karin giannone is in paris for us. thanks, chris. france will be waking up with an ever more familiar feeling after what appears to be another terror attack in their country. it happened a couple of 100 metres behind the arc de triomphe which you can see that, at the top of champs—elysees. frontal than the full throes of the final tv debate of the presidential campaign and the candidates were live on tv when this took place just after nine p.m.. candidates were live on tv when this took placejust after nine p.m.. as -- it is took placejust after nine p.m.. as —— it is devoted the attention away from politics and once again to the security situation in france. i will show you what the sequence of events was. reports suggest the gunman was known to the intelligence services and police have been searching his home in the eastern suburbs of paris. the extremist group, the so—called islamic state, is saying it was behind the shooting, and has named the attacker as a belgian, abu yousif. it is just days before the french vote in the first

i'm karin giannone, live in paris, with our special coverage of the french presidential election. the centrist emmanuel macron wins through to the run—off in two weeks. he said a page had clearly turned in french politics. inflation macro would become the president of all the people of france, the president of the patriot in the face of the threat and the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front, who described the first round result as "historic." translation: the time has come to get rid of all of the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'm sally bundock in london. the other main headline — venezuela's president calls for talks with the opposition to solve the political crisis, and he wants the vatican to help. welcome to the programme and good morning from paris. so, now we know in two weeks, the french people, in their presidential election, will have a straight choice. the run off will be between emmanuel macron and the far—right national front candidate marine le p

karin giannone there with that look at how the french presidential election system works.fter sunday's referendum. a slight majority voted in favour of new powers for the country's head of state, a campaign spearheaded by president erdogan. 0ur correspondent ben james reports from istanbul. cancel the referendum, the message at the heart of this protest in istanbul's besiktas restrict. those here are against a new powers for tu rkey‘s here are against a new powers for turkey's president. afraid of transforming this role from symbolic head of state to executive leader. but sunday's count left the no campaigners on the losing side... just. these people feel they were cheated out of the result they wanted, they say they didn't get the media exposure the no campaign deserved, they complain some of their leaders were in jail and the a cce pta nce their leaders were in jail and the acceptance of unstamped ballot papers made a crucial difference to the result. now they're working out what to do to challenge the official outcome. a relatively small street protest is one thing. 0pp

much more coverage from karin giannone in paris to come. goodbye for now. hello there.ss the uk introducing colder conditions. so, through the week ahead, a chance of seeing wintry showers. gardeners, take note, also some frosty nights over the next few nights too. we are already seeing colder conditions moving in across scotland with sleet and snow showers, mostly over the high ground, but some wintry precipitation getting down to lower levels. further south across the uk, we've got quite a lot of cloud. a few outbreaks of rain. but still into the milder air. looking at the weather for monday morning. 8am. largely dry in southern counties. some sunshine in the south coast towards london. so, a relatively fine start to the day. heading our way further north, one or two patchy showers coming out of the cloud and the bulk of england and wales. heavy rain in northern england and northern ireland first thing as well. that is the weather front going south. but to the north of that, sunshine and wintry showers blowing in on that brisk northerly wind across scotland. it will b

i'm karin giannone with more reaction to that first round presidential election result.k's referendum and remaining in the eu, and also the us presidential race had quite a rap because of failing to protect those events with the lack of donald trump and brexit, generally. but let's talk to a french pollster. ijoined by jean—phillipe. but you got this right before the commended? yes. we saw that emmanuel macron and marine le pen were about 30%. and francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon at around 19%. so it was a relief to see our polls are right. what surprised you? see our polls are right. what surprised you ? was see our polls are right. what surprised you? was a sunny about the turnout that you are perhaps not expecting? yes. this was a surprise because we expected it to be lower. because of the campaign that was imbued with scandals. that turns collectors away from the election. but the electors did

i'm karin giannone in paris, a city in shockjust days before the first round of france's presidentialttack might mean for sunday's vote. hello.

my colleague karin giannone is also in paris and is assessing the mood of voters ahead of sunday's voteday is the day political silence, politicians have gone quiet and it isa politicians have gone quiet and it is a chance for them to catch their breath after months of relentless campaigning. it is a normal seen on this street market in paris. an affluent this street market in paris. an afflu e nt area this street market in paris. an affluent area of the capital. the background is anything but normal, front is under a state of emergency and there was a terror attack on thursday night which left a policeman dead. how much is all that weighing on voters minds as they prepared to cast their ballots tomorrow? translation: the attack hasn't changed anything for me. we have already taken it into account. it's more of the same. translation: i have had the same idea about voting since childhood, same as my parents, we have never changed. i'm absolutely certain. everyone is voting. translation: even if you are not that enthusiastic about any one candidate, you have to go and vote. it is your dut

there is of course much more on our website the bbc‘s karin giannone is also in paris and has been assessingood of voters ahead of the vote. today is the day of political silence, the campaigning's over and politicians have gone quiet and it is a chance for the frenchg to catch their breath after months of relentless campaigning. it is a normal scene on this street market in paris. an affluent area of the capital. but the background to all this is anything but normal, france is under a state of emergency and then there was the terror attack on thursday night which left a policeman dead just a couple of miles from here. so how much is all that weighing on voters‘ minds as they prepar to cast their ballots tomorrow? translation: the attack hasn't changed anything for me. we'd already taken it into account. there have already been quite a few offence like this. it's just more of the same. translation: i've had the same idea about voting since childhood, same as my parents, we have never changed. i'm absolutely certain. all the kids are voting, everyone is voting. vive la france! translation: ev

karin giannone is in paris for us.nce, also some of the candidates themselves in the few minutes. one of them, the far right national front leader, marine le pen, in her home district. she has been in the ballot box already today. doubles have been openjust over three hours. as also be centre—right candidates, centre candidates, sorry. he has also made his way to the polling station. other candidates will be doing so in the forthcoming hours. 47 million french people eligible to vote today. the turnout is going to be very important in a very tight race. this first report from james reynolds. no—one wants to miss a single second of the big moment. these people are running, not for a vote, but for a football match. 0n the eve of the election, paris st—germain played a home game. it was a final test of the capital's security before the polls opened. these supporters, french voters, have made it through months of campaigning. translation: the campaign was very long, and it was contaminated by all that's happened. translati

karin giannone is in paris for us. game of street football taking place around us, with some local children. it is anything but tents outside this particular polling station. almost 900 and cross of the french capital. we have been talking to a steady strea m we have been talking to a steady stream of voters who have been coming along. they are turning out in defiance of the ongoing state of emergency and the security threat that everyone knows is all around them. people getting on, at least once we have been speaking to. not just the ordinary folk of france, also some of the candidates themselves in the few minutes. one of them, the far right national front leader, marine le pen, in her home district. she has been in the ballot box already today. doubles have been open just over three hours. as also be centre—right candidates, centre candidates, sorry. he is in —— he has also made his way to the polling station. add a candidates will be doing so in the forthcoming hours. 47 million french people eligible to vote today

karin giannone is spending the day in paris for us.arly 900 polling stations across the french capital. they have been open for several hours now. there has been a steady flow of people, and normal life is going on around the polling station. children playing in the street, dogs being walked, people going out for lunch. the atmosphere isn't normal in the sense that the security presence has been ramped up even higher. france's underan ramped up even higher. france's under an ongoing state of emergency and this weekend, 50,000 extra police and 7000 extra army personnel are on the streets. they are an intermittent site here around the polling station. gavin lee has this report on the day so far. sunrise in paris this morning, but will wait until after sunset to know the result of the most unpredictable and closely fought election in modern times. 0ne closely fought election in modern times. one of the front runners, marine le pen, casting her vote. a few miles along the coast, her biggest rival, and at 39, the youngest candidate, the cen

my colleague karin giannone spoke to professor. he said the result was a big political upset.yesterday with the elimination of the candidates of the two traditional main parties. it isa it is a fascinating time to be here. how great and people is. it is absolutely massive if you look the last six decades. we will know more about the parliamentary elections in june, whether the traditional parties can save some of their deputies, particularly the right, i think they have hopes of saving deputies and whether macron what have parliamentary majority for his package. what are your thoughts on why the french people have opted for these two candidates to go through to the second round? there was a school of thought that wondered if brad france had turned to someone with experience, someone with authority, particularly after the terrorist attack on thursday evening? he did not turn out that way. i think there are different reasons. the left... those fissures came to the service during this election campaign, much to the disadvantaged. on the right, he was about far short of qualifying

karin giannone is in paris for us.y market getting on the way and the boulevard but the background to this is anything but normal. the background to the whole election itself. 50 , 000 background to the whole election itself. 50,000 security personnel deployed across france to reassure people that it is safe to come out and vote in the first round of sunday's presidential election. 0n everyone‘s main tier, which the security right to the top of the political agenda, the attack on thursday night which left one policeman dead on the champs—elysees just a couple of miles from where we are. this report... the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. armed police have been eight common sight in the street since the 2015 shootings in paris. 50,000 of them have been deployed across the country. the french are also used to the presence of soldiers patrolling their cities. when the campaign started many in france believed it would be defined by terrorism and security. it turned out to voters have so

karin giannone is in paris for us. good afternoon. part way through the first day.e capital's 900 or so polling stations. there are 47 million french people eligible to vote today. the security presence across the country is huge, 50,000 extra police officers, 7,000 extra army personnel. just before you came to us, we had a patrol of four army soldiers walking past with machine guns, right behind us. that is the way things are working today. there are patrolled by police and military around the polling stations across france. 66,000 polling stations to keep secure because of the atmosphere, because of thursday night's attack on the shamsi lycee and because of the ongoing state of emergency. “— and because of the ongoing state of emergency. —— on the sean scillies april. whether that attack, whether the state of emergency will put people off coming out to vote. there isa people off coming out to vote. there is a very normal atmospheric despite the intermittent security presence. there is a really normal atmosphere, people walking past enjoying a normal sunday. childr

i'm karin giannone, live in paris, with our special coverage of the french presidential election. clearly turned in french politics. inflation macro would become the president of all the people of france, the president of the patriot in the face of the threat and the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front, who described the first round result as "historic." translation: the time has come to get rid of all of the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population

the bbc‘s karin giannone is in paris. karin, how big a role will security have in tomorrow's vote?ew days have changed things a little. what did the like in france? welcome to a scene of parisi and normality. a marketjust a stones throw from notre dame. people are really just a stones throw from notre dame. people are reallyjust getting on with their normal saturday. it is a day of political silence. they aren't allowed to be hearing any m essa 9 es aren't allowed to be hearing any messages from politicians. that might bea messages from politicians. that might be a relief after months of political batwing. as you mentioned the terrible events of thursday mean police are patrolling all the time. people are wondering what affects that will have on political intentions, the choices people make in the ballot boxes, but also whether the french will be put off from turning out to vote because of security fears and turnout is so important in this election because the top four candidates are really neck and neck. let'sjust the top four candidates are really neck and neck. let's just give y

i'm karin giannone live in paris. a historic moment for french politics — a rejection of the mainstream parties that have governed for over six decades in the first round of the presidential election political newcomer and former banker emmanuel macron will face far—right leader marine le pen in the run—off on may 7th. i won to become the president of all the people of france, the president of the patriots, in the face of the threat from the nationalists. at the time has come to get rid of all of the error people who want to dictate to the people what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'mjoanna gosling...in other news: parties hit the campaign trail — jeremy corbyn attempts to claw back support for labour in scotland and paul nuttall will spell out ukip‘s key pledges shortly in london. a man has been arrested over the death of an ex—royal navy officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. this could've happened to absolutely anybody. you hear a noise downstairs, you go

i'm karin giannone live in paris. of the patriots, in the face of the threat from the nationalists. at the time has come to get rid of all of the error people who want to dictate to the people what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'mjoanna gosling...in other news:

we can now speak to the bbc‘s karin giannone, who is in paris for us this morning. good morning.olitical parties in france that have dominated the scene for more than 50 years have been wiped off the map in the first round of the presidential election. i have two guests. a warm welcome to both of you. how much of a shock to the landscape is this? less of a shock than you think. for the first time in several years, pollsters got it absolutely right. the likelihood is that macron will be elected will be a continuation of the previous government where he was a minister. fewer surprises. marine le pen is doing extremely well. the socialist party is dead, which is an interesting thing in itself. there isa interesting thing in itself. there is a resilient force in france for a very corbynised left—wing. the biggest surprise is probably that the isn't a surprise. you heard anne elizabeth saying it will be emmanuel macron who wins this. you disagree? of macron who wins this. you disagree? of cost. that is why we have campaigned. ithink of cost. that is why we have campaigned. i think tha