As france's presidential election approaches, marine lapen of the right wing national rally is climbing in the poles. President rachet ardon of turkey doesn't like the english language puns and jokes commonly made with his country's name so he's trying to give it a new one. And we meet with members of party to discuss exceedingly successful bid to soften its extremest image in drawing young voters.
Russian troops have withdrawn from suburban Kyiv to focus on the eastern Donbas region. With Western weapons for Ukraine flowing in, a grinding war of attrition looms. For our French-election series we meet members of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, which has
found success by shifting the focus away from its extremist image. And why
a bid to rename Turkey will be so fraught. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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