because i am the candidate of the people. [cheers and applause] >> [speaking french] >> translator: i, therefore, appeal to all sincere patriots wherever they may come from, whatever their origin, whatever their background, whichever way they voted in the first round. come out of these outdated quarrels and resentments. what is at stake here is the higher interest of our country. what is really essential, really essential, that is what's at stake. the survival of france. i call upon you to show unity, unity with our project to get france on its feet again. in 1943 general deball said -- de gaulle said the grandeur of the people only comes from the people itself. and that is the principle which for 1500 years of its history is the one that has forged the history of france, the principle that i will implement. uniting the french people can only be done on the basis of the love of france. long live the french people, long live the republic, and long live france. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> [speaking french] [cheers and applause] >> translator: thank you. [inaudible conversations]

french presidential election. the centrist emmanuel macron wins through to the run—off in two weeks. he said a page had clearly turned in french politics. inflation macro would become the president of all the people of france, the president of the patriot in the face of the threat and the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front, who described the first round result as "historic." translation: the time has come to get rid of all of the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'm sally bundock in london. the other main headline — venezuela's president calls for talks with the opposition to solve the political crisis, and he wants the vatican to help. welcome to the programme and good morning from paris. so, now we know in two weeks, the french people, in their presidential election, will have a straight choice. the run off will be between emmanuel macron and the far—right national front candidate marine le pen. mr macron said hisjob now was to reconcile the country and gathe

screen, cac futures up 4.5% . we're expecting to see big movement in french stocks today for once. we have already seen big movement in debt. i have bunds on the top of the screen, this is a three-day chart. if you look at this, election is here. this is where you see it coming down in yields, bunds shooting up as investors get out of the trades they had in place before. this is a longer-term look at the spread, and you can see here at the end of the screen that it has come down dramatically. that is what you would expect after we didn't get the kind of event that could have reared its ugly head. markets are more complacent, and today will be more of a risk on day because of it. guy: complacent, comfortable, looking at a macron presidency with a smile. the swedish krona is bid this morning, danish krone bid. the euro really leading all of that. the euro is trading up 1.1%. remember, we have the tax story to get to from the other side of the pond, and we have the ecb to think about as well. let's show you what's going on elsewhere around the markets. matt has already walked in thro

for the next hour. you are watching a france 24 special on the french presidential election. let's start the results in sunday's first round of voting. on top of 23.75% of votes, far right leader le pen, 21.53%. on may 7. wille's two main parties the socialistnted primary winner came in sixth. they have called for supporters in the runoff. >> in his victory speech, mack brown presented himself as a unity candidate against clinical extremism. acron: i want to become a president for all french people. ask those to join me where bike -- come from, i will only ask if they agree with the idea of political life. >> he campaigned on neither right or left right. he needs the support of mainstream parties going forward . his rival, le pen, is to paint him as an establishment candidate, a former banker. of realave an option change rather than making no changes. with all the failures of the past five years, the much awaited change will come about. >> attention is on the other -- the public here 19% of the vote. -- 2002 runoff >> in 2002, there was no chance to win the election and yet people

a.m. join the discussion. for theesults are in first round of voting in the french presidential election. the two candidates receiving the most votes are former french economy minister emmanuel macron and national friend leader marine le pen. they will now face a runoff vote on may 7 two determine who becomes the next president of france. it is the first time in modern french history that the presidential runoff will not feature a major party candidate. next, a look at some of the election coverage, including speeches from the candidates. this is courtesy of france 24. there we have it. a major upset in french political history. emmanuel macron, the newcomer 23.7% of thep, 43.7% o vote, head of marine le pen's 21.7% of the vote. for the first time ever, the two mainstream parties are illuminated after round one. -- are eliminated after round one. two outsiders, emmanuel macron and marine le pen, will face off on may 7 for the second round. we thought there might be three names, but we now have two names. >> indeed, now let's take a look at how the other candidates faired. there

uphill climb against a favorite, macron. how her policies will affect the french economy. timerkets are rallying big french results. we will hear from italy's finance minister. in banking, why goldman sachs has such a big trading myths in the first quarter. souranking retail turned -- sour for the powerhouse. mark: how european equities are trading right now, what a session it has been. look at le pen and macron runoff. the feeling among investors, macron will emerge victorious in the second round. highest level since 2008. biggest leak today since 2012. the italian stocks are rallying. paul ryan inc. -- rallying today as well. 1.2 percent up today. the fair was if le pen still wins, she takes france out of europe. today.re rallying periphery yields are falling and core yields are rising today. -- not a haven and not necessary. of one million related to the french election. line -- thethe blue white line versus the blue line, the euro-dollar, one month implied volatility. the white line is falling more than the blue line. that is a sign that risk sentiment has improved markedly foll

hours and days. >> did the french interior ministry spokesman indicate when he would give an update to the public about the latest state of affairs? >> he said the interior minister was watching this, that the government was watching this, that they were looking into it and he was giving interviews but it was not an official press conference. as soon as they know more, they will send out a press release. >> this attack comes ahead of the first round of french presidential elections on sunday. our people in a state of concern that this was perhaps connected? >> the government certainly was. about a week ago, there were some interviews in the press saying the state of alert is very high. we are deploying 50,000 additional police officers for the election. in the election campaign, terrorism and the fight against terrorism has been a big topic. a few days ago there were reports about two men arrested in marseille planning an imminent attack. the government is on high alert indeed. >> the developing situation there in paris. lisa we're going to ask you to stay with us. we're going to go no

our special results programme from paris. it's a lovely evening here in the french capital, the champs—elysees behind us looking resplendent in the evening sunshine. a fascinating night in prospect, with regards to the election campaign. 11 candidates on the ballot paper today, two will go through to the final round, the second round of voting a week on sunday. we will talk about those candidates in a second but let's focus on the french people. this election taking place in the context of those awful events on the chantilly sake thursday, in which a policeman was killed. security has been stepped up today. the interior ministry put 50,000 extra security personnel at the polling stations up and down the country. it seems to have done the trick. some healthy cu es have done the trick. some healthy cues up and down the country. the turnout rate which has been predicted so far somewhere near where it was in 2012. yet again, in the face of terrorism, the french people showing themselves to be hugely resilient. which is a good thing because we can focus on the election, the candida

was time to liberate the french people. the losing centre—right and socialist left candidates said they were now switching their allegiance to mr macron. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he wants new talks with the opposition to try and solve the political crisis. he's invited the vatican and international observers to return to the country to oversee the discussions. and then there were two — the final candidates for the french presidency have been chosen but what economic challenges will the winnerface? we talk you through what's at stake. and 10,000 times stronger than the real thing — we take a look at an artificial sun in germany and what it means for energy supply. welcome to world business report. i'm sally bundock. also in the programme, the euro has spiked in value following the outcome of sundays vote in france. rico will have the latest in a moment. but first, as you've been hearing, the french have voted on who will go though to the final run—off for the presidency on may 7th. as widely expected, centrist emmanuel macron and far—right marine le pen are

french capital. —— in the heart. he killed one of and wounded two others. it took place on the champs—elysees, which leads from the champs—elysees, which leads from the arc de triomphe to be manager. it happened 300 metres away from the arc de triomphe itself. the government got out of the car and fired an automatic weapon, before being shot dead by police. media reports say he was known to the intelligence services, at a police search is under way at his home, near paris. the islamic state group says it carried out the shooting, naming the attacker as a belgian, a view user. it comes days before the first round of the french president to elections. —— abu youssef. you have to stay back, please. the area is dangerous because of shotguns. please stay back. tonight, france's worst fears realised, yet another terror attack and just two days before an all—important presidential election here. 0ne policeman killed, another seriously injured in a shooting on the emblematic and busy champs elysees. translation: i was walking on the pavement, there was a bus full of police, t

french voters. a spate of terror attacks has sown insecurity and sparked a heated debate about immigration, islam and france's identity. my guest today is pascal bruckner, a writer and public intellectual in the grand french tradition. is france living through an age of decline? pascal bruckner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. we are talking with a french presidential election very close. does france feel ripe for the sort of political shock that we've seen in recent times both in the uk over the brexit vote and in the united states with the victory of donald trump in the presidential election? i hope not, with all my heart i hope we won't face the same electoral results that you had with brexit and that the americans had with trump. so we're doing everything to avoid the passage to the far right with marine le pen. but at the present time we have two opposite candidates, jean—luc melenchon, who is a communist and a great admirer of putin, and we have marine le pen, the head of the ex—fascist party and also a great admirer of putin. so it seems putin is pulling the strings

if macron wins. there will still be an urgent need for change in french politics. once again, welcome to group all. you join in the collective sigh of relief i just described after the result was announced? full relief, but partly, i was relieved because, was the mostn pro-european of all the candidates, so it was a relief he made it into the last round, but it you look at all the votes , you u get about 2/5 of the french population who voted for a frexit if you want to take it literally. i think the battle is not yet one. one -- is not yet don't won, andis not yet don' i will not exclude marine le pen winning in may. many people will not make a bloc like in 2002. when marine le pen's father was in the election. there are a lot of undecided people still and a lot of lefties who will not go to vote and a lot of abstentions, so participation will be decisive it.acron really makes peter: geraldine, you have been nodding. geraldine: we have teedo problems -- the first is teedo extremist- two parties. not onlyties are against europe. i would say it is probably not the reason why t

won the first round of elections this weekend. his first time in modern french history that no candidate from a mainstream party advanced to the runoff. coverage from france 24 television next from the candidate headquarters covering several topics including the upcoming parliamentary elections, the collapse of the mainstream political party system, and future relations with europe depending on which candidate wins the presidency, followed by the victory and concession speeches. this is just under one hour. >> there we have it, a major politicalrench history, emmanuel macron, the centrist newcomer arrives on top with 23.7% of the vote. this means that for the first time ever for that history of the fifth republic, the two mainstream parties are one theed after round socialist and the conservative will face offrs on may 7 for the second round. we thought there might be three names and now we have two provided by our partner. >> let's take a look at how the other candidates fared. you can certainly see an extremely tight race. that's incredible. said, mark, this is historic. >> y

that i will implement, uniting the french people, can only be done on the basis of the love of france. long live the french people, long live the french people, long live the republic, and long live france. [chanting] ♪ mr. macron: thank you. macron!n! [cheers] >> voila. mr. macron: there we go. there we go. my fellow countrymen, today sunday, april 23, the french people have spoken. our country is going through unprecedented times in its history, marked by terrorism, economic crisis, social suffering, ecological urgency, and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. the people decided to take me on to the second round of presidential elections. [cheers] macron! macron! i am humbled by this. this is a tremendous responsibility thrust upon me. i want to take advantage of this opportunity to present my greetings to all the other candidates. fillon. thank you all for having applauded all of them now. this is exactly what you should have done, what you are doing. it looks like what we should be doing. i know that those who supported those candidates are ve

perhaps french voters will feel that her time is right. but it looks like -- nothing can be predicted, but it look like macron will probably win. >> that being said, when we see these two candidates -- and as we mentioned, none from the traditional parties -- are we seeing france's just political landscape and really things shifting completely and starting anew? as you had mentioned earlier, this is, you know, the fifth republic. it has ailments, and we're seeing that. is this a fruition of that? >> well, certainly, there's a point to be made this is the collapse of the two mainstream parties. and the point we were making earlier about is a crisis of party actually part of the crisis of the regime makes a very interesting deliberation. the question, the immediate question now is what happens in the republican and the party socialist -- >> civil war. [laughter] >> they are going to tear themselves apart now. >> yeah. >> and that actually tells us something about what happens in the future, because in a sense this fifth republic, if you like, only properly functions the be you have a hi

. as we approach the ecb meeting on thursday, it is all about the first round of the french residential election. look at the cac 40 today, 4% higher, the biggest gain since august 2015. we are at the highest level since april 2015. the euro rising as much as 2% since december 2015, to the highest since november. 108.50 seven. the yield on the french 10-year is down by 10 basis points, and earlier fell as much as 11 basis points, to the lowest since january. proof that appetite for riskier assets -- we have gold falling 1% today, sinking the most in more than seven weeks. investors returning to riskier assets on speculation progrowth centrist macron will be france's next president. you so much.nk let's go to the bloomberg first word news. here is nejra cehic. president xie jinping has called for restraint on north korea in a phone call with donald trump. the u.s. and japan have begun joint naval drills in the region, and trump also spoke to his japanese under par, shinzo abe, over the weekend. xi urged all parties to avoid actions that might exacerbate tensions, according to

. >>> french stocks underperform in europe as paris reels from a terror attack that leaves one policeman dead and two others wounded just days ahead of the presidential election. >>> a rally for rio tinto as barron's asks if it's time to buy the stock, saying the iron ore selloff is overdone. >>> danone sweetens its forecasts, raising its guidance for 2017 earnings, but shares trade lower after disappointing sales in europe and brazil. >>> a confident relationship. german finance minister wolfgang schauble tells cnbc that contrary to some opinion, the meeting between chancellor merkel and president trump was a successful one. >> people in the media are looking at a strange situation, shake hands or not, shake hands or not. that was totally wrong. it was a meeting of mutual confidence. >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, it is a crucial trading day before the first round of the presidential elections in france. just want to bring you some data from the eurozone. april composite pmi flash, estimate was at 56.7, versus a forecast of 56.4. just a tad higher than expected. als

. what the totals would have been. the british and the french, the allies did not have to imagine. they had been fighting this for years. they had been suffering. row was low and they knew it. so when the u.s. entered the war , the british and french sent delegations to president wilson right away and said we need an american presence on the front right now. whatever you have, send them over. we know what your plan is and it will take a while, so get some troops over. the orders are sent down to the general who deployed the chief of the adf, the mac and expeditionary forces, to immediately handpick for regiments for the army, beefing it with volunteers and sending it across right away. so the 16th and 18th and 26 regiments are sent in mid-june, by june 14 they ship out and by late june they land in france, a day -- the day when they shipped they were the first expeditionary division. and then they are read -- three designated the first division when they land. said, they have been on continued active duty ever since. landing, theyy on are put into what general pershing envisioned with h

agree for a renewal of our political life. to guarantee the security of french people, for freeing work, guarantee the security of french people, forfreeing work, for reorganising schools and making it possible for all of us to progress in society, whatever the origins and to relaunch the building of a strong europe. macron, president! from tonight, you have to assume a certain risk and you mustjoin me, me and the parliamentary majority i will build from tomorrow onwards. my fellow citizens, you have done it. you, the ones who have carried us forward. and you demonstrated that in our country there was no fatalities. you are above face of that rebirth. you are in the face of hope, french hope. in a fortnight, i wa nt hope, french hope. in a fortnight, i want us to win will stop —— i want us want us to win will stop —— i want us to win. my my fellow citizens, there are not different france says. just the one france. it will be an enormous and immense task. i will be actively on your side. the struggle to be able to be the leader of our country starts tonight and we will win t

and truly off as the french overdential hopefuls clash europe, the economy, and security in a marathon debate, with some of the minor candidates stealing the spotlight from the big-name front runners. 564 and 133 against lawmakers with votes overwhelmingly in favor of a brexit resolution to define the negotiations for a final deal. i will have the latest coming up a little bit later. all the evidence points to the assad regime. accusations for the british foreign secretary after a deadly attack in the foreign province caused outrage, prompting the security council to call for emergency forces. thanks her much for joining. jostling for the spotlight, clamoring for their 18 minutes of frame -- fame come the french presidential hopefuls went head-to-head tuesday night, sparring over the economy, security, and the country's lace in europe. for the first time in history all 11 candidates took to the stage with the front runners and lesser-known names having under 20 minutes to make their case. hoping to woo french voters just two and a half weeks to for country heads to the polls.

>> this is dw news live from berlin. tonight the french duel. the first round of france's presidential election catapults. two relative outsiders into the finals. emmanuel macron, a pro-european centrist, will face off against marine le pen, an anti-immigration nationalist. we'll have analysis of the vote that sent shock waives through the fifth republic. are mainstream parties now passe? also coming up, a nation comes to a stop still. israel remembers jewish victims of the holocaust on this holocaust remembrance day. and fast legs and a big heart. a good samaritan in the london marathon, a runner sets aside his own performance to help out a struggling fellow runner. >> good to have you with us. and tn there were two. after sunday's first round in france's presidential election, the centrist, emmanuel macron, has come out on top, ahead of marine le pen. now, le pen was the leader of the far right front national. but she's announced that she is stepping down from that position. both macron and le pen face each other in the final round in just two weeks. let's take a look at

: yes. mitchell: now, there were british and french officers who came to the united states, whose transportation and housing was paid for by the u.s. war department and the idea was for them to lecture the soldiers at the camp. what they had seen. but not until they got overseas, did it really hit home. susan: once the americans joined in, how much of the war was fought on the seas versus the land? mitchell: by the time the americans got in the war, practically not, other than some attacks by u-boats. there was not a major naval engagement the americans were involved in. allison: this is one of my favorite stories from world war i. how one of the first things i general pershing and the american troops did on arriving in paris was visiting the tomb of marquis de lafayette among who helped the americans during the revolution. really connecting the historic alliance between france and the united states. mitchell: they are training -- you can see they have their gas masks on. what is interesting is, even though trenches are synonymous with world war i, the american's s primarily did n

i'm kasia madera in london. the french have voted in the first round of the presidential election. the centrist emmanuel macron wins through to the run—off in two weeks. he said a page had clearly turned in french politics. translation: i want to become the president of all the people of friends. the president of the patriots in the face of the threat from the nationalists. he'll face marine le pen of the anti—immigration national front — who described the result as historic. translation: the time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. i am the candidate for the people. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our other main stories: it's confirmed a third us citizen has been arrested at an airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you're old enough, you're good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland where age is no barrier. live from london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london, 8am in singapore, and two in the morning in paris,

and protest their conditions in israeli jail. just a few days left for the french presidential election, one third of voters make up their mind, leading candidates to make up their message -- to take up their message. first turkey's president has attacked the verdict of international observers who says yesterday's referendum on expanding powers was unfair. voted ines say 51.4% favor of granting sweeping new powers to erdogan, 1248.6 voted against. the campaign dominated the media and withheld information. no and they'reed wondering what comes next. reporter: most pleading for the yes, other smaller ones for the no vote. >> i think the have a pretty good result. >> no supporters believe opposition -- the question the election board build, that it did not the election stamp. >> i believe all votes have been stolen. i believe the decision to count the vote as valid is a big scandal. >> meant to make president erdogan stronger or satisfy .heir leader won but with a narrow and contested result, some wonder if the government would be up push its plan through. >> we all want to live i

french pollster. ijoined by jean—phillipe. but you got this right before the commended? yes. we saw that emmanuel macron and marine le pen were about 30%. and francois fillon and jean—luc melenchon at around 19%. so it was a relief to see our polls are right. what surprised you? see our polls are right. what surprised you 7 was see our polls are right. what surprised you? was a sunny about the turnout that you are perhaps not expecting? yes. this was a surprise because we expected it to be lower. because of the campaign that was imbued with scandals. that turns collectors away from the election. but the electors did not want others to decide for them what the second round would be. they did go to polling boxes. yes. and the fact that you have semi— undecideds going into this election. how difficult was it to factor that in? —— so many undecideds. as you know, francois fillon and marine le pen had a solid core base of a electors. on the contrary, emmanuel macron had a very fragile base of electors. so the difficulty in this campaign was to, as you say, factor in this element.

the french presidential election, we take a look at back at how the young people plan to vote in the campaign beat. ♪ >> straight to our top story, the u.s. military dropped a massive bomb in afghanistan with the target a tunnel by the islamic state group. the afghanistan president back to the bombardment which struck a remote area. this is the u.s.'s largest nonnuclear bomb in the first time it was used in combat. donald trump said the mission was "very successful" and u.s. officials see no evidence of civilian casualties. >> this was the correct weapon against the correct target. our surveillance over the area before, during, and after the operation and now we have afghan and u.s. forces on the site and see no evidence of civilian casualties, nor any reports of civilian casualties. >> for more let's go to our correspondent in kabul. this is the united states' largest nonnuclear device. officials say no indication of civilian casualties. as anyone independently verify this -- has anyone independently verified this? >> the problem is no one can get to the site of the attack, an are

been killed and two officers injured in a shooting in the heart of the french capital. you have to stay back, please. it is dangerous. a guardsman was killed on the champs—elysees. —— gunmen. the president says that the motive was clear. translation: we are convinced that the investigations will show that it was terrorist in nature. this is the scene live in paris where the champs—elysees remains sealed. anti—terrorist raids are being carried out. the so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack. hello and welcome to this special coverage. a major anti—terrorist operation is taking place in paris after a gunman opened fire on a police bus in the capital, killing one officer and winning two others. the incident took place in one of the city's most there boulevard is, at the champs—elysees, which leads from the arc de triomphe down. it was about 300 metres away from the arc de triomphe. the gunman was shot by police. media reports say he was known to the intelligence services, and the police search is under way at his home near paris. islamic state says it ca

uniting the french people can only be done on the basis of the love of france. long live the french people, long live the republic and long live france. >> thank you. >> there we go. there we go. my fellow countrymen. today, sunday, april 23, the french people have spoken. our country is going through unprecedented times in its terrorism,ked by economic crisis, social suffering, ecological urgency, and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. the people decided to take me onto to the second round of presidential elections. i am humbled by this, this is a tremendous responsibility thrust upon me. i want to take it vantage of this opportunity to present my greetings to all the other candidates. francois fillon, -- jean-luc melenchon and -- [applause] you all for having applauded all of them now. this is exactly what you should have done, what you are doing, it looks like what we should be doing. those who supported those candidates are very disappointed, they are very disappointed themselves and i should like to thank -- and francois fillon for having already

eisen. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> wilfred is off. covering the french elections once again from paris this morning, markets on the move, we'll get to him in just a moment. there he is. let's first check on the global markets this morning. a celebration of the results of the french election, we saw that right away in the euro which trades first on a sunday. but there is the reaction of u.s. equity futures. a more than 200-point rise in futures. 212 points higher at this early hour. s&p futures up 28. nasdaq up 60. this has ripple effects all over the world. risk taking back on. let's show you the ten-year treasury note yield. 24 hour look at this. you really saw the jump after the market started opening on the results of the french election. we will get it for you. there's the ten-year note yield. there you can see selling of the bondses. yields jump eed 230. the biggest reaction has to be in the currency. we saw it in the euro against the dollar. versus the safe haven yen. jumped to a five-month high. highest level since november. past 109 at one point. clearly there's some

c-span. the results are in for the first round of voting in the french presidential election. the candidates receiving the most votes are former french economy minister emmanuel macron and national front leader marine le pen. face eachnow focus -- other in a runoff vote. this the first time in modern frenchmen street at the presidential runoff will not teacher a major party candidate. next, a look at some election coverage, including speeches from the candidates. this is courtesy of france 24. appeared majore upset in french history. 23.7% of the votes ahead of marine le pen, 21.7% of the vote. this means for the first time ever in the history of the fifth wo mainstream t parties are you limited after round one. the socialists and the conservatives and two outsiders will face-off on may 7 for the second round. we thought there might be three names. we now have two names. >> indeed. let's take a look at how the other candidates fared. there we have it. certainly an extremely tight race. , jean-lucillon melenchon have the same score tied for third. look at the did. 6.2%. >> that's i

dreaming of a federal europe which has been rejected by the french. and i think it is a big mistake. secondly for le pen, everyone knows what she wants and this is not also accepted what she wants and this is not also a cce pted by what she wants and this is not also accepted by many french voters. so would my view, i will be in my constituency going and shaking hands and saying, you have a good mp, keep it. we had pollsters with us earlier who said this election very much was about europe. you raised your eyebrows when we said the idea of a federal europe was finished. do people in france still harbour ambitions of a federal france?|j ambitions of a federal france?” think it is very important for the selection, europe, but ratherthan talking about a federal europe, it shows a resistance to frexit. it comes from learning the lessons of what has happened before. it may not bea what has happened before. it may not be a federal europe but talking to oui’ be a federal europe but talking to our european partners, to change europe and to prepare for frexit as well. indulge me, and say

i'm kasia madera in london. the french voted in the first round of the presidential election. a manual wraparound goes through to the run—off in two weeks. —— emmanuel macron. he said a pledge had alleged in french politicss. —— he said a page. translation: the president of the patriots in the face of the threat represented by nationalists. he will face marine le pen of the national front, who described the result as historic. hello everyone. they give are joining historic. hello everyone. they give arejoining us. i'm rico hizon and sir paul. it has been confirmed that a third us citizen has been arrested at pyongyang airport in north korea as tensions in the region remain high. if you are old enough, you are good enough. we report from the world masters games in auckland, where age is no barrier to taking part. —— world masters games. hello and welcome. it is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest that the centrist, emmanuel macron, has won the first round. several polls put him

showers, though. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the race for the french presidency — emmanuel macron — faces the front national‘s marine le pen —after the country's biggest good afternoon, i'm will perry with the latest headlines from the bbc sport centre. newcastle united can be promoted back to the premier league at the first time of asking tonight if they beat preston in the championship at stjames' park. brighton have already secured their place in the top flight next season but rafa benitez‘s side have had a dip in form taking just a single point from their last three games. the other teams, they have to do something, we have to do ourjob. the only thing that we can control is ourteam. we the only thing that we can control is our team. we have to be sure that these the games, we are concentrating to do ourjob properly and win games. if the results go in favour, much better. try to go up, it does not matter the position, the main thing is to be sure we finish oui’ main thing is to be sure we finish ourjob. manchester united striker zlatan ibrahimovic

its presidential election. yes good evening from paris, according to the polls one in four french voters still undecided with three days to go. those polls couldn't be tighter ahead of sunday's vote, tonight all 11 presidential candidates will be making their case to the voters. in just over half an hour, they will be taking to the stage for the last televised forum before the voters decide on sunday. course france isn't the only country with election fever, in the uk the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has laid out his case ahead of the general election in earlyjune. it is the establishment of verses of the people. it is our historic duty to make sure the people prevail. also, fox news parts ways with bill o'reilly after allegations of sexual harassment. was the split because of money or morals? rupert murdoch wants to expand his media empire and the o'reilly scandal risked getting in the way. and there are few things as iconic in america as a harley davidson. it turns out the famous wisconsin bike can teach us a lot about the us economy. hello and welcome to one hundred days, i'm kat

crackdown. the dex jumped 1.4%. lauren: stocks open higher in the french election results that just ran my stay in the european union after all. but the tip 132 points in london. german dax up 130 points. the lauren simonetti in paris -- cac quarante in paris 4.5%. tragedy are up sharply on the french results as well up almost 2% now. tranter and this merger monday $24 billion merger in the medical supply business. true endurance sports nba playoffs get high. isaiah thomas leads the boston celtics to victory over the chicago bulls and the houston rockets fight their way to a three to one lead over the oklahoma city thunder. lauren: happy when they come everyone. i for 1:00 a.m. in new york. welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at what is that in today's markets in the latest breaking news. nicole: to political outsiders. celebrating his fate jury. the 39-year-old former economy minister and investment minister. sad they will face 79 who has 20.4%. lauren: protesters crashing right police showed them advancing to the second frame. meanwhile after his campaign was surrounded by corrup

emmanuel macron and marine le pen are headed to a second round of the french presidential elections. i want to bring in cnn's jim bittermann in paris. this is a potentially consequential election not just for france but europe and for potentially, jim, real impact globally. >> i'm actually in a stronghold for marine le pen up in the northeast of france. up here she's very popular as you can tell from the background. people have gathered to celebrate what is not a victory but second place which is the most that anyone can hope for which means she'll now be in the second round of the elections. that question about europe will be center here because emmanuel macron was very much yu peen. he's the leader in this evening's elections and she's very much against europe. the two i'm sure are going to fight out the question of europe during the second round of this french campaign. the other thing that's interesting here -- and this is really the takeaway from tonight's elections i think -- is that the mainstream parties in france no longer have enough votes to conquer the presidency. both of t

back of the french presidential voting, first round. have a look at this chart. you can actually see that funds are buying into gold significant. they are still betting that this rally in gold is lifted by 12% over the course of this year as more legs to run. we have seen $487 million going etf, the biggest bullion etf this year. you are seeing a lot of info coming into gold and gold etf. great round up this monday morning. let's get back to politics. the centrist emmanuel macron and marine le pen have topped the first round of the french residential election. anna: for the first time in modern french history, both establishment parties were illuminated in the first round. maccallum and le pen will face each other in a may 7, both offer by clay different visions for the future of france. with delivered speeches after their win. macron: i like to say i realize my response ability is. if i'm full of joy i know full well what it means and i will carry on with optimism, enthusiasm, and the state and country and europe. le pen: the french person will without knowing there is a huge po

economy. can you repeat in french? [speakingdeau: french] >> jennifer granholm with the canadian press. the conference call the other day regarding issues with the united states, his counsel to you was canada start repairing a retaliation list. he said that changed minds or heads in the united states, seeing what is ready. what is canada's position on a retaliation? how far along are you in the process, and in french as well these. -- please. justin trudeau: to highlight how closely the federal government has been working with the premiers, i have to say over the past month, the regular phone calls to premieres, the collaborative approach where the various premieres have engaged in different ways with different aspects of the u.s. administration to tremendous affect. it is obvious a candidate is strong and it can engaging in a constructive, productive way, it on thek brad for cold. we had a great call following is excellent and productive visit to washington and to iowa where he was able to continue to speak not just for saskatchewan but for all canadians, how we will work togeth

french presidential election. let us go straight to caroline who is standing by in paris. what do we know as of now? the attack happened shortly before 9:00 p.m. last night. it occurred here on the most famous street here in paris. one attacker pulled a car in front of a police van and started shooting at the police officers, killing one and seriously injuring another. he began to run away at the police shot him and he died after being shot. quickly, after less than two hours of the attack, it was claimed by the islamic state. initially, they identified the man as a belgian citizen. however, authorities here who are leading the investigation, leave this is a 39-year-old man born in an eastern suburb of paris who had already been convicted in the past. in jail.t time he also tried, while in custody, he tried to attack police officers. that is what we know so far. there is an emergency defense cabinet meeting. the president, the prime minister, and the interior minister are involved. guy: the follow-up question is how or will this affect the election? have the candidates responded? car

long live the french people. longer -- long live the republic. and long live france. [applause] ♪ thank you. [chanting] macron, president] [applause] there we go. there we go. countrymen, today sunday, april 23, the french people have spoken. [applause] country is going through unprecedented times in its history, marked by terrorism, economic crisis, social ,uffering, ecological urgency and the answer is brilliant. the answer was to go and vote massively. [applause] the people decided to take me on to the second round of presidential elections. [applause] [chanting: macron, president] i am humbled by this. this is a tremendous responsibility to trust upon me. i want to take advantage of this opportunity to present my greetings to all the other candidates. [applause] thank you all for having uploaded all of them now. you shouldctly what have done, what you are doing. it looks like what we should be doing. that those who supported those candidates are very disappointed, very disappointed themselves. some said they would vote for me on the second round, those candidates called u

hours after the attack. he felt quite confident that the french police were doing everything required to secure the champs-Élysées and the country. he felt completely at ease walking along this avenue today. but, of course, he said that ife had to go on despite the terrorist attack. >> thank you, james. now here in the studio with me is a man who has been following the investigation. we tend to forget the political campaigning that there is indeed a police investigation underway. at this point, what do we know from them? >> we've heard several times and according to sources of the attack that this 39-year-old man was known to police. he had been convicted of several counts of attempted suicide and arrested again in february this year. as far as that we know at this stage, he was not known for any former rad salization with the exception of several death service which he made security forces. for that, he was also known to the country's anti-terrorist police but he was released due to lack of evidence. so the police that he attacked on the champs-Élysées, they were definite targets of

. know the political reaction as well. remember it is round one of the french presidential election on sunday. his use of the word terrorism is significant because over the last hour, the french interior ministry has emphasised we do not know the nature of this attack. i want to bring upa nature of this attack. i want to bring up a couple of other newswires coming into the bbc newsroom. reuters quoting a police source, say a second policeman has died from wounds of the paris shootings. we knew that one person had lost their life. according to reuters, we do not have this confirmed, but they had been correct on all the other elements of the story so far, reporting a second policeman has lost their life. the nearby stations to the paris metro had been closed and we can bring in the bbc‘s christian fraser again. in terms of what is happening in and around... hi, christian. i am just what is happening in and around... hi, christian. i amjust watching the helicopter. apart from the champs—elysees itself, are people able to move around within the area quite easily? yes, but there are not

the first round of the french presidential election — candidates emmanuel macron and marine le pen have cast their votes. the boyfriend of reality tv star ferne mccann is arrested in connection with an alleged acid attack in a london nightclub. also in the next hour, the weir wolf roars again. britain's david weir wins a record seventh london marathon in the men's wheelchair race. a rare treat for rail fans as the flying scotsman travel alongside three modern trains on the east coast mainline and in dateline in half an hour — two elections are up for discussion... the general election injune and the french presidential poll. good morning and welcome to bbc news. on the first weekend of the general election campaign, jeremy corbyn has announced that a labour government would introduce another four bank holidays. he says further marking the patron saints days for the four home nations would "recognise the historic diversity of the uk". the proposal has been criticised by labour's opponents, and some business groups. meanwhile, mr corbyn has raised the prospect that a labour governm

. my name's mike embley. our top stories: fighting for the french presidency. as support shifts, sunday's first round in a crucial election is looking too close to call. two people are killed as venezuela's biggest anti—government demonstrations in years turn violent. seven weeks and counting: british members of parliament vote to confirm a snap general election, onjune the 8th. and grand slam mum—to—be. serena williams‘ agent confirms the tennis star is expecting a baby. hello. one of europe's most watched elections in years is in its final stretch. france holds the first round of its presidential election on sunday and the candidates have been staging some of their last major rallies. emmanuel macron, on the centre—left, who is just ahead in most polls, told a crowd in nantes he was the only candidate capable of ensuring security. his closest challenger is the far—right leader marine le pen. she's promising a referendum on france's membership of the european union and says she opposes all immigration. our correspondent hugh schofield was at her rally in marseille.