the french capital where voters have been flocking to the polls all morning, some hoping for the first far right government since the war, other desperately trying to block it. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s glastonbury set with a few surprise guests. hello. welcome to this hour. we will have more on the uk election but let s take you to an election that is happening at the moment. voting in the first round of france s parliamentary elections is under way. the surprise election, called by president emmanuel macron, has thrown french politics into disarray, support for the anti immigration and eurosceptic national rally party has surged despite president macron s pledges to stop its rise. this is the leader of the national rally casting his ballot the 28 year old is seen as a protege of marine le pen. his party is expected to come first but it s unclear whether they d command an overall majority. the second round of voting will be on the seventh ofjuly. you can
parliamentary elections this is the scene live at a polling atation in paris. support for the far right national rally party has surged since they won the european elections three weeks ago despite macron pledging to stop its rise. i am mark lohan live in paris where voters are flocking to the polling station, some hoping for the first far right government since the second world war, others desperately trying to block it. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s glastonbury set with a few surprise guests. country star shania twain takes the stage this afternoon. let s start with the breaking news this past hour. the spanish civil guard has called off the search for the missing british teeenagerjay slater. the 19 year old from lancashire has been missing in tenerife since 17june, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. let s get more on this. with me is in the studio is our correspondent frankie mccamley. what we know at the moment as yesterday there was this
england takes on slovakia. hello. we start here in the uk. with just five days to go before the general election, the leader of the reform uk party, nigel farage, has given a rally in birmingham. after a racism row embroiled his party in scandal. the prime minister rishi sunak described the incident as racist and inappropriate. speaking in front of 4,000 people, mr farage told crowds he felt compelled to come back to politics as an alternative to whom he called slippery sunak and sir keir starmer. mr farage also said he felt that the uk was in cultural decline. that aside, with a country that s in economic decline. and think about this. gdp per capita has fallen for the last six consecutive quarters. people are getting poorer. and i couldn t stand aside. in a country that is in genuine societal decline, safety, people fearful of going out at night, people scared to even go out to their local pub, knives being carried wholesale by young people in our country. so we are, i have
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,