including inside parliament.ecounting deeply dramatic events, first michelle spoke about how as a young person she was raped. she was only 14. >> i remember first of all feeling surprised and then fear and then horror as i realized i could not escape. afterwords i walked home alone crying, cold and shivering and i realize that was the shock response. i do not tell my mother. i did not tell my father. i did not tell my friends and ie did not tell the police. i bottled it up inside me. one thing i realize now is that i am not scared. he was.i i'm not scared. i'm not a victim. i'm a survivor. >> it thinks the honorable ladyt for what she has said in the way in which she has said it which has left a intelligible impression upon us all. >> the clearly was-- speaker was clearly affected. a few weeks earlier she spoke about losing her daughter. >> the doctor was called and i was rushed to the emergency room where four steps were used to get her out. the embargo cord was around her for for the whole 20 minutes. she lived

is called anything, this parliament will be known as a brexit parliament. brexitent's role in the process -- they had successfully gotten the agreement of the high court. for the u.k. to start the process of the eu. it can be done by prime minister alone. the government appealed. were on this place, the supreme court. >> the politicians looked on on anxiously, whatever side. >> the supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorizing it to do so. >> a bill was brought up, just one have -- 170 words long. called they got brexit bill. they piled into the comments which lasted two days. >> it is not a bill about whether the u.k. should leave the european union or how it to do so. it is simply about parliament empowering the government to implement a decision already made in the point of no return. to accept and respect the outlook of the referendum. we remain a european country with a shared history. >> what sort of divorce would it be? >> this is a big deal. you're not taking this up. it has an impact on e

. ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to the uk 56 parliament. >> it was the shortest parliament for 46 years.t two years long. >> they experienced extraordinary evils in british politics. the uk was a solid member of the european union and the brexit word had yet to be invented. in the 24 months there's been departures. >> i once said i was the future ones. [laughter] >> new people at the top and in accordance with the wishes of the people, they are leaving the european union. >> they hold our values and contempt they hold our values of tolerance and decency in contempt. >> maureen wrote to me this week and she writes with a heavy heart, we have been treated disgustingly. none on it was the 62nd time that the majesty the queen had opened parliament against expectations and predictions of the pollsters, david cameron had won a general election victory for the conservative. note television of the democrats would be needed this time. following the resignation, labor was led harriet harman. no words were exchanged as they filed through parliament to hear the speech and the plans for government ex

is called anything, this parliament will be known as a brexit parliament. brexitent's role in the process -- they had successfully gotten the agreement of the high court. for the u.k. to start the process of the eu. it can be done by prime minister alone. the government appealed. were on this place, the supreme court. >> the politicians looked on on anxiously, whatever side. >> the supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorizing it to do so. >> a bill was brought up, just one have -- 170 words long. called they got brexit bill. they piled into the comments which lasted two days. >> it is not a bill about whether the u.k. should leave the european union or how it to do so. it is simply about parliament empowering the government to implement a decision already made in the point of no return. to accept and respect the outlook of the referendum. we remain a european country with a shared history. >> what sort of divorce would it be? >> this is a big deal. you're not taking this up. it has an impact on e

will be known as a brexit parliament.arliament's role in the brexit process -- they had successfully gotten the agreement of the high court. parliamentary approval was needed for the u.k. to start the process of the eu. not be done by prime minister alone. the government appealed. all eyes were on this place, the supreme court. the 11 judges reconsidered the case. the country was enthralled at the court hearing. the politicians looked on on anxiously, whatever side. the supreme court announced its judgment. of 8-3, therity supreme court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorizing it to do so. >> a bill was brought up, just 170 words long. this was called the eu notification of withdrawal bill, but quickly got called the brexit bill. they piled into the comments which lasted two days. >> it is not a bill about whether the u.k. should leave the european union or how it to do so. it is simply about parliament empowering the government to implement a decision already made in th

she will open parliament injune. we of state. she will open parliament in june.ll see of state. she will open parliament injune. we will see her opening parliament and a in a different state as we have seen before. there will be less crowns, no gold carriage this time, but certainly, the fact that the queen is there for the fact that the queen is there for the closing of parliament and the opening is vital to the representation of how interwoven the relationship is between queen and parliament. that she is the constitutional, the neutral head of state, that every bill passed through the commons and the lords has to go through the queen. she will never refuse to sign the bills, but she has the final say. will never refuse to sign the bills, but she has the final saylj will never refuse to sign the bills, but she has the final say. i was struck when you mentioned that earlier. she can't change something, that's the role of parliament, but that's the role of parliament, but that notion that she reads every paragraph, she looks carefully at what is laid in front of h

the queen opens parliament, as she will do injune, and also closes parliament.he helicopter just head of state. believes are images from the helicopterjust above where we are now, we might end up raising our voices to each other but that will be the reason if so. we wait to see these images that will become familiar with on formal occasions such as this. this is a brief occasion. this wonderful shot reminds us that it is a short journey. it is those few moments inside the palace, that brief conversation at widdall love to be a fly on the wall. —— we would all love to be. yes, and the weekly meetings that the monarchy has with the prime minister, even if the monarch is in balmoral. the prime minister usually goes up. it is usually a very useful sounding board. that is the role of the queen. she sees herself as a sounding board. she will often occu py sounding board. she will often occupy the other position, as a way of making it clear to the prime minister what the thoughts are. mrs thatcher famously thought, she said the queen was the sort of person to vote sdp,

we'll have more from westminster and parliament —— as parliament dissolves.eral election campaign and will talk about that. thank you, jane, it was a surreal interlude that grabbed our attention. they looked like a happy couple. let me bring you breaking news. we are hearing from dorset police that two men and a woman have been arrested for the murder of guy hedger after a botched burglary in brentwood in dorset. police are seeing that information from the public they have had, they have arrested three people in relation to the murder investigation. they made the murder investigation. they made the arrest in the bournemouth area. a ao—year—old man from bournemouth has been arrested on suspicion of murder and aggravated burglary. the 44—year—old man and a ao—year—old woman from bournemouth have been arrested on conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary. all are currently being questioned by detectives currently. they say that properties in blandford and then bournemouth are being search for evidence. kevin connolly from dorset po

palestinian minister and controlled parliament. palestinian ministerand —— controlled parliament.ament. palestinian ministerand —— militant group controlled parliament. palestinian minister and —— militant group has polished a document stating a willingness to accept a transitional palestinian state although without recognising israel. chancellor merkel of germany will travel to the russian black sea resort of sochi to meet russian president vladimir putin at his summer residence later. since the conflict in ukraine, ties between russia and germany have worsened. time for our news review — and we start in france with le figaro. the front page shows riot police engulfed in flames in paris, having clashed with protestors on the sidelines of a may day parade. the paper has the latest on this week's presidential election. india's business standard has a meeting between prime minister narendra modi and turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan. mr modi called for turkish investment in india, while mr erdogan suggested free—trade talks between the two countries. a high level report in the

firstly, we will support moves over the next parliament.orking with business to increase the minimum wage to the level of the real, level, living wage. that means a living wage by the end of the next parliament that will be slightly more than 10,000 per hour. secondly, we will take a different approach here in scotland to public approach. it was designed to protect jobs at a time of spending cuts imposed by westminster. snp government has taken action to soften its impact. ensuring that many in scotland are paid more than their counterparts in the u.k.. there is no doubt that it has been hard for public sector workers. at a time of rising inflation, it is increasingly unsustainable. of course, they that must be affordable. it is also the real-life circumstances that people face. still to attract and retain staff in our public services. for next year, in future years, we will not assume a 1% pay gap. [applause] we will have discussions for our evidence that is based on proper consideration of the impact of insulation. they struck the right b

it is estimated that the next parliament could be dominated by en marche!nd the conservative party. laura: joining me in the studio is a member of the en marche! movement, running for election in the legislative elections next month. thanks for being with us. won a resounding victory. however, one in three french voters chose the national front, another third chose to spoil their ballot or not vote at all. how will emmanuel macron reach out to those voters now? >> he is definitely aware of the fact that this election was unprecedented. it means that france is at a crossroads today between two world, between two branches of the population. hand, a on the one population that is appealing for a new way of living in democracy , and another branch of the population which is afraid of the future, who is no risk by rished byho is nou fear. it is one of his priorities to make sure that he will be the one able to keep the country together. laura: for example, a lot of people are worried about his plan to continue to overhaul french labor laws. we saw people rallying

he needs a majority of mps in that lower house of parliament.e reforms he wants in order to pass laws. that is talk about this some more. this week, we have had the revelation of people running for the seats, not all of them have been announced. they are a diverse bunch, exactly half female, and come from all walks of life? the presidential office will be in enormous for macron. he realises that. the difficulty for him will be that he has at the moment, no constituency behind him and his en marche is fairly new. he has this changed it to republic en marche. at the moment, he doesn't have a shoo—in. —— a shoo—in prime minister to come into the lower house. and he has no obvious political allies either. he will have to find some too, effectively, e nforce have to find some too, effectively, enforce his ambitious political programme. as you said, at the moment, people have emigrated so far, half of them have no political experience at all —— people have been recruited so far. the average age is ag which is younger than the people who occupy the sea

or you will get jeremy corbyn with a hung parliament and chaos. written simply will not get the right brexit deals if we have dividedsion of a parliament. with corbyn as prime minister, we will pay a high price. the bestnt negotiations for you and britain, you must make your vote count. will be a voteme to demonstrate that unity of purpose. team vote for me and my will strengthen my hand as i negotiate for britain in europe. will mean wer me can get on with delivering my plans for a stronger britain. while the opposition parties battles from the past, or paint a vision of the future that is filled with despair, i have ambition for britain. best daysbelieve our lie ahead. i believe that with dedication and hard work, we will make a success of brexit, have confidence in our country, and start -- stand tall in the world again. we can build a stronger britain where our economic success is shared around the country. i believe we can build a stronger economy that rewards all those who work hard and create secure and well-paying jobs for our children, an

the prime minister has visited the queen at buckingham palace to mark the dissolution of parliament. on her return to downing street, theresa may accused european politicians and officials of seeking to influence the result of the general election through threats. threats against britain have been issued by european politicians and officials. all of these acts have been deliberately timed to affect the result of the general election that will take place on the 8th june. in brussels, the eu chief negotiator warns that brexit negotiations will not be quick and painless and insists the uk must honour its commitments. there is no punishment. there is no brexit bill. the financial settle m e nt brexit bill. the financial settlement is only about settling the accounts. whilst we will meet out the accounts. whilst we will meet our international obligations, we will meet the legal ones, not the best guesses of the commission. i'm ben brown. the other main headlines this hour: a student is found guilty of planting a home—made bomb on a busy tube train. police investigating the murder of a man

as you said, this has to go to parliament, and they will approve it.the end of next year, 2018, and he will step down at the end. on the first day of 2019, his son will be the new emperor. a new imperial era will begin. we are in the 29th year of the heisei period. a new period which is yet unnamed will be for the son. emperor akihito is widely and deeply loved in this country. people will be that he is going to step down. but they supported him last yearin down. but they supported him last year in his address on television. he said he was getting frail and had cancer and has had open heart surgery cancer and has had open heart surgery is. he is concerned he will not long be able to carry out his duties. after that television address, opinion polls suggested the overwhelming of people here injapan support his wish for a quiet retirement. there are worries about the succession in the future. retirement. there are worries about the succession in the futurem retirement. there are worries about the succession in the future. it is a one—off bill, applying t

it is important the constituents who elected members of parliament feel those members of parliament are able to do their job, bring their concerns to this house and play a full part in this chamber and we want to ensure every part of the united kingdom has a strong voice and we continue to work for that. >> the prime minister is showing considerable leadership in adopting the definition of anti-semitism. does she believe it is the duty of all party leaders in this house not just to pay lip service to it but do something about it? does she share my -- does she share my disgust that a former member of this house criticized by the select committee for anti-semitic utterances is now the official candidate in bradford east for the liberal democrats? >> can i first of all pay tribute to my right honorable friend. for all the services he has given and not just his service in this house but a considerable record in local government in this house, he is also in his time for the work he has done on anti-semitism performed an important role, had a relentless drive in anti-semitism, and he should b

if we have a hung parliament, does it delay parliament, or is there a second referendum? peter:u we have no idea. conservativese and the labour party are es, myted to varying degre guess is they will continue to open the article 50 negotiations. the question is how aggressive or how singular will be u.k.'s position be in the event of a hung parliament? we know what the conservatives stand for. there is a broad expectation that does translate. we had an awful lot of that. abouty, the people talk there being a hung parliament, i don't see that happening. where are you on that issue? >> there were expectations at the beginning that the lib dems would capitalize, but we have not seen that at all. national polling does not really work, you have to poll the 100 key seats. it is also true that in 2015 we did see some local polling and it was not very good. so, it all will hang on the 100 marshall seats. democrats have changed a little bit. they started recalibrating their systems, but because the election was called early, they are not their area, basically. francine: emma peter

, meaning another majority of a movement as a parliament. and administer a prime minister that would not be are from the movement. so that will be would have to be very difficult. or make strong alliance from the election which has now he has moved out. so it's a very tricky political situation for him. and, of course, all eyes in. and this morning, to see the two men side by side. the new generation. someone who is needed from the right nor the left. and his mentor all together, that's really for the french people. carolyn. >> thank you for that. let's get more on investment and reaction outlook. of thank you so much for coming in. of the expectations coming in, we're seeing that the markets are in a bit of a selloff mode. is that a surprise to you? >> not really. the polls have been r re predicting this victory for a good amount of time now. it's what is expected. perhaps we expected it to be a little less short. but we did see this at the opening, right, the cac reached a high since 2008. theue rallied a bit. i would think -- it's not a s

mp andsumably have the brokers in that parliament, i do not know.is uncertainty that has to be negative for investment conditions that has to be negative. manus: one of the stories was the rise of the ftse 100 in terms of may, we are up 4.75%. cash.s the we go over here and change it. , are is one month, 4.48% splendid outperformance relative to my european peers. change that to three months and to begin to understand that it is a poetry performance. wti.is guest: you commented on the wrong column. the column we should be looking at is the far right in constant currency. when you look at the ftse 100 has a reverse correlation with sterling. if sterling falls that has to go up because the majority of earnings come from outside the u.k. irrespective of that you are still right. if you go back over six months you have euro stocks up and the ftse up. you have eurostoxx outperforming the ftse. and compared to the u.s. over euro stocks are up. that is the flow of money. what we have looked at in terms of european earnings for the last four years has been

masked men stormed the parliament building last thursday, beating up opposition politicians.ow it's time for world business report. like it or loathe it, it is bigger and more controversial than ever. facebook closes in on 2 billion users but can it see off the controversy. also france and youth unemployment. also in the programme, china's answer to boeing prepares for its maiden flight. we start with facebook, because despite the ongoing controversy over everything from fake news to extremist and violent content, the social networkjust keeps getting bigger and more profitable. facebook has been warning for some time it can't keep growing at this rate but the latest results show no sign of a slowdown yet. take a look at these numbers. facebook made profits ofjust over $3 billion in the first three months of this year. that's a jump of more than 76% on the same period last year and more than investors were expecting. facebook is creeping ever closer to two billion users — 1.91; billion people are now actively using the social media platform every month, up 17% on this time las

britain's general election campaign is officially under way as parliament is dissolved.onal condemnation of president maduro's plan to rewrite venezuela's constitution. it would also allow him to get round the current parliament, which is dominated by the opposition, but his government says a new constituent assembly is the best way to unite a fractured country. there's been another day of street protests, with barricades limiting traffic in many cities. greg dawson has the latest. this is the result of president maduro's promise to bring peace to venezuela. in this city, the only sign of traffic is the burning cars used to form road blocks. protests have taken place here and across the country in direct response to the president's idea for a new citizen—led national assembly. in a televised address, president maduro confirmed he would sideline the country's opposition—controlled congress which has been calling for his resignation. but with pots and pans in hand, these people made it clear the only change they want is a new president. translation: we are not scared. i am

ecb president mario draghi speaking to european parliament.mly convinced the euro area needs support. giving herel strongest confirmation yet that the europe and donald trump are drifting apart. airways shifts to recovery mode after a computer error led to a crisis over the weekend. crisis putting the spotlight on chief executive alex cruz.

mayhem in macedonia's parliament.urnalists as the long—running political stalemate became something far more disturbing. the latest protests have been peaceful but the underlying tension remains. macedonia hasn't had a government since last december‘s election. the country is stuck. these protesters are country is stuck. these protesters a re loyal to country is stuck. these protesters are loyal to nikola gruevski and his party. they have run macedonia for more than a decade and claim they can't hand over power to the opposition social democrats because they have made too many concessions to the country's ethnic albanian minority. for one of the mps attacked last week, they say that is just an excuse. battered but back at work, she insists the issue isn't ethnic relations, it's about vmro avoiding prosecution for corruption in office. whatever they have done in the last three months is with only one purpose and this is to prevent a peaceful transfer of power because a new reform— oriented government would mean crimina

may: we mark the dissolution of this parliament. the 2015 parliament is now at an and.nd 36 days, the country will elect a new government and

the design was to serve as a conduit between the king and parliament. americans view that as a suspicious set up. they felt it brought corruption into the monarchy. at first americans were excited about king george the third when he came to the throne. they thought the british cabinet was to blame for the conflict afterwards. >> how did they set up something different? ms. chervinsky: in 1787, when delegates met to form the constitutional convention, they discussed the british system in great detail. similartheir proposals to the british cabinet were rejected. instead they established two options for the president to obtain advice. requestident could written advice from the department secretary, or the senate -- or the president could get advice or consent from the senate on foreign affairs. in that way they hoped the president would have advice and support, but it would be a transparent system and everyone would have to take responsibility for their decisions. washington's relationship with his cabinet? ms. chervinsky: it changed over his presidency. i

parliament since the election more than a year ago?government in terms of education and in health, and also at westminster, has been providing the effective opposition to the conservative party. in terms of this election, it's about big issues like pensions, the economy and our relationship with europe, is the snp thatis relationship with europe, is the snp that is putting forward the positive ideas. after all, it is the snp, who just before christmas put forward a compromise document in terms of independence and our future relationship with europe. ifi can interrupt, this question is asking you if you have tunnel vision and an dependence in detriment to doing other work in the scottish parliament? i don't think that's the case. your last package was on health. in terms of health, we have got what has been described by the red cross as humanitarian crisis south of the border, with the health service being the best performing one among the four nations of the uk in scotland. the scottish government is getting on with the job. but a real

so why did your members of the scottish parliament vote against increasing nurses‘ pay?sition. as is the case across the uk, we have a i% pay cap across the public sector. and you voted to sustain that. can ijust explain the position we are in and the action we have taken and what i think needs to happen in the future? we have had that pay cap to try to protectjobs and make sure that we could support a policy of no compulsory redundancies in our nhs. again, a policy that other parts of the uk don't have. no nurses have been made redundant in england and wales. 12,000 nhs staff have been made redundant. yes, but not nurses. there have been redundancies across the nhs. but not nurses. i would have to double check that, but i think you might be wrong on that point. we have a policy of no compulsory redundancies. we have also done two other things. let me finish this point, because it's important. we have done two other things that haven't been done in other parts of the uk. we have given bigger increases to those at the lowest end of the income scale. and we have also prote

he has no mps at all in the french parliament, as things now stand.. on the other hand, however, he has a lot of momentum going from this very clear victory. he also will benefit from a certain honeymoon effect, as presidents always do, in france, when they're newly elected. there was an opinion poll last week suggesting that he might get close to a majority in the parliament. another second opinion survey suggested that a majority of french voters yesterday weren't voting for him, they don't want him to have a majority in the parliament, they were voting primarily to keep marine le pen out. so it's all very much in the balance, and without a clear majority or stable coalition in the parliament, he will find it hard to put in the kinds of reforms he has in mind, especially for the french labour market. indeed, as you say, some critics are saying he is a president by default, because so many people were against marine le pen's populist agenda. looking at foreign policy, how will france be facing the rest of the world? obviously still a part of the eu,

you have a member of parliament who has called it a ‘ponzi' scheme, a pyramid ‘ponzi' scheme.learly there are consequences. the volatility involved, they will make an informed choice in terms of making investment in bitcoin or other crypto currencies. and as far as people calling it a ‘ponzi' scheme, there have been some insta nces scheme, there have been some instances in india where certain pyramid scheme companies have turned up pyramid scheme companies have turned up across pyramid scheme companies have turned up across india, and that is probably creating emotion, and the popularity of bitcoin means they have nothing to do with bitcoin, and they offer unrealistic returns to investors. i think it is fair for the government to warn the general public that they need to be aware. and people need to be more aware and understanding of how bitcoin works. so what are the benefits of bitcoins? what are the advantages if they legalise? i think bitcoin has advantages in india. creating a bank account is still not easy, and we are seeing this penetration of mobile technology and syst

french presidential elect emmanuel macron has parliament in his sights. of hundreds of mps, half of whom had never run for office before. the white house downplaying controversy surrounding the firing of fbi director james comey. was as it comes out he dismissed days after he asked for more money to expand the investigation into russia's ties to the election. brazil's former president on the stand for almost five hours in the first of several corruption trials against him. he says he will still run for a third term next year. time now for a look at the day's business news with stephen. you are starting with snapchat, which published its first result since floating on the stock exchange, but not good. >> not good, indeed. fail to meet expectations in terms of earnings but also in terms of how many new users the firm is adding as it faces increased competition from facebook. as a result, shares fell by 23% on wall street in after-hours trading wednesday. that is a big shift since the marketa around the stock launch. >> just a couple months ago to launch the

despite being a member of parliament for 34 years, being labour leaderfor two parliament for 34 years country. and with the brexit go see asians due to begin only 11 days after polling day, he is not prepared for those negotiations. but i am prepared. prepared to take the difficult decisions that leadership demands. prepared to do what is necessary to protect and defend our country, prepared to go into the negotiating chamber with the european union just 11 days negotiating chamber with the european unionjust 11 days after polling day. i am prepared, european unionjust 11 days after polling day. iam prepared, i european unionjust 11 days after polling day. i am prepared, i am ready to go. jeremy corbyn is not. because last night confirmed that only one of us has the determination to deliver the will of the people and make brexit happen. and only one of us has the plan to make brexit a success. last night showed that jeremy corbyn‘s minders can put him ina smart jeremy corbyn‘s minders can put him in a smart blue suit for an interview with jeremy paxman, but with his position on brexit

both sides will now focus their attention on lobbying parliament to do what they want. simply the beginning. that report ending this edition of the programme, thank you for watching, we will be with you same time tomorrow. goodbye. temperatures will continue to climb over the next few days, probably peaking in scotland on friday and across eastern england on saturday. 26 degrees on wednesday and on thursday likely to be warmer as well, fair weather crowd, foggy weather lifting. 0n the whole blue skies, lots of sunshine around. temperature is higher as well. widely into the mid—20s and could peak at 27 or 28. fine end to the day with late sunshine, those temperatures overnight will not fall, not as much fog, we will lose some of the cloud on the far north of scotland, temperatures overnight perhaps no lower than 15 or 16. the high—pressure still across the uk as we head into friday, the centre of it further east, allowing us to draw up it further east, allowing us to draw up winds from the near continent so a fresh breeze perhaps on friday but drying up some warm air and

we need her to be returned to parliament. we need many more labour mps back in parliament. i'm not hearing from you is the sense of how that could happen now? this is presumably a wake—up call. you have got a month to go. we don't know what is going to be radical enough for you to get a message across, through jeremy corbyn, through john mcdonnell, which hasn't worked so far? firstly, be patient. let's see what's in that manifesto. secondly, of course we have lessons to learn. we've also got lessons to learn from the areas where we did well in the local elections. places like greater manchester where the tories were defeated for example - where your candidate didn't wait around to see his leader turn—up? the conservative candidate in greater man chest, the greater manchester. we have lessons to learn, both bad and good from these elections. i'm not complacent. i'm looking very carefully at how we build on those issues and we get our message across. you have to be more than not complacent, don't you? step back from this for a second. you are trying to replace a government th

that's what the labour conference and parliament have decided to do.ure that we play a full part in the nuclear non—proliferation treaty to bring about multilateral nuclear disarmament around the world. but we will also have a security review to look at the other issues that we face such as the cyber threat which was obviously very serious to our national health service only a week ago, as well as, of course, the issues that have come to the front because of the tragedy of manchester last week. let's clarify trident. do you support the renewal... it's there in the programme. that's not what i asked you, mr corbyn. do you support the renewal of trident? everybody knows i voted against the renewal of it, because i wanted to go in a different direction. that is the decision that's been taken. i respect that decision. but can you tell the british people tonight that you support the renewal of trident? we're going ahead with the programme which has been agreed by parliament and voted on by the labour party. do you support it? listen, my views on nuclear wea

he could e-- his banner, he could emerge with the parliament party. the they have been working hard to parliamently aseconds, they become up with a center right majority in parliament, if you believe that macron is an empty suit to begin with. the problems are there. lou: do i know you correctly? that we should all be grateful then that angela merc merkel is running the eu. >> it pushes it today its ultimate demise, la pen had one of the best lines with macron, neating h noting he went to germany to get merkel's approval, la pen said, after this elect, france will be ruled by a woman, either me ea or chancellor merkel. >> now we know who it is. >> she is right. lou: the new boss is the old boss. >> right. lou: ambassador john bolton thank you. >> thank you. lou: socialism not working for venezuela. a new survey find over over past year 75% of the population lost an average of 19 pounds for lack of food. why is not something being done about the disfunctional and failed leadership and government in venezuela? that is hard it figure. >> up next, marine

there've been violent protests on the streets of central athens after greece's parliament approved aackage of austerity measures needed to release the next instalment of its multi—billion—dollar bailout. polls have opened in iran's presidential election, with the incumbent hassan rouhani seeking a second term. his main challenger is ebrahim raisi, a hardline cleric close to the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei. the japanese government has approved plans to allow emperor akihito to abdicate. the draft legislation will now be sent for parliamentary approval. the emperor, who's eighty—three, indicated last year his desire to step down due to ill—health. now it's time for world business report. france gets ready for macronomics, but does the new president have the right formula to bring backjobs and growth? plus — nafta nerves. tense times for mexico as its two—decade old trade deal with the us is thrown into doubt. welcome to world business report, i'm aaron heslehurst. we have got about nine minutes, my very last early—morning programme for you all before i moved to a new show. —— mov

we are looking at two candidates, neither of whom have any base in parliament. therefore,e a base, whoever goes forward, and at the moment, it looks like macron, we will face the real challenge and it will make the presidency look like the easy bet because the will he will somehow have to muster enough of a majority for his own party and through bits and pieces of the right and left, putting together a kind of mosaic, enough of a majority to implement the agenda. it is not at all clear how he will do that. marine le pen is facing ridicule after it emerged a speech she made yesterday resembled almost word for word a speech made by the failed francois fillon conservative candidate, -- conservative candidate, francois fillon just two weeks ago. reporter: marine le pen gave a speech to her supporters that sounded a little familiar. word for word, it matched an address i did feed presidential candidate francois fillon from two weeks ago. [speaking french] reporter: four paragraphs were lifted from the speech of the former conservative candidate. aides claimed it was

how much power does parliament have? power is split between the two.the american system, you can have a majority of 299, a simple majority out of 577 deputies. it is a two round election, much like the presidential election in june. it round election, much like the presidential election injune. it is spread over a week, but the thing is, it is much more tactical in the second round. parties will is that an aside to give another party a clear run. some won't stand aside. therefore, you get skewed results. it is not simple. you will get anomalies around the country and it is by no means guaranteed that he will get anywhere near the 289 mark. you will bejoined in a moment, but before we hear from you and your guests, let's remind ourselves of several challenges facing mr macron. bringing together a divided country is one task. tackling economic issues is another. france's unemployment currently sits at 10%. mr macron has promised to get it below 7% and security remains a hugely pressing issue. after the paris attacks, the attack on the magazine, the truck

he cannot do any reforms a must parliament votes it.der for parliament to vote for them, he needs to get a majority. his movement, which is not really a political party yet, en marche, has a zero votes in parliament. he will have to win another election before he can do any of these things. caroline: on a scale of one to 10, how big are the chances he will get this majority? nicholas: somewhere between one and 10. who knows. it will be very difficult for the veteran politicians -- they will have to swallow extremely hard to support macron. they will have to make a political judgment which is that it is very risky not to support macron. continue.e if he can finally, very quickly, what will be the relationship with the donald trump? nicholas: he will have to build a relationship with trump, the white house, the executive branch, and with senators and members of the house of representatives, chief executive. i think that there is -- ever since i was president of the french/american foundation, i realized there is a big need to broaden the

the new law could be voted on in parliament the first week of july.oval of a fnew electora system is seen as a last step before elections can take place. federico santi joins us now. we saw a big market reaction to this on monday. the banking sector down 3.4%. 10-year bbp yields up. i thought this was good. i thought this was progress. >> i think markets are looking at early in the context of the chronic political instability problem. a very uncertain political outlook with fragile economic fundamentals. the economy is still very much weaker compared to other regions in the country. spain very much lacking behind. very large public debt which is still rising. a political situation is worrisome, particularly in the context of forthcoming ecb tapering, which is widely expected. in this sense i think the agreement over electoral system is a worrying sign and it could signal the fact that elections could be brought forward from may 2018 to later this year. >> and at this point that would signal a hung parliament? >> i think there's a significant risk that

i am just glad newsnight was on hand to preserve the modesty of the mother of parliaments.ats on this programme, but i mean to say. i love all the creases on it which is made by politicians‘ bottoms, not their minds. i once photographed freud's seat. his actual seat he sat in. his consulting chair. i liked the marks were made by freud subconsciously. i am still getting over the shock of becoming the election artist. it was a snap election and they made a snap decision about which artist. how does it feel? ok, i did not waste too much time saying yes because i thought if i thought about it too long i would not do it. i am glad i did. this might be one for instagram. i am new to instagram, it is my first social media. with the current speaker, we might see where their heels are banking against... perhaps that is unkind. another political abstracts. it is interesting, the buttons. i wonder what they do. is there a panic button? an ejector seat. i would like to think so. in a nonpartisan way an ejector seat for the speaker to use. like the big red chair on graham norton. do you

to set up a new body which could rewrite venezuela's constitution — and get around the current parliamentdominated by the opposition. sweden is to lift identity checks on people entering the country from denmark imposed at the height of the migration crisis in 2015. another four countries from the schengen area are expected to follow suit in the coming months. now it's time for world business report. apple reports a surprise fall in iphone sales as customers wait for the ten—year anniversary phone. we talk you through the tech giants latest numbers. and as the french prepare to make their choice on sunday, we look at the contentious issue of immigration. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme, the impact of trumps visa review — infosys says it will hire 10,000 americans. details in a moment. but first, apple is the world's most valuable company and it made another huge profit in the first three months of the year. but it was a bit of a mixed bag. the california based firm sold just under $53 billion worth of products as it continues to dominate the smar

they have been trying to come up with ways to make sure parliament as a fortress but still a democraticll the shutters up and i think this is one way to do it but whether having rottweilers at the door is going to... the dogs in the house of commons are cute and sniff for bombs. they are lovely. the idea of rottwe ile rs for bombs. they are lovely. the idea of rottweilers i'm not so happy with. the main stories about their rich list and the thrust is brexit has brought about a bonanza for billionaires because of the stock market really. yeah, the rich are getting richer because of brexit, apparently. for some, despite getting richer because of brexit, apparently. forsome, despite brexit but it appears to be because the stock market but it is hard to know because we cannot see or the figures. i guess time will tell.“ labour gets figures. i guess time will tell.“ labourgets in, figures. i guess time will tell.“ labour gets in, they will be poorer. what you think of the rich list, is it something you enjoy reading? you always wa nt it something you enjoy reading? you always want to know ab

parliament has already shut up shop, no longer any debates legislation, civil servants will be barredally will have begun.

parliament has been in recess because of the easter period, so we have not been back to parliament. processes have started this week. next week we will have a better for how these issues will unfold both in the courts and politically as well. guy: but you are a leader in this country. how do you see it? how would you vote if you were standing in front of the table and placing your bets right now, which way would ago? if you were to go one way or the be?r, how would things pravin: i think it is an unfair question at this point in time. i have said before that conscience is going to be an important factor. the allegiance to the constitution is an important factor. others believe that the political party you belong to need to have an influence over the kind of decisions you make, so these are the kind of havessions we need to internally, clear up our heads. the public is becoming more vociferous on this question as well. you have heard the deputy president of south africa among others saying to ourselves that we need to listen to these people marching in the streets or engaging in othe

parliament has already shut up shop, no longer any debates legislation, civil servants will be barred from doing or saying anything which might in any way be interpreted as political. the election officially will have begun. with five weeks to go. thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. the weather is not treating as equally today, some of you may feel it isa equally today, some of you may feel it is a little bit unfair. across scotla nd it is a little bit unfair. across scotland blue skies and sunshine but further east, the wall enda brady all, a lot of cloud and some rain as well. the cloud has been marching on gci’oss well. the cloud has been marching on across south eastern areas. we had some midlands through wales, the midlands and the south west but that tends to disappear this afternoon. the best of the brightness across northern england and especially northern ireland and scotland. although rather windy across the tops of the pennines. and even with the sunshine temperatures of ten or 11 degrees along that eastern coastline. some splashes of rain around and

flo: he needs to put together a majority in parliament. for him to do that, he will need help from socialists and conservatives. i like this cartoon. you can see macron is a pied piper, getting puzzled pieces -- getting puzzled pieces from the socialists, hoping that they will join him and form a new movement. does that, the original puzzle is starting to disappear. a bowling ballo in this one. macron is seriously shaking up the game. genie: the outgoing socialist president is holding his last cabinet meeting today, part of his goodbye tour before he hands over power on sunday. flo: there is a good cartoon that talks about this. you can see the president had a goodbye party, with his economy minister. showing the president a card that says "we will miss you." says it is from political cartoonists. this is a very famous comic book cartoon about a lazy and clumsy guy. stephen: just a word -- genie: just a word on the far right party after marine le pen lost in the presidential election, but there is a new twist there as well. nice, aine le p