>> thank you. france, the centrist party has won a large majority following round two of voting on sunday. party one 351 seats in the 577 seat national assembly. they fell short of the pretty landslide, this is one of the biggest majorities. largest withe the

131 seats. looking ahead to the headquarters where claire williams is standing by. it's good to have you with us. it's a clear majority for macron. the party is really trying hard to push back on accusations that these new and experienced mps, half were people from civil society and not from the political sphere. they are trying to push back that they won't be good for democracy. rivals are saying they might not be rave enough for the national assembly to stick up for what they believe. they may not be able to debate and they may be too eager to toe because they own their careers to him. the party is saying look, these

people are going to bring diverse city and new representation to the national assembly. to read it it needs needs more shaking up and these new candidates will bring in experiences their predecessors didn't have. >> it's not the predicted landslide if we take what projections were saying. , he has to be pleased with the result. claire: we were speaking earlier. he is now an mp in paris. he won a seat here last night. they are very pleased to get this majority. it's a very clear majority, not quite as big as they hope after that first round. it is still a clear majority going forward. the next step is to get results. -- mccrone wants to get his agenda started.

start expecting a movement at the headquarters. things are into motion. the party is going to be a governing party here in france. >> she is at the president's headquarters. thank you. following the parliament elections, has a clear geordie. we take a look at these -- macron has a clear majority. conservative group is the main opposition. >> they have the new executive power to make us heard, concerning our differences on scalical policy -- fi policy. spirit,ecessarily in many members of the parties

campaigned in support of the presidential majority. socialist will have just 29 parliament, aew historic low for the former ruling party. they are likely to oppose the government on a case-by-case basis. macron's most vocal resistance comes from the political extreme, the far left firebrand will enter parliament for the first time. his movement 117 seats. it's enough to form a parliamentary group. is a group that when the time comes call for show shall -- social resistance. i am informing those in power that not an inch of ground on workers rights will be given up without a fight. >> he will have to compete with another first-time mp. pen says her party's

representatives are the only force of resistance against the modern france. luke is standing by at the national front headquarters. hello to you. eight seats for the national front, a progression for them in terms of parliament. their support has evaporated since the presidential election. luke: eight mps for the national -- themive of zone alone here in calais. marine le pen is one of them. that is a relief for the party. we have seen them sale week they would be happy with anything above and beyond the two they already have. it is far from a breakthrough for the national front. they missed out on the 15 they would have enabled fine -- form

a group in the assembly. that is the message of this morning. we saw press conference from marine le pen. of thesage is anti-democratic system and the injustice of the situation. she is looking for more proportional representation, proportional democracy for the french people she says were no longer given a voice. she will stay with the national front as the party opposition. she says they are the only party to resist macron and his government. does not haveront any allies in the national assembly. that is something they will look at moving forward. of allll bring in mps political stripes and colors and try to find a common position to boost their power in the national assembly. marine le pen's win has enforced her position. that should her -- should give

her the emphasis moving forward. last month's presidential election, all momentum virtually lost. a lot of blame is going around. blaming the national andt for a failed strategy a failed campaign. momentum tried going forward. they will seek a common strategy going forward. it will likely be the subject of a meeting of senior hierarchy on tuesday. >> thank you. kicked off has greg's it negotiations -- brexit negotiations in a brussels. since the u.k. voted to divorce from their main

trading partner. davis is in talks with the chief negotiator. hopes to build a special partnership with the eu. today ton brussels begin the next phase of our and specialld a new partnership to gear up the union. our thoughts this morning are rightly with the victims and families of the awful attack in london. it's times like these that we are reminded of the values and the resolve we share with our closest allies in europe. usre is more that unites than divides us. -- officials talked about the special relationship he was referring to. these the first formal negotiations where you have the

eu and you case it down together. u.k. sit down together. they will possibly set up that timetable of how they are going to work over the next months and years until the deadline. they hear the priorities from the eu side remain the same. u.k.the withdrawal of the first and foremost. we are looking at the new external border. we are looking at the finance question, how much does the u.k. need to pay to leave. they made commitments on the budget. those have to be held according to the eu. there is the big question of citizens. they want to talk about how they are going to leave the eu and how they will work in the future. they want parallel talks. the eu says first let's talk about how you're going to leave

and then we will talk about trade. the top parties are those citizens'rights. >> you touched on citizen rights. is it an easy issue to fix western mark >> there will be no easy issue -- is it an easy issue to fix? >> there will be no easy issue to fix. that's what we've been told. what that will be remains to be seen. the eu wants to see something wherethe eu wants to see somethg where any citizens would keep their rights exactly as they are today. the u.k. is questioning the court of justice. inyou are an eu citizen england, your rights change. that is when you will be in the u.k. to have those rights. nothing is simple. least two people have been

killed after gunmen stormed a tourist area in monaco. they said they killed five militants. disbelief at this hospital. attims of a jihadist attack hotel are treated for their injuries. on sunday afternoon, for gunmen's dorm do -- gunmen stormed the tourist hotel. we slipped under the bed. >> the hotel located on the outskirts of the capital city is popular with foreigners and locals. arrived quickly

and rescued more than 30 hostages from the building. into thekers fled wooded hills with security officers in pursuit. >> as we speak, security forces have recovered the bodies of two attackers. they are canvassing the area to find the other two bodies. the area behind the hotel spreads across dozens of acres. it is very vast and very wooded. at night, it's very dark and difficult to search. gunolice found a submachine and a bottle of explosives left behind. attacks have not let up since french troops launched an assault against troops in 2014. they are moving south. a grenade and can attack at a popular restaurant killed five people. on a reticent blue hotel left point more dead.

both were claimed by al qaeda. the firefighters in portugal are still battling to control deadly wildfires in the central region of the country. reinforcements will arrive, including more water dropping planes from france and italy. this is part of an eu cooperation program. portugal has had three days of mourning after 60 people were killed. >> some scream for their lost homes, others look on helplessly as the inferno rips through central portugal. joining 700 are firefighters, struggling to contain what are the deadliest force buyers to hit the country.

-- forest fires to hit the country. giganticted to see flames and looked like fireworks. everything caught fire. everything. >> investigators say a lightning strike during a thunderstorm may have sparked the blaze. thegency crews matt and prime minister offered his support. >> i want to have solidarity with the community and the victims. it's the worst loss of human life we've known in recent years. >> many victims died as they tried to flee in their cars. the tragedy could been prevented if firefighters had and quicker to respond. others have wanted the finger at the forest reserve for poor planning. the blaze was aggravated i and intense heat wave with

temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius. for planes have been dispatched to help. france has pledged to send firefighting aircraft. temperatures reaching 40 degrees celsius. wildfires killed three people on the island. now for the business update. macron is headed to paris. trade faird the big from the sky. he flew there in an airbus. he got a boost of confnfidence o the project. thousands of business people and ordinary visitors, airbus and boeing are fine for attention with the latest upgrades to passenger jets. kate moody is at the airport covering the events. one of the highlights? kate: >> --

>> what a highlights of the show? can you hear me? yes, we've got planes and helicopters and rockets and still more planes here at the air show. we are just a few miles north of the capital. industry areof the racing to the lip many orders. last year, airbus came out on top. 2017,halfway through boeing is in the lead. both companies are unveiling new versions of their popular planes. they will be announcing more orders as the week goes on. they are far from the only players in the field. chineseveils the first built passenger jet. that came out earlier this year.

beijing and moscow have a new partnership and they are trying to break into the market. mitsubishi is debuting a new model here. all of those manufacturers are battling against a declining market. the air show is a platform for new novation. we've got everything rum fuel-efficient engines to the most luxurious cabin interiors. they unveiled a business-class suite earlier on, hoping that high luxury will attract customers despite the political issues facing the home base at the moment. we have drones being exhibited here. they can identify risks and increase security. we have a lab connecting startups to airlines, trying to boost creativity and get them into the skies. we can't forget the defense sector. they are responsible for the more spectacular flight exhibits

we see. we've got the french and the american planes making debuts. they will be in the skies above paris this week. >> back here in paris, the president is going to have his work cut out for him. he has a clear mandate here it -- mandate. make france's job market more flexible by making it easier for companies to hire and fire. the aim is to bring unemployment down. to speed things up, the government wants to change labor law through executive decrees. he is already started to negotiate with labor unions. the details of the plan are yet to be finalized. the main point is to make it easier for companies and employees to negotiate working

conditions rather than sticking to industrywide agreements. the 28th of june, those degrees will be presented to the cabinet and mps will discuss it throughout the summer and vote on it. the decrees will be published and the government has reforms on the unemployment insurance system and pensions. >> another big task, the budget deficit on public spending. >> more than 56% of gdp goes to public spending. that's a significant figure. compared to other countries, it's much higher. it is 10% more than the eu average. the president has thomas to shrink spending by 60 billion euros by cutting.

the government has already said it is difficult to bring it down below 3% of gdp. that's what the eu requires. >> today is also an historic day, the start of brexit negotiations. >> let's talk about the european markets. they got off to a strong start. in paris, that is the biggest rise in more than a month off the back of the elections. -- the victory in london is not affecting the market. german shares are trading in the green. >> you are keen to know about this historic a with the start of brexit negotiations. >> david davis is meeting with the eu negotiator in brussels for the first formal negotiations. a year after british

people voted to leave the european union. no breakthroughs are expected today. >> thank you very the business roundup. look at the you a press review next. we are here to look at reactions to that developing story in london. a vehicle plunged into a crowd on purpose. >> we've been looking at reactions, official reactions. you have theresa may the prime minister expressing her condolences. london tweeted that his thoughts and prayers are with those affected i this horrific attack on innocent people. he also put a link to the metropolitan police message. it says that while details are still emerging, this was of a

deliberate nature. jeremy corbyn tweeted his condolences earlier, saying he was shocked at the incident and was talking to the local council. he was talking to police about the situation. he is the local mp for that area. he knows the neighborhood really well. he wrote an interesting article, given us more insight into this neighborhood. if you don't live in london, you may not know much about it did it's a very -- about it. it's a very diverse population in london, changing through gentrification. it is home to arsenal stadium. the mosque that was near the attack when it happened was notorious in the 1990's because of its links to a radical cleric. local muslim leaders have worked

andurge the extremists rehabilitate the reputation of the mosque. >> busby has been talking to witnesses on the ground. feed has been talking to witnesses on the ground. >> they interviewed one man who was reported by the rest of the british press. he said and a group of workers tackled the vehicle driver as he tried to flee on foot. this was after ramming his car into that crowd and they grabbed him while he was on the run. they held him down despite the fact that he was punching at them and lashing out at them. if this is true, this is pretty heroic behavior in the aftermath of that tragic event. shoutinglant cap islamophobia speech.

a group ofay is worshipers who stopped to help an elderly man who was suffering from heat exhaustion after coming from the mosque. they were tenting him when the and plunged into them. van plunged into them. they said the attack appeared motivated i islamophobia. victimizedslims feel in light of the attacks. the council called on authorities to's deb up -- to step up security. ramadan will be celebrated and the council wants to ensure they can celebrate in a safe environment. >> this attack targeted muslims. >> this is one of those

occasions where people on twitter were having a discussion about how this attack is reported compared to others by the press, given the fact that -- it targeted a muslim publication. -- describe inde assailant and do you do it based on race? asa caucasian man described mentally ill while others are terrorists for doing the same time? -- crime? that islamn tweeted of public terrorist attacks -- phobic phobic -- islam a -- anti-islamic attacks should be treated the same. this attack is no different than the others and it should be treated as such.

variety of opinions are appearing on the subject. >> let's end with message the peace and sent after this latest attack in -- attack. send has become custom to messages of peace and love. this user tweeted a picture of a rainbow colored heart. this is a bit nostalgic, it feels like a foreign word now. just a few years ago before these attacks happened, imagine our lives three years ago. let's end on this picture, this user tweeted a picture of an emergency in the digital age. hashtags and send your

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