this morning, the champs elysees was reopened. france's still piecing together the exact sequence of last night's vents. from what we understand, the attacker drove along this, the champs elysees. he then stopped around here, got out and opened fire on police officers in the van. police returned fire and it happened incredibly quickly. this officer cant remember his fallen colleagues. speaking of translation: i want to say life will on but we have to watch out, anywhere can be hit. translation: i am hit. translation: lam paying homage to the security police provide. i have police in my family and i know what they provide. i know what being the mother, the sister and wife of a police officer is, the work they do, so police officer is, the work they do, soi police officer is, the work they do, so i paid in great respects. this morning, the police searched the

attacker‘s home in a paris suburb. the attacker has not been named. it may affect the election on sunday, the two frontrunners have been affected. translation: i would like to reinstate the borders at schengen and check everybody so we can find the enemy. i would like especially to test those who failed the national identity test and send them back to their country of origin. translation: on the one hand, it is not to divide us, it is to prepare out not to divide us, it is to prepare our future. what they want is a colla pse our future. what they want is a collapse in morality and watch as fall into ruin. i will not give into this, do not play with fear. in two days' time, the people of this city and of the entire country will make their own decision. this attack and all those of the last two years may

well weigh heavily. well as james says, we have been here before and france does know how to respond and today, they have mobilised a full strength of the security services, but why does this country faced such a threat? i have been taking a look back. france's hardly alone in this struggle against hard—line islamic extremism, but in recent yea rs, hard—line islamic extremism, but in recent years, it has suffered a disproportionate number of attacks. in 2014, terrorist attack to offices of satirical magazine charlie hebdo, killing 12. days later, gunmen stormed a jewish grocery store, killing another four. in stormed a jewish grocery store, killing anotherfour. in november 20 15, were killed in the attacks on paris and the bataclan theatre. and on bastille day last july, paris and the bataclan theatre. and on bastille day lastjuly, france's national holiday, a truck was driven through a crowd of people on the nice promenade. 86 people died. but

behind those major terror incidents, there have been persistent low—level attacks, many of them aimed at the security forces. last year, a police officer and his wife were stabbed to death in their home by a jihadist linked to so—called islamic state. weeks later, in a church nobody was attacked, killing and 86 or praise. more recently, a police officer was attacked in a suburb of paris before the attacker appeared at orly airport, where he was shot dead. translation: over the past few months, the government has been calling on national security forces to ensure the safety of our citizens throughout the country. over the next few days, more than 50,000 police officers and military police will be deployed to guarantee the smooth running of the elections. since the attack on the bataclan, the state of emergency here in france has been extended five times. the police now carry their weapons of duty for their own safety and

they have sweeping new powers to put suspects under house arrest. they can search apartments and computers without judicial warrant. can search apartments and computers withoutjudicial warrant. but can search apartments and computers without judicial warrant. but the list of people they are monitoring is enormous. one mp who worked on the terror legislation told me there are 15,000 names on the list that documents the most dangerous. in marseille this week, police say they foiled an imminent attack involving two men. again, one was linked to belgium. and in the rates that took place, they found a haul of semiautomatic weapons and bomb—making material. europe is awash with weapons. they have come in from the balkans and they are easy to source and cheap to buy. just a line of breaking news from le monde, which has gone to press in the last hour, they are saying the named terrorist karim cheurfi was not on that list but was arrested in

february by security services and then released. it would seem they are trying to influence the tone of this election and perhaps the outcome. if you look at the polls, they are so tight, just a few thousand votes could make all the difference. the election on sunday will go ahead, that was reconfirmed today but i think we are in for a very tense few days as the security services try to head of a repeat of what we saw last night. many thanks. kristian fraser there. and there'll be live coverage of the results of the first round of voting in the french presidential election. that's this sunday at 6:30pm, in france decides on the bbc news channel. the latest retail sales figures show sales down by 1.4% in the three months to march — their biggest fall for seven years. so what's going on? our economics correspondent andy verityjoins me now. — why has this happened? well, partly you can answer that

question by your every retail experience, —— everyday retail experience, —— everyday retail experience, we all go around the shops and we have that feeling we haven't had for a while and that is, gosh, that has gone up. food prices we re gosh, that has gone up. food prices were falling for about three years but if you look at the average retail price, the consumer price indexis retail price, the consumer price index is up by 2.3%. i think we have a different index there, but other rich pay, up 2.2% is not keeping up, so rich pay, up 2.2% is not keeping up, so there is a renewed squeeze on living standards. we have that squeeze on living standards from 2011 to about 2015 and then wages starting out —— started outpacing prices but now we are back in the same situation, living standards are being squeezed and prices are going up being squeezed and prices are going up because most of what we buy from abroad, when the pound is weak, you need more to buy the same goods so they will cost more. that is an effect we have particularly felt post—referendum. effect we have particularly felt post-referendum. many thanks. the former england and aston villa defender ugo ehiogu has died at the age of 44.

he suffered a cardiac arrest at tottenham's training centre on thursday. ehiogu, who was spurs' under—23s coach, was capped four times by england. a statement from the club said: "ugo's immense presence will be irreplaceable. " our sport correspondent olly foster reports. ugo ehiogu, trophy in hand, one of three league cups he would win in a 20 year professional career. a player described today as a gentle giant, a true defender. tributes that his friends and former team—mates could never have imagined having to make for a man with still so having to make for a man with still so much ahead of him in the game. ugo ehiogu was born in east london but his death will be most keenly felt in the midlands, where he came through west bromwich albion‘s academy before playing at aston villa for nine years. speaking he was uncompromising, quick, all of the football world will be as

shocked and saddened. he made over 300 appearances for villa and minutes applause will be held before the game on sunday against birmingham. stan collymore says he is truly broken and called ugo ehiogu one of the good guys. he moved from aston villa to middlesbrough for a club record £8 million. a fearsome partnership with the now england manager gareth southgate would lead to the last of his trophies. he also forced his way back into the england reckoning. he scored in their win against spain in 2001, sven goran eriksson‘s first game in charge. that was one of four caps for his country. the fa chairman greg clark called him a hugely popularfigure chairman greg clark called him a hugely popular figure across english football, but particularly at aston villa and middlesbrough. he will be much missed by the game he served so well. and he continued to serve, highly regarded coach for the next

generation of tottenham players, he collapsed yesterday at the tottenham training ground after suffering a cardiac arrest. his death will also be marked at sheffield united, leeds and rangers, one of his last clubs. they will remember him there for this goal of the season against celtic. but ugo ehiogu will be remembered across the game. ugo ehiogu, who has died at the age of 44. early campaigning is continuing today as the parties race to prepare for the snap general election on june 8th. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn was in swindon this morning, focusing on education and particularly class sizes. let's go over to westminster now and to our political correspondent chris mason. what war was jeremy corbyn saying? labour have been doing some number crunching about class sizes and concluded 40,000 children are taught in class sizes of 30 61 and 16,000

in sizes of 40 or more "our budgets have been so cut, we need donations from you "in order to buy school equipment, "in order to buy books for our children, "while we wrestle with a budget to decide which teacher to make redundant, "which teaching assistant to make redundant, "which subject to close down." jeremy corbyn, though, did get into something of a tangle about some of his statistics, inadvertently implying that there were more pupils in big classes than is actually the case. the conservatives have responded tojeremy corbyn saying in

labour administered wales, infant class sizes have been creeping up but they do acknowledge that in england, they don't have any room for complacency and there is more work to do. the prime minister is out on the campaign trail in south—east england, she will be at school and a business and the liberal democrat leader is in the north—west of england, talking about brexit, a big theme for the liberal democrats, questioning remain can supporting conservative candidate i whether they will back the prime minister's desire to come out of the single market. one thought today, seven weeks today we will know who has won. chris mason there. votes are being counted in the election for a new general secretary of unite — britain's biggest union. it emerged yesterday that gerard coyne, the main challenger to the current boss, len mccluskey, has been suspended from his post as a regional official with the union. joining me now from the headquarters of unite in central london is our political correspondent, leila nathoo. when will we get a result and do we

know anymore about gerard coyne's suspension? gerard coyne's suspension? gerard coyne's suspension from his position came com pletely suspension from his position came completely out of the blue at the end of what has been a bitter battle to be at the helm of britain's biggest union and one of the labour pa rty‘s biggest union and one of the labour party's biggest donors. now, we are no clear as to why exactly he was suspended. we know there will be an investigation into what has gone on, but his suspension from his post doesn't actually have an effect on this contest, which is being seen as a proxy election for the soul, really, of the labour party. why? because the current general secretary len mccluskey is one of jeremy corbyn‘s strongest allies while gerard coyne is saying the union shouldn't be meddling in westminster politics. within the last few minutes, we have heard from jeremy corbyn. when asked about this, he said it is a matterfor unite, nothing to do with me, they are following the rules of the union and they should be allowed to follow those rules. we are hoping to hear something from the count by the end

of this evening, but it will be closely watched, because should labour lose the next general election and a leadership battle ensues, then who is in charge here will matter very much indeed. leila, thank you. now — the average computer hacker isjust 17 — and gets involved in cyber crime because they think they won't get caught. that's the conclusion of a new report by the national crime agency, which has been looking at ways to stop young people getting drawn into online crime. our correspondent angus crawford has more. the internet is breeding a new kind of criminal who'd never normally break the law. they're young and tech savvy and sometimes don't even realise what they're doing is wrong. investigators questioned teenagers convicted of cyber crime and other young hackers. the report found financial gain wasn't a priority. but they did want to impress other hackers. and thought the risk of getting caught was low. the early motivations can be the challenge, can be proving to their peers online that they can complete the challenge

or they can break into certain things, or find vulnerabilities. but we do see, if they are good at that and if they can build their reputations in forums and prove to their peers, we do see them then getting into this more for monetary reasons as well. this self—confessed hacker, now 16, claims he taught himself. ijust read about it on the news. i got interested, wanted to know how it worked and how this actually happens, how a website gets taken down. i researched it from there, really. i was 12, 13. i found it easy. you learn about the computer misuse act, which is something you are likely to fall foul of if you go off and do cyber security without any guidance. the nca research also shows early intervention can stop criminal behaviour. here, teenagers take part in a tech competition, learning how to hack and stay on the right side of the law. a lot of students have access to their own computers at home now

and therefore they are trying things out, and rightly so, we don't want to discourage people from going out and trying new skills, learning how to do things. what we absolutely must get in there, though, is there is a line they shouldn't be crossing, both in ethics and the law. it's a huge challenge for law enforcement. the average age of suspects in cyber crime investigations is nowjust 17. our top story this lunchtime... the gunman who shot dead a policeman in paris was known to the authorities as a potential islamist radical. and still to come, the refugee footballers who have made it to the top of their game. coming up in sport at half—past, tributes paid to the former england and aston villa defender ugo ehiogu, who has died at the age of 44, having suffered a cardiac arrest. he was

the coach of tottenham's under 23 side. prison authorities in the us state of arkansas have carried out their first execution for more than a decade. the death, by lethal injection, of ledell lee, who was convicted of murder more than 20 years ago, is the first of several planned by the state before supplies of a drug expire. the go—ahead for the execution was given just 30 minutes before his death warrant ran out. richard galpin reports. ledell lee had been on death row for almost a quarter of the century. he had been convicted of killing a woman with an iron bar. anything to say to the public? for years, he protested his innocence but last night, the stay of execution was lifted minutes before his death warrant was due to expire. he was the first of four men due to be executed by lethal injection here in the coming days. i am not going to

say i have come to terms with the state trying to take my life... the state of arkansas had originally wa nted the state of arkansas had originally wanted to put to death all of these eight men before the end of the month, an unprecedented rate of executions. and the reason for the rush is that is when the expiry date on supplies of this sedative used in the lethal injections runs out. all of this has brought protesters out onto the streets and action in the courts, with lawyers arguing the rush to execute amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. but the legal manoeuvres have only succeeded in halting four of the planned executions. the authorities in

arkansas, though, incest what they are doing is right. there has been a lot of talk about the inmates. i would encourage you to remember the victims in this process and their families, who have had to go through this nightmare for 24, 30 years. mary phillips was raped and strangled by one of the other men due to be executed soon. her husband cannot forgive her killer.|j due to be executed soon. her husband cannot forgive her killer. i know a lot of people have forgiven him and all that kind of stuff. that's my business if i do it, so they can protest all they want, it don't matter. more executions are scheduled, even though the drugs have not worked in some other states, leaving condemned prisoners writhing in pain. it's believed that more than 60 gay men have fled the russian republic of chechnya, after claims of an ongoing campaign of persecution by the authorities. their allegations have been dismissed by the chechen leader. but some of those men, who are now in a safe house, have been speaking to our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford.

ruslan says he was tortured for being gay. we met in a safe house after he fled chechnya for his life. he told me was kept prisoner by the security forces there for more than a week. beaten daily, and electrocuted. translation: they have a special black box and they tie wires to your hands or ears and shock you. the pain is awful. you scream. it's terrible torture. they used to detain people before, all the time, to blackmail them. the level it's at now, it's extermination. the extermination of gay men. human rights activists are sure dozens of men were rounded up here in recent weeks. chechnya is a deeply conservative society, part of russia, but one that seems to live by its own rules. being gay is not accepted here.

translation: people came to us, they wrote for help. anonymous and scared people, reporting what happened to them. it's hard to know the scale of it, but we know that people are still being repressed. the head of chechnya has denied everything. with international concern growing, ramzan kadyrov was called into the kremlin. he said all talk of a gay purge was slander. vladimir putin's spokesman told me there is an investigation but no evidence. there have been threats, though. thousands gathered in chechnya's main mosque just after the first reports of abuse were published. religious leaders accused the newspaper responsible of insult, and they vowed retribution. ruslan‘s life has already been shattered. he says he can never return home. translation: i can't ever go back there. it's notjust the security forces, my own relatives won't forgive me.

after what he's already been through, he's terrified to stay here. the premier league is filled with international footballers from around the world who are at the top of their game. some have made it despite having a sometimes traumatic background as a refugee in a new country. now, amnesty international has called on clubs to celebrate players who are refugees and to reflect on their contribution to the english game over the past 80 years. alex ca pstick reports. flamini lifts his cross into the box. kristian benteke, 1—1. flamini lifts his cross into the box. kristian benteke,1-1. history must apply through premier league clu b must apply through premier league club and he is now one of the top strikers, successful and wealthy. kristian benteke is also a refugee. just two years old when his father decided life in is year was too dangerous. he was sent to belgium and he found football and ultimately fame. i feel proud and i feel also

nothing is impossible. when you have a dream in your head, you have to do everything that you can to achieve that to reach your dream. no matter what your background question mark it doesn't matter. it isjust go to be harder than the others but you can do it. his story is an inspiration for others. these refugees and asylum seekers are taking part in a weekly session run by everton. they are not expected to make it as professionals but it has helped them feel welcomed into the community. we have refugees from the likes of war—torn countries 01’ from the likes of war—torn countries or countries where they have had issues. i think it's a brilliant idea, it is really important to do because you don't want people in any background or walk of life to feel isolated from a community. this is not just a isolated from a community. this is notjust a modern—day problem, people have been displaced throughout history and here, like before, they are hoping for pork and offer both community and the odd career. “ offer both community and the odd career. -- hoping for poor. behind

these case, the spanish born children arriving lies the grim tragedy of nearly a year of civil war. among those who fled the basque region of spain in 1937 with five children who would go on to play in english football. this is the best known, emilio aldicoa, who dazzled at coventry city. following in his footsteps, hiro relives the moment that... some can change the nation, for the good, i think it isjust giving people the opportunity. amnesty international‘s campaign this weekend is a celebration of what refugees like these current premier league stars have achieved in football. for them, there have been great rewards. they also offer great hope. the duke and duchess of cambridge

and prince harry have been talking frankly again about mental health and their relationship following the death of princess diana. it is part of theircampaign to death of princess diana. it is part of their campaign to increase conversations about mental health for their charity. we never really talked about it, we never talked about losing your mum at such a young age and when you talk to other families and little kids and stuff, you think i don't want them to go through the same things. you want, with a little bit of experience, to help as much as you can and try and empower them to have that conversation, to be brave enough to talk about it at a younger age and rather than bottling it up. considering everything you boy sadly we nt considering everything you boy sadly went through, the trauma you experience, i do, went through, the trauma you experience, ido, particularly went through, the trauma you experience, i do, particularly with work and early intervention that i have been doing in the early years, ido have been doing in the early years, i do think it is incredible how strong and incredible how you have been to cope and i put that down to your early years, your childhood

experience, but also the relationship that you've got. you are amazingly close and, yes, some sadly aren't as lucky in being able to share macklin share things. but we have been brought closer in able to share things by the circumstances, you are uniquely bonded because of what we have been through. now, this sunday, the 37th london marathon will be run and as usual taking a surrender course will be bbc sport better and brendan foster. the former athlete has commentated on every london marathon since 1981 but this will be his last, as he has announced plans to retire this summer. joe wilson report. foster in a lonely battle with himself and the watch. there's a chance you don't remember this man by the way he ran. brendan foster's medals were won in the 1970s in feats of endurance on the track. but if you have watched the london

marathon, you will have heard his voice. i can't imagine a more fitting man to finish in third place... fitting man to finish in third place. . . the fitting man to finish in third place... the first race in 1981, foster's commentary. the marathon is tough enough, but to dress up as a rhino or carry a pair of ladders... and again and again through decades of triumph and agony, it often seemed to come with this race uniquely. he has described the london marathon. it is colourful now, it used to be grey and drab. we have seen the greatest runners in history on the streets of london and we have seen london respond to those people and to the occasion and it gets better and it gets more colourful and it gets bigger. but the race has also faced the curse of doping. jemima sumgong's victory last year seems like one of the great triumphs until she failed a drugs test and four athletes like britain'sjo drugs test and four athletes like britain's jo pavey, drugs test and four athletes like britain'sjo pavey, competing this weekend, the sport's whole credibility is at stake. it is a

shame to the sport that there are still people out there cheating the syste m still people out there cheating the system and ruining the name of allah sport, because you want to believe a good performance, you want to be looking at athletes winning olympics and big events and admire their performance and people like her are ruining the sport. brendan foster knows he has praised performances by athletes later exposed as cheese. we have always known that some sports are tainted