The candidates from the two main Political Parties in the first round of the president ial election. Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron, whos never held elected office, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. Lets join Christian Fraser in paris. Hello. A warm welcome from paris. It isa hello. A warm welcome from paris. It is a beautiful evening here. The cities is looking resplendent. There is the eiffel tower lit up. But the shining lights in the president ial election very much a Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Both have gone through to the second round run off, which will take place a week on sunday. Lets show you how they are looking at the moment. There are still votes being counted. But the forecast, so far, the projection putting a Emmanuel Macron on 23. 8 , and Marine Le Pen on twitter i. 7 . And easy francois fillon, the former minister, i9. 8 , in a third. He conceded earlier. Jean Luc
Hello and welcome. It is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french president ial election suggest that the centrist, Emmanuel Macron, has won the first round. Several polls put him at 23 , a point or so ahead of Marine Le Pen, the anti Immigration National front representative. They go to a run off in two weeks time. Emmanuel macron said a had turned in french politics, with people expressing a desire for change in politics. Marine le pen described the result as historic. Ourfirst report comes from katya adler. One president ial election, two Rival Visions for france. Fresh faced Emmanuel Macron tops poll projections, promising fairer government, neither right nor left wing. A pro eu centrist, confident of success. Translation i hope that in a fortnight, i will become your president. I want to become the president of all the people of france. The president of the patriots, in the face of the threats from the nationalists. A president
of other sectors are taking industrial action too. train drivers, represented by aslef and the rmt unions, are on strike in a dispute about pay, job security and working conditions. rail industry bosses say change is needed to afford pay increases and modernise the railway. around 100,000 civil servants in 124 government departments, along with several other bodies, including border force, are also on strike. staff at 150 universities across the uk are striking over pay, conditions and pension changes. university employers say any increase in pay puts jobs at risk . and bus drivers employed by abellio in london are also taking industrial action. the unite union is calling for a pay rise to reflect the increasing cost of living. the disputes are largely about pay, but the government say they don t want to fuel inflation with big wage rises. in ourfirst report, lets take a more detailed look at the teachers strike in england and wales with our education reporter vanessa clarke.
faisal islam reports. ourfirst our first report ourfirst report is our first report is from ourfirst report is from ione wells. a few pleasantries caught on camera as the prime minister met with the king yesterday. your majesty, great to see you again. back again. it s a great pleasure. dear, oh, dear. the king s words, dear, oh, dear . a tick to move the conversation on, perhaps, but it is certainly how some tory mps felt last night when she met with them here in parliament. but the reception she got from some tory mps was frosty. mps in the room say the tory mp robert halfon, who supported rishi sunak s leadership ambitions, accused liz truss of trashing blue collar conservatism, saying the party of the national living wage was now cutting tax for millionaires and not ruling out a real term cut for benefits. some tory mps, though, have called for the party to come together after disagreements over some of the government s tax plans. there is no plan b. plan b is a lab
investigation into olivia s murder, police say they are continuing to gather information from the local community. you can see the scene is still cordoned off. two men arrested last week on suspicion of murder have both been released on police bail. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal to help pakistan deal with devastating floods. the country s prime minister has said the floods are the worst in the country s history. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in khyber pakhtunkhwa have also been badly hit. more than 1000 people are known to have been killed as roads, homes and bridges were washed away across the country. and officials estimate more than 33 million pakistanis, that s one in seven people, have been affected by the flooding. ourfirst report is from secunder kermani,