get his parliamentary majority. it >> thank you so much. 500 and 77 parliamentary seats up for grabs. that is the importance of that parliamentary election for emmanuel macron. now let's go to the united states where the white house is continuing to defend its decision to fire fbi director james comey. it has now come out that he was dismissed days after asking for more money to expand the investigation into links between russia and the truck campaign. that has increased calls from both democrats and republicans for a special, independent prosecutor. claire rush reports. >> in response to the fierce criticism of comey's firing, the white house insists all white ongoing investigations will continue. >> that has not changed. in fact, we encourage them to complete this investigation so we can put it behind us and we can continue to see exactly what we have been saying for nearly a year, there is no evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> democrats have called for a special prosecutor to leave th

she's got to move quickly, she wants to get in there and do well in the parliamentary elections., he said he wanted to change things so that people who voted for her would feel they would never have to vote for an extremist again. that means he has to get the economy right, and security, address this question of frenchness, this existential threat to french identity which many seem to french identity which many seem to feel. those are very difficult problems and if he fails it is conceivable that her vote will go up. if nothing else, given the scale of the vote, given how comfortably she got into the second round, it looks as if her great achievement is to make the front national the opposition within france. that is her goal. how instructive will what happened in britain beat the ukip vote where they lost 143 of their wards —— how will it be to the ukip vote ? wards —— how will it be to the ukip vote? they don't have a single mp left, how instructive will that be for left, how instructive will that be foer left, how instructive will that be for mr macron on how to see off a part

you must now try informed a parliamentary majority.e is the leader of france's biggest opposition force, but some people either abstained or voted for her. she has vowed to overhaul the national front. vladimir putin saying it is important to overcome mutual distrust. hello, and thank you for tuning in to our fat -- our special coverage of the french election. the president-elect is emmanuel macron. he has marked the victory alongside the current resident at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the symbolic handing over of power ahead of sunday's swearing-in. 39-year-old macron will be france's youngest ever elected president. vote. 66.1% of the pen got 33.9%. abstention was rather high. turnout was rather low at about 72%. commemorationay 8 for us was james andre. >> it was the first public appearance of emmanuel macron. day, victory in france. vip desk areahe on the square, took his former minister by the arm, and walked them through the ceremony. paternal, very emotional, very solemn. macron gave an interview moments -- the current pres

the question now is about the parliamentary elections in june, question now is about the parliamentaryns injune, and how much power emmanuel macron‘s party will get. absolutely. france has a party will get. absolutely. france hasa semi— party will get. absolutely. france has a semi— presidential regime. the president alone cannot do that much. the goalfor president alone cannot do that much. the goal for emmanuel macron is to getan the goal for emmanuel macron is to get an outright majority in the lower house to pass his progress through parliament, or at least to have a relative majority, which means having more mps than other parties. the goals for the other parties, the right wing, for example, which was expected a year at lisa do better, is to lead a coalition and decide on the policy agenda. but he has promised a change for the economy, as did francois hollande and nicholas sarkozy. many have failed to bring the changes that they said they would. will he deliver? that is a good question. i think your comparison is probably interesting in the sense that for many, interesting in the

and so their hopes are not very high for the forthcoming parliamentary elections. he doesn't really need to give them something such as the prime ministership. whereas the opposition conservatives were the favorites to win that election. heir candidate fran it was hollande ran strong until it was torpedoed that he gave fake jobs to his wife and children. nevertheless he garnered some 20%. they would seem to have a strong position in the fourth coming parliament, so it would be smart politics if macron were to choose someone from that party as a way to weaken the party to say ok, i'm appointing a prime minister from that party and we assume some ministers from that party and now they're saying they would be the number one opposition to macron would have a harder time because some of the members would be flocking to the government. so the assumption is that some of the future m.p.'s would also follow suit and they would not vote against macron but for macron and a prime minister from their own party because they would carry out some of the reforms they've been advoca

more major shifts in french politics ahead of next month's parliamentary vote. niece says she is quitting politics and will not seek reelection. a new president for south korea. moon declares victory. the son of north korean refugees wants to renew dialogue with pyongyang. ♪ ♪ mahmoud abbas said he is prepared to meet with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu when donald trump visits the region, that visit due to take place later this month. the palestinian president is in germany, the last month, he was in washington holding talks with trump. he says reaching peace between the israelis and palestinians is not as hard as previously thought. here is abbas speaking earlier. >> when i met with president trump last week, he accepted our invitation to come to the palestinian territories, and we are awaiting his visit to bethlehem. i told him that we were ready to and to meet with minister underme u.s.-sponsored talks in order to establish peace. laura: let's go to jerusalem now. you're a smack let is standing by. minister under u.s.-sponsoredis there anythingt

i suppose the question is, does the macron affect translate into this parliamentary election? or will it be more traditional dynamic where voters like to know their local mp or perspective -- prospective mp? they are hoping their history and experience and ground game will count in their favor. sarkozy is hoping the right will win a majority and force macron into cohabitation here. you have a president from one political current and a parliamentary majority from .approach -- another jean-luc melenchon is not making alliances -- could that rebalance things overall with macron's movement? hard to predict how this will play out in june. >> thank you very much. image and migrant camp has been evacuated in northern paris -- a makeshift migrant camp. they were living in squalid conditions. at dawn, hundreds of police moved in to clear the settlement located in the area near paris. limited. been pulsekoreans had for the this elect a new leader tuesday. they are hoping to turn the page after the former president was impeached. the liberal candidate is expected to be elected. he will b

we keep talking about the parliamentary elections in june.ll has a lot of challenges, doesn't it? absolutely. he has no mps at all in the french parliament as things now stand. it will be unprecedented if he was to win a majority in the parliament. on the other hand, he has a lot of momentum going from this clear victory. he will also benefit from a honeymoon effect as president always do in fronts. there was an opinion poll last week saying that he might get close. another opinion survey says that a majority of french voters would be voting for him. they were voting primarily to keep marine le pen out. he will find it hard to come back hard. people are saying here is a president by default. speakers so many people we re default. speakers so many people were against marine le pen's populist agenda. looking at foreign policy, how digging france is facing the rest of the world? obviously still are part of the eu. last year, the growth of the radical right wing and antique european parties, it looks as if the pulp —— populist tide has been halte

he may or may not get parliamentary majority.rliamentary majority on his own, at the very least, france's other political parties will give him some degree of cooperation in getting his reform agenda through parliament? well, ask george clooney! he would say, what else? once again, we have to be very clear. the country is in a serious situation. we need to boost the economy, we need to fight people who have extremist views. i hope that, even if en marche does not have the absolute majority, which is not at this stage something that we can say, because nobody knows, we hope that we might have one. let's say that we don't. in this case i can imagine that people from the republican can share some of our own proposals — or can support. many countries — germany, the netherlands, some others — they work with coalitions. even in the uk, if i remember rightly, you had a coalition of the tories and the lib dems. indeed. but again, a coalition created because the electorate declined to give any party a majority. let me ask you about the sp

thee: the first round of parliamentary election is less than two weeks away.mmanuel macron needs to win a majority to push through his promised reforms including a crackdown on government corruption. scandal has already hit his administration. one of his ministers is now fighting accusations of financial misconduct that he again denied today. everything i have done in my professional life is legal, public, transparent, validated by an administrative council that has shown support for me. i have provided all the documents because i want the french people and those who support the party to have no doubt. therefore i have given everything to your colleagues and i have answered all of their questions. they have been examining. the question is whether i am an honest man or not. yes, i am an honest man. more onuke schrager has france's embattled minister. thet has been a week that new minister for territorial cohesion has been on the defensive, striking back at accusations of financial to hising dating back time as the boss of a brittany-based insurance firm. beyond

that's also in the daily telegraph, which has a uk parliamentary committee criticising social media firmsow they address offensive online material. the committee looks at fines for companies that don't censor illegal posts quickly. and it's a case of writer's block in la la land, in the financial times. hollywood is bracing for a possible writers‘ strike, as they seek a new deal with big studios. the last strike, in 2008, cost the california economy an estimated $2.5 billion. so, let's delve into those stories. we have nina with us from the wall streetjournal. let's start with this final week of campaigning in france. there is danger that some people are being turned off by both candidates. which is, i guess, a striking development to see that in the end you could see candidates not making votes with young voters on both sides. we have seen marine le pen being attractive to many photos but for many years voters in many suburbs, in parisien suburbs that are not doing that well we have seen people saying that they will not vote for her because she will turn the country around. they also say

they are really crucial, those parliamentary elections, and i do not think he will have a majority, soe will have a coalition, as i mentioned before, so he will have to ever and members ofte the socialist party, and i'm really curious how the socialist party will air because for me, the party is almost dead. peter: they look as if they are almost decimated. emmanuelle: also, should he not be able to move the assembly, he would not hesitate to use decrees, as he has already said. peter: the strong leadership model always begins to sound like ruling by decree. week that is the second leadership model, the trump model. if he does not have a majority for his own party, which does not even exist yet as a parliamentary party, if his own party does not get the majority, he needs to form the coalition you've been talking about, but what i'm saying is that the french -- i mean, for the past 20 years, the french have talked about the necessity of reform. i have talked about it. sarkozy talked about it. even hollande finally talked about it. but from the moment they try to do anything to bring ou

macron to-- emmanuel push through his bid for a parliamentary majority in election in june. here in the french capital, the president meets with members of the international olympic committee as part of the process to decide which city will host the 2024 olympic games. also coming up in the show this hour in business, we look at the industry helping rich chinese families get american visas by investing their money in the united states. all of this coming up, and plenty more. you are watching live from paris. --first, our top story president trump will hold talks with his turkish counterpart president urge went at the white house this tuesday. it'll be their first meeting since trump took office in january and since heard when one a referendum extending his powers last month. the talks are expected to focus on the ongoing civil war and the extradition of the u.s.-based muslim cleric who is accused of inhestrating a failed to 2016. we go to ankara. jasper, hello to you. what erdogan is looking for in these talks, and whether he is likely to get them. toper: erdogan wants ameri

which is the parliamentary elections coming up in june.t will be critical to determining whether or not that president who will be president by then, who will -- will have a working majority in which to implement his reforms. so not all done yet. there's still a lot to happen here. we'll stay in touch with you live for us in paris. >>> still ahead here, north korea claims another u.s. city in custody. we know about the latest pace. (topher) this is rosenberg, he's my son. he loves taking pictures, and this camera, it's amazing. (vo) you know, if you lease that samsung galaxy s8, you could get a gs7 edge lease on us. that's two galaxy's for the price of one. would that work for you? (topher) yea, it works for me! (vo) plus you could get unlimited for $30 per month per line for 4 lines. and for a limited time, the 5th line is free! would that work for your son? (topher) rosenberg, does it work for you? he says it works for him! (vo) don't let a 1% difference in network reliability cost you 50% more with verizon. for people with hearing loss,

elections, because macron needs a parliamentary majority. movement, or the republicans, windows, and we will know in a few weeks, then he should be able to implement his vision. —— win these. i think this is a continuation of long overdue reforms ina continuation of long overdue reforms in a favourable environment. the last push, by nicholas sarkozy in 2007, was stopped by the 2008 recession. it is mild supply—side economics coupled with deep structural changes. retraining is key, to lower youth unemployment and also keep these changes to keep the economy more aligned with germany. it isa economy more aligned with germany. it is a realistic plan, it would be a great plan for france. what is your economic scenario if marine le pen wins? it is again unclear, because the president needs a parliamentary majority to implement their reforms. and it is not clear that even if she wins, she is going to get a front national majority. if that scenario were to happen, she was very that scenario were to happen, she was very unclear that scenario were to

he will need to try and secure a parliamentary majority in parliament next month's election.ard for him to pass any of the reforms that he has promised in his manifesto and for which he has been elected. make no mistake, this is not a vote of confidence we have seen tonight, the nature of french politics is such that both centre—right and centre—left voters have united to defeat and to stop marine le pen from taking power and emmanuel macron needs to take that into account when it comes to the elections next month. you were reporting from the le pen camp. what was the mood down there? she sounded defiant that her brand of politics were part of the mainstream now. exactly. there was a clear disappointment amongst the supporters. they were also celebrating some kind of victory. the fact that she gained a vote of nearly 11 million voters. a historic high for the front nationale after a progressive few decades from the 19705 to this figure tonight. —— front national. this is a political force that the french have to camp with and marine le pen wants to relaunch the party for next

she vows to turn her attention to the coming parliamentary elections.nly in france. south koreans are also going to the polls. the early election comes after former president park geun—hye became the first south korean leader to be removed from power through impeachment. moonjae—in, of the newly founded democratic party of korea, is the frontrunner, with the latest opinion polls predicting he will win more than 40% of the vote. from seoul, stephen evans reports. this is the man the opinion polls tip as the overwhelming favourite to be the next president of south korea, moon jae—in, of the left—of—centre democratic party of korea, a big change from the ousted right—wing president. crowd: moon jae-in! moonjae—in! "who's the president," he says, "who'll speak his mind to the united states, to china, to japan, to north korea?" crowd: moon jae-in! moonjae—in! "who's the president who won't defer to the us or to china?" if moonjae—in wins power, that would be a big change in policy — a move to the left — a closeness to pyongyang. that is what happened the las

for parliamentary elections in june. he plans to ban elected -- cials by producing liberalizing france's rigid labor laws. he wants to make it easier for companies to negotiate specific deals on pay. and compensation by awarding tribunals. start thents to school year with reforms to primary schools.'s plan is to shrink class sizes to 12 children maximum. and france's educational priority. it is one of macron's key pledges to support opportunities for all. >> to the new level of depravity for the syrian regime. --t is how the diplomatic diplomat described reports of -- accusing syria of accusing that of killing prisoners in the housings and building -- burning bodies and a large crematorium. the crematorium is being used to hide evidence of the extent of the killings. it could have been much worse. the verdict of experts as global cyber attacks began to slow down. companies have been scrambling to limit the damage caused by the malware program launched in the weekend. long -- a locked people out of their computers. wasof

and that will involve having or attempting to secure a working majority in the upcoming parliamentarythe politics of prejudice and had? if there was an easy solution to that, heads of state before him would have sorted that out when the national front came into existence. but many might say that they were voting to have a chance of success in their lives in the malaise that france has fallen into. there is no doubt that the national front and its historical legacy represents a dark side of french society. and that is why it will make emmanuel macron‘s cast very difficult, because it is made up very difficult, because it is made up of people who are not prepared to work with everyone, and who are not prepared to work with different types of people. emmanuel macron seems rather confident about his prospects of getting the national assembly full enough of people who support him or with people from his movement itself to carry through reforms. what do you rate with his chasers? —— what do you rate his chances? it is not a straight forward matter of party politics. we are talking about vot

we keep talking about the parliamentary elections injune.t a political who established his own political movementjust one year ago. he has no mps at all in the french parliament, as things now stand. it will be historically absolutely unprecedented if he were to win a majority in the parliament in next month's elections. 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 labo

how will he do in the parliamentary elections?inges onwould say it these legislative elections, on the 11th and 18th of june. without a parliamentary majority in the national assembly, micron would be facing an uphill battle. but the latest polls are going in his way. his political movement, which ,ranslates to on the move according to opinion polls, they would get anywhere between 240 and 260 seats in the national assembly. they need roundabout 290 to get a majority, so they are not quite there yet. the political movement that has just gone about a year, that is tote an extraordinary feat get that many votes and that many seats. we will have to wait for the legislative elections. things are looking better than they did for emmanuel macron when it comes to the legislative elections about a month ago, but he still has to cobble together some sort of coalition, which means either's has to lean to or theerate right-wing left wing mp's from the socialist party. that uphill challenge lies ahead for this youngest ever head of state. you

seekinge minister is parliamentary approval for pension cuts and tax hikes, part of an agreement with bailout creditors to release greece's next bailout installment. reporter: these greek pensioners turned out to protest against a parliamentary vote to reduce their entitlement. chanting "no more tax that," hundreds marched for a second day. the retirees have been demanding that the government reconsider its bill as they struggle to survive on their dwindling tensions. -- dwindling pensions. >> we did not invest into the system to rely on charity. it is our money. we don't go it to any lender. in our conscious we do not legitimize any of their bailout agreements. we will continue our struggle. reporter: the financial crisis has left greece reliant on its international creditors, the eu and imf pushing for reforms that include a major overhaul to jim's. -- overhaul to pensions. billions in euros of cuts between 2018 to 2021. if past the reforms would take effect in 2019. they would scale back tax breaks and cut pensions by almost 18%. repayment the loan will be repaid by eurozone financ

to push through his parliamentary economic reforms.seen as vitally important, we can see they are getting ready for the announcement. he has kept his choice of prime minister a closely guarded secret. but we are just hearing... that he has in fact named as edward philippe, the mayor of la habra. not a member of the president was my party but of the centre—right republican party, coming up on the news agency wires. it is edward philippe philip that is him. he believed the government into parliamentary elections in four weeks as prime minister. the 46 you wrote of the northern port of la havre. he's been the mayor of the area for seven years, a member of the parliament since 2012, according to our correspondent in paris he hasn't made much of an impact on the national scene but what is important asi national scene but what is important as i said, he's a member of the centre—right opposition republican party so that his appointment the president is trying to pull in voters ahead of the parliamentary elections in less than four weeks. edua

we have the french presidential -- parliamentary election. the german federal election, then the atomic and. there is to keep europe occupied before they start sitting down and talking. >> this question of redenomination risk. it was driven by markets, by the bond fidget a lot tase. -- by the bond vigilantes. levers theyt what european union. can -- what can these leaders do for the electorate? >> ultimately, the bureau does not work. it has never worked as a monetary union. it needs to work better. monetary unions are not generally perfect. it needs to work better. you need to have a genuine inking union. it is ridiculous that if you write a check on a french bank you cannot use it in germany. that is absurd. it's like writing a check in california and not using it in new york. we need a proper banking union. degree ofs to be a automation to fiscal transfers. we need to automate the process that takes the political toxic sting out of it. ath that, you can end up with monetary union which is a viable at least economically and politically. >>

not since world war ii has a leader taken power without a party and a parliamentary base.re were very few in the established political class who endorsed emmanuel macron or believed in his bid to become president, but president he will become this sunday when he assumes power from francois hollande. he has already resigned his leadership of the movement he began a year ago. it will now be re—named la republique en marche. politicians from right and left will be allowed to campaign under its banner in next month crucial parliamentary elections, so long as they quit the parties to which they belong. the president—elect says he wants a coalition of the willing. starting our coverage, our europe editor, katya adler, has this report. it's been a day of reflection in france. paying tribute to world war ii fallen. taking stock of fresh challenges ahead. france's brand—new president—elect here at ve day commemorations, taking his cue from outgoing head of state, francois hollande. france's soon to be youngest ever president looked a little unsure last night, as well. rehearsing fo

campaigning officially starts in next month's or parliamentary elections. emmanuel macron needs to get a to be able to make good on his reforms. the protests in venezuela take another violent turn as a is attacked by a mob and set on fire. u.s. president donald trump is of theel the latest stop first foreign trip since taking office. he touched down on air force one thought to be the first direct flight from saudi arabia to israel. by the israeli prime minister before walking down the red carpet with both of their wives. here is more of what they had to arrival.ump's >> we have before us a rare to bring security and stability and peace to this its people o defeating terrorism and creating of harmony, prosperity and peace. there can only get working together. there is no other way. mr. president, mr. prime minister, i look forward to closely with both of you during my stay. mr. president, israel shares the commitment to peace you yesterday. we have already made peace with egypt and jordan. israel's hand is extended to eace, in peace, to all of our neighbors

the stakes are high for the newly elected president who, without a parliamentary majority, will find moving things through parliament difficult if not impossible. >> among the colts, a farmer, a police officer, who led elite raids on an islamic state cell, and a woman who lost her sister in the paris attacks. here is report on one of the first candidates. she is a 31-year-old lawyer running in the southeastern city of nice. >> caroline may have become a is c figure, but she is not a diva. >> i am here because i want to be. i want to help. i think it is great. >> the 31-year-old is still adjusting to life on the campaign trail. the transition happened fast. she filled out an online application, and in april, emmanuel macron announced on live television that hui would be among his movement's first 14 candidates. it is her first political contest, and she is driving straight into the defense. she is running against a seasoned politician. he is head of the entire administrative area. but the new candidate isn't intimidated. >> it is the district where i live, where my kids go to school,

the big thing now are the parliamentary elections coming up just one month from now. francois hollande, a socialist. the outgoing president with a party that is imploding. tell us about what is going wrong with the socialists. james: for the socialists, it is a very difficult time, collecting only 6.3% of the presidential vote. macron's on marsh -- en marche! movement, is moving the lines now for the socialist party is very difficult. the big question now is, who is emmanuel macron going to choose for his prime minister? that ceremony also came after president hollande held his final cabinet meeting before handing over the reins to emmanuel macron. the transfer of power is set to happen this sunday. francois hollande's popularity ratings are among the lowest of any president in recent history, but his prime minister was quick to defend the socialist administration's record. >> as for the results we have obtained, increased productivity in the economy, and industrial investment was higher in growth in five years ago. for the first time last year, the net creation of 26

the draft legislation will now be sent for parliamentary approval.or, 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. —— move. coming up, who needs the us anyway? asia pacific trade ministers hope to salvage the trans pacific partnership after president trump pulled the plug. we start in france, where the new president, emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. he now has try and to win a majority in next month's parliamentary elections, and implement the economic policy he says can turn the country around. so what is macron economics, and

emmanuel macron unveils his party's parliamentary candidates. more than half have never held office before. europe's gaudiest song competition is this weekend. but what impact will brexit have on eurovision? zooming exports. crumbling classrooms. the paradox of germany's lopsided economy. plus, will iran stay open for business? conservatives pledge to roll back rouhani's reforms as companies nervously await next week's presidential election. president trump has insisted there was no collusion with russia during his election campaign last year. in his first interview since firing the fbi director, james comey, mr trump also told nbc news that his dismissal was about his performance as head of the bureau and not about his investigation into alleged russian meddling. he described mr comey as a "grandstander. " he again called the investigation a "made—up story" but also said he wanted it to be speeded up. from washington, laura bicker. he has become more famous than me. famous, infamous? when did donald trump decide to sack the figure from the fbi?

there is all-important parliamentary elections next month.e needs a majority in parliament, he needs a credible government to bring around all of those reforms he promised so many people. if he doesn't get the majority. and he needs to form a coalition. will he jump into bed with one of the traditional parties that he stepped away from? if he does make a coalition with them, he made be giving up his reformist credentials right from the start. paris, thankler in you very much indeed. you are watching "bbc world news america." candidates in south korea's presidential election are making their final appeal to voters before tuesday. polls suggest that the left-leaning moon jae-in has maintained his lead over his nearest rival. the elections are held early to fill the vacancy of park geun-hye impeached in march over corruption. thousands of venezuelans taking to the streets, starting another week of march is in purpose of president nicolas maduro's call for a new assembly from which opponents say with sideline the national congress. protesters hav

french president—elect, emmanuel macron, has unveiled most of its candidates for next month's parliamentarylections. more than half of them have never held elected office, and half are women. foreign ministers from the eight arctic circle called for urgent global action to reduce greenhouse gases. however, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson told the ministers, that his country would not rush to make a decision. in football, manchester united and ajax will contest the final of the europa league.man united beat celta vigo 2—1 on aggregate while the dutch side beat lyon 5—4 over the two legs. the final is in stockholm on the 24th may. now it's time for world business report. zooming exports and crumbling classrooms. the paradox of germany's lopsided economy. plus will iran stay open for business? conservatives pledge to roll back rouhani's reforms, as companies nervously await next week's presidential election. welcome to world business report. i'm tanya beckett. also coming up, playing for big "steaks." china agrees to buy us beef as trade talks continue. but first: we start in europe's

after a dismal performance in the local elections in a depleted roster of parliamentary candidates, ukip its hands to prove that it remains relevant. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the search for a wider terror network linked to the manchester suicide bomber is continuing — there's been another arrest, in the moss side area of the city. there are reports that donald trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, is now part of the fbi inquiry into russian involvement in the us election. president trump will attend his first g7 summit today in sicily, with discussions expected to focus on global security, trade and climate change. nasa has published detailed photographs of the poles ofjupiter showing massive cyclones the size of earth. we lead our news review again with the manchester attack: above its masthead the guardian shows images of some of the victims. it's reporting on ways to tackle extremism — saying british prime minister theresa may will use the g7 summit later to call on big tech firms to help combat radicalisation.

the draft legislation will now be sent for parliamentary approval.

do we have any candidates -- parliamentary majority. do we have any candidates?name of the next prime minister on monday. this is the day after the inauguration of emmanuel macron and many people would be -- we have been speaking with over the past 24 hours believe the prime minister will likely come from the center-right. emmanuel macron was to bring together the left wing and the right wing. someone from the center makes sense and someone from the center-right would be the most appropriate to carry on this momentum of pro-business, pro-european policies. david: thank you so much, caroline, reporting from france. jonathan: joining us is paul richards. , i story of the fx market just wonder on the year whether the story really was buy the pessimism in europe and sapient is he has them because the big gains have been delivered. north of 11% on the ftse. paint us a picture from why european assets and equity can carry on higher from here. paul: when you go back to january, the market one today pessimistic year. -- wanted a really pessimistic year. we could have bee

>> what's next, of course, we got to see what happens in the parliamentary elections. do the first round and second round. >> that's a market-moving event? >> i think it is, to the extent that macron is not able to get a grand coalition. we're hopeful that he'll be able to do that. hopefully nash hopefully, that grand coalition is-l will allow him to pick his parliament. but a lot of the polls basically predicted this. >> in terms of what this means for the euro, going forward, it hasn't moving much today because it will run out but is it now already at the top end of its range? or are there reasons that we could expect it to rally significantly? specifically since the ecb is going to tighten. >> it's upward, in the 1.09-ish range. the next will be how anxious is the european bank to start tapering and how anxious to start tightening. it will be the next catalyst that will allow the euro to get stronger. >> on the flip side, the dollar has been weakest for four weeks in a low. jobs report, 11,000 job us as a. what does the market need to see in combination for this reb

chose marine le pen‘s hard—right vision for france — she vowed to turn her attention to the coming parliamentaryns, and said her national front party was now the main opposition. 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. and north korea has detained a fourth american citizen on suspicion of a cts fourth american citizen on suspicion of acts against the state. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk. as election campaigning continues — labour has pledged not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than 80,000 pounds a year. the euro rises on emmanuel macron‘s victory. what does it mean for global business and trade? and we look at why pharmaceutical companies are resisting donald trump's plans to cut red tape. welcome to asia business report. france has elected a new president, emmanuel macron, and the euro has risen during the trading day in asia as the markets breed a sigh

she has been having for parliamentary elections. gut feeling is next year there will be a party congress and they will change the name of the national front and they will try to make it more of a populist force and they will find a different name. not going to be easy, because as long as you have a le pen chairing it, it will be the national front, with all the background behind it -- her father being some kind of neofascist. it is not easy for her to make people forget about this, the history of the national front. 40 years of history -- the war in algeria, colonial times. but she will try to be the number one opponent to emmanuel macron. julia: thank you so much for speaking to us. physically cooler, -- philly glencore brookings institute visiting fellow coming up, why the chief strategist at morgan stanley management thinks there are better investment opportunities outside the u.s. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: what'd you miss? now that french presidential elect emmanuel macron won a decisive victory against marine l

hoping to win a parliamentary majority. donald trump has kicked off his first visit to israel. a quiet nuclear arm. from arrived in israel directly from saudi arabia on the second of a nine day tour. he said the time is right for the israel world to reach a deal area he's been with primus or benjamin netanyahu. fama we appreciate the change in american policy on iran, which you enunciated so clearly just an hour ago. i believe we could back the march of aggression and forth --ir unbridled ovation unbridled ambition to become a nuclear weapon state. president trump: i believe a new partnership is possible and will happen. this includes a renewed effort and peace between the israelis and the palestinians. i've heard it's one of the toughest deals of all. but i have a feeling we are going to get there eventually. more what bring us came out of that meeting, our correspondent is in jerusalem. thomas felt like it was the longest we heard either of them talking today. what we heard was he was thrilled to have donald trump in jerusalem. different to his frustrated reception of the for

enquiry and it isa will be a parliamentary enquiry and it is a serious subject.t out that it is a global problem and this has had 7a countries already. chinese newspapers are talking about chinese universities being affected. 60 major health facilities in the us. it is not an exclusively british problem. in spain there is a telecommunications company, the state—owned oil company in brazil. they are affected as well. who were the real target? they were asking for a bit coin as a ransom, if you wa nt for a bit coin as a ransom, if you want your data back and unencrypted, you have got to pay some money. very probably it is getting money, rather than attacking any specific nation or government. it is an attack of cybercrime, rather than cyber terrorism. probably they were just looking to see who out there was still vulnerable to the eternal blue full mobility and everyone watching this programme will know that in most offices, computers are replaced when they break down. most of us will have ageing computers until they die. they will be hitting it to see if it works.

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coming, theures are parliamentary elections.he fight continues so we have to be there and keep spreading the message. and that is what we are going to do. the fight is really not over. people have to keep that in mind. >> thank you very much, clear. we can hear the party starting. thank you very much. >> thank you, claire. there now having lived images from the party that has begun in the center of paris, at the louvre. bc the french flag waving in the air and the music. ♪ flags, whichean brings me to some of the reactions we are hearing from europe. the head of the eu commission held the vote, saying the french voters chose a "european future." also a book from outside the eu. theresa may also congratulating emmanuel macron, a sigh of relief across europe with germany earlier. many of the european neighbors were closely watching this election and the party is starting for real now. >> something that's interesting is we heard emmanuel macron saying during the debate that a closed france is a defeated france. now he has to prove

my concern is parliamentary election will not deliver him at majority -- a majority and we could haveabitation or split french politics. and disappointment will come in quickly. moving onto markets is what we really care about. vonnie: yes. if i can jump in and ask from a markets point of view, since the extreme outcome has been avoided marsh may not gain every parliamentary seat, but at least macron is president. can we now step back from the --ginal -- independent individual country and look at europe as a whole again until the italian elections? stephen: yes. draghi gave a disposition to the dutch parliament. --y gave him a to look as a a solar-powered tulip as a reminder of what can happen with bubbles. the agreement made between northern europe and southern europe, particularly france in 2012, when things were looking ofperate, was we will kind live with negative rates and qe, because we need to save france. and france has been saved from the worst. it may be messy going forward, but we do not fear a national front government. now that is in the bag. 1.5%.ion right up to with ger

will have parliamentary support and actually can get legislation going.concern is since macron not backed by a strong party, that parliamentary support might be lagging and you could end up in a situation where there will be a coalition where they have concessions, and some of the pro-european sentiment that came out of the election might start to waiver. that's what i see as a pattern. movementfive-star being pretty popular and almost head-to-head with the ruling government, there will be more tensions in europe. that's when the markets will start to price nearer to the event. at the moment, it is far away. markets will get underlaying more information. employment will improve. underlying, there is good reason to be positive about europe, but it could be derailed anytime by political events. that's where we are at the moment. --estors and the markets and look much less at the economy nowadays and much more at politics. haidi: absolutely. politics and sentiment. i'm curious to get your views on how you feel about asia. if you look at the reflation story,