in parliament, securing the 3rd place and the republicans, a finished 4th with 45 seats. frances interior ministry says the turn out was 66.6 percent and it's based reports from the capital powers. a beta expected, the worst with friends is hastily arranged left wing coalition beat the offs. and the tension of the last week evaporated. so so i don't know, so remote, i'm not showing up this evening. the national riley is far from having the absolute majority. the commentators have predicted scarcely a week ago. in fact, it's totally the opposite. it's an immense relief for an overwhelming majority of people in our country. those who make up the new fronts, as well as those have always loved the country with the republican passions. the to the far right, national riley president, had hoped to lead his party to a majority in the national assembly. they felt well short, unfortunately, the alliance of this toner and of the dangerous to look toral arrangements made by emanuel mat cronum with the fall lift formations to night, depriving the french people of a policy of recovery that they none the less ov

. >> france's interior ministry says its jet did about 5,000 security accreditation requests for olympicsic torch relay has traveled from versailles to the outskirts of paris. >> and will make its final journey to the city. me more athletes are arriving at the olympic village as events for games kicked cough today with men's football and rugby you have seen all sorts of tiktok videos about those cardboard beds. again, i'm gonna be a comfortable month. it's not just the world's best athletes arriving there in paris for the games snoop dogg yeah, it'll be when the final torchbearers of the olympic flame, the rapper says, he grew up watching the olympics and is thrilled to see the incredible athletes bring their a game to paris. >> very exciting. he will carry the torch through the neighborhood of sandoni, which is the flames final stop before ending its journey at the eiffel tower, cnn's saskia vandoorne joins us now much more than the athletes saskya is there to norris. >> i know my god different sas, great to see you the excitement saskia clearly building the announcement that snoop dogg

france. the interior ministry is pointing the finger at ultra left wing movements and the end of strictly. >> damning new report is to be released by the bbc this afternoon, laying bare the scandal at the heart of one of their flagship shows. we're live outside the scandal ridden organisation . organisation. now there's this developing story out of france. we're going to be keeping across it through the course of this program , just the course of this program, just as they thought the trains were back to normal . suddenly the back to normal. suddenly the fibre optic cables are being cut. i just can't catch a break, can they? no, there was so much speculation on friday when this all kicked off. that was this. russia was this some sort of terrorist action? but it turns out the finger of blame at least initially, is being pointed at the far left in france. and they're being described as as anti—olympics organisation. >> but it's interesting we're seeing this rise of far left organisations who are willing to break the law and, cause criminal damage, not just here in the uk, but also in france as

france , the far-right national union party won. according to preliminary estimates published on the website of the ministry of the interior of france, she won almost 30% of the vote. the new people's front coalition took second place, and the centrist alliance of president macron came in third. the national union party was founded by marin lupena. currently, it is headed by jordan bardela. if the national association will receive in the second round, bardela can become the prime minister of the country. we will talk with our european correspondent bohdan tsyupin about what the potential victory of the far-right would mean for france, for europe as a whole, and how it might affect support for ukraine. my greetings, bohdan. bohdan, the current president's party took third place. what do these results mean for macron, and what might be the new arrangement of political forces in the country? in europe, about these results, the third place of the pro-presidential block in france is already they call macron's big political defeat, and they remind that president emmanuel macron himself announced these early parliamentary elections, they s

interior ministry. they say that turnout at midday in france stood at 26.3%, up from 18.9% in 2022 according to the frenchnistry. higher turnout than before. and you can see brigitte macron they are in the shot with the president. it is just coming into short, i think, with the president. it is just coming into short, ithink, and with the president. it is just coming into short, i think, and we are on these pictures because this is an absolute crucial political election for france. it has taken the country, it has taken many across europe by shock because the possibility of the national rally forming the national front —— formerly the national front, forming the national front —— formerly the nationalfront, being in any kind of power, is something that people are not necessarily expecting at this stage. the leadership, of course, has moved to try and make the party more appealing and there have been many difficult issues that have been discussed as part of this election campaign, immigration a key concern for many in france who are supporting the national rally. but we have also seen president emmanuel ma

elections in france, which took place on july 6-7, ended with the formal victory of the left alliance - the new people's front, which received 182 mandates in the parliament, the ministry of the interior of france reported on this. became the coalition of president emmanuel macron with a total of 168 seats, and marine le pen's national union party, which was predicted to win, unexpectedly came third. she received 143 seats in the parliament. no political force won a majority of 289 of the 577 seats in the lower house of the french parliament to form government those that remained were distributed among non-coalition candidates. among them there are also separate ones. representatives of the right and left forces, as bbc ukraine writes, there are no de facto winners in these elections, so macron will decide what happens next. it is theoretically possible to create a minority government, after all, the macronist governments in 2022-2024 had only 245-250 deputies, and in order to achieve a majority of 289 votes , they periodically attracted the votes of the left, then the right, for different reasons. initiatives, but the program of the minority government should still be supported ideol

france, which took place on july 6-7, ended with the formal victory of the new people's left alliance the front, which received 182 mandates in the parliament. this was reported by the ministry of the interior of france. the second was the coalition of president emmanuel macron with a total of 168 seats. and unexpectedly, the third was the party of marine le pen - the national union, which was predicted to win. she received 143 seats in the parliament. of political power did not receive a majority of 289 out of 577 seats in the lower house of the french parliament to form a government. those that remained were distributed among candidates not from coalitions. there are also among them individual representatives of the right and left forces. as bbc ukraine writes, there are no de facto winners in these elections. so what happens next will be decided by macron. a minority government should theoretically be created. perhaps, in the end, the macronist governments in 2022-2024 had only 245-250 deputies and in order to reach a majority of 289 votes periodically attracted the votes of the left and the right for various initiatives, but the program of the minority government should still be support

france. the interior ministry is pointing the finger at ultra left wing movements and the end of strictly. >>on, laying bare the scandal at the heart of one of their flagship shows. we're live outside the scandal ridden organisation . organisation. now there's this developing story out of france. we're going to be keeping across it through the course of this program , just the course of this program, just as they

france. this is a polling station in toulouse. in the last 20 minutes or so, the interior ministry in front saying that the voter turnout in this round2. the highest turnout in a0 years. we have live coverage of the elections. two and a half hours to go in voting, and a half hours to go in voting, and we will have full coverage is those results come in. stay with us on bbc news. hello there! it was a promising start to our sunday morning. lots of sunshine around, but the showers have been developing, some of them turning out heavy and thundery. and that's how it's looking for the rest of the day. these heavy and thundery showers pushing from west to east. england and wales, which will see most of these torrential downpours because of this weather front, which is enhancing them as it's moving across the country, fewer showers and lighter winds further north. in fact, parts of western south west scotland could stay dry altogether today, quite pleasant in the sunshine and maybe turning a bit dry behind the heavy showers for wales and south west england too. now winds still a feature across southern areas. quite breezy. a strong westerly

france . it started and lasted until 6:00 p.m. in small towns and until 8:00 p.m. in big cities and paris. yes, according to the preliminary results of the french ministry of interior the release of the data is almost a strange thing, the results are contrary to the expectations of the left coalition with the name of the new people's front, allocating the most votes to themselves , from 15,175 to 205 seats out of 577 seats , after macron's ruling party, which is a coalition of several parties. 150 to 175. winning the seat and in third place is mrs. marine le pen's national union, which has won 115 to 150 seats . according to the results of the first round of elections , mrs. marine le pen's national union was the first and the polls in france, almost in most cases. with a difference some of the results according to the polls are contrary to what is now out of the funds, mr. shahswar hosseini . these results that you said were contrary to expectations. did they provoke any reactions in france in these one or two hours? yes, it was contrary to expectations and contrary to what was reported in the polls. its release is the most important issue now. it is surprising th

france national assembly. official results from the interior ministry show the party and its allies garnered about 33% of the votet macron's centrist renaissance party, which took about 20%. the new popular front, a coalition of left-wing parties, captured around 28%. voter turnout was high, pointing to the election's significance. over 70 candidates were elected outright with the remaining seats to be decided in a runoff on july 7th. joining us now live from paris is nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons covering this. also with us is "the new york times" paris bureau chief, roger cohen. keir, we'll start with you and your latest reporting, and if you could explain why these elections were being held. also, we know that you spoke with the mayor of paris. what did you learn? >> reporter: well, that's right, mika. why were these elections held is a question that many are asking president macron right now. frankly, we're learning how to say humiliation in many different languages as these headlines come out across the european continent. the national rally has won this first round of this election

be coming at a worse time for france, chris, with the country settle to host the olympic games in less than three weeks from now. that means key ministries like the interior ministry overseeing security preparations, it's unclear who's actually going to be in charge of those government departments. french authorities and the olympic officials are trying to reassure the public today that everything has been prepared a long time in advance. the security preparations are all in place, and they are confident that even if france doesn't have a lot of clarity about how its government is going to look going forward, they are confident the olympic games are going to go off without a hitch. >> josh lederman, thank you. >>> in 90 seconds, biden's big test at the nato summit, can he prove to americans and our biggest allies that his candidacy is still on track. snacking. just. got. serious. introducing new $3 footlong dippers. the world might not be ready for them... ...but at $3 a pop? your wallet definitely is. my mom used to tell me if you want to be a champion you got to be a champion at life. i got to watch her play at her highest from when i was born. from one

france is about to host the olympics? >> it was a problem before, and now even more. >> reporter: one of the problems is that key government ministries such as the interior ministry whichmpics, it's unclear who is going to be in those positions within just a few weeks when the olympic games are set to take place. the olympic committee and other french leaders are saying, look, we have been preparing for the olympics for a long time. all the security preparations are in place. the city is ready to go. they are hoping that this political turmoil is not going to have any effect on the ground as those olympic games get under way in just under three weeks. >> josh lederman reporting live in paris. >>> ukrainian officials say at least 31 people are dead and more than 100 injured in a major new russian missile attack which included a strike on a children's hospital in kyiv. according to president zelenskyy, russians hit apartment buildings and public infrastructure. kyiv's mayor says at least two people including a doctor were killed in the strike at the hospital. in a statement, russia denies targeting civilians in the attack blaming ukraine's air defense system for some of

week of campaigning and deal—making is beginning in france ahead of a second round of parliamentary elections next sunday. according to the interior ministryeir country's deep political polarisation. the road ahead will become clearer in a week's time, when a second round of voting will determine france's future. that could be months of political deadlock. it could be a seismic political shift to the hard right, with huge implications for the country and the continent. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. what can we expect in the next round? what we've seen here is one step, but the race is so far from over yet. absolutely. one thing to say is that the exit polls, we should read them with caution. that is because this _ should read them with caution. that is because this is _ should read them with caution. that is because this is an _ should read them with caution. trust is because this is an election which plays out quite differently in each constituency. and quite different to the uk is that the majority system is over two rounds. so this run—off next sunday really could change and change the picture. we we