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France election: Projections show surprise lead for left-wing coalition

The National Rally has been pushed to third place, and the country now faces the prospect of a hung parliament as the three groups have no tradition of working together

A major surprise in France's parliamentary elections as projections indicate the far-right National Rally has been beaten into third place due to a tactical pact between the left and the centre. We'll go live to France to speak to our correspondent in the capital as well as a politician from the leftist New Popular Front part.

Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring power outages and flooding to Texas' coastal areas. We'll get the latest from the US National Weather Service.

Boeing agrees to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge.

The West African regional grouping, ECOWAS, has appointed the President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, to negotiate with military leaders of the three Sahel countries that have pulled out of the bloc.

And George Ado will give us the latest results from Copa America where Uruguay have knocked out Brazil on penalties and are now through to the semi-finals alongside Colombia.

50 minutes

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  • Mon 8 Jul 202405:06GMT