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Radio 4,08 Jul 2024,45 mins

Macron asks French PM to stay on as deadlock continues

The World Tonight

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President Emmanuel Macron of France has asked his prime minister, Gabriel Attal, to stay in the role for now, after no political group won a majority in French parliamentary elections. We'll speak to a former government minister and a former head of the Bank of France and reflect on the result. Also in the programme: The UN has condemned a series of Russian missile attacks which killed at least 36 people across Ukraine including some at a children's hospital in Kyiv. And Rishi Sunak has confirmed his interim shadow cabinet, after 12 members of his top team lost their seats in the general election.

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