hello and welcome to paris. the bank is lit up in sparkling, matching the mood of the leftist coalition tonight, a major surprise. with projected results showing the left wing coalition the new popular front winning the most seats in the national assembly. it s forecast to win between 172 and 192 seats in total. it s a surprise turnaround from the first round last week, which saw the far right national rally party win the biggest share of the vote. the rally is projected to have between 132 and 152 mps a likely third place behind president macron s centrist alliance, together. it s predicted to win between 150 and 170 seats. quite large spreads, vote still being confirmed. if confirmed in the full count, france will have a hung parliament. the french prime minister gabriel attal has confirmed he will hand in his resignation to president macron on monday. mr attal said the parliamentary election showed that no majority could be formed by what he called the extremes. take
a watershed moment for football, according to the government, who ll be looking at club ownership as part of a review into the game in england, led by fans. good morning. i m at arundel castle this morning, where the annual tulip festival is under way. where the annual tulip festival is underway. it where the annual tulip festival is under way. it is a cold but a bright start. i will bring you all the weather details in about ten minutes. good morning. it s friday, the 24th of april. our top story. new restrictions for people coming to the uk from india have come into force this morning, as the country has joined the uk s red list, which effectively bans travel. india has seen record infection rates, a rapidly rising death toll and the discovery of a new virus variant and six hospitals in the indian capital delhi have now completely run out of oxygen. caroline davies reports. the last few arrivals before india is added to the red list. there was joy for those who made it ba
a row ignites between apple and facebook, after the latest iphone update gives users more power to decide how apps use personal data. i ll look at what it means for you. the indian premier league continues for now, despite the covid crisis. one day cricket captain eoin morgan will continue to play, but some players are returning home. good morning. iam in i am in kew gardens. it is a cold start to the day in the south of england. but it will be a sunny one for the rest of the uk. fairly cloudy and showery, some of those showers will be heavy. details in ten minutes. good morning. it s tuesday, april 27th. our top story. borisjohnson will chair a meeting of his cabinet this morning, as he faces more questions about how the refurbishment of his downing street flat was paid for. the prime minister has also strongly denied claims that he said he would rather see bodies pile high , than take the country into a third lockdown. here s our political correspondent, chris mason. boris
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. a diplomatic row between russia and the us is intensifying, with moscow expelling ten american diplomats from the country and recommending the us ambassador return home. the moves are in response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday, over what the white house called russia s harmful foreign activities . more from our correspondent in eastern ukraine shortly, but first here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. we are back to the question that we have heard so often, what is vladimir putin thinking, what is he planning? what we know, i think is that president putin doesn t normally advertise military action ahead of time. in 2014, he surprised everyone when he sent special forces into the ukraine to an ex crimea. this time around, moscow is not hiding the fact that it is moving to surround possibly to send
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a diplomatic row between russia and the us is intensifying, with moscow expelling ten american diplomats from the country and recommending the us ambassador return home. the moves are in response to sanctions imposed by washington on thursday, over what the white house called russia s harmful foreign activities from election interference to cyber attacks and the build up of russian troops along ukraine s border. we ll have more from our correspondent in eastern ukraine shortly, but first for more on russia s response to these latest american sanctions, here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. the kremlin said that it acts according to reciprocity. so we are expecting a diplomatic tit for tat. america expelled ten russians, russia expels ten americans and eight us officials have been put on the black list. interesting that the russians have recommended that the us ambassador pop home for consulta