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
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
a delay in plans to tackle air pollution until after the election; ministers are accused of ‘pure political expediency‘. a special report from the is stronghold of dabiq where the militants are losing ground. is were right about one thing though. this is a place of reckoning but it s a place of their defeat, they are being driven 100 kilometres from here. and, one of the enduring images of this year s london marathon we speak to the runners who made their own headlines. good evening. france has now entered a period of intense political campaigning between emmanuel macron and marine le pen the two remaining candidates for the presidency. it s a race that s already transformed the old patterns of french politics with potentially significant consequences for the future of france and the eu. the final voting figures for the first round released today gave the centrist mr macron 24%. his rival marine le pen of the national front took 21.3%. the outgoing socialist preside
must be prepared to propose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world. whether we want to talk about it or not, north korea is a big world problem and it s a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now it s time to solve the problem. donald trump, there, offcourse. of course. joining me now, nada tawfik in new york and steve evans in seoul. this sum and is new. while everything is not. yes. that is true. what we see briefings, we very rarely see 100 senators going to have a meeting with the secretary of state and the defence secretary, amongst others. we ve also heard that the us house of representatives also was to be briefed on north korea. this comes ahead of us officials fearing that north korea will go ahead with a six nuclear test, to mark the anniversary, the 85th anniversary of the founding of their military. sixth. donald trump has said t
is also unacceptable and the council must be prepared to impose additional and stronger sanctions on north korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. this is a real threat to the world, whether we want to talk about it or not. north korea is a big world problem and it s a problem we have to finally solve. people have put blindfolds on for decades and now its time to solve the problem. i got more details just now from our correspondents steve evans in the south korean capital, and nada tawfik in new york. usually we see white house officials go to the senate to brief them, not 100 senators going across to the white house to have a meeting there with the defence secretary, the secretary of state, amongst others. we ve also heard that the us house of representatives also wants to be briefed on north korea. this comes ahead of us officials fearing that north korea may go ahead with a sixth nuclear test, to mark the anniversary the 85th anniversary of the founding of the