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it was billed as being a close presidential race, with two very different visions of modern france. but it looks like president macron of france has been re elected for a second term in office. he is the first president in modern times who, after running every aspect of foreign and domestic policy for a full term, has once again won the trust of the people. he beat the far right candidate marine le pen, with exit polls suggesting he won 58.5% of the vote. let s go to reeta chakrabarti who s in paris. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from paris, where emmanuel macron is on course to be re elected as president of france. speaking in the last hour, he thanked his supporters but said, after recent divisions, he would oversee a new era in france, in which no one would be left behind. earlier, his rival marine le pen conceded defeat but vowed to continue her political career, hailing the improvement in her vote. exit polls which are usually incredibly acc ....
on whether to launch an investigation into the prime minister. ..madame le pen. head to head for the only time before sunday s french presidential election. emmanuel macron and marine le pen clash in a tough televised debate. and the producers of the alec baldwin western, in which a film director was fatally shot, are fined over a hundred thousand dollars for safety failures. hello and welcome. ukrainian negotiators have offered to hold talks in mariupol to try to save the lives of civilians and soldiers still trapped there, amid growing fears the city will fall to russia. a ukrainian marine commander in mariupol has said his forces are outnumbered, running out of supplies, and in theirfinal days or hours. simonjones has the latest. much of the mariupol has been destroyed by weeks of relentless russian bombardment. but inside this still works, under constant attack, ukrainian resistance remains. a deadline set by russia for surrender has come and gone, but they re obvio ....
two fell ponies is released to celebrate her 96th birthday, which she ll spend at sandringham. and i will bring you a bird s eye view of london as, for the first time ever, tickets go on sale to visit the rooftop of westminster abbey. good morning. a breezy day today. we start on a chilly note with frost in the north and east. apache mist and fog. although there will be more cloud around, there will still be some sunshine. details coming up. good morning. it s thursday the 21st of april. our main story. the government is attempting to delay a vote which was due to take place today on whether borisjohnson should be investigated over claims he misled parliament. ministers now say the decision should wait until inquiries into lockdown parties by the metropolitan police and the civil servant sue gray have finished. our political correspondent ione wells has more. i have been repeatedly assured, since these allegations have emerged, that there was no party. ..and that no covid ....
also on newsday. .. the murder of british mp sir david amess a supporter of the islamic state group is found guilty. a new era for pakistan but can shehbaz sharif heal the country s divisions, after imran khan is ousted as prime minister? back on the campaign trail emmanuel macron heads for areas that are strongholds for his rival marine le pen. and back in court for a blockbuster defamation case, asjohnny depp s trial against his ex wife amber heard begins in the united states. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. as more russian forces head to the east of the country for a major new offensive horrors are being uncovered, in the villages and towns close to the capital in the north, that they used to control. time and again, we ve been hearing stories of violence against women, in particular, of soldiers using rape, as a weapon of war. it is important to share these stories with you, to shine a lig ....
thousands take to the streets in pakistan to protest against the ousting of the former prime minister imran khan from office. the olivier award goes to. eddie redmayne! and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far right leader marine le pen in a run off in two weeks time. results currently show only a two percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. it s on, the battle for the future of france. translation: do not make a mistake, this is not over. l the debate we re going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice for president macron or president le pen. ....