Emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. We assess how his en Marche Movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. And President Trump wants to cut red tape to get drugs on the market faster, but the Pharmaceutical Industry is wary of president s bearing gifts. So now lets focus on the Business Implications of that result in france. Well look at all the Market Reaction as well in this of World Business report. So, he got thejob. Emmanuel macron is to be the french president. Now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. As weve highlighted before on this Programme France has had a high Unemployment Rate for many, many years. Currently it is about 10 of the workforce, or 3 million people. That co m pa res workforce, or 3 mill
On fake news during the Election Campaign, saying itll do all it can to tackle the problem. In sport, theres hope yet for arsenals 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. Frances newly elected president , Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the countrys divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterdays election. The pro eu candidate secured 66 of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the countrys 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. Heres our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v
Use her meeting with President Trump to tell him to stop insulting women. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people joined protest marches today across the world to voice their concern over the new us president , donald trump. The aim was to highlight the rights of women and minorities, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. Tens of thousands of people joined the rally in london and other cities across the uk. The biggest, though, was in washington, as the bbcs katty kay reports. They came in their thousands. Children, men, and women. Lots of women. I came from hawaii to be here today. I am women. I came from hawaii to be here today. Iam here women. I came from hawaii to be here today. I am here to represent all the people that cannot be here. Today. I am here to represent all the people that cannot be harem gives me hope for our future. It was a really dark day when the electoral results came in. It is not that we hate donald tr
Use her meeting with President Trump to tell him to stop insulting women. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. Hundreds of thousands of people joined protest marches today across the world to voice their concern over the new us president , donald trump. The aim was to highlight the rights of women and minorities, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. Tens of thousands of people joined the rally in london and other cities across the uk. The biggest, though, was in washington, as the bbcs katty kay reports. They came in their thousands. Children, men, and women. Lots of women. I came from hawaii to be here today. I am women. I came from hawaii to be here today. Iam here women. I came from hawaii to be here today. I am here to represent all the people that cannot be here. Today. I am here to represent all the people that cannot be harem gives me hope for our future. It was a really dark day when the electoral results came in. It is not that we hate donald tr