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This is the third in a series exploring Europe's fracturing Right. When Russia's tanks rolled into Ukraine four years ago, panic broke out in Marine Le Pen 's campaign headquarters. She had a Putin problem. Her open admiration for the Russian president was now a threat to her chances of winning the 2022 presidential election in just two months' time. A day later, the National Rally (RN) leader publicly condemned the illegal invasion.

This is the third in a series exploring Europe's fracturing Right. When Russia's tanks rolled into Ukraine four years ago, panic broke out in Marine Le Pen 's campaign headquarters. She had a Putin problem. Her open admiration for the Russian president was now a threat to her chances of winning the 2022 presidential election in just two months' time. A day later, the National Rally (RN) leader publicly condemned the illegal invasion.

A British pensioner has been found dead at his secluded home in south-western France after suffering “very violent blows” to the face. Prosecutors have launched a murder inquiry and have taken one man into custody, after the death of John Agner, 85. Mr Agner's body was discovered in his garden near Verlus, a village of 120 people in western Gers, in the early hours of Saturday. The house is isolated from others and is close to the regional border with Landes.