Fellow citizens, you have done it. You, the ones who have carried us forward. And you demonstrated that in our country there was no fatalities. You are above face of that rebirth. You are in the face of hope, french hope. In a fortnight, i wa nt hope, french hope. In a fortnight, i want us to win will stop i want us want us to win will stop i want us to win. My my fellow citizens, there are not different france says. Just the one france. It will be an enormous and immense task. I will be actively on your side. The struggle to be able to be the leader of our country starts tonight and we will win that struggle. Long live the republic and long live france. So, there is Emmanuel Macron taking the adoration of his supporters. Talking about the fact he is the candidate of optimism and hope. He said he wants to relaunch the european project. He understands the expectations they have of him. Not much in terms of policy. We will talk about that in a second. He did say he wants to bring new peo
Strips the person of their personality. And as ukip call for a ban on full face veils one woman who wears a niqab tells us it will lead to a rise in attacks on muslim women. Hello. Welcome to the programme, throughout the programme, the latest Breaking News and developing stories and as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later, well be talking about scoliosis. If you were watching britains got talent on saturday night, you will have seenjulie, the dancer in the middle, talking about her curvature of the spine. That is what scoliosis is. As a result of discussing that on prime time telly on a saturday night, people are learning about it sometimes for the first time. If youre affected by scolosis, do get in touch this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Voters in france have chosen the two candidates who will go through to the final round of the president ial election in two weeks time. The
Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
Will stay with you. Maybe i was a bit over zealous with my support. No it was wonderful it was needed needed to hit home that he was there. And coming up in the sport on bbc news labelled the best player in history by his manager, lionel messi scored his 500th goal for barcelona in a dramatic el clasico victory at real madrid. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its the biggest political upset in france for 60 years. For the first time neither of frances main left wing or right wing parties has a candidate in the second round of the president ial elections after they were both defeated by two outsiders yesterday. The independent centrist candidate, 39 year old Emmanuel Macron only set up his party a year ago he will become the youngest ever french president if he wins on may 7th. But hes got to beat Marine Le Pen of the Front National, who is campaigning against immigration, globalisation and the eu. Christian fraser is in paris for us this lunchtime. Thank you very much
The story of London Marathon runner who sacrificed his own race time to help an exhausted athlete reach the finish line. I was like shouting in his ear, saying, come on, come on, we can do this, we will finish. Its 200 metres. Ill stay with you. And a british woman is recovering after being attacked by a shark while swimming off a Remote Island in the South Atlantic. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that france now faces just under a fortnight of intense campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who emerged last night as the two remaining candidates for the presidency. Mr macron is running without the backing of one of the traditional parties and ms le pen, leader of the National Front, is also regarded as an outsider in a race thats transformed the old patterns of french politics. Mr macron won 23. 8 of votes in the first round, while ms le pen took 21. 5 . The turnout was high, at nearly 79 . Live to paris for the latest with christian fraser. A very warm welcome to paris