>> thanks for joining us. we start with the shock waves and the reaction to the election results in europe, the political shockwaves being felt across the political class. -- biggest outright winners france's prime minister calling it an earthquake. small consolation for the traditional pro-european parties, which retain a comfortable majority between the centerleft and center-right. germany, italy, and spain voted in favor of europe. parliamentropean despite decisive wins by far right and far left.

europe's next parliament will still have a pro-european majority. seats. have won 214 won 189.-- s&d together with smaller, pro-european parties, they will hold a clear majority in the parliament. even if the number of eurosceptic members will more than double, many analysts believe it will be business as usual in brussels. >> we will have a majority in the next european parliament. 72% if it diminishes from to 64%. >> who will lead the european commission is still up for debate, as is how he or she will be picked. europe's president is chosen by the leaders of the 28 countries, rule requires them

to take the results of the vote into count. junke -- >> i am fully aware of [indiscernible] i am fully aware of the clearly stated wish of some to ignore the results of these elections. >> five parties have already submitted candidates for the job in an attempt to keep backroom deals to a minimum. successorl barroso's is expected to be elected in july. >> those disastrous results already seeing francois hollande address the nation with televised -- a televised speech in the last hour. he will be heading to brussels for a summit meeting on tuesday. he will be telling the eu leaders that the priority must be a focus on growth, -- that the priority must be a focus on growth, jobs, and investment. >> this vote expresses distrust in europe.

europe has become illegible, distant, and in comprehensible, even for states. this cannot continue. europe has to be simple, clear, efficient where it is meant to be, and scaled back where it is necessary. >> moving onto one of the other top stories we are covering this half hour ukraine, the first big challenge to kiev and its authority within hours of the presidential election. ukrainian war planes are bombing airport.und donetsk pro-russian militia seized the airport in the early hours of monday morning. the authorities in donetsk warning local residents to avoid going out this evening. rejecteddent-elect has negotiations with the separatists, calling them "bandits and terrorists." they are demanding a rapid military response.

russia's foreign minister has announced moscow would respect the result and was ready for pragmatic dialogue. >> official results on monday came faroroshenko ahead of his rivals in sunday's election. the billionaire of taint 53.75% of the votes -- the billionaire obtained 53.75% of the votes. the argument from russia that ukraine doesn't have a president, ukraine doesn't have a legitimate government has disappeared. the number of people who participated in the election demonstrated that he will be a strong president and he has the support of the people. poroshenko said that reaching peace would be impossible without russia. in moscow, foreign minister sergey lavrov said his country

recognizes the ukrainian election. who said thesce, he vote was held largely in line with international commitments, lavrov said it was far from ideal. >> there were attacks on candidates' houses. >> russia is ready for negotiation, but lavrov says he hopes the president-elect won't set to many conditions, like having representatives from the u.s. and eu around the table. insurgents say they are not ready to lay down their weapons. young men were still signing up to enroll in local militias. egypt, where, three years after ousting hosni mubarak and 11 months after the --, the huge favorite

to win is the former army chief, i don't but all cc -- army chief, abdel fatah al-sisi. al-sisi is among the first to cast his vote in cairo, the beginning of a two-day election in egypt. make historywill today and tomorrow. may god stand by -- egyptians will make history today and tomorrow. may god stand by egypt. >> the veteran leftists finished third in the 2012 elections that brought muslim brotherhood back hooduslim brother mohamed morsi to power. >> they can see all the old people, all the older people waiting.

they all want to make some change in the country. they are looking for a better future for us. i'm going to vote for al-sisi. he can make a better economy for us. military guy.is a don't enter politics. picture a different southwest of the capital. one of only three polling stations on the outskirts of the city has drawn just several dozen voters. are in front of walls stenciled with graffiti of pro-morsi martyrs. they boycott the vote. >> we will stay put in the street for 10 years if necessary. luck had to be spilled in every revolution around the world. e- blood had to beast -- b spilled in every revolution

around the world. >> for many voters, more bloodshed is the last thing they want. >> pope francis wraps up this monday a three-day visit to the middle east. the trip to the holy land rich and symbolic. the holocaust memorial on monday, the pontiff declaring, "never again." he made waves earlier in the , in the presidents of the palestinian authority and israel to the vatican later this year. to oure, let's go correspondent who has been following the pope's trip to the holy land. would notnsisted he get involved in politics, but it was an integral part of his visit, wasn't it? >> a pilgrimage to the holy land

to focus on intra-christian reconciliation. it pope must have known would be impossible to stay clear of politics in that political situation. everything can have a political interpretation -- where you go, who you meet, the words you choose to use. add to that the fact that the apprentice has a strong -- that pope francis has a strong personality and is not afraid to deviate from script when needed. he stepped off of his pope mobile, laying a hand on the wall of separation. that will probably be one of the most enduring images of this trip. the pope unambiguously supported palestinian statehood, saying he had come to visit the state of palestine. this trip was all about balance. -- somethingwent

that no pontiff had ever done before. the tomb of theodore, the founder of modern-day zionism. reportedly, and this is in this is interesting, benjamin netanyahu had been angered by the pope's unscheduled stop before the wall of ricky of -- the wall of reconciliation and he had asked for more balance, so the pope obliged by making an unscheduled stop at the war memorial for the israeli victims of terrorism. that was the vatican trying to show it wasn't taking political sides so much as it was hearing the suffering of people, whoever they may be, on both sides of the divide. >> you mentioned they had a reaction from the israeli prime minister, perhaps demanding a bit more from the pope. now that the visit is over, cyril, how do you think it was received in the israel and -- ininian territories

israel and the palestinian territories? >> it was received very positively by palestinians. what they see is they got unambiguous support for their cause and the cause of palestinian statehood. to palestinians i spoke don't believe this will have an immediate impact on the peace process, but they do believe the pope coming here and touching the wall of separation lent their cause moral authority, so they were very happy. it is safe to say there is some frustration within the israeli political establishment. we mentioned the anger that was reported yesterday by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, very sensitive and of anything that smells like foreign intervention in domestic politics. there was also anger within the ultra-orthodox minority, who were not happy the pope would be celebrating mass at the site of

jesus' last supper. the israeli people overall think of the visit -- it has to be said, for a lot of people, the dominant feeling was indifference. >> cyril vanier, thank you. the pope has now left israel to bring an end to that trip. theng to thailand, where country's new military leader has warned citizens not to demonstrate against his rule. that protesters could be tried by general court. having seized power last thursday, he had already banned large public gatherings and detained political and civilian figures. leader received the blessing of thailand's re vered king. >> the leader of the latest coup in thailand pledged to restore peace in the country.

although the king did not attend the ceremony, the palace asounced the monarch had -- head of a military junta. >> we will maintain firm control and deal with those who violate the law, use weapons, stage protests, or do anything that will create disorder. >> the royal endorsement came after a weekend of protests, despite the army's ban on gatherings of anything more than five people. they seized power last week, drawing widespread criticism. about 200 ousted government leaders, including prime minister yingluck shinawatra, remain under military supervision. untilrty stayed in power the coup. the army's move followed six months of political stalemate

pitting yingluck against protesters. he did not give any time frame for how long the junta would stay in power. >> it is a quarter past 9:00 in the french capital. let's take a look at our top stories. pressing on with reforms and weighing france's future directions. 's national front party joining other eurosceptic parties in leading the traditional oens. -- ones. ukraine officially has a new president. poroshenko confirmed his victory. bombarded forces donetsk airport, the latest strategic site seized by separatists. pope francis honors the victims of the holocaust.

the leader of the catholic church wrapping up a three-day visit to the holy land, rich in symbols. he played -- prayed at jerusalem's western wall as well as the area separating israel from the palestinian area. time now for business news. at thetaking a look stock market's reaction to those european elections. >> traders have had a range of different elections to digest this monday. the one in the european union and also over in ukraine. european shares ended monday's session broadly higher, with a real outperformance by italy's main stock market. shares shot up as matteo renzi said he would accelerate his government's economic reform. he won more than 40% of the vote, nearly twice that of the runner-up. let's take a closer look at

those closing figures across europe. the cac 40 and the dax gained ground. -- ftse lead the upward move higher.d the move wall street was closed today because of holiday. investors are watching a forum by the european central bank in portugal. it brings together the imf chief, christine lagarde. sayingraghi was quoted the ecb remains alert to a negative spiral of low inflation. and inflation is currently well below the central bank's rate of 2%. speculation add to the ecb could lower interest rates when the ecb's governing board meets next week.

investors are also digesting the outright victory of billionaire poroshenko in ukraine's presidential poll. he owns a news channel in ukraine. as charlotte hawkins explains, he is facing a series of challenges to get ukraine's economy back on track. >> poroshenko, the confectionery king, has made billions for himself. now he is hoping he can do the same for his country. the bank predicts the economy will contract by seven percent this year. he has his work cut out. after supporting ukraine's pro-european demonstrations, the new president says one of his top right or these assigning an eu treaty -- top priorities is treaty as soon as

possible. >> we will take decisive steps to bring to life the main elements of the eu association we should do everything possible to bring european values to ukraine. leading towards europe, but poroshenko has strong business ties to russia, too, and his negotiating skills with moscow will be put to the test. azprom has threatened to cut off supplies if ukraine does not pay the $1.66 billion bill in advance. as situations were showing -- worsen with russia, exports could take a hit. ukraine is also under pressure from the international monetary fund. it has pledged 1.7 billion euros in aid. we also have a few corporate stories to tell you about this monday.

one of them is about the french struck ahich has deal to continue operating two uranium mines in niger. this follows complaints that niger did not benefit enough from the former agreement. under the terms of this new deal, they will pay more taxes on the minerals they extract. shares ended up trading more than 3% higher. french software company has offered to buy arrival for 620 million -- to buy a rival for 620 million euros. it is seen as a play by atos to strengthen its cyber security businesses. the american drug company, pfizer, pulling the plug on its attempts to buy rival astrazeneca. $119 million, which was

said to be inadequate. towel,threw in the meaning it won't be able to form the billy -- world's biggest drug company together with astrazeneca. back to you wit. >> 90 for that business update. -- thank you for that business update. a close look at what is trending online on this monday. >> hello and welcome to today's "web news," where we take a look at some of the stories making the end line -- the online headlines. tweets deemed

blasphemous in pakistan. and an incredibly lifelike pencil drawing. week, twitter granted the authority to request to block certain posts deemed blasphemous. tweets isng of these in line with the country's specific censorship policy. there have been lively reactions online. many have taken to the web to voice their outrage. they are appalled twitter is now blocking internet content in pakistan. they say the policy is ridiculous. and the powers that be at the microblogging site are violating the right to freedom of expression for web users in pakistan. some web users have shared concerns about the lack of clarity over what is considered blasphemous. the people who wrote these posts

are asking who defines blasphemous. they fear the government could go on to exercise online censorship for anything it deems offensive. fears partly fueled by the fact this is in the first time pakistan has taken steps to control online content. web users were denied access to video sharing platform youtube at the end of 2012. the ban, which remains in force, came after the -- was posted online. the administrators of the -- toe are asking web users post for selfies in areas covered in garbage and upload the picture to the social network. the aim is to raise awareness about the growing waste problem and prompted authorities to take action. the movement is proving popular

so far. fies haveof trash sel been posted in less than a week. the images are generally uploaded with the hashtag and the name of the street or areas in which they were taken. the campaign is targeting the tunisian government, which recently announced a series of some 50 measures intended to tackle the problem of waste management in tunisia. but it seems the authorities have perhaps promised more than they can deliver. citizens have taken matters into their own hands and are organizing street cleaning programs. residents here turned out en masse to deal with garbage problems in their neighborhood. a collaborative platform has been set up. it provides details of the worst problem areas and urges public authorities to clean them up as soon as possible.

trend has hit japanese social networks, taking a selfie while moving your head. as we can see from this selection of some of the pics doing the rounds online, the resulting photo is generally blurred. it is one way of adding a new twist to the selfie craze, which emerged a few years ago and remains ever popular. in this collection, entitled the quest for absolute, the french photographer reveals the lonely side of superheroes. the pics are available on the artist's website. them contemplating life amidst stunning natural landscapes.

has launched a crowd sourcing campaign called my burger, inviting web users to design original new burgers. you can choose from 80 ingredients and use them to concoct a new sandwich which will be added to the chain's menu. it will be subject to a public online vote, a panel of experts, and the winning burger will be served in restaurants across the u.k. from october onward. video shows an american artist drawing an extremely lifelike portrait of one of the main characters in the hit series "game of thrones." he has used white pencil on black paper.

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