>> is in the face for the ruling socialist in the first round of nations.municipal the far right party national front takes a record number of votes in the local polls. the crisis in ukraine looks set to dominate today's nuclear summit in the hague. this as nato's top military commander warns a sizable portion troop buildup on the border of ukraine. and ships and planes from several nations are combing a loan corner in the southern indian ocean. mounting evidence of floating debris could bring a breakthrough in the search for the missing malaysian assets are

plain but so far no debris has been found. you are watching "france 24." historic night for the far right national front here in france. the anti-immigrant party took a record number of votes in sunday's local elections, even winning the mayor role race and a former socialist bastion out right. our reporter takes a look at the rise of the far right in france. of --the stronghold the far right party swept to an out right every. the major returns after only one round of voting in the former mining town. the leader of the front national marine le pen says it shows a significant change of director of the french political landscape. >> this is the end of the constant to and the right. with -- ump and socialists have

shown that they do not deserve it. it is a vote that will take root across the entire republic to prepare for the alternative of the future. >> of the far right party secured around seven percent of the national info -- vote, given this -- a high, given the only fielded a few candidates. the prime minister expressed alarm and call for voting tactically to ensure the front national is defeated in a second round sunday. >> in the areas where front nationale made it through to the second round, all democratic and republican voices need to come together. and we have a responsibility to stop them. >> however, while the front nationale success -- conservative the saloon -- disillusionment of both parties the right ump is still celebrating. >> one of the biggest messages

thehe complete meltdown of socialist. talk of the front national gain in certain towns were gets mr. hollande had a humiliating defeat. >> the record low turnout of just over 60% appears to have hit the socialists the hardest. president's crushing unpopularity are causing many disappointed voters to stay at home. the challenge now is for the party to convince its base to return to the polls next week for the second round. or risk an even greater defeat. >> as you just heard, it was a rough night for the socialist but those bad result but not come as a complete surprise. socialist francois hollande currently has the low was recorded ratings of any french president in history. voters in france are angry over many things, including his failure to tackle france's high unemployment with many people not even turning out to vote at all. here's more unjust when the socialist went wrong. firsty were the nationwide voter test for vote

-- francois hollande. the results have been disappointing for the president's socialist party, prompting his prime minister to acknowledge voters have voiced concerns over france's finances by switching camps or not voting at all. >> the first round of the local elections took lace in a difficult economic and social context for the french people. periodis going through a of necessary but demanding reforms. some voters express their worries and doubts at the ballot box or by abstaining altogether. >> hollande has recently introduced controversial labor market reforms in a bid to revive france's struggling economy. but unemployment still stands at 10%, and polls show he is the most unpopular president since the 1950's.

vote have seen a protest that plays against the left and in favor of the right. we have also seen a vote that is a split in france between working-class voters and the elite. so it was like having to elections in one. >> for years and the last local elections six years ago, the runoff vote on sunday could see the socialists lose several key cities, including to lose -- toulouse. in marseille, the national front pushed the socialist candidate into third place. least,as some solace, at for the socialists here in paris. their candidate looks set to become the city's next mayor. and run by the socialist of the past 12 years with the widely appreciated result but it is not all rosy. like she'll beat her conservative ump arrival but her candidate, known by

initials, actually scored much better than expected. >> parisians have remained true to their roots. they have defied the polls and place myself in the ump party after this first round of voting. i want to reach out to all of those who want to keep building a strong paris, although we should -- we share the same values of the republic and progress. vote is on all the front pages. >> a historic success for the far right and a blow to the socialists. look at the front page of the left wing paper. how do you take that? -- a bitrmist herefear alarmist. fear in france. watch out, france.

beware, the french party national front, the far right party, could be taking over. >> what about the right wing press? " looking at ao personal failure of francois hollande. it is a rejection of his two years in power. e throughout the press is he is being punished. >> one of the main papers which is thought to be more neutral had an interesting take. --this is the front page reprimanded. inside the paper actually there is a fun a pace -- perhaps not funding for the socialists -- perhaps not funny for the socialists. the titanic. someone close to francois hollande said as he picked up the phone, this is the titanic, here, the message is we are sinking. and it really conveys the mood

in the french press across the board saying this is really disastrous for the socialist party. will they over the next week be able to turn this around and not a historicmuch of success of the far right? >> thank you so much for that. the second round of elections coming up next week, and i'm sure you will take a look at that for us as well. let's go to ukraine now where russian troops have just seized control of a new ukrainian military base in eastern crimea. the troops stormed the base early this morning using armored cars, and grenades and paratroopers. last week of course, russia annexed crimea following a referendum and russia has been making a move to ensure total military control over the peninsula. nato's top military commander has even gone so far to warn of a "sizable russian troop vote up" on the border of ukraine. the crisis in crimea

has many people were reading:. warsaw has taken kiev's side. putin couldrried become a threat to them, too. gathery sunday, poles outside the russian embassy in warsaw to express their support for the >> ukrainian people. i understand them. that is why i am here. directly affected. we went through something similar in poland. ukrainerisis in resonates very darkly in poland. media compares the annexation of karmiel with hitler's takeover of austria in 1938. not see germany -- nazi germany and russia attacked poland and the following year. >> i lived through that as a child and it started in a similar way. >> russian aggression need not be looked very to be damaging to pull in. >> i don't think there is any

real danger of an invasion. putin, hadssia, applied pressure in a bid to destabilize poland politically or economically. nevertheless, the polish government has been making much lately of poland's nato membership. >> it is nato that above all needs to draw lessons from the crisis. seems the alliance summit into temper will be one of the most important in its history. >> in while, warsaw is lobbying ever harder for ukraine to be offered a chance of eu leadership. it wants to keep russia at a safe distance. in ukraine does look set to dominate in the summit of g-7 nations on to a in the hague. u.s. president barack obama is already there and the netherlands. the agenda, finding some way to punish russia for annexing crimea, including

possibly excluding moscow from the g8 club of wealthy nations. here is our washington correspondent. arrives inbama europe with a very different set of priorities for the united states. of the very much on top agenda for president barack obama. and that g-7 meeting no longer a g8 meeting with russian not part of it for now. national security adviser susan rice is on the trip and she has spoken about the priorities for the united states. she said this, speaking to reporters before the trip -- the international community will be broadly rethinking its relationship with russia and the united states, she says, will be aiming to show strong alliances with its partners in europe, asia, and the middle east. also, sanctions, of course, will be discussed. the strongest sanctions so far will be imposed by the united states. this is a country that wants to talk seriously with its allies -- the likes of united kingdom,

france, and germany, entries seen more reluctant to put in place stricter sanctions. these are countries that the united states wants to convince. this is a trip that will be largely about ukraine, not only during the first stop but also in brussels when president barack obama will be meeting the u.s.of nato and then the president will move onto other subjects, presumably ukraine will never disappear completely, but he he will move on to italy with a meeting with the pope and then on to saudi arabia as well. is our washington correspondent. next, the search for the missing malaysia airlines plane is in its third week but still coming up empty. australian authorities say despite the use of the most advanced search aircraft in the world, they have been unable to find possible debris spotted earlier today by the chinese. a possible sighting in the

search for malaysia airlines flight mh370. isnese state television reporting that one of its search sadistic --is a spotted a suspicious object. report was too larger objects and some smaller white debris scattered over several where columbus. the announcement comes after a string of satellite images over the weekend and raised hopes at some headway was being made in the search for the airliner. the french government has decided to increase its satellite monitoring of the zone and to try to obtain a more precise images and locations. the most important thing is to confirm with certainty that this is debris from airplane and perhaps the malaysia airlines flight. >> but australia's deputy prime minister cautions the french satellite data is in a completely different location to the images already released by australia and china. french siding is i

guess a piece of new material because that is in a completely different location. that is about 850 kilometers north of our current search area. so we need to check that out as well. that is not in the area that had been identified as the most likely place where the aircraft may have entered the sea. 10 planes are scaring a 68,000 square kilometer area of the ocean hoping to spot any possible debris picked up earlier by radar echoes and satellite imagery. several ships are also aiding in the search, with china sending --a breaker snow dragging snow dragon. mh370 disappeared march 8 en ur to from kuala lump beijing with 239 people on board. lille came from behind to

draw a second lace -- place. good point for us. it was important not to come away empty-handed. i think with a bit more nerve we could have done something even better. it is important for our players to know how they can situate -- andves regarding monaco, the two big teams of the championship. it allows us to see also how we behave against other teams. perhaps less strong. we have to find a bit more consistency in our game, even though we found the balance in the rankings. lille were very strong putting us under pressure.

so, we can't win every match or play well during the whole match. d technical match. more so than a spectacular match. >> in spain, classico lived up to its billing with our stallone barcelona beating madrid. messi top scorer with a hat trick. it was a very exciting game. we started very well in the opening minutes and then the game went against us. then we were able to react well, and it was a very important victory. goinge three teams, it is to be top all the way and i think this victory will give us a lot of strength to go forward. as i said before, if we had won,

then the league would not have been over. it is not over now. still nine more games. we would just continue fighting. we have sevilla coming up next that we have to win that one. tsongace's jo-wilfred faced a tough test against baghdatis and this debris it -- and the cypriot started better. for tsonga him in number 11, he hard fought win. the frenchman plays andy murray next. gasquet joined his compatriot in the next round after he beat south africa's kevin anderson. murray on course to defend his title after he beat feliciano lopez in straight sets. c enjoyedts -- djokovi

a walk over. cornet. beat france's cornet had her on the back front early on. cibulkova responded superbly. it gave her the impetus and the australian open runner-up went on to win seven-6, 6-4 and next for her is venus williams. after a first round bye and second row walkover, li na finally came to the court and send it off madison keys. norwegian rider alexander christoph won though longest one-day race. two hundred 34t

kilometers was in favor of the sprinters. winner.lian the italian's lead was down to 12 seconds and then it was gone. ndish -- challenged but it was the 26 are old norwegian christoph took the first major race of the classic season. ard of france one thing 15k to finish as the top triathlete in the discipline. he drove home his security despite a shooting penalty. he finished seven seconds ahead of the austrian. a perfect 10 for the season for the 25-year-old after his two

gold medals in the winter olympics. finland, her second world cup title of her career. shotsssian missed four but still took victory in the 12.5 kilometer, despite difficult conditions. needed to finish in front of norway to secure the overall title. only able to finish 14th, missing five over 20 shots. to the lovers -- belarus. the murder trial of south africa's a paralympic athlete oscar pistorius has been extended until mid-may. he denies shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp bed, saying he mistook her for a shooter. the trial will run until may the

16th. welcome to today's web news, where we will be taking a look at some of the stories making online headlines. coming up on today's show, polling booth selfies sweeper france's local elections. new zealand submitting ideas for a new national flag. ukrainian daredevil in death-defying stunts. obviously inspired by the dutch down apart who inundated the web with selfies as they cast their ballots in the local elections, french voters have also had their smartphones on hand to amortize -- immortalize their booth.in the polling french web users have been sherries pictures, holding their

voter id cards or the envelope containing their winning slip to social media platforms like twitter and instagram under a #that translates as polling booth selfie. it is not forbidden but the government does advise against it because it could compromise the secret ballot principle. spoke ton post france's interior ministry added the elections and was told posting a polling booth selfie could -- whether voting choices can be influenced. -- others say it's should be encouraged because it encourages others to get out and vote. one group has been urging young voters across the city to share photos as they cast their ballot. new zealanders will soon get to vote on whether to change the national flag. ever since the prime minister

announced lance to hold a referendum, redesigning the flag has become a hot topic online, with countless web users submitting their designs for the new flag. somewhat like to get rid of the british union jack that features on the current new zealand flag. although it is still part of the commonwealth, people share and wish to do away with reference of the colonial past and focus on the four stars that represent the southern cross constellation. the silver fern is also featuring prominently on twitter. the popular image already appears on new zealand's coat of arms and on one dollar coins. then he feel it will be perfect for the new flag, particularly so with a black at ground -- the rugby team are the all-blacks. and there have in some more

outlandish proposals. the person behind the new zealand -- twitter handle, the stars should be replaced by the prime minister's face. another wacky suggestion put forth by a number of web users is to increase -- include characters from the lord of the rings trilogy cents they were filmed in new zealand. >> crimea's newly appointed attorney general has most definitely one over japanese web users. the video of her first press conference after taking office went viral in japan and has inspired artists to give a 34-year-old the manga treatment could although her facebook page has more than 40,000 likes, some are less enamored and think the massive popularity is part of moscow's propaganda ploy regarding russia's annexation of crimea.

is that a polar bear scratching his back on a building? an elephant shopping for underwear? eggs trying to escape from the supermarket shelves? this american artist jumped up these unlikely scenarios. he doodled his work on a transparent sheet and held it up so it interacted with the real world behind. you can check out the collection on the tumblr page. a swedish developer created a google street view hack that lets you turn any real-world location into a post up a list -- post apocalyptic wasteland. overgrown with creepers, climbers, and full it. head to the urban jungle street view website and make sure you are using the google chrome browser.

walking along a higher rooftop, on a fast-moving train, performing a balancing act way up above the sea. daredevil in one of his most thrilling stunts. complete it any protective clothing or equipment. you can check out in this best of compilation video put together by you to -- a youtuber.

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