:00:00. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten: Theresa May apologises to Conservative MPs
:00:09. > :00:11.for the party's performance at the general election.
:00:12. > :00:14.The Prime Minister spent much of the day trying to agree a deal
:00:15. > :00:18.with the Democratic Unionists, to keep the Conservatives in power.
:00:19. > :00:22.She told a meeting at Westminster that she's got the Conservatives
:00:23. > :00:26.into a mess and she was the right person to get them out of it.
:00:27. > :00:33.The Prime Minister was superb, really statesmanlike and humble
:00:34. > :00:35.in recognising the difficulties but forthright in tackling
:00:36. > :00:39.Earlier, Mrs May convened her new Cabinet as Ministers acknowledged
:00:40. > :00:41.that the Queen's Speech, setting out the Government's
:00:42. > :00:45.We're in talks with the Democratic Unionist Party to see the deal
:00:46. > :00:52.that we can put together and I am very optimistic that will happen
:00:53. > :00:55.but obviously until we have that we can't agree the final
:00:56. > :00:59.And, the start of the formal Brexit negotiations,
:01:00. > :01:02.due in a week's time, might also be delayed,
:01:03. > :01:04.following a meeting between senior officials in Brussels today.
:01:05. > :01:13.In Libya, the house where the Manchester bomber stayed,
:01:14. > :01:17.just days before the attack, he'd been under surveillance
:01:18. > :01:21.Thousands on the streets in Russian cities protesting
:01:22. > :01:22.against corruption, but many of the organisers
:01:23. > :01:26.And what was the impact of social media on the election campaign?
:01:27. > :01:30.Coming up in Sportday on BBC News: Pakistan will face England
:01:31. > :01:33.in the Champions Trophy semifinals after a thrilling three-wicket win
:01:34. > :02:03.The Prime Minister has told Conservative MPs that she will serve
:02:04. > :02:06.them as party leader for as long as they want her.
:02:07. > :02:10.Four days after the election - which resulted in a hung parliament
:02:11. > :02:12.- Mrs May told her fellow Conservatives that she was
:02:13. > :02:16.the person who'd got them into this mess and she was the one who'd get
:02:17. > :02:20.Earlier in the day, Downing Street confirmed that the Queen's Speech -
:02:21. > :02:21.setting out the government's legislative plans -
:02:22. > :02:24.It's meant to take place in a week's time.
:02:25. > :02:27.Labour said it was further evidence that the government was in chaos,
:02:28. > :02:31.as our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports.
:02:32. > :02:38.The band plays on, in Theresa May's backyard.
:02:39. > :02:41.Strangely, business as usual at the back gates.
:02:42. > :02:46.At the front tonight, even after her personal
:02:47. > :02:50.disaster of the election, the Prime Minister seemed relieved
:02:51. > :02:58.After she had fessed up her mistakes to MPs.
:02:59. > :03:01.Theresa May said that she got us into this situation and she's
:03:02. > :03:04.the lady who's going to get us out of it.
:03:05. > :03:05.Humble in recognising the difficulties but forthright
:03:06. > :03:07.in tackling the problems the country faces.
:03:08. > :03:08.Hello, Chief Whip, how's things going?
:03:09. > :03:11.Can the Prime Minister stay on, do you think?
:03:12. > :03:13.Does she have the confidence of her party?
:03:14. > :03:16.But Theresa May knows power has shifted from her
:03:17. > :03:19.Do you have confidence in Theresa May's leadership...
:03:20. > :03:24.Do you have confidence in the Prime Minister?
:03:25. > :03:27.Do you have confidence in the Prime Minister
:03:28. > :03:32.Arriving for the first meeting, they weren't all quite ready to give
:03:33. > :03:36.Do you have confidence in the Prime Minister, though?
:03:37. > :03:42.Having lost the Tories' majority, Theresa May needs to convince
:03:43. > :03:44.her Cabinet colleagues she is still right for the job.
:03:45. > :03:47.They look like they need to convince themselves.
:03:48. > :03:50.We have had some very productive discussions with the DUPs...
:03:51. > :03:54.The Tories hopes of getting anything done lie in a deal
:03:55. > :03:59.It's not even clear yet if the Queen's Speech,
:04:00. > :04:02.the official start of the Government and its business, will go ahead
:04:03. > :04:06.I think that the details of the Queen's Speech,
:04:07. > :04:10.the substance of the Queen's Speech is what matters.
:04:11. > :04:13.It's been known for some days that we are seeking an agreement
:04:14. > :04:17.That will provide the stability and parliamentary votes that
:04:18. > :04:21.will allow us to do the many important things we need to do.
:04:22. > :04:26.Some loyal supporters were trying to cheer Theresa May up.
:04:27. > :04:30.But the fact that scores of newly elected Labour MPs are arriving
:04:31. > :04:34.here and old Tory MPs departing means Theresa May is
:04:35. > :04:38.going to have to change, whether she likes it or not.
:04:39. > :04:41.She is a weakened Prime Minister, with no majority in this place
:04:42. > :04:44.and that means any of the more controversial ideas in her manifesto
:04:45. > :04:50.It's probably goodbye to more grammar schools,
:04:51. > :04:53.probably an end to the idea of tightening up pensioner benefits.
:04:54. > :04:57.The simple truth - Theresa May can't guarantee she'll get her way.
:04:58. > :05:03.I think it would be great if she now gets the Government in place,
:05:04. > :05:09.which she's started to do yesterday and starts these negotiations
:05:10. > :05:12.and then she can then herself make any decisions about the future.
:05:13. > :05:16.There are demands too, to shift on her approach
:05:17. > :05:19.to the biggest policy of all - how we leave the EU?
:05:20. > :05:22.Cabinet ministers have told me there has to be a change of tone
:05:23. > :05:25.and there are open calls for a change of priority.
:05:26. > :05:28.There's a lot to discuss, a lot to dissect but we do have
:05:29. > :05:31.to make sure that we invite other people in now.
:05:32. > :05:34.This isn't just going to be a Tory Brexit, this is going to have
:05:35. > :05:39.You and others are now telling her it has to change?
:05:40. > :05:42.A majority Conservative Government was putting forward a vision.
:05:43. > :05:44.We are no longer a majority Conservative Government.
:05:45. > :05:47.We are going to have to work with others,
:05:48. > :05:50.that means we are going to have to invite people in and try and take
:05:51. > :05:58.The immediate sense of danger to Theresa May seems to be slowing
:05:59. > :06:00.but she's vulnerable, having to answer to colleagues
:06:01. > :06:02.in parliament, having failed to persuade the country.
:06:03. > :06:04.Gentle turmoil, while the routines and rhythms of this
:06:05. > :06:17.Let's go to Westminster and Laura is there. This meeting tonight of the
:06:18. > :06:21.1922 committee surely the first of many tests for Theresa May? I think
:06:22. > :06:24.you are absolutely right. I think this meeting tonight, the Tories
:06:25. > :06:28.managed to cheer themselves up. Theresa May put in a good
:06:29. > :06:32.performance, several MPs afterwards said if only she actually pulled
:06:33. > :06:36.that kind of thing off during the campaign, then I think they might
:06:37. > :06:39.actually have won the election. That was the view. I think pleasure at
:06:40. > :06:43.the fact she had risen to the occasion tonight but frustration
:06:44. > :06:48.that's just not what they saw in the campaign. I think despite tonight
:06:49. > :06:52.they were a bit more perky, let's be absolutely honest about this, the
:06:53. > :06:57.Conservative Party is in a bad place right now. Just a few days ago, they
:06:58. > :07:01.were expecting this to be the first day getting back to Westminster,
:07:02. > :07:06.Theresa May should have been putting together a brand new Cabinet. She
:07:07. > :07:08.should have looked like she was all guns blazing, they were expecting
:07:09. > :07:13.she would have swept back to victory. Instead, they are still
:07:14. > :07:17.trying to put together their deal with a small group of Northern Irish
:07:18. > :07:21.MPs, the DUP. They have been working with them informally for the last
:07:22. > :07:24.couple of years. So there is no expectation they won't be able to
:07:25. > :07:29.reach a deal, it's likely it will happen tomorrow. But even once they
:07:30. > :07:33.get a deal done the Tories and the DUP will have a tiny majority of
:07:34. > :07:36.only six. Of course that puts paid to any of the big controversial
:07:37. > :07:41.interesting ideas the Tory Party might have in the next couple of
:07:42. > :07:44.years, that is a deal that guarantees an element of survival,
:07:45. > :07:49.but genuinely not much else. I think the thing that a lot of Tories are
:07:50. > :07:53.finding difficult tonight is they still don't quite understand why it
:07:54. > :07:57.went so badly wrong. Remember they were the biggest party with the most
:07:58. > :08:01.seats and the most votes. But they have ended up feeling like they have
:08:02. > :08:04.been badly defeated. They are rallying around their leader
:08:05. > :08:05.tonight, but out of necessity, rather than desire.
:08:06. > :08:10.Thank you. The formal Brexit negotiations
:08:11. > :08:15.were due to start next Monday but that date is now in doubt
:08:16. > :08:17.following a meeting between senior EU and British officials in Brussels
:08:18. > :08:20.today when they failed Earlier today, the Brexit Secretary,
:08:21. > :08:25.David Davis, insisted talks would still take place and he said
:08:26. > :08:27.the government would stick to its commitment to leave
:08:28. > :08:30.the European single market, despite growing calls from some MPs
:08:31. > :08:34.to be more flexible. The First Minister of Scotland,
:08:35. > :08:37.Nicola Sturgeon, said it was clear there was no public backing
:08:38. > :08:40.for a so-called hard Brexit. Our deputy political editor
:08:41. > :08:41.Jon Pienaar considers Brexit means Brexit says Theresa May
:08:42. > :08:49.but what does it mean? The two-year countdown
:08:50. > :08:52.continues next week. Then, UK and EU negotiators must
:08:53. > :08:55.thrash out a deal if they can. They've got until the
:08:56. > :08:59.end of March 2019. So what are the challenges of Brexit
:09:00. > :09:04.and can ministers find an answer? European imports cross
:09:05. > :09:09.British borders freely now. EU leaders say people must too,
:09:10. > :09:13.if free trade's to go on. So how to keep free movement of
:09:14. > :09:17.goods into Britain but not people? The Government says it's sticking
:09:18. > :09:20.to that mission but open to ideas. What we will be doing,
:09:21. > :09:23.of course, as I have actually the last ten months,
:09:24. > :09:25.is listening to all the contributors and say if you've got better ideas,
:09:26. > :09:29.tell me and we'll consider them. The Chancellor wants
:09:30. > :09:35.to keep business supplied David Davis, the Brexit
:09:36. > :09:40.Secretary, does too. Trade Secretary Liam Fox is tougher
:09:41. > :09:47.still, wants out of the EU, But the parliamentary pressures
:09:48. > :09:54.after the election are huge. This debate's been
:09:55. > :09:57.going round in circles. Since the election
:09:58. > :09:59.it's picked up pace. Brexiteers want to break
:10:00. > :10:01.free of all EU control. Others say compromise
:10:02. > :10:04.on migration, on EU payments Whether it's on movement of people,
:10:05. > :10:10.how the rules can be adjusted, budget payments, things like that,
:10:11. > :10:14.I think there needs to be a bit of flexibility
:10:15. > :10:17.because the politician's job is to make this work
:10:18. > :10:19.for the nation as a whole, 17.4 million people voted
:10:20. > :10:25.for the simple principle that decisions should be made
:10:26. > :10:28.by democratically elected politicians here in Westminster
:10:29. > :10:30.that decide our laws, That's what should be negotiated,
:10:31. > :10:35.starting next Monday. Trade and co-operation count
:10:36. > :10:40.for more than keeping We need to get rid of the idea
:10:41. > :10:47.of tick-boxing hard Brexit and obsessions with things
:10:48. > :10:51.like the European Court and bringing We need an outcome that
:10:52. > :10:56.works for businesses Nicola Sturgeon showed off her
:10:57. > :11:02.Scottish nationalist contingent, shrunk to 35 MPs but still she says
:11:03. > :11:06.owed a greater hearing on Brexit. The approach that the Government
:11:07. > :11:09.was taking to hard Brexit I think is dead in the water
:11:10. > :11:11.and cannot stand. I am calling today for a process
:11:12. > :11:15.that is opened up to include more voices, all parties and all four
:11:16. > :11:18.nations of the UK and an approach that has continued membership
:11:19. > :11:25.of the single market at its heart. Most of the MPs who will be sworn
:11:26. > :11:28.in here this week were elected There are many ideas of how
:11:29. > :11:36.and what's best for Britain. If there is a plan it will only
:11:37. > :11:39.emerge slowly through long, hard negotiation and no one can say
:11:40. > :11:42.now what it will look like. Opinions may shift here
:11:43. > :11:46.and across the country and some even believe no plan could be agreed
:11:47. > :11:50.before another election. So a deal to exit the European Union
:11:51. > :11:54.is not yet within reach, It will take endless wrangling
:11:55. > :11:59.between now and the two-year deadline for Brexit before we find
:12:00. > :12:04.out what it truly means. Our Europe editor Katya Adler
:12:05. > :12:16.joins us from Brussels. What's the reaction there to the
:12:17. > :12:20.developments at Westminster? Well, Brussels is trying really hard not
:12:21. > :12:23.to react to what it sees as a domestic British situation but if
:12:24. > :12:29.you think about it, it's surreal not to act when we are just days away
:12:30. > :12:32.from what should have been the very first political face-to-face Brexit
:12:33. > :12:38.negotiations between the EU and the UK. Now all of a sudden the UK
:12:39. > :12:42.erupts in the sea of what Brexit should we have, hard or soft, open
:12:43. > :12:47.or cliff-edge? Brussels is putting its hands over its ears trying to
:12:48. > :12:50.borrow the British motto of keeping calm and carrying on. It says until
:12:51. > :12:54.it receives official notification otherwise from the UK it's going to
:12:55. > :12:58.carry on with Theresa May's letter of notification she sent back in
:12:59. > :13:02.March saying we are leaving the EU including the single market and the
:13:03. > :13:06.customs union as well. Of course the EU wishes that weren't the case. One
:13:07. > :13:10.high level source said to me tonight it is the secret wish of many
:13:11. > :13:14.Europeans that Britain would change its mind and stay in the EU. But
:13:15. > :13:22.just to underline this there is zero expectation of that. In fact, the
:13:23. > :13:24.EU's chief negotiator today sent two very detailed Brexit negotiating
:13:25. > :13:26.documents to Downing Street, they were the start of technical talks
:13:27. > :13:32.here between the two sides, but very much on the level of when shall we
:13:33. > :13:35.meet, how often and so on. We do not know when the political negotiations
:13:36. > :13:39.will start, to sum up, the reaction here is we are ready in Brussels,
:13:40. > :13:45.when you UK are ready. Thank you. The Democratic Unionist Party
:13:46. > :13:47.is not only negotiating with Theresa May -
:13:48. > :13:50.as we've heard - it's also resumed talks on restoring the power-sharing
:13:51. > :13:52.Executive in Northern Ireland. There's been no First Minister or
:13:53. > :13:57.Deputy First Minister since January. But Sinn Fein says Theresa May's
:13:58. > :14:00.government can no longer be seen as an honest broker because it's now
:14:01. > :14:05.dependent on the DUP Our Ireland correspondent
:14:06. > :14:08.Chris Buckler has the latest North Antrim is a Democratic
:14:09. > :14:14.Unionist heartland where many voters choose the party at least partly
:14:15. > :14:20.because of their religion. The DUP's opposition to same-sex
:14:21. > :14:23.marriage and abortion has concerned But politicians and voters in this
:14:24. > :14:30.corner of the UK can be more Do you think they need to change
:14:31. > :14:38.those kind of views? No, I would agree with
:14:39. > :14:41.those views, I am sorry. Everybody's entitled to their
:14:42. > :14:43.opinion and if that's your opinion, then you should stand
:14:44. > :14:45.for your rights. We have a right to
:14:46. > :14:47.speak out, so we do. The DUP used a veto to block
:14:48. > :14:51.the introduction of same-sex It was just one of a series
:14:52. > :14:57.of disagreements with Sinn Fein that But the potential marriage
:14:58. > :15:03.of convenience between the Conservatives and the DUP has
:15:04. > :15:07.left republicans questioning if the British Government can really
:15:08. > :15:10.be seen as honest brokers in the talks to try to
:15:11. > :15:12.restore power-sharing. We don't believe that any
:15:13. > :15:18.deal between the DUP here and the English Tories will be
:15:19. > :15:24.good for the people here. And any deal which undercuts
:15:25. > :15:30.in any way the process here or the Good Friday
:15:31. > :15:32.and the other agreements is one Watching on as Sinn Fein spoke,
:15:33. > :15:41.were members of the DUP. Their Westminster ambitions
:15:42. > :15:43.could have an impact on parliament buildings in Belfast
:15:44. > :15:46.where their relationship and devolved Government collapsed
:15:47. > :15:49.at the start of the year. Those issues which are devolved
:15:50. > :15:53.should be dealt with by the devolved administration here in Northern
:15:54. > :15:56.Ireland. But if others decide
:15:57. > :15:58.they're not coming back into the devolved administration
:15:59. > :16:01.here in Northern Ireland, then those issues will have to be
:16:02. > :16:04.dealt with at Westminster. It is really for Sinn Fein to decide
:16:05. > :16:07.where they want those powers to lie. The British and Irish governments
:16:08. > :16:10.were supposed to be bringing Stormont's parties together
:16:11. > :16:14.on these talks. Now London is having to reassure
:16:15. > :16:18.Dublin about their intentions. Yes, the discussions that may be
:16:19. > :16:21.taking place between ourselves and the DUP in relation
:16:22. > :16:24.to an agreement in Westminster, but that being entirely separate
:16:25. > :16:27.from our intent and desire to see The Northern Ireland Secretary left
:16:28. > :16:40.rather quickly, perhaps a sign that the Conservatives feel a little
:16:41. > :16:42.uncomfortable with Tomorrow, the DUP will head
:16:43. > :16:49.to Downing Street with demands, But for this deal to work the two
:16:50. > :17:03.parties will need to have The DUP have still to spell out
:17:04. > :17:06.exactly what they want in return for their support, but I suspect a lot
:17:07. > :17:09.of it will be about finances and also influence. They'll want cash
:17:10. > :17:14.for public services, for the economy and a say on things like Brexit. I
:17:15. > :17:16.suspect, they'll avoid some of the contentious issues that led to the
:17:17. > :17:21.collapse of power sharing here at Stormont. Nonetheless, Theresa May
:17:22. > :17:24.knows she's got to be careful in what she agrees to, otherwise what's
:17:25. > :17:26.good for Westminster could end up causing her problems here in
:17:27. > :17:27.Northern Ireland further down-the-line.
:17:28. > :17:32.Chris, thanks very much. Business leaders are warning
:17:33. > :17:35.of a dramatic drop in confidence following the general election
:17:36. > :17:36.result. A survey of 700 members
:17:37. > :17:39.of the Institute of Directors suggests there's concern
:17:40. > :17:42.that the political uncertainty could But the organisation says there's no
:17:43. > :17:51.desire for another election. Our business editor, Simon Jack
:17:52. > :17:56.reports on that business view. Coming up fast, Brexit negotiations
:17:57. > :17:59.are due to start next Monday, but after the election result,
:18:00. > :18:01.the direction of travel is more uncertain than ever and businesses
:18:02. > :18:05.like Aston Martin are worried. It's almost the worst of all worlds,
:18:06. > :18:09.because you now have a hung Parliament, where nothing can be
:18:10. > :18:13.taken as a given. Let's understand the direction
:18:14. > :18:16.of travel, let's work Let us understand where we're
:18:17. > :18:25.going to and we can That will allow us then to continue
:18:26. > :18:29.the investments that On Friday, in the immediate
:18:30. > :18:32.aftermath of the election, business groups gathered
:18:33. > :18:35.here at the Department for Business for a regular meeting
:18:36. > :18:37.with the Secretary of State. The problem is many of them
:18:38. > :18:40.feel that, up to now, their voice goes no further
:18:41. > :18:42.than this building and are hoping that a weakened Theresa May
:18:43. > :18:46.will have to listen more to Cabinet colleagues and to the voice
:18:47. > :18:48.of business, particularly Up to now, I don't think business
:18:49. > :18:54.has managed to get its voice across effectively enough or it
:18:55. > :19:00.simply hasn't been listened to. That's particularly true
:19:01. > :19:03.of smaller businesses. Now I think we've got
:19:04. > :19:05.a bit of a window. That might enable there to be a bit
:19:06. > :19:11.of a rethink about some of these questions about the single market,
:19:12. > :19:13.the customs union, how the regulatory frameworks
:19:14. > :19:15.are going to work. Well many, in fact most, businesses
:19:16. > :19:18.would like to retain preferential John Elliott, who runs
:19:19. > :19:22.this electrical goods manufacturer in County Durham,
:19:23. > :19:25.says we must not lose sight of why My view over Brexit is we've got
:19:26. > :19:34.to leave and become the same as the other people who aren't
:19:35. > :19:36.in the European Union, countries like USA, Canada,
:19:37. > :19:39.Australia and Japan and be treated like them and give up our free
:19:40. > :19:42.access to the single market and get back control
:19:43. > :19:49.of our economy and immigration. Immigration is already
:19:50. > :19:51.starting to fall. There was more evidence
:19:52. > :19:54.of that today. There's been a 96% fall
:19:55. > :19:57.in the number of EU nationals registering to work as a nurse
:19:58. > :20:00.in the UK. The Institute of Directors
:20:01. > :20:05.polled its members over the weekend, and last week's election has had
:20:06. > :20:08.a clear negative impact There has been a sudden drop
:20:09. > :20:13.in business confidence as a direct result of what happened
:20:14. > :20:15.in the election. Our members are feeling much less
:20:16. > :20:18.confident about the prospects for the UK economy and they're
:20:19. > :20:20.concerned about the potential impact It may be that the business voice
:20:21. > :20:27.gets a wider audience in Government, but with so much political
:20:28. > :20:30.uncertainty, even that prospect Security officials in Libya have
:20:31. > :20:40.told the BBC that the bomb attack in Manchester last month -
:20:41. > :20:43.in which 22 people were killed - For more than a month before
:20:44. > :20:48.the attack, they say they had the bomber,
:20:49. > :20:50.Salman Abedi, under The officials have also
:20:51. > :20:55.complained about poor security co-operation with Britain,
:20:56. > :20:57.which they say must be improved From Tripoli, our correspondent
:20:58. > :21:04.Orla Guerin sent this report. An abandoned house
:21:05. > :21:07.on the outskirts of Tripoli This is where the Manchester bomber
:21:08. > :21:14.spent a quiet month with his family, The BBC has been told that
:21:15. > :21:20.throughout his stay, Salman Abedi was under surveillance
:21:21. > :21:23.here, along with his It's unclear if Britain
:21:24. > :21:29.was informed. Security officials say his brother
:21:30. > :21:32.Hashem has admitted that he and Salman joined IS in 2015
:21:33. > :21:43.and he bought parts for the bomb. The spokesman for Libya's
:21:44. > :21:46.special deterrence force, which is still interrogating Hashem
:21:47. > :21:49.and his father told us the attack was being planned
:21:50. > :21:53.since last December. Such is the insecurity here,
:21:54. > :21:58.he prefers not to show his face. We have information about Salman's
:21:59. > :22:05.friends and Hashem's here in Libya and what did they buy
:22:06. > :22:10.from Manchester to make the bomb, and we have some information
:22:11. > :22:18.about their contacts in Manchester. So far, Manchester police have
:22:19. > :22:21.not set foot in Libya, where power often lies
:22:22. > :22:25.in the shadows. Militias vie for influence here,
:22:26. > :22:32.along with three rival governments. The key question for Britain
:22:33. > :22:35.is who to deal with here, who to share intelligence
:22:36. > :22:38.with and that issue But even now, after the Manchester
:22:39. > :22:44.bombing, Libyan officials have told us they have far better security
:22:45. > :22:48.cooperation with the CIA This general works for the UN
:22:49. > :22:56.approved government in Tripoli. He told us there are
:22:57. > :22:59.difficulties exchanging "My message is clear," he says,
:23:00. > :23:06."This crime has happened, we don't want it to happen again
:23:07. > :23:10.in Britain or anywhere else. We want strong cooperation
:23:11. > :23:14.with British security agents as soon as possible
:23:15. > :23:19.to avoid similar attacks." The BBC understands British
:23:20. > :23:22.officials feel it will take time to build cooperation
:23:23. > :23:26.because of the instability on these shores, but officials here say
:23:27. > :23:31.delays will favour IS. The Duchess of Cambridge has
:23:32. > :23:38.been meeting victims of the London Bridge terror attack,
:23:39. > :23:41.who are recovering at King's College Hospital
:23:42. > :23:44.in south-east London. She's also met some of the doctors
:23:45. > :23:46.and nurses who treated those who were hurt in the attack -
:23:47. > :23:50.all of the injured who made it In Moscow, and several
:23:51. > :23:57.other Russian cities, thousands of demonstrators have
:23:58. > :23:59.taken to the streets to protest against corruption
:24:00. > :24:02.and against the oppressive policies Scores of people were arrested
:24:03. > :24:07.in Moscow and in St Petersburg, and the Russian opposition leader,
:24:08. > :24:09.Alexei Navalny, who organised the protests, was also
:24:10. > :24:11.taken into custody. Our Moscow correspondent,
:24:12. > :24:18.Steve Rosenberg, has the story. One mile from the Kremlin,
:24:19. > :24:20.a public holiday turned Russia day is supposed to be
:24:21. > :24:28.a national celebration, but riot police were sent
:24:29. > :24:31.in to clear anti-government protesters from
:24:32. > :24:36.Moscow's main street. Thousands had come
:24:37. > :24:38.to accuse the Russian "Putin is a thief," they shouted
:24:39. > :24:44.and "One, two, three, Families, accidentally caught up
:24:45. > :24:53.in the violence, fled. Police detained
:24:54. > :24:57.hundreds of protesters. The police have been telling
:24:58. > :25:00.the crowd that people don't have the right to protest here,
:25:01. > :25:03.that they don't have permission. But the protesters have been saying
:25:04. > :25:05.they don't need permission There were anti-corruption
:25:06. > :25:13.demonstrations in more As for the man who'd organised
:25:14. > :25:19.this nationwide protest, opposition leader, Alexei Navalny,
:25:20. > :25:24.he was detained as he left home. Vladimir Putin said nothing
:25:25. > :25:28.today about the protests. Instead he played tour
:25:29. > :25:31.guide in the Kremlin This is how President Putin
:25:32. > :25:36.would rather be seen, not as a corrupt leader,
:25:37. > :25:41.but as father of the nation. And certainly not everyone
:25:42. > :25:43.today was in the mood In Moscow, this patriotic
:25:44. > :25:49.festival, on the same street as the protest,
:25:50. > :25:52.was celebrating Russian "Protests don't make
:25:53. > :25:58.life better," he says. Not one revolution has ever
:25:59. > :26:02.brought anything good." Up the road, this was no
:26:03. > :26:06.Russian Revolution, but it was a display of defiance,
:26:07. > :26:09.from those people, many of them young Russians, who believe
:26:10. > :26:14.their country needs change. In France, President Macron's
:26:15. > :26:21.new centrist party - En Marche - looks set to win a landslide victory
:26:22. > :26:24.in this weekend's final The party is on course to win more
:26:25. > :26:29.than two-thirds of the seats Our Paris correspondent,
:26:30. > :26:34.Lucy Williamson, reports on the diversity of the party's
:26:35. > :26:36.candidates, many of whom represent Politics, says Cedric Villani,
:26:37. > :26:44.is a matter of probability with a bit of game theory thrown in,
:26:45. > :26:47.which goes some way to explaining why a mathematician,
:26:48. > :26:52.specialising in non-linear landau damping, is topping
:26:53. > :26:56.a race for parliament. It's still his boss' poster
:26:57. > :26:59.that gets the kisses. Unlike many of the new faces running
:27:00. > :27:02.for the president's party, Cedric is already well known
:27:03. > :27:05.as a maths genius with a string I've always been an idealistic
:27:06. > :27:14.in my professional lives, as a researcher, as a teacher,
:27:15. > :27:20.as a director. I will continue as a member
:27:21. > :27:23.of Parliament, trying not to be Among the hundreds of
:27:24. > :27:28.new party candidates, there's a former bull fighter,
:27:29. > :27:31.a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, a fighter pilot,
:27:32. > :27:36.entrepreneurs and a judge. Mr Macron's bid to bridge
:27:37. > :27:39.the old political left and right has been popular enough to win him
:27:40. > :27:42.the presidency and probably But such a broad church
:27:43. > :27:47.could be vulnerable. There will be quite a few
:27:48. > :27:52.older political figures and they are like wolves
:27:53. > :27:57.in the forest encircling the village and waiting
:27:58. > :28:02.to hear if they can enter, and see if they can already
:28:03. > :28:07.pick up a few lambs, which are getting away
:28:08. > :28:10.from the herd. If predictions for next Sunday
:28:11. > :28:13.are correct, Emmanuel Macron will have remade French politics
:28:14. > :28:17.in the space of six weeks. But behind all the talk
:28:18. > :28:21.of a new era, is the fact that for three quarters of voters here,
:28:22. > :28:25.he was not the first choice for president, and in the first
:28:26. > :28:28.round of the Parliamentary polls, Emmanuel Macron has built his
:28:29. > :28:35.movement on a renewal of democracy, grass-roots, representative,
:28:36. > :28:39.open to all. But a sweeping majority
:28:40. > :28:42.in parliament could leave little room for opposition,
:28:43. > :28:45.and without a real debate among politicians, he could end up facing
:28:46. > :28:49.grass-roots democracy in a more More on the aftermath
:28:50. > :28:58.of the election. Throughout this week, we'll be
:28:59. > :29:01.looking at some of the factors Labour's online political
:29:02. > :29:05.advertising was reported to be notably successful in the final days
:29:06. > :29:09.of the campaign, so our media editor, Amol Rajan, has taken a look
:29:10. > :29:12.at the role played by social media in shaping the outcome
:29:13. > :29:23.of the 2017 election. # The nurses going hungry
:29:24. > :29:28.# Schools in decline... # Energetic, cool and full of aerning,
:29:29. > :29:31.like many of the endorsements Jeremy Corbyn received,
:29:32. > :29:35.this song, downloaded nearly three million times on YouTube,
:29:36. > :29:37.was designed to be Many of the ads on Facebook
:29:38. > :29:42.from Labour's official campaign had a positive,
:29:43. > :29:44.colourful message I've been involved in
:29:45. > :29:51.opposing anti-terror... By contrast many Tory ads
:29:52. > :29:54.like this one were grey, doom laden and focussed mainly
:29:55. > :29:59.on one thing - Corbyn's character. A project set up to analyse
:30:00. > :30:03.the impact of political messaging on Facebook found in the final days
:30:04. > :30:08.of the campaign, Labour's message targeted 464 constituencies compared
:30:09. > :30:11.to just 205 for the Tories. If you look at Facebook feed,
:30:12. > :30:13.probably nine out of ten It's actually not that common
:30:14. > :30:17.for people to see ads If you have a feed that's
:30:18. > :30:22.full of shared content from the Labour Party one blue ad
:30:23. > :30:25.amongst that sea of red At the offices of Momentum,
:30:26. > :30:34.the grass-roots movement set up to support Corbyn's mission
:30:35. > :30:37.to reinvent Labour, they've used social media to bypass journalists
:30:38. > :30:43.and spread articles from sympathetic websites like the Canary. Over the
:30:44. > :30:47.course of the general election campaign, one in three Facebook
:30:48. > :30:50.users in the UK saw one of Momentum's videos. We could create
:30:51. > :30:54.content which was accessible, appealing and spoke to issues which
:30:55. > :30:58.affected people in society that. Was a big part of the appeal. We had
:30:59. > :31:02.volunteer film makers and editors throughout the UK who gave their
:31:03. > :31:06.time to make a lot of this content. In years gone by, newspapers set the
:31:07. > :31:11.political agenda. But their influence is in decline. This
:31:12. > :31:16.digital army uses social media and mobile technology to generate huge
:31:17. > :31:21.audiences for a message that they, rather than journalists, get to
:31:22. > :31:26.control. To many activists, tabloids and broadcasters like the BBC are
:31:27. > :31:30.the enemy. Last week, a video of a pro-Corbyn supporter, burning copies
:31:31. > :31:34.of Britain's tabloids went viral. As one former editor of the Sun notes,
:31:35. > :31:39.the very idea of a newspaper seems antiquated to many young voters.
:31:40. > :31:44.Generations now expect their information to be delivered
:31:45. > :31:48.instantly and the idea of perhaps printing millions of print products
:31:49. > :31:53.and loading them onto a huge articulated lorry, taking them to
:31:54. > :31:57.all corners of the country, by which time their 12 hours -- they're 12
:31:58. > :32:02.hours ought of date, is a massive challenge. We all have ?500 personal
:32:03. > :32:03.computers in our pockets now, where we get instant access to
:32:04. > :32:08.information. A quarter of a century after the Sun
:32:09. > :32:11.claimed to have swung an election, social media has destroyed Fleet
:32:12. > :32:14.Street's monopoly on political opinion. As a younger generation
:32:15. > :32:20.mobilises online, newspapers may find they no longer get their way.
:32:21. > :32:26.A look at the potential impact of social media on the campaign.
:32:27. > :32:28.That's alm for now.