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Seven Die in Slovakia Train-Bus Collision

Emergency personnel work at the site of a train crash with a bus near Nove Zamky, Slovakia, June 27, 2024. Robert Novak/Handout via REUTERS
Emergency personnel work at the site of a train crash with a bus near Nove Zamky, Slovakia, June 27, 2024. Robert Novak/Handout via REUTERS
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Seven Die in Slovakia Train-Bus Collision

Emergency personnel work at the site of a train crash with a bus near Nove Zamky, Slovakia, June 27, 2024. Robert Novak/Handout via REUTERS
Emergency personnel work at the site of a train crash with a bus near Nove Zamky, Slovakia, June 27, 2024. Robert Novak/Handout via REUTERS

Seven people died and five others were injured when a train collided with a bus at a crossing in Slovakia on Thursday evening, emergency services said.

The collision occurred near Nove Zamky, 110 km east of the capital Bratislava, as the international train travelled from Prague to Budapest, state railway company ZSSK said.

Some 200 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. near the town of Nove Zamky, police and ZSSK said.

Slovak and Czech media reported that none of the victims were on the train.

Interior Minister Matus Sutai Estok visited the scene of the accident.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

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French Candidates Bow Out in Bid to Block Far-right

French newly-elected MPs for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Emeric Salmon (2-R), Alexandre Loubet (C), Edwige Diaz (2-R) and Kevin Pfeffer (R) arrive for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
French newly-elected MPs for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Emeric Salmon (2-R), Alexandre Loubet (C), Edwige Diaz (2-R) and Kevin Pfeffer (R) arrive for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
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French Candidates Bow Out in Bid to Block Far-right

French newly-elected MPs for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Emeric Salmon (2-R), Alexandre Loubet (C), Edwige Diaz (2-R) and Kevin Pfeffer (R) arrive for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
French newly-elected MPs for the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) political party Emeric Salmon (2-R), Alexandre Loubet (C), Edwige Diaz (2-R) and Kevin Pfeffer (R) arrive for a welcoming day at the National Assembly in Paris, on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Opponents of France's National Rally (RN) stepped up their bid to block the far-right party from power on Tuesday as more candidates said they would bow out of this weekend's run-off election to avoid splitting the anti-RN vote.

Some 180-plus candidates have confirmed they will not stand in Sunday's second-round for France's 577-seat national parliament, according to local media estimates. Others have until 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) to make their choice.

Marine Le Pen's RN came out well ahead in Sunday's first-round vote after President Emmanuel Macron's gamble on a snap election backfired, leaving his centrist camp in a lowly third place behind a hastily formed left-wing alliance.

But even before the maneuvering of the last 24 hours to create a "republican front" to block the anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic party, it was far from clear the RN could win the 289 seats needed for a majority.

Pollsters calculated the first round put the RN on track for anything between 250-300 seats. But that was before the tactical withdrawals and cross-party calls for voters to back whichever candidate was best placed to defeat the local RN rival, Reuters reported.
"The match is not over," the Socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, told France 2. "We must mobilize all our forces."

The RN is hostile to further European Union integration and would cut funding to the EU. Human rights groups have raised concerns about how its "France first" and anti-migrant policies would apply to ethnic minorities, while economists question whether its hefty spending plans are fully funded.