and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. 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 2 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. marine 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. afraid, never. 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 has focused on poverty and rising prices. mr macron says her programme is racist and her victory would threaten democracy in france. he's always said he's the only one who can keep le pen from power, but after five years of president macron, there are those want to keep him from office too. 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'll 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. earlier, i spoke to keteevan gorjestani, france 24's washington correspondent, about how the election is unfolding. well, there is a sense that emmanuel macron is going to have to do actually start campaigning. there's a feeling in france that the president sort of was focused on the russia—ukraine crisis and it helped 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 emmanuel macron and not just stay home or vote for marine le pen. meanwhile, marine le pen is going to have to face maybe a little bit more than she has so far the foreign policy a little bit 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 vladimir putin, about russia, her proximity to russia against her, given the situation in europe right now. i want to pick up on all of those points. butjust before, emmanuel macron has been criticised in the past for being the leader of paris, not france, was see trends turning against globalisation and america in europe, something associated with emmanuel macron, so what is it that marine le pen has done to bring in new voters? has she brought in new demographics as well? she's, first of all, tamed down some of the nastier, if you will, aspects of what her party used to be, especially under her father. she has really revamped her party as 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, who maybe 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 tame down the question of leaving the european union. she did that five years ago, didn't work out this time, she's not talking about that outright. so she's sort of learned from her mistakes and trying to really grasp that populist wave and focus on the elements and on the issues that maybe other countries, other more traditional parties, excuse me, like emmanuel macron�*s party, don't do enough of. that change of image is perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of this race, isn't it? it's made it more difficult for the normal traditional coalition of everybody else to turn against the far right to join against her in this race, and that is working for her, isn't it? yes, she also got a little bit of help about changing that image from eric zemmour, the other far right candidate, 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 and less on the traditional far—right themes that we have seen in past decades. but eric zemmour has called to vote for marine le pen. his voters are likely going to go massively towards marine le pen. so she's going to have to try to grasp maybe 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 eric zemmour, she's not emmanuel macron, that she is a valuable candidate and they shouldn't go straight to emmanuel macron. it is quite a close race, as you point out. just a final quick question. as you say, it will be a domestic focus very likely over the next two weeks, but the international implications are huge for everyone watching onto this. we hear a lot about marine le pen as a sympathiser for putin, some accuse her of being such, and this will be the eu's biggest crisis since brexit if she gets elected, do you think that is all opposition scaremongering or a likely scenario that she will take those stances? well, she has made it very clear, as i said, she did sort of tamp down her talk of leaving the eu, so there's no more talk of a frexit, 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 russia. she has, in the past, praised vladimir putin. so this likely would be a sort of imbalance in this western alliance that has been built over the past few years and especially over the past year, this rebuilding of the western alliance with joe biden, emmanuel macron, and some of the other european leaders. and there's a 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 russia. they've worked very hard to build it. they managed to get everyone sort of on the same line, 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 1,200 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. leonid koval and his family are trying, repairing broken lives and their home, where russian soldiers stayed. and this is how they treated it. he's 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. 0n the edge of the cemetery, the fresh grave of tatiana's grandson. he was studying to become an electrician. i had two daughters, she told, us and that he was our boy. i had two daughters, she told, us and then 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 $2 billion in the months ahead. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the great and the good from the world of theatre attend the 0livier awards at the royal albert hall in london. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc world news. the main story this hour: emmanuel macron appears to have triumphed in the first ballot of the french presidential election, but he'll face stiff competition from marine le pen in the second round. 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. so, might imran khan get elected again? a question i put to shamila chaudhary. she is seniorfellow at the think tank new america and is former director for pakistan and afghanistan at the us national security council. first, i think we have to put this kind of in the historical context of imran khan's power. i mean, he has a lot of power in getting people out onto the street and that is what we are seeing unfold right now. you know, he has a very strong base amongst pakistani youth and the working and middle—class, and this anti—american kind of foreign interference narrative resonates really strongly with his constituency because those are the people that have not benefited from kind of the western patronage in pakistan, make history. the political elite have benefited from that, right? imran khan has benefited from using this anti—western platform and he is able to get people out onto the street. now, what i'm 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 has already, clearly, in campaigning mode but he has to quickly get organised because he represents a lot of recent chaos and a lot of economic mismanagement and his kind of anti—western rhetoric on the global stage has not been received well and 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, in fact, that is what he wants, which i think that's what he wants, but at the same time, i think he's not ready to kind of let go is populist rhetoric and his strong man narrative that he is very much bound to but was not something that the political elite and the military establishment were in favour of, and you know, those stakeholders are clearly going to want next leader of pakistan to much more moderate and mild in the way that they talk about the west, the way that they talk about pakistan's role on the global stage. imran is not doing that right now so we're not really of this political chaotic moment that he himself has kind of started and fuelled, so, you know, there's a lot more to happen in there's a lot more to happen in the next few days and i will be watching all of those dynamics closely. watching all of those dynamics closel . . ., , . , watching all of those dynamics closel . .., , _ ., closely. the constituency that ou closely. the constituency that you mentioned, _ closely. the constituency that you mentioned, the _ closely. the constituency that you mentioned, the powerful| you mentioned, 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 left —— hosted coups and overthrown governments. in case of imran khan, it was more nuanced. they were instrumental in creating a political environment in which imran khan could thrive and i think they got more than they bargained for with imran�*s populist rhetoric and strong man style of politics. the military is still very traditional, pro—western institution. so, in that regard, you know, run did fall out of favour with them over time. and by exerting himself and his understanding and sense of what a civilian leader could be in pakistan and. the military is dependent upon american military equipment and weapons and arms, as we've seen over the past several decades, and all of it is very much a statement right now, it's threatened, and the pakistani military cannot compete in the region, it cannot compete with its number one rival india if it does not have at least a better, repaired relationship with the us security establishment. 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�*s kind of reach into the military space and wanting to document crosstalk. also the military�*s relationship with the united states. . . relationship with the united states. .. , ., ., states. the reach you mentioned with the military, _ states. the reach you mentioned with the military, it's _ states. the reach you mentioned with the military, it's an - with the military, it's an interesting contrast to shehbaz sharif, the person expected to be made the prime minister in the next few hours, always seem to be playing good cop against his brother know was sharif who cannot lead now that he is in exile in the uk, having served this corruption, prison sentences so do you think shehbaz sharif will be welcomed by the military and will he have long—term prospects in pakistan —— nawaz sharif. shehbaz sharif is a seasoned administrator and has a lot of experience running the ovens of punjab and being a party leader and i also think it's easy for any punjab —based politician to have an easier relationship with the pakistani military, which is dominated by ethnic punjabi soldiers and military officials, so there is a little bit more of a natural, organic relationship there. i think where it is going to get complicated is 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, i think they would prefer to take it slowly and at their own pace and sharif will probably want to move a little bit faster on reopening, say, economic and trade ties. punjab stands to benefit from normalisation of relationships with india so this is obviously something to keep in mind. shamila chaudhary from the new america think tank. theatre luvvies gathered in london for the 0livier awards, which honour people who work both on and off stage. cabaret at the kit kat club starring eddie redmayne was the big winner on the night, as claudia redmond reports. the curtain was raised at the glitzy 0livier awards on sunday at the royal albert hall in london. cabaret act the kit kat club was the biggest winner of the night, taking seven prizes, including acting trophies for eddie redmayne and irish actressjessie buckley. this is the dream. for me, this is the one. this was the part i played when i was a kid at school. it was the thing that got my passion for theatre really fuelled, and getting to do it every night with that extraordinary cheering. ..was dumbfounding. it's such a huge, huge privilege to be part of this community, which i consider my family. thank you for welcoming me in all those years ago, and this isjust so lovely! thanks! how about we hear another one? something that cooks! something that cooks? alright. best new musical went to back to the future, based on the 1980s cult film which followed the time—travelling capers of michael] fox as marty mcfly. and in the dance world, young up—and—coming choreographer arielle smith stepped up to receive the outstanding achievement in dance category for her work onjolly folly with the english national ballet. the winners of the 0livier awards, overseen by the society of london theatre, are chosen by a team of industry figures, stage luminaries and theatre—loving members of the public. it is hoped that following so many setbacks with covid restrictions over the past years that the shows can finally go on. claudia redmond, bbc news. another big winter report. —— another big win to report. the world number one ranked american golfer scottie scheffler overcame a late challenge from northern ireland's rory mcilroy to secure victory at the masters. scheffler 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 fourth win in his last six starts. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @marklobel. thank you so much forjoining us. 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 —6 celsius. now, all change and quite literally as we speak because of this area of low pressure that's throwing cloud right across the country and that is acting like a blanket, so it's preventing those temperatures from falling too far. it will be a frost—free start to monday morning with temperatures more likely about four, five, 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's 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's going to be pushing its way steadily north, with the exception perhaps of the northern isles — here, you will stay in the cooler air for the next few days. so, that means first thing on tuesday morning, we're likely to see temperatures four degrees in lerwick but ten or 11 degrees not out of the question across central and southern parts of england and wales. yes, there's going to be some rain, some of it quite heavy, some thundery downpours pushing their way steadily north and because the air is coming from the sahara, it could have sprinkling of saharan dust in that rain as well — that mightjust turn your washing or your cars 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. where the cloud and the rain lingers, we're only looking out around a maximum of 6—8 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're doing, take care and enjoy. this is bbc news. the headlines: emmanuel 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 1200 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. and ukraine's military says ten people, including children, have been killed in russian shelling in the north eastern kharkiv region, as moscow intensifies its offensive there. tens of thousands of protesters 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

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