Voting underway in France

In France, the lightning quick election campaign is over and voting will begin in a parliamentary election where polling is putting Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the lead. Today is the first of two rounds of voting. Our reporter, Chris Bockman is in the south-western city of Toulouse.

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(Photo: Election campaign posters ahead of general elections in France, Paris. Credit: Mohammed Badra/EPA)