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Dozens of people were left stranded for hours inside the Channel Tunnel after a train from Calais to Folkestone appeared to have broken down. Footage emerged showing Eurotunnel Le Shuttle passengers being evacuated through an emergency service tunnel after having to abandon their vehicles. They were eventually transferred to a replacement train and taken to the Folkestone terminal in Kent. A Eurotunnel spokesman said services were now back to normal. Le Shuttle said Tuesday night's incident began when the train's alarms went off and this needed to be investigated. A spokesman said such incidents were unusual but not exceptional - far more common on trains carrying lorries than those with private cars. "The Shuttle was brought to a controlled stop and inspected. As a precautionary measure, for their safety and comfort, we transferred the passengers on-board to another shuttle, via the service tunnel [which is there for exactly that purpose]," the spokesman said. "...

 France is days away from round one of the French presidential elections 2022. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to repel the threat coming from far right, spearheaded once again by the redoubtable and resurgent Marine le Pen. Elections of this nature are never fought with the gloves on, but this year's French elections have been particularly spicy, their temperature raised to boiling point by divisions over France's response to Covid-19, Islamic terrorism and - above all other considerations - economic inequality. Here, The National gives the timeline of French presidential elections 2022 and explains how they work. When are the French presidential election 2022 polls? The first round of voting is this Sunday: April 10. Should it be needed, there will be a second round of voting on April 24 before the winner is formally anointed on May 13. Emmanuel Macron on the election trail in Paris on April 2.  How do the French presidential elections work? The 12 candidates ...