the wet and eastern areas before the wet and windy weather pushes right across the country as we head through tonight. the mild air gets replaced by colder air as we move through sunday so it's going to be a blustery day with showers and feeling chilly but this afternoon those temperatures pretty impressive for the time of year, 11—13d. adding on the wind, it might not feel that mild, it's going to be very windy, gusts of 40—50 mph around irish sea coast, the wet weather transfers to the eastern side of england by the end of the night and here it will be mild but further north and west turning chillier as the clear skies and the showers move in. so it could start quite wet and windy in the south—east, sunday morning. that clears away and then it is a blustery day with quite a bit of sunshine around but also lots of showers particularly in the north and west, some heavy with hail and thunder, some winteriness over the high ground in the north and it will feel chillier for high ground in the north and it will feel chillierfor most, high ground in the north and it will feel chillier for most, single figural values in the north and west and just about making double figures across the south—east. see you later.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a man in his 80s has been come the second person in the uk to die after testing positive for coronavirus. milton keynes hospital is isolating patients and staff who came into contact with him. 21 people have the virus on a cruise ship off san francisco. around 140 britons are on board. all passengers and crew will be tested for the coronavirus, and those that need to be quarantined will be quarantined. those that require additional medical attention will receive it. scotland women's six nations match against france in glasgow has been postponed after at home player contracted the virus. in other news, three hadn't £60 million will be paid by insurance companies to clean up the storm from —— the

damage from storms dennis and keira. 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? 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! 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, such like 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.

hi there. it is turning increasingly wet and windy today. we have low pressure sweeping in, those winds picking up a cross even southern and eastern parts of the country as well. the weather watcher behind me in hampshire shows those waves crashing on to the south coast there, starting to gust 30—40 and even more than that in places. particularly the north—west of the country where we see the weather front bringing the heavy rain. gusts 40-50 front bringing the heavy rain. gusts 40—50 mph. a lot of cloud in the country this afternoon, a bit of sunshine across the east which will be hazy at times, but will turn cloudy at times. very mild, temperatures in the low teens across the board, and those wind speeds starting the pick—up up to 50 miles per are starting the pick—up up to 50 miles perare in the starting the pick—up up to 50 miles per are in the north—west, and rain piling into scotland and northern ireland, spreading into england and wales as we move into the evening

and overnight. the wetter, windier weather will be confined to the east of the country where it will stay mild overnight, and to the west, clear spells and blustery showers, turning cooler throughout the night. he did tomorrow, it is a wet start and when they start. it brightens up across the whole of the uk, shanley spells in play —— sunny spells in play. hell in the north—west and wintry nights on the high ground. it will be a chillier day for all, particularly in the north and west, and those winds quite a feature. not quite as windy as saturday, but still blustery enough, and it will continue to feed in showers across country as we head through sunday night. again, these will be of a wintry flavour over the hills in the north. most showers will be in the west, a few clear spells to these. a chilly night for all, particularly in the north where we could see a touch of frost and in the glens of northern scotland. a bright and windy weather is not done with us yet, into monday there is a low pressure system but that will bring

wet and windy weather to the whole country and will stay very windy into tuesday as well. starting monday on a chilly note, bright and sunshine, and through the day, clouds will begin to increase west, turning letter for northern clouds will begin to increase west, turning letterfor northern ireland and then into much of northern and western britain with some snow falling through the high ground. the north pennines into the southern uplands, per taps into the islands. further south, turning milder again, but a cool field to the north. stays u nsettled but a cool field to the north. stays unsettled throughout the working week. wet and windy on tuesday again, very mild in the south and starting to turn cooler with a mix of sunshine and showers. temperatures generally around or a little below the seasonal average.

this is bbc news. the headlines and two. 140 british people remain on board a cruise ship off san francisco, where 21 passengers have tested positive for a coronavirus. there is a rush for me to get off the ship. i have stage four cancer and my tumours are actively growing. it's not going to be easy to off—load this ship with 2500 passengers. it's been announced injapan that a former passenger of the diamond princess cruise ship who was infected with the virus has died. scotla nd infected with the virus has died. scotland women's six nations match with france has been postponed after a home player contracted the virus. and £360 million will be paid by

insurance companies to clean up