:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at 10pm, French voters reject traditional parties
:00:07. > :00:10.in a political earthquake, as two outsiders are chosen
:00:11. > :00:20.to go head-to-head in the Presidential election.
:00:21. > :00:25.The centrist Emmanuel Macron is through to the next
:00:26. > :00:27.round of voting, having promised a new kind of politics.
:00:28. > :00:32.He'll take on the far right's Marine Le Pen,
:00:33. > :00:36.who says the survival of France itself it as stake, in the election.
:00:37. > :00:40.The Socialists and Republicans who've governed France
:00:41. > :00:43.for more than half a century trailed well behind.
:00:44. > :00:45.We'll have the very latest on a crucial night for French
:00:46. > :00:49.and European politics. Also on the programme -
:00:50. > :00:54.Jeremy Corbyn won't commit to renewing the Trident weapons
:00:55. > :00:58.system, but Labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent.
:00:59. > :01:01.There's a royal send-off for tens of thousands of runners,
:01:02. > :01:13.And Arsenal go through to the FA Cup final,
:01:14. > :01:35.beating Manchester City at Wembley, in extra time.
:01:36. > :01:40.The people of France in a stunning result,
:01:41. > :01:43.have rejected candidates from the two main political
:01:44. > :01:47.parties, in the first round of the Presidential election.
:01:48. > :01:53.Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron,
:01:54. > :01:58.who's never held elected office, and served as Economy Minister
:01:59. > :02:00.under President Hollande, and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right
:02:01. > :02:02.Front National, will both contest the final
:02:03. > :02:07.Both Monsieur Macron and Madame Le Pen have styled
:02:08. > :02:09.themselves as outsiders, offering a new kind of politics,
:02:10. > :02:11.but they do represent two very different visions
:02:12. > :02:18.Our first report tonight is from our Europe Editor Katya Adler.
:02:19. > :02:26.One presidential election, two rival visions for France. Freshfaced
:02:27. > :02:28.Emmanuel Macron tops poll projections, promising fairer
:02:29. > :02:37.government, neither right nor left wing. A pro-EU centrist, confident
:02:38. > :02:45.of success. TRANSLATION: Hope that in a fortnight, I will become your
:02:46. > :02:50.President. I want to become the President of all the people of
:02:51. > :02:54.France. The President of the patriots, in the face of the threats
:02:55. > :03:03.from the nationalists. A President able to protect, to transform and to
:03:04. > :03:07.build. Emmanuel Macron now goes through to the second and final
:03:08. > :03:15.round of France's vote for President. He will be against... Far
:03:16. > :03:19.right Marine Le Pen, anti-immigration, anti-globalisation
:03:20. > :03:25.and anti-EU. Her presidential plan was to mark France for the French.
:03:26. > :03:29.TRANSLATION: The time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people
:03:30. > :03:37.who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. I am
:03:38. > :03:40.the candidate for the people. Polls close this evening and this crowd
:03:41. > :03:46.has waited to see the woman they want is the next President of
:03:47. > :03:51.France, Marine Le Pen. A campaign enabling the people of France... You
:03:52. > :03:59.will see that France is extremely divided. There were clashes this
:04:00. > :04:03.evening in Paris between police and voters frustrated with the projected
:04:04. > :04:08.election results. This has become known as the most stressful election
:04:09. > :04:12.in modern day France. Up and down the country, in bars and living
:04:13. > :04:16.rooms, people were glued to their screens as soon as polls closed.
:04:17. > :04:23.Left-wing candidates crushed, their supporters were bitterly
:04:24. > :04:27.disappointed. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are now on a charm
:04:28. > :04:31.offensive in the lead up to the final presidential vote. Their
:04:32. > :04:35.political visions may be clear but their parties have never been in
:04:36. > :04:36.government. Whichever candidate France chooses, it will be a jump
:04:37. > :04:40.into the unknown. As we've been hearing Marine Le Pen
:04:41. > :04:43.says the survival of France Her Front National Party has only
:04:44. > :04:49.ever reached the second round of a Presidential race once
:04:50. > :04:52.before, while Emmanuel Macron's party, was set
:04:53. > :04:54.up just 12 months ago. Our France Correspondent Lucy
:04:55. > :04:57.Williamson looks now, at the changing face
:04:58. > :05:07.of French politics. One country, one electorate, two
:05:08. > :05:14.chosen change but of what sort? chosen change but of what sort?
:05:15. > :05:21.Emmanuel Macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous
:05:22. > :05:27.experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very
:05:28. > :05:32.quickly. Instead, he brought in those disillusioned with France's
:05:33. > :05:37.traditional parties, his liberal, pro-Europe policy is attracting
:05:38. > :05:42.voters from both right and left. But voters from right and left also
:05:43. > :05:46.chose Marine Le Pen who is wanting everything Emmanuel Macron does not.
:05:47. > :05:50.Leave the euro, slash immigration and clamp down on free trade. Her
:05:51. > :05:56.support has been the steadiest in this election, daily changing from
:05:57. > :06:01.months ago. So why was this result so hard to call? William and his
:06:02. > :06:04.sister Helen had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they
:06:05. > :06:08.walked to their local polling station. They were not alone, almost
:06:09. > :06:13.a quarter of the electorate were thought to be unsure who they would
:06:14. > :06:23.support. I will still vote but I don't know who for. I hesitated
:06:24. > :06:27.between four. I need to choose one. Months ago, the selection looked far
:06:28. > :06:31.more certain, the favoured them of the Conservative candidate Francois
:06:32. > :06:34.Fillon. He fought on through a financial scandal as voters left
:06:35. > :06:41.him, adamant until tonight. Adamant he would win. On Thursday, a
:06:42. > :06:45.reminder of the challenges France is facing. The latest in a long series
:06:46. > :06:50.of attacks. It could have been assigned for some that this time for
:06:51. > :06:57.experience not experiment. So why try someone new? The first one,
:06:58. > :07:01.Macron, because he was the candidate of hope. The second, Marine Le Pen,
:07:02. > :07:09.because she was the candidate of anger. And you see the conflict
:07:10. > :07:13.between these two emotions. And more profoundly, because the two
:07:14. > :07:18.traditional political parties, that have been leading France for the
:07:19. > :07:23.last decade, both collapsed. After months of uncertainty, France has
:07:24. > :07:27.opted for two different futures. Hope or anger, free trade
:07:28. > :07:29.protectionism, EU member or not. All that stands in the way of power is
:07:30. > :07:32.one more vote. In a moment our Europe
:07:33. > :07:34.Editor Katya Adler at the Le Pen headquarters -
:07:35. > :07:37.first to our France Correspondent Lucy Williamson in Paris,
:07:38. > :07:39.where Emmanuel Macron has been Lucy - some of the other
:07:40. > :07:57.candidates have now come out Yes, both the Socialist candidate
:07:58. > :08:00.Benoit Hamon and the Conservative candidate Francois Fillon have now
:08:01. > :08:04.thrown their weight behind the newcomer, Emmanuel Macron. This man
:08:05. > :08:08.made it through the first round of this election partly by drawing on
:08:09. > :08:13.the supporters from those two established parties. Now, he has the
:08:14. > :08:16.support of the parties themselves. There is a long tradition in French
:08:17. > :08:21.politics of different political groups coming together in the second
:08:22. > :08:24.round of elections to block the front rationale and predictions here
:08:25. > :08:31.say that Mr Macron may be able to draw on that same united front here.
:08:32. > :08:35.But of course this election has been nothing if not unpredictable. So
:08:36. > :08:37.until those votes are cast on May seven, nothing is certain.
:08:38. > :08:40.Katya - the final outcome of that May seventh election will influence
:08:41. > :08:50.France's standing in Europe and the world?
:08:51. > :08:56.It will have a huge effect and that's why the world cares so much
:08:57. > :09:00.about these elections, not just the supporters here at the National
:09:01. > :09:05.Front who you can hear are pretty rowdy. France of course one of
:09:06. > :09:10.your's largest economies and it has a big power inside the European
:09:11. > :09:14.Union. Whoever France's next President is, that will have a big
:09:15. > :09:18.effect on Brexit talks and the future of the euro and the European
:09:19. > :09:23.Union as a whole. I'll explain why. Emmanuel Macron is very pro-EU. He
:09:24. > :09:29.campuses within EU flag alongside the French flag. He also is very
:09:30. > :09:33.pro-international trade agreements. Marine Le Pen is anti-globalisation,
:09:34. > :09:36.anti-euro. She was to pull France out of the currency and she wants to
:09:37. > :09:42.hold a referendum on the membership of the EU. Two very different
:09:43. > :09:44.visions for France that will have a big impact in and outside the
:09:45. > :09:48.country. Now, to the UK's election,
:09:49. > :09:54.and Jeremy Corbyn says he'll order a review of "all aspects" of UK
:09:55. > :09:58.defence policy, if he The Labour leader, speaking
:09:59. > :10:03.to the BBC's Andrew Marr, also refused to confirm
:10:04. > :10:06.whether renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system, would be
:10:07. > :10:09.in his party's election manifesto. But a spokesman later
:10:10. > :10:12.made it clear Labour did In response, the Conservatives claim
:10:13. > :10:16.Labour would "dismantle" Our political correspondent,
:10:17. > :10:27.Vicky Young reports. Jeremy Corbyn has an army of loyal
:10:28. > :10:29.supporters who have kept at the helm of the Labour Party, despite
:10:30. > :10:33.opposition from many of his own MPs. opposition from many of his own MPs.
:10:34. > :10:39.Now he has to introduce introducing software wider audience and persuade
:10:40. > :10:44.voters he's ready to be Minister. Some of his views have caused huge
:10:45. > :10:48.controversy even among his own party members and Mr Corbyn is opposed to
:10:49. > :10:55.nuclear weapons. Would Labour's election manifesto include a
:10:56. > :11:01.commitment to renew Trident? We would include all aspects of defence
:11:02. > :11:06.as most incoming governments do, I think all have. We would look at the
:11:07. > :11:10.situation at that time. After the interview, a party spokesman was
:11:11. > :11:13.forced to issue a statement clarifying the situation, saying the
:11:14. > :11:19.decision to renew Trident hadn't been taken and Labour supported
:11:20. > :11:22.that. What about the fight against so-called Islamic State? Mr Corbyn
:11:23. > :11:26.said he might suspend air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria but what
:11:27. > :11:30.would you do if intelligence chiefs came to him with this information?
:11:31. > :11:35.We know where the leader of Isis is and we can take him out with a drone
:11:36. > :11:39.strike, can we have your permission? I tell them, give me the information
:11:40. > :11:45.you've got, tell me how accurate that is and tell me what you think
:11:46. > :11:51.can be achieved? If they do know where he is... Can I take you back
:11:52. > :11:56.to the point, what is the objective? Is it to start more strikes that may
:11:57. > :12:02.kill many innocent people as has happened or is the objective to get
:12:03. > :12:06.a political solution in Syria? Labour is keen to focus on domestic
:12:07. > :12:11.issues in this election. On grammar schools, Jeremy Corbyn said he did
:12:12. > :12:17.not like selective education. He promised to set up a public national
:12:18. > :12:23.investment bank to plough money into infrastructure. On pipe private
:12:24. > :12:27.service providers in the NHS, he said he would bring indirectly
:12:28. > :12:31.employed staff. Jeremy Corbyn supporters say he has been hampered
:12:32. > :12:33.as leader by disloyal MPs and a negative press. This election
:12:34. > :12:36.campaign is a chance then to lay out campaign is a chance then to lay out
:12:37. > :12:41.his vision for Britain, to tell the voters exactly what he stands for,
:12:42. > :12:45.but any confusion over policy will be seized on by his opponents.
:12:46. > :12:48.CHEERING In the opening stage of this
:12:49. > :12:52.campaign, the Tories have made strong leadership is central theme.
:12:53. > :12:57.Today, they said Mr Corbyn wasn't suitable to be Prime Minister. It's
:12:58. > :13:00.just chaos, Jeremy Corbyn is putting himself forward as the next Prime
:13:01. > :13:03.Minister of this country and I think what we have seen this morning is
:13:04. > :13:06.that we would basically have a Coalition of chaos is Jeremy Corbyn
:13:07. > :13:11.became Prime Minister of this country. The Conservatives are
:13:12. > :13:13.portraying Jeremy Corbyn as a man unable to take difficult
:13:14. > :13:18.that come with being in power. His that come with being in power. His
:13:19. > :13:19.allies say he is a man of principle and they believe voters will warm to
:13:20. > :13:23.him the more they hear his message. Other parties have been outlining
:13:24. > :13:26.proposals that could appear The Work and Pensions
:13:27. > :13:31.Secretary Damian Green, has confirmed the Conservatives
:13:32. > :13:35.would cap the gas and electricity bills of millions of households,
:13:36. > :13:45.if they win the election. I think some of the people feel that
:13:46. > :13:47.some of the big energy companies have taken advantage of them with
:13:48. > :13:49.the tariffs. The Liberal Democrats have ruled out
:13:50. > :13:51.being part of another Their leader Tim Farron,
:13:52. > :13:56.says there are no circumstances in which the party would prop up
:13:57. > :14:04.the Conservatives or Labour. Voting Liberal Democrat is not a
:14:05. > :14:08.proxy for anything else. It is a vote against a hard Brexit, a vote
:14:09. > :14:10.for the people to have the final say and not the politician and a vote
:14:11. > :14:12.very decent, strong opposition. And the leader of Ukip,
:14:13. > :14:15.Paul Nuttall, says the party wants to ban full-face veils worn
:14:16. > :14:18.by a minority of Muslim women. He says the move, is part
:14:19. > :14:30.of what he calls Ukip's Look at these statistics, 50% of
:14:31. > :14:34.Muslim women are economically inactive, 22% don't speak English to
:14:35. > :14:36.any great level. We need to ensure these people are fully integrated
:14:37. > :14:38.into British society and you can't do that if you're hidden behind a
:14:39. > :14:40.veil. And you'll find more on the general
:14:41. > :14:43.Election on our website. Today's London Marathon
:14:44. > :14:50.saw a new world record, a pair of newly-weds among
:14:51. > :14:53.the runners, and a man who sacrificed his own time to help
:14:54. > :14:57.another competitor cross the line. 40,000 people in all took part,
:14:58. > :15:12.and Joe Wilson was watching. A journey of 26 miles begins with a
:15:13. > :15:17.single hoot but who's? Heads together, the starters and the
:15:18. > :15:23.masses. By 10:30am, we had a thrilling finish, David Weir was
:15:24. > :15:29.desperately seeking a seventh London Marathon victory, to melody bitter
:15:30. > :15:32.disappointment of the Paralympics. At one point, I didn't think I would
:15:33. > :15:40.even make the start line so to come away and win, for me personally, is
:15:41. > :15:45.amazing. Missing from the elite women's field, last year's winner,
:15:46. > :15:52.Jemima Sandblom, she had failed a doping test. Westminster winning
:15:53. > :16:01.eight triumph of human spirit. Not for the first or last time. This was
:16:02. > :16:06.the fastest time ever. Daniel's victory in the men's elite race was
:16:07. > :16:08.the biggest of his career. Everywhere, personal limits were
:16:09. > :16:14.being stretched. The blue headbands of the heads together charity found
:16:15. > :16:18.many heads. The charitable causes and outfits defied imagination. The
:16:19. > :16:22.success in the marathon takes many forms, when Matthew Rees spotted
:16:23. > :16:28.this man out on his feet with the end in sight, his instinct was to
:16:29. > :16:32.assist, forget his own time, come on. They had never met before. They
:16:33. > :16:36.made it. It's the same thing anyone else would have done. I just helped
:16:37. > :16:41.him out when he was in need and I'm glad he's OK and up to the line.
:16:42. > :16:45.This is the triumphant stage of the marathon, the right side of the
:16:46. > :16:49.finishing line. Doesn't matter if you are exhausted, forget about the
:16:50. > :16:54.time, you have made it and got a medal. Not an OBE but you never know
:16:55. > :16:57.who will be doing a presentation. That's the only way to feel closer
:16:58. > :17:04.to the marathon is to run it yourself. There is always next year.
:17:05. > :17:06.Well, you saw both Prince William and Harry, along with Kate,
:17:07. > :17:09.supporting runners in the London Marathon on behalf
:17:10. > :17:15.The Royals have been praised by groups who support the bereaved,
:17:16. > :17:18.for speaking out about the impact of the death of their mother
:17:19. > :17:21.Diana on their lives, but say there's a need for more help
:17:22. > :17:24.for those coping with the death of a loved one.
:17:25. > :17:35.Kevin lost his wife to cancer eight years ago. Since then, he has been
:17:36. > :17:40.helped by meeting others who have been bereaved through the social
:17:41. > :17:44.support group, widowed and young. At times, Kevin says he found himself
:17:45. > :17:48.in a difficult place with his well-being at risk. It's a very
:17:49. > :17:53.traumatic experience and my own experience of that, it is your whole
:17:54. > :17:58.world upside down. You really don't know where to turn or how to cope
:17:59. > :18:04.initially. It certainly does affect your mental health overall. Yvonne's
:18:05. > :18:08.experience was similar, her husband Simon died suddenly on a business
:18:09. > :18:12.trip. She and her children were less struggling as they tried to cope
:18:13. > :18:16.with the shock. In time, that begins to happen, things begin to
:18:17. > :18:23.normalise. She acknowledges she came close to a mental health crisis. I
:18:24. > :18:27.spiralled down rapidly and I got to the point of actually beginning to
:18:28. > :18:31.think like, there is no point in my life any more. The thought of ending
:18:32. > :18:38.it began to cross my mind. Was there anything that helped you pull away
:18:39. > :18:41.from that? Yes, finding peer support, finding support initiatives
:18:42. > :18:45.where people actually understood what I was going through. And were
:18:46. > :18:50.able to encourage me and give me hope. She said she was lucky to have
:18:51. > :18:55.that support, others often don't get it. So she has set up a group and
:18:56. > :18:59.website, signposting where help and counselling can be found. It's the
:19:00. > :19:05.sort of resource which might have helped Angela after her husband's
:19:06. > :19:09.suicide. She said nobody told her where to find support beyond her
:19:10. > :19:13.immediate family. There was no formal process if you like that run
:19:14. > :19:18.alongside the other processes that we become involved in, like
:19:19. > :19:20.Coroner's Courts and funeral directors and things like that.
:19:21. > :19:28.There was nothing offered to me that was specific to my bereavement.
:19:29. > :19:32.Looking back, I wish it had been offered. She is now campaigning on
:19:33. > :19:36.behalf of people bereaved by suicide who are known to be more likely to
:19:37. > :19:39.develop mental health problems. There are people who then consider
:19:40. > :19:42.suicide because they have been bereaved by suicide and this is such
:19:43. > :19:48.a huge thing that comes crashing into your world. If you don't
:19:49. > :19:50.receive the help you need to navigate your way through the
:19:51. > :19:57.situation, absolutely, it can lead to mental health issues. Some need a
:19:58. > :20:01.lot more support beyond friends and family, others don't. There is a
:20:02. > :20:05.clear message from those affected, the challenges and health risks for
:20:06. > :20:09.the bereaved need more recognition along with places to turn for help.
:20:10. > :20:13.With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.
:20:14. > :20:17.It's been a very busy day of League and Cup football
:20:18. > :20:19.in England and Scotland, there are full highlights
:20:20. > :20:22.of what happened after the news, but if you want to see some goals
:20:23. > :20:24.and results now, then here they come.
:20:25. > :20:28.This season's FA Cup final will be between Chelsea and Arsenal.
:20:29. > :20:30.The Gunners beat Manchester City 2-1 after extra time.
:20:31. > :20:42.They came en masse with hope renewed, a season that promised so
:20:43. > :20:46.much has so far failed to deliver. But there can be no looking back
:20:47. > :20:51.home for Arsenal and Manchester City, the FA Cup is their route to
:20:52. > :20:56.glory. Because glory is how these managers will be judged and it was
:20:57. > :20:59.City who initially looked the more convincing. Sergio Aguero denied
:21:00. > :21:04.when the cross to him was ruled to have gone out of play. Replays
:21:05. > :21:08.possibly suggested otherwise. After half-time, they would be no stopping
:21:09. > :21:13.Aguero and a precise finish putting City on course for the final. But
:21:14. > :21:18.Arsenal had other ideas. Within ten minutes, they levelled, Nacho
:21:19. > :21:22.Monreal time in his run and finish to perfection, giving the gun is a
:21:23. > :21:27.lifeline. Soon they were saved again, now by the post, while City
:21:28. > :21:30.also hit the bar. Before at the other end, Danny Welbeck went within
:21:31. > :21:35.inches of winning it. Arsenal carried that momentum into extra
:21:36. > :21:40.time and capitalised when Alexis Sanchez put them ahead with his 24th
:21:41. > :21:45.and perhaps most important goal of the campaign. It proved decisive.
:21:46. > :21:49.Arsenal and in particular their manager Arsene Wenger have responded
:21:50. > :21:54.to their critics. They will return to face Chelsea for the trophy next
:21:55. > :21:56.month. For City and Pep Guardiola, its huge disappointment.
:21:57. > :21:58.Celtic are still on for the treble, the Premiership Champions
:21:59. > :22:00.and League Cup winners are into the Scottish Cup
:22:01. > :22:05.That's after they beat rivals Rangers 2-0 at Hampden Park.
:22:06. > :22:09.Scott Sinclair scored their second from the spot.
:22:10. > :22:11.In the Premier League, third-placed Liverpool lost 2-1
:22:12. > :22:16.Christian Benteke scored twice against his former club
:22:17. > :22:18.and Manchester United are still fifth after winning
:22:19. > :22:23.Great Britain finished fourth in their standings
:22:24. > :22:29.at the European Gymnastics Championships.
:22:30. > :22:32.Ellie Downie won four of their six medals in Romania.
:22:33. > :22:34.The 17-year-old, who won all around gold earlier in the competition,
:22:35. > :22:36.finishing with a silver on the floor.
:22:37. > :22:39.And also in Romania, Great Britain lost their Fed Cup tie.
:22:40. > :22:59.Johanna Konta was defeated in the decisive rubber.
:23:00. > :23:07.Now it's time for all the news where you are.