yes, even though gabriel attal _ be promised. yes, even though gabriel attal has _ be promised.as handed in - be promised. yes, even though gabriel attal has handed in hisl gabriel attal has handed in his resignation, that doesn't mean he won't be promised either and right now you're about to see a of negotiations and that exposes the reality of the new popular front, the alliance of parties that don't usually work together, and now the campaign is over, the tactical voting they were banking on is over, and they are going to have to figure how they can govern together, deal together, who do you support? they are happy, for happiness, apparently. they are going to have to decide how they can work together and implement proposals that don't always marry together. jean—luc melenchon, his agenda is seen as very radical, and that the leader of the greens... antifascist is what some people are screaming here. they have an agenda they believe there not marry with john that have an agenda they believe there not marry withjohn that knowledge jump, not marry withjohn that knowledge jump,

the french prime minister gabriel attal has confirmed he will hand in his resignation to president macron said the parliamentary election showed that no majority could be formed by what he called the extremes. take a listen. we have the olympics and paralympics. emmanuel macron is at the nato summit. being prime minister has been the honour of my life, i have loved speaking to you, listening to you, meeting you, everything you have said has given me food for thought. the relationship we built together is what i hold dearest. tonight the politics i represented throughout this campaign has achieved a score that was three times greater than predicted over the last three weeks but we have not achieved a majority and so, loyal to the republican tradition and in accordance with my principals, tomorrow morning i will issue my resignation to the president of the republic, in the light of the night's results, many french people will be feeling some uncertainty because there is no absolute majority. our country is living through an unprecedented political situation. we are preparing to host the wor

at the moment, prime minister gabriel attal will put his resignation to the president.e big events in france. in two and a half weeks, you have the olympics starting here. we will stand by here. will the centrist parties be able to reinvent the way we do french possible plitics? this is aw wait and see. the voters do not want a far right, but a new way of doing politics. >> charlotte, let's say there. let's bring in antonio barroso, the managing director of teneo. we have seen this over a number of years, but this has resonated with supporters. just how big will the far-left be in the coalition of the nfp? >> it clearly, they came first in the election. make no mistake, they came first in the election because people show up to vote against the national rally. it is not about the endorsement, but it is about fear. so, i think nfp is stronger, but they are divided. this election has produced basically -- it has helped avoid two extreme outcomes. it will not be a government led by the national rally, but jean-luc melenchon will not be the next prime minister of france. cen

we are hearing prime minister gabriel attal will hand in his resignation. it gabriel attal will handtion. , resignation. it is complicated. i think one — resignation. it is complicated. i think one option _ resignation. it is complicated. i think one option would - resignation. it is complicated. i think one option would be i resignation. it is complicated. | i think one option would be for all of the moderates to work together in a kind of grand coalition, spanning the moderate left, the centre and the moderate right, but there are at least two caveats for that. the first is it would require the moderate left to dig the far left and be willing to work with the same people that they have been in opposition against for the last two years. and the second is the electorate might feel pretty dissatisfied if at the end of all of this and having voted for a different configuration within parliament they end up with a government that looks rather similar to the one they had previously. so it is going to be a real challenge, i think, for any grouping within this to emerge victorious when at

macron's prime minister, 35-year-old gabriel attal announced his resignation. >> in line with my own principles, i will hand in my resignation to the president of the republic in the morning. i know a good number of french people are feeling a form of uncertainty about the future because there's been no absolute majority. >> many support the newly formed left-wing, new popular front grouping, gathered at republic square in central paris. the coalition emerged strongest after sunday's vote. a controversial figurehead demanded the left be allowed to form a government. >> the president must be resigned to accept his defeat without any way possible. the president has the power. the president has the duty to call on the new popular front to resume -- to rule. >> a stunning turn of events, france's hung parliament plunges the country into political and economic turmoil with less than three weeks before the paris olympic games, which the world will be watching. >> so there are your results, and so flesh out everything, unpack it all, i am joined on set here by a french immigration lawyer he

following their defeat, macron's prime minister gabriel attal offered to resign but macron asked himtay on temporarily to "ensure the stability of the country." the pair met at the presidential palace. the new popular front has vowed to raise the minimum wage, cap the price of essential foods and utilities come and throw out macron's hugely unpopular pension reform which raised the retirement age. the group says it will raise -- reimpose taxes on the wealthiest and corporations. the new popular front also says it will recognize palestinian statehood after macron's government earlier this year refused to do so. the head of the progressive france party jean-luc mÉlenchon spoke sunday. >> the president has the power. the president has the duty to call on the new popular front to govern. it is ready. the new popular front will respect the mandate. according to the vote cast for its candidates. our given word will be respected. the new popular front will apply its manifesto. always manifesto and nothing but its manifesto. amy: far right leader marine le pen slammed results of the election

. >> the lines of dishonor and the arrangements made by emmanuel macron and gabrielle atta -- gabriel attal, reforms largely there, but in the european elections and in last week's first round, almost 34% in our favor. >> exit poll projections for emmanuel macron's alliance was cond, so no loer in control of the parliament. macron's prime minister, 35-year-old gabriel attal announced his resignation. >> in line with my n principles, i will hand in my resignation to the president of the republic in the morning. i know a good number of french people are feeling a form of uncertainty about the future because there's been no absolute majority. >> many support the newly formed left-wing, new popular front grouping, gathered at republic square in ceral paris. the coalion emerged strongest afte sunday's ve. ctroveral figurehead demanded t left be allowed to fo a government. >> the president must be resigned to accept his defeat without any way possible. the president has the power. the president has t duty to call othe new popar front to resume -- to rule. >> a stunning turn of events, france's hu

french prime minister gabriel attal says investigations are under way to find the culprits and urgedion: a targeted uncoordinated _ translation: a targeted uncoordinated sabotage . translation: a targeted - uncoordinated sabotage attack has struck the rail system. ——and coordinated sabotage attack has calls for calm as protests break—out on the streets of manchester after a man was kicked and stamped by a police officer. we'll cross live to a press conference shortly held by andy burnham. the health regulator, the cqc, is described as "not fit for purpose" as a review highlights a series of failings. good afternoon. this is bbc news. a series of fires have hit french high—speed rail lines. the french transport minister has described targeted on the malicious acts. we have just been told that the uk prime minister sir keir starmer�*s travel plans have been impacted because of all this disruption on the eurostar. he

president of lithuania, dalia grybauskaite, and ex -prime minister of great britain, theresa may, gabriel attalister of france and accordingly. his ex- husband, stéphane sejournet, who served as french foreign minister, has no children. the president of latvia, edgars ridkevich, has no children. he is also openly gay, xavier bettel, the minister of foreign affairs of luxembourg, has no children, and this is only the highest echelon of today’s power in the civilized world, and don’t you think that this rabid fearlessness with which these people are pushing the world towards the last disastrous war is none fearlessness is the absence of conservation immunity. future, an understanding of this is available only to those who have experienced what motherhood is, what fatherhood is, what brotherhood is and what sisterhood is, even this boy, even this little boy, intuitively understands what these people threaten the world with, you bitch, and these people don’t know, and will never know, what the father of this little... russian boy, who reads these poems to him, is experiencing, daddy come back home,

rentrée parlementaire ne se fera que au mois de septembre, donc il est tout à fait normal que gabriel attalblematic, c'est que la plupart des ministres de d'emmanuel macron veulent demissionner et puis la moitie des ministers d'emmanuel macron have not been elected in this legislative election, so it means that... finally, it will fall to think about a new government and a new prime minister, now that the left has gathered avec le parti d'emmanuel macron pour barrage au rassemblement national, aujourd'hui elle doit se rassemblement pour pouvoir presenter un premier ministre, seulement ça va être très compliqué parce que jean-luc mélenchon, la partie extrême gauche, lui se revendique legit. au poste de premier ministre, ce que veut surtout pas le rassemblement autour d'emmanuel macron, et moi j'ai envie de dire, unfortunately, le gagnant finalement, c'est qui et ben c'est emmanuel macron, les perdant s' écrit, ce sont les français, parce que la démocratie ne va pas avancer, les français ne vont pas être pris en compte dans leur vote, emmanuel macron, lui finalement n'est responsable de rien,

it didn't take long for the president to convince gabriel attal, who knew this would be the outcome.ill happen next, but we probably won't have a new prime minister by july 18th. macron and gabrieltal welcomed the formation of the far left. they deprived us of victory this evening. president emmanuel macron decided on a big gamble, which ended better than many thought, but it’s still not a victory, although the extreme right was defeated, the alliance of the left with the far left will claim that it has a right to a share in the french government. the concerted national campaign produced an unprecedented turnout that benefited everyone except lepin. all eyes are on france as the european military power, a key ally of ukraine, is plunged into political uncertainty, with france unstable and distracted, the effect of which could affect events beyond the country itself. i spoke to several government sources usa, there is a double story here: on the one hand, the usa does not comment on the internal affairs of france, but at the same time i asked the source, why did the usa feel a sense o

not believe their eyes when they were there. excluded, demanded first of all the resignation of gabriel attal, promised to cancel most of the controversial reforms, which for seven years had led to the life of macron's movement. i salute the strength and mobilization of millions of french people who helped us achieve this result. i congratulate all of our candidates who went door to door and interacted with every voter. to convince, it is possible to achieve a result, we have achieved our goal, the national unification is far from the absolute majority, which all the media have been talking about throughout the week. i appeal to the president of the republic, we refuse to negotiate with his party, which has introduced anti-social policies. we won't give it to him trust of our voters. the new popular front is ready to rule the country, the unification of leftist forces is a historical moment for our country, for our europe. prepares less frequently for the announcement of the results of the second round of parliamentary elections. the champs elysees is already blocked, there are a lot of polic

prime minister gabriel attal says french security forces are hunting for the perpetrators. our correspondent in paris jerome huws gives us details about the security situation in france and the after. the orson attacks there and as the olympics get underway. tgv, which is operates the high speed rail network here in france, it's saying that up to 800 thousand passengers have been impacted because of these ars and attacks on key infrastructure installations and we're talking about areas for example in lee to the north of of paris, also ford. to the west and strasburg to the east and apparently there was also a further attack to the south of the capital city that was sorted by by police and by security people, so it's a major blow and it does raise tensions and they are describing this as quote, a massive attack, and when you look at the the tensions that are growing, they were anticipating the potential for something to go wrong, because you're talking about 45,00 police out on the streets here in paris, i'm at. east of the city at the moment, close to the city center, but t

the french prime minister handed in his resignation monday but macron asked gabriel attal to stay into ensure stability. sunday's results were seen as a victory for the left front which emerged in first place after a second round of voting, pushing the far-right rally into third. mr. macron's party came in second place but it means no single party has an outright majority alone to govern in parliament, putting the country on the path of months of lyrical gridlock. our correspondent has more on fallout from the election and sent this report from paris. reporter: what comes the day after the party? the cleanup, literally here, which looks virtually spotless compared to what we saw last night when there were celebrations everywhere, people refusing to climb down from the statue, a symbol of liberty, equality and fraternity in france. but also figuratively. no single party swept up the majority of the votes. the new popular front, on alliance formed between different parties to keep the far-right at bay, keep them from taking over government, may have succeeded, but they now have to figu

the president of france accepted the resignation of prime minister gabriel attal and his government,ce. after the defeat of the president, the presidential party in the parliamentary elections, chapter. the government had already submitted a petition to macron, but then he refused to let go of his closest ally, saying that the country needed him in his post. now ottal will head the parliamentary faction of macron’s party and the dismissal will allow him and the ministers to participate in voting in the elections of the head of the french national assembly, which will take place in a few days. temporary power outages have been introduced in crimea, the rostov region and the krasnodar territory, as the ministry of energy noted that there was a failure of generating equipment at the rostov nuclear power plant. in the department. emphasized that restoration work is under the special control of the ministry. during the period of maximum load on the power system of the south, caused by abnormally high temperatures, one of the power units was turned off due to the activation of the generato

prime minister, gabriel attal says, the french security forces are haunting for the perpetrators and venezuela's president nicolas maduro had has vowed to promote peace and prosperity as he seeks a third term in office. i have done my best. i feel more and more energetic, healthier, younger and more and more committed. i am prepared for a great victory. i know that our people will do it again. we will win again and the flood gates will open for blessed miraculous time of peace, stability and prosperity. maduro was speaking on thursday as venezuela's ruling party and opposition closed the official presidential campaign. people will cast their votes on sunday to choose new president. incumbant maduro is leading the united socialist party that has ruled venezuela since 2007. opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez has attracted support as well. he is a former diplomat and presents the unitary platform coalition. 21 million venezuelans are eligible to take part in the sunday election. the next president will stay in power for another sixth term which begins on january 10th, 2025. record br

prime minister gabriel attal says, france, the french... security forces are hunting for the perpetrators and our correspondent jerem hugs is joining us live from paris to give us an update jerem, but first of all please tell us what exactly happened, what are the details that we know, and we also do know jerem that there has been a lot of uh protests, many campaigns online. and social media, also people coming out on the streets demanding israel to be banned from the olympic games, do you believe that this arsen attack could be in any way related to that? well, guisu, i think it's too early to say the exact motivation, but there's no doubt it has increased tensions here in the french capital, tensions that were already in place, and now we're seeing those tensions grow because of this, but you know you mention about the protest that we've seen in recent days and the build up to this... and there'll be more protests in the days to come, um, but those are the people are actually motivated to go out onto the street and protest, but actually if you speak just to the average person that doesn

the president macron did not accept the resignation of prime minister gabriel attal and asked him toelf again refused to make public statements or contact the french, which he previously did almost every day during the election program. now he is going to washington for a summit... we will have the opportunity to get an absolute majority, maybe this will happen in a year, yes, we will have to endure another year, leaving unresolved problems of illegal migration, insecurity in our country, but if we need to go along this path, which means so be it, for them the trend is obvious, popularity is growing steadily, while the responsibility for possible failures is not on them, they remain in opposition when the work of parliament can be paralyzed, and the economic situation in france... will worsen, if only because that the left's program involves large expenses for the budget, which already has a deficit of 5.5%. this is a very convenient position for the fight for the presidency, which will begin in 3 years. anastasia, irina kudesova, news, paris, france. the enemy is not assumed that th

macron's centrist alliance coming second, tonight macron's protÉgÉ, the current prime minister, gabriel attalaying he'll step down. tactical maneuvers helped knock the far-right national rally, with its anti-immigration agenda, into third place. people on the french left relieved. >> the politics of fear that have been pushed by the far right have taken i think a big hit tonight and that's good for us. >> reporter: linsey, people on the left are savoring this victory, but no party will have a majority of seats in the french parliament. macron remains president for the next three years but he's been weakened in this election and tonight there's real uncertainty over whether any party can form a government. linsey? >> linsey: there's word that there's a potential break in cease-fire between israel and hamas. abc's matt gutman takes us inside the destruction in rafah. >> reporter: tonight, hamas dropping its demand that israel commit to a permanent cease-fire, edging the two parties closer to an agreement on a cease-fire and hostage release. in israel, the calls for a deal intensifying, as is th

la lÍder ultraderechista marine le pen, que partÍa como favorita esta noche el primer ministro, gabriel attaleraturas por encima de los 104 grados fahrenheit. esta peligrosa opciÓn es tomada por los migrantes cuando se reporta una caÍda de mÁs del 70% de las detenciones diarias en la frontera. esta noche en noticias telemundo le tendremos mÁs informaciÓn sobre esto y parte de latinoamÉrica estÁ en emergencia por el aumento de los casos de dengue, uno de los paÍses mÁs afectados es honduras, con 61 muertes. su pequeÑo vecino, el salvador, estÁ en alerta, intensificando la fumigaciÓn. samuel arias desde san salvador nos amplÍa esta madre y su hija de ocho aÑos han vivido un verdadero calvario luego que la pequeÑa pasara cinco dÍas en el hospital por causa del dengue, la deshidratÓ por completo la dejÓ bien, bien mal dolor de cabeza y mÁs en la panza. >> el aumento de casos llevÓ al gobierno a decretar una alerta roja tras emitir una alerta epidemiolÓgica anteriormente. >> es una emergencia seria. tres vidas humanas, sobre todo niÑos, es suficiente para poner alerta roja. >> pero el salvador no

the french prime minister gabriel attal has said that police and intelligence services are working hardh those responsible. our paris correspondent andrew harding reports. french engineers gathered beside one of the sabotaged railways. this is north of paris, on the high—speed line heading to london. the french system relies on these sensitive fibre—optic cables, something the attackers clearly understood when they set fire to three separate sites in a coordinated attack, the impact immediately felt across northern france, passengers forced to abandon this train stuck on the outskirts of paris. and in the capital itself, confusion at the gare du nord, the busiest railway station in europe. delays and cancellations piled up from early morning, prompting frustration and some anxiety. are you concerned about these attacks? i'm not happy about them. as long as that's it, i'm happy, but i am concerned, because i've got the family, and i want to make sure we get home safe and sound. i'm concerned that i don't want to be here with my little one any longer than what i need to be. paris is alrea

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french prime minister gabriel attal says he will hand his resignation to president emmanuel macron ony morning. i'm martine croxall, the other main stories this hour. new prime minister, keir starmer, tours the uk's nations, with his first stop, edinburgh. the israel army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in parts of gaza city. thousands of people have lined the streets of yorkshire to pay their respects to rob burrow as his funeral was held. hello and welcome to paris — i'm christian fraser. where the french parliament is set for deadlock — after a surprising projected results showed the left—wing coalition — the new popular front — winning the most seats in the national assembly. it's forecast to win between 184 and 186 seats in total. it's a surprise turnaround from the first round last week, which saw the far—right national rally party win the biggest share of the vote. national rally is projected to have between 1m and 143 mps — a likely third place behind president macron�*s centrist alliance. it's predicted to win between 160 and 1

president emmanuel macron has asked his prime minister, gabriel attal, to remain in post for the timection left no party with an outright majority. negotiations between the parties, which have different aims and priorities, are under way. our europe editor, katya adler, is in paris. where does this leave president macron? it leaves him with a big question hanging over him, has this gamble to hold a snap election paid off for him? the answer is yes but also very much no, and yes he gave a clear choice to the people of france, did they want to have a new government led by the hard right nationalists of marine le pen? and most voters in france said no thank you, like you had, but france is still in political paralysis and a lot of people here blame the president for that, and no party has enough seats in parliament to govern, and the kind of political bickering that is going on does not help voters with the things they worry about whether it is migration or the cost of living, and the paralysis does not just week in france at home but also abroad, and like keir starmer, president macron

we had gabriel attal�*s resignation officially coming through this morning that he pre—empted that yesterday and the left and some other new grouping, there is discussion as well but even a technocrat government, someone outside the national assembly. at this moment it's too early to call and it could be weeks until we probably know the form of this new cabinet.— of this new cabinet. france is still in the — of this new cabinet. france is still in the euro _ of this new cabinet. france is still in the euro so _ of this new cabinet. france is still in the euro so we - of this new cabinet. france is still in the euro so we must l still in the euro so we must also mention that!- still in the euro so we must also mention that! indeed, yes, that's one _ also mention that! indeed, yes, that's one point _ also mention that! indeed, yes, that's one point of _ also mention that! indeed, yes, that's one point ofjubilation - that's one point ofjubilation for the time being to keep us going. for the time being to keep us hoin _ , ., ., for the time being to keep us main, ., for the time being to keep us

this morning, prime minister gabriel attal came to the elysees to offer his resignation — a formality new coalition and, in the meantime, oh, yes, running those games. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. returning to the uk. a historic theatre in greater manchester that was closed in march last year when it lost is arts council funding is to reopen. it has just been announced that the oldham coliseum, which is 137 years old, has been saved by campaginers who decided to bring the theatre back to life. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. we have had charlie chaplin here, stan laurel, pat phoenix, anne kirkbride... a lot of the corrie cast. this is a feelgood theatre story. last march, oldham coliseum shut after almost 140 years. it had lost its arts council funding. but the actressjulie hesmondhalgh refused to give up. we're very experienced at fighting and campaigning for things, but not very experienced at winning. so it was a real shock when we found out that the council had listened to us, because it shows that with passion and persistence, you can change the world.

prime minister gabriel attal saying he will hand in his resignation.or the government and for macron�*s centrist party? thank you for having me. this is an earthquake and obviously the dust has not settled yet so we do not know exactly what will be the following steps but here is the problem. we know what the majority of the french said no to, which is a far—right government, but we do not exactly know what they want. here is the thing, every site interpret this major political event in a different way. obviously, there was quite an extraordinary reaction of the french people to the threats of a far—right government with a high turnout but the french are saying they are also tired and exhausted because of the constant polarisation and political hysteria so this is definitely not a blank check to the left, to this new block that has emerged as you mentioned just a few weeks ago. the celebration is understandable but we have to keep in mind the fact that those parties within this blog are very divided on some major issues, despite the fact they are unite

the french prime minister gabriel attal has said that police and intelligence services are working hard french engineers gathered beside one of the sabotaged railways. this is north of paris on the high—speed line heading to london. the french system relies on these sensitive fibre—optic cables, something the attackers clearly understood when they set fire to three separate sites in a coordinated attack, the impact immediately felt across northern france, passengers forced to abandon this train stuck on the outskirts of paris. and in the capital itself, confusion at the gare du nord, the busiest railway station in europe. delays and cancellations piled up from early morning, prompting frustration and some anxiety. are you concerned about these attacks? i'm not happy about them. as long as that's it, i'm happy, but i am concerned because i've got my family and i want to make sure we get home safe and sound. i'm concerned that i don't want to be here with my little one any longer than what i need to be. paris is already on high alert amid concerns about potential russian cyber attacks and

the french prime minister gabriel attal has said that police and intelligence services are working hard punish those responsible. our paris correspondent andrew harding has our first story today. confusion this morning at europe's busiest railway station, the gare du nord in central paris. news about the overnight attacks on three french railway lines spreading fast. delays and cancellations piling up, prompting frustration and some anxiety. are you concerned about these attacks? i'm not happy about them. as long as that's it, i'm happy, but i am concerned, because i've got the family, and i want to make sure that we get home safe and sound. i'm concerned that i don't want to be here with my little one any longer than what i need to be. footage here shows passengers being escorted off one train and taken across the tracks after getting stuck on the outskirts of paris. this is one of the sabotaged sites, on the high—speed eurostar line thatjoins paris to london. a photo shows cables deliberately set on fire. but by whom? paris is already on high alert amid concerns about potential russia

french prime minister gabriel attal says he will hand his resignation to president emmanuel macron oninister, keir starmer, tours the uk's nations, with his first stop, edinburgh. the israel army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in parts of gaza city. thousands of people have lined the streets of yorkshire to pay their respects to rob burrow as his funeral was held.

unfortunately, an alliance of dishonour and electoral arrangement passed by emmanuel macron and gabriel attalere ahead in european elections and last week in the first round. tonight, these electoral arrangements have thrown france into jean—luc melenchon�*s extreme left. our correspondent azadeh moshiri is in place de la republique. all the supporters in euphoric mood? jean—luc melenchon has turned up, crowds parted as he walked through, it feels like a coronation, he has now taken to the stage out here among some of his supporters and is about to deliver a speech, not everyone supports him, one person here, you don't support the man everyone is cheering for. i support jean—luc melenchon. i supportjean—luc melenchon. for 15 years _ i supportjean—luc melenchon. for 15 years but _ i supportjean—luc melenchon. for 15 years. but this time it was difficult _ years. but this time it was difficult to support what he was saying — difficult to support what he was saying. and why is that? because some _ saying. and why is that? because some questions were not explained in a very— some questions were n

although gabriel attal handed in his resignation on monday — he's agreed to temporarily stay on.onal rally into third. mr macron's centrist party came in a close second place. it means that no single party has an outright majority by themselves to govern in parliament, putting the country on the path of months of political gridlock said on monday that france had rejected extremism with aleft—wing surge in its election and americans would also rejectit when they vote in november. "france rejected extremism. democrats will reject it here aswell," biden told msnbc in a telephone interview. our correspondent azadeh moshiri has more on the fallout from paris. what comes the day after the party? the cleanup, both literally here which looks virtually spotless compared to what we saw last night when there were celebrations everywhere, people refusing to climb down from the statue, a symbol of liberty, equality and fraternity here in france. but also figuratively because no single party swept up the majority of the votes and so the new popular front and a that was formed between different

. —— gabriel attal. and this will lead us to be victory of tomorrow. day next month, the french concerns will not be responded to. rassemblement national is the only alternative. now, tonight, i say this very seriously. depriving millions of french people from the possibility will never be a viable destiny for france. tonight, by deliberately choosing to paralyse our institutes, macron has notjust push the country into uncertainty and instability, but he has consequently and for a long time deprived french people any response to their daily needs and difficulties. the country is being hit hard. france is being deprived a majority of a government that can act. and thus help france recover. electoral arrangements that i've been orchestrated from the elysee will not take the country anywhere good. all of our compatriots are asking questions now. what is going to happen? i know that millions of french people are frustrated tonight. i know their daily difficulties but i also know expectations. i wish to tell them that over months now has risen and hope will

although gabriel attal handed in his resignation on monday — he's agreed to temporarily stay on.cron's centrist party came in a close second place. it means that no single party has an outright majority to govern in parliament, putting the country on the path of months of political gridlock. embattled plane—maker boeing is expected to plead guilty to a criminalfraud conspiracy charge over the deaths of 346 people following two fatal crashes. the company will admit responsibility and pay a fine of $243.6 million — avoiding a trial. families of the victims criticised what they called a sweetheart deal that denies them their day in court. stay with us here on bbc news. we have a lot more coverage of that strike on the children's hospital on our website, plus the latest on president biden's bid for a second term in office, also from a corresponding on our website. tune into the next hour for the next show. thank you for watching. hello. a fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue. more rain on the cards over the next few days. let's take a look at the expected accumula

french prime minister gabriel attal says he will hand his resignation to president emmanuel macron on

french prime minister gabriel attal has called on the electorate to reject what he called a climate oflence and hate in the campaign for sunday's parliamentary elections. on wednesday a colleague of his was attacked by a gang as she was leafletting in a paris suburb. prisca thevenot, a government spokeswoman, was putting up election posters in the suburb of muh—don where she is a candidate on sunday. after she asked some local youths to stop defacing the posters, they turned on her and her two colleagues. she was unhurt, but the two others were briefly hospitalised. in the eastern region of sav—waa, marie dauchy, a candidate for the far—right national rally, suspended her campaign after she says she was physically assaulted at a market. protests against the national rally took place on wednesday in paris. leaders of all the parties are calling for calm ahead of an extremely tense vote on sunday, with the far—right ahead in the polls but looking unlikely to have the absolute majority needed to form a government. to have the absolute majority needed catherine norris trent, a senior corre

president macron's centrist alliance came second, leading to the resignation of prime minister gabriel attaln it all to us. president macron was asking for clarification from the french public, but it's a right old mess. i think after the euphoria yesterday on the left that they'd seen off the rally. they'd seen off the rally, attention today has really turned to the fact that there are three disparate groups within the national assembly, and they don't really see eye to eye on anything. let me give you the results. first of all, you'll see what i mean. so, we've got the new popular front. this is the leftist coalition that includes france insoumise, the party ofjean—luc melenchon, the firebrand on the left, also the socialists, the communists and the greens in this group — they got 182 seats. the centrist alliance ensemble or together, as it's known, mr macron's force — 168. and who would have thought, given the polling over the last two weeks, that the national rally would be relegated into third place with 143 seats? that said, they are the single biggest party in the assembly and they ha