[02:12.53]The centre-left Democrats won the largest share of the vote in the elections in February but fell short of a majority.
[02:18.96]Alan Johnston reports from Rome.
[02:21.09]One after the other, representatives of each of the big political parties went into talks
[02:26.43]with President Napolitano and each group emerged to give a brief statement.
[02:31.68]But nothing any of them said through the day suggested that much progress was being made.
[02:37.43]There was no indication that compromise might be in the air.
[02:41.64]Nobody really knows how President Napolitano might attempt to play his very difficult hand
[02:48.43]and the situation is made more complicated by the fact that this key figure in the drama is entering the final weeks of his period in office.
[02:58.16]World News from the BBC
[03:00.58]The authorities in the Libyan city of Benghazi say they’ve arrested two men over sexual attacks on three British women.
[03:08.92]The women had been trying to reach Gaza in an aid convoy, but were stopped on the border between Libya and Egypt.
[03:15.05]They then travelled to Benghazi by taxi, but were abducted at a checkpoint.
[03:19.66]There are conflicting reports about what happened.
[03:22.30]The women have now returned to Britain.
[03:24.70]The United States has blamed North Korea for an increasing tension between the two countries