the french prime minister gabriel attal will score against his two main opponents at the hard right andft. the new france candidate, and that stand in for leader jean-luc melenchon, the rally still has a clear lead in opinion polls ahead of sunday's vote. let's speak to the u.k. correspondent for france24. nice to see you, benedict. gabriel attal against the equally useful jordan bardella who could ultimately replace him as a minister. it's a big night for him as well as for president macron. guest: it is a big night for france. and there will be another debate with a slightly different cast tomorrow that will also include gabriel attal and jordan bardella who is the president of the national rally. the debate started a short while ago and the gloves are off. this has been a snap election lead at a blistering pace, three weeks between when that infamous, in essence, sunday night of the european election results before the official results, and a french president who has a five year term and was two years into it, decided that he, as is his prerogative, should clarify the situation and d

we have just heard gabriel attal give his first reaction to those exit polls.d and let me — reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give _ reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you _ reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you a _ reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you a flavour- reaction to those exit polls. indeed and let me give you a flavour of. and let me give you a flavour of what he had to say because he has just spoken in the last few minutes and he said france must stop the far right, the national rally from an absolute majority in the next round of the elections in a week's time because the way that the electoral system works is if no candidate gets above 50% in the first round today it goes to a second round run—off. there is now going to be intense horse training between who came second and third, the left and president macron�*s centrist coalition as to whether any of them dropped out and rally behind the candidate who could stop the far right in next sunday's second round of elections. gabriel

gabriel attal saying we must stop the national rally from an absolute majority.france's 500 and square track seat assembly. it is a moral duty to stop the worst from happening, this would harm our country and we must stop candidates who do not defend france's moral values. that shows you the dabs of turmoil france is in after emanuel macron took that gamble, a gruesome calculation —— a gross miscalculation possibly. the far right have one in this first round and come out on top with the leftist coalition behind and president macron�*s centrist coalition trailing in third place. many of these races go to a second round. let's unpick the soul. first of all, jubilation in the far right national rally. marine le pen, the de facto of that party, will be running for the presidential election in 2027, she spoke to her crowd of supporters as the exit polls came through. translation:- polls came through. translation: , ., , polls came through. translation: , ., polls came through. translation: ., translation: the people of france have thus demonstrated _ translation: the

debated jordan— minister gabriel attal debated jordan aguilar recently during the recent— jordane right in france, — the fact that the centre right in france, much like the centre right in european — france, much like the centre right in european parliament has been flirting _ in european parliament has been flirting with these parties on various— flirting with these parties on various specific bits of legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo— legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo is— legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo is gone and with respect to the _ the taboo is gone and with respect to the voters we can see that they tend to _ to the voters we can see that they tend to think now that marine le pen party is _ tend to think now that marine le pen party is a _ tend to think now that marine le pen party is a party like any other. they— party is a party like any other. they have _ party is a party like any other. they have been very good at mainstream in themselves. are they like a mainstream _ mainstream in themselves. are they like a mainstream party, _ m

gabriel attal saying the far right would put at risk the ukraine's war effort. >> translator: there's turning point that i find dangerous which concerns marine le pen raising the role as commander in chief of the military. but on le pen's message is clear, if the national rally wins this election, there is an issue over who is commander in chief. that is a message sent to the world over security for the sovereignty of ukraine. >> translator: i will not let them absorb the state of ukraine. my position is very simple. support ukraine, obviously, protect ourselves from the risk off escalation. that's why i'm against sending missiles to ukraine. that would put france and the french people in existence. >> translator: there are red lines. troops on the ground are absolutely not considered and zelenskyy and the people of ukraine know that. when the president proposed it, he is dividing europeans and, worse, demonstrating to putin that we are not ready to send troops to ukraine. >> that is the risk of the far right coming into power and the tensions this would create with the french society

of president macron, but is it not true that your own boss in government, the prime minister, gabriel attalacron that this was not the right thing to do? he even suggested that it would be better if he, mr attal, resigned and therefore took responsibility for the massive election defeat of the centrist parties and thereby signal to the public that there was going to be a political reset. i am not in the discussions between my president and my prime minister. what i want to say is... are you telling me that's not true? i'm telling you that i'm not part of their private discussions. what i'm saying is that the european elections led to disappointing results for pro—european parties, including ours. it was a humiliation, was it not, minister? it was a disappointment. in particular, it was a defeat and a disappointment because we were unable to bring the political debate on the european questions, on the european field. our adversaries, the populists and the nationalists, they were successful in bringing the political on national questions. and so our responsibility is to hear what it is that t

the french prime minister gabriel attal will square up against his two main opponents, from the hardvement manuel bompard who is standing in for leader jean luc melanchon. the rally still has a clear lead in opinion polls ahead of sunday's vote, president macron's centrist alliance is trailing third. let's speak to benedicte paviot, the uk correspondent for france 24. it's a big night for both candidates.— it's a big night for both candidates. , �* , ., , candidates. yes, it's a big night for france- _ candidates. yes, it's a big night for france. it _ candidates. yes, it's a big night for france. it will— candidates. yes, it's a big night for france. it will be _ candidates. yes, it's a big night for france. it will be another. for france. it will be another debate with a slightly different cast tomorrow. that will include the potential prime minister and the president of the national rally. tonight, gloves are absolutely off. this has been a snap election at a blistering pace. the french president, who has a two—year term —— five—year term, decided that it was his prerogative to cl

everyone here... says that if the president has already decided something, then you don't do anything gabriel attal, the prime minister, was apparently not informed of the decision until the president's address. the publication lemont writes that, in fact, macron has been considering such a decision for several weeks. and there is nothing strange here. the results of these elections did not come as a surprise. they exactly confirmed the predictions. so he pondered such a possibility and with a handful of his advisers came up with such a plan. which consists in seizing the opposition and patriots from nenatsk and putting them in a very uncomfortable position. it is not easy for the national union party now either. of course, she is celebrating the results, but in three weeks they will have to prove to the country that she is capable of forming the next government, she does not even have a ready list of candidates yet, so they are angry with macron for outsmarting them. maybe this calculation of his will work, but it is connected with the huge. a risk, because if his calculation was that the system d

some basis that they see ice i, some issues, and he can show them not being up to the job and put gabriel attal dinner tables this time last year. there was even the suggestion that since there is nobody left really in the room who has got the political clout these days from the traditional parties in rice to replace him after 2027, let's have them take the reins of the nec products, do a badjob, then them take the reins of the nec products, do a bad job, then either himself or somebody i like to him could come back in. do himself or somebody i like to him could come back in.— himself or somebody i like to him could come back in. do you think, havinr could come back in. do you think, having reported — could come back in. do you think, having reported on _ could come back in. do you think, having reported on a _ could come back in. do you think, having reported on a list - could come back in. do you think, having reported on a list of i could come back in. do you think, | having reported on a list of french elections, there is always a firewall, so if the marine le pen's got into the second roun

in the other direction, and also, look, if you take them, let’s now take the doctor of the same gabriel attal purses his mouth, yes, yes, and then the whole dialogue regarding the fact that we are friends there and so on, well, listen, when we are friends, you at least turn your body to the one with who are you talking to, and so he’s having some kind of conversation going on at the doctor’s office here to the right, and this one’s comrade somewhere right, by the way. and blinken, interestingly, looks to be in a losing position, he understands that he is unstable in his position of power, and it shows. previously, when we watched blinkin, a year ago, for example, we saw him so dominant there, but here he seemed apologetic, saying, well, we need it, this is a must, would you add? yes, i would return to the question of the presidency, i also see it in such a way that either otal or him... but his orientation is not a secret that is so closely guarded, it seems to me that, unfortunately, there another secret, but at the same time they clearly hinted to him that the amount of compromising evidenc

was —— gabriel attal. now it's time to look at the sports. that was tense. the last eight of the european championship — but they did it in the most dramatic fashion. they trailed slovakia from the 25th minute thanks to ivan schranz�*s cute finish and england toiled and toiled for most of the game until a stunning overhead kick from jude bellingham in the fifth minute of stoppage time sent the game into extra time. that was barely a minute old when harry kane headed england into a last eight meeting with switzerland. in cologne, spain are taking on georgia. 14 ia minutes on the clock in that one. spain have done most of the attacking as you might expect so far. but still no goals. you can follow live text commentary of that over on the bbc sport website and app. to formula one and it was a largely processional austrian grand prix but a late collision involving max verstappen and lando norris gifted george russell a surprise victory. verstappen and norris came together with just seven laps remaining as they duelled for the lead. the damage forcing norris to r

his, appointed successor in the eyes of many gabriel attal there. but of many gabriel attal there. tell us a with us. and cameron, tell us a bit more about the multitude of countries here. >> yeah, absolutely. and you just saw pictures and we still see pictures of prime minister atal, who accompanied the prince of wales, actually, to the canadian commemorative ceremony ceremony at juno beach earlier today. ceremony at juno beach earlier today . but this ceremony at juno beach earlier today. but this is huge ceremony at juno beach earlier today . but this is huge because today. but this is huge because we have 25 heads of states from around the world and veterans from around the world who took part and fought on d—day and the subsequent battle excuse me afterwards. and commemorating those who we lost. and peter spoke of the kind of deception that was going on to try and trick the nazis into thinking that normandy was not the place that normandy was not the place that they were going to land. the royal family actually played quite a bit of a part in that. king george vi was sent to t

tonight it's the first televised debate of the campaign the french prime minister gabriel attal has debatedcould ultimately replace him as prime minister. and for the left manuel bompard, who is there instead ofjean—luc melenchon. interestingly the republicains, once the centre right power in france, have no candidate on stage at all. for me it's a revealing thing because it shows how the mainstream in many european countries at the moment have been replaced by the insurgents for the three parties, even emmanuel macron sparty is an insurgent through the middle. no place for the socialist, no place for the republicans.— place for the socialist, no place for the republicans. they are going throu~h a for the republicans. they are going through a period — for the republicans. they are going through a period of _ for the republicans. they are going through a period of extreme - through a period of extreme turbulence _ through a period of extreme turbulence. it's— through a period of extreme turbulence. it's not- through a period of extreme turbulence. it's notjust - through a period of extreme t

veterans together with justin trudeau the canadian prime minister and the french prime minister gabriel attalrance, so clearly a very emotional moment for him. we also saw the actor martin freeman making a speech earlier on and we have also seen a number of french celebrities, one red memories from french civilian who is also in the audience. a wide variety of people coming to this ceremony. as we know, early the king made a really emotional speech, talking about the supreme test of the d—day generation and he then said, the generation did not flinch when the moment came to face that test. talking of generations, my colleague sophie ray worth mentioned earlier the memorial where she stood had the name and ages of all the soldiers that had fallen at the battle of d—day and noted how young they were. these were very young men. they were barely men. they were so brave and they gave their lives for the freedom of europe and indeed the freedom of europe and indeed the free world. i mentioned earlier the actor martin freeman red memories of someone who fought in the 2nd battalion essex regiment. he

the delegation accompanying gabriel attal stands aside, the prime minister himself went to the planeet the president. the us president landed at paris airport and was met by prime minister ottal. they talked on runway. the president is in europe to hold a number of meetings, but the main purpose of this trip is tomorrow's anniversary. the limousine of the american president is decorated with flags, armored glass, they can stop a bullet, a mine fragment and a chemical attack, they are considered invulnerable, the car is like a fortress on wheels, there are always two of them on every trip. this is necessary so that it is impossible to determine exactly which limousine the president is traveling in, surrounded by a speed of 40 cars with secret service agents on board. which the president is protected wherever he goes, there is a helicopter in the air flown by the us military, this foreign trip is considered high risk, even food comes directly from washington. this week's trip to normandy means a lot to president biden, to commemorate the sacrifice of american soldiers and allies that l

the delegation accompanying gabriel attal stands aside, the prime minister himself went to the plane vision of democracy with his political opponent donald trump. during a five-day visit to france, biden is set to hold talks with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky about his efforts to push back the russians. the main theme of biden's speech in normandy at the official ceremony of the eightieth anniversary is that there will still be dangers on the famous rocks isolationism is necessary. biden is going to draw a connection between world war ii and the cold war and the creation of the nato alliance and today, as we face war again in europe, nato has rallied to defend freedom and sovereignty. news from the database of the ministry of internal affairs, one might say, our law enforcement agencies have passed a certain milestone, because today a former representative of the defense forces has been put on the wanted list. escalation, for some reason he mentioned that ukraine, he is against ukraine joining nato. well, this can be interpreted in two ways, this can be interpreted as anothe

france is known permanently as canadian soil, which just this is actually french prime minister gabriel attalry young, very dashing. cause a bit of upset the other day in france about what that was about. but macron, of course, will make the main speech, at the where the where the in the main. >> yes. so we've got so we've got the omaha beach commemoration, the international commemorative ceremony. so president emmanuel macron, as you say, is going to be there. we spoke of australia, i believe , a little bit earlier on because australian troops also served in d—day. it's the governor general of australia representing the country at these d—day commemorations rather than the prime minister. >> yeah, yeah. and our own prime minister is there. of course. yes. he will presumably have will speak will speak too, imagine. >> cameron he's i think yes, i think he certainly will. he's been at the royal british legion's commemorative event this morning with the king, the queen and president macron as well. i believe he may also be going to the omaha beach. i don't believe that has been confirmed. but ov