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The French at the polls for the presidential election, participation down at 5 p.m.

Between doubts and abstention, and after months of an atypical campaign, the French are voting on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election, where participation is expected at 5 p.m., down from 2017. At polling station 607 in Marseille, some have long hesitated on the ballot to slip into the envelope: “Of the 12, I had selected 4 last night, and I decided this morning”, explains Françoise Reynaud, 55 years old.

Turnout at 5 p.m. stood at 65%, more than four points less than in 2017 and 2012, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.

On this sunny Sunday across the country, some 48.7 million voters decide between the twelve candidates for the Elysée.

The verdict of the polls is expected at 8 p.m., with the first estimates from polling institutes.

However, it is four points higher than on April 21, 2002 (21.39%), a record year for abstention in a first round of presidential elections.

The centrist outgoing Emmanuel Macron (LREM) and Marine Le Pen (RN) are, as five years ago, the favorites to qualify for the second round on April 24, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) in ambush in the role of the 3rd man.

Three dead in the crash of a passenger plane taking off near Saint-Brieuc

A passenger plane crashed Sunday morning after taking off at Saint-Brieuc airport, killing three people, the pilot and two passengers, we learned from the Codis des Côtes-d'Armor.

Among the victims are the pilot aged around 50 and a passenger couple, aged between 20 and 30, according to the same source, reporting about twenty rescuers present at the scene of the accident.

The accident took place around 11:15 a.m. and the aircraft, a DR 400, "crashed in a field", not far from the take-off runway, Codis said.

Two fire trucks are present at the scene of the accident.

It is a dark weekend for tourist aviation in Brittany.

Saturday morning, a sexagenarian died in a plane crash in Plouhinec in Morbihan, near Lorient.

Ukraine ready for “the big battle” in the East, evacuations continue

Ukraine was preparing on Sunday to fight a "big battle" in the east of its territory, a priority target for Moscow, where the evacuation of civilians continues in fear of an imminent offensive.

“Ukraine is ready for the big battles.

Ukraine must win them, including in the Donbass”, the eastern region of the country, declared Saturday evening the Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaïlo Podoliak, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine press agency.

Airstrikes and bombings continued at the same time on Ukraine.

On Sunday morning, shelling in Kharkiv and its suburbs killed at least two people, regional governor Oleg Sinegoubov announced on Facebook.

"The Russian army continues to wage war on civilians, for lack of victories on the front," he denounced, indicating that in the past 24 hours,

Ukraine has also opened 5,600 investigations for alleged war crimes on its territory since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian Attorney General Iryna Venediktova told British channel Sky News on Sunday.

Shehbaz Sharif tipped to become Pakistan's prime minister

A seasoned and severe leader, Shehbaz Sharif is expected to become the new Prime Minister of Pakistan after the fall of Imran Khan.

Shehbaz Sharif should be appointed on Monday by the National Assembly.

He is the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, who served three times as prime minister before being impeached in 2017 for alleged corruption and imprisoned, then released two years later on medical grounds, and has since lived in exile in the UK.

At 70, the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), is himself a seasoned politician.

He led for years the government of the province of Punjab, the most populous in the country and an electoral stronghold.

Where to follow the results of the first round of the presidential election this Sunday evening?

This Sunday, April 10, the first round of the presidential election will occupy almost all of the media space.

From the end of the afternoon, the TV channels will open special editions to comment on the abstention figures, reveal the results and comment on their consequences on the political landscape.

Even if you will obviously follow this evening on

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