this is the w. news live from berlin the exit polls point to no outright winner in italy as parliamentary election center writes alliance led by former prime minister silvio berlusconi has a slight edge over the anti establishment five strong movement but it's not enough seats for a majority in parliament the final results are expected late monday morning. relief was germany and months police called deadlock the country of the social democrats vote to join a governing coalition with chancellor merkel's conservatives it paves the way for

a new government and a fourth term in office for angela merkel to find out what it means for germany plus. they're rolling out the red carpet for the film in the series biggest night as a star descend on hollywood for the academy awards with a preview of the films and actors hoping for oscar very this evening. i'm edith kimani welcome to the program vote counting is under way in its cities parliamentary election after a tight race initial exit poll suggests the right wing alliance led by silvio berlusconi will be the largest bloc in parliament however it's fallen short of the absolute majority needed to govern the anti establishment five star movement which is. largest single pot to the wrong thirty percent of the vote thirty one year old

who had to do my own has capitalized on public anger corruption and economic woes the ruling center left coalition trails in said. and joining us now from rome is our correspondents banned it's bad it's good to see you so the first unofficial exit poll as we've said suggests a hung parliament with none of the parties able to gather an absolute majority it's only had it for political gridlock. you know there's a really telling drama in voting no because no party and no coalition not on the right enough and the left can actually govern in italy they would have to form a coalition but they all said we don't want to have a coalition partners so we have to see and wait if in the next days they really start to talk to each other if not this will be a hung parliament and there will most likely be a technocrat government set in by the parliament by the by the president of italy

and it could be that mr gentile loney the social democrat could go on for a while as a cow take if and if the parties do not move but this is all based on exit polls the margin of error is still quite high still quite high you say but should the e.u. watching this be concerned about the surge in you know popularity among the populace potty an establishment fox is that. yes the european union should actually be concerned because if you count all the votes together for the populist parties on the left and on the ride you come to the result that sixty percent six zero percent of all italians voted for populist parties so this is very sad from a brussels view and italy is drifting in the same camp like greece to hungary which already governed by populist parties austria a populist parties in the government and italy of the third biggest economy in

country in the eurozone this is a real danger seen from brussels the man that a lot of people seem to be looking at in this election silvio berlusconi the former prime minister this coalition is expected to have the most seats in parliament does this mean that we should expect to come back. that he already made a spectacular comeback because he cannot hold office because he's banned from not by a because he's convicted as a text fraud and now he's back and putting the strings in the in the right wing coalition and he also is not excluded that he will. govern as a prime minister after two thousand and nineteen when he's again for office and now he's a neck on neck raise with this right wing populist pati patni league which is openly xander phobic and resisting it could be that the league is even has even more votes than but as kone was his forte is

a tide in the right wing coalition that is not decided yet but for sure about its kone who many people thought his put it to get that is back on the stage than say get and rome with the latest thank you. at long last the wait for a new german government is over and that's because the social democrats have voted yes to joining a coalition yet again with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives the vote is a huge relief for makyo who will soon be sworn in for a fourth term as chancellor but for the center left social democrats getting to this point has brought out internal divisions that may prove difficult to heal. a nightmare for s.p.d. party leaders didn't come to pass as the results were announced there was no applause and no cheering instead a reserved reaction from a cautious party leader who fought very hard for this yes is

a tell him across the bow tie at sixty the social democratic party did not take this decision lightly and for the past few weeks they discussed the results of the coalition agreement openly and transparently these work important and exciting debates in which many members of the s.p.d. actively participated in. the results of the members vote is not exactly cause for showing off s.p.d. leaders know that many in the party have struggled with this decision fearing that the s.p.d. will be completely sidelined in another grand coalition as p.d.u. swing boss kevin cleaners back in the spotlight he became the figurehead of the resistance against a grand coalition and despite his disappointment says it's one of the more coffee shops it's a democratic vote and of course we accept this result we're not sore losers and will try to make the best of it what you can dispense to the votes tomorrow out of the germans feel many are just happy to see a government take shape. when he does so if they can push through everything they

are planning gladly otherwise new elections what good would that have done us now for all it's not good whether it's good for the s.p.d. in the long run i don't know it's been months now good for the s.p.d. or not no one knows for now but in any case it will benefit the coalition partner the christian democrats. this is not the s.p.d. result is a good basis in addition ninety seven percent support from the cd use similar support from the c.s.u. a good coalition agreement and a good thing that's good governance. the german president also satisfied germany will soon have a new government. this is it is simply good for our country that this phase. of uncertainty and insecurity is over and that the three parties are prepared to take on the responsibility of governing. nieman only the opposition has found a fly in the ointment amid

a feeling of general relief. fact is the fact is that now the losers find themselves bound together the statement is clearly carry on as usual. now until america is due to be sworn in again as chancellor on march fourteenth and scrutiny returns to a new edition of the grand coalition. for more let's now go to our political correspondent nina nina it's good to see you so i do america is getting a fourth term at the head of another grand coalition does it go back to business as usual or can we expect changes in this government. well this is most certainly uncle america's last term in office they says for sure so one thing's already clear that the next period is going to be extremely interesting in terms of watching who is going to succeed uncle americal as the leading person within the c.d.u. already some people are getting quite vocal so this will be one interesting thing

to watch for whether they dare criticize her and whether they follow party discipline in certain other areas the other big thing is of course that anglo-american and the social democrats have a much narrower majority within the parliament so of course the debate in the parliament right here behind me is going to get a lot livelier because of course the parties in the grand coalition the social democrats and the conservatives also have to square the circle of redefining their own identity so that's going to be interesting well another change of course is that the far right anti immigrant f.t. party now becomes the official opposition in german parliament how is that likely to impact politics here. it has already impacted on the political debate the tone in the parliament behind me and some of the questions they have asked have also reason to more traditional party members rising up and

getting more vocal about certain issues and this is more democracy in action some german voters are saying so this is a good sign at the same time of course and we'll also find out how many german voters actually do support the d. in the course of the next few months how many people actually voted for the eighty out of the protest vote because grand coalition is going to have to deliver on some of the core issues that people find these big parties haven't answered and so many people in september elections are believed to have given their vote to the f.t. nina has a political correspondent thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world so about his president has called for substantial changes in his country's coalition government or early elections to resolve a political crisis and renew public trust under his comments follow the murder of

an investigative journalist the triggered widespread anger about corruption in slovakia young could see his fiance were found shot dead a week ago. voters have overwhelmingly rejected the plan to abolish their t.v. license fee the final count shows more than seventy one percent voting no in sunday's referendum the mandatory fee for radio and television programming costs around four hundred euros per household every year and provides funding for public broadcasters . thousands of people posed to the split from spain gathered in barcelona in a more cranny calling for the fictional top bania region to separate from catalonia this comes as former catalan leader withdrew his bid for a second term on thursday. hollywood's best and brightest stars will shortly hit the red carpet for this year's oscars and it's shaping up to be

a tight trees for best picture a fairy tale romance and a dark murder mystery of both in the running for the top prize here's a look at some of the films as a mother can the contenders hoping for a related tonight. cast from broadens freed from their more than filed and polished to perfection. the final touch is a golden coating. oscar statuettes have been made this way since one nine hundred twenty nine these are the first steps in their journey from new york to los angeles it's late night talk show star jenny kennels joel to host the ceremony. there will be a. big unscripted surprise and the show. feel session they want to avoid a nasty surprise like the one that happened last year confusion over an envelope led to the wrong film being named best picture this year it's the shape of water which has received the most nominations it tells the story of an unfair p.s.

creature who falls in love with a meat cleaner while trapped in a us live or a tree. the big favorite for best actor is gary oldman for his role as winston churchill in darkest hour. if. you will that you should like i like. my daughter angela frances mcdormand is up for best actress in three billboard cites a tipping mystery she plays a mother who tries to shed light on her daughter's rape and murder. charges i know chief but i think we're kind of a broad where like oscar hopes to for this women series sharon and plays a teenager who wants to escape from the banalities of life in suburban california in the tragicomedy ladybird and then back to city college and then maybe you're going to pull yourself off about expect everybody to know everything. do you have

the papers. less surprising though is meryl streep's best actress nomination for the post it centers around the washington newspaper's decision to publish a secret government report on the vietnam war during the presidency of richard nixon the film is also up for best picture. that's a voter that is one of two german backed films hoping for an oscar the short film is based on a real life event when islamist terrorists stormed a bus on the border between somalia and kenya wanting to kill the christians on board the missiles protected them. it's a story about so majority which knows no religious by injuries. look up the. class of two not everyone here will be able to take home and going on in the bundesliga as well so five book has been a fortress this season but that changes by really coming to town find out in the going to studio with my ten month coming up after the break. you're watching the

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