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
A delay in plans to tackle Air Pollution until after the election; ministers are accused of Pure Political Expediency. A Special Report from the is stronghold of dabiq where the militants are losing ground. Is were right about one thing though. This is a place of reckoning but its a place of their defeat, they are being driven 100 kilometres from here. And, one of the enduring images of this years London Marathon we speak to the runners who made their own headlines. Good evening. France has now entered a period of intense political campaigning between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen the two remaining candidates for the presidency. Its a race thats already transformed the old patterns of french politics with potentially significant consequences for the future of france and the eu. The final Voting Figures for the first round released today gave the centrist mr macron 24 . His rival Marine Le Pen of the National Front took 21. 3 . The outgoing socialist president Francois Hollande said
Police have lethal weapons but them. When they make mistakes, unlike people in other professions, the consequences are dire. They are trying to do the right thing and save as many lives as possible and that includes minority lives. Host thank you so much for the time youve taken. We can both agree this is an issue that has been contingent in the past and will continue to be can tend just in the future and one day we can talk about common humanity just the way you ended up talking about the good the police do, that we can spend more time focusing on the majority of all people in the United States who are actually lawabiding citizen. Thats one thing we can agree on. Thank you so much. Host senator gene gene, what is on your Summer Reading list . Either bickerstaff and i stack than i have time i fear. Right now im reading the Wright Brothers, which is David Mccullough spoke good wonderful american story of ingenuity and creativity. The library of congress does a great series for members o
The cspan radio app and cspan. Org. Senator, what is on your Summer Reading list . El, i have bigger stacks than i have time, i fear, right now i am reading the Wright Brothers which is the David Mcculloughs book. The library of congress does a great series for members of congress where they bring in authors and they talk they interview them. They talk about their most recent books and i had the opportunity to see David Mccullough talking about this book and then they give us each a copy of the book for those of us who go to event. Talk about the Wright Brothers and who were very interesting. You think you know because we all know about the Wright Brothers and theyre the founders of flight, and then to hear David Mccullough talk about their personal story i discovered i really didnt know anything about them at all. The brothers had a sister who was very helpful in everything they did and they had they lived at their home, all of them lived together as they were getting older and they h
Talking about this book and he, and they give copies of the books to those of us who come to the event so its a wonderful story what drew you to thatbook . I think hearing David Mcculloch talk about it and talk about the Wright Brothers and, who were very interesting. You think you know because we all learn about the Wright Brothers and they are the founders of flight. You know, and then to hear David Mcculloch talk about their personal story, i discovered i didnt really know anything about them at all. The brothers had a sister who was very helpful in everything they did and they lived at their home, all of them lived together as they were getting older and they had a bicycle shop, they started out with a bicycle shop and one of the brothers was just fascinated by flight and he studied birds and then translated that to how to begin to build an airplane and they went to of course, kitty hawk, to North Carolina because thats where they thought the wind patterns would be best so it is ju