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 he can do it, but it will be difficult. we'll have the latest from paris in a moment. the other main stories on the bbc news at 5: theresa may insists brexit will help cut immigration, as the conservatives again pledge

to bring figures down to the "tens of thousands". labour targets child ren‘s health, saying it'll ban alljunk food tv ads, before the 9pm watershed. a 2—year—old girl is seriously ill in hospital, a 2—year—old girl is seriously ill in hospital, after being mauled by dogs thatjumped into a garden in liverpool. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to spot fake news, helping users decide what's true and what's not. good evening from paris, where the president—elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his decisive victory over marine le pen in yesterday's election — and he's already started work on forming his government ahead of his formal

inauguration on sunday. he's already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british prime minister theresa may. mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote, with marine le pen of the front national taking 33.9%. the turnout was 7a%, the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11.5 million people abstained. the transfer of power is already under way, earlier today mr macron and president hollande appeared side by side at a ceremony here at the arc de triomphe, to mark the end of the second world war in europe. after a bitter and divisive campaign, mr macron has promised to fight the ‘forces of division that undermine france'. our paris correspondent james reynolds reports. 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 became the basis of the european union. it is a struggling project which the new president promises to revive. immanuel macron inherits one of the most powerful positions in europe —— emmanuel macron. and all of the positions that come with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon and his own battles are remembered here. the crowd knows the new leader will face problems of his own. the french people hope that he will change a lot of things. it might be tough for him, but we hope that. translation: it won't be easy, but i hope it will be good work.

above all, i hope he will not forget the little people. i'm not sure he is very coherent in his ideas. no idea whether being right or left, i don't really trust this. world leaders have sent macron congratulations. theresa may says that she looks forward to working with him on a wide range of shared priorities. president trump says that he too looks forward to working with mr macron. the russian president vladimir putin calls on france's new leader to bridge the divide between moscow and paris. angela merkel says this is a victory for a strong and united europe. translation: immanuel macron carries the hopes of millions of french people and many people in germany and the whole of europe. he ran a courageous pro—european campaign and stands for openness to the world. he

stands for openness to the world. he stands firmly behind a social market economy and we know germany and france are bound by fate. 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 have done for so translation: what we have done for so many months, there is no comparison. there is no equivalence to that. everybody was saying to us that it was impossible. but they did not know anything about france!- night, mr macron‘s defeated opponent marine le pen danced away her defeat. she insists she is now the main opposition force in france. she will prepare for the next election in five years' time. emmanuel macron will know that he has little time to waste. he has promised to set the

direction of both his country and the wider european union. who takes office on sunday. james reynolds, bbc news, paris. with me here in paris is the former prime minister of france dominique de villepin, who served under president chirac. thank you for speaking to us. your thoughts on where france stands after yesterday's elections? thoughts on where france stands after yesterday's election57m comes to many french people as a surprise but it is also a fantastic victory for the french democracy. i think also a real opportunity for europe. we are quite excited about this new presidency. of course, there are some conditions to make sure that this presidency may be a success. sure that this presidency may be a success. first, the ability of emmanuel macron to fully restore the french presidency which has been downgraded over the years. the

second condition is that he may be able to gain a majority. if he does this, then he might really be ready to open a new chapter of reforms in the country. and then, if france proves his ability after the election in germany, in september, to rehabilitate the franco german couple, we need to be able to change and reverse the start policy that germany has been deciding over the yea rs. germany has been deciding over the years. the chancellor angela merkel may decide that the consequences of the rise of the populism in europe is too much of a risk. they would come back with an open policy that is more suitable for the people of europe. several themes i would like

to pick up your thoughts on, including on reform. a good question after the aftermath of the campaign, does it bother you that people say they voted for emmanuel macron not because they were enthusiasts expect they family wanted to vote against madame le pen? that is how democracy works, the youngest president of the republic, 39 years old, of course there was napoleon, you was 30 years old, in 1799, bert he is someone who may be able to give confidence in future. a lot of french people are afraid of the future, they feel that globalisation and europe, all of this comes as a danger. he is the one who would give the french people confidence in their ability to cope with globalisation, a french innovative country looking forward.

tell me your hopes for the eu. you mentioned franco german access, what does that mean? the eu was facing same any challenges, including as i may say so as a british journalist comedy brexit challenge. just one but a big challenge. how do you see that? of course, emmanuel macron has been speaking aloud about the necessity for europe to give back sovereignty. we need european sovereignty. we need european sovereignty. to show to the people of europe that they can decide themselves of their own futures. there has been a big cut between the people and the elite of europe. we need to reconcile the two. the second big theme put forward is the identity of europe. we have an identity of europe. we have an identity which cannot be compared with the rest of the world. we have experienced crisis and civil wars, we need to take a lesson in all of

this to avoid war coming back and division, and keep the unity of this europe. when we see liberal democracies growing up in eastern europe, we see in northern europe also this. a feeling of fear for the future, as well as in the south part of europe. that is why he is putting forward the idea of a new method of having democratic convention, putting forward concrete projects. in order to better the people. it is a fantastic feeling, to see a young president being courageous enough to have been campaigning for months about an open europe. that was not something obvious. it was something that needed courage. facing marine le pen who was saying every day that europe is the problem for france. i think that is something which needs to be really put forward. secondly,

he has been defending european values. 0ur republican values. 0n the theme of refugees he has been saying that yes, we need to be faithful to our beliefs, and to our values. that is something that really makes a difference, with many attitudes that we have seen over europe. 0n brexit, he's been standing forfirm europe. 0n brexit, he's been standing for firm brexit. europe. 0n brexit, he's been standing forfirm brexit. the uk has been deciding something and we should respect it. we should also ta ke should respect it. we should also take the consequences. we need to have very good relations in future with uk but you have made your decision. we need to take the country. and finally personally, do you know him? he is a very hard worker and i am told he has only a few hours sleep every night. that is true. does that tell you the kind of president that he will be? what kind of leader will theresa may and others find when they deal with him? he will be someone who is very open and very modern. you can tell him

everything that you want. he is very firm in his convictions. he will be defending french and european interests. very solidly. he has a vision, he believes that europe is needed. he really believes that because of the us and the trump administration, because of russia and china, we need a strong europe. a strong europe which keeps values but also puts forward the values of solidarity and generosity. pleasure to talk to you, thank you very much for speaking to us. we also have a very nice view of the arc de triomphe. despite all the lively celebrations we saw last night, when emmanuel macron greeted his supporters after the result was declared , and despite his very decisive margin of victory, there are revealing trends among those who voted for him in yesterday's run—off against marine le pen. there is in some quarters a real sense of voting against le pen rather than for macron, so to find out more , earlier today i went to one of the parisian suburbs to meet some parents

at one of the manyjunior football clubs in the city. it is the annual bank holiday football tournament in this eastern suburb of paris. it typically diverse community on the outskirts of the capital. where the reaction on the terraces to yesterday's collection seems to be one more of relief than enthusiasm. a lot of people voted for him yesterday, but it is almost against marine le pen. he is young, and he does not have any past... experience? experience. it might be difficult for him, but i think that he can do it. it is a convex picture, even in a mixed community like this. one of the coaches here, who left his ballot paper blank, said the issue of social integration raised by le pen had to be taken seriously.

translation: it is a big problem, even for established immigrants like me. foreigners coming to france these days, they just me. foreigners coming to france these days, theyjust aren't me. foreigners coming to france these days, they just aren't able me. foreigners coming to france these days, theyjust aren't able to integrate. 11 million voters went for le pen. that does not mean that all of them are racist. and it is abundantly clear that it was fear of abundantly clear that it was fear of ale abundantly clear that it was fear of a le pen presidency more than anything else which drove many people to vote for a political novice as the president. translation: i'm very happy that it was not le pen, but emmanuel macron wasn't exactly my choice. we tell you that this election was about voting against le pen, not for emmanuel macron. there was talk on the left of sitting it out and refusing to take part. it did not change the dynamics of the 2017 race. i have friends on the left and oi'i race. i have friends on the left and on the right. everybody in paris voted for the same man. the first

time whenl voted for the same man. the first time when i have lunch with people, everybody voted for that man. in this prescience suburb, another element of consensus among parents. if emmanuel macron gets it wrong, le pen will be back in five years' time. probably with a very different result... back here with me at the arc de triomphe... with me now is pervenche beres, the leader of france's socialists in the european parliament. it's very nice to have you with us. your thoughts on mr macron‘s victory? he has a huge responsibility on his shoulders. if you see how the campaign has been going on and how the country in the end appears divided, i think that he has a handful of assets, in his hands. but he better deliver. 0therwise next time mrs le pen would

bea 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disaster for 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disasterfor all of 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disaster for all of us. it is time for a successful five years for france. that is what we all want to see. let's spell it out. when he has two deliver, in your case, what must those things be that he has to deliver? there are some topics where you believe that he can imagine that there will be some agreements from easy agreements, among us. there will be some agreements from easy agreements, among us. the challenge that europe is facing, and how france is now in a situation where it has to put on the tables on proposals, to say what it wants. to help, for example, to fix the eurozone and how it is functioning. 0n eurozone and how it is functioning. on other topics, it will be more difficult. when you look at discussions that he wants to have on labour rights, there could be some strong discussions. if you look at how he has been elected, he said between the two that he needs to be

faithful with whoever voted for him in the first round. fair enough, but he has also beenjoined by people like me who voted for him. because, we do not want... we would prefer to have someone who would discuss on a political basis, but we have a common basis for the republic and democracy. he needs to take into account some of these proposals and for me, what i did as a tweet yesterday, we need success for france, which means to fight inequality because otherwise, you will not face why mrs le pen, why she is so high in the baiting out. and also to make sure that we are consistent in the last five years, which is a driving strategy to

deliver in this transition. an important point, i want what you socialists make of the fact that he's spoken about public spending cuts, tens of billions of euros in public spending cuts, and improving productivity? looking at efficient industries and speaking to trade unions about their practices, all of those things, did you see those things as being things that he could deliver? what are your thoughts? how does he want to deliver these things? that's what needs discussing. that is why i am so eager that we get a good result in the next general election. what i now want with the success for france, for this, i have a president which is emmanuel macron, the one in the driving seat. but for him to be really successful, he needs to have some good what we call left of governments also in the house. very interesting. and challenging, too.

nice to see you, thank you. a thought on transition there. interesting. there are six days for this transition, one week in effect, sunday to sunday before mr macron is sworn in. in the uk it happens overnight. a different kind of transition there. in the us between november and january. two months. democracies are very different ideas on how long the leader needs to prepare for office. here in france it is one week. yesterday until next sunday. we will see the installation of the new president there. more is available on the website for you. look at that, a lot of background for you. meanwhile, let's look at that, a lot of background foryou. meanwhile, let's go look at that, a lot of background for you. meanwhile, let's go back over to clive myrie in london. studio: huw edwards, thank you. a couple from northamptonshire have been jailed after both pleading guilty to a total of 94 offences

of raping, sexually abusing and drugging children over a ten year period. 47—year—old nicholas taylor was jailed for life, with a minimum term of 18 years and his 42—year—old wife, joan taylor, was sentenced to 18 years. ben ando has been following the case at leicester crown court. hejoins me now from our cambridge newsroom. this is a particularly disturbing case? yes, 94 offences in total, committed between this pair. nicholas taylor and his wife, joan. as he was led down to begin the life sentence, he will see serve at least 18 years in prison, he gave a thumbs up 18 years in prison, he gave a thumbs up and said "yeah, spot on" as he was led away. he said, thejudge, who thejudge said was led away. he said, thejudge, who the judge said i see no good was led away. he said, thejudge, who thejudge said i see no good in you. you have been described as a monster. he added "while the train yourself as a reformed character, at the same time you were to parading and corrupting young people with

drugs, and abusing them sexually. you are a very, very dangerous man". what the trial heard was during a period between 1996 and 2006 at their home, nicholas taylor and joan taylor had forced crack cocaine onto children, and then raped them, sexually assaulted them, sexually abused them, violently assaulted them in all kinds of ways. 11 victims in total, one of them in a victims in total, one of them in a victim impact statement said today that she would have to live with the consequences of what they had done for ever. she said she tried to kill herself, and that she could no longerform relationships. she had taken the decision not to have her own children because she did not wa nt to own children because she did not want to bring them into a world like this one. ben ando, thank you. theresa may says leaving the eu, will help the uk reduce annual net migration to the tens of thousands. it was a target set by david cameron in 2010, but was never been met, and recent figures put annual net migration at 273,000.

but the bbc understands the pledge will be included in the upcoming conservative election manifesto, with mrs may telling supporters today, that migration levels put pressure on public services, and low—paid workers. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. immigration. the issue that for many was crucial in last year's eu referendum and 12 months on, it is backin referendum and 12 months on, it is back in this year's general election. 0n back in this year's general election. on a flying visit to norwich this afternoon, the prime minister said... we are very clear that the reason why we want to bring control to the immigration system, i've been working on controls on immigration, and reduce the net migration to sustainable levels which we think is tens of thousands, thatis which we think is tens of thousands, that is because of the impact it has on people. up until now we have not been able to control our borders in relation to people coming from the eu. when we leave the eu we will be

able to patrols in place. if all of this feels a tad familiar, that is because it is. net migration, that is the number of people coming to the uk, minus the number leaving. this is the conservative manifesto from 2010. it says we will take steps to take net migration back to tens of thousands per year, not hundreds of thousands. they did not manage it. five years later, in the 2015 conservative manifesto, "we will keep our ambition of delivering net migration in the tens of thousands". again, they did not achieve it. the nearest that they came was in 2012. that was at 170 7000. the furthest was in 2015, at 330 2000. the target is unlikely to be made with current policies in place. aside from the brexit scenario, non—eu net migration currently stands at about 165,000. that alone is 65,000 over

the net migration targets. ukip crashed in last week ‘s local elections, want to sound much tougher than the tories. and have an immigration policy where it will be one in, one out. today i can announce that ukip will go into this election with a policy of balanced migration. that means zero net immigration over the next five years. the snp and liberal democrats said that economic interests should drive immigration policy. labour accused the conservatives up an emblematic broken promise on the issue. chris mason, bbc news. election news now... let's take a look at some of the day's other election news now... the labour party has been setting out plans

to tackle childhood obesity. it wants to ban tv adverts forjunk food during all programming before the 9pm watershed, if it wins the election. at the moment products high in fat, salt or sugar, are only banned around children's programmes. labour says the proposal will be part of a future child health bill. nicola sturgeon says the vote in scotland, is a choice between electing mps who'll stand up for the country, or conservatives who'll "rubber stamp" theresa may's approach to brexit. during a visit to a brewery in perthshire, scotland's first minister said conservative targets for cutting immigration were based on ideology, and weren't practical. the bbc has unveiled details of its general election debate programmes. there'll be two question time specials with david dimbleby, in which party leaders will face audience questions. there'll also be a seven—way debate with senior party figures on the 31st of may. let's go live to norwich, where the prime minister has been speaking this afternoon, sophie long is there for us. good afternoon sophie, what has theresa may been saying today? the

afternoon. the prime minister arrived here earlier this afternoon. this is the national aviation academy here in norwich and she was given a tour of this brand—new building and the facilities here. she sat in in one of the engineering classes under way, at the back of the class quietly paying attention. she did not put up a hand to answer questions on lift or aerodynamic formula, but was asked by journalists afterwards about the conservative party policies on immigration. she gave the bbc and other indication that it would be something present in the conservative party manifesto, which we are expecting to be released next week. she would not be pushed on when they would achieve that aim. she was talking about reducing immigration to what she calls "sustainable levels". as you may have heard and chris's report earlier, that means the tens of thousands. this was a pledge in 2010 and 2015's elections. by the time

was it a commitment that was met. what theresa may today said was that as home secretary, she understands thatis as home secretary, she understands that is not a single answer to this issue. but she does understand this issue. but she does understand this is something that they must continue to work towards. she knows the impact that it has on public services, and on pay. sophie, thank you. eleanor garnier has been with the labour leader jeremy corbyn today, in the west midlands. it has been a day of campaigning in the west midlands for the labour leader. jeremy corbyn started off at the university of worcester, where he met a class of student nurses. he spoke to them about labour's plans to tackle childhood obesity. already we have a ban on adverts for unhealthy products in children's tv. but, labour wants to extended to cover a ll but, labour wants to extended to cover all tv programming, right up until the watershed at 9pm. he also spoke about stopping hospitals from charging for their car parks, thing it was not fair and an unnecessary burden. notjust on nhs staff, but

patients and families. jeremy corbyn ended up here in leamington spa, speaking to a crowd of a few hundred people. this wasjeremy corbyn in his element, giving a speech off—the—cuff. i think we should expect a lot more of that over the next few weeks. eleanor ghani in leamington spa. and what about the liberal democrats, well sima kotecha is in st andrews. you been with tim farron today, what has he been up to? his second stop was here in st andrews. and north east fife. earlier he was at east dunbartonshire, a seat the snp took in 2015. he is there much hoping he can win this seat again injune's election. he was very much trying to appeal to the remainder voters. he says it is them who make the difference in this election by voting for the lib dems. but his day was slightly disturbed, if you like,

by vince cable. he told some labour voters last week, sorry, some liberal democrat voters last week, divide for labour to prevent a tory landslide. tim farron today told us he does not want but end is not calling for a coalition. he does not wa nt calling for a coalition. he does not want a packed with any party. critics are questioning the state of the liberal democrats at the moment, saying this is an illustration of the chaos, if you like. something members of the party vehemently denied. many thanks. you are watching bbc news at five o'clock. .. coming up... after his election victory yesterday, i'll be talking to the french ambassador to london about monsieur macron at just after 5.30. and how can you spot fake news? facebook has some handy hints, but should social media companies take more responsibility for their own content? i'll be talking to an expert at 5.40. should social media companies take

responsibility for their content? time for a look at the weather. an interesting day across the uk because the north—western parts of the uk have had glorious weather, nice and warm, certainly across northern ireland, western parts of scotland. many eastern part of the country have been chilly, cold in fa ct, country have been chilly, cold in fact, with a wind off the north sea. it will remain like that through this afternoon and into this evening. it's an area is pretty cloudy and the low, grey, hanging skies. starry skies in the western area. about six or 7 degrees. the west of the country will have the best of sunshine, a beautiful day in belfast and cardiff and plymouth, but eastern areas from norwich to hull will say cloudy. east midlands and england fairly overcast. but much changes on wednesday and thursday, mostly dry weather with

some cloud, and to the end of the week, things will turn wetter and there is rain on the way by the time we get to friday. this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines. the president—elect of france, emmanuel macron, has joined the man he will replace, at the arc de triomphe, to commemorate the end of the second world war in europe. theresa may insists brexit will help cut immigration as the conservatives again pledge to bring figures down to the "tens of thousands" 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. 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. now for a run—up from the world of sport. good afternoon. the fates of both teams involved in tonight's premier league match could be decided by the end of the week. leaders chelsea play middlesbrough, on the verge of relegation, at stamford bridge. from where we're joined by our correspondentjoe wilson. joe, any chance this won't be chelsea's title? well, i think if chelsea had to pick opponents for this evening they might choose middlesbrough, who scored ten goals away from home all season. they have only won one match away from home all season, who last won here at stamford bridge in 1975, when the country had just voted to stay in the european union. that

being said, middlesbrough are right now do have made a playful because if they don't get a point, they will be relegated. the frustrating thing for middlesbrough and their fans is this season they seem to play with the handbrake on, at least with their first the handbrake on, at least with theirfirst manager of the handbrake on, at least with their first manager of the season. 0nly their first manager of the season. only in the last couple of weeks, their performances and results have improved. too little, too late. in terms of chelsea, what has impressed me isa terms of chelsea, what has impressed me is a few weeks ago the defeat at 0ld me is a few weeks ago the defeat at old trafford we could maybe see them stumbling. they haven't. they have sown the fortitude that champions need. i cannot see a way in which they would slip up. a big contrast, two, from another monday night is just over yet a year ago at stamford bridge? 12 months ago, i was standing in this exact position, where i declared leicester city

champions was no unexpected. n'golo ka nte was champions was no unexpected. n'golo kante was in midfield and they were not encumbered by european football, they had a charismatic italian manager, although things apply to chelsea this year. another thing to mention is the contrast between chelsea last season and now. that disillusionment in the dressing room, conte has managed to be motivate and re—energised a lot of those same players. that is a surprise and i think he deserves credit for that. the champions which we all assume, to will become. —— chelsea will become. thank you. ghanaian midfielder sulley muntari says he would walk off the pitch "again and again" if he was racially abused. he was sent off after leaving the field during his team pescara's italian league game last month. in a bbc interview muntari, who played in the premier league for portsmouth and sunderland, claims racism is "everywhere and getting worse". .. and he's accused fifa and uefa of not caring enough about it. if they want to fight racism, they

should be the first people to jump on football here, we are under fever, we are under uefa. —— under fifa. probably, they didn't have tv on their side or they would be under internet. that is why they didn't come in. but this is a big deal. this is really a big deal. racism is a big deal. sheffield united have re—signed striker ched evans, five years after he was released by the club after being found guilty of rape. that conviction was quashed and at a retrial last year evans was found not guilty. he joins the club who have been promoted to the championship this seaon from chesterfield on a three year deal. lancashire have signed sri lankan batsman mahela jayawardene for their t20 blast campaign. the 39—year—old is available for the whole of the competition and will link up with the squad in july.

lancashire won the tournament two years ago but failed to get out of the group stage in the defence of their title last season. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in sportsday at 6.30pm. we look forward to it. thanks. more now on the french elections and what will the emmanual macron mean for brexit negotiations? france is one of the pivotal players in the european union and mr macron will play a key role in upcoming brexit talks. this morning president macron's chief economic adviser told the bbc that mr macron would be a hard negotiator — but he wouldn't want to punish britain for its decision to leave the eu. chris morris looks at what kind of negotiating position the new french president 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 like 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. with me to discuss the implications for france, europe, and of course britain, is sylive bermann, france's ambassador to the uk. good to see you, thanks forjoining us.. good to see you, thanks forjoining us.. you tweeted following the result in france that the perp cueing country had chosen hope, openness and cueing in he wants to make reforms. he has a lwa ys he wants to make reforms. he has always said that in the past. he wa nts to always said that in the past. he wants to create more jobs and equality. he wants to reconcile the

people with the eq. -- with equality. he wants to reconcile the people with the eq. -— with the ee you. once the germans are happy with the result in france today, the french, as a partner with bourbon, —— with berlin, do you see that relationship impinging on the way the brexit talks will go?|j relationship impinging on the way the brexit talks will go? i think it's important to have a very strong relationship with france and germany. it also is been the engine of europe. so they need to agree for having any negotiations, but as we know, there has already been guidelines and there are going to be a mandate for negotiating brexit. he has already said during the campaign, brexit was not going to be a walk in the park. do you think any

difficulties that there will be, inevitably, with the brexit negotiations, will be because the french are putting up roadblocks? absolutely not. i know it has been written that the french want to punish the british, it is not the case at all. i think it has to be taken in good faith, and it's not possible to have a better deal outside than inside in the eu. that's just a fair point. outside than inside in the eu. that'sjust a fair point. he is committed to the eu and he made that clear during the campaign, that is partly what the french people voted for. borthwick he be hoping to be formed the european union —— will he be hoping to reform the eu? he once improve the eu, more subsidiarity,

more for the nations, and he wants to protect the citizens of the eu. also, to create more growth and more jobs. but we need to have a strong eu, it is betterfor jobs. but we need to have a strong eu, it is better for france and jobs. but we need to have a strong eu, it is betterfor france and it is better internationally as well. whether we are discussing with the americans or the chinese, it is the same scale. that is the reason it is so same scale. that is the reason it is so important for us, so we want to discuss with the british but our priority is the eu. you talk about that and subsidiarity, the concept that and subsidiarity, the concept that more decisions are made at the local level, perhaps that might make some of those people who feel disenfranchised with the eu, but when it comes to the european

countries, he wants more integration? he and she wants, if possible, i.e. eurozone finance minister. if you have a single currency, you want more convergence between the finance of the countries of the eurozone. that is the reason why he proposed that. i think it's a logical proposition. the lot reference —— lots of french expats living here and enjoying life in the uk, how do you think they are feeling now? do you think they are perhaps going to get the impression that their status in this country is going to be decided sooner rather than later? as you know, they are worried about the future. it is going to be initiated with the eu, and the basis is reciprocity. not discrimination. we will see how it

goes. and the general feeling beyond that, for those people in the uk, about the election result? 9596 of the french citizens in the uk voted for macron. 51% voted in the first round for macron. so they are happy just as you are? thanks forjoining us. just as you are? thanks forjoining us. the french ambassador to the united kingdom. 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. let's talk a little more about this with the social media expert and co—founder

of digital leadership associates, adam gray, whojoins us from our newsroom in ipswich. thanks forjoining us. does this sound like a good idea, facebook putting these ten tips out there?” think it does. up skilling the users of facebook to make their own decisions, because the owners and responsibilities of deciding something being real has to lie with them. but facebook has distributed 3000 additional moderators, as they call them, to ferret out fake news. such sites that don't comply with their regulations, and close those pages down. though quite how 3000 can cope with 2 billion pages is a bit of anna femur. so the filtering has to be done before this stuff gets on the site itself? so people can read it? once they do read it,

it can be spread in an instant. can read it? once they do read it, it can be spread in an instantm can. in an ideal world, it can be spread in an instantm can. in an idealworld, it it can be spread in an instantm can. in an ideal world, it would be filtered prior to being posted. but with 2 billion or approaching 2 billion facebook users, clearly that isa billion facebook users, clearly that is a mammoth task that no organisation can do. so really, before one of our spouses share or comments to effectively endorse something, —— one of us presses share, it's up to us to make our own minds up. but this is a good starting point. i don't think they can get to the point where they can start to have an impact with themselves. because the issue becomes one of censorship as much as anything else. yeah, somewhat would argue, —— some would argue that this is facebook part passing the buck. there are hundreds of millions of web pages and it will be difficult

to police it ahead of time, but is the facebook again refusing to categorise itself as a publisher, as opposed to simply a platform people can stick stuff on? i think it is important that doesn't categorise itself as a publisher. from early because the traditional media platforms, clearly the bbc is the top end in terms of impartiality, but there are many national papers that fit the needs that in terms of their credibility. facebook cannot afford to get into that area, i don't think. primarily because facebook is one of the few bastions where everybody gets a voice. i think the issue is one of degree, that clearly there are some things that clearly there are some things that are highly inappropriate and should be stumped on immediately. but if you are a daily mail reader, it feels like fake news. it is

difficult to draw that line, and facebook abdicating responsibility isa facebook abdicating responsibility is a good rather than bad thing. but ido is a good rather than bad thing. but i do have a duty of care to upscale there so they can their own minds up so there so they can their own minds up so they can work out what is truth and what is fiction. adam, thanks for joining and what is fiction. adam, thanks forjoining us. the top stories at 5pm. the transition of power is underway as france' new president emmanuel macron. the conservatives again pledged to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands. later targets children' house saying it will ban junk food tv ads before the 90 audition. —— labour targets children's health. and here are the markets for you. across the piece,

not too much change. and in a moment, how an irish beach that was washed away more than 30 years ago has managed to be appear almost overnight. —— has managed to reappear almost overnight. a two—year—old girl is seriously ill in hospital, after several dogs jumped into the garden where she was playing and attacked her. she suffered injuries to her head and body, but they're 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 dangerous dogs out of control. 0ur correspondent yunus mulla has this update. police have seized 11 dogs from a nearby house in the toxteth area of liverpool, and a 35—year—old man has been her aunt fought off the attack and

run to the front of the house that was described hearing the screams of dogs got the baby. merseyside police have seized 11 dogs, to have been humanely destroyed and arrested a 35—year—old man on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control. the two—year—old is said to be serious in hospital but not in a life—threatening condition. police say that anyone with concerns over dogs or their owners should report their concerns to them. back to the election of a emmanuel macron. he is the youngest by ministers since napoleon's nephew. he has a new party, they are hoping to change that the elections.

let's speak to anne lebreton, from president—elect macron's en marche party. how do you go about convincing people to serve in his government, or become parliamentarians, when there is no base within parliament that party—macro there is no base within parliament that pa rty—macro has? there is no base within parliament that party-macro has? that was pretty easy because we have had 13,000 people who are candidate to become members of parliament. now, we are going to have to decide who is going to run and the lift will come out of 577 names, half of them will be people who have already worked in politics, people have been elected mps, and the other half will be people with no political experience and to have at other experiences, and will come with the other experience to the service of the french people. that is not a

problem and we will be presenting the 577 candidates in the legislative elections next month. cani legislative elections next month. can i ask, are these candidates who have come forward, the hundreds of them you say has come forward, are they from across the political spectrum? i would say most of them we re spectrum? i would say most of them were people who have never had any political experience. what we will have as a group, is we will have half of them who will come with no political experience, and the other half will be people with political experience but from all spectrums of the political range. people from the left, centre, and right. that is the group who comes with political experience. the other group, or people with other experiences, they are people who have been involved in the movement, and to have gained political experience organising this campaign. as you see, we won and we

did well after one year of existence. so there is a lot of militant experience, at least, there. those people be quite able to conduct a very good campaign. how do you sell the political philosophy of en marche on the doorstep? bearing in mind that a lot of candidates you are putting forward will be novices, they will not have political experience, it is quite difficult crystallising essentially what en marche means, compared to selling the republican message or the socialist message, which is long established in france? obviously, what happened to our eyes people are not happy with the socialist message or the republican message. the buff up or the republican message. the buff up those two parties were crumbling to pieces. —— people felt those two parties were crumbling to pieces. that is part of our success. we

needed something else and en marche reflected that need. thanks forjoining us. for the last 33 years achill beach in western ireland has looked like this — after it was washed away. now it looks like this — after hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand were dumped back on the coastline during a freak tide. locals hope there will be a return of hotels, guesthouses and cafes — all forced to shut down after the beach washed away in 1984. keith doyle reports. achill island on the west coast of ireland has many beautiful beaches but for the past 30 years this was not one of them. however, nature has now returned dooagh beach to its former beauty. storms in the 1980s stripped the beach, but over ten days ocean currents have deposited thousands of tonnes of sand to recreate its 300—metre white sandy beach. the most probable reason this beach

has reformed is due to two things. it's either a change in sediment supply from further up or down a- =.l nu la aaa .l.-. llll; either an alteration in the wave climate, or a series of tides that has provided the ideal conditions for this beach to reform. dooagh beach on achill island is just about as far west as you can get in ireland and europe. thousands of tourists visit here every year. having a new beach has delighted the locals and the tourist board. yesterday, we had gridlock here in the village with cars and camper vans and motorcyclists, and people coming from all over ireland and the uk to see our miraculous new beach. the people here have always spoke about their days on the beach, how they enjoyed coming down here as kids, and now to have it back for their kids is absolutely unbelievable.

people of the island are thrilled. we already have five blue flag beaches. hopefully if we keep our beach here at dooagh we will have a sixth. now that spring high tides have passed there is hope that the new beach will stay in place, at least for the summer. but this is the wild atlantic coast where the sea could reclaim the beach again, but for now people are making the most of this latest tourist attraction. keith doyle, bbc news. all we need now is the beach weather to complement those fabulous pictures. with all that sand washing up pictures. with all that sand washing up again. actually, off the west coast of ireland today, ten with up to 20 degrees. almost beach weather. but a very different story across other parts of the country. very little in the way of rain towards the end of the week, we will get some rain but not until them. there

isa some rain but not until them. there is a look at the clear blue skies. here is a picture from scotland, and another one closer to the north sea coast. the difference between the east and west. this is why we have that almost beach weather with clear blue skies. we saw a lot of cloud and it was pretty chilly, especially in the breeze of the north sea. not much changes over the next 24 hours or so much changes over the next 24 hours orso and much changes over the next 24 hours or so and beyond that. the clear starry skies overnight across the north and west were further will be cloud, not desperately cold, around seven or 8 degrees. chilly across scotla nd seven or 8 degrees. chilly across scotland but that is pretty much it. here is a cm and we are again basking in sunshine, sunshine, across so many basking in sunshine, sunshine, across so many north western and western areas. from glasgow to belfast, and bangor, aberystwyth, taunton, plymouth as well. beautiful start to the day. thick cloud in coventry and some of these eastern

counties, hanging on to be cloud. there will be big contrast in the amount of sunshine we get and also the temperatures where we the cloud and any wind of the north sea, feeling chilly. bailey double figures. but belfast is a winner. we are talking about 18 celsius in northern ireland. but with clear skies tomorrow night, into early wednesday, the richards put it away. temperatures will be a couple of degrees above freezing. wednesday with the strong sunshine, the temperatures shooting into the mid—. there will be some sunshine for all of us. then the atmosphere will shift around by thursday, and we will see cloud pushing into southern areas, possibly rain bearing cloud. at this stage, my thinking is not too happy at all. the spots, with nice weather across the country northward. 0n nice weather across the country northward. on friday, the weather front northward. on friday, the weather fro nt m oves northward. on friday, the weather front moves in and we could see thunderstorms across southern and

central parts of the uk, downpours area central parts of the uk, downpours are a possibility towards the end of the week. it looks like we have to get our wellies out. it's been so dry for get our wellies out. it's been so dryfora get our wellies out. it's been so dry for a long period but that the rain is likely back again in a few days. today at 6.00 — the transition of power is underway. france's new president will be formally installed in just six days' 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. it will be hard for him, because i'm sure lots of people vote for him yesterday, but it's almost against marine le pen. also on tonight's programme:

the conservatives say they will stick to their immigration target. theresa may wants it down to the tens of thousands a year — a goal they've repeatedly missed.