ship denied entry to san francisco have tested positivefor coronavirus. the ship will be brought to a non—commercial port this weekend. italy has announced its largest daily increase in fatalities from the coronavirus. they've risen by forty—nine to one hundred and ninety seven. it's the second highest number of deaths from the virus — after china. in other news: there's been a sharp rise in the number of premature babies born in syria's war—torn province of idlib. a million people have fled their homes over the past three months to escape the government offensive. the french publisher hachette has decided not to publish a memoir by oscar—winning film—maker, woody alan — after protests from employees of its new york subsidiary. he's faced allegations of molesting his adoptive daughter in the 90's, which he's always denied. last month was the wettest february

ever recorded in the uk with storm after storm sweeping the country. in east yorkshire more than 80 homes in snaith and cowick still can't be reached and the water is taking a long time to recede. our correspondent danny savage has been speaking to some of those affected. much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away. people are still dealing with the consequences. if we'd have been stood in this spot at the peak of the flood, we would have... probably been a foot of water above our heads at the moment. seven foot deep here? at least. people like mike, who's had floodwater in his home for nearly four weeks now. we are on a septic tank system here. so, the system backed up. and, so, although we've been able to live in the house, we're very careful about how many times we flush the toilet or how many times we get a shower or whatever. the water was so deep in his garden, even the tree house was under

the water at one point. it's notjust home owners affected by these floods. it was farmers as well. this is a vast greenhouse full of lettuce but, it was underwater for days, so the whole crop has been ruined, all the glass has been broken, and that means a huge bill for the farmer who owns all of this. residents here were so desperate to protect their homes, they built their own flood barrier. it worked for a while, then the water got through and ruined more homes. in nearby east cowick, you still can't get to some houses. it's draining away but only slowly. a few days ago we visited mick and his flooded bungalow. the water here has gone, now comes the plan for the future. we are trying to get a caravan on the front lawn so that we are here on site. so, you're going to move into a caravan in the front garden, probably? we are hoping to. that's not going to be much fun for six months, is it?

better weather is coming. across the road, tony also talked to us a few days ago. his insurers have told him not to move his furniture but they won't be here for another week. it's getting wet upstairs now, damp because there is all this rubbish at the bottom. and they don't want you to move the furniture out? nothing, no. millions of litres a day still need to be pumped out of this landscape to erase the great inland lakes of yorkshire. danny savage, bbc news, east cowick. now on bbc news... the berlin internationale film festival is a top event on the calendar celebrating the best of world cinema, but how does it compare to venice and cannes? here's a special edition of talking movies. hello from berlin. i'm tom brook, and welcome to this

special edition of talking movies, in which we look back at highlights from the berlin film festival on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. so, the 70th anniversary of the berlin film festival, one of the big three in europe, ranking alongside cannes and venice. 70 years ago, the festival opened with a screening of alfred hitchcock's romantic psychological thriller, rebecca. since then, it has grown to become one of the biggest public film festivals in the world. this year, it screened around 340 features. the festival might take place in a metropolis, but it has an intimate connection with its audiences. it is cherished by its followers. well, i live here and it's nice to see that one of the most important film festivals of the world is hosted here in berlin, and there's... despite the horrible weather in february, there's that nice excitement

in berlin, because everybody‘s, you know, looking forward to this festival. the opening night film, my salinger year, starring sigourney weaver, was seen by many as a disappointment, a coming of age story set in new york in the 1990s, in which the ascendant actress margaret qualley plays an aspiring poet working at a literary agency, opening fan mailfor the reclusive writerjd salinger. in what way do you hope audiences connect with your film? well, it's hard not to connect with it because margaret qualley is so wonderful, and it's a very intimate, ithink, truthful, but very amusing and charming story. the golden bear for best film goes to mohammad rasoulof. the top prize in berlin, the golden bear, went to there is no evil, a film centred on the death penalty from iranian film—maker mohammad rasoulof, who's been banned from both making movies in iran and leaving the country. the picture getting the runner—up award was the american abortion drama never rarely sometimes always. historically, many of the films shown in berlin have been political. most of the films that we have

are political in the sense they ask the viewer to change his point of view. i think that whenever a film questions your... ..your position, becomes political, because then you have to react and to understand better, what's your position towards the other? in that respect, many films here are political. the festival's opening night was a little subdued. it took place on the day of the hanau shooting attack in germany, which had left nine people of foreign heritage dead. but there was nonetheless excitement. the festival is now headed by a new collaborative duo, artistic director carlo chatrian and executive director mariette rissenbeek. new to the job, they've already been challenged by controversies, including revelations that alfred bauer, the festival's first director, was allegedly a high—ranking nazi. how disturbed were you by the recent revelations that the founding father of the festival had links to the nazi party? i guess in ‘45, a lot of people

who had important positions in nazi germany carried on having positions. but, of course, i think you might already have read that we will do an... we have commissioned an institute for history to do an expertise on alfred bauer, so that we might better understand what his role has been and how that might have affected his first years at the berlinale. without knowing anything, exactly, it's quite difficult tojudge this situation. berlin might be 70 years old and well established, but it still has to struggle to stay relevant in a season where the oscars and a looming cannes film festival can steal the limelight. for 70 years it has survived by showing great international cinema, a tradition it has kept right up to the present day, providing the german capital with a film showcase of which it can be justly proud.

when it comes to european cities forming a backdrop to great cinema, paris comes to mind, with whole films devoted to its charms, but berlin has had a powerful presence in some very memorable films, as emma jones reports. the futuristic metropolis from 1927, one of the greatest films ever made, and at the time, a stunning flop. inspired by the skyscrapers of new york, perhaps, but fritz lang made it and premiered it in berlin. the city's museum of german film is full of reminders of when the streets of weimar berlin, and its film studios, hosted some of the world's greatest film—makers and rivalled a place called hollywoodland. you have films like fritz lang's m, or even metropolis.. ..shot in the streets of berlin, and showing a science fiction city of the future is, of course, influenced by the big

metropolis that berlin was in the 1920s already. it was one of the capitals of movie—making in the world, not only in germany, i think, one of the most important. the end of world war ii left berlin in ruins and gave rise to an era of so—called rubble cinema, such as the murderers are among us or roberto rossellini's germany, year zero. and then the war would turn into the cold war, and for nearly four decades, berlin was cut in two. the wall may only be a tourist attraction these days, but berlin's unique history can't help but shape the stories that are crafted here, and neither the city nor its cinema can ever quite escape its past. it's the divided city. i mean, berlin is full of stories and full of...tension. berlin is, for me, a city

with a lot of tension. but berlin's traumatic 20th—century history has ended up serving it well in film, with cold war drama the lives of others taking best foreign language 0scar in 2007. but as modern times have made the city a global influencer, it has brought a new set of stories. at this year's berlinale, there were three films in competition that were set in contemporary berlin. undine, part of the modern reworking of the myth of a water nymph, by christian petzold, played by paula beer, has its roots in fear of what wealth and gentrification is doing to the city. translation: berlin, over these past years, has changed rather dramatically, and we used to always think that berlin is a very robust city and that it would be able to defend itself against neoliberalism. but somehow, the city is just about to lose its history and stories, at the same time.

berlin alexanderplatz by burhan qurbani updates a 1920 novel to make the hero francis a west african refugee in the city. what it meant for me, and i hope also for alfred doblin, the author of the novel, is that... ..berlin is in the centre of germany, and alexanderplatz is in the centre of berlin. and it is also the place in society, the middle class, the place where we as a community work and breathe and have our daily life. while war prevented berlin from fulfilling its early promise as the capital of world cinema, the modern city is a constant reminder of some of storytelling's most powerful themes, namely, that division does not endure. one of the more eagerly awaited films in berlin this year was a live—action rendering of the story of pinocchio, which, of course, was famously brought to the screen as an animation by walt disney 80 years ago.

before it came to berlin, the film had a run in italian cinemas, where it did good box office. tristan daley reports. i'm at the berlinale because pinocchio will start here, his running...run around the world. confident with his retelling of pinocchio, director matteo garrone and his cast spoke to reporters on a low—key red carpet at the festival. garrone's take on pinocchio, which features roberto benigni as geppetto, attempts to stick closely to the original novel, published in 1883 by italian author carlo collodi. aside from being in italian, it stays faithful to the old school lessons and elements of magic in the novel, that are depicted in the movie in a heart—warming way at times, and an unsettling way at others. many speculated how a director whose most recent notable works included subject matters concerning organized crime, drug dealing and macabre fairy tales would adapt a novel known to the world as a children's

story in live action. all my movies have... ..are connected to fairy tales, so i've been very lucky in this movie to have actors like roberto and many others, that bring a lot of humanity and lots of... ..light to the movie. an acclaimed director and actor himself, roberto benigni had some show—stealing scenes early on in the film. he made his own version of pinocchio in 2002, in which he played the title character. my idea of geppetto was a character, i told him when we got talking, full of gags. and he said, "no, no, "i am thinking about another character, a father. " this was really a wonderful idea. and to me, i like warm character, serious and sweet. when i am an actor, i really follow the director and this is my way,

because when i am the director, i like the actor follow me! pinocchio is a classic italian story known all around the world, so it's not surprising to learn that matteo garrone's rendition will likely be followed by other versions in the nearfuture. guillermo del toro has set in motion plans to co—direct a stop—motion version of pinocchio, while disney's proposed production has seen many stops and starts in recent years. but garrone is confident in the unique qualities of his film. well, first of all, we are italian! and that is important... ..because it's an italian story. of course, like all the masterpiece of literature in the world, they start from local, you know, we talk about a very poor village in tuscany. and then this story is local.

and then became universal. we hope that our version will surprise the audience and will push the audience to rediscover also the classic, you know, of collodi. this is a touching film with a charismatic and earnest performance from federico ielapi, who plays pinocchio. the effectiveness of the picture is bolstered by the beautiful cinematography, production design and make—up. there was a mix of sentimental but disquieting storytelling and imagery that was mostly well—received at berlin. one of the films making a big impact at the berlin film festival, suk suk, came from hong kong, where its director was born and raised. it was one of a clutch of gay love stories shown at the festival. jad salfiti reports on this award—winning picture and its reception in berlin.

he's made many otherfilms, but suk suk is ray yeung's first chinese—language movie and deals with the affair of two closeted older gay men. stories about elderly gay men are very rarely represented in cinema, or even in general in our society. we don't... when we talk about gay men, we always associate it with the youth culture, someone who's young, buff, in the particular stereotypes, really. but actually, there's all kinds of gay men out there and their stories are not really being told. so i think it's important to give them a voice. stories about asian lgbt people will especially resonate with a growing exiled gay chinese community and beyond, many of whom have found a new home here in the german capital. among them is berlin—based film—maker and lgbt activist popo fan. he's very concerned about the representation of asian people in cinema.

the asian community is very invisible in a lot of and most european and american films. and you don't see very often they represent other images. and secondly, when it was presented, very often, it was showing as very stereotype of the characters. you don't speak good english and you are asexual. so i want to break those cliches by a small, tiny project. popo fan's latest film presents a more nuanced kind of asian character that we don't often see in western cinema. i shot this short movie called beer! beer! i shot this short movie called beer beer! last year in berlin, featuring an anti—romantic story between a chinese person and a german person. they met at midnight after a party and trying to get a beer together, but a mattress suddenly

changed everything. in berlin, a lot of people throw away their furniture, suchlike a mattress or chairs. in my script, they try to carry this mattress together. this film shows for many berlin rather than beijing is blossoming into a hub for asian creators. the political climate in china has really become more closed in the last few years ever since the leadership of president xi jinping, and with the tighter political climate, has also meant a more closed creative climate back in china. so as a creative, you're incentivized to try to go somewhere else where you don't have to deal with censorship. being lgbt is very invisible in china at the moment. somehow when i... after i moved to germany, i had this observation that being asian in germany, it'sjust like being lgbt in china. you are allowed to exist, but you're never being represented on oui’ screens. that is also my goal, to change this, and i hope

the situation will be better. four years ago, former us first lady hillary clinton was locked in the fury of america's primary election campaigns. but this year, she was here in berlin at the festival on a rather different mission, promoting "hillary", a documentary series focused on her life and her career. emma jones went to meet her. five states are holding their primaries on march 15th. a politician for the people who so nearly put her face through the glass ceiling to become president, or a woman with too much scandal attached to her married name? hillary rodham clinton is now the subject of a four—hour documentary series by the kid stays in the picture director nanette burstein. .. are we ready? there's so much to talk about. ..who sat down with the former secretary of state for 35 hours of interviews. with the documentary, is it a way of putting your record straight, in some ways,

when there's so much noise? i think that what the documentary series does is to provide a comprehensive look at my life, both private and public. because it does that and it's based on fact evidence, it does set the record straight. there's so much misinformation about me, so many ridiculous stories about me, that to have my life portrayed in a way that i recognise is quite a good step forward. in documentaries, one person's perspective can be another‘s propaganda. as well as focusing on her 2016 campaign, her early activism in the 1960s, there are many awkward questions audiences would want to ask — from the issue of e—mails to the lewinsky scandal during the clinton presidency. how objective could any interviewer be? you know, was everything on the table for discussion? everything was on the table for discussion. it's actually interesting what you bring up because secretary clinton is a lightning rod,

and, you know, some people will say, "oh, you didn't talk about this," or "you weren't harsh enough." i mean, i knew that no matter what i did, there would be potentially criticism. so i felt that ijust needed to research as much as i could and be as honest as i could to tell, at the end of the day, what i thought was the real story. rarely does someone provoke such extreme opinions as hillary clinton. to some, she's a role model, to others, a villain. not even the most intimate series of interviews is likely to change that. there's scenes in this documentary that i had forgotten. i'm fighting for healthcare, and i'm being burned in effigy. when a woman takes a very public stand in a controversial arena, you just have to be prepared that you're going to be criticised. and if you're not prepared for that, then don't do it. i'm very proud of the work that i've done.

stands that i've taken. and i don't have any regrets about that. so it's, don't be disliked for the sake of being disliked. if you're going to be disliked, hopefully it's because you took a stand for something that engenders a lot of opposition. and this question lingers around the series — would hillary clinton provoke the same strength of reaction had she been a man? you want to make a difference, you want to have an impact... ..well, then, you gotta get in the arena. operating in tandem with the berlin film festival, it's one of the largest film trade fairs in the world — the european film market, which brings together film distributors, producers, sales agents and buyers. this year, there was much talk of the "parasite effect". korean cinema was the subject of intense interest in berlin after the triumphs of director bong joon—ho's parasite both at the box office and at the oscars.

it is a big moment. because of parasite, korean film—makers have an ambition. we can do it and we can achieve it and we can show korean films to the audience, you know, it's brought to. time to hunt was one of the korean films in the line—up at berlin. its director sees parasite's success as very significant. translation: i think parasite will be a turning point for the interest in korean films. it will also be a turning point for the meaning of korean films. in the wake of parasite in berlin, there was notjust greater interest in korean films, but more interest in general in non—english language cinema that breaks the mould. people here are looking for another incredibly distinct film—maker from outside america who has

the potential maybe in the second or third film to do what boonjoon—ho has done with parasite, and that's to create a incredibly distinct movie that has the potential to cross over, really, into the multiplexes. is it ok with you? but there's a sobering reality. bong joon—ho's parasite may be a one—hit wonder thatjust happened to hit the zeitgeist with topical themes that touched on income inequality and class warfare. i do not think it's so easily duplicatable. it's about zeitgeist, and in times of social injustice and class issues and all that, and he hit the right point i think. right now, there's optimism. in berlin, there was the view that parasite had opened up a whole new world for non—english speaking film—makers. before, if the local language film—maker had success and they wanted to go bigger and they wanted to reach the world, typically they had to go to america and then make a film in english.

bong joon—ho, who's made a couple of films in english, has shown you don't have to do that. you can go back to your home country, your own language, to the stories that you know best, and you can tell them. and if you tell them in a good enough way, there will be an audience for it around the world. korean cinema did continue its winning streak at the festival, with south korean director hong sang—soo taking home the best director trophy for his drama the woman who ran. well, that brings this special berlin film festival edition of talking movies to a close. we hope you've enjoyed the show. please remember, you can always reach us online at... and you can find us on facebook and twitter. so from me, tom brook, and the rest of the talking movies production team here in berlin, it's goodbye.

hello. 0n the plus side the weather is not going to be as bad as this has been on recent weekends but then again, it will still be windy and it will be wet at times. this area of low pressure will feed in these weather fronts over the weekend, especially during saturday and saturday night and then behind this cold front on sunday, it will feel a bit colder and some sunshine again but also heavy showers. for the

weekend, it will be wet at times, certainly not all the time, it will be blustery throughout but we also get to see a bit of sunshine by sunday. temperatures are on the up after an early frost by the time we get to saturday morning and when we have cloud towards the north and west of the uk and somehow bricks of rain in this weather fronts i showed you come and the early sunshine will be short—lived. eastern parts of the uk could see a been patchy rain at times with the afternoon stays largely dry. there will be outbreaks of rain towards wales in england but it will turn heavier and more persistent to northern ireland and across some southern persistent to northern ireland and across some southern and western of scotland. it is going to be windy, gales to the irish sea and coast could be around 50 mph gusts. wind gusts. we will see rather misty and murky conditions developing with poor visibility for some on the coast and hills in the west and what we will be, i mild day. then again, it's cloudy and windier for some of

us it's cloudy and windier for some of us and what there. 0vernight, saturday night sunday the rain does move south. before a clearance from southern and western scotland there could be problems here from high rainfall totals and some of the higher ground up to 70 mm snow belts and that can bring flooding in places. a much milder start to sunday, but what cloud and are bricks of rain around and they clearing the southeast quite early on sunday morning come and a lot of showers behind that movie through but not a wash out every day because they will be some sunshine. a chance ofa they will be some sunshine. a chance of a shower and said they come heavy tender, hail and some snow over the higher hills scotland and still very gusty winds as well. it will feel a bit cold on sunday because there has been a cold front moving on through. just to give you a flavour of things into the start of next week. the detail not yet set in stone. it looks like an area of low pressure and another one coming into the uk. it does mean more wind and rain. a

few locations then into next weekend to give you a flavour of things. it sta rts to give you a flavour of things. it starts with interns shall reimburse places will turn a bit cooler as well as the week will go on. that is your forecast.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. stranded at sea, the cruise ship passengers infected with coronavirus. the us government reveals its plan of action. all passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus. those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. those that require additional medical attention will receive it. italy announces its biggest daily increase in deaths from covid 19 with nearly 50 more fatalities. a special report from china, the country where the outbreak began, and their fight to continue with life and business as usual. and in other news, why a memoir by oscar—winning film—maker, woody allen won't now be published after protests in new york.