prime minister edouard philippe says they want to replace the spire which crumbled in flames as the fire height with something adapted to the techniques and challenges of aria. the news has caused some controversy. earlier our paris correspondent hugh schofield discussed this proposal with somebody from the paris school of architecture and another architect. i have a problem with the spire, i think the competition is too limited to just think the competition is too limited tojust an think the competition is too limited to just an object. a spire is quite vain and there is the confusion with a spire and a tall building, it is quite vague to do 100 metres high in the centre of paris. it could be interesting to open the roof and perspire and have a general proposition. we can see now, it is a fantastic terrace and all the timber inside, and the forest of oak, to put a forest on the top, to have a roof... put a forest on the top, to have a roof. . . a put a forest on the top, to have a roof... a real, green forest? yes, first it could be the memory of what burns secondly could be something g

edouard philippe saying it was not certain the spire will be constructed again. he says if it is, the question we have to ask is is it going to be created in the same style or is it time for a new spire to take its place. genie: there were images of the roof being burned and the spire falling down. do we have an idea of the timeframe. inron says he wants it done five years. is that realistic? that is a big question. macron wants it done in five 2024 in time for the olympic gagames. exexperts say y it is likely toe a lot longer. this is a huge amount ofof work. the damagessessing have not had the opportunity to inspect it in its entirety. fighters may be a little optimistic. genie: thank you. indonesians voted today for a new president and parliament in the biggest one-day election. the current president joko widodo is running against the ex general he narrowly defeated. earlier results are putting joko widodo ahead b by a comfortable margin. aboutore can you tell us these results, jack? >> we have quick count's, completed about 80% to 90%. we are looking at a ret

prime minister edouard philippe says they want to replace the spire which crumbled in flames as the fire

the prime minister edouard philippe and his cabinet know that france be watching. already under way. it was initially suggested the fire may have been caused by building work at the cathedral. questions remain about that, though and about why a better plan for dealing with a fire on this scale was not in place. richard lister, bbc news. large crowds of people are streaming towards the bank of river seine, to pray, and to wonder. our paris correspondent looks at how the people of paris have reacted to this fire. this morning, parisians came to see for themselves, notre dame is there cathedral. for observant and non—observant alike, the inferno was a trauma and they needed reassurance the worst had not come to pass. the firemen were heroes, real heroes and we applaud them. it was very important for me to come this morning, i wanted to see if it was real, you know? to feel the thing and to be in the place and to like, if the stones and the basilica was talking to me. i wanted to be here to communicate with the place. as a christian i wanted to be full of hope because

the prime minister edouard philippe and his cabinet know that france be watching. of the building are already under way. it was initially suggested the fire may have been caused by building work at the cathedral. questions remain about that, though and about why a better plan for dealing with a fire on this scale was not in place. richard lister, bbc news. people keep streaming towards the river's edge, the people of france, tourists, some come to take photographs, some to pray, and others just to look. our paris correspondent looked at what this means to the people of the city. this morning parisi and is keen to see for themselves. notre dame is the cathedral, for observant and non—observant of the inferno was felt as a trauma, and the needed reassurance that the worst had not come to pass. their firemen are heroes. we applaud them. they stayed until the end. it was important for me to come this morning because ijust wanted to see if it was real, you know. to feel the place, and, like, see the stones. i wanted to be here, to communicate with the place. asa communi

the french prime minister, edouard philippe, has announced an international competition to design a spiresomething more modern. nearly a billion euros has already been pledged for the restoration. and in the past hour — the paris fire brigade has given its first account of the nine hour battle to stop the fire spreading. a spokesman said if the flames in the north belfry had taken hold the whole structure would have tumbled in a chain reaction. our correspondent, hugh schofield, reports from paris. the second day since the fire and fire crews were out on the roof and towers of notre—dame. the job for now is to make the place safe, shore up what is unstable, remove what is likely to fall. the longer—term task of restoration and repair is one that is too far off to contemplate. but at the government's weekly meeting, the long—term is what they were discussing and a vision of the day when notre—dame will once again stand proud. translation: this is a big challenge and an historic responsibility of this generation. france and the government will deliver. we have already started and set up a s

in a press conference, edouard philippe says history will remember them.again from paris and the banks of the seine, the same view of notre—dame behind us, as work gets under way here. we been watching from here, looking at these figures moving around on the scaffolding and the parapets and the roof of the building. it seems to me that what they are doing is making the building safe, and this, of course, is the first phase of the work that will be required. any talk of the longer term will have to wait, because the task that is going to ta ke wait, because the task that is going to take them through the next weeks and months will be simply stabilising the building and making sui’e stabilising the building and making sure that the bits that are liable to fall don't fall and so on. the longer term is something which will have to wait, but it was the focus of the cabinet meeting today, chaired by president macron, which was dedicated solely to this issue of the restoration of notre—dame and what needs to be done. we had two announcements at the end, that ther