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BBC OS: French Candidate Fillon Pulls Out Of Key Event

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French Candidate Fillon Pulls Out Of Key Event

01/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, French Candidate Fillon Pulls Out Of Key Event

Last-minute withdrawal prompts fresh speculation about investigations

Last-minute withdrawal by conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon prompts fresh speculation about investigations into payments to his wife. He's promised a statement as we go on air. 

Also: Reports of Islamic State prisons discovered in Mosul.

Global reaction to President Trump's speech to the joint session of Congress. 

And a woman is convicted of theft for pocketing a found banknote, but what would you do?

(Photo: Francois Fillon at an event on the campaign trail 28th February. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.)

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