23/04/2017 BBC News at Ten

Tonight at 10pm, French voters reject traditional parties

in a political earthquake, as two outsiders are chosen

to go head-to-head in the Presidential election.

The centrist Emmanuel Macron is through to the next

round of voting, having promised a new kind of politics.

He'll take on the far right's Marine Le Pen,

who says the survival of France itself it as stake, in the election.

The Socialists and Republicans who've governed France

for more than half a century trailed well behind.

We'll have the very latest on a crucial night for French

and European politics. Also on the programme -

Jeremy Corbyn won't commit to renewing the Trident weapons

system, but Labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent.

There's a royal send-off for tens of thousands of runners,

And Arsenal go through to the FA Cup final,

beating Manchester City at Wembley, in extra time.

The people of France in a stunning result,

have rejected candidates from the two main political

parties, in the first round of the Presidential election.

Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron,

who's never held elected office, and served as Economy Minister

under President Hollande, and Marine Le Pen, of the far-right

Front National, will both contest the final

Both Monsieur Macron and Madame Le Pen have styled

themselves as outsiders, offering a new kind of politics,

but they do represent two very different visions

Our first report tonight is from our Europe Editor Katya Adler.

One presidential election, two rival visions for France. Freshfaced

Emmanuel Macron tops poll projections, promising fairer

government, neither right nor left wing. A pro-EU centrist, confident

of success. TRANSLATION: 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. A President able to protect, to transform and to

build. Emmanuel Macron now goes through to the second and final

round of France's vote for President. He will be against... Far

right Marine Le Pen, anti-immigration, anti-globalisation

and anti-EU. Her presidential plan was to mark France for the French.

TRANSLATION: The time has come to get rid of all the arrogant people

who wanted to dictate to the population what they should do. I am

the candidate for the people. Polls close this evening and this crowd

has waited to see the woman they want is the next President of

France, Marine Le Pen. A campaign enabling the people of France... You

will see that France is extremely divided. There were clashes this

evening in Paris between police and voters frustrated with the projected

election results. This has become known as the most stressful election

in modern day France. Up and down the country, in bars and living

rooms, people were glued to their screens as soon as polls closed.

Left-wing candidates crushed, their supporters were bitterly

disappointed. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are now on a charm

offensive in the lead up to the final presidential vote. Their

political visions may be clear but their parties have never been in

government. Whichever candidate France chooses, it will be a jump

into the unknown. As we've been hearing Marine Le Pen

says the survival of France Her Front National Party has only

ever reached the second round of a Presidential race once

before, while Emmanuel Macron's party, was set

up just 12 months ago. Our France Correspondent Lucy

Williamson looks now, at the changing face

of French politics. One country, one electorate, two

chosen change but of what sort? chosen change but of what sort?

Emmanuel Macron was once called the champagne bubble, with no previous

experience and no established party, he would, critics said, pop very

quickly. Instead, he brought in those disillusioned with France's

traditional parties, his liberal, pro-Europe policy is attracting

voters from both right and left. But voters from right and left also

chose Marine Le Pen who is wanting everything Emmanuel Macron does not.

Leave the euro, slash immigration and clamp down on free trade. Her

support has been the steadiest in this election, daily changing from

months ago. So why was this result so hard to call? William and his

sister Helen had no idea who they would vote for today, even as they

walked to their local polling station. They were not alone, almost

a quarter of the electorate were thought to be unsure who they would

support. I will still vote but I don't know who for. I hesitated

between four. I need to choose one. Months ago, the selection looked far

more certain, the favoured them of the Conservative candidate Francois

Fillon. He fought on through a financial scandal as voters left

him, adamant until tonight. Adamant he would win. On Thursday, a

reminder of the challenges France is facing. The latest in a long series

of attacks. It could have been assigned for some that this time for

experience not experiment. So why try someone new? The first one,

Macron, because he was the candidate of hope. The second, Marine Le Pen,

because she was the candidate of anger. And you see the conflict

between these two emotions. And more profoundly, because the two

traditional political parties, that have been leading France for the

last decade, both collapsed. After months of uncertainty, France has

opted for two different futures. Hope or anger, free trade

protectionism, EU member or not. All that stands in the way of power is

one more vote. In a moment our Europe

Editor Katya Adler at the Le Pen headquarters -

first to our France Correspondent Lucy Williamson in Paris,

where Emmanuel Macron has been Lucy - some of the other

candidates have now come out Yes, both the Socialist candidate

Benoit Hamon and the Conservative candidate Francois Fillon have now

thrown their weight behind the newcomer, Emmanuel Macron. This man

made it through the first round of this election partly by drawing on

the supporters from those two established parties. Now, he has the

support of the parties themselves. There is a long tradition in French

politics of different political groups coming together in the second

round of elections to block the front rationale and predictions here

say that Mr Macron may be able to draw on that same united front here.

But of course this election has been nothing if not unpredictable. So

until those votes are cast on May seven, nothing is certain.

Katya - the final outcome of that May seventh election will influence

France's standing in Europe and the world?

It will have a huge effect and that's why the world cares so much

about these elections, not just the supporters here at the National

Front who you can hear are pretty rowdy. France of course one of

your's largest economies and it has a big power inside the European

Union. Whoever France's next President is, that will have a big

effect on Brexit talks and the future of the euro and the European

Union as a whole. I'll explain why. Emmanuel Macron is very pro-EU. He

campuses within EU flag alongside the French flag. He also is very

pro-international trade agreements. Marine Le Pen is anti-globalisation,

anti-euro. She was to pull France out of the currency and she wants to

hold a referendum on the membership of the EU. Two very different

visions for France that will have a big impact in and outside the

country. Now, to the UK's election,

and Jeremy Corbyn says he'll order a review of "all aspects" of UK

defence policy, if he The Labour leader, speaking

to the BBC's Andrew Marr, also refused to confirm

whether renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system, would be

in his party's election manifesto. But a spokesman later

made it clear Labour did In response, the Conservatives claim

Labour would "dismantle" Our political correspondent,

Vicky Young reports. Jeremy Corbyn has an army of loyal

supporters who have kept at the helm of the Labour Party, despite

opposition from many of his own MPs. opposition from many of his own MPs.

Now he has to introduce introducing software wider audience and persuade

voters he's ready to be Minister. Some of his views have caused huge

controversy even among his own party members and Mr Corbyn is opposed to

nuclear weapons. Would Labour's election manifesto include a

commitment to renew Trident? We would include all aspects of defence

as most incoming governments do, I think all have. We would look at the

situation at that time. After the interview, a party spokesman was

forced to issue a statement clarifying the situation, saying the

decision to renew Trident hadn't been taken and Labour supported

that. What about the fight against so-called Islamic State? Mr Corbyn

said he might suspend air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria but what

would you do if intelligence chiefs came to him with this information?

We know where the leader of Isis is and we can take him out with a drone

strike, can we have your permission? I tell them, give me the information

you've got, tell me how accurate that is and tell me what you think

can be achieved? If they do know where he is... Can I take you back

to the point, what is the objective? Is it to start more strikes that may

kill many innocent people as has happened or is the objective to get

a political solution in Syria? Labour is keen to focus on domestic

issues in this election. On grammar schools, Jeremy Corbyn said he did

not like selective education. He promised to set up a public national

investment bank to plough money into infrastructure. On pipe private

service providers in the NHS, he said he would bring indirectly

employed staff. Jeremy Corbyn supporters say he has been hampered

as leader by disloyal MPs and a negative press. This election

campaign is a chance then to lay out campaign is a chance then to lay out

his vision for Britain, to tell the voters exactly what he stands for,

but any confusion over policy will be seized on by his opponents.

CHEERING In the opening stage of this

campaign, the Tories have made strong leadership is central theme.

Today, they said Mr Corbyn wasn't suitable to be Prime Minister. It's

just chaos, Jeremy Corbyn is putting himself forward as the next Prime

Minister of this country and I think what we have seen this morning is

that we would basically have a Coalition of chaos is Jeremy Corbyn

became Prime Minister of this country. The Conservatives are

portraying Jeremy Corbyn as a man unable to take difficult

that come with being in power. His that come with being in power. His

allies say he is a man of principle and they believe voters will warm to

him the more they hear his message. Other parties have been outlining

proposals that could appear The Work and Pensions

Secretary Damian Green, has confirmed the Conservatives

would cap the gas and electricity bills of millions of households,

if they win the election. I think some of the people feel that

some of the big energy companies have taken advantage of them with

the tariffs. The Liberal Democrats have ruled out

being part of another Their leader Tim Farron,

says there are no circumstances in which the party would prop up

the Conservatives or Labour. Voting Liberal Democrat is not a

proxy for anything else. It is a vote against a hard Brexit, a vote

for the people to have the final say and not the politician and a vote

very decent, strong opposition. And the leader of Ukip,

Paul Nuttall, says the party wants to ban full-face veils worn

by a minority of Muslim women. He says the move, is part

of what he calls Ukip's Look at these statistics, 50% of

Muslim women are economically inactive, 22% don't speak English to

any great level. We need to ensure these people are fully integrated

into British society and you can't do that if you're hidden behind a

veil. And you'll find more on the general

Election on our website. Today's London Marathon

saw a new world record, a pair of newly-weds among

the runners, and a man who sacrificed his own time to help

another competitor cross the line. 40,000 people in all took part,

and Joe Wilson was watching. A journey of 26 miles begins with a

single hoot but who's? Heads together, the starters and the

masses. By 10:30am, we had a thrilling finish, David Weir was

desperately seeking a seventh London Marathon victory, to melody bitter

disappointment of the Paralympics. At one point, I didn't think I would

even make the start line so to come away and win, for me personally, is

amazing. Missing from the elite women's field, last year's winner,

Jemima Sandblom, she had failed a doping test. Westminster winning

eight triumph of human spirit. Not for the first or last time. This was

the fastest time ever. Daniel's victory in the men's elite race was

the biggest of his career. Everywhere, personal limits were

being stretched. The blue headbands of the heads together charity found

many heads. The charitable causes and outfits defied imagination. The

success in the marathon takes many forms, when Matthew Rees spotted

this man out on his feet with the end in sight, his instinct was to

assist, forget his own time, come on. They had never met before. They

made it. It's the same thing anyone else would have done. I just helped

him out when he was in need and I'm glad he's OK and up to the line.

This is the triumphant stage of the marathon, the right side of the

finishing line. Doesn't matter if you are exhausted, forget about the

time, you have made it and got a medal. Not an OBE but you never know

who will be doing a presentation. That's the only way to feel closer

to the marathon is to run it yourself. There is always next year.

Well, you saw both Prince William and Harry, along with Kate,

supporting runners in the London Marathon on behalf

The Royals have been praised by groups who support the bereaved,

for speaking out about the impact of the death of their mother

Diana on their lives, but say there's a need for more help

for those coping with the death of a loved one.

Kevin lost his wife to cancer eight years ago. Since then, he has been

helped by meeting others who have been bereaved through the social

support group, widowed and young. At times, Kevin says he found himself

in a difficult place with his well-being at risk. It's a very

traumatic experience and my own experience of that, it is your whole

world upside down. You really don't know where to turn or how to cope

initially. It certainly does affect your mental health overall. Yvonne's

experience was similar, her husband Simon died suddenly on a business

trip. She and her children were less struggling as they tried to cope

with the shock. In time, that begins to happen, things begin to

normalise. She acknowledges she came close to a mental health crisis. I

spiralled down rapidly and I got to the point of actually beginning to

think like, there is no point in my life any more. The thought of ending

it began to cross my mind. Was there anything that helped you pull away

from that? Yes, finding peer support, finding support initiatives

where people actually understood what I was going through. And were

able to encourage me and give me hope. She said she was lucky to have

that support, others often don't get it. So she has set up a group and

website, signposting where help and counselling can be found. It's the

sort of resource which might have helped Angela after her husband's

suicide. She said nobody told her where to find support beyond her

immediate family. There was no formal process if you like that run

alongside the other processes that we become involved in, like

Coroner's Courts and funeral directors and things like that.

There was nothing offered to me that was specific to my bereavement.

Looking back, I wish it had been offered. She is now campaigning on

behalf of people bereaved by suicide who are known to be more likely to

develop mental health problems. There are people who then consider

suicide because they have been bereaved by suicide and this is such

a huge thing that comes crashing into your world. If you don't

receive the help you need to navigate your way through the

situation, absolutely, it can lead to mental health issues. Some need a

lot more support beyond friends and family, others don't. There is a

clear message from those affected, the challenges and health risks for

the bereaved need more recognition along with places to turn for help.

With all the sport, here's Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre.

It's been a very busy day of League and Cup football

in England and Scotland, there are full highlights

of what happened after the news, but if you want to see some goals

and results now, then here they come.

This season's FA Cup final will be between Chelsea and Arsenal.

The Gunners beat Manchester City 2-1 after extra time.

They came en masse with hope renewed, a season that promised so

much has so far failed to deliver. But there can be no looking back

home for Arsenal and Manchester City, the FA Cup is their route to

glory. Because glory is how these managers will be judged and it was

City who initially looked the more convincing. Sergio Aguero denied

when the cross to him was ruled to have gone out of play. Replays

possibly suggested otherwise. After half-time, they would be no stopping

Aguero and a precise finish putting City on course for the final. But

Arsenal had other ideas. Within ten minutes, they levelled, Nacho

Monreal time in his run and finish to perfection, giving the gun is a

lifeline. Soon they were saved again, now by the post, while City

also hit the bar. Before at the other end, Danny Welbeck went within

inches of winning it. Arsenal carried that momentum into extra

time and capitalised when Alexis Sanchez put them ahead with his 24th

and perhaps most important goal of the campaign. It proved decisive.

Arsenal and in particular their manager Arsene Wenger have responded

to their critics. They will return to face Chelsea for the trophy next

month. For City and Pep Guardiola, its huge disappointment.

Celtic are still on for the treble, the Premiership Champions

and League Cup winners are into the Scottish Cup

That's after they beat rivals Rangers 2-0 at Hampden Park.

Scott Sinclair scored their second from the spot.

In the Premier League, third-placed Liverpool lost 2-1

Christian Benteke scored twice against his former club

and Manchester United are still fifth after winning

Great Britain finished fourth in their standings

at the European Gymnastics Championships.

Ellie Downie won four of their six medals in Romania.

The 17-year-old, who won all around gold earlier in the competition,

finishing with a silver on the floor.

And also in Romania, Great Britain lost their Fed Cup tie.

Johanna Konta was defeated in the decisive rubber.

Now it's time for all the news where you are.