Le Pen’s far-right bid for power in France

France votes in the second and final round of parliamentary elections. Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National is predicted to become the largest party, but polls suggest they are unlikely to win an outright majority.

Also on the programme: Britain’s new centre-left government mulls the prospect of dealing with a second Donald Trump presidency in the US; and as tennis star Andy Murray’s career comes to an end, we ask why professional athletes can find it so difficult to retire.

Joining Krupa Padhy to discuss all this and more are Alpa Shah, professor of social anthropology at the London School of Economics, and Samantha de Bendern, an associate fellow at Chatham House specialising in Russia.

(Picture: Marine Le Pen at a rally after the first round of voting in the French elections, June 30 2024 Credit: REUTERS/Yves Herman)