:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten, the final battle-lines are drawn as two
:00:09. > :00:12.candidates fight for the keys to the Elysee Palace.
:00:13. > :00:16.Macron and Le Pen will contest the final round in just under
:00:17. > :00:25.a fortnight, pushing aside the traditional mainstream parties.
:00:26. > :00:29.As Marine Le Pen promises a new start for France and a day
:00:30. > :00:37.of reckoning for the EU the nation's leaders line up to back her rival.
:00:38. > :00:42.TRANSLATION: The far right will deeply divide France. It would
:00:43. > :00:46.stigmatise some of our fellow citizens because of some of their
:00:47. > :00:48.origins of religion that would undermine our liberty and the
:00:49. > :00:51.republic. We'll have the latest
:00:52. > :00:54.on the campaign as Marine Le Pen steps down as leader
:00:55. > :00:57.of the Front National to focus We'll have the latest
:00:58. > :01:03.on the campaign as Marine Le Pen Jeremy Corbyn takes his election
:01:04. > :01:05.campaign to Scotland; he tells trade union members that they're part
:01:06. > :01:07.of Labour's DNA. A delay in plans to tackle air
:01:08. > :01:10.pollution until after the election; ministers are accused
:01:11. > :01:13.of 'pure political expediency'. A special report from the IS
:01:14. > :01:24.stronghold of Dabiq where IS were right about one thing
:01:25. > :01:29.though. This is a place of reckoning but it's a place of their defeat,
:01:30. > :01:33.they are being driven 100 kilometres from here.
:01:34. > :01:35.And, one of the enduring images of this year's London Marathon -
:01:36. > :02:07.we speak to the runners who made their own headlines.
:02:08. > :02:12.France has now entered a period of intense political campaigning
:02:13. > :02:15.between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen the two remaining
:02:16. > :02:21.It's a race that's already transformed the old patterns
:02:22. > :02:24.of French politics with potentially significant consequences
:02:25. > :02:30.The final voting figures for the first round released today
:02:31. > :02:37.His rival Marine Le Pen of the National Front took 21.3%.
:02:38. > :02:41.The outgoing Socialist president Francois Hollande said today that
:02:42. > :02:48.only Mr Macron would defend the values of the French respublic.
:02:49. > :02:51.only Mr Macron would defend the values of the French republic.
:02:52. > :02:57.Our Europe editor Katya Adler has the latest.
:02:58. > :03:06.Emmanuel Macron looking presidential last nights. A bit prematurely
:03:07. > :03:13.perhaps. There's a lot of glad handing still to be done two weeks
:03:14. > :03:18.to go before the final vote. Financial markets in Brussels mange
:03:19. > :03:25.President Macron is a done deal. But she doesn't. Marine Le Pen, Macron's
:03:26. > :03:30.rival for president, his rival for French voters' trust. A welcome
:03:31. > :03:34.visitor on market day in the forgotten town. She's the people's
:03:35. > :03:43.president, she says, with welfare policies to match. EU to the back of
:03:44. > :03:49.the cue. Madam Le Pen wants out of the euro, she's anti-big business
:03:50. > :03:51.too. It's exactly these images that Marine Le Pen will be chasing
:03:52. > :03:56.throughout her presidential campaign. Her intended message -
:03:57. > :03:59.she's a woman of the people. While her political rival, Emmanuel
:04:00. > :04:03.Macron, is a remote Parisian elitist.
:04:04. > :04:07.Last night's election showed a divided France. Marine Le Pen did
:04:08. > :04:12.well in the north and south-east, areas with high unemployment and low
:04:13. > :04:19.wages. Emmanuel Macron dominated in wealthy areas and large cities like
:04:20. > :04:23.Paris and Bordeaux, where his probusiness, pro-EU liberal platform
:04:24. > :04:28.resonates. Emmanuel Macron was in Paris today, keen to display his
:04:29. > :04:31.statesmanlike credentials, remembering victims of mass killings
:04:32. > :04:36.in Armenia. And while his rival hugged and kissed her way through
:04:37. > :04:41.the crowds today, Mr Macron had onlookers behind cordons, only the
:04:42. > :04:45.press allowed near. Political gloves are off for both
:04:46. > :04:50.candidates, this is the fight of their professional life. They need
:04:51. > :05:01.to win voters outside their true traditional support base to make it
:05:02. > :05:06.to the top. Who can pull it off? TRANSLATION: I plan to abstain. I
:05:07. > :05:10.don't like either candidate. I will vote for Macron even if I don't want
:05:11. > :05:15.him as a President, but I want him more than Marine Le Pen. And
:05:16. > :05:17.France's political establishment, including its current President, has
:05:18. > :05:27.urged all voters, to do the same. TRANSLATION: The far right would
:05:28. > :05:32.deeply divide France. It would stigmatise some of our fellow
:05:33. > :05:38.citizens because of its origins. It would undermine the religion and
:05:39. > :05:40.republic. Aware of her party's divisive reputation, Marine Le Pen
:05:41. > :05:47.had a surprise announcement tonight. She said she was stepping aside as
:05:48. > :05:53.President of the National Front to run for president of all of France.
:05:54. > :06:00.Emmanuel Macron still has a race to win. This is an all-or-nothing
:06:01. > :06:02.campaign for both candidates and in true French style, this promises to
:06:03. > :06:18.be passionate and dramatic. Cat what, what about the rest of the
:06:19. > :06:23.European Union? There is a lot at stake. France is a political and
:06:24. > :06:26.economic heavyweight in Europe and outside as well. That's why there is
:06:27. > :06:30.so much world attention on these elections. If Emmanuel Macron is
:06:31. > :06:37.president, the international financial market love that idea,
:06:38. > :06:39.they surged this morning. He's probusiness and pro-international
:06:40. > :06:43.trade aGreen Parties and pro-EU, so Brussels is absolutely delighted. He
:06:44. > :06:48.wants more EU integration. This could make him a tricky partner in
:06:49. > :06:52.Brexit negotiations, of course, European Union for him coming above
:06:53. > :06:56.all else, but he's a former Minister of The economy and he's unlikely toe
:06:57. > :07:01.say no to a favourable trade agreement for the EU and Britain. If
:07:02. > :07:06.we look at Marine Le Pen, a very different prospect. Of course if
:07:07. > :07:09.she's president, she'd be the champion for Euro-sceptic pop list
:07:10. > :07:13.nationalist movements across Europe and beyond but Brussels is afraid of
:07:14. > :07:17.her. She wants to pull France out of the euro and hold a referendum on
:07:18. > :07:22.France's European Union membership. She's a big fan of Brexit, but if
:07:23. > :07:27.France leaves the EU, the whole European project could collapse.
:07:28. > :07:31.That would impact the UK as well at the very least leaving Brexit talks
:07:32. > :07:34.and talks of a future trade deal hanging in the air.
:07:35. > :07:42.Jeremy Corbyn has been campaigning in Scotland today where Labour held
:07:43. > :07:45.just one seat in the general election of 2015.
:07:46. > :07:48.Mr Corbyn was addressing the Scottish Trades Union Congress
:07:49. > :07:51.where he said a Labour government would repeal trade union
:07:52. > :07:55.legislation passed by David Cameron's government.
:07:56. > :07:57.He told union members that they were the DNA
:07:58. > :08:01.The same audience heard the first minister Nicola Sturgeon insist
:08:02. > :08:03.the election in Scotland was a two-horse race between the SNP
:08:04. > :08:06.Sarah Smith our Scotland editor has more details.
:08:07. > :08:12.All these Labour supporters know Jeremy Corbyn has to win back huge
:08:13. > :08:15.numbers of voters from the SNP if he's to stand a chance
:08:16. > :08:24.Do you want to vote for the SNP, who want to fight for another
:08:25. > :08:26.unwanted and unnecessary referendum but have failed abysmally
:08:27. > :08:28.in the fight against poverty and inequality?
:08:29. > :08:32.An SNP who've failed in government in all policy areas,
:08:33. > :08:37.as they systematically forget the day job, and obsess
:08:38. > :08:42.A springtime fall of snow greeted Mr Corbyn earlier today,
:08:43. > :08:46.when both he and Nicola Sturgeon came to the Scottish trade union
:08:47. > :08:51.Jeremy Corbyn says he's fighting for every seat in Scotland.
:08:52. > :08:56.The reality is, they'll have to fight hard to keep the one MP
:08:57. > :08:58.they have in Scotland at the moment, having lost 40 seats
:08:59. > :09:04.There will be no deals with Nicola Sturgeon
:09:05. > :09:09.and the SNP after the election, Mr Corbyn said today.
:09:10. > :09:12.While she claims her party provide the only effective opposition
:09:13. > :09:15.The SNP simply cannot form a government in Westminster.
:09:16. > :09:18.The only wait to get rid of the Tories that you so despise
:09:19. > :09:20.would be with a Labour government, wouldn't it?
:09:21. > :09:24.Well, look, I can read the polls as well as anybody can.
:09:25. > :09:28.And the travails of the Labour Party I think tell most people that
:09:29. > :09:32.Labour is not on course to form a government.
:09:33. > :09:34.So, people who don't want to see Theresa May
:09:35. > :09:37.with a strengthened hand, to impose more welfare cuts,
:09:38. > :09:40.to damage the economy, to do further damage to our society,
:09:41. > :09:44.The SNP regard the Tories, not Labour, as their real
:09:45. > :09:57.The fact is, it's never been more important for people across Scotland
:09:58. > :09:59.to think clearly and ask ourselves this question - how can
:10:00. > :10:02.we best protect Scotland from the hard-line Tories?
:10:03. > :10:05.The truth is, the Tories are starting to think that they can
:10:06. > :10:08.do whatever they want to Scotland and get away with it.
:10:09. > :10:10.The Scottish Tories believe they could win up to 12 seats
:10:11. > :10:13.in Scotland, and say only they can stop an independence referendum.
:10:14. > :10:17.Nicola Sturgeon is going to use all means possible,
:10:18. > :10:25.including this election, to try and further
:10:26. > :10:27.her aim for another, second independence referendum.
:10:28. > :10:30.The last time Jeremy Corbyn was in Scotland, he said a second
:10:31. > :10:32.independence referendum was absolutely fine with him.
:10:33. > :10:35.So, people across the country don't want it, and they want someone
:10:36. > :10:38.That's what me and my Conservative team will do.
:10:39. > :10:40.The SNP claim this is a two-horse race between them
:10:41. > :10:46.And in a campaign dominated by arguments over independence,
:10:47. > :10:50.Labour often struggle to get their message heard.
:10:51. > :10:53.While Jeremy Corbyn was campaigning in Scotland, he was being accused
:10:54. > :10:55.by the Conservatives of being a security risk
:10:56. > :10:57.because of his long-standing views on nuclear weapons.
:10:58. > :11:00.The day's campaigning also saw the Ukip leader Paul Nuttall giving
:11:01. > :11:04.the strongest hint yet that he may not stand in the election
:11:05. > :11:08.as the party unveiled its policy on integration which opponents said
:11:09. > :11:14.Our political editor Laura Kuenessberg reports.
:11:15. > :11:17.Putting his name to long deeply held principles or signing
:11:18. > :11:23.Sign away the Trade Union act, all right...
:11:24. > :11:26.Jeremy Corbyn ain't changing, not on nuclear weapons,
:11:27. > :11:29.despite his party's official support for Trident, nor staunch
:11:30. > :11:32.backing for trades unions around the country.
:11:33. > :11:37.You are our DNA, you are our family, we will never ever apologise
:11:38. > :11:41.for the closeness of our relationship with you.
:11:42. > :11:44.That's why one of the very first things we'll do
:11:45. > :11:47.when forming our Labour Government will be to repeal the
:11:48. > :11:55.Corbyn supporters would be aghast at anything else but the Tories
:11:56. > :11:58.believe he's out of touch with the majority.
:11:59. > :12:03.Content today to make that case, not their own, not even a sign
:12:04. > :12:05.of the Prime Minister, only her Defence
:12:06. > :12:10.He's already now said he wouldn't necessarily endorse
:12:11. > :12:15.That means Labour is a security risk to this country.
:12:16. > :12:17.The Tories believe Ukip's on the run too.
:12:18. > :12:21.Since the referendum, their main reason for being has gone.
:12:22. > :12:25.So they're arguing for a burka ban, no more Islamic schools -
:12:26. > :12:31.They call it integration, their rivals say it's Islamophobia.
:12:32. > :12:36.What we want to see is people sign up to British law,
:12:37. > :12:43.sign up to a British way of life and indeed enjoy the full fruits our
:12:44. > :12:51.The Ukip leader less keen to chat about his own future,
:12:52. > :12:55.chased by reporters for an answer on whether he will stand as an MP.
:12:56. > :13:00.At the other end of the spectrum, the Lib Dems think there's hope
:13:01. > :13:05.They believe they can gobble up votes in parts
:13:06. > :13:11.They're promising a second referendum on the final Brexit deal.
:13:12. > :13:13.We have, if you like, a coalition of chaos.
:13:14. > :13:20.All lined up backing the hardest of all Brexits,
:13:21. > :13:24.exit from the single market, cutting off all our ties with our
:13:25. > :13:29.Yet even among usually mild mannered Lib Dems,
:13:30. > :13:32.there were heckles today, as Tim Farron faced
:13:33. > :13:38.It's fair to say that I've answered the question.
:13:39. > :13:44.It's still a scramble for all the main parties
:13:45. > :13:46.to get their machines up and running.
:13:47. > :13:50.No one's campaign is yet running at full pelt but the broad thrust
:13:51. > :13:54.of having one to get you on board, their strategies, well
:13:55. > :14:00.those are crystal clear, Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News Vauxhall.
:14:01. > :14:04.Police in Greater Manchester are questioning a 21-year-old man
:14:05. > :14:07.about the murder of a former Royal Navy officer who was run
:14:08. > :14:09.over as he tried to stop his car being stolen.
:14:10. > :14:12.Mike Samwell who was 35 was found with serious injuries
:14:13. > :14:15.during the early hours of Sunday morning and died later in hospital
:14:16. > :14:23.as our correspondent Danny Savage reports.
:14:24. > :14:25.Mike Samwell, a 35-year-old former Royal Navy officer.
:14:26. > :14:28.He and his wife were asleep in their home in Chorlton
:14:29. > :14:32.in the early hours of yesterday when they were awoken by intruders.
:14:33. > :14:40.What happened in the following few moments saw Mr Samwell run over
:14:41. > :14:49.The high-powered Audi S3 was soon found abandoned a few miles away.
:14:50. > :14:54.Where Mike Samwell was fatally injured is now the scene
:14:55. > :14:56.of a murder inquiry, leaving neighbours
:14:57. > :15:01.He was very friendly, always talkative, funny...
:15:02. > :15:11.Mike Samwell was a weapons officer on a nuclear submarine.
:15:12. > :15:14.He left the Navy a few years ago and then worked as an engineer.
:15:15. > :15:17.Police initially appealed to the criminal fraternity
:15:18. > :15:28.for information, saying that this crime had crossed the line.
:15:29. > :15:30.Then this morning, they announced that a 21-year-old
:15:31. > :15:32.man had been arrested on suspicion of murder.
:15:33. > :15:34.Neighbours say they heard Mike Samwell's wife, Jessica,
:15:35. > :15:37.shouting his name and screaming for help after he was run over.
:15:38. > :15:40.She returned to the scene today, escorted by police into her own home
:15:41. > :15:42.which is now a crime scene, as investigations continue
:15:43. > :15:52.into what happened in this quiet suburban street.
:15:53. > :15:55.In Syria, the battle against so-called Islamic State
:15:56. > :15:57.is gathering pace as forces move towards the group's
:15:58. > :16:06.Territory which has been under IS control is being retaken
:16:07. > :16:10.including the northern town of Dabiq, which featured heavily
:16:11. > :16:13.in the group's propaganda as it was the town where
:16:14. > :16:15.the British-born militant known as Jihadi John carried out
:16:16. > :16:20.Our Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville and camerman
:16:21. > :16:24.Fred Scott have been to Dabiq and sent this report.
:16:25. > :16:28.In northern Aleppo, the so-called Islamic State
:16:29. > :16:47.The tiny village of Dabiq was a beacon, drawing in foreign
:16:48. > :16:57.Dabiq was a great symbol for the Islamic State group.
:16:58. > :16:59.It's here, the Prophet Muhammad said, that Muslims
:17:00. > :17:07.This is also the spot where Britain's Jihadi John murdered
:17:08. > :17:10.the American aid worker Peter Kassig.
:17:11. > :17:12.IS were right about one thing, though.
:17:13. > :17:20.But it's the place of their defeat, and they've now been driven more
:17:21. > :17:24.And these days, they don't make much mention of Dabiq.
:17:25. > :17:34.IS are gone, but there's another enemy for the Free Syrian Army -
:17:35. > :17:42.There's a weary truce on these front lines.
:17:43. > :17:57.Air strikes are no longer a threat, but the Islamic State's roadside
:17:58. > :18:00.bombs and booby-traps are everywhere.
:18:01. > :18:06.The FSA, they're mostly ethnic Turks in this part of Syria,
:18:07. > :18:08.try drive out IS but also to stop their blood enemies,
:18:09. > :18:12.The rebuilding of al-Bab is already under way.
:18:13. > :18:16.In Syria, it takes a lot of confidence to replace your windows.
:18:17. > :18:18.But the damage done here isn't just to buildings.
:18:19. > :18:21.It extends deeper, into Syria's ethnic fabric.
:18:22. > :18:25.Amid the ruins, this was an IS headquarters.
:18:26. > :18:27.You find reminders of the victims, the disappeared,
:18:28. > :18:37.New and rich wells of hatred are being formed.
:18:38. > :18:48.Inside these four walls, the country's hopelessness is revealed.
:18:49. > :18:50.Rare access to enemies and sometime allies locked up together.
:18:51. > :18:52.In these cells, the prisoners agreed to speak to us.
:18:53. > :18:56.Others, no more than boys, fought for the Kurds
:18:57. > :19:05.And some for President Assad, helped by Russia.
:19:06. > :19:09.TRANSLATION: Because of the joblessness in Syria,
:19:10. > :19:14.I had no salary to look after my children.
:19:15. > :19:20.Foreign interference here has only caused more destruction.
:19:21. > :19:31.Some say they came to fight for IS, others to destroy it.
:19:32. > :19:33.TRANSLATION: The different people and groups here despise each
:19:34. > :19:38.War only increase and hatred, it never lessens it.
:19:39. > :19:40.All the prisoners, IS included, have had regular contact
:19:41. > :19:50.These men will likely be exchanged in a prisoner swap.
:19:51. > :19:54.The war with IS may be approaching an end,
:19:55. > :19:58.but there will be no rest in Syria, and the people who make up this
:19:59. > :20:05.country will likely find themselves pushed even further apart.
:20:06. > :20:08.Campaigners for better air quality have accused ministers of "pure
:20:09. > :20:10.political expediency" and of "presiding over
:20:11. > :20:17.It follows a decision to delay publishing plans
:20:18. > :20:19.to tackle air pollution until after the general election.
:20:20. > :20:21.Ministers had originally been given until today
:20:22. > :20:23.to publish their proposals, following growing concern about the
:20:24. > :20:32.Our science editor, David Shukman, has the story.
:20:33. > :20:42.It begins with one small cloud. But multiply that by the millions of
:20:43. > :20:45.vehicles on the roads, and you can see how pollution builds up in our
:20:46. > :20:49.cities. There is growing evidence now of the impact on our health, and
:20:50. > :20:53.successive governments have been under pressure to clean up. This is
:20:54. > :20:57.all about a gas called nitrogen dioxide which is given off by
:20:58. > :21:00.traffic tapes it is invisible but damaging. The European Union says
:21:01. > :21:06.the airway breve should not contain more than 40 micrograms of it on
:21:07. > :21:19.average over the course of the year. Well, here are some of the most
:21:20. > :21:22.recent figures... The pollution is so bad in this town in Cornwall, the
:21:23. > :21:26.council even considered moving people away. Nottingham is building
:21:27. > :21:31.an express lane for electric vehicles, all this as the Government
:21:32. > :21:36.have been told to publish a new clean air plan today. One
:21:37. > :21:40.environmental group went to court and won. Ministers now say they will
:21:41. > :21:44.have to wait until after the election. Campaigners are not happy.
:21:45. > :21:47.We've been breaking the law on air pollution now for seven years and
:21:48. > :21:51.the government has had five months to find policies to sort it out.
:21:52. > :21:56.Now, they're leaving it to the last minute to try and get out of it.
:21:57. > :21:59.It's not acceptable. In the Commons, Labour accused the Government of
:22:00. > :22:03.using the election as an excuse for delay. Isn't it the case that the
:22:04. > :22:07.Government is doing everything it can to avoid scrutiny because it is
:22:08. > :22:11.missing its own commitments, has no strategy and wants yet again to kick
:22:12. > :22:15.this issue into the long grass? The Environment Secretary said the
:22:16. > :22:20.Government WAS ready to fact but could not do so right now because of
:22:21. > :22:24.election campaign rules. Clean air is an absolute top priority for this
:22:25. > :22:28.government. We have been working on our new proposals for the last five
:22:29. > :22:32.months and we are ready to go with our proposals. We are now seeking a
:22:33. > :22:39.very short deferral to meet the propriety rules around purdah. When
:22:40. > :22:43.it emerges, the clean air plan will have to tackle vast numbers of
:22:44. > :22:47.diesels. All than a third of all cars in Britain are diesels. The
:22:48. > :22:52.last Labour government encouraged people to buy them. One option now
:22:53. > :22:57.is a subsidy to scrap the dirtiest ones. But that's expensive. Another
:22:58. > :23:00.idea is to have taxes to deter diesel drivers from entering cities.
:23:01. > :23:04.Choices which are very difficult at any time.
:23:05. > :23:08.A brief look at some of the day's other news stories...
:23:09. > :23:12.The law firm Leigh Day and three of its solicitors have appeared
:23:13. > :23:15.before a disciplinary tribunal on misconduct charges over legal
:23:16. > :23:17.claims they brought against British troops during the Iraq war.
:23:18. > :23:19.They are accused of making allegations that soldiers murdered
:23:20. > :23:29.Two men - Arthur Collins, pictured here, and Andre Phoenix -
:23:30. > :23:32.have been remanded in custody after being charged in connection
:23:33. > :23:36.with an alleged acid attack at a London nightclub over Easter.
:23:37. > :23:39.More than 20 people were injured, with two of the victims
:23:40. > :23:45.Tougher punishments for the most serious cases of speeding have come
:23:46. > :23:50.Drivers may now be fined 1.5 times their weekly wage
:23:51. > :23:53.for the worst offences, including driving over
:23:54. > :24:01.50mph in a 30mph-zone, or 100mph on a motorway.
:24:02. > :24:03.James Mattis, the US Defence Secretary, has warned that
:24:04. > :24:07.Afghan security forces and the international troops
:24:08. > :24:09.supporting them face "a tough year" because of the threat
:24:10. > :24:13.Mr Mattis is in Kabul, where the Afghan defence minister
:24:14. > :24:16.and the army chief of staff have resigned following Friday's Taliban
:24:17. > :24:23.The assault near Mazar-e-Sharif killed more than 140 people,
:24:24. > :24:28.after militants disguised as soldiers stormed an army base.
:24:29. > :24:30.Our correspondent Justin Rowlatt has been to the camp,
:24:31. > :24:39.This is the route the Taliban attackers took.
:24:40. > :24:41.The guards waved them through, believing they were
:24:42. > :24:49.We're the first journalists invited onto the army base, the first to see
:24:50. > :24:58.A suicide bomber blew himself up in the dining hall,
:24:59. > :25:01.as hundreds of soldiers ate their lunch.
:25:02. > :25:06.Others were mown down as they left Friday prayers,
:25:07. > :25:14.the Taliban shooting fellow Muslims dead as they worshipped.
:25:15. > :25:19.Once inside here, they just opened fire, and if you look around here,
:25:20. > :25:24.you can see the walls are pocked with gunshot fire.
:25:25. > :25:28.And outside, one of the vehicles the Taliban used.
:25:29. > :25:30.There are suspicions the attackers had inside help,
:25:31. > :25:40.TRANSLATION: Investigators from Kabul have been here.
:25:41. > :25:42.They confirmed there are no indication that there has been any
:25:43. > :25:50.But just hours after our interview, he was suspended.
:25:51. > :25:52.Eight army personnel are under investigation, and today,
:25:53. > :25:55.both the Afghan Defence Minister and the Army chief
:25:56. > :26:00.There could scarcely have been a worse day
:26:01. > :26:05.for the US Defence Secretary, James Mattis, to visit the country.
:26:06. > :26:11.He met the Afghan president to discuss US strategy in Afghanistan.
:26:12. > :26:13.I'd say that we're under no illusions about the challenges
:26:14. > :26:22.2017's going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan security
:26:23. > :26:25.forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue
:26:26. > :26:29.to stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan against terrorism.
:26:30. > :26:33.But as they begin to clear up the wreckage, the Americans
:26:34. > :26:37.were still making no promises on what the Afghans really want -
:26:38. > :26:49.additional US troops to assist Afghan forces.
:26:50. > :26:53.The American astronaut Peggy Whitson has broken the record for the number
:26:54. > :26:56.of days spent in space by an American.
:26:57. > :27:00.President Trump telephoned her to congratulate her on beating
:27:01. > :27:04.Commander Whitson is also the first woman to command
:27:05. > :27:10.the International Space Station on two missions.
:27:11. > :27:13.Newcastle United have been promoted back to the Premier League
:27:14. > :27:14.at the first attempt following their
:27:15. > :27:18.United beat Preston 4-1 at St James' Park this evening to secure
:27:19. > :27:21.the second automatic promotion spot behind leaders Brighton.
:27:22. > :27:30.The season hasn't been the procession many expected
:27:31. > :27:32.at Newcastle United, but then life is rarely
:27:33. > :27:40.With regular crowds of over 50,000, this is a club that feels like it
:27:41. > :27:48.Much of this is down to Rafa Benitez, the Champions
:27:49. > :27:50.League-winning manager who chose to stay in the Championship,
:27:51. > :27:53.believing he could take them straight up.
:27:54. > :27:55.And the prize was in sight after just six minutes.
:27:56. > :28:05.Newcastle beat Preston 6-0 in October, but this time,
:28:06. > :28:07.their opponents were far more resilient.
:28:08. > :28:10.Jordan Hugill made sure it would be no walkover.
:28:11. > :28:15.At 1-1, nerves were starting to build at St James' Park.
:28:16. > :28:18.In such a cauldron, what was needed was a cool head.
:28:19. > :28:21.For Newcastle, that came from Christian Atsu,
:28:22. > :28:25.After the break, Newcastle were back on the attack.
:28:26. > :28:27.Preston were forced to take drastic action.
:28:28. > :28:29.Now down to ten men, Matt Ritchie punished them further.
:28:30. > :28:31.It was so close, they could taste it.
:28:32. > :28:33.Newcastle would score a fourth before the
:28:34. > :28:41.Often described as sleeping giants, maybe now they've found the right
:28:42. > :28:51.So, a a year after they were relegated, Newcastle are promoted at
:28:52. > :28:55.the first time of asking, something that doesn't happen all that often.
:28:56. > :29:00.It looks like with two games to go, bright and will pip them to the
:29:01. > :29:02.title. Although given the way everyone celebrated here, second
:29:03. > :29:06.placed does not seem like a bad price.
:29:07. > :29:08.The runner who provided the defining image of yesterday's marathon
:29:09. > :29:11.when he sacrificed his own race time to help another competitor
:29:12. > :29:16.says it was the perfect ending to his race.
:29:17. > :29:19.The actions of Matthew Rees in helping David Wyeth to reach
:29:20. > :29:21.the finishing line have been described as a great example
:29:22. > :29:30.Our correspondent Dan Johnson caught up with the two runners today.
:29:31. > :29:38.COMMENTATOR: David Wyeth goes down...
:29:39. > :29:42.After 26 miles, a helping hand summed up the spirit
:29:43. > :29:49.But there'll be guys who'll help him to the line -
:29:50. > :29:54.I was just trying to get to the line, and my body went.
:29:55. > :29:58.It was desperate, really - really desperate.
:29:59. > :30:04.He was saying that he was determined to finish.
:30:05. > :30:07.And I helped him up and his legs went again, so I realised that
:30:08. > :30:11.I was going to have to stay with him to make sure that he did get
:30:12. > :30:14...to see it through to the conclusion of this 26
:30:15. > :30:20.I was like shouting in his ear, saying, "Come on, on,
:30:21. > :30:25.you can do this, it's 200 metres, we WILL finish, I'll stay with you!"
:30:26. > :30:31.Maybe I was a bit overzealous because of my support, but, er...
:30:32. > :30:33.Maybe I was a bit overzealous with my support, but, er...
:30:34. > :30:37.No, it was wonderful, it was needed, it was needed to kind of hit home.
:30:38. > :30:40.Matthew was clear in knowing, if he leaves me, there's a chance
:30:41. > :30:43.that they will just whisk me off, they won't get me along the finish.
:30:44. > :30:46.And that's just, you know, it's just so nice, he's such
:30:47. > :30:49.The killer question - roles reversed, would you have
:30:50. > :30:56.You're the first person to ask me that today,
:30:57. > :31:00.I haven't given it a moment's thought.
:31:01. > :31:03.You can see Prince William and Prince Harry looking
:31:04. > :31:06.What the general public see there is the spirit
:31:07. > :31:10.And this happens all over the place, it just happened that there
:31:11. > :31:13.were quite a few cameras trained on that, at that point in
:31:14. > :31:19.And it was even the wobbly pair of legs that officially
:31:20. > :31:24.David's club has offered to pay Matthew's entry entry year,
:31:25. > :31:26.David's club has offered to pay Matthew's entry year,
:31:27. > :31:27.with first-class travel and accommodation -
:31:28. > :31:29.recognition of a new friendship forged in a selfless
:31:30. > :31:47.Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:31:48. > :31:53.In the aftermath of the first round of the French presidential
:31:54. > :31:59.elections, will be joined by Peter Mandelson, who talks about his new
:32:00. > :32:03.cross-party moment to defeat pro-Brexit MPs in the election.