High turnout as France votes in crucial regional elections

Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Front was the front-runner heading into the decisive second round of French regional elections, and it is up to voters whether to hand the once-pariah party an unprecedented political victory.

Ms Le Pen is riding high after extremist attacks and Europe’s migrant crisis, and the party came out on top in six of France’s 13 newly drawn regions a week ago, but polls suggest it may fail to translate that into wins in the second round.