lower propensity to consider milling the pent guilty of that. we lower propensity to consider milling the pent guilty of that. the pent guilty of that. we will see. the pent guilty of that. we will see- thank the pent guilty of that. we will see. thank you the pent guilty of that. we will see. thank you very the pent guilty of that. we will see. thank you very much - the pent guilty of that. we will. see. thank you very much indeed. if as expected milling the pen gets through to the second round with french president emmanuel macron, just rememberfive years french president emmanuel macron, just remember five years ago she was crushed by at macron. and just briefly in that second round, who s going to pick up the votes of the far left candidate and the far right candidate? could you possibly get enough votes in the second round so the some on her third attempt, gets her to the presidency? thank you very much, tim. the british defence ministry says there s further evidence that r
this is bbc news ? welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m martine croxall. our top stories. voting is drawing to close in france in the first round of the french presidential election president macron is facing a strong challenge from marine le pen. i m tim wilcox live in paris. i ll have all the latest on the french presidential election with just an hour to go until polling stations close. the bodies of more than 1200 people have been found in the kyiv region since russian forces left that s according to ukraine s prosecutor general. russian forces continue to mount attacks in the south and east of ukraine with two people reported killed in shelling in kharkiv. opposition parties in pakistan are preparing to form a new government,
in france, unemployment is down, but the cost of living is rising fast. can emmanuel macron hang on as his appeal seems to wear thin? nick beake, bbc news, paris. we can go live now to tim wilcox in paris. you join in the north west of paris, about four miles from the centre. this is a former working class area, about 20 to 25% is non eu immigration. it has now been gentrified in the last two years, and income levels are rising here, but certainly that is the issue for the selection, for cost of living, and as marine le pen, her campaign focus has been on what people are allowed and can afford to buy in a time of rising prices after the
this is bbc news 7 welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m martine croxall. our top stories. voting is drawing to close in france in the first round of the french presidential election president macron is facing a strong challenge from marine le pen. i m tim wilcox live in paris. i ll have all the latest on the french presidential election with just an hour to go until polling stations close. the bodies of more than 1200 people have been found in the kyiv region since russian forces left that s according to ukraine s prosecutor general. russian forces continue to mount attacks in the south and east of ukraine with two people reported killed in shelling in kharkiv. opposition parties in pakistan are preparing to form a new government, after the removal of imran khan as prime minister,
p&o services between larne and cairnryan have been allowed to sail again. they re waiting for the same to happen here at dover. from july this year, the uk will start imposing brexit control on meat and dairy coming in from the eu. industry leaders worry this will be another crunch time for the port. voting in the french election closes in around half an hour s time. this is the scene live from the capital. tim willcox will be there with coverage of the day s events and results of the first round as they come in. let us show you what paris is like on this let us show you what paris is like on this beautiful april evening. my on this beautiful april evening. colleague on this beautiful april evening. ij i colleague tim on this beautiful april evening. m: colleague tim blix on this beautiful april evening. m; colleague tim blix will be there with coverage of the day s events. tim wilcox. the top two candidates will go forward to a head to head run off on the 2ath of