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00:00Exit polls suggest the far-right national rally has dominated the first round of the
00:06French parliamentary elections.
00:10Nationalist parties from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic have formed a new far-right
00:15group in the European Parliament.
00:20From hell to heaven, England and Spain reached the Euro 2024 quarter-finals after two comeback
00:28victories.
00:34Nationalist parties from Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic have formed a new far-right
00:39group in the European Parliament.
00:42Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launched the new Patriots for Europe alliance with
00:47Austrian politician Herbert Kickl and Czech André Babis.
00:53The announcement was made a day before Hungary takes over the European Union's rotating presidency
00:59for six months.
01:00European people want peace, order and development.
01:01And what they get from the current Brussels agreement is war, migration and stagnation.
01:21Orban said the three political parties had joined forces to become the strongest right-wing
01:26group in European politics.
01:28He said the group was like a booster rocket and that the sky was the limit.
01:36In one of the most thrilling games of Euro 2024, England came back 2-1 against Slovakia
01:43to reach the quarter-finals.
01:46Slovakia had the lead for most of the game, but Jude Bellingham saved England with an
01:52overhead kick equaliser in the 98th minute.
01:55The game went to extra time.
01:58Harry Kane nodded the final 2-1 in, sending the Three Lions to play against Switzerland
02:05on Saturday.
02:06Spain brutally ended Georgia's fairytale to qualify for a Clash of Titans quarter-final
02:13with Germany next Friday.
02:16La Roja were down 1-0 before they drastically overturned the result with four goals by
02:23Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams and Dani Olmo.
02:27Georgia's goal was the only one conceded by Spain in the whole tournament so far.
02:43Strong-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged his country to support Ukraine and international
02:49cooperation in his final speech.
02:53After leading his country for over a decade, he will be taking his experience to Brussels
02:57where he will be taking over from Jens Stoltenberg as NATO's Secretary General.
03:13The new Dutch government is expected to take office on Tuesday and has pledged to maintain
03:32assistance to Ukraine.
03:34However, one of the coalition leaders, Geert Wilders, has previously expressed pro-Russia
03:39views.
03:42The national rally has dominated the first round of the French parliamentary elections
03:47as French voters throw their support behind the far-right party.
03:52Exit polls suggest they are followed by the left-wing coalition the New Popular Front,
03:57while Macron's governing Ensemble party trails behind in third place.
04:02Jean-Luc Melenchon, founder of the left-wing La France Insoumise, has told supporters that
04:08the party will withdraw candidates in the second round in an effort to block the far-right
04:13national rally from gaining legislative power.
04:17The results are detrimental for Emmanuel Macron and will likely lead to political turmoil
04:22in France.
04:23But the French president has come out fighting, calling on voters to block the far-right in
04:29the second round of polling which will take place next Sunday.
04:33Meanwhile, the national rally's Marine Le Pen has called on voters to give her party
04:38an absolute majority in parliament, paving the way for the party's president, Jordan
04:43Bardella, to become France's prime minister.