when emanuel macron called election he did notj macron called election he did not have the call he saidnd he thought this was the only way to move forward. stability was what he had in mind, this sort of deadlock, potential instability politically cannot be what he had in mind, who has devoted so many years now to the centrist project. instead you have seen some of his closest allies, people in his own party, cabinet question why he made this decision, why he took a decision that means that so many from the far left, people chanting antifascist slogans here, why so many were given an opportunity to risk the centre holding in france. that is what gabriel attal certainly said, he was part of this decision, took him on many of his closest allies by surprise. now it is about how they can move forward, how all these parties to the left can come to some sort of agreement, question, many people from the greens, socialist parties, vowed to never work with jean—luc melenchon. that cannot be the case now when you have to decide a plan on how to move forward. azadeh moshiri in central paris, thank

you worked with emanuel macron, _ adapt to that.uel macron, taught - adapt to that. you worked with emanuel macron, taught me i adapt to that. you worked with i emanuel macron, taught me what is going to his mind. who will be prime minister is not clear in itself. did he make me wait cold going with this snap election? ——be right call. maybe not have done something like this. the reason being the fact we have not an absolute majority but we still managed to pass quite a few legislative bills. some of them were passed through the equivalent of executive order which of course is not great for democracy. some of them were passed through regular votes. i think quite a lot of reforms and bills were passed. in that sense, i think the government was still functioning. it could have gone a bit further. that said it was also true president had been elected against the extreme right. a lot of people voted for the president without necessarily voting for his programme and so they were annoyed the programme was just being implemented as if edwa

emanuel macron is calling for centuries and left—wing parties to reunite rather than split the boat asity in the second and final round of voting next weekend. without an affluent majority france will have a hung parliament and the national rally will be blocked from pushing to its plans. our correspondent andrew harding has the latest and a warning there are flashing images in his report. paris, the day after. and for many here, a profound sense of shock. "it's like having a hangover," says sandrine, a legal assistant of yesterday's election results. "people are fed up with politics," says caroline, "so they're turning to the extremes." "it's the people's choice," says margarita. they're all talking about this woman, marine le pen, whose party, the national rally, took the lead in sunday's vote. if the surname is familiar, that's because her father, jean—marie le pen, was a notorious far right politician, a racist and anti—semite. but his daughter has softened the national rally�*s image and platform, and last night won big across the nation. her party's populist, anti—immigrant, euro

." ♪ french president emanuel macron playing coy about dion's appearance saying only, it would be great ceremony. the chance to perform at the olympics monumental, and makes for an incredible comeback. ♪ 2012 you'll remember the spice girls reunited for london's closing ceremony. if celine does take the stage, it would mark her first live performance since announcing her diagnosis of stiff persons syndrome. it would be nearly 30 years since she brought down the house at the olympics in 1996 singing "the power of the dream." ♪ the power of the dream ♪ >> lara: come on. what a stage for a comeback. celine dion knows how to make a statement. just like a athletes here in paris, show knows what it means to be resilient. this morning account for the olympic games tweeted a throw back at celine's performance at the olympics. could that be a clue? feels like one. people in france have been telling us celine's return to the french stage would be so poignant. guys? >> rebecca: that would be truly incredible. c'est magnificent. thank you. we can't wait for more spencer and longman coming up later

he will stay in post until emanuel macron can find an alternative.esident of holland who won his seat in a three—way, beating off the candidate of the national rally and also the incumbent assembly memberfrom rally and also the incumbent assembly member from the right. could he be someone who can bring the various parties together in the national assembly? certainly one to watch. we will bring you plenty more reaction from here in paris throughout the day. reaction from here in paris throu~hout the da . , . . ~ throughout the day. christian, thank ou ve throughout the day. christian, thank you very much _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed for _ throughout the day. christian, thank you very much indeed for that. - you very much indeed for that. christian fraser who is in paris throughout the day covering that important election result. but here in the uk, the new prime minister sir keir starmer is beginning his first full week in power with his cabinet making a series

tojoin the far centre—right candidate dropped out to join the far right against the emmanuel macron candidate. emanuelropped considerably since calling the snap election. we are speaking to supporters. you have always been a supporter of emanuel micron, has your belief not faltered because of the snap election? . , ., ., ., ., ., election? the decision to go into an election? the decision to go into an election before _ election? the decision to go into an election before the _ election? the decision to go into an election before the term _ election? the decision to go into an election before the term was - election before the term was surprising because there was no reason — surprising because there was no reason after the european election but it_ reason after the european election but it was— reason after the european election but it was his decision and may be the outcome would be an opportunity to reopen _ the outcome would be an opportunity to reopen the game in terms of more democracy— to reopen the game in terms of more democracy and opportunities for parties — democracy and opportunities for

absolute majority today, things have changed in the last week, the opposition, the centre and left, emanuel macron'san get some pretty strong winds! we have had some very wet weather so far this july. this winds! we have had some very wet weather so far thisjuly. this is just yesterday. you can see on the radar sequence we had heavy showers moving through so far some parts we had quite a lot of rainfall and if you look at the first six days of july, in benson in oxfordshire, so far we have had nearly the whole month worth of rain falling in the first six days, so an indication of how wet it has been, and there are more showers in the forecast. this morning, a lovely start in cromer. we have showers elsewhere, moving through north wales, merseyside, greater manchester, southern areas as well, and they are moving east. becoming scattered in the afternoon but the risk of them becoming heavy. after a dry start in scotland, we see showers developing, temperatures a little higher than yesterday, 13-15, 17 in a little higher than yesterday, 13—15, 17 in glasgow. in wales, a scattering of showers, some heav

on june 9th, after the fall right surged, french voting for the european parliament, president emanuel macron said turning to voters again would provide clarification, but after the shock second round results, the waters are more muddied now than they have been in decades. a loose alliance of leftist parties won the most seats in french legislative elections after second round of voting, while the coalition has managed to keep france's far right away from power in, which ended last week, no single. political party or alliance of parties has won a clear majority. france has now been left with a hunk parliament, shaky alliances and the threats of turbulent years ahead. the aftermath of the elections was also mowed by violence and unrest in the streets of major cities across france with analysts tracing back the root causes to deep seated grievances and frustrations among the population. rather than rallying behind mcconne as he'd hoped, millions took the vote as an opportunity to vent anger about inflation, crime, immigration and other grievances, including his style of government, the scenes o