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we are hoping to speak to our correspondent james reynolds later.published in a german newspaper, of a fractious dinner last week between the prime minister and the european commission president, jean—claude juncker. three teenage women are arrested on suspicion of terror offences in raids linked to a police operation in north london on thursday in which a woman was shot and injured. a committee of mps says the failure of some of the biggest social media companies to remove illegal online content is a "disgrace." japan has dispatched its largest warship to protect us supply vessel. the first time ever it is sent one of its warships to seek with the purpose of protecting a foreign military vessel. japan amended security law last week for such purposes. forjapan‘s for japan's ministry this forjapan‘s ministry this is a big step away from pacifism. just across the sea of japan, step away from pacifism. just across the sea ofjapan, satellite step away from pacifism. just across the sea of japan, satellite photos shown north korea preparing for another u

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.te on this and all the other stories we are following. just head to our website, bbc.com/news. and just a quick reminder there will be a special french presidential results programme here on bbc news, from 5:30pm gmt, with christian fraser taking us through the developments as they happen. so tune in for that. islamist militants have released 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. a government official said the girls were freed following negotiations with boko haram. the girls were among almost 300 abducted from their school three years ago. stephanie hegarty has the latest from nigeria. they were taken three years ago as schoolgirls but they will be coming back as young women. after lengthy negotiations between government and militants, 82 of the chinok girls have been released. it was essentially a prisoner swap. the president said in a statement that some boko haram suspects were freed in exchange for the girls. the young women are now in the care of the nigerian

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.t militants have released 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. a government official said the girls were freed following negotiations with boko haram. the girls were among almost 300 abducted from their school three years ago. stephanie hegarty has the latest from nigeria. well, information is fairly sketchy still at the moment but we know that it happened today, close to the afternoon. what we've heard from various sources is that the girls were met in a rural area in a forest, i was told, and brought by road convoy to an army base near the cameroonian border. after that they were, i think, supposed to be airlifted elsewhere, we're not sure whether that has happened yet. numbers wise, it is not very clear but we have heard over 80 girls have been released and that tallies with what the government have been telling us over the past few months, they said they are in negotiations to release up to 80 girls. so 82 is the number that we are hearing at the moment. and th

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. keep up to date on this and a host of other stories we're following, just head to our website. and just a quick reminder that there'll be a special results programme here on bbc world news on sunday from 17sogmt, with christian fraser taking us through the developments as they happen, so tune in for that. islamist militants have released 82 schoolgirls who were kidnapped from chibok in nigeria. a government official said the girls were freed following negotiations with boko haram. the girls were among almost 300 abducted from their school three years ago. stephanie hegarty has the latest from nigeria. information is sketchy still at the moment but we know that it happened today, close to the afternoon. what we heard from various sources is that the girls were met in a rural area in a forest, i was told, and brought by road convoy to an army base near the cameroonian border. after that they were supposed to be airlifted elsewhere, we don't know if that has happened yet. numbers wise, i

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. more than 200 kidnapped by islamist militant group boko haram in nigeria three years ago have been released. the girls were taken from a secondary school in chibok — a remote area in the north of the country. an official told the bbc that the girls are now in the custody of the army. prince edward has been speaking about his father's decision to stand down from royal duties later this year. he said he was sure prince philip wouldn't disappear into the background, as our royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. prince philip, as we soon won't be seeing him, in public, on duty, by his wife's side. from the autumn, the soon to be 96—year—old will be giving up such engagements. retirement beckons but prince edward insists his father won't be inactive. i don't believe that he is going to be putting his feet up completely and disappearing into the background and never being seen again. i still think, he'll pick and choose what he wants to do and how he'll do it and what's sensible and what

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.n bbc news on sunday. our coverage begins at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel — that's in france decides: the presidential election 2017. it is being billed as the most successful indian film of all time. baahubali 2 is a fantasy epic on a massive scale — and is breaking box office records not only in india but around the world. it was the third highest grossing film in the us this week, and currently has two spots in the uk top ten — as our south asia correspondent justin rowlatt explains. baahubali 2 is a sensation of billowing hair and bulging muscles. this special effects extravaganza is reckoned to have taken 5 billion rupees in its first week in india — £60 million. and it's cleaning up over here, too, with both hindi and tamil versions making the uk top ten. we have such strong stories, such strong characters in india, but... but we are not replacing them. we are looking up to the west... nothing wrong in enjoying them, but we have such big superheroes within ourselves, and we are

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.re with us, the head of the employers association. good afternoon to you. is the business community excited by emmanuel macron‘s election? business community excited by emmanuel macron's election?” business community excited by emmanuel macron's election? i think it is good news for france and europe. he is a young guy, probusiness and pro—europe. i think it is good news. there are 5 million people unemployed in france, one in four under—25—year—olds. why will his platform get through when a few yea rs his platform get through when a few years ago he had to water it down. he announced the reforms and he knows the rigidity of the labour in france. i think he has to make more agility and flexibility for companies and more training and education for the people, for the employers. he doesn't have a party. he has a party in en marche. he said he will force through things with a presidential decree, is that wise? yes, in this programme, he has been elected with two thirds of the voters, whic

our europe correspondent james reynolds was watching.sident sat at this table, but at which end? emmanuel macron and marine le pen argued over the future of their country. monsieur macron est le candidat de la mondalisation sauvage... translation: mr macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown that you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say, "globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe, let's shut our borders, leave the euro — because others succeed, not us." millions watched, but not all were impressed. translation: the debate was heated — because of that, i didn't watch all of it. the aggression really bothered me. translation: it was a stream of insults from both sides, it won't change much when election day arrives. this was one of the most aggressive debates in recent french history. more than two hours of insults, attacks and accusat

james reynolds, our correspondent there.as no regrets about his decision to re—open his investigation into hillary clinton's emails just before the presidential election last year. mr comey said be felt "mildly nauseous" at the thought that he might have influenced the result, but insisted he would make the same decision again. he was giving evidence to a senate committee, and our north america editor, jon sopel, was watching. history is likely to judge that this law enforcement officer played a decisive role in determining the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. just days before polling, james comey revealed the fbi had reopened its inquiry into hillary clinton's emails from when she was secretary of state. he said he had no good options. so i stared at speak and conceal. speak would be really bad, there's an election in 11 days. lordy, that would be really bad. concealing, in my view, would be catastrophic, notjust to the fbi, but well beyond. and honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic, i said to my team —

we will be live with our correspondent james reynolds in paris for more analysis shortly.ch is trying to develop nuclear weapons, could kill millions of people. he argued that getting chinese help to deal with north korea was more important than becoming involved in a trade dispute with beijing. in an interview with cbs news he also described the north korean leader, kimjong un, as "a pretty smart cookie". sarah corker has the latest. so far, mounting diplomatic pressure has not stopped north korea accelerating its weapons programme. pyongyang has launched two failed missile tests in the last two weeks, the latest one on saturday. and in a wide—ranging interview on us television, president trump stepped up the rhetoric. if he does the nuclear test, i will not be happy. and i can tell you also, i don‘t believe that the president of china, who is a very respected man, would be happy either. any military action? i don‘t know, we will see. but he also warned of the consequences of conflict. massive warfare, with millions, potentially millions of people being killed. and a remi

our correspondent james reynolds has been watching the exchanges.ate of hate. she says he has no qualities. tonight, they meet. emmanuel macron, the frontrunner, won't want to slip up. he's standing as a pro—eu, pro—immigration centrist and he's protecting a clear lead in the polls. marine le pen, from the front national, is trying to bring him down. i asked her what she wanted from the debate? translation: what do i expect from the debate? some clarification from mr macron. he's still being very vague. and tonight, on french tv, the two candidates faced one another and began immediate attacks. translation: mr macron, the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality of every man for himself. translation: you have shown you're not the candidate for a balanced democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe. let's shut our borders, leave the euro because others succeed, not us. the atmosphere got heated. "i treat the french

he clearly betting on the powder and preparing speak any second now. james reynolds i think is at marinemedia in france and i made the point, and she's made it many times that there was no real pretence of fairness about how she was covered —— james reynolds. pretence of fairness about how she was covered ——james reynolds. what are they saying at the pen headquarters? much the same thing. the media may say that the coverage was fair but the media in the second round have been accused of peddling propaganda against le pen sochi has not got her message. that is a message that a lot of the supporters of the party have said. the media have said they were simply investigating the policies of the front national. seeing whether what it is saying now stood up to what it has said in the past. we're just watching the french television because we're waiting for emmanuel macron to appear. as we wait for him, marine le pen obviously had some idea that this wasn't going to be her victory tonight because the party at marine le pen headquarters was to be brought to a close at 10pm, so they obviously had

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. tim: still to come, a massive drug crisis of close. how the opioid epidemic in the u.s. is affecting one city in west virginia and how authorities are fighting back. scientists say one of the u.k.'s few killer whales that died last year was contaminated with a shocking level of chemicals. body revealed her contained industrial chemicals that were banned in the 1970's. reporter: they're the uk's last killer whales. round off the west coast of scotland. off the west coast of scotland. last year they lost a female. lulu was found dead. she was caught in fishing line. she was heavily contaminated with man-made chemicals called pcb's. >> the levels were 20 times higher than we would expect. that puts her as one of the most contaminated animals on the planet. reporter: the chemicals can stop the animals from bearing young. they harm the immune system and the brain. they were once man-made wonder chemicals, used in everything from plastics to electric. it was later discovered they were toxic. from the 1970's, a series of were putnd the world

our europe correspondent james reynolds was watching. end? emmanuel macron and marine le pen argued over the future of their country. monsieur macron est le candidat de la mondalisation sauvage... translation: mr macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown that you're not the candidate for a balanced, democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say, "globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe, let's shut our borders, leave the euro — because others succeed, not us." millions watched, but not all were impressed. translation: the debate was heated — because of that, i didn't watch all of it. the aggression really bothered me. translation: it was a stream of insults from both sides, it won't change much when election day arrives. this was one of the most aggressive debates in recent french history. more than two hours of insults, attacks and accusations made for a memorable confrontatio

james reynolds has been looking at both campaigns.s herself targeted by both accusations and protesters' eggs. the eggs may be easier to dodge. critics accuse her of failing to discuss her programme during last night's debate, a charge she denies. translation: the french people know my programme very well, that is because it is very clear and i have been presenting it to them for several years. i wanted to lift the veil, and i believe i did that successfully, on who mr macron is. here, her message goes down well. 76—year—old claude tells me life needs to change. translation: there is no work any more, there is no money any more, i have grandchildren who don't have jobs, i have a kid who doesn't have a job, we're in a real mess and it has to stop. this is post—industrial france, the front national‘s heartland. this is marine le pen's last chance to try to close the gap with her opponent. she's been making the case for months, even years, but much of this country still wants nothing to do with her. and that is why emmanuel macron is the

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.ousands of men with advanced prostate cancer from undergoing unnecessary treatment. the technique, which costs less than £50 a time, will help doctors tell whether patients will respond to the standard drugs used to fight the disease. with me now is cancer research uk's senior science information officer, aine mccarthy. thank you forjoining us today. so the aim of this is obviously to prevent people going through unnecessary treatment, tell us more about the test and the drugs. what the researchers in this study have done is develop a drug test that looks for bits of dna that have been shared by the tumour. when they look at the blood samples, they find that their is a high expression of certain genes in them. this predicts that certain ones will not respond to two of the most commonly used drugs, used to treat advanced prostate cancer. when these drugs were, they do extend life, don't they? they do. they give them more precious time with their family and friends. equally, we know they

our correspondent, james reynolds, is in paris. midnight last night, it said the stolen documents were essentially routine messages, contracts and accounts, but it also warns there were a number of entirely made—up documents which have also been posted online. it urges caution about anyone trying to look at those. the macron campaign itself has said the people who try to do it were trying to destabilise democracy and it has made a direct reference to the campaign in the us presidential election last november. they see the contained routine electoral documents, mixed in with some falsified ones. but the media here cannot speculate about what these might include. a lot of french people simply do a lot of things today. this period of no campaigning. it is the story of intense political interest in such an unpredictable election campaign. it is fascinating for those of us who come to france, we have the razzmatazz we are so used to. here, there is this 36 hour period before people actually vote. it is a time for people to supposedly re

james reynolds has been watching the debate. he calls her the candidate of hate. says he has no qualities. tonight, they meet. emmanuel macron, the frontrunner, won't want to slip up. he's standing as a pro—eu, pro—immigration centrist and he's protecting a clear lead in the polls. marine le pen, from the front national, is trying to bring him down. i asked her what she wanted from the debate? translation: what do i expect from the debate? some clarification from mr macron. he's still being very vague. and tonight, on french tv, the two candidates faced one another and began immediate attacks. translation: mr macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality of every man for himself. translation: you've shown you're not the candidate for a balanced democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe. let's shut our borders, leave the euro because others succeed, not us. the atmosphere got heated. "i treat the french like adults," m

he accused her of being a liar and she accused him of being soft on terror. 0ur correspondent james reynoldning. james. marine le pen find yourself targeted by both accusations and the eggs of protesters, the eggs might have been easier to dodge. critics accuse her of failing to discuss programme during last night's debate, a charge she denies. translation: the french people know my programme pretty well, that is because it is very clear and i have been presenting it to them for several years. i wanted to them for several years. i wanted to lift the veil and i believe i did that successfully on who mr macron is. here, her message goes down well. 76—year—old claude tells me life needs to change. translation: there is no work any more, there is no money, i have grandchildren who do not havejobs, i have a kid who doesn't have a job, we're in a real mess and it has to stop. this is post—industrial france, the heartland of the front nationale. this is emmanuel macron's —— marine le pen's last gasp to close the gap. she has been making the case for months, even years, but most of this country sti

james reynolds reports on all of the day's events.election winner, now prepares to lead his country. this morning in paris, he joined the outgoing president francois hollande at the ceremony to mark ve day. the horror of the second world war convinced old enemies france and germany to form an alliance which then became the basis of the european union. it's a struggling project which the new president promises to revive. emmanuel macron now inherits one of the most powerful positions europe and all of the symbolism that goes with it. he becomes the youngest french leader since napoleon whose own battles are remembered here. the crowd knows that the new leader will face problems of his own. french people hope that he will change a lot of things, maybe it will be tough for him but we hope that. translation: it's not going to be easy but i hope he will do some good work. but above all i hope he won't forget the little people. i'm not sure he's very coherent in his ideas. the idea of being nor from left or right, i don't truly trust this.

james reynolds, bbc news, paris.e former prime minister of france dominique de villepin, who served under president chirac. thank you for speaking to us. your thoughts on where france stands after yesterday's elections? thoughts on where france stands after yesterday's election57m comes to many french people as a surprise but it is also a fantastic victory for the french democracy. i think also a real opportunity for europe. we are quite excited about this new presidency. of course, there are some conditions to make sure that this presidency may be a success. sure that this presidency may be a success. first, the ability of emmanuel macron to fully restore the french presidency which has been downgraded over the years. the second condition is that he may be able to gain a majority. if he does this, then he might really be ready to open a new chapter of reforms in the country. and then, if france proves his ability after the election in germany, in september, to rehabilitate the franco german couple, we need to be abl

it's a last attempt to narrow the gap with her opponent. james reynolds, bbc news, paris.he irish sea, has said he had prepared himself to die. speaking exclusively to the bbc, 22 year—old matthew bryce spoke of his relief at being spotted by the coastguard helicopter, but he said when it first flew over, he thought it had missed him. our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, has been talking to matthew bryce in the ulster hospital in belfast, where he is recovering. i knew my body temperature was dropping. matthew bryce is exhausted. sunburnt and still recovering from more than 30 hours spent drifting alone in the irish sea. that is probably a yellow surfboard. that is probably a yellow surfboard. that is probably a yellow surfboard. that is the right colour. this picture was taken on westport beach in scotland on sunday, and matthew believes it shows him at the start of a day's surfing before strong winds and tides pulled him out into the water. the current changes, and i can't do anything and all this time the winds pushing me further and further out. sorry. he ended up

james reynolds has been watching the debate.or the first time, emmanuel macron and marine le pen sat a clear cross from one another. right from the start of this debate they began air attacks. translation: emmanuel macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, every man for himself. translation: you have shown you are not the candidate for a balanced democratic debate. the question is, do the people want an elitist attitude? you say globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe. let's shut our borders because others succeed, not us. the atmosphere quite heated. at times the moderators barely managed to get a word in. translation: i treat the french like adults, emmanuel macron told his opponent. you lie all the time. then each was asked about terrorism. translation: the safety of our people, the fight against terror and islamic extremism, you don't want to take it on and i know why. against terrorism we have to close our borders straightaway, immediately, and that's what i will do the

james reynolds reports.he first time, emmanuel macron and marine le pen sat directly across from one another. right from the start of this debate they began their attacks. translation: mr macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, uberisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, of every man for himself. translation: you have shown you are not the candidate for a balanced democratic debate. the question is, do the people want your defeatist attitude ? you say globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe. let's shut our borders, leave the euro, because others succeed, not us. the atmosphere got heated. at times the moderators barely managed to get a word in. "i treat the french like adults", mr macron told his opponent. "you lie all the time." then each was asked about terrorism. translation: the safety of our people, the fight against terror and islamist extremism, you don't want to take it on and i know why. against terrorism we have to close our borders straightaway, immediately, and that's wha

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. the two candidates are continuing to campaign.north of the country. the latest poll has macron leading le pen by 59% to 41% ahead of sunday's vote, earlier, i spoke to our paris correspondent hugh schofield, and asked him how much difference the tv debate would make to the voters. well, it is not going to bring many new voters for marine le pen, and that's all that counts, really. i'm sure what she did in this performance appeal to large tranches of the population that is behind but it won't have appealed to many other people, and given that she is so far behind, i can't see it helping her in anyway. if anything, i would take the view, though of course this is just my interpretation, that it will have maybe tilted some people who we re have maybe tilted some people who were thinking about abstaining to vote for emmanuel macron. her performance was very, very vitriolic, very aggressive. it was not at all presidential. the french wa nt to not at all presidential. the french want to see someone who looks and a cts want to see someone

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. this election has left france divided despite the resounding victory for emmanuel macron. so it's worth taking a look at the final results of the election and what they tell us. 21 million people voted for macron, which gave him 66% of the valid votes cast for the two candidates. but it's worth nothing that 16 million people either abstained or spoiled their ballots, an historic high, while 11 million people voted for marine le pen. all in all, of the total of 47.5 million registered voters, just over 44% backed mr macron. which is why some say the result paints a more divided picture of france. to discuss that i am joined by our bbc digital reporter. before i turn to you, already today in paris we are starting to have some protests. there are are starting to have some protests. there a re protests are starting to have some protests. there are protests we are having pictures of and we may be able to bring them to you. unions are already on the streets of paris, already on the streets

james reynolds is in paris, and has sent this report.ssuming that his campaign was basically done.

james reynolds was there. francois fillon of divisions now.ke today you see the divisions based on the different protest. i was at herjohn marine le pen rally this morning. there were people there signing up to his particular view of france and those here have a very different view, they were all have to pick a side at they were all have to pick a side at the elections on sunday. the danger for emmanuel macron is he doesn't necessarily get all of the people who marched here. everyone here is against marine le pen but that the does not mean they are in favour of emmanuel macron. i asked our correspondent hugh schofield how serious the may day clashes were. they were, in the scheme of things, not that bad. you get used to this confrontation at the end of rallies here. anarchist types on the fringes engaging in stonethrowing and tear gas is classic and will be forgotten very wea kly. gas is classic and will be forgotten very weakly. what are we seeing the two candidates doing in terms of scooping up the votes of all people who didn't vote for the

james reynolds has sent this report.l macron arrived last night for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. but whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. his campaign had been hacked. coming in the last hour, his team said this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron said that russian—backed hackers were out to get him. one cyber expert said this hack looks different. it is very low—level, compared with what they have done in the united states. that was a highly creative and high—end information war mixed with a cyber war. what we are witnessing now is very low—end, very amateurish. but many french people braving the saturday drizzle do not know much about the hack. on this, the day before the vote, the french media is banned from doing any in—depth political reporting. a last—minute hack is dramatic. it shows emanuel macron has capabl

our correspondent james reynolds has been following developments in sicily.e of climate change. on the one hand you have the sub grouping of the g6, and they now stand against the sub grouping of the g1, its sole member is donald trump's usa. they could not reach agreement in this particular summit, and the final communique said the six sub—grouping remain committed to the paris climate change agreement. the usa continues to review its policy and donald trump himself is tweeted, saying he will reveal his final decision in a week. it matters because if the usa decide either to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement or reduce its commitments, other countries may be tempted to follow, putting the worthwhile nature of the paris climate change deal in question. radio 1's big weekend has held a minute's silence at the event to remember victims of the manchester bombing. the two—day festival kicked—off with an increased police presence following the atrocity at manchester arena. our correspondent, noel phillips, has been backstage. this is the view from th

a short time ago i spoke to james reynolds in sicily.d the g7 leaders were about mr trump's refusal to accept the paris climate deal. you have this informal g6 on one side standing against the gi you have this informal g6 on one side standing against the g1 on the other side on climate change. the six say they support the climate change agreement and the one says he is still thinking. that matters because of the usa decides to withdraw or lower its responsibilities other countries may decide to do something similar, putting the deal into jeopardy. i spoke to the gents —— un secretary—general said the world would not end the usa unless the agreement but it would be a hammer blow. —— the blow. -- the usa blow. —— the usa left the agreement. blow. -- the usa left the agreement. no one expected this to be the warmest and most harmonious meeting of the g-7 but and most harmonious meeting of the g—7 but the reach some agreement on things that the? the final communique had more than a0 points, a lot of the language was very vague, the commitmen

james reynolds, bbc news, paris. so how is that data leak affecting the mood in france?eague is in paris. well, already this election had been an extraordinary one. who in france would have imagined that on the eve of the second round of presidential elections we would have ended up with these two candidates? the far right marine le pen and emmanuel macron, the centrist candidate who only set up his party one year ago for in the very last hours, this latest twist came. the massive dump of data. what impact could it have on these final hours for france goes to vote ? on these final hours for france goes to vote? i have been discussing this with my guest who is an expert in social media at the school of journalism at the sorbonne. as far as we know there was a leak on a channel called fortran last night at 830. those documents became viral 30 minutes later. —— a channel called 4chan. they have exploded in france. today there is a hash tag, #macronleaks, a number one trending topic on twitter. as far as the timing is concerned, this is strange. it came in hours before the r

james reynolds reports.mmanuel macron, began this, the final day of his campaign, in this southern french city. he is leading in the polls and he asks voters to make their choice. translation: in the first round, the french people choose a candidate and in the second round, they eliminate one. so, you have to position yourself between the two. these students protesting in paris are unhappy with either candidate. those old enough to vote feel little reason to pick a side. for many in this election, deciding which way to vote is difficult and even agonising. these young protesters will abstain and many others in the cou ntry will vote relu cta ntly for emmanuel macron in order to stop marine le pen. but the front national‘s candidate carries on regardless. on this final campaign day, she insisted that her plans were still on track. translation: i think victory is within reach and the media pretend not to hear the social anger in our country. macron, president! this morning, visiting a cathedral in this norther

here was james reynolds to take you through. no one rushes to meet the pope.ope's office. this was the first time these two leaders, opposite in almost every way, have met. such an honour, the president said. the pope rarely smiles doing this kind of photocall. he appeared eager to begin the conversation. the president who wants to build a border wall sat across from the pope who says that he wants to build bridges. after half an hour of private talks, francis met the president's delegation. "do you feed him slovenian cakes?", the pope joked to mrs trump. she and the president's daughter followed vatican tradition and wore black veils. the two leaders then exchanged gifts. the pope gave the president some of his writings, including his appeal for environmental protection. "well, i'll be reading it," the president said politely. francis will hope so. it's hard to imagine a meeting between two more contrasting leaders. the pope, who is already under his next audience, onto his next audience, opposes the president on immigration, climate change, and border walls.

james reynolds has sent this report.n arrived last night for his final interview, assuming that his campaign was basically done. but whilst he was speaking, documents stolen from his team were being circulated online. his campaign had been hacked. coming in the last hour, his team said this intervention is an attempt to destabilise democracy, as happened in the usa during the last election. who stole these documents? in the past, emmanuel macron said that russian—backed hackers were out to get him. 0ne cyber expert said this hack looks different. it is very low—level, compared with what they have done in the united states. it was a highly creative and high—end information war mixed with a cyber war. what we are witnessing now is very low—end, very amateurish. but many french people braving the saturday drizzle do not know much about the hack. on this, the day before the vote, the french media is banned from doing any in—depth political reporting. a last—minute hack is dramatic. it shows emanuel macron has capable enemies

let's go live to sicily where james reynolds is following the summit. what does that mean exactly? it means they did not get what they wanted, certain that the titans did not and five of the others did not. —— the italians did not. you have six on one side and one on the other side, representing the usa, and that division is represented by climate change. all of these countries signed up to the paris climate change accord in 2015 but president trump said he will review whether or not the usa should remain a member of that. he sent a tweet saying people announces final decision next week and the community recognises this division. six countries recognise it is important and one country recognise it is important and one cou ntry wa nts to recognise it is important and one country wants to review it. and for those six countries that will be a severe disappointment. how damaging to the paris accord would it be if the usa decided not to support the? potentially huge because the power of the agreement was everybody was on board. the danger is if one is hugely

james reynolds is in place des pyramides, in paris — where the national front are holding a march. are in front of a statue of thejoan of arc, a national symbol appropriated by the national front. we expect the founder of the movement, jean—marie le pen to speak later. his daughter will be speaking ina later. his daughter will be speaking in a different location, in the suburbs of paris, to make a pitch. emmanuel macron making a pitch later today as well. those two candidates are trying to hoover up, find voters a nyway are trying to hoover up, find voters anyway they can, in order to win the run—off. the nine defeated candidates in the first round accounted for 55% of the vote. these candidates are going for that 55% of voters who chose another candidate in the first round. interesting jean—marie le pen coming out today after marine le pen stepped down temporarily. is it seen as an asset for her that he has come out to talk today? i think among hard-core front national supporters, yes. but among others who might not have voted for the front national before, this may not be that he

james reynolds is in sicily for us.n the column marked difficult? pretty much almost everything in the difficult column. this is the g7 but in some way it is six countries against one. the six leaders of the other countries are trying to persuade donald trump to join them on climate change. it is interesting that the un secretary—general, who i spoke to earlier, suggested the climate change agreement would survive or whatever donald trump decides to do, whether he decides to keep the united states in it or withdraw. this is about the six nations trying to persuade donald trump to move to their side. they will have noticed in recent months that the us president is a man who sometimes changes his mind. he changes his position. heart of the aim is to see where he stays rigid and where he moves. that is an important part of the summit for them. and his views, according to his office was, araf least evolving aren't they? yes. that is something that the un secretary—general will try to cling onto and some of the other leaders

our correspondent james reynolds is in paris and joins us now. going on? there have been big union marchers including this one we are at the tail end the city. it's going towards... there have been clashes between police and mass protesters. from what we have seen those masked protesters were not part of the march itself, they might have joined up march itself, they might have joined up the last minute, possibly from side streets, but they have been clashing with police and demonstrating, continuing to march forwards, going slowly. a lot of them have been chanting anti—marine le pen slogans. in the meantime it's been a busy day of campaigning, hasn't it? yes, they are making their last pictures. the campaigning ends on friday night with electioneering band over the weekend. so this is a last chance for the candidates to try to win over undecided voters as we just step away making sure no one runs us over here. it's one of the last chances to reach out to those who may be undecided. the people marching out workers from leftist organisations. they

james reynolds is in paris.nteresting thing about the timing of this leak, it comes just before the rules cut in that restrict debate and it is very hard for the macron campaign to get out there and challenge some of the things people are reading on social media. yes, the timing is fascinating. these e—mails began to circulate on social media sites last night and then at four minutes to midnight, just before the legal cut—off of the campaign coming to a stop, the macron campaign issued a statement saying they had been hacked. they said it was an attempt to destabilise the democratic election. clearly they will be worried about the impact. they have said the documents themselves contain routine campaign communications mixed with a few doctored documents. whether or not it will have an impact is difficult to tell. french media and other media here operate under electoral restrictions today and tomorrow on the day of voting. they cannot speculate hugely about the effect on the campaign. a lot of french people are s

james reynolds reports from rome. a warning, his report contains flash photography.slowly through the vatican corridors and into the pope's office. this was the first time these two leaders, opposites in almost every way, have met. such an honour, the president said. the pope rarely smiles during this kind of photocall. he appeared eager to begin their conversation. the president who wants to build a border wall sat across from the pope who says that he wants to build bridges. after half an hour of private talks, francis met the president's delegation. "do you feed him him slovenian cakes?", the pope joked to mrs trump. she and the president's daughter followed vatican tradition and wore black veils. the two leaders then exchanged gifts. the pope gave the president some of his writings, including his appeal for environmental protection. "well, i'll be reading them," the president said politely. francis will hope so. it is hard to imagine a meeting between two more contrasting leaders. the pope, who is already on to his next audience, opposes the president on immigrat