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Images of Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, gathering in Warsaw as they are expected to loose the majority in the country's parliamentary elections. The opposition party Civic Coalition (liberal), along with the Third Way and Left parties are tipped to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES
Paris, Jun 20 (EFE/EPA).- France's main center-right party garnered the largest number of votes nationwide in Sunday's first round of regional elections, while the far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen failed to meet expectations.With official results not expected until Tuesday, media outlets using a combination of partial tabulations and responses to exit polls estimated that Les Republicains (LR) took roughly 29 percent of the vote amid record-low turnout of less than 33 percent of the roughly 48 million eligible voters. (Camera: CHRISTOPHE PETIT-TESSON).B-ROLL OF A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL (RN) FAR-RIGHT PARTY AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND OF 2021 REGIONAL ELECTIONS IN PARIS, FRANCE.
Supporters of the Austrian People's Party (OPV) react to the first results of the European elections. IMAGES of OPV supporters cheering
Supporters of Malian candidate Soumaïla Cissé react to the results of the second round of the presidential election, which saw Ibrahim Boubacar Keita re-elected. IMAGES
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says that whatever the outcome of the elections, President Obama will look for ways to use executive action "to benefit middle-class families". Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Group of Seven industrialised nations is "committed to de-escalating" tensions in the Middle East in the wake of reports that Israel launched strikes on Iran in retaliation for its unprecedented attack on Israeli soil Saturday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says. "We're committed to Israel's security. We're also committed to de-escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri. SOUNDBITE