unlike previous national assemblies where i think it was a change in the national assembly shortly after the presidential vote said it seems like we are stuck with a lot less than we perhaps are expecting in terms of the new administration and we have a weak president and divided government and stagnant national assembly, and not much chance of really breaking that unless somehow disappearing to join the government or join the conservatives or i guess he was more on the democratic party in the past but the likelihood of that kind of development coming forward in order to break through what seems to be the formula for stagnation and no progress. >> i think moon have a lower number than five years ago but it was a totally different race. that race was two people, two candidates and now you have five with different strengths but i don't think you can really compare the numbers to if he had a lower number of initiatives he has less widespread support because it was just a very different race. obviously korea is divided, so you have the south south divide or the ideological divide the generat

previous national assemblies and presidents, there was a change in the national assembly shortly after the presidential vote. like we are stuck with a lot less than we were perhaps expecting in terms of the new administration. a weak president and a divided government or a stagnant national assembly and not much chance of really breaking that unless they join the conservatives. he was more with the democratic party in the past. what is the likelihood of the can of development coming forward in order to break through what seems to be a formula for stagnation and no progress at all? >> on pure numbers, moon had a different number this year, lower than five years ago, but it was a completely different race. now you have five different strengths. really think you can compare the numbers to if he had a lower number, it shows he has less widespread support. it was just a very different race. obviously korea is divided. this south divide or ideological divide, this generational divide , there are a lot of schisms in society that he will now try to unite in order to rule, but a scott pointed o

who will now be put up for national assembly hearings and there will be a vote. but also, you know, the main support from the people's party, the smaller progressive party, is really from that province. so i think that moon is already essentially making a kind of bid for support that is also designed to build a -- some kind of working consensus that will allow him to move forward if nothing else, he'll have -- in fact he exhibited stronger support from that province during the election campaign. he's now provided a kind of reward to the province, and a potential lever to be able to at least insure that he has a working coalition and the possibility of gaining majority support. it doesn't yet mean i think, that he can quite reach that 60% threshold. they're very close. i'm not sure the exact numbers. but i think they would need to win a few bye elecs in order to be able to overcome that level. >> i'll give you the last. >> there's a gentleman behind you. >> sorry. thanks. nicholas, is there anything that president moon can learn from other world leaders of countri

with the national assembly is very simple. under hugo chavez they are supposed to have elections this year. and then to be a presidential recall. to follow your own laws. and that is ignored so i have been very pleased to cv -- nations, one of the most uplifting experience is to see mexico or argentina or others will approve our columbia and to build a humanitarian crisis to help that transition. what that means is to help the people in venezuela to be successful after an election or a transition and by the way that is what i wanted. i perimeter did not to be any other way but that is wiper it. but even if that letter of poor those challenges they face are extraordinary and of those and not confronted government will create further problems so as soon as we are allowed to provide that to have that to help the allies in the region it already faces significant challenges with all the other challenges faced by the cartel's in the area they have decided to pull out with migratory pressure. so we offer that bill to authorize the mo

the president is of venezuela is to create a new national assembly made up of citizens.liament. it has been another day of violent clashes. it has become a familiar sight. running battles through the streets, protesters versus police. hand—held catapults versus teargas canisters. this marked a month of deadly protests in venezuela after the courts tried to strengthen the president's grip on power. 0ver the courts tried to strengthen the president's grip on power. over the last four weeks nearly 30 people have been killed in clashes. addressing the rival pro—government march, president maduro delivered his new idea. translation: today i announce by using my presidential powers i summon the constitutional powers i summon the constitutional power so powers i summon the constitutional power so that the working classes and the people organise a national assembly. his plan would be to create a new body to circumvent the country's opposition controlled national assembly. he says he will defeat what he calls the fascist coup threatening his country. the response from his opponen

in a room in the national assembly, defectors from north korea urged voters not to choose mr moon.centre—left government will allow more contact with north korea, making it easier for north more contact with north korea, making it easierfor north korean assassins to come south to target them. he isn't president yet and he may slip up at the last, but if he wins, a softer policy on north korea is on the way. the hardline didn't change kim jong—un. would be the way. the hardline didn't change kimjong—un. would be nice be any different? steve will guide us through election day and through the results when they come in. i want to quickly mention, we have sport in ten minutes time, one thing we will talk about is the premier league, chelsea are facing middlesbrough. i have had are facing middlesbrough. i have had a look at what is happening at sta mford a look at what is happening at stamford bridge, it is fed as a middlesbrough‘s time in the premier league is limited in the extreme, u nless league is limited in the extreme, unless there is a minor miracle, middlesbrough are going down.

macron;s movement doesn't have any representatives in the national assembly. le pen only has two representatives in the wrench assembly. so i think it will be different. what macron will have to do is bring together elements of the socialist party and potentially also the far left communist party whose current leader has not endorsed macron and whose representatives may not support him in the national assembly either. he will also have to bring on the central right, the republicans, if he wants to have a real majority coalition. he will have to reach across various aisles in france to try to build some force for his political agenda if he is still up to it. we are talking to alina polyakova. good morning. caller: good morning. this show.l, i love it is very informative, and to get right to the point, i decided a long time ago i wanted to create a government that was people who want a global representation of their views and who wants to run for mysident would go to website, which is top 10 new laws.com and learn about the 10 laws i want to pass and run for pres

you have a national assembly elected by the people of columbia despite rapid fraud against them that has basically been canceled. imagine that the president said i'm cutting off funding, i don't care what laws you pass we won't put them into place. we won't pay you any salary. you don't have money for ink pens, paper, anything and we just ignore the national assembly and any law you pass. that's the state the state of affairs. then imagine if they say by the way were kicking out independent news outlet and the one that remains a get my friend tobias of a report my side of the story. then invite a foreign power like cuba to take over your passport operation and the like because you don't trust your own people to do it because you don't think they will oppress their own people. that's the situation we face. the demand of the opposition in venezuela, we say the oppositio opposition, they're the majority in the national assembly. under the constitution put in place, they are supposed to have elections this year. hold the election. under the constitution that you gather signatures there's

to recognize national assembly. there is no way the regime can get elected to anyone. all we ask is with the elections we follow. [applause] it is important to isolate countries that refuse to work a stretch of the to tackle these challenges and it is critical that from this building with the united states for policy in this -- we fight democracy in this region throughout the world that they are reflective of believe to be robustly engaged to rescue the inter-american charter and to make clear to the partners they are expected to speak out in brazil, colombia, peru, with the neighbors are violating their rights. it is critical to reassure our allies but for far too long meany to build on the deep ties of canada, mexico canada, mexico, colombia from brazil and peru and argentina and in particular canada can play a key role of prosperity and democracy in the region with partners with great potential to expand their impeachment within so that is wagging back to it with that -- expand their engagement when thin -- engagement within. i believe we need to develop new to disc

in essence, they ruled that the national assembly no longer had legislative authority. the protests were so massive, even within the government that they had to backtrack from that ruling. but here's what's interesting. this is a recent opinion piece written by francisco toroo in "the washington post." it said it best. here's the headline. beware of mikhail marino. the hatchet man. he is a former intelligence agent, was tried and convicted of murder in 1987, though the corroborating documents from the court system are no longer available. he spent just two years in jail before being released. he was then immediately complicated in a second -- implicated in a second killing in 1989. he was a loyalist of hugo chavez and became a judge in the early 2000's. his career hit a snag. when he was removed from the bench for a grave error after removing two murder suspects against orders. the government handed him a new job as a diplomat. after a few years out of sight he was appointed supreme court justice in 2014 and in 2017 moreno not once but twice a killer was appointed the c

he was widely credited with bringing stability to the national assembly after it was created in 1999 colleagues have singled out his ability to communicate with people of all backgrounds in a political career that spanned four decades. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has this report. rhodri morgan strove throughout his career for wales with the establishment of the national assembly, his vision was realised and among the many tributes paid today, he's been described as the father of welsh devolution. he was first minister for almost a decade but wasn't tony blair's choice as labour leader in wales. he took over following the resignation of his predecessor, alan michael, and is widely credited with having brought stability to the fledgling institution which had a turbulent start. he was the person who took the assembly from being something that was still not hugely supported, not widely supported by the people of wales, not anything like supported as it is now to being an institution people understand and is very much a part of the lives of the people in wales. this is too much. le

emmanuel macron seems rather confident about his prospects of getting the national assembly full enoughugh reforms. what do you rate with his chasers? —— what do you rate his chances? it is not a straight forward matter of party politics. we are talking about voting blocs. and not to get too technical, but he will need 290 seats in the national assembly, and a recent opinion polls gives him between 240 and 286 at the moment. and there is no doubt that a lot of mps from different political persuasions will be drawn to him. in the end, an mp wants power, and they will not be sitting there waiting for the next socialist or conservative government to get a chance to governing. so there is a good dynamic that is actually building around emmanuel macron. we talked about the people who did not vote for him. we talked about the people who did vote for him. what about the people did not over either candidate? there was a high rate of abstention. indeed. a lot of people we re abstention. indeed. a lot of people were not convinced by emmanuel macron, not least of all because he represents a stretc

his plan would be to create a new body to cut —— circumvent the country's national assembly. country. the response from his opponents were swift. dennis weller's political crisis is twinned with a political one. this is one of south america's biggest shanty towns. residents have faced food and water shortages for more than two years. a symptom of a long recession of which the government and opposition blame each other. from monday, the president has ordered a 70% increase in the country's minimum wage. 0pponents say the move will fuel the country's soaring inflation rate. the palestinian militant group hamas has published a new policy document, declaring for the first time a willingness to accept a transitional palestinian state, without recognising israel. the group has also dropped its association with the muslim brotherhood, apparently to improve relations with gulf arab states and egypt. the bbc‘s rasha qandeel explains how the new document is being seen among arab states. it was expected to be sharper than this, more obvious than this. but the wording that came today in

as a government in power and civil society but the issue in venezuela is different with the national assembly by the people even that is rampant fraud canceled by the people. to say i'm cutting off funding we will not pay salaries to have no money for pens or paper and we will ignore the national assembly. that is the state of affairs then with those that remain we will have the reports my side and then to invite a foreign power to take over your intelligence gathering in passport operations because in some ways don't trust your own people to do that when push comes to shove. that is the situation we now face proposal those demands of that opposition is very simple under the constitution will those elections with those signatures knees to be a presidential recall and all that election and then the that is being ignored. so to see them take leadership on this one of the most uplifting experiences columbia, stanford and a groan number of nations to talk about the humanitarian crisis in with to be available in with venezuela given the disaster they face and what that means is to help the people

correspondent: macron needs enough seats in the national assembly to push forward national reforms.ritics say his choice of so many political newcomers is not in pursuit of a fresh start but part of a land to fill the house with greenhorns willing to follow him without question. christopher: in portugal, tens of thousands of people have been welcoming pope francis in the town of fatima, one of the world's most popular pilgrimage sites. when hundred years ago three portuguese shepherd children said the virgin mary appeared to them in fatima. francis will declare two of them saints during a service expected to attract a huge crowd. a reminder of our top story, major cyber attacks have struck around the world, also hitting britain's national health service. hospitals across england forced to turn patients away after malicious software infected their computers. we are going to take a short break and then all the top news of the day analyzed in depth from the day. stay with us. you've joined us on this episode of euromaxx highlights. we have a fantastic show coming up, so sit tight. here

couple of national fronts mps, deputies, you know, represented elected officials inside the national assembly and there are no march representatives because it's never been tested by the public. it's a brand new party. emmanuel macron is hopping that he can gather a majority off the back of this election victory. of course, we're waiting to see the full and final election results precisely. but he's hoping that once they get to june, he'll be able to get enough voters to be able to pass legislation. if not, he's going to have to go into all sorts of deals and coalitions on various issues with other parties. so we're going to have to wait and see how decisive his win transla translates into the as you would call it congressional elections in the united states, parliamentary elections here. >> marine la pen ran on the idea of leaving the eu. you discussed with me some trepidation other european countries had about the potential outcome if it were to be in favor of la pen. again, the numbers are still not in completely. potentially what does this french outcome, the new french president, mean fo

you should give me a majority in the national assembly. francine: what are the chances of that?ve a party. you don't have any establishment party in the round. how is he going to muster support? will people swap, so his people can go into parliament? francine: i think we have to look at different political scenarios between the second round and the national assembly. the you will -- the usual scenario is, there's a clear momentum for the winner. we know that the turnout ratio in the national assembly election will decline considered -- significantly. francine: even if this is not a party we've heard about before. he calls it a movement, not a party. >> there is no longer any socialist party. most of the key guys in the socialist party endorsed macron. normally he should have a better momentum than other parties. now there is another scenario, a fragmentedave political situation in france. we saw that in the first round. basically four political forces with equal weight, far left, center left, center right, far right. degree of the same fragmentation, then maybe nobody, no party,

you actually have a national assembly despite rampant fraud against them who have been cancelled. imagine if the president said i'm cutting off your funding. we are not going to pay you any sal ris. you don't have money for inks pens, paper, anything. we are going ignore any laws that you pass. that's the state of appears. imagine if they said by the way, we are kicking out any independent news outlet. and then imagine if on top of that you invited a foreign power to take over your intelligence gathering and the like because you don't in some ways trust your own people to do it. you don't think they will oh press their own people. that's the situation we now face. there has to be a presidential recall. a year from now hold that election. in essence follow your own laws. that's being ignored. i have been very pleased to see nations take leadership on this. i really have. it is one of the most uplifting experiences to see. columbia, stand firmly and a growing number of nations joining that and central america as well. you talk about the humanitarian crisis. that exists. it would be

there are 577 seats in the national assembly. so he's going to need 289 or more to form that majority. i think that's a very tall order. a real difficult challenge because as we said the other political parties which are much more embedded in constituencies than macron's will be fighting for every seat. >> what that means, jim, is that the campaigning will continue. >> these elections -- he doesn't win a majority from his party he has to then try to piece one together. >> jim shields, we'll have to leave it there. we're at the top of the hour, jim, i can't thank you enough for your perspective. jim shields and the rest of our team. chris dickey, matt bradley, steve clemens, thank you all. we'll take a short break. more on the breaking news coming out of france after this. er get! way ahead of you. (avo) charmin ultra strong. it cleans better. it's four times stronger and you can use less. enjoy the go with charmin. so we know how to cover almost alanything.ything, even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like

the party wants all future trade deals to be signed off by the national assembly for wales.y the national assembly for wales. there's a lot of talk in the manifesto about defending, about protecting wales, its interests, its communities. protecting wales from brexit. but wales voted to leave the eu. we've accepted that wales voted to leave the eu. we accepted that on the day of the referendum. what we've put forward in our action plan today is for a positive post—brexit plan for wales. there are things that need defending but we also need to develop our economy and develop our country. plaid cymru is seeking to persuade welsh voters that it, rather than labour, can protect wales from what it calls a cruel and reckless tory party. i can see the conservatives winning with a landslide. corbyn isn't the man i thought he was. definitely consider voting plaid cymru. i have been here 18 years. i have seen no change. but, if plaid cymru is to alter the political landscape here, it will need to change the voting habits of generations. leanne wood nowjoins us outside cardiff bay. when

and for ukip we have their leader in the national assembly, neil hamilton.lease give them a warm welcome. applause we have a specially—selected studio audience reflecting different opinions and drawn from different parts of wales. they will be providing the questions. each of the politicians here will have time to answer before we turn back to the audience for further questions. and those of you watching at home or online can get involved in the discussion. visit our live page on the bbc wales website and get involved on social media — the hashtag is #bbcwalesdebate. we're going to start with a brief opening statement from each of the participants. it's their chance to set out the broad message of their campaign, their main appeal to voters. we drew lots to decide the order. each panellist will have up to a minute each. first is conservative darren millar. the next five years will be the most challenging that wales and the uk has faced in a generation. our brexit deal will define the future of our nation, our place in the world and our economic security. jus

my guest isjulio borges, speaker of the opposition—controlled national assembly.chavista socialist revolution dying on its feet? julio borges, in caracas, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. we have seen more than a0 days of mass protests on the streets and we see the violent clashes between protesters and the armed enforcers of president maduro and we see the casualties, many injured and around a0 people, many of them very young, killed. how long can this go on? well, listen, it is not only a5 days, we have been fighting for 18 years and a5 days. and we are fighting for democracy in venezuela and that is the reason people are on the streets. they are making huge demonstrations, not only in caracas, but all over venezuela. unfortunately, the answer from the government has been repression. yesterday, two people were killed, very young, 16 years and 33 years. every day we have the same routine of repression and violence and it is very important for you to know that we are fighting in the streets, just for democracy, just for trying to get a democratic pass in o

hundreds o of seats in the people's national assembly are up for grabs this thursday, but turnout is expected to be low. more than half of algeria's 30, and many under people say they feel little connection to their politicians. the country's elderly president was reelected back in 2014. he has been in power now for nearly two decades. queen elizabeth's husband prince philip is stepping down from his royal duties, following an announcement by buckingham palace. the duke of edinburgh turns 96 next month. he will honor engagements between now and august, but then bow out of his public life for good. reporter: at nearly 96 years old, with 65 years of royal appearances under his belt, prince philip is set to retire. the buckingham palace statement made no mention of his health, but said he continues to carry out public engagements until september. during an appearance at the london critic club, the duke of edinburgh. to be in high spirits -- duke of edinburgh appeared to be in high spirits. >> [inaudible] reporter: described by the queen strenght all these years -- as "my strength all th

movement, en marche, he only created a year or so ago, scrambling to get candidates for the national assemblythat is one of his jobs, he needs to form a government. we are hearing that he will appoint a prime minister probably tomorrow, and a new government on tuesday. he is off to see chancellor tee of germany shortly as well, because he is, as we have been hearing, a very committed pro—european, who not only wa nts to committed pro—european, who not only wants to make france stronger, but very much wants to make europe stronger as well. there is huge security, as you would expect, surrounding this event. some 1500 police officers, we are hearing, have been deployed around the elysee palace. let's go back over to our french journalist who has been analysing what all of this means... a wonderful spectacle here at the elysee palace, will the new president be comfortable in his surroundings? he said that he wants to live in the elysee palace. that is quite unusual. historically, the president of the republic and before, they haven't really been at ease in this old palace. i think it was first u

and will head to the national assembly and then have some sort of small inauguration ceremonywer transition happens in south korea. it's only because the former president was impeached that there had to be this snap election, bringing into power straightaway. so it is all going to happen quickly in the weeks to come and we will see what kind of leader he will be. also china, it will be crucial to see what decisions he makes in terms of that relationship, because korean companies have been suffering. they have been punished in china, especially the large south korean company, to place the thaad anti—missile system. so they will work with china to get the economy working as well. south korea has a new president. they deserve much for the update. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: fine tuning one of the world's most iconic buildings. renovation work gets underway to improve the acoustics inside sydney's opera house. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and num

moonjae—in will go along to the national assembly, then to the national assembly, then to the national small inauguration ceremony and then he will basically start running the country. people are wondering what will be the ramifications of south korea and us relations. he has been critical of the missile system saying the ca reta ker the missile system saying the caretaker government should never have put that in and they should have put that in and they should have waited for the elections stop how will an relations with china go? they have been punishing south korean companies. it is all to happen. it will probably start to be seen what sort of leader he will be almost immediately. an impressive exercise in democracy. and absolutely historic turnout. and we'll be speaking to another expert a little later in the programme about what mr moon's election will mean for korean and us policies towards north korea. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll get more reaction to president trump's sacking of the fbi director, james comey. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be

as you say, the national assembly vote is coming up. he needs a majority. he needs to be able to make the national a similar work, otherwise he is just a constitutional monarch. he does not have the kind of authority he needs to make his plan work. so let us talk about that. if he does not get that majority, if you cannot make it work, publicly will the market price in the fact that the next five years is going to deliver nothing for france? laurent: i think you are a bit too quick. guy: right, ok. laurent: if he does not have the majority, he will not have the ability to govern. depending on the coalition, the cohabitation, there are different ways of governing. the best way would be to have the -- he can have it. the majority. .ou have the tail end best way would be to have the majority. he can have it. you have the tail end. it, there is make either the left wing or the right wing. maybe the case is maybe more with the right wing. was in favor of reform, so it does not mean that even if he does not have the majority, he will not have the ability to limit

as a responsible political leader and you are the president of the national assembly, you're one of thers of the justice first party, do you not have a responsibility at some point, when you look at the bloodshed and you point out, many of the people who have lost their lives are students, they are young people. do you not have a responsibility to say to the protesters, in your own party and far beyond your own party, enough is enough? the bloodshed, the cost, it is too high? yes, but our responsibility is to bring peace, democracy and freedom to venezuela. we are living in a venezuela which is like a bad copy of cuba. there are no rights in venezuela, there is no food, there is no medicines, there is no opportunities. thousands and thousands of young people are leaving venezuela in order to look for a future in other countries. so, it is not only a political confrontation in venezuela, it is a vital, existential, based on values, confrontation in venezuela. if you see the people who are demonstrating in the streets, we see every kind of people, young people, old people, politicians, so

to get an absolute majority at the national assembly in june.tough discussion between now and the end of june. markets,robably why after this magnificent rally, went into a consolidation period. tom: when i look at the relative value of european investment, i think of the acclaimed american investor david arrow, who's exceptionally long french banking. can france be a dominant corporate presence within europe? can they reaffirm a new corporatism where they do better over the next five and 10 years? pascale: if you look at general european microeconomic fundamentals, you definitely have very good news. it was specifically the case for the first quarter earnings season. have in mind that for this quarter, you have more than 80% of positive surprises on the safe side. earningso the case on where you have 60% of very trendve surprises and the is close to 25%, so it is very positive. it is also the case for big french leaders. when you look at the expected earnings, it is very high. tom: this is absolutely critical. the idea here of na anglo american

who needs the national assembly. that is manipulated. we nullify its actions and we will assume the responsibility and what the tribunal said, they had to back track almost immediately because the assembly was so loud. it partially reversed its legislation but the damage was already done. the people of venezuela had a proof in the break of the order. protests have been been going on ay after day, day after day as hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to demand relief from the repression. according to the "new york times," before these protests egan, they arrested 6,8 the 93 people, jailed 433 for political reasons, just in the past few years. and there are at least 175 political prisoners behind bars oday including lopez and savarez. a united states citizen is being unjustly held for nearly a year. i wrote a letter to the state department about joshua's case. his health has deteriorated over the last month. i urge the state department to secure his unconditional release. we were humbled to meet with oshua holtz's mom. despite th

submitting the national assembly for consideration of a resolution on restructuring the data in the anon for its two to take over commercial banks in vietnam if they express interest, and for the commercial banks in which the state holds any significance, we will also invite you to take investors to come in. that was the vietnamese prime minister speaking exclusively to haslinda amin. we will be hearing more from the premier tomorrow on daybreak australia. we will have more on his plans when it comes to boosting trade. antralia has taken on impressive 26 years without contraction, but the street is a risk of coming to an end. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ i am haidi lun in sydney. betty: plan betty liu in new york. lou in new york. first quarter growth forecast, some suggesting an retraction at the possible end of the australia recession. look at the evidence. looks like the economy is on shaky ground, people are whispering the r word again. reporter: they are. it is in hushed tones at the moment, but we never know. we had some very fatal construction data that came at -.47. as you mentioned, t

going to have a majority within the national assembly.s 120 seats out of a few hundred member national assembly, so he will have to build a coalition if he's going to start spending more on welfare,, social public official to. of course, the great white well of south korean politics, which is reform. >> we are just seeing live pictures, the front runner up, the park geun-hye, moon jae-in, just voting for himself of course in seoul ahead of the polls closing. i want to bring up the issue of effectiveness. he is considered much more talking about a much more sort of -- i would not say you year, but much more working to try to work out the situation, taking a less hard stance on north korea. i want to pull up, do we have a chart ?7238 on government effectiveness? this chart, which i think is interesting, shows how government effectiveness in south korea is now at a decade low. so, given that, look at someone , really is seen to let the be the winner here, what can he do to correct that perception in south korea? mantra, guys. -- wrong chart,

very difficultjob ahead, not least of all that will involve securing a working majority in the national assemblyorate the victory of german occupation at the same time that marine le pen from the right—wing national front is defeated — maybe that's hope ahead. stefan simons from der spiegel online, nabila ramdani, thank you very much. we will have full coverage of everything that's happening today here in france, and all the reaction that's coming into the victory of emmanuel macron in the french presidential election. from me, karin giannone, for now, goodbye. the warmest day of the year here so far. clear skies means it could be a chilly start in rural parts 21 degrees in county fermanagh. same temperature for glasgow and pershore, and we had the warm air all the way from wales towards the south coast. but these areas that had the warmth by day are getting the chill right now, with the clearer skies, actually, and in rural parts we may find temperatures not far away from freezing. in the towns and cities, this is what the temperatures look like. and further east across england and scotland, th

without a parliamentary majority in the national assembly, micron would be facing an uphill battle.ut the latest polls are going in his way. his political movement, which ,ranslates to on the move according to opinion polls, they would get anywhere between 240 and 260 seats in the national assembly. they need roundabout 290 to get a majority, so they are not quite there yet. the political movement that has just gone about a year, that is tote an extraordinary feat get that many votes and that many seats. we will have to wait for the legislative elections. things are looking better than they did for emmanuel macron when it comes to the legislative elections about a month ago, but he still has to cobble together some sort of coalition, which means either's has to lean to or theerate right-wing left wing mp's from the socialist party. that uphill challenge lies ahead for this youngest ever head of state. you see the attention of the euro markets. really appreciate that. let's get you caught up to date with first word news with rosalind chin in hong kong. rosalind: the first cash spotte

you do, andi of mps in the national assembly?‘t yet announced those 577. they were due to give it a couple of hours ago but there seems to have been a huge at the press conference in which they were due to announce those 577 names. as he said, quite rightly, they have set themselves a number of conditions in the choice of these candidates who will run on the presidential ticket, basically, candidates who will run on the presidentialticket, basically, next month. 0ne presidentialticket, basically, next month. one is that it has to be 50-50 month. one is that it has to be 50—50 men and women and two, it has to be 50—50 politicians who have made it their career and people from civil society, in other words people who have ordinaryjobs like you and me who are not professional politicians. this is the signal emmanuel macron wants to give to the image of his party and his whole presidency. i think it‘s proving very, very difficult to meet all these conditions, especially as in these conditions, especially as in the last few days since

they also stripped power from the national assembly, putting on hold a democratic election. >> he wantsd what no politician can avoid, popular vote. the only thing we can avoid is for the people to judge us through their popular vote. the protest will continue until the government understands. >> many fear the instability could spill over into south america and beyond. donald trump spoke with peru's president, assuring him the u.s. will help support democracy and the people of venezuela. government supporters say the violence must stop. clashes between police and protesters have left 37 dead in the past month. >> we marched from here. we keep saying no to violence. we want no more death or aggression or terrorism. we don't want more death of young people. i say this as a mother who lost her son and lost him from this terrorism. >> this weekend american national security adviser met with venezuelan national assembly president. they agreed the top priority is to bring the crisis harris: checking now on the out-of-control wildfire in south georgia. it forced nearly 100 people to pack up an

they have two mps out of 577 in the national assembly.e of the amount of work that marine le pen has to do in order to make sure that her party becomes the opposition force she wa nts becomes the opposition force she wants it to become. you cannot say you are the main opposition party if you are the main opposition party if you have only got two mps. yes, just looking at some of the other polls as we talk to, we have another one, pretty similar to the one we have been showing you from kantar public, 61% for macron and 34 for marine le pen. there is another one which has mr macron on 65.9% and slip n on 34.9%. they are all pretty much of a muchness. they have mr macron ahead. when you compare the 11 million votes that the front national got in this round with the 4.8 her father got back in 2002, it does show how the party is performing over the long—term? the party is performing over the long-term? that is their point. they area long-term? that is their point. they are a movement which measures their progress in decades, not single electio

to top it off, the country supreme court deciding to strip power from the national assembly.the opposition led to congress but in a in a democratic election. >> nicholas madura wants to avoid what no politician can avoid. a popular vote. the only thing politicians cannot avoid is those two judges were both so a the protest will continue until the government understands a must listen. >> appears that a citizen stability could be on the phone calls with donald trump with peru's president. the u.s. will work with peru and how people of venezuela. government government supporters say the violence must stop. >> whitmarsh rainier, we women keep saying no to violence. we want no more deaths, no more aggression, no more terrorism. we don't want us to young people. i say this as a mother who lost a son from terrorists and. laura: does speak america's national security advisor, h.r. mcmaster met with venezuela's national assembly president and they agreed that top priority is to bring the crisis to a quick and peaceful conclusion. laura: laura green forest. incredible video in your pie

it looks like he may even get a majority in the national assembly. that is great for france.an get these structural changes that need to be done. it is probably quite good for brexit. jonathan: do you think we will get these reforms in europe? mike: in the near-term? no. you will move from this problem to the next problem to the next problem. we will have plenty of noise in europe for the foreseeable future. priscilla: it does remove some of the short-term barriers. luke: you also have to see that europe is enjoying this sweet spot of the agreement. the u.k. is the bad guy in the room. they can all focus on him and beat him up a bit. a desire tothere is continue that. priscilla: it will shift the dialogue to ecb and their balance sheet. jonathan: you think they are going to do something? significant, not when there is this country called italy. that will become the topic after france. jonathan: i want to play the rapidfire wrath. it is one question, one word answers. one word responses. macron or le pen on sunday? mike: macron. priscilla: macron. luke: macron. jonathan: that

made withtment isn't the current makeup of parliament in mind, but in anticipation of the national assembly that will leave the next modern elections where the republicans have every being the biggest political block outside of macron's party. as your package underlined, this is the first time in the history of the fifth republic that a president has reached across to appointed prime and asked her from the opposition without being forced through losing elections and having to enter cohabitation as we saw under the presidencies -- macron has made this choice with the election to come. but it what is unusual, is what macron has to do to prepare the conditions for an effective presidency. >> mac on doesn't get image ready the parliamentary elections next month? >> there really are two scenarios. either he comes close and can tune in enough support from centerleft and/or center-right to allow him to get his reform agenda through even on a vote by vote basis, or he falls well short of the majority and the republicans trying to impose on him in cohabitation of the traditional sort, where we would

sh we're facing two rounds on 11 thejune and 18th, the french usually give a majority at the national assembly they have just elected except this time no really traditional parties, so emmanuel macron said it would have new candidate for every new constituency, but you know, how is he going to do that? never a dull moment. agnes poirier thank you for coming now its time for meet the author with rebecca jones. the thriller writer david baldacci has enjoyed the kind of success most authors can only dream about. his first book, absolute power, became a bestseller and it was turned into a film, starring and directed by clint eastwood. david baldacci has gone on to write 30 novels, which have sold more than 100 million copies around the world. his latest is called the fix and it's his third book about the detective amos decker, who witnesses a seemingly senseless and random murder outside the headquarters of the fbi, in washington, dc. david baldacci, i'd like to start, if i may, by rewinding the clock back to your childhood, when your mother gave you a notebook in which to write stories. had you a