and the final hours of campaigning ahead of frances presidential election on sunday incumbent emanuel macklin, as challenger, marine la penn are focusing on an undecided voters full show, they may very well decide who wins. ah, i make spicer welcome to the program. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. a russian commander said the military aim to seize territory right across southern ukraine and to create a land bridge with trans mystery, a breakaway pro russian region of neighboring moldova. president volota. mister lensky seized on the comments in his nightly address. sure, take it. well please only come for is what i have said many times the russian invasion of ukraine was intended only as a starter. they then want to capture other countries. of course, we will defend ourselves as long as necessary against law. these ambition of the russian federation, you know, but all nations that like us, believe in the victory of life over death, must fight with us. they have to help us because we are the 1st on this path and who is next steps. not seamlessly

main stores. france is voting in the 1st round of its presidential election polls, but president emanuel macklin ahead for show the far right challenge marine la pen closing the gap and ukraine and russia have agreed on humanitarian quarters to evacuate thousands of civilians. eastern regions of ukraine are braced for an upper or an expected new russian offensive watch dw news coming up. next, we have world stories, reports from the besieged, ukrainian city of maria, and we can always get the latest on our website to w dot com. and of course, instagram and twitter after w news. i said, we're going to have those poll results for you. initial poll results from the french election at 8 o'clock central european time join us for that and sees ah, so he wants to know what makes the german here just in a way. i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes and everything today getting, are you ready to meet the german, then join me, rachel stuart on d. w. not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take.

i challenge a marine le pen gaining on incumbent emanuel macklin who is seeking a 2nd term in office. a monument crone is asking voters to back him for another 5 years and power. a few weeks ago, he enjoyed a comfortable lead in the polls. but his fall right challenge a marine le pen has steadily closed again. she's focused her campaign on the cost of living crisis that low to say is that biggest concern, while still promising radical anti immigration policies barring an upset, she expected join micron in the runoff on april 24th. micron is blaming his own loki campaign on having to focus on the wall and ukraine. he still tips to when in the 2nd round, with le pen only narrowly behind and gaining, but with up to a quarter of people thought to still be undecided. and many planning not to vote to tool an upset remains a possibility. mackerel and his supporters are helping them back as a far left firebrand shouldered mental show who sits a 3rd place in the poles. will vote from a crone in the 2nd round. keep pen out as many did the last election in 2017. but this time may be different. o

a reminder of the top story we're following for you. french president emanuel macklin has been reelected, comfortably beat his the far right rival marine append to secure a 2nd 5 year term in office. the vote was more divided than his 1st win, and my phone is about to be president for all french citizen. with this is tina news live from berlin. stay with us because coming up we have one part of ukraine attempts to rebuild another braces for more russian attacks. bats on world stories station for that. first one more for you at the top of the hour. and in the meantime, the w dot com is reading all the latest. and of course on twitter and instagram at that news on wave lacrosse, will see you soon. ah . for rearing to read. ah, everyone who loves books has to go insane with d. w. literature list 100 german must reads interest the global economy our portfolio.

ah, we begin in france, where president emanuel macklin has been re elected. he comfortably bade far right challenger moraine le pen, but he is acknowledged. the dissatisfaction with his 1st term and the pen says her strong performance puts her in a good position for upcoming parliamentary elections. so let's take a look at the lamp numbers now, with almost all of the votes counted, micron has an estimated 58.55 percent in the presidential run off while the pen, later of the national rally party. as 41.45 percent. bennett smith has the latest developments out of paris. the manual micron gamble, but a short but intense election campaign would be enough. it was his comfortable margin of victory over marine la pen gives him a 2nd term of the lease a palace. only 2 presidents before him have managed that. in his victory speech, makram promised that his next 5 year term would be different said her new realm. so up this new era will not be a continuity of the 5 previous years. but the collected invention of a revised method for 5 better years. rock country and are y

election have voted along with millions of verse of orders, as he bids for a 2nd term president emanuel macklin casts his ballot in lou to care on the northern coast. far right, shannon germaine le pen also cast her ballot in northern france voter turnout. so 5 just over 26 percent. 2 points lower than 5 years ago. natasha butler has more from paris. 26 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot. there are 47000000 eligible voters in france now that figure, oh, the amount to people who come out to vote is actually lower than it was in previous elections 5 years ago, 10 years ago. but it's pretty much the same as it was in the 1st round a fraction or higher. so that means that people are still continuing to come out. it's something that many people were concerned about over the last 2 weeks. whether or not people would abstain will stay away from the ballot box because they don't relate to either of the 2 candidates. ukraine's president is asking allies for more weapons ahead of a meeting with top us officials wrote to me, zalinski has said the secretaries of state and defense of the united st

ukraine war now in france is increasing its military and humanitarian aid to ukraine. president emanuel macklin has made the promise during a phone call with the ukrainian later letting me zalinski has accused russia of trying to wipe out all life in east and dumbass. as at moscow intensifies its campaign. russia says western sanctions on its economy and om shipments to ukraine, a hurting peace negotiations shall strap fed sent us this update on the fighting in east in ukraine. worrying signs from mary opal for the mere fact that there doesn't seem to be any indication of any breakthrough in trying to organize some sort of humanitarian cordele, fully estimated a 1000 civilians trapped under that steel plot. and that's despite negotiating efforts by the u. n. try to negotiate between cave and moscow. and this some lines that have come out of british military. russia has been forced to merge and redeploy what it describes is depleted and disparate units from areas of the northeast of this offensive to try and try galvanized some kind of movement. and according to british intelligence, that moveme

thank you. emanuel mccaul has won a 2nd term as president of france macklin secured a convincing victory with 58.5 percent of the vote. as far right opponent. not in the pen managed 41.5 percent. that is the biggest chair yet. so the extreme right, the run of saw the lowest turn out in 5 decades, however, millions of though to staying away or spoiling their ballots. emanuel the cold victory and sundays vote was a big personal achievement. he's the 1st incumbent to be reelected in 20 years. yet as paris woke up to 5 more years of a mccoy presidency on monday, the focus at the new stuns was very much on the challenge. he now faces to united nation, at odds with itself many voted from a kron solely to keep the far right marine le pen out. and they never expect the president to make significant changes to how he governs nica, what is the started something new? he's not going to do another 5 years of the same mandate. that's clear. we won't let him do it. if he does, i think people here ready to take to the streets if that isn't the right kind of government yet by monument goody. so glad i ca

emanuel mack hall has established himself as a leader on the international stage which had helped lift him in the polls. but far right challenger marine le pen has tightened the race by portraying macklin as out of touch with the needs of ordinary people. all this mid fears that young people will not vote after a high rate of non participation in the last election. d w's. lisa, we met with some young activists trying to change that this is the suburb of place. she so what? part of francis poorest department, it's known as a place of rights and disaffection. it was home to low and low low for most of her youth. and felt a long way away from politics. the law done. that's where used to live up there. but it was always on. she said, i always felt it would be illegitimate for me to take part in political life. also because i'm the daughter of immigrants on a sat, you're constantly being told, this is not your country. you should work hard and not because i thought the in order to talk about politics, you know, study that renamed universities on the, on the truth. when she was 16, a medical issue, men doctor sent her to a hospital in a rich part of paris. she went to school there for 6 mont

these are our top stories. french president emanuel macklin has been re elected to a 2nd 5 year term defended off a strong challenge from his far right opponent marina penn. when he nearly 59 percent of the votes in the runoff election, it becomes the 1st french president in a generation to be returned to office. the un has called for an immediate stop to fighting in the ukrainian city of maria pause to allow civilians to be evacuated . local officials accused russia blocking rescue attempts comes as u. s. secretary of state, as they blanking a defense secretary, lloyd austin, met with president vladimir zalinski in keith. it's seen as a show of support for new ukrainian. president officials are investigating the scene of a blast that an illegal oil refinery in southern nigeria. that left at least 110 people dead. dozens have been hospitalized with severe burns injurious president has vowed to clamp down on makeshift oil facilities, which have caused several deadly fires in recent years. this is debbie news from berlin. you can find much more on our website, g, w dot com. ah, ah ah,