the was a spokesman from the sorbonne school ofjournalism.ke this, one poll published puts emmanuel macron on 63%. that is against marine le pen's 37%. so emmanuel macron is the clear favourite in this presidential election. we will be bringing new special coverage here and the bbc of the results as they come out late on sunday. we will bring you a special programme resented by our colleagues from 1730 gmt. —— presented by our colleagues. strong winds and rain have swept across parts of eastern china, bringing down trees and cutting off power lines. in some areas gales have reached force 10 over the last two days. more than a0 tourists in fujian province had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped by flash floods. sarah corker reports. as daylight faded, firefighters attached to safety ropes and waded through a torrent of raging water to rescue 44 tourists. the group were visiting a waterfall in a rural part of fujian province when torrential rain triggered flash flooding. trapped for more than three hours, they were first given foo

the was a spokesman from the sorbonne school of journalism.o into the final vote on sunday the polls look like this, one poll published puts emmanuel macron on 63%. that is against marine le pen‘s 37%. so emmanuel macron is the clear favourite in this presidential election. and also to remind you we will bring you special coverage here on the bbc of the results as they come out late on sunday. we will bring you a special programme presented by my colleague. let's go toa presented by my colleague. let's go to a story developing over the past few hours in nigeria. at least 80 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant group boko haram three yea rs militant group boko haram three years ago have been freed. the abduction of over 200 girls have triggered outrage around the world the viral social media campaign bring back ourgirls,. the viral social media campaign bring back our girls,. a short time ago i spoke to oui’ our correspondent who follows the story for us. information is sketchy still at the moment but we know that happened today, closed to the

the was a spokesman from the sorbonne school ofjournalism.is, one poll published puts emmanuel macron on 63%. that is against marine le pen's 37%. so emmanuel macron is the clear favourite in this presidential election. we will be bringing you special coverage. some other stories making the news: 300 pupils from two girls' schools in the indian capital delhi have been taken to hospital for treatment after a chemical leaked from a fuel tanker. the substance, thought to used in pesticides, caused eye and throat irritation as well as breathing difficulties. an 85 year—old nepalese man who was attempting to become the oldest person to climb everest, has died at base camp. min bahadur sherchan, a former british army gurkha, was trying to reclaim the record from japan's yuichiro miura, who climbed the peak aged 80 in 2013. hundreds of homes in canada have been evacuated after heavy rain caused flooding. two suburbs of montreal, in the province of quebec, are among areas worst affected, with residents on the tiny island of ile mercier urged to leave

as far as we know, media at the sorbonne's school of journalism. a beak on a forum last night at 8:30pm, and those documents came far role —— became fire roll half an hour later on social media. now there is a hash type called macron leaks, which is trending on twitter. as for the leaks, which is trending on twitter. as forthe timing, leaks, which is trending on twitter. as for the timing, it is rather strange. it came hours before all the restrictions about what you can say about the election came into force. it means that neither candidate can comment on the content of this. it is strange. nobody understands why, just two days before the presidential election, it has come out. there is supposedly a huge amount of data. it cannot be processed in 48 hours, so it's impossible for anybody to estimate the damage that could come out of it. why two days before? i don't think it will impact tomorrow's election, but it might impact on later, specifically in a month, for the election of the members of parliament. so perhaps it's too late to do anything tan

i am joined by an expert on social media at paris sorbonne university.t what happened 7 yesterday night, there was a release at 835 pm, about nine gb of data was spread on this anonymous forum. it became viral something like half an hour later. it is now absolutely trending in france for — it is actually on twitter. it is number one trending topic on twitter in france today. the extraordinary thing, there is no reporting aloud about the contents of what was in this, only the fact that this has happened. because of reporting restrictions on the day of silence. nobody knows what is inside. to process that amount of data is impossible in two days. why has it been released now? two days prior to this election in france. we don't have a specific answer to that. it is very surprising. i guess the idea is to create suspicion, whatever is inside, fake or not. suspicion is here — that was the main aim of this campaign. you are saying damage can be done even though the actual contents do not need to be revealed. we do not know what is inside. it will take a few da

france's could round of the presidential elections question i'm joined by an expert in social media at sorbonneut what happened was to write yesterday night, on a forum was released at 8:35pm the macron leaks, about nine gb of data was spread on this anonymous forum. it became viral something like half an hour later. it is now absolutely trending in france. it is actually on twitter. it is the number—one trending topic on twitter in france today. effectively, no reporting is allowed about the contents of what was in this, only the fact it has happened, because of reporting restrictions in the day of silence before the election. nobody knows what is inside. to process nine gb of data is impossible in two days. it raises the question but why now? why has it been released two days prior to the election in france? we do not have a specific answer to that. it is very surprising that the idea is to create suspicion. whatever is inside, fake or not, suspicion is here. that was the main aim of this campaign. you are saying damage can be done even though the actual contents be done even though the actua

she got a ph.d from the sorbonne in france. in addition to that, she became interested in world war i, principally focusing on the rainbow coalition. the rainbow division, sorry. she is also a commissioner on the world war i centennial commission. we have monique to thank for the outstanding public program we had this morning outside. let's give her a hand. [ applause ] >> monique oversaw every detail of that, and we are very grateful for such a great success this morning. it was really a spectacular show. finally, closest to me is john maxwell hamilton. jack gets a gold star for even coming here because a couple of our panelists were unable to come because of weather or illness or whatever. jack had several plans cancel out on him from atlanta, but he got a plane at 2:00 this morning from atlanta and made it here because he wanted to be here with all of you. jack is a historian and journalist at lsu in the public affairs and journalism department at lsu. right, jack? also, i should say he is a very good duck hunter. he and i h

one is what used to be called the sorbonne, old, in the middle of the city, old--beautiful buildings coming out of the louis whatever who built it. so i taught there, and i got to know some of the professors. i sat down with the one who had invited me, and we kind of compared notes about his salary and kind of how he lived and what he got. so let me tell you. he'd get about the same salary i did. so we had the same amount of money more or less except the following things. he had d a daugughter--i think she was 6 or 7--named sandrine, a common name in france, and the first thing that blew my mind was he was eligible to takeke her to ththe local municipal child d care center. that's everywhere in paris. he could bring her 6 days a week from as early as 7:00 in n the morning, and she could stay there as late as 7:00 in the evening or any part thereof, some days, , some not, some hours, whatever you wanted. she would have a--she had a little outfit there. she comes in. you know, french, they're very nicely done, and then she takes off that and has a little smock that is for the children