EMMANUEL MACRON has failed to win an outright majority but has beaten left-wing rivals and Marine Le Pen, projections show.

MARINE LE PEN is expected to make major gains, according to the latest French parliamentary election projections.

A LEAKED recording includes Chinese officials vowing to "crush" Taiwan in a war, sources claim.

THE FINAL round of the French Parliamentary elections takes place today as the decider of whether President-elect Emmanual Macron will govern the country with a free hand. But opinion polls suggest a chance he might fall slightly short.

JOE BIDEN'S capacity to lead was called into question by a GB News guest, who suggested that the US President's fall from his bike yesterday was another sign he "is not in full health".

THE FATAL FLAW in Europe's plan to aid Ukraine has been laid bare, amid warnings the West might not have the manufacturing capacity to send the promised support.

A LARGE group of Russian troops have surrendered to Ukrainian forces, according to footage shared from the fierce battlefront of Luhansk.

BRITISH troops must prepare to "fight in Europe once again" and to "defeat Russia", according to the new Chief of the General Staff of the British Army.

VLADIMIR PUTIN is making one last desperate effort to gain full control of a major besieged Ukrainian city as his Russian troops reach "critical mass".

RECORD hot temperatures have seen wildfires break out across Spain and near the Portuguese border, prompting the evacuation of eleven villages evacuated in one region.

WATCH! Ukraine's army targets the Russian enemy with heavy artillery weapons gifted to them by France.

NIGEL FARAGE has slammed President Biden after he fell off a bike, calling him a "total embarrassment".

AN SAS hero has savaged UK citizens who have gone to Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion.

JOE BIDEN collapsed while riding his bike up to supporters outside his beach house in Delaware.

A HEARTBREAKING video shows Ukrainian soldiers rushing to save a dog who got hit by a bomb and was suffering shrapnel wounds.

RUSSIAN losses in the Ukraine war have been so severe its forces are now struggling to make any serious gains.

EUROPEAN LEADERS have been caught on camera, moaning about who had the better room during their train journey to Kyiv to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

AN EXPLOSIVE fire at a chemical plant in Shanghai turned the sky black and sparked panic among residents in the Chinese city, with the BBC's China correspondent calling the scene "eerie end-of-the-world stuff".

RUSSIAN PUNDIT Evgeny Popov confirms that US prisoners of war Alexander Drueke and Andy Huynh have no chance of freedom and strongly recommended the citizens of Alabama do not come to Ukraine.

VLADIMIR PUTIN was left red-faced on his own stage after a key ally rejected one of his war claims.

UKRAINE's plan to receive US drones to aid in their fight against Putin has been thrown into question after a potential security risk was raised, sources claim.

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S army has been severely depleted in its attempts to take control of Severodonetsk, according to local officials and Western intelligence.

RESIDENTS of Mariupol are facing another crisis as many of them are complaining of cholera symptoms on a daily basis, Ukrainian officials have stated.

A UKRAINIAN commander has made a desperate plea for more weapons and tanks as his troops continue to battle Russian forces in the eastern city of Severodonetsk.

THE FORMER US ambassador to Russia has warned that the situation in Ukraine will not settle down until Vladimir Putin's army "stops advancing".

VLADIMIR PUTIN has lambasted the West in his latest fiery speech as he vows to complete his "special operation" in Ukraine.

EMMANUEL MACRON has been mocked for his "awkward" encounter with Volodymyr Zelensky, with some suggesting the Ukrainian President looks "more comfortable" with Boris Johnson.

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S puppet has called for Russia to "open a new front" in the war and launch an attack on Germany.

VLADIMIR PUTIN'S strategic objectives surrounding the invasion of Ukraine have slipped from the Kremlin's grasp as Moscow continues to struggle for military resources and President Zelensky is bolstered by NATO support.

A RUSSIAN warship has twice violated Denmark's territorial waters in an event that has been branded "completely unacceptable".

UKRAINIAN troops have recovered one of Russia's infamously deadly thermobaric rocket launchers and two tanks which it plans to use against the Kremlin's troops, according to local reports.

VLADIMIR PUTIN has been humiliated as an "extremely rare" Russian Merlin-VR aircraft was shot out of the sky.

MOSCOW has denied any knowledge of two US fighters who went missing in Ukraine last week.

UKRAINIAN forces have struck another blow against Vladimir Putin's military as they struck a Russian supply point in the south of the nation.

UKRAINIAN military forces have devastated Russian ground artillery using famed domestic advanced anti-tank missile systems

PUTIN appeared to be suffering from uncontrolled, subtle spasms as he delivered an hour-long speech to his remaining partners at St Petersburg's International Economic Forum.

BORIS JOHNSON has arrived in Kyiv to meet Volodymyr Zelensky for the second time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

VIDEO footage from the Russian-occupied territory of Luhansk in Ukraine has captured a huge explosion ripping through an ammunition warehouse, expected to have destroyed significant Kremlin military supplies

VLADIMIR PUTIN suffered a major military setback, after Ukrainian forces wiped out Russian ammunition depots, troops and equipment in a series of lightning strikes.

UKRAINE would be willing to trade a captured high-valued oligarch for the release of Britons Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, but believes Russia "isn't interested", sources revealed last night.

VLADIMIR PUTIN is facing a major mutiny among Russian troops - after over 200 soldiers refused to return to the frontline.

RUSSIAN FORCES are now in control of "most" of Severodonetsk, claimed Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk region.

AUSTRALIA has announced a massive compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group on Saturday, putting an end to a contract dispute that soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year.

RUSSIA has lost vital military equipment after a warehouse for battle-damaged repairs mysteriously burst into flames.

A MYSTERY aircraft has been discovered with its crew missing after the plane invaded multiple airspaces illegally, creating an international security alert.

JOE BIDEN proposed sending refugees from Latin America to Spain and promised a crackdown on illegal immigration into the USA.

RUSSIA's army is "not powerful or strong", as evidenced by its failings in Ukraine, an expert tells Express.co.uk.

CHINA has been pegged to exploit the EU's weakness and launch a crushing invasion of Taiwan in the near future.

A RUSSIAN soldier told his wife how he forced innocent Ukrainian civilians onto their knees before callously shooting them in the head.

VLADIMIR PUTIN is planning to invade other countries in Europe after Ukraine, an expert tells Express.co.uk.