saying i need ammunition, throughout he said we need weapons and we need supplies. they have been slow at first but now i think they really are coming in. one of the other points he made on the saturday press conference was that at long last it is notjust about conference was that at long last it is not just about the scale that they need that has been appreciated but the speed with which they need them. i think he thinks that now they are getting not everything they need but really quite a lot, and i think that s why we are seeing a more kind of confident tone from the president, and also why the russians seem to be having not much success pushing through the lines in the east. 0k, thank you very much, joe. joe inwood in ukraine in kyiv. now it s time for a look at the weather with carol. good morning. it has been a chilly start to the day to a few showers in the north of england, but it should brighten up in eastern scotland and eastern england through the day.
hello, welcome to bbc news i m victoria derbyshire. here are your headlines: emmanuel macron is re elected as french president he promises to unite the country after defeating the anti immigration candidate marine le pen. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and respectful - because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong, but nobody will be left by the wayside. president zelensky meets the united states top diplomat anthony blinken it s the first time a senior us official has visited ukraine since the war began. in the uk borisjohnson has told labour s deputy leader he regards claims made about her in yesterday s mail on sunday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract
was notjust standing shoulder to shoulder, they were giving each other big hugs, there were friendly handshakes. i think it s probably fair to say some people didn t expect this meeting will ever have been possible again at the start of the war, when it looked like, or people assumed, the russians would sweep in quickly. the fact the ukrainians had held off for so long and so heroically, means there was a realjoy in the meeting yesterday and they have also been giving statements in the last hour or so, the secretary of state and secretary of defence, they say that ukraine has already won this war. of course, they haven t militarily, but in diplomatic and moral terms he thinks the victory is already theirs. in the victory is already theirs. in order to win militarily they need more weapons. president zelensky tells the world that every single day. at this point carmarthen west going to give ukraine enough weapons to actually repel the russians in the east? i to actually repel the russia
france that pushed emmanuel macron towards sort of those kind of traditional topics like immigration and law traditional topics like immigration and law and order. and the fear in france and law and order. and the fear in france again and law and order. and the fear in france again today is that that might france again today is that that might happen to him again despite the promises. ithink might happen to him again despite the promises. i think people do believe the promises. i think people do believe he cares about the environment, he has that reputation, but witt environment, he has that reputation, but will he environment, he has that reputation, but will he be able to do this? first but will he be able to do this? first and but will he be able to do this? first and foremost come the parliamentary elections. the word ecolor parliamentary elections. the word ecology came parliamentary elections. the word ecology came op parliamentary elections. the word ecology c
french president in 20 years to win a second term. let s cross live to paris and talk to david eades. you join us at this rather wonderful spot overlooking the arc de triomphe, the famed ark, and it is a signal of success, i suppose, for emmanuel macron right now. he is the first french president in some 20 years to win a second term in office. he has been vowing to unite the country after his re election. looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of looking at the skill of his victory you might wonder why, 58.5% of the vote went to him, 41.5, to his far right rival, marine le pen, in other respects that might look like a crushing victory, but he has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after his first term in office reflected partly in the abstentions figure, the highest since 1969