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this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: no out—right winner in italy's general election, but the anti—establishment, five star movement, says it holds the balance of power. new research shows that australia could become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer. a golden night for the silver screen — the shape of water is named best film at this year's oscars. china is set to make sweeping changes that would give president xi has more power and consolidate control over its regulatory policies. in business briefing we'll be live to beijing where the national people's congress is underway. i'll be getting an expert view on italian election and what it means for europe's 4th biggest economy. a warm welcome to the programme,
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briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. this morning we're asking what stands out for you this year at the oscars and if you were the academy which film would get best picture? tell us what you think. we will be live to the oscars later with all the news on the big event for tinseltown. we start with italy.
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italy appears to be heading for a hung parliament with exit polls suggesting that no group has won a majority in the country's general election. so far we've only had exit polls and some early counting but let's see where things stand at the moment. the anti—establishment five star movement is projected to be the single largest party, with 34% of the vote. the centre—left democratic party of prime minister paolo gentiloni is projected to get 18.i%. and the anti—immigrant the league 15.8%. it's unclear if forza italia, of the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi with 13.9% will be the single biggest party within the centre—right coalition. our correspondent james reynolds has all the latest from milan. it only‘s populist five star
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movement celebrates the excellent polls. it is projected to be the single largest party in italy. on its own it does not have the numbers to form a government so it now needs to form a government so it now needs to find a coalition partner. translation: everyone will need to come and speak to us and i say, especially to the citizens, that this is a guarantee of transparency for the italian people because the other political parties will have to speak to us using our methods of transparency based on the proposals and solution we want to guarantee this country and this will take place in the next days and weeks. but a centre right alliance organised by former prime minister silvio berlusconi may end up as the biggest grouping in parliament. early results suggest this group's
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most powerful voice may now long to the anti— migrant league led by matteo salvini and he may play a key role in coalition talks. this election has been tougher the current centre—left government. the parties prime minister, paolo gentiloni, will stay on as a ca reta ker gentiloni, will stay on as a caretaker until a new administration is formed. italy has voted and now this country has to make sure that every vote is counted and then, in several weeks time, the country ‘s president will asked the winner, if there is a winner, to start the process of forming a new government. shortly we will be going live to roam. “— shortly we will be going live to roam. —— the italian capital.
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australia could become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer. scientists say new cases of the disease could drop to zero within 20 years, due to a nationwide free vaccination programme in schools. andrew plant has the story. it isa it is a quick injection, a vaccination until the virus sending rates of survival heading towards 100%. it rates of survival heading towards ioo%. it began in 2007. now it could become the first to eradicate the disease. the virus is a sexually suspected infection linked to all cancers of cervical cancer. he was given to girls aged 12 and 13 and then extended to other ages and boys also. ait in ten australian girls we re also. ait in ten australian girls were vaccinated by 2016. rates of the disease dropped to 1% in ten
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yea rs. the disease dropped to 1% in ten years. even those were not immunised are given protection by those who are, so called pak immunity. despite australia's success, cool rates are still high in developing countries and this programme could serve as a model for tackling the disease worldwide. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: 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 israeli prime minister bejamin neta nyahu has thanked guatemala's presidentjimmy morales after he announced his country's embassy in israel was moving from tel aviv tojerusalem in may. president morales said the new guatemalan embassy would open two days after the new us embassy in jerusalem. voters in switzerland have rejected a proposal to abolish the mandatory licence fee for public broadcasting.
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in a referendum, more than 70% said no to the change. the swiss pay almost five—hundred dollars a year for the public broadcaster, which runs tv and radio channels in all four national languages. for the first time since the end of the vietnam war, the united states has sent an aircraft carrier to visit vietnam. the us navy says the visit by the nuclear—powered carrier the uss carl vinson is intended to symbolise growing military ties between the two countries. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head reports from danang. 50 yea rs 50 years ago than an was one of the main bases from which the united states prosecuted its wars against communist forces in this country. ——
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danang. communist forces in this country. —— da nang. today it communist forces in this country. —— danang. today it is a fitting location to host this historic visit bringing a message of peace and friendship and stability in the region. danang is also the city from which vietnam makes its claims to islands in the south china sea. islands it contested with china. indeed the two countries have had deadly clashes in the past over the islands. assertiveness and construction by china makes this american visit so symbolically important giving the vietnamese are powerful message of support over international rights of passage in this region. these two countries have been very slowly and quietly rebuilding their military ties in recent yea rs. rebuilding their military ties in recent years. the americans clearly wa nt recent years. the americans clearly want that relationship to continue. the vietnamese government what the
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americans engaged in this region that it americans engaged in this region thatitis americans engaged in this region that it is not game to go too far. despite the spectacular visit there are still no military exercises and note vietnamese purchases of american equipment. what is all important is vietnam is relationship with china with which it shares a border. there has been a great deal of quiet diplomacy to reassure china that this is multifaceted diplomacy are not a major shift over to the american side and for vietnam it is important they maintain that careful balance between those two superpowers. china's national people's congress has kicked off in beijing. leaders began by setting 2018 gdp growth at 6 and a half percent, the same as last year and increase military spending by more than 8%. kulveer ranger, vice president strategy & communication at atos joins me now.
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of course, so much attention elsewhere today but this is a very important event taking place in beijing and fall the president and historic event? it appear so. the members are gathering and although it appears a surprise, it is not a surprise, president xijinping has placed it in went about ruling beyond the two terms for life. chief for life is a third term. this is very serious. this is the kind of thing that chinese people had to worry about. they do remember the days of the dictatorship of chairman mao and anyone with concerns but also political oppression of somebody with that much power. the liberals that are still vocal in
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china are concerned about that and also we know that the president, by indicating this, is saying he is the only one who can see through his vision for china. the china dream, delivering economic growth eclipsing the us by delivering economic growth eclipsing the us by 2035 delivering economic growth eclipsing the us by 2035 and basically this amendment is saying i am the only one andi amendment is saying i am the only one and i can do it as long as i would like to. exactly. that is the scenario. the fact that he could be in powerfor as long scenario. the fact that he could be in power for as long as scenario. the fact that he could be in powerfor as long as he scenario. the fact that he could be in power for as long as he wants to and therefore pretty much ado what he likes during that time and yet everybody wants to do business with china and everybody wants that massive foreign investment that china can inject into the economy. here in the uk is practically every other country out there. we are seeing teutonic plates shifting when it comes to the economy. europe is
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challenging the uk relationship. the us is making big plays. new tariffs we have heard about from the trump administration. china getting a bigger group from the president. this will now affect trade. it does seem to be heading towards that national first policy in most of these areas. thank you to now. and kulveer will be back in about half an hour to review the main stories being covered by the global media. stay with us on the briefing. we will take you to look at the oscars, all the results including gary oldman‘s finest hour, being named best leading. —— best first, the plates slipped gently off
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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. 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 they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. 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. lets remind you of our headlines.
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new research shows that australia could become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer. our top story today — no out—right winner in italy's general election, but the anti—establishment five star movement says it holds the balance of power. let's stay with that now. we can go live to rome to spealk to federico niglia, professor of political sciences at luiss university. —— speak to. thank you so much for being with us. no surprise to see the five star movement getting so much ground, as it were. yes, the five star movement received a huge consensus but this is not the only
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news, the other news is that forza italia, silvio berlusconi's party did not experienced such a big success. on the contrary, the northern league of matteo salvini became the first party in the centre—right coalition and finally, the pd, matteo renzi's party experienced a complete failure, i would say. were looking at a long period of i would imagine horsetrading to get some sort of government in power in italy, but what will it look like, do you think? everything is in the hands of the president of the republic, the five star movement says it has not got enough seats to have an independent majority so it is a problem of coalitions. a first scenario is to have the five star
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movement in alliance with somebody, which means part of the pd. an alternative is to have a government, which is promoted by the president of the republic, which is putting together the different parties with a very precise objective, which is changing the electoral law and going back to elections in maybe one year. but despite that, we are seeing a surge in support for the antiestablishment groups, five star movement being the main one of those. so what does that mean? even if you have new elections in a yea r‘s if you have new elections in a year's time, for how the political establishment has to adjust to that demand from the voters?|j establishment has to adjust to that demand from the voters? i don't think that one you would be enough to change the establishment. at the same time, we have to look at the changing behaviour, the abolition of the five star movement, is the five
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star movement will be in power, the real question is will they transformed into an establishment party. —— evolution. which means, will the five star movement become a party which is dissipating in the bureaucracy, in the policy—making, et cetera, or not? this is a big question mark. -- dissipating. 0k, lots of questions, no answers right 110w. lots of questions, no answers right now. thank you. after a year of turmoil in the film industry, hollywood has once again rolled out the red carpet for the oscars. let's get more now from our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. talk us through this big event and what was the standout moment this time? well, there were lots of
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standout moments and you are right to say that this was actually quite an unusual oscars. it has been a different kind of award season with this issue of sexual harassment and the rise of the me to movement, the time's up movement, certainly dominating the oscars in the background. the 90th academy awards, it was about the films as well, the shape of water at the end of the day, 13 nominations, four wins on the night, including guillermo del toro for best director and best film. frances mcdormand one best actress and gary oldman for his betrayal of winston churchill in darkest hour, those are the biggest winners at the end of the night. let's bring in our guest is here, you can probably see the twinkling
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lights as the parties begin to get under way here in hollywood. lindsay is from the website popsugar and of course tom is also with us, the shape of water, did you expect to win, didn't deserve to win?|j shape of water, did you expect to win, didn't deserve to win? i think it did deserve to win, it was a very ambitious film. you have to give guillermo del toro, the director, credit for having boldness and vision. if you heard about this film oi'i vision. if you heard about this film on paper, you would think it was a ludicrous idea, and it, cleaning lady falling in love with a mythical creature, but he does make it work. i think some people were left cold emotionally by the film but in terms of craft and filmmaking, it really was meticulous. that is perhaps one reason out of many why the academy we nt reason out of many why the academy went for the film and gave it as picture and best director. some credit has to go to doug jones, who played the amphibious creature in that film. we never see his face but he isa that film. we never see his face but he is a great actor and monster, thatis
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he is a great actor and monster, that is what he has made his name for, and that is his part in this film. in terms of the issue of sexual harassment, how the oscars dealt with it, do you think it was done appropriately?” dealt with it, do you think it was done appropriately? i do, ithink it was front and centre all evening. we spoke about jimmy kimmel addressing it right at the beginning with his monologue and i think the quality was really the theme for the evening, that was something from the red carpet itself to the speeches, we really saw that people are pushing forward with this idea that hollywood is changing, get used to it. it was a real moment and i think if there was a real moment tonight, it was when rattus mcdormand, nominated for best actress, got all the other female members of the audience to up. and i think more than anything, that said something. it was a moment, but i think a lot of people said to me that when all the women stood up, it was notable that there were not that many of
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them in the room. this continues to bea them in the room. this continues to be a celebration of women, although dealing with sexual harassment has been really disturbing, this has been really disturbing, this has beena been really disturbing, this has been a good moment for women, a lot of opportunities have opened up, especially during that moment when frances mcdormand asked everyone to stand up. i think it has been a different moment. thank you both. there has been a sense of the dawning of a new era but clearly, there is a lot of work to be done to change attitudes and to change the way it things are done with this award is not just way it things are done with this award is notjust the oscars, it has really made a mark. it has, absolutely. thank you, notjust peter but also your guests, thank you very much. there is so much at oui’ you very much. there is so much at our website about the oscars, there is an oscars live page. send us your comments and what you made of it all. in the meantime though, let's bring the right up—to—date with all the latest sports news. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tollett.
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coming up on your monday sport briefing... we'll hear from jose mourinho ahead of manchester united's match later at crystal palace. phil mickelson wins his first title in almost five years. and the cameraman who got more than he bargained for at a basketball game. it's the beginning of a potentially pivotal eight days forjose mourinho and his manchester united side. they play crystal palace later on monday, hoping to reclaim second place from liverpool, who they play on saturday. and then next week, it's the second leg of their champions league last 16 tie against sevilla. second is better than third and bird is better than fourth, so we are going to try the best possible of course. “— going to try the best possible of course. —— and third. of course, at this moment, that is the main target for us. manchester city have extended their lead at the top of the english premier league with a 1—0 win over chelsea. bernardo silva scored the only goal.
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chelsea only managed three attempts on goal and none of those were on target, as city move 18 points clear at the top. beating a strong team like chelsea, who still is the champion, and beat them in the way we beat them, in the way with the possession and created chances, we didn't concede one shot on target and against players like willian, hazard, everybody was involved in the passing process. that's why it was so good, i was so happy. while manchester city bask in the fact they're on target to claim the title, arsenal have lost their last four for the first time since 2002. their latest defeat was at brighton and hove albion as the gunners were beaten 2—1, and are now 13 points behind the fourth placed team — thatjust happens to be local rivals spurs. manager arsene wenger has conceded that they can't reach the top four and this season, which would qualify them for next season's champions league.
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we were passive, we were looking for confidence and we had heavy legs, and in the second half, i believe we responded that. i do not want to make excuses that it is very difficult to recover from what happened to us last week. —— but. in spain, lionel messi's 600th career goal for club and country gave barcelona a 1—0 win over atletico madrid and sees the league leaders extend their lead to eight points. phil mickelson won the mexico championship in a playoff to win his first title since 2013. the five—time major winner only needed one extra hole to beat justin thomas after the world number two failed to make his par putt, as mickelson claimed what was also the first world golf championships event of the year. now if you're a cameraman or woman at sporting events or you aspire
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to be, be warned! sheffield sharks' mackey mcknight was attempting to keep the ball in play during the bbl trophy final against the leicester riders when bang, this poor man was hit. accidentally, we must say, with mcknight‘s full force, but said man was up and about in no time and ready to go again. perhaps further from the court, though. ouch. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tolsen tollett, that is your monday sport briefing. oui’ our thanks for that. the oscar that stood out for me it is rachel's win for the independent film, the silent child. he says the huge achievement for a british, child. he says the huge achievement fora british, independent, short film. i will see you soon. hello once again.
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ijust want to bring you right up—to—date with how we see the next week of weather for the british isles. having endured such brutal conditions for the past week, the good news is that the coming week should bring in better conditions for most of the british isles. that area of low pressure is going to be close by to us for the greater part of the week but at least in circulation, there is warmer air to be had and will see a rise in the temperatures across most parts. this is the way we start monday, quite a lot of show activity across the south, becoming more extensive overtime. living in moisture from the north sea, i think we will find the north sea, i think we will find the conversion of some of the rain in the snow, especially but not exclusively across the highest ground. we will do something similar on tuesday as a weather front moves away from england and wales, it
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drags its moisture up towards the high ground of scotland and on this occasion, it may well be for a time that we will see something a little bit more wintry and the bulk of the snow will be found across the high ground of northern scotland. further south, it will end up being a fairly quiet day. sunshine rather in short supply but there is a lot of dry weather to be had. as we get on into the middle part of the week, not too many isobars on that charge, so things will be quite still. if you have some mist and fog, they may hang around for a wee while but as we get into northern scotland, again it isa we get into northern scotland, again it is a matter of snow rather than anything else. a cool the day perhaps, followed by a ratherfrosty night. as we move from wednesday on the thursday, there could be a cool feel about the day. thankfully, they will not be too much in the way the wind so will not be a biting at all. the cause could be that fraction some showers across higher ground, particularly across northern
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england. further south, whether fund may just england. further south, whether fund mayjust pick up the cloud across the southern coastal counties to give you a little bit brain. as far ahead as friday, we may well be looking back into the atlantic to see the incursion of really much milderaircoming up see the incursion of really much milder air coming up towards the british isles, and that may have a little bit of snow on its leading edge. the bulk of the snow will be found in scotland. it will become milder, but week for the most part on saturday. this is business briefing. i'm sally bundock. what's next for europe's fourth largest economy after elections in italy lead to a hung parliament. the road to detroit — an indian carmaker makes builds a massive assembly plant right in the heart of america's car capital. and on the markets it's a mixed start to a new trading week in asia as investors digest the result in italy and the impact of us tariffs on the global economy.
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