the champs—elysees totally off limits now.more accustomed to protest, that is in the eastern part of the city. — around the place de la republique. we now have this stand—off between police and protesters which flares up every now and again with more that advise being started, -- little —— little fires being started. police baton charges, and tear gas being fired and so on. it does seem, once again, but among the yellow vests, they have been infiltrated by what they called the black bloc, people of really radical, anarchist, far left sympathies who have decided to make themselves part of the broader protest movement in order to make their point. again more on that on the bbc news website. now seven people were killed in an attack on the afghan ministry of information in kabul. an explosion was heard just before midday local time, and sporadic gunfire continued for over six hours before officials declared the incident over. a ministry source said one of the attackers got inside the building. the attack comes a day after talks b

so, all eyes on the elysee palace this evening. i'm joined by our paris correspondent, lucy williamson.

the protesters have been banned from the area around the champs elysees and notre—dame cathedral.ur europe regional editor danny aeberhard reports. chanting it's week 23 of the yellow vest protests, and the first since monday's catastrophic fire in notre—dame cathedral. but if the authorities hoped that that disaster heralded a moment of newfound unity, they were wrong. political tensions continue to smoulder, erupting into clashes on the streets of paris. a group of protesters set motorbikes alight in one area. the violence was nothing like the scale of the riots in december. one protester said radical elements had hijacked a mostly peaceful demonstration.

the champs—elysees totally off limits now.astern part of the city. —— around the place de la republique. we now have this stand—off between police and protesters which flares up every now and again with more that advise being started, police baton charges, and tear gas being fired and so on. it does seem, once again, but among the yellow vests, they have been infiltrated by what they called the black bloc, people of really radical, anarchist, far left sympathies who have decided to make themselves part of the broader protest movement in order to make their point. how is this for an unbelievably fascinating story of survival? much of the roof and spire of notre—dame cathedral was destroyed in monday's fire, but its smallest residents survived. some 200,000 bees living in hives on the roof were initially thought to have perished. however, notre dame's beekeeper has confirmed that the bees are alive and buzzing and instead of the fire killing them, the carbon dioxide actually intoxicated them and simply put them to sleep. here's

earlier in the day the fire fighters were received by president and back home at elysee palace where he called their performance exemplary. but a phone call from the world i think we're deeply touched it's also linked to the fact that notre dame is very dear to us and for all firefighters this is the type of sinners to repentance that we fear enormously could only occur in a limo and. indeed before the repairs and the rebuilding there's still the danger that parts of the structure could further collapse the culture minister said one gable in the north section and another between the two great bell towers were at risk he also said that figures in the southern bell tower could still fall apart and if they did this would damage the organs below the plan is now to remove the organs and investigation is now going on to find out how the fire started cathedral leaders had earlier asked repeatedly for more funds to help the ailing structure especially the wood timber roof made out of five thousand trees by medieval craftsman and which was severely damaged. through our correspondent rebecca r

the firefighters who battled the flames at notre dame are thanked by the president at the elysee. japan's emperor akihito is on a three day pilgrimage to the grand shrine in centraljapan before his abdication later this month. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington dc, where a redcated version of the mueller report has finally been published. the investigation was probing alleged collusion between the trump election campaign and moscow. after the report was made public, clearing the trump team of collusion, the president was quick to tweet "game over". but the matter is far from over for democrats after it emerged the president tried to have robert mueller removed from the investigation. our north america editor, jon sopel has the latest. a watershed moment for this president and maybe the presidency itself. the trouble is that the white house meeting wounded warriors today. but for his two—year long battle with robert mueller, he he has emerged unscathed, wi

night, pitted their bravery against a vast inferno and won, now filing into the gilded rooms of the elyseete. translation: it is a great joy, a great honour. the paris firefighters are a humble and discreet unit and we are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of our comrades. one firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. "it was only later we understood the risks we had taken", she said. "the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it." investigators have interviewed 40 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre—dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre—dame did not die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre—dame, outside the town hall, crowds gathe

of spring and corresponding rebecca rivers who is standing by at the elysee paris where that ceremony is currently taking place so rebecca what do we know about these firefighters who are being honored today and their role in their efforts to save the cathedral. well these men and women of the paris fire brigade are certainly the heroes of the hour i'm hoping you can see some of them coming out behind me the ceremony with emmanuel mccall has obviously just come to an end it was a private ceremony so i wasn't able to go in and see exactly what was said but we know that he has held their work as exemplary two people that he may have picked out for special mention was certainly the brigade chaplain john mark phone yeah and for me it was he helped salvage the precious crown of thorns thought to be worn by jesus that was housed in the cathedral he did that at great personal risk another name that may have been mentioned out was miriam should should didn't ski excuse me she was among one of the first to reach the higher parts of the cathedral up into the roof before the spire fell which is

of burgundy that your correspondent rebecca riggers who is outside of the elysee presidential palace where that ceremony is taking place welcome to you are back what do we know about the firefighters being honored today and especially you know their role here in their efforts to save the cathedral. when sarah these men and women really are being hailed national heroes here today i mean the full court of the palace but just outside the gates there's a whole line of people parisians and tourists who want to catch a glimpse of them as they came in and as the firefighters did come in they came through move past behind me there were cheers from the crowd you could hear so they really have the whole country behind them today they'll be there being met by the president emmanuel mccollum who's going to thank them personally i don't know if he was a collective if it and they will be thanked collectively but a couple of names that might stand out is that of joe mufon yeah he's the brigade chaplain now he has been he helped salvage the precious crown of thorns which was thought to be worn by je

it was met at the elysee palace in paris by french president manuel markel it is a firm proponent of global free trade and he's looking for common ground amongst leading trade nations during his meeting with mark kong also pledged financial assistance for the reconstruction of the notre dame cathedral following its recent devastating fire. samsung is postponing the launch of its hotly anticipated two thousand dollar folding phone after reports of breakage is early reviewers called the galaxy fold on the usable just forty eight hours after receiving the device south korean firms an inspection suggested the breakages could stem from impact on quote exposed areas of the hinge the delay is a setback for some song as it seeks to battle stiff competition from rivals like huawei and apple's new release date is due to be announced in the coming weeks. whatsapp thing. that's it from me and the business as a team here in berlin for more business news and lots of background stories check out the w dot com slash business thank you for watching stay tuned now for. right after this quick look. kic

the protesters have been banned from the area around the champs elysees and the burnt notre dame cathedralor, danny aeberhard, reports. it's week 23 of the yellow vest protests a nd it's week 23 of the yellow vest protests and the first since the catastrophic fire at notre dame cathedral. if the authorities hope that heralded unity they were wrong. political tensions continue to smoulder and opting into clashes on the streets of paris. a group of protesters set motorbikes alight in one area. the violence was nothing like the scale of the riots in december. one protester said radical elements had hijacked a mostly peaceful demonstration. you can see there are people who are not necessarily hear out of the same convictions we have for peaceful reasons. we should be able to move around everywhere but it is true at is not very pleasant doing this. we cannot protest as we would like so it is getting tense. i get remains. some was directed against the $1 billion raised to restore notre dame. demonstrators have criticised the ees with which billionaires and corporations have funded huge donations

for their service including their earlier the firefighters were also invited to a ceremony at the elysee palace with president macro. police in new york of rest of the man who tried to enter some patrick's cathedral with eight leaders of gasoline play sentiment was that the man told them he wanted to use the cathedral as a shortcut is the decade of course just two days after the fire not to doubt. the reporters without borders has just published its latest press freedom index it's based on access to information at legal restrictions and the rights of violence against the media whether committed by the state or by others eritrea north korea and turkmenistan are at the bottom of these tables and these the countries where reporters without borders say the situation is very serious now at the top of the index we find the northern european countries of norway finland and sweden where the picture is not so positive in other parts of europe a u. member hungry for instance that dropped fourteen places to eighty seven d w has been speaking with a hunger in journalist who left the country and now

paris often has been in visit french president in model ma cry set to receive both rivals in the elysee palace. a ceremony to present this year's for stage just world press for a war took place in amsterdam last night while the top prize went to veteran photographer john moore for this photo it shows undocumented migrants two year old you know a sanchez and her mother sandra as they were taken into custody after entering the u.s. from mexico while the picture fueled outrage about the trumpet ministrations policy of separating parents from their children it emerged later that in this case mother and daughter were not separated but ended up in a detention center before being released a few weeks later and allowed to apply for asylum. well this year's contest also presented a new order for photo story of the year on the winner in that category is dutch swedish photographer peter to help on his focus was also on migration he followed families and children trying to make their way from honduras to the u.s. as part of the migrant caravan that made headlines last year the judges said that his

president earlier this week the country's intelligence chief and close ally to former president of the elysees beautifully ko were supported only sacked on friday u.s. state department is expected to name iran's revolutionary guard as a foreign terrorist organization this would be the first time washington designates another country's military as a terrorist group the u.s. has revoked the entry visa for the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court. was planning to investigate accusations of war crimes by u.s. forces in afghanistan and so his office insists this will not affect her work with the u.n. which is based in new york and the u.s. the democratic controlled lower house of congress is suing donald trump's government over his. it's also not very cheap to maintain a baby is it's actually expensive. the country was full of cholera is surging once again in yemen and the number of suspected cases has doubled since march at least three hundred people have died since then the un fair says latest outbreak could be as bad as the one in two thousand and seventeen and that outbreak more

the protesters have been banned from the area around the champs elysees and notre dame cathedral.eberhard, reports. chanting. it's week 23 of the yellow vest protests, and the first since monday's catastrophic fire in notre—dame cathedral. but if the authorities hoped that that disaster heralded a moment of newfound unity, they were wrong. political tensions continue to smoulder, erupting into clashes on the streets of paris. a group of protesters set motorbikes alight in one area. the violence was nothing like the scale of the riots in december. one protester said radical elements had hijacked a mostly peaceful demonstration. translation: you can see that there are people who are not necessarily here out of the same convictions we have, for peaceful reasons. we should be able to move around everywhere, but it's true, it's not very pleasant doing this. we can't protest as we would like, so it's getting tense. anger remains, though. some of it this week was directed against the colossal sum, about $1 billion, raised in just days to restore notre—dame. demonstrators have criticised

disastrous blaze at notre dame cathedral firefighters and other first responders were invited to the elysee palace in paris where they were personally thanked by president. he held their actions as exemplary the more than four hundred men and women who battled the fire were credited with protecting the cathedrals to massive bell towers and saving many of the artworks and the relics inside the building. a ceremony to honor the firefighters is about to begin at parris city hall. well now we are heading to the gambia and the legacy of its former of the leader ya may jamma he is fled to equitorial guinea in january of twenty seventeen after he refused to concede defeat in a presidential election neighboring countries threatened a military intervention in the gambia unless he gave way to his opponent adama barrow but went into self-imposed exile after two decades in power during his tenure critics say that he and his supporters plundered state funds. funny fatah or travel to the gambia to find out how much has changed since his departure they are published every second day even though no one eve

she made the same request at the elysee palace, amid talk of the eu offering a long, flexble extensiono the brexit process. much will depend on the prime minister's performance. eu leaders wa nt to minister's performance. eu leaders want to see evidence of a credible plan before granting another brexit extension. we'll have the latest from brussels and paris, and we'll consider the prospects for tomorrow's eu summit. also tonight... married couples will be able to divorce faster, and with less conflict, after changes to the law in england and wales. it will be better for all to see that fault is no longer something that is key in the divorce process. in the israel election, the latest signs are that long—serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu is struggling to hold on to power. we report from algeria, as the protests by young people intensify against the country's political leadership. and in tonight's football, spurs take the lead against manchester city in the champions league quarter finals. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a rare defeat followed by a more familiar victory — en

now, in an eagerly awaited response at the elysee palace, he said he recognised the protestors‘ fairging a change notjust of policy but approach. translation: i've given the impression of giving constant orders, of being tough, sometimes unfair. i regret that. because it's not what i'm like deep down. and i don't think it's helped my case. among his planned changes are lower taxes for the middle classes, to be paid for by people having to work longer, protecting low pensions against inflation, the introduction of proportional representation at some elections, and huge cuts in civil servicejobs. at the same time, though, he vowed to push on with and even accelerate existing reforms. as france listens, some protesters said his speech changed nothing. translation: the yellow vest movement will carry on, because this speech doesn't give a ny concrete a nswe i’s to our questions and demands. when i say nothing concrete, it means that citizens won't see anything different in their wallets next month. translation: we won't call off any actions and meetings that are already planned. unfortun

notre dame cathedral in paris president emmanuel mccrone invited them to a private ceremony at the elysee palace the firefighters are credited with preventing the fire from reaching the saddam belt towers and saving artworks in the relics from inside the building. turkish election officials have confirmed the victory of the opposition candidate a chrome goal who in last month's election in istanbul a recount showed that he defeated the candidate from the ruling a k party in a major blow to president wretch of type and a once authority he said that the a.k.p. will keep fighting this results but for now supporters of the opposition the republican people's party or c h p are celebrating. celebrating a break with history the first istanbul mayor in twenty five years not from the a.k.p. well. today heir to one is finished the supreme electoral council has confirmed the results and put istanbul with sixteen million people in our hands. about the race was close istanbul's new social democratic mayor only just managed to scrape by his a.k.p. rival heir to once party is desperately trying to roll

notre dame cathedral in paris president emanuel makana invited them to a private ceremony at the elysee palace the firefighters are credited with preventing the fire from reaching notre dame's bell towers and saving artworks and relics from inside the building. you're watching news still to come on the program in the gambia they are still washing. luxury cars two years after the corrupt leader floods has anything changed in the country. but first germany has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss a surge in fighting in the libyan capital tripoli forces loyal to the libyan army commander are battling to seize control of tripoli from the internationally recognized libyan government shelling of tripoli has increased and more than two hundred people have been killed since the offensive began this month. images of war intended to demonstrate the progress of khalifa have tars troops this may be propaganda but it does show that the battle for tripoli is escalating. this week the city center was hit by rockets for the first time emergency workers reported civili

heads to paris after his burn visit french president eman omar cry set to receive both rivals in the elysee palace. and israeli mission to the moon has failed when the lunar lander crashed into the moon's surface mission control said engine failure was to blame but israeli air space officials still hold the mission as a breakthrough for low cost small scale spacecraft. israelis held their breath held their heads or even called on a higher power as it became clear that something had gone wrong national t.v. carried live images from inside the control room and there the tension was pope mobile when the news of the land is crushed was announced there was solemn applause the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and project chiefs tried to stay positive about the outcome you win some do this. if at first you don't succeed you try again. at the hotel so. this spacecraft was called para sheet which translates literally into in the beginning it hitched a ride into space aboard space x.'s falcon nine rocket in february this year the mission was an attempt to make history it would have been the first pr

these men rarely s set f foot ie elysee palace in thankfufuy they did not come to put out a fire but to get a special tribute from citizen number one the president. sisingle a as well. we feel greaeat joy. a great honor. the parisis firemen a traditionally humble. poker we worked once again as a team fix the text for me. the picture to remember this moment and the firefighters had outside for another mission o or simply to rest. and new york trainee firefighters carry both us and french f flags duringg the final spiririt run before graduating. this is a tribute to the firefighters who battled the blaze at delta dental vision in paris on monday. find a cop new york said the firefighters and carried the french flag as a show of solidarity. and support. for the p. a. the with a slight. at the kind of marriage has been sentenced to thirty years behind bars h he's been found guilty of complicity in the murders carried out by his younger brother in. twenty twelve of the kind of merit had already been convicted of conspiring aiding abetting his younger brother took the bracelet is back in t

now, in an eagerly awaited response at the elysee palace, he said he recognised the protestors' fairion: i've given the impression of giving constant orders, of being tough, sometimes unfair. i regret that. because it's not what i'm like deep down. and i don't think it's helped my case. among his planned changes are lower taxes for the middle classes, to be paid for by people having to work longer, protecting low pensions against inflation, the introduction of proportional representation at some elections, and huge cuts in civil servicejobs. at the same time, though, he vowed to push on with and even accelerate existing reforms. as france listens, some protesters said his speech changed nothing. translation: the yellow vest movement will carry on, because this speech doesn't give a ny concrete a nswe i’s to our questions and demands. when i say nothing concrete, it means that citizens won't see anything different in their wallets next month. translation: we won't call off any actions and meetings that are already planned. unfortunately, i fear demonstrations, planned for the ist of m

in a news conference at the elysee palace, he announced a number of new measures — including tax cutsd not change. translation: those who work, who pay income tax, have been made to contribute a good deal of the last few decades, so i will be plain. they don't want to see any tax rises. eye on tax cuts for those who work with a significant reduction in income tax. and we need to work now. france works a lot less than its neighbours. we enter the job france works a lot less than its neighbours. we enter thejob market later, we leave it earlier, and we work less over the course of the year. so we need to have a real debate and find options so that we can move forward. that's essential. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield has this assessment of president macron's announcement. what he is not same, and this is very important, is that i'm going to change what i'm doing. you're saying that the orientation which we are on is the right one. we need to modernise, we need to balance the books, yes, they have done things wrong, i'm saying, and only to be more human and we need to bring the a

an error in algeria thanks to protests and the military the country's embattled president of the elysees beautifully resigns after weeks of demonstrations for many of jewelry and she's the only leader they've ever known so what's next for them and the country will get the latest from. also coming up a last ditch effort to break the brakes it deadlocked from british prime minister theresa may. this is a decisive moment in the sky.

have time and he traveled to paris was received at the elysee palace that rolled out the red carpet for him there but what is the extent of french support is it advises that military support are they what sort of support are they providing i don't know we know now that it's it's not just diplomatic in the security council or in the political positions as the israeli's statements made by french diplomats. no need for military intervention so with this happening this morning about the french diplomats on the fringe diplomats i think we are talking about the level of. providing security advice or security consultants what they're called generally which is an another way of the military involved. but not to the level that would. at least for now talking about direct military involvement in libya saw that that's consuming spirit for brother it's interesting though i mean because these countries whether it's france or you know the countries that backed the u.n. backs government in tripoli they all call for a ceasefire and behind the scenes there's something completely different going on there

night, pitted their bravery against a vast inferno and won, now filing into the gilded rooms of the elyseeis firefighters are a humble and discreet unit and we are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of our comrades. 0ne firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. "it was only later we understood the risks we had taken", she said. "the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it." investigators have interviewed 40 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre dame did not die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre dame, outside the town hall, crowds gathered this afternoon for a service of thanks. translation: i

now filing into the gilded rooms of the elysee palace, the secular cathedral of the french state.e are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of my comrades. 0ne firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. it was only later we understood the risks we had taken, she said. the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it. investigators have interviewed 40 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre dame didn't die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre dame outside the town hall, crowds gathered this afternoon for a service of thanks. translation: i feel gratitude to the fire brigade. by risking your lives y

the french government deployed military forces and banned protesters from marching on the champs elysees other areas after clashes with the police, nearly 200 arrests, and damage to businesses by some protesters. police used tear gas and water cannons on crowds in paris. activists, who are now fewer in their march in paris on the place du trocadero. this is yellow vest organizer sophie tissier. looks we're simply getting organized. we're facing a government crushing us in the media. we do not have the same media strength as the government to highlight our ideas. they're are discrediting us. they are lying about us. french interior minister is lying when he says we do not have any demand. he is a liar. i think it is unacceptable in aa democracy that a government can be as deceiving and can bear such irresponsible words. the government keep some lighting fires. do they want a round of protest similar to march 16? is that what they want? to they want people to turn to violence and insurgency because of their scorn? amy: more than 33,000 demonstrators nationwide joined the demonstrations sat

meanwhile the heroes of the night, the firefighters, have been honored this morning at the elysees palaceinary parisians and tourists can come and give thanks for all that was saved despite the devastation caused by the fire. the investigators continue to work and parisianers continue to take stock of what was lost here >> it is incredible to look at the new video you got from inside at the aftermath of the fire. incredible damage. thank you very much for the reporting. >>> now back in the u.s., police in new york arresting a man they say tried to enter st. patrick's cathedral with two full gleasole cans, lighter fluid and lighters. the nypd said the man is known to police. it is unclear what his intentions were. it is a big day for the country. it's been two years in the making. for the first time the public will get to see the mueller report. or at least large swaths of it. we have it all covered for you next. - [woman] with my shark, i deep clean messes like this. this and even this. but i don't have to clean this, because the self-cleaning brush roll removes hair, while i clean. - [an

the police have successfully managed to keep the pedestrians here away from the champ elysees, wherew weeks, this they have caused so much trouble. even before the events of this week, they had hoped that this would be a much bigger saturday and it was. there were 9,000 protesters on the streets of paris today compared to 5,000 last saturday. and i think beyond their call for a bigger protest, what really fueled the protest, and we heard this over and over again today, from yellow vest protesters, was the donations made to notre dame. the fire on monday led to so many of france's richest families announcing donations and what the yellow vests have said today, there are people in france who are in a position to give that much money, we have nothing on which to live, and that speaks to the profound economic inequality that we've been fighting against since the month of november. >> melissa bell in paris, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, former vice president joe biden is set to jump into the presidential race, with a looming announcement next week. how will past controversies impact

now filing into the gilded rooms of the elysee palace, the secular cathedral of the french state.e and discrete unit and we are here as a community to honour the individual and collective efforts of my comrades. 0ne firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. it was only later we understood the risks we had taken, she said. the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it. investigators have interviewed 40 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre dame didn't die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre dame outside the town hall, crowds gathered this afternoon for a service of thanks. translation: i feel gratitude to the fire brigade

yes, so ifi the elysee palace in paris?en speaking to ten minutes ago, i would have told you that the diplomats here are saying, she is going to berlin, why is the prime minister not going to paris? because it is emmanuel macron, the french president, who is being the toughest and asking the most questions about what the point of an extension would be. and lo and behold, the prime minister is going to paris to talk to president macron to paris to talk to president macron to talk about the extension of what the conditions might be. there are two things people are talking about. first of all, what is theresa may's plan. you remember the agreement she struck with a 27 eu leaders at the last summit was that she would come to them with a plan for the way forward at about this point, and there are plenty of people here saying, 0k, there are plenty of people here saying, ok, it's good that she is reaching out to jeremy corbyn saying, ok, it's good that she is reaching out tojeremy corbyn and there are cross—party talks happening,

now filing into the gilded rooms of the elysee palace, the secular cathedral of the french state.my comrades. 0ne firefighter described emerging from a bell tower and seeing the roof engulfed in flames. it was only later we understood the risks we had taken, she said. the hardest thing was that we were so small compared to it. investigators have interviewed a0 people and forensic teams have begun to gather evidence at the site. but the structure of notre dame is still fragile, damaged by both the fire and the operation to save it. the threat to notre dame didn't die with the fire. several areas of the building have been badly weakened. some of the gables have already been given extra support. scaffolding is being brought in to secure the stonework and a tarpaulin is urgently needed to protect the vaulted ceiling from rain. across the riverfrom notre dame outside the town hall, crowds gathered this afternoon for a service of thanks. translation: i feel gratitude to the fire brigade. by risking your lives you saved part of ours. after the service, the crowd walked down to notre dame

you can see them filing into the elysee palace. stone structure of the notre dame and its towers. the fire, of course, completely destroyed the cathedral roof and caused its spire to collapse and it's been said that actually saving the cathedral came down to a crucial time window of just 15—30 minutes. and these are those who so bravely put out the fire and extraordinarily, there was just one injury as a result of the operation to put out the fire, one firefighter was injured but these are the people who managed to extinguish that fire. it took 15 hours, caused a lot of damage but it's been said it could have been so much worse if it had gone on even forjust much worse if it had gone on even for just another 15—30 minutes. president mccrone wanting to personally thank all of those who joined in all of the extraordinary operation. —— president mccrone. he says the cathedral will be rebuilt within five years. he wants to make it even more beautiful. whether or not there was russian interference in the us election in 2016 is a questio

so, all eyes on the elysee palace this evening.by our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. i got this sense today that the french president was just softening a little in some of the rhetoric. yes, he has been very tough on the conditions that might be needed for an extension. this is the uk's problem to solve. any extension is going to need a really concrete reason, a really credible plan. but i think there has been some movement coalescing around the other 26 members of the eu to push for an extension and today, what we really have been hearing is that those conditions from the french side are being expanded. president macron is expected to call tomorrow for a real credible plan from theresa may but also commitments that the uk if it does get a longer extension will not use that membership to try and leveraged the eu over brexit. there has been this frustration on the french part that brexit is dragging on and if it drags on into the new parliamentary session, it is going to in some way hold back the reform programme, the discus

we know, at this moment at 5:40pm, 6:40pm in paris, theresa may is meeting emmanuel macron at the elyseeeen that the date is to be fixed. earlier, the prime minister was in berlin meeting angela merkel for last—minute talks, ahead of that eu summit. that is where leaders will be voting on whether to delay brexit again until the end ofjune, according to the motion passed by the house of commons within the last 15 or 20 minutes. the house of commons within the last 15 or20 minutes. i'd the house of commons within the last 15 or 20 minutes. i'd like to talk to someone who knows the system inside out but certainly in detail from a french perspective. the former french minister for european affairs. noelle lenoir. shejoins me from paris. thank you forjoining us. what can we expect from this meeting between emanuel macron and theresa may today? you have read what was expected from this meeting but also the meeting with angela merkel. i think that you cannot deny from the very beginning, first of all, the europeans are well aware that it is very difficult to govern nowadays, and it is very diff

the protesters ransacked businesses, along the champs-elysees.nd the some are reportedly angered by the billion dollar outpouring to notre dame. helping living people instead of a monument. one yellow vester noted that humans should be more important than stones. if humans had more money they, too, could help finance the restoring of notre dame. i find this disgusting. one postponed a speech when the notre dame cathedral caught fire. they believe they're unheard and unaddressed. some yellow vest protesters threaten they'll come to the streets outside of this wounded cathedral. a lot of tourists in the area. police say they will be stopped, that that confrontation will happen and they'll keep them away from the streets where so many tourists have gathered today, gillian. gillian: we know that income inequality in france is growing perhaps more quickly than anywhere else in europe. thanks for that picture, molly. leland: we are going to break down the mueller report next. how can president trump push back against possible impeachment hearings? what