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06/05/2017 GMT

Macron Campaign Condemns 'Massive Hacking Attack'

BBC World Service - Weekend, Macron Campaign Condemns 'Massive Hacking Attack'

The French presidential candidate's party says the hackers want to destabilise democracy

The French presidential candidate's party says the hackers want to destabilise democracy.

The campaign of the French presidential frontrunner, Emmanuel Macron, says it has been the victim of a massive hacking attack, after thousands of documents were released online. Mr Macron's party said the hackers wanted to destabilise democracy ahead of the vote on Sunday.

Also on the programme: The continuing debate about sanctuary cities in the United States. And what a veteran Venezuela analyst makes of President Maduro's plans to rewrite the country's constitution.

(Image: Emmanuel Macron. Credit: Reuters/Ramzi Boudina)

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