tomorrow, what happened the night tomorrow, and that will be pretty much it, the la st and that will be pretty much it, the last day of campaigning. the first round of voting is scheduled to be held on sunday. is there any risk that the authorities may decide it should be postponed 7 that the authorities may decide it should be postponed? not so far. francois hollande has made a statement a few minutes ago, saying that every precaution would be taken to make sure that voting would be as safe as possible, 50,000 security forces would be deployed all over the country to make sure that is the case, but so far, there is no intention of postponing the election. there has been a state of emergency in place for a long time now in france. when you are out and about speaking to the public, how safe the people feel? the mostly feel safe. you get used to living in a different environment much as you

get used to it in new york after nine slash 11 in 2001. it is a familiar environment to me, having so familiar environment to me, having so many policemen around and soldiers patrolling train stations and airports. the state of emergency is due to end in the month ofjuly, and will be interesting to see how the next president will pre—empt the situation and what they will decide to keep this state of emergency for a while longer. thank you very much. our europe editorjoins us now. francois hollande spoke a short time ago, remind us of what he has been saying. he was speaking on french television after holding an emergency meeting with security officials. he confirmed that the

night, on the emblematic champs—elysees, one police man was killed and two others seriously in thejudd. he killed and two others seriously in the judd. he described killed and two others seriously in thejudd. he described the incident is cowardly, they were convinced it was an act of terrorism, and he short to reassure the people of france, who are extremely scared, they had been protected and they would continue to be coming he said. tens of thousand security officials will fan out across france head of the presidential election on sunday. lots of people will be worrying about going to those polling stations and worrying that those polling stations may be targeted. the attack took place just as the 11 presidential candidates were holding the last tv debate ahead of the election. some of those candidates are known for being more hard line on others. the last day of campaigning is tomorrow. a number of

candidates have said they will suspend the campaign. they have been tweeting the night but, at this moment, it is hard to see exactly what effect the night's effect will have on the election itself. the french interior spokesman gave reporters this briefing on what was known at that point about the fence in paris so far. just before 9pm in front of champs—elysees, a vehicle stopped next to a police vehicle which was carrying out public order and traffic duties. this police vehicle was stationary with operatives inside so some police office rs operatives inside so some police officers were carrying out duties on the pavement nearby. a manjumped out of his vehicle and opened fire on the police vehicle, fatally wounding an officer from the present

police force. the man then try to run onto the pavement, targeting police officers there. the wounded two of them, they sustained serious injuries. the two wounded police office rs injuries. the two wounded police officers and nearby officers returned fire and the attack was killed. the surrounding area was locked down immediately with an emergency response units deployed to secure emergency response units deployed to secure the zone. as for the identity of the attacker, that has not yet been confirmed in a clear and precise manner, so been confirmed in a clear and precise manner, so information circulating is not trustworthy or verified. this investigation is ongoing. just as the security zone remains in place around the champs—elysees, we cannot exclude the maybe one or more accomplices that may have assisted in some way the commission of this crime, but the commission of this crime, but the main thing we have established from witness statements and forensic evidence is that there was only

attacker. we can take a quick look attacker. we can take a quick look at the front pages of the morning newspapers now. with me are david wooding, political editor of the sun on sunday, and henry mance, political correspondent at the financial times. the daily telegraph has managed to get the terror attack on its front page and the picture of that very well—known street with a police van parked across it. the timing of this is significant but also in some ways to be expected. yes, then sometimes have an effect on elections and it remains to be seen what effect this will have. we have an early election coming up on the uk, so this will perhaps bring home the fact that we are living in a very dangerous era of terrorism, and i guess there will

bea of terrorism, and i guess there will be a lot of security over here as well as in paris. it seems that when eyewitnesses saw this car draw up and shots were fired, police were clearly the target here. for newspapers, the question is, how much attention to you give a story like this? is it right to let that dominate the news agenda? that is the judgment to take. if it were an isolated incident, that judgment would potentially be very different, but france has had such a long period under the state of emergency that has been extended five times. it also brings home the fact that a kalashnikov was used in this attack. this brings home the business of free movement across europe and the suggestion that somebody had come over from suggestion that somebody had come overfrom belgium,

suggestion that somebody had come over from belgium, which suggestion that somebody had come overfrom belgium, which is seen as a centre of terrorist activity in some respects, and in britain we have not had that situation with guns yet because of the fact we have that stretch of water between ourselves and mainland europe. here, theresa may commits to cutting migration to the tens of thousands. there is a suggestion she might ditch this has been too difficult but she still committed. there is a lot of the cameron baggage that she has the opportunity to rectify. it isa has the opportunity to rectify. it is a new election manifesto and you do not get tied under the promises of the past, but david cameron could never do this as prime minister and theresa may never as home secretary. net immigration is running much higher than government targets so we do not see a time frame for meeting

those targets. we do not know exactly when. if theresa may says something, she tries to see this through. she will be hostage to fortune. brexit will make it easier fortune. brexit will make it easier for her to reach that target. one of the reasons we can't depend on the deal she will make, but people will regard this with scepticism because they promised seven years ago to reduce it to tens of thousands and failed miserably. she also said there would not be an election before 2020, and here we are. sometimes you get get punished for breaking promises. shall we have a quick look at another eu story? the times, britain told to keep eu laws, no deal unless mae accepts rules on eu workers and security. we are

starting to see demands from the 27 member states. this is the boss of the european parliament. we are leaving the european union but they cannot stop meddling, can the? now they are saying that, even after we have left the european union, citizens, they will still have eu rights and will be able to uphold them with the european court of justice. is it meddling to look after your citizens? if the citizens wa nt to after your citizens? if the citizens want to stay in britain after we have left you, then one would expect them to be british citizens. if they remain here and abide by british rules. they do not have to be british citizens just to stay here. they will live on british soil but not member of the european union, and to have the european court of justice having jurisdiction would cross that red line which theresa

may has said. but we have not come out of any of it yet. this was meant to be the easy hit. out of any of it yet. this was meant to be the easy bit. it will guarantee eu nationals' rights. what we are seeing here, it will be pretty tricky. there are hardline demand is there, tough negotiations, and the european court ofjustice... it would be a two tier citizenship. we have not even got round to this idea of associate membership. the president of the parliament is saying you can change your mind is entirely the 1—2. there are other stories as well which we will try to ta ke stories as well which we will try to take a look at at 11:30pm. we have a full hour of news with all the latest from paris and a second paper review with our guests at 11:30pm.

but let's pause for a second and ta ke but let's pause for a second and take a look at the weather forecast. good evening. we've seen a few drizzly showers through the day where the cloud has been thick enough, but it has just been, for the most part, quite cloudy, with a few exceptions. in the north—east of england, here in berwick—upon—tweed, a beautiful shot sent in from graham, and north—east scotland as well, but across staffordshire, this was fairly typical of the view across many areas. you can see on the satellite picture earlier today just how extensive the cloud was. the sunshine disappeared in the south and the east. it was reallyjust the north and east where we had the prolonged sunshine. so no surprises here, we had the highest temperature, 19 celsius. and temperatures should hold, for the most part, through the night, but there will be breaks in the cloud. those across north—east england drift southwards, so there could be a touch of frost. but the most, temperatures will be at nine or ten. there could be a bit of shallow fog south of the imported but you will content with wet weather across northern scotland. wet windy weather and potentially

gales. there is winter and already towards the northern isles. ahead of that, very similar to the weather we had to the day. a few drizzly showers but again, dry cloudy weather. and again, there could be decent breaks in the cloud. we have seen decent breaks in the cloud. we have seen fog and assigned there is morning sunshine once that clears away. probably more cloud than sunshine for the most part, but not too unpleasant. the winter light in the south. but, after the 905 of today, it will feel significantly cooler. —— 195. the wind picks up a little bit. we start with the touch of grass frost in northern areas and by that stage, a wintry flavour to the showers in the hills. sunshine at least and eventually that may well come out across the midlands,

northern england. if we see sunshine in the south again, similar temperatures, but for most of us, lower than they have been. high pressure still with us across much of the country on sunday but in the north, more persistent rain and gales, potentially severe gales. as that moves away, that allows cold and wintry weather to come in next week.