benoit hamon will be the french socialist party's candidate in the presidential elections in april, afterinning a run—off vote on sunday against the former prime minister manuel valls. wildfires in chile have killed at least eleven people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than a hundred separate fires — half of which are still out of control. now for the latest financial news with sally. and world business report. airlinesjuggle flight crew and passengers, while the tech giant google urges some staff not to leave the country. we'll find out how companies are being impacted by the us travel ban and what you should do. benoit hamon is chosen as france's socialist candidate for the country's upcoming election but will his pledge of a pay—cheque for all be enough to lure voters? welcome to world business, report i'm sally bundock. also in the programme another computer glitch grounds domestic flights of a major us airline. details in a moment. president trump is standing firm on his ban on immigration from seven countries — iran, iraq, libya, so

benoit hamon lagging far behind seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. emmanuel macron. he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both the sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power it seems to always been the party. just as hard for the party perhaps to win power. the headlines on bbc news: president trump's travel ban has sparked legal challenges and a second day of protests as 16 state attorneys general say the restrictions are unconstitutional. the foreign office says most uk travellers with dual citizenship with the seven mainly muslim countries affected by the ban will not be stopped from entering america. and voters in france have chosen a candidate from the hard left, benoit hamon, to represent the socialist party in the presidential election. sport now, from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the football, where there were more fa cup shocks today. two non—league teams are through to the last 16 of the competition, for the first time in it's history. yesterday we saw lincoln ci

julia: with his hand on his heart, benoit hamon is celebrating the moment. he defeated former prime minister manuel valls. his supporters are ecstatic. we cannot believe it. it is a rebirth for the left-wing party in france and also for the socialist party as , which managed to bring in a progressive optimism in. >> he seems to be the most capable of leading us to victory. dark of the atmosphere is much more intense. the x prime minister has conceded defeat. supporters are disappointed but say the priority is now to unite the party. >> the socialist party needs to get together. manuel valls has said tonight that the goal is not to divide the party. that is not what primaries are for. >> i have not made up my mind yet. it is a bit early to say. if they willto say change this program. >> now that he has clinched his hasy's nomination, he enough battle. genie: on the other side of the political bent, conservative presidential candidate francois fillon is trying to come back from a week of damaging paidations his wife was for holding a fake job. our corresponden

meet the candidate: benoit hamon. politician from the hard—left will represent the french socialist party in this year's presidential election. as wildfires ravage chile — a plea for international aid as the devastation continues across seven regions. we start with breaking news from canada: shots have been fired at a mosque in quebec city. the reuters news agency quotes the president of the mosque says five people have been killed and many more injured. it's being reported that three gunmen were involved — the shots were fired during evening prayers. about a0 people were inside the building in the suburb of sante—foy. we'll bring you more on that breaking news as we get it. we go toa we go to a journalist in toronto, jessica murphy. just give us an up to date. right now, a lot of things are changing. the police in quebec confirmed the riot in deep people who are dead and people who were wounded and suspects who have been arrested but are not giving any more details. this happens around evening prayer, around 45 minut

meet the candidate: benoit hamon. a politician from the hard—left will represent the french socialist party in this year's presidential election. and meet baba sen — india's cosmic barber who takes a spiritual approach to grooming. we promise it'll leave you tingling all over. president trump is facing growing criticism tonight, both at home and abroad, over his controversial order restricting people from seven mainly muslim countries from entering the us. the temporary ban on travellers from countries including iraq, syria and somalia has seen people turned away at airports and detained. tonight, there are more protests and legal challenges but mr trump has defended his actions, saying america needs borders and extreme vetting. our first report is from our correspondent in new york, nick bryant. chant: no ban, no wall — new york for all. new york has always been the great gateway into america and demonstrators gathered in a highly emblematic setting, under the gaze of the statue of liberty, that welcoming symbol for

everyone suggests that it will be benoit hamon you will be the winner.ek ago and then got the additional support of the number three candidates, montebourg. he had an unstoppable lead over manuel valls on the right winger in this face—off, who represented continuity and who had the stigma, of course, of representing in the eyes of many people who voted the outgoing administration, which many on the left regard as having betrayed the very principles of the left. many french people see the francois hollande presidency as a failed one, so hollande presidency as a failed one, so what chance does any socialist candidate have of winning this election in april? not a great deal. you are right in pointing out that as things stand, the socialist candidate is fifth placed in the polls behind the far right, the centre—right and the two candidates positioned on the left and right of the socialist party. the real risk for any socialist candidate is that a lot of votes will go to either of these other candidates on their flanks. if benoit hamon wins, which it looks li

benoit hamon, lagging far behind, seems unlikely to pose a serious threat. most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both a sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power, it seems, don't always win the party. just as hard perhaps for the party to win power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris still to come: diversity wins as black actors take the top honours in oui’ black actors take the top honours in our way. —— los angeles. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after liftoff. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings, and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. moscow got its first taste of western fast food, as mcdon

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benoit hamon from the left of the socialist party received the highest number of votes, with a 35 percentr manuel valls has also made it through to the second round after receiving 31 percent of the vote. the run off for the party's presidential nominee will be held next sunday. hugh schofield is in paris. tell us more about these two men. voters will face a clear left right choice now in the run—up because manuel valls represents the social democrats right—wing because he was in office for three years and benoit hamon who came first in the primary represents the left—wing comedy angry protest wing that wants to rip up angry protest wing that wants to rip up the rules in europe and rip up globalisation in terms of trade and very much more angry and antiestablishment left. it will be interesting to see which of these goes through. the arts are clearly with because they third placed candidate today is also on the left and the will put his weight behind benoit hamon so that should mean gets the nomination next week. where does this place the socialists when they do have the candidate in term

benoit hamon lagging far behind seems unlikely to pose a serious threat.nuel macron. he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both the sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power it seems to always been the party. just as hard for the party perhaps to win power. a father who refused to pay a fine for taking his daughter on holiday in term time will be back in the supreme court this week. jon platt won an initial legal victory last year — on the grounds she attended school regularly. a bbc investigation has found that as a result councils in england have changed their policies, or dropped cases against parents. 0ur education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. for some angry parents, jon platt is a bit of a hero. dozens get in touch with him every day about term time holiday fines. you take a child on a five—day holiday and you live in somewhere like suffolk, norfolk or swindon, they are going to send you a truancy penalty notice and then you have got a decision to make. he decided to fight it a

france's governing socialist party will choose between benoit hamon and manuel valls as its presidentialandidate in april, after they came through the first round of a primary contest yesterday. there'll be a run—off next sunday. the news review is after this. nothing wrong with the phones, it was all in the battery — samsung explains the reason why the galaxy note mobile phones caught fire and we re note mobile phones caught fire and were recalled. the uk government to outline the industrial strategy. but with brexit looming large, where will any government money go? welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: iphone maker foxconn signals $7 billion investment in the us. details injust a moment. but first. korean electronics giant samsung has released the results of its investigation into its flagship galaxy note 7 smartphones. in october last year the phones were recalled because some had overheated and caught fire. the company today confirmed problems with the design saying the manufacturing of batteries was to blame, not the actual phones. the note 7 w

manuel valls is one of them, and there are these two left—wing candidates, benoit hamon, and the former left of the party. early indications from exit polls is that then what hamon, the education minister, whose great policy initiative was for a universal income for everyone, he seems to be leading in these early a cts seems to be leading in these early acts of polls, and it will be interesting to see that is confirmed. normally we would expect to people to go through, one from the left, one from the right. if there is logic it would be benoit hamon plus manuel valls, and that way in the run—off you would have clear—cut way in the run—off you would have clea r—cut left way in the run—off you would have clear—cut left — right decision for socialist posters. but that is not necessarily the way it will turn out because it could be that manuel valls is eclipsed by the other left—wing candidate, in which case we would have a left— left run—off. how interested out the electorate in this nomination? they are not as interested as they were in the right wing party primary which opened in novembe

the first round of voting has left manuel valls to contest the candidacy with benoit hamon, who sayse eventual winner won't be the only left—wing candidate. lucy williamson's report from paris contains some flash photography. he was the liberal prime minister who divided the socialist party. now, manuel valls wants to unite it as its candidate for president. his opponent for the run—off, benoit hamon, is offering voters a very different brand of socialism, including a monthly payment of 750 euros to every french citizen, regardless of income. translation: by putting me ahead of the other candidates, you are sending a clear message of hope and renewal. you want to write a new page for the left, and for france. turnout was much lower than in the socialist primary five years ago, a sign that few here believe they are choosing the next president. it's going to be very little chance for the left wing, because i the think people are so disappointed in francois hollande's presidency. but there's still hope. even if we don't win in the next election, it will set, kind of, the mood for what's

, who says he wants to legalise cannabis. will take on benoit hamon, who says but the eventual winnerilliamson reports from paris. he reports from paris. was the liberal prime minister who he was the liberal prime minister who divided the socialist party. now manuel valls wants to unite it as its candidate for president. his opponent for the run—off, benoit hamon is offering voters a very different brand of socialism, including a monthly payment to 750 euros to every french citizen, regardless of income. trands transby putting me ahead of the other candidate you are sending a message of hope and renewal. you want to write a new page for the left and for france. today's result is the verdict of a party divided, and also disillusioned. turnout was much cloeer than in the socialist primary five years ago. a sign that few here believe they are choosing the next president. there is going to be very little chance for the left wing because i think the people are so disappointed in francois hollande's presidency. but there is still hope. evenif presidency. but there is still hope. even if we

you have benoit hamon, part of the san juan socialist rebels. these are not even -- they were a real headache for manuel valls when he was prime minister. manuel valls represents the more center-right social democrat wing of the socialist party. you can see that photo of them facing off. the media says we are seeing this -- these two bits of the left. genie: many are wondering if the socialist party will find -- will survive this final clash. flo: let's take a look at this paper, saying that the socialist party is really cut in two. we are seeing a major fracture within the socialist party, these two opposing views. this cartoon today. you can see both manuel valls and hamon here. the guy in the back is the first secretary of the socialist party, and he's saying all we have to do at the second round is glue the pieces together. will that actually be possible, and will that be enough. there is an interesting question in liberation today that whoever wins is in real trouble. can see the table there is a first round of the left wing primary. you ca

tell us about benoit hamon and does he have a chance to become president? climb because they are so behind in the polls of the socialist party which reflects how popular the government has been. this victory might turn a little bit the game, but also it will vitalise the left which has been clearly nonexistent and in disarray. i think his chance is to do that, try to unify the different segments of the left. first of all, his own party, which will not be easy because the right—wing might be tempted to look to the centre with the other candidates, but also on the other candidates, but also on the left of the socialist party, there is another candidate who is ahead. a difficult task for him to unify the left, make sure it does not lose too many votes in the centre. but at least the socialist party gives itself a chance to at least not to get a crushing defeat. the fear of all moderates is that a le pen victory. i don't think it will impact much on her eventual victory as you say. i think you would have to look at phil on who is in trouble for other reasons. i

benoit hamon, lagging far behind, seems unlikely to pose a serious threat.he is likely to gain the most from the socialist choice of leader. this primary has eluded both a sitting president and a prime minister. the men with power, it seems, don't always win the party. just as hard perhaps for the party to win power. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris a prominent muslim leader has been shot dead. all we know about the suspect, a man who was photographed ina suspect, a man who was photographed in a moment of the assassination, with a pistol to the head of tony. we do anything about his background. here is a man from mandalay. if you look at him, he is a prominent muslim ina look at him, he is a prominent muslim in a country that is dominated by buddhists. hejust founded the muslin‘s lawyers association here. he is the leading muslim within all song suu kyi's party. —— muslim. he has been heavily involved in efforts to try and read draft —— read —— there are those that think the possible assassination of ko ni might be related to that. it might be sending a mess

benoit hamon, who was sacked from the government in 2014, won the first round of the selection process he faces the former prime minister, manuel valls. our paris correspondent hugh schofield ins us now, how was the voting going? the time and a slightly up, but it was disappointing last week. it would have to be a lot up for the socialists to say this is caught the imagination of the public. it is an open primary, anyone can vote. you don't have to be a member of the socialist party or even support them, you just have to go along and signa them, you just have to go along and sign a piece of paper saying that you do. and only 1.6 million people took part last week in the first round, that shows it really has not caught the imagination of the public and a lot of people who might in general support the left don't feel the socialist candidate as much of a chance in this election. give us a sense of the difference between the two candidates. it's quite straightforward. we have a right wing candidate and the left—wing candidate. and that is the problem. the socialist party would normally hav

benoit hamon has won the socialist primary election.lion people voted to choose the socialist candidate for the election in april. let's get the latest from oui’ in april. let's get the latest from our correspondent in paris. tell us a bit more. he isa he is a former student leader and his appeal is very much directed at young socialists, young voters coming onto the market if you like. his position is very much on the left wing of the socialist party. benoit hamon calculated quite correctly that there was an appetite for something new. he came in with a radical vision of the future and said we have to tear up the way we do our business and conduct our economists. also that rearranges the relationship with finance, international trade and his key policy point was this idea for a universal income. that is an idea which has been put out by some people on the right but it is something which in france that is coming more from the left and i know eve ryo ne coming more from the left and i know everyone should get a basic 750 euros wage every

as you say, it will either be benoit hamon, this character representing the alternative left, if you the party, against the continuity candidate, the man who is seen as continuity candidate, the man who is seen as representing the right—wing of the labour party, the socialist party, manuel valls, the former prime minister. there is a real choice between two different paths. it is the problem of the socialist party, because whoever wins this will find it quite hard to bring with them the supporters of the other one. there is no agreed programme, is the point. they haven't gone into this election, the socialist party, with an agreed programme and two candidates, because we have two candidates with very different programmes. what is the attitude to turning out to vote? this is a primary so it is open to eve ryo ne this is a primary so it is open to everyone and the turnout is com pletely everyone and the turnout is completely unknown, not only the numbers but who will turn out. if you remember, the right had a primary three months ago which was very successful and 4 million people came

his opponent is benoit hamon.s right wing. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield joins us now. this is a battle within the socialist party. what are the prospects, though, for whoever emerges as the socialist candidate given that the unpopularity of the current administration? pork is the a nswer to current administration? pork is the answer to that, paul. ——poor. they both know that whoever wins has a poor chance of becoming the president of france. it is traditionally a moment when the left chooses its candid and normally that candidate has a good chance of becoming the next leader. we are coming out of five years of a very unpopular president at the left itself talking about it broadly is divided into three eight camps. not just the socialist, who are choosing now, we have candidates on the far left who are charismatic, out polling both the candidates today and then on the centre, we have the former minister who is running a very dynamic campaign to trying to steal some of the centre ground posing as a liberal

it will be either benoit hamon, this character representing the alternative left, or far left if youity candidate, the man seen as representing the right wing of the labour party... wee socialist party, manuel valls, former prime minister. there is a choice between two different parts, and the problem of the socialist party, because whoever wins this will find it quite hard to bring with them the supporters of the other one. there is no agreed programme is the point, they haven't gone into this election with two candidates, they have two candidates with very different programmes. what is the appetite for turning out to vote ? is the appetite for turning out to vote? that is leaky as well. this is a primary, so it is open to everyone, and the turnout is com plete everyone, and the turnout is complete the unknown, not only the numbers, but who will turn out. the right wing had primary and 4 million people turned out, and that give the centre—right a real boost. here the socialists are so demolished after five years of francois hollande that the turnout has not been great. that honour l

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the battle for the french left — benoit hamon emerges as favourite to be the socialist party's candidate

benoit hamon has defeated the former french prime minister manuel valls to be become the socialist candidate for the france's presidential election in april. coming up, train spotting 20 years on. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are jacqui francis who is a public appointments adviser and tom bergin, business correspondent at reuters. tomorrow's front pages starting with the ft says president trump remains defiant over his controversial travel ban, as protests and legal challenges grow. the times says the white house has backed down over dual nationality britons. the telegraph says borisjohnson has received assurances that the vast majority of uk citizens will be exempt from the ban. the picture is of sir mo farah who's been told tonight he can return to the us. the olympic champion is also on the front page of the guardian condemning president trump's executive order. sir mo farah is quoted in the daily star, saying he fears for his family, who all live in america. the metro's focuses on an online petition calling on the uk gov

benoit hamon will be the socialist candidate in france's upcoming presidential election, beating formernuel valls to the nomination.

appealing for pretty much the same kind of voter and as polls suggest now will do better than benoit hamonbig boost and a big fight behind them and to be the candidate of the socialist party them quite clearly then who knows he could become the naturalfigure them quite clearly then who knows he could become the natural figure of left—wing could become the natural figure of left—wi ng protest could become the natural figure of left—wing protest voters and eclipses opponents. it's not impossible but one has to say realistically the socialist party is ina party realistically the socialist party is in a party in very bad odour across the country and even a candidate of the country and even a candidate of the left who can say nothing well about the last five years has this handicap that he is still from the socialist party. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. israeli authorities have approved the construction of more than 500 homes for settlers, in occupied eastjerusalem. the decision was delayed until donald trump took power in washington,

if benoit hamon wins the socialist primary at the weekend, really, the socialist can give up on the centreg i think is that for all the headlines that he is generating, traditional centres do not do well in france and the other thing, is he related a reformer and is a anti—establishment? i remember reporting on him when i was in paris, he was part of francois hall on's government. yes, i do not know what the collective noun is for so many former paris correspondent is, perhaps a flood of them! you are correct, the centre was candidate when i covered the 2002 election, it was marine le pen father who got to the second there was a centrist candidate then, he did not do very well. but i think all the old uncertainties, when you look at the politics are unfolding in this country and in the uk with brexit, who would bet against the centrist candidate who seems to be offering something different. i think all you can say is that there is a huge amount of uncertainty. yes, of course, all eyes on marine le pen. yes, absolutely, she is the person thatis yes, absolutely, she is the person that is mak

benoit hamon is the nominee after winning the primary on sunday.o unite his party, at least people on the left, "le opinion" is saying that there will be a clash. he has to back into which direction he will take the left in now that he is holding the reins. he can go more toward the left but then alienate people in the center, or he can choose a more centrist approach and alienate people on the far left. he cannot have it all, according opinion," and also the burden of francois fillon's legacy. it is depicted as an anvil that the president is trying to auction off. it says, "going once, going twice," but nobody wants to take it there. chris:qwueeewep@1@1pxxxxxñ announcer: this is a production of china central television americica. walter: how w do you inspirere teens to volunteerer? the numbes araren't good. only a quartrterf americans age 16 and older are making time to volunteteer at leasast once a year, so volunteerism is at a record low in the united states. that's according to a 2014 u.s. bureau of labor statistics report. this week on "

benoit hamon defended his signature policy, the creation of a universal income for all.e measure was criticized by the majority of his competitors. >> the idea poses a big problem because it is a question of solidarity that we have built over centuries. based on the concept of the wealthy contribution to those who have less. >> when social security was created in 1945, the same as what i'm hearing now, it is unfeasible. as for arnaud montebourg, he stood firm, wanting to tackle unemployment. ontebourg: banks have come out of it, so we will ask them to join my plan to fight unemployment. reporter: they were united online issue, being against the candidate on the right, franÇois de rugy. they also oppose the program to overhaul social security. candidates are set to face off each other for three more debates. the next will be held on sunday. molly: earlier, our friends policies editor joined us with more on france's left-wing candidates. debateas not a real because they essentially -- each of them, the seven of them parts of their program, and they did not really engage wi

benoit hamon in a defeat. ♪ guy: 46 minutes past the hour. welcome back.rg first word news update, here is sebastian salek. sebastian: the u.s. government taking steps to restore order to global air transport after a weekend of car chaos. the department of homeland security said permanent u.s. resident from nations covered by the executive order should no longer be detained at airports. the agency's statements came as they were left to content with conflicting edicts pier 3 court orders blocking parts of the band. ban. the trump drew criticism from global allies such as justin trudeau and german chancellor angela merkel. john mccain and lindsey graham suggested the action had been too broad and potentially damaging to the u.s.. ukip prime minister theresa may is to meet the leaders of scotland, wales, and northern ireland. according to a statement released by may's office, among those in the meeting will be david davis, and live fox. leading the e.u. will require the approval of the you pay parliament, but not regional lawmakers. willsaid there public debt

favorite to lead the socialist party, he expected to class tonight with arnaud montebourg and benoit hamon. will it all be in vain? and theggest the party deeply unpopular president francois hollande will be knocked out at the first round with the conservatives and the far right making it through to the second round. i'm joined by our french .olitical editor marc perelman manuel valls is the one with the most to lose tonight, isn't he? marc: absolutely. december 1, france of alone goes on national television -- francois hollande goes on national television. he decides he will not run again. this puts the party in a crisis. his prime minister, manuel valls, decides to throw his hat into the ring. we have this very short campaign. we have three debates within just the space of one week. round one, january 22. round two, january 29. you have seven contenders, but really there are three main contenders. manuel valls is the favorite, but, obviously, the weight of francois hollande's unpopularity is on him, because he was his prime minister. it's very difficult to say you were different when you

a former education minister, benoit hamon comfortably beat his rival, manuel valls, who conceded beforeas completed. lunar new year fireworks were cancelled in beijing to help prevent smog but that certainly wasn't the case in hong kong. a huge display of fireworks lit up the sky to bring in the year of the rooster. thousands of people gathered to watch the booming bright lights explode over hong kong's famous harbour. one thing we can safely say about president trump's first week in office — it's been eventful! whether it's the migration ban against muslims, withdrawing from tpp, the dismantling of obamacare, or the order to re—start work on the keystone and dakota pipelines. but what do all of these decisions tell us about his presidency, and what's next to come? indeed, can he even keep prominent republicans on his side? let's speak to the author and and broadcaster parag khanna. he's written a number of books on global politics, and the global order. he joins me in the studio. a very busy week indeed for president trump but we have seen these are massive protests across airports in

benoit hamon, who was sacked from the government in 2014, won the first round of the selection process rebel and he faces the former prime minister, manuel valls. wildfires in chile are now known to have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than 100 separate fires, half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson. 0ur correspondent tim allman has the latest. in some places the fires are now gone. but this is what's left. the town of santa 0lga, all but destroyed. hundreds of homes burned to the ground. for the people who lived here the awful task of coming home and inspecting the damage. everything gone. you can see that for some it's almost too much to bear. lives have been lost, but there have been some extraordinary stories of survival. silvana garcia and her daughters were trapped as the fires closed in. they threw themselves into a ditch covered with a few sheets of corrugated metal. "i thought we were going to burn", she said, "but i though this hole

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his opponent is benoit hamon. the party faces a tough battle from france's right wing.— roger federer has triumphed at the australian open tennis championships. he was up against his old adversary — rafa nadal. it's the swiss player's 18th major trophy — but as tim hague reports, it didn't come without a battle. roger federer and rafa nadal, a matchup made in heaven and a final no one predicted yet everyone wanted to see. with 31 majors between them it lived up to expectations back and forth like to prized fighters, federer striking the first blow, but nadal, like his opponent, like a man winding back the clock he did not disappear. a relentless and ruthless in equal measure and this match was level but not for long, with the 17 time grand slam champion reducing scintillating stuff in the third set, taking on the door and beating him easily, 6—1. he didn't distract the spaniard, in the bullring, and taking the set by the horns. you can only applaud play like that. it meant inevitably going to fifth deciders, so many break points, three of them executed, two in favour of

benoit hamon, who was sacked from the government in 2014, won the first round of the selection process prime minister, manuel valls. prince harry and prince harry have announced plans to erect a statue of their mother, diana princess of wales, in the grounds of kensington palace, 20 years after her death. the two princes said that the time was right to recognise her positive impact with a permanent statue. diana's home became the focus for the outpouring of grief following her death in a car crash in 1997. now it will take centre stage again for a new commemoration of her life. in a statement, the duke of cambridge and prince harry said: the statue will be erected here in the public gardens of kensington palace. the royal brothers say they hope it will allow all those who visit here to reflect on diana's life and legacy. work on the design will begin shortly, with the unveiling expected later this year. william and harry will be very much involved. it will be a difficult task, as there will always be criticism, whether it's a true likeness. true likeness is in the eyes of the beholder.

in global news the french socialists have picked benoit hamon.e deveeted manual vals with nearly 59% of the vote. meantime a new poll shows marine le pen -- and the french tender higher than 2015. there's a presidential evekz. >> and i think if you look more broadly. back up -- it just fell below. it's 10696. >>> it's that point where we apreach clarity. the first one is in the middle of march, the dutch election. highlighted by maria le pen is leaving in the polls. the system does protect the mainstream players after the first round however clearly there's a lot of risk to come in brazilian politics. >>> and batista will return to turn himself in. they raided his home thursday but he'd left for the u.s. for what his lawyers say were business reasons. and he was once brazil's richest person but lost everything when one of his companies -- >>> thousands are protesting the action add airports and rallies across the country. >> reporter: good good morning to you. at stake are the people with falled green card who can live and work in this country. a

former prime manuel valls is facing a stern challenge from left winger benoit hamon. the presidential election in april. jeremy corbyn has warned his shadow cabinet that it will be "impossible" for them to keep theirjobs if they vote against triggering the start of the brexit process. the labour leader has ordered his party's mps to support the bill when it reaches the commons. two of his front bench have already resigned over the issue. at 35 years old — and five years after his last grand slam victory — roger federer has triumphed at the australian open tennis championships. he was up against his old adversary — rafa nadal. it's the swiss player's i8th major trophy — but as katherine downes reports, it didn't come without a battle. delight and disbelief. of all his titles and trophies, this, surely, is his greatest achievement yet. roger federer. roger federer had been out of tennis for six months, but he battled his way to the final of the australian open once again, and once again the man at the other side of the net was rafael nadal. an old rivalry reignited, and

the former education minister benoit hamon has emerged as favourite to be the socialist party's candidateng presidential election in france. he took first place in the first round of a primary vote, beating the former prime minister manuel valls into second place. the two will take part in a run—off next sunday. 0pinion polls suggest neither man is likely to do well in april's election. the chinese government says it has ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses as part of a campaign to tackle illegal development. there's been a ban on building new courses since 2004 to safeguard land and water resources. however, new projects continued to be built to meet the growing demand from china's wealthy. the australian state of victoria has announced changes to the state's bail laws after a car driver deliberately hit pedestrians in central melbourne on friday. five people were killed when a man, who was on bail, drove his car into a crowd at a shopping centre. prime minister malcolm turnbull paid tribute to the victims on monday. tributes have been paid to the baseball star yordano ventu

a former education minister, benoit hamon, comfortably beat his rival, manuel valls, who conceded beforeed. lunar new year fireworks were cancelled in beijing to help prevent smog, but that certainly wasn't the case in hong kong. a huge display of fireworks lit up the sky to bring in the year of the rooster. thousands of people gathered to watch the booming bright lights explode over hong kong's famous harbour. a leading member of aung san‘s suu kyi's political party has been shot dead in myanmar. ko ni was one of the national league for democracy‘s most prominent muslim members and also worked as a lawyer. our correspondent, jonah fisher, is in yangon, and gave more details about the main suspect who is currently being held by police. the bbc‘sjonah fisherjoins us live from yangon now with the latest on this. as you mentioned, he is probably the most prominent muslim in aung san suu kyi's political party, the national league for democracy. he works as a legal adviser for her. he also set up a legal association for muslim lawyers specifically to help the rights of muslim citizens in this

france's governing socialist party will choose between benoit hamon, from the left, and manuel valls,he former prime minister, as its presidential candidate in april, after they came through the first round of a primary contest on sunday. there'll be a run—off next sunday. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. the financial times leads with more reaction to the trump administration's hard line against what it is calling the dishonest media. the i says the prime minister's post—brexit plan is to reboot british industry. the daily express has claims from a leading brexit campaigner that up to a million eu migrants may head to the uk over the next two years. the metro says theresa may is ready to challenge president trump over sexist remarks when she meets him at the white house on friday. the telegraph says a free trade deal with the united states is likely to open the door to us jobs for british workers. the mirror has more on accusations that the prime minister didn't share knowledge of a failed trident test ahead of a vote to renew the weapons system. and the times repo

the two ones to watch at a man called anwar hamon, —— benoit hamon. of those figures from the left. that would make a classic left — right run off, and if the turnout is pretty good today, it looks like there will be around 2 million people voting, that will give to this rather hapless socialist campaign for the election a bit ofa socialist campaign for the election a bit of a boost. but you have to say in the context of the election as say in the context of the election asa say in the context of the election as a whole, what has happened today is something of a sideshow, because the chances of any candidate winning, the poll tells us, becoming the next president, are very small indeed. let's look at the big picture, give us a taste of what the voters wa nt picture, give us a taste of what the voters want from these parties? the picture is we have a country divided into three little blocks, the traditional left, traditional right, and the far right. they have divided the country up into thirds, more or less. if we assume and we can kind of assumed tha

arnaud montebourg or benoit hamon are the two front runners for the left of them will probably go through polls for hollande have been particularly bad. whoever wins this primary is most unlikely to get very far in the actual presidential election. whoever wins this primary is fifth placed in the presidential race. we have the national front and the mainstream right but then you have two other characters who broadly call themselves left. on the ce ntre—left call themselves left. on the centre—left emanuel macron and at the far left another former socialist who is a very powerful and charismatic figure whose ratings are far ahead of anyone in the actual socialist party. the socialist party, all focuses on it now, but they know they are in deep disarray and we're looking back to the 1960s for the last time that the polls we re for the last time that the polls were so bad for the socialist party candidate. back then it was the communist party that were the real bannerfor the communist party that were the real banner for the left and now the socialists, the actual party, this historic party t

the first results from france's socialist party primary election suggest benoit hamon and the formerinister manuel valls have made it to the second round. whoever wins will struggle to make ground in april's election. opinion polls have put the socialists well behind centre—right candidate francois fillon and marine le pen of the national front. the chinese government says it has ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses as part of a campaign to tackle illegal expansion. there has been a ban on building new courses since 2004 to safeguard resources but they continued to be built. the australian state of victoria has announced changes to the state's bail laws after a car driver deliberately hit pedestrians in central melbourne. five people were killed when a man, who was on bail against the wishes of the police, drove his car into a crowd in a shopping centre on friday. prime minister malcolm turnbull paid tribute to the victims on monday. at least 16 people have been killed after powerful storms tore through the southeastern united states. authorities say south—central georgi

his opponent is benoit hamon. the party faces a tough battle from france's right wing.a missing malaysian boat have been found alive. malaysian naval ships and an aircraft have been searching for the vessel in a large sea area off the coast of borneo. the boat was reported to have been carrying thirty—people when it sank. prince william and prince harry have announced plans to erect a statue of their mother, diana princess of wales, in the grounds of kensington palace, 20 years after her death. the two princes said that the time was right "to recognise her positive impact" with a permanent statue. simon jones has more. diana's home became the focus for the outpouring of grief following her death in a car crash in 1997. now it will take centre stage again for a new commemoration of her life. in a statement, the duke of cambridge and prince harry said: the statue will be erected here in the public gardens of kensington palace. the royal brothers say they hope it will allow all those who visit here to reflect on diana's life and legacy. work on the design will begin shortl