PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Monday evening to unveil measures to ease social tension and respond to "yellow vest" complaints, state-run France Info radio reported on Sunday.

Macron will give a televised speech at 1800 GMT "to announce the priority action projects and ... the first concrete measures in response to the concerns raised in the framework of the Great National Debate," the radio said, citing the president's office. (France-Yellow Vest-Macron)

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LONDON -- Britain's main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would win the keys to 10 Downing Street in a snap general election, a major polling analysis revealed Sunday.

Prime Minister Theresa May's governing Conservatives would lose 59 seats in the House of Commons, paving the way for left-wing politician Corbyn to become prime minister, showed the poll published by the Sunday Telegraph. (Britain-Poll-PM)

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KHARTOUM -- Sudan's Transitional Military Council on Sunday declared support for the proposal of a national figure as prime minister in a civilian government which will be formed within the coming days.

Earlier in the day, the Political Committee in Sudan's Transitional Military Council met in the capital Khartoum with representatives of the Sudanese political parties and forces. (Sudan-Civilian gov't-Military)

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TRIPOLI -- A total of 121 people have been killed and 561 others wounded in the fighting between the UN-backed Libyan government and the east-based army in and around the capital Tripoli so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday.

"The WHO is sending medical supplies and health staff support for first- and second-line responders," said a tweet by the international organization. (Libya-Casualties-Tripoli) Enditem

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