:00:08. > :00:11.A policeman has been shot dead on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
:00:12. > :00:16.A major security operation is underway.
:00:17. > :00:21.You have to stay back please! The Champs Elysees is closed because of
:00:22. > :00:24.shotguns, stay back. A gunman got out of a car
:00:25. > :00:26.on the busy boulevard and opened fire on a coach
:00:27. > :00:29.carrying police officers. The attack took place just
:00:30. > :00:32.under two hours ago - the entire area around the Champs
:00:33. > :00:38.Elysees has been evacuated. And meat we were moving towards the
:00:39. > :00:41.car and heard two or three shots. I didn't realise they were shots to
:00:42. > :00:43.start with. There was panic all around.
:00:44. > :00:45.Two other police officers have been injured -
:00:46. > :00:47.the French authorities say they are treating it
:00:48. > :00:50.This is the live scene in Paris now -
:00:51. > :00:53.the police say they're not ruling out the possibility that there
:00:54. > :01:00.It comes three days before the first round of French presidential
:01:01. > :01:01.elections. We'll have the very latest on this breaking story.
:01:02. > :01:03.We'll have the very latest on this breaking story.
:01:04. > :01:06.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, casts himself
:01:07. > :01:08.as the anti-establishment candidate in his first major speech
:01:09. > :01:21.It's the establishment versus the people. It's our historic duty to
:01:22. > :01:23.make sure the people prevail. This election is about ensuring we have
:01:24. > :01:26.strong and stable leadership in this country in the national interest.
:01:27. > :01:28.Scientists says they have identified drugs that may be able
:01:29. > :01:35.to halt the progress of diseases like dementia and Parkinson's.
:01:36. > :01:38.The children of Syria displaced by war -
:01:39. > :01:40.a year after they were forced from their homes we return
:01:41. > :01:51.Later on BBC London, a couple who pretended their baby died on a bus
:01:52. > :01:54.are convicted of causing or allowing her death. There will be fewer buses
:01:55. > :02:20.on Oxford Street. Find out why. A policeman has been shot dead on
:02:21. > :02:24.the Champs Elysees in Paris after gunmen opened fire on police
:02:25. > :02:27.officers. The French Interior Ministry said the gunmen got out of
:02:28. > :02:30.a car and opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon. He tried to
:02:31. > :02:35.run from the scene but was then shot dead. The area around the world
:02:36. > :02:39.famous boulevard has been evacuated. Authorities are treating it as a
:02:40. > :02:42.terrorist incident. The attack comes three days before the first round of
:02:43. > :02:44.the French presidential elections. With the latest from Paris, Europe
:02:45. > :02:54.editor Katya Adler. You have to stay back, please. The
:02:55. > :02:59.area is dangerous because of shotguns. Please stay back. Tonight,
:03:00. > :03:02.France's worst fears realised, yet another terror attack and just two
:03:03. > :03:07.days before an all-important presidential election here. One
:03:08. > :03:11.policeman killed, another seriously injured in a shooting on the
:03:12. > :03:18.emblematic and busy Champs Elysees. TRANSLATION: I was walking on the
:03:19. > :03:21.pavement, there was a bus full of police, the man parked just in front
:03:22. > :03:25.of the bus, then got out a Kalashnikov and then he shot six
:03:26. > :03:32.times. I thought it was fireworks. Then he went and hid behind a lorry.
:03:33. > :03:35.TRANSLATION: We were moving towards a car and I heard two or three
:03:36. > :03:39.shots. I didn't realise they were shots to start with. Then there was
:03:40. > :03:42.just panic all around, everyone started running down the Champs
:03:43. > :03:47.Elysees just by instinct. I didn't stop to work out what was going on,
:03:48. > :03:52.I just ran, too. The attacker was then shot dead by police. Guns
:03:53. > :03:56.drawn, the police are showing people of the street. This country which up
:03:57. > :04:00.until just now was obsessed by politics and the upcoming election
:04:01. > :04:03.has been thrown back into a sense of fear it was just about recovering
:04:04. > :04:08.from after the mass Paris attacks over a year ago. Tonight, people in
:04:09. > :04:17.central Paris were too scared to leave their homes. The tension is
:04:18. > :04:22.palpable. Shots are being fired, is it gunshots? No. A sudden noise
:04:23. > :04:26.where we were was mistaken for gunfire and had police shouting us
:04:27. > :04:30.off the street. Metro stations in central Paris have been shut down
:04:31. > :04:34.for now as armed police spread across the streets of the capital.
:04:35. > :04:38.Tonight, Paris is fearful, and on high alert. Katya Adler: the BBC
:04:39. > :04:39.News, Paris. Our correspondent Christian Fraser
:04:40. > :04:48.is in the Champs Elysees. A developing, breaking story. What
:04:49. > :04:51.is the latest, Christian? I can tell you, the police operation that was
:04:52. > :04:55.under way for the last two hours around the Champs Elysees has come
:04:56. > :04:59.to an end. Police activity we're seeing is around that car, which has
:05:00. > :05:06.pulled up alongside the police van. Thereafter render it police officers
:05:07. > :05:09.working on that car. To the east of Paris they are going to an apartment
:05:10. > :05:12.they believe is linked to the attacker. We don't know yet whether
:05:13. > :05:18.a second attacker was involved. It is possible. The counterintelligence
:05:19. > :05:26.police here, DGS I, in France, say they know the identity of the
:05:27. > :05:29.attacker, it would suggest their may well be a terror link. Three days
:05:30. > :05:32.before a French election there will be working through the night to find
:05:33. > :05:37.out who this person was, who did he speak to, who did he know? And
:05:38. > :05:40.whether there is further risk. We understand President Francois
:05:41. > :05:44.Hollande has called an emergency meeting with his interior minister.
:05:45. > :05:51.They are currently in the Filise Palace going through the details of
:05:52. > :05:57.that attack. We are hearing updated news one police officer was killed,
:05:58. > :06:02.two injured. Taking place on one of the busiest streets right in the
:06:03. > :06:07.middle of Paris. Yes, we were broadcasting at the foot of the Arc
:06:08. > :06:13.de Triomphe. That is the Champs Elysees the other side. As we were
:06:14. > :06:19.broadcasting one or two police cars when pastors, then all directions,
:06:20. > :06:23.clearly would have got out on police radios that fellow officers were in
:06:24. > :06:27.difficulty. There was a rather bizarre situation where they stopped
:06:28. > :06:35.a bus on the roundabout that goes around the Arc de Triomphe. About
:06:36. > :06:38.six police cars swooped on this bus, armed police got out. Clearly they
:06:39. > :06:42.thought someone was on that bus trying to get away. For the hour
:06:43. > :06:46.that followed, there was a lot of panic here as people tried to get
:06:47. > :06:50.away from the area. There were armed police at the end of each street.
:06:51. > :06:53.Clearly, quite a serious situation developed over the course of the
:06:54. > :06:57.next hour, because the police just didn't know what they were dealing
:06:58. > :07:01.with. Christian Fraser with the latest in Paris. We can spread to
:07:02. > :07:06.Europe editor Katya Adler in our Paris studio. This attack has taken
:07:07. > :07:11.place three days before the first round of the French presidential
:07:12. > :07:15.elections. What could the impact be? First let me tell you the reason I'm
:07:16. > :07:19.in the bureau, we are just 200 yards from where the attack took place and
:07:20. > :07:27.police really just shoved us of the street. Of course, this is an attack
:07:28. > :07:29.French security services so feared might be planned to coincide with
:07:30. > :07:36.the French presidential election just a couple of days ago police had
:07:37. > :07:39.a raid in Marseille and found a house full of explosives. Just now
:07:40. > :07:45.we're hearing reports on French media that the attacker was known to
:07:46. > :07:48.police for links to Islamic extremism. And France, amongst all
:07:49. > :07:55.European nations, really been the most targeted. If this is confirmed
:07:56. > :08:00.as an Islamic fundamentalist attack. In these kind of events, since 2015.
:08:01. > :08:04.France has been under a state of emergency since then. The shootings
:08:05. > :08:09.tonight took place just as the French presidential candidates were
:08:10. > :08:15.holding their last televised debate. And at this moment we just don't
:08:16. > :08:19.know how it's going to affect the presidential election here on
:08:20. > :08:22.Sunday. Thank you, Katya Adler. We'll bring you the very latest on
:08:23. > :08:24.this breaking story later in the programme.
:08:25. > :08:27.The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has used his first major speech
:08:28. > :08:30.of the election campaign to pledge that he will put power and wealth
:08:31. > :08:33.in the hands of the people if he becomes prime minister.
:08:34. > :08:34.He presented himself as the anti-establishment candidate
:08:35. > :08:37.taking on what he called a system rigged against working people.
:08:38. > :08:40.And he told his supporters that the outcome of the snap election
:08:41. > :08:47.Meanwhile the Prime Minister has restated her commitment to cutting
:08:48. > :08:48.annual net migration to a "sustainable" level
:08:49. > :08:53.Here's our political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
:08:54. > :08:55.No one's going to say they're all the same.
:08:56. > :09:00.And not the admirers of the Labour leader
:09:01. > :09:01.who queued round the block to
:09:02. > :09:06.We need something different, not more of the same.
:09:07. > :09:11.This is a man who should be leading the
:09:12. > :09:12.country, should be our Prime Minister,
:09:13. > :09:13.because he is offering a
:09:14. > :09:17.The left waited a long time for a leader like Jeremy
:09:18. > :09:25.But will the rest of the country rush towards him?
:09:26. > :09:38.The Labour Party that's standing up for
:09:39. > :09:40.working people, to improve the lives of all.
:09:41. > :09:42.It's the establishment versus the people.
:09:43. > :09:44.It's our historic duty to make sure the people
:09:45. > :09:50.APPLAUSE CHEERING
:09:51. > :09:52.In practice, that means hikes to the
:09:53. > :09:55.minimum wage, bigger benefits for carers,
:09:56. > :09:59.higher taxes for some of the
:10:00. > :10:07.biggest businesses, who he said proudly should fear him.
:10:08. > :10:10.If I was Southern Rail or if I were Philip
:10:11. > :10:18.Green eyes be worried about a Labour government, I really would.
:10:19. > :10:21.If I were Mike Ashley or the CEO of a tax-avoiding
:10:22. > :10:25.corporation I'd want to see a Tory victory, I really would.
:10:26. > :10:28.Because those are the people who are monopolising the
:10:29. > :10:31.wealth that should be shared by each and every one of us in the
:10:32. > :10:34.But it means more borrowing and spending, too.
:10:35. > :10:38.Ideas that at the last election didn't do Labour many favours.
:10:39. > :10:41.What is it you hope to show to voters in the next seven weeks
:10:42. > :10:47.That they haven't seen in the last two years since
:10:48. > :10:51.Our message is one of inclusion and social
:10:52. > :10:55.get that message out across the whole country.
:10:56. > :11:08.This invited audience of loyalist leapt to their feet.
:11:09. > :11:11.This was a classic Jeremy Corbyn speech, the kind of speech that won
:11:12. > :11:15.He spelt out in sky-high letters how he will pitch this campaign.
:11:16. > :11:20.He's obviously a man of principle, a man
:11:21. > :11:28.Can he step up to the plate and the next level?
:11:29. > :11:30.Well, he's got 50 days now to do that.
:11:31. > :11:31.I'm really impressed, Jeremy has always said
:11:32. > :11:34.the right thing, he just never had the opportunity.
:11:35. > :11:37.Maybe decent people don't get elected, but he's also got an
:11:38. > :11:40.allotment, he makes his own jam, did you know that?
:11:41. > :11:48.Beyond the home crowd in seats like Luton, will
:11:49. > :11:51.Jeremy Corbyn and his team's campaign of us and then cut through?
:11:52. > :11:59.He's a modern socialist, and I think if
:12:00. > :12:02.I don't think he's a coherent leader.
:12:03. > :12:09.Inevitably, the Prime Minister claims Mr Corbyn is not up to it.
:12:10. > :12:12.Not least because unlike the Tories he won't commit as she affirmed
:12:13. > :12:15.today to the Tory ambition to cut immigration to under 100,000.
:12:16. > :12:17.No mention of the fact the target has
:12:18. > :12:21.This election is about ensuring we have strong and
:12:22. > :12:24.stable leadership in this country in the national interest.
:12:25. > :12:26.It's about strengthening our negotiating hand
:12:27. > :12:35.for Brexit and about sticking to our plan for a stronger Britain,
:12:36. > :12:37.developing a more secure future for ordinary working people in
:12:38. > :12:50.And Laura Kuenssberg is in Westminster for us now.
:12:51. > :12:58.So Jeremy Corbyn starting out as the underdog but clearly believes he can
:12:59. > :13:02.appeal. One thing is completely clear from today. Jeremy Corbyn is
:13:03. > :13:07.not going to be squeezed into any kind of election straitjacket, he's
:13:08. > :13:09.sticking to what he has always run on, sticking to the same kind of
:13:10. > :13:15.pitch that captured the Labour leadership for him. His appeal is
:13:16. > :13:19.clear, right round to the whole country. He says the Tories are the
:13:20. > :13:23.party of the few, Labour is the party of the many. And only he can
:13:24. > :13:27.somehow make the country fell for everybody. What he'll be tested on
:13:28. > :13:30.of course in the next seven weeks is whether that message can do more
:13:31. > :13:35.than put fire in the belly is of people on the left. Can he translate
:13:36. > :13:39.that into something that works for voters of all sorts of different
:13:40. > :13:43.varieties? People close to him believe they can put a significant
:13:44. > :13:47.dent in the Tories enormous poll lead. They believe the course of
:13:48. > :13:52.this election could turn quite sharply. Whether they can really
:13:53. > :13:56.close the gap when time is so tight, that's quite a different question.
:13:57. > :14:00.They are aware it's a tall order. But he's not stepping back at all
:14:01. > :14:06.from his message to try to come across as any more moderate or try
:14:07. > :14:10.to show in anyway is somehow not who he really is. There has been a
:14:11. > :14:15.development for one of Mr Corbyn's biggest backers, facing something of
:14:16. > :14:19.a challenge. This might sound very obscure but it's absolutely
:14:20. > :14:23.fundamental to the Labour Party's fortunes in this election and
:14:24. > :14:26.potentially beyond. Len McCluskey is the boss of Unite, the union, the
:14:27. > :14:32.biggest in the country and the biggest backer of Mr Corbyn. He's
:14:33. > :14:36.been facing a challenge to his leadership from a man called Gerard
:14:37. > :14:40.Coyne. That election has been relatively low-key, but it's drawing
:14:41. > :14:45.to a close. The ballot papers have gone out and counting is about to
:14:46. > :14:49.begin. Today, right from the blue, a dramatic twist. News which does
:14:50. > :14:55.Gerard Coyne had been suspended from his job at the union. It doesn't
:14:56. > :14:59.mean he's kicked out from being a candidate, but it does mean, just as
:15:00. > :15:03.this general election campaign is going, there is a question over
:15:04. > :15:09.who's going to be in charge in the offices of the place where labour
:15:10. > :15:13.absolutely needs their support. The result officially is not expected
:15:14. > :15:17.until next week, but we believe it might emerge tomorrow. You can't
:15:18. > :15:22.underestimate how much this backroom struggle has been a struggle,
:15:23. > :15:26.really, a proxy, for the whole future of the Labour Party. In the
:15:27. > :15:30.next couple of days, a big clue about how Labour will go forward
:15:31. > :15:33.very soon. Laura Kuenssberg, thank you.
:15:34. > :15:36.The deadline for parties in Northern Ireland to try to form
:15:37. > :15:38.a government has been extended to the end of June -
:15:39. > :15:39.beyond the forthcoming General Election.
:15:40. > :15:41.Several parties at Stormont have said talks were unsustainable
:15:42. > :15:44.as they'd be campaigning against each other.
:15:45. > :15:47.It also means the British Government avoids having to make a decision
:15:48. > :15:51.Launching the Greens' election campaign in Bristol,
:15:52. > :15:54.the co-leader Caroline Lucas said her party would stand up
:15:55. > :15:59.for equality and a bigger role for the state.
:16:00. > :16:02.She appealed to young people to vote Green -
:16:03. > :16:04.and said they'd been betrayed over tuition fees, a lack
:16:05. > :16:06.of affordable housing and inaction on climate change.
:16:07. > :16:15.The former Ukip leader Nigel Farage has told the BBC he will not be
:16:16. > :16:17.standing as a candidate in the forthcoming general election.
:16:18. > :16:19.Mr Farage has previously failed in seven attempts to get
:16:20. > :16:22.Ukip currently have no MPs after Douglas Carswell quit
:16:23. > :16:26.The Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has been strongly
:16:27. > :16:33.criticised for failing to condemn new welfare rules -
:16:34. > :16:36.which mean some women will have to demonstrate they were rape
:16:37. > :16:41.victims - in order to receive benefits.
:16:42. > :16:43.Under the changes, tax credits will only be paid for a family's
:16:44. > :16:46.first two children - unless they can show that other
:16:47. > :16:50.Our Scotland editor Sarah Smith reports.
:16:51. > :16:53.Here's something you don't expect to see in the general election.
:16:54. > :16:55.Four rival party leaders all on the same side.
:16:56. > :17:02.Demonstrating against the so-called rape clause.
:17:03. > :17:05.The policy, introduced by the Westminster
:17:06. > :17:11.government, that limits tax credits to two children unless the mother
:17:12. > :17:13.declares a child was conceived as the consequence of rape.
:17:14. > :17:15.Inside the Scottish Parliament Nicola Sturgeon
:17:16. > :17:24.challenged the Tories Scottish leader to defend the policy.
:17:25. > :17:26.Do you support the rape clause in principle
:17:27. > :17:29.or do you, like me, think it is utterly abhorrent?
:17:30. > :17:38.I will answer the question the same way I
:17:39. > :17:40.answered it in the press this morning.
:17:41. > :17:42.If the First Minister doesn't like the two-child tax
:17:43. > :17:51.But the truth is, the truth is, this First
:17:52. > :17:56.Minister is always happier, always happy complaining about the UK
:17:57. > :17:58.Government than she is about doing anything herself.
:17:59. > :18:11.We have just seen in this chamber the true colours of
:18:12. > :18:19.If Jeremy Corbyn was Prime Minister there would be no rape clause.
:18:20. > :18:22.There would be no more housing benefit
:18:23. > :18:28.cuts and there would be no more austerity.
:18:29. > :18:31.And I will proudly campaign for that over the next six
:18:32. > :18:32.weeks as she campaigns for independence.
:18:33. > :18:34.So for the government to pass judgment...
:18:35. > :18:37.The two-child tax policy applies right across the UK.
:18:38. > :18:39.The SNP have made it a particularly hot political issue in Scotland.
:18:40. > :18:42.This row could be a problem for the Conservatives.
:18:43. > :18:45.They are hoping to attract the support of
:18:46. > :18:51.but who don't want Scottish independence.
:18:52. > :18:54.That's why all the other parties have come together to
:18:55. > :18:58.highlight a Tory policy that is not popular in Scotland.
:18:59. > :19:00.Ruth Davidson has worked hard to detoxify
:19:01. > :19:07.Successfully increasing their support.
:19:08. > :19:11.By attacking her on issues like benefit
:19:12. > :19:14.cuts, her opponents want to reverse the campaign to rebrand and
:19:15. > :19:15.reposition the Scottish Conservatives.
:19:16. > :19:20.Let's return to the main news tonight.
:19:21. > :19:23.A police officer has been shot and killed by a gunman
:19:24. > :19:33.on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris.
:19:34. > :19:37.Two other officers have been injured.
:19:38. > :19:40.Christian Fraser who's in the Champs Elysees.
:19:41. > :19:45.In the last few minutes we have received a clearer picture of what
:19:46. > :19:49.has happened. Extraordinary pictures of the immediate aftermath of the
:19:50. > :19:52.shooting and a grey Audi car pulled up alongside the police van and in
:19:53. > :19:56.this image the policeman clearly fires at somebody on the pavement. I
:19:57. > :20:00.was speculating earlier that perhaps there was a second attacker because
:20:01. > :20:06.of the activity that went on around this area shortly after that. They
:20:07. > :20:09.stopped a bus on the roundabout here and we're hearing from Reuters that
:20:10. > :20:13.perhaps there may have been a second attack and they have seen a document
:20:14. > :20:16.from the Interior Ministry of an arrest warrant for a second man that
:20:17. > :20:20.travelled into France from Belgium by a train but that is only from one
:20:21. > :20:24.news agency at the moment so I would express some caution with that.
:20:25. > :20:27.Politically we are hearing from Marine Le Pen and Francois Fillon
:20:28. > :20:30.they are cancelling their campaigning tomorrow. Remember it's
:20:31. > :20:34.the final day of campaigning for them tomorrow so that is quite
:20:35. > :20:42.something, two days ahead of the election they will not go into the
:20:43. > :20:44.final rallies in Paris and elsewhere in the country. Francois Hollande
:20:45. > :20:47.has been in a meeting this evening with his interior minister and we
:20:48. > :20:50.expect an update from him shortly. I would just remind you there is a
:20:51. > :20:55.police operation live and ongoing in Paris at the moment. There is a
:20:56. > :20:57.search going on in the Department East of Paris. Francis to wonder
:20:58. > :21:02.State of Emergency and has been extended five times. The longest
:21:03. > :21:06.period France has been under a State of Emergency since the Algerian War
:21:07. > :21:10.in the 1960s. With this drip, drip, drip of attacks, the constant number
:21:11. > :21:14.of attacks we have seen in France, you would say it would have to be
:21:15. > :21:17.quite a brave new President that would lift the State of Emergency at
:21:18. > :21:22.the moment. Christian, thank you. Francois Hollande the President is
:21:23. > :21:25.speaking now and he has said he is convinced the attack in Paris was
:21:26. > :21:28.terrorist related. We will go back to the story later in the programme.
:21:29. > :21:31.A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
:21:32. > :21:34.A mother and father who tried to cover up their baby's death
:21:35. > :21:37.by pretending she suddenly became ill while on a bus in London,
:21:38. > :21:39.have been convicted of causing or allowing the death
:21:40. > :21:42.Jeffrey Wiltshire and Rosalin Baker were cleared of murder.
:21:43. > :21:44.The Old Bailey heard that 4-month-old Imani
:21:45. > :21:48.The pair will be sentenced next month.
:21:49. > :21:50.Public safety is at risk because police officers in England
:21:51. > :21:53.and Wales are being forced to fill gaps in mental health services,
:21:54. > :21:58.according to the Chief Inspector of Constabulary.
:21:59. > :22:02.Sir Tom Winsor says officers are being used as a service of first
:22:03. > :22:10.resort, when ambulances and beds aren't available.
:22:11. > :22:13.It's been described as 'potentially a major step forward'.
:22:14. > :22:14.Scientists have found a way of halting dementia
:22:15. > :22:19.The drugs used are already given to patients for other conditions
:22:20. > :22:21.As our medical correspondent Fergus Walsh reports,
:22:22. > :22:27.the next step is to begin trials on humans.
:22:28. > :22:29.This research mouse has a degenerative brain disease which
:22:30. > :22:39.This second mouse has the same condition, but is being treated
:22:40. > :22:43.with a drug that has kept it healthy.
:22:44. > :22:48.The lead scientist says patient trials could begin in a year,
:22:49. > :22:52.with the aim of halting Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease in humans.
:22:53. > :22:57.Halting is an incredibly important goal here,
:22:58. > :23:03.clinics, and if I could halt disease when people come to see me,
:23:04. > :23:04.then you could maintain a meaningful quality of life,
:23:05. > :23:07.independence, and freedom from institutionalisation,
:23:08. > :23:11.which would be an extraordinary achievement.
:23:12. > :23:13.So we're not talking about a cure for dementia,
:23:14. > :23:17.but drugs that might nonetheless slow Alzheimer's
:23:18. > :23:24.These neurodegenerative conditions involve the loss of healthy
:23:25. > :23:30.That starts with the build-up of faulty proteins, which triggers
:23:31. > :23:39.This makes the cells starve, and eventually die.
:23:40. > :23:41.The drugs prevent the defence mechanism kicking in,
:23:42. > :23:44.These Medical Research Council laboratories
:23:45. > :23:52.drugs which work in mice, and are safe in humans.
:23:53. > :23:56.One of the drugs is already used as an antidepressant.
:23:57. > :23:58.But Joy Watson is not getting her hopes up,
:23:59. > :24:02.because so many other Alzheimer's trials have failed.
:24:03. > :24:05.She was diagnosed on her 55th birthday, and now even a simple task
:24:06. > :24:12.You want to believe that it's going to be, you know,
:24:13. > :24:18.a fantastic thing that it's reported to be.
:24:19. > :24:21.But I don't allow myself to get that enthusiastic any more.
:24:22. > :24:27.You know, I'd rather wait until more substantial evidence
:24:28. > :24:36.This is the antidepressant which halted neurodegenerative
:24:37. > :24:44.But what works in rodents may not in humans.
:24:45. > :24:46.The patient trial results will be eagerly awaited.
:24:47. > :25:00.After six years of wars Syrians faced the largest humanitarian
:25:01. > :25:06.crisis in the world. Bwin says children have paid the heaviest
:25:07. > :25:07.price in the conflict. -- the UN says children have paid the heaviest
:25:08. > :25:12.price. Almost half have of Syria's children
:25:13. > :25:15.had to flee their homes. Millions are dependent
:25:16. > :25:16.on humanitarian aid. Last year we brought you the stories
:25:17. > :25:19.of two children from Syria, 12 months on our correspondent
:25:20. > :25:22.Caroline Hawley has been to see how To see her play, you'd have no idea
:25:23. > :25:26.what she's been through. Her family fled a chemical
:25:27. > :25:28.attack near Damascus Her mother had only
:25:29. > :25:32.a nappy soaked in Rouaa's been in this camp now
:25:33. > :25:37.for nearly half her life. And the playground is the best
:25:38. > :25:39.thing about it by far. It's fine by day, but at
:25:40. > :25:49.night, she says, she is This makeshift school wasn't
:25:50. > :26:37.here when we met her last. But the education she
:26:38. > :26:41.gets is basic at best. Rouaa wants to be a maths
:26:42. > :26:44.teacher when she grows up. No wonder her father
:26:45. > :27:02.lies awake at night Mustapha left Syria for safety and
:27:03. > :27:07.medical treatment but Syria's war will never leave him. It's lodged in
:27:08. > :27:13.his brain in the form of shrapnel from a barrel bombs. Mustapha is
:27:14. > :27:23.partially paralysed down his left hand side. His classmates have all
:27:24. > :27:26.lost their fathers. Mustapha and his little sister lost their mother too
:27:27. > :28:22.in an air strike. Three times a week, faithfully,
:28:23. > :28:24.she takes Mustafa to Mustafa wants to be
:28:25. > :28:42.a dentist when he grows up. For that he'll need
:28:43. > :28:45.the use of both his hands. But don't doubt this little
:28:46. > :29:01.boy's determination. Back to Paris now, a city facing a
:29:02. > :29:05.major terror alert following the shooting dead of a police officer in
:29:06. > :29:09.the city centre just over two hours ago. The gunman opened fire on the
:29:10. > :29:13.Champs-Elysees killing the officer and seriously wounding two others
:29:14. > :29:19.and he was then shot dead by police. It comes just three days before the
:29:20. > :29:22.first round of the country's presidential elections. Europe
:29:23. > :29:25.editor Katya Adler joins us from Paris. President Hollande has been
:29:26. > :29:31.speaking while we have been on air about the attack. What did he say?
:29:32. > :29:34.That's right, he spoke just after holding an emergency meeting with
:29:35. > :29:39.security advisers and confirmed tonight one police officer has been
:29:40. > :29:44.shot dead on the Champs-Elysees, two remain severely injured, he said
:29:45. > :29:49.they were convinced it was indeed a terrorist attack. He called it a
:29:50. > :29:52.cowardly assassination. He said that France's security services would
:29:53. > :29:58.remain highly vigilant he said over the next few days around the France
:29:59. > :30:01.presidential election, he sought to reassure French citizens who tonight
:30:02. > :30:07.are extremely scared, he said they have been protected and will
:30:08. > :30:14.continue to be protected. The attack took place just as the 11
:30:15. > :30:17.presidential candidates for Sunday's collection were taking part in the
:30:18. > :30:20.last televised debate. A number of those candidates have been tweeting
:30:21. > :30:25.their condolences tonight to the family of the policeman who was
:30:26. > :30:29.murdered. A number of the candidates have said that they would not be
:30:30. > :30:34.campaigning tomorrow, Friday, which is the last day of campaigning
:30:35. > :30:37.before Sunday's election. Of course, some of those candidates are more
:30:38. > :30:44.hard line on security than others but it's very hard at this point to
:30:45. > :30:47.say how tonight's attacks will affect France's presidential
:30:48. > :30:52.campaign. Europe editor Katya Adler in France, thank you. Chrissy and
:30:53. > :31:00.Fraser is on the Champs-Elysees. Christian, once again, a large part
:31:01. > :31:04.of Paris in lockdown and very nervous city. I'm looking at the
:31:05. > :31:07.Champs-Elysees and I can see armed police walking down the main part of
:31:08. > :31:11.the road. I don't know if people were in the restaurants and hotels
:31:12. > :31:16.which line the Champs-Elysees, whether there are still in there and
:31:17. > :31:20.under lockdown, it is getting close to midnight. Very nervous seen on
:31:21. > :31:23.that part of the Champs-Elysees. The police operation in terms of looking
:31:24. > :31:27.for an accomplice is over in this part of Paris but it is underway in
:31:28. > :31:31.other parts of Paris, to the east of the city they are searching an
:31:32. > :31:34.apartment. I was telling you a short while ago we believe there is an
:31:35. > :31:38.arrest warrant that has been put out for a second suspect. We don't know
:31:39. > :31:42.whether he was on the police say they are looking for second suspect
:31:43. > :31:46.who came into France from Belgium. They were, of course, feel full that
:31:47. > :31:50.something like this might happen in the run-up to the election. In fact
:31:51. > :31:53.the police said in certain parts of the country they would bring in
:31:54. > :31:58.private security guards to protect polling booths but as Katya Adler
:31:59. > :32:01.said there is a real fear for the election, with some candidates
:32:02. > :32:04.cancelling their rallies tomorrow but it will have an effect on
:32:05. > :32:09.turnout as well because some people quite simply will be too afraid to
:32:10. > :32:12.turn out. Christian Fraser in Paris, thank you.
:32:13. > :32:14.That's it from us. They will be continuing coverage throughout the
:32:15. > :32:16.night on the BBC News