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emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. we assess how his en marche! movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. and president trump wants to cut red tape to get drugs on the market faster, but the pharmaceutical industry is wary of presidents bearing gifts. so now let s focus on the business implications of that result in france. we ll look at all the market reaction as well in this of world business report. so, he got thejob. emmanuel macron is to be the french president. now the hard work begins. his first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. the outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. as we ve highlighted before on this programme france has had a high unemployment rate for many, many years. currently it is about 10% of the workforce, or 3 million people. that co m pa res ....
on fake news during the election campaign, saying it ll do all it can to tackle the problem. in sport, there s hope yet for arsenal s season. they beat manchester united and are still in the chase for the champions league places. and carol has the weather. good morning. for some of us, the good morning. for some of us, the good weather will last. a bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. i will have more details in about ten minutes. good morning. first, our main story. france s newly elected president, emmanuel macron, has promised to heal the country s divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, marine le pen, in yesterday s election. the pro eu candidate secured 66% of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the country s youngest ever leader. speaking at a victory rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. here s our europe correspond ....
has hope. we ll tell you what his victory means for us in the uk. and these are some of the 82 freed chibok schoogirls who ve been hello. welcome to the programme, this morning let us know you re experience of giving birth in a maternity unit and also your experience if you work in one. our excluisve investigation on errors recorded in maternity units at quarter past 9. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. france s new president elect, emmanuel macron, has promised to heal the country s divisions, following his resounding victory over the far right leader, marine le pen. the pro european candidate secured 66 percent of the vote in yesterday s election and atjust 39, he will become the country s youngest ever president. addressing thousands of supporters in paris last night, he said he respected those who backed ms le pen, and would reach out to them. our europe correspondent, damian gra ....
promise in their manifesto to cut net migration to the tens of thousands. labour is promising to ban tv ads for unhealthy food before the watershed, to tackle childhood obesity. and facebook places advertisements in british newspapers with tips on how to spot fake news in the run up to the general election. good morning from paris, where emmanuel macron has been attending his first official function as france s president elect. hejoined commemorations here in the capital, marking the end of the second world war in europe, along with the man he ll replace by the end of the week, francois hollande. the two men stood side by side for the annual ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier to commemorate victory in europe day and the surrender of nazi forces on may eight, 1916. mr macron who ll be france s youngest leader since napoleon is working on forming a new government. he s admitted he faces daunting challenges and he promised to heal divisions and restore confi ....
my understanding is that without hesitation, wearing his normal clothes, he dived in and tried to assist. and he, i m afraid, was himself severely injured, but utterly heroic. security moves centre stage in the general election campaign, as labour and the conservatives clash over funding for the police and security services. welcome to bbc news. we are as close as we can get to london bridge. the police cordon is still in place after saturday night s attack after seven people died and 48 people were injured. the normal working week is resuming in london with attempts to get back to normality. many tube stations disrupted yesterday are back and running again, but still there is still an awful lot to reflect on after the grim events of the weekend. let s take a look at what we know this morning. police have said they do know the names of the attackers and will release them as soon as operationally possible, while officers try to establish if they were a part of a wider ne ....