text:  You are listening to the BBC World Service. This is NewsHour with James Menendez in London and me, James Kamarasamy, in Paris, where we are covering the aftermath of the parliamentary elections here in France. Politicians on the left and the centre are working out their next steps today after winning the bulk of seats in what is a hung parliament. There was a tactical pact between the left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, which won the most seats, and President Macron's centrist alliance that managed to thwart the far-right national rally. It had been hoping...