we'll be live in paris with christian fraser.e'll hear from two members of the obama administration on the alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. i had two in—person meetings and one phone call with the white house counsel about mr flynn. and the latest on the release of some of the chibok girls in nigeria. welcome to outside source. this is what we heard today from the president elect of france. translation: i wanted to be in the republican spirit, marine le pen was my adversarial. i know the division of our nation has led to extreme votes, and i respect that. i know the rage, i know the anxiety, the doubt that lots of you also expressed. and it is under my responsibility to hear them and to protect the weak, but weakest, and to organise solidarity better and fight against any form of discrimination and inequality, and making sure in a resolute way that your security will be guaranteed, andi your security will be guaranteed, and i will also guarantee the unity of the nation. emmanuel macron's victory was emphatic. h

i tried to speak to christian fraser and we have now fixed the sound. if anything, about the people have been arrested in manchester today. we know that a man was arrested in wigan, carrying a holdall, in packaging that holdall which was of interest are. they are getting information about salman abedi. there are those photographs in the new york times would have been leaked, which seemed to show extraordinary details of the other fragments of the bomb. from the lay tonight, we are seeing pictures emerged of salman abedi in friday evening. in the arndale centre. police believe that is him. he stopped at a cashpoint in the arndale centre, and in those photographs you can see him holding on his back in a rucksack, a black rucksack, and there is a blue inner lining. you can also see what looks like a sales tag. perhaps, he had beenin like a sales tag. perhaps, he had been in the arndale centre by that rucksack, it looks familiar to the fragments of a rucksack that we see in the new york times pictures that openly. that will be a crucial part of the investiga

jane: a short time ago i spoke with my colleague christian fraser, who is in manchester. extraordinarily complex investigation linked to libya. what can you tell us about the people in custody? christian: there have been a number of arrests in libya. salman abedi's father, known to the security services here, and his younger brother, and that follows the arrest of another brother ismail. , there has been an arrest in today, a man pulled off a bus. quite dramatic pictures of that arrest. there was focus on a package he had. lots of different threads, jane, that need pulling together, and how significant they might be for the investigation. jane: what is happening where you are? there is a lot of noise and people gathering behind you. what is happening and what is the mood there? christian: there have been a number of vigils set up around the city. there is a big athletic meeting here at the end of the week. a lot of flowers transported and they have been growing through the day. families are observing and taking it in with their own thoughts. you can see that at the moment

we'll be live in paris with christian fraser.e'll hear from two members of the obama administration on the alleged ties between russia and the trump campaign. i had two in—person meetings and one phone call with the white house counsel about mr flynn. and we've all the premier league, it better news if you are a chelsea fan, than middlesbrough. and also, the grudge match at the madrid open. whatever your politics, it is impossible not to look at the rise of macron, as remarkable, former investment banker, and you may remember, he resigned last year, from the cabinet of francois hollande, to form his own party. the choice of a country, desperate for change. part of the establishment but never before elected. one of the fresh faces, but who is emmanuel macron? to supporters, the political messiah, from outside the establishment who has worked to power. here is a new man to politics. hoping to get new solutions. a new face. but he went to one of the most prestigious schools, met powerful people, and made millions from investment ban

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we will be bring you a special programme presented by christian fraser from programme presented by christiannted by christian fraser from 7:30pm gmt. thousands of women have led a march in venezuela's capital of caracas in the latest anti—government demonstrations. at least 36 people have been killed and hundreds injured in protests since april. it comes as donald trump's national security adviser met with venezuela's leader of the opposition on how to bring the crisis to a peaceful end. wyre davies reports. the daily wave of protests against the government of nicolas maduro continues across venezuela. in the capital caracas thousands of women marched on the defence ministry, dressed symbolically in white, urging the government to end what they said was the brutal oppression of its opponents and free hundreds of its opponents and free hundreds of political prisoners. some of these protesters have husbands and family members in jail, these protesters have husbands and family members injail, they say in prison for opposing a corrupt regime. but the government and the armed forces, which remain

christian fraser is in paris.ntry, they want to have a choice. they don't want to have a choice. they don't want to have a choice. they don't want to have a government impose upon them the kind of health care they need theirfamilies. the french presidential candidate emmanuel macron has filed a lawsuit after his nationalist rival marine le pen alluded to an alleged offshore account during wednesday's debate. returning now to the french presidential election. as marine le pen and emanuel macron make their final arguments to the voters, economic issues have taken centre stage. compared to germany, france's economic performance has fallen behind, and youth unemployment is a particular problem. one infour one in four young adults unemployed and a lot of talk last night about the economics and also about tax affairs as well. we are going to speak to affairs as well. we are going to speakto an affairs as well. we are going to speak to an economist who is with us. with me now is eric chaney, economic advise to the instit

then at seven o'clock, we'll be going over live to katty kay in washington and christian fraser here one hundred days plus. and later i'll be discussing tomorrow's front pages with christopher hope of the daily telegraph and miranda green of the financial times — that's the papers at 10.40. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight. dedicated to the city of manchester. united's europa league triumph is more than just a trophy. we tried to focus on the game and to win, we tried to lift the spirit of the town at least for some hours and we feel proud of that. and tomorrow on manchester's streets, there'll be a celebration of sport...the great city games welcomes some of the world's greatest athletes, one of them is in the studio with us tonight. and on the streets of monaco...they are gearing up for the most prestigious race in the formula one calendar. good evening, manchester has of course dominated the news this week and last night manchester united dedicated its europa league triumph to th

i'm christian fraser in london. our top stories. to monday's attack which left 22 people dead. president trump says leaks to us media about the investigation into the attack are "deeply troubling" — as he attends his first nato meeting in brussels. a minute's silence was held in manchester today for the 22 people killed on monday. police say they have now made eight significant arrests meanwhile, president trump has promised a full investigation into the leaks that are coming from the us which he says are "deeply troubling". the new york times has defended its decision to publish photos and details of the attack despite the criticism. well, one person who has been on the front lines of the fight against terror groups from al qaeda to islamic state is former fbi special agent ali soufan. his book the anatomy of terror has just been released and hejoins us now. ali, when you look at what happened in manchester how much do you learn from what is in the public domain so far about how an attack like this is planned and carried out? nuno,

i'm christian fraser, live in paris, building up to the french election.france following their tv debate ahead of the presidential election on sunday. bbc news learns that an nhs trust which is facing an investigation into maternity errors has paid out millions of pounds in compensation, after similar mistakes led to children being born with brain injuries.

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.heresa may is back from visiting the queen. after informing her majesty of the dissolution of parliament ahead of the election — the prime minister took direct aim at the european commission. she effectively accused the eu of interfering in the british election and the european press of misrepresenting britain's position. her tough comments about europe follow a now infamous german press report of a difficult dinner between ms may and the eu commission presidentjean claude junker which suggested the two sides are not even in the same galaxy, let alone the same planet. the prime minister also reminded british voters of the perils to their own security and prosperity if the negotiations don't go well. whoever wins on the 8th ofjune faces the task of getting the best possible dealfor faces the task of getting the best possible deal for the uk from brexit. in the last few days we have seen just how tough these talks are likely to be. britain's negotiating position in europe has been misrep

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the us national security agency was watching in real time last week as the russians hacked into the servers of the french president—elect emmanuel macron. they've also determined that the russian president vladimir putin ‘personally‘ directed the attack last year on the us election. today in front of the senate armed services committee the director of the nsa, admiral mike rogers, was questioned by senators and this was how he described his agencies warnings to french officials. he had become aware of russian activity, we had talked to french cou nterpa rts activity, we had talked to french counterparts prior to the public announcements of the events that we re announcements of the events that were attributed last weekend, the russians were seeing them, penetrating some of your infrastructure. what can we do to try to assist? we were doing some other things with german counterparts. with but his counterparts, they have an upcoming election. admiral rogers is concerned cyberattacks are

for now from jon sopel in washington and me christian fraser in london — goodbye. hello.0,000 would be needed to hire 10,000 police officers for england and wales — instead of 300 million. here are his response as she listened back to that interview on radio. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period we believe it would be about £300,000. £300,000? what are you paying them? sorry, no... how much will it cost? they will cost... it will cost... about... about £80 million. about £80 million? diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing, notjust miss speaking to quote you a bit earlier, you just do not know your figures and you're not on top of your brief. ifi and you're not on top of your brief. if i did not know my figures why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figure correctly? you need to ask why the conservative party is so anxious to move the debate away from the 20,000 police officers. we will come onto that in a moment but back to that interview, never mind that you did six other inter

tim: i spoke to christian fraser, also in paris here it -- harris. sees to have momentum, but how many are undecided still? christian: quite a lot, i think. if you speak to people on the left, a lot of people don't really see anything to vote for in this election and a lot of blanc andoing to vote vote for no one. overall, there are a few people who think they will vote for macron on the evidence of what they saw. marine le pen did not put much forward much of an economic platform. really when you look at it, it is not much for the french voters to choose from if they are considering emmanuel macron as the not marine le pen candidate, and there are quite a number of people voting for macron on those grounds. if he does become the president, he will have to unite the country and put forward a platform that people can get excited about. a lot of people say he's pretty vague about what he wants to do a next five years. les apart, but when it comes to borders and the euro, has marine le pen shifted all of that? >> i think she is doing what happened in th

i'm christian fraser, live in paris, building up to the french election.anuel macron and marine le pen are back on the campaign trail in france following their tv debate ahead of the presidential election on sunday. bbc news learns that an nhs trust which is facing an investigation into maternity errors has paid out millions of pounds in compensation, after similar mistakes led to children being born with brain injuries. also in the next hour, the story of a surfer saved after 3a hours adrift in the irish sea. matthew bryce has been speaking exclusively to the bbc about his ordeal, saying that he had prepared himself for death. and coming up at 8:45, david baldacci will be talking about his latest book "the fix" on meet the author. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the us house of representatives has passed a healthcare bill, bringing president trump's pledge to repeal and replace obamacare a step closer. the american health care act was passed narrowly after weeks of arm—twisting within the republican party to muster sufficient suppo

it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris.n the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims

hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. and we are both confused. reports that donald trump gave classified intelligence to russian officials a storm in a tea cup or a major breach of us national security? the administration says it's the former. critics say this marks a serious violation of an ally‘s confidence. the white house is not denying the information concerning islamic state was given to russia, itjust says it was no big deal — in fact, "wholly appropriate" is how the national security advisor described it a short time ago. hr mcmaster said a report in the washington post accusing the president of giving away intelligence was not accurate. i stand by my statement i said yesterday. the premise of that article was false, that in any way the president had the conversation that was an appropriate resulted in a lapse of national security. the real issue and what i would like to see debated more, is that our national—security has been put at risk by those violating confidentiality. and in the past hour this is what president trump had to say abou

tim: for more on this meeting, my colleague katty kay and christian fraser spoke to martin indyk as part of their "100 days" program. he formerly served as envoy for israeli-palestinian negotiations. katty: a lot of optimism from president abbas' side and president trump's side. justified, martin? martin: not by the facts on the ground. if the will of president trump was enough there would be reason for optimism but we have learned , from experience that the will of the united states president alone cannot do it. it is the parties themselves that have to make the difficult compromises. and abbas and prime minister netanyahu are leaders with domestic political difficulties that constrain them. katty: is there a chance, perhaps counterintuitively, that it would take a president like trump who is seen as having close relations with israel to be the person who could make a breakthrough? martin: i think the building up was what we saw here in that clip. katty: the optics were fascinating. martin: the palestinian flag the hind trump's head. he did not endorse the two state solution or the ever

i'm christian fraser live in manchester.arrying out the attack salman abedi travelled to libya — and possibly syria as well. police believe he was not acting alone. it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating, as i said it continues at a pace, there's extensive investigations going on. police here have arrested a fifth man in connection with the incident. he was detained in wigan — police say he had been carrying a package. in another development, the new york times has published photographs of what appear to be the remnants of the bomb — and the backpack it was being carried in on monday night. an off—duty policewoman was among the 22 who were killed,

i'm christian fraser live in manchester, where more details are emerging about the attack which killedfurther attacks. three more men have been arrested in manchester today as police seek to establish whether the bomber acted alone. troops are being deployed on the streets of major cities and at key locations after the terror threat level was raised to critical, the highest possible, late last night. so far, the names of 12 victims of the bombing at the manchester arena have been released, but police say they do not know the identities of all those who died. —— do know. in other news... president trump meets the pope at the vatican and receives a signed copy of the pontiff's views on climate change.

let's bring in christian fraser who is live from manchester, we are getting lots of questions from viewers in the uk and around the world, one watching on the bbc news channel would like to ask what information we have on those who are wounded. would like to ask what information we have on those who are woundedlj am we have on those who are wounded.” am sorry, we have on those who are wounded.” am sorry, could you say that again? what information do we have on those who are wounded on monday night? we know there were 64 admitted to hospital and 20 of them remain seriously injured. you can imagine the injuries we are talking about, major organ trauma, missing limbs, some quite devastating injuries. many of those people will be remaining in hospitalfor some time. the walking wounded, we were told today by doctors that many of the walking wounded in the hospital could see the enormity of what these hospitals in manchester were dealing with and check themselves out of hospital, they said they could manage and they should carry on with the others which shows more of the solidarity. 0ne element

there'll be a special results programme here on bbc world news on sunday from 17sogmt, with christian fraserus through the developments as they happen, so tune in for that. islamist militants have released 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. a government official said the girls were freed following negotiations with boko haram. the girls were among almost 300 abducted from their school three years ago. stephanie hegarty has the latest from nigeria. information is sketchy still at the moment but we know that it happened today, close to the afternoon. what we heard from various sources is that the girls were met in a rural area in a forest, i was told, and brought by road convoy to an army base near the cameroonian border. after that they were supposed to be airlifted elsewhere, we don't know if that has happened yet. numbers wise, it is not very clear but we have heard over 80 girls have been released and that tallies with what the government have been telling us over the past few months, they said they are in negotiations to release up to 80 girls. 82 was the number tha

my colleague, christian fraser, spoke to him a little earlier and asked him if he thought they were expectings election. it seems that it is a done deal as of now. when you look at the latest polls, you have 59—ai, 238, 62. we do not see any chance or to make a comeback but you never know. remember what happened with the people cheering for hillary we remember very well. and all the commentators saying, you know, much like that trump had zero chance of being the us president. that turned out not to be true. as for brexit, the same. emmanuel macron saying he already has a name in mind, he is not told anyone, who would be used by minister. but he does not know the make—up of the parliament. what sort of politician would he choose to be as prime minister? you must ta ke to be as prime minister? you must take into consideration that during this election, we do not have to candidates. you have four blocks in france. basically, the extreme left, making 20%, the traditional right, 20%, marine le pen, 21, and emmanuel macron, 2a. 0ut 20%, marine le pen, 21, and emmanuel macron, 2a. out of this, how a

will be a special french presidential results programme here on bbc news, from 5:30pm gmt, with christian fraser developments as they happen. so tune in for that. islamist militants have released 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. a government official said the girls were freed following negotiations with boko haram. the girls were among almost 300 abducted from their school three years ago. stephanie hegarty has the latest from nigeria. they were taken three years ago as schoolgirls but they will be coming back as young women. after lengthy negotiations between government and militants, 82 of the chinok girls have been released. it was essentially a prisoner swap. the president said in a statement that some boko haram suspects were freed in exchange for the girls. the young women are now in the care of the nigerian army, and are expected to be brought to the capital, abuja, today. it is the second time that the government has successfully rescued a group of chinok girls. last october the 21 young women were returned to their families. the chinok girls were taken from thei

the french presidential election as the results come in — live from paris with my colleague christian fraserhree men have appeared in court charged with murdering a businessman who was fatally shot, allegedly during a botched burglary. 61—year—old guy hedger was killed after at least two intruders entered his home in dorset. from poole, duncan kennedy reports. it was in the early hours of last sunday morning that guy hedger was shot at his home near ringwood just outside bournemouth. he was taken to hospital but later died. the 61—year—old businessman had worked in marketing and was the director of a schools academy trust. today, three men were brought to the magistrates' court at poole in dorset, charged with the murder of mr hedger and with aggravated burglary. the three men are kevin downton, 40, jason backus, 41, and 44—year—old scot keeping. the hearing lasted just five minutes. there was no application for bail. all three men are remanded in custody. the men, who all come from dorset, will next appear by video link at winchester crown court on tuesday. a 40—year—old woman arrested in c

that would be presented by my colleague, christian fraser. thank you very much indeed.ohn mcdonnell has been speaking. what did the shadow chancellor have to say? he has been setting out the broad picture of labour possible approach to the economy, which is very different to that being offered by the conservatives at this stage in the general election campaign. unashamedly pro—tax, pro—spending. he said labour will raise a lot of money to spend on public services and it will be people on higher incomes, those above £80,000 according to labour, to pay more tax to go to public services. he talks about raising billions through borrowing to go on public infrastructure spending. there is a policy difference emerging between labour and the conservatives on this big question of tax and spending. labour are big question of tax and spending. labourare framing their big question of tax and spending. labour are framing their tax promise both at lower and middle earners, saying they will not pay any more, either in income tax, vat or national insurance, and making it clear that peo

channel — that's france decides: the presidential election 2017, this evening at 6:30pm with christian fraserdication of who has won the contest a little after seven o'clock. labour says it will not raise income tax for anyone earning less than 80 thousand pounds a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning to help pay for public services. the conservatives say they have no plan to raise income tax but have so far refused to completely rule it out. 0ur political correspondent ben wright reports. it was a slogan used by tony blair, now revived by labour's new leadership. setting out what he called a big deal to upgrade the economy, john mcdonnell promised not to raise vat national insurance for anyone, but said the top 5% of earners pay more. if labour is elected next month, we will guarantee for the next five years, there will be no income tax rises, for all those earning less than £80,000 a year. labour is now the party of low taxes for middle and lower earners. mr macdonnell said people earning more than £80,000 a

christian fraser is off.t's not entirely clear why relations between germany and america have deteriorated so fast this week, but there's no doubt they have. both angela merkel and donald trump today continued their war of words. for the american president, that meant taking to twitter. "we have a massive trade deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato & military very bad for us this will change." the german foreign minister wistfully suggested it isn't helpful for the two countries to be communicating with tweets — but his chancellor restated her view that europe now has to look out for itself. translation: transatlantic ties are of paramount importance to us. the only thing i did was to say that the current situation gives more reasons for us in europe to take our destiny in ourown for us in europe to take our destiny in our own hands. so what is germany and the rest of europe making of the apparent us—german row. joining me from brussels is elmar brok — he is a german politician

news channel — that's france decides: the presidential election 2017 this evening at 6.30 with christian frasernal day of the championship, blackburn rovers have been relegated to league one. it is 37 years since they last played in the third tier of english football. they beat brentford but it was not enough, as nottingham forest and birmingham city also won to maintain their championship status. it was a sad day for blackburn rovers fan is. victory, and yet they become the first premier league winner to drop into the third to of english football. they had the perfect start, a charlie mulgrew free kick adding them in front against brentford. the lead was doubled moments later, thanks to this from danny guthrie. bradford did get a consolation before craig conway tucked this away for blackburn. it was too little, too late. there was no happy finish today. meanwhile, forest had at one stage looked in trouble. anything other than a win would not do. jordan smith literally saved their season. from goalkeeping heroics to goalkeeping blunder. britt assombalonga leading forest out of the woods. but th

hello, i am katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.d trump said today there's now a unique opportunity for peace between israelis and palestinians and the white house clearly believes he's the right man to take advantage of the moment. good luck with that, is effectively the reaction of the many people who have tried and failed to bring about this ultimate deal. but what's new, says the administration, is partly mr trump's skill as a negotiator as well as also the emerging alignment between israel and sunni arab states — against shiite—led iran. the president sees a peace agreement as part of that effort, and after his weekend visit to the saudi capital riyadh, he says he has found new "reasons for hope". if we are willing to work together, i believe that a new level of partnership is possible and will happen. one that will bring greater safety to this region, greater security to the united states and greater prosperity to the world. this includes a renewed effort at peace between the israelis and the palestinians and i thank the prime

that will be at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel and it will be presented by my colleague, christian frasercapital, abuja, where they're due to meet the country's president after being freed by the islamist group, boko haram. the girls — who boarded an aircraft on their way back — were among 276 taken captive in the north—eastern town of chibok in 2014. they are the second group of chibok girls to be freed. they were released in a prisoner exchange deal. we can go live to abuja now, and chris ewokorfrom bbc hausa is following the latest developments for us. what do we know about the condition in which these girls are in at the moment? well, first, before we talk about the conditions, i can tell you that the girls have arrived in abuja and they have been received at the airport by an official of the government. they will be hosted this afternoon by the president. meanwhile, what we have got to understand is the girls looked... there were pains on their faces. they looked a bit well, but they also looked stressed from pictures. those who have seen them say that they looked a bit pained but ba

i'm christian fraser live in albert square in manchester's city centre. hundreds of people have taken part in a vigil here — to mourn the victims of last night's suicide bomb attack and show solidarity. the islamic state group has published a statement on social media saying one of its supporters carried out the attack. police have now named him. i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi. the priority now for investigators — to establish whether or not he was acting alone. we'll be live in manchester with all the latest details. that's coming up on outside source. as you would expect we will spend the vast majority of today's programme focused on the manchester attack. it happened late on monday evening at the manchester arena. an ariana grande concert had just finished — and fans were leaving the venue when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a foyer area. the attacker has been named as 22—year—old salman abedi. 22 people were killed and 59 were injured. for more, let's bring in c

our correspondent christian fraser is in paris. good afternoon. welcome to paris.as fulfilled his first ceremonial role here he stood alongside the outgoing president at the tomb of the unknown soldier. together they marked the 72nd anniversary of victory in europe. a few years ago francois hollande named emmanuel macron as his economic advisor. perhaps this is the moment the apprentice became the master. francois hollande put a reassuring hand on the back of emmanuel macron. perhaps he doesn't need that, but it is a reminder of the task he faces. james reynolds reports. 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 wi

i'll be back at the same time tomorrow, with christian fraser in london — for now though, from me kattyward for some of us. this was the view earlier today from one of our weather watchers. in northern ireland, it has been the warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures near 19 celsius. it was castlederg in county tyrone that had that temperature. this is where the lion's share of the sunshine has been. for england and wales, there has been more cloud around. heavy showers have affected parts of wales and southern england. they fade away over the next few hours. after midnight, it's looking dry. variable cloud, some clear spells, maybe the odd patch of mist and fog developing. quite cool in the countryside. after a warm day today, it will be close to freezing with an isolated touch of frost around. we start tomorrow with a mixture of cloud and sunshine. the thickest cloud is down the eastern side of the uk. but for cornwall and devon and the channel islands, where you saw some rain today, it is a drier picture tomorrow. wales is looking mainly dry, maybe catching a shower later in

hi, i'm christian fraser in manchester, katty kay is in new york.ossible for security services to keep every terrorism suspect under surveillance but tonight there are several signs that the manchester bomber was a known cause for concern. he travelled to libya and possibly syria before the attack. members of his own community tell the bbc they warned authorities about him and the french government says he had proven ties to islamic state. the home secretary, amber rudd, also says the suicide bomber was known to the uk intelligence agencies and he probably had assistance from others. for the victims and their grieving families, the news is no comfort. and this was a horrific violent event, it was more sophisticated than some of the events we have seen in the past or in other parts of europe, so people are reasonably wondering whether he did this on his own and i am making sure that the police and the intelligence services doing that investigation have the support they need to find out who might be, have been working with him, because our focus might

i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is off this week.in france but he's not hanging out with the new french president — that's what vladimir putin's been doing today. the two leaders had a get—to—know—you meeting at versailles. and you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the french election mr macron accused moscow of interfering in his poll. at a tense press conference, vladimir putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. from paris, lucy williamson reports. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they were red lines that must not be crossed. i stress in my meeting with president putin are

with analysis on what we can expect at the polls this weekend, the bbc‘s christian fraser is in parisou speak to people on the left, particularly in the hard—left, as well, a lot of people don't really see anything to vote for in this election, and a lot of people say they will go into the voting booths and vote wrong, vote for no—one. there are, i think, a few people in france now who think that they will vote for emmanuel macron on the evidence of what they saw on wednesday night. it was a pretty brutal television debate, as you know, but marine le pen didn't put forward much of an economic platform, and i think that shaped people's thoughts about which of the two candidates they are going to choose. but really, when you look at it, it is not much, is it, for the french voters to choose from if they are just considering emmanuel macron as the "not marine le pen" candidate. i think she has done probably what the uk independence party did in the uk, in that she has set the debate about europe as much as she possibly can, and certainly she pulled the right wing, the republican party, t

that is with my colleague, christian fraser. we should have the result at 7pm uk time., i hope. the headlines on bbc news... shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell is saying that labour will not raise income tax for anyone and in less than £80,000 per year as the party declares itself the party for middle and low levels. —— earners. the prime minister has announced plans to replace mental health legislation in england and wales with a new law tackling discrimination and the unnecessary detention of vulnerable people. the liberal democrats say their manifesto will include a commitment to keep the "triple lock" on pensions, but those with incomes above £45,000 would lose the winter fuel payment. in sport, blackburn rovers have been relegated from the championship. they beat brentford on the final day of the season but wins for nottingham forest and birmingham city saw them stay up at the expense of the rovers. newcastle won the tie ) slipknot. it is most other at anfield, where james milner of liverpool has had a penalty saved by fraser forster. a point would be good enough for

i'm christian fraser in manchester.urn the victims of last night's suicide bomb attack at a pop concert in the city. this is the scene right now at albert square — 18—year—old student georgina callander was the first victim to be named. the youngest so far is saffie roussos, just eight years old. police say they know who carried out the attack — i can confirm that the man suspected of carrying out last night's atrocity is 22—year—old salman abedi. the big question for investigators — was he working alone? earlier today, police arrested a 23—year—old man in south manchester. at downing street, flags are flying at half mast. general election campaigning has been suspended. all acts of terrorism are cowardly attacks on innocent people, but this attack stands out, for its appalling sickening cowardice, deliberately targeting innocent, defenseless young children. good evening from manchester, we are in albert square where people have been packed in to witness a vigil, andy burnham and amber rudd among them, the biggest appla

i am katty kay in new york, christian fraser is in paris. it is an extraordinary achievement. since the days of napoleon has a frenchman risen to power so young and with such speed. not since world war ii has a leader taken power without a party and a parliamentary base. there were very few in the established political class who endorsed emmanuel macron or believed in his bid to become president, but president he will become this sunday when he assumes power from francois hollande. he has already resigned his leadership of the movement he began a year ago. it will now be re—named la republique en marche. politicians from right and left will be allowed to campaign under its banner in next month crucial parliamentary elections, so long as they quit the parties to which they belong. the president—elect says he wants a coalition of the willing. starting our coverage, our europe editor, katya adler, has this report. it's been a day of reflection in france. paying tribute to world war ii fallen. taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. france's brand—new president—elect here at ve da

here's my colleague christian fraser in manchester. very good evening.bert square in manchester. we have had a moving vigil here earlier this evening. hundreds of people packed into the square to hear tributes to those who died, and to the victims who are still being treated in hospital. at this time last night, this precise time, the emergency services were reacting to reports of an explosion. the manchester arena was packed with people, with a sell—out 21,000 people there, too see ariana grande. they had a good time, and as they were leaving, in high spirits, the night was turned on its head. in the foyer, between the concert hall and victoria station, salman abedi, a 22—year—old man, formerly a manchester united fan, with libyan connections, or himself up in the foyer, in a position where he could cause the maximum damage and death. he did it among so many maximum damage and death. he did it among so many young people. today, there have been a lot of police activity and friendly work going on around the arena. they are trying to get to grips with the

now let's go back to christian fraser in manchester. rita, thank you very much. they are still going through forensic work, all so forensic raids around the city today. we have heard in the last few minutes that there has been a fifth arrest in wigan. let's go to katrina renton at greater manchester police headquarters. what can you tell us about this latest arrest in wigan? there has been a fifth arrest according to police in connection with this investigation. we understand that a man was arrested in wigan this afternoon in connection with that horrific incident that happens in manchester on monday night. a man was carrying a package which is currently being assessed by police. there were three arrests overnight, following raids. there were links to an address to where the bomber originally lived, and we understand his brother has been arrested. the 23—year—old arrested yesterday was also his brother. his younger brother, the younger brother of salman abedi has been arrested in libya. he is being held in tripoli. thank you, katrina renton. there's a lot of fore

it's donald trump's first trip home since taking office and i'm christian fraser in paris.fter a brutal tv debate between the contenders just 3 days to go until french voters return to the polls. centrist candidate emmanuel macron takes legal action over claims he has a secret bank account in the caribbean. his far—right rival marine le pen repeated the allegation in last night's debate. mr macron says it's "fake news and lies". plus all the other days news — including the announcement that the duke of edinburgh is to retire from his public duties. the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama's affordable health care act. this is how the vote broke down. there were just four votes between the yeses and nos — and it's likely to face even bigger hurdles when it goes in front of the senate. scrapping so—called obamacare, which offered medical insurance to millions more americans, was a key pledge of donald trump's presidential campaign. he suffered an embarrassing political set—back on the issue in march and his team ha

i'm christian fraser live in manchester. the father and brother of the attacker are arrested in libya. before carrying out the attack salman abedi travelled to libya — and possibly syria as well. police believe he was not acting alone. it's very clear that this is a network that we are investigating, as i said it continues at a pace, there's extensive investigations going on. police here have arrested a fifth man in connection with the incident. he was detained in wigan — police say he had been carrying a package. in another development, the new york times has published photographs of what appear to be the remnants of the bomb — and the backpack it was being carried in on monday night. an off—duty policewoman was among the 22 who were killed, police say they now know the identities of all the victims. hundreds of troops have been deployed in prominent sites, around the uk, as britain's threat level is raised to critical — the highest there is. good evening and organ to manchester, we are in the saint ambrose marco square in

the pair went head—to—head in a ferocious tv debate last night, and my colleague, christian fraser, wasaris, and many people are talking about that debate last night, did it do anything to shift public opinion. we can find out. let's talk a little more about how the performance of each candidate was received here with anne—elisabeth moutet, a paris—based columnist for the sunday telegraph. it was a pretty fiery affair. yes, they had no dignity left by the end of the debate. and the moderators had no dignity left, because they we re had no dignity left, because they were not there. it left a sour taste in the mouth of everyone, because thatis in the mouth of everyone, because that is not how we figured the presidential election would go. there was very few arguments that had to do with actual platforms and there was a great deal of affirmation on both sides that they would solve all the problems. she scored one head against macron to do with islamic terrorism, and he said that she knows nothing about economics. you wonder if she got lost in her notes. she is a good barrister, but she's n