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Last Day of Campaigning in the Crucial French Presidential Election

Polls are suggesting that the centrist Emmanuel Macron has a lead of at least twenty percentage points over his far right rival Marine Le Pen. But many voters are still undecided.

Polls are suggesting that the centrist Emmanuel Macron has a lead of at least twenty percentage points over his far right rival Marine Le Pen. But many voters are still undecided. Newshour's James Coomarasamy is in Lyon and has been speaking to voters there. Also, weeks ahead of a general election in Britain, the governing Conservative Party has made significant gains in local polls. And Irish photographer Richard Mosse has won the 2017 Prix Pictet for his photo series Heat Maps.

(Photo: A supporter of Presidential Candidate Marine Le Pen wears French Tricolour glasses ahead of an election rally. Credit:Getty Images)

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Fri 5 May 201713:06GMT

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