former italian prime minister paolo gentiloni tweeted "yesterday the refugees, today the roma, tomorrow guns for everyone. it's exhausting being this mean." that wasn't what made mr salvini back track, and the reason he changed tack was the view of the reader of the other populist party with which he has formed a government. translation: i am glad he has dismissed the idea of a census which would have been unconstitutional. it is good to worry about and deal with migration issues. you must do it firmly but the government contract has many tools to deal with it. james reynolds is our rome correspondent. as the leader of the party, the country's leading anti—migration for voice has not hidden his distaste of the roma community. the difference 110w the roma community. the difference now is he is the interior minister and can put into action some of the policies he would like to see but rights groups have said this. you cannot just rights groups have said this. you cannotjust conduct rights groups have said this. you cannot just conduct a rights groups have said this. you cannotjust condu

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. there's been a dramatic drop in the number of migrants seeking asylum in germany in the past year. official figures show that 280,000 claimants arrived there last year, compared to 890,000 in 2015. the german interior minister thomas de maiziere said that the decrease was due to the closure of the baulk route and the migrant deal between the eu and turkey. our correspondentjenny hill has this assessment from berlin. these figures represent a reduction in the number of people seeking asylu m in the number of people seeking asylum in germany, bearing in mind a year before nearly 900,000 people arrived in this country and that triggered not just arrived in this country and that triggered notjust social disquiet but huge political turmoil too. these figures are not only a significant reduction, they actually come much closer to what some of angela merkelâ

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

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