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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
Activists of the extreme right-wing "Génération Identitaire" movement demonstrate at Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris against the dissolution of their movement. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has reprimanded the group for "assumed hate speech" and has initiated a dissolution procedure against it. IMAGES
Paris, Sep 25 (EFE, (Camera: Ángel Calvo).- A second suspect has been arrested in connection with a knife attack near the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.The incident is being investigated by anti-terrorism police.Two people were seriously injured in the attack but their lives are not at risk, police sources told Efe.The suspected perpetrator was detained in the nearby Bastille area of the French capital.A second person was arrested later for alleged involvement in the incident.French prosecutor Rémy Heitz told the press that a terror investigation has been opened due to the location of the attack and because it was carried out while the trial for a 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo is being held.The prosecutor's office did not provide details about the detainees but French media have reported the main suspect is 18 years old and has a criminal record.FOOTAGE OF FRENCH PM JEAN CASTEX AND JEAN-FRANÇOIS RICARD, HEAD OF FRANCE'S ANTI-TERRORISM PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
Police in Paris evacuate a camp for young migrants, which since the end of June has been set up on the Square Jules Ferry in the 11th arrondissement of the French capital. The youths, whom local associations declare as unaccompanied minors, will be rehoused in a gymnasium a few minutes away. IMAGES
France votes in regional elections with the National Front hoping for gains amid fears over the refugee crisis and last month's Paris killings. Paul Chapman reports.
Hundreds of migrants spend the night in open air as transit camps on the Hungarian border become overcrowded. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).