 The French Prime Minister has called for calm after two candidates in this weekend's election were assaulted. Priska Tevino from the governing Renaissance Party and Marie Dauchy, who's standing for the far-right National Rally, said they'd been attacked while out on the campaign trail. Millions of people in Britain are voting in a general election. It was called six weeks ago by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Many have already voted by postal ballot. BBC News.