This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Bernard de Kio and in the early hours of Monday the 10th of June

these are our main stories.

The French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap parliamentary poll

after his alliance was on calls for a big defeat to the far right in European Union elections.

The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the government and called for the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to set a date

for elections. Doctors at one of the last functioning hospitals in the

besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher say they've been forced to close it down.

Also in this podcast close it down.

Also in this podcast, with his sailor suit and little bow tie, the white duck with the orange feet and bill

has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.

The Disney cartoon character Donald Duck is 90 years old.

The French President Emmanuel Macron has called a snap parliamentary vote

after his alliance was on course for a big defeat to the far right in the

European Union elections. As we record this podcast,

the results from the polls have started to come in.

So far, it's clear that on the whole,

parties of the right and far right are gaining ground. We'll hear from Germany shortly and also our

Europe editor. But we start in France where President Macron gave a television address on

Sunday evening saying he couldn't pretend nothing had happened.

I have decided to give you the choice for our parliamentary future by giving you a vote. I am

I decided to give you a vote. I am therefore dissolving the National Assembly tonight.

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