i'm lukwesa burak.nce's hard right is in pole position after the first round of parliamentary elections that confirmed their dominance in french politics. supporters of marine le pen�*s anti—immigration national rally cheered as she said the president's macronist bloc has been all but wiped out. marine le pen�*s far right national rally party�* came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left—wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote with president macron�*s centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. final results won't be known for another week with a second round of voting next sunday. from paris, here's andrew harding. a dramatic win yesterday for france's national rally. the party was for years considered too extreme for most french voters with its anti—immigration, eurosceptic platform and its links to the kremlin. but last night, the rn, as it's known here, secured more than a third of all votes. the party's leader is marine le pen, who ha

he was speaking to my colleague lukwesa burak.is what the secret service trains for and practises for every day. any type of an attempt on the life of one of our protectees. many times, we go through the advanced process and it seems to be going through the go to our checklist and checking out hospitals and checking at the motorcade route and nothing happens. here is a situation where a whole serious situation took place yesterday, there will be a lot of monday morning quarterbacking and after action reports to see what happened here — did something go wrong? there was a shot taken at the president but as far as the advanced planning and the venue security, there will be a deep dive to see what happened here and what may have gone wrong and that planning, if anything. this could have happened with a perfect advance and somehow this slipped through the cracks but we will find out. we will try to make our protective methodologies better based on what may or may not have happened here. a lot of pressure on the secret service from the

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welcome to business today, i'm lukwesa burak.bout inflation and higher borrowing costs. the conference board survey released a short time ago, shows its consumer confidence index increased to 100.3 this month from a downwardly revised 97.8 injune. let's get more on this with our north america business correspondent, erin delmore. just take us through these figures. what do they all mean? you now dead. a bit of a mixed picture. we are seeing that consumer confidence did rise injuly and consumers are largely seeing good things ahead for the economy and the strength of the labour market. in that number was a bit better than economist expectations and better than the number that we saw injune so what we can take away is that consumers expect better conditions over the next six months and that is something remarkable for this year but consumers are not so rosy about present conditions and, as you mention, they are contending with a

i'm lukwesa burak.ctor alec baldwin over a fatal shooting on the set of the film rust. the judge ruled that the state withheld a key piece of evidence about the live ammunition that killed the cinematographer halyna hutchins in 2021. the actor wept when the judge threw the case out, meaning he cannot be tried again. emma vardy reports from santa fe, new mexico. well, a real day of courtroom drama here as events took a completely unexpected twist. a new piece of evidence emerged about a box of bullets in which live ammunition was

i'm lukwesa burak. a judge has dismissed the manslaughter case against the hollywood actor alec baldwin over a fatal shooting on the set of the film rust. the judge ruled that the state withheld a key piece of evidence about the live ammunition that killed the cinematographer halyna hutchins in 2021. the actor wept when the judge threw the case out, meaning he cannot be tried again. emma vardy reports from santa fe, new mexico. well, a real day of courtroom drama here as events took a completely unexpected twist. a new piece of evidence emerged about a box of bullets in which live ammunition was mixed up with dummy rounds that had become, allege —— that had come, allegedly, from the ammunition supplier to the rust set. the defence were very unhappy about this, asking the prosecution why this hadn't been disclosed earlier, believing that it could undermine many things about the case against alec baldwin. so the judge case against alec baldwin. so thejudge had to decide case against alec baldwin. so the j

i'm lukwesa burak.e start in france where as we've been hearing the exit polls from the first round of parliamentary elections suggest the far right have made historic gains. voters turned out in strength — at the highest level for a0 years — for the snap polls called by president macron last month. a decision that shocked many and spooked financial markets, raising questions over the stability of the eurozone�*s second—largest economy. a quick recap of those exit poll results. marine le pen�*s far right national rally party came top with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left—wing coalition with around 28% of the vote. and president macron�*s centre—right alliance of parties relegated to third place. final results won't be known for another week with a second round of voting next sunday. joining me now is sonia renoult, rates strategist at abn amro bank. hello and welcome to the programme. first off, give us your reaction to those results in the markets' reaction as