in other news, desperate attempts to get aid to those hit by typhoon rai in the philippines. more than 375 people are now known to have died. a court in london has ordered the ruler of dubai, sheikh mohammed, to pay his ex wife around £550 million. it s thought to be the largest divorce settlement in british history. and how about this for a creepy crawly nightmare? fossil evidence of the eight foot long millipede that weighed 50 kilos and was the size of a car. the chancellor rishi sunak is expected to give more details of government support to businesses hit by the spread of the omicron variant. it follows reports that the business secretary kwasi kwarteng is meeting businesses today to discuss the challenges they re facing. but there s still no further clarity on whether the government is going to impose more restrictions to combat covid in england ahead of christmas. meanwhile the number of covid infections in the uk continues to rise rapidly. there were another 91,715 n
thousands take to the streets in pakistan to protest against the ousting of the former prime minister imran khan from office. the olivier award goes to. eddie redmayne! and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far right leader marine le pen in a run off in two weeks time. results currently show only a two percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. it s on, the battle for the future of france. translation: do not make a mistake, this is not over. l the debate we re going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice for president macron or president le pen. transl
in valencia. and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. the olivier goes to. eddie redmayne. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far right leader marine le pen in a run off in two weeks time. results currently show only a 2 percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson has the latest. it s on, the battle for the future of france. translation: don t make a mistake, this isn t over. l the debate we re going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice of president macron or president le pen. translation: what will| happen on 24 april is not just a vote about conditions, it s a matter of society, even of civilisation. early projections suggest that emmanuel macron is still the favourite with 28% of voters, more than last
and eddie redmayne wins big at the olivier awards at the royal albert hall in london. with most of the votes counted in the first round of the french presidential election, emmanuel macron will face the far right leader marine le pen in a run off in two weeks time. results currently show only a 2 percentage point difference between them, with mr macron on just over 27% and ms le pen onjust over 25%. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson has the latest. it s on, the battle for the future of france. translation: don t make a mistake, this isn t over. l the debate we re going to have for the next 15 days is decisive for our country and for europe. a choice of president macron or president le pen. translation: what will| happen on 24 april is not just a vote about conditions, it s a matter of society, even of civilisation. early projections suggest that emmanuel macron is still the favourite with 28% of voters, more than last time around. marine le pen s share of the vote gre
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