good evening. we start with the european elections. it s still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we ve had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron s party. far right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in
alone in remote mountainous area and local officials say the body was spotted on a steep slope above the beach. yesterday a new cctv footage emerged hello showed him heading towards a path which would have taken him over miles of exposed hills. we can get the family statement now that has been released within the last hour and it is from the wife of michael mosley, doctor claire bailey mosley full stop she says i don t quite know where to begin with this it s devastating to have lost michael, my wonderful, funny and kind has been. we had an incredibly lucky life together, we love each other very much and were so happy. i am incredibly proud of our children, their resilience and support over the last days. she goes on to say that my family and i have been hugely comforted by the outpouring of love for people around the world. it s clear that michael meant a huge amount to so many of us. we are taking comfort in the fact that he he so very nearly made it. he did an incredible c