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these women look really exhausted. they re coming on one by one. one of the women i see has got a little child with her. summer isn t here yet, and some rivers are already running dry fears that we could be heading into a drought. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, can chelsea relegate middlesbrough and be just one more win away from the premier league title with a victory in their meeting tonight at stamford bridge? good evening from paris, where the president elect, emmanuel macron, has been celebrating his decisive victory over marine le pen in yesterday s election, and he s already started work on forming his government, ahead of his formal inauguration on sunday. he s already been congratulated by many world leaders, including the british prime minister, theresa may. mr macron won with 66.1% of the vote, with marine le pen of the front national taking 33.9%. the turnout was 7a%, the lowest in nearly 50 years, and around 11.5 million people abstained. the tra ....
facebook is putting out tips on how to spot it, but could the british election be the next to feel its impact? i am katty kay in new york, christian fraser is in paris. it is an extraordinary achievement. not since the days of napoleon has a frenchman risen to power so young and with such speed. not since world war ii has a leader taken power without a party and a parliamentary base. there were very few in the established political class who endorsed emmanuel macron or believed in his bid to become president, but president he will become this sunday when he assumes power from francois hollande. he has already resigned his leadership of the movement he began a year ago. it will now be re named la republique en marche. politicians from right and left will be allowed to campaign under its banner in next month crucial parliamentary elections, so long as they quit the parties to which they belong. the president elect says he wants a coalition of the willing. starting our cov ....
became president of france. today, he visited angela merkel and here is some of what we heard. translation: on my side, i will always be honest, direct, i will always be an honest, direct, and constructive partner because i believe that the success of our two countries is very closely related and on that depends the whole success of europe and i m very attached to it. translation: at this critical point in time for the european union, i for one am very much aware of the responsibility we have. we can and must take the right decisions and we have agreed to work closely together on friendly terms for the benefit of the people in our countries. next up, jenny hill, our correspondent in berlin. well, there was a warm welcome for monsieur macron at the bundestag, notjust from mrs merkel, but, unusually for such events, a crowd singing and dancing outside the talks. on paper, this looks like a warm and friendly relationship, but as mrs merkel herself put it, paraphrasing a ge ....
the washington post newspaper has published a report that claims president trump revealed highly classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister and ambassador, at a meeting in the white house last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges that mr trump gave information about the islamic state group that was supplied to the us by an ally that had not authorised its disclosure to the russians. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, issued a statement that the president s talks with sergei lavrov involved the nature of specific threats, but they did not discuss sources, methods or military operations. one of the washington post reporters that broke this story, greg jaffee, spoke to my colleague kasia madera a short time ago. trump had a meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassador. he described the threat posed by laptops on their planes with regards to the islamic state, and disclosed key details from an intelligence partner. ....
the washington post has published a report claiming president trump revealed highly classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister and ambassador at their white house meeting last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges mr trump gave information about the so called islamic state group, supplied to the us by a foreign ally, and considered so sensitive american officials did not even share it widely within the us government. the paper suggests intelligence sources and security relationships with other governments may have been compromised. the us secretary of state has issued a statement that the president discussed the nature of specific threats, but not sources, methods or military operations. one of the washington post reporters that broke the story, greg jaffee, spoke just now to the bbc‘s kasia madera. trump in a meeting with the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador, was describing the threat posed by laptops on airplan ....