lord peter ricketts. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. it is a decisive moment in the race to become the next french president. tonight, the incumbent emmanuel macron is taking on marine le pen in the only televised debate of the campaign ahead of sunday s second round vote. two very different candidates and in front of the the french electorate two very different visions of the future. everything at stake, which is perhaps why the two teams have put so much focus on every detail of the preparation for tonight s debate, from the air conditioning, which we are told will be maintained at 19 degree celsius throughout. the two candidates are sat behind tables that are exactly 2.5 metres apart, each candidate has a director advisor in the gallery, who presumably will hover over the real director to ensure their candidate is treated fairly. eight issues are up for debate tonight, including the environment, youth and education, pensions and french diplomacy. those last two iss
raid signal went off. the soldiers are concerned this will be a secondary strike on the same target. ukrainian soldiers ordered us behind a concrete barricade. you understand you can t film this? nervous about us filming, one member of the territorial defense forces cocked his rifle. as he shouted at us to move back. it s interesting. you re wearing the flak jacket and the helmet. most civilians don t have that, right? just people around their neighborhood. you have to wear it, it is protocol. there was a bombing there or a missile strike and you want to be safe. what happened after that? so what happened was a series of further air raid sirens. the concern was after those first four were the russians going to hit again because three of the targets were military warehouses. the question was what were their warehouses storing? why were the russians hitting them? over the course of the day we heard three more rounds, the most recent within the last hour. and you know, d
approval rating keeps falling as inflation keeps rising. i m doing everything within my power to bring down the price and address the putin price hike. with six months until the midterms, are voters still listening. and the red state rushed to pass the most socially conservative agenda america has seen in decades. we want to outlaw abortion in the state of oklahoma. we need to protect our young people and the lord makes you a boy when you re born, you re a boy. hello and welcome to inside politics on this easter sunday. i m abby phillip. no place in ukraine is safe. that is the message that russia appears intent on sending this weekend. its forces have intensified their shelling in the east and south of the country as they prepare for a major new assault in the donbas region. there were also strikes in major cities far from the eastern front, including lviv, kyiv and kharkiv. a deadline set by russia for ukrainian forces in mariupol to surrender has come and gon
florida s governor ron desantis warned 1.5 milion people to evacuate tuesday night but not everyone chose to leave. rescue efforts are widespread. officials say dozens were pulled to safety in a small motorboat in a coastal town where knee high waters covered streets. fire and rescue workers are searching for those in need. 0ne boat rescued 75 people so far. at his latest press conference, governor desantis said there has been significant damage and crews are working to respond. accordingly, the search and rescue accordingly, the sea rch and rescue operations have been search and rescue operations have been ongoing from the moment that the storm passed in the hardest hit areas and they are probably gone through about 70% of the areas that they need to to be able to check the people that are in distress and so far all signs have been positive. there is of course a lot of debris to clean up but we will get working with the local communities to ensure the roads are cleared and
runner up tumbling out of the us open. tsisipas not blaming anyone else though. everything on court is under my control and under my talent and the way i can play this sport, i have shown that on the court. if i m not able to deliver then i am not supposed to be doing well, and that is what happened this summer. i was not good enough to deliver and score good results. world numberi novak djokovic has cruised into the thirs round of the us open with a straight sets win over spain s berna bay zapata miralles. djokovic efficient as always. the 23 time major winner only needed the one break in the first set, before cranking up the gears to take the second and third sets, 6 4, 6 1, 6 1. carlos alcaraz had a short start to the defence of his us open men s title, after german opponent dominik koepfer retired injured midway through their first round match. the 20 year old spaniard led 6 2 3 2 when koepfer, who rolled his ankle minutes into the match, had to stop. koepfer, ranked 75th