Polls are open in france as people across the country we are outside a Polling Station here in the french Capital West voters have been streaming an all day to cast their votes in the second round of the parliamentary election. ,. ,. , election. President macron called a Sna Oll election. President macron called a Snap Poll to election. President macron called a Snap Poll to see election. President macron called a Snap Poll to see where election. President macron called a Snap Poll to see where the election. President macron called a Snap Poll to see where the voters l Snap Poll to see where the voters wanted to usher in a far right National Rally party. The opposition is hoping to rally around candidates to hope to block it. Earlier, President Macron cast his vote in le touquet. Turnout so far has been significantly higher than in the second round of the last election in 2022 According to the interior ministry. Final Opinion Polls suggest marine Le Pens far right National Rally will s
Final Opinion Polls suggest marine Le Pens far right national rally will secure the most votes, but its thought its unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. Such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic Hung Parliament, severely denting the authority of president Emmanuel Macron. The anti immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sundays first round vote, giving Le Pen and The Partys Leaderjordan Bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. However, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far right, Le Pens hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. Mark lowen reports. Rarely have frances fraternal founding values felt so strained. But in this polarised, angry country, they voted in the most crucial parliamentary election in decades. The far right national rally is At T
At Ellesmere Port. And at 2. 45pm, well be going across the uk to find out more about the stories affecting you from ourjournalists up and down the country. Stay with us for that. Hello and welcome if you have just joined us. The Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that people, whove had both doses of a Covid Vaccine, will no longer have to self isolate if they come into contact with a positive case of the virus. The change which will come into force on 16th August, and will also apply to people under the age of 18 who are currently not eligible for vaccination. And in the last half hour, the Education Secretary Gavin williamson has announced an end to the bubble system in English Schools with no more Self Isolation for pupils who come into contact with positive cases. Heres what Mr Williamson had to say. Though keeping children inconsistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated, we recognise that the system of bubbles a
15 vehicles and dozens of people are known to be trapped inside. translation: we are trying our best right now but it s difficult because the site is covered in mud. relatives of those who are still missing anxiously await news. in a video link with officials, the president called for the mobilisation of the military and police to prevent further casualties. experts point out that the weather has become increasingly unpredictable and extreme. in the last few days, most of the concerns were focused on rescue efforts but there have been growing concerns and calls on government to be better prepared of ill weather in this country. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and downpours are predicted to continue for the coming days. yuna ku, bbc news, seoul. the extreme heat is continuing in parts of the northern hemisphere. in southern europe, a second heatwave is forecast to hit this week while in the united states, temperature records could be broken. on the s
we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t