Judgement day for Marine Le Pen

According to France 24, it's judgement day for Marine Le Pen, who is awaiting a verdict on alleged embezzlement of four point four million euros from the European Parliament — hoping for an acquittal, or at least a measure of leniency. The French press is also asking whether her party has already moved on without her. Elsewhere in the review, New Zealand and Australia are rattled by a Chinese missile test in the Pacific Ocean, and the captain of the French national football team has hit back at racist remarks from a Paraguayan senator.

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