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morning! also, i m interested to get into what the atmosphere was like last night in this city when it came through that emmanuel macron was the next president of france. well, it was very beautiful, but it was very sleepy indeed. that was surprising. we had an election, a big turnout nearly 75% of people went to vote but, in the street, nothing. nobody. it was extremely surprising. i left the newspaper at 9:30 or 10:00 and cycled through town, and there was absolutely nobody celebrating except in one bar. i saw more policemen standing around and talking amongst themselves than having to do any security. it was all extremely quiet. what do you put that down to? how do you explain that lack of celebration visible on the streets? five years ago, when francois hollande won, you had 107 people who came to the street and celebrated for francois hollande. he had a clear majority ahead of him, he had five years to implement his plan. last night, we had emmanuel macron asa ....
on fake news during the election campaign, saying it ll do all it can to tackle the problem. in sport, there s hope yet for arsenal s season. they beat manchester united and are still in the chase for the champions league places. and carol has the weather. good morning. for some of us, the good morning. for some of us, the good weather will last. a bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. i will have more details in about ten minutes. good morning. first, our main story. france s newly elected president, emmanuel macron, has promised to heal the country s divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, marine le pen, in yesterday s election. the pro eu candidate secured 66% of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the country s youngest ever leader. speaking at a victory rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. here s our europe correspond ....