and we stay in france for our next report strasbourg is sometimes called the heart of europe as it's the official seat of the european parliament and leading up to e.u. elections this weekend we're visiting artists in various e.u. countries to see what they think about current issues and strands voice national theatre reflecting the armrest on the streets against emmanuel crawls reform policies. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital. the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of linus but it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. this is a rehearsal for the ada why do we play who killed my father. it's a

the new meps will take up their seats in strasbourg on july the second new meps will take up their seatsrg onjuly the second but there is a chance that the british ones may not because the uk could have left the eu by then. 0ne ones may not because the uk could have left the eu by then. one of the first big jobs are meps will be voting on a replacement or the president of the european commission. and proving —— approving the final brexit deal, whenever that happens. there will be full coverage of the european parliamentary election results later on sunday here on the bbc. uk audiences will see the results in a programme and global viewers there will be a special programme presented from roz _by special programme presented from roz —— by roz atkins from inside the european parliament. of course the uk is expected to leave the eu at some point in the next few months. failure to deliver a clear plan has cost theresa may herjob. in the race to succeed her has intensified. more candidates are entering the field. the former brexit secretary dominic raabe and the former leader of the commons of

the new meps will take up their seats in strasbourg onjuly the second but there is a chance that thebecause the uk could have left the eu by then. one of the first big jobs meps will be voting on a replacement forjean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission. 00:07:48,221 --> 2147483051:40:38,825 and approving the final brexit deal, 2147483051:40:38,825 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 whenever that happens. there'll be full coverage of the european parliament election results later on sunday here on the bbc. uk audiences will see their results in a programme presented by huw edwards. for global viewers, there'll be a special programme presented by ros atkins from inside the european parliament in brussels. that's the results of the eu elections 2019, from 2000 gmt on bbc world news. of course, the uk is expected to leave the european union at some point in the next few months. the failure to deliver a clear exit plan, has cost prime minister theresa may herjob, and the race to succeed her has intensified, with more candidates entering the field. former brexit secretary domin

strasbourg national theatre is the only one to enjoy special national theatre. status outside of paris many small cities don't have any theaters at all centralisation is one of france's major problems and there is a huge gap between the center and the periphery. zone of there are many regions in france which happen limited access to the internet and to culture which you could say the same thing there's a lack of common sense a lack of good will. at the moment as a controversy because so much money has been to rebuild not. for there are magnificent monuments all over france which are crumbling and nobody cares so yes there is something in france which is very damaging. this imbalance is also reflected within europe itself. this is the subject of fark race display i am europe which studies last nor did a staged at the beginning of the year. let me tell you that. we. saw not only france is in crisis what is no days vision of europe. it's a place where people come together because they have something to say to each other not just because they want to trade things by

minute i'll be talking movies with our man scott rocks at the cannes film festival also coming up in strasbourg seat of the european parliament assistant sets out to explore europe's social tensions on stage. and how would you survive if you were trapped in a forest behind an invisible wall favored leavitt's with another great book reading my report makes us wonder just how little american film director terrence malick former winner of the palme d'or is back at the cannes film festival with his latest movie a hidden life it's based on the true story of an austrian conscientious objector in the 2nd world war who refuses to take the oath of allegiance to hitler as an army conscript and suffers the consequences here is the on in the movie returning home to his family from military training.

minute i'll be talking movies with our man scott rocks at the cannes film festival also coming up in strasbourg seat of the european parliament a 5th and sets out to explore europe's social tensions on stage. and how would you survive if you were trapped in a forest behind an invisible wall favored leavitt's with another great book writing my report makes us wonder just how little american film director terrence malick former winner of the palme d'or is back at the cannes film festival with his latest movie a hidden life it's based on the true story of an austrian conscientious objector in the 2nd world war who refuses to take the oath of allegiance to hitler as an army conscript and suffers the consequences here he is really on in the movie returning home to his family from military training.

of syrian archaeology has been recording cases of plundering in syria the association based in strasbourg and founded in twenty eleven at the outbreak of the country's civil war is headed by syrian archaeologist. according to information gathered by eisel isn't the only armed group of plundering sites in syria all the actors in the conflict are to blame. lee. will act here in mass military talks here youngster. an example. again easy. to list but. this is the most complex here like you see on the dodge. city many of the many people. see. beyond. what's the extent of. this trafficking and how do the local networks that supply it operate to find the answers you need to go into the field so ship most makes regular visits to turkey to meet other members of his association. with the. early in the war as correspondents could easily cross the turkish syrian border but turkey recently closed entry into its territory. to simulate stock on. the c.e.o. but they are. not the sessions on the piece they did that you. push it up to have a. whole see you. come together kitty don't choose it on their own

the heart of europe beats 400 kilometers east of paris in strasbourg on the border between france and germany. it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. in a minute mock. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital's. the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. is all of society really represented by elites. this is the rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemical work against france's so

the next legislative term as members of parliament will be doe's who will take the decision in strasbourg in july i would therefore like to invite the candidates for the presidency of their pm commission to make a short reaction to ditch preliminary results for oh of course by a few questions and starting from they will be an people's party candidate man fred bever. so good evening ladies and gentlemen 1st of all the most important outcome of the days of the last 4 election days is for me that is a european democrats see is a life they have a turnout of more than 50 percent and that is a great victory for the european democrats see people voted people decided about the future of our continent and that is great i want to thank all my my friends who also run in the european elections the competitors from the socialist run simmons from the greens scott keller as i could from the all the other political families who had bits in canada i think we showed a fair and democratic competition and that brought again this idea of a european democracy a life. you know that i myself i fight i thought an

my mother had no choice, she had to go to the european court of humans rights in strasbourg.me any harm. i think it should be kept. reporter: why? because there will be more vandalism and fighting and bullying. in society at the time, we were definitely perceived to be troublemaking. the majority in society wanted to keep corporal punishment. the court ruled that beating children against their parent's wishes violated the human rights convention. i'm very pleased with the outcome of the case and feel that a speedy implementing of the findings will improve the educational environment for both teachers and pupils. when my mum got the news of the judgement, there was a lot of spontaneous dancing and hugging of my dad, which any west of scotland family just isn't a normal thing. they were really, really pleased. after the law was changed, it was changed just before the start of the school term, and itjust disappeared overnight. it was like it never existed. andrew campbell remembering his mother, grace. in 1978, a bengali textile worker was murdered in london's east end. the kill

the heart of europe 400 kilometers east of paris in strasbourg on the border between france and germany it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. in a minute mark or the only. good. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital . the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaw snow day an actor and the director of straw sports a national theater decided to explore the social tensions on stage. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. in all of society really represented by elites. this is the rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemical work against franc

protests call for protest outside he key institutions like the parliament in strasbourg. european central bank in frankfurt. they are hoping to counter the narrative that say climate change is a lesser threat than it's made out to be. the focus is on the students hoping to push the climate change agenda. >> as you say this protest movement is certainly gathering steam. you have talked a little bit about what's happening elsewhere in the globe, what else is occurring across the world this friday? >> well, as you mentioned earlier we're expecting up to more than one million young people to get involved. protesting at least 110 countries. that's a huge figure. earlier today we also saw protests in new zealand, australia as well. of course australia taking on importance there given it just recently recorded its hottest summer ever on record. on top of that the recent election of a center right coalition who has made climate hange much less of a priority. the last big focus even coordinated on an international scale, that was in march 15. in the last two months a lot has happe

that is very important because i think there's a very misinformed view in brussels and strasbourg thata very misinformed view, that somehow we're not very serious about it, that britain doesn't really want to leave. well, that may be true of some of our leading politicians, but it's not true of the british people. >> our message is that no longer are we prepared to see our great nation humiliated in front of the rest of the world. it's time we stood up, stoodou tall, of who we are, and able to start forging our own fresh relationships around the world. and we're going to fight on, rough may the 23rd and on, to make this a better, more democratic nation. thank you! ( cheers and applause ) >> they have totally betrayed us. 17.4 million people are betrayed by the gov, nment. up nor don't seem to matter. >> i don't know what my father would think if he was still here rcause he was an avid lab supporter all his life, but it doesn't seem like.politics anym it seems lik"corruptics." >> reporter: these rallies have given farage's party a commanding lead. latest pls predict they'll get around 3

heaps of plastic waste that's a recycling plant on the outskirts of strasbourg an indication perhapsof the extent to which we europeans neglect our environment and i'm talking it to about its own marine environment because the baltic sea has been cold by scientists one of the most damage sees on earth but help is a town. some final instructions before the dive so how do the nets look. dozens of old fishing nets are caught on a shipwreck off lithuania's coast sabina caco and her crew are going to bring them up. is a pharmacist and one of germany's most experienced divers. in 2016 she noticed a particular kind of waste in the baltic sea all trolling and fishing nets. a study revealed that thousands of nets are lost in the baltic every year. europe has to lay the foundation for plastic to be prohibited as far as possible. 10 percent of the plastic trash in the seas consists of ghost nets. and when they degrade they release micro plastics and vast quantities. every year care cowan or fellow divers set out from lithuania to bring up the ghost nets on a voluntary basis they finance their o

is trying to just you're a democracy and now we don't have any proof or more of them trying to strasbourg who have you got they don't have any and the whole narrative just collapsed politicians today were for your party russia and moscow behind the rise in the populist movements don't have an argument anymore or they're losing this argument every day and they're in a very bad situation once you prove that there is no more problem coming from a shelter than you have to face the fact that the problem is coming from yourself and the team that shows intro the country. or moscow is thing out of it it seems same can be said for large corporations like german ally love tons of for example which put a clear message on one of its jets the red say yes to europe music streaming service spotify called on europe to quote get vocal putting together a special playlist ahead of the vote which featured an artist from each member of the block the c.e.o. of iraq not investment managers told us launch corporations have a vested interest. the attitude of the big corporations banks has always been the same of

it meets here in brussels and also in strasbourg in france. bit that is directly elected by us. so, how big is it? well, there are 751 meps elected from all corners of the eu, with 73 of them coming from the uk. but here is the rub with these elections — they only happen if you are a member of the eu. and by now, the uk wasn't meant to be, but it is, and so they are on. meps will be elected to represent 12 chunks of the uk. here's how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014. firstly, in scotland, and then also in the south—east of england. now, the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area and voters just choose a party. or any independent. things are a little different in northern ireland, where voters list candidates in order of preference. let's take a closer look at the result last time. that was five years ago. ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour and then the conservatives. ten

we are outside the european parliament in brussels, there is another in strasbourg, don't forget, butre coming in and we will analyse them through the programme. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: austria seems to have bucked the european trend, its governing centre—right party won most votes and seen off the far—right. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri haliwell, otherwise k

later in strasbourg there will be a youth climate protest at the european parliament.to rule on the decriminialisation of homosexuality. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm tulsen tullett and this is your friday sport briefing where we start with news that the draw has been made for the second tennis grand slam of the season. defending men's champion rafael nadal will face a qualifier in the first round as he tries to win the event for a record 12th time. while in the women's draw, 2018 champion simona halep will go up against australia's ajla tomljanovic. i have played 3000 thousands here and in 2017 it was tough to lose it last year i had the best memory on court lifting this beautiful trophy. finally i could touch it and it was an amazing moment and also memories for me. to golf and on the pga tour, tony finau leads by a stroke after the first round of the charles scwab challenge at fort worth in texas. he carded a 6 under 64 to put him one shot ahead of canada's roger sloan and this man, 2016 championjordan spieth, while defen

twenty twelve and they are actually making quite a few pucks tobacco free and strasbourg already bound it in all public places paris the trial that now they're going to be introducing it -- in fifty two parks across the french capital and they are going to give people a few weeks to get used to the idea and then people will start to be fine face that year as a pop. if they are core lighting up in one of these punks and some they wanted to go even further this person saying what about face cafe terraces. say the non smokers are she obliged to chop and sell the way inside the cafe in the heat of summer because of all the smokers here outside on the terraces. at t this p person thinks it'sse nananny state calmerr and thehen of prohibibitions c clearly m mg thee herer prisonn matt on ititl dayy that i strikes again he sas well this past and it's listed wash about his and saying. i've had enough of calls in paris the real problem -- in all beautiful capital at bus they say it's easy just to his house at the smokers and there's a lot of that around people talking about. pollution from at cro

draws the pen and other leaders from populist groups are splintered bunch in strasbourg in brussels and are often not part of larger coalitions. but were the populist groups to join forces and put aside their differences. they could drastically change the direction of you policies. the voting continues let's get the analysis r rocks of joints s program director for the institute of government jungle rip up the script because i was anticipating asking about the rise of the rights populism cooler but if you like nationalism call it whatever you like but the first. exit poll we're getting is from the netherlands where it appears that the dutch labor party is a basically in the lead up how do you think that's happened. i don'n't know thahat much about dutch politics that't's k.. quie an interestiting resesult becaue part o of the more. general european story has being the decline off the soror of social democratic left sidide tt we verery interestingng. obviously it'ss just a an exit l i d don't know e enough to knknw whether t the dutch exit polls e very reliable or not. but to be interest

they'll have to take that message on board here in europe and strasbourg and everywhere where decisions are made and make changes so they can rebuild trust with the voters. >> british voters didn't even expect to be part of this election. the original brexit plan had the uk out of the european union at the end of march. all that has changed, including the british leadership. how much did brexit chaos loom over the vote for british voters? >> well, a lot because nigel farage, and many people are familiar with him because he's onehousehold names. anti-eu campaigners in 2016 was the one who was one of the big figure heads of the campaign and the brexit referendum. he formed a new party called the brexit party just a few weeks ago. and, in fact, it is probably going to be the party, according to projections, that will score the highest. however, as i said, when i joined you, we have to put this in context. the establishment parties, the center left and the center right did poorly. but farage will only get about 24 seats. that's what he got five years ago. again, it's those fringe, marginal

they do not attend to stick around in brussels or strasbourg.s that she admits it is disappointing that she admits it is disappointing that brexit has not been sorted by now but she insists that she loves elections and is ready to fight this one on a campaign of respecting the result in the referendum on europe. but also, respecting the 2014 referendum result when scotland voted to stay within the uk. unusual times, i'd say? what else is going on with other parties? these are simply bizarre elections generally. perhaps particularly in scotland. curious elections across uk as a whole, to borrow from lewis carroll, curiouser and curiouser. the snp say that scotland is being taken out of the european union against their well and that justifies the european union against their well and thatjustifies a further referendum on independence as well as one on reversing brexit. they are pitching for that very strongly indeed and they won the elections here last time around. the labour party are arguing that from their perspective they face the difficulty o

they've lost their overall combined majority, meaning the power dynamic in brussels and strasbourg willpen in france, viktor orban in hungary, and the greens did very well in many countries, including germany, denmark and the uk. turnout was much better than it has been for about 20 years really. 51% compared to 42.6% five years ago in 2014, so that will be very heartening for eu officials. let's get a round—up of the last few hours and how the eu is now looking. here's ramzan karmali with this update. over 200 million people have cast their votes in 28 countries across the european union. that's a turnout of 51%, the highest in 20 years. their verdict — well, it's been a bad night for the mainstream parties that currently make up the coalition within the european parliament. the leader of the christian democrats in germany, the party of the current chancellor angela merkel, conceded her party hadn't done enough to persuade voters to stick with them. translation: we haven't been dynamic, we have to concede that during our time in government, we haven't given the decisive answer is the p

he will be sending all of these meps to brussels, to strasbourg, to the european parliament, and he wants, last night at the press conference he gave right after the results were known, he said european rules have to change, they have to change on agriculture, on fisheries, on trade, on national budgets, and these are all things he has been saying throughout the campaign and that have made them very popular during the past year in government. let's think about the budget spat last year between rome and brussels, because italy increased its deficit spending. but of course these are things that are very hard to modify ona eu things that are very hard to modify on a eu level and if you think about a parliament with 751 seats, salvini's party has about 30, and his bloc, you were talking about blocs before, is set to have around 70, so of course this is hard. so he is talking to his voters and telling the italians he will have the power because of this 34% to change europe from within but this is actually far from within but this is actually far from reality because in europe he is a minority

it meets here in brussels and also in strasbourg in france. the one bit that is directly elected by us. so, how big is it? well, there are 751 meps elected from all corners of the eu, with 73 of them coming from the uk. but here is the rub with these elections — they only happen if you are a member of the eu. and by now, the uk wasn't meant to be, but it is, and so they are on. meps will be elected to represent i2 chunks of the uk. here's how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014. firstly, in scotland, and then also in the south—east of england. now, the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area and voters just choose a party. or any independent. things are a little different in northern ireland, where voters list candidates in order of preference. let's take a closer look at the result last time. that was five years ago. ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour and then the conservativ

28 countries will elect 751 members of the european parliament who will sit in brussels and in strasbourg they will take their seats at the beginning ofjuly. so those are some thoughts on the scale of what is happening. here is the analysis of mike sanders from the bbc will world service on the big issues at state. climate change, for example, a lot of the far right parties are climate change deniers. one of them, the alternative for germany party, has actually started mocking greta thunberg, the swedish girl girl who has been mobilising students to take more action against climate change. that could change attitudes towards them. russia, some of the far right parties again, the populist parties, are much more tolerant towards russia and once sanctions the sanctions that were imposed towards russia and want sanctions eased, the sanctions that were imposed after russia annexed crimea in 2014. matteo salvini, for example, of italy, the leader of the league, he has actually worn a president putin t—shirt while addressing the european parliament. so that is a big change. iran, that is another

then, the european comment which meets in brussels and strasbourg in france.o be, but it is, and so there are. meps will be elected to represent 12 chunks of the uk, here is how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014, firstly in scotland, and then in the south—east of england. the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates from each area and voters just choose a party, or any independent. things are different in northern ireland where voters list candidates in order of preference. let us take a closer look at the result last time, five years ago. you kip more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour, then the conservatives. ten parties in total one seats representing different parts of the uk. turnout was 34%. loads has changed since, not least the eu referendum in 2016. we have also seen the collapse of the year kip, 24 seats last time, all the way down to just three when the parliament dissolved. this time around, there are two n

beginning of next, to get the legislation through to avoid sending british nep is to brussels and strasbourgo know definitively or not, in her own mind, whetherjeremy corbyn will bite on a deal or not. thank you very much, norman. later today, a fresh round of talks aimed at restoring devolution in northern ireland will begin later, in an attempt to end nearly two and a half years of political deadlock. the talks were announced by the british and irish governments after the shooting dead of the journalist lyra mckee. let‘s talk to our correspondent in belfast, emma vardy. how much expectation all hope is there around these talks? as hearsay, these talks were hastened by the death of lyra mckee, shot by the new ira in londonderry. the outpouring of grief that came as a result of that also brought this renewed public pressure on the main parties to reconcile their differences and get back into government at stormont, almost two and a half years northern ireland has been without a power—sharing executive. it all collapsed during yea rs executive. it all collapsed during years ago when martin mc

it meets here in brussels and also in strasbourg in france.t of england. the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area and voters just choose a party. things are a little different in northern ireland where voters list candidates in order of preference. let's take a closer look at the result last time. that was five years ago. ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else followed by labour and then the conservatives. ten parties in total won seats representing different parts of the uk. turnout was 34%. but loads has changed since then, not least of course the eu referendum in 2016. and we've also seen, watch this, the collapse of ukip. 24 seats last time round, all the way down to just three when the parliament dissolved. this time round there are two new party is clamouring for attention, the brexit party and change uk, with opposing views on our departure from the eu. and one final thought. what on earth happ

then there is the european parliament it meets yourin is the european parliament it meets your in strasbourgt to be, but it is, and so they are on. meps will be elected to represent 12 chunks of the uk. here‘s how it looked in two bits of the uk in 2014. firstly, in scotland, and then also in the south—east of england. now, the election uses a proportional system to work out which parties and candidates are successful. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area and voters just choose a party. or any independent. things are a little different in northern ireland, where voters list candidates in order of preference. let‘s take a closer look at the result last time. that was five years ago. ukip won more seats in the uk than anyone else, followed by labour and then the conservatives. ten parties in total won seats representing different parts of the uk. turnout was 34%, but loads has changed since then, not least of course, the eu referendum in 2016. and we‘ve also seen, watch this, the collapse of ukip. 24 seats last time round, all the way down to just th

forward to it because there is a lot we will have in common like stopping the travelling circus to strasbourget confused but had it been a general election or local election, thenit general election or local election, then it would have caused a lot of confusion, i am sure. the green party alexa nd ra confusion, i am sure. the green party alexandra phillips, do you share the other one is a determination to work at a practical level together so you can make sure you both get the right post?” level together so you can make sure you both get the right post? i am sure there will be some things where constituents e—mail one of the other and that is already happening and we have exchanged conversations on twitter, we've spoken to each other face—to—face and i'm sure that will continue, yes. brexit party alexandra, d think has been any confusion over identity and will there be any future? who knows? definitely on the pure attic front and administration front, there‘s going to be lots of confusion. i‘ve already worked in the european parliament and they will go into meltdown about this. as for politi

the heart of europe beats 400 kilometers east of paris in strasbourg on the border between france and germany. it's the heart of the old continent. and of the new one it's the official seat of the european parliament. but there are also other venues in the city that are talking politics. marco. don't learn. new e.q. . good. protests against the president's reforms have been raging on the streets of france's big cities for months now. the neglected province against the rich capital. the underprivileged against the elites. stanislaus not day an actor and the director of straw sports and national theatre decided to explore the social tensions on stage. of course. in france there are no children of factory workers or of agricultural workers among the elite there's a kind of sticking together and i think there's a form of blindness it's also indicative of a more general problem in our western democracies. in all of society really represented by elites. this is the rehearsal for the edouard louis play who killed my father the writer adapted his book of the same name especially it's a polemi