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The greatest danger now threatening France is that the moderate parties will lose the June legislative elections and that either Le Pen or Melenchon will win them.

The first projections showed Macron securing around 57-58% of the vote.

Eric Zemmour, a far-right politician who is Jewish, received only 7% of the vote in the first round, eliminating him from this year’s election.

"It is truly heartbreaking to see so much human suffering and to witness the destruction of flourishing cities as they are transformed into battlefields," President Isaac Herzog said.

Will the luster of being a peacemaker and the accompanying international plaudits be enough to propel his party in the polls? No one can say for sure.

President Macron to French Jewish umbrella: "How dare we talk about apartheid in a state where Arab citizens are represented in government and positions of leadership and responsibility?"

Iran has rejected any deadline imposed by Western powers.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with few other world leaders in bilateral meetings during the United Nations Climate Conference. Iran was a running theme.

Deby, a lynchpin in Western security strategy, was killed on Monday in a battle against a rebel army led by dissident army officers who are not linked to jihadists, according to Chadian authorities.

In Pakistan, police fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators marching towards the French Embassy in Islamabad, with some protesters trying to break through police barricades, witnesses said.