garb today because what actually happened there's a lot of the center right the european peoples party lost about 40 any p.e.'s in the european parliament as did the social democrats another 40 the bulk of these were well not won by the the far right party is a steve bannon would have wanted but won by the liberals and the greens on the left wing autonomous parties across europe they want to 70 seats between them and that left only very poor pickings for the european right too had been expected to make rapid gains in some countries like italy then rather well but in most countries they did very badly. very good analysis there and you know taking a look closer on a country by country level you know we see in germany for example or the alternative for germany notably saw their vote total fall from 13 percent last time around to 11 percent on the other hand in only mr salvini is lead party doubled their vote from the last cycle to 34 percent what do you think accounts for that. virgin prospects of those 2 apparently similar far right parties. where the success of the greens and germany was the big story of the ni

s history the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together have the most seats but not enough from majority and the right is gaining ground in the elections is really is a leg up party led by matteo salvini has become the biggest party in that country and in france marine le pen one of her symbolic jewel with president emmanuel macron barbara sarah has more on the fallout for the centrist parties from brussels . these groups made up of various like minded parties from across europe have lost their overall majority before those 2 groups combined had more than half the votes in the european parliament and so could basically within reason control most of the business that was done within it and now that majority that overall majority has been eroded question is who could they form alliances with when they have options the liberals have done very well president mccrone party is part of the liberal bloc the greens have done surprisingly well certainly in germany where they are now the 3rd party. and they've seen. the green success replicated across europe

s history the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together have the most seats but not enough for a majority and the right is gaining ground in the elections italy's league party led by matteo salvini has become the biggest party in that country and in from some arena pen claimed what she called a victory for the people after projections put her national rally ahead of president emmanuel backgrounds party and in the u.k. nigel farage is new bricks at parties in the lead as voters expressed frustration over the deadlock on how to leave the european union for says his party's success is a massive message for the conservative and labor parties that have long dominated british politics president obama trump has praised the relationship between the u.s. and japan as he sat down with prime minister shinzo ave their talks will focus on trade and regional security earlier he became the 1st foreign leader to meet the new emperor and our heater. so our relationship i think i can speak from the standpoint of the united states has never been better than it is rig

european people's party. still the largest party but a much smaller slice. on the left, the se socialist and democratic party, the centre—left grouping, a large party but with reduced seats and the key thing to notice is that they might be the two large parties, but they have lost their overall majority if the projections are correct. that will mean interesting power play going in the coming months. looking at turnout, this will be heartening to the officials in the eu, because it is nowjust over 51%, up from 42.6% in 2014. it reverses a decline over the last few decades. turnout at 51%. a good a good night a good night for a good night for right a good night for right groups a good night for right groups and a good night for right groups and populist parties across the eu, and also for the greens. here's ramzan karmali with this update. over 200 million people have cast their votes in 28 countries across their votes in 28 countries across the european union. that's a turnout of 51%, the highest in 20 years. their verdict, well, it's been a bad night for the mainstream parties

s history according to estimates the european peoples party will remain the largest bloc but they are down from 5 years ago the greens in the liberals have managed to significantly increase their seats whilst the parliament's 2 populous blocks of made slight gains. in our other top stories this hour iraq has vowed to stand with iran as tensions escalate between iran and washington but at a meeting with his iranian counterpart in baghdad the iraqi foreign minister says his government is willing to mediate between iran and the united states and to form algerian prime ministers as well as 5 former cabinet ministers are among a dozen high ranking figures facing corruption charges the country's new state prosecutor has referred their cases to the supremes court. so more coverage of the european parliamentary election results as they come in to us these are initial projections of how the election has played out so far now as we were saying the center right european peoples party has honored $78.00 seats followed by the progressive alliance of socialists and democrats with $147.00 seats then

the largest group in the problem and the conservative european peoples party despite a loss of $38.00 seats his group and him still claim the e.u.'s top job but brokering a majority in parliament will likely prove difficult. for france to moments from the social democrats it will be even more difficult the dutchman's s. and d. group came in 2nd with a total loss of 40 seats even if he managed to form a coalition with the greens liberals and the left party c. would still fall short of a majority in parliament it is the 1st time in 40 years that the big center right and center left groups aren't able to control a majority of seats in the european parliament so some think she might come out as the winner my kate the best denmark this serving competition commissioner didn't run as an official candidate during the campaign however after her liberal alliance made strong gains she made clear that she is up for the presidency in the end it will be up to them the leaders of the member states will choose their nominee for the job and it might be somebody nobody has on the list just gets i'm joined now by the correspondent in brussels terry

parties. gary: they did, just. and they did when you people like the scottish national party, and they are a pro-european party and were against brexit but there are comfoicated reason voting sare other issues, but yes, when mayou put the largely pro- parties together, they outperform the brexit party and independent study by five percentage points. it is still not 50%. you still have the problem that the british electorate is split down theiddle over brexit. that hasn't gone away as a result of the elections. laura: it was a bad night for the conservatives and labour. does that mean they are going to avoid a general election le e plague for fear that nigel farage would do better than them? gary: if i could steal a phrase from president obama, the twoes main parot a real shellacking last night. the conservative party got 9% of the vote, single digits. this is the most successful political party in the history of the world. they have ruled and existed for longer than anyone else, and they are at 9%. labor did not do much better. thbor's problem is tha do not have a very clear view on brexit they have not said one way or another whher they want a second referendum or not. the

s history the center right european peoples party and the socialists and democrats together they have the most seats but not enough for a majority and the right is gaining ground in the elections it's a legal lead by a matter of in these become the biggest party in the country in france marine le pen has won her symbolic jewel the president emanuel macro in the u.k. nigel farage is new breaks it passes in the leader's wages expressed frustration over the deadlock on the how to leave the european union says his party's success is a massive message for the conservative and labor parties that have long dominated politics . the intelligence i get is the best politician for the lib dems clearly on the inside and doing reasonably well but it looks like looks like this will be the big win for both parties. which obviously. greece is heading for snap elections after the ruling party suffered major losses in the european parliamentary vote prime minister alexis tsipras says sid it's a party lost out to the conservative new democracy party he's asked voters for a new mandate to lead now iraq is

european parties in the u.k., to keep the majority of parliament pro-e.u. 's a thin majority, and pro-european parties would need to unite, said manfred weber, leader of the center-right european people's party. >> from now on, those who want to have a strong european union have to join their forces. >> schifrin: and for more, we turn to heather conley, senior ofce president and directo the europe program at the center for stragic and international studies, and former deputy assistant seetary of state for europe during the george w. bush administration. welcome back to the newshour. >> great to be with you. >> schifrin: let's start big picture. we saw a weakeninof the centre-left and the centre-right parties that have dominated european politics for decades. does that mean the european union, the european experims ent itselftting weaker? >> well, the european unity that was once held by these two traditional parties, the centre-right and the cent-left, that order is ending. so there is some new organic forces coming into ple . certainly rage right is here to stay. they earned 25% of the vote. but theres a new exciting force coming to the forefront, the liberals, the the green party. th

s top jobs has started including the position of commission president mainstream political parties suffered big losses in european parliament elections however the center rising european peoples party will remain the largest bloc voter turnout was nearly 51 percent the highest in 20 years. austrian chanceless a bastion katz's government.

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal.

s. and diesel democrats like getting 147 seats in the greens 66 the liberal. group would get 79 seats on these projections in the center right european peoples party the biggest group like taking 174 seats and we have the euro skeptic conservatives there with 62 seats and then we have the populists the e.f.t. they get 56 and the and if 59 seats the remaining 61 seats award on these projections go to smaller parties. let's go through those figures with our brussels our bureau chief maxell hoffman whelk a match those these are the 1st figures.

in this is that established parties of the christian democrats, the european people's pa ry democrats, the european people's pary group, and the social democrats, that's the sity say in that parliament. they cannot do that on their own anymore. so there will be opportunities, negotiations, machinations to work out a majority there. we will keep across this for you here on the bbc news. don't go away. hello. it wouldn't be a bank holiday weekend without some rain around. unfortunately, those of us who need it most have actually seen very little and sussex was one of the counties which avoided most of the showers on sunday. by contrast, we've had a lot of rain across parts of scotland, particularly highland and aberdeenshire as much as 30 millimetres, well over an inch, injust 2a hours. now this frontal system lingers as we go into bank holiday monday across scotland. that's going to keep further rain going across chiefly across the central belt, southern scotland, down into parts of the far north of england and northern ireland. elsewhere, it's a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. but the showers most frequent across north—west and south—west england

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal fine.

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal.

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal. with us president donald trump has announced he is sending $1500.00 troops to the middle east to beef up defense.

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal by. us president donald trump has announced he is sending 1500 troops to the middle east to beef up defense against.

s history but it's not just the euro skeptics far right which is gained at their expense in a vote in the biggest turnout for 2 decades the center right european peoples party in the socialists and democrats together they've got the most seats but combined that's not enough to form a majority so they will have to form a coalition with potential allies who also made gains like the liberals who visit their numbers and so have the greens has become the 2nd largest force in germany for instance the far right has made major headway in the elections italy's leader led by anti immigration interior minister. is the biggest force there then there's france a marine le pen she won the jewel with president emmanuel macro and the result in the u.k. shows the impact of bracks it nigel farage is bracks it party is in the lead while the pro europe liberal democrats they're coming in 2nd in both the conservative party and labor have lost support while the italian. we can now hear from our correspondent barbara sara she has more on the fallout for the centrist passes in brussels these groups made up of various like minded parties from across europe have lost their overall ma

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'so support her bragg's it deal. u.s. president donald trump has a noticed he is sending 1500 troops to the middle east to beef up the.

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s of both parties are in dire trouble assuming the polls are right the brics the party will win at least a 3rd of the votes in the european election of a further people in this country who are actively want to leave the european union with no plan and no deal they are determined and they are organized and their opponents are in some disarray with the conservatives and labor at war with themselves and each other it has fallen so far they've other passes to try to fight off brick says he has a new one called change u.k. currently polling in single digits. and here's another resurgent centrist liberal democrats on around 15 percent nowhere near as high as the brics it policy so why don't they all stand together and if they don't which one should people vote for clearly it's going to for years and i would be much happier if there were 9 parts or 2 working together on a common platform it didn't happen i'm not blaming anybody it's just the way it is and now we're dealing with the reality and i think it's very clear from the polls people are gathering around the liberal democrats i'm going to encourage them to do that then there's the greens registering th

s of both parties are in dire trouble assuming the polls are right the brics that party will win at least a 3rd of the votes in the european election plus a further people in this country who actively want to leave the european union with no plan and no deal they are determined and they are organized and their opponents are in some disarray with the conservatives and labor at war with themselves and each other it has fallen so far you've other passes to try to fight off brick says here's a new one called change u.k. currently polling in single digits. and here's another resurgent centrist liberal democrats on around 15 percent nowhere near as high as the bricks at policy so why don't they all stand together and if they don't which one should people vote for. going to fearing i would be much happier if there were 9 parts or 2 working together on a common threat from it didn't happen i'm not blaming anybody it's just the way it is now we're dealing with the reality and i think it's very clear from the polls people are gathering around the liberal democrats and i would encourage them to be right then there's the greens registering the highest ever polling

s of both parties are in dire trouble assuming the polls are right the brics that party will win at least a 3rd of the votes in the european election plus a further people in this country who actively want to leave the european union with no plan and no deal they are determined and they are organized and their opponents are in some disarray with the conservatives and labor at war with themselves and each other it has fallen so far you've other passes to try to fight off brick says he has a new one called change u.k. currently polling in single digits. and here's another resurgent centrist liberal democrats on around 15 percent nowhere near as high as the bricks at policy so why don't they all stand together and if they don't which one should people vote for. the fear is doing i would be much happier if there were 9 concert working together on a common thread from it didn't happen i'm not blaming anybody it's just the way it is and now we're dealing with the reality and i think it's very clear from the polls people are gathering around the liberal democrats and i would encourage them to be right then there's the greens registering their highest ever poll

s of both parties are in dire trouble assuming the polls are right the brics that party will win at least a 3rd of the votes in the european election plus a further peoplein this country who actively want to leave the european union with no plan and no deal they are determined and they are organized and their opponents are in some disarray with the conservatives and labor at war with themselves and each other it has fallen so far they've other parties to try to fight off brick says he has a new one called change u.k. currently polling in single digits. and here's another resurgent centrist liberal democrats on around 15 percent nowhere near as high as the bricks at policy so why don't we all stand together and if they don't which will get people vote for me it's going to fevers and i would be much happier if there were 9 parties working together on a common platform it didn't happen i'm not blaming anybody it's just the way it is and now we're dealing with the reality and i think it's very clear from the polls people are gathering around the liberal democrats and i would encourage them to be right then there's the greens registering their highest ever p

european people's party his member of the e.u. parliament joining me now from c.b.s. is the w.'s guard monta scale and what do you make of the use joint statement on iraq it is of course an effort to keep this treaty a life and a treaty that really asked been a diplomatic success a key diplomatic success for the european union ever since the u.s. unilaterally withdrew the e.u.'s been fighting to keep this success story a life and the fact that here iran is now partially withdrawing exposes the diplomatic weakness because the e.u. will now have to prove to what extent they are really a key player on the world stage and that is a big concern the remaining president's johana such as said it is a good deal and we do hope we can keep it a life so gala aside from iran what else are e.u. leaders focusing on at today's summit there in romania. other lots of unfinished business here you have a for instance eurozone reform the e.u.'s monetary union desperately needs reform something that particularly the french president is pushing for and seeing that not a lot of positive support came fro

s top jobs has started including the position of commission president mainstream political parties suffered big losses in european parliament elections however the center right european peoples party will remain the largest bloc voter turnout has nearly 51 percent the highest in 20 years. austrian chancellor sebastian katz says government has lost a no confidence votes in parliament it was the final blow off to his coalition with the far right freedom party fell apart over a video sting that forced his deputy to resign austria's president will now name a cats he could chancellor until snap elections in september. france's interior minister says police have arrested a 24 year old man suspected of carrying out last week's bump last in legal offices had been searching for a man seen cycling near the scene of the explosion 13 people were wounded with many requiring hospital treatment. ukraine's president followed timea selenski visited military positions in the east of the country where the army has been fighting russia back separatists for 5 years his office said that he spoke to ukrainian soldiers about several issues including living conditions and the standard of the food in

center right european people's party will remain the largest bloc the liberals and greens made strong gains as did the right wing populist bloc fotis hand out was nearly 51 percent the highest in 20 s. . france's interior minister says police have arrested a 24 year old man suspected of carrying out last week's bomb blast in legal offices had been searching for a man seen cycling near the scene of the explosion 13 people were wounded with many requiring hospital treatment. the head of romania's ruling social democrat says lost his bid to have his corruption charge overturned leave you a drug may i must now serve 3 and a half years in prison an appeals court ruled he was guilty of using his influence to get fake public jobs for 2 women working for his party. shake up for europe as the dust settles after a massive election across the block the numbers are clear but what do they actually tell us who are the winners and losers of europe's big vote i'm sumi so much scott and berlin this is the day. the car had the impression for the 1st time that there was a stronger european feeling if you adopt we want to build a europe based on rights with work the 1st and foremost and undermanned gi

conservative party on the 7th of june almost 3 years after the british people voted to leave the european union she's been under growing pressure to step down over her failure to get m.p.'s to support her brags that deal. u.s. president donald trump has announced he is sending $1500.00 troops to the middle east to beef up defense against iran the move comes after the pentagon said iran was waging quote a campaign in the region and was directly responsible for attacks on oil tankers in the gulf l.d.r. this month. taiwan has become the 1st country in asia to legalize same sex marriage with a new law taking effect on friday several couples tied the knot and dozens more legally registered their relationships as marriages and government offices across the island it comes after 3 decades fight for equality. indian prime minister narendra modi has held talks aimed at forming a new cabinet and at setting a date for his inauguration latest election results indicate that a landslide victory has given mr modi's hindu nationalist party b j p an increase majority. oh and welcome to arts and culture here's what's coming up the cannes film festival draws to a close and our movie critic