lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.et north korea's leader, under the right circumstances. mr trump made the comments amid escalating tension between pyongyang and washington. the white house said north korea's provocative behaviour would need to be ratcheted down immediately, before any meeting was considered. social media companies have been accused of a disgraceful failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist propaganda and hate speech online. the commons home affairs select committee says the firms are putting more effort into protecting their profits, than keeping people safe. google, facebook and twitter have previously defended their approach to online safety. richard galpin reports. propaganda videos from extremists. hate speech. sexualised images of children. all should be removed much more rapidly from social media sites, according to today's report. the home affairs committee took evidence from the tech giants facebook, twitter, and google, which owns youtube. they have billions of users around the world, and

lucy williamson reports now on the man chosen to be france's new head of state, and asks what kind ofy to be. and asks what kind of president he's he's the choice of a country desperate for change, neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. part of the french establishment yet a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so, who is emmanuel macron? in the outgoing government. to his supporters he is their emmanuel, their political messiah, a provincial boy from outside the establishment who worked his way to power. the establishment who he's a new man to politics. the establishment who he's trying to find new solutions. the establishment who he is a new face, he is our hope. the establishment who but he went to france's most prestigious schools, met its most powerful people and made millions in an investment bank. and made millions in a former colleague says that macron‘s rise is partly down to charm but that at heart, he is a secretive man. he is able to tell people what they really want to hear. so a very seducive man and he manages to

from paris, lucy williamson reports. lucy: despite the sweltering weather, the meeting had a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the 2 leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small, grim smiles. two hours later, after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia backed different groups in the syrian conflict. mr. macron said that while france does not want to destabilize the syrian state, there are red line that must not be crossed. president macron: i stress again in my meeting with president putin our firm rejection. there is a very clear line that exists on our part, the use of chemical weapons by whoever it may be. the use of chemical weapons is the object of immediate retaliation on the part of the french. lucy: the 2 were divided over the situation in ukraine, with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis. president putin: the sanctions against russia are not helping to find

lucy williamson has this report from paris. lucy: the second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all arrivals, marine le pen is calling on voters to unite against someone else, or liberal opponent, emmanuel macron. pen: the enemy of the french people is still the world of finance, but now it has a name, it has a face from it has a party, it wants to be elected, and it is called emmanuel macron. lucy: her campaign has become ever software, a woman of the people, a mother, and protector of what she calls the front. >> the french are being fooled less and less. they are fed up taking orders from people who have always deceived them. the barrier now is against emmanuel macron and all he represents. that is the future. lucy: for decades, the national front has influenced french politics from the margins. now marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu could but many voters still fear that she would unravel fran

lucy williamson reports.e, neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so, who is emmanuel macron? to his supporters he is their emmanuel, their political messiah, a provincial boy from outside the establishment who worked his way to power. he's a new man to politics. he's trying to find new solutions. —— he's trying to find new solutions. he is a new face, he is our hope. but he went to france's most prestigious schools, met its most powerful people and made millions in an investment bank. a former colleague says that macron‘s rise is partly down to charm but that at heart, he is a secretive man. he is able to tell people what they really want to hear. so a very seducive man and he manages to agree with nearly anyone. that is a talent. macron‘s wife, brigitte, told one journalist that her husband never let people close. the couple met when she taught him drama at school. their unusual love affair is a sign, says one of

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.is historical election result, we go like to paris and speak to our correspondent there, thomas fessy. we know that he isa there, thomas fessy. we know that he is a new, and the youngest ever french leader. lots of expectations, here. yes. exactly. it is a historic vote in several ways. as you said, the youngest ever elected president in the history of the french fifth republic. but it is also the first time that a candidate who is not from one of the main right or left parties is elected in office. now, emmanuel macron has promised to break down the lines between the traditional right and left me and this is what has happened with the vote. but it is also a vote in which it was the lowest turnout in decades. nearly one third of voters decided to abstain or spoiled their ballots. that gives you a picture of how divided the country is. it is a historic high for the french far right. marine le pen's party certainly hopes to become a main opposition force. remember that the french will vo

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. well, earlier i spoke to our correspondent thomas fessy in paris.macron will need the support of the traditional political parties in parliament. exactly. that will be his first real challenge. he will need to try and secure a parliamentary majority in parliament next month's election. without this majority, it will be extremely hard for him to pass any of the reforms that he has promised in his manifesto and for which he has been elected. make no mistake, this is not a vote of confidence we have seen tonight, the nature of french politics is such that both centre—right and centre—left voters have united to defeat and to stop marine le pen from taking power and emmanuel macron needs to take that into account when it comes to the elections next month. you were reporting from the le pen camp. what was the mood down there? she sounded defiant that her brand of politics were part of the mainstream now. exactly. there was a clear disappointment amongst the supporters. they were also celebrating some kind of victory. the fact that she gained a vote of nea

from paris, lucy williamson. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small, grim smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. mr macron said while france didn't want to destabilise the syrian state, there are red lines that must not be crossed. translation: i stressed again in my meeting with president putin ourfirm objection. there's a very clear line that exists on our part and that's the use of chemical weapons by whoever it may be. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of immediate retaliation on the part of the french. the two leaders are also divided on the situation in ukraine, with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis. translation: the sanctions against russia aren't helping

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. defiant and look forward to the upcoming parliamentary elections. translation: political parties who have chosen to vote for the man u macron no longer provide a credible opposition. the first round showed that there was total decomposition of the normal political french life, and that second round is a recomposition round between patriots and globalists. —— emmanuel macron no. that is what will be shown to be french in the legislative elections. ibe at french in the legislative elections. i be at the head of the battle to try and have a wider number of people who want to choose france, and protect what it represents. let's talk now about will happen in the coming weeks and months. some time between tuesday, and no later than saturday, the government of the sitting president, francois hollande, will resign. by monday the 15th, emmanuel macron will be sworn in as president of france at the elysee palace — at the moment there's no precise date for this. but it won't be clear until next

our paris correspondent lucy williamson profiles the man chosen to be france's new head of state.country desperate for change, a politician who's neither left nor right, part of the french establishment yet never before elected. a fresh face who served in the outgoing government. so who is emmanuel macron? to his supporters, he is their emmanuel, their political messiah, a provincial boy from outside the establishment who worked his way to power. he's a new man to politics. he's trying to find new solutions. he is a new face, he is our hope. but he went to france's most prestigious schools, met its most powerful people and made millions in an investment bank. a former colleague says that macron‘s rise is partly down to charm but that at heart, he is a secretive man. he is able to tell people what they really want to hear. so a very seducive man and he manages to agree with nearly anyone. that is a talent. macron‘s wife, brigitte, told one journalist that her husband never let people close. the couple met when she taught him drama at school. their unusual love affair is a sign, say

from paris, lucy williamson has more.weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to fans, they greeted each other with handshakes. two hours later after their first meeting, their mood was if anything even cooler. france and russia have backed a different groups in the syrian conflict, emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state, there were red line that must not be crossed. translation: i stressed again in my meeting with vladimir putin are objective. there is a clear red line that exists on our part and that is the use of chemical weapons by he by p. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of retaliation on the pa rt be the object of retaliation on the part of the french. the leaders are divided over the situation in ukraine with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis. translation: the sanctions against russia are not helping to find a solution to the crisis in ukraine. we must fight to

from paris, lucy williamson reports.pite these well during weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small, grim smile is. two hours later after their first meeting, the smile is. two hours later after theirfirst meeting, the mood smile is. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was smile is. two hours later after theirfirst meeting, the mood was if anything even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. mr macron said while france didn't want to destabilise the syrian state, there are red lines that must not be crossed. translation: are red lines that must not be crossed. translationzli are red lines that must not be crossed. translation: i stressed again in my meeting with president putin our firm objection. again in my meeting with president putin ourfirm objection. there's again in my meeting with president putin our firm objection. there's a v

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. days' time what the french decide to do with their election. we have passed the 100 day mark of the trump presidency but it's clear he will keep the world and the us very busy — which is why we are extending this programme. in the last couple of hours alone, donald trump has broken global diplomatic norms by saying he would meet with the north korean leader kim jong un. that may worry america's allies — japan has just sent its biggest war ship to protect a us navy supply vessel — an historic first for tokyo. the bbc‘s wingfield hayes reports. the izumo is the pride of the japanese navy. the biggest warship the country has built since world war ii. today's departure is hugely symbolic. the izumo will escort and protect this us navy supply ship and will respond with force if it comes under attack. forjapan‘s military this is another big step away from pacifism. just across the sea of japan satellite photos show north korea is preparing for another underground nuclear test. speaking on s

our correspondent, lucy williamson, is in paris. second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far—right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all her rivals, marine le pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent emmanuel macron. at a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. for decades, the front national has influenced french politics from the margins. now marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. but many voters still fear that she would unravel france's democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. by the river seine today, emmanuel macron honoured a moroccan man killed by far right supporters two decades ago, a reminder of the controversi

our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports.nch elections has been the graveyard of far—right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all her rivals, marine le pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent. translation: the enemy of the french people all is still the world of finance, but now it has a name, it has a face, it has a party. it wants to be elected, and it is called emmanuel macron. her image in the campaign has become softer, a mother and a woman of the people. translation: the french are being fooled less and less. they're fed up of taking orders from people who have always deceived them. at a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. for decades, the front national has influenced french politics from the margins. now marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. but many voters still fear that she would unravel france

while emmanuel macron said the future of europe is at stake in this election. 0ur correspondent lucy williamsonound of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all her rivals, marine le pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent emmanuel macron. at a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. for decades, the front national has influenced french politics from the margins. now marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. but many voters still fear that she would unravel france's democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. by the river seine today, emmanuel macron honoured a moroccan man killed by far right supporters two decades ago, a reminder of the controversial histor

both candidates used campaign events to launch attacks on each other. 0ur correspondent lucy williamsonround of french elections has been the graveyard of far—right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all her rivals, marine le pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent, emmanuel macron. translation: the enemy of the french people is still the world of finance. but now it has a name, it has a face, it has a party. it wants to be elected, and it's called emmanuel macron. her image in the campaign has become softer, a mother and a woman of the people. translation: the french are being fooled less and less. they're fed up of taking orders from people who have always deceived them. for decades, the front national has influenced french politics from the margins. now, marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. but many voters still fear that she would unravel france's democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. by the river seine today, emmanuel

she in turn accused him of being soft on terrorism, as our correspondent lucy williamson reports.manuel macron's thing. but when you might be the next president of france, your supporters have to get used to them. and so the european flags that mark his rallies were waved today from behind rows of fencing. france, he said, needed to end divisions, of its people, its land, and its social classes. translation: we've seen that society in the uk, where the middle—class implodes. and that was the moment that britain decided to withdraw from the world stage. momentum is building behind emmanuel macron but this fight has been getting ever more personal. with just one more day of campaigning left, the end of france's extraordinary presidential race is in sight. 2a hours after a bitter debate with marine le pen, mr macron is still seen as the firm favourite. some of his voters say they are not choosing him, so much as blocking the far right. two thirds of the country's far left supporters may not vote for him at all. if marine le pen wins, it will be a of course. if emmanuel macron wins, w

be back in five years' time, probably with a very different result. 0ur paris correspondent, lucy williamsonthe challenges ahead for mr macron? he's in an unusual position, because he will have to create a government pretty much from scratch. his on marsh movement is a year old, and he doesn't have much experience. so he will have to create a fairly complex government, with a mix of right and left, and who we will need a prime minister who can hold that together. he has someone in mind, but he is going to have to do well in next month's elections. en marche is to knew at the moment, that they are fielding candidates to try to get a strong coalition, is not a majority. thank you. and underlining the challenges ahead, just six days to go before mr macron is installed officially at the elysee palace as president. that's all from us. in the meantime, back to george. police in liverpool say a two—year—old girl who was attacked by dogs has had surgery for "extensive injuries to her head and body". the little girl was at her aunt's house when the dogs got into the back garden. officers have arreste

from paris, lucy williamson reports.weltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they were red lines that must not be crossed. i stress in my meeting with president putin are firm rejection there is a clear red line that exist on our part, the use of chemical weapons by whoever it may be. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of immediate retaliation on the part of the french. the two leaders are also divided over the situation in ukraine with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis the sanctions against russia are not helping to find a solution to ukraine. we must fight to

she in turn accused him of being soft on terrorism as our correspondent, lucy williamson, reports.ou might be the next president of france, your supporters have to get used to them. and so the european flags that mark his rallies were waved today from behind rows of fencing. france, he said, needed to end divisions, of its people, its land, and its social classes. we've seen that society in the uk, where the middle—class implodes. and that was the moment that britain decided to withdraw from the world stage. momentum is building behind emmanuel macron but this fight has been getting ever more personal. with just one more day of campaigning left, the end of france's extraordinary presidential race is in sight. 2a hours after a bitter debate with marine le pen, mr macron is still seen as the firm favourite. some of his voters say they are not choosing him, so much as blocking the far right. two thirds of the country's far left supporters may not vote for him at all. if marine le pen wins, it will be a of course. if emmanuel macron wins, what will be the consequence? in five years, ma

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.in paris, and i asked him how it is presidency might affect france's relations with the rest of the world. the main challenge for him will be to shape things because he was not many‘s first choice, many prefer the regular candidates. but he will need a strong relationship with britain. that is interesting, because we knew that there was a very public showing of harmony between marine le pen and vladimir putin. —— is strong relationship with vladimir putin. how did he go forward with that? he isa how did he go forward with that? he is a candidate. we have stayed interests and he is the head of state. he cannot ignore russia. whatever good thing with vladimir putin, what ever with his support for marine le pen, is likely the president and try to stand with vladimir putin and also to maintain the so—called normandie format, which tries to find an agreement between russia, ukraine, with germany, regarding the ukrainian crisis. pascal boniface, they are, from the institute of international

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.in as president of france at the elysee palace, a grand affair. at the moment there is no precise date for that. it won't be clear until next month how easy or how hard it will be for mr macron to push through his agenda because as we've been discussing, in earlyjune the 1st round of elections to the lower house of the french parliament ta kes pla ce lower house of the french parliament takes place and a week later it is the second and final round. a government reshuffle is likely and believe me, it gets tactical, doesn't it, when we get to the second round of the french election. it doesn't follow that he's going to get a parliamentary majority. we try not to give him this majority because i think this will be very disastrous in a way that it will be an adventure. when you look at the economic project of macron, sometimes he is right, sometimes he is left, how is he going to have compliance between those positions? i don't know. we need a strong republican opposition so that we bring