Macron asks French PM to stay on as deadlock continues
No political group has enough seats to form a majority in the National Assembly.
President Emmanuel Macron of France has asked his prime minister, Gabriel Attal, to stay in the role for now, after no political group won a majority in French parliamentary elections. We'll speak to a former government minister and a former head of the Bank of France and reflect on the result.
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The UN has condemned a series of Russian missile attacks which killed at least 36 people across Ukraine including some at a children's hospital in Kyiv.
And Rishi Sunak has confirmed his interim shadow cabinet, after 12 members of his top team lost their seats in the general election.
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