures. at the moment the water has been often we are likely to still see the water into this evening and possibly continuing tomorrow and people may get fluctuating supplies for low pressure, no water, as we go to tomorrow. southeast water is asking customers to report any suspected lea k customers to report any suspected leak so they can fix the problem as quickly as possible. this is matteo —— oscars get under way injust quickly as possible. this is matteo —— oscars get under way in just two hours time. in america, alex guest isa hours time. in america, alex guest is a regular starring in many tv dramas. thank you so much for

joining as this evening. how good a period is it to be a bit of working in the film industry? i think right now, i think we're in a great period in america and hollywood, but right now what i love is the inclusive talents, diverse talent that is being shown in front of the camera but also behind. you have got rachel morrison nominated for cinematography, but then also you have people like daniel, who could not get a ticket. it is just a really exciting time. how big an issue do you think adversity is going to be this year? because last year it really caused a stir?|j year it really caused a stir?” think this conversation should be

just like... the conversation has two... for a cinematography to be nominated, that conversation needs to be pushed. i think rather go and is now the fifth woman to be nominated as a director, i think it is going to be in the forefront of the discussion again this year and i think it should be going forward. you mentioned several of the women who had been nominated, how great you think the pressure will be on the academy to award those women this year, notjust see them nominated? yeah, there is pressure but i would say it is because, it is notjust the pressure, it is like they are due. you have got to award the talent

thatis you have got to award the talent that is there for what they have done and i think it is about time that women get acknowledged, it always feel that they get sidelined in this year, it is nice to see a small percentage of increase in terms of women producers and animation, and people like emma thomas, as i just animation, and people like emma thomas, as ijust think it is about time that these amazing women get acknowledged, as well as hopefully a great female cast of directors, and male directors of core.” great female cast of directors, and male directors of core. i hope you enjoy the night, i think you are going to a party. that sunshine that is coming through the window, enjoyed. it is beautiful, i am rooting for daniel. a lot of people think this is a breakout movie but it is not, he has been acting for a long time on stage, he is one of the best actors i have seen. ifeel like the whole of the u.k.'s rooting for him, he has got category but i am

supporting daniel. enjoy the night, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much, thank you. timed out look at the weather forecast. hello. sunshine is overrated, isn't it? a very good evening to you, we have endured some weather to the past week or so and of course, given the severity and extent of it, i do not think it is alljust going to disappear magically by any means at all. many of you will face difficulties given what has happened, rather than what is to happen in the forthcoming week. having said that, it will be much improved, thanks to this area of low pressure, which is going to exclude any sort of influence on the continent. we'll be picking up milder air, if you continent. we'll be picking up milderair, if you have continent. we'll be picking up milder air, if you have not already seen milder air, if you have not already seen it, you will do. across the southern counties, it is there to be had. across both england and wales. milder certainly across the north, going to drag some moisture across

the north sea into pretty cold air. there will be further snow across the scottish mountains, down to about 100 metres or so, not that high. | about 100 metres or so, not that high. i will do something again similaron high. i will do something again similar on tuesday at. it will come over england and wales, into the heart of scotland. more snow, that could be an issue but we will keep you posted on that one. elsewhere, it could be a pretty decent day. temperatures not quite as low across england and wales as they were on monday and that is the sort of trend as we get you through the week. if there is any fog around, it might lingerfor there is any fog around, it might linger for a there is any fog around, it might lingerfor a while. more there is any fog around, it might linger for a while. more significant snowfall north of scotland, elsewhere, temperatures struggling to get the double figures and we do much the same sort of thing from wednesday into thursday. again,

barely an ice bar on the chart, maybe a weather front in the channel. because it is that cool start and the atmosphere just a wee bit cooler than we saw on monday, early on thursday. showers across the high ground across northern parts of britain. as we get towards friday, of course there is a deal of uncertainty about this but we think there could well be another little system just running in from the south—west. this has some really milderair in it, south—west. this has some really milder air in it, pushing its way towards the south—western quarter of the british isles. the weekend becoming milderfor all, the british isles. the weekend becoming milderforall, it the british isles. the weekend becoming milderfor all, it will be a little unsettled due to those areas of low pressure and what's know we think there is is going to be primarily found across scotland, but much of it on the higher ground. francescon hello.

this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment, first the headlines: polls close in italy — after an election campaign dominated by immigration, exit polls suggest no group has won a majority. tributes have been paid to sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in underfour minutes, who has died at the age of 88. still not enough detail on how the irish border will work after brexit — the irish government suggests uk proposals may not be sufficient. the syrian president has said government forces will continue their assault on the bombarded enclave of eastern ghouta. residents are attempting to flee as fighting continues.

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