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Fillon picked as presidential contender

27/11/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Fillon picked as presidential contender

Fillon wins presidential primary; Assad forces push into Aleppo; Escaping Castro's Cuba

France's Fillon victorious; Assad forces make gains in eastern Aleppo; Escaping Castro's Cuba

Former French Prime Minister François Fillon is selected as the candidate for the centre-right Republican Party in next year's presidential election, forces loyal to Assad make gains in the battle for Aleppo; a Cuban American's story of how she battled thirst, hurricanes and sharks in order to escape to the United States.

(Image: Francois Fillon (centre) waves during a political rally in Paris on 25th November 2016. Credit: EPA/Ian Langsdon)

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