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The candidates from the two main Political Parties in the first round of the president ial election. Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron, whos never held elected office, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. Lets join Christian Fraser in paris. Hello. A warm welcome from paris. It isa hello. A warm welcome from paris. It is a beautiful evening here. The cities is looking resplendent. There is the eiffel towe...

Hello and welcome. It is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french president ial election suggest that the centrist, Emmanuel Macron, has won the first round. Several polls put him at 23 , a point or so ahead of Marine Le Pen, the anti Immigration National front representative. They go to a run off in two weeks time. Emmanuel macron said a had turned in french politics, with people expressing a desire for change in politics. Marine le pen desc...

Faisal islam reports. —— ourfirst —— our first report —— ourfirst report is —— our first report is from —— ourfirst report is from ione wells. a few pleasantries caught on camera as the prime minister met with the king yesterday. your majesty, great to see you again. back again. its a great pleasure. dear, oh, dear. the kings words, "dear, oh, dear". a tick to move the conversation on, perhaps, but it is certainly how some tory mps felt last night when she met with them here ...

Investigation into olivias murder, police say they are continuing to gather information from the local community. you can see the scene is still cordoned off. two men arrested last week on suspicion of murder have both been released on police bail. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the countrys prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the countrys history. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst a...

By russian—backed rebels. ourfirst report is from orla guerin in eastern ukraine. a glimpse of the fire power today. close to the border with ukraine. if president putin forces cross that line, which will come as no surprise many in ukraine will be bracing for the worst. many in ukraine will be bracing for the worst. on the front lines here in zolote, target practice president putin he has his eye on ukraine. the world is watching and waiting for his next move. they know all about waiting here...

There has been heavy fighting in several ukranian cities overnight. russias defence ministry says forces have captured the ukrainian city of melitopol, in the south of the country — though ukraine, the uk and the us dispute this. since the invasion on thursday, up to 100,000 ukranians are thought to have crossed into neighbouring countries, in an effort to flee the conflict. meanwhile, russia has vetoed a un security council resolution that would have deplored its invasion of ukraine. eleven m...

Almost 2 million people have been displaced internally and 2.5 million have left the country. ourfirst report is from orla guerin whos been to the front line close to the town of bucha near kyiv, where russian troops are battling ukrainian forces just 15 miles, 24km, from the capital. the lonely road towards russian positions on the outskirts of care. we had carefully towards the commuter town of bucha, bombed day and night. there are battlegrounds along the way. well, this is as far as we can g...

President zelensky says ukrainian and russian negotiating teams have started discussing what he called "concrete topics, rather than exchanging ultimatums". ourfirst report is from jeremy bowen, on the outskirts of kyiv. pictures of russian forces, time and place indeterminate, emerge from their side. among their potential targets here in kyiv, no—one knows their precise orders, but theyre assuming an attack is coming. on the ukrainian side, theyre trying to make checkpoints into real obstacle...

To end the war. fighting has intensified around the ukrainian capital kyiv, which is bracing itself for an assault by russian forces. soldiers and volunteers have been building new defences and creating barricades on major routes to slow any russian attack on the city. the latest information about russian positions is shown here in red. outside the capital, the cities of chernihiv, sumy, and kharkiv continue to be shelled. while the ukrainian military says the eastern outskirts of the beseiged c...

A place of refuge for ukrainians fleeing other parts of the country, was also hit. almost 2 million people have been displaced internally and 2.5 million have left the country. ourfirst report is from orla guerin whos been to the front line, close to the town of bucha, near kyiv, where russian troops are battling ukrainian forces just 15 miles, 2a kilometres from the capital. the lonely road towards russian positions on the outskirts of kyiv. we head carefully towards the commuter town of bucha,...