hello and welcome. it is 7am in singapore, midnight here in london, and 1am in paris, where projections from the french presidential 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 presidential 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
we report from the world masters games in auckland where age is no barrier. live from london and singapore, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 1am in london, 8am in singapore, and two in the morning in paris, where projections from the french presidential election suggest the centrist emmanuel macron has won the first round. several polls put him at 23%, a point or so ahead of marine le pen of the anti immigration national front. they ll go through to a run off in two weeks‘ time. mr macron said a page had clearly turned in french politics, with the people expressing a desire for change. marine le pen, for her part described the result as historic. this report from france is by our europe editor katya adler. one presidential 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,
so, now we know in two weeks the french people in their presidential election will have a choice between emmanuel macron and the far right national front candidate, marine le pen. mr macron said hisjob now was to reconcile the country and gather broad support. marine le pen said her victory in reaching the final round, had been historic she said it was time to liberate the french people . so let s have a look at the latest figures from the first round of voting. with 46 million votes counted mr macron led with 23.82% of votes and madame le pen on 21.58%. the conservative francois fillon and jean luc melenchon both on 19%. our first report from france, is by our europe editor katya adler. one presidential 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 wa
welcome to the programme and good morning from paris. so, now we know in two weeks, the french people, in their presidential election, will have a straight choice. the run off will be between emmanuel macron and the far right national front candidate marine le pen. mr macron said hisjob now was to reconcile the country and gather broad support. marine le pen said her victory in reaching the final round had been historic. she said it was time to liberate the french people . so let s have a look at the figures from the first round of voting. with all 47 millions votes accounted for, with all 47 million votes accounted for, mr macron led with 23%, madame le pen secured 21%. the conservative francois fillon and far leftjean luc melenchon both fell short on i9%. ourfirst report comes from james reynolds who was at the victory rally for emmanuel marcon in paris. emmanuel macron is front‘s newcomer and now the winner of this election‘s first round. he is an insider who has r
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