judges admit the public may be baffled by the ruling. first, with under five months to go until the french choose a new president, left-wing politicians are taking part in the first of three live tv debates. it comes ahead of the party s primary contest later this month. although prime minister manuel valls is the favorite to lead the socialist party, he expected to class tonight with arnaud montebourg and benoit hamon. will it all be in vain? and theggest the party deeply unpopular president francois hollande will be knocked out at the first round with the conservatives and the far right making it through to the second round. i m joined by our french .olitical editor marc perelman manuel valls is the one with the most to lose tonight, isn t he? marc: absolutely. december 1, france of alone goes on national television francois hollande goes on national television. he decides he will not run again. this puts the party in a crisis. his prime minister, manuel valls, decides
his spokesman confirms they will meet on friday. a trade deal and brexit are expected to be on the agenda. as hundreds of thousands take to the streets in protest against the new president, the white house goes to war over reports of the numbers who attended friday s inauguration. we had a massive field of people. you saw them, packed. i get up this morning, i turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field. good morning, it is sunday 22 january. also ahead: after reports that a trident missile test went wrong, the ministry of defence says it has absolute confidence in its nuclear defence system. a cancer charity calls for more to be done to encourage women to have smear tests. in sport: britain s andy murray is up against it in the last 16 of the australian open. the world number one is 2 1 down against germany s mischa zverev. and nick has the weather. good morning. it is another cold, frosty start. icy in a few spots, too, because there are some showers around. t
the gambia s defeated leader yahya jammeh flies into exile, 22 years after taking control of the west african state in a coup. and world number one andy murray crashes out of the australian open after a shock defeat in the fourth round. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the trump administration has announced that theresa may will be the first foreign leader to meet the new us president at the white house. they re expected to hold talks on friday and trade, nato and brexit are expected to be on the agenda. the prime minister has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr show and with me is now to get more on this is our political correspondent, susana mendonca. she was asked directly about the issue of women. he saw that a massive protest yesterday. theresa may has docked in the past about how some of the comments he made a unacceptable. she was asked about challenging donald trump on that. she would not be drawn on whether she would raise the issue but she said asa she
we re going to start here in france where a new government is to be announced today. it comes just five months after ministers had taken office. the change up this time prompted after the minister of economy lashed out at the government s os er thity measures. standing outside the presidential palace in central paris and keeping his ear open for the new names. any trickling out just yet? lunch with s having president francois hollande. they ll be discussing the last names they want to add to that list, the team, that s going to be announced later this afternoon. we know that the economy minister is out, as is the education minister and the culture minister, the reason being that they ve been critical of francois hollande s economic policy. who might be picked to replace them, it s now picked that some of the current ministers will take on the road. the finance minister will be heading the economy ministry by the time the new team is announced. the prime minister is also bel