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French far-right presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour holds a press conference in London. Support has fallen for French far-right media pundit Eric Zemmour, who is widely expected to run for the presidency, according to a new poll that came amid reports of tensions in his campaign team. Zemmour's dramatic entrance into the presidential race was seen as potentially upending assumptions about the election, where a rematch between President Emmanuel Macron against Le Pen was widely expected in the second round vote. IMAGES
The first voters cast their ballots in Paris as polling stations open for the first round of parliamentary elections. The abstention rate is predicted to be well over 50% as a resurgent and newly unified left seeks to thwart Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
The assessors open the envelopes and count the votes after the second round of the presidential election ended at 8pm in Paris. Emmanuel Macron was re-elected as President of the Republic with about 58% of votes against Marine Le Pen (about 42%) according to first estimates, a clear victory tempered by the unprecedented score of the far right and a high abstention (28%). IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is running for re-election, casts his ballot in the seaside resort of Le Touquet, in southern France, as he battles far-right challenger Marine Le Pen in the run-off. IMAGES
French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen casts her vote in Hénin-Beaumont, in the northern Pas-de-Calais region, in the second round of the presidential election, where she faces incumbent Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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