le figaro gives a harsh critique of the new leader's achievements so far, stating that "no legislationrtance can be credited to the new president". the frankfurter allgemeine reports on angela merkel‘s warning that brexit won't be easy. the german chancellor clarified on thursday that she considers the uk withdrawal from the union as "a capital mistake". bike sharing is booming in china and, according to the south china morning post, the two big rival companies launching bike share schemes have had a boost to their start—ups thanks to pre—existing customer data bases. according to a study by the national cancer centre japan, some cancer drugs are less effective in elderly patients. the japan times reports that the findings could lead to a shift in patient treatment plans. and, finally, britain's publishing industry had a record breaking year in 2016, while sales of e—books fell 3%. according to gulf news, the stats show a reverse in reading trends because of screen fatigue. screen fatigue? too many screens! with me is ken odeluga, market analyst at city index. welcome. good to have you

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"terrorism strikes again in the heart of paris" reads the headline of le figaro.olling the champs—elysees boulevard, one police officer was killed and two others were injured by a gun man believed to be carrying a kalashnikov. the irish times also shows the ongoing security operation at the champs—elysees, reporting that so—called islamic state had claimed responsibility for the attack. the shooting of a police officer comes just days before the french go the polls to vote in the first round of france's presidential elections, the independent asks whether voters will be left with the choice of two extreme candiadates, leader of the national front marine le pen on the far right orjean—luc melenchon of la france insoumise from the far left. joining us is andrew tuck who's editor of monocle, a global news and business magazine. cafes, a website and a radio station as well. this story does dominate all of the front pages, le figaro was quick to get on it. you would imagine they would have been quick to get on the election. yes, all the newspapers seem to get on the el

we show you a picture here of le figaro. uls emmanuel macron and marine le pen, the two front runners from sunday's first round of voting. the elimination, the paper says, of francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon is a historic defeat. going to the uk's financial times, it reports that the victory has set the scene for two fraught weeks of election campaigning between the far right leader and the independent centrist. this as they com plete independent centrist. this as they complete their race for the presidency on major seven. we will try to show you that in a minute. —— may seventh. the south china morning post says french expats cast their votes in sunday's "nail—biting" first round. it says that according to the french consulate there are more than 8,000 eligible voters living in hong kong and macau. just one more paper to bring you. this is the international addition of the new york times. each is an image of soldiers near a polling station on sunday in paris. —— it showers. —— shows. the paper says the election is one

le figaro looks ahead to the first round of france's presidential election this coming sunday where marinen and her centrist rival, emmanuel macron, are running neck and neck in opinion polls. miss le pen, has said she would suspend all immigration to the country if she is elected president. the independent report on budget airline easyjet, which has apologised to a couple who were thrown off an overbooked flight. the airline has asked for any other passengers who feel they have been misled by staff to get in touch. the times looks at social media giant facebook, which is accused of hypocrisy after it was found to be promoting sham advertisements despite promises to tackle fake news. and finally, the guardian financial pages say hundreds of billions of pounds could leapfrog a generation, passing straight from grandparents to their grandchildren, as families battle to counter the unequal spread of wealth. sounds like bad news for me. joining us is paul charles who's ceo at the pc agency. nice to see! good morning. starting with a bbc interview thatjohn isner what has just done in with a bbc

it's the first day of official campaigning in the french presidential election — le figaro says a surveyuts leftist candidate jean—luc melenchon ahead of francois fillon and up to third place. the financial section of the guardian reports on beermaker brewdog getting an injection of cash from a us private equity group, a decade after the beerfirm was founded in a family garage. i love success stories like that! apple was founded in a barrage, wasn't it? —— courage. could free food be scrapped on british airways? the airline's chairman says the company may widen out its policy of ending complementary food on short haul flights to long haul flights. you don't even get snacks now on a long haulflight. you don't even get snacks now on a long haul flight. no you don't even get snacks now on a long haulflight. no chocolate is no — how do you keep going? joining us is henry bonsu, broadcaster and international conference host. the last time me and henry — we brea kfast the last time me and henry — we breakfast in the uk but probably not where you are now but the last time me and henry did break

police accompanying them, and the shadow of terrorism hanging over the first round of the election on le figaroapers. and le monde with a picture after the shooting on thursday night. the selection was already so unpredictable and so unusual. but it has become even more so. thanks very much. looking forward to hearing from you later. and there'll be live coverage of the results of the first round of voting in the french presidential election. that's tomorrow at 6:30pm, in france decides here on bbc news. and there's full coverage on our website, and via the mobile app. the conservatives are attempting to play down speculation that they will raise taxes if they win the general election. yesterday, the chancellor, phillip hammond, hinted that the government might abandon the pledge made at the last election not to raise income tax, national insurance or vat. labour and the liberal democrats were quick to jump on what they saw as a change of policy, warning that tax rises lie ahead. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, reports. the american revolutionary, benjamin franklin, said that two grea

le figaro looks ahead to the first round of france's presidential election this coming sunday where marinepolls. miss le pen, has said she would suspend all immigration to the country if she is elected president. the independent report on budget airline easyjet, which has apologised to a couple who were thrown off an overbooked flight. the airline has asked for any other passengers who feel they have been misled by staff to get in touch. the times looks at social media giant facebook, which is accused of hypocrisy after it was found to be promoting sham advertisements despite promises to tackle fake news. and finally, the guardian financial pages say hundreds of billions of pounds could leapfrog a generation, passing straight

it's the first day of official campaigning in the french presidential election — le figaro says a surveyead of francois fillon and up to third place. the financial section of the guardian reports on beermaker brewdog getting an injection of cash from a us private equity group, a decade after the beerfirm was founded in a family garage. i love success stories like that!

there are some stories around the french paper, le figaro about his first 100"chaotic" days.say credit where credit is due. business and consumer confidence in the us is up from trump and so has the stock market, it has rallied, isn't that the trump effect? i think you're right, when trump was elected, there was a lot of positive optimism from the markets about what he might deliver. the evidence for the first hundred daysis the evidence for the first hundred days is a bit mixed. napoleon said bring me lucky generals and i think trump was lucky because a lot of the good news was already baked in. the improvement in the american economy was already there and he has written on the coat—tails of that. the two issues for me, really, delivery, can he get through the measures he wants through congress? we saw the tax reforms this week. it's going to be hard. frankly, they were very sketchy and how is he going to pay for them? how will he persuade congress that is the right thing to do? secondly, his flip—flopping, changing his mind. and after this we, the north american free trade

very interesting survey today, and i'm not big on data journalism, but this was interesting, in le figaroheir mind since the start of the year. usually, everyone knows about this election and everyone has made the mind up a year go, but 60% of the electorate has been changing its mind. they had no idea. that's as a result of good choices on both the right and the left. it's interesting that they are really, for once, a genuine rainbow spectrum. you can see why people would ship with the left. -- shift. my own view is it's far too close to call, it's all within the margin of error for those top few. i think we had better live in fear and terror. we have seen worse happening too often, we've seen the unexpected brexit vote, the appalling trump vote so let's imagine the worst and thank our lucky stars if it doesn't happen. for you, the worse with villa marine —— le pen. well, mellor shone too. you're already jumping to the second round. we don't have time for that! what it tells us about the state of french politics, and i right in saying that in no previous election, if this comes to pass o

only the right ring, le figaro has a balanced photograph on the front page of the two front-runners.ed underneath saying the right is k.o.'d. of course, it refers to the traditional center ground right. as you said, mike, the reaction, the euro, the banks seeing the most, surging up 10%. not so much about the fear that you mentioned earlier about jean-luc melenchon getting in. but just that belief that we won't have le pen until government threatening france's place in the eurozone. >> yeah, it would have been a difficult scenario for the market if it was le pen and melenchon finishing as the two candidates. wilfred, thank you. >>> coming up, we get you ready for the trading day ahead. france, quick data. tom lee joins us from fundstrat global advisers. stocks up more than 200 points. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov >>> u.s. stock futures

le figaro, the shadow of terrorism hanging over the first round of voting. ndidates‘ posters on the police presence. it really sums things up. le monde, one of the main newspapers, the campaign struck by terrorism. although it seems like a normal scene in paris, the day before the first round of the presidential elections, security is very much on people‘s minds. thanks very much. no candidate with an absolute majority. —— if there is no candidate with an absolute majority, it will go to a second round. us vice—president mike pence says a us naval strike group will arrive in waters near north korea in a matter of days. there had been confusion earlier this week over whether the uss carl vinson was heading into the sea of japan or not. however in a press conference with the australian prime minister, mr pence said the us wanted to show north korea it had the resources to secure the region. all options are on the table. let me assure you, the united states will continue to work closely with australia, our other allies in the region and with china to bring econo