this small group is an affiliated with the front national.of marine le pen‘s, from the last presidential election. who are you voting for and why? for marine, of course. pretty much everyone on the right is behind her, because she is our last chance to save the country. so yes, of course, we support her. dissidence francaise believe there is a zionist led conspiracy to commit what they called white genocide, by flooding europe with immigrants. in an attempt to prove her point, electre took me to a nearby paris neighbourhood. when you look around here, you can barely see a white person. i mean the demographics, the numbers were talking, they will be taking over in less than 20 years. europe isn't going to be white or european animal. it's not going to look like this here. that was the language of the old front national, but some of electre‘s views are closer to marine‘s rhetoric. these people hate us, so they can go away. it's the only solution. do you think marine agrees with you on that? i think she agrees but i think she cannot say. maybe o

she is saying i am no longer front national lam standing saying i am no longer front national i am standingurse, they will still be the policies of the front national. what happens now is crucial about whether both these candidates micron and a pen can gather enough support from outside their natural support base to be victorious in the second round. 15 years ago, her father was blocked because that tactical vote worked. she wants to avoid the same fate. we know which candidates the —— we know which candidate the financial markets are happy with, mr macron. the ftse and the dax and other markets are all up. he likes free markets, he lacks the european union, he likes free trade. it is the tonic they need. they cannot believe their luck. this could be the end of the brexit revolution sweeping through europe. look at the money going up. massive rises. also, what they are saying is if the political dangers can be put to one side, some of the economic fundamentals in europe and eurozone are looking more cheerful so allows people to make judgments on the economy again, not on political risks and

the national front was created 40 yea rs the national front was created 40 years ago.er on, probably too early. i guess it will be around 16 million. 2496 probably too early. i guess it will be around 16 million. 24% of 20 million... there we have around 20 million... there we have around 20 million votes. probably 5 million voted for marine le pen. that is an extraordinary number of people. we will see to what extent she makes any progress in the next round. her father did not make that much progress between the two rounds. in this case, the question would be, what happens to people who supported jean—luc melenchon, would they support macron? presumably, for them, macron is not as bad as francois fillon. he will still represent those from the neoliberals. we also may have former jean—luc melenchon supporters who may go back to le front national. there were strange moments, i remember in marseille particularly, people were being interviewed. they we re people were being interviewed. they were saying, i thought i would vote for marine le pen butjean—luc melenchon is mor

front national is a big pa rt question. front national is a big part of her family brand. question.and she later parted election victories and asked you years. whether that is going to be a positive strategy, we'll have to see the next few days. it will be tricky. the name is a bit of a giveaway, lip pen. west about emmanuel macron. his camp feeling confident? they have the backing of francois fillon, for instance. there isa francois fillon, for instance. there is a sense he has momentum. but there are still not much meat on the bones of his policies and that could be an achilles' heel. exactly. he still has a lot of work to do, despite the fact that in france, the nature of politics here is that mainstream parties, political rivals are usually unite against the front national in the run—off. we have seen national in the run—off. we have seen that in 2002, when her father, jean—marie le pen, made it to the run—off against jacques chirac. jean—marie le pen, made it to the run—off againstjacques chirac. he was wiped out because of the republican vote against him. whether emmanuel macr

now, le pen was the leader of the far right front national. but she's announced that she is stepping down from that position. both macron and le pen face each other in the final round in just two weeks. let's take a look at the official results from the poll on sunday. now, final voting figures show that the pro-e.u. candidate, macron, won 24% of the vote. you can see, he was followed by marine le pen of the anti-immigration front national, with 21.3%. now, the conservative, francois fillon, was just above 20%, and the leftist candidate, jean-luc melenchon, just under him. now, this was one of the most unpredictable elections in recent french history, with traditional parties crashing out. we'll get some analysis in just a moment. first, here's more on the two remaining candidates. reporter: the day after his first round win, emmanuel macron had a hard time even getting out of the house. he was greeted by dozens of supporters, hand shakes and selfie takers. the 39-year-old is the clear favorite to win the presidency in two weeks' time. and he

that is because of the extreme past of the front national.er founded and that horror... a lot of people see as the party of hatred. —— and that a lot of people see. that is what a lot of left—wing people say. the republicans say that this is a party that could endanger the country and take it out of the eurozone. and this is something that both mainstream parties want to avoid at all costs. thank you. as was alluded to, there will be a significant amount of relief in brussels. the nightmare scenario in this first round for the european union was that marine le pen and jean—luc melenchon got through to the second round. both of them are fiercely critical of the year. he is one reaction from the spokesperson at the european commission. translation: finance is a central pillar of the eu. -- finance is a central pillar of the eu. —— france. it is one of the founding countries and it symbolises the values on which european integration is based. presidentjuncker congratulated emmanuel macron because he is a candidate who represents the values he ca

fleeting french way of life, a society of sidewalk cafes and romantic nostalgia, le pen and the national front are making nationalism the primary goal. the latest that we know about possible viewing of information by susan rice under president obama? sen. graham: i'm going to ask the people who did the collection: did susan rice ever request of you or your organization the unmasking of somebody caught up in incidental collection, particularly a trump person? if she did, then i want her to come in and say why she requested that and what she did with it. sharyl: nine out of ten times, the i.r.s. seized money that americans had obtained legally. robert johnson: the i.r.s. was basically trolling through people's bank statements rather than going to that person and saying, "hey, you know what's going on here, is there some sort of explanation?" instead, they would just seize the entire bank account and then they would hold it. sharyl: welcome to "full measure." i'm sharyl attkisson. next week, french voters go to the polls in the first round of a presidential election. one candidate, marine le pen,

it has three front national cities.it is right-wing leaning, but it was a shock when the mayor who is not even 30 grabbed the city hall behind me. you have a sluggish economy, a traditional france that doesn't recognize itself as a multicultural france and unease about immigration and islam. after this week of touring, can we draw conclusions from the local votes to the presidential vote? you will see that's not so clear listening to the people we've talked to. >> translator: this issue that she wants to change europe, she doesn't want to stay in europe and it will be hard. many people we put off because of that. >> translator: i think indeed that among my clientele, plenty like le pen, not because we like the mayor here, but out of rebellion of these presidential elections. >> you think locally the front-national mayor is doing good action? >> for the city, i guess. for the country, i'm not sure. we'll see. >> translator: i have to admit that the mayor has done good things for the city. why not vote for the far-right?

the french presidency, the far right candidate announces she's stepping aside as leader of the front nationalty. jeremy corbyn says only labour can defeat the conservatives, as he takes his campaign to scotland. tributes have been paid to the former royal naval officer, run down by his own car as it was being stolen. police in manchester are questioning a man over the killing. and on newsnight, in the aftermath of the french preisdential elections, peter mandelson talks about what hope he thinks emmanuel macron gives the left in france and here and talks about his new cross—party movement to defeat pro—brexit mps at the election. good evening and welcome to bbc news. french voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. the run—off in the presidential race will be between two political outsiders, who've left mainstream parties on the sidelines. emmanuel macron‘s en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election.. he'll face marine le pen of the front nastionale. it's more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electora

and since the 9 million loan was given to the front national, the bank actually went bankrupt.affairs, they are now demanding the money back. and so, those who said, for example, mikhail kasyanov, who was prime minister under president vladimir putin before he joined the opposition, said "for me, there is no doubt the loan was authorised by the kremlin". is he wrong? i am sure he is wrong. and, you know, he was prime minister very long ago. ok, well, let's move on to germany then because you say all these things are inconsequential, what about the fact that the german chancellor angela merkel refers to russia "sowing false information in germany", and her warning that it could play a role in the coming election campaign? well, i respect her views as a german politician and as a candidate in the upcoming bundestag election, and of course, as chancellor of the federal republic. but, whether there is hard evidence, i don't know if there is. maybe she would like to present it. the head of the german domestic security service, hans—georg maassen, says "we see aggressive and increase

the other person we are focusing on, of course, marine le pen of the front national, the far right party, who has been voting today. it is a little like the rust belt of france where she was voting, a bit like the northern states for donald trump that did so well for him in the election. she gets a lot of support up election. she gets a lot of support up there, a regional councillor there. she was just behind up there, a regional councillor there. she wasjust behind emmanuel macron in the polls on friday evening at the end of the campaign. running her close, quite extraordinary, because francois fillon has been dogged by allegations throughout the campaign. he has hung on. for recent days and weeks he has shown himself to be quite resilient in the polls. here he is voting in paris today, the former prime minister still in with a very good shout indeed. he will run marine le pen close. so the far left candidate also, jean—luc melenchon. quite an extraordinary campaign, hayley has been around for a long time. aligned with the communist party. run his campaign, i think last week he was in d

emmanuel macron, and then the front national, in that second roundlj know he took full responsibilitye had had enough of hollande, being punished? yes. this was an accident to m f , waiting to happen. when president hollande said before the last election, he said jeffrey on what happens, and then failed to deliver, except for a little at the end of his mandate, that is why he was forced in december to save, which is extraordinarily rare for an outgoing president, i will not set again. —— he said, judge me on what happens. look at the parliamentary elections that will be held injune. because you have who is not f: or 55: or letter— ~ , . forthe right or left. —— novice. can eitherof forthe right or left. —— novice. can either of these two - elected? of you ,a of you are ,a of you are just ,a o 57:qu a cannot la; o 57:qu a cannot command a in the ;,7,t7,. you , ,. , ,, , ,, do much. e do much, the guardian says it is to do much. the guardian says it is emmanuel macron and marine le pen. there are wider ramifications in terms of what that means for the rest of europe. where framesets. as

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right now in france there are still a majority of people thinking that the national front is a threateady to be in command and probably emmanuel macron, the opposite, is someone emmanuel macron, the opposite, is someone who is less repulsive. so she has in a way to convince people that they should make a choice that would be between her and him based on that divide. the reason i asked the question that way round, what does she have to do, is because i'm just wondering what the interjection of francois hollande does today to the campaign? he has supported emmanuel macron, as he has to do, this is the republican front against the far right, but emmanuel macron can be painted as the continuity candidate. is that not dangerous? can be painted as the continuity candidate. is that not dangerou57m he was considered to that extent as francois hollande class, probably he would not be at that stage, he would not be qualifying. the argument was already use before the first round of the campaign and it did not work that well. maybe it works for the right wing voters and some of them, of course, s

on your berels," everything must done according to the left wing paper to block the right wing national front from winning. >> benefiting from calls to block the far right national front. the president, hollande said he will vote for macron. a shocker because hollande said that where he wanted the direction to go. i was telling you about this yesterday. in traditional alliance between the left and right, to block the far right national front in elections and on election night, several candidates like the called on people to vote for macro on. these polls saying concerning macron, voters that he can count and figure get 93% of the socialist vote in round 2. and similar if you look at the far left. the far left candidate has been very ambiguous but he is holding out on any endorsement. she has done a lot of criticism for not calling his voters to support macron in round 2 and this poll suggesting 77% of his voters would go to macron in round 2. >> and of course third-place and sunday's first round, the yani tseng he will vote for macron to stop the national front but his party is more nuanced.

i will not let to trivialise the national front party, of racist party.ed extraordinarily grave opinions. she herself expresses extremely grave opinions. emmanuel macron talking of divide. it is often said in matters of the heart opposite struck. —— opposites attract. that's certainly true for one pennsylvania couple whose politics couldn't be more divided. before the election, we met democrat gretchen wisehart and herfiance tom ellis, who supported donald trump. well now they're married, and although they've both said i do to tying the knot, they still say i don't when it comes to agreeing about the president. rajini vaidya nathan's been catching up with them. iam i am gretchen and i voted for your printed. i voted for donald trump. and wejust got printed. i voted for donald trump. and we just got married. we have a —— had a couple of days after the election when i said, i can't talk to you. i did know what to say. during the election they were engaged in a lot of heated political discussions. don't talk over me yet! i caught discussions. don't talk over

all the ingredients for the front national to prosper. in many ways, beziers represents what a france under marine le pen would look like. a mayor who would reinforce the police. who said he would clean the streets. he expelled the homeless people on the outside of the city. he installed a curfew and has gone after the ngos linked to refugees. yesterday i talked to the two founders of an anti-racist association, and they gave me interesting elements as to why he was elected mayor here. >> the mayor won because there was an erosion of the right which was in power for 19 years. he won because there was a combination of several factors, endemic unemployment in the southern regions, strong presence of people leaning towards the far right especially expatriates from algeria, damaged mick actieconomic activ. >> you have to realize for 15, 20 years, since 2002 actually, immigration and security have become two big issues in every election, that's where the national front is very strong. it succeeded in forcing all the political parties to compet

there is a long tradition in france of workers uniting against the national front, whether they are politicallections. and that is the case in national polls as well. that might well happen in the second round, again. emmanuel macron is not from a party in the traditional sense of the word. more of a movement. should he win, he will need support from the national assembly to get his votes through, wendy? and that is the big question. how is he going to pull a majority in parliament, and how will he be up to govern? he says that he is going to select candidates from outside the political system. —— won't he. half of them will be women, he said. but whether he will be up to secure that majority in parliament remains unclear. and that is the main question. we heard tonight that francois fillon, the candidate of the conservatives, who lost to emmanuel macron, saying that the centrist and the conservatives should unite in the next parliamentary election. —— centrists. but how is that going to play out exactly? we have yet to see. if we look forward to the second round, europe is likely to be a cen

analysts say it's because the national front has a very steady and loyal support base, including a growingber of young people. we have been following the far right. let's listen to his report. >> it has been 15 years since the national front shock to the second round of the french presidential election. ever since marine le pen took over from her father, she has been trying to break from his way of doing things. it seems to has worked, a message resonating with old and young alike. >> the image of the national front has changed. young people are patriotic and proud to wear the colors. conviction, it is the france i want to be like it was before, as i knew it. >> i am not racist. all the immigrants who are here will say, obviously. i condemned the refugees who arrived in mass every day, there are no jobs and no housing. we have to stop it in -- we have to stop it. >> marine le pen is a top candidate for people aged 18 to 35, when people go to the real world and see how part it is, marine le pen has the right answers. >> that kind of support the feature of today's national front. after the f

i will not let her trivialise the national front party, a racist party. grave opinions. she herself expresses extremely grave opinions. facebook says it is stepping up its security to counter efforts by governments and other actors that use the social media network to spread disinformation and manipulate public opinion. it acknowledges what it calls "information operations" designed to distort political sentiment. the social network website says it has uncovered co—ordinated operations to sway last year's us presidential election, through the spreading of fake news. well, earlier i spoke to cyber security expert jake williams and i asked him whether political pressure is the reason facebook is doing more. i would expect so. it is counter to the business model to do this otherwise. they rely on advertising revenue. anything that goes viral, whether it is fake or not, contributes to the business model. when you say it is counter to the business model to do this, you mean it will lose money, i suppose it might instil confidence in the website. yes, i cannot

equally showstopping is marine le pen, who's transformed the front national and made it a force in thisucy willamson has this report. two years ago, he was a new face in politics. in two weeks he could be the new president of france. last night, emmanuel macron arrived for his victory speech with his wife, brigitte. 2a years older than him, she was once his drama teacher. his youth and energy are part of the package. hard to imagine he used to be economy minister and once worked at rothschild investment bank. his style, start—up rather than stuffy, even if he his policies themselves appeal more to bankers than blue—collar france. his rival has already begun campaigning, targeting voters she calls forgotten france. saying her anti—immigration platform is designed to put them first. herfather, jean—marie, who stepped down as party leader six years ago, has called the holocaust a detail of the second world war. marine le pen has tried to rid the party of its stigma and present a softer image of herself as a mother, concerned to protect france. we could say that marine le pen is a strict mo

and served as economy minister under president hollande, and marine le pen, of the far—right front nationalcontest the final round of voting next month. both monsieur macron and madame le pen have styled themselves as outsiders, offering a new kind of politics, but they do represent two very different visions of what france should be. our first report tonight is from our europe editor katya adler. one presidential election, two rival visions for france. freshfaced emmanuel macron tops poll projections, promising fairer government, neither right nor left wing. a pro—eu centrist, confident of success. translation: hope that ina of success. translation: hope that in a fortnight, i will become your president. i want to become the president. i want to become the president of all the people of france. the president of the patriots, in the face of the threats from the nationalists. a president able to protect, to transform and to build. emmanuel macron now goes through to the second and final round of france's vote for president. he will be against... far right marine le pen, anti—immigration, ant

he will face marine le pen of the national front, who described the result as historic.ryone. they give are joining historic. hello everyone. they give arejoining us. i'm rico hizon and sir paul. it has been confirmed that a third us citizen has been arrested at pyongyang airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you are old enough, you are good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland, where age is no barrier to taking part. —— world masters games. hello and welcome. it is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest that the centrist, emmanuel macron, has won the first round. several polls put him at 23%, a point or so ahead of marine le pen, the anti— immigration national front representative. they go to a run—off in two weeks time. emmanuel macron said a had turned in french politics, with people expressing a desire for change in politics. marine le pen described the result as historic. ourfirst report comes from katya adler. one presidential elect

that is a record for le front national party.ound, years ago. it is a trend that has been growing. it has been growing on the back of middle—class disgruntlement with the way the economic situation has developed in this country. there is very high unemployment. 24% among young people. this sets france upon from other european countries where populism has grown. populism appeals to young people in this country, which is not the case in britain, was not the case in the us with the donald trump phenomena. there is a specific french ingredient to the rise of this particular party. there isa rise of this particular party. there is a tricky balance. they are throwing their weight behind emmanuel macron. they want him to win. they have to be a little bit careful. in four weeks' time, they are going to the french elections for parliament. they do not want to ruin ourown for parliament. they do not want to ruin our own chances. democratic voters, throughout the whole political spectrum, with find it quite difficult and not very... it woul

i will not let her trivialise the national front party, a racist party.raordinarily grave opinions. she herself expresses extremely grave opinions. in london — a man carrying knives near the houses of parliament has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. the man, aged 27, had been under surveillance by the security services. he was stopped close to whitehall and wrestled to the ground. security in the area round parliament has been heightened since the westminster attack last month, which left five people dead. june kelly has the story. under arrest in the shadow of government buildings in whitehall. this wasn't a random stop search and arrest. the man was under surveillence as part of an ongoing operation by scotland yard's counterterrorism command. close to parliament square before 2:30pm this afternoon, the suspect was quickly in handcuffs. police had wrestled him to the ground on a traffic island. it's close to the foreign office and entrance to downing street. he was led away to an unmarked car and taken to a high security police station i

what do we think of marine le pen standing back from her leadership of the front national?r, who has been exposed as believing... the holocaust denier? the interim leader. she is chasing her own shadow. having played this punditry game for a while, i am reluctant to predict any margins, any victors, given the outcomes we have seen in brexit and trump. i will predict that corbyn will not be prime minister! yes, well... that an exception. i think it is hard to see marine le pen, she is such a polarising figure and has a solid base, but when you look at how the votes played in the third and fourth position in the first round of the election, it is very hard to see how it works. the real danger is people staying home. if you rememberwhen marine le pen's father went through this ballet, you know, they defeated le pen, but they did it with people on the left holding a nose and saying they would vote for anybody apart from him. exactly, the voters that supported francois fillon, the centre—right candidate, are very hesitant of voting for macron. it's a problem, because fillon was

the front nationale has only reached the second round was before. —— front. —— national. has chosen change but of what sort? emmanuel macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very quickly. vive la france! instead, he brought in those disillusioned with france's traditional parties. his liberal, pro—europe policy is attracting voters from both right and left. but voters from right and left also chose marine le pen, who wants everything emmanuel macron does not: leave the euro, slash immigration, and clamp down on free trade. her support has been the steadiest in this election, barely changing from months ago. so why was this result so hard to call? william and his sister helene had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they walked to their local polling station. they were not alone, almost a quarter of the electorate were thought to be unsure who they would support. i will still vote but i don't know who for. i am hesitating between four. i need to choose one. months ago, the sel

if she doesn't make it to the top political job in france, she will go back to her home in the national frontty. she says the reason she made this decision was to give her the time and space to concentrate on the presidential campaign. she stepped down as president of the national front could be president of the french republic. also, i think we can interpret this as marine le pen's clear knowledge that she cannot rely on her traditional party base, her traditional support base, and france if she wants to be the next president. she has to seduce other french voters over to her site.she can only do that by being mainstream. it's not enough by quoting policies. she's trying to distance herself from her party with its divisive, racist, extremist reputation even if it denies it, here she is stepping down, she is stepping away, and she wants to be france's next president. tim: emmanuel macron, a centrist as well.neither candidate from mainstream political parties . which way will it fall, according to the polling, which actually has been remarkably accurate so far? yes, the big joke in france is a

and of course marine le pen of the front national who is promising to free the french from the rulingvote but on this occasion it is no longer the preserve of the right. emmanuel macron began his run—off campaign this morning. his supporters believe he is now one step away from winning the presidency. fran is now prepares for a choice between macron and marine le pen, pro—eu versus anti—eu. pro—immigration against anti—immigration. at the macron campaign headquarters supporters cheered candidate into the night. this is the 39—year—old's first ever election. he is the newcomer, the insider turned outsider, making it through to the next round and he is now the favourite to become this country's next president. translation: in 15 days i want to become your president, the president of all the french, the president of the patriots to counter the threat of the nationalists. the macron team give themselves time to celebrate but they now have two focus on fighting the run—off. but they now have two focus on fighting the run-off. of course we feel the responsibility, it's a new page starting i

in the last couple of hours marine le pen has said she's stepping aside as the leader of the national fronto focus on her campaign. president trump says he wants the un to back new sanctions against north korea. and north korea has again warned that the threat of nuclear war is real. a bbc team has entered a town in syria recently held by islamic state. the next big battle with the islamic state will take place in raqqa. that will only happen if the opposition forces stop fighting each other first. and it is looking good for newcastle to make it back into the premier league. these are the polls looking ahead to the second round of the french election. the polls put mr macron well ahead for the second round. they were right for the first round — but well you know all the caveats around polling. a short time ago i spoke to professor helen drake — she's the chair in european integration at loughborough university. she's in paris. i asked her if the latest polls were good news for european integration. one thing we learned from last night is that the polls were quite accurate. marine le pen was

and personally ijoined the national front in 2013, which is not too long ago.was aged 18, 30 years ago. so you can see why some people, and you must have come across this, some peoplejust think of this party as fascist, you have moved a long way but your vote share has only grown by 3%. you have a lot more to do. you know, parties involved, the kind of accusation that the party is nationalists does not stick. the french know that it is not the truth. because what marine le pen stands for is patriotism. she says what makes this country great or made it great is that france had the ability to make french are people coming from anywhere around the world. we lost that somewhere along the way because of the sheer number we cannot take in so many people any more. so we have to reduce the number of migrants to make sure that france has this ability to make french people again by assimilating them to our culture. because it is not an ethnic country but a cultural country, a philosophical country. we must leave it there. thank you very much. the socialist party's candid

france's national front replaces its leader for the second time in just three days following controversialomments about the holocaust. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the last few hours, the us military and south korean officials have confirmed that north korea fired a ballistic missile which exploded shortly after launch. the failed test, reportedly from near an airfield in pukcchang, camejust hours after a special session at the un security council in which the us pushed for tougher sanctions on the pyongyang regime. barbara plett—usher has this report from the un headquarters in new york. after weeks of mounting concern in washington about north korea, the secretary of state arrived at the united nations to make his case. un sanctions aren't working, was the message. there needs to be a new campaign of pressure. and he clarified the stakes. ultimately this is being driven by america's own national security considerations, he said, so it is serious. with each successive detonation and missile test, north korea pushes north—east asia and the world closer to instability and broader confl

like it or not, the front national has been the strongest party of the regional elections and the europeanlections with almost 29% of the vote of the european election and has only teedo representatives out of 577 at the assembly national, the parliament. part ofhe population in france not represented on the national level. micron --in manual emmanuel macron the person who can turn it around, who can unite the country? elite background, how could he be the person who turns the country around? >> he's talking to the elites, to the middle class. not be voted by the working class, definitely not, but he comes from the elite, of course, but he wants to change the system, the system of right and left. i think he is the only one who could more or less do it. just think, if you had fillon as the conservative, his program was even more radical, so we had a social liberal who is having a libeberal policy but with a socl touch. i think the french must see that there is no alternative to reform. there's too much red tape, .ureaucracy you need to break this, and once he takes all these unpopular decis

nobody likes a nice national front. so, that's the problem of her party.stream party will ever make alliance with the national front. thank you very much, both of you. in a moment a look at how the financial markets in europe closed the day, but first the headlines on bbc news: the outgoing president francois hollande calls on voters to back emmanuel macron in the second round of the french presidential election saying support for the far—right puts the country at risk. addressing the scottish tuc, first minister nicola sturgeon said the electorate couldn't trust the conservatives with worker's rights post brexit. the lib dems are on course to reach its highest ever membership — over 12,000 people have signed up to the party since theresa may announced the snap general election last tuesday. good afternoon. now a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. all of them have been affected by the french election. the gains stemming from the french election. the european stocks market did well. the nasdaq dominated by tech companies, appl

his daughter, pep pep who thrtd front national the party from her father, marine le pen is now one of two candidates in the runoff to be the next president of france. and whether any of us inherently care about the politics and stability of our allies around the world, whether or not you care about that, for us, watching this from america, part of what is very interesting about them having this election in france is this is just a story of incredible characters. jean marie le pen was really expel from the european parliament. he was also expelled from his own party, from the party that he founded. he was forced out of the national front by marine le pen, by daughter, after he took it over from him. then today after she made the runoff for the presidential election, marine le pen also dropped out of the party. she runs the national front, she dropped her own affiliation with the party her father founded and she has held ever since. she's trying to get elected president of france, so she's dropped her political party entirely because it's bad baggage. but her making it to the runoff and

from the nationalfront, she actually marine le pen stood away from the national front, she stood downf she is synonymous with the national front brand. the pen name is synonymous with that. but she is trying to stand as presidential candidate rather than national front candidate. i presidential candidate rather than nationalfront candidate. i looked at some opinion poll figures last night, from one of the polling agencies had done for the magazine paris match. they're looking at where its supporters are going from other camps especially from jean—luc melenchon. 51% would go to macron and just 19% to le pen. the economic platform is virtually the same for jean—luc melenchon and le pen. platform is virtually the same for jean-luc melenchon and le pen. just to distance yourself from the party name, is that going to do it for her? i think she is going to say forget the national front, her? i think she is going to say forget the nationalfront, i'm in line with your anti—globalist, nationalist economy view of life. you are voting forjean—luc melenchon for those reasons but not for me becaus

and this is the reason why it has been essential for me to take leave of presidency from the national front. today i have no longer the president of the national front, i am a presidential candidate that wishes to unite all french people behind a project of hope and security. manus: joining us now on set, j.p. morgan asset management strategist. when you see a move like le pen as she has done yesterday, was that a cynical move or a cunning ploy? >> i think it's just a rebranding, i don't think it's going to fool anyone ultimately. policies,has the same and it doesn't increase the probability of her winning in the second round. concerned,arkets are pulling looks likely that emmanuel macron will be the next president. we have seen that being taken positively by investors. we can't stop worrying about the politics, but we can focus on the fundamentals, which are improving quite strongly. france and the rest of the eurozone are quite positive, and pmi data is positive. what you are seeing -- if you look back to the start of january, 2016, since then approximately 15% of total assets invested in

he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front — who described the result as historicslation: the time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our other main stories: it's confirmed a third us citizen has been arrested at an airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you're old enough, you're good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland where age is no barrier. live from london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london, 8am in singapore, and two in the morning in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest the centrist emmanuel macron has won the first round. several polls put him at 23%, a point or so ahead of marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front. they'll go through to a run—off in two weeks‘ time. mr macron said a page had clearly turned in french politics, with the people expressing a desire for change. marine

when fillon came in third in round one, he called on voters to vote for'em tony romo block the national front and they called on their voters to block the national. they never mentioned the name macron. within the party, some people are opposed to this strategy. james tells us more. >> nicolas sarkozy intends to vote for emmanuel macron on his facebook page, the former president said he regrets the result of the elections but the choice of the french people must be accepted. he said his decision to vote for macron is a personal one and not an official endorsement. in publishing the message, sarkozy is expecting to win over influence. the party is decided whether or not to openly vote for emmanuel macron. >> if we continue to throw ourselves for emmanuel macron, there is a chance that our party could cease to exist politically. >> it is somewhat vague. a compromised tax calls for voters to block the national front without explicit endorsing emmanuel macron. former prime minister is unambiguous about the need to clearly support emmanuel macron. >> when you want to beat someone, there are not a

there is a long tradition in france of voters uniting against the national front, whether they be politicaland local elections and in national polls as well. it may happen again in the second round. emmanuel macron is not from a party in the sense of the word. should he win, he will need support from the national assembly to get his agenda through, won't he? that is the big question. how will he be able to pull a majority in parliament and how will he be able to govern? he says that he will select candidates outside the political system for the parliamentary election which is coming up injune. half of them will be women, he said. but whether he will be able to secure that majority in parliament remains unclear. and, of course, that is the main question we heard tonight. francois fillon, the candidate for the conservatives who lost saying that the centrist and conservatives should unite in the next parliamentary election. but how will that play out exactly? we have yet to see. if we look forward to the second round of voting, europe is likely to be a central element of the second round with

they more and more turning to the front national, which looks like the only alternative for them.r voices might become important indeed. let's have a look at the markets. as you can see, the nikkei is a third a percent, due to the weakness of the japanese yen against the us dollar. the dollar is strong in new york and asian trade. in the all ordinaries, they got .3 of a percent, that is 16 .5 points. thank you for investing your time with us. sport today is coming up next. you are watching bbc news. let's get more on george osborne's announcement that he is standing down as an mp. from political big beast to big city editor, and the greenest hack in the newsroom. the new boss in fleet street chooses to see his future as moving on, not coming down. george osborne told me today he will use his new role to fight for his liberal conservative views against any harsher vision of brexit. myjob as editor of the evening standard is to speak for london, speak for my readers, speak for this country and its future. our country's got some big decisions to make now about the kind of britain we

his rival marine le pen of the national front took 21.3%.going socialist president francois hollande said today that only mr macron would defend the values of the french respublic. the values of the french republic. 0ur europe editor katya adler has the latest. emmanuel macron looking presidential last nights. a bit prematurely perhaps. there's a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. financial markets in brussels mange president macron is a done deal. but she doesn't. marine le pen, macron‘s rival for she doesn't. marine le pen, macron‘s rivalfor president, his rivalfor french voters‘ trust. a welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. she‘s the people‘s president, she says, with welfare policies to match. eu to the back of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the cue. madam le pen wants out of the euro, she‘s anti—big business too. it‘s exactly these images that marine le pen will be chasing throughout her presidential campaign. her intended message — she‘s a woman of the people. while her polit