le pen was born in rural obscurity. soldier — fighting in the wars that hastened the end of france's colonial empire. in the 19705, he founded the extreme right national front. le pen could be thuggish, a brawler, quick to scrap with critics who saw him as a dangerous populist and racist. but it was his views about the past that provoked the most outrage. he defended france's wartime collaboration with the nazis, and he described the gas chambers and genocide of six millionjews as... a detail of history. even le pen�*s aides winced at that. i consider that it was a mistake, but it's absolutely ridiculous to reduce the work of such a statesman to this word. in the 1980s, le pen began inching closer to serious political power. it's a great victory for the french right. elected to the european parliament despite his opposition to european integration. and finally, in 2002, he shocked france by getting through to a second round run—off for the presidency itself. it was the peak of his career. hey, i'm ready to win. instead,

to his supporters, jean—marie le pen was a realist and a patriot. a racist provocateur. in 2002, campaigning against immigration and the european union, he won the biggest victory of his career, reaching the second round of the presidential elections.— round of the presidential elections. , . ., , round of the presidential elections. , ., ., , ., elections. yes, i am ready to win. if elections. yes, i am ready to win- if the — elections. yes, i am ready to win. if the french _ elections. yes, i am ready to win. if the french people - elections. yes, i am ready to l win. if the french people want to win also. win. if the french people want to win alm— to win also. the former paratrooper _ to win also. the former paratrooper was - to win also. the former l paratrooper was defeated to win also. the former - paratrooper was defeated in the final round of voting. but it felt like a victory. he bought his populist beliefs into mainstream french politics and many reeled in shock. he was born in brittany, the son of a fisherman. orphaned as a teenager, he s

jean—marie le pen, welcome to hardtalk.ave had 60 years in politics, and here you sit, suspended from the party that you created and at war. he chuckles yeah, and at war with your own daughter. how do you feel today? that's true, but i come back to this emotional feeling you must have, because whether it is temporary or not, you are, at the moment, not able to play a role in your party. but worse than that, you have this terrible fight with your own daughter. he chuckles well, you are smiling, and that interests me that you are smiling, because i wonder if you can tell me what went wrong in your relationship with marine. because, as recently as two years ago, when she was leader and you were cooperating with her, you said, "we are together. "we have one political access. "there is no problem between us." so what happened 7 what went wrong? but if i may say so, it strikes me that the fundamental problem between you and marine isn't ideology or politics. it's personal. to quote nonna mayer, who's a political expert at science

le pen was born in rural obscurity.t national front. le pen could be thuggish, a brawler, quick to scrap with critics who saw him as a dangerous populist and racist. but it was his views about the past that provoked the most outrage. he defended france's wartime collaboration with the nazis, and he described the gas chambers and genocide of 6 millionjews as... "un detail de l�*histoire de la guerre mondiale." a detail of history. even le pen's aides winced at that. i consider that it was a mistake, but it's absolutely ridiculous to reduce the work of such a statesman to these words. in the 1980s, le pen began inching closer to serious political power. it's a great victory for the french right. elected to the european parliament, despite his opposition to european integration. ca va bien. bonjour. enorme surprise, jean—marie le pen. and finally, in 2002, he shocked france by getting through to a second round run—off for the presidency itself. it was the peak of his career. i am ready to win. instead, le pen lost heavily.

the far—right french politician, jean—marie le pen, has died at the age of 96. in the us — because a significant few hours ahead, with the coffin bearing the former us president, jimmy carter, moving from georgia to washington, to lie in state in the capitol rotunda. let's take you live to atlanta now — where ceremonies are getting under way at the carter presidential center. we have seen some of the band is already arriving there. president carter has been lying in repose there since sunday where for member of the public have been paying their respects. he died last month, at the age of 100. today, his family will accompany the coffin as it travels to dobbins air base, in georgia, for his final journey to washington dc. our senior north america correspondent, gary o'donoghue, is at the us capitol in washington. the final journey will begin the finaljourney will begin in the next little while to washington. just talk me through how the rest of the day goes. through how the rest of the day noes. , through how the rest of the day oes. , u, ," ., " , goes. his cask

killed 12 people the attack began a spate of is the most militant attacks on the country. strongly le pen, the founder of the french par, right national front party, has died age 96 low pen who blended aggressive nationalism with populace prisma show the french political establishment when he unexpectedly reached the presidential run off in the rental boat against structure locked in 2002, he was succeeded as party chief by his daughter, marina penn, who has since run for the presidency 3 times and turned the party now granted, the national riley into one of france's main political parties. of more on this, i'm joined now by philip mount, a professor emeritus of political communication at the front of the institute of political studies in paris. like spring width is 1st of all, tell us a bit more about is on the pen. how would you describe his political legacy to well, i would say half joking this, he's probably gonna lose he's, he's still throwing away because i would say that he's made that even was a to a, to a run of the election. but afterwards, he gets a, i would say, having such an

the far—right french politician, jean—marie le pen, has died at the age of 96.

the veteran french far—right leaderjean—marie le pen has died — aged 96.t five people have died in a winter storm across the us — with seven states declaring an emergency. flood warnings are in force in more than a hundred parts of the uk — with a danger to life warning near one river in leicestershire. mcdonald's staff say they are still facing sexual abuse and harrassment — despite the company promising to clean up behaviour at its uk operations. hello i'm annita mcveigh. the late president will be going to lie in state in the rotunda. the public will be able to pay their respects. these pictures showing the military honour guard that had been keeping vigil. they have been keeping vigil. they have been six days of public ceremonies which will conclude on thursday with the funeral. let's speak to andrew feinberg — white house correspondent for the independent. thank you very much forjoining us today. once president carter's coffin arrives, what can we expect between that and the late president will be going to lie in state in the rotunda. the public will

marine le pen, head of the national rally, still has the upper hand unless francois bayrou manages toecure some sort of pact of nonaggression from the socialist party. that is what he is trying to do on the budget and that is what he is trying to do the pension reform. with it finance minister -- the new, we have someone who is considered quite close to the centerleft, even though we don't have details about the new budget. he was talking about a spirit of responsibility when he met with the parties last week. we know he wants to bring the deficit down to between 5%-5.5% of gdp for this year, which is a target that is lower than he -- then his predecessor. he wants to make about 50 billion euros of savings, which is also lower than the 60 billion euros michel barnier was talking about. we don't have many details on whether there will still be a surplus tax on the process deaf profits of the biggest companies. we will see discussions over the next few expect the bank of france last night -- weeks but the bank of france released a survey about political uncertainty weighing heavily on b

he was succeeded as party chief by his daughter at marie le pen who has since run for the presidency 3 times and turned the party now granted, the national riley into one of france's main political parties. i spoke earlier about this with philip mother, a professor emeritus and political communication at the phone from the institute of political studies in paris. he told me more about john lucas, the drama, the, the pens political legacy to well, i would say, i'm joking this. he's probably gonna lose he's, he's still throwing away because i would say that his main achievement was a to a, to uh, run of the election. but afterwards he gets, uh, i would say having such an extreme most be kind of speech that he couldn't get probably elected the need at any time. and he's the completely understood it. and she even expense him from his own thoughts you 10 years ago. exactly in august the 2015 and uh, because he even kept saying that may be the, the mexico of jews, injured, denver side of jews in germany. had been the incident of the 2nd good. well, he wouldn't commit to say that it was a g

and they'll just, they're clearly, le pen was an extremely controversial, so good divisive that has been called a big it as well as a bully. i mean, what is his lasting impact? i mean, can you just give us a sense of how he shaped francis political landscape that i think the most important thing is that, and that's a broader legacy, is that he legitimize the far right. not just in france for perhaps trip to europe, post world war 2. and it's aimed at always being from 1972 onwards. was to bring what was the end of national upfront, into french politics into parliament. and if you look at today, you, obviously it's been renamed around the national lots of, on the last long us and now the national riley. and there's been changes and we can talk about those changes. but if you look at today, it is the biggest political party in france, in the french parliament, and far by politics, right in europe are very much on the ascendancy that some of those, as was mentioned. some of the themes that some carried are perhaps the most important ones we have in politics today named me the question of im

he was succeeded as party chief by his daughter, marine le pen.'s turned the party, now branded the national rally, into one of the country's main political forces. a number of nhs trusts in england have declared critical incidents amid exceptionally high demands on emergency departments. one trust said it's seeing high numbers of older patients with respiratory problems, exacerbated by the cold weather. experts said this flu season is the straw that breaks the camel's back when it comes to urgent care. hampshire hospitals nhs foundation trust and university hospitals plymouth nhs trust both declared critical incidents this morning, followed by university hospitals birmingham nhs foundation trust this afternoon. meanwhile, the royal liverpool university hospital remains in critical incident following an announcement by nhs university hospitals of liverpool group yesterday evening. now it's understood the longest time one patient waited to be admitted to a ward at the hospital was 50 hours . and today is the 10th hours. and today is the 10th annive

and the far—right french politician — jean—marie le pen — has died at the age of 96.'s tibet region search for survivors of a powerful earthquake near mount everest — at least 126 people are dead and hundreds more injured. and the far—right french politician — jean—marie le pen — has died at the age of 96. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. let's start in the us — the coffin bearing the former us presidentjimmy carter is on its way from georgia to washington, to lie in state in the capitol rotunda. president carter has been lying in repose in georgia since sunday where members of the public have been paying their respects. he died last month, at the age of 100. the nearly six days of public ceremonies will conclude on thursday, with a funeral service at the washington national cathedral. asi as i say, these are the pictures from earlier. let me show you the live pictures at dobbins airbase, the pictures there, the plane ready there on there, the plane ready there on the tarmac to receive the casket and as i was saying, members of his family, his four children, amyjames, d

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the far—right french politician, jean—marie le pen, has died at the age of 96.rthquake hits china's tibet region, near mount everest — at least 126 people are dead and hundreds more injured. mcdonald's staff say they're still facing sexual abuse and harrassment — despite the company promising to clean up behaviour at its uk operations. let's start in the us — because a significant few hours ahead — with the coffin bearing the former us president, jimmy carter, moving from georgia to washington dc to lie in state in the capitol rotunda. since sunday, president carter has been lying in repose at the carter center, in atlanta, for the public to pay their respects. he died last month, at the age of 100. today his family will accompany the coffin as it travels to dobbins air base, in georgia, for his final journey to washington dc. the nearly six days of public ceremonies will conclude on thursday, with a funeral service at the washington national cathedral. let's speak to arthur milnes — a friend of president carter's — and an author of 98 reasons to thankjimmy cart