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Added on the 05/06/2023 09:00:00 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Voters in the German state of Thuringia begin casting their ballots in regional elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right party AfD. The contests in Thuringia and Saxony come a week after three people were killed in a suspected Islamist attack, fuelling a bitter debate over immigration. IMAGES
Fireworks, jubilation and celebration at the Place de la Republique in Paris... Left-wing supporters celebrated victory after the results of the second round of the French general election were announced, with the New Popular Front (NFP) in the lead. IMAGES
Images of the opening of a polling station in Paris, as the French vote on Sunday for the second round of early legislative elections, a historic vote in which the Rassemblement National (RN) could emerge victorious, although there is still some uncertainty as to whether the far right will be able to obtain an absolute majority in the Assembly and form a government. IMAGES
Polls open in El Salvador with victory in the bag for incumbent President Nayib Bukele thanks to his no-holds-barred war on gangs that has slashed homicide rates in a violence-weary nation. IMAGES
A huge wildfire ravaging the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife has burnt through more than 2,600 hectares of land, affecting some 7,600 people, many of whom were evacuated. This is the "most complex" blaze to hit the Canary Islands in four decades, the regional government said Thursday. IMAGES
Rescuers unload people wounded in a deadly 7.8-magnitude quake from an ambulance into tents at a French-opened field hospital in Adiyaman, Turkey. Last week's tragedy killed nearly 40,000 people across swathes of the southeast of the country and neighbouring northwest Syria, becoming the area's deadliest natural disaster in centuries. IMAGES