if jordan bardella was to be the new. and significant choice. the new french prime minister, what would that mean for daily life for any legislation, how would france change a result? that is the big question. there's a sense thatjordan bardella and his party and we think much more to the centre ground of french politics, that they don't want to introduce the sort of reform that, for a start, might get blocked by the constitutional system is here in france, or might cause a run on the bank or chaos, which may well be what president macron wants. he wants, if the national rally is to come into power, see them discredited quickly. the bigger battle here is coming in three years' time in the presidential election. marine le pen sii and the presidency, and the centre ground and the left are also fighting for thejob. it's always been and the left are also fighting for the job. it's always been seen as the job. it's always been seen as the most powerfuljob in french politics, but right now that is beginning to change as the parliament, clearly, become

jordan bardella talked about democracy _ country now.cy tonight, the - about democracy tonight, the implication he was making, 10 million people voted for the rally and therefore it has been blocked by this republican front. when you pull people who support the rally, to their votes change or do they feel very passionate about that vote and will they be angered by what has happened here? that will they be angered by what has happened here?— will they be angered by what has happened here? that is something that has changed _ happened here? that is something that has changed in _ happened here? that is something that has changed in the _ happened here? that is something that has changed in the last - happened here? that is something that has changed in the last year. that has changed in the last year because before a vote for the national rally was a vote of protest and now it is more and more a vote of motivation. for this reason, there may be more and more not understandable for these voters and they might be angry. taste understandable

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they tend to have less optimism about their future. >> but i think jordan bardella shows them. look, look at me. you know, i don't have a college education. i come from a place in france sets that the elite looks down upon if young people also find themselves in those circumstances, see that is actually inspiring genre and bow the law grew up here in san santa need, a suburb north east of paris. he attended this private school and it 16, he joined the national rally around here. people know his name, but they remain divided, manages to prieto. >> i'm rather proud of the fact that he is aware of or problems here that he knows our reality if we're not white, if you don't have a typically french name, were not considered french. >> i know this struggles that students face here and i don't feel that he's representing a young people bardella was handpicked by marine le pen to be his successor in an effort to detoxify and normalize the party that was founded by former french members of hitler's ss though he lacks experience, he and lappin, form of powerful duo she's the political lea

at the moment.— and jordan bardella are making on stage at the moment.the biggest force in the _ stage at the moment. they're not the biggest force in the parliament. - stage at the moment. they're not the biggest force in the parliament. we . biggest force in the parliament. we should make that clear. the european centre—right and the socialist came back with relatively similar numbers to last time. will the rally under jordan bardella be able to prevent some of the big appointments. i'm thinking of ursula von der leyen, who has to be confirmed a second term. i who has to be confirmed a second term. ., �* ~' who has to be confirmed a second term. ., �* ~ �* ., term. i don't think so. i'm not in the business _ term. i don't think so. i'm not in the business of _ term. i don't think so. i'm not in the business of prediction, - term. i don't think so. i'm not in the business of prediction, but l the business of prediction, but ultimately, this new group really only replaces a previous group with a different name. that was called identity and democracy sinc

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the rn has announced 28-year-old jordan bardella as its candidate for prime minister. the party has steadily risen in popularity in france as it proposes anti-immigrant, xenophobic, racist, and anti-muslim policies. it's also been accused of anti-semitism. many have urged parties to unite against the rn as the second round of the elections is scheduled for sunday, july 7. for more, we go to paris where we are joined by harrison stetler, a freelance journalist and teacher. his latest piece for jacobin is titled "corporate france is making peace with marine le pen." welcome to democracy now! can you start off by just describing what took place? >> of course. thank you for having me. first off, i wish i could say these results were surprising. in electoral politics, you somewhat can occasionally expect to have pleasant surprises in elections. unfortunately, this is what many people in france have seen coming for several weeks from the day macron made the shocking decision in early june to dissolve the national assembly on the backs of what was an historic victory for the

so all signs are that the far right is coming on extremely strong national rally leader jordan bardella urged voters to remain mobilize though for the second round, which is next sunday, he says it's clear the french people do want change you just all need to sounds that they delivered a clear verdict and confirmed their clear aspirations for change t6 be more demos, porsche devote taking place next sunday is one of the most decisive in the entire history of the fifth republic joining me, eleanor coppola, a member of emmanuel macron's renaissance party how are you feeling? it's been a disaster, hasn't it it has been a terrible and very shocking result. >> but this is not over so we're fighting thing, we're fighting against the ideas of the hustler monitoring because they're very dangerous for france are very the interest for us, for dual citizen, like me for instance so yes, extremely shocked, but fighting who was voting for them? we're getting indications it was a lot of younger people i think a lot of people just voted for them without really knowing what they think or what they belie

the applause jordan bardella, jordan ba rdella, the jordan bardella, the protege of marine le pen.y popular throughout the country through the tiktok videos that reach millions of people around france, issuing a rally cry to the supporters of the party tonight saying we will not compromise, we have the biggest joint group in the european parliament, the pitch is true, they forged a new alignment in the parliament which was news over the weekend, and he said tonight, we will double down here in france to deliver for the french will double down here in france to deliverfor the french people. before taking to the stage, we were going to speak to christine, the journalist part patiently waiting for us. you were reacting to what he just said. for us. you were reacting to what he 'ust said. ~ , ,., ., just said. well, very poor arguments. _ just said. well, very poor arguments. just - just said. well, very poor arguments. just imagine| just said. well, very poor. arguments. just imagine the just said. well, very poor- arguments. just imagine the chap just said. well, very poor— arguments

the leader of the national rally, jordan bardella, reacted to the projected results a little earlier.ken all means to stop french people choosing different politics. but today, rassemblement national has had the best result it has ever had. unfortunately, an alliance of dishonour and electoral arrangement passed by emmanuel macron and gabriel attal. have led to policies. we were 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

shift is underway in french politics, national rally's leader and le pen's protege, 28-year-old jordan bardella, could be positioned to become france's next prime minister. >> a child of italian immigrants, bardella has maintained a party's nationalist politics, and hardline anti-immigration stance across the country and its overseas territories. voters turned out in huge numbers to participate in a high-stakes election. uncertainty has loomed ever since president emmanuel macron suddenly dissolved parliament and called for snack apple elections earlier this month, sending shockwaves across the country. now his gamble appears to have backfired as his alliance of centrist parties faltered in the vote, finishing a third, according to projections in a statement, the president called for the formation of a broad alliance to block the national rally from coming to power faced for the national rally, the time has come for a broad, clearly democratic and republican rally for the second round. i did a coalition of left-wing parties also had a strong showing coming in a close second. section shell. howe

jordan bardella, head of the french national community party, reacting sharply to the election resultsth a verbal attack on the french president, he said: national ajma party will increase its activities against the government. the french house of representatives has 577 seats. dozens of firefighters are still trying to contain the fire in the us state of california. published images from pelisterville airport in el dorado city. shows the smoke and flames of the monsoon to pfeiffer around the airport it has engulfed the eastern state of california and planes are flying towards the fire to drop fire extinguishers on the fire. firefighters use helicopters and airplanes to fight fires. but floods and landslides in nepal claimed 62 lives. according to the officials of nepal , in the last four weeks during the monsoon season , at least 62 people were killed, 90 people were injured and 7 others were missing due to floods and landslides in this country. heavy rains, floods and landslides have also caused the flooding of at least 121 houses and damage to more than 80 other houses. as a result

called on french voters to give her party an absolute majority in the second round to appoint jordan bardella as prime minister. the coalition of french left parties after the national community party with 29. i don't think that the rightist party won an absolute majority in the parliament. in this case, the issue of disagreement is important for choosing the prime minister, who i hope is not from mrs. marine le pen's party. the leftists, who formed the new people's front coalition, and the pro- macron parties with the name of "all together" are in the second and third places. they were placed in the first round of the early elections of the french national assembly. the defeat of the french ruling party in the european parliamentary elections and the victory of marine le pen's party are among the reasons that forced emmanuel macron to dissolve the french parliament and hold early elections. some experts interpreted macron's action as falling into a well. the ruling democracy requires that in any way. participate in the elections and cast your vote. candidates who failed to get 50% plus one v

phase of the elections held last sunday, the national community party headed by marine le pen and jordan bardellawon more than 33 votes. this party had won the european parliament elections last month and the honorable party of the french president decided to hold early elections with the aim of restoring political power. to get the latest information about the french elections, we will go to paris with mr. reza let's talk with shahzovar hosseini, reporter of sed and sima news agency. hello, mr. shahzwar hosseini. hello , good night. good night to you too. tell us about the process of holding this election and whether voting to. it is over. if the preliminary results have been published, i would like to inform you that the second round of the early elections of the french national assembly will start at 8:00 am. it was held all over france . it started and lasted until 6:00 p.m. in small towns and until 8:00 p.m. in big cities and paris. yes, according to the preliminary results of the french ministry of interior. the release of the data is almost a strange thing, the results are contrary to the

jordan bardella, they will get them.ocking up on fuel, and battening down the hatches as forecasters describe this now category three hurricane as extremely dangerous. we're expecting multiple life—threatening hazards with beryl as it moves through the windward islands. we have the potential for catastrophic wind damage, with the eyewall of a major hurricane moving through the area, especially between saint vincent and grenada, including the grenadines. this part of the world is well—used to storms, but this is the strongest on record forjune. in saint vincent and the grenadines, people have been ordered to stay at home and have been told to prepare for the worst. i want everybody in saint vincent and the grenadines to take this matter very seriously. there are some persons who are hoping for the best, but we all have to prepare for the worst. for now, the sea is calm, but people here know that won't last, with hurricane beryl expected to hit these islands later today. thomas magill, bbc news. a head teacher convicted of

jordan bardella. >> now, how does this candidate, however, the national rally. >> sorry. carry on. >> no, sorry. i think there's a bit of a delay on the line, but, i did want to ask , how on earth i did want to ask, how on earth do we get from around 33% of the vote to then forming a majority in the parliament? because of course, the system is two rounds. you need to win over 50% of the vote in the second round to, to, to win a seat, it's a it's a big jump to go from 33 to 50. >> yeah. it is a big jump. and it's unclear that the national rally will be able to do it. they're trying to persuade conservatives from the republicans party, the traditional mainstream centre right, equivalent to the tories, more or less to team up with them and help them win an absolute majority, whether that will work or not is unclear. but the other possibility is that the other possibility is that the national rally rally could form a minority government. now, they've indicated that they'll be unwilling to do that because a minority government could easily be toppled by a vote of no confidence

earlier, the leader of the far right, jordan bardella, spoke against the sending of troops to ukraine the supply of long-range radio-guided missiles and certain military equipment that could hit russian cities. if the second round of voting on july 7 provides a parliamentary majority for the national association, a forecasts indicate that it is possible, france will find itself in uncharted waters, the country will be governed at least partially. politicians who made their names sympathizing with vladimir putin has promised to tear up the european union, launch a war on migration and withdraw from nato. although the la pen party has softened some of its harsh positions, it remains deeply skeptical of the policy positions of the main event. a victory in these elections will significantly increase her chances of becoming the president of france in 2027 - politico writes. french already this sunday the voter will finally put an end to the question: who will govern the fifth french republic for the next four years? the question is far from rhetorical, because the possible coming to power

jordan bardella, head of the french national consensus party , reacted sharply to the election results by verbally attacking the french president and said: the national consensus party will increase its activities against the government. parliament the representatives of france have 577 seats. photocius published documents of biden's behind-the-scenes leadership of ceremonies and events. according to the images published by the axios news site, biden's assistants use large letters and pictures to guide the president of the united states in events that show his exact path to the podium . in one of these pictures, which was placed from the space of the lecture hall, the location of the podium is marked in bold letters so that biden does not lose his way. after the debate between biden and trump, a number of representatives of the us congress called for biden's resignation have been elected the us presidential election is being held while biden is under pressure to step down due to his old age and obvious physical disability, and on the other hand, the accusation case against his son, and

with a call to stop the migration, this man, 28-year-old jordan bardella may become france's next prime minister. with a platform promising to crack down on crime and restrict citizenship and rights for foreign residents. his national rally party is poised to potentially win a parliamentary majority. the party led by marie le pen and founded by her holocaust denying father has renounced its anti-semitic past, but for years, has rallied on anti-muslim rhetoric and described migrants as threatening, particularly to women. macron, who will remain as president for another three years, warned that far right risks sparking a civil war. and in germany, police broke up protests this weekend outside the afd, or alternative for germany convention. that far right party pulled off its best performance ever in european parliamentary elections, worrying chancellor olaf schultz and moving one of afd's leaders borne hawk from the fringe to the floor. hawk says he deplores the nazis but led chants of their slogans which landed him back in court since germanin' law bans the use of phrases. they advocate

jordan bardella's far right former fascist anti-immigration party winning 33% of the vote. "we need a change," this supporter says. "it's not the france i knew," says this woman, reacting to the result. at a polling station in dijon, three hours from the capital, we found huge numbers voting, battling for the soul of a deeply divided country. do people outside of paris feel forgotten by the government? >> yes. emmanuel macron is a parisian. >> reporter: "he lives in an ivory tower," says this rival candidate, "disconnected from reality." >> france lead! >> reporter: tonight france winning a major soccer match in germany. but their superstar captain, his father an immigrant, warning extremists are at the door. fans of the european tournament last week telling us inflation and immigration are to blame for this unprecedented post-war right-wing lurch. >> i kind of understand why people are angry. >> reporter: do you think people are forgetting their history? >> oh, yeah, they sure are. candidates spin it in a way that suits them. >> reporter: the french far right has been nega

choose probably between, marine le pen's camps orjordan bardella between, marine le pen's camps or jordan bardellardella or somebody or jordan bardella or somebody from the left, because his party won't be able to be, you know, it won't be able to form any form of coalition right now so they can have somebody from his party being nominated as the prime minister. so this is what's at stake, in the next round of election, in next, sunday. but now it's going to be very tricky to, to decide who's going to come out of the race if the national front not national front, rassemblement national now will be, will have not enough seats to have an absolute majority. if it's the case, then macron won't have no choice but to choose jordan bardella as his next prime minister. if it's not the case, then it's going to be a real turmoil, he will have to nominate somebody from maybe from the left. it's going to be it's a very, very murky at the moment. >> and regis, just to explain to british viewers the complexities, the nuances of the french political system round about now, macron, presumably, and his party will

following election losses, the leader of france's far—right national rally, jordan bardella, said heto 'balance power in europe by rejecting the flood of migrants, punitive ecology and seizing sovereignty�* patriots for eurpe was started last month by hungarian prime minister viktor orban, herbert kickl of the far—right freedom party of austria, and andrej babis, the leader of the populist czech ano after the eurpoean elections resulted in gain for far—right parties. us presidentjoe biden is urging democrats to come together to support his candidacy for re—election as questions linger about his mental fitness for the job. he says he is his party's best chance at defeating donald trump in november. mr biden sent a letter to democratic lawmakers monday where he promised he is "running this race to the end". he also questioned if ending his campaign would be disrespectful to primary voters. in a phone—in appearance on msnbc�*s morning joe, he was asked about his poor debate performance and how voters can be reassured a night like that will not happen again. look at my career, we don't h

if successful, it'll see 28—year—old jordan bardella become the country's new prime minister.ight majority — with some centre and left candidates pulling out of electoral races, to help boost the anti—right wing vote. let's speak to giorgio leali, policy journalist at politico europe. good to have you with us. start with you will on what happens next. i want to talk about campaigning. there has been some violence on the campaign trail which speaks to that polarisation in politics, notjust in france but across europe. thank ou for in france but across europe. thank you for having _ in france but across europe. thank you for having me, _ in france but across europe. thank you for having me, the _ in france but across europe. thank you for having me, the next i in france but across europe. thank you for having me, the next step l you for having me, the next step is the second run of the boat happening this sunday, we have seen a very dense camping over the past few days and as you mentioned there been some violent episodes, several media accounts of lieutenants of over the past f

party president jordan bardella wants to pull back support for ukraine if he becomes prime minister.bad result for ukraine. >> reporter: thousands of left-wing supporters gathered in central paris to voice their concern at the far-right performance. the far right has been surging across europe. should it win in france, a warning. >> there will be a vacuum at the heart of europe, and no one or no other group of countries could conceivably fill the role that's historically been played by france and germany. and that's, of course, the main reason why so many people, so many observers, are extremely worried. >> reporter: the decisive final round is next sunday. macron has called on voters from macron has called on voters from across the political spectrum to this delectable knorr ramen noodle recipe will put an end to your drive-thru dinner rituals. throw that knorr bouillon in that tasty combo of delightful carrots and the rich touch of bok choy. make your own knorr taste combo. it's not fast food, but it's so good. wanna know a secret? more than just my armpits stink. facts. that's why

. >> oh , jordan bardella is the >> oh, jordan bardella is the great kind of the of the french.esn't have a university education. he comes from those very beaulieu, north paris, of places where you've got a great deal of immigration. he was very decided that the national rally, which was called the national front at the time, was something that mattered to him. and he's risen, meteoric meteorically, because he is very gifted. whether there is some some, you know, there's a depth of political thought behind this wonderfully sort of well composed and slick facade. we do not know. but certainly his speech yesterday saying when i'm prime minister, i will do this, that, and that was absolutely impressive. it was very centrist. it was very, you know, i shall be the prime minister of every all french citizens and not just the ones who voted for me. it was it was really impressive, and he also has sort of suddenly he's he's sort of made everyone else in the political game look old, even gabriel attal, the prime minister, who's 35, and even emmanuel macron, who is such a young president

jordan bardella, who was poised to be the national rally's candidate, is now president of the new eufar-right bloc. italy's far-right leader matteo salvini also announced plans to join the alliance, which also includes members of spain's vox party. this comes as french prosecutors have launched an investigation into marine le pen's 2020 coup campaign finances -- 2022 campaign finances. the west african bloc ecowas says the region is facing disintegration after three military-ruled countries established their own bloc over the weekend. burkina faso, mali, and niger -- which all experienced military takeovers in recent years -- have formed the alliance of sahel states, or aes, holding their own weekend meetings as a counterpoint to the ecowas summit in abuja, nigeria. this comes amid further moves to cut military and other ties with former colonizer france and other western powers. on sunday, the u.s. military withdrew from niger's air base in the capital niamey ahead of its upcoming withdrawal from a $110 million u.s. drone base. niger ordered u.s. troops to depart the country in marc

left and center let's unite together, let's stop this national rally party and this 28-year-old, jordan bardellatic, attractive man who has led the party and may well become the prime minister, a former fascist party, anti-immigration, it may be that government that welcome people to the olympics this summer. >> keir, what does effectively mean if they do have that kind of power, what does that look like in parliament and for france? >> reporter: well, yeah, i mean, it's political earthquake for europe, we've not seen politics like this since the second world war, politicians here in france referencing the government the pro-nazi government here in france and talking about this as unprecedented since post-war and now as you mentioned they have to win the far right have to win the second round, they may not happen, it may be a hung parliament, but on the other hand we may well see a government that includes a prime minister standing there for the olympics and remember this far-right party it's not pro-europe, it's warm toward president putin. it's not supporting ukraine, the war in ukraine, as we

essentially blocking them from achieving a majority epic well ahead in last week's vote and blocking jordan bardellame minister. >> emmanuel macron has not pushed toward uncertainty and instability by the current french prime minister's offer to resign. president emmanuel macron called the snap election humbling to be first party in the european elections last month. his aim was to regain control of french politics although we did not have to call the election for another three years. world rivals and allies and criticized him saying is a reckless gamble that could impact the war in ukraine, global diplomacy europe's economic stability. what happens next is up in the airport there are 577 seats in the national assembly for an absolute majority party needed 289 of them. if no party gets the majority that would mean a hung parliament final results are still being tallied as for who will lead the government, that could still be weeks of discussions ahead. bryan: will be following stephanie bennett thank you. still to come president biden switching things up and hitting the campaign trail hard today and

its leader, jordan bardella, said the left�*s electoral arrangement appeared to have thrown france into in total. marine le pen's national rally, who won the opening round, have 143 mp5, which puts them in third place behind president emmanuel macron's centrist alliance, called �*together�* who have 168 seats. france therefore will have a hung parliament. when he called the snap election, emmanuel macron call for a clarification from the french people and they have responded to that. we don't have a final figure on turnout, but it is around 67%, which is much greater than the 40% of that we saw a couple of years ago. this is the biggest turnout since 1997. that tells you how much importance for french people attached to it. joining me is the former spanish foreign minister, 19 of the university in france, and the head of political response at a company. can we bring together the top two stories we have been speaking about this hour? the attacks on ukraine and is what we have been seeing in the last few weeks. we have seen fixture or bank in moscow on friday, which the european union dis

jordan bardella said very clearly that people who have made unacceptable comments will be brought before the movements, conflicts commission and will most certainly be excluded from the movement. as others have been in the past. >> but i just want to know, will these people be exclude will they be style is so deja, they're running right now. now candidates, these names madam, forgive me. >> we have certain procedures. >> you've got an election in three days is because you're my neighbor, madame, forgive me. but that's not my vision of justice. we have statutes whereby people in this situation must be called before the conflicts committee and they will be there is a 21 day delay, but believe me, the jurisprudence of our commission is extremely tough. and we do not let this kind of language slide. >> final question. the fact that you're party did so well in the european elections and soda giorgia meloni's party. and so did afd. i mean, afd is, you know, a little bit like the former national front it's very scary how do you see europe changing what, what, how would it change europe? >> but

>> i would say jordan bardella was a guy you were talking about. he was certainly far right party and the guy who's sitting in this, what's behind me here is prime minister's office, gabriel tile it looks like he will probably stay on for a while, doesn't mean that it'll be there for ever because what happens is now the president has got to figure out who he should name as prime minister. and it has to be somebody and the cabinet that the prime minister named have to be people that will be acceptable to the various blocks in the parliament. and that's i really confusing task when you look at the kind of political strands that are represented now in the parliament. >> wow, fascinating. it continues to be a nail-biter. alright, jim, veteran in paris thank you so much. we'll check back with you. all right. let's talk more about the elections from another perspective. let's bring in former cbs, paris corresponds and then now, new york times foreign correspondent and cnn opinion contributor, david adelman, with so many titles. and then he's an author to

jordan bardella 28 year old with no experience of government could end up being the prime minister ofooking pretty daunting for, certain sections of the french population . and therefore there population. and therefore there is this massive call for what is called the republican front to try to effectively lock out the far right from power. and this comes from not only macron's coalition renaissance party, but also this new leftist coalition, the new popular front , calling the new popular front, calling for to be a bit savvy and to do deals at the next round of elections to try to keep the far right out, but also calling for demonstrations on the street to try and convince the moderates not to join in the surge of the far right. >> yes, miss ramdani , thank you >> yes, miss ramdani, thank you very much indeed forjoining me this evening. i think whatever happensin this evening. i think whatever happens in this election, it's not looking good for emmanuel macron . that much we can macron. that much we can conclude. well, let's go from france now to america, the supreme court has ruled

the far right's lead get a jordan bardella accused president macron are pushing the country into chaos so swap on, that's gmail ddb remote, the tonight by deliberately trying to paralyze our institutions. >> emmanuel macron has not simply pushed the country court uncertainty and instability he is deprived the french people of any response to their day-to-day difficulties for many months to come especially on mylar, is especially adviser to the ejecta law institute it's an independent think tank here in paris one thing for certain let's get to be deadlock in the french parliament and that comes out of macron's decision. >> call a snap election. well, he called this snap elections for he said clarification. but we end up with lots of confusion and it's gonna be a while before for the dust has settled and that we find the kind of coalition because to get this country governed, because the left is a disparate group of political parties who generally argue a lot. they finally came together, united around the fact they wanted the far right out. even melange on is saying there's this new unit

i think i think she well, because if you look at the things that marine le pen and jordan bardella andarie le pen before the seem right through that movement ever since it's been. >> hang on. i thought she got rid of her dad. >> well, her dad's not the leader of the party anymore because she ousted him. but but it's she she says and has said many of the same things that he said. like what, so i haven't got quotes memorised. >> well, how do you memorise it? they're racist. then if you can't remember what they said? >> well, because i remember that they've said racist things. i just haven't memorised the racist things. >> you can remember that they've said racist things, but you can't remember what the racist things they've said are. yeah, i think that's a bit weird. >> not not at all. not at all. no. >> okay, what was you going to say, danielle? >> i was gonna say this is partly this french thing. is partly this french thing. is partly about the far right, but it's also about the far left. i mean, the second biggest group, the second biggest winners in this election. that took place yes

prime minister who serves under him could end up being a 28 year old from the right wing named jordan bardellain the uk, the opposite move from conservative to liberal, as conservative prime minister rishi sunak's job definitely in jeopardy. the conservatives the tories have ruled britain for more than ten years. voters think it's time for a huge change, quite possibly for this guy. labor leader keir starmer. they go to the polls on thursday back here at home. we should get a decision from the supreme court today over presidential immunity, whether a sitting president can break laws. the rest of us have to follow. a 1981 supreme court decision found sitting presidents cannot be sued in civil court over official acts, while president. justice department policies say that sitting presidents can't be prosecuted for crimes they commit while president, but can after office. now, trump says they can't. special prosecutor jack smith brought that very question to the court, trying to get a decision on that as quickly as possible so that he could move forward with his prosecution of trump over his atte

the 28—year—old jordan bardella would form a government as the new prime minister for the national rallyot seem likely. what options does president macron have? he could form a minority government that would sort of passed legislation piece by piece, but that is a pretty unsatisfactory way of doing things. he could pull together a rainbow coalition, the socialists, the green, the centre to the right, if the numbers are there, but again, they do not share much in terms of agenda. and finally, he could come up agenda. and finally, he could come up as is suggested by some of the papers today, go the italian rate and put in a technocrat government. someone who is not from politics, any senior civil servants who could push through the legislative programme until next year, until they can hold a fresh assembly elections. but it all looks very messy from here. the big question, samantha, is where does that leave the president and the way people view him in france in the coming years? view him in france in the coming ears? ~ , . ~ view him in france in the coming ears? ~ , view him in france in

le pen's 28—year—old protege, jordan bardella, is aiming to be france's next prime minister.ties to form a united front to keep the rn out of power. will it work? it's going to be a struggle. many french are worried about their country's deep political polarisation. the road ahead will become clearer in a week's time when a second round of voting will determine france's future. there could be months of political deadlockjust as the country is preparing to host the olympic games. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. let's speak now to our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. hugh, what's the mood there today? well, this was definitely a victory for the national rally. increasing its share of the vote and seemingly on this never ending rise. but there is no guarantee that it will be able to achieve in the second round of the vote, which is next sunday what it wants, which is an absolute majority in parliament. a second round approaching now in which things could turn out rather differently. that is because in constituencies across the country, the national rally will be up again

jordan bardella. he's very popular, very good looking hollywood star like gavin always helps. definitely. especially in france. absolutely. and yeah, i think that they'll they'll they'll move ahead pretty well and they'll steer a safe course. i think at least he's 28 years old. >> that is pretty young isn't it. >> yeah. well you know, i mean, so is macron. so is attal. they all have a young crew of people there. and i think that marine is a pretty strong force. and she will lead them. but that's not to say that the french people won't go crazy. the metropolitans will go crazy. the rest of the people , i think, rest of the people, i think, will relax. the rest of europe will relax. the rest of europe will tremble and shudder and wait and want to see what happens next. because you are putting an extreme far right party which says it's not anymore in charge of the nation . anymore in charge of the nation. >> emmanuel macron has been told apparently not to campaign because he's so unpopular. had you heard that? >> yeah , absolutely. and you >> yeah, absolutely. and you know, his p

in the past few minutes, the national rally leader jordan bardella has been speaking and he was askedt was an early start for the new home secretary yvette cooper, walking alongside metropolitan police officers in lewisham. and with an overflowing in tray of how this government will fight crime, questions over labour's plans to try and solve a strained prison system are high on the list. we are going to have to deal with the legacy that we inherit. they have failed to build the prisons that we need, they have allowed the number of remand prisoners, people waiting for trial, to increase because of the chaos and the backlog in the criminal justice system. all of those things are going to need to be addressed and to be fixed. and with pressure mounting just days into the newjob, the former chief inspector of prisons says urgent action is needed. you have to reduce the prison population, if nothing else, to make room for dealing with people who are now in the courts' backlog. but if you release a large number of people, then there's the risk that some of them will reoffend, and where are