personnel and police officers are being deployed across france in preparation for voting in the country s presidential election after the killing of a police officer in paris. terrorism dominated the final day of campaigning on friday, and security has been increased before polls in mainland france open tomorrow. 0ur reporter is in paris. welcome to a busy market. right in the centre of the city. the background to this election is anything but ordinary. tens of thousands of extra security personnel are on the streets all over france. we can see armed police walking around this market at times. a real strange contrast to the normal life revolving all around that security. national security for us that security. national security for us to the top of the political agenda by the events of boast evening when a police officer was shot dead on the champs elysees just a couple of miles from here. the french prepare for an election organised under a state of emergency. armed police a
lasted for five hours, counted 165 bodies. the battle lasted forfive hours, and counted 165 bodies. the battle lasted for five hours, and today dozens lasted for five hours, and today d oze ns of lasted for five hours, and today dozens of injured soldiers were being treated in a local hospital. translation: when i came out of the mosque after prayers, three people with army uniforms and an army vehicle started shooting at us. the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and issued this picture of the men it claims were behind it, ten are now dead, one was ca ptu red behind it, ten are now dead, one was captured alive. the assault on the army base is a shocking reminder of just how tough the ongoing battle in afghanistan is. last month in afghan special forces helicopter landed on top of the military hospital in kabul after it was stormed by gunmen disguised as doctors. about 50 people died in that attack. two and a half yea rs people died in that attack. two and a ha
is still a fair distance to go. all in the name of art. it looks like beatrice had the best of the weather for that weekend. what is happening for the rest of us? i tell you what, there is a real surge of cold in coming our way. there will be an echo of winter heading our way, but not in the short term. in the short term, we have some sunshine and it s not looking bad for the london marathon, if you re running it tomorrow. right now, lots of clear skies across western areas, but cloud in the east and the south. so a bit of a mixed day as far as the skies are concerned, some of us having sunny weather, others overcast. tonight, the skies will create a course many areas. orkney and shetland will have temperature is not far of freezing and some frost in rural areas for some of us on sunday morning. the weather starts afresh in london for the marathon and will stay cloudy for most of the day. temperatures will hover around 11 or 12 degrees. on monday and tuesday, we expect the te
using coal to generate a trustee for the first time since the late 20th century. and the travel show heads to china ahead of the great wall marathon next month. since the late 19th century. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. conservative and labour politicians are on the general election trail in the first weekend of the campaign. jeremy corbyn is in manchester, where he said the party wanted to make the tax system fairer by getting the very wealthy and what he called ‘corporates to pay more. theresa may is in dudley in the west midlands. she said the country was facing the most important election in her lifetime and insisted the conservatives were a lower tax party . there s been speculation they may raise taxes if they win the general election. our political correspondent leila nathoojoins me. one of the issues that theresa may has gone with the electorate is that she has already changed her policies ona she has already changed her policies on a few things alr
it s difficult, tiring. more tiring than expected. one leg down and there is still a fair distance to go. all in the name of art. people can do the gardening if they want, it is list next week that will see big changes in air, a bit because happiness, echoes of winter. any short term if you want to do the gardening, it is fine, dry with sunshine. there could be a bit of frost on the way but nothing too cold. might be a nip in the af in some areas. right now clyde gast isaac boss eastern and southern areas, largely sunni across many central and western parts particularly wales. through this evening, showers across the north of scotla nd evening, showers across the north of scotland and north east. the rest of the country, dry with clear skies. temperatures will dip away. towns and cities they are around five celsius, rule by around 5 degrees lower than that. tomorrow, nice day for the london marathon, starting quite fresh with sunshine but not too hot. lots of dry weather acro