administration this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. administration the headlines at eight: the headlines at eight: the transition of power is under way in france as new elected president emmanuel macron prepares to form his government. theresa may says the conservatives won't abandon their promise to reduce annual net migration to the ‘tens of thousands‘, despite the party repeatedly missing the target. jeremy corbyn says labour would provide free car parking a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with dog attack in liverpool that left a two—year—old girl with serious injuries. new weapons are announced to fight late news on social media. facebook launches a national campaign with ten tips to help users decide what's true and what's not. and an irish beach that was washed away more than 30 years ago, has reappeared, almost overnight. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. in france, the president—elect emmanuel macron has been celebrating his victory over marine le pen in yesterday's election. mr macron got two thirds of the votes cast, but there was a low turnout, and a record number of blank or spoiled ballot papers. he's already started work on forming his government, but faces a tough task as his party, now re—named la republique en marche. our europe editor katya adler reports on the day's events. it's been a day of reflection in france.

paying tribute to world war ii fallen. taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. france's brand—new president—elect, here at ve day commemorations, taking his cue from outgoing head of state, francois hollande. france's soon to be youngest—ever president looked a little unsure last night, too. rehearsing for his new role, as he prepared for his first public appearance. but by the time he took to the stage, emmanuel macron had a confident, for many controversial, message. to the tune of the eu anthem, he said europe was the future of a new dynamic france. vive la republique. vive la france! leading europhiles are cock—a—hoop, if in understated tones. translation: emmanuel macron

carries the hopes of millions in france and across europe. he led a courageous, pro—european campaign, and stands for openness to the world. emmanuel macron has raised high expectations, promising many things to many people — to dramatically reform france, caring for the fragile while boosting business, and to change the european union, and to be very tough on brexit, but he doesn't have his own government or mps in parliament, so is he flexing muscles he doesn't yet have? france's president—elect has made brexit threats aplenty. damp and desperate in calais today. after brexit, mr macron has vowed to tear up an agreement where france prevents thousands of migrants making their way to dover each year. and he's talked too of luring banks and businesses from the city

of london this side of the channel. at a campaign event in london today, the prime minister said mr macron's brexit ambitions must be matched. he was elected with a strong mandate, which he can take as a strong position in the negotiations. in the uk, we need to ensure we have an equally strong mandate, and an equally strong negotiating position. but domestic discontent, not brexit, will be mr macron's main focus. this was a trade union demonstration earlier today. "macron was foisted on us by banks, lobbies and the eu elite," this woman said. "he doesn't represent much of france." as a centrist politician, emmanuel macron faces opposition left and right, only weeks away from a crucial parliamentary election.

katya adler, bbc news, paris. we'll be getting the latest from paris this evening from my colleague christian fraser, a little later in this programme. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the political commentator, jo phillips, and liam halligan, chief economics commentator at the daily telegraph. stay with us for that. theresa may has confirmed that the conservatives will stick to their target of reducing net migration to tens of thousands a year. it's a pledge which has been repeatedly missed in the past though. meanwhile, ukip has said it wants to cut immigration altogether over a five year period with what it calls a "one in, one out" policy. here's our political editor, laura kuennsberg. they couldn't leap to their feet fast enough. ministers and wannabe mps gathered in harrow in north—west london,

exactly the kind of closely—fought seat where they believe they have a chance. we need to ensure we have got an equally strong mandate and an equally strong mandate and an equally strong mandate and an equally strong negotiating position. but it was team trees, who year after year missed their target for net immigration, which has been three times higher than the limit of 100,000. what is the point of sticking to an immigration target that many of your colleagues think is unworkable, some people even think it's pointless, and when you were in charge as home secretary, it's a target that has been missed for six years. 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 we have control of our borders here in the uk. so the target stays, but note, you did not hear a deadline. three cabinet ministers here,

why should voters believe the prime minister will meet the immigration target when she did not when she was home secretary for six years? she's made it very clear that once we leave the european union, things change. she will see the policies through. but her record as home secretary was she missed the target for six years. she missed it for six years. i think you look at her record as home secretary, you will find she achieved great things. it wouldn't be a british campaign without a banana somewhere. whatever point this voter in leamington spa was trying to make. labour does not put a number on its immigration plans but say the targetjust does not work. theresa may made that promise in 2010, and made the same promise in 2015, and did not get anywhere near it on any occasion at all. 0bviously, our manifesto will set out our policy when it is produced. ukip has its own new idea for tighter control — one in, one out. ukip will go into this election with a policy of balanced migration, which means zero net immigration

over the next five years. scotland's first minister, pulling pints in perth, wants power over immigration in edinburgh. having a tory target that is not practical, will not be met, but is driven by ideology, will harm our economy, and it's another reason why it is important that we have mps in this election standing up for scotland's interests. i've got my running kit with me. close by, the lib dems were after votes in st andrews. it was policy during the coalition, but they're unimpressed today. don't set a silly, artificial target that you know you will breakjust because it will please a couple of newspapers. yet the target will stay, easier to hit, in theory, after brexit, but no explanation from the tories so far of what they will do in practice. we are in rather a no man's land,

the time before the main political parties are ready with their final manifestos. it is only then we will see exactly what promises they are willing to make in black and white, but it is absolutely clear, however unworkable, however discredited, theresa may is adamant she will stick to her immigration target. but how she plans to get there? we are still in the dark. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, harrow. now, in a move to tackle childhood obesity, labour says it will bring in a total ban on tv adverts for junk food before the 9pm watershed. thatisif that is if it wins the election. the current rules, which the conservatives argue are the strictest in the world — prevent adverts for products high in fat, salt or sugarfrom being run around children's tv programmes. here's our health editor hugh pym. that's healthy, though, isn't it...? labour's john ashworth was back at school today, learning with pupils how to prepare healthy food.

if the party's elected, he says there will be a new strategy aimed at halving childhood obesity in ten years. we want to have the healthiest children in the world. yes, that's an ambitious target but to be frank, i'm ambitious for the children of this country. labour wants to spend £250 million a year more on public health in england, including more nurses in schools and getting every government department to help promote child health. last year, 40% of children in england's most deprived areas were overweight or obese, compared to 27% in the most affluent areas. but it is worth noting the uk as a whole has some of the lowest rates of tooth decay in 12—year—olds in europe. many schools are doing everything they can to promote healthy lifestyles for pupils, whether it is through exercise in the playground or the quality of meals on offer. the really big problem is what happens beyond the school gate when children and their parents choose what they eat and drink. domino's, sponsors the voice.

labour thinks one answer is to ban tv advertising like this on all programmes before 9pm for food and drinks which are high in fat, sugar and salt. currently, it's barred for children's tv. so how did that go down with parents we talked to today? well, it's a laudable idea but i can't see it making much difference, to be honest. the stuff is still in the supermarkets and shops. i ain't got a problem with it. they won't go looking for it when they are at the supermarket. but the advertising industry says it would hit tv company is hard. it is about free to earth tv in the most insta nces free to earth tv in the most instances and programmes we enjoy. we will all get less choice. the conservatives said the government's childhood obesity plan is one of the most ambitious in the world. the uk already had one of the strictest tv advertising regimes. they said

labour's promises were underfunded. 0ur political correspondent mark lobel is in westminster for us. there's been some developments this evening. this concerns a progressive alliance for the upcoming election. that is right. cross—party co—operation very much in the spotlight. let me take you back to what happened earlier. the bbc obtained a tape of progressive activists meeting in richmond last week, in which the former business secretary, servants cable, standing in this election, spoke of admiration for a labour mp and her views, saying it would find it hard to vote against her. another liberal democrat had recently profited from an alliance with the green party. we are used to that type of alliance, but she said there could be a strategy in which a candidate is on the paper, but isn't

campaigned for. a more covert alliance. that underlined the fact that labour and the liberal democrats could do a deal, suggesting a covert way of doing things. tim farron came out and said, no, no deals, no pacts, no coalitions, nothing to see here. but it was too late for the conservatives who came out with their slogan, heading for a coalition of chaos if you vote for any of the other parties. underlined by the fact that tonight the risks of taking these strategies can mean you can get expelled from a party, this morning three labour activists we re this morning three labour activists were on the bbc radio saying that in jeremy hunt, they thought it would be more likely that he would be beaten, a conservative would be beaten, a conservative would be beaten by backing a candidate not from their own party. they have been

expeued from their own party. they have been expelled tonight. not usually surprise in with the polls suggesting the conservatives will win the election that there is talk of strategy like this. but it underlines that it is not without personal and political risk. indeed. thanks. throughout the election campaign, we'll be putting your questions to politicians from all the main parties. and tomorrow at 11:30 we'll be putting your questions to lib dem shadow home secretary lord paddick. you can get in touch via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis, or text your questions to 611211. and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with a dog attack on a toddler in liverpool yesterday. merseyside police say andrew mcgowan was in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control. bbc‘s yunus mulla reports. the two—year—old girl was playing

with other children in the garden of a relative's home when she was attacked by a number of dogs. she was with two young cousins aged four and six when the dogs attacked. the dogs managed to get into the property from a neighbouring garden. her aunt did her best to save the little girl, fighting off the dog from the two other goals, but the little girl suffered what police described as extensive injuries. today, police have carried out a number of enquiries. 11 dogs from a neighbouring property were seized, six were puppies and five were adult dogs. two adult dogs were humanely destroyed. as pa rt dogs. two adult dogs were humanely destroyed. as part of the enquiry, police arrested a 35—year—old man, andrew mcgowan, who is 35 and has been charged with allowing four dogs,in been charged with allowing four dogs, in particular, who were dangerously out of control. he will appear before liverpool magistrates‘

court tomorrow. a couple from northampton have been jailed after being convicted of a total of 62 child sex offences. nicholas and joan taylor subjected children to a decade of sex and drug abuse, including rape. nicholas taylor gave a ‘thumbs—up‘ as he was given a life sentence. mrs taylor was jailed for 18 years. police described the pair as ‘master manipulators.‘ you are watching bbc news, the time is 20: 15. emmanuel macron has vowed to fight "the forces of division that undermine france," after easily winning the run—off election for the french presidency. theresa may insists brexit will help cut immigration, as the conservatives again pledge to bring figures down to the "tens of thousands." labour has promised to focus on health, providing free car parking at all nhs hospitals in england

to end what he called a "tax on serious illness". and combating childhood obesity. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here‘s hugh ferris. good evening, matters at both ends of the table in the premier tonight with chelsea two wins away from the title if they get the first against middlesbrough, while middlesbrough will be well get it. chelsea can claim the trophy tonight. they almost got a first goal tonight over almost got a first goal tonight over a minute in, but marcos alonso‘s shot hit the bar. a great save from brad go zone. we had 17 minutes so far. it is currently 0—0. —— guzan. ghanaian midfielder sulley muntari sez he‘d walk off the pitch again if he was racially abused. he was sent off after leaving the field during his team pescara‘s italian league

game last month. if they want to fight racism, they should be the first people to jump on. we are playing foot bull under fifa and uefa. you have nothing to say about it —— football under. probably come they didn‘t have tv on their side, or maybe the internet, maybe that‘s why they didn‘t come in and comment. this is a big game. this is a big deal. racism is a big deal. saracens coach mark mccall says it was unbelievable to host the first british and irish lions squad meeting five days before his side played in the european champion ‘s cup final. the players collected their kit. and mccall sez he hoped the traditional ‘admin‘ day would be "taken out of the calendar" for future tours.

but lions coach warren gatland has defended the get together it's it‘s an important day for us, not just for the lines but every squad goes to the same thing when you get together. it is an admin and organisation data get through. for us organisation data get through. for us to be able to have this today, to get everything out of the way, given obviously some of the preparation time we have, it is a really important day for us. dan evans sez fellow tennis player aljaz bedene shouldn‘t be considered british. evans made the comments after losing in straight sets to dutchman robin haase at the madrid 0pen. it‘s a result that sees evans remain fourth in the british rankings. but he doesn‘t recognise the number three, slovenian—born bedene, who qualified to represent great britain two years ago on residency grounds. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller reminded evans about the current rankings. four at the moment. who is the fourth? bedene thing before. it is

nothing to do with him. he is not confrontational in any way, but to me it does not sit well if you have played for another country. i don't feel bad about him or anything like that. for me, it is baffling as to why. now he lives in savini as well. —— in slovenia as well. i don't think he really believes he is but it either. it is the citizenship rules and living here the five—year is. it is a bit different, isn't it. maria sharapova is taking on her critic eugenie bouchard at the madrid open this evening. bouchard called the russian "a cheater" prior to her return to competitive action in april after a 15—month doping ban. it has been a hard fought battle, the canadian has taken the first set 7-5 the canadian has taken the first set 7—5 after more than an hour on court. that was the break to allow her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust her to serve for the first set, which she has just taken. 21

her to serve for the first set, which she hasjust taken. 21 minutes gone, chelsea 0—0 with middlesbrough. that is all the sport for now. reports from washington suggest president 0bama warned donald trump in advance against hiring michael flynn as his national security advisor. mr flynn had to resign after it emerged he had misled president trump‘s vice—president mike pence about his contacts with russian diplomats. meanwhile, the former deputy attorney general, sally yates, appears before a congressional investigation into links between russia and the trump team. a short while ago the white house press secretary sean spicer discussed the reports of mr 0bama‘s conversation with then president—elect trump. it‘s true that the president, president 0bama made it known that he wasn‘t exactly a fan of general flynn‘s, which frankly shouldn‘t come as a surprise to anyone given that general flynn had worked for president 0bama,

was an outspoken critic of president 0bama‘s shortcomings, specifically as related to his lack of strategy and confronting isis and other threats around that were faced in america. the question you have to ask is, if president 0bama truly concerned about general flynn, why didn‘t he suspend general flynn‘s security clearance which they had just approved months earlier. why did the 0bama ministration let him go to russia? let‘s speak to our washington correspondent gary 0‘donoghue. does mr spicer have a point? that is something that will be teased out in the hearings as it comes along. what the 0bama administration were saying was that it was an admission statistically —— and administrative thing. we are starting to see some of the meat come out of the hearings. sally yates was the former acting attorney generalfor ten days

yates was the former acting attorney general for ten days under the trump administration before being sacked. she has been saying today, describing the meetings she had on 26th of january this year when she informed the white house that the national security adviser, general michael flynn, who eventually lost hisjob, telling the michael flynn, who eventually lost his job, telling the white house that effectively he had misled the vice president about his contacts with russia. they are not telling us how they know that, but we expect this to be, in a sense, the result of intelligence suites, listening to phone calls, she won‘t reveal the detail, but she is going into some detail, but she is going into some detail about how she explained to the white house that general flynn‘s public comments about what he had said to the russians were at odds with what they knew to be the case privately, presumably from intelligence. that is pretty much known out there back at the moment. we are waiting to see what else she has got to say. she has, like the

former director of national intelligence, who is also giving evidence today, james clapper, he said there was no evidence of collusion, but he left the administration right at the beginning of the fbi investigation into those collusion is and that is still ongoing as we speak. thanks for that. emmanuel macron says a new page is being turned in the history of france after his decisive victory over marine le pen in the presidential election. to the undoubted relief of other european leaders, the pro—eu candidate won by 66% to 34% to become, at 39, the country‘s youngest president. it‘s the first time in decades that the election has been won by someone who‘s not a member of the two traditional main left—wing and right—wing parties. let‘s go live to paris now to our correspondent, christian fraser. he is in front of the arc de triomphe there. and resplendent it

is looking today. we have drilled into the numbers, it looks like a sizeable majority for emmanuel macron, 66% of the vote. but when you look at the numbers, 20 million voted for him. but look deeper into the numbers, 11 million for marine le pen, and 16 million on top of that who either didn‘t come to the polls at all, or cast a blank allott. if you put those together, there is still a fair bit of division here in france. we thought we would explore that. a lot of catholics within your number, i imagine they were torn over the vote. this boat was very complicated for all our friends. —— this vote. they know that macron

wants to go on with francois hollande's policy against family and against the respect of children's rights to have a father and mother. it was hard for the catholics to vote for macron. the jewish faith, islam, they signed a letter urging people to vote for macron, but the bishops didn‘t. people to vote for macron, but the bishops didn't. the bishops didn't say anything, and i think it was a good thing, of course. still many catholics in france that take instructions from the bishops? no, they don't take instructions at all. it may help them in their reflection before the vote, but finally, we know that the more people are catholic, the more they go to mass,

the less they voted for marine le pen. for the far right, interesting. unless they are religious, they voted for macron. it was not really their choice, because on the family matters, it is so in contradiction withjustice. matters, it is so in contradiction with justice. melenchon did well in the first round of the vote, where did his voters go in the second round? one side of the people voted for macron, one side did not, they voted for anyone in the blank ballot. we wanted to let everyone express their feelings because the thing is, people on macron say, if you vote for me, it is because you agree to me. we say, no, no way. we

wanted anyone not to be humiliated by their choices. we are pleased we organise that, because macron windbag. i voted for macron. have you known an election like this where you could not vote for either candidate? the choice between marine le pen and emmanuel macron was especially hard. for catholics, for example, le pen is against immigrants. she wants to stop immigration. it is the contrary of the catholic values. 0n the other side, for family, macron the catholic values. 0n the other side, forfamily, macron is the catholic values. 0n the other side, for family, macron is against out side, for family, macron is against our values. that is why it was so ha rd our values. that is why it was so hard to choose. and on the left? for me, actually, in my head, there was someone me, actually, in my head, there was someone putting a gun on my head, marine le pen, and someone poisoning

me slowly. do you see excitement in this quiz me you have a 39—year—old president, fresh ideas, not wanting to bring new faces into parliament, surely that is something to admire? he has been elected with less than half the voices of the electors, the whole electorate will. the black votes are huge. he is elected because people didn't want to have marine le pen. now, he will have two gather, france need so much to be united. you talk about fresh ideas, i would like to know which ones. all the things he said, i am

listening since i am born, i ones. all the things he said, i am listening since i am born, lam ones. all the things he said, i am listening since i am born, i am 24 andl listening since i am born, i am 24 and i always listen to all that stuff. it is the same as before. i would like to know which side is offering. i totally disagree, the thing is how do we organise this disagreement. we need a new republic because we need something fresher and to have strong disagreement but not chaos. thank you both for your time. a clear iteration of the division. macron has the power but can he wielded effectively in the week said? many thanks for that. 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 website addresses. the move comes as increasing numbers of people use the site as one

of their main news sources. with me is ned simons, deputy political editor of huffington post uk. goodidea? good idea? it‘ll work? good idea? it'll work? it is a good idea, but feyenoord sure if it is going to work. these are stories that are known to be written with commercial intent, political intent, facebook has come under pressure to crack down on this. most publishers, a lot of the traffic comes from facebook, the bbc, huff post. it is difficult for facebook to stop that. they can warn people. but a lot of the stories that we see, getting shared, play on prejudice, and if the spec says do not read this, people are going to think it is just

the establishment again. the idea, that people could hiding stuff, authorities, be it could actually have this backward effect. that seems clear. 0ne have this backward effect. that seems clear. one of the dangers. more of an onus on facebook and other companies, to somehow develop software, stopping these things getting online? they can choose which stories get more prominence, but people usually read stuff, stories that friends‘ share. and you trust your friends, because that makes things harder for facebook to clamp down on this. and then, you get a lot of power to facebook, what

people can see, what they cannot, they could shut down certain political angles. criticised in the united states, or showing more liberal stories, not conservative. it isa liberal stories, not conservative. it is a fine line. thank you. time for a look at the weather... for most of us, it has been all nothing, when it comes to the sunshine. but so many western and northern areas enjoying those blue skies. we have got clear skies, starry skies, cloud eastern and central. the temperatures, about seven, eight degrees, touch of frost in glens of scotland. belfast,

gorgeous weather. but central and eastern, chilly. again, and on wednesday and thursday, not going to be much change. but a lot of dry weather, and at the end of the week, on friday, it looks as though some change on the way. not until the end of the week. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the president elect of france, emmanuel macron, has joined the man he‘ll replace, francois hollande, 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 pledge to bring figures down to the "tens of thousands". labour has put health at the heart of campaigning today, setting out

plans to tackle childhood obesity. the party will ban junk food adverts during all programming before the 9pm watershed if it wins the election. a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with a dog attack on a two—year—old girl in liverpool yesterday. merseyside police say andrew mcgowan was in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control. the social networking site facebook is placing adverts in newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run—up to thejune 8th‘s general election. and an irish beach that was washed away more than 30 years ago has reappeared, almost overnight. the bbc has unveiled details of its general election special tv programmes, which will enable the public to question politicians in the run up tojune 8th. david dimbleby will host two question time specials

in which leaders will face audience questions. as well as newsbeat. that‘s aimed at younger voters. it comes on the day that the conservatives re—committed to an immigration target of reducing annual net migration to the tens of thousands. the target, set by david cameron in 2010, has never been met — but the bbc understands the pledge will be included in the conservative election manifesto. with me is ryan shorthouse, director of bright blue, the independent think tank and pressure group for liberal conservatism. and i‘m alsojoined by lucy fisher, senior political ccorrespondent at the times. thank you. i am going to start with you, does it make sense for theresa may to push this policy, that she failed to adhere to in the six years she was home secretary? the simple

answer, no. the public want immigration to be better controlled. but this net migration target, it is not the way to do it. it is arbitrary, indiscriminate, and it has failed since 2010. it gives the impression to the public, that the immigration system is failing, but for most people, natives and immigrants, it has enriched lives. but our point, brexit has changed the calculus, and as such, numbers are going to come down? it is positive that we have got more control on migrants, but the net control on migrants, but the net control has been a failure, giving the impression that migration has been a negative. you could for example separate the different sorts of migrants, and ask through

consultation, pop, business, wider society, what sort of numbers do we want? because the public are sophisticated. they treat different migrants differently. they do not wa nt migrants differently. they do not want a reduction, of international students, workers, but they want to see the reduction, or people who do not have anyjob offers. see the reduction, or people who do not have any job offers. the calculation that theresa may has made, is it that people voted for brexit, it means brexit, and part of the calculus was immigration. if you come out of the election campaign, and say that you are going to bring immigration down, who loses?|j and say that you are going to bring immigration down, who loses? i think thatis immigration down, who loses? i think that is correct. to say that the pledge to get this down to the tens of thousands was a mistake, and that would be the implicit idea, moving away from that, gets the

conversation to an area it does not need to go to. we saw from the council elections, ukip been completely wiped out, clearly getting all of those hardline brexit supporters, and she will not want those people to go back to nuttal's party. and not making that point, about when she was going to hit this target? we do not have any team skill. 0ne target? we do not have any team skill. one year, two years, the end of the parliament? that is absolutely correct. people are going to be asking that question. it is possibly the short—term calculation. because if she is elected, as polls suggest, people are going to want to know. it is 12 viewers, by 2022,

since the conservatives made that point, in manifestos, and when david cameron was prime minister, she cannot dodge responsibility because she was the home secretary. she was in charge of immigration, reaching their target. the bbc has an field election coverage, it is going to include special question time debates. jeremy corbyn and theresa may. going to take questions from the public. but not the beating each other. not on the stage together. who is that better for?” other. not on the stage together. who is that better for? i think it isa who is that better for? i think it is a better calculation for everybody, more transparency. and the mean people, are going to be tested. —— main. not going to be debating each other, and that is what happened in the 2015 general

election. i do not think it is going to make much difference. people‘s minds have been made up on the characters. theresa may, risk adverse, we know what she is like. if anything, it is just going to expose jeremy corbyn. do you think theresa may has got away with this, refusing to debate any of the other leaders? she probably has. as political obsessives, we could a lot of stall on her willingness not to go of stall on her willingness not to 90 up. of stall on her willingness not to go up, for these different formats. but most people are not going to notice. her popularity, to become the next prime minister, she is already so far ahead ofjeremy corbyn, it seems unlikely that even if we had several of these head to

heads, it would change the outcome. thank you. it‘s the kind of sight you‘d expect to see in summer but in some parts of the uk, rivers are running dry after a winter without much rain. this met office map of rainfall in april shows that most of the uk experienced less than half the average amount — the darkest areas are those that have received less than a third. danny savage reports from the yorkshire dales. across large parts of britain at the moment, there‘s a lack of water. a dry spring, preceded by low winter rainfall, has left many riverbeds exposed. this wouldn‘t be an unusual widespread ight in late summer but it is rare in may. when i had a walk and ride round up there on friday, you get a lot of small ponds and wet holes that are usually there all the year round. they‘re all dry now, absolutely bone dry. there‘s nothing at all in the bottom of them. stuart herd has farmed here all his life. the riverbed drying up isn‘t unheard of but he‘s noticed the hillside

springs are not right. you can tell that it has been a lot drier because we are actually noticing sheep that actually come down to the parts of the river that are, where water is still running. you are noticing sheep standing on the river bank, drinking, whereas ordinarily, they would be spread about up on the fells and drinking out of little springs and streams and things like that, which suggests that there isn‘t as much water up there as what there has been in other times. 0ther catchments are parched, too. these pictures were taken around england over the last few days, showing rivers many miles apart in a similar condition. but yorkshire water says there should not be widespread alarm. i think nationally, it's been very dry. up in yorkshire, i think it has been a dry winter, probably the driest in the last six years but we have seen recharge. sort of, every other month, we have seen some rainfall but in the last six weeks, we have just seen dry. a few dry months does not make a drought, though. it may be bone dry in some

of the headwaters of these river catchments but we are a long way from a water crisis. a few miles down the valley, the wharf looks a lot more healthy and reservoir levels are holding up, too. a prolonged dry spell may change things but it would have to be for months. danny savage, bbc news, upper wharfedale in north yorkshire. two men are hospital after being shot, near liverpool today. police have said the circumstances of what happened are unclear but they believe it was targeted attack. police in the west midlands, warning the public after two men were spotted, posing as police officers,

from a vehicle with blue lights. the flagged down a woman, and asked her to get into the car. president elect emmanuel macron might be celebrating his victory last night, but he has a busy few weeks ahead. next week he will formally take over as president of france. he needs to appoint a prime minister and a council of ministers, which performs a similarjob to the cabinet here in the uk. then injune, there are elections for the french parliament — and though mr macron‘s en marche movement was only set up 13 months ago, he intends to field candidates in all constituencies. so let‘s get some analysis on how the french political system works and the challenges facing emmanuel macron. with me is dr itay lotem, an expert in french language and culture at the university of westminster. i hope i have got your name correct! it is good to see you. he is going

to field candidates and all the constituencies, how difficult a task? it is going to be difficult, 577 constituencies, so we are talking about quite a few for a new party, with out any grassroot support. each of these has got to be one separately, and not every party is going to get every constituency but we are still talking about a big task. if he gets a majority, are reading going to be looking at a whole host potentially socialist and republican members of parliament losing seats? yes. one of the things expected, a host of socialist

members of parliament losing their seats, looking at the last elections. 0ne seats, looking at the last elections. one of the problems with predicting these things, polls about legislative elections, are difficult. the only polls we have, national level. the production, is that macron is going to get some sort of majority. the second party, the republicans, the conservative party, and the third, national front. that does not actually translate into any number of seats, because we are talking about national percentages. in order to look at how this might actually transpire into the number of seats, the best way to actually ask the question, it is to look at the first round of presidential elections, who got the majority where, and this

gets from about 240, macron, on top, afterwards 214 for le pen. 57 for fillon. 0n the other hand, that does not necessarily mean it is going to work the same way injune. not necessarily mean it is going to work the same way in june. to strengthen his hand, if he gets around 240 seats, he would need some sort of coalition with the republicans, conservatives? that also depends on the number of seats. the socialists have been hammered out of the majority, it is unlikely that they will get any sort of sustainable majority. any sort of sustainable majority. any sort of sustainable number of seats. and thatis sustainable number of seats. and that is also why one of the first

rumours about macron wars that he was actually trying to reach out to people on the right. it is going to be interesting. thank you so much for joining be interesting. thank you so much forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: the transition of power is underway in france as the newly elected president emmanuel macron prepares to take office. theresa may says the conservatives won‘t abandon their promise to reduce annual net migration to the ‘tens of thousands‘, despite the party repeatedly missing the target. labour targets children‘s health, saying it‘ll ban alljunk food tv ads before the 9pm watershed, if it wins the election. an update on the market numbers for you... the italian coastguard says

more than 7.000 migrants and refugees have been rescued in the mediterranean in the last few days, but officials say as many as 200 are feared to have drowned. so far this year the numbers are 50% higher than at the same time last year. they‘re thought to have made the treacherous crossing from libya, in search of a new life in europe. the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti has spent the last week on a rescue ship and joins us live from vibo valentia in southern italy. reeta. .. seven uneventful days at sea with the rescue mission, and then suddenly, this. we have rowing boats, possibly also one other boat. team, please prepare on deck for rescue. a scene, said the crew, like never before.

first two, then three, then, as we were spotted, more and yet more boatloads of people veering towards us, to rescue and safety. these women look really exhausted. they are coming on one by one. one woman i have seen has got a child with her. this toddler named blessing is one of the tiniest travellers. her mother, joy, who‘s nigerian, said she risked the journey because she could not return to her home country. she‘d been working in libya, where she was repeatedly kidnapped and ransomed for money. i would go to the market. one night, got a taxi on my way, they stopped me, drove me inside, another car, they go and look me inside room, they told me to call my husband to bring money. i asked her what she hoped for from the future. if i see work, i will do it, because everything is asked of me. i have a baby.

blessing is happily ignorant of her mother‘s grief and oblivious to the peril that she has just faced. still they come. goodness knows how many people are crammed into that rubber dinghy. they are all processed now, checked. this man is clearly in pain. the vast majority on board are men of working age from west and east africa and also from asia. there are many factors driving them but the turmoil in libya is key. last year broke records for the number of migrants making the crossing and this year looks set to top that. italy has borne the weight of housing and caring for them, but opinion is hardening, with claims that these rescue missions are a taxi service for migrants and even that the aid agencies are colluding with libyan people smugglers to bring the migrants to europe. 0ur sole mission is to save the lives of people and especially children who are escaping violence, persecution and extreme poverty. we have no contact whatsoever

with people smugglers. earlier in the week, a body was spotted. the sea is a graveyard, too. the search will go on. this crossing from libya has become an established route, run by ruthless criminals, who care little whether their desperate passengers will see another day. reeta chakrabarti, bbc news. for the last 33 years ackill beach in western ireland has looked like this after being washed away. now it looks like this, following hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand being dumped back on the coastline during a freak tide. local people now hope there‘ll even be a return of hotels, guesthouses and cafes, all forced to shut, 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 19805 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 the coast that has brought a fresh amount of sediment to this beach. or it could be due to a change in environmental conditions, 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. and finally the legendary aircraft concorde has risen again, but in the form of a cloud. this image of the cloud was taken by amateur photographer thomas beresford

above the ribblehead viaduct in north yorkshire. and i know somebody who can explain that. you have got the forecast. what was that? we have been looking at that, all day. it looks real. it is basically, the air rising. but you can see that hill at the bottom. it wobbles up. anyway... the forecast, because i could talk for ages about that. no clouds across scotland, today, it has been beautiful. but this is the thick

cloud that has been stubborn. this sunshine, or the cloud, cloud that has been stubborn. this sunshine, orthe cloud, it‘s cloud that has been stubborn. this sunshine, or the cloud, it‘s been dry. the next few days, little rain. and this evening, starry skies, thicker cloud, temperature is about 7 degrees. it could be chilly in glens of scotland, but another stunning start and also for belfast. nice across western isles. sunderland, going to hull, midlands, east anglia, cloud is stubborn. normally at this time of the year, when the sun gets going, the edges of cloud, shrink, nibbled away, and eventually that air of cloud shrinks. more of us getting the

sunshine, in the west and central, but east, under the cloud. tuesday evening, going into wednesday, nippy, getting close to freezing. but the may sunshine, it is so powerful, getting to 16, 17. and wednesday, going into thursday, the atmosphere is going to be rearranging. that basically means thick cloud, spots of rain, southern areas. central and northern, 17, for glasgow. and on friday, that is going to be the change. some moisture, even thunderstorms. gardens haven‘t seen a lot of rain. but we are going to be getting some, over the coming days. i am still

here, but enjoy tomorrow‘s weather! hello, i‘m ros atkins, this is 0utside source. a new era is beginning in france and the country‘s president elect emmanuel macron has addressed the nation. vive la republique. vive la france! i‘m christian fraser in paris where the president—elect is getting on with the task of forming a new government. we‘ll be live in paris with christian fraser. we‘ll hear from two members of the 0bama administration on the alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. i had two in—person meetings and one phone call with the white house counsel about mr flynn. and the latest on the release of some of the chibok girls in nigeria.