good evening. projections following parliamentary elections in france show president emmanuel macron is on course to lose his absolute majority. his coalition is on track to win the most seats, with between 210 and 250. but that s short of the 289 needed for a majority in the national assembly. projections show the left green alliance ofjean luc melenchon is set to win 150 to 180 seats, becoming the main opposition. mr melenchon says the result marks an electoral failure for mr macron. a hung parliament will make it difficult for the president to press ahead with his planned reforms in his second term of office. we re nowjoined by peter conradi, the europe editor of the sunday times newspaper, who joins us from paris. thank whojoins us from paris. you thank who joins us from paris. you forjoining thank whojoins us from paris. you forjoining us. i guess surprising thank you forjoining us. i guess a surprising result? surprising result? yes, i mean eole surprising result? y
Two minutes, then the ambulances took about eight minutes. I would say i was probably one of the first people on the scene that called the ambulances. Ambulances were here within 6 8 minutes. Ambulances. Ambulances were here within 68 minutes. Where is the vehicle . Im not sure. Its probably central, the middle part of the bridge that it impacted the most. Pedestrians, then it carried on up the pavement, around traffic, and carried on towards the shard area. Apologies for the noise, you can hear there are helicopters, at least five or six Police Searching the thames at the moment, all traffic is halted on London Bridge. You say police boats are on the river, why would that be . From the way i saw what happened, obviously it all happened quickly. There were about three people behind me. Three french people. These people are being treated by paramedics at the moment. They are injured, she told me in french that they did not know where the other people are. Police are checking the edge of
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the ukrainian president as being more than fruitful . another of those pictures in the times. but the paper leads with reports that rishi sunak has moved his family out of downing street, and also claims he considered resigning this week after the spotlight fell on his wife s tax arrangements. a similar mix from the independent, which reports on labour calls for more transparency from the chancellor over his family s tax affairs. and the sunday people has spoken to a victim ofjeffrey epstein, who is calling on prince andrew to prove that he will help victims of sexual abuse. so let s go through the front pages and some of what is inside. the sunday times newspaper, the news that rishi sunak s wife and children have moved out of downing street, the removal vans arriving yesterday in what was apparently
visited her at her house and when he answered the door in her dressing gown anthony says weinstein raped her in her hallway telling the sunday times newspaper, quote: he pushed me inside and rammed me up against the coatrack and started fumbling at my gown. he was trying to kiss me and shove inside me. another woman is reportedly unidentified former london based miramax employee accusing wine stein of raping her in the office 25 years ago. all of this as british police investigating three allegations of sexual assault. 2010, 2011, and 2015. new allegations in addition to the at least 30 other women, employees, actors, models accuses weinstein of rape, groping and unwanted sexual advances. he was suspended from the british academy on monday. motion pictures expelling him yesterday. connell: i saw his brother bob weinstein.