welcome to outside source. the next president of france will be the far right marine le pen or centrist emmanuel macron. this is what the current president thinks. the far right would be deeply divisive for france. they will endanger our freedoms and the founding principles of our republic. in the last few hours, marine le pen has announced she is stepping aside as the leader of the national front to focus on her campaign. we will be live in paris ina her campaign. we will be live in paris in a moment to try and work out what is behind that decision. president trump says he wants the un to back new sanctions against north korea. meanwhile, the north koreans have warned that the threat of nuclear war is real. afghanistan's defence chiefs have resigned following the killing of over 100 soldiers on friday. the us defence secretary has just arrived in afghanistan. if the taliban wish to join the political poseurs and work honestly for a positive future for

the afghan people, they need only to renounce violence and reject terrorism. we will also have details about the significant development in the fight against malaria. well, when the results came through in the first round of the french presidential election, we knew that we had a result that had overturned french politics. they will be no candidate from the mainstream left or right parties in the second round of this election, something that has not happened in 60 years. but these too will battle it out because of this result. one of them will be the next president. behind them is francois fillon of the republicans,

the far leftjean—luc melenchon, both bowling close to 20%, a long way behind, the socialists on 6%. if we look at the map of france and the political map, you can see much has changed. this is from the first round of the weekend. the dark area are areas that support marine le pen. the light pink areas support emmanuel macron. not total domination by close to it. compare that to 2012, when the blue—collar mark the success of nicolas sarkozy and the red of francois hollande. the socialist candidate. this was the time when the traditional candidates of france still had their way. one of the people responsible for the disruption is marine le pen. in the last few hours, she has made an extraordinary and insolent and says... let's try and decipher that. our correspondent is live from

paris. i had to beat this story a few times over and i am still confused by it. —— read the story. tell us what it means in practical terms and why marine le pen has done it. she said that she wanted to go beyond the considerations of her party, and she is presenting herself as the candidate of the people. it is quite clear that this is an attempt to rally as many voters as she can. this will be our main challenge now in the run—up to the second round vote. and she's going to have to work a lot to convince a lot of people to back our candidacy against emmanuel macron. —— her candidacy. traditionally in france, the mainstream parties and political rivals unite against the front national. so she knows that that is what she is up against and she wants to go beyond political parties, to reach out to the french voters and

say, it is not about whatever political colours you wear, it is about the candidates. that is what your —— she is trying to do. about the candidates. that is what your -- she is trying to do. c both of the candidates. earlier, emmanuel macron was campaigning but he also attended the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the armenian genocide. his party has been warning against complacency and the reason is because he is a long way ahead in the polls. marine le pen was also campaigning. this is what she said earlier. translation: mr macron is weak on islamic terrorism because the day after the terrorism because the day after the terror attack, even indicated that he was not going to implement a programme against terrorism straightaway. you find someone who presents itself in a presidential election he does not have a programme to protect the french people against the danger of islamic terrorism. that is a rather worrying sign. let's bring our correspondent back

in. we have an extraordinary situation will the two main candidates, neither of them are really representing a party any more. exactly. emmanuel macron launched his movement just more. exactly. emmanuel macron launched his movementjust one year ago. he did not have an mp in parliament. that will be a huge challenge for him, if he is elected president. how can he secure a majority in parliament in the parliamentary election in june? december marine le pen. only two mps in parliament. for sure, december marine le pen. only two mps in parliament. forsure, here december marine le pen. only two mps in parliament. for sure, here are two candidates will have to make alliances with mainstream to secure alliances with mainstream to secure a majority in parliament, to be able to govern and fast uniforms that they are talking about. now, it is interesting to see that already, francois fillon, the candidate of the republicans who lost in the first round, has said he will vote

for emmanuel macron against marine le pen. and most mainstream politicians have also charged supporters to do the same. —— urged. budget year some of the most conservative voices in the republican side saying, actually, i wa nt to republican side saying, actually, i want to vote against emmanuel macron andi want to vote against emmanuel macron and i will vote for marine le pen. whether she will be able to gather enough of these voices and momentum... she is in a much stronger position than her father was 15 years ago when he went to the second—round against the conservative candidate, jacques chirac. that is what she will have to work on in the next two weeks. you mentioned the mainstream is getting behind emmanuel macron. i guess that is no more evidence of that and the fact that the current french president, francois hollande, had this to say earlier. translation:

the far right would be dangerous for france and they wouldn't danger of principles. this is why that in the face of such danger, there is nothing to be gained by standing by. there is no choice but to take action and there is a clear choice. as for me, i will be voting for emmanuel macron. one analyst points out that one key difference between america and france is... if we bring you back in, why is it that marine le pen continues to struggle to get mainstream politicians to support her? that is

because of the extreme past of the front national. the party that her father founded and that horror... a lot of people see as the party of hatred. —— and that a lot of people see. that is what a lot of left—wing people say. the republicans say that this is a party that could endanger the country and take it out of the eurozone. and this is something that both mainstream parties want to avoid at all costs. thank you. as was alluded to, there will be a significant amount of relief in brussels. the nightmare scenario in this first round for the european union was that marine le pen and jean—luc melenchon got through to the second round. both of them are fiercely critical of the year. he is one reaction from the spokesperson at the european commission. translation: finance is a central pillar of the

eu. -- finance is a central pillar of the eu. —— france. it is one of the founding countries and it symbolises the values on which european integration is based. presidentjuncker congratulated emmanuel macron because he is a candidate who represents the values he campaigned for himself. let's get some analysis on this. this french presidential election is the key election this year for the eu and europe as a whole. notjust for france. it is enormously significant for france, but in the eu as significant for france, but in the euasa significant for france, but in the eu as a whole, you have to candidates. one is emmanuel macron, a centrist for the year and the euro. “— a centrist for the year and the euro. —— d eu. he is foran a centrist for the year and the euro. —— d eu. he is for an openness

to the world. marine le pen wants to put up barriers to immigration, she wa nts put up barriers to immigration, she wants control over france's borders. she once france out of the euro. she wa nts to she once france out of the euro. she wants to do with the uk did to try to renegotiate the french relationship with the eu and put that a referendum. two totally different and divergent paths. as a spokesman said this morning, this is a country that is a founder member of the european union and one of the co re of the european union and one of the core states. which part it takes will have dramatically different consequences for europe. if you have questions on the french election, get in touch with us. let's turn to afghanistan. the us defence secretary, james mattis is in afghanistan. he arrives at a time of grief and governmental upheaval. the afghan defence minister and the army chief have both resigned. on friday, the taliban killed over 100 soldiers at a military base —

that's the deadliest attack on afghan armed forces in a decade. and this has raised questions about whether the us is too focused on the islamic state group, rather than the taliban. here's general mattis speaking earlier. 2017 is going to be another tough yearfor 2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant afghan security forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with afghanistan against terrorism and those who seek to undermine the legitimate united nations recognised government of this nation. if the taliban wished to join the political process and work honestly for a positive future for the afghan people, who have suffered long and hard, they need only to renounce violence and reject terrorism. millions of people in afghanistan listen to the bbc afghan can—mac service.

bbc afghan service editor waheed massoud says there is general consensus in afghanistan that a political process will be more beneficial in achieving peace. at the end of the day, there is no military solution to the afghanistan problem. the taliban have been carrying out attacks in afghanistan since being arrested in 2001, and eve ryo ne since being arrested in 2001, and everyone from all sides of the political standpoint in afghanistan agree that if the taliban are to the peace process and sit around the negotiation table, that would be the best outcome for also writes. the defence chief has resigned and the head of the army has resigned. who is general matters going to meet when he is there? general matters said that the new us administration, and president trump, they are reviewing the afghanistan policy and that requires constant dialogue with leaders in afghanistan. he met with the afghan president today and other security ministers. we understand this will not be the first visit of its kind. we are told that the new

us administration could put more forces in afghanistan and put a higher number, although that is not confirmed. that is the reason he was in kabuland it confirmed. that is the reason he was in kabul and it happened to cause side —— coincide with the friday attack that killed over 100 soldiers. maybe in the future, with the new afghan minister, whoever he is, he will now go sheet with him. lets get an american perspective on this story. nada tawfik is in new york. good to have your the programme. help me understand, what is the best case scenario in afghanistan for the americans? what will happen? the best case scenario really would be for the taliban to cooperate and come to a peace process. this is america's longest—running war and it costs american taxpayers billions of dollars. very little has changed since 2001. they are still at a stalemate. the taliban are still in control, contesting about 40% of the

country. this is clearly a war that president obama, no president trump wa nted president obama, no president trump wanted to wrap up and not weighed in american forces and international forces and come to a solution. —— not wipe. we have the general saying this is a worse par—4 portico but it of any group. we're the taliban to, and reject violence and come to an agreement. —— this is the lowest political bar. we know that the top us commander in afghanistan is calling for more troops. he says more are needed to help train afghan forces to help them become self—sufficient in the future fight the taliban. that is at a time when the country has underscored how difficult the challenges. really, the thing you can take away from the trip the most is the agreement that this strategy

to whatever sue is one the afghan officials can get on board with. stay with us, in a few minutes, we'll bring you details about a hugely significant development — the world's first malaria vaccine. details in a moment. in the uk election, jeremy corbyn has taken the labour campaign to scotland. he has a fight on his hands — the party was virtually wiped out by the snp in scotland in 2015. but speaking to trade unionists, mr corbyn said only labour could form an alternative government to the conservatives at westminster. nicola sturgeon said only the snp could make scotland's voice heard. the labour party will always

cherish, sustain and protect our relationship with the trade union movement and working people, that you all represented in this hall. you are our dna, ourfamily and we will never apologise for the closeness of our relationship with you. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: senior figures from france's two main parties have backed centrist candidate emmanuel macron in his bid to become president. he'll face the far—right leader marine le pen. she has just announced she is standing aside as the leader of the front national. that's bringing the stories from bbc‘s world service. anti—government protesters in venezuela have begun sit—ins

and marches across the country. police have fired firecrackers at the. —— the protest is. a german court has ruled that 10 people involved in the love parade music festival 7 years ago must stand trial for manslaughter over the deaths of 21 people. they died in an overcrowded tunnel that was the only way in or out of the festival venue. that's on bbc world service radio. let's begin our look at the business with looking at the european markets and what they made of the french election result. every one of them up. the germans we re every one of them up. the germans were up to a record high. he is our correspondent at a trading floor on london. this is not so much about what has happened in the first round of the presidential election as opposed to what has happened.

what we will not see is a second round run—off between the far right candidate marine le pen and jean—luc melenchon, the hard left candidate who models as economic losses on those of people like the late venezuelan leader hugo chavez. for business people, that was the nightmare scenario. two eurosceptic candidates. that is not happened and we now know that the run—off is between emmanuel macron, the centrist, reformist candidate, and marine le pen. in that scenario, nearly every poll puts emmanuel macron head. you can see what that is done on the markets. this is the paris stock exchange main index. at the opening, it was up more than 5%. banking stocks are doing very well at the moment. why? the risk premium bonds is going down. bond yields are going up and will make more money.

things are more settled. but let's not forget, there are two weeks to go before the round of the presidential election and although emmanuel macron looks like the clear winner, according to polls taken today, you can never guarantee anything. that is true. a leading us business body is urging donald trump not to abandon nafta — that's the free trade deal between the us, canada and mexico. earlier, the chief executive of the us chamber of commerce gave a speech in mexico. well he did that, the us chamber ‘s twitter feed shared this... quite a few demands. less doctor correspondent about how much of that is realistic. help me understand this chamber of commerce. how influential is it? the chamber of

commerce is an amalgamation of all kinds of different businesses within the united states. this is the national organisation. so does wield quite a lot of influence and a lot of power, especially when we're talking about a president who really prides itself on being a businessman. so this is an important and influential organisation. as you pointed out, they were in mexico city talking about the north american free trade agreement. now there is a lot of uncertainty as regards to this agreement. we had the rhetoric from president trump, candidate trump, at the time, about how nafta should be ripped up if the us could not renegotiated deal more beneficial to the country. now we're almost 100 days into the administration and no clear movement to renegotiating nafta has been made. many people are taking this as an opportunity to try and voice their opinion in terms of what they think should happen with the north

american free trade agreement. we will leave it there. talk you through the week. jimmy choo has been put up for sale. have a look what that did to its share price. it jumped by over 10%. the biggest stake injimmy choo is with the holding companyjab luxury. it's also owns the the swiss footwear com pa ny bally. it's selling that too. emma simpson explains why. this investment fund is owned by the very wealthy german family, the ryman. they have been a spending spree buying up the likes of copy businesses. it is said today thatjimmy ——jimmy choo was no longer core. surplus to

requirements and it could be sold for more than $700 million. it has been doing rather well of late, outperforming the wider market. tomorrow is world malaria day. a huge development is coming in the fight against it. the world health organisation will introduce the world's first malaria vaccine in these three countries — ghana, kenya, and malawi from 2018. the pilot programme will see more than 750,000 children aged between 17 months and five receive the jab. in clinical trials, the vaccine prevented nearly four—in—ten cases of malaria. tulip mazumder has more. so, this has been a long time coming. a malaria vaccine has been searched for for about 30 odd years now. so this really is a positive step in the right direction. i mean, there have been a number of great

su ccesses there have been a number of great successes in the fight against malaria in recent years. for example, between 2010—2015, deaths from malaria were cut by more than one quarter. that is really positive. however, a child still dies from malaria every two minutes and the vast majority of them are in sub—saharan africa. this vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical company gs k, it works like many vaccines. it works by preparing and training body, the immune system, to fight the malaria parasite when it enters the body through mosquitoes. let's be as optimistic as we can and imagine this trial does everything we hope that. how quickly can it be scaled up after that? it depends on a number of things. the countries piloting the scheme and the who will decide that when it gets under way, the trial, in 2018. there are a number of challenges to overcome. previous studies of the vaccine showed that it prevented four in ten

cases of malaria in young children. that is not particularly high. other vaccines are already are therefore other diseases that protect many poor people. that is something they have to look at. —— many more able. this is for doses over two years. the frost free in the first three months, then a child comes back 18 months, then a child comes back 18 months later together for. they will have to look at how it works in practice. we're talking about countries with limited health services in many areas where people will struggle to get to the nearest health centre to get the second, third, fourth vaccination jab. health centre to get the second, third, fourth vaccinationjab. that could prove more challenging. these things have to be looked at first before they decide if and when to skillet. moron the bbc news website about that story. tomorrow, i be interviewing the founder of wikipedia, jimmy wales.

he will be talking about fake news and how it is challenged online. if you want to put any questions to him, get in touch with the details on screen as him, get in touch with the details on screen as we go him, get in touch with the details on screen as we go through the programme. your questions will be very welcome. just encase you're just tuning in... this is the big news in the last few hours. marine le pen... bbc‘s andrew newell says... —— andrew neil. this seems like an effort to reach out to voters who do not want to vote for the national front but might consider voting for marine le pen as an individual. we shall see. thank you for watching this half. back with you in a couple of minutes. good evening. we have a classic weather setup that could lead to some tornadoes in north america.

before we get the, it has been tornado season in bangladesh and recently we have had some severe thunderstorms and they kill stone is as well. the next few days should be drier and storms will continue in the north—eastern states of india, into bhutan and eastern nepal. away from you, generally hot and dry. that is what we would expect at this time of year. not as hot around delhi because there will be more india and maybe one or two showers as well. in north america, in the sunshine state of florida, it has been dry. drought conditions, wildfires, but that area of clyde in miami produced a few inches of rain. it did not last long but it combines with clyde bringing heavy rain to georgia, bringing in wet conditions to new york on tuesday only because of flooding and strong winds as well. we have to keep an eye on shallow sea breaking out in the rockies. we have a huge temperature contrast between the cold air in the north and warm air to the south. this leads to this classic weather

partum, whereby the showers get organised into a longer spell of rain, pushing their way into the central plains, leading to severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. because of the temperature contrast and rapid uplift. big storms likely. a lot of rain, of course, that has been in the news in south america. that was a satellite picture earlier. the threat of landslides continue, sadly. the likes of western colombia, peru, could see heavy showers through the week. this was last week in budapest, hungary, gripped by snow and ice. all the way from the balkans to the black sea. temperatures significantly below average. over to tuesday, arias from three degrees up to 22 in some areas. a size limit 20s in belgrade. wind direction has changed and this warm air is coming from the mediterranean, pushing away the cold

airover mediterranean, pushing away the cold air over eastern europe. instead, we get the cold across the north—west of europe and that will push is waiting of germany. the low countries into france as well. the aircame from countries into france as well. the air came from the attic originally. —— the arctic. and we are later to get some snow over the alps and the dollar mites. we have seen our temperatures drop, certainly. this was aberdeenshire earlier today. very wintry look to the weather. we will find more wintry showers not just across scotland but in northern ireland and those showers are wintry across england and wales, developing more widely. it will feel cold but how long what's they called? stage and for the week ahead. —— how long will it stay cold? stay tuned for the weather for the week ahead. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. these are the biggest stories in the bbc newsroom right now. emmanuel macron and marine le pen have made it into the

second round of the french election. president hollande has urged the country to vote for mr macron. the far—right would be deeply divise for france. they would endanger our freedoms and the founding principles of our republic. in the last couple of hours marine le pen has said she's stepping aside as the leader of the national front to focus on her campaign. president trump says he wants the un to back new sanctions against north korea. and north korea has again warned that the threat of nuclear war is real. a bbc team has entered a town in syria recently