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Images of Poland's liberal Civic Coalition's gathering in Warsaw as the opposition party is tipped to win the country's parliamentary elections, winning over the ruling populists and the far-right. The party is led by former EU chief Donald Tusk and two smaller opposition parties. They are expected to win 248 seats in the 460-seat lower house of parliament, according to an exit poll. IMAGES
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
The president of the Horizons group Édouard Philippe "does not believe at all that it is possible" that the relative majority build "a government agreement with the far right or with the far left". Emmanuel Macron is continuing his consultations with political forces, in search of a difficult consensus in the National Assembly, three days after the second round of legislative elections. SOUNDBITE
"We must bring together all the people of good will to allow the government to act," declares Franck Riester, leader of the Agir party, after an interview with Emmanuel Macron. SOUNDBITE
Newly-elected MPs from Emmanuel Macron's party LREM, renamed Renaissance, arrive at the National Assembly, as the French president looks for a way out of the deadlock after his failure to retain a parliamentary majority. 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).