hello, everyone. this is "france 24. it is time for 60 minutes live around the world feared i am genie godula. these are the headlines. to anti-eug way parties, but no one group looks to get enough votes s to govern the country alone. the french foreign minister is in iran today. a delicate mission to save the 2015 nuclear deal under threat from the u.s. first of our in-depth

pieces on lebanon this week, we will see what locals think about syrianse to one million refugees within lebanese borders. also coming up this hour, and aquatics fairytale, "the shape wins best picture and best director at the academy awards. politicized by the fight against sexual misconduct, plus whether or not this year's nominees got to take on the famous statuette, they had been showered with luxury freebies, including a trip to 10th in any. -- trip to tanzania. ♪ we will start first in italy

where voters sunday rejected traditional parties, putting to eurosceptic groups at the top of the list. the five-star movement sort ahead as the single party with the highest number of votes, and despite the right leaning lega, nobody one enough votes to win outright, which means they will have to build a coalition. the center-right coalition is made up of silvio berlusconi's forza italia. the breakdown to show a major shift in politics. >> the center-right coalition in most has emerged with the votes, but the balance of power within the alliance leaves the future uncertain. throughout the campaign, silvio berlusconi's for the italian party -- forza italia party led the coalition.

but his opponent ended up points ahead. >> this is an extraordinary victory. , which carries a lot of pride, joy, but also responsibility, italiansillions of chose to take back this country and liberate it from uncertainty and insecurity. is in ameans berlusconi major election that marks a seismic shift in the country. selfs come back materialize, and at 81 years old, with a conviction barring him from office, it is unlikely he will get another shot at power. the lega is in position of dominating the right after years of forging alliances with force at thalia, they could -- forza italian, they could announce alliances elsewhere. >> the berlusconi coalition is in the lead, but it is a

coalition with few factions. differ completely, especially in europe. salvini branded his with even those from the south who he wants to scorn. they could join forces with their populist counterpart, the surging five-star movement, both for anti-free trade and anti-kremlin. the only thing that is certain at the moment is that italian politics has changed. genie: meanwhile, the french foreign minister jean-yves le drian is in iran today. for an end toalling ballistic missile tests, despite denials from iran that it is continuing to build nuclearr

weapons. thence 24" takes a look at --eline with some outshot ta hantyaei.m s sanam: the strong relations with the last shot of iran -- shah of iran, they were all very popular. in 1978, it became the home of the revolutionary leader of the islamic republic. then came the revolution in 1979. he was ousted. soon after, relations began to unravel.

france was even dubbed "the little devil" by some staff. in 1988, a fresh start for the two countries. one contention remains -- i ran's nuclear ambitions. iran agreed to scale back its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. president rouhani visited the french capital in 2016. this is a green light for french companies. today, paris, like other european capitals, is under great pressure from donald trump to reduce political and trade ties with iran, but france is pushing back. well no french president has visited iran since the islamic president in 1979, emmanuel

macron may change that. the french president is expected to visit tehran later this year. 's" sinnottnce 24 shantyaei sanam there. syrian army has now taken that one third of the rebel-held center in damascus. after a bombing that left 600 million dead. the red cross says an aid convoy has arrived. the syrian president is promising to keep up the brutal campaign. take a look now at first in our series this week focusing on lebanon. there are close to one million syrian refugees currently living in lebanon. most of them women and children. our reporters take a look at just how divisive the refugees'

presence has been to locals and one lebanese town. >> welcome to bashar al-assad's syria. traveler's now dead across the border, we are in the north of lebanon. the border crossing here was closed for seven years. only reopening of the end of last december. since 2011, 30,000 syrians have sought refuge here. with theirled here children. the only members of her family left alive, now forced to live in a test. she prefers to stay here where she knows international aid organizations provide some security.. >> our homes are still in tact. we j just want to o go back. whwhy would we statay herere? we have been here for three years. we are fed up. we have nothing left in syria. our homes have been destroyed and our families killed. we can't go back.

>> the population has quadrupled. now more than 40,000 people live the border is ruiuinous for the economy. >> when the frontier was open, everything was fine. we were all doing ok. before the syrians arrived, and then things got worse. >> since the border reopened and much of syria has been liberated from the so-called islslamic ste group, residents of the village hope thahat the syrians will return home. >> the conditions set by ththe syrian regime allowing people to return our complicated. if there is no security risk, they can return, but if the authorities have the smallest their family, if someone and their family has been killed or hurt by the islamic state group, al-nusra, if they are a member of any

opposition group, , en they cannot return. now, nothem to leave to wait any longer, because their presence here is a catastrophe on a political and demographic level, and it is putting our existence at risk. >> after the arrival of the syrians, the christian maronites find themselves a minority on their own land, sparking fears of a return to civil war. , theding to the red cross majority of syrians in the region want to return home. news, fromher world china, the national people's congress of china held day one of their planning session today, and katrina you joins us today. talk about the first day of thte joint congress where there was a lot of fococus on the economy. katrina: that is right. the national people's conference usual today with the

haunts and ceremony. the president took center stage, two hours giving a speech outlining the report. this is basically the economic plan for china's upcoming you -- year. gdpomic growth, economimi growth of 6.5%, whicich is slightly down from six 18%, six but i percent of last year, in line with china's emphasis on quality growth. there was also 11 million jobs with an emphasis on giving migrant workers more opportunities and also with the continuatition of poverty gearedtion policies china wants to emphasize the controlling of debt and reducing of financial risks, but not at the expense of infrastructure spending. $230resident announced billion budget f for roads, $93

billioion to deal w with railway spending, and $28 billion in investment for water management. there is alslso an 8% increase n terms of military spenenng in china. china definitely wants to increase the developmentnt of is nanaval capabilitiess as s wells its air capabilities. it also announced they are going to try to continue opening up to foreign investment. ofalong with that, in terms this report, the only thing that stuck out, which was not really related to the economy, was the emphasis on taiwan, that the party would continue to not tolerate any nationalistic movement, but the people of taiwan would continue to have .he same opportunities as the people of mainland china that was definitely the gist of this morning's report. genie: what about that chinese legislators actually approved

the change that would lift the limit on presidential terms, allowing president xi jinping to rule indefinitely? katrina: everyone was waiting for this preference during this to our speech, but he did not refer to it directly, although it was announced today that the parliament, the 3000 people who are involved in today's session, would be voting on that proposal on march 11. basically isposal not without opposition. there has been some opposition in china. leader tom, who is a famous former editor, said it was an outrage, and also a local businesswoman said she was opposed to it. but we have to remember that the people who are at this congress are basically hand-picked by the upper echelon of the communist partrty, and we exexpect on they very l little opposisition to t.

the house see very many concerns. the two-term concerns was introduced to prevent chaos we have seen previously in terms of there is concerns about after that on march 11, when the proposal is up for the vote, we are likely to see very little opposition, and where possibly going to see pass and president she the remain well beyond 2023. genie: katrina yu recording from beijing, thank you very much. .et's take a look at last night it was hollywood's biggest night, of course the oscars. the big winner was the aquatic fairytale "the shape of water." it scooped up four academy awards, including best picture and best director. but last night was dominated by the fight for gender equality. alex jennings has more. >> now please welcome your host, jimmy kimmel.

alex: the oscars returned with its usual dose of glitz and glamour, but there are signs of campaigns against sexual misconduct and gender inequality, which has dominated the industry over the last month. best actress winner frances mcdormand inviting all of the female nominees to stand with her. picking up the best actor award is gary oldman, for his role in -- as winston churchill in "the darkest hour." he dedicated his prize to his mom during kerry: i think to my mother, thank you for your love and your soup or. -- his mom. gary: i say to my mother thank you for your love and your support. put the kettle on. i am bringing osterholm. -- oscar home. >> you don't think that is what the war looks like, do you? toro'suillermo del

film sleeping for oscars in total. he wants to erase what he calls lines in the sand. genie: let's take a look at our other two big stories today on inance 24" -- elections italy give way to a rival pair of anti-eu parties, but neither group was given enough votes to govern italy an alone.. the french foreign minister is in iran today. working toe drian save a nuclear deal under threat from the united states. now we have any update with yuka .oyer no single party majority. what does this mean for the eurozone's third-biggest economy? yuka: in the election, the economy was a big battleground, as you can imagine, jeannie. the next government will have to

tackle the country's high unemployment, debt. the growth is expected to hit a seven-year-see her, but recovery has been2008 crisis slow. putting pressure on italian bank shares and government-owned stockat the italian exchange, as you can see, and the government's 10-year bond yield rose, which means the borrowing costs will be higher. high, but a are coalition government will eventually be formed. genie: there is another big business story today -- donald trump, the u.s. prpresident, is embracing the potential for a trade war after, thing steep tariffs on imported metal. yuka: that announcement on thursday has been that with chris is an abroad and at home, but the president is not backing down from his plan, p proposing 2525% tariff on steel and 10% on

illumina. -- a aluminum. sasaying the american steel l ad dead andindustries are that needs to be changed. he also says nasa has been a bad deal for the united states. meanwhile, china says it will goal for by, setting a gdp growth at 6.5%. the chinese front minister lashed out at donald trump's import tax plan at the opening of the national people's congress. he said beijing will promote globalization, protect free trade, and call for it to be settled through fair discussion. genie: how are the markets reacting to these announcements today? yuka: the election in italy and fears of trade with the united states puts pressure on the stocks. major indices has since recovered their earlier lossese, as you can see.

insurer axa,nch though, plunged after it agreed another group for 12.4 billion euros in cash. genie: we have been talking about the academy awards last night in the united states. oscar is of course the famous statuette. there is no prize money to speak of. can we put an economic value on what you went? -- win? one company has handed out for the top 25 nominees, including a $35,000 vacation in tanzania. we have more on the finances the oscars bring. unidentified delicacies, these are not the only things oscar nominees and

winners saver at the academy awards. marketing companies and delivered some of them what has now become the traditional gift basket, worth tens of thousands of dollars. frontroll this to the door, to the hotel room if they're visiting los angeles, and we love seeing them act like children on christmas morning, going through this fabulous gift bag. >> this morning, top nominees are getting luxury vacations with private planes, private safari guides, and champagne breakfasts. dna kits and bluetooth speakers. financial windfall usually comes months and years after the win when doors open and salary hikes kick in. but not everyone gets the same increase. 2015dy carried out in shows best actor winners get a $3.9 million salary boost when best actresses get $500,000 extra on average.

the me too movement could change all of that, mitigating a bit of the gap. things have certainly come a long way, haven't they, yuka? swankyou remember hilary a machine got an academy award for "boys don't cry," and she -- paid 300 million $300,000. her price when up to $1 million. look. thank you for that it is now time for our press review. alison sargent is on the set. taking a look at what the papers have to say today. on the election and elite with the reaction to the vote that has plunged the country into political uncertainty. alison: that is right, genie. i want to start with a paper that sums it up from rome. this paper says "what a mess." on the front page, you can see

the activist that interrupted berlusconi as he was voting yesterday. she actually made it to quite a few front pages. the paper says no party has the majority needed to control the movement, but the five-star movement and far northern league , andcoming out winners they are saying "we told you so." their front page -- "everything changes," and you see with the five-star movement, very young leader luigi demaio looking very self-satisfied, and he is sort of chasing the leader matteo salvini offstage. genie: he is taking a bit of a beating today. right. you can see on another front page, the activist is instead telling berlusconi your time is up, and now she is telling renzi your timime is up. and theang for la lega

five-star movement. the real loser in this election but hisenzi himself electoral reform. this reform was supposed to event the five-star movement from getting so much ground. i put up this drawing from the he isnist, you can see putting a gun against his head, and you can see it is because he has run out of medication to calm his stomach, and he has decided it is the only way out. be on german's seem to the way the social democrats agreed with the coalition with angela merkel and her conservatives. alison:. that is right it only took about five months, but angela merkel is able to enter her fourth term. it is not a particularly triumphant photo. she is looking quite isolated.

she had to make a number of concessions. the grand coalition comes at quite a price, as you can see in agesspiegel's cart team. -- cartoon to we think it is angela merkel, she has got a black eye and missing teeth. genie: french papers are worried about angela merkel, particularly her weakened position. alison: yes, you can see one behind me. pay --id she has feet of clay, basically meaning she is weakened, she is stuck between the social democrat oppositions and the far right nationalists of the afd. there is one hope for angela merkel -- europe, according to them. emmanuel macron could give angela merkel a new burst of energy. emmanuel macron is very happy she will be remaining in power.

you can see the two leaders post,in the huffington responding it is good news for europe. it will be preserved to help carry europe through this brexit age. genie: give us a little glamour now. the oscars took place in hollywood. i have two words for you that provoked quite a bit of inclusion. inclusion writer --of confusion. inclusion rider. alison: if you're confused by them, you're not alone. "the guardian" comes to the rescue with an explainer. is a classn rider and actor can have inserted in their contract that requires the cast and crew of the film to meet a certain level of diversity. this phrase comes from a tech talk from professor smith, and elated frances mcdormand gave her a shout out in her speech, and she is hoping now she will get a lot of calls from agencies, actors, and actresses who want to put inclusion riders

in their contracts. genie: a warning about a very male profession -- priests. alison: that is right, priests are asking the hope for the right to marry. a french priest has written an open letter to pope francis, pleading for the vatican to loosen up marriage laws. that is because the job is suffering from a lack of recruits. it seems very few people want to be a priest anymore, and they are hoping allowing marriage will attract new bloods. the priest came to profession late. so if you want to change careers, they first have to allow female priests. genie: we will have to talk to the pope about that. alison sargent with the press review. if you want a closer look at what we're talking about throughout the day on "france 24 ," you can always check out our website, france24.com. next half-hour, diplomacy is not be only focus of the french foreign minister's visit to iran today. on the way, a look at a new

exhibit opening on tehran on loan from france's famous louvre museum. stay tuned. ♪

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