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Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote.
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Far right leads France election, but final result remains uncertain, exit polls show
Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France’s parliamentary election on June 30, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week’s run-off.
The RN was seen winning around 34 per cent of the vote, exit polls from Ipsos, Ifop, OpinionWay and Elabe showed.
That was ahead of leftist and centrist rivals, including President Emmanuel Macron’s Together alliance, whose bloc was seen winning 20.5 per cent-23 per cent. The New Popular Front (NFP), a hastily assembled left-wing coalition, was projected to win around 29 per cent of the vote, the exit polls showed.
Attacker killed after firing crossbow at policeman guarding Israeli embassy in Serbia
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An attacker who fired a crossbow at a police officer guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade was shot dead on June 29 in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a terrorist attack against Serbia.
No embassy staff were wounded in the attack, the Israeli foreign ministry said, and the policeman was in a stable condition in hospital following surgery to remove an arrow from his neck, Vucic said.
Vucic named the attacker as Salahudin Zujovic, a man from central Serbia who had converted to Islam from Serbian Orthodox Christianity, and said he had worked with an accomplice who remained at large.
Israel carrier says Turkish workers refused to refuel plane
Israel’s national carrier El Al said June 30 its Warsaw to Tel Aviv flight was not allowed to refuel at Antalya airport after making an emergency landing to evacuate a passenger for medical reasons.
Turkish workers at Antalya airport refused to refuel flight LY5102 before it could take off for Israel, El Al said in a statement.
“Local workers refused to refuel the company’s plane even though it was a medical case,” it said, adding that the passenger was evacuated.
Four dead, two missing after landslides, floods in southern Switzerland
EPA-EFE
Four people died and two were missing in Switzerland on June 30 after violent thunderstorms and melting snow caused flooding and landslides in two southern cantons, and also affected parts of Italy.
Three of the victims were killed early on June 30 in a landslide in the remote Maggia valley, in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino, police said in a statement.
The three bodies were recovered in the Fontana area of the Maggia valley and they were currently being identified, while another person was missing in the Lavizzara side-arm of the valley, Ticino authorities said.
Bellingham rescues fortunate England to book Euro 2024 quarter-final spot
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Jude Bellingham rescued England from crashing out of Euro 2024 against Slovakia on June 30 with a stunning 95th-minute equaliser before Harry Kane’s early extra-time winner sent the sub-par pre-tournament favourites into the quarter-finals.
Slovakia started far sharper than England and gave their opponents several warnings before Ivan Schranz placed a deft finish past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the 25th minute.
England, who will next face Switzerland, had come back to win their last three Euro games in which they conceded first, including the last edition’s semi-final, and thought they were level shortly after the break but Phil Foden was clearly offside before tapping home.
