Le Pen suffers defeat in second round of regional elections

Just one week after record results in the first round of regional elections in France, the far-right National Front (FN), headed by Marine Le Pen, failed to win a single region in the second round on Sunday, AFP reports.

Le Pen lost out to the right-wing opposition in the northern Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region after the ruling Socialists pulled out of the race before the second round.