we will start with mr francois fillon, his flat has been raided, senior defections, is it toast for him gets much closer toast for him? it gets much closer to toast every day, there is a large rally that is planned for him just on the other side of a cent from the eiffel tower on sunday, and more and more people are saying no, we are not going to show up. it looks like it is curtains this time. let's go one to his challenger, and is emmanuel macron. pique today with a lot of policy suggestions, pique today, trying to say that he is a bit more substantive than a lot of people like giving him credit for. what do you think of the platform he has laid out? he has always been substantive din that he is a tough mandarin comedy runs as an independent outsider but he's nothing like that at all. he was the economy minister under francois hollande, before that he is the graduate of the most prestigious graduate of the most prestigious graduate school in france that shapes bosses and politicians and top mandarins. and a great deal of those proposals, they have been dusted up, and a bit of glitter

mr trump's claims that president obama ordered a wiretap on his election campaign office. leaders of the french centre—right republican party will meet today to try to resolve the crisis surrounding its presidential candidate, francois fillonmr fillon says he won't pull out of the race. german politicians have reacted angrily to comments by the turkish president, who accused germany of nazi practices after several towns cancelled political rallies involving turkish ministers. now for the latest financial news, with sally bundock and world business report. a european car colossus in the making. france's peugeot citroen is poised to buy general motors‘ european business, including the opel and vauxhall brands. china's premier cuts the economic

meet this monday to try to resolve the crisis surrounding the party's presidential candidate, francois fillon. mring allegations of financial irregularities, and insists he won't pull out of the race. this report from our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, contains flashing images. despite the temporary comfort of a crowd, francois fillon is an isolated man, his party no longer united behind him, his campaign director gone, his candidacy dismissed by some as a collective suicide mission. after weeks of pressure to step aside, mr fillon today turned the fire back on his party colleagues, telling them it was time to make up their mind. translation: i have examined my conscience, and to the men and women of my camp, i say it's your turn to examine your conscience. will you let the interests of factions and careers prevail over the greatness and coherence of a project that has the support of millions? he has lost political allies and campaign staff, but francois fillon has stayed defiant through it all. now, with party figures closing ranks against him, he has gathered his supporters for a last, d

and it's emerged police have searched the home of one of mr macron‘s rivals, francois fillon. osition in this election of being the only major candidate not facing possible criminal charges as our paris correspondent, lucy williamson reports. his stage may not be as glitzy as the oscars, but emmanuel macron knows how to play the star. never mind that critics describe his campaign as "blah blah land" — all talk, no real policies. today, this 39—year—old first—time candidate came armed with plenty of them. he has promised big tax cuts, spending cuts, and the sale of government stakes in some companies. but he has also promised 50 billion euros of investment, and help for those on low incomes. mr macron‘s supporters are largely young, urban professionals. so, one journalist asked, why does a former investment banker deserve the working—class vote? translation: i was born in a provincial town, and in a family that had nothing to do with the world of journalists or bankers. i climbed the ranks, it's with a lot of pride that i say i am the candidate of the working and the middle clas

mr trump's claims that president obama ordered a wiretap on his election campaign office. leaders of the french centre—right republican party will meet today to try to resolve the crisis surrounding its presidential candidate, francois fillonmr fillon says he won't pull out of the race. german politicians have reacted angrily to comments by the turkish president, who accused germany of nazi practices after several towns cancelled political rallies involving turkish ministers. now for the latest financial news, with sally bundock and world business report. a european car colossus in the making. france's peugeot citroen is poised to buy general motors‘ european business, including the opel and vauxhall brands. china's premier cuts the economic growth target for this year. we look at the risks to the world's second—largest economy. welcome to world business report, i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: deutsche bank plans to raise billions of euros in a share sale. details in a moment. general motors is set to announce a deal to sell opel and vauxhall to psa group, the french company that owns peugeot and citroen. both companies are hosting a press conference in paris later this morning. buying gm's loss—making european o

mrs. fillon's job. it emerged that francois fillon had also paid two of his adult children using state funds. >> from timeo time when i was a senator it so happened that i had to move -- hired to my children first -- two of my children for specific products. >> there is a hole in his story. they were just lost oodles in their early 20's when they were thousands of dollars of taxpayers money. the politician faced allegations of conflict of interest involving his consulting business. hiring one of of his parliamentary staffers to be part of his presidential campaign, a clear violation of french electoral rules. early on he was the clear favorite to win the french presidency, presenting himself as a clean-cut family oriented politician who would slash public spending. many of his campaign have abandoned ship. magistrates are preparing a formal investigation and will be questioning fillon and his wife. candidate isn holding on in the presidential race and tens of thousands of people came to support him at a rally in paris over the weekend. he said no one could force him to quit and the attack on his reputatio

claims, the head of the fbi dismisses claims barack obama ordered the bureau to tap mr trump's campaign phones. francois fillonntial race. his party meets today to discuss the crisis. and do you know your vlogs from your likes?

tonight it emerged police have searched the home of one of mr macron‘s rivals, francois fillon.l charges, as our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. may his stage may not be as glitzy as the oscars but emmanuel macron knows how to play the star. never mind that critics describe his campaign as blah blah land — all talk, no real policies. today this 39—year—old first—time candidate came armed with plenty of them. he‘s promised big tax cuts, spending cuts and the sale of government stakes in some companies but he‘s also promised 50 billion euros of investment and help for those on low incomes. mr macron‘s supporters are largely young, urban professionals. so, onejournalist asked — why does a former investment banker deserve the working—class vote? translation: i was born in a provincial town and in a family that had nothing to do with the world of journalists or bankers. i climbed the ranks. it‘s with a lot of pride that i say i am the candidate of the working and the middle classes and frankly when i compare my project with marine le pen‘s, she wants to withdraw from the

minister, alainjuppe, has rejected calls to step in as a centre—right candidate to replace francois fillon. mrng carried out in the uk at any one time and 13 potential attacks have been thwarted since 2013. councillors in cumbria are to decide whether to issue a new licence for the south lakes safari zoo where nearly 500 animals have died in four years. events are being held in the uk and belgium today to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the zeebrugge ferry disaster. one hundred and ninety—three people died when the passenger ferry capsized within minutes of setting sail for dover from belgium. the future of the arsenal forward alexis sanchez looks uncertain after it has emerged he was dropped after a row with his team—mates. arsene wenger claims the decision to leave him out was a tactical one. he took pa rt him out was a tactical one. he took part in training this morning ahead of their match against munich tomorrow. ian wright said he would leave the club. it's when you are united as a team. i'm not sure that money will keep and then at the moment because from what i've seen, if he's storm

the french centre—right have reasserted their support for republican presidential candidate, francois fillon. mressure after being told he was being subject to an embezzlement investigation. he denies the charges and has refused to step aside. our correspondent hugh schofield says mr fillon is not out of the woods yet. duejudicial affair is due judicial affair is still there. next week, he will go before a judge. it will be news. his opponents will continue to remind him that at the beginning of all this he said he cannot imagine any candidate remaining as a candidate if he is in this situation. an eerie is doing just that. and north korea's ambassador in kuala lumpur has arrived in beijing after being asked to leave malaysia in a diplomatic row. north korea says it will expel the malaysian ambassador to pyongyang in return. a deterioration in relations follows the assassination of kim jong—un‘s half—brother at kuala lumpur airport. let's take a look at some football news. chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the premier league with a 2—1victory at west ham united. star plays eden haza

french presidential candidate francois fillon has suffered another blow as his campaign manager quit late on friday. patrick stefanini is the latest senior figure to abandon mr in a scandal over payments to members of his family. francois fillon denies paying his wife and children for parliamentary work they never carried out. in the last few hours, he made a video appeal to the french people to support him and attend a rally on sunday in paris. sarah corker reports. he's been putting on a brave face, but more cracks are appearing in francois fillon‘s presidential campaign. the scandal of allegations he misused public funds to pay his wife and family members won't go away. heavyweight supporters are abandoning him. the latest defections — his spokesperson and campaign manager. but in an effort to fight back, mr fillon made this direct appeal to the french people. translation: i invite everyone to come next sunday at 3pm, with the calm and assured strength of those who respect our democratic institutions. you will make your voice heard. mr fillon has also lost the backing of the allied union of democrats and independents. many within his republican party are

the french centre—right have reasserted their support for republican presidential candidate, francois fillon. mrd intense pressure after being told he was being subject to an embezzlement investigation. he denies the charges and has refused to step aside. our correspondent, hugh schofield, says mr fillon is not out of the woods yet. and north korea's ambassador in kuala lumpur has arrived in beijing after being asked to leave malaysia in a diplomatic row. north korea says it will expel the malaysian ambassador to pyongyang in return. a deterioration in relations follows the assassination of kim jong un's half—brother at kuala lumpur airport. football news. chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the premier league with a 2—1 victory at west ham united. star players, eden hazard and diego costa, were both on the score sheet for the blues. chelsea now lead second place spurs by ten points. was a great victory. a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people, saying he was part of a "death squad" under the now president, rodrigo duterte. arturo lascanas

pressure continues to grow on french presidential candidate francois fillon. mrns that he paid his family out of public funds, for little or no work. 0ur correspondent hugh schofield is in paris. the latest twist is his rolling out of alainjuppe, he delivered the declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. clearly declaration this morning in quite a betterfashion. clearly he is declaration this morning in quite a better fashion. clearly he is very embittered and angry and he held francois fillon responsible for the mess the centre—right is in now in france. he said there was no way that he would stand as this alternative candidate and would not be the plan b. so now does that mean it is inevitable but francois fillon is the candidate and the party more or less has got to rally around him. well, maybe or maybe not because things are still going on, there are still negotiations behind closed doors. and the key figure is emerging, someone we all know, nicolas sarkozy, who also fancied himself as something of

mr fillon be replaced by his defeated rival, the former prime minister, alan juppe. this report by our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, contains flashing images. despite the temporary comfort of a crowd, francoisonger united behind him, his campaign director gone, his candidacy dismissed by some as a collective suicide mission. after weeks of pressure to step aside, mr fillon today turned the fire back on his party colleagues, telling them it was time to make up their mind. translation: i have examined my conscience, and to the men and women of my camp, i say it's your turn to examine your conscience. will you let the interests of factions and careers prevail over the greatness and coherence of a project that has the support of millions? he has lost political allies and campaign staff, but francois fillon has stayed defiant through it all. now, with party figures closing ranks against him, he has gathered his supporters for a last, desperate show of force. onstage beside him, his wife penelope. paying her as his assistant was a mistake, he says, but not illegal. translation: i'm convinced by fillon even more when i see people giving up and leaving the ship, when we actually need someone like h

francois fillon, the embattled centre—right candidate in france's presidential elections, says he won't quit amid allegations of corruption. mrs.

mr fillon will try to stabilise his campaign at a mass rally in paris on sunday. ben hennessy reports. under fire but defiant. francoiside paris. mr fillon enjoyed the backing of faithful supporters. but within the republican party, that support appears to be fading. translation: my friends, this campaign is a straight fight. you are courageous and they want to intimidate you. i am being attacked. but what they are looking for is to defeat the recovery of the nation. and the will for change that you represent. so i am asking you, do not abdicate, never renounce, your commitment must continue. facing allegations he used taxpayer money to pay his wife and family members for work they did not do, senior members of his campaign are heading to the exit. in the past few days his campaign manager and spokesperson quit. there are now calls for him to step aside. translation: we are in a countdown. it is the stopwatch or the detonator. this is likely to explode our politicalfamily and i do not want it. on monday, the republican party will meet to discuss his failing campaign. many believe the door could now be open for the ex—

mr fillon is withdrawn, i am standing. it is not like him and he has said several times he will not stand on us francois fillon resigns.hank you so much. police are investigating after a woman was abducted and raped by two men in front of a child. the woman was with a toddler when she and the child were forced into the back of a car by the men. she was taken for miles to where she was raped and dumped six hours later in another area. the police are investigating whether the attackers knew the victim. a british man has been killed at a ranch in northern kenya. the man has been named locally as tristan voorspuy. the man was a father of two and a british cavalry veteran who ran a safari company. the attack is one of a number of violent attacks in the area in recent weeks between local residents and armed cattle herders searching for grazing. a man and have been airlifted to from the brecon beacons. the pair who are believed to be in their 20s we re who are believed to be in their 20s were washed over the top of the waterfall went on trails. they were amongst a party of four. the rescue operation took four hours. the energ

the french presidential candidate francois fillon has suffered another setback after the small centrist party udi said it was suspending its support for his campaign. mris refusing to quit the race, despite now facing a formal investigation over alleged fraud. he denies any wrongdoing. greg dawson reports. the report contains some flash photography. it has become a staple in the calendar. the paris agricultural show. in france, winning the rural vote can be key to winning the rural vote can be key to winning office. but before francois fillon could sample the cheese he had to deal with the awkward announcement that he is under investigation. allegations that his wife was paid for years for work she did not do. he insists he is staying in the race. translation: i will leave it up to the french people because only the popular vote and not a one—sided procedure can decide who will be the next president. i will not give up. i will not with drawer. i will go on until the very end. but a ready political ally has suspended its support. the centralist udi party has suspended its support. the young centrist candidate, emmanuel macron, has never held office but

leaders from the main centre right party have backed francois fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election, despite his troubled campaign. mrf misusing public funds, but this evening his party colleagues "unanimously" renewed their support for his candidature, following a discussion about the allegations which have clouded the fillon campaign. here's our paris correspondent lucy williamson on how this could affect the presidential race. well, it probably will not make things any easier for marine le pen. she might have hoped to inherit some of his most loyal supporters if he we re of his most loyal supporters if he were forced to stand down. on the other hand, the party has quite a lot of work to do to drop back some of their most centrist voters who may have gone towards the manuel. that could be difficult. —— emmanuel. —— macron. it is still a gamble. they find themselves hemmed in with two problems. they're running out of time to confirm presidential candidate by the end of next week. and the other fundamental problem is that francois fillon simply would not go no matter how bad things got in the past few weeks. he simpl

mr trump's unsubstantiated accusation. the french presidential hopeful francois fillon has said no—one can force him to withdraw his candidacyor the presidency. he is under investigation over allegations he used public money to pay family members for work they didn't do. republican party leaders will meet on monday to decide the way forward. now on bbc news, it is time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. a setback for the government, as the lords gives the brexit bill its first defeat. peers demand guarantees for eu nationals in britain. these people are not bargaining chips. when we say take your children out of the schools, we would say to the elderly, please go away from our care homes. these amendments are at the wrong time n the wrong bill, on the wrong subject. peers make their mark in a week when a tv documentary discloses what life is really like in the house of lords. complete with its rather odd ceremonies. visitors from overseas go to watch the changing of the guard. people do like these quaintnesses. and if so, in whose interest is it to take them away? snappy dresser and long

right republican party have unanimously backed embattled presidential candidate francois fillon in next month's election. mr. fillon lost support after being told he faced full investigation for embezzlement. he denies the charges. earlier the former prime minister juppe ruled out stepping in to replace him. the u.s. supreme court has decided not to rule and a landmark case involving the bathroom rights of transgender students. the court referred the case of gavin grimm back to a lower court after the trump administration removed guidance that transgender students be allowed to use bathrooms aligned with a gender identity. a retired policeman in the philippines has to survive he killed nearly 200 people as part of a death squad set up by when he was arte city mayor. he told a senate hearing he initially lied because he feared for the lies of his loved ones. duterte's spokesman called his testimony cap are gated and acceptable. afrench car giant will buy general motors business including opel. it creates a new regional car trying to challenge market leader volkswagen, but there are fears about jobs in the u.

leaders from the main centre right party have backed francois fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election — despite his troubled campaign. mrs — but his party colleagues have unanimously renewed their support for his candidature — following a discussion about the allegations which have clouded the fillon campaign. here's our paris correspondent lucy williamson on how this could affect the presidential race. it probably won't make things any easierfor the marine le pen. she might have hoped to inherit some of francois fillon‘s most loyal supporters if he were forced to stand down but on the other hand, the party has a lot of work to do to draw back some of its most centrist voters who might have drifted towards emmanuel macron. that could be difficult. francois fillon is still under investigation and is still under investigation and is still something of a gamble. i think the party tonight found itself somewhat hemmed in between two major problems. the first is that they are simply running out of time. they have to conserve their presidential candidate by the end of next week and the other more fundamental problem is that fr

mr pelaw. there is a large rally that is planned for him —— francois fillon. on sunday more and more people are saying no, we're not going to show up and it looks like it is hurt and is this time. lets go onto his challenger, emmacron ye has tried to give the impression that he is more substantive than he is given credit for. emmanuel macron. is more substantive than he is given credit for. emmanuel macronlj is more substantive than he is given credit for. emmanuel macron. ithink he has aways been substantive in that he is a top mandarin comity i’u ns that he is a top mandarin comity runs as an outsider but he's nothing like that at all. he was the economy minister under francois hollande and before that he was a graduate, for the most prestigious school in france, the one that shapes the bosses and politicians and top mandarin is. the great deal of those proposals, are a bit of glitter has been thrown over them, classical proposals of the kind, of a system by which france has been administered. with a strong influence of the state and attempts to deregulate i

the french presidential candidate francois fillon has temporarily lost the support of the centrist udi party. mris now facing a formal investigation into allegations of fraud, and despite an earlier promise he would quit the race if that were to happen, he says he's going to carry on. this report from greg dawson contains some flash photography. it has become a staple in the french election calendar — the candidates, the cameras, and the cattle at the paris agricultural show. in france, winning the rural vote can be key to winning office. but before francois fillon could sample the cheese he had to deal with the awkward business of tellinbg the country he had to deal with the awkward business of telling the country a judge is placing him under investigation over a fake job scandal. it involves claims his wife was paid for years for work she did not do. the centre—right candidate insists he is staying in the race though. translation: i will leave it up to the french people because only the popular vote and not a one—sided procedure can decide who will be the next president. i will not give up. i

mr trump's unsubstantiated accusation. the french presidential hopeful, francois fillon has said no one can force him to withdraw his candidacy for the presidency. he's under investigation over allegations he used public money to pay family members for work they didn't do. republican party leaders will meet on monday to decide the way forward. now on bbc news, it's dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. the bumpy road towards brexit. is the united kingdom's only land border with the republic of ireland a potential flashpoint again? and donald trump says the us economy is booming, but what about those contacts with russia? my guests today are brian o'connell, who is an irish writer and broadcaster. stephanie baker of bloomberg news. eunice goes, who is a portuguese author and journalist. adam raphael who is a british political commentator. very good to see you. brexit first, and the house of lords is very exercised about eu residents in britain and trying to make sure they continue to be welcome here. is this a bit of humanitarian good sense or an attempt to throw a spanner in the works of the government's brex

mr fillon is withdrawn, i am standing. it is not like him and he has said several times he will not stand unless francois fillon resigns. a mixed bag across the uk for the second part of the weekend. take a look at this satellite sequence which shows scotland and northern ireland have the best of the sunny spells. a different story for imminentand the sunny spells. a different story for imminent and wales. persistent rain and south of that this club the cloud with lively shoppers. some sunshine in between but also quite a bit of rain. gusty wind to go with it. it is drafting ever eastward. some of the eastern counties will be dumped in the morning. another area of rain getting into the far south and west. scattered showers in the north and west which will take hold in scotland. more typically it is about three or 5 degrees on sunday or monday. quite chilly and quite wet. some of the rain fringing in to the south wales. the rain gets across to the isle of wight. it is pretty reasonable start to the day. a bit more cloud for the eastern counties and some outbreaks of rain. slide and patchy at this stage but rain nonethele

the centre—right candidate in the french presidential race, francois fillon, has suffered another setback. his campaign manager has quit. mrng for him to step aside. a former journalist, juan thompson, has been accused of making bomb threats gainstjewish centres and of cyber—stalking his ex—girlfriend. it's lso alleged thompson sent threats to a jewish school in michigan, thejewish history museum in new york and a community center in manhattan.

francois fillon, once the front—runner, is lagging behind on 19%. in the scenario that former prime minister alain juppe replaced mr front party accused of misusing eu funds. it is mr fillon's campaign, though, that's struggling. he strongly denies the "fake jobs for family" claims and fights on. let's get an update on the weather now. if you have plans for the evening, that are taking you out and about, you'll need to keep an eye open for the weather. some areas more than others perhaps. that's going to be the way of it across northern parts of scotland. showers are slow moving and heavy across northern ireland, coming into the south—west of scotland. they've always been there 01’ scotland. they've always been there or there abouts across wales and the south—west. late on in the night, these will die away, own to be replaced by new cloud, wind and rain coming in from the atlantic. that more northerly feature creeping up towards the shetland isles. a cool start to sunday and windy across the south—western quarter. 60mph, some of the gusts. the band of weather moving northwards. blustery showers following on behind.

francois fillion. the news comes as supporters of mr fillon gather for a rally in central paris. being seen as a crucial test of his popularity following allegations about his wife's working arrangements. this is the scene, live in paris. there are a lot of people, but he needs a lot of people to back up his faltering election campaign. let's go to our paris correspondence. you we re go to our paris correspondence. you were saying earlier, he'd needed 30,000 or so. 45, 50,000 was the figure put out that his team would like to see. i would estimate, that is nowhere near that. probably ten, 15, 20,000 at most. people coming out of the metro openings and moving towards their so maybe it will get up. buti towards their so maybe it will get up. but i don't see it as one of those monster meetings where you sense that politics hinges and is changed by a popular expression of feeling. a lot of people, mainly piracy, bourgeois, right—wing voting types, also a they have turned out because they voted for him in the primary and they expect the republican party to stick by him. but the pictur

francois fillon. >> the real serial killer for french spending powers is mrs.e pen with her plans to exit the euro and restore the franc. that would spark runaway inflation. it would have no positive increase on spending power. you are dragging this country towards real economic and social chaos. the french need know it. >> that was francois fillon the center right candidate. coming into this, the pressure was on mr. macron as the leading mainstream candidate. everyone suggested he faced the most punches, he seemed to deflect them sufficiently. the polls that came out saw him gain slightly. he got up to 26.5%. he will pen slipped to 25%. he now has a lead. he's the center-left independent, mr. macron. basically came out unscathed. >> the euro shot up, which is sort of what i looked at first. >> euro recovered late yesterday afternoon. >> clearly economics are front and center with such a plan to take france out of the euro. second biggest euro member. that would be massively difficult, i think, to propose. this is different than the uk leaving, the uk is not pa

leaders from the main centre—right party have backed francois fillon as their candidate in next month's presidential election, despite his troubled campaign. mrt this evening his party colleagues "unanimously" renewed their support for his candidature, following a discussion about the allegations which have clouded the fillon campaign. our alec ross bonded in paris told us our alec ross bonded in paris told us what others might affect the other candidates. it probably won't make things easier for rent at them. she properly hoping to inherit some of his supporters if he stood down. on the other hand, the party has worked to do two drawbacks of a centrist voters who might have drifted towards emmanuel macron. and that could be difficult. precisely long is under investigation. he is still something of an make a gamble. but the party has problems. the first problem is they do not have time. they need to confirm their canada by next week. the second is that mr fillon would sibley nocco. no matter how bad things got, it is simply said he would not stand down. that has somewhat forced the party's hand. that is something that he repeated and i before

the centre—right candidate in the french presidential race, francois fillon, has suffered another setback. his campaign manager has quit. mrlon has already dismissed allegations that he misued public money to employ his wife. many within his republican party are calling for him to step aside. a former journalist, juan thompson, has been accused of making bomb threats gainstjewish centres and of cyber—stalking his ex—girlfriend. it's lso alleged thompson sent threats to a jewish school in michigan, thejewish history museum in new york and a community center in manhattan. now on bbc news: click. this week: smoking streets, burning fruit and keeping our cool as we go live in virtual reality. we are about to put a whole new spin on the world of mobiles. we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona devoted to phones, tablets and all things mobile. although, if we look a bit distract the it is because we are preparing for a rather audacious experiment. it is not that we are not interested in the floating displays, flash cars, smart shoes all robot drones, it is just that we are about to bash out something a lot more complica

the french centre—right presidential candidate, francois fillon, has suffered another blow — with the resignation of his campaign director. mrnd two of his children were paid more than one million euros for parliamentary work which was never carried out. sarah corker reports. he has been putting on a brave face but more cracks are appearing in his presidential campaign. the scandal over allegations he misused public funds to pay his wife and family members and won't go away. heavyweight supporters are abandoning him. his latest defections, spokesman and campaign manager. but, in an effort to fight back, he made this direct appeal to the french people. translation: i invite everyone to come next sunday at 3pm with a calm and assured strength. those who respect our democratic institutions. you will make your voice heard. he has also lost the backing of the allied union of democrats. many in his party are calling for him to step aside. translation: we are in a countdown, it's either the stop watch all the detonator. it is likely to explode our political family and i detonator. it is likely to explode our politicalfamily and i d

francois fillon, the centre—right leader campaigned as mr clean but now faces charges of corruption.ight what he calls a political assassination. he now doesn't have the issue just a penelopegate but of the lovely suit he was given. i suppose you would call it suitgate — 13,000 he was given. i suppose you would call it suitgate —13,000 each, so they must have been fantastic, but they must have been fantastic, but they were given to him. why is he not dropping out? it isa not dropping out? it is a good question. there are plenty in his own party asking the same question. they spared him the walk of shame today. the media expects him —— expected him to appear tomorrow, but he nipped in today. he said he would stand down if he was formally charged, but he has said he is not going to do that because it is a left—wing conspiracy and the investigating magistrates are left—leaning. if you look at the polls, i was going to say that he doesn't look to have much of a chance, running third in all the polls, but he is only four points behind, then today we get another story about mr macron, who

with his center-right rival francois fillon under investigation for embezzlement, the presidency could come down to a choice between mrcron and marine le pen, between globalization and protectionism, the new political divide. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. palmyra, same as the agent ruins has changed hands several times during the conflict. they managed to retake the city -- december.unding sweden has announced it will inntroduce military -- response to global security challenges including the threat from russia. sweden suspended the policies seven years ago. but military action in the alt. area has increased. to all on wall street today traders welcomed the first of trading for snapshot. shares of the photo sharing from came sprinting out of the gate. dave lee joins us with more from san francisco. snapshot closed with more than $30 a share. why are investors so desperate to get a piece of the action? dave: well, i think they say it is a potential huge network along the lines of facebook. the moment snapchat is not close to making any money but the potential for it to be a money making machine is in the air. there

with his centre—right rival francois fillon under investigation for embezzlement, this presidency could come down to a choice between mrvide. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the king of saudi arabia, salman bin abdulaziz al saud, is on a visit to indonesia for the first time in 47 years, and the president of the country has ta ken the unusual step of video—logging parts of their lunch meeting online. christine franciska has this report. video blogging is quite easy. you just hold your phone like this, and record your daily life. it is popular among young people, especially on youtube. not many leaders try this kind of approach, but indonesia'sjoko widodo is a big fan. although most of the world will remember last week's oscar ceremony for the confusion after the best picture was announced, for many a highlight was a young man who took to the red carpet for the first time. the co—star in lion, a little boy who goes missing in india. he played the boy as a child, dev patel plays him as an adult. he is back home in mumbai and we have been to see him there. are you ok? i had another family. what happened ? are you ok? i

french presidential candidate francois fillon has suffered further setbacks to his political campaign, with a political ally freezeing theur support. it follows the revelation that mr fillon is facing a formal investigation over a fake job scandal involving his wife. he denies any wrongdoing. representatives from a number of countries are preparing to meet in belgium to raise funds for women's health services providing information about abortion that face the withdrawal of us funding now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. snapped up! investors scramble for snapchat, in the biggest tech flotation since twitter. but is the app a cash cow orjust a craze? plus, coming up on netflix — the boss tells us his plans for the internet tv giant as it heads towards 100 million users. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme: up up and away — the us markets blast through previous record highs, the global rally is continuing in asia. details in a moment. we start on wall street where investors are gearing up for what could be the biggest and certainly the most hyped technology flotation since twitter in back 2013

with his centre—right rival francois fillon under investigation for embezzlement, this presidency could come down to a choice between mrw political divide. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: lest we forget — marking 100 years of the uk's imperial war museum. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds before the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. but i