this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00 — as emmanuel macron‘s prepares to take on marine le pen in the final round of voting for the french presidency, the far right candidate announces she's stepping aside as leader of the front national party. jeremy corbyn says only labour can defeat the conservatives, as he takes his campaign to scotland. tributes have been paid to the former royal naval officer, run down by his own car as it was being stolen. police in manchester are questioning a man over the killing. and on newsnight, in the aftermath of the french preisdential elections, peter mandelson talks about what hope he thinks emmanuel macron gives the left in france and here and talks about his new cross—party movement to defeat pro—brexit mps at the election. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. french voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. the run—off in the presidential race will be between two political outsiders, who've left mainstream parties on the sidelines. emmanuel macron‘s en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election.. he'll face marine le pen of the front nastionale. it's more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. a victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu — and for brexit. our europe editor katya adler has the latest. emmanuel macron looking presidential last nights. a bit prematurely perhaps. there's a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote.

financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. but she doesn't. marine le pen, macron‘s rivalfor president, his rival for french voters‘ trust. a welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. she's the people's president, she says, with welfare policies to match. eu to the back of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the euro, she's anti—big business too. —— queue. it's exactly these images that marine le pen will be chasing throughout her presidential campaign. her intended message — she's a woman of the people. while her political rival, emmanuel macron, is a remote parisian elitist. last night's election showed a divided france. marine le pen did well in the north and south—east, areas with high

unemployment and low wages. emmanuel macron dominated in wealthy areas and large cities like paris and bordeaux, where his probusiness, pro—eu liberal platform resonates. emmanuel macron was in paris today, keen to display his statesmanlike credentials, remembering victims of mass killings in armenia. and while his rival hugged and kissed her way through the crowds today, mr macron had onlookers behind cordons, only the press allowed near. political gloves are off for both candidates, this is the fight of their professional life. they need to win voters outside their true traditional support base to make it to the top. or it? translation: i plan to abstain. i don't like either candidate. i will vote for macron

even if i don't want him as a president, but i want him more than marine le pen. and france's political establishment, including its current president, has urged all voters, to do the same. translation: the far right would deeply divide france. it would stigmatise some of our fellow citizens because of its origins. it would undermine the religion and republic. aware of her party's divisive reputation, marine le pen had a surprise announcement tonight. she said she was stepping aside as president of the national front to run for president of all of france. emmanuel macron still has a race to win. this is an all—or—nothing campaign for both candidates and in true french style, this promises to be passionate and dramatic. in the uk electionjeremy corbyn

has taken the labour campaign to scotland. he has a fight on his hands — the party was virtually wiped out by the snp in scotland in 2015. but speaking to trade unionists mr corbyn said only labour could form an alternative government to the conservatives at westminster. nicola sturgeon said only the snp could make scotland's voice heard. our scotland editor sarah smith reports: all these labour supporters know jeremy corbyn has to win back huge numbers of voters from the snp if he's to stand a chance of winning this election. do you want to vote for the snp, who want to fight for another unwanted and unnecessary referendum but have failed abysmally in the fight against poverty and inequality? an snp who've failed in government in all policy areas, as they systematically forget the dayjob, and obsess about the constitution? a springtime fall of snow greeted

mr corbyn earlier today, when both he and nicola sturgeon came to the scottish trade union conference in aviemore. jeremy corbyn says he's fighting for every seat in scotland. the reality is, they'll have to fight hard to keep the one mp they have in scotland at the moment, having lost a0 seats here in the last general election. there will be no deals with nicola sturgeon and the snp after the election, mr corbyn said today. while she claims her party provide the only effective opposition to a conservative government. the snp simply cannot form a government in westminster. the only wait to get rid of the tories that you so despise would be with a labour government, wouldn't it? well, look, i can read the polls as well as anybody can. you know, the travails of the labour party i think tell most people that labour is not on course to form a government. so, people who don't want to see theresa may with a strengthened hand, to impose more welfare cuts, to damage the economy,

to do further damage to our society, should vote snp. the snp regard the tories, not labour, as their real opponents in this election. the fact is, it's never been more important for people across scotland to think clearly and ask ourselves this question — how can we best protect scotland from the hard—line tories? the truth is, the tories are starting to think that they can do whatever they want to scotland and get away with it. the scottish tories believe they could win up to 12 seats in scotland, and say only they can stop an independence referendum. nicola sturgeon is going to use all means possible, including this election, to try and further her aim for another, second independence referendum. the last time jeremy corbyn was in scotland, he said a second independence referendum was absolutely fine with him. so, people across the country don't want it, and they want someone to stand up and say no. that's what me and my conservative team will do. the snp claim this is a two—horse race between them and the tories in scotland.

the conservatives agree. and in a campaign dominated by arguments over independence, labour often struggle to get their message heard. whilejeremy corbyn was campaigning in scotland, the conservatives accused him of being a security risk because of his long—standing views on nuclear weapons. the day's campaigning also saw the ukip leader paul nuttall giving the strongest hint yet that he may not stand in the election as the party unveiled its policy on integration which opponents said was deeply divisive and damaging. our political editor laura kuenessberg reports. putting his name to long deeply held principles or signing labour's chances away? sign away the trade union act, all right... jeremy corbyn ain't changing, not on nuclear weapons, despite his party's official support for trident, nor staunch backing for trades unions around the country. you are our dna, you are ourfamily, we will never ever apologise for the closeness of our relationship with you. that's why one of the very

first things we'll do when forming our labour government will be to repeal the tory trade union act. corbyn supporters would be aghast at anything else but the tories believe he's out of touch with the majority. content today to make that case, not their own, not even a sign of the prime minister, only her defence secretary on the road. he's already now said he wouldn't necessarily endorse strikes against terrorism. that means labour is a security risk to this country. the tories believe ukip‘s on the run too. since the referendum, their main reason for being has gone. so they're arguing for a burka ban, no more islamic schools — hardly speaking softly. they call it integration, their rivals say it's islamophobia. what we want to see is people sign up to british law, sign up to a british way of life and indeed enjoy the full fruits our great society has to offer.

the ukip leader less keen to chat about his own future, chased by reporters for an answer on whether he will stand as an mp. at the other end of the spectrum, the lib dems think there's hope from their opposition to brexit. they believe they can gobble up votes in parts of the country that voted remain. they're promising a second referendum on the final brexit deal. we have, if you like, a coalition of chaos. conservatives, labour and ukip. all lined up backing the hardest of all brexits, exit from the single market, cutting off all our ties with our friends and neighbours in europe. yet even among usually mild mannered lib dems, there were heckles today, as tim farron faced questions about gay rights. it's fair to say that i've answered the question. polite politics in this campaign? maybe not in 2017.

it's still a scramble for all the main parties to get their machines up and running. no—one‘s campaign is yet running at full pelt, but the broad thrust of having one to get you on board, their strategies, well, those are crystal clear. laura kuenssberg, bbc news vauxhall. the major ukip donor, aaron banks, says he won't stand as an mp in the general election. he'd previously suggested he would contest the seat of clacton, after the mp, douglas carswell, left ukip to sit as an independent. he said he made the decision not to stand after meeting ukip councillors in the constituency and will now supportjeff bray. a 21 year—old man is being questioned by police, after a former royal navy officer died tackling burglars outside his home in manchester. mike samwell who was 35, is thought to have been run over by his own car, while it was being stolen yesterday morning. danny savage reports: mike samwell, a 35—year—old former royal navy officer. he and his wife were asleep

in their home in chorlton in the early hours of yesterday when they were awoken by intruders. he went to investigate. what happened in the following few moments saw mr samwell run over by his own car and killed. the high—powered audi s3 was soon found abandoned a few miles away. where mike samwell was fatally injured is now the scene of a murder enquiry, leaving neighbours and friends at a loss. he was such a nice bloke. we all liked him. he was very friendly, always talkative, funny... and i really liked him. i am shocked, really shocked by this. mike samwell was a weapons officer on a nuclear submarine. he left the navy a few years ago and then worked as an engineer. police initially appealed to the criminal fraternity for information, saying that this crime had crossed the line. this morning, they announced a 21—year—old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder.

neighbours say they heard mike samwell‘s wife, jessica, shouting his name and screaming for help after he was run over. she returned to the scene today, escorted by police into her own home which is now a crime scene, as investigations continue into what happened in this quiet suburban street. astra earthquake has had the west coast of chile. ——a strong earthquake. witnesses in the capital said buildings have been shaking and there are no reports so far of casualties or damage. two men have been remanded in custody, charged in connection with an acid attack at a nightclub in london, over the easter weekend. one of the accused arthur collins, is the ex—boyfriend of reality tv

star fearne mccann. charges against him include grievous bodily harm with intent against 1a people. two of the victims have been partially blinded. the head of north korea's armed forces has warned that the threat of nuclear war is real. he blamed what he calls "the frantic war drills of the us imperialists". president trump wants the un to impose new sanctions. the status quo in north korea is unacceptable. north korean ballistic missile programmes are a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not. they are a big world problem and we have to finally solve it. we have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. and now it's time for newsnight. let the real battle commence.

populist nationalism and global liberalism are to fight it out here in france. on the one side, emmanuel macron — who sells himself as a radical outsider, but who aims to reform and preserve the existing order. on the other, marine le pen, the real anti—establishment outsider. but she came in second, and is starting from behind. we ask this front national campaign official whether the party is capable of broadening its appeal to keep macron out? and here in britain... labour is about to launch its brexit strategy, but the architect of the last labour victory is in the dark. what is the labour position on brexit now. well, search me. and in an exclusive interview facebook‘s sheryl sandberg talks to us about how she came to terms with her husband's sudden death.