”firm" slightly. if he is restrictions slightly. if he is plain out, that will be quite a big story on the day. there will be lots to wash—out four, even if coronavirus is going to be the dominant theme. thank you very much, jonathan. spending on flood defences in england is set to increase. the government has said this will offer better protection to home and businesses, the rest of the uk will receive the same percentage increase for its own flood defences. the duchess of sussex has urged men to do more to respect women during a surprise visit to a school. the duchess appeared at an assembly at a school in dagenham in london ahead of international women's day. last night, meghan appeared with her husband prince harry at an event in london. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. take a good look, because we won't be seeing much more of this for a while. the duke and duchess of sussex last night at the royal albert hall, still introduced as their royal highnesses, and still very much looking the part. harry was making a final

appearance as captain—general of the royal marines, complete with gold braid, medals and honours. for her part, meghan is leaving formal royal life with a strong endorsement about a cause which she feels deeply about — the rights of women. a couple of days ago she visited a school in dagenham to make a speech timed for international women's day, today. these were issues which she said were relevant every day and to every person, and she had a particular message for men. ijust encourage and empower each of you to really stand in your truth, to stand for what is right, to continue to respect each other, for young men, to continue to value and appreciate the women in your lives, and to also set the example for some men who are not seeing it that same way, right? you have your mothers, sisters, girlfriends, friends in your life. protect them, make sure they are feeling valued and safe. the speech went down well, the speaker was appreciated. she really is beautiful, innit?

tomorrow, harry and meghan will make their final appearance, for now, with the queen at westminster abbey. after that, the great experiment of their new, supposedly non—royal life will begin in canada. now it's time for a look at the weather. good morning, we are back into this mixture of sunshine in blustery showers through the rest of the day. some parts of the country will have more showers than others, southern england, wales are seeing some fairly frequent showers, likewise northern ireland and western

scotland. some snow over the mountaintops of scotland, 8—9dc, double figures in eastern england. we've got more showers to come overnight, particularly the first half of the night. as the night goes on, the showers become fewer, skies tend to clear more widely, the winds are still fairly brisk so temperatures of 3—4dc are called any north—east of scotland. some early showers but not very many first thing. not lasting too long, some sunshine for a while but only for a short while because rain comes in from the west again, that reaches eastern scotland towards the end of the day as it turns wetter further we st the day as it turns wetter further west across scotland, winds and temperatures of 8—10dc. hello again, you're watching bbc news with me. the headlines are soui’. . . news with me. the headlines are sour... 16 million people in

northern italy have been that make the headlines at this hour. 60 million people in italy placed in quarantine. restaurant customers must sit at least one metre apart from each other. new emergency laws, including court cases of a video link or by phone could be introduced to help tackle the virus. now it is time for 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! 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.

it's been a weekend of two halves and with a different look and feel, we are in a mix of sunshine in blustery showers. the picture in leicestershi re blustery showers. the picture in leicestershire sums it up quite nicely. first thing this morning, some heavier rain, those move out into the north sea and we have some speckled showers arriving from the west and while there won't be as many showers across eastern scotland and eastern england, we will see more sunshine but there will be quite a few showers coming in across

england, wales and scotland. snow over the mountaintops in scotland. still a strong and gusty wind. not as windy as it was yesterday and temperatures at 8—9dc. little bit higher than that probably for eastern parts of england where we are seeing some sunshine. more showers to come, especially during the first half of the night. across the first half of the night. across the western side of the uk, some heavy downpours, later in the night, the showers ease off and we do get some clear skies, still enough of a breeze to keep temperatures at 3—4dc and more in the north—east of scotland. if you straggly showers left over. not for long because we've got all this cloud and all this rain coming in from the atla ntic this rain coming in from the atlantic again which could reach eastern scotland, eastern england by the end of the day, western areas, where it gets wetter, we will find it winds picking up as well. those stronger winds will push the rain

eastwards and, during monday evening, there will be a spell of rain overnight. more weather fronts on tuesday, and we'll show you where thatis on tuesday, and we'll show you where that is coming from. all the way from the azores, could get quite warm even for this time of year. some wet weather around first thing, could brighten up across northern england, sunshine and showers developing, likewise across northern ireland, showers and scotland. the rain across england and wales does ease up. the windiest day of the first few, strong to gale—force and while we see temperatures quite widely in the low teens, we could see them in the lower parts of england. surely short lived because your back into cooler air from wednesday onwards, still very u nsettled, wednesday onwards, still very unsettled, sunshine and showers, maybe some more snow around?

this is bbc news, the headlines at 11... 16 million people in the north of italy are placed in quarantine for a month because of coronavirus. in lombardi, ski resorts, gyms and nig htclu bs in lombardi, ski resorts, gyms and nightclubs cannot be opened and restau ra nt nightclubs cannot be opened and restaurant customers must sit at least a metre away from each other. china reports its lowest number of new infections in a single day since january. here, new emergency laws including court cases over video links or telephone to help tackle the pirates are due to be announced. and in the next few minutes we will be putting your questions to a virologist at the university of leeds. in other news, a doubling of funding for flood defence to 5 billion is expected in the budget on