i'm kasia madera in london. the french voted in the first round of the presidential election. a manual wraparound goes through to the run—off in two weeks. —— emmanuel macron. he said a pledge had alleged in french politicss. —— he said a page. translation: the president of the patriots in the face of the threat represented by nationalists. he will face marine le pen of the national front, who described the result as historic. hello everyone. they give are joining historic. hello everyone. they give arejoining us. i'm rico hizon and sir paul. it has been confirmed that a third us citizen has been arrested at pyongyang airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you are old enough, you are good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland, where age is no barrier to taking part. —— world masters games.

hello and welcome. it is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest that the centrist, emmanuel macron, has won the first round. several polls put him at 23%, a point or so ahead of marine le pen, the anti— immigration national front representative. they go to a run—off in two weeks time. emmanuel macron said a had turned in french politics, with people expressing a desire for change in politics. marine le pen described the result as historic. ourfirst report comes from katya adler. one presidential election, two rival visions for france. fresh—faced emmanuel macron tops poll projections, promising fairer government,

neither right nor left wing. a pro—eu centrist, confident of success. translation: i hope that in a fortnight, i will become your president. i want to become the president of all the people of france. the president of the patriots, in the face of the threats from the nationalists. a president able to protect, to transform and to build. emmanuel macron now goes through to the second and final round of france's vote for president. he will be against... far—right marine le pen, anti—immigration, anti—globalisation and anti—eu. her presidential plan was to make france for the french. translation: the time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people.

ever since polls closed this evening, this crowd has waited to see the woman they want as the next president of france — marine le pen. her campaign slogan is "enabling the people of france" — if you hear the insults they hurl at political rivals, you will see that france is extremely divided. there were clashes this evening in paris between police and voters frustrated with the projected election results. this has become known as the most stressful election in modern day france. up and down the country, in bars and living rooms, people were glued to their screens as soon as polls closed. left—wing candidates crushed, their supporters were bitterly disappointed. emmanuel macron and marine le pen are now on a charm

offensive in the lead—up to the final presidential vote. their political visions may be clear but their parties have never been in government. whichever candidate france chooses, it will be a jump into the unknown. lets's now take a look at some of the other news. it has been confirmed that the third us citizen has been arrested in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. the korean american man identified only by his surname, kim, was held at the airport. two other us citizens, a college student and a pastor we re citizens, a college student and a pastor were detained last year. they we re pastor were detained last year. they were found guilty of what north korea calls subversive acts against the country. steve evans is in south korea. we are told that he is in his 50s, that he is an academic with the us passport, but who has spent some time in china. he was in north korea

for about a month helping with relief projects. there are actually a lot of foreigners who go to north korea and the deal is always that they don't get involved, for example, in christian missionary work. so some of the people that get arrested fall afoul of that. with this particular gentleman, we simply don't know what this is about. we do know that he was stopped at the airport on his way out because of the current heightened tension, or whether he has been accused of falling foul of some aspect of north korean law. steve evans fair in seoul, and north korea has said it is ready to sink a us aircraft carrier carrying out naval exercises with japanese warships in the western pacific. donald trump sent the carl vinson troop there. local

officials in northern afghanistan say they fear as many as 200 people may have been killed in the caliban attack on friday. the afghan defence ministry has not released firm casualties figures, only saying that more than 100 were killed or injured. sunday was a nationwide day of mourning for those who died. israel and china have reached a deal under which 6000 chinese construction workers will be brought in to help ease israel's housing shortage. media reports said just that israel has seceded to a chinese demand that the workers not be involved in the building ofjewish settlers and —— settlements in the west bank. an italian prosecutor has said that some of the charities tried to say migrants from drowning in the mediterranean sea are in

direct contact with people smugglers in libya. he said the telephone calls were made from libya to rescue vessels. he said rescuers shone lights for bows to follow. and now, let's ta ke lights for bows to follow. and now, let's take a look at this. despite being a famously lazy species, one giant panda in south—west china is shaping up to be quite an acrobat. meng shaping up to be quite an acrobat. n shaping up to be quite an acrobat. meng meng can be seen doing somersaults, just like edginess. —— just like a gymna nst. somersaults, just like edginess. —— just like a gymnanst. a return to the french elections. —— gymnast. the emmanuel macron has said that the survival of friends is —— france

is at stake. —— marine le pen has said. her front national party, has only ever reached the second round of a presidential race once before, while mr macron‘s party was set up just 12 months ago. our france correspondent lucy williamson looks now, at the changing face of french politics. one country, one electorate, two very different faces. france has chosen change but of what sort? emmanuel macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very quickly. vive la france! instead, he brought in those disillusioned with france's traditional parties. his liberal, pro—europe policy is attracting voters from both right and left. but voters from right and left also chose marine le pen, who wants everything emmanuel macron does not: leave the euro, slash immigration, and clamp down on free trade. her support has been the steadiest in this election, barely changing from months ago.

so why was this result so hard to call? william and his sister helene had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they walked to their local polling station. they were not alone, almost a quarter of the electorate were thought to be unsure who they would support. i will still vote but i don't know who for. i am hesitating between four. it's really hard i need to choose one, i can't vote for four. months ago, the selection looked far more certain, the favourite the conservative candidate francois fillon. he fought on through a financial scandal as voters left him, adamant until tonight that he would win. on thursday, a reminder of the challenges france is facing. the latest in a long series of attacks. it could have been a sign for some that this is a time for experience not experiment. so why try someone new? the first one, macron,

because he was the candidate of hope. the second, marine le pen, because she was the candidate of anger. and you see the conflict between these two emotions. and more profoundly, because the two traditional political parties that have been leading france for the last decade, both collapsed. after months of uncertainty, france has opted for two different futures. hope or anger, free trade protectionism, eu member or not. all that stands in the way of power is one more vote. let's crossed live to paris. thomas fessy joins let's crossed live to paris. thomas fessyjoins us. let's crossed live to paris. thomas fessy joins us. thomas, let's crossed live to paris. thomas fessyjoins us. thomas, you spent the day with the francois fillon campaign. what we have seen in this first round is a turn against those

traditional french political parties. jiggi mac exactly. a clear meltdown of the traditional parties, i think as a result of the distrust for the political class. and also a strong and genuine descry a —— desire for change. what is interesting to see is that both emmanuel macron and marine le pen have betrayed themselves as insurgents, if you will. but they have two very different visions of the france that they want and what kind of place they want to be world. emmanuel macron, on the one hand, is saying that he wants to break down the divisions between the left and the divisions between the left and the right as an independent centrist. he said it is all about the battle between protectionism and globalisation and as a maverick candidate, he wants more european

integration. on the other hand, we have marine le pen, who is in the race as a nationalist, and wants to keep foreigners and foreign goods out of the country. and once to return to national currency and put the eu membership of the french to april referendum. looking forward, we have the second round coming up in two weeks' time. what can we expect? if you rewind back to 2002, when marine le pen's father made it to the run—off, john reed apparent, he was not able to advance much further than the first round. he only scored between 80% of the vote. ——jean marie le pen. it is a bit different, now. marine le pen has a

lot more support throughout the country. but it will be extreme difficult her to gather and to rally voters around her. because the reality of french politics is such that the voters usually unite and try to block a far—right vote in the run—off. try to block a far—right vote in the run-off. ok, thomas. we will have two watch and wait. thomas fessy there in paris. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore in london. still to come on the programme: forget about faster, higher, stronger. what about older, tougher? stay with us to see these asian performers. —— aged. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought they would actually

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newsday on the bbc. i am in singapore. the top stories. centrist emmanuel macron gets to the second round of the french presidential election. he will be facing marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front. it is an historic result. the front pages. the japan times. the country's maritime self defence force is carrying out operations with the us carrier group. they call it a show of deterrence amid concerns north korea is preparing to conduct more nuclear missile tests this week. military affairs also dominate the front page of the china daily with a story about president xi jinping calling for the strengthening of the army, the pla. he said 2017 would be

significant for china and urged the pla to build up militarily and ideologically. and donald trump's stranger approach to foreign affairs has lifted his whole numbers. this style keeps both allies and foes guessing about what comes next. mike pence has wrapped up his tour of asia with a three—day visit to australia. during a meeting on saturday with malcolm turnbull, mike pence said the us would indeed honour a deal with australia to resettle up to 1215 refugees currently held in offshore detention centres. president trump previously called it a dumb deal. we arejoined 110w called it a dumb deal. we arejoined now from sydney. asylum seeker

advocates have basically welcomed this us commitment, but have remained concerned about this extreme vetting procedure which could see less than 1250 resettled in the us. yes. although there has been public assurance embodied by mike pence saying, yes, america may not like the deal but would honour it, despite that, you have to look at the fine print like with any deal, and realise that the us has agreed to vet these people, therefore putting them through extreme vetting. of the 1250 detained at manus island and nauru, there is no knowing how many would eventually actually end up in the us as resettled refugees. you have to a lwa ys as resettled refugees. you have to always look at the fine print in any deal. but it was a small victory at least for the australian government

when they had the vice president here to get him to say publicly that yes this is moving forward despite the white house not liking it. mike pence and malcolm turnbull also discussed heightened tensions in the korean peninsula. and the urged china to take a greater role in pressuring pyongyang to drop its nuclear weapons programme. yes. we heard kind of both sides of the tactics really been used against north korea. on one side, the heavy military presence in the us claims it can have in the region, but also what it wants to see with diplomacy is china with strategic force and economic power with north korea cutting off lines if need be to make sure that pyongyang falls into line. i think this is where australia can actually have a role. australia's relationship with china is quite strong. it is a strong trading partner. we understand that malcolm

turnbull may have had discussions around the time of mike pence's visit with china to reinforce the point that china must act in order to make sure the world is secure. as air force to take stock from sydney, mike pence will be reassured. —— force ii. australia now feels it has a strong friend in the white house. wrinkles in the bilateral relationship between australia and america, indeed. how will this move forward in repairing these strained relations? as you heard from the newspaper headlines, the presidential tweets from donald trump have kind of befuddled few people around the world, that includes officials in australia. they will see the vice president has a man they can do business with. there is a retention of serious

politics. it is notjust all done on social media. people will be emboldened about that nearly century long relationship with the us, australians fighting alongside the us in the middle east against islamic state, all that can continue as they are familiar with. and whatever comes next from the president's timeline, they know they have a friend in the us. joining us from sydney. thank you so much for that update. this year's london marathon saw a new world record, and a man who sacrificed his own time to help another competitor crossed the line. in all, 40,000 people took part. joe wilson was watching. a journey of 26 miles begins with a single hoot, but who's? heads together, the starters and the masses. by 10:30am, we had a thrilling finish, david weir in the pale blue top was desperately seeking a seventh london marathon victory, to mellow the bitter

disappointment of the paralympics. roaring again! at one point, i didn't think i would even make the start line so to come away and win, for me, personally, is amazing. missing from the elite women's field, last year's winner, jemima sumgong, she had failed a doping test. westminster witnessing a triumph of human spirit. not for the first or last time. this was the fastest time ever in the women's race. daniel wanjiru's victory in the men's elite race was the biggest of his career. everywhere, personal limits were being stretched. the blue headbands of the heads together charity found many heads. the charitable causes and accompanying outfits almost defied imagination. the success in the marathon takes many

forms, when matthew rees spotted this man out on his feet with the end in sight, his instinct was to assist, forget his own time, come on. they'd never met before. they made it. it's the same thing anyone else would have done. you know, ijust helped him out when he was in need and i'm glad he's 0k and up to the line. this is the triumphant stage of the marathon, the right side of the finishing line. doesn't matter if you are exhausted, forget about the time, you've made it, and you got a medal. not an obe but you never know who will be doing the presentation. that's the only way to feel closer to the marathon is to run it yourself. there is always next year. congratulations to the winners. another sport event in auckland, new zealand. one of the biggest in the world. 25,000 athletes from 100 countries are taking part in the

world masters games, more than twice the olympic games. the rules are simple, you qualify if you are old enough. more from auckland. faster, harder, stronger. maybe not but older, that is more like it. let it is up here. if you want to do something, go for it. you don't have to be the best. i am swimming against myself. they are living for the moment here in auckland. at the opening ceremony, the athletes are also the spectators. of this gives you an idea of the extent of the event. 25,000! they are enjoying... isaid event. 25,000! they are enjoying... i said "enjoying the show." from 3290, they are here to compete. this

is there olympic games. and there are olympians among them. —— 30 to 90. this olympic runner has not done this since she retired from long jump this since she retired from long jump ten years ago as a double olympian. we did it back then because we love it. sometimes finding depends on how you finish and you have some pressure. but that is wonderful, if you can make the age and your body is willing, you can compete. we all get older. these are adults. mature athletes. they understand you can have fun and compete at the same time but that is what creates this atmosphere. you can see around us that it is very vibrant and great. the popularity of the world masters games has not gone

unnoticed. the ioc itself wants other cities like paris and los angeles to bid for it. it brings a sense of popular appeal at a time when the olympic games themselves struggle to keep cities interested. david eades, bbc news, auckland. you are never too old to compete, kasia madera. i am rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. how smart is your city? singapore is aiming to be the world's first smart nation. we will look at what that exactly means. and we will leave you with these lovely pictures from paris. this is the arc de triomphe in paris on the day, of course, that the french are going to the polls in the first round of the presidential election. and this is the champs elysees. i am election. and this is the champs elysees. iam kasia election. and this is the champs elysees. i am kasia madera. thank you for watching bbc news. goodbye. a bit ofa

a bit of a taste of winter for the new working week. the cold front is going south across the uk introducing colder conditions. through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners ta ke seeing wintry showers. gardeners take note, also some frosty nights. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, quite a lot of cloud. a few outbreaks of rain. still into the mild air. looking at the weather for monday morning. largely dry in southern counties. some sunshine in the south coast towards london. a relatively fine start to the day. heading further north, one or two patchy showers coming out of the cloud and the bulk of england and wales. heavy rain in northern england and northern ireland first thing as well. that is the weather front going south. to the north of that, sunshine and wintry showers

blowing in on that brisk northerly wind across goal. it will be wintry across the north of scotland. —— scotland. accumulations of snow in the higher ground of scotland. sleet mixed in at lower levels and hail is possible. further south across the uk, cloudy with outbreaks of rain on the frontal system. some reaching london. temperature still around 14— 15 degrees. further north, struggling. at best, 7—9. still mild in the far south late on monday. getting cleared away and pushed away by the frontal system. that opens the doorfor by the frontal system. that opens the door for cold by the frontal system. that opens the doorfor cold air to by the frontal system. that opens the door for cold air to work across all of the country into tuesday. northerly arrows showing a bitterly cold wind. across scotland once again on tuesday, further sleet and snow showers. east coast of england, showers. some working further inland. mostly falling as rain on lower levels. sleet and snow mixed

in. some sunshine and dry conditions across much of southern and south—western england. at best 7— 11 on tuesday. a similar day on wednesday. sunshine and scattered showers. a wintry flavour to some of these showers over the high ground in particular. and again, those temperatures will struggle. seven degrees in 12 temperatures will struggle. seven degrees in12 in temperatures will struggle. seven degrees in 12 in london. the latter pa rt degrees in 12 in london. the latter part of the week, gradually things will start to turn a little bit milder and showers should ease the most areas. that is how it is looking. have a good week. madera with bbc world news. our top story: partial results suggest that voters have turned their back on traditional parties in france. emmanuel macron has proclaimed victory in the first round. he says hisjob now is victory in the first round. he says his job now is to reconcile the country and together full support for the second round. he will face a run—off with marine le pen, in two weeks. she described the result as historic and said that it was time

to "liberate the french people". and this story is trending on bbc .com. who said pandas were lazy? this panda called meng meng has been turning heads by performing somersaults in her enclosure in sichuan province. now it is time for hardtalk.