paolo gentiloni fell ill on his return from a meeting with the french president in paris. his office says he's awake and in touch by phone. a planned meeting with the british prime minister on thursday has now been postponed. the president of the philippines, rodrigo duterte, has ordered government agencies to offer free contraceptives to an estimated six million women who cannot obtain them. his plans are seen as controversial in a majority catholic country but the president says he wants to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. the german carmaker volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges in the us for using illegal software to disguise the level of emissions produced by its diesel powered cars. it has also agreed to pay fines worth $a.3 billion. in addition, six employees have been indicted for their role in the affair, including one who was arrested last week. sarah corker reports. it's been dubbed the diesel gin, the world's second biggest carmaker reading environmental tests boardies diesel emissions and now volkswagen will play a heavy price for

paolo gentiloni fell ill on his return from a meeting with the french president in paris. his office says he's been awake and in touch by phone. a planned meeting with the british prime minister on thursday has now been postponed. the president of the philippines has ordered government agencies to offer free contraceptives to an estimated six million women who cannot obtain them. rodrigo duterte's plans are controversial in a majority catholic country, but the president says he wants to reduce unwanted pregnancies. the past year has seen a dramatic drop in the number of migrants seeking asylum in germany. official figures released by the federal office for migration and refugees show 280,000 claimants arrived there last year, compared to 890,000 in 2015. the german interior minister says the decrease is due to the closure of the balkan route and the deal between the eu and turkey. our correspondentjenny hill, now, from berlin. it is tempting to imagine the german government breathing a sigh of relief, these figures to represent a huge reduction of the number of people seek

in other news: the italian prime minister paolo gentiloni says he has signed an agreement with his libyan counterpart, fayez serraj, to try to stop migrants from setting sail for europe from libya. italy has pledged a substantial amount of money and equipment to help the un—backed libyan government. on wednesday, the italian coast guard rescued around 1,300 migrants off the libyan coast. eu leaders meet in malta on friday, for a summit aimed at finding ways to tackle migration. french prosecutors have widened their investigation into the financial affairs of the centre—right presidential candidate, francois fillon, to include payments made to two of his children. he's been under increasing pressure to step down over allegations that he paid his wife, penelope, a large salary as a parliamentary assistant, despite little evidence of any such work. a tokyo court has begun hearings in the case of a man who developed leukaemia after working as a welder injapan‘s damaged fukushima nuclear site. the 42—year—old is the first person to be recognised by the japanese labour authorities as

in other news: the italian prime minister, paolo gentiloni, has signed an agreement with libya's leader fayez serraj to try to stop migrants setting sail for europe from libya. italy has pledged a substantial amount of money and equipment to help the libyan government, backed by the un. on wednesday, the italian coastguard rescued around 1,300 migrants off the libyan coast. eu leaders meet in malta on friday, for a summit to find ways to tackle migration. prosecutors in france have widened their investigation into the financial affairs of the centre—right presidential candidate francois fillon to include payments made to two of his children. he's been under increasing pressure to step down over allegations that he paid his wife, penelope, a large salary as a parliamentary assistant despite little evidence of any such work. the brazilian president, michel temer, and members of his cabinet have travelled to sao paulo to offer their condolences to the country's former president luiz inacio lula da silva, whose wife has been pronounced brain dead after suffering a haemorrhage. lula was ad

in other news: the italian prime minister, paolo gentiloni, has signed an agreement with libya's leader, fayez al—sarraj, to try to stop migrants setting sail for europe from libya. italy has pledged a substantial amount of money and equipment to help the libyan government, backed by the un. prosecutors in france have widened their investigation into the financial affairs of the centre—right presidential candidate, francois fillon, to include payments made to two of his children. he has been under increasing pressure to step down over allegations that he paid his wife, penelope, a large salary as a parliamentary assistant, despite little evidence of any such work. leaders of the eu are gathering in malta for their first summit of the year, facing some of the biggest problems in the union's history, in its smallest member state. they will be discussing the migration crisis from africa and the middle east, and the changing transatlantic climate, and over it all looms the prospect of brexit. 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly reports. the ceremonial cannons of the letter, installe

she welcomed the new italian prime minister paolo gentiloni for talks about a range of subjects over a working lunch. among those topics, of course, inevitably, brexit. i think we can head straight to that news conference which is continuing at downing street. tim ferri. translation: i thank prime minister made for her kind words and the welcoming i had here today. and our conversations have reinvigorated the friendship and the closeness that our two countries historically have. it is, however, important to reconfirm that this at this point in time. therefore i really appreciate the decision we have taken in terms of bilateral meetings between our two governments in the near future. this will help us strengthen very old relationship that always needs nourishment. we have obviously taken into account what is necessary after the decision of the uk citizens of leaving the eu. a decision that we respectfully, and we are aware of the fact that negotiations will not be easy. and we also know, and this will certainly be the italian attitude, that we need to show a constructive and friendly

mrs may has been speaking alongside her italian counterpart, paolo gentiloni, who is at downing street for talks. brexit is top of the agenda. a report into safety failures which forced 17 edinburgh schools to close, puts the blame on a lack of proper scrutiny over construction work. the archbishop of canterbury says he's shocked by the government's closing of a legal route for unaccompanied child refugees to come to the uk from europe. president donald trump's nomination for attorney general, senatorjeff sessions, is sworn in. he promises to get tough on illegal immigration. time for the sport with mike bushell. hello, good afternoon. good afternoon. we start with potentially good news for the welsh team, ahead of their six nations match against england on saturday. george north has been named in that team for match in cardiff. the side are hoping, that both he and fly half dan biggar, will be fully fit. north, picked up a leg injury in wales' win over italy, although he did carry on playing, while biggar couldn't complete the game, due to a rib problem. coach rob howley has made two

last month the host, italian prime minister paolo gentiloni, laid out his g7 plan by saying, "we need to keep betting on the free market and on free trade, the biggest economic engine of history." one of the questions they'll have to tackle is how they grow their economies amidst a political desire for protectionism. the latest imf forecasts show reasonable growth this year for the us, germany and the uk with others struggling. other topics on the agenda include climate change, immigration and energy security, in fact g7 energy ministers are currently holding a seperate meeting in rome. a hugo. more on this. bet you can't wake. —— there you go. —— bet you can't wait. the sky's the limit for the number of drones expected to hit singapore's airspace in the next ten years. but the heavy traffic will present some real dangers. to prevent crashes, experts at nanyang technological university and the civil aviation authority of singapore are working on a system of air lanes to keep drones on a safe path. don't miss that, coming up on world business report in around 25 minutes. don't

gentiloni tweeted: a similar sentiment from donald tusk, the former polish prime minister who chairs summits of european leaders. and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, said the result made him: "happy that the ideas that you defended, of a strong and progressive europe that protects all its citizens, will be those that france will cherish under your presidency". let's hear some more of emmanuel macron‘s speech outside the louvre museum in paris. the president—elect said he would unite the country and rebuild the link between europe and its citizens. thank you for the risks some of you have taken. i know about it. your trust is something that creates an obligation for me and it's something that i feel you have entrusted in me andi that i feel you have entrusted in me and i don't want to disappoint you. i want to be worthy of your trust and for the five years to come, i wa nt to and for the five years to come, i want to carry the dynamism you represent. i would like to see something for people who voted nearly because they wanted to protect and defend

italian prime minister paolo gentiloni tweeted: "hurrah macron president! there is hope for europe!" donald tusk, the president of the european council, tweeted. .. and jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, said the result made him "happy that the ideas that you defended of a strong and progressive europe that protects all its citizens will be those that france will cherish under your presidency". well, by any measure, emmanuel macron‘s political rise has been remarkable. he's a former investment banker, and served as an adviser, then, later a minister, in the socialist government of the outgoing president, francois hollande. he resigned, just last year to form his own political movement. our paris correspondent lucy williamson profiles the man chosen to be the country's new head of state. he's the choice of a country desperate for change, neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so, who is emmanuel macron? to his supporters he is their

donald trump, paolo gentiloni, donald trump, paolo gentiloni, donald trump, paolo gentiloni, donald trump and... i knew i would forget one of them stopped and angela merkel of the old hand. i am sure she would not like to be described as that. let's go to opec. explain principally why the markets in crude went down when they are talking about cutting supply which resume a bleak would push the price 7 resume a bleak would push the price up? there was a view that cut might be deeper. the trouble is compliance. if you come up with a strategy to cut production, everybody has to play ball — russia, iraq, the people who need revenues in. a deepercut iraq, the people who need revenues in. a deeper cut was perhaps conceded dangerous because more members would not play ball therefore it is a happy medium. share productions when oil prices are in the span, if they go a little bit more towards $60 per barrel, america becomes viable so it is a bit of a catch—22 at the moment and the simple fact is it is supply and demand, simple economics. someone very wise said to me never predict the price of o

the italian prime minister, paolo gentiloni, said the issue was still hanging. this summit has been literally overshadowed by the ancient volcano mount etna. but, for many world leaders here, this is the first time on the world stage. and inevitably the focus was on one in particular, donald trump, and the overriding aim of the summit is to keep the president on side, convincing him that it is worth his while to be a member of this small club of large nations. so they may push him on climate change, but not that hard. officials in the philippines say foreign fighters linked to so—called islamic state are among militants killed in the south of the country. the military has been conducting air strikes in marawi, on mindanao island, after it was overrun byjihadists. greg dawson reports. the military say they are fighting to stop creation of a caliphate within their country, and this is the front line. the city of marawi, on mindanao island. until recently, it was home to more than 200,000 people. but now, the streets are empty, except for the sound of gunfire. on

the italian prime minister paolo gentiloni said the issue was still hanging. this summit has been literally overshadowed by the ancient volcano of mount etna but for many of the world leaders here this is their first time on the world stage and inevitably the focus was on one in particular, donald trump. and the overriding aim of the summit is to keep the president onside, convincing him that it is worth his while to be a member of this small club of large nations, so they may push him on climate change but not that hard. let's try to bring you a little more about what ba are describing as an it outage which is affecting heathrow and some other airports. it might have international implications. we can speak to a passenger at heathrow. thank you for coming on. what is happening where you are? i am at terminal five at heathrow and i was due to fly at 7:40am to tokyo. when i got to the airport to the queues were outside the door. full is the —— eventually some ba staff asked us what flight we we re some ba staff asked us what flight we were on and if we were

italy's prime minister paolo gentiloni has condemned the attack and said hatred and violence will not divide the country. from rome, james reynolds reports. one man, a 28—year—old italian armed with a pistol, turned the italian city of macerata into a terrifying place. reports say the gunman fired from his car at anyone who appeared to be a migrant from africa. there was no time for his targets to hide. i was passing by this morning to go and buy cigarettes. when they shot me on my leg this morning, you know. so the person inside the car was shooting, you know. during the attack, the authorities posted warnings instructing the city's residents to stay inside. the gunman was arrested when he got out of his car. he is identified as 28—year—old luca graini. he had been a candidate for the anti—immigrant northern league party in local elections held in 2017. this attack comes at a time of high anxiety in the city of macerata. earlier in the week, the dismembered body of a young italian woman was found, a nigerian migrant arrested in connection with her death. now migrants have b

italy's prime minister paolo gentiloni has condemned the attack and said hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the country. our rome correspondent james reynolds is following developments. as far as we can tell from the local media and police, the gunman opened fire from his car in the city of macerata. he targeted a group of people who appear to be migrants from africa. the gunman was able to continue going and firing against other groups and people. at that point, the authorities sent out tweets telling people to stay indoors. the gunman was arrested and as he was detained, there are reports he gave a gesture interpreted as a fascist salute. a lot of people are looking at what happened earlier this week near macerata. the dismembered body of an 18—year—old italian woman was found near the city. after her body was found, a nigerian migrant was arrested. that is the backdrop of what has been happening in that city, now the shooting. it is important to look at it in the context of the election coming up. and the fact that migration has become such a big issue. and now c

italy's prime minister paolo gentiloni has insisted that hate and violence will not divide his country — after a series of drive—by shootings which the police say were motivated by racism. six people, all of african descent, were injured in the town of macerata in central italy. police have arrested a 28—year—old man, who is a supporter of the far—right, anti—immigrant northern league. from italy, james reynolds reports. one man, a young italian armed with a pistol, turned the italian city of macerata into a terrifying place. the gunman fired from his car at anyone who appeared to be a migrant from africa. there was no time for his targets to hide. i was passing by this morning to go and buy cigarettes. when they shot me on my leg this morning, you know. so the person inside the car was shooting, you know. during the attack, the authorities posted warnings instructing the city's residents to stay inside. the gunman was arrested when he got out of his car. he was draped in an italian flag. witnesses say that they saw him give a fascist salute. he is identified as 28—yearâ€

italy's prime minister paolo gentiloni, here at anti—fascism rally, has said that hate and violence will not divide his country. —— presidente, this has been a dangerous and angry campaign. what is your response? he prefers not to answer. the increase in migration and the response to it have changed life in italy. they have become the central issues in this election. and both sides in the debate want to get out onto the street. on saturday, anti—migration campaigners demonstrated in milan and scuffled with the police. this movement, increasing in number, is led by the far right league party. its leader, matteo salvini, has promised the mass deportation of illegal migrants. earlier in the week in rome, i asked him why he thought migrants were so dangerous. translation: too many illegal migrants are dangerous for italy and all of europe. think of the foreign fighters that return to italy from wars in islamic regions. they are a real danger. in a week's time, italy will decide whether or not it agrees with him or with those who believe that this country still has room for new arrivals

the centre—left democratic party of prime minister paolo gentiloni is projected to get 18.1%. and the anti—immigrant the league 15.8%. it's unclear if forza italia of the former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, with 13.9%, will be the single biggest party within the centre—right coalition. in polling stations across italy today, there was a sense of uncertainty. voters told us they wa nted uncertainty. voters told us they wanted change at were not sure which political party to trust. gestation mac italians are abused and frustrated. politicians need to hear oui’ frustrated. politicians need to hear our voice to do. translation: am so worried i said a prayer before coming to vote. leaders of running the government are preparing for a bruising at the polls. top concerns remained the insecure job bruising at the polls. top concerns remained the insecurejob markets, frustration with the euro and mass irregular migration from africa. luigi di maio is the leader of five star movement the to become italy's biggest political party. translation: traditional politicians have kep