France’s centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warns of a “climate of fear” ahead of parliamentary elections on Sunday – while national football star Kylian Mbappe urges people to vote against the far right National Rally.
Also in the programme: negotiations resume between Israel and Hamas on a Gaza ceasefire deal; and as pressure mounts on 81-year old US President Joe Biden to stand aside as Democratic Party candidate, we hear some sobering thoughts from Malaysia’s former prime minister, who was 94 when he resigned.
(IMAGE: French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is seen after Ensemble Pour La Republique candidate and French Government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot and her team were targeted by an unidentified group of youth while they were out putting up campaign posters prior to the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Meudon-la-Foret, near Paris, France, July 4, 2024 / CREDIT: Reuters/Benoit Tessier)