French far-right leader barred from running for office
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Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years, meaning she would not be able to run in the 2027 French presidential election. Also on the programme, the military authorities in Myanmar say more than two-thousand people are now known to have been killed by Friday's earthquake, but the final figure is likely to be higher; and a look at the young tennis player who defeated Novak Djokovic.
(Photo: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, looks on as she arrives for the verdict of her trial alongside 24 other defendants (party officials and employees, former lawmakers and parliamentary assistants) and the RN party itself, over accusations of misappropriation of European Union funds, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)
(Photo: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, member of parliament of the Rassemblement National (National Rally - RN) party, looks on as she arrives for the verdict of her trial alongside 24 other defendants (party officials and employees, former lawmakers and parliamentary assistants) and the RN party itself, over accusations of misappropriation of European Union funds, at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 31, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq)