hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the five hundred and seventy seven seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more about battle facing macron s party. the big challenge, the surprising challenge, not from the far right, this time, which he faced in the presidential election, but from the left, this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, that isjean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, a character from the far left of french politics, but by dint of personality and technical genius, if you like, has got all the left or most o
by the union leadership. half of britain s rail lines will be closed when workers walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. these strikes are not only a bid to derail reforms that are critical to the network s future and designed to inflict damage at the worst possible time. iam in i am in the devon constituency which has been conservative for 100 years. we will hear for the labour candidate where it may not be so certain that it will stay that way. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. good afternoon. borisjohnson s ethics adviser, who resigned last night, has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position. in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures, understood to be on a trade issue, which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code. lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting
kenned , perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy. thank perhaps even mystical event. duncan kennedy, thank you. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. this programme continues on bbc one. hard questions for rishi sunak tonight on the election day bet allegations. how is he handling them and how much is he damaged? good evening, welcome to newsnight, every weeknight, home of lively interviews and electric insight. joining us throughout: david yelland, the former editor of the sun, jo tanner, who wrangled borisjohnson s comms, and top pollster luke tryl. in our sights tonight, the bbc question time show which has just ended on bbc one, in which rishi sunak has had to defend two candidates and a close aide as the gambling commission look into allegations about betting on the date of the general election. inexplicably, someone at tory hq thought it was a good idea to put a spinning roulette wheel in a tory election video. before we dig into that, here s a fla
Sex abuse ring. It was a harrowing, hard watch and has been praised for how close to the truth it was. There is no such thing as a child prostitute. What there is is a child who was being abused. By two . By men who was being abused. By two . By men who pick on vulnerable girls. Well, a little later well be talking to sarah rowbotham, the Sexual Health worker who blew the lid on the scandal. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until am this morning. Lots coming up today, that Special Report on autistic children undergoing Shock Therapy in america, is it cruel or a way of helping them have a better life . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top Story Today Brexit dominated the televised leaders debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn. The itv event saw little disagreement between the lib dems, green party, p
Parliament. Hello there and welcome to the programme. On the day theresa may makes a u turn and announces she wa nts a makes a u turn and announces she wants a general election onjune the eight. Labour mps condemned the change of heart. What i cannot understand from what is the leader of the house has said today is how any of this makes things clearer. But ministers argue an election is necessary. To provide the clarity and the stability that the entire United Kingdom needs. Also on this programme, the Foreign Secretary tells mps the us military response to the Chemical Attack in syria was necessary and appropriate. And what will brexit mean for the uks Creative Industries . But first, it is rare for political secrets not to speu is rare for political secrets not to spell out somewhere. But there was genuine surprise around westminster when journalists were called to Downing Street and theresa may announced she wanted to hold a general election on june the. Announced she wanted to hold