i'm kasia madera in london. the french have voted in the first round of the presidential election. the centrist emmanuel macron wins through to the run—off in two weeks. he said a page had clearly turned in french politics. translation: i want to become the president of all the people of friends. the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front — who described the result as historic. 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. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our other main stories: it's confirmed a third us citizen has been arrested at an airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you're old enough, you're good enough.

we report from the world masters games in auckland where age is no barrier. live from london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london, 8am in singapore, and two in the morning in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest the centrist emmanuel macron has won the first round. several polls put him at 23%, a point or so ahead of marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front. they'll go through to a run—off in two weeks‘ time. mr macron said a page had clearly turned in french politics, with the people expressing a desire for change. marine le pen, for her part described the result as historic.

this report from france is by our europe editor 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. translation: i am terribly disappointed. now we know france's full of rich people and racists. i will not vote at all in the second round. 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. so let's have a look at the latest figures in the election. with 46 million votes counted, macron leads with 23.82% of votes and le pen on 21.58%. conservative francois fillon at i9.96%, and far—leftist

jean—luc melenchon on 19.49%. with me is professor antonio fatas, with the french university insead. we will also take a look at how these two candidates will impact asian economy. thank you so much for joining us. we are down now to two candidates for the second round of the presidential election in france. what does it mean for asia is macron becomes the new leader? all of the candidates who were top of a poll before coming here, macron was probably the best option for asia. what does asia want from europe? stability and openness to trade. that is crucial to asia. the economy here depends a lot on the global outlook for the world and a stable europe is convinced that it cannot

he isolated from the rest of the world. so, status quo, stability, what is currently on the table. but what is currently on the table. but what is currently on the table. but what is marine le pen becomes the new french president? what proportions will this have on asian cup on me? what repercussions will this have on the occasion economy? it is hard to tell. she has called for a referendum on the euro. if france were to leave the eurozone, that would cause a severe financial crisis, possibly at the world level. again, from the perspective of asia, thatis again, from the perspective of asia, that is not what we are looking for. we want growth, stability in one of the largest regions of the world. and there is also a lot of speculation that if marine le pen does upset macron in the second round of voting we could potentially see parity between the euro and the dollar. again, hardwick predict

exchange rates when one of the largest economies is attempting to leave the euro area. if it remains with friends, it will be quite a different currency to what it is today. the exchange rate markets, the value of the euro will be affected. a lot of fear as there is parity between the two. how about china? does parity between the two. how about china ? does it parity between the two. how about china? does it really matter to them who becomes president? in china, from an economic point of view, they wa nt growth from an economic point of view, they want growth from the european union. i think macron offers the highest possibility of a strong french economy. what else do they want? a solid parliament in europe to somehow counteract what is a very unpredictable policy coming from the us. i think a solid europe, are growing in stable europe is more likely to be a good partnerfor china in the world, notjust from an economic point of view but also from

a political view. you speak of unpredictability and in the past we have seen brexit. and in the last us election where donald trump upset hillary clinton, the people who run the polls got it wrong. could they get it wrong in the second round? they could but i must say i am very proud of the french compared to the uk and the us, they nailed their numbers. there were very close to the final outcomes so i am hope that they also close to a final outcome for the second election. thank you very much. we will find out in two weeks and who will be the new president of france. marine le pen oi’ president of france. marine le pen or macron. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. it's been confirmed that a 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 on friday at pyongyang airport. two other us citizens, a pastor and a college student,

who were detained last year are also being held. they were found guilty of what north korea calls subversive acts against the country. the bbc‘s steve evans is in south korea. we are told that he is in his 50s, an academic with a us passport he spent some time in china. he was in north korea for about one month helping with relief projects. there are actually quite a lot of foreigners who go to north korea and the deal is always that they do not get involved, for example, in christian missionary work. so some of the people who are arrested for foul of that. with this particular gentleman, we simply do not know what the true situation is. we do not know if he is simply been 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. meanwhile, north korea says it's ready to sink a us aircraft carrier which is carrying out naval exercises with two japanese warships in the western pacific. president trump ordered the uss carl vinson carrier strike group to sail to waters off the korean peninsula in response to rising tension over the north's nuclear and missile tests and its threats to attack the us and its asian allies. local officials in northern afghanistan say they fear as many as 200 people may have been killed in friday's taliban attack on an army base in mazar—e—sharif. the afghan defence ministry has not released firm casualty figures, only saying 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 six,000 chinese —— 6,000 chinese

construction workers will be brought in to help ease israel's housing shortage. media reports suggest israel has acceded to a chinese demand that the workers not be involved in the building ofjewish settlements in the occupied west bank. now take a look at this. despite being a famously lazy species, one giant panda in southwest china is shaping up to be quite the acrobat. sprightly panda meng meng was seen performing somersaults in her enclosure in sichuan province. meng meng's acrobatic feats even include a triple somersault! let's get more on those french elections. the far—right candidate marine le pen, who finished a close second to the centrist emmanuel macron in the first round, says the survival of france is at stake in the election. her front nationale 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. 0ur france correspondent lucy williamson looks now, at the changing face of french politics. 0ne 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. instead, he brought in those disillusioned with france's traditional parties. his liberal pro— europe policies attracting voters from both right and left. but voters from both right and left. but voters from both right and left. but voters from right and left also chose marine le pen, who was

everything that a emmanuel macron does not — leave the euro, slash immigration, and clamp down on free trade. her supporters have been the stead iest trade. her supporters have been the steadiest in this election, barely changing from months ago. so why was this results in part to call? william and his sister had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they walked to their local polling station. they were not alone. almost one quarter of the electorate were thought to be unsure of who they would support.|j electorate were thought to be unsure of who they would support. i will still vote, but i don't know who for who. it is hard. i need to choose one, i cannot vote for all four. months ago, this election looked far more certain. the favourite then was the conservative candidate. he fought on through a financial scandal as voters left in, adamant until tonight that he would win. 0n thursday, a reminder of the challenges france's facing. the latest in a long series of attacks.

it could have been assigned for some that this was 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 had been leading france for the last decade, both collapsed. after months of uncertainty, france has opted for two different futures. hope or angen two different futures. hope or anger, free—trade or protectionism. eu member or not. all that stands in the way of power is one more vote. the bbc‘s thomas fessy is in paris for us. my my goodness. this is being described as france's most stressful election

of modern times. there is certainly a call for change. we've seen about the traditional parties tonight. that is the result ofa parties tonight. that is the result of a clear distrust for the ruling political class. at a genuine desire for change. on the one hand, we see a prudent european, pro— market candidate in emmanuel macron, who wa nts to candidate in emmanuel macron, who wants to blend liberal economic reforms with left leaning policies on social issues. —— pro—european. and on the other hand we have marine le pen, who also wanted to change the political landscape of france and is running a very far right platform. she is a nationalist and she wants to put friends and the french first. keep the foreigners

and immigrants out. and she wants to come back to the national currency, the franc. in two weeks' time, isn't there a tendency that the first round tends to be a protest vote, and then in the second, the french vote for who they want to keep out, so vote for who they want to keep out, so to speak. is that what we will see in two weeks' time? will then say that the french vote with their hearts in the first round, and then vote more tactically in the second round. we have seen only once a far right candidate in the run—off. it was in 2002, when marine le pen's father was there. but he barely made progress. he was clearly wiped out by the then republican candidate,

jacques chirac, who won with over 80% of the vote. there is a long tradition in france of political rivals to unite in the second round against the national front. and it also might suggest that it might happen again in the run—off on the seventh of may. thomas, thank you. we will have special coverage of that second round. thank you. and watching you stay on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come: forget about faster, higher, stronger. instead what about older, tougher, healthier? stay with us to meet the ageless performers. 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 go through with it.

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the pla to build up combat preparation and ideological training. and the new york times features a story about how donald trump's confrontational and unpredictable approach to foreign affairs has lifted his mood and poll numbers in recent days. can you believe that? it says this style of dealing with the rest of the world keeps both allies and foes guessing about what comes next. and they certainly our. those are the papers. —— are. this year's london marathon saw a new world record, a pair of newlyweds among the runners, and a man who sacrificed his own time to help another competitor cross the line. 40,000 in all took part, and the bbc‘sjoe wilson was watching. a journey of 26 miles begins with a single hoot

— but whose? 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 overcome the bitter disappointment of the paralympics. at one point, i didn't think i'd even make the start line, so to come away and win, for me personally, is an amazing feeling. missing from the elite women's field, last year's winner, jemima sumgong, she had failed a doping test. westminster showing a triumph of human spirit. not for the first or the last time. in a race where the women's race was seperate, this

was the fastest time ever. 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 outfits 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. but they made it. it's the same thing anyone else would have done. 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're exhausted, forget about the time, you have made it and got a medal. not an 0be, but you never know who will be doing the presentation. perhaps the only way to feel closer to the marathon is to run it yourself. there is always next year. well done to everyone. another big sport event is underway in auckland, new zealand — and it's one of the world's biggest.

more than 25,000 athletes from 100 countries are taking part in the world masters games. that's more than twice the number in the olympic games. the rules for competing are pretty simple: you qualify if you're old enough. david eades reports from auckland. faster, higher, stronger. well, maybe not here, but older, tougher, healthy. that is more like the world masters games. so much of it is up here. if you want to do something, you do it. go for it. you don't have to be the best, but i am swimming against myself. i am living against myself. they are living for the moment, to come here in auckland. at the opening ceremony, the athletes also be spectators. itjust issue a sense of the scale of the event.

there are 35,000 people here. i said injoin the show, there are 35,000 people here. i said in join the show, but from their 30s to their 90s and beyond, they are here to compete. this is their 0lympic here to compete. this is their olympic games. and there are a lib dems amongst them. new zealand's chantal brunner hasn't done this since she retired from long jump, ten yea rs since she retired from long jump, ten years ago, as a double 0lympian. we get it back when, because we loved it. and sometimes you lose sight of that when you have two make marks, and funding is dependent on that. but this is wonderful. if you make the age, and your body is willing, then you can compete. we all get older. these are adults, mature athletes, and they understand that you have do have a healthy lifestyle, but you can have fun at the same time. and that is what creates his atmosphere. you can see it is vibrant and great. the

population —— popularity of the world masters games has not gone unnoticed. the ioc itself wants you to cities like paris or los angeles to cities like paris or los angeles to include these games within their overall bed. they bring economic opportunity, a greater sense of legacy, and also popular appeal. in a time when the olympic games themselves are struggling to keep cities interested. david eades, bbc news, auckland. age doesn't matter when you compete. thank you for watching. i'm rico hizon in singapore. and i'm kasia madera. we finish with these pictures from paris, now. these are the morning papers in france with the morning papers in france with the news of the presidential vote. a vote for change, with the established party is being knocked out of the race in the first round of voting. —— parties. hello there. we have a bit of a

taste of winter in the forecast for you as we start the new working week. a cold front heading south across the uk and it will bring colder conditions. through the week ahead, the chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners take note, there will be some frosty nights coming. sleet and snow has moved into scotland, serve the high ground, but even some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, there is quite a lot of cloud. a few outbreaks of rain, but we're still in milderair. outbreaks of rain, but we're still in milder air. have a look at the weather for monday morning, 8 am in milder air. have a look at the weatherfor monday morning, 8 am be largely dry with some sunshine across the south coast. a relatively fine start to be gay. heading our way further north, there could be one or two patchy showers come out ofa one or two patchy showers come out of a cloud across the bulk of england and wales. heavy rain over

northern england northern ireland, cursing. that is it weather front moving south. but to the north, and wintry showers loing in on a brisk northerly wind. so it is going to feel quite wintry across the north of scotla nd feel quite wintry across the north of scotland with those sleet and snow showers. —— flowing in on. at lower levels, sleet and hail possible to. further south in the uk, cloudy for england and wales, with the potential for outbreaks of rain. some rain will reach london later on. sabratha still about 14 or 15 later on. sabratha still about 1a or 15 degrees. but further north, seven — nine celsius. this will get cleared away and pushed away by the frontal system. those northerly arrows show the bitterly cold wind. across scotland, once again, on tuesday, further sleet and snow showers. kaneez coast of england, also some showers they are. some

working further inland. mostly pulling as rain, i think at lower levels. but some sleet and snow as well. dry conditions across southern and western england, the temperature is at best between seven and 11 degrees on tuesday. they tell a day on wednesday. still a northerly airflow bringing sunshine and scattered showers. a bit of a wintry flavour to some of the showers of the high granite together. and those temperatures will struggle at about seven degrees or so. in aberdeen, 12 in london. things will turn milder and showers should ease in most areas. that is how it is looking. have a good week. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story. partial results from the french presidential election suggest the voters have turned their back on traditional parties. the centrist emmanuel macron has proclaimed victory in the first round. he says his job now is to reconcile the country and gather broad support for the second round.

he'll face a run—off with the far right national front candidate marine le pen in two weeks. she described the result as historic and said it was time to "liberate the french people". and this video is trending on bbc.com — who said pandas were lazy? this sprightly panda called meng meng is quite the acrobat and has been turning heads by performing somersaults in her enclosure in sichuan province including a triple somersault! that's all from me now — stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. police in manchester are investigating after a man was killed while his car was being stolen.