to the manchester arena bomb to survive the blast but was left paralysed from the waist down. bbc breakfast reports on his epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro in a specially adapted wheelchair. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, he s doing what?! it s hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and here s a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it s a risk. i m putting my life on the line doing it. one, two. it was such a relief to get there. just so proud, just so proud. cheering thank you, thank you. goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. hello, hello, hello! how are you doing? i m good, and i ve got all of our stuff as well. how are you? 0k? martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. # in thejungle, the mightyjungle, the lion sleeps tonight.# the first thing i saw when i came out was my trike, so i m happy. i don t even care if i don t got underwe
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
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. he held sway for the last five years. is just voting here placed he isjust voting here. he has placed his vote and we saw earlier marine le pen and jean luc bell on show, his two main rivalsjust two months ago, also placing their votes. the situation with the presidential election was that in the end, emmanuel macron won with a fairly decisive victory, but marine le pen had a lot of popular support and it was predicted that the vote may have been tighter than it was in the end, but the issue at stake there was the cost of living and french voters voicing concern that emmanuel macron was not focusing on it in the same way that mari
it is a very sad situation, and i call on them to reconsider. western leaders, including borisjohnson, warn that russia s war against ukraine may go on for years and support for kyiv must be sustained whatever the cost. and america becomes the first country in the world to approve use of the so called mrna covid vaccines for babies. now on bbc news, it s click. this week: lara smells rubbish. it doesn t smell, really. but how can we use food waste as fuel? and how can we make meat without the animals? these are not your normal road signs how one video game is crashing through the barrier for deaf people. plus, dog does gaming what a treat. good boy! food, glorious food. we love it maybe a bit too much, because it is often shipped around the world, which is and this is a technical term not good. we have grown used to year round varieties of all fruit and veg, packaged in protective plastic to extend its life, and have long ignored the impact that has on our planet. t
hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: the british transport secretary accuses union leaders of punishing millions of innocent people by pressing ahead with rail strikes later this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think it is a very sad situation, and i call on them to reconsider. french president emmanuel macron s allies are facing a new alliance of left wing parties in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. western leaders including borisjohnson warn that russia s war against ukraine may go for years and support for kyiv must be sustained whatever the cost. and america becomes the first country in the world to approve use of the so called mrna covid vaccines for babies. now on bbc news, it s the travel show. coming up on this week s travel show. hello and welcome to this week s travel show, with me, ade adepitan. now, it s a beautiful day, and i am in my home city o