then the new president will be driven to the arc de triomphe where he will lay a wreath at the tomb ofnown soldier. emmanuel macron, in his speech, at the inauguration said that everyone was wondering whether france would look back in this presidential election, all look to the future. he said that france had chosen the future and not the past. and that the world, and europe, now more than ever needs a strong france thatis more than ever needs a strong france that is sure of its own destiny. and if france but he said no —— knows how to invent the future. he spoke of the achievements of the previous presidents of the fifth republic. charles de gaulle, francois hollande... he charles de gaulle, francois hollande. .. he knows charles de gaulle, francois hollande... he knows the challenges that he now faces because he wants to modernise france, as he said, for decades now, france has doubted itself. he said hisjob decades now, france has doubted itself. he said his job was to give the french people confidence in themselves. he said the power of france is not declining. we are on the edge o

back here with me at the arc de triomphe...s, the leader of france's socialists in the european parliament. it's very nice to have you with us. your thoughts on mr macron‘s victory? he has a huge responsibility on his shoulders. if you see how the campaign has been going on and how the country in the end appears divided, i think that he has a handful of assets, in his hands. but he better deliver. 0therwise next time mrs le pen would bea 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disaster for 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disasterfor all of 0therwise next time mrs le pen would be a disaster for all of us. it is time for a successful five years for france. that is what we all want to see. let's spell it out. when he has two deliver, in your case, what must those things be that he has to deliver? there are some topics where you believe that he can imagine that there will be some agreements from easy agreements, among us. there will be some agreements from easy agreements, among us. the challenge that europe is facing,

by side today, the president—elect and the outgoing head of state, at a formal ceremony at the arc de triomphemmemorate the end of the second world war in europe. as france enjoys a bank holiday, we talk to parents in a parisian suburb about their thoughts on a macron presidency. it will be hard for him, because i'm sure lots of people vote for him yesterday, but it's almost against marine le pen. also on tonight's programme: the conservatives say they will stick to their immigration target. theresa may wants it down to the tens of thousands a year — a goal they've repeatedly missed. a new surge in the number of migrants crossing the mediterranean — more than 7,000 rescued last weekend alone. we have a special report these women look really exhausted. they're coming on one by one. one of the women i see has got a little child with her. summer isn't here yet, and some rivers are already running dry — fears that we could be heading into a drought. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, can chelsea relegate middlesbrough and be just one more win away from the premier league title with a victory

side by side, the president—elect and the outgoing head of state at a formal ceremony at the arc de triomphemmemorating the end of the second world war in europe. as france enjoyed a bank holiday, we talked to parents in a parisian suburb about their hopes for the macron presidency. it will be hard for him because i'm sure lots of people vote for him yesterday, but it's almost against marine la pen. also on the programme tonight: no backing down — a conservative government would stick to its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands says theresa may. are you worried about ofcom at all? an investigation into rupert murdoch's bid to take full control of sky — will it be engulfed by allegations of sexual harrassment at fox news? record numbers of migrants have tried to reach europe so far this year. we have a special report on the rescue efforts in the mediterrean. these women look really exhausted. they're coming on one by one. one of the women i see has got a little child with her. and the rivers running dry in the uk before summer has even begun, prompting fears of a drought.

the two men went to the arc de triomphe then. it was a public holiday, we watched it happen.ide with the outgoing presidents, francois hollande on that day on monday. but today when the next see him, he will be in the process of becoming france's actual president and francois hollande will walk along the red—carpet, get into the car, the comes out of that meeting, and leave the elysee palace for the last time as president and now we will have the inauguration ceremony in the ballroom. the genocide there, they are waiting for that meeting to come to an end. —— the journalists are there. my guess still with me. what sense did we get when we saw francois hollande on monday next year emmanuel macron? , as the relationship, over the past relationship between them and how it is now, many have seen it as a betrayal of the owl going president, a manual, saying he is forming his own party, taking the reins of power from his formal master? it has to be said that on the face of it, the relationship between a emmanuel macron and former president hollande ina few macron and former preside

just below us, we've got all the barricades out for this huge commemoration around the arc de triomphe at least at the moment — this sense of occasion? well, indeed. it has to be said that emmanuel macron‘s victory represents a sense of hope and optimism, and he himself said as much in his victory speech. he's very aware that he's dealing with a country that is facing monumental challenges ranging from mass unemployment to global terrorism, and that he will have, you know, a very difficultjob ahead, not least of all that will involve securing a working majority in the national assembly to push reforms through.- seconds. france today will commemorate the victory of german occupation at the same time that marine le pen from the right—wing national front is defeated — maybe that's hope ahead. stefan simons from der spiegel online, nabila ramdani, thank you very much. we will have full coverage of everything that's happening today here in france, and all the reaction that's coming into the victory of emmanuel macron in the french presidential election. from me, karin giannone, for now, goo

president—elect and the outgoing head of state appeared side by side at a ceremony here at the arc de triompheate the end of the second world war in europe, 72 years ago today. mr macron declared that the time had come again to fight the forces of division. our europe editor katya adler reports on the day's events. it has been a day of reflection in france, paying tribute to the world war two fallen. taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. france's brand—new and youngest ever president elect here at ve day commemorations. a little hesitant, a little unsure, taking his cue from the outgoing head of state. it will be a steep learning curve. emmanuel macron is pretty new to politics but the crowds here were hopeful. it's very difficult to put some reforms in france and having such a guy who is so young will help to change things. translation: we hope he keeps his promises, politicians normally don't, we want france for the as well as the rich. —— for the poor. vive la france. tonight, emmanuel macron‘s fans and foes will be watching this with interest. a fly on the wall documentary filmed during

walked together to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier below the arc de triomphe.hey, the inauguration will be held. that's when macron will officially succeed francois hollande as the president of france. over: the election may be but the battle to leave the country is just beginning. to will find himself unable push through -- macron will find himself unable to push through reforms. , a legislative election, 500s -- next month, a lead -- a legislative election. reporter: election, theth's first challenge. the party will have to deliver 289 mp's in legislative elections next month if he's to hold any real sway over the country. and it willis huge require us to build a real majority. to carry out changes what i expect from you in six weeks time because i will need you again and again. reporter: 50% must be civilians with no political experience. they must come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. at least half should be women. politicians must drop other allegiances. the balancing act between the antiestablishment line that he ran his campaign on and bring in expe

he is in front of the arc de triomphe there. and resplendent it is looking today.per 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

side by side, the president—elect and the outgoing head of state at a formal ceremony at the arc de triomphe second world war in europe. as france enjoyed a bank holiday, we talked to parents in a parisian suburb about their hopes for the macron presidency. it will be hard for him because i'm sure lots of people vote for him yesterday, but it's almost against marine la pen. also on the programme tonight: no backing down — a conservative government would stick to its target of cutting net migration to the tens of thousands says theresa may.

he rode in a motorcades down the champs-elysees toward the arc de triomphe. .e inherits a divided france with a shaky economy. he says will help the country get its confidence back. the civil war rages on in syria. seth doane is in the capitol damascus where the syrian army is claiming victory of more than 1500 rebels and their family members are evacuating a suburb that has been reduced to rubble. >> we've been granted access by eeria's government to come here ca damascus to report from the d.pitol city which is under the tight control of syrian president assad. there are checkpoints everywhere, and e center of the city itself is relatively quiet. but in the suburbs there say battle taking place. assad's forces are making gains ts they try to pry the last pockets of land from rebels who had dug in near the capitol. the syrian army has been bombarding rebel positions, destroying much of the area and recently they discovered a network of tunnels there. in a sort of surrender deal the government has also been allowing civilians and rebels to leave on buses bound for other rebel-held areas.

we saw him at the arc de triomphe today side—by—side with the outgoing president.ted in the campaign as continuity, more of the campaign as continuity, more of the same. yes and it was very interesting to see him today meeting francois hollande because apparently they didn't really speak until yesterday on the phone for the last six months or year. he betrayed francois hollande really so he had this strange relationship today when they met and francois hollande was a bit like a father saying, yes, well done. i think what i was hearing from french commentators, francois hollande wants to show he has credit for this because he trusted him in the first place, and also the problem now with macron as he must keep his distance from francois hollande too because he wants to do something different. of course that was his platform, that he was a new thing in french politics. thank you for joining thing in french politics. thank you forjoining us. watching what mr macron does will also be many in the uk. what will the election of emmanuel macron mean for brexit negotiations?

earlier today he was here at the arc de triomphe, he had already received congratulations from aroundgela merkel in germany, from the uk, from european union leaders as well. here mr macron appeared standing side—by—side with the outgoing president. it was an extraordinary moment, the outgoing president francois hollande, the man who hand—picked emmanuel macron as a young man, brought him into his party, supplanted by mr macron now, gave him a pat on the back. james reynolds reports on all of the day's events. emmanuel macron, the election winner, now prepares to lead his country. this morning in paris, he joined the outgoing president francois hollande at the ceremony to mark ve day. the horror of the second world war convinced old enemies france and germany to form an alliance which then became the basis of the european union. it's a struggling project which the new president promises to revive. emmanuel macron now inherits one of the most powerful positions europe and all of the symbolism that goes with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon whose own battles are

from there it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphef ringing rhetoric, images and impressions which show to the french the importance of this moment, handing on of power to their new youthful leader. but as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france renaissance, a big word and big task. nurses are promising a summer of protest across the uk, and possible industrial action. members of the royal college of nursing at their annual conference in liverpool are calling on the next government to end years of below—inflation pay increases. but a vote will be needed, before any industrial action goes ahead. jane dreaper is in liverpool for us. so we could see nurses going on strike? we could. there has been lots of emotion here in the hall today, some nurses were in tears as they gave their speeches, including one man who had just finished a night shift here in liverpool and he told of how he was struggling to make ends meet. we don't know what form this summer of protests would take, it could be known as the summe

from there, it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphe day of ceremony and ritual and ringing rhetoric, images and impressions which show to the french the importance of this moment, sacramental handing on of power to their new, youthful leader. but, as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. our correspondent karin giannone is in paris. the end of an extraordinary long and exciting election campaign. is this going to be an exciting start to the presidency do you think? it's a very busy day already and emmanuel macron is still fulfilling obligations today. he's been carrying out various ceremonies, you saw in the report he's been very busy this afternoon. we saw him return briefly here for lunch with his family and aids. he is now visiting a military hospital, you'll also be meeting the mayor of paris and then the real work begins. he says he's under no illusions about the tasks to come so already best day of celebration and inaugur

from there, it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphe show to the french the importance of this moment, sacramental handing on of power to their new, youthful leader. but, as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. nurses are promising a summer of protest across the uk and possible industrial action. members of the royal college of nursing — at their annual conference in liverpool — are calling on the next government to end years of below—inflation pay increases. but a ballot will be needed, before any strike goes ahead. our health correspondent jane dreaper is in liverpool. nurses are particularly angry because they‘ve now had seven years of pay freezes and pay rises, a pay freeze began in 2010 and it lasted for two years and then, in 2012, their pay rises were capped at 1% and it‘s gone on since then. many here in the hall were saying they really feel they‘ve reached their limit with this. a very emotional debate, very highly cha

emmanuel macron is currently by the arc de triomphe shaking hands with that —— with army veterans.ldier he laid a wreath. we saw him do the same thing for victory in europe day, a has a lot of challenges and after the ceremony, he said in his speech that he will be starting his work this evening. studio: thank you. all sorts of weather in paris this morning. sunshine and rain. in other news now. . . friday's cyber attack hit 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries according to the head of the european union's police agency. europol‘s director, rob wainwright, has warned that he fears the number will grow when people return to work tomorrow. at europol we are running around 200 global operations against cyber crime each year, but we have never seen anything like this. we have seen the rise of ransomware becoming the principal cyber threat i think, but this is something we haven't seen before. the global reach is unprecedented. how many countries now? the latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries. those victims, many of those will be businesses, including large

from there, it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphehow to the french the importance of this moment, sacramental handing on of power to their new, youthful leader. but, as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. nurses are promising a summer of protest — across the uk — and possible industrial action. members of the royal college of nursing, at their annual conference in liverpool, are calling on the next government to end years of below—inflation pay increases. but a ballot will be needed, before any strike goes ahead. the royal college of nursing congress has voted overwhelmingly for a summer of "planned protest, followed by an industrial action ballot" if the next government doesn‘t change policy. our health correspondent jane dreaper is in liverpool for us. can you give us an idea of the background to this? why nurses are so angry this year? why now? nurses are particularly angry because they‘ve now had seven years of pay free

he didn't speak very good english but he did get across that they come here to the arc de triomphe tohis inauguration. what he was incredulous about was the stamina of the woman. the queen was just extraordinary, he said. she was still on the terrace in the evening. it is exhausting work? yes. the our we commented on him stepping down. we're making clear that she is not. she does public engagement and we will be seeing her continue to do that at this age of 91 when, as is obvious to people watching, plenty of people far younger have retired and put on the slippers. that is not something the queen will be doing any time soon. peter hunt, thank you. this is also getting a lot of attention in the united states. the royalfamily still very popular, despite our little misunderstanding a couple of hundred years ago, with americans. they watch and follow royal avenue is consistently. and the news that prince philip was stepping down was headline news all day. you are watching 100 days+ from bbc news. still to come reviewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news, the amazing story of the

the arc de triomphe in paris. jerusalem's wailing wall.iar places thousands of miles apart and separated by oceans are all here in a space about the size of a football more than 100 designers, art assistance and engineers from five continents came together to build this miniature world. >> we're leaving small town new england for the bright lights of the big city. >> of course. >> manhattan. >> right in times square. >> reporter: chelsea norwich and her team spent a year building this. >> this looks like wood painted and detailed. >> reporter: they are using 3-d printing, laser cutting and lots of handmade construction to tap into our imagination. >> up got kid. a guy on a skateboard. >> this one with an umbrella like she's blowing away. all these little details you want to look into and try to see what's going on because we're trying to build all of these scenes with people interacting. >> reporter: heading south a family run team from buenos aires created latin america. with the panama canal and brazil's christ the >> there is this, the

and they're together putting flowers on the grave of the unknown soldier right underneath the arc de triomphe. and he will not be on it, in the ceremony, but it's interesting, everybody will observe the press here, everybody will be watching how the two men interact. as you know, francois hollande was a mentor who launched the career when he hired him as an economy adviser during the campaign in 2012. and when he designated him minister of economy. and then last year, macron launched the movement. for a while, he was called the brutist of french politics. because in many ways he killed his father if politics. but this week will also be crucial for emmanuel macron because that's the transition week for him. they will have to designate 577 members of parliament that will be representing him in the legislative elections. which will be very crucial. because if he doesn't get the majority in the parliament, he will have to face either a co-habitation, meaning another majority of a movement as a parliament. and administer a prime minister that would not be are from the movement. so that will be wou

emmanuel macron will take part in that ceremony which happens at the arc de triomphe, the grave of thenown soldier. wilfred, i understand you have a question. >> i do. i wanted to come back to a position very crucial in the race where is whethmr. macron s 46%, 47% of people voted for candidate s aren't favorable towards the eu. does that suggest to you that the eu needs s ts to wake up a reform? >> wilfred it needs to be from the president macron. he's said that. he's first international trip will be probably for germany. he wants to go to germany. yesterday, he wanted to speak first to the german chancellor angela merkel. he wants to reform europe. but to reform europe, he also wants to reform france. it's important for strong europe. and that's, going to be what he needs. he wants to do the convention in europe. he wants to strengthen a partnership, all the european partners, regarding -- regarding defense and the fight against terrorism. he was the only candidate for an advocate. and that's going to be between the french and european president. >> he's got a domestic agenda and inte

she is equal distance between the arc de triomphe and the eiffel tower. here is francine lacqua.is not me, it is the markets that want to know what comes on this. the presidential election, it is trying to understand what france sees as itself in europe. the economic plan, how the country can be reformed, and speak to its people to attract more for an investment. that is what the markets want to know about the election. national front leaders are beginning to acknowledge a little bit after the debate on wednesday that marine le pen has -- fewer chances than she did a few weeks ago. is great to speak to you as always. intove us unique insights the national front and marine le pen's thinking. if she more defeatist then she was six days ago? >> absolutely not. you have 2 frances. of the cities and the france of the countryside. the perception of the debate is following this dichotomy. many say the debate wasn't good for her. plenty of messages say the contrary. i'm not sure this debate will move the line. francine: 63% of people thought mr. macron was better in the debate. on sunday

from there, it was his first public appearance as president, driven up the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphef ceremony and ritual and ringing rhetoric, images and impressions which show to the french the importance of this moment, sacramental handing on of power to their new, youthful leader. but, as the ceremony ends, the work begins. president macron has promised france a renaissance, a big word and a big task. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. let's see what he is up to at the moment. he is with his wife and he has been meeting the mayor of paris. that is the lady with the dark haired to the left of his shoulder. he is now meeting various dignitaries in paris, the leading is of the various political groupings, the mayers of the different districts of paris. he is also meeting ambassadors and religious leaders and everybody wants to shake hands with the newly elected president and bask in some of the reflected glory. he has got some tough tasks ahead of him and maybe he will address some of those when he will address some of those when he makes his speech in the next few minutes. he is runn

emmanuel macron as president—elect will be standing by the arc de triomphe with the outgoing presidentng, all. i have a beautiful picture from guernsey sent in by one of our weather watchers, another beaut from torbay and another one from fife. some of us are getting off to a dry and bright start although generally speaking there is more cloud across eastern scotland and england, around the midlands, and through the day some of that will melt away. we still have this cold wind coming in off the north sea. drift further west and we are into the sunshine, and through the afternoon that will continue. sunshine across south—west england, temperatures getting up to 13 or 1a. it is the same across wales and as we head through parts of the midlands, heading northwards. don't you just note, monday morning, your clicker is stuck once again. i hope it will spring into action, but while it doesn't, west is best for today, central areas is where we will have the cloud but in the north and east we will hang on to the cloud and with a nagging wind coming from the north sea it will feel quite cold. t

programme, i am christian fraser in paris, the city looking resplendent tonight, this is the arc de triompheng president and the president elect emmanuel macron will be here tomorrow at the flame of the unknown soldier. the first official duty of emmanuel macron as president elect and we understand that francois hollande perhaps the next table go to say goodbye to the german chancellor. we are expecting emmanuel macron to appear at the louvre for the party already underway. if you are justjoining us, he's set to become the next president, at 39 the centrist party leader will become the youngest president of france since 1848 when the nephew of napoleon bonaparte was the nephew of napoleon bonaparte was the leader. he has beaten the far right candidate marine le pen and has taken more than 65% of the vote according to exit polls. marine le pen has conceded defeat but told supporters that with 11 million votes the front national was now clearly the main party of opposition. british prime minister theresa may has congratulated the president—elect on his success, saying france is one of our clos