thank you very much, nick beake in paris. _ today. thank you very much, nick beake in paris.ank you very much, nick beake in paris. and as _ today. thank you very much, nick beake in paris. and as you - today. thank you very much, nick beake in paris. and as you can . today. thank you very much, nick| beake in paris. and as you can see those pictures on the screen showing you exactly what is happening in paris right now. it really is a tale of two protests, on the one hand protests which are igniting every now and again and riot police are dealing with us protesters by using tear gas and pushing them back physically. 0n the other hand there are also protests where people are a lot more peaceful, remember that traditionally made the first has historical significance in the calendar in terms of labour day and there are demonstrations and protests across many cities in europe on this day. well we could follow these pictures are for a few moments because tensions are running high still. this is more than two weeks since president macron signed into law those changes that nick was

that was nick beake _ the man for the future.e. that was nick beake reporting for- the man for the future. that was nick beake reporting for us. - now to northern ireland where sinn fein�*s vice president michelle o'neill has called on the british and irish governments to deliver a plan to restore a powersharing government at stormont. it's after her party delivered a stunning success in the council elections, becoming the largest party in local government for the first time. emma vardy reports. the political landscape of northern ireland is changing. unionism, the belief that northern ireland should remain part of the uk, is no longer the dominant force. as the democratic unionist party, for a second time in 12 months, has been overtaken by sinn fein. i thought it was inevitable that it would be that way, because people, well... my idea, you vote for people who are going to do the job. ijust think it was coming, the dup haven't been standing around doing anything, so... is that what it's down to, a lack of government? lack of go

nick beake, thanks very _ come for president macron? nick beake, thanks very much.p has arrived in aberdeenshire to visit his golf courses. posting on his own social media platform, mr trump said he'll be opening a new site. he also plans to go to his course in doonbeg on ireland's west coast. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is at aberdeen airport for us. donald trump has already arrived? yes, he arrived and he has left and gone to his golf course in aberdeenshire, but i am at aberdeen airport. you can probably see the trumpet playing just behind me, which landed a short time ago. this is donald trump's first time in new case in 2019. first time in scotland since 2018 and his plane with the unmistakable trump name on the side touchdown at aberdeen airport about two hours ago. even though he is no longer president, there was still huge interest in this visit, huge media presence here at aberdeen airport. he is visiting scotland as a private individual. he is here to see his golf courses, visit after several years first here in aberdeenshire, then in ay

nick beake, bbc news, belgrade.want to turn to another story, but i want to turn to another story for you now. 3d printers are becoming increasingly popular. they are able to create all sorts of things, but one of the newest innovations is 3d—printed food. now a team of scientists backed by a company in singapore say they've come up with another 3d culinary first, as tim allman explains. printer buzzes. how do you like your fish? fried, poached, grilled? how about printed ? well, that's what's on offer at this laboratory in israel — what's claimed to be the first ever ready—to—cook 3d—printed fish fillet. the fish, the density is much lower. the flakiness is something that is much more easier to mimic. and with our patent—protected printing capabilities, we know how to 3d print exactly the same texture and 0k flakiness of a real fish. that is something that we already have the capability to date of printing. they use animal cells cultivated and grown in a laboratory, which are then mixed with plant—based ingredients

nick beake, bbc news, paris. another major american bank has gone bust, the third this year.y first republic is now being sold to the investment giant, jp morgan chase, with the deal, is expected to cost the us government's insurance fund, around $13 billion. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in fact customers ofjp morgan chase. the signs above will soon change. first republic had been under pressure since the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank two months earlier. last week, it revealed deposited had removed $100 million in the space of a few months. investors are convinced it was about to fail. riding to the rescue of america's financial system the boss of america's biggest bank, jamie dimon. this is getting near the end of it and hopefully it helps stabilise everything. i think all the regional banks, they actually had some pretty good results. first republic is the biggest us bank failure since 2008. it invariably brings back memories of the collapse of lehman brothers and bear stearns and the global financial crisis that f

nick beake, bbc news, paris.irements for foreign travellers to the united states will be withdrawn next week, to coincide with the end of the three—year public health emergency. the white house said the end of the vaccine mandate on may the 11th would also apply to federal employees and contractors. the pandemic killed more than a million americans, though the white house emphasised thatjabs had saved millions more. the programme faced a significant political backlash and non—compliance by anti—vaxxers. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. look at this bay. it is absolutely beautiful today, and we have to be 100% sure before we do anything that could damage this beautiful environment. a canadian company called planetary plans to capture and store carbon in these waters by pumping in an alkaline mineral called magnesium hydroxide. it's got the community concerned, with the question remaining, why here? well, planetary says after extensive research on potential sites, the cornish coasts provide the

nick beake, bbc news, paris.d are preparing to return to work after the biggest strike so far in the long—running dispute with the government over pay and conditions. the industrial action that affected accident and emergency and cancer care for the first time, ends in the next hour. the government says its optimistic unions will agree on the 5% pay rise tomorow, and called this strike by the royal college of nursing �*premature' ahead of the wider discussions. the head of the rcn warned they would keep the pressure up with further strikes if needs be. for those nurses who are losing a day's pay and standing on picket lines. should there be a further emergency that they are required to return to, i wont even have to ask them to do that. they will immediately remove themselves from picket lines and return to look after their patients. that's what nursing is about. they are selfless people, and they are standing up for their patients from an nhs that is totally broken, totally broken, but they are the people that a

nick beake, bbc news, paris.w, where the united nations is sending its top aid official, warning of an escalting humanitarian disaster. people are unable to get help to those who need it. despite the latest ceasfire, fighting continues in the capital khartoum, and thousands of people continue to try and leave the country. an extra evacuation flight for british nationals from port sudan on the red sea, has left, while those unable to leave by plane, are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia, from where our africa correpsondent, andrew harding, has sent us this report. britain's airlift may be ending, but the larger evacuation effort from sudan goes on. this morning, an american navy ship docked injedda having crossed the red sea of the night, bringing some 300 foreign nationals to safety. a cluster of different officials ready to greet their citizens on the backside. exhausted families, including more than 20 british nationals where it recounting their experiences. it than 20 british nationals where it recou

nick beake there.bed into the trevi fountain in rome and poured diluted charcoal into the water. the group were were taken away by police shortly after the protest, which was drawing attention to the impact of recent flooding in the country. 0ur reporter emily brown has been looking into this. the trevi fountain attracts about 3,000 to 4,000 visitors every day. and here it is at the centre of a protest where climate activists got into the fountain and poured charcoal into the water, turning it black. this is the last generation group. they were heard shouting, "our country is dying". it, of course, comes as the devastating flooding has taken place across the north—eastern region of italy in emilia—romagna, where 14 people are now known to have died from the flooding. and most recently, the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, has visited the devastated areas. back to rome — the rome mayor, roberto gualtieri, has condemned the protests. he's described it as an attack on italy's artistic heritage. he'

our correspondent in athens, nick beake, explained how the prime minister has been reacting to tonight'sut a political earthquake here in greece tonight. certainly, the pollsters underestimated his appeal to the nation. he said that he's got a clear mandate to govern for another four years, that he'll be able to continue the job, as it were. he's had four years in power, and now he's really appealing to the nation to keep him in power. it's not quite as easy as that, as we've been hearing in the last few minutes or so. but certainly, he says he's got the credibility to go to the people, it would seem, in a few weeks' time for this second vote, and the system, as we've been hearing, changes yet again. so, with these bonus seats being awarded to the party that comes up top, you'd imagine tonight, he'd be pretty confident that he could secure an outright majority, or certainly with that top—up factor, a majority when greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it would seem. you're watching bbc news. ten people were taken to hospital after a double decker bus hit a railway bridge in glasgow. th

nick beake, bbc news, paris.00 hospitality venues across britain shut down in the past year — that's around 12 a day. soaring business costs, rising prices and punters with less cash in their pockets to spend are some of the factors. jon donnison has that story. bank holiday in the boozer. what's not to like? well, it turns out if you are in the hospitality business quite a lot. are we closing our kitchens? clive watson runs more than a0 pubs including this one in west london. the last 12 months we thought covid was behind us, but then we went into the storm of cost increases, particularly on food, it has gone up by 20%, labour, just recently a hike in the labour costs, that is by 10%. drink prices have gone up about ten to 15%. so the cost impacts are huge on the industry. if it is the punters though who pay the price, you risk losing business. it's not ideal to pass the cost on because they become less competitive in the market, people don't want to spend more money because costs have gone up with heating, etc,

nick beake is our correspondent to we spoke to earlier and we will be speaking to him again at some stagewe can get more of a flavour of what is happening. in you can see these kind of makeshift... that was an explosion just there. there's that fire in the middle of the street and tricky to see exactly is happening. let's go full screen for a momentjust to get a better idea of what we can actually see there. we will do thatjust a moment. butjust as the camera moves around we canjust moment. butjust as the camera moves around we can just get a better sense i think of what is going on. and we can go full—screen now to get a sense of what is happening because in these clashes traditionally of course you have a mixture of families and people just out on more traditional protests and then you have at the sharp end people with gas masks and tear gas around. people wearing high vis jackets and as ever with these kind of protests people are filming themselves. so we are due to get plenty more video coming on in the hours ahead of different parts of this protest and we will be keeping an eye on th

nick beake sent this update from paris.day of protest is now drawing to a close in paris but there have been demonstrations across the country today, as part of may day protests. it was the unions who organised this today. it's all focused on the recent pension reform that has gone through, people are very angry about this. talking to people, they are angry that president macron used his executive powers to bypass parliament. we saw violence in this particular spot, with tear gas used. there was a fire at a nearby building which a lot of firefighters had to attend. in other french cities, there have been disturbances. police were out in force, 5,000 officers in the capital. you can see quite a lot of them remain, even as it seems people are going home now. the big question is, will this violence today, this show of political will on the part of so many people, translate to anything? will there be any u—turn from the french government when it comes to this pension reform, boosting the retirement age from 62 to ga? there's no

nick beake sent us this update.pital where, four years ago, most people voted for the centre—right new democracy party. it went on to win the election and has been ruling greece ever since. i want to show you the backdrop at this particular polling station because as views go, it's not a bad one. the acropolis, there it is, looming over the voters who are casting their ballots today. for many people, the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. today's voters will be making their way along here into what is a school and talking of schools and younger people, i7—year—olds, people who celebrate their 17th birthday this year, are able to vote, for the first time. what will be in their minds? well, it's probably what's in the minds of the young and the old because a cost of living election is what people are saying this is. we've seen this in other countries, haven't we, over the past few months or so. the fact that people are saying the money they have in their pocket doesn't go as far as it used to. the

live now to athens, and let's speak to our europe correspondent, nick beake.ey are showing the prime minister in the lead. , . ., , ., the lead. they are, and they are broadly what — the lead. they are, and they are broadly what we _ the lead. they are, and they are broadly what we were _ the lead. they are, and they are | broadly what we were expecting, the lead. they are, and they are - broadly what we were expecting, what the experts were predicting, although new democracy party, which has been in government for the past four years, has been in government for the past fouryears, has has been in government for the past four years, has done better than what people expected, but you made the crucial point there, they are unlikely to form a majority government because in years gone by, with this sort of percentage being predicted, up to 40% of the vote, that would have been enough, but the system he has changed, which means that the party which comes top, which looks like it will be new democracy, will not get this bonus of 50 seats in parliament, and that in y

mr tsipras has also cast his vote in the past hour. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in the greek capital the sun is shining and it is turning out to be a nice day. lots of voters are now making their way to the polling stations. let me show you where we are. anyone who might be undecided today may want inspiration. and if they live in this constituency, they can look up there. that is not a bad backdrop to a polling station. the acropolis. that symbol of the ancient greek world of democracy where this voting system emerged from. that is a pretty impressive backdrop. butjust over here, it is the school which is the polling station today for people in this area. we have heard today that the prime minister, the sitting prime minister, has already cast his vote. he is saying people should trust him and invest in him for another four years. at the same time, the leader of the opposition, alexis tsipras, has said greece needs a change at this point and that under him people would be better off and will feel less pain from what many have said is a cost—of—living crisis here. and that has been t

our correspondent in athens, nick beake, explained how the prime minister has been reacting to the resultsical earthquake here in greece tonight. certainly, the pollsters underestimated his appeal to the nation. he said that he's got a clear mandate to govern for another four years, that he'll be able to continue thejob, as it were. he's had four years in power, and now he's really appealing to the nation to keep him in power. it's not quite as easy as that, as we've been hearing in the last few minutes or so. but certainly, he says he's got the credibility to go to the people, it would seem, in a few weeks' time for this second vote, and the system, as we've been hearing, changes yet again. so, with these bonus seats being awarded to the party that comes up top, you'd imagine tonight, he'd be pretty confident that he could secure an outright majority, or certainly with that top—up factor, a majority when greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it would seem. listening to the analyst today, he has real momentum, there is a 20% differentiation between him and syriza, the party that is comin

live now to athens, and let's speak to our europe correspondent, nick beake. his exit polls we are receiving? sometimes there are modifications or changes after exit polls but broadly it shows the ruling centre—right new democracy party has done better than people were expecting. now, in normal times, people were expecting. now, in normaltimes, if people were expecting. now, in normal times, if there are no more times in greek politics, that would suggest they would form a majority government, but they have changed the system here, this is a legacy of the system here, this is a legacy of the former government, and what has happened is that it is a change whereby the party that comes type does not get this 50 seat bonus in parliament, so it's much harder to form a majority government, so the sort of figures were looking at is that democracy is set to have got between 36—40% of the vote, the party 25—29%, so a gap of ten points it would seem between the two parties. what happens now is it all depends on the third—party and whether they are willing to go into a c

i spoke to our europe correspondent nick beake to find out what president mitsotakis has been saying.een speaking in the last two minutes talking about a political earthquake here tonight. they underestimated his appeal. a clear mandate to govern for another four years that he will be able to continue the job, as years that he will be able to continue thejob, as it years that he will be able to continue the job, as it were. years that he will be able to continue thejob, as it were. for years in power, and now he is really appealing to the nation to keep him in power. it's not quite as easy as that, as we have been hearing in the last few minutes or so, but certainly he says he's got the credibility to go to the people, it would seem, in a few weeks' time for this second vote, and the system, as we have been hearing, changes yet again. with these bonus being awarded to a party, you would imagine tonight he would be pretty confident that he could secure an outright majority are certainly with that top up factor, a majority when the greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it the greeks g

earlier i spoke to our europe correspond nick beake who gave me the latest from paris.hat you can see behind me is the official route, the trade union organised march, one particular trade union making their way along this route. we are about halfway to the final point butjust a few moments ago we had tear gas fired as police clashed with some of the so—called hardcore black block and we saw different things being destroyed, bus shelters being broken and the police on horseback had to come in at speed. and we had these clashes. we have heard about 30 people have been arrested and that figure is going up all the time so we have this kind of different stories within one city, families on the official route and also maybe hundreds of people who have already clashed with the police just an hour or so into this demonstration. do we know which sections of the protesters are the ones that have clashed with police? it was the people dressed all in black, some covering theirfaces who were right at the head of the march on the protest route. they filed off from one side to anothe

the centre—right party looks set to fall short of an absolute majority. 0ur europe correspondent nick beakecause it was always going to be difficult for him to secure an outright majority in this vote because of the changes to the electoral system that he inherited, but he has done much better than the pollsters here in greece had predicted. they were talking about a six percentage point lead over a series of left—wing opposition, as it turns out it was more than 20%, so they really underestimated the level of support for him. in terms of what happens today, the post voting procedure kicks in so the official results will be taken to the presidential mansion, the greek president, she will then invite prime minister mitsotakis to form an administration, but from his point of view and for the prime minister, he is not going to want to do that because he has seen the share of the vote top 40% and what everybody expects here is that there will be another general election in greece, probably in a month, and what will happen there is that a new system of voting will certainly come in and as part o

mr tsipras has also cast his vote in the past hour. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in the greek capitale election. i just want to show you the backdrop at this particular polling station because as views go it's not a bad one! the acropolis, there it is, looming over the voters casting their ballot today. for many people their ballot today. for many people the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. today's voters will be making their way here to this school, and 17—year—olds are able to vote for the first time. what will be on their minds? probably on the minds of the young and the old, because a cost of living election is what people are saying this is, and we have seen this and other countries of the past few months or so, the fact that people are saying the money they have in their pocket does not go as far as it used to, the cost of products when they go to the supermarket, the cost has gone up, so that's something is important, also specific to greece in this election has been the awful train crash that we saw at the end of february, 57 people were killed, most of t

our europe correspondent nick beake is in athens. morning. ere will be another vote in the coming weeks? morning. yeah, that is absolutely the case because the prime minister here, mr mitsotakis, is waking up very happy man because his centre—right party did much better than the pollsters predicted. and also, they said the opposition party would do much better. as it turned out support for syriza, the left—wing party, ebbed away. why is that? it seems the economy has been right at the heart of these. and it is quite a confusing picture because basically increase the economy is growing once again. remember all those years of eu bailouts of cuts to spending, high unemployment. that has been getting better. the picture has been getting better. the picture has been getting better. the picture has been improving. but when we went to the shops in the capital, athens, and the north of the country, people said they were not feeling it when they go on buy the weekly shop. the money does not go as far as it used to. that is something many people can ide