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With just three day remaining until the second round of France’s legislative elections, the campaign has been marred by reported assaults and verbal abuse of candidates, prompting at least one of them to drop out of the crucial race. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.

Scramble to build ‘republican front’ against first-placed far right leaves many weighing difficult decisions

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.

European politics was shaken by a surge in support for the far-right and far-left in the first round of France’s legislative elections on June 30. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party won 33% of the popular vote, ahead of the far-left New Popular Front (NFP) alliance on 28%.

The U.S. flirtation with populism barely holds a candle to the situation across the Atlantic.

The UN rights chief voiced alarm Wednesday at a hardening of rhetoric, including hate speech and dehumanising language against migrants and other minorities, linked to elections in Europe and elsewhere.This, as more than 200 centrist and left-wing candidates pulled out of France's legislative election runoff by a Tuesday deadline, in…

The countries are heading in different directions, but voters on both sides of the Channel have similar concerns

Senior field commander killed in Israeli strike outside southern Lebanese city of Tyre, Reuters reports

Pat McFadden, Labour’s National Campaign Co-ordinator, said if his party wins on July 4 it will deal with whoever is in charge in France to address joint challenges