to have taken the most votes in the french parliamentary election. but leaders of the left and centre have called for france to unite against marine le pen in the second round next sunday. in the last hour, the french president gabriel attal has called on voters to not give a single vote to the national rally. translation: night is not a night like any other, you know me, i am night is not a night like any other, you know me, iam not night is not a night like any other, you know me, i am not about to beat about the bush. the lesson tonight is the far right is on the doorstep of power. never before in our democracy has the national assembly risked being dominated by the extreme right as is tonight. our objective is clear, to prevent the national rally from having an absolute majority in the second round, from dominating the national assembly, and therefore governing the country. i say this with force, ideal to i appeal to everyone of our vultures. ideal to i appeal to ev
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in paris, where exit polls from the first round of france s parliamentary elections, suggest the far right have made historic gains. turnout was the highest, for forty years. marine le pen s hard right national rally party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election, saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding, has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a roll. and with le pen, her 28 year old protege jordan bardella, who s hoping to be france s next prime minister. results show their party,
diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season amd the airport has apologised to passengers. in a moment we will have the latest from our correspondent at manchester airport. but first, let s hear from a stranded passenger. i spoke with nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn t think anything of it. we got the lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn t even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you just stood there. hoards of people just not moving anywhere. there was no tannoy announcement, no staff nearby anywhere, there were children getting trampled on, there were babies, it was chaos. we stood there for about an hour and a half and then nothing at all. you mentioned you couldn t see any staff to spea
further disruption is expected, and some flights diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season. philip banfield was among the passengers who were stranded at the airport. so i now have an update for you that we are now stuck airside. our aer lingus plane has taken off from manchester on time without any passengers able to get on the plane. and of course, that leaves an enormous number of passengers now stranded at manchester airport wondering how they are going to continue their onward journeys. but we ll find a way. earlier we heard from nikita pearson, a fitness instructor stuck at manchester airport waiting to board his flight to istanbul. we got to the airport at about eight o clock in the morning and you could see people sat outside on luggage. we didn t think anything of it. we got the lift to go upstairs to terminal one and you couldn t even get out of the lift. you had to trample over people to get out of the lift and then you jus
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