this is bbc news — the headlines at apm. newly—elected president emmanuel macron vows to fight the forces of division that undermine france. translation: it's not going to be easy but i hope he will do some good work. the idea of being nor from left or right, i don't really trust this. i'm damian grammaticas live in paris where we'll be bringing you the latest reaction to the election of emanuel macron and we'll asking what does this mean for the uk and it's brexit negotiations? theresa may suggests the conservatives will — again — promise to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands" in their election manifesto. labour targets children's health — and says it will ban alljunk food tv adverts before the 9pm watershed. a two—year—old girl is seriously ill in hospital after being mauled by dogs that got into a garden in liverpool. facebook places adverts in british newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run—up to the the general election. and turning the tide, the irish beach that has

reappeared decades after it was washed away by a storm. the main story, emmanuel macron has vowed to fight the forces of division that threaten france. damian grammaticas. good afternoon from paris where emmanuel macron has begun focusing on thejob of emmanuel macron has begun focusing on the job of taking over as president. that will happen on sunday. earlier today he was here at the arc de triomphe, he had already

received congratulations from around europe, from angela merkel in germany, from the uk, from european union leaders as well. here mr macron appeared standing side—by—side with the outgoing president. it was an extraordinary moment, the outgoing president francois hollande, the man who hand—picked emmanuel macron as a young man, brought him into his party, supplanted by mr macron now, gave him a pat on the back. james reynolds reports on all of the day's events. emmanuel macron, the election winner, now prepares to lead his country. this morning in paris, he joined the outgoing president francois hollande at the ceremony to mark ve day. the horror of the second world war convinced old enemies france and germany to form an alliance which then became the basis of the european union. it's a struggling project which the new president promises to revive.

emmanuel macron now inherits one of the most powerful positions europe and all of the symbolism that goes with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon whose own battles are remembered here. the crowd knows that the new leader will face problems of his own. french people hope that he will change a lot of things, maybe it will be tough for him but we hope that. translation: it's not going to be easy but i hope he will do some good work. but above all i hope he won't forget the little people. i'm not sure he's very coherent in his ideas. the idea of being nor from left or right, i don't truly trust this. world leaders have sent mr macron their congratulations. theresa may says that she looks forward to working with him on a wide range of shared priorities. trump says that he too very much looks forward to working with mr macron. germany's angela merkel

described his election as a victory for a strong and united europe. and russia's president putin calls on france's new leader to bridge the divide between moscow and paris. in the hours after the polls closed in between those many telephone calls with world leaders emmanuel macron celebrated with his supporters. translation: what we've done for so many months, there's no comparison, there's no equivalents to that. everybody was saying to us it was impossible. but they didn't know anything about france. at night mr macron‘s defeated opponent marine le pen danced away her defeat. she insist that she is now the main opposition force in france. she'll prepare for the next election in five years' time. emmanuel macron will know that he has little time to waste.

he's promised to set the direction of both his country and the wider european union. he takes office on sunday. james reynolds, bbc news, paris. emmanuel macron‘s story is extraordinary when you think about it. at 34 extraordinary when you think about it. at 3a years old he was brought in as it. at 3a years old he was brought inasa it. at 3a years old he was brought in as a political adviser to the socialist government. at 36 years old he was economy minister. at 39 yea rs old old he was economy minister. at 39 years old he is set to be president. journalist anne fulda, who's written a book called emmanuel macron: a perfect young man, is with me now. it is interesting looking into his story, he was the elder child, and it was quite an influence on him. yes because probably he got like a sort of mission when he was born. he

had to be perfect. he always has been public, emmanuel macron. he was the child that people speak about. he was the best, the first one, he grew up like that with that impression. in your book i think you identify people who had a particular influence on the young emmanuel macron, and what he was to become. one of those was his grandmother. tell us what their influence was. her grandmother, the mother of his mother, was very important to him because she was the one who made him discover books, literature, and she made him very self—confident and he had a very special link with her, because he spoke with her everyday

until she died four years ago. even when he was a banker he spoke with her everyday. she was very important in his construction and his confidence. there is also another woman who has been very important in his life. lots of the media attention has focused on it. that's his wife who is 2a years older than him, she was a teacher that he met, brigitte. tell us how she has fitted into her role. it is interesting, it was the link with books again, because brigitte macron is a french teacher, she was a professor, and has a special link with books once again. and another thing which is interesting is that everybody is

speaking about their age difference. but the most important is that she is the only one. emmanuel macron had a small love affair with a young girland a small love affair with a young girl and after he met brigitte and she is the only woman of his life. thank you for your insights into emmanuel macron and what drives the man. and of course mr macron has said that his wife will have a key role. he said she won'tjust be like previous first ladies in france but he would give her a definite role. it has been said that this election has left france divided. despite the resounding victory for emmanuel macron. it is worth taking a final look at the results of the election and what they tell us. 21 million people voted for mr macron which gave him 66% of the valid votes cast

for the two candidates. it is worth noting that 16 million people either abstained or spoiled their ballots. that is an historic high. 11 million people voted for marine le pen. all in all of the total of 47.5 million registered voters just over 40% backed mr macron, which is why some say the result paints a more divided picture of france. to give you an example of that, already today just hours after mr macron‘s victory we have had here in paris the first demonstrations against mr macron, against the sort of policies that he might embody. i think we have some pictures of those. these were union representatives gathering in the centre of paris in place de la republique, who staged their own demonstration. they were concerned about changes to labour laws that he has talked about and wants to bring in as one of his first priority is

to free up labour markets, try to encourage more employment. with me to discuss a little of this is helene daouphars, the bbc digital reporter. those demonstrations we saw our coming from the left, so emmanuel macron already has problems on his left hand side of french politics. yes, i guess these protests today and also last night kind of reminders strongly that emmanuel macron, yes, you might be oui’ emmanuel macron, yes, you might be our president, but be careful, we don't forget what you did. they obviously know him because he was the ministerfor the obviously know him because he was the minister for the economy for a year or the minister for the economy for a year 01’ so so the minister for the economy for a year or so so they know what laws he's been trying to put in place. obviously the more kind of hard—core left—wing supporters are very kind of angry with him being the president. for them he represents capitalism, liberalism, the end of

france, the help and the social system we have that is incredible. it isa system we have that is incredible. it is a difficult balance for mr macron, isn't it? he was a minister in the socialist government. a large chunk of his support came from the left of french politics. the policies he wants to push through oui’ policies he wants to push through our slightly more towards the right. yes, so i guess that is in a way what made him win because he was something different. he broke away from traditional labour, or left—wing party for france, so that seduced some voters, i think. they have high hopes for him now and i think that will be the big challenge for him. whether he can manage to satisfy people's hopes. on the other hand some people are more pessimistic and they think he's basically a copy of francois hollande, his little protege. it was interesting to see this morning the

relationship they had. because he betrayed him in a way by leaving the left party. he went away, created his own movement, and now basically francois hollande, is kind of in a position where he must accept he has w011 position where he must accept he has won and maybe did the right thing. but francois hollande is trying to keep a good relationship with him saying that he was my young sun and i'm still supporting him. so it's going to be an interesting few weeks. it will be, helene daouphars, thank you for talking to us. that pat on the back from the outgoing president for the incoming president was interesting. the election has been watched abroad as well, france isa been watched abroad as well, france is a pivotal player in the european union and emmanuel macron will play a key role in the upcoming brexit talks. this morning his chief economic adviser told the bbc that the president—elect would be a hard negotiator and he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to

leave the eu. our correspondent chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position mr macron is likely to take. so the first thing you need to know about emmanuel macron is that he is a passionate pro—european. he campaigned on an overtly pro—eu platform. is that likely to make him a tough nut to crack when it comes to brexit negotiations? well, yes. but france was always likely to play that role. if you look at some of the things he said on brexit during the campaign, though, the language is pretty striking. in one interview he called brexit a crime and said, "what's going to happen is not taking back control, it's servitude." let's have a listen to the most recent comments he's made in the last few days. what the uk is experiencing is precisely the fact that brexit is not a walk in the park. that's extremely complicated on a financial basis and that's extremely complicated in terms of organisation and consequences. but don't forget that brexit is not at the top of his list of priorities.

he's vowed to reform france and if possible in partnership with germany to reform the eu, plenty to be getting on with. then of course there will be a french parliamentary election injune, so he will be paying far more attention to that than to the start of negotiations on brexit. but he will campaign for the rights of french citizens in the uk. he would love financial firms to move from london to paris. and one other issue he's talked about, a reform of the le touquet agreement, this is the deal under which british immigration checks take place in calais on french soil. now, it's not an eu agreement, it's a bilateral one. but it will play into the brexit debate and the prime minister has been talking about it this morning. and as for the le touquet agreement, actually it works for both the benefit of the uk and france. and obviously in the government that is elected after the 8th ofjune we will be sitting down talking to mr macron and others about how that system has worked.

so, plenty of challenges ahead but it is also worth bearing in mind the election of mr macron will increase the confidence of eu insiders, especially when you consider what the alternative could have been, however unlikely, a president who would have been fundamentally anti—eu and would have plunged the whole project into chaos. now, we have heard a lot here about the need for strong and stable government. it could be that a stronger and more stable eu will be a better negotiating partner for the uk in the months to come. chris morris. we will have more from paris later but for now it is back to you in london. damian grammaticas in paris. you are watching bbc news, it is exactly 4:15pm. these the headlines. newly—elected president emmanuel macron vows to fight the forces of division that undermine france. theresa may suggests the conservatives will — again — promise to cut net migration to the "tens of thousands" in their election manifesto.

labour targets children's health — and says it will ban alljunk food tv adverts until the 9pm watershed. and in sport, dan evans claims aljaz bedene is ‘not british' after slipping behind him in the rankings. evans says he should be the country's number three player not bedene who is slovenian born. and who evans doesn't recognise as british lions head coach warren gatland sez he completely understands and respects ben young's decision to withdraw from the tour to new zealand because of family reasons. his sister—in—law has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. and chelsea will be one win away from the title if they beat middlesbrough tonight. their midfielder n'golo kante has received the football writers player of the year award to go with his pfa award theresa may has said that leaving

the european union will help the uk achieve a target of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the target, set by david cameron in 2010, has never been met — and recent figures put annual net migration at 273,000 — but the bbc understands the pledge will be included in the conservative election manifesto. mrs may told supporters migration levels were having an impact on public services and low—paid workers. our political correspondent chris mason reports. prime minister. immigration, the issue that for many was crucial in last year's eu referendum and 12 months on it's back in this year's general election. we will continue to say that we do want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that is the tens of thousands. and, of course, once we leave the european union we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the uk.

if all this feels a tad familiar, well, that's because it is. net migration is the number of people coming to the uk minus the number leaving. here is the conservative manifesto from 2010. it says we will take steps to take net migration back to tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of thousands. they didn't manage it. fast forward five years to the 2015 conservative manifesto. we will keep our ambition of delivering annual net migration in the tens of thousands. again, they didn't achieve it. the nearest they came was in 2012 at 177,000. and the furthest was in 2015 at 332,000. the target is unlikely to be met with the current policies that are in place. so quite aside from the brexit scenario non—eu net migration currently stands at around 165,000. so that alone is 65,000 over the net migration target. ukip, crushed in last week's local elections, want to sound much, much tougher than the tories and have an immigration policy where it would be one in one out. i can announce today that ukip

will go into this election with a policy of balanced migration, which means zero net immigration over the next five—year period. the snp and the liberal democrats said economic interests should drive immigration policy. labour accused the conservatives of a broken promise on the issue. chris mason, bbc news. theresa may was campaigning in norwich this afternoon. on a visit to international aviation academy, she was unable to give a date when net migration would be reduced to the tens of thousands. well, we are very clear that the reason why we want to control the

immigration system, why we have been working on controls on immigration and reducing the net migration to sustainable levels which we think is the tens of thousands is because of the tens of thousands is because of the impact it has on people. but up until now we have not been able to control our borders in relation to people coming from the european union. when we leave the european union. when we leave the european union we will be able to put rules in place for that. what i've learned over the years as home secretary is there is no single answer that suddenly delivers the figures. you have to keep working at this and thatis have to keep working at this and that is what we will do but our commitment is to ensure that we continue to look to control immigration. will it be in the next parliament? as i say, you cannot have one single thing that you do that suddenly delivers on the numbers. what we are doing and what we will be able to do when we leave the european union is set our own rules for people coming from the eu into the uk and that will be an important part of the control that people want to see. theresa may in front of a plane. and you can see it

has reappeared, it has our correspondent sophie long in front of it. what else has she been saying? she spent some time here at the national aviation academy in norwich speaking to some of this students here studying for their engineering degrees. whatjournalists wanted to talk to her about was immigration, as you've heard very clearly, and she said again that she gave the indication it would be included in the conservative manifesto. but what she would not be pushed on is when they hoped to achieve that by, repeating the fact that it wasn't just one thing that needed to change. so she spoke to a number of stu d e nts change. so she spoke to a number of students here, she was given a tour of the facility and i spoke to them afterwards and i asked if they enjoyed meeting the prime minister. 0ne enjoyed meeting the prime minister. one of them said he didn't know she was the prime minister but she seemed nice and managed to get a few laughs out of them. they were all between the ages of the students

here, and he said she was the first politician he had met in person, so just shows she is reaching some parts of the country that other politicians have not reached so far. there is a rather strange sound going on hit in the aviation academy, not sure if you can hear it. drowned out by a plane, not for the first time! thank you, sophie long. labour have been setting out plans to tackle childhood obesity — by cracking down on tv junk food adverts. they're proposing a new child health bill, to be outlined in its election manifesto. sophie hutchinson reports. this is going to be a very green smoothie. but it's healthy, though, isn't it? shadow health secretaryjon ashworth being taught how to make a smoothie by pupils at a london school, part of labour's bid to prove it has the solution for cutting childhood obesity. we want to have the healthiest children in the world. now, yes, that's an ambitious target but to be frank, i'm ambitious for the children of this country. our children deserve the best. labour's election pledge is ambitious. it's promising to halve the number of overweight children within ten years, to set up a £250 million fund to pay for nurses and counsellors in schools

and to ban junk food adverts from all tv programmes before the 9pm watershed. that would affect shows including the x factor and britain's got talent which are popular with children. labour says it would reduce their exposure to it's a laudable idea but i can't see it making much difference, to be honest. the stuff's still in the supermarkets, it's still in the shops. i don't think it will make a whole lot of difference. i ain't got a problem with it. i think the kids are eating too much junk anyway. it will probably help, yeah. if it's not in their heads they probably won't go looking for it when they are in the supermarket. advertising is really powerful, isn't it? so, yeah, it probably is a good idea. labour also promised help for adults today with an end to nhs car park charges for patients, visitors and nhs staff, to be paid for by increasing the tax

on private health insurance. if you visit a hospital because you want to look after an elderly relative or give support to a friend, or go there in an emergency i don't think you should be charged for doing so. the lib dems said hospital parking charges were a sign the government could not get to grips with the funding crisis in health. but the conservatives raised doubts that labour would be able to deliver free car parks or its promises to improve children's health because, it said, jeremy corbyn would risk weakening the economy. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the bbc has unveiled details of its general election debate programmes. david dimbleby will host two question time specials in which leaders will face audience questions and there will also be a seven—way debate with senior party figures. a little earlier our media correspondent david sillito gave us more. these are the bbc‘s plans.

a series of two question time specials, the first will feature theresa may and jeremy corbyn in the same programme but not sharing a stage. they will appear consecutively facing questions from the audience, and then there will be another question time special two days later with other party leaders appearing on election questions later in the evening. the leaders will face interviews from andrew neil, and also on the one show that tomorrow will feature theresa may and her husband philip as well. and then there will be this seven—way debate featuring senior party figures. and also another radio 1 debate. so that's it, ten hours of coverage on the bbc but not the debate that they wanted to have with the party leaders. david sillito. a two—year—old girl is seriously ill in hospital — after several dogs got into the garden where she was playing and attacked her.

she suffered injuries to her head and body — but they are described as ‘not life—threatening'. police have seized 11 dogs from a nearby house in the toxteth area of liverpool — and a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of having a dangerous dog or dogs out of control. our correspondent yunus mulla sent this update from merseyside police headquarters. merseyside police have described this as a horrific attack which has left a two—year—old girl with extensive injuries. with me i have superintendent mark wiggins. mark, you are part of the investigation team. what is the condition of the girl at the moment? the two—year—old girl who was attacked by the dogs yesterday underwent some extensive surgery at alder hey hospital yesterday. and she is now recovering from the extent of her ordeal. she will clearly need further medical intervention as we go forward in the next few weeks and the next few months. at this stage we don't know how much of that will be required. what do we understand happened here? how did she get those injuries? what we do know is yesterday afternoon at her aunt's address in cockburn street in toxteth she was playing with two of

her young relatives who were six and four years of age and somehow we know that from a neighbouring property a number of dogs managed to get into the back garden and whilst the aunt was able to get the four and six—year—old to safety the two—year—old unfortunately was attacked by those dogs, sustaining these horrific injuries. the aunt did manage to separate the dogs from the two—year—old child and bring her to safety where she was airlifted to alder hey hospital to have that surgery. the dogs managed to get into this property, the garden, how did they get in? that is part of our investigation at this particular moment in time. we don't know how they got in but we think potentially through a fence. that is something that we will elicit when we speak to the victim in terms of the auntie, and also to relative neighbours and also to the person we have arrested. we have in custody a 35—year—old male who we believe to be the owner of those dogs and he is assisting us with our inquiries at this time. the dogs involved, there are question marks over whether they were a banned breed, what type of dogs were they? we now know the dogs were not a banned breed. we have had them assessed this

morning and they are classed as american bully dogs. they are not in themselves on the prohibited register. so specifically owning a dog of that nature is not in itself an offence. however, what is an offence is to have a dog that is dangerously out of control in either a public place and more recently the legislation has changed so that if the offence is committed in private and that is the offence we are investigating at this moment in time. the latest from merseyside police. house prices have fallen in the last three months for the first time in five years. the halifax mortgage lender says prices fell by 0.2% — the first quarterly fall since november 2012. it's blamed a squeeze on household finances, caused by rising inflation. it is almost 4:30pm, time to take a look at the forecast. thomas is waiting for us. iam and waiting for us. i am and the weather is very split across the uk today, it seems to be all or nothing with the sunshine.

eastern areas, very little. look at that, cloudy, pretty chilly, clear across the west, beautiful for belfast, cardiff, plymouth, stunning weather in the western isles of scotland. not much change this evening and into tonight. these western areas will keep starry skies whereas if you live further east towards the north—east sea coasts you are stuck under the cloud and there is not much change for tomorrow. north sea coasts feeling on the chilly side, the wind will dropa on the chilly side, the wind will drop a little which is good but central areas will stay pretty cloudy, especially the east midlands. western areas enjoy the best of the weather. wednesday and thursday, the basic message is there will be lots of dry weather, some of us will be lots of dry weather, some of us will have sunshine, some of us will stick around under the cloud but the real change comes at the end of the week, some southern and central areas are in force and rain. —— inforsome central areas are in force and rain. —— in for some rain. you are watching bbc news. the

headlines now at 4:30pm. the president—elect of france, emmanuel macron, is working to form a new government, following his victory in the run—off vote yesterday. the 39—year—old will assume power on sunday. theresa may says leaving the eu will help the uk achieve a reduction in annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the target, set in 2010, has never been met, but will appear again in the conservative election manifesto. labour are putting health at the heart of their campaigning today, setting out plans to tackle childhood obesity by banning junk food adverts during all programming before the 9pm watershed. police are questioning a 35—year—old man after a two—year—old girl was attacked and seriously injured by several dogs in liverpool. police are questioning a 35—year—old man after a two—year—old girl was attacked and socially injured by several dogs in liverpool. the social networking site facebook is placing adverts in newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run—up to the uk general election. just to bring you some news coming

in from northampton, we are just hearing that a couple who have been convicted of carrying out a decade of sex and drug abuse against children, including rape, havejust been sentenced. nicola taylor was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years, joan taylor said he nears. that news just coming into us. we will hear more very soon. now that is ketchup of the sport. dan evans says fellow player aljaz bedene should not

be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to the dutchman robert haas at the madrid open. evans is fourth in the british rankings but he doesn't recognise the number three, the slovenian born bedene, who qualified for great britain on residency grounds three years ago. our tennis correspondent russell fer reminded him about the current rankings. you are four at the moment. aljaz bedene being the third. oh, so i'm three, 0k. it is nothing to do with aljaz. i like him, he is not confrontational in any way, but to me it doesn't sit well if you play for another country. i don't feel bad about him or anything like that, just for me it is a bit baffling as to why. and now he lives in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he is british. that is just the citizenship rule. he has lived here for five years. it is just a bit different, isn't it? the british and irish lions head coach warren gatland says he fully

respects and understands ben youngs' decision to pull out of the summer tour to new zealand forfamily reasons. his sister—in—law tiffany has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. scotland's greg laidlaw has been called up to replace him in the squad. the interesting thing from my point of view, we completely understand that. part of the values i have always had, and we say to the players when we meet this afternoon, as far as i am concerned, it is about family come first. he has made that decision, and we know how close they are as well. so we fully respect that decision. our thoughts go out to them. lancashire have signed mahela jayawardene. see them

see but they are sheffield united have re—signed striker ched evans five yea rs re—signed striker ched evans five years after he was released by the same club after being found guilty of rape. that conviction was quashed and ata of rape. that conviction was quashed and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. hejoins and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. he joins the club who have been promoted to the championship this season from chesterfield on a three—year deal. the fate of both teams involved in the night's premier league match could be decided by the end of the week, with chelsea needing two more wins for the title and middlesbrough a defeat away from relegation. chelsea's n'golo ka nte a defeat away from relegation. chelsea's n'golo kante will go into the game with another award. already named pfa player of the year voted by his peers, today the football writers made him their player of the season. he won the premier league with leicester last year. win tonight and middlesbrough will be relegated, and then chelsea will take the title if they can then beat west brom on friday.

in this part of the season, for sure, it is not easy. every game is very tough, because there is a lot of pressure. it is important, it is part of a period that you don't make mistakes, because it is very difficult then to recover. but we are ready to fight, we are ready to play these games. the confidence and the belief from players we have seen in recent weeks is there. it isjust that in the last, certainly the sunderland and manchester city game that you saw everything coming together. and those four points out of six will give us plenty of confidence going into the chelsea game. that is all the sport for now. more on that breaking story, a couple from northamptonshire have been convicted of 94 drug and sexual offences against children. they have been given long jail terms stop nicholas and joan taylor. just give us nicholas and joan taylor. just give us the details. long sentences.

that's right, simon. nicholas and joan taylor convicted or admitting a total of 94 offences between them over a 10—year period between 1996 and 2006. some of the offences involving children as young as 11. in total 11 different victims came forward. the couple from northampton we re forward. the couple from northampton were convicted of raping children, of drugging children, of sexually abusing them, assaulting them over this long period. when he sentenced nicholas taylor, the judge said i see no good in you. i see no prospect of view changing. he mentioned the fact that nicholas taylor had portrayed himself as a reformed character. in fact, he had appeared on television and gone round schools to warn children against a life of crime, because he had previous convictions for other crimes. but thejudge had previous convictions for other crimes. but the judge said that he was going to sentence him to a life

period in prison, with a minimum term of 18 years. that is 18 years before nicholas taylor can even be considered for parole. his wife, joan taylor, the judge said she had been pimped out by nicholas taylor, that she was totally under his control. nonetheless, she too had raped and abused children, and he sentenced her to 18 years. there was praise in court for the extraordinary courage of the victims. yes, there was, also some harrowing evidence from them, kicked him in the statement that were read out. one victim said she had tried to kill herself because of what this couple had done to her. she said she had self harmed, suffered from depression, and now said not only could she not have a relationship, but also that she had taken the decision not to have children of her own, because she said, she did not wa nt to own, because she said, she did not want to bring children into this world. she told the court that what they did to her will have to be with herfor the they did to her will have to be with her for the rest of her life. thank

you very much. the time is facebook has placed adverts in british newspapers with ten tips on how to spot fake news online. the website has also closed thousands of accounts linked to false stories — ahead of the general election next month. the company advises users to "be sceptical of headlines" and to check the website address. the move comes as increasing numbers of people use the site as one of their main news sources. this report from our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. it's a term that became familiar during last year's american presidential election. fake news stories made up to make money or to act as political propaganda and it is facebook which has taken much of the blame for spreading stories such as these. now, the social network says it's doing everything it can to tackle the problem in the uk with these newspaper adverts part of this effort. facebook says it's stepping up the battle against fake news and giving its users a guide to spotting for stories.

it's closing tens of thousands of fake uk accounts which might spread misinformation. and it's working with fact—checking organisations during the election campaign. what happens if a friend shares a report that you think is fake news. you go down to report, i think it shouldn't be on facebook, then you get the option right at the bottom of fa ke get the option right at the bottom of fake news story. once you have done that, it should end up with an independent fact checking organisation. but one of those organisations thinks the social network needs to do more. there is a responsibility for facebook to look at how do we change facebook itself to make it easierfor people at how do we change facebook itself to make it easier for people to sport sites that aren't what they are cracked up to be and things that need to be checked out in more

detail. so, yes, this is a good start from facebook but it should only be the beginning. there has already been a determined effort in germany to stop the spread of fake stories in the run—up to its elections later this year. and with our own general election just four weeks away, the parties know that facebook is a key battle ground. they will have identified exactly the types of voters that they would like to target, and the types of messages they would like to target them with, and then facebook will be the means to deliver those messages. not only that, but facebook will be the means by which they understand the response to those messages, and they will change them and involve them, based on that response. more than 30 million people will get views on elections during the social campaign, and facebook is making sure it is doing its best to make sure what they read is not fake. with me is alastair reid, social media journalist at the press association and james ball, special correspondent at buzzfeed. thank you both for coming in. alice tai, fake news isn't new, i guess,

but it has become increasingly political, and that is a big concern, isn't it? that is a concern, isn't it? that is a concern, especially when it is someone concern, especially when it is someone trying to push a political or social agenda based on lies, but it is not new, it has been around for centuries. but with social media does more easierfor individuals for centuries. but with social media does more easier for individuals to spread these lies further than they could before. a lot of what makes social media popular bypasses are critical thinking when it comes to things that is not true. it is being shared by friends and family, it is very visual, different text, and it makes it popular. these top ten tips from facebook, is this a decent effort to try to address this issue? how is this big going on that front? facebook has a vested interest to try and do something about this because facebook is the big vector for how this spreads. if you look at the big fake stories that spread in the big fake stories that spread in the us, facebook was how they reached millions and millions of people. so there is a lot of

pressure on them to do more, and a lot of people are hoping there is some technological fix. there probably is more that facebook could do but we are all going to have to learn how to look out for this. so facebook forking out a little bit of money to try to put some tips in front of people is at least a start. what are your top tips for people avoiding being sucked in by something that is fake? the ones facebook app published a very good, but a really important one which often people forget is that fake news, misinformation, is designed to trigger a strong emotional response. like click bait, it is exactly how it works. if you think something is funny or it makes you angry or shocked, that is when you need to start applying these tips, like seeing if it has another source, looking at the website. what you are calling confirmation bias, so if it is reaffirming something you already agree with or think... is reaffirming something you already agree with or think. .. yes, confirmation bias is the idea that we are more likely to believe something if it confirms what we

believe to be true, or how we believe to be true, or how we believe the world today. so if something fits that idea, and also gives us a strong emotional response, that is when to say is this actually true, and use those tips, which are very good, to check it out. james, what are you doing at buzzfeed to try to filter out which bits of news coming to you are genuine and which are fake? we do a lot of things. one thing you have to watch for is when breaking news events happen, especially some of the awful terror attacks we have seen the awful terror attacks we have seenin the awful terror attacks we have seen in the last year. believe it or not, it will jump seen in the last year. believe it or not, it willjump in and start putting full speech is in there, for the victims, all of that. and if any of these things catch hold it can have quite bad consequences, like when the internets did a witchhunt against the people it wrongly thought were the boston bombers. so we, as part of the reporting process, try to filter out what is true and what is not at buzzfeed, and very quickly get them out with big clear fakes on top of it. it is no good debunking something hours

and hours later, or days and days later, because by then millions of people will have seen it. it is better than nothing, still well worth doing. but ideally a rapid response. and same question to you, alastair cookjamaat everyone plays a role in that, notjustjournalists and the press association. we absolutely have to make sure we get that right. in big terror events, old images are being re—shared as if they are from this ongoing event. that is something which we all have to be aware of in those situations, to be aware of in those situations, to stop and think and checked a picture to make sure it is not someone picture to make sure it is not someone trying to trick us. james, how big a concern is fake news, as we head towards the general election next month? 0n we head towards the general election next month? on a daily basis, it may be hard to give us a percentage figure, but how many stories would you guessed that that you are receiving that are fake related to the election campaign? a lot of the stuff will bypass newsrooms entirely, it willjust be on a fake

site. the most shared fake stories in the us election were shades shared much more often than the real ones who stopped over that it is not happening so much, hashtag wrote over here it is not happening so much, so it could get worse. it is something that comes sometimes from places trying to interfere with an election, sometimes it isjust people trying to make a quick buck. if you can get 2 million people to watch an advert for a story you throughout the three in ten minutes, you make good money. that financial aspect is the big motive for the people who are putting most of these things out there. but it is also when you see these political means on facebook or something from a pressure group, or one of your friends, lots of those can be used sometimes in good faith but to spread really shaky information. so really it is always about is this too good to be true? is this too perfect? alastair cookjust a final

thought, what sort of impact is this having on the types of media organisations that people are choosing to trust to deliver news to them? increasingly on social media, people are reading the news information and sources they agree with. that is one of the big problems with what social media has done to the information ecosystem, that people just want to read the things they agree with. there have been some projects to try to break that filter bubble but again it is something that increasingly everyone can have a bit of a party play a name tried to hear what other people outside of their particular sphere of influence and the people they talk to regularly are saying. thank you both very much. just to bring you both very much. just to bring you some breaking news for stop the former rochdale mp simon danczuk has announced his resignation from the labour party. he had been suspended by labourfor labour party. he had been suspended by labour for allegedly sending texts. he was not endorsed to stand

as the party's candidate in the general election. he has been serving as an independent mp since his suspension in december. so not a huge surprise, but he has announced his resignation from the labour party. staying with politics, liberal democrats candidate sir vince cable has been secretly recorded suggesting lib dem supporters should consider backing labour candidates in certain seats to help beat conservatives. the former business secretary told supporters they should think and act ina supporters they should think and act in a constructive way injune's vote, telling them he and one labour's candidate views are almost identical. the leader of the liberal democrats tim farron said no pact, no deal, no coalition. if you are voting for the lib dems, you are voting for the lib dems, you are voting for the lib dems, he said. sir vince cable has been recorded as saying that some lib dem voters should vote for labour. it is

tactical voting if you like. tim farron said there is no coalition deal, there will be no pact. what is your response to tim farron fozz marks, and to sir vince cable's muck? no pact, no deal, no coalition. tim farron made that clear several weeks ago and i agree with that entirely. what every individual must consider is how can i use my vote most effectively, but iam not i use my vote most effectively, but i am not in i use my vote most effectively, but iam notina i use my vote most effectively, but i am not in a position of telling other people that they should vote ina other people that they should vote in a tactical way. i am telling them vote for the liberal democrats. the more votes we have, the more seats we will have, and the great influence we will have in the next parliament. but you have a former government minister telling lib dem voters to vote labour. does this not say something about the way the party is being run at the moment? say something about the way the party is being run at the moment7m says a lot about the independence of mind of everyone who is a liberal democrat. you don'tjoin the liberal democrats to be like sheep, for example in the way in the scottish national party behave. people have

the use and they are entitled to expose them, but the leader of the party has said no pact, no deal, no coalition, and he has my complete support for that position. thank you very much for your time. sir menzies campbell talking about this constituency, the constituency in which he was mp until 2015, when the snp won this seat. ina in a moment we will take a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news. newly—elected president emmanuel macron vows to fight the forces of division that undermine france. theresa may has refused to say if she expects to bring the migration down to the tens of thousands in the next five years of parliament. labour targets children's health — and says it will ban alljunk food tv adverts until the 9pm watershed. good afternoon, we will have a look

at how the markets of europe ended the trading session today and what went on in them. this is what the main markets did. the big news was of course that emmanuel macron will be president of france, and the biggest move on the financial markets was the euro, up to its highest level since november. but already, markets are moving onto the next test — will m macron be able to get the support in parliament — which gets elected injune — so he can push through his reforms. so he can push through his reforms? back home in the uk british gas owner centrica has repeated — unsurprisingly, how much it hates the idea of a cap on energy bills — widely reported to be in the conservative party manifesto. instead, the firm said evidence from other countries suggests a cap could lead to higher bills. then house prices — the halifax says they are stagnating, still up on a year ago, but much the same as they were six months ago. is this just a pause for breath or something more serious? and france.

a lot of people saying the election was the easy part — reforming the french economy is going to be a lot, lot tougher. that's why the stock markets are less than ecstatic about the result. let's get detailed analysis of all this with david buik from panmure gordon. david, i guess in a way the market reaction to the french elections is actually a reaction to europe, rather than to france as far as we are concerned? i think a bit of both. we have got to remember in the last few weeks, it was more or less taken as read that mr macron would be taken as the next president of france, it was a question of by how much. the dax in germany was up by 8%. so the fact we had a little bit ofa 8%. so the fact we had a little bit of a relief rally which if you blink you missed it this morning, people just took a little bit of risk off the table, said ok, back to where we were. there was absolutely no question at all of any possibility of any thoughts, sorry, i got this

richard sterne going! i do apologise. —— i have got this wretched phone going. there is no possibility that mr macron will get through the kind of legislation that he thinks he will injune, when of course the legislative council is put together, because there will be so many fragmented parties. now, obviously, we have seen the communications he has put out, as regards wanting to take on the city of london, as regards clearing and also repatriating frank —— french bankers and other bankers to paris, but this is reallyjust the bankers and other bankers to paris, but this is really just the fact he has to make his presence felt very, very quickly, because he knows that he has 9.6% unemployment rates in france, and he has got enormous internal problems. so the fact he is hanging on the chancellor merkel‘s coat—tails is incredibly important to him. but i really think we will have to see things change before too long. let's just

have to see things change before too long. let'sjust talk have to see things change before too long. let's just talk about centrica, the way they are objecting to this idea of capping of prices. what i find interesting about this is actually the possibility of a cap on prices, effectively price control. what is the market think about that? for someone like you i would imagine it is quite a worrying idea? terrible idea, because i am a free—market man. this is not the first time. his predecessor who came from bp to replace sam laidlaw, he had a run—in with sir ed davey when he was energy secretary. this just doesn't work. where i think the problem comes, jamie, is the fact that the ceos and the comms department of these enormous energy companies don't explain the problems that they have. it always strikes asked that the prices go up very quickly, but they come down very slowly. but i think if it actually was explained that utility companies have an awful lot of investment to make and replacement of plant and machinery, perhaps people would be a little bit more sympathetic. but the

idea that you can cap energy prices foran idea that you can cap energy prices for an indefinite period of time without knowing what is going on without knowing what is going on with the cost of oil and gas is in my opinion ridiculous. very briefly on house prices, a slowdown. something we should worry about, if we like the ideas of house prices going up, is that a problem to that scenario? three things very quickly. first and foremost, inflation is going up to around 2.7, 2.8%, wage inflation is only 3.3%, therefore you have less disposable income. there is also a little bit of uncertainty as regards to what is going on with brexit and the course of the next few months. and also if you take that into account the fact we will probably hear on thursday from the bank of england's inflation report that growth is just coming off the boil a bit, you can understand the appeal being a little bit restless and why house prices have come down. the big problem is the failure of wages to continue rising. do you see any change in

that? it is very hard in the immediate future to see whether wage increases will come. the one thing you can say in the last eight years and aplomb and right have come down from 8% to 4.7%. there are probably too many hourly paid workers to be able to establish a minimum wage that we have already got and has been increased. but what we really need to do is to see people push on from there with their profitability, in order that we can get that wage inflation level up from 2.4% way above the level of inflation. david, good to talk to you. a final look at the markets. much of the early gains disappeared by the afternoon in europe, and the euro had dropped back again. the markets are now looking to the parliamentary elections in france and are not that excited by it. the biggest losers today in the uk are among the mining companies. there are some nerves about china's economic growth after some weak trade figures and the prices of commodities like iron ore and copper are slipping. also the old price, people are

worried that might be starting to slip back. that is how the market ended today and that is all from me. it is time now for the weather forecast. let's join, is it is time now for the weather forecast. let'sjoin, is once again. really quiet on the weather front right now. not much change on the way over the next few days or so. it will essentially stay the same, dry across the uk and it has been very dry recently. there are some rain on the way but not until the end of the week. but in the meantime, clear blue skies today across western parts of scotland, but closer to the north sea and across many central areas, a very different story. it has felt a lot colder. that cloud streaming in off the north sea, and called north—easterly winds, in some areas temperatures only nine or 10 degrees. through this evening, it stays cool, if not cold and cloudy across the east, whereas western areas keep a clear sky, a starry night on the way. the temperatures this coming night seven or eight in

most major towns and cities, a bit colder there across scotland, where the sky is clear. scotland, a beautiful morning, especially around the western isles, stunning weather, and also nice across northern ireland. a fresh start but beautiful sunshine. the lake district doing well as well come across the north west of england, throughout wales as well. a lot more cloud around across the midlands, is closed into east anglia. the south coast not doing too badly. the isle of wight is sunny, bright and sunny as well and boast of kent and sussex at the very least bright. tomorrow, the cloud will stick around across eastern areas but also quite a chunk of this cloud will also persist through the midlands, especially the east midlands, especially the east midlands and into east anglia. but again many western areas enjoying that beautiful weather. though fast at 18 celsius, london lower than that. and then dawn on wednesday, tomorrow night into wednesday, it will be chilly. a lot of cases not far off freezing, a grass frost on the way for wednesday but a decent

enough day, and i think we will start to see some sunshine developing across the bulk of the uk, but more cloud across the north—east of the country, quite chilly as well. then that change start to begin on the thursday. whether france creeping in from the south, so we might see thickening cloud, maybe some spots of rain but for most of us it is looking like it will be at least generally a dry day on thursday. then from friday onwards, —— weather fronts coming could be some thunder pause and down balls from time. more moisture and cloud, a bit of a dose of rain after a very dry week, it looks like friday and into the weekend and next week, there is some wet spells of weather on the way. we're live in paris this evening — the transition of power is under way. france's new president will be formally installed in just six day's time. side by side today, the president—elect and the outgoing head of state at a formal ceremony

at the arc de triomphe, to commemorate the end of the second world war in europe. as france enjoys a bank holiday, we talk to parents in a parisian suburb about their thoughts on a macron presidency. translation: he was not exactly my choice. this was about voting against marina pen but for emmanuel macron. he is young, he does not have pass... experience. ithink