Polls are open in france as people across the country cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. These are live pictures of a Polling Station in paris. Final Opinion Polls suggest Marine Le Pen s far right National Rally will secure the most votes, but its thought its unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration National Rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys 28 year old Leaderjordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pen s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Joining me now our Correspondent M
Of virtual concerts. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Severe weather and flash flooding in the northeastern united states has now killed at least forty five people, with states of emergency in place in new york and newjersey. It s prompted president biden to call for the united states to be better prepared for the climate crisis and to take action after the unprecedented rainfall brought by storm ida. Our correspondent nada tawfik reports. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platforms down to the tracks of the new york city subway. The sudden deluge from ida s move up north shut down the network and didn t stop there. A state of emergency was called as the city became paralysed by record breaking rain and flash flooding. Turning wide boulevards quickly into waterways. Motorists and a few out working despite the obstacles, waded through the water to get home. Officials warned residents to remain indoors but in parts of new york, houses were no longer a
A reminder of our top story. A stark warning from scientists. A new report says climate change is already having an impact on the uk with the prospect of more flooding and higher temperatures. That s all from the bbc news at six. Iam back i am back with all the latest at ten, but now we canjoin i am back with all the latest at ten, but now we can join the i am back with all the latest at ten, but now we canjoin the bbc news teams where you were. Goodbye. Hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. She trained at the london olympic venue, now she is an olympic medallist. Mallory franklin wins silver in another first for team gb. It s one of the most touching moments of the games so far we speak to matty lee about winning that gold with tom daley. But no fairy tale ending for helen glover and polly swan, as their olympicjourney comes to an end. Despite not winning a medal, the mum of three has an incredibly positive message. You can do anything you want to deal, and trying and f
quite a lot of showers. this is lancashire at the moment, some rainbows around, through the rest of the day we will keep their changeable theme of showers, longer spells of rain. mothers. the rest of the week is looking pretty and settled down to the fact that low pressure is moving in from the atlantic, this frontal system is bringing fairly persistent rain to some across parts of england and wales. heavyweight sitting across parts of the south west of england, wales, towards northern england at the moment will slowly edge eastwards heavy rain setting. this will slowly ease. showers rolling into northwestern scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of sunshine in between the showers but a lot of blue on the map and temperatures round about 12 to 17 for most, 19 in norwich. then there s weather front sweeps eastwards this evening and overnight, gradually clearing away from the east coast, leaving us with clever sky such that it showers. it will be a colder night than re