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Newshour: 17/06/2024 13:06 GMT: France begins snap election campaign

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17/06/2024 13:06 GMT

17/06/2024 13:06 GMT: France begins snap election campaign

France begins snap election campaign

BBC World Service - Newshour, France begins snap election campaign

French football captain Kylian Mbappé warns of "extremists"

As campaign starts, French football captain Kylian Mbappé warns "extremists are at the gates of power".

Today marks the official start of campaigning for the snap general election in France. It was called by President Emmanuel Macron after his Renaissance party lost heavily to the anti-immigration National Rally in the recent EU parliamentary polls.
 
Also in the programme: the BBC hears testimony that the Greek coastguard caused the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean; and the music stars with a difference -- K-pop's first hearing-impaired group.
 
(Photo: People take part in a demonstration against the French far right party National Rally after the results of the European elections, in Paris, France, 15 June 2024. Credit: Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andre Pain/ EPA-EFE/REX Shutterstock)

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