manuel michael went his 2nd term, s french president, the incumbent comfortably ben's off a strong challenge from his bar. right? opponent marine le pen. but he wins with less support that his 1st time running and u. s. secretary of state and defense arrived from keith for talk to ukrainian president low to mid lensky. head of the visits lensky delivers a defiant orthodox easter message. he tells his people to turn their rage against russia into a force to defeat evil. ah, i may look rough welcome to the program. amanew macklin has been re elected to a 2nd 5 year term as president of france. a con seized a convincing victory over his far right. opponent, where we le pen in the runoff election. this is the 2nd time my phone has defeated le pen. the 1st was in 2017. but the gap between the 2 candidates this time was narrower than last time, suggesting a more divided electorate a grin not often seen on the french leader sunday's votes. so emin, wilma claw in high spirits after he won 5 more years in office. the 1st french president in 20 years to be re elected. but as he claimed to victory, he

and francis voting in the 1st round of its presidential election. polls put president manuel michael head, but show the far right challenge marine la pen is closing the gap. it watching dw news coming up next. a documentary mysterious illness examines a serious your logical condition. and of course, remember you can always get the latest news on our website, delta u dot com. i'll be back with the latest news at the top of the hour in the meantime for me and the team. thanks for watching. imagine how many portion of lunch are thrown out in the world. climate trade can be very often stores. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much we can really do we still have time to work. i'm doing all with what 1st ah.

i find that shocking, i must say, will be saga formulas, missouri sir manuel michael. first of all, i am happy that a modern my call one. when you ultimately from what i gather from here for the french, it was a choice between 2 evils. also from a european perspective, and i'm sorry, it's very positive. but for the french, the social candidate would definitely also have been a good option. mm hm. which unfortunately, roger did not materialize for the french increments which on the quickness it only is political correspondent, nina hossa has been following this story very closely for us. and she told me how german officials are reacting to the french results, where the sigh of relief here and berlin was palpable on sunday night. my calls victory is definitely seen here as a clear commitment to europe by friends, voters. so german chancellor will afterwards congratulate it straight away on sunday evening, and he said that he was the 1st foreign head of government to congratulate him on when my company on the phone. so it said that germany and france will continue working

benzo says moscow will provide evidence to the security council on tuesday. french president de manuel michael says they're all very clear signs of war. crimes have been committed in just responded back. spelling several russian diplomats. he used foreign policy chief says the block is working on additional sanctions. now the chinese city of shanghai will remain locked down as all foreigners reviewed the results of a drive to test all 26000000 residents for coping 19 a 2 stage locked down become last week to combat the latest wave. but authorities have come under fire for separating coban positive children from their parents and sending them to quarantined facilities. agent brown has more on that from hong kong . i think the chinese government is it missing that this policy is in existence. and the fact that it is suggests to me that this figure is not in cynical single digits. it's probably a lot higher than that. this has caused, you know, a lot of our knees for parents in shanghai. remember shang, i has one of the biggest international communities in china. so this is worrying also for fore

on marina pan has been campaigning, sushi ahead of the run off warning against the manuel michaels policies, which she claimed have brought caught social destruction. if our right leader says the president has failed to protect frowns from inflation and the rising cost of living, mom is your cold shoe. i'm counting on old french voters. i'm counting on their lucidity. i'm counting on their intelligence. i'm counting on their ability to realize that we cannot continue for another 5 years grant in this situation, 5 years in which emanuel mac crone, if he were re elected, would feel totally free to go through with the policy of self destruction that he started during his 1st term through the loss of our country, sovereignty for the benefit of a few and to the detriment of the majority. when will natasha butler reports now from the northern town of dina emmanuel macros critics often call him the president of the rich. so it's not by chance at the centrist incumbent chose dinner, one of france's poorest towns to begin his campaign for the 2nd round of the presidential election. in this part of n

and opponent sovereign, manuel micron took to the streets to show their discontent. ah, emanuel michael was greeted like a rock star in front of cheering crowds at the eiffel tower on sunday night in paris. but even he had to admit that his wing wasn't because people necessarily supported his policies. but because they had been trying to block marine le pen b, it between our countries full of so many doubts, so many divisions. so we will need to be strong, but no one will be left behind. it will be up to us to work together to achieve unity. i'm not the candidate of one camp anymore, but the president of all of us. a manual mike on talked about uniting france about healing those divisions. and it's not the 1st time that he has made such a promise. but even in the hours after his re election, it was clear that those divisions still persist. over the last 2 weeks, we've seen protests by students by other factions of the heart lacked all unhappy that once again, it was this choice between macklin and le pen this election. and as those results came in, protests erupted in cities across the

manuel. my call is facing a strong challenge from the far right. a leader marine la, penn, emmanuel and michael, casting his ballot alongside his wife and fellow citizens, frankly pro europe centrist leader, hopes to become the 1st president to be reelected in 20 years. they are 12 candidates, but michael's fiercest challenger is that by rights mary lou pen, she has managed to close the gap in the last month to just a few points behind my call in the polls. the soaring cost of living and the warring ukraine had turned a seemingly easy victory for my call into a tight race. the conflict is on the minds of many voters, digital phony and my new and my cause, the only candidate who has the statue of a president when and we saw this with the ukraine war. i don't see any other candidate who could face putin, but many in france also criticized the president, saying he hasn't done enough to help people cope with inflation budgeted poor it's purchasing power because we're seeing that with the rise and gas prices more and more french people are having difficulty getting through the month to more bearing

presidential election on sunday incumbent manuel mccall and his challenger, marine le pen, have made their final pitch to voters for many or unhappy with vote candid ah a michael. ok. it's nice to have you with us. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. president vladimir zalinski said, ukraine's neighbour. moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans history up, which is a break away pro russian region which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine, southeast region, seen here in blue. now the deputy commander of russia's so military district says it's forces, want to push westwards. on friday, the official told state media quote, control over the shaft of ukraine is another way to trans nice drea. where there is also evidence that the russian speaking population is being oppressed. presidency. lensky focused on the commander's comments in his nightly address. short, thick kinky. well, this only confirms what i have said many times the russian invasion of ukraine was intended only as a starter. they then want to capture other countries. of course, we will defen

presidential race hoshal, current leader manuel mccaul faced his off against for right challenger marine le pen. both contenders are tip to go through to the 2nd round. ah. a michael ok. welcome. ukrainian president of a lot him is the lensky says, a russian missile attack on a train station in eastern ukraine that killed at least 50 people, amounts to war crimes. the president is demanding more weapons and a tough global response. french and german leaders have condemned the attack and the white house is called it a horrific atrocity. scenes of tawny and destruction. in easton, ukraine streets littered with smouldering debris and the bodies of dozens killed. the governor of don't ask said at least 5 children are among the dead. after several rockets hit chrome, a talk station on friday. edward it speaking to the finish parliament, president vladimir lensky, condemned russia. if a striking clear civilian targets they hit yeah, but little foolish. i will start with what happened this morning when you write russian forces hit the train station in our city of cremmit, ask an ordinary train station with ordinary people channels. in general, there were no military pers

michael ok. we begin in france, where voters were casting their ballots in a tightly contested presidential election run off opinion polls suggest pro europe manuel. my call is on course for another 5 year term in the eliza palace. but his far right opponent marine le pen has mounted a strong challenge. victory for her could shake the foundations of european unity. ah, it's election day and francis bracing for the lip pen, my call show down the stakes. a huge lip pen. what become modern frances 1st far right leader and 1st fema president. oh, my call would be the 1st french president to win re election in 2 decades. much will depend on how many people will show up to vote in a country that's deeply divided. was received, thought several abeline monsieur macklin. i'm not a fan of my call, but i think it's the only democratic option on the vehicle. we have seen how they have restricted our freedoms these last years, especially during the pandemic. i'm not sure people are aware of this, but i think unfortunately, we will continue on this path if my call as we elected to the gentleman that exceeded to it's the supporters of left wing candidate jaundr