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new central 9 first, the latest headlines. slovakia s prime minister robert fico has been shot in what officials are calling an assassination attempt. ukrainian officials say fighting is raging in the border town of vovchansk, where russian troops have taken up positions top us diplomat antony blinken has promised kyiv more arms will arrive soon. a rare sign of division within israel s war cabinet defence minister yoav gallant criticizes the failure to agree a post war plan for gaza. england s overcrowded prisons from next week some inmates will be released 70 days early. good evening. in the last hour slovakia s deputy prime minister has told the bbc that he believes prime minister robert fitzo will the bbc that he believes prime minister robert fico will survive the attempt on his life and while he is still in a critical condition, he is no longer in a life threatening situation. in the last couple of hours, slovakia s minister of interior described today s ....
be finding out more. a nightmare night for aston villa. they now have a mountain to climb to keep their european dream alive, after a big defeat at home, to olympiacos. stormzy and the beautiful game. the rapper on home ground, as he opens his own youth centre in south london. good morning. we will see some sunshine for scotland and later southern england. very cloudy with patchy rain elsewhere. all the bank holiday details coming up. it s friday, the 3rd of may. our main story. labour has won the blackpool south by election with a convincing majority. the conservatives came second, they previously held the seat until their mp resigned after a lobbying scandal. the reform party came a close third. the first wave of results for the local elections in parts of england has also started to come through overnight so far, the conservatives have lost council seats, while labour s made some key gains. our political correspondent, damian grammaticus, has the latest. commonly known a ....
it is eight in the morning in singapore and two a.m. in paris. where exit polls from the first round of france s parliamentary elections, suggest the far right have made historic gains. turnout was the highest, for 40 years. marine le pen s hard right national rally party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election, saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding, has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a role. and with her her 28 protege who was hoping to be france s next prime minister. results show their party on the left has worn over a third of ....
the darker colours to the right representing those right of centre parties seem to have moved to take up more of the seats. the most headline grabbing outcome appears to have been in france, where the far right national rally party has taken more than 31% of the vote. that s more than double the coalition which supports president macron. he has responded by calling an entirely unexpected snap election. the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world of the normandy landing, and in a few weeks we welcome the world for the olympic and paralympic games. yes, the far right is both the result of the far right is both the result of the impoverishment of the french and the impoverishment of the french and the downgrading of our country. so at the end of this day, i cannot act as if nothing had happened. added to this situation is a fever which has gripped parliamentary and ....
he says the nation needs clarity . france s far right leader, marine le pen, has welcomed mr macron s decision to call the snap vote. she said her party is ready to take over power if entrusted to do so, promising to end mass migration and make france live again . let s take a closer look at our first projection of what the european parliament will look like. as well as france, far right parties have to have made substantial gains across many countries, including germany, austria and the netherlands. the french far right leader, marine le pen, spoke following the announcement of the results of the european parliament election. translation: the french have spoken and this historic election shows - that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in a0 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. and he ....