the story of london marathon runner who sacrificed his own race time to help an exhausted athlete reach the finish line. i was like shouting in his ear, saying, come on, come on, we can do this, we will finish. it s 200 metres. i ll stay with you. and a british woman is recovering after being attacked by a shark while swimming off a remote island in the south atlantic. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that france now faces just under a fortnight of intense campaigning between emmanuel macron and marine le pen, who emerged last night as the two remaining candidates for the presidency. mr macron is running without the backing of one of the traditional parties and ms le pen, leader of the national front, is also regarded as an outsider in a race that s transformed the old patterns of french politics. mr macron won 23.8% of votes in the first round, while ms le pen took 21.5%. the turnout was high, at nearly 79%. live to paris for the latest with christian fraser. a very warm we
of the 21st century. when sport is about more than about winning. the men who embodied the marathon spirit. maybe i was a bit overzealous in my support. it was wonderful. it was needed, needed to kind of hit home as well. yes. coming up in the sport on bbc news. 11 months on, can rafa and newcastle return to the premier league? a win against preston tonight in the championship and they ll be back at the first time of asking. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. french voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. the run off in the presidential race will be between two political outsiders who have left mainstream parties on the sidelines. emmanuel macron‘s en marche party which is barely a year old won the most votes. he ll face marine le pen. it s more than 20 years since the front national made it to this stage of the electoral process. a victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu, and for brexit. here s our paris correspond
depicted in edvard munch s the scream comes from a rare sky formation. and nearly three decades after bananarama last performed together, the trio are reforming for theirfirst ever tour with the original line up. good evening and welcome to bbc news. french voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. the run off in the presidential race will be between two political outsiders who have left mainstream parties on the sidelines. emmanuel macron‘s en marche party which is barely a year old won the most votes in the first round of the election. he ll face marine le pen. it s more than 20 years since the front national made it to this stage of the electoral process. a victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. here s our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. two years ago, he was a new face in politics. in two weeks, he could be the new president of france. last night, emmanuel macron arrived for his victory speech with his wi
forces stop fighting each other first. and it is looking good for newcastle to make it back into the premier league. these are the polls looking ahead to the second round of the french election. the polls put mr macron well ahead for the second round. they were right for the first round but well you know all the caveats around polling. a short time ago i spoke to professor helen drake she s the chair in european integration at loughborough university. she s in paris. i asked her if the latest polls were good news for european integration. one thing we learned from last night is that the polls were quite accurate. marine le pen was supposed to win the first round and she came ina quick to win the first round and she came in a quick second so the polls which are putting macron ahead of le pen in the next round, i suppose we can trust them. macron has expressed a lot of support for the european union, and he has some practical and positive messages for how to strengthen the
welcome to bbc news. french voters face a clear choice in the next two weeks. the run off in the presidential race will be between two political outsiders, who ve left mainstream parties on the sidelines. emmanuel macron‘s en marche party, which is barely a year old, won the most votes, in the first round of the election.. he ll face marine le pen of the front nastionale. it s more than twenty years since they reached the second round of the electoral process. a victory for either of them could have profound implications for the eu and for brexit. our europe editor katya adler has the latest. emmanuel macron looking presidential last nights. a bit prematurely perhaps. there s a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks to go before the final vote. financial markets in brussels may think president macron is a done deal. but she doesn t. marine le pen, macron‘s rivalfor president, his rival for french voters‘ trust. a welcome visitor on market day in the forgotten