#BREAKING French presidency vote turnout 26.4% at midday, down two points on 2017: interior ministry #presidentielles2022
#UPDATE Voter participation in the French presidential run-off stood at 26.4% at midday on Sunday, nearly two percentage points lower than at the same time five years ago, with the choice between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and his challenger Marine Le Pen u.afp.com/w8vo
#UPDATE Voter participation in the French presidential run-off stood at 63.2% at 5:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Sunday, nearly two percentage points lower than at the same time five years ago, with the choice between Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen u.afp.com/wXkA
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Two months into the war in Ukraine, military experts say they have been shocked about how ill-prepared Russia has been in its invasion of its pro-Western neighbour u.afp.com/wXwZ
#BREAKING Russia announces ceasefire around Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant: ministry
#UPDATE Russia's defence ministry on Monday announced a ceasefire around the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the industrial area that has been sheltering the remaining Ukrainian resistance in the port city
VIDEO: French President Emmanuel Macron is set to begin efforts to unite a deeply divided nation after winning re-election on Sunday in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power
French President Emmanuel Macron has won re-election with a relatively comfortable majority, but his battle with far-right leader Marine Le Pen spotlights a France more divided than ever u.afp.com/wXwj
Distribution of votes in the second round of the French presidential election #AFPgraphic@AFP
VIDEO: In Kharkiv's metro, families carve out a life away from the bombs.
Kharkiv has been pummelled by strikes day and night since Russian forces attempted to seize it at the start of the invasion. The bitter fighting has forced families to live underground in the metro
#BREAKING US secretaries of state, defence visited Kyiv, Washington confirms
#BREAKING Blinken told Zelensky US diplomats to return to Ukraine 'this week': State Dept official
#BREAKING At least 80 killed in Nigerian oil blast: emergency services
#UPDATE An explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said on Sunday u.afp.com/w8ta
📷 File picture shows an illegal oil refinery in Yenagoa, southern Nigeria, in October 2011
#UPDATE An explosion at an illegal oil refinery between the states of Rivers and Imo in southern Nigeria has killed at least 80 people, the emergency services said on Sunday u.afp.com/w8vi