Voters in France voted in Emmanuel Macron for a second term as the country's president following a heated national election. He beat out Marine Le Pen in the presidential run-off.
Le Pen has now conceded defeat with exit polls comfortably seeing Macron win the election. A second five-year term for Mr Macron, if confirmed by official results later on Sunday, would spare France and its allies in Europe and beyond the seismic upheaval of a shift of power in wartime.
Mr Macron’s rival, far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, quickly conceded on Sunday night.
