and marine le pen in the presidential election. we re live in paris looking ahead to the result, which isn t just significant for the future of france, but also for the european union, as the brexit process unfolds. 82 nigerian schoolgirls are due to meet the country s president after being freed by the islamist militant group, boko haram. also in the next hour. tom daley dives into married life. the british 0lympian marries american film director dustin lance black in dartmoor national park in devon. and we follow up the 2005 documentary about children living in mumbai. that s india s millennials, in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour is promising not to raise income tax for anyone earning less than £80,000 a year as part of an election pledge to low and middle earners. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, said those earning over that amount would be asked to pay a bit more to help pay for public services. the conservatives say
director dustin lance black. good evening from paris, where the polls will close within the next couple of hours, and the people of france will discover who their next president will be. tens of millions of voters have been visiting the polling stations today after a deeply divisive campaign, with emmanuel macron and marine le pen offering radically different visions of the future of this country. tonight s result will also have a direct impact on the future direction of the european union in the years ahead. as the brexit process unfolds, so the relevance of the outcome to france s neighbours is very clear. our paris correspondent hugh schofield has been to a voting station in the capital. you join me at a polling station in paris, at a school. you can see the table by people come to tick up their cards. and then they go to cast their ballot behind the curtains overhear. everywhere, a classic snapshot of the presidential election in france. but in some ways, it is different.
we ve a special breakfast this morning, with charlie out in manchester and me in the studio as we assess the impact of monday s terror attack which left 22 dead. we ll be hearing the latest on the investigation, the thoughts of those affected, and we ll have the latest on that heightened terror threat from the home secretary. and in sport, manchester united have expressed their shock at the terrorist attack in manchester, holding a minute s silence before flying to stockholm ahead of tonight s europa league final. and carol has the weather. good morning. a mild start to the day. it will be a warm day generally. a fair bit of clout around, but that will break and some of us will see some sunshine. i will tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning from the centre of manchester. our main development this morning is that the uk terror threat level has been raised to its highest level, meaning further attacks may be imminent. the move came after prime minister theresa may said inv
coming up, the government sees off calls for an end to cuts to public services and the public sector pay cap. the ayes to the right, 309, the noes to the left, 323. theresa may and jeremy corbyn clash at their first prime minister s questions of the new parliament over whether council cuts were a factor in the grenfell fire. when you cut local authority budgets by a0%, we all pay a price in public safety. the cladding of tower blocks began under a blair government. and the government s told to rethink its approach to trade after we have left the eu. the government s brexit policy is one of trying to fill a swimming pool with a teaspoon. but first, after a couple of months away for a general election, which produced a result few had predicted, it was time for theresa may and jeremy corbyn to face each other for the first prime minister s questions of the new parliament. much as happened since mps last met, including terrorist attacks in manchester and london and the fire at gr