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good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1am in paris, where the two candidates hoping to be president of france have been going head to head in the final television debate of the election. the latest polls suggest the centrist emmanuel macron is well ahead of his far right rival marine le pen but his lead has narrowed. both are competing to win over undecided voters ahead of the final vote on sunday. james reynolds has been watching the debate. he calls her the candidate of hate. she says he has no qualities. tonight, they meet. emmanuel macron, the frontrunner, won t want to slip up. he s standing as a pro eu, pro immigration centrist and he s protecting a clear lead in the polls. marine le pen, from the front national, is trying to bring him down. i asked her what she wanted from the debate? translation: what do i expect from the debate? some clarification from mr macron. he s still being very vague. and tonight, on french tv, the two candidates fa ....
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 2am in paris, where the two candidates hoping to be president of france have been going head to head in the final television debate of the election. the latest polls suggest the centrist emmanuel macron is well ahead of his far right rival marine le pen, but his lead has narrowed. both are competing to win over undecided voters ahead of the final vote on sunday. james reynolds has been watching the debate. for the first time, emmanuel macron and marine le pen sat a clear cross from one another. right from the start of this debate they began air attacks. translation: emmanuel macron is the candidate of savage globalisation, economic uncertainty, social brutality, every man for himself. translation: you have shown you are not the candidate for a balanced democratic debate. the question is, do the people want an elitist attitude? you say globalisation is too hard for us, so is europe. let s shut our borders because others succeed, n ....
world news, it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this will become law is a very different matter, as it still faces a steep hurdle in the senate. he is our north america editorjon sopel the momentjust after 2pm in washington this afternoon when trumpcare washington this afternoon when trumpca re became a washington this afternoon when trumpcare became a thing. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame! outside, a rather different tune as protesters giant shame. this fight isn t o ....
this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment itjust after two o clock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a this afternoon in washington when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, sham ....
now it s time for world business report. to stay or to leave? yep, the big boss of one of the world s largest banks, goldman sachs, tells the bbc about his preparations for a world after brexit that s coming up in an exclusive interview. and are you ready for round two? it s a biggie for europe, with one of them being knocked out. yep, it s the last day of campaigning before france elects their next president. so we re going to look at how each one s plans to run the eurozone‘s 2nd biggest economy. welcome to world business report. i m aaron heslehurst. if you don t like waving hands and high energy, i suggest you switch the channel right now. the rest of you who are staying with us, thank you. the chief executive of goldman sachs has warned that london will stall because of the risks from the brexit process. lloyd blankfein told the bbc that the company was developing contingency plans to move some of its 6,500 employees out of the capital depending on the outcom ....