but there the crucial issueis elections. but there the crucial issue is that the northern ireland political leaders keep talking to each other and keep trying to maintain the dialogue to get the devolved institutions back up and running. they serve northern ireland well since the good friday agreement. northern ireland leaders have got through tougher dispute than this. so i believe that a continuing that dialogue is going to be important. they have been through a lot but general elections are divisive, it hardens opinions on both sides. the unionists have any clear this will be a poll about the union while sinn fein is saying this isa union while sinn fein is saying this is a referendum potentially on a united ireland. no doubt the general election will be as hard fought in northern ireland as anywhere else. the but the prime ministers clear northern ireland is a high priority for her, that is one of the reasons why she has put securing a soft border as a priority in brexit negotiations. i know looking ahead she will be doin

as far as the general election is concerned. mr speaker, the general election is concerned. is house is holding the government to account. doesn't he think that many, notjust in the chamber but in the country, will receive the prime minister's crushed when any —— prime minister's rush to general election as a sign of chaos? the prime minister's decision is about inviting the british people in the national interest to return provide the sense of leadership and clarity that the country needs and which of the right honourable gentleman's party is so clearly u na ble honourable gentleman's party is so clearly unable to provide themselves. while the loser confirm that should the legislation passed tomorrow, what we are —— with the speaker confirmed that should the legislation passed tomorrow we are voting for a new prime minister for a duration of parliament five years. many of us are expecting, therefore, that i did the current prime minister or the labour leader will walk through the door of number ten. could you encourage the prime minister to go head—to—head in as many tv deba

we know now about the attacks on the election. we know also that the russian government orchestrated a propaganda effort to confuse american voters, to help trump, and most directly, to hurt hillary clinton. but what is new rioters report documents is how this doesn't some freelance operation. this wasn't a low-level thing. this was a top-down strategic government run, well-thought-out intelligence run coordinated in part by the in-house think tank which putin staffed with his former intelligence officers. this was not a po dunk operation. this was military. this was highest levels. this was a nation to nation attack. two weeks before the inauguration this year, president-elect trump met with the intelligence community for a briefing on the russian scandal, on the russian attack on the election. remember at the time he was repeatedly insisting that there was no russian attack whatsoever on the election. he kept saying that. and so once he was president-elect, the intelligence agencies asked if they could please brief him on their e

in fact the run—up to the election. police said in certain parts of the police said in certain parts of the country they would bring in private security guards to protect polling booths but as katya adler said there is a realfearfor the election, with some candidates cancelling their rallies tomorrow but it will have an effect on turnout as well because some people quite simply will be too afraid to turn out. christian fraser in paris, thank you. that's it from us. they will be continuing coverage throughout the night on the bbc news channel but on bbc one it is time for the news where you are. goodbye. you are with us for continuing courage of the major security incident. a french policeman has been killed and two others wounded when the bus in which they and other officers had been travelling in was targeted on the champs—elysees in central paris. a gunman in the car, from which the shots were fired, has been killed. the world—famous street was crowded when the attack started and tourists and passers—by ran from the sc

on june the may looks set to announce the snap general election onjune the 8th. at is roughly about six weeks away. ignoring previous promises by number 10 that she would not go for an early summer election, she would stay the whole course through to 2020, repeatedly dismissing the idea. but we are now in a situation where some opinion polls giving the conservatives the lead of more than 20% over the labour party. there is a view that mrs may could have decided it is never going to be a better moment than now to go for a general election. it would give her a huge mandate but were to win, the sort of majority many in the party believes she could win, it would give her a mandate to go into the brexit negotiations with a hugely strengthened hand. she will have held a brexit election and will go to brussels and say i have secured a mandate to secure this sort of deal on behalf of the british people. a hugely strengthened her handfuls of it would enable her to pursue her own domestic agenda, to pursue the sort of policies on grammar schools, speculation about whether s

the last 12 months. both for assembly elections and the last one was itself a snap election. stormont. that is a crisis hasn't gone away. the parties at stormont have failed to come up with a deal toll restore the government there. that's despite two deadlines and the reality is, calling this vote is only going to lead it to be more difficult. those negotiations really have little chance of success now. that's because election campaigns here tend to be bitter and divisive. some political commentators called the last one nakedly sectarian. there is no suggestion this one will be different. unionists are calling it an opportunity to show support for the uk. the republicans are raising the dangers of brexit and pushing for a referendum on a united ireland. with the westminster can ta ke ireland. with the westminster can take over the running of the government here or call another assembly election alongside this general general election. in wales it's more straight—forward than in northern ireland. there will be intensity nevertheless. enthusiasm today from the conservatives, but

the election will be on bread and butter issues. collapse in social care. and of course it will be about brexit and they will get to decide whether they wa nt they will get to decide whether they want a hard brexit under theresa may or they want a much softer landing. you'll get that with the labour party. what you say to those who say this is a cynical attempt by theresa may. she's looked at the polls, she's seen the lead of the tories and said we may as well do it now, things couldn't be better. there's nothing cynical about taking one's case to the country. on nothing cynical about taking one's case to the country. 0njune nine war we have as prime minister theresa mayjeremy corbyn. that is what people will have to decide upon —— onjune nine. what people will have to decide upon -- on june nine. will that play in your favour? i think the issues will play to labour's favour. a lot of people are very worried about the future of this country. now they get to make a decision that ultimately will decide our course. let's remember many o

the lib dems. you think that will go on in this election? aside for the lib dems. elections. no, and there cannot be any deal between, for instance, us and the labour party, because we ourselves think that jeremy corbyn would be a disaster for this country. and ultimately, you have got to respect the british people to make their decision and not for us to carve things up for them. no, ithink not for us to carve things up for them. no, i think an individual seats, people will be finding the best way to cast their vote, and in my constituency, you know, labour mps tend to support... labour voters tend to support me in order to help the win against the conservatives, thatis the win against the conservatives, that is what happens, they vote tactically, and there will be a lot of that going on, but not formal deals, i think it would be wrong to do so. norman lamb, thank you very much for talking to us. ukip, of course, will be looking to expand on the 3.8 million votes they got in 2015, they performed very strongly then, the third biggest party in the uk in terms of vot

the brexit election could be the headline in the number of papers. up being about that i'm not sure. it might actually be about theresa may versus jeremy corbyn. not sure. it might actually be about theresa may versus jeremy corbynm was interesting listening tojeremy corbyn today because his battle lines are going to be the nhs, housing and education. much of his comedy is half the labour party disagreed with him on his position on brexit. he's in a tricky position. he cannot just on brexit. he's in a tricky position. he cannotjust ignore the issue. or maybe he will. but it is going to be difficult for him if she makes it all about brexit.” going to be difficult for him if she makes it all about brexit. i think you're stuck and really the lib dems could benefit from being the party of remaining. we could expect to see a bounce for them in areas like richmond park in south—west london weather has been a high proportion of remain voters. but as i say the labour party is split on the issue. is it damaging for theresa may to make this u—turn? is it damag

, even with america in the trump election. t also i think that people have underestimated jeremy corbyn of the way along, and we saw that at the labour leadership elections, and went... particularly when he was able to debate head—to—head with alternative candidates, he was able, then, to demonstrate the sort of person he was, a decent, principled person. now, again, iam hoping that the prime minister changes her mind about this issue of head—to—head televised debates. she is refusing at the moment but i think that would be critically important to have in this election campaign. now, on that basis, i think you'll find that people will see that, actually, jeremy corbyn is the sort of new prime minister that we want — someone who is honest and decent and looks after the long—term interests of the country, rather than this short—term party politics that theresa may's engaged in now. the liberal democrats took a hammering after the last general election after their coalition with the tories. now tim farron believes they have a mess

where was the general election, they we re where was the general election, they were asked, and the answerlear, 2020. there is no great public demand for a general election. how many members have received in the last few weeks or days letters or e—mails asking for a general election? hands up. it is absolutely clear there has been no such demand. the reason given by the prime ministerfor a general election, brexit, it is feeble, a flimsy excuse, and not taken in by anyone. my honourable friend said the government shouldn't be complacent about a large majority. hopefully they will not receive one. when you consider the harm done to those in need when this government has had a small majority, imagine what would happen if there was a large tory majority. a nightmare, absolute nightmare for those who we represent. millions of people in this country that need the government to protect them and not harm them and that is not going to come from a tory government with a small or large majority. i was here during the tory government of the 19805 and i saw the harm that was done to my constituents an

we saw that in the richmond by—election, when the conservative mp, zac goldsmith, sought to get re—electedho will be deeply anxious that mr —— mrs may has underestimated the residual disillusionment of brexit. there is a huge risk for mrs may in case she has miscalculated the strength of feeling, not just on has miscalculated the strength of feeling, notjust on the brexit side, but also on the remain side. thank you. time for the weather now with louise lear. good afternoon. i'm sure gardeners and growers not particularly happy that i am starting with a picture of frost. it is good to be one of the talking point this week. take a look at the overnight lows we had. this morning, —6 in scotland. temperatures across the nation just below freezing. at this time of the year, add some sunshine and temperatures do recover. where we have got clear skies by day, we're going to see those temperatures falling away overnight. tuesday night across england and wales is glad to be another cold, potentially frosty one. put another way,

. —— and we agreed the government should call a general election. opponents are ready. i welcome the chance to put the case to the people of britain. reaction from across the uk, our correspondents have all sent reports. here, in the uk financial markets have responded positively to news of an early election — we'll find out why. christian is in westminsterfor us — if you've got any questions, send them to #bbcos, and he or i will answer them for you. let's look at this election from the perspective of scotland, wales and northern ireland. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has been keen to remind theresa may of all of her previous comments on the idea of an early election. all statements that theresa may must surely now be regretting. well, the prime minister says she is not regretting that, she has taken the decision reluctantly, recently, and she says in the national interest. here, though, is more of nicola sturgeon‘s alternative analysis. the question of what kind of country we wa nt the question of what kind of country we want to be is

how are the elections faring with memories of brexit and the trump election still fresh? -- vonnie: bracing for the possibility of a marine le pen advance. we hear from pure moscovici. shouldsident trump

they have lost the odd election they might have won. gel farage. you are a party without a purpose. i do not buy that at all. theresa may may well have triggered article 50 but the negotiations have not started yet. if people want brexit, as they voted for injune 23, they will only get that if they have ukip mps elected to the house of commons and that is why we go into this election feeling confident. you look optimistic but you will need to be? we are optimistic because we are the party opposing brexit and the deposition doubling back demolishing of our public services. the prime minister has chosen a time of maximum advantage to call this election, as prime ministers always have and possibly always will. now all parties will have to scramble to choose candidates to raise millions in donations and in a rush to put together a policy manifesto that will decide britain's future for the next five years. 51 days, then, to change or rehouse the tenants of this place. excitement and drama for some. this place. excitement and drama for some. f

fate of the election. em she has is ultimately working out how you then translate that to a mandate for what coities translate that to a mandate for what comes next. trigger elections, the nec is meeting tomorrow, some believe, jeremy corbyn may want trigger elections for every single labour candidate, labour mp. do you see that coming? i've no doubt that would be the instinct forjeremy corbyn but those are the kind of sectarian games he would be interested in playing with the labour party at this time. i hope the nec turned that down and does what we need to do to focus on the election campaign. thank you both. much more coming up but first a look at the weather forecast. it is quiet on the weather front and it will be frosty tonight especially across the southern part of the uk. last night it was frosty in the north, this coming night with clearer skies it is the south that will get the frost. you can see the cloud streaming in from the atlantic into northern ireland and scotland which will prevent it fro

the election gives the british people the chance to change direction. this election is about her failure to rebuild the economy in living standards for the majority. it is about the crisis her government has plunged our national health service into. the cuts to our children's schools, which will limit the chances of every child in britain. 4 million of whom now live in poverty. alternative to raise the living standards as more and more people do not have security in their work or over their houses. [shouting] i give way. >> thank you very much mr. speaker. i try not to take it personally having to write so early, the prime minister so desperate to get rid of me she's calling an election. but what i say to my honorable friend, what i would say, with my honorable friend agree that the prime minister including this election says she does have confidence in her own government to deliver a brexit you for britain? one way she could secure the vote with me and my honorable friend is to table a motion of no confidence in her own governance which i'll be happy to

there's been speculation they may raise taxes if they win the general election. al correspondent leila nathoo has been giving me the latest. to get across, that the tories cannot be trusted on taxes is their message. this came about when philip hammond appeared to suggest yesterday that he would like to see the end of a previous manifesto commitment which said that tories would not raise vat, income tax or national insurance. now the prime minister today, this morning conservative sources very much playing that down, incidentally, mindful perhaps of alienating traditional tory voters. theresa may on the campaign trail this morning refused to be drawn on whether that pledge would be ditched, but she did say that it would mean lower taxes under the conservatives. they will have a choice between a conservative party which always has been, is and will continue to be a party that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes down for ordinary working people. and we have shown that, for example, we have taken 4 million people out of paying tax altogether. 31 million people

the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. ce and gendarmes have been a common sight in the streets since the 2015 shootings in paris. 50,000 of them have been deployed across the country. merci. the french are also used to that presence of soldiers patrolling their cities. when the campaign started, many in france believed it would be defined by terrorism and security. it turned out voters have so far been more concerned about unemployment and the economy. it remains unclear whether thursday's attack will have a last—minute impact on people's choice. we've had enough of anxiety, and things like that, with all the attacks, and so on. so just wanted to ignore it, personally. so maybe it will have an impact, but i don't know. translation: i'm not worried about sunday in particular, but i am worried, in general, for all of us. ijust don't think our politicians really have a full grasp of the problem. the most important, i think, it's economy, and economic recovery. this is the most important. more than security? yes, sure — for me

0r been in the whole debate leading up to the election on sunday? the economy. . . more things like unemployment, the economy... what has been the focus of people's attention in the debate? interestingly enough, security and terrorism has not been the actual focus of this campaign. first of all, the campaign has been marred by alleged corruption scandals, and all kinds of scandals that were, that candidates had to respond to. but as you said, unemployment of the economy is very much what has been the focus of this campaign. but also did distrust of the political class. the course, you have hardline candidates, like marine le pen, for example. she has been talking about security and closing borders and reinforcing the police services. but on the whole, terrorism has not been the focus of this campaign. just days before, a few days before the vote, here it comes, and attack or a plan of attack that is foiled by intelligence services in marseilles. and now an actual attack in paris with one dead police officer, shot dead on the avenue des champs—elysees

i think, correct me if i'm wrong, just before the general election there are the local elections in scotland has collapsed. they will try to dig out any corruption they might be able to find. the snp might already have planted a flag in the local elections. you'll also get to see how popular ruth davidson is north of the border. we could see, in this election, labour are effectively annihilated in scotland but the tories coming in second and starting to pick up seats. that is the big ambition of theresa may. another reason why the snp is becoming more important is labour do not have that hold on scotland anymore. you're only going to get into power ever if you team up with the snp. they have a line they have been trotting out about the coalition of chaos between the lib dems and the snp and labour. that is difficult for labour to bat away. looking at the numbers, there is every chance, they hurt labour in 2015 and the tories are trying to do it again this time around. very quickly in the last minute, let's think about ukip. we have more mps now. they seem to have gone down the tubes. what is

the election gives the british people the chance to change direction. his election is about her government's failure to rebuild the economy and living standards for the majority. it is about the crisis into which her government have plunged our national health service, the cuts to our children's schools, which will limit the chances of every child in britain, 4 million of whom now live in poverty. a chance of an alternative to raise living standards. as more and more people do not have security in their work or their housing. [indiscernible] > i give way to my friend the member for stoke-on-trent. >> mr. gareth snell. mr. snell: i try not to take it personally that, having arrived so recently, the prime minister is that desperate to get rid of me that she is calling an election. what i was saying, my honorable friend does my right honorable , friend agree that the prime minister, in calling this election, has essentially said that she does not have confidence in her own government to deliver a brexit deal for britain? one way in which she could secure my

the politically sensitive, in breach of election rules. , dirty diesel cars. and government dithering over a pollution tax or a costly scrappage scheme. the government has had five months to come up with the new plan and waited for the last minute to try to get out of it. it unacceptable try to get out of it. it u na cce pta ble to leave try to get out of it. it unacceptable to leave it until the last minute. we need a plan introduced now. people's health is suffering across the country from the air they are breathing. it's not right, it is a public health issue, not a political one. if the judges persuaded to delay, any political decisions will come after the election. coming up at 6am on breakfast — louise minchin and dan walker will have more of the day's news, business and sport including the hunt for the burglars who ran over and killed a former navy officer as they stole his car from the chorlton area area of manchester. the top stories this hour: the people of france have chosen the two candidates who will go through to the final rou

but it wasn't all about the general election. ns, there was concern over the nuclear ambitions of north korea. and condemnation of the alleged death, detention and torture of gay men in chechnya. others would join in beating him with sticks or metal rods and demanding to know the names of other gay men that he knew in chechnya. but first: on paper, it had looked like mps were set for a gentle return after easter, with just a little light legislating to keep them busy in the the chamber. peers, meanwhile, had not yet even returned from their break, with another week of their recess to run. so it was to a hastily assembled and unsuspecting press pack that theresa may unleashed the best kept secret in westminster on tuesday morning. mrs may explained why she'd changed her mind about holding an early election. the country is coming together, but westminster is not. in recent weeks, labour have threatened to vote against the final agreement we reach with the european union. the liberal democrats have said they want to grind the busines

many people say the result is certain, elections bring uncertainty, but there is a feeling that the result don't always play out like that, but if it does, then yes, she has got a stronger hand. she doesn't have to worry about the mathematics in parliament, and she can go to the table, people on the other side of the table know that when she says something she will deliver it. the irish times also says that this puts the brexit at the heart of the uk election, and in scotland they look at what this means for the hopes of some in scotland for another referendum of independence in the near future. to what extent will other issues be a part of this election, such as the nhs? to what extent will that be a part of the conversation, do you think?m extent will that be a part of the conversation, do you think? it is going to be fascinating to find out. as you said, the brexit papers, this is going to be a brexit election. labour do not want that, partly because they are all over the place on the matter. the lib dems would be happy for it to be a brexit election, because they would see themselves a

of course, douglas carswell was elected as a uk mp in the last election, but he has since turned his will stand against mr ca rswell has said that he will stand against mr carswell as a ukip candidate in this area. so far, so good, but what people here are saying is that they are not necessarily sure that ukip is the way to go now. i think many people i spoke to make the point that ukip, to them at least, that you have been created to get britain out of the eu, to create brexit. that is happening, and now ukip may not be the party they want going forward. in fact, not be the party they want going forward. infact, many not be the party they want going forward. in fact, many people said they understood exactly why theresa may has called this election. she has been framing it as an election to give her a stronger mandate to get a better brexit deal. people here, the vast majority very in favour of leaving the eu, and many saying she is right to do that to get that strong mandate for two reasons: partly, of course, a personal mandate for her, for theresa may herself, but also because a st

the by—election. e, she is buying more time. she has a boulevard in front of her, as we say french. of course, the lib dems are probably going to win a few seats and labour is going to be crushed. the snp cannot do better apart from one more seat. and of course, she only had the mandate of 200 mps before now. for brussels, is better to have a stronger british prime minister, otherwise you don't know. and then also, within her own party, she is often been taken hostage by hard brexiteers. now if she can say, you shut up, i have a mandate. whatever she may have said publicly and we have just take everything she says on her merits. she said seven times she wasn't going to have an election and then she changed her mind. we can't take anything she says at face value after that. whatever she may have said publicly and we have just take everything but in terms of one of the things you didn't talk about, about the difficulty of selling the brexit deal in her own party, is that part of the calculation? i think

in the last election, the conservatives did a ma nifesto election, the conservatives did a manifestoto stay in the single market, will she be withdrawn that commitment in the new manifesto and if she does, but that's not wea ken and if she does, but that's not weaken her negotiating position as well as removing two months from the negotiating window? we give a commitment in the last manifesto to provide people of the united kingdom with a vote on whether or not to believe the european union, we get them that ford, that was supported by parliament, we give them that thought and studio gave a clear message that they want the uk to leave the eu, that is exactly what we are going to do. -- gave them that port. i am grateful to the prime minister and i fully support the fact that she needs a stronger hand going into the negotiations as we leave the eu. but she not they it perverse that some people who did not want a referendum in the first is now want a second referendum at the very end of the procedure, just in case the british government does not get a good deal from in case the british

let's start with the congressional elections. s either party calling these bellwethers and wanted to say this indicates where the american electorate is going? think republicans have been more willing to make that argument, particularly when they are trying to find fault with the candidate the democrats are recruiting in both the montana and georgia special elections. they are arguing they are being pulled way to the left eye some of the grassroots energy we've seen across the country and unnecessarily nominating the best candidates for the district. that is made democrats more cautious, as you are the chairman earlier say, this was newt gingrich's district in georgia, he still republican district. the fact that hillary clinton came so close to winning has given the more optimism. susan: he referenced gerrymandering by republicans. once the state of the competitiveness in most of the elections coming up? sean: republicans did a great job leading up to the last round redistricting in 2010, getting a map that was favorable to them.

the poles got it wrong in the last election, in the referendum, and even in america with the trump electionquickly have to be somewhat skeptical of the polls. that wrong.re not john: we have to be skeptical of opinion polls. comingu will see in weeks is those opinion polls narrowing as well. people did not expect this general election. i do not think the average member of the public wants this general election. of trust this issue has already tarnished the prime minister within the first 24 hours. on the steps of downing street, she said she would not play the party for political gains. she assured the party there would not be a snap election, she would go to 2020. i think there has been a breakdown in trust in the prime minister already. anna: you say you are skeptical about the polls, but you might hold more regard for a suggestion of your worst election defeat since 1935. that is not your analysis. john: i think they are completely wrong. that is not the reaction we are getting on the doorstep. we have been campaigning in local government elections for the last few weeks. that is not the

otherwise trying to delegitimize the election and say it was rigged. y clinton won, the russian goal then would be to undermine her legitimacy as president and also to delay -- lay the ground work for domestically destabilizing the united states by creating the impression that our election was rigged by undermining faith in our electoral process. we know now that the russian government direct cyberattacks on the election. we know also that the russian government orchestrated a propaganda effort to confuse american voters, to help trump, and most of all, and most directly, to hurt hillary clinton. but what is new reuters report documents is how this doesn't wasn't some freelance operation. this wasn't a low-level thing. this was a top-down strategic government-ru government-run,well thoughtout intelligence run coordinated in part by the in-house think tank which putin staffed with his former intelligence officers. this was not a po dunk operation. that was not a lark. this was military. this was highest levels. this was a nation to nation attack. two wee

will the attack affect the election? u.s. easury secretary, steve mnuchin, says a shakeup will happen by the end of the year, but the dollar barely moves. has the market lost faith? be afraid. his message for janet yellen. he says years of artificially low rates has bloated tax valuations. is a correction now in the cards? matt: we are less than a half hour away from the open of european stocks. looking at futures. positive a cross the board. losing a little steam across the morning. you can see here that cac futures have now turned down. yesterday, they were up 1.5%, the best day since march first. futures were positive all morning but they have now turned down. futures have drained too little change. also want to show you moves in sovereign debt. ihave a chart, it normally, just show you the white line up top which are the bundts. the yields have been going in different directions. the three-day charge card we will see what happens today. nd has gained a few basis points since last week. i think you make a good point about w

, the german election, they are used in the australian election. about another way to get people to engage with politics. with the decisions that theresa may has got to make in a post dexit britain, it is important that cheap at herself through the test where she can beat closely questioned by members of the public and by other party leaders. and i do not understand what she is scared of. hang on, let me reply to that. secondly, those countries which you mention which also have tv debates, also have residential systems. germany doesn't. germany doesn't, ann. can i finish what i'm saying? ok, i'm just doesn't, ann. can i finish what i'm saying? ok, i'mjust pointing out the facts. i didn't interrupt you once, why are you interrupting me every time? why can't you just listen without interrupting? ann, please make your point. go ahead. my point is that tv debates encourage a presidential style of election, whereas that is not the british way. where i do agree with what david has said is that people don't actually relate very much to debates at westminst

the election battle begins. what does the uk's snap election mean for brexit? n your questions, we will put that to our europe corresponded in brussels. you're with business live from bbc news. one of britain's most successful business people — jayne anne gadhia — the head of the virgin money bank — has for the first time revealed her struggles with mental illness. in an exclusive interview with the bbc she describes her debilitating bout of post natal depression and her continuing mental health struggles at work. particularly periods of stressful work. she's been speaking to our economics editor kamal ahmed. the first time that i'd ever, ever experienced what people had described as depression i'd always sort of assumed depression was something that was a bit weak minded or something. and when it hit me i realised nothing could be further from the truth. the sort of thing that comes into your life and sucks all of your energy out of it. and ijust felt hopeless. i don't know where to go, i don't know what to do, i don't know who to talk to. you're at that point

he got absolutely destroyed in the general election. he was one of the last two candidates, but he lost hugely. he ran against jacque shirak but he got 22% of the vote. now his daughter is in the same position. and everybody sort of assumes that that won't happen again, that erybody will unify against her, that the national front cannot possibly take over the presidency of france whether or not they drop their formal affiliation with the party. everybody is betting that she will lose very badly and the centrist candidate she's running against will definitely become the next president. everybody assumes that will happen. but at this point it's like, once bitten, a thousand times shy, right? it seems implausible that somebody like le pen could be president but weird things have happened. really close to here. that final election in france, the run-off election will be two weeks from yesterday. if marine le pen wins, france honestly again whether or not you care about france as a country, it is important to know if she wins, france in many

the pm say this. i don't think there is a need for an election. i think the next election will be in 2020. bour will support tomorrow's vote to push the button, even though the weakness ofjeremy corbyn is one of the reasons why an early election is on. yet his supporters hope that his ideas will cut through. i welcome the opportunity for us to put the case to the people of britain, to stand up against this government and its failed economic agenda, which has left our nhs with problems, which has left our schools underfunded, and so many people uncertain. we want to put our case out there for the people of britain, of a society that cares for all, an economy that works for all and a brexit that works for all. more than ever, perhaps, this election will notjust be about what happens here but the whole country's constitution. the tories won't promise another vote on independence in scotland, but nicola sturgeon will. this is the biggest u—turn in recent political history. but it is very clear that the prime minister's announcement today is one all about the narrow interests of her own party, n

we are in the business of fighting elections. political party and leader, we look forward to it with relish. do you feel like? we are shocked like everybody else, but we have been on election footing for some time, many of us fighting local elections, mayoral elections, we will roll this into that as well. there is a real choice for the country, and we will set that choice out as the labour party in the weeks coming forward. some suggesting theresa may looked at the polls and thought, does not get any better than this. polls are tough but the real poll that matters is the general election, this is the ultimate test for us. that is what we are in politics for, we are in politics to win elections, to win power, to put values into practice, and we have got to seize any opportunity we get to do that and we must do that. peter, is the risk for theresa may that there are people out there that do not necessarily like the approach towards brexit and this could backfire. seven week campaign, if based on opinion polls, well, they have been

it's the election in the middle of t. the republican senate changed the rules of confirmation drastically by refusing even to consider judge merrick garland's nomination and against the odds it's paid off for them. it's interesting because we talk about the nuclear option of changing the rules, but in a very de facto manner, the nuclear option went off the day the majority leader came to the floor and said we're going to conduct ourselves in a totally different way than the senate's ever conducted itself. unlike every other time in u.s. history when there was a vacancy during an election year and the senate acted, we're not going to act. we're going to essentially engage in stonewalling the president's nominee, no hearing, mno discussion. that was a nuclear option. so certainly i think that that's a point well made by this article. the history of the confirmation process is central to the history of the court. there have been some important landmarks in the last century. brandeis was the first justice to have a confirmati

the westminster election onjune the 8th.n hard on issues that could have big implications across europe. graham satchell has been on a french exchange between the twinned towns of tredegar in south wales and 0rvault in north west france. we are in noirmoutier on the west coast of france. on board le petit train, a group of french and welsh people whose towns have been twinned for almost a0 years. they share friendship, camaraderie, and it turns out, a deep mistrust of traditional politics. everybody‘s fed up of what politicians say and they are going for the other option. people are fed up with some old way of doing politics. fed up and slightly confused. the french face a dizzying array of candidates to be president — 11 in all. what is astonishing about this french election is the almost complete rejection of mainstream politics. the next french president is most unlikely to come from one of the two parties that has run france since the war. what will we do? what will happen? it is so new that we are lost. 0ur welsh contin

in the uk you are electing your local memberof parliament, the uk you are electing your local member who the prime minister will be. in other words, in america you are choosing the president. here you are choosing the president. here you are choosing people who are supposed to protect you from the central power of the government, your local mp is supposed to be representing you against the prime minister if he or she thinks the prime minister is doing a bad job. they are not suited to this. professor beckett, it favours those who are good on television and does not necessarily give an overall balanced view of how good a person will be as leader of the country? no, but! will be as leader of the country? no, but i think it is a fantastic way... it is not to do with entertainment but it is engaging people, letting hear the arguments, letting people get some information. in an age where there are so many different sources, television remains the best way to get people to pay attention. of course it is about the leaders, that is what politics is about these days. it is about character, per

we are covering the french election. eiffel tower and i don't get to say that every day. let's get final thoughts with richard attias. richard, by example, we are right here. and beneath the eiffel tower, you can see the russian church. what we need to figure out is if macron does win, the latest poll puts him at 61% in the second round, what kind of foreign policy will be put in place to work with trump and putin? richard: he has no choice. he will have to deal with the russians and trump. and i think what we expect is to have a strong foreign minister. which is also a very important position. the most important is the economy of finance. a very important job. francine: how does he create a cabinet that gets support? election, here the will have to put -- my personal feeling -- to put a minister with a lot of experience on foreign policy. is in trouble,ld as you know. we are in a situation where we have to deal with north korea, syria and france is trying to have a lot of impact on syria. trump is aggressive on trying to

the election gives the british people the chance to change direction. er government's failure to rebuild the economy and living standards for the majority. the snp expect labour to lose ground in england so when their leader came to westminster today, she made a clear pitch for the anti—conservative vote in scotland. only the snp stands between scotland and an increasingly hardline tory government. it is a vote to end posterity, and for investment in our public services. the watchword in politics was in me has been expect the unexpected. 50 days from now we will know if theresa may has successfully strengthened her handle shot herself in the third. won former chancellor george osborne has announced he is quitting as mp. he says he will continue to fight for the button he loves from the editor's chair of the evening standard ‘s. loves from the editor's chair of the evening standard 's. so now in future you mean to make your voice heard loud and clear as we head towards brexit. as you said sit in your editor's chair, will you be a thorn in the side of the

the stakes were so high in this election. secretary clinton had been seeking this office for so long. she genuinely believed that she was the best person to have this job. ll of this sort of weight is crushing on her shoulders at this moment. if you had difficulty feeling sympathy at that moment just on a human level, i think if you read the book, you will feel some sympathy for her. host: let's focus on election night because we were live all evening covering the events as they unfolded. there were pieces of plastic to represent shards of glass that were going to come down on hillary clinton. earlier in the evening, campaign staffers were overjoyed, excited, preparing for a victory. that all began to change at about 10:00 at night, and then at about 1:30 in the morning, your colleague was on the air with us after hillary clinton had lost pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. he said, "it's over." my question is what was happening inside the clinton campaign? guest: some of them were in her hotel room in new york. some of them

the prime minister has announced plans to call a snap general election onjune the 8th. y said she had reluctantly come to the conclusion that a vote was necessary, adding "the country is coming together but westminster is not." our opponents believe because the government majority is small but our resolve will weaken and they can force us to change course. they're wrong. they underestimate our determination to get the job done. and i'm not prepared to let them endangered the security of millions of working people across the country. because what they're doing jeopardises the work we must do to prepare for brexit at home. and it wea ke ns prepare for brexit at home. and it weakens the government is negotiating position in europe. if we do not hold a general election now their political gameplaying will continue. labour's leaderjeremy corbyn welcomed the announcement and explained how the party was aiming to win the election. we are challenging the economic narrative which says that there has to be huge cuts in public expenditure in order to pay for the banking crisis of 2

watching the elections and the results very carefully. a henschke. fighting for american workers was a big part of donald trump's election pitch. now, the president says he's following through on his promises. mr trump has signed the so—called "buy american, hire american" executive order. it's designed to review a temporary visa programme used to place foreign workers in high—skilled usjobs. he made the announcement at a factory in the state of wisconsin. right now, widespread abuse in our immigration system is allowing american workers of all backgrounds to be replaced by workers brought in from other countries to fill the same job, for, sometimes, less pay. this will stop. american workers have long called for reforms to end these visa abuses. and today, their calls are being answered for the first time. i put it to an analyst that this reflects what he said during his campaign. this is an employment visa, a temporary visa, that allows people to come on to the us, usually highly skilled and highly paid, into the us, forup highly skilled