i'm karin giannone in rome. the headlines: a hung parliament in italy, with a combination of right wing parties set to get most votes. but it's five star movement, italy's newest party — led by luigi di maio — who maybe the single biggest in parliament. i'm mariko oi in singapore. also in the programme: all eyes are on china's annual parliamentary session as delegates are expected to rubber stamp a proposal allowing president xijinping to rule for life. and as stars get red carpet ready ahead of the oscars, will the harvey weinstein allegations overshadow film's biggest event of the year? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and io'clock in the morning here in rome

where exit polls suggest no group has won a majority in the country's general election. the populist five star movement says it is the kingmaker in the new parliament and is predicted to be the largest single party in the new parliament. it says it will certainly be a pillar of the new government. the italian media are saying it's won 29% of the vote, that's nine points more than the centre—left. quite a remarkable result. the polls are just that — exit predictions. but they suggest the five—star movement will end up with between 29.5% and 32.5% of the vote. the centre—left democratic party of prime minister renzi is polling between 20%—23%.

and the anti—immigrant league between 12.5%—15.5%. it's unclear if forza italia of the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, in coalition with that, with 12.5%—15.5% will be the single biggest party within the centre—right coalition. an interesting power struggle in the right. to see if la lega edges ahead of silvio berlusconi forza italia's. earlier i spoke to lara comi from the forza italia party about the exit poll results. iam waiting i am waiting for the final result. it is the intention of the voting

but i waiting for the final result. iam happy but i waiting for the final result. i am happy because now my party is in first position because it is not at the same level. looking at their forza italia figures, the same as your coalition partners to the far—right. is this the end of silver berlusconi in forza italia? absolutely not. we will shake in the end but the result is good for us and we also have the regional campaign in lombardy and lazio. it is important to understand what happens tomorrow because at the moment nobody is able to organise

and create a government. very optimistic about silver berlusconi and forza italia's results. five star movement is an antique establishment falls. what do you think this government is going to look like? how much of a pata will five star movement play, they are at 35% within. will five star movement play, they are at 3596 within. five star movement performed pretty much how we expected to perform, even better than the polls predict that a couple of weeks ago. what we can say now, and this is pretty much what a lot of people were discussing during the campaign, as much as people were discussing the pre— vote coalition,

they were discussing the post vote coalition. the five star movement have always been against a formal coalition but in recent weeks luigi di maio, their leader, has conceded that depending on the vote, they would be open to seeking partners afterwards, on condition that they would abide by the five star movement programme. it remains to be seen who they could partner with. it is very much all to play for. how much has been a concern, for example, in europe, around the world, financial markets, looking at italy, at the rise of populism and antiestablishment forces that we have seen in recent months?m antiestablishment forces that we have seen in recent months? it has been a concern but when you look at a party like five star movement, they were very much anti— europe at they were very much anti— europe at the beginning and i remember maybe a

little while after the brexit vote they started to distance themselves little bit from that rhetoric. there are bigger concern is that now. the biggest concern it would be, let's say now they form a partnership, who would be the most likely partner? some people have mooted la lega, which at the moment is in coalition with silver berlusconi's forza italia. there is a suggestion that they could care up with the five star movement, la lega. la lega it's against europe, they want a referendum on italy's membership of the euro. now there are suggestions that they would rather have reforms in europe and a referendum would be of last resort but who knows what

would happen if they para with la lega. thinking very much indeed. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. thousands of delegates from all over china are arriving for the 13th national people's congress. they will spend the next two weeks thrashing out policy and direction for the nation but one proposal delegates are expected to vote on has the world watching. it's the changes to the constitution that will give the party more control than ever and give one man, president xi jinping the potential to rule for life. the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell in beijing has been telling me more. here at the great hall of the people, the national people's congress is getting under way today andi congress is getting under way today and i think this could, without exaggeration, be one of those times we look back at saying remember when china's politics change. you know,

there was at least 2—term limit another reason: they did not want another reason: they did not want another chairman mao to come along now they will be voting weather and not to endorse a changed without a leader, in this case xi jinping, not to endorse a changed without a leader, in this case xijinping, to stay on for a slug as they like. they have never rejected a proposal from the communist party and i do not dig it is going to start now, especially when they are being asked to decide whether or not the xi jinping can stay after his second five—year term as president. jinping can stay after his second five-year term as president. there are many other topics that need to be discussed. what are the main topics likely to grab headlines? there is another enormous change thatis there is another enormous change that is going to take place which has been overshadows a little bit by the changes to the rules regarding

presidential terms. they are going to bring in a new anticorruption body. now, at the moment, people who have followed the process, where communist party members have been rounded up the punishment and we are told 1.5 million party members have been punished so far by this new body. this new body will be able to punish those outside the communist party. what this could involve is people being ta ken party. what this could involve is people being taken away four months on end without lawyer is and at a secret location being forced to confess their corruption. and groups like amnesty international and other human rights organisations have been very critical of this. this will be unveiled and some of the parties say they need this to wipe out corruption but, of course, these are very heavy—handed and extrajudicial methods of wiping out corruption. of

course, a lot of other material will be discussed. we will see new appointments to leaders, the economy, the environment and other issues stop so an awful lot of the next two weeks to talk about. also making news today: south korea is sending a high—level delegation to north korea on monday for talks. the discussions are expected to focus on the prospect of resuming dialogue between pyongyang and washington. that delegation is then expected to travel to the united states. the syrian president bashar al—assad has said the offensive in eastern ghouta must continue as his forces advanced into the rebel—held enclave. mr assad said the humanitarian situation that the west was talking about was a lie. in a strong condemnation, the us said civilians were being killed. a 6 magnitude earthquake has hit papua new guinea, which is struggling to cope with the aftermath of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake last week. aid workers with much—needed supplies have yet to reach tens of thousands of people.

no official death toll has been released, but local media report at least 50 people were killed. that's expected to rise. people are paying tribute to sir roger bannister — the first man to run a mile in underfour minutes — who has died at the age of 88. he made history with the feat in 1954, yet deemed his greatest achievement to be his work as a neurologist. the head of world athletics, sebastian coe, said sir roger bannister made the impossible possible. the united states is sending one of its largest ships, the uss carl vinson, to vietnam. it'll be the first aircraft carrier to dock in the country since the end of the war in vietnam, over a0 years ago. we can speak now tojonathan head.

what is the us hoping to achieve by this? and aircraft carrier group is a very powerful and visible symbol of american military might. any time it shows up it carries symbolic importance. to arrive here in penang, this was the first blaze that american troops arrived 53 yea rs that american troops arrived 53 years ago in the outset of the vietnam war. relations have grown closer seeds but increasingly there is also a military relationship, limited and slowly growing. the us wa nts to limited and slowly growing. the us wants to cement that. it is seen as the essential partner. it was something president obama stressed and even the trump administration has been definite in keeping the

relationship going. the south china sea, where vietnam is one of four southeast asian countries contesting islands and territories in the territory, with china, which has been expanding its presence and building military facilities on these islands. a strong signal of support to vietnam on the us, although only symbolic at the moment. you talked about the close relations between the us and vietnam but they did fight a bitter battle. are they getting as good as they seem? well, it is interesting. i mean, it is always been striking as us and vietnamese relations have moved closer in the last 30 years, how few recriminations of iraq how willing vietnam is to be very open to the united states. —— have been.

there are two things going. the conservative leadership of the communist party here has long wanted to maintain good relations with china, partly for ideological reasons but for pragmatic reasons as well, and they are limiting how close they are moving to the us. you're not seeing vietnam rushing to buy us weapons. no former military exercises between them. another low they are disagreements about the south china sea, the rat military relations between vietnam and china. vietnam is playing a subtle and careful diplomatic game. it wants the us to engage, to have some sense of the international review of the south china sea but most of its board at its trade with china. leadership understands altima lead china is the fact that it superpower in this region. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme: what could the italian election result mean for europe and the result of the world? it's the most open oscars for years — so just who will come out on top at this year's ceremony? a like first, the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables, then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched on to her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans have successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. that i heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these

marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospitals. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. welcome back. you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm karin giannone in rome. our top stories: exit polls in italy suggest no single party has won a majority in its general election. all eyes are on china's annual parliamentary session, as delegates are expected to rubber stamp a proposal allowing president xijinping

to rule for life. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post, it is leading with a message from china that it does not want a trade war with the us. a national people's congress official has told the paper that the right way to handle conflict is to open markets and find solutions acceptable to both sides. meanwhile, the japan times is leading with japan's concerns about planned us tariffs on steel and aluminium. the paper says japan's trade chief has spoken to the us commerce secretary on the phone to convey tokyo's ire over trump's plan. and finally, the international edition of the new york times. it quotes american and un officials saying that egypt has purchased north korean weapons and allowed north korean diplomats to use their cairo embassy as a base for military sales across the region.

the paper says that egypt's military dealings have breached sanctions against north korea and angered the us. air let's go back to karin in rome. to the forced to walk to rome, just after 1:15am to the forced to walk to rome, just after1:15am in to the forced to walk to rome, just after 1:15am in the morning and it isa after 1:15am in the morning and it is a couple of hours since we got the exit polls from italy's general election telling us, although there is there room for margin of error, that there is no overall majority for any party. it is going to be a hung parliament and the shock result really, although many people were expecting it what it is really quite remarkable, is that the five star antiestablishment, five star movement, has emerged as italy's largest party. it is a movement that has really only emerged in the last

couple of years in opposition to the country's traditional politics. it really has grown particularly in the south of italy, where disillusionment with the system, the poverty and high unemployment rate is so very high. let's go and get more perspective about the five star movement for my colleague, who is there at the party's election event. 0ver there at the party's election event. over to you. yes, we are still waiting for the leader of the five star movement to come here and speed but until now, we have had one of the senior members of the five star movement to give a very short statement, he said that tonight is a triumph for the movement and that this proves they have worked well and now the five star movement are the best guarantee transparency for the best guarantee transparency for the italian people, he also said whomever is going to govern the

country is going to have to go and talk to the five star movement and talk to the five star movement and talk to the five star movement and talk to them, standing with their own conditions. to try to understand better what he meant, joining me now isa better what he meant, joining me now is a journalist who works for an italian paper. who now governs italy is going to have two talk with them, he said. what did he mean really? well, they are the first party, the data is now saying that they are around 32.5%, it is a big party. remembering the first republic, the democratic christians have the same thing basically, at the same percentage. now we have the centre—right, which is now around 35%, and the northern league, which is higher than silvio berlusconi. so

this means that if the centre—right coalition breaks up because they do not make any agreements and everything, matteo salvini of the northern league could maybe form a government with the five star movement. so this is another scenario that we could imagine, all was one of the scenarios that they we re was one of the scenarios that they were imagining in the last few days but this means government which is against europe and a very, very populist. so it is, it can be, it can have a very important strain on oui’ can have a very important strain on our economy and especially they could be problems with the spread or with the markets. of course, thank you very much for this analysis. as she was saying, we have to wait and see what will happen next. the boats

are still being counted, so tomorrow morning we will really know what is going to happen and who is going to govern italy. back to you. thank you very much. the five star movement just across the city here in rome, just across the city here in rome, just imagine what they must be feeling after such a huge result for them in this election. just over 30% of the boats, and that means one in three italians voted for an antiestablishment movement, following politics, turning politics on its head here. other remarkable figures, the governing party, it has emerged withjust over figures, the governing party, it has emerged with just over 20%. a thumping defeat for them, and forza italia, silvio berlusconi's party, it itself is actually onlyjust on 12.5% to 15.5%, perhaps not quite

such a comeback for the 81—year—old former prime ministers. back to you. thank you for that. it's only a couple of hours before the film industry's biggest event of the year — the oscars. this year's awards takes place against the backdrop of the harvey weinstein allegations, and the metoo and time's up movement. and for the latest, the bbc‘s nada tawfikjoins me from the red carpet. is looking rather fabulous. is looking ratherfabulous. 0ther films somewhat overshadowed by all these controversies? well, i have to tell you you are in the red carpet, we have seen tell you you are in the red carpet, we have seen everyone tell you you are in the red carpet, we have seen everyone coming out with brightly coloured gowns, looking as glamorous as ever. they decided not to protest in the same way they did at the golden globes by wearing black when the time is up movement had just started, they said they do not want to become a group thatis they do not want to become a group that is only known for protesting at award ceremonies. they are along the carpet in interviews, talking about

things that are important, achieving equality in the workplace in hollywood, tackling sexual abuse and harassment in hollywood and other industries, and we have seen it men and women wearing those pins. jimmy kimmel, the host of the ceremony, has said that there will be a moment that will recognise the movement and i think it would be hard for people not to mention it, whether it be in their speeches or hear the ceremony. we even saw a change in presenters because of these controversies, casey affleck withdrawing himself. yeah, absolutely. casey affleck, he was awarded best actor last year, even amidst sexual assault allegations, he still won the award and he has denied those allegations that they have really stuck with him. now this year, because of the momentum around the me too movement, the time's up movement, he chose not

to come to the ceremony and they thanked him for that because they did not want him presenting best actress to overshadow the achievements of the woman who wins, and so instead they are having jennifer lawrence and jodie foster present best actress. they're even switching up who presents the best actor award, that will be helen mirren andjane actor award, that will be helen mirren and jane fonda, two legends of the industry. the academy really had to change the choreography because of those allegations and they say that they are taking the movement seriously, they do want change. they want equality in the workplace by 2020, many people think thatis workplace by 2020, many people think that is unrealistic began, many people here are proud there has been change this year. thank you so much for the update, you been news dave and we have just had breaking for the update, you been news dave and we havejust had breaking news that china will increase defence spending by 8%. that is it for this addition of newsday, thank you for watching. hello.

thanks forjoining me. ijust want to bring the right up—to—date with how we see the next weekend weather. the snow is not going to just magically appear, things will gradually improve and for that we have to thank and area of low pressure, which will supply relatively mild air from the atlantic, rather than dragging in cold air yet atlantic, rather than dragging in cold airyet again atlantic, rather than dragging in cold air yet again from the near continent. but that mild air concert something of a price. it will be a murky start across the central and southern parts of the british isles. further north, as we drag moisture into a cold regime across scotland, we will see further snowfall mostly on the hills, some of it getting down to lower levels and in the south, some of those showers really quite heavy and prolonged. the munda into tuesday, the low pressure still very close by to the british isles. —— for monday. notice they are dragging ever closer towards the north and again as things dry out

underfairly leaden north and again as things dry out under fairly leaden skies across england and wales, we push that moisture up into a pretty cold regime. again, for the most part across the high ground, that is where we are going to see further significant snowfall. further south, it isa significant snowfall. further south, it is a fairly quiet sort of day as we go from tuesday into wednesday, you can see there are very few isobars across the south. again, it could be fairly murky. sunshine in short supply, there will be some rightness. looking north, the snow will be confined to the north—western quarter, so some relief at last for southern and eastern parts. northern ireland, a smattering of showers, some sleep perhaps across the high as ground. this middle section of the week marked by some night—time frost and because the days are just that little bit cooler, there could be a little bit cooler, there could be a little bit cooler, there could be a little bit of wintriness about the showers, particularly across the high ground of northern britain. further south, the front mayjust

introduce some rain. showers not quite as widespread as they may well have been at the first half of the week. unsettled for scotland, we may eventually drag some weather front with milder air eventually drag some weather front with milderairup into eventually drag some weather front with milder air up into the south—western quarter of the british isles as well but in between, pretty quiet sort of day and those temperatures just beginning to ratchet up by a degree or two in the beginning of the week. so this is the lineup for the week ahead, becoming slightly milder. it will be a bit unsettled and they could well be some snow, particularly the scotland. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: exit polls in italy suggest no group has won a majority in the country's general election. the single party with the most votes is projected to be the anti—establishment five star movement, whose officials say that if the exit polls prove correct, it will be a pillar of the next government. thousands of delegates from all over china are arriving for the annual national party congress, with delegates expected to rubber

stamp a proposal allowing president xijinping to rule for life. and this story is trending on bbc.com... stars are arriving on the red carpet in hollywood for the oscars, which get underway shortly. guillermo del toro's fantasy the shape of water is the leading contender with 13 nominations. it's been a turbulent year for the film industry which saw the downfall of the producer harvey weinstein. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.