Of pure emotion and it really gives us hope again, since i was really down emotionally. Its beautiful and it makes us believe even more. The bbc s Europe Editor Katya Adler is in paris and has more on the reaction across the country. In a Shock Result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left far left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party in the French Parliament, beating the Far Right. Translation the vote is final. The defeat of the president and his coalition has been clearly confirmed. Equally stunned by tonights results, Marine Le Pen s national Rally Party. So sure victory would be theirs, except it wasnt. At an absolute loss for words, it seems. This has been a huge slap in the face for Marine Le Pen s party. All the polls before this election had predicted they at least would become the largest party in the French Parliament. They said they were poised to govern but the french People Today said a resounding non. Confusingly, their star had shone so brightl
Hello and welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. Im in the capital, bridgetown, outside parliament overlooking independent square. In november this year barbados marks its 55th Anniversary by becoming a republic. Queen elizabeth will no longer be Head Of State. What does this tell us about the Identity And Future of barbados and the rest of the region . The caribbean has been very badly affected by the economic fallout of covid and people are looking to their political leaders for solutions. That is global questions lessons from barbados. Im now here at the 18th Century George Washington house, one of the finest historic buildings in barbados, and i am joined by a local audience who are going to be putting their questions to their Prime Minister, the honourable Mia Mottley. And mia, i should say that you are also the minister of finance, economic affairs and investment in barbados, so a very busy lady. Youve had a series of careers firsts. Youre not only the
To wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a Government Plan to cut crime in england and wales. Borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. It includes removing rules introduced by the former prime Minister Theresa may, which made it harderfor police to stop and search suspects and having a named officer for each local area. But the police federation, the union which represents Rank And File officers, says its more money thats needed to fight crime. Heres our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. If you want to know about the impact of crime, talk to darren awol, who was shot in the spine by people trying to rob him and still walks with crutches ten years on. His attackers have never been found and he thinks those who are caught are treated too leniently. With the stuff thats going on, theres not enough punishment for them. Theres not enough. Not enoughjustice. Theres no way. Some of them are coming out in two, three months. Now becaus
near the front line, this is ahmed a nine year old boy who has been blind since birth now a teacher in yemen. my biggest concern was history repeating itself. i can t begin to imagine what it must have been like for her, going through this process by herself all those years ago because it has been unbelievably tough for the two of us but at least we have each other. harry and meghan go prime time, as the first clips emerge of their interview with oprah winfrey. british success at the golden globes. the crown wins four awards, including for the stars playing the prince and princess of wales. and coming up in sport on bbc news: the french sports minister threatens to withdraw the side s permission to play in the six nations, over origins of a covid outbreak in the france squad. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, we ve had an update on the condition of the duke of edinburgh. it comes an hour after an ambulance was seen leaving the king edwar
in england don t have a greater risk of getting covid 19 compared to other working age adults. politicians in ghana and the ivory coast are among the first to be vaccinated under the global covax programme which will bring the vaccine to the world s poorest countries. and coming up, the 20 year old able to hold her baby s hand for the first time, after being seriously ill and on a ventilator with coronavirus. a search is under way to try to find someone in the uk who s contracted a concerning variant of coronavirus first found in brazil. health officials fear the new strain that may spread more rapidly and may respond less well to existing vaccines although that s not confirmed. health secretary matt hancock will lead a downing street briefing in half an hour and will update mps later on the new variant called the p1 variant. there are 6 confirmed cases in the uk and health officials are trying to trace one of the people in england infected with the variant been l