Welcome to bbc news. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders, whove left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election. Hell face Marine Le Pen of the front nastionale. Its more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. Our europe editor katya adler has the latest. Emmanuel macron looking president ial last nights. A bit prematurely perhaps. Theres a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. Financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. But she doesnt. Marine le pen, macrons rivalfor president , his rival for french voters trust. A welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. Shes the peoples p
Welcome to bbc news. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders, whove left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election. Hell face Marine Le Pen of the front nastionale. Its more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. Our europe editor katya adler has the latest. Emmanuel macron looking president ial last nights. A bit prematurely perhaps. Theres a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. Financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. But she doesnt. Marine le pen, macrons rivalfor president , his rival for french voters trust. A welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. Shes the peoples p
Welcome to bbc news. French voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. The run off in the president ial race will be between two political outsiders, whove left mainstream parties on the sidelines. Emmanuel macrons en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election. Hell face Marine Le Pen of the front nastionale. Its more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. A victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. Our europe editor katya adler has the latest. Emmanuel macron looking president ial last nights. A bit prematurely perhaps. Theres a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. Financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. But she doesnt. Marine le pen, macrons rivalfor president , his rival for french voters trust. A welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten town. Shes the peoples p
But in all of it, was this feeling that it would never get better and i now know that thats not true. Hello. Here in france, round one is over. And after an Election Campaign of twists and turns, The Big Surprise was the lack of big surprise. But it is a huge turning point all the same. The established parties became marginalised, in third and fifth place and now the contest comes down to a showdown between nationalistic populism and globalist liberalism. That is the battle being fought across the west. France is now divided down the middle. The radical candidates, who want to overthrow the existing order le pen on the populist right, melenchon on the left, and six fringe candidates as well they got a total of 49. 6 per cent of the vote in other words, half. There is an enormous well of discontent out there. For now, Emmanuel Macron is the man to watch the best hope for a battered establishment of seeing off the radicals. But the twists continue in this campaign tonight, his opponent M
Assistant to the us president. Ivanka trump attends a womens summit in berlin in herfirst engagement after her father took office. How moderate exercise after the age of 50 is the best way to keep your mind sharp. Good morning. Its tuesday, 25th april. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Labour have set out their vision for brexit if they win the General Election. The party has been criticised by, among others, the former The Shadow Brexit secretary keir starmer promised labour would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs eu residents before talks begin, and prioritisejobs and eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs and rights of people at work. He said no deal with the eu would be the worst possible deal for the uk, and cause huge damage at british businesses and trade. The proposals are scrapping the Prime Ministers current brexit plan, which was outlined in a white paper in february, which envisages leaving