If the projections hold, Macron would become only the third president since the 1958 founding of modern France to win twice at the ballot box, and the first in 20 years, since incumbent Jacques Chirac trounced Le Pen’s father in 2002.
A mother and her three-month-old baby are among the victims of the attack. Zelenskyy to meet two senior American officials on Sunday. Russia renews Mariupol attack in bid to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out in the strategic port.
Mariupol Chabad-Lubavitch director: Vanda Semyonovna lived through unimaginable horrors. She was a kind, joyous, special woman, who will forever remain in our hearts. "Mama didn’t deserve such a death,” her daughter says.
Ukraine commander says fighters at steelworks, where 1,000 civilians are sheltering, might not be able to hold out. US planning more military aid and says Ukrainians already being trained to use American equipment.
Helmets and flak jackets to be used by first-responders and other civilian agencies, statement stresses.
Funds are being used for housing, clothing, medical and mental health services, life-saving rescue operations, security and transportation for refugees, including those making aliyah to Israel.
US President Joe Biden expected to announce another $800 million military aid package that includes artillery and ammunition.
Ahead of runoff vote, an Ipsos poll saw Macron winning 56.5% of the vote, up half a point from Friday and up 3.5 points from 53 on April 8.
Zelenskyy says Russia has begun the "Battle of Donbas" in the east. Ukrainian media report a series of explosions, some powerful, along the front line in the Donetsk region, and shelling in Marinka, Slavyansk, and Kramatorsk.
Analysts say fighters from Syria, including Palestinian refugees, are more likely to be deployed in coming weeks, especially after Putin named general who commanded Russian forces in Syria as the new war commander in Ukraine.