it is his generation as well, my caper, the new european, was very happy to hear this from harry stylespage. let's look at the observer. speaking of brexit, millionaire brexit donor, he is hosking, he wants no backsliding on brexit. i write about quite a lot of this, and i am not really familiar with this name. and also, how you can really turn people against remain mps in cities like london, where people were largely saying remain. there's always these next luther tykes who emerge... and they come out of the woodwork and say, we have got tonnes of money and we are going to make this happen. i think people are smarter than that. but there has been a move to raise money to make sure that there are pro—remain candidates? money to make sure that there are pro-remain candidates? this is going to be... well, mrs may has called this a brexit election, she said she needs a strong hand. but i think these are just lex luther types. these are just lex luther typesm is more about winning over the labour voters. so, that is not how to do the papers, if you're presenting it! thank you so much! fiona

so we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation.up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because, the day after, we will have frexit or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margins of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of france's far—right party isn't the shock it used to be and, rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the front national from power, some on the left wondering whether to vote at all. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. donald trump says he'd be honoured to meet north korea's leader, under the right circumstances. mr trump made the comments amid escalating tension between pyongyang and washington. the white house said north korea's provocative behaviour would need to be ratcheted down immediately, before any meeting was considered. social media companies have been accused of a disgraceful failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist propaganda and hate speech online. the commons home affa

we need a new european union in situation, to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit, or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margin of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of the far—right parties isn't the shock that it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. three women have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after raids in east london. the arrests are being linked to the counter—terrorism operation in which a woman was shot and injured in north—west london last thursday. a total of ten people have now been arrested in connection with what's known as the harlesden road police operation. social media companies have been accused of a "disgraceful" failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist propaganda and hate speech online. the commons home affairs select committee says t

we need a new european union to protect our people and to regulate our globalization. i follow up and pursued the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. getn't want to do so the day after we would have fr exit. lucy: there were scuffles today on the margins of a march, injuring several police. but the success of the far right parties and the shock it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the national front from power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." in other stores, police in california have shot a man dead after he opened fire on people at a swimming pool and residential complex in san diego. 8 people were injured, some of them critically. it is unclear what the man had been drinking in the run-up to the incident. tear gas has again been fired at opposition protesters in venezuela. it has been months since violence erupted across the country in which almost 30 people have died. government supporters also gathered

we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. e to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election — to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. police have revealed more details of the burglary in dorset in which the householder was shot dead. they say the men broke into the property wearing balaclavas — one of them armed with a shotgun. 61—year—old guy hedger died at his home in the village of st ives. duncan kennedy reports from the scene. it's been described as one of the most exclusive residential neighbourhoods in southern england, but it's now the scene of a murder investigation. dozens of officers have been searching for clues in what's become a wide—ranging inquiry. police say guy hedger, who was 61, was shot in the early hours of yesterday morning. he later died

we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. e day after, i decide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election — to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. let's start 0s sport with the world snooker championships. there are a lot good storylines, with the oldest potential champ in nearly a0 years and a rematch of an epic final played a decade ago. and right now there has been a dramatic comeback at the crucible. let's cross to the action and tulsen tollett is there. what is going on? the manually king at there, mark selby, has lost the first two frames. it is 16—14 in favour of mark selby. he needs to get a team to win this. he started the day at 10—7 down, at one point he was 10—4 down. it is a rematch from ten years ago, it was 2007 when mark selby loss tojohn

we need a new european union in situation, to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. nd pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit, or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margins of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of france's far—right party isn't the shock that it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the front national from power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. this has been newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come. a celebration of rei kawakubo, still to come. a celebration of rei kawa kubo, japan's famous still to come. a celebration of rei kawakubo, japan's famous designer. and also, the faces of war. a new portrait exhibition focusing on the americans who fought in iraq and afghanistan. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government to

we need a new european union in situation, to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. low up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit, or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margins of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of france's far—right party isn't the shock that it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the front national from power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. sure we see what sally has for as with the business news was to mark i understand bp have had a big day? yes. they will release their latest results and the tide is turning for companies like bp. the company has been undergoing a period of transformation following large losses in the past two years. they made profits of one and a quarter billion dollars compared to the previous year, using its main measure of the earnings the previous year reported some heavy losses. this is far better for t

are anne ashworth, associate editor at the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new europeanhes on time, we will do another papers. jeremy corbyn has denied senior labour figures are already accepting defeat in the general election. it follows comments from his deputy tom watson, that the conservatives could be heading for a landslide victory. mr corbyn said both he and mr watson were ‘working flat out‘ to get labour elected onjune the 8th. meanwhile, the former labour prime minister, gordon brown, urged voters not to give theresa may "a blank cheque," to run the country. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. the conservatives are waging a war on the brewer. that is the claim from this former prime ministers. you might expect it to say that the next labour government. it but his emphasis is on holding theresa may to account. her britain will have more inequality and poverty than what we saw in the thatcher years. no conservative prime minister should ever be given a free hand. the deputy leader tom watson insisted he was determined to turn round labour's position i

we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election — to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. we can speak now to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. there is a bit of strategic voting that people are being encouraged to do. the french happy with that? the country boils down to people who are going to vote for one of the other oi’ going to vote for one of the other or abstain. we want people in the camps to —— marine le pen wants to encourage people to would like to vote for emmanuel macron to at least abstain, trying to paint him in the most secure rid, denominate colours, the decree on the left, people who would naturally automatically vote for the candidate who was not marine le pen. she wants them to think again. maybe not neces

we need a new european union in a situation to protect our people and regulate our globalisation. ecide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people, don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a french exit oi’ the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members divided over the left—wing choice in this election. to vote macron, to block le pen, or not to vote at all. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. we will find out in six days' time what the french decide to do with their election. we have passed the 100 day mark of the trump presidency but it's clear he will keep the world and the us very busy — which is why we are extending this programme. in the last couple of hours alone, donald trump has broken global diplomatic norms by saying he would meet with the north korean leader kim jong un. that may worry america's allies — japan has just sent its biggest war ship to protect a us navy supply vessel — an historic first for tokyo. the bbc‘s wingfield hayes reports. the izumo is the p

we need a new european union in situation, to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people. i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit, or we will have the front national again. there were scuffles today on the margins of an anti—fn march, injuring several police. but the success of france's far—right party isn't the shock that it used to be, and rather than voting for liberal reform to keep the front national from power, some on the left are wondering whether to vote at all. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: three young women have been arrested in east london on suspicion of terrorism offences. the arrests are linked to a raid on thursday in another part of the city in which a woman was shot and wounded by police. a further seven people arrested after the raid are still in custody. the united states has issued a new travel warning for europe, saying americans should be aware of the continued threat of terror attacks. the us stat

in other news... europeansengers travelling to the us from eight mainly muslim countries from carrying electronic devices larger than a mobile phone in their hand luggage. the original restrictions affected many of the gulf carriers including emirates, etihad and qatar airways — but now there are reports suggesting that the ban could be extended to include some countries within the eu. twitter co—founder biz stone says he will rejoin the social media company in the next few weeks after fellow co—founder jack dorsey was brought back as chief executive in 2015. mr dorsey has been trying to revive twitter, which says it has more than 300 million monthly users, but still struggles to make a profit. nestle has lost its appeal to trademark the shape of the four—fingered kitkat bar in the uk. the firm had been appealing against a previous verdict that said other companies could use the design in their products. nestle says it is disappointed by the court of appealjudgment and is considering next steps. stock markets

european equities. this is bloomberg. >> it's noon in new york and 12:00 p.m. in hong kong. markets.o bloomberg from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, we'll toe you from washington d.c. san francisco this hour. here are the top stories around the world that we're following. in politics, dramatic house votes on healthcare bill later in the afternoon. house leaders and the administration officials expecting confidence to have just enough votes to pass the measure. thin.te margin is there are big political risks for paul ryan and president trump. in markets, u.s. stocks are fluctuating as investors set a corporate earnings. facebook among the biggest drags warneds& s&p s&p 500 after it of slowing growth in advertising. meanwhile in commodities, rent is sliding below $50

we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election — to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. social media companies have been accused of a "disgraceful" failure in their efforts to tackle terrorist propaganda and hate speech online. the commons home affairs select committee says the firms are putting more effort into protecting their profits than keeping people safe. google, facebook and twitter have previously defended their approach to online safety. richard galpin reports. propaganda videos from extremists. hate speech. sexualised images of children. all should be removed much more rapidly from social media sites, according to today's report. the home affairs committee took evidence from the tech giants facebook, twitter and google, which owns youtube. they have billions of users around the world, and mps have lost patience. the

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world war ii and to great steps with the new deal with social contracts and build a more equal society. in fact, what's interesting as well as is that many europeans today when thinking about resolving europe's economic difficulties, we will point to roosevelt new deal as a great model and in terms of immigration, all nations need to do more in terms of accepting refugees from the war-torn middle eastern countries specially syria, countries that in the region as kay mentioned but also european countries and the united states. >> can you expand a little bit on the refugee crisis, what's happening in europe, what's happening in north africa and in africa and the mediterranean? >> so right now europe is very divided with the surge of influx of refugees from different countries including syria and beyond and destabilized european politics by favoring the rights of far-right european parties who believe that the european union which promotes open borders and freedom of movements is responsible for letting so many people into the country and we have seen the same thing in the united states when mr. trump has said that no refugees should be allowed to co

france has a new president. the pro—europeano's just 39, was voted in with a projected 66% of the vote. but more than a third of french voters chose marine le pen's hard—right vision for france — she vows to turn her attention to the coming parliamentary elections. making an album can take time and a lot of fine tuning. but one orchestra here in the uk is looking for a one—take wonder — that's a direct—cut recording, straight onto vinyl. it is in effect like a live concert. straight to vinyl is something very new for everybody today. it is possible that at the end of the day they'll have nothing. recording straight onto vinyl as we are playing, the little groups of vinyl are being created, so it's really what you play is therefore ever. so we have the recording studio with all the musicians in and all of the microphones in front of them. those signals then go to a recording desk where the stereo balance is made, so we end up with the signal, left and right. they then travel up to flaws, those two wires, into the equipment here,

it comes at a time when nato's in baiting new -- invading new headquarters. europeans claim that the stable american government is needed for nato to function. you would like to have a solid and stable american administration in which we can work. to have this impression that the american administration is stuck in this russian story gives an impression of fragility and uncertainty. reporter: trump will follow his meeting in nato at the gathering at the g7 in sicily. he will cross paths for the first time with french president emmanuel macron and will see angela merkel again after their frosty first meeting in washington. a key topic of discussion will be whether trump plans to honor the paris climate deal after famously calling global warming a hoax. european leaders will look for answers with regard to russian involvement in the u.s. election, topic that has been extremely controversial in recent weeks but has slipped off the grid since his visit to saudi arabia. laura: the minister for territorial -- former five involvedmay have been in a conflict of interest. >> th

. >> i think we were a little fatigued on european election news, european crisis. ave kind of been through the ringer on europe for a long time, starting with greece. i think there was a little bit of fatigue, and valuations reflected that. the european and me as heart warmed by the possibility that europe might be a political safe haven. can the european markets remain independent of the mood we are seeing in the u.s. market? we are showing you a correlation , and that is at the lowest level of has been for the last 20 years. >> it is really, really low. this is a really in treating because lowball recovery has become a big part of the equity markets story. in that recovery, you're seeing couple oneets another. that is a reflection of the fact that the s&p is very defensive. julia: chief equity strategist for bloomberg intelligence. next.t: the market closes indexes giving up some gain in the final hour of trading. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ scarlet: "what'd you miss?" u.s. stocks closing higher this friday after a volatile week. and if you are tuning in live on welcom

the front runner, emmanuel macron, is calling for major reform of the european union. and a new picture of princess charlotte, taken by her mother, has been released ahead of her second birthday. and the travel show visits ghana as it celebrates 60 years of independence from britain. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. three teenage women have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after raids in east london. the arrests are being linked to the counter—terrorism operation that saw a woman shot and injured in willesden in north london last thursday. ten people, linked to that operation, have now been arrested. with me is our reporter james waterhouse. what can you tell us? the met police

news... why european success is now the priority for manchester united over their league form as they plot a the champions league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after nearly 70 years in the public eye, prince philip has decided it's time to call it a day. he'll retire from royal duties in the autumn. his decision, which has the support of the queen, is not related to any health issues. there have been tributes from public and politicians alike, with theresa may praising what she called his steadfast support for the queen. in a moment we'll look at the prince's contribution to national life but first our royal correspondent nick witchell on what's prompted this decision. it is an image to which the nation has become accustomed over a good many decades. the queen and the duke of edinburgh side—by—side on official business. today they were at a reception at st james‘ palace. the duke a few steps behind and there in support. inside, meeting members of the order of merit, swapping stories about hearing aids. and joking about retirement. i hear you're standing down. i hear you'r

we have a pause but everyone been will look at overall valuations and say european woody's still look pretty good value in this newd say european equities still look pretty good value in this new system. makes sounds about moving back. manus: the flow of money. , our guesttegist will stay with us. what does pimco make of the macron picture? up, we will have a discussion about china. the exports and imports come in weaker than expected. is this normalization? is that what is taking hold of the market? we discussed. is bloomberg. discuss. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it has just gone 9:12 a.m. if you are tuning in from paris. the morning after the night before. the stocks in europe taking a moment. .33. a nice run. the dax is the only one managing to hold onto a day. to a gain.on cac managed to put on 7.4% between rounds one and two. hitting levels we have not seen since 2008 in the paris market. chinese numbers coming in weaker than expected. march, exports accounted for 14.3%. 6% in these 18 point last month leaving a trade surplus of 222 billion yuan. taking one china is thing in the markets are doing something co

news. the european union's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier has addressed the irish parliament — an honourf issues relating to the border with northern ireland — and what that means for brexit talks. our ireland correspondent chris page was listening. yes, until today, the only visitors who'd been asked to address the irish parliament here in dublin have been president sometime in is to come in the likes of nelson mandela and john f. kennedy. the fact that michel barnier has been invited to do so today shows how seriously the irish government is taking brexit. the key issue, the border between the irish republic and northern ireland remain open? mr barnier said again he doesn't want any new controls to be introduced, but he did acknowledge that because the uk is leaving the european customs union, finding a resolution would be difficult. brexit changes the border with the eu, but i will work with you to avoid a hard border. the uk's departure from the eu will have consequences. we have the duty to speak the truth. we have together the duty to speak the truth. custom controls are part of eu

kate: it's not good news for the european government. a pending free trade deal with singapore must be approved by the national parliaments of all eu member states before can come into force. that means the european union alone cannot authorize the agreement which is been under negotiation since 2010. that could set the tone for the uk's efforts to negotiate a free trade deal with the eu once it leaves the block. promisestheresa may's much less realistic. it will have to pass through 27 individual country's first. meanwhile in inflation in the united kingdom has risen to its highest level in four years. thanks mainly to higher airfares, the increased cost of clothing and electricity also contributing to the increase. inflation considered one of the biggest risk in the u.k. after brexit. inflation is expected to peak at just under 3% next her. the greek economy has fallen back into recession after thinking for a second quarter in a row. gdp contracted by .1% in the first three months of the year. analysts say delays in talks to secure the

new york, i am mark barton. vonnie: i am vonnie quinn, this is the european close.oday wall street will be delving into the made jobs report. they expect the jobs to rise $175,000 in the jobless rate to hold at 4%. germany's economy gets to see strength and the u.k. unemployment figure is at the lowest in decades. ,e are joined by edmund phelps nobel prize-winning economist and director of the center on capitalism and society at columbia university, and author of the book mass flirting. i believe this came out in france and that is where you were on this european tour. edmund: and spain. vonnie: getting a closer look at some very troubled labor economies. we have not seen much improvement in some of the peripheral economies. greece is still about 40% of its youth unemployed. when will we get to a point where european youth are employed to their fullest? edmund: well, that is going to be a very long haul. greece, i understand the more depressed i get about it. talk thatlways this they would be ok if the battle guys in germany and elsewhere in the eurozone would let t

news. the headlines: france's president—elect, the pro—european centrist emmanuel macron, has promised to unite country, restore confidence in the eu, and tackle terrorism and climate change. his first priority following his decisive win will be to form a new government. his defeated rival marine le pen has vowed to turn her attention to the coming parliamentary elections. she said her national front party was now the main opposition, after receiving more than a third of the popular vote. 82 nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the extremist group boko haram three years ago have met the country's president after being freed in a prisoner swap. they were among more than 200 girls taken from the town of chibok. north korea says it's detained a fourth american citizen on suspicion of acts against the state. kim hak—song is understood to have worked for the pyongyang university of science and technology. emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. we assess how his en marche! movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. and president

new fbi director. one of the many pressing issues that he faces this week. and angela merkel doubling down on her doubts about the u.s. being a reliable partner for european. we begin with sclu ivs new reporting of russian meddling into the election. we broke the story and jim joins us now. >> russian government officials discuss have derogatory information about then presidential candidate donald trump and some of his top aides. this in conversations intercepted by u.s. intelligence during the 2016 election. one source described the information as financial in nature and said that the discussion centered around whether the russians have leverage with trump's inner circle. the intercepted communications suggested that russians believe they have the ability to influence the administration through the to communications written by u.s. intelligence caution that the russian claims to each other could have been exaggerated or even made up. the details of the communication shed new light on information, u.s. intelligence received about russian influence. the content of the conversations made clear to u.s. officials that russia was considering ways to influence

our top stories: france has a new president—elect. the pro—europeand of french voters chose marine le pen's hard—right vision for france. she vows to turn her attention to the coming parliamentary elections. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. of course, they are all reacting to that french election win. the south china morning post in its early edition reflects on the impact of the french presidential election. it's front page story says that whatever the result, the choice would resonate far beyond france's borders, from extremist strongholds in syria, to hong kong's trading floors and the halls of the un security council. the china daily headlines what it calls president xi jinping's vision of international trade. it reports on the arrival of the first china—europe block train, carrying chinese—made products to warsaw. when the train returned to china, it was laden with polish commodities. and finally, the straits times says that employers in singapore will have to provide better insurance coverage for theirforeign maids. f

compromise could be not the european court of justice possibly compromise could be not the european court ofjustice but a new difference from the european court ofjustice, but respect its rulings, there is a president of this. he adjudicates on matters concerning the european area. it is not the ec] that never goes against it. it is made up of judges from those country, it some new court similar to that could be the compromise we will be looking at on issues like citizen's rights. very grateful to you. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. as the election campaign gets officially under way, the conservatives are trying to shift the debate onto the economy, claiming families would face a "tax and debt bombshell" if labour wins. the tories say there's a £16 billion gap between what labour is promising to spend and what it would raise in revenue. the chancellor philip hammond warned this morning of the impact a labour government could have on the economy. as the document we are publishing this morning shows his economic policies are a recipe for chaos, instability, uncertainty and insecurity.

new york, i am vonnie quinn. mark: from london, i am mark barton, counting you down to the european close in roughly 14 minutes. utsche's chief executive john cryan spoke in a conference in new york, saying europe to focus on its neighbors to the east after angela merkel signaled that relations with the u.s. have changed. >> she gave one of the most important pieces -- speeches she has ever given. that was aspeech real keynote address, following the g7, in which she made a clarion call for europe to start looking after itself. mark: he spoke about the proper potential of asia for deutsche's and the outlook. joining us now is stephen iran lenders.s the german it is interesting he made such a big issue of angela merkel's weekend speech where she talked about the developing relationship for the better or worse between europe and the united states. correct.s absolutely i firstly was surprised he made such a big deal out of it. it is a big deal for europe but it is not clear how much of the but it is for deutsche bank clearly, a speech has had an impact on john cryan, the ceo and it is clear he is thinking a lot abou

this is the european close on bloomberg markets. ♪ will take you from new york to london.overing stories out of frankfurt, paris and washington. you're the top stories -- here are the top stories. theresa may saying some eu officials have made threats to britain and once the brexit negotiations to fail. sterling moving on the news. vonnie: emmanuel macron and marine le pen face-off tonight in their final debate. our asset managers increasing european holdings with polls showing a 10 point macron lead? debt crisiss continues, the u.s. is dealing with its own debt headache. we will speak to an advisor to a top puerto rico bondholder as the island just misses a critical deadline. at where's have a look european equities are trading right now. little changed today asterisk rising to the 20 month high yesterday. gmm go is your functional. moving in the wake of theresa may's comments. we have had some data out of the eurozone and the u.k. which i will talk about. just want to talk about some earnings. the world's biggest maker of insulin shares up by 7% today. it's effort to cut

news. the latest headlines: there are signs of growing tensions between britain and the european union overd could be bumpy. ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, one of the men questioned by police speaks out for the first time. the labour party leader has backed his shadow home secretary, diane abbot, despite her protracted difficulties with explaining labour's election plans for policing. party policy is to recruit an extra ten thousand officers in england and wales. in a radio interview, diane abbot offered several versions of the projected cost. she says she simply mis—spoke. the conservatives suggest it raises new questions about labour's competence. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. there, over the road, you know him, labour's leader, promising to make the streets safer. 10,000 more police on the beat, catching more criminals and paid for by the better—off, using capital gains tax the tories plan to cut. what we are putting forward is a proposal to increase police numbers. the conservatives have cut them by 20,000 and we are putting 10,000 more police

. >> he's dealing with some new european leaders as well. obviously emmanuel macron. donald trump himself six months into the term. is that going to shadow or cloud the g7 meeting? will will angela merkel really take it over? do you think there's another angle the president can take to maintain -- i don't want to say the u.s. dominance, that's the wrong phrase, but what do we have to do to maintain our perch? >> well, i think president trump is a personable guy and i think that kind of glad handing comes naturally to him and if he doesn't sort of walk in feeling tired and frustrated that he's no longer in the middle east, i think then that sort of operating will probably win friends in europe. they certainly want the president to lead. they want the president to succeed even if they have qualms and concerns about his policy. i don't think it's hard to get over the bar for president trump but it requires him to maintain the level of discipline he had in saush. >> and if you're just tuning in we're waiting for a joint statement with president trump and prime minister be

action in fiscal april against ireland, there is support across europe on the expectation that new europeani was just speaking to jean messiha and he was saying there were 2 frances. how do deal with angst from workers that a lot of their jobs thedisappearing or it is cheaper workforce from eastern european countries that take their place? places: a lot of rural support macron. it is true there is a big divide whohe country, but people are against globalization and against it. emmanuel macron is aware of that, that is why he made protection a priority. we have to push. in the years to come it will be the main topic if we want support at a european level. topic, frenchtant sovereignty. our sovereignty is best defended when france is fighting alone. ifanuel macron is convinced we want more protection and actual sovereignty, we need the european level. francine: how would emmanuel macron deal with brexit in the negotiations? clement: he has been clear that he wants a principled approach. his main priority is to defend the european project. we have to be clear about single market protection, ru

european union. he takes office on sunday. james reynolds, bbc news, paris. this election has left france divided despite the resounding victory for emmanuel macron. so it's worth taking a look at the final results of the election and what they tell us. 21 million people voted for macron, which gave him 66% of the valid votes cast for the two candidates. but it's worth nothing that 16 million people either abstained or spoiled their ballots, an historic high, while 11 million people voted for marine le pen. all in all, of the total of 47.5 million registered voters, just over 44% backed mr macron. which is why some say the result paints a more divided picture of france. to discuss that i am joined by our bbc digital reporter. before i turn to you, already today in paris we are starting to have some protests. there are are starting to have some protests. there a re protests are starting to have some protests. there are protests we are having pictures of and we may be able to bring them to you. unions are already on the streets of paris, already on the streets

the start of a new trading week and as european markets digest news of the french presidential electionacron, over in the us it's all about corporate earnings. samira has the details of a busy week ahead on wall street. earnings continue this week with companies that are worth highlighting. 0n companies that are worth highlighting. on tuesday we will hear from highlighting. on tuesday we will hearfrom media highlighting. on tuesday we will hear from media companies highlighting. on tuesday we will hearfrom media companies walt disney and news coanda on wednesday when he first century fox will report its earnings. this is significant as the company is waiting on approval from the significant as the company is waiting on approvalfrom the british government for its 1a and a half billion dollar takeover bid of sky news. and on thursday to hearfrom american retail giant macy's, the companies will close about 100 stores in the next few years, about 1596 stores in the next few years, about 15% of all stores. macy's continues to face intense pressure from online retailers as well a struggling w

new york, i'm vonnie quinn. mark: live from london, i'm mark barton. counting down to the europeanlose, roughly 15 minutes left. oil falling on the news from opec. manus cranny is in vienna where we have been all day. as we have heard from delegates and heard from kuwait -- is it confirmed we have this nine-month extension? : i have it on good authority from a variety of sources that we are at the point where when they hit this podium in the next couple of minutes that they will confirm a nine-month extension at 1.24 opec. what does in different look like? -- indifference look like. our senior correspondent over there is saying in 20 years of covering opec, he's never seen as muted a reaction when you saying we will take this market by the scruff of the neck and try to give it a shake. he made the point that it is about cooperation. using,guage kuwaitis are talking about a monitoring committee, when you start to use language like that, read this. we're going to look at the data, we are going to look at the data on a continual basis, and if we think it's a little bit of an offering,

right, there needs to be a sharing of burdens again, i think europeans would agree with this the his is decided at meeting yesterday to have a new commitment to increase european spending. i would make the point, over 000 europeans lost their lives in afghanistan fighting for the united states against al qaeda and actually the president in brussels unveiled 9/11 memorial, only time nato triggered collective defense response to the 9/11 attacks. i would say, even when the in other tes fights places, we rarely, if ever, fight without allies. the u.k. was in iraq, nato ally. in afghanistan in operations off the coast of somalia, us.pean allies are with i have a hard time coming up ith a war we have been alone and not worked with allies and allies contributed. hat is certainly the case in iraq and syria in cottalition, as well. council , the atlantic is putting together what they call a memo to the president, a new dealions about for nato, recommendation for president trump, can you a little bit and tell us why you're doing this? guest: sure. this, we think this is an opportunity to create a between if you will, the united states an

news. according to european police, europol says friday ‘s attack hit more than 200,000 users in a countriesas slowed by the action of a british tech expert that is rob wainwright says it was a temporary fix. we have since seen a new version of these which overcomes that temporary fix. i also concerned about what happens on monday morning because i this bug will be sitting in systems over the weekend that have not been news and people arrive on monday morning and turn on their computers, i think we will see the numbers going up again. i hope security experts in different countries around the world are running a pretty basic health check over the weekend to prevent that from happening. also making news, france's new president was sworn into office, with a promise that his country's power is not in decline. emmanuel macron used his first speech as head of state to promise an extraordinary renaissance for the french people. he's expected to name his new prime minister on monday, before travelling to germany for a meeting with chancellor merkel. mrs merkel will welcome her french counterpart on

very much jumping on that emmanuel macron-eu flag waving, selling his victory as a good news story for the europeannion and eu values. the minister for austerity said, france," and that his victory put an end to rumors that the eu might disintegrate because of brexit. she says that macron has shown that it is possible to change europe. the belgian prime minister also tweeting today how excited he was about macron. he says it is very symbolic and could provide momentum. he said having a fresh face tuskd the table -- donald tweeted today that he was very excited about the wind of emmanuel macron and that the french people decided not to vote based on fake news, a little swipe their act russian interference in the campaign. europe, heats for was very excited to lure emmanuel macron and his en marche! movement into the european parliament. john claude juncker congratulated macron last night. he said he wouldn't be showing any lenience towards france. they still have to institute some very unpopular labor reforms and put their deficits in line with eu rules and regulations. laura: how about brexit? how