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       1. I owe you, Emmanuel Macron tells voters in French election victory speech

       Emmanuel Macron said he owed his re-election as French president to reluctant voters who backed him to keep Marine Le Pen out of power after defeating his rival in a polarising contest on Sunday night.

       Standing before the Eiffel Tower after arriving to the strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy – the European Union anthem – Mr Macron promised to do his "duty" to unite France. Read the full story.

       2. Defeated, but Marine Le Pen celebrates French election result that took her closer to power than ever

       Marine Le Pen hailed her result in France’s presidential elections on Sunday as a "brilliant victory", despite her defeat to Emmanuel Macron.

       Promising to "carry on" her political career, the hard-Right leader pledged that she would "never abandon" the French. Read the full story.

       3. Boris Johnson writes to Angela Rayner to insist ‘Basic Instinct’ claim was not in his name

       Boris Johnson has written to Angela Rayner to insist that “misogynistic” claims about her conduct at Prime Minister’s Questions were not in his name amid backlash over the “smear” against her.

       MPs on both sides of the Commons on Sunday condemned the claims, reportedly made by a Tory MP, that Ms Rayner had crossed and uncrossed her legs on the Labour front bench in an attempt to distract Mr Johnson. Read the full story.

       4. Boris Johnson warns UN chief that Vladimir Putin will ‘manipulate’ his Russia visit

       Boris Johnson has warned the UN secretary general that Vladimir Putin will try to "manipulate" his visit to Moscow this week into a propaganda victory for the Kremlin.

       The Prime Minister is understood to be concerned about Antonio Guterres' planned trip to see Putin and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, on Tuesday and on Sunday night told him to be "careful". Read the full story.

       5. Two thirds of pharmacies suffering daily medication shortages

       Two in three pharmacists are now dealing with medication shortages on a daily basis, research shows, amid growing concern about worsening access to hormone replacement therapy.

       Pharmacists said they were regularly facing patients “boiling over” with rage amid desperation over shortages of treatments for dozens of conditions. Read the full story.

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