today at one... emmanuel macron is congratulated by several world leaders, after winning a second term as french president. his big task, to unite a divided country. he'll appoint a new prime minister in the coming days. translation: my friends, we will i need to be kind and respectful, l because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. we'll have the very latest live from paris. also this lunchtime... after visiting kyiv, the us secretary of state says russia is "brutalising ukraine" but failing to win the war. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people have been found stabbed to death in south london. sexual offence victims in england and wales

are facing the longest waits on record, for their cases to go through the courts. and there's to be an independent regulator for football with the power to sanction clubs, who break financial and other rules. coming up on the bbc news channel, liverpool keep up their premier league title push, and will hope their great run of form continues into this week's champions league semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. emmanuel macron has vowed to unite france and be a "president for all," after his re—election as the country's leader. he won a convincing victory

over his rival, marine le pen, with 58% of the vote. mr macron also became the first sitting president in 20 years to secure a second term. from paris, here's our europe correspondent, jessica parker. france has opted for the familiar. last night, emmanuel macron chose the eiffel tower for a victory speech where he tried not to sound too triumphant. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind - and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions. so we will need to be strong. but nobody will be left by the wayside. it means keeping to the path of a centrist, pro—eu leader, who argues for economic reforms. sylvia voted for macron. it is not my first choice but in the second round that is what i want. does france feel divided to you? actually, i work in paris but i live

really far away from here, so i can really see in the little town around, they prefer marine le pen. so it's emmanuel macron for another five years. business as usual? well, not quite. last night he acknowledged divisions within french society and promised to try and address them, be a president for all. a nice sentiment, perhaps, but a huge political challenge. she wasn't close to winning but marine le pen secured the far right�*s highest ever share of the vote, and tapped into deep discontent about immigration, rising prices and communities who feel left behind. in her constituency in northern france, these le pen supporters were despondent. translation: i swearl am never going to vote again. _ i don't have much money left, only for going out a little bit. we don't have anything left. macron, he's only there for rich people.

i'm really upset. for the next five years, it's going to be a real struggle here in nord—pas—de—calais. also tempering macron�*s win, the fact that around 3 million people cast spoilt or blank votes while turn out was at its lowest since the late �*60s. france has kept its president in place but the country doesn't quite march on as before. and just to be clear, what has been the reaction, international reaction, to mr macron�*s victory? brussels might be nearly 200 miles away but you can practically hear the sighs of relief from the european union and nato. the marine pen had promised to radically reform the eu. --

pen had promised to radically reform the eu. —— marine le pen. while she downplayed her previous comments, ties with russia and vladimir, there are also fears and marine le pen presidency could weaken western response to vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. among the leaders to congratulate emmanuel macron was president zelensky, who described him as a true friend ukraine. within the eu he probably now cement his position as its pre—eminent leader. at home he faces fights, not least the parliamentary elections injune, where the left and the right have promised to battle hard. i do not think the result of the presidential election can be taken in any way as a whole cell endorsement of macron�*s view of the world or france. this election has highlighted divisions within the country. recognising the divisions is one thing, resolving them is much harder. the us secretary of state,

antony blinken, says russia is failing in all of its war aims in ukraine. he was speaking after visiting the capital, kyiv, for talks with president zelensky. it's the highest level us trip since russia invaded back in february. the white house has also pledged a further $700 million in additional military aid. danjohnson has sent us this report, from the western city of lviv. this is the result of a strike on a substation providing power for the railway, near krasne in the west of ukraine. firefighters had it under control by the time we arrived. they confirmed nobody was hurt but the damage was significant. ukraine's military says it also shot down a missile this morning. we found some debris close to the attack. this is one of the main routes between lviv, kyiv and the rest of the country. attacks on the railway network were expected because these tracks have become the vital arteries, maintaining the flow of weapons into ukraine, over to the ease and onto the front lines. and

the trains are still running. there were five strikes on the railway network across ukraine. disrupted trains also mean delays for people trying to get away from the fighting in the east, and the timing of these attacks could also be significant. the us secretary of state visited kyiv yesterday, promising more support. the bottom line is this. we don't know how the rest of this wall will unfold that we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. our support for ukraine going forward will continue, it will continue until we see final success. the ukrainian president seemed pleased to have seen the most senior us diplomat. our talks with him were long enough commit _ our talks with him were long enough commit more than three hours and meaningful, encouraging and effective. i am grateful to the people — effective. i am grateful to the people of the united states and

personally to president biden for the strong and sincere support we received — the strong and sincere support we received. strengthening our state and democracy as a whole. there are more images — and democracy as a whole. there are more images from _ and democracy as a whole. there are more images from the _ and democracy as a whole. there are more images from the steelworks . and democracy as a whole. there are more images from the steelworks in | more images from the steelworks in mariupol. this lunchtime, russia said it would suspend attacks to allow trapped civilians to get out. but the bombardment of the plant, the city and much of the east of ukraine has continued over the weekend, meaning more loss of life. danjohnson, bbc news, krasne. let's get more from the capital, kyiv, and joe inwood is there. it is important to reiterate just how significant this high—level us visit has been. not only the secretary of state but the defence secretary of state but the defence secretary as well.— secretary as well. absolutely. the united states _ secretary as well. absolutely. the united states has _ secretary as well. absolutely. the united states has consistently - secretary as well. absolutely. the | united states has consistently been the biggest financial backer of ukrainians. they announced another $700 million yesterday, 300 and million of that for ukrainians to

spend and 400 million to go to nato members to get them old soviet era equipment they can use straightaway. perhaps that was why there was so much affection between the two size. not just much affection between the two size. notjust handshakes but bear hikes between old colleagues who maybe thought they would never see each other again. they said the ukrainians have already won this, russia has lost. that is a very subjective position as fighting is clearly continuing in the east of the country. you are mentioning at the steel plant, we do have a development on the suggestion of a truce, suggestion of a ceasefire. the deputy prime minister has said in the last five minutes she does not believe that will happen and she has seen these kind of statement of four from the ministry of defence and russia and they have turned into and russia and they have turned into a cheap fast. and russia and they have turned into a cheap fast-—

vladimir putin has accused western intelligence services, of seeking to �*destroy russia from within�* jenny hill is in moscow for us. every time i watch vladimir putin, i am struck by the fact this is a man who thinks he is in the right. he is defiant, unrepentantand who thinks he is in the right. he is defiant, unrepentant and sticks to the same narrative. we saw more of that today. yes, ukraine is the enemy but the real villain is the west, helping ukraine on the battlefield. it is also seeking and thus far failing to divide russian society. lattimer putin knows full well the majority of the russian public is behind him. none of this boat very well for tomorrow's visit of the us secretary—general who is coming to moscow for talks with mr putin. it is hard to see how anything positive can come out of that meeting, given nothing has stopped putin. he is still calling

it a special military operation and it a special military operation and it is not really going to plan. russian celebrated easter this weekend that russian orthodox easter. the head of the russian orthodox church once again, not for the first time, urged russians to rally around their president. the russian orthodox church believes, and the kremlin believes, vladimir putin believes that god really is on his side. . ~ putin believes that god really is on his side. ., ~ i. ., ., a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after three women and a man were stabbed to death in south london. our correspondent tom symonds reports. at 1:40am, there was screaming, a neighbour said, then a massive police response. officers forced their way into a terraced house on a south london estate.

another neighbour saw a disturbance in the back garden. police say the four victims had all been stabbed. paramedics arrived. despite their efforts, scotland yard said, three men and a woman all died at the scene. deeply disturbing for people living nearby. it's devastating. the thing is, there is a primary school up that end, there is a primary school, secondary school round the corner, and most of the families round here, you know, have got young children. you know, even parents, you can't even look over your own shoulder and go out, people are scared, i'm scared. this morning, forensic tents have been set up in the back garden of the house. they are most often used to cover items taken from inside or dropped on the ground. police are contacting the relatives of those who died. they have not named the family who live at this house. they have arrested one man on suspicion of murder, and they believe he knew the victims. an early visitor to the scene was a local mp. well, tragically, four people have been killed,

and that is shocking, to happen anywhere, but especially in this very peaceful, quiet, very settled community here, so the police have arrested someone but it is really important, still, that people give information, any information that they have got, to the police, so that whoever committed this horrific crime can be brought tojustice. with postmortem examinations being arranged, and a stream of forensics officers arriving, this is the start of what will likely become a long and complex investigation. let's be clear, it is an extremely unusual crime, four people murdered in a house, that is very unusual indeed. some extra detailfrom the london ambulance service illustrating out. they sent three ambulance crews were two paramedics in fast response cards, two advance paramedics and a team leader to the scene. sadly they were unable to

save the lives of the people behind me. the police will make a statement at tpn. the local borough commander will be here and we will attempt to bring you that on the bbc news channel. —— a statement at two o'clock. sexual offence victims are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go to court in england and wales. it follows a bbc investigation, which found that last year it took an average of nine months for a case to be concluded. but there are huge regional differences. here's dominic casciani. how long should someone wait forjustice? in the oasis of calm of her home, lisa tells me about the nightmare of criminaljustice delays after she was raped in 2017. she had damning evidence against her attacker, a man she knew well. i was led to believe originally that it would be quite a speedy resolvement to the case and it would be taken on to charging, and that decision would come about. however, it didn't happen

in that way, and it was a very long, drawn process. police and prosecutors took two years to charge the attacker, taking him to court in the summer of 2019. but existing backlogs meant no trial before the following april, and then the pandemic closed courts. the rapist was only convicted in late summer 2021. i think if i hadn't have gone forward and reported it, i would have been able to have brought my mental health round a lot quicker than extending the ordeal and having the additional impacts of a court system and just the lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, of building themselves up to be knocked back down again time and time again. national data and the bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through the courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. but there's huge variation across the country. leicester crown court have been the longest at 15 months last autumn.

overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they've begun industrial action, refusing to take on some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister in the first three years of their practice is earning just over £12,000 a year before tax. a lot of barristers now are working under minimum wage. we're facing a huge exodus of practitioners from the profession. this temporary court, one of many set up during the pandemic, is part of the ministry ofjustice's solution to backlogs. barristers say there aren't enough lawyers to push cases through on time, but ministers predict that their long—term plan, including recording evidence in advance from rape victims, will turn things around. it's very difficult for anyone that's been the victim of rape or serious sexual violence.

you recover from the original crime and then you've got to muster the courage to go through the process. i'm absolutely committed to making sure that those victims have the support at every step of the way. how much confidence do you have in the system having gone through all of this? none. none at all. i would never, you know, god forbid it ever happened again, or to any of my family, i wouldn't promote going through the system and even reporting a crime of this nature any more. dominic casciani, bbc news. and if you've been affected by any of the issues in that report, there are details of organisations which may be able to help, just go to our website, bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call for free, on 0800 077 077. the time is 17 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime: emmanuel macron wins a second term as french president,

vowing to unite a divided country. coming up, nearly a quarter of adults reported difficulty paying household bills last month, as the cost of living crisis bites. coming up on the bbc news channel, the favourite for the world snooker title, neil robertson, trails jack lisowski going into the final session of their second round match at the crucible. the widow of a sub—postmaster who took his own life, after being wrongly accused over money going missing from his till, has been speaking for the first time, about the effect the allegations had on him. martin griffiths died in 2013. he was one of hundreds of post office workers wrongly accused, with some going to jail. here's coletta smith. martin, i married in 1982. we had two children.

we decided to look into buying a post office. hope farm road came on the market and we decided to go for it. for 14 happy years, martin ran this cheshire branch of the post office while gina ran the shop side of the business. but in 2009, everything changed. and then all of a sudden, money started going missing. we had to pay the money back in order to carry on trading or otherwise they would have closed us down. the money was shown to be missing from the branch by the computerised till system called horizon. it had been rolled out to post offices across the uk from the year 2000. what gina and martin didn't know is that there were bugs and errors in it from the start, and horizon wasn't always accurate. if you had holes in your accounts, the post office would say, they are your responsibility. you have to make them good because that's our money.

and if you can't explain or demonstrate, you know, how and where this money has gone, it's on you. overfour years, £60,000 of mystery losses racked up and the post office held martin responsible. they hounded him. they persecuted him. it didn't seem to be any end to it at the time. and then they told him they wanted to terminate his position as postmaster, and they gave him three months. you know, martin hit rock bottom. in september 2013 on his way to work martin tried to take his own life and was rushed to hospital. he was put on a life support machine. i think he'd been planning it. i really do. he's a proud man, and i think he thought he was letting us all down. his children, his parents and me. they turned the machine off,

i think, in the morning. and the worst the worst thing for me was seeing my children. having to see their dad die. martin was facing financial ruin. gina is in no doubt as to whom she blames, it was purely down to the post office. nobody else. so i blame them. the post office says it's sincerely sorry for the impact of the horizon scandal on the lives of victims and their families. and it says it's made fundamental reforms to its operations and culture. two years after martin's death, gina accepted a financial settlement from the post office, but had to agree that she wouldn't discuss it. now, the facts about horizon that martin didn't live to hear are being uncovered and a public inquiry is under way. coletta smith, bbc news.

there's more on this tonight in panorama: the post office scandal. that's on bbc one at 8 o'clock. the labour leader sir keir starmer has condemned a newspaper report about the party's deputy leader angela rayner as "rank sexism and misogyny". an article in the mail on sunday claimed some conservative mps had suggested mr rayner tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. our political correspondent ione wells is at westminster. i have spent all weekend trying to get my head around this story. now the labour party is weighing in. that's right, this story has faced widespread condemnation across the political spectrum here in westminster. after it emerged yesterday that the prime minister wrote to angela rayner condemning the comments allegedly made by this tory mp as misogynistic, the labour

leader sir keir starmer st also said that he believes this is part of a wider culture in westminster of sexism and misogyny. this is something echoed by labour's shadow chancellor rachel reeves, who believes this is an isolated incident and told the bbc that every woman in westminster had a similar experience to tell. there is not a single female member of parliament or indeed a single female staff member of parliament who hasn't got their own stories of sex and misogyny, and i am afraid that this storyjust shines a spotlight on the sort of rubbish that female mps and other women in parliament have to put up with on a day—to—day basis. it is not clear exactly what could be done about this to try and find out who these people were briefing this newspaper. the conservative party and downing street said they will not be lodging a formal investigation into this conservative mp might have been, but boris johnson, speaking just this afternoon has said that he would unleash terror, where those people

to be found out. i unleash terror, where those people to be found out.— to be found out. i thought it was the most appalling _ to be found out. i thought it was the most appalling load - to be found out. i thought it was the most appalling load of- to be found out. i thought it was. the most appalling load of sexist, misogynist tripe, and i immediately -ot misogynist tripe, and i immediately got in _ misogynist tripe, and i immediately got in touch with angela and we had a very— got in touch with angela and we had a very friendly exchange, and if we ever find _ a very friendly exchange, and if we ever find who is responsible for it, then— ever find who is responsible for it, then i_ ever find who is responsible for it, then i dfm't— ever find who is responsible for it, then i don't know what we will do with them — then i don't know what we will do with them but it will be the terrors of the _ with them but it will be the terrors of the earth. it is totally intolerable, that kind of thing. it intolerable, that kind of thing. [it is intolerable, that kind of thing. is unclear intolerable, that kind of thing. it is unclear what these terrors that the prime minister would unleash if this mp were to come to light but the tory mp caroline x has written to the house of commons speaker about whether or not the political editor of the mail on sunday glenn owen should have a parliamentary pass allowing him access to parliament as well. one thing that is for sure is that this whole story has reignited conversations here in westminster about sexism, about misogyny, with plenty of female journalists and mps alike, sharing experiences of behaviour both here but also portrayals of them in the media which they have deemed unfair,

something that their male counterparts would not also experience. thank you, ione wells at westminster. latest official figures show nearly a quarter of adults reported difficulty, paying household bills in the last month, while energy costs in particular were difficult for four in ten households. the figures come from the office for national statistics. our economics correspondent andy verityjoins me. surprise that this cost of living crisis is really biting.— crisis is really biting. these fi . ures crisis is really biting. these figures do _ crisis is really biting. these figures do not _ crisis is really biting. these figures do not include - crisis is really biting. these figures do not include a - crisis is really biting. these | figures do not include a rise crisis is really biting. these i figures do not include a rise in the energy price cap which came in at the beginning of this month. it is still quite bad. electricity bills in the year to march were up 19%, gas bills up 28%, it is bound to be the case that more people will have difficulty under the circumstances and figures show that 43% of those responsible for paying the bills say they were having some difficulty or great difficulty paying those bills. just the energy bills, look at the

overall thing and they say some 23% having difficulty, up from 17% last november or if you look at housing costs specifically, rent and mortgage, those responsible for that, about 30% of them are having difficulty. we only have 3% so far saying that they are behind, which really matters, because that is when you are in jeopardy of repossession, so, so far, that figure is relatively subdued but you have to bearin relatively subdued but you have to bear in mind we have that additional height of 54% that came in this month in energy bills and perhaps another £600 a year added at the other end of the year.— another £600 a year added at the other end of the year. many thanks, andy verity- — in china, the capital beijing has kicked off mass testing for millions of people, after a sharp rise in covid cases. long queues formed outside supermarkets and shops, despite government assurances over food supplies. there are fears there could be a lockdown in the capital lasting weeks, as is happening in shanghai. stephen mcdonell has more details. beijing residents rush to buy food and other provisions.

there is fear that the capital could be locked down, like shanghai, with its significant shortages of daily necessities. on social media, footage circulating of empty shelves and crowds of shoppers lining up well into the night. the daily infection rate hasn't been high in beijing. the government has ordered mass testing, warning that omicron may have been spreading significantly in the city over the past week. this is the scene throughout the chaoyang district of beijing, with people lining up to have covid tests today. everyone in chaoyang district has to do three covid tests. now, chaoyang is a huge area. it is as big as a city itself. there are millions of people living and working in chaoyang, and although there have only been 19 extra official cases added today to beijing's covid total, the fact that this testing is going on has really spooked residents in the city. translation: we are panicking a bit,

this man said, adding _ that it is impossible not to panic. he showed us his shopping list, disinfectant, soap, vegetables, milk and the like. but a woman said that she has not stocked up on food at all because she thinks that the situation here will not become like that in shanghai. the extent to which this city is to be locked down, will depend on the results of mass testing over the coming days. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. the government says it will implement the recommendations of a fan—led review of english football, including the creation of an independent regulator, able to sanction clubs who break financial and other rules. the review was chaired by the former sports minister, tracey crouch, after a number of high—profile crises including failed plans for a european super league,

and the collapse of bury football club. here'sjoe wilson. the recent realities of english football. the richest clubs trying to break away to join a european super league. clubs gambling for process progress risk insolvency. former champions derby county ended up in administration, relegated, desperate for new owners, while bury, in existence since the 1880s, were expelled from the football league in the financial crisis. the government now promises an independent regulator to oversee the game, so are fans won over? good start, kind of a c plus,. we need to make sure that this regulator comes in quickly so that we do not have the pain and heartache that we have seen from so many fans and so many communities that have been exposed to the wrong, unscrupulous owners. the recommendations were made by former sports minister tracey crouch, who led a fans' review. she described the government's response as... cheering

the new plans include some greater role forfans running clubs. brentford is an example. the supporters' trust played a decisive role in that club's progress to the premier league, and to a new, local stadium. so often, we hear that fans are the centre of football, so often they feel distant from the decisions which affect them. the need for reform is accepted in government, but not necessarily by all in football. the changes are not law, yet. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willetts. only scotland has had its average rainfall this april so far, it is that dry. some parts of the uk particularly the south and south—east have only had round about 30-35% of the south—east have only had round about 30—35% of the average april rainfall. in perspective, it was dry last april so we are in a run of dry aprils at the moment but at this

stage there is no sign of rain to