luigi di maio is the leader of the anti—establishment five star movement tipped tonight to become italy's him in naples this morning, just before he casts his vote. translation: traditional politicians have kept telling italians that everything is fine when it is not. my party's motto is to be amongst the people. but the political system here favours coalitions so his controversial party could be left out in the cold. meaning this familiar face could be kingmaker instead. naples and the south of italy will swing today's vote. silvio berlusconi campaigned here this weekend, on behalf of a right—wing coalition peppered with populists, like this rising star, anti—immigration politician, voting today in milan. so what does this rather chaotic political picture mean for italy and europe? after all, this is the eurozone‘s third largest economy. confusion — or "confusione" as it's known here — is quintessentially italian. brussels is used to it, the financial markets seem prepared for it. they believe that a coalition government will water down more extremist populists policies on offer but how

luigi di maio was a student five years ago. another was a normal person and everything.think it is now that the president will give five star movement the mandate to form a government? they are still under a centre—right coalition but they are under the largest party in parliament. at the moment they are the first party in italian parliament so it will be difficult but this electoral law gives power to the coalitions. so the centre—right coalition is now the first coalition in italy. but there isa first coalition in italy. but there is a problem inside the centre—right coalition because there is a challenge between silvio berlusconi and matteo salvini tonight. it will be difficult to choose because otherwise if the five star movement decides it can join otherwise if the five star movement decides it canjoin other parties to have a government like the constitution says then the mandate could be given to form a new government but i think it would rather be centre—right. government but i think it would rather be centre-right. thank you very much forjoining us, we have to wa

luigi di receiving 5096 of the vote. luigi di maio's party, the five star movement.coalition? —— is this. if they decide they could form a coalition? -- is this. well, this is what they have to be able to convince the other parties that they are serious they say they want to enter in the conversation. now they use the word conversation and dialogue on issues. but in fact they are still in the process of learning how to enter the kind of coalition strategy and language. but since they are learning very quickly because they have shown to be great campaigners. they had a fantastic electoral campaign so perhaps, we hope so, because we do not have any hopes at this point to have a stable majority, that they can learn how to make a coalition. first of all, they have to enter in a kind of dialogue with the other forces because they have to elect very soon the speaker of the lower house and the senate. actually, first the senate and then the lower house, in order to start the lower house, in order to start the process of the formation of a new government so the process of th

luigi di maio's populist party has turned italian politics on its head. at a scrum — the press are hungry for him. before the elections, luigi di maio and the five star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naive, populist shambles. now, he's the man and they're the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what's just happened, the 31—year—old declared a new italian republic — of the people, for the people. five star's leaders have holed up in this rome hotel, planning their next move. but are they really ready to govern? translation: this is a revolution. italians understood they can't trust the old politicians. it's time for us to work on serious issues. but here's the dampener on those plans — five star hasn't won an absolute majority. just look at this map. italy is divided. five star support is in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right—wing parties dominates the north, led now by this man, another italian populist, but this time, of the anti—immigration eurosceptic kind. translation: in brussels,

but it's five star movement, italy's newest party — led by luigi di maio — who maybe the single biggestparliament. i'm mariko oi in singapore. also in the programme: all eyes are on china's annual parliamentary session as delegates are expected to rubber stamp a proposal allowing president xijinping to rule for life. and as stars get red carpet ready ahead of the oscars, will the harvey weinstein allegations overshadow film's biggest event of the year? live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and io'clock in the morning here in rome where exit polls suggest no group has won a majority in the country's general election. the populist five star movement says it is the kingmaker in the new parliament and is predicted to be the largest single party in the new parliament. it says it will certainly be a pillar of the new government. the italian media are saying it's won 29% of the vote, that's nine points more than the centre—left. quite a remarkable result. the polls are just that — exit predictions. but they suggest the five—

luigi di maio's populist party has turned italian politics on its head. are hungry for him. before the elections, luigi di maio and the five star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naive, populist shambles. now he's the man and they are the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what's just happened, the 31 year—old declared a new italian republic — of the people, for the people. five star's leaders have holed up in this rome hotel, planning their next move. but are they really ready to govern? translation: this is a revolution. italians understood they can't trust the old politicians. it's time for us to work on serious issues. but here is the dampener on those plans — five star hasn't won an absolute majority. just look at this map. italy is divided. five star supporters in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right—wing parties dominates the north, led now by this man, another italian populist, but this time of the anti—immigration eurosceptic kind. translation: in brussels, some people are worried

but it's five star movement, italy's newest party — led by luigi di maio — who maybe the single biggestalso in the programme: all eyes are on china's annual parliamentary session as delegates are expected to rubber stamp a proposal allowing president xijinping to rule for life. and as stars get red carpet ready ahead of the oscars, will the harvey weinstein allegations overshadow film's biggest event of the year?

"i feel the migrant problem is huge in italy," luigi di maio told us. di maio is the candidate for the populist, anti-establishment cinque stelle, or five stars movement, which is leading in the polls. you're just 31. people say, "you can't possibly be prime minister." "the austrian chancellor is my age. the french president is 40," he said. "across europe, young energies are emerging in politics." the youngest in the vase facing his toughest fight from one of the oldest in italian politics, 81-year-old billionaire silvio berlusconi. he can't be prime minister again because of a tax fraud conviction, but is a king maker for a coalition on the right and was relishing the attention in naples today. he's pledged to deport illegal migrants who he's called a social timebomb ready to explode. berlusconi's coalition partner, matteo salvini of the far-right lega party, has taken a strong anti-migrant, anti-islam stance, that's turned laeg into a major player. supporters of a far-right fringe party took to rome's streets doing the fascist salute. while others hav

di maio's populist party has turned italian pics on its head. now he cannot walk up on stage wi the press are hungry for him. before the election, luigi di maio and the five-star movement were dismissed by the italian establishment as naÏve populists. now he ishe man and they are the party of the moment. looking like he couldn't quite believe what just happened, the 31-year-old declared a new italian republic of the people, the people. five star's leaders have holed -- thisis room hotel, rome hotel, planning their next move. are they really readovern? >> this is a revolution. italians understood the couldn'o trust the olticians. katya: five star hasn't won an absolute majority. lo at this map. italy is divided. five star's support is in the south, highlighted in orange, while a group of right-wing parties dominate the north. led now by this man, another italian populist, but the some -- this t time anti-immigration eurosceptic kind. >> in brussels, some people arer d. they are wrong. ,ith italian vote the people of europe have taken a step towards liberation from rules and regulationt that bring abverty and insecurity. katya: now behi

their leader luigi di maio says they now have a resposibility to govern., the right—wing lega secured 17.4% of the vote. more than forza italia, the party of the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, on 14%. the ruling democratic party suffered its poorest showing ever in national elections with 18.7%, continuing the europe—wide collapse of the traditional centre—left. that is the poorest showing ever for them in national elections. and there's been a high—profile resignation — late today, the democratic party leader matteo renzi resigned as leader in view of his party's poor election result. translation: it's obvious that after this i will leave my post of leader to the democratic party, and i've already asked the chairman, matteo orfini, to call a national assembly to start the procedure. this will happen at the end of the stage of the new parliament forming and the new government forming. let's cross to rome and our colleague karin giannone, who has been covering the election for us. it has been a pivotal night for five star but still a very divided

the party's leader, 31-year-ol luigi di maio, could be italy's next prime minister. and after months of wrangling, angela merkel will get a fourth term as germany's chancellor. germany's social democratic party voted to form a coalition vavernment with her conserve bloc. this leaves the far-a.f.d. party as the main opposition party in parliament. unlessesvirginia's legislature passes a last minute fix, the statewide teachers' strikese ito stretch into an eighth day tomorrow. the teachers' unions are demanding a 5% pay raise to help cover the soaring cost of health insurance. the state house approved a five percent raise yesterday, but the state senate only passed a 4% raise. senator who supports the raise estimates the 1% difference could cost $13 million. t ohere is also concewhether the state can afford the raises based on projected revenue. west virginia's 20,000 teachers are some of the loatst paid eds in the country. there is also word from okl tahomt teachers in tulsa and oklahoma city held talks on friday about walking off the job if they don't receive a pay r

another key figure, luigi di maio, heads the antiestablishment five star movement.rivotta you's ruling ce ntre—left minister matteo rivotta you's ruling centre—left democratic party, trailing in the polls. —— matteo renzi's. italian politics is all about whole —— about coalitions. one possibility is a right—wing coalition with forza italia and brothers of italy and some centrist parties. another outcome is a left—wing coalition, the democratic party combining with the pro—european party and the other ce ntre—left pro—european party and the other centre—left party, free and equal, so far refusing the idea of a coalition with matteo renzi. they could be a german style grand coalition between centre—left and centre—right. it is all very uncertain. in guatemala various local initiatives are underway to reduce plastic pollution in the country. a study has reported that guatemalans use one billion plastic bags per month. virginia langeberg has the story. francisco is doing what he can to try to turn around guatemala's plastic pollution problem. using mayan fabric to make

another figure of note is luigi di maio, the 31—year—old former football steward is leading the fiveonight, watching closely will be other european leaders, already hit by brexit and hoping for no major surprises here. gavin lee, bbc news, rome. still in italy, the football world has been stunned by the sudden death of one of the country's top players. the fiorentina captain and italian international davide astori, who was 31, died following what his club described as a "sudden illness". all top—flight matches in italy have been called off. the italian national team captain gianluigi buffon paid tribute to the player, describing him as "one of the best sports figures i came across". the headlines on bbc news: sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in less that four minutes, has died at the age of 88. theresa may urges the eu to get on with what she calls her "ambitious but practical" vision for relations after brexit. and work is continuing to clear snow from roads and rail lines after severe disruption. meanwhile warnings of flooding, with strong winds battering coasts

another figure of note is luigi di maio, the 31—year—old former football steward is leading the fiveht, watching closely will be other european leaders, already hit by brexit and hoping for no major surprises here. gavin lee, bbc news, rome. still in italy, the football world has been stunned by the sudden death of one of the country's top players. the fiorentina captain and italian international davide astori, who was 31, died following what his club described as a "sudden illness". all top—flight matches in italy have been called off. the italian national team captain gianluigi buffon paid tribute to the player, describing him as "one of the best sports figures i came across". germany has been waiting a long time for this. its new government is in effect now continuation of the last one, so—called grand coalition between angela merkel‘s conservatives and the social democrats or spd. mrs merkel will no doubt be taking a great sigh of relief this morning, but this doesn't feel like too much ofa but this doesn't feel like too much of a victory, and that is the several reasons. first o

luigi di maio is the man of the moment. the biggest party in the country. it is promising political revolution, wary of the eu, and has drawn huge support from younger voters tired of the old order. when coalition talks get under way, they will feature a familiar face, who once promised radical change — ex—prime minister silvio berlusconi. his support base is weaker now, but he stands in a centre—right alliance with the league party, and could still be a possible kingmaker. most of the italian press is predicting "cambia tutto" all change, and the election result brings about the possibility of an entirely populist coalition between the five star movement and the league party, which has had a huge rise in support and campaigns under a donald trump—inspired slogan, "italy first". its manifesto also pledges to deport 600,000 migrants who've arrived here in the past few years. translation: millions of italians have asked us to retake control of this country, to free it from uncertainty, and insecurity, after the laws created b

another figure of note is luigi di maio, the 31—year—old former football official who is leading theely will be other european leaders, already hit by brexit and hoping for no major surprises here. gavin lee, bbc news, rome. an independent report that was given to the board of the construction giant, carillion, four months before it collapsed has now been published. it said the firm had been "aggressively managed" to make its balance sheet look better than it was. the document has been published by two commons committees, which are examining why carillion went out of business in january with debts of almost a billion pounds. a night of rainbow flags, sequins and flamboyant displays has marked a milestone year for sydney's gay and lesbian mardi gras. hundreds of thousands of people turned out for the massive street party, celebrating 40 years since activists first marched in the city for lgbt rights. it was also australia's first parade since legalising same—sex marriage in december. georgina smyth reports. the sun sets in sydney as party—goers warm up for its famous gay and lesbian m

the 5 star movement, led by 31—year old luigi di maio, is one of europe's biggest populist movements.y the former prime minister, matteo renzi. our rome correspondent, james reynolds, explains why predictions are difficult in italy's elections. it is made all the more difficult by the fact that italian laws says that for the two weeks before the election you cannot have an opinion polls so we can talk about the opinion polls but they may be out of date. those last opinion polls taken two weeks ago suggested the centre—right coalition organised by silvio berlusconi might be the ones closest to the finishing line but they might fall short of that. those polls also suggested that the five star movement might be the biggest single political movement after the election but they have struggled to form alliances, essentially there are two things going on. italians themselves vote on sunday. then the italian politicians who have been elected will almost discuss among themselves who should take power. and when those discussions take place, there is no one better, with more experience, and silv

the leader of r party is a young man, only 31 years old, ar collegeout by the name of luigi di maio.has scant political experience, but these days that's a feature and not a bug. he's seen by his followers, at byst, as being unthey wante what they see as corrupt,ad ional italian politics. but perhaps more surprising than the rise of the "five star" movement is the rise of another more radical populist party called the "league." their main platform is that they are againstigtion. in fact, they want to deport approximately 600,000 migrants who have come to italy in the last fe years. so these two populist parties with ideas that many would consider to be radical edged oun the tradi parties, so the center-right party of former prime minister silvio berlusconi, they d really poorly, and this probably sounds the death nail for his very long political career. he's 81 years ol'. it's hard to imagine him making a comeback now. and the outgoing ruling pty, the center-left democratic party came away with less than 20%, so they took a real beating. >> brangham: give that we say merkel and macro

luigi di maio leads the populist five star movement and the former prime minister mat ao renzi is heading a center left coalition. let's bring in a senior lecturer in european politics at birmingham's university -- in birmingham university school of government and society. thank you so much for your time today. let's go ahead and start by putting this in perspective for our viewers. italy, the largest -- the third largest economy in the eurozone. now flirting with fascism, populism and euroscepticism. what does this election mean for europe at large? >> well, let me say, first of all, that even if berlusconi's coalition manages to win, this will actually be the fourth time that he manages to lead a coalition, including populist radical right parties. and post-fascist parties. at the moment, the one we have in italy is called brothers of italy. but let's remember that in previous coalitions berlusconi was governing with a national liance. which was also post-fascist party. so there's nothing new in this, even if he manages to win, which is, of course, very, very unlikely. so, just to put t

luigi di maio's five points movement could become one of the youngest private ministers of italy, likelyovernment since the second world war. we should have some sort of idea by 11 o'clock this evening. pubs in england and wales will be able to stay open late on the weekend of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. the home secretary, amber rudd, said bars would be allowed to serve until 1:00am, rather than 11:00pm, on friday the 18th and saturday the 19th of may. jessica parker reports. lots of people very happy to hear that news, i am sure. let's return to our top story, the disruption caused by the snow and ice. andy gil is in north yorkshire. he is at scotch corner, thejunction of the a66. that is still closed this morning. any idea when that may? —— may reopen? know. there is some local traffic being let through here, you have probably seen the flashing lights of the lorries down at the junction of the a66, with flashing lights of the lorries down at thejunction of the a66, with the ai-m, at thejunction of the a66, with the a1—m, where it is blocked. but cross—country traffic is

here's its leader luigi di maio.ement, this general election has been a triumph. we are the overall winners of the selection. so first and foremost, a big thank you to be about 11 million italians who voted for us. they gave us the honour of giving us their vote. it is an honour to have such an endorsement as the first party of the country. despite five star's success, a coalition of the far—right looks set to win the most seats in the lower house of parliament. the league's leader matteo salvini would likely head up that coalition and has declared his party has the "right and duty" to govern. translation: i keep my word. i keep the commitments i make with the 6 million italians. this commitment is a centre—right coalition with which we have the right and the duty to rule and to govern in the next few years. our europe editor katya adler tweets... you'll remember last year's french elections saw the far—right candidate marine le pen reach the presidential run off. she has treated happily about what has happened in it

and we have the anti-establishment, led by luigi di maio. parliament, we might have political uncertainty. and he may be asked to stay on. a few days ago we conducted a survey, looking at the potential implications of what that does to the bond market. essentially what you're looking told, ifwe have been we don't get a clear majority, to at least talk about a coalition, the general expectation is that the spread over 10 year bonds, that will widen. maybe north of 200 basis points. that depends what happens on sunday. political risk, certainly there. haslinda: don't ignore anything. if you look at the region as a whole, europe is doing well. the euro is where it is it should be. that is it from david and i. this has been bloomberg. ♪ ♪ jessica: i am jessica summers in new york and you are watching "bloomberg technology." here is the first word news. president trump plans to sign a formal order imposing 25% tariffs on steel imports and 10% tariffs on aluminum. he says today's move will provide a boost to american producers. pres. trump: they h

italy's first party, is the five star movement, and the softly spoken sharp suited 31—year—old luigi di maioe ministers of europe. but they're saying at the moment they wouldn't form a coalition with another party. we have italy's eternal highlander, silvio berlusconi, the 81—year—old billionaire, the centre—right politician... according to the polls, the moment half of the vote has been counted but they say the centre—right have it in terms of a bigger overall score. the government of the moment, paolo gentiloni, the former prime minister leading the party, metteo renzi, suffering in third. we have coalition building politics right now but ultimately european leaders are worried because the two populist party, the northern league and the five star movement, together, if the score is right, would get 48% of the population who voted for them. it is something european leaders are hoping doesn't come to pass. gavin, thank you very much indeed, time to get out of the rain! it's not everyday a baby chimpanzee learns to fly. this is the moment mussa co—piloted his own rescue mission. the baby chim

luigi di maio is the man of the moment.s now the biggest party in the country. it is promising political revolution, wary of the eu, and has drawn huge support from younger voters tired of the old order. when coalition talks get under way, they will feature a familiar face, who once promised radical change, ex—prime minister silvio berlusconi. his poll base is weak and now, but he stands in a centre—right alliance with the league party, and could still be a possible kingmaker. most of the italian press is predicting, all change, and the electra election result brings about the possibility all change, and the election result brings about the possibility of an entirely populist coalition between the five star movement and the league party, which has had a huge rise in support and campaigns under a donald trump—inspired slogan, italy first. its manifesto also pledges to deport 600,000 migrants who've arrived here in the past few years. translation: millions of italians have asked us if we will take control of this country, to