..eddie redmayne! and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. welcome to the programme. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far—right leader marine le pen in a run—off in two weeks' time. results currently show only a two percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. it's on, the battle for the future of france. translation: don't make a mistake, this isn't over. l the debate we're going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice of president macron or president le pen. translation: what will| happen on 24 april is not just a vote about conditions, it's a matter of society, even of civilisation. early projections suggest that emmanuel macron is still the favourite with 28% of voters, more than last time around. le pen's share of the vote grew to around 23%. it's not as close as some polls had predicted, but this is where the battle really begins. i'm impatient. a little bit nervous always, simply because you don't know what france will choose. and what the french people will want. we have seen lately that extremism is getting quite more popular, in part because on the social networks, misinformation is kind of like the plague of the 215t century. so, our work is to try to fight that. yes, we are scared - because the votes are very close on the first round, people on the second i round will vote everything. but macron because people are not satisfied i about what he did. mr macron only started campaigning a few weeks ago, too occupied with the war in ukraine. more proof for some that he is arrogant and out of touch, the president of the rich, despite creating jobs and paying billions to keep french workers afloat through covid. marine le pen has worked hard to present herself as softer and more responsible. she wants to ban the muslim headscarf in public and give priority to french nationals injobs and housing. but her campaign is focused on poverty and rising prices. mr macron says that her programme is racist and would threaten democracy in france. he's always said he is the only one who can keep le pen from power, but after five years of president emmanuel macron, there are those want to keep those who watched the uk vote for brexit and the us vote for trump. and are asking themselves what is the solution for france? this election will hang on those who don't like either emmanuel macron or marine le pen. and what they will do next is harder to predict. the unwritten rule that everyone in france comes together to block the far right seems to be fraying and the two visions france has chosen for president show how divided this nation is. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. we'rejoined now from washington, dc by france 2a washington correspondent kethevane gorjestani. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. as we have been hearing in lucy's report, is really signifies the rise of populism, the decline of socialism and republicanism, but also if we look at the campaign we can see that le pen has had a slick campaign. many are concluding that, whereas emmanuel macron, with a late start do he is. how do you think both will change their tactics? what should we look over —— out for of the next two weeks was yellow well, there is a sense that emanuel mack on is going to have to do actually start campaigning —— emmanuel macron. start campaigning -- emmanuel macron. , . macron. there is a feeling in france that _ macron. there is a feeling in france that the _ macron. there is a feeling in france that the president. macron. there is a feeling in | france that the president was focused on the russia— ukraine crisis and it help him in the beginning, because he was seen as a statesman, but then he sort of stayed on that statesman level and didn't really focus on the domestic campaign, if you will, while marine le pen actually did focus on that. the question is, how are they going to try and address these two elements. emmanuel macron is going to have to come back to the domestic campaign, try to explain to those who did not vote for him why they should vote for him why they should vote for him why they should vote for emmanuel macron and not just stay home vote for emmanuel macron and notjust stay home or vote vote for emmanuel macron and not just stay home or vote for marine le pen. meanwhile, marine le pen. meanwhile, marine le pen is going to have to face may be a little more than she has so far the foreign—policy aspect of it. emmanuel macron is likely going to be using some of her past comments about a vladimir putin, about russell, her proximity to russia against her, given the situation in europe right now. i her, given the situation in europe right now.- her, given the situation in europe right now. i want to icked europe right now. i want to picked up _ europe right now. i want to picked up on _ europe right now. i want to picked up on all _ europe right now. i want to picked up on all those - europe right now. i want to i picked up on all those points. butjust before, emmanuel but just before, emmanuel macron butjust before, emmanuel macron has been criticised before being the leader of paris, not france, was see trends turning against globalisation and america, something associated with emmanuel macron, so what is it that marine le pen has done to bring in new voters? as you brought in new demographics as well? ,, . , brought in new demographics as well? ,, , ., ., well? she has, first of all, tainted down _ well? she has, first of all, tainted down some - well? she has, first of all, tainted down some of- well? she has, first of all, tainted down some of the| well? she has, first of all, - tainted down some of the nasty, if you will, aspects of what her party used to be, especially under her father. she has really revamped her party is moving away a little bit from the outright xenophobia, the outright racism. she still talks, of course, about being very strict on immigration, but she has sort of moved away from this and became more of an economic populist, if you will, focusing really more on kitchen table issues, on the economy, rather than focusing on security and france and immigration, things like that that alienate some people, some working—class people, some working—class people, who may be agree with her on the economy, but didn't really like this sort of xenophobic aspect of the party. so she worked really hard on that to try to change the vision that people have of her party. she is also trying to team down the question of leaving the european union. she did that five years ago, didn't work out this time, she is not talking about that outright. so she has sort of learn from her mistakes and try to really grasp that populist wave and focus on the elements and on theissues focus on the elements and on the issues that may be other countries, other more traditional parties, excuse me, like emmanuel macron�*s party, don't do enough of. like emmanuel macron's party, don't do enough of.— like emmanuel macron's party, don't do enough of. they change of talk about _ don't do enough of. they change of talk about is _ don't do enough of. they change of talk about is perhaps - don't do enough of. they change of talk about is perhaps one - don't do enough of. they change of talk about is perhaps one of. of talk about is perhaps one of the most interesting aspect of this race, isn't it? it has made it more difficult for the traditional coalition of everybody else to turn against the far right to turn against in this race, and that is working for her, isn't it? yes, she also _ working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got _ working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got a _ working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got a little _ working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got a little bit - working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got a little bit of- she also got a little bit of help about changing that image from the other far right candidate, who who made marine le pen look more mainstream, if you will, because his ideas were so much further to the right. he was talking only about immigration, about the values, the foundations of france, the christian values, things like that, about how the problem was with islam and france. so by comparison she looked much more focused on economic issues unless on the traditional fire economic issues unless on the traditionalfire right economic issues unless on the traditional fire right themes that we have seen in past decades. but, he has called to vote for marine le pen. his voters are likely going to go massively towards marine le pen. so she is going to have to try to grasp may be part of the conservative right wing voters that maybe don't want emmanuel macron and she is going to have to try to convince them that she is not him, she is not emmanuel macron, that she is a valuable candidate and they shouldn't go straight to emmanuel macron. it shouldn't go straight to emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race. _ emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as _ emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as you _ emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as you point - emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as you point out. i emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as you point out. a| close race, as you point out. a final quick person. as you say, it will be a domestic focus likely of the next two weeks, but the international implications argues everyone watching the. we hear a lot about marine le pen as a sympathiser for about marine le pen as a sympathiserfor vladimir about marine le pen as a sympathiser for vladimir putin, some accuse her of being such, and this will be the eu's biggest crisis since brexit she gets elected, do you think that is all opposition scaremongering or a likely scenario that she will take those stances?— scenario that she will take those stances? well, she has made it very _ those stances? well, she has made it very clear, _ those stances? well, she has made it very clear, as - those stances? well, she has made it very clear, as i - those stances? well, she has made it very clear, as i said, | made it very clear, as i said, she did sort of tamped down her talk of leaving the eu, so there is no more talk of a french brexit, if you will, but she is still very critical of the european union. she wants to leave the military command of nato. she is close to russell. she has come in the past, praised vladimir putin. so this likely would be a source of imbalance in this western alliance that has been built over the past few years and especially over the past year, this reid building of the western alliance with joe biden, emmanuel macron, and some of the other european leaders. and there is the fear, at least here in washington, dc, for example, that having someone like marine le pen would not onlyjeopardise the direct france— us relations, but could further destabilise this very fragile right now western alliance against russell. they have worked very hard to build it. they managed to get everyone sort of on the same line, and having someone in france, which is a leading country in europe, that is so close to russia, could really endanger that alliance while they are facing a huge crisis and even beyond. it they are facing a huge crisis and even beyond.— they are facing a huge crisis and even beyond. it led to some us analysts _ and even beyond. it led to some us analysts to _ and even beyond. it led to some us analysts to even _ and even beyond. it led to some us analysts to even look - and even beyond. it led to some us analysts to even look for - us analysts to even look for russian interference in the selection, was reading. thank you very much, kethevane gorjestani, for taking us through an issue we will be watching very closely in the next two weeks. thank you. thanks for having me. we were mentioning it there. ukraine's president zelensky says vladimir putin has not only his country but the entire european project in his sights. he was speaking as the eu re—opened its embassy in kyiv after russian forces retreated from the north of ukraine. the major focus of the fighting is now likely to be in the east, with civilians being evacuated from the donbas region. prosecutors say 1200 bodies have now been recovered from areas previously occupied by russia around kyiv. those include the village of andriivka from where our correspondent mark lowen sent this report. less liberation, more scorched earth. the population of andriivka is 1,000, more than a0 were killed as the russians attacked and moved in for a month. the remnants of battle mixed with remains of lives as the shroud of war is peeled back, uncovering the horrors beneath. tatiana's only grandson anton was taken by the russians the day after his 23rd birthday and shot. so badly mutilated, they identified him from his clothes, recovering his body after a month and burying him two days ago. translation: maybe if he had gone to fight somewhere else, | he would have returned in one piece. he was a clever boy, he recited poetry. when my husband told the russians to take him instead, they pointed their machine gun and said go home or we will take you both. this terrorised community will try somehow to return to peace, but it cannot shut out its agony. first came the offensive here, then the occupation, and now the trauma of those returning or simply emerging to see the destruction, which is immense. we are now learning that these scenes are repeated across the shattered country which even when peace returns, could take a generation to rebuild. this family are trying, repairing broken lives and their home, where russian soldiers stayed. and this is how they treated it. he is still trying to work out what they stole. translation: i have no words to describe what they did. - i don't know what they were looking for. my family had been living here for 15 years but they came in and looted it all. as the ukrainian army moved in, the russians came down to his tiny shelter to hide, feasting on the family's food and resting before their retreat. no place safe from their occupation. on the edge of the cemetery, the fresh grave of tatiana's grandson. he was studying to become an electrician. i have two daughters, she told, us and he was our boy. mark lowen, bbc news, andriivka. the world bank says it expects ukraine's economy to shrink by 45% this year as a result of the war with russia. the bank says enormous financial support is needed immediately to keep the government running, and to support the population. it's already provided nearly a billion dollars of assistance and is promising another two billion in the months ahead. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: singing the great and the good from the world of 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the second round. more than 12 hundred bodies have been found in areas around kyiv that were previously occupied by russian troops. rallies have been held in cities across pakistan, to protest against the removal of imran khan from his post as prime minister, following a no confidence vote in parliament over the weekend. tens of thousands of people gathered in karachi and lahore, waving torches and flags in the dark, and chanting in support of mr khan. a long time rival, shehbaz sharif, is expected to be voted in by parliament to replace him later on monday. shamila chaudhary is senior fellow at the think tank new america and is former directorfor pakistan and afghanistan at the us national security council. she's in philadelphia. thank you forjoining us. we have seen those rallies in the last few hours, the sheer numbers. imran khan says a u.s.—led compare is a conspiracy is to blame for his predicament, the differences he has over russia and china but doesn't appear that his messages working? you might even get elected again? first we have to put this in the historical context of imran khan �*s power. he has a lot of power in getting people out into the street, and that's what we're seeing unfold now. he has a very strong base amongst pakistani youth in the working and middle—class, and this anti—american, foreign interference narrative resonates really struggling with his constituency, because those are the people that have not benefited from the western patronage in pakistan �*s history. the political elite have benefited from that, so imran khan has benefited from using this anti—western platform and is able to get people out into the street. what i am watching is what is the message now that he is asking his people to carry, now that he has been voted out of office? he is already clearly in campaigning mode but he quickly has to get organised because he represents a lot of recent chaos and a lot of economic mismanagement and his anti—western rhetoric on the global stage has not been received well, so i think he needs to start thinking less about the constituency that he would serve and more about how he is going to win the next election, if that in fact is what he wants, and i think that's what he wants, but at the same time, but he is not ready to let go of his popular rhetoric and strong man narrative that he is bound to, but was not something that the political elite and the military establishment were in favour of, and those stakeholders are clearly going to want the next leader of pakistan to be much more moderate and mild and the way that they talk about the west, the way they talk about pakistan �*s role in the global stage and imran khan is not doing that right now, so we're not really out of this political chaotic moment that he himself has kind of started and fuelled, so there is a lot more to happen in the next few days, and i will be watching all of those dynamics closely. the constituency that you mention, the powerful army and intelligence services, many said were responsible for his rise in the first place, is that actually the reason why he has fallen from power? did he fall out with them? i has fallen from power? did he fall out with them?— fall out with them? i think the military has — fall out with them? i think the military has always _ fall out with them? i think the military has always been - fall out with them? i think the military has always been a - fall out with them? i think the | military has always been a very dominant force in pakistani politics, so dominant that they have led guzan ousted civilian government, and in the case of imran khan was a bit more more nuanced, the military was instrumental in creating a political environment with which imran khan could thrive, and i think they got more than they bargained for with imran khan �*s populist rhetoric and strongman style of politics. the military are still very traditional, pro—western institution, so in that regard, imran khan did fall out of favour with them over time, and ljy favour with them over time, and by exerting himself and his understanding and sense of what a civilian leader should be in pakistan, and the military is very, very dependent on american military equipment and weapons and arms as we have seen over the past several decades and all of that is very much stagnant right now, threatened, and the pakistani military cannot compete in the region, cannot compete with its number one rival india if it doesn't have at least a better repaired relationship with the us security establishment and imran khan has threatened all of that, so it's a combination of that, so it's a combination of the internal domestic politics and imran khan �*s kind of reach into the military space and wanting to go beyond the level that the pakistani leadership military has chosen. that reads you have mentioned with the military, and interesting contrast to shehbaz sharif, the expected next prime minister, and he was always seen as playing good cop to the military against his brother, who can't leave the party now he is in self exiled in the uk, having served his corruption prison sentence. so do you think shehbaz sharif will be welcomed by the military, and he could have a long—term prospect in pakistan? he could have a long-term prospect in pakistan? shehbaz sharif was _ prospect in pakistan? shehbaz sharif was a _ prospect in pakistan? shehbaz sharif was a very _ prospect in pakistan? shehbaz sharif was a very seasoned - sharif was a very seasoned administrator, he has a lot of experience running province of punjab, and being a party leader and i think it is really easy for any poorjava—based easy for any poor java—based politician easy for any poorjava—based politician to have an easier relationship with the pakistani military, which has dominated ljy military, which has dominated by ethnic punjabi soldiers and military officials, so there is a little bit more of a natural organic relationship there, and i think where it will get complicated is shehbaz sharif will likely want to have an opening with india fairly soon, and while the pakistani military would like to restart those conversations with the indians, ithink those conversations with the indians, i think they would prefer to take it slowly and at their own pace, and shehbaz sharif will probably want to move a little bit faster on reopening say economic and trade ties, and punjab stands to benefit a lot from the normalisation of relations with india, so this is something to obviously keep in mind, it has always... obviously keep in mind, it has always---_ obviously keep in mind, it has alwa s... ~ ., ., , always... wow, if that happens with india _ always... wow, if that happens with india that _ always... wow, if that happens with india that would _ always... wow, if that happens with india that would be - always... wow, if that happens with india that would be an - with india that would be an absolutely fascinating shift to watch, so thank you for teaching that up, one for us to watch, thank you so much for your analysis this on the unfolding situation. the polls have closed in mexico as to whether the president should step down or completed six—year term. should step down or completed six—yearterm. esther should step down or completed six—year term. esther lopes opened jo and called himself for the recall election to confirm his mandate. �*s political opponents are boycotting the vote saying it's an $80 million exercise and propaganda to distract people from the government �*s failures. there are concerns that mr lopes could open the door to extending presidential terms which are currently limited to a single six—year period. the world number one ranked american golfer scotty scheffler overcame a late challenge from northern ireland �*s rory mcilroy to secure victory at the masters. as you can see, he saw his overnight advantage temporarily cut to just one stroke during a thrilling final day at the augusta national course only to pull clear of the chasing pack and register a full stomach fourth win in his last six start. you can reach me on twitter, thank you for your company, goodbye. hello, there. there was a lot of sunshine around first thing on sunday, but it was cold and frosty, and it was quite widespread across the country. these were the kind of temperatures we woke up to first thing on sunday morning, as low as minus six celsius. now, all change and quite literally as we speak because of this area of low pressure that is throwing cloud right across the country, and that is acting like a blanket so it is preventing those temperatures from falling too far. it will be a frost free start to monday morning, with temperatures more likely about four or five or six degrees above freezing. so, a difference to the feel of the weather, and quite a cloudy, grey story first thing in the morning. the winds are going to strengthen, and that is going to throw up some showery outbreaks of rain through wales, northern ireland, north—west england as well through the day. quite blustery winds as well, either coming from a southerly or south—easterly direction, widely gusting in excess of 30 miles an hour. but sheltered eastern areas will see some sunshine and with the wind direction now coming from the south, that means it will be a little bit warmer, 17 degrees the expected high. thundery downpours are likely into the south—west through monday night into tuesday, and we can trail that weather front all the way back down into spain. in fact, the air is coming up from the sahara. it is going to be pushing its way steadily northwards, with the exception perhaps of the northern isles. here, you will stay in the cooler air for the next few days. that means first thing on tuesday morning, we are likely to see temperatures for degrees in lerwick but ten or 11 degrees not out of the question across central and southern parts of england and wales. yes, there is going to be some rain, some of it quite heavy, some thundery downpours pushing their way steadily north and because the area is coming from the sahara, it could have sprinkling of saharan dust and that rain as well, that mightjust turn your washing or your car is a little bit grainy, a little bit orange at times. in terms of the feel of things, 17 or 18 degrees down into the south—east whether cloud lingers, we are only looking out around a maximum of six to eight celsius. but the rain will ease away, the isobars open up through the middle part of the week, and the weather story is set to quieten down. it looks likely that wednesday will be the warmest day of the week, with 19 or 20 degrees not out of the question. a good deal of dry weather as well, as we head towards the easter weekend. whatever you are doing, take care and enjoy. mark lowen, bbc news, andriivka. this is bbc news. the headlines: emmanual macron is ahead in the polls in the first round of the french presidential election, but his far—right rival, marine le pen has gained ground. the next round will take place in two weeks time. more than 1,200 bodies have been found in areas around kyiv that were controlled by putin's troops and more russian attacks have been reported in the south of the country. tens of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of pakistan to protest against imran khan being removed as prime minister, following a no confidence vote in parliament over the weekend. mr khan has been blamed for the country's crumbling economy.