Both candidates in the french president ial election have been holding rallies in the final week of campaigning. The far right contender Marine Le Pen has attacked her rival as the continuity candidate, while Emmanuel Macron said the future of europe is at stake in this election. Our correspondent, lucy williamson, is in paris. The second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. Used to facing a united front of all her rivals, Marine Le Pen is now calling on voters to unite against someone else, her liberal opponent Emmanuel Macron. At a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. Her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. For decades, the Front National has influenced french politics from the margins. Now Marine Le Pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. But many voters still fear that she would unravel frances democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. By the river seine today, Emmanuel Macron honoured a moroccan man killed by far right supporters two decades ago, a reminder of the controversial history that dogs the Front National. But support for the far right is growing here, and on a visit to frances rural heartland over the weekend, he told us that this election was the last call for frances membership of the eu. To have almost half of this country angry with the european idea, we have to reform europe. We need a new European Union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. If, the day after, i decide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the European Union, i will betray my people. I dont want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the Front National again. Frances main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. Lets start 0s sport with the World Snooker championships. There are a lot good storylines, with the oldest potential champ in nearly a0 years and a rematch of an epic final played a decade ago. And right now there has been a dramatic comeback at the crucible. Lets cross to the action and Tulsen Tollett is there. What is going on . The manually king at there, mark selby, has lost the first two frames. It is 16 14 in favour of mark selby. He needs to get a team to win this. He started the day at 10 7 down, at one point he was 10 4 down. It is a rematch from ten years ago, it was 2007 when mark selby loss tojohn higgins. It is the latest ever final for a Crucible Final that time. John higgins, at this stage, is coming back into it. I remember watching snooker as a child. Those days are gone now, this is a global event. Snooker as a child. Those days are gone now, this is a Global Eventm certainly is. There are 400 Million People watching the game worldwide today, that is an incredible amount of people. When you look at the total reach of this in china, it is 200 million. That is a huge audience. A chinese player was knocked out in the semifinals. There isa knocked out in the semifinals. There is a Chinese Academy over there that is a Chinese Academy over there that is working well and there is potential for this famous theatre, is 40th anniversary this year, for a world final to be played in china. It is not in the pipeline at the moment but it could happen in the future. This is moment but it could happen in the future. This is absolutely future. This game is absolutely exploding. Thank you. He is at the crucible. World ibf and wbc Heavyweight Boxing Champion Anthonyjoshua is still basking in his victory over Wladimir Klitschko on saturday. The british boxer added the Wba World Heavyweight title to his ibf crown with his knockout win over ukraines klitschko at wembley stadium. So what next forjoshua . Hes been speaking to the bbc. I want to start planning how i can improve. I know that in my next fights, people will be watching. Ithink, 0k, cool, i have done my learning now. I cant have people saying, he is still learning, hes a relative novice. I will get back to the gym and find out where my weaknesses are and improve on them. In boxing the similarities are like the alis, tysons, lennox lewis, larry holmes. If youre not as good as these guys, dont even talk or be mentioned in the same breath as them. But what im trying to say is that i may not be these guys, but who i am is good enough for where im at and ill keep on progressing. So i want people to know i may not be perfect, i may not be the ali with the tyson, but who i am and where im coming from and where im trying to go is good enough for me. So what im good at i will keep on working on and trying to improve. Ghanas Sulley Muntari dramatically walked off the pitch while playing for pescara at Cagliari On Sunday after his complaints of racist abuse were met with a yellow card. The midfielder could face disciplinary measures for leaving before full time. But, if nothing else, he has the support of the united nations. 0n emissions throughout the world i see Human Rights Defenders who are an inspiration to all of us. Here at the Un Human Rights office. On my missions throughout. They can help protect human rights principles. I wish to cite the case of muntari of the italian club who walked off the pitch in protest when a referee booked him after he claimed he was being racially abused during a league match on sunday. Voting is under way for the bbc womens footballer of the year 2017 were hearing from all five nominees over the course of the week. Today is the turn of melanie behringer, Who Won Olympic Gold in rio 2016, and helped her german club, bayern munich, secure back to back bundesliga titles. She was also nominated for the Fifa World Player Of The Year Award 2016. Hi, guys. Im melanie behringer. Im nominated for the bbc award 2017 and i would be very happy if you vote for me because 2016 was really great. Stay with us on 0utside Source. Still to come just how big is the gulf between the uk and europe over brexit . Well be speaking to the german journalist whos written that Jean Claude Juncker claims the probability of failure is currently more than 50 . Police have revealed more details of the burglary in dorset in which the householder was shot dead. They say the men broke into the property wearing balaclavas one of them armed with a shotgun. 61 year old guy hedger was shot by intruders who entered his house in st ives, just after 3am on sunday. A helicopter was used to search the area following the shooting, which Police Believe was a planned burglary that turned violent. Its been described as one of the most exclusive residential neighbourhoods in southern england, but its now the scene of a murder investigation. Dozens of officers have been searching for clues in whats become a wide ranging inquiry. Police say guy hedger, who was 61, was shot in the early hours of yesterday morning. He later died of his injuries. This afternoon, detectives said this was a Horrific Act Of Gun Violence on the tranquil edges of the new forest. We believe there was a level of preplanning within this offence. It appears that the offenders have actually gone prepared to be confronted. They were wearing balaclavas and in possession of a shotgun. Police say jewellery, including some designer watches, were taken in the robbery. A friend and former Work Colleague of guy hedger told us his death was deeply shocking. Its a very close knit business, so the sense of shock and upset will be felt very deeply. We will give as much support to our people as we can, and we will offer our sympathy and condolences to his broader family and friends at this distressing time. Police say another Man Living In The House was unharmed and could be an important witness. This is an area with large, detached houses behind imposing electronic gates, with many residents here profoundly unsettled by what has happened. Its absolutely dreadful. Absolutely awful, sickening. This evening, the police said that mr hedgers family had been left devastated by what has happened. They said a postmortem examination was carried out this afternoon, and they have again renewed their appeal for any witnesses who might have seen anything to come forward as soon as possible. Dorset has one of the lowest Gun Crime Profiles of anywhere in britain. But this violent burglary in the heart of the english countryside is now at the centre of an intensive police investigation. This is 0utside Source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story the two candidates for the french presidency have launched attacks on each other at rival rallies in paris. Just four full days of campaigning are left before next sundays run off. Five weeks before election day, Downing Street has been forced to counter a story in a german newspaper that says theresa may and the European Commission president had a contentious dinner recently. The newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements last week about how quickly a deal could be reached over the rights of british and eu citizens, as well as how much the uk owed the eu. British officials insist it was a constructive meeting. Heres the bbcs leila nathoo. No love lost between the Prime Minister and the European Commissions president Jean Claude Juncker last week. A chance to get together in private before the 27 eu states agreed their brexit negotiating position. But behind the door, how did the meeting go . This influential german newspaper has published an account of the dinner from Anonymous Sources at the European Commission. The report paints a picture of a difficult encounter, with the two at odds over britains eu divorce bill and how the future relationship will play out. Jean Claude Juncker apparently left, saying he was ten times more sceptical than he was when he arrived. In a statement, Downing Street said. 0n the Election Campaign trail, brexit is the backdrop. And the Liberal Democrats wants to play a role. The revelations overnight show theresa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacency, that she feels that somehow the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no cooperation of police and security, that is somehow acceptable to families up and down this country. Never mind how we voted lastjune, that is for every individual, but as a country, we deserve a good deal. Labour says theresa may has underestimated the complexity of the talks and her approach is putting the economy at risk. You start at the basis that you want to reach an agreement, and that you have shared interests and values. Have a very important Trading Relationship with europe. If you start on that basis and show respect you are more likely to get a good deal. If you start with a megaphone and calling people silly names, it is not a great start to anything. Meanwhile, the snp accused the tories of chaotic leadership over brexit. The remaining 27 eu states are uniting to make sure brexit works for them. But theresa may says she still confident she can get the best deal for britain. Thomas gutschker is the author of that article in the german frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. I asked him how he learnt about the conversation that went on at number 10. 0bviously obviously as a journalist i cannot disclose my sources. As she can see from the article, it is a pretty detailed description of what was going on. Derry street, you heard their reaction, they said it was brussels gossip and if discounted this account of events. |j brussels gossip and if discounted this account of events. I dont think they can put the discounted it. Think they can put the discounted it. Downing street. Saying it is gossip is nonsense, because i am not pa rt gossip is nonsense, because i am not part of brussels gossip. I think they have not refuted any of the fa cts they have not refuted any of the facts and reported. Including the quotes. I would facts and reported. Including the quotes. Iwould be facts and reported. Including the quotes. I would be surprised if Downing Street would confirm a report like this, that is their way of doing business. 0fficials report like this, that is their way of doing business. Officials have confirmed my reporting to colleagues, so if they think it is not accurate they should give their own account. Lets talk about some of the things that were in that meeting. 0ne of the things that were in that meeting. One of them is that the eu side were astonished at theresa mays suggestion that it could be sorted byjune. A lot of what i minister mac is saying she says in public anyway. You are correct. She has not taken any other position. The expectation on the eu said is that she may end in a private conversation to a softer position and, of course, she raised some hope first with the letter of notification that she sent and that was sober in its tone, but also contains a message that britain may not keep all its privileges when it leaves the European Union. But then when the guidelines of the European Council were leaked, she said they sounded reasonable. They were going to london wondering if she was giving them a hen s and they did not get anything like that. Giving them a hint. Social media has been an accused of being bad at targeting hate crimes online. The firms are said to be putting more effort into protecting the profit than keeping people safe. Facebook and twitter have previously defended their background and this. The Home Affairs Committee took evidence from facebook and twitter. The companies have millions of users. The mps have now lost patience. The richest and Biggest Companies in the world have the ability and a responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. I do not think they are taking this seriously enough. The mps suggest fines, potentially of millions of pounds, for companies that do not remove pounds, for companies that do not re m ove posts pounds, for companies that do not remove posts fast enough. They are also proposing the Companies Pay for police to investigate material suspected of being illegal. What is it possible to spot extremist material, like thisjihadis recruitment video, among the millions of post modern social media every day. There is more the companies can do and they have ignored that. They can improve take down times and partner each other to flag Co Nte Nt Down Times and partner each other to flag content across platforms. But we need to be careful. The way that platforms work is that they have unlimited liability for the content on them. Royal mail cannot steam open all the envelopes to see if criminals are sending letters. Many companies are dependent on the users for reporting what they consider illegal material. For the mps who wrote the report today that is not acceptable. They are expecting the tech giants to do more. More than 2. 5 million american soldiers have been deployed to iraq and afghanistan in the 16 years since the start of the war on terror. But the politics of war often gain more attention than those who actually fight in them. The National Portrait gallery in washington is now, quite literally, putting a face to the men and women who serve with a new exhibition the face of battle. Jane 0brien went along. In spite of the title, faces of war, some of the most moving images in this exhibition show nobody. These are the empty bedrooms of fallen soldiers, their very absence creating a haunting presence. That familiar intimacy is captured more traditionally in the work of stacy pearsall. This is a picture i took of specialist garcia. I had to catch him chain smoking. Blowing the smoke out, drifting around his head like a halo. An air force Combat Photographer in iraq, she was seriously wounded twice and awarded the bronze star for bravery. We had this idea of a soldier being impenetrable, being sort of invincible, and what i wanted to remind Folks Photographically was that there is more to the soldiers than the bullets and the blood, that there is a humanity. You know, what happens in the downtime . What do we do with that suspended time between fighting a war . Other images captured soldiers in the midst of battle, the work of louie palu in afghanistan revealed the psychological impact of conflict. And theres more of the unexpected. Cataloguing is the approach of archivist emily prince, who was inspired by seeing the roll call of dead soldiers on tv. This is a montage of all the american servicemen and women who have been killed in the conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. They are tiny, tiny, intimate portraits, arranged on this grid, which implies some sort of order but of course, it was the chaos of war that caused these deaths. But what links all of these images is their tragic timelessness, a continual thread of war and personification of conflict that has gone on for centuries. If you just look at the face, that could be gettysburg. It could be yorktown. It could be at agincourt. Theres an element of commonality, even a common mythic reality of war. War is, of course, the most celebrated subject in Human History and what we are doing is linking through portrait photography, we are linking these men and women back to a tradition of the warrior. And while the focus of this exhibition is squarely on the men and women who fight, it is also a reminder of the bravery of the image makers. Most of the artists in this show have risked their lives to get close to their subjects. Tim hetherington, who created these pictures, sacrificed his life in 2011, while covering the insurgency in libya. Jane 0brien, bbc news, washington. Thank you for watching 0utside Source. From me and the rest of the team, goodbye. The effect of just the effect ofjust how dry a month that has been for the uk will be felt for a while longer. There is not a lot of rainfall in the forecast for this week. In edinburgh there have been only four millimetres of rain, the driest april on record in edinburgh. Well bring you more statistics this week. They started with notable weather in northern ireland. It was the warmest day of the year so far on monday and the warmest weather of the year so far was the warmest weather of the year so Farwas Injoint in the warmest weather of the year so far was injoint in scotland, especially in the west. It is cold on the east coast, but that is the theme of the weather this week. The flow of air is coming in from the east and that is equal direction and the aa is coming in over a cold north sea, so it will not be worn on the eastern side of the uk. The air is already cold and then it gets colder as it comes over the sea. The theme of the weather is that there will be High Pressure in control and lots of giant weather to come. It will be cold dust in the east and warmest in the west, especially when you see sunshine. It will be cold dust. That will continue onto tuesday. Some showers spreading across england, but Western Areas will stay dry and warm in the sunshine. Going into wednesday, were not changing the weather pattern. Still more cloud through Central Parts of england with some showers and drizzly rain. Sunshine for wednesday in scotland. More cloud further south, but most places are looking dry, still the temperature contrast between the east and west. There may be more breeze on friday. A breezy day on friday in the easterly wind, feeling cold near the north sea course, shelter to the west and in the sunshine it will be a pleasant day. At the weekend, low pressure may try to push a Weather Front towards us. We do not think it will have much success. We do not think it will have much success. Saturday this is one to watch, the bulk of the uk is looking like it will be dry with sunny spells. Next week nothing is changing very quickly. The Wind Direction might change to the north east and acted bring a colder direction for some of us, especially in the north. It is still High Pressure so in the north. It is still High Pressure so it is looking dry going into next week. Colder across the northern half of the uk, but there are indications that low pressure may start to try to become a player and turn things more unsettled later next week as High Pressure begins to recede. We will keep an eye on it and update you hear throughout the week. This is bbc news. The headlines at 10pm. Theresa may has dismissed as hearsay and account of sharp disagreement with the eu. It is brussels gossip, look at what the eu officials said after the dinner took place, which was the talks had been constructive. Detectives say that the shooting of a businessman at his home in dorset was a targeted attack. Rallies in paris are held. Social media is not tackling
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