France warns against Russian hacking of presidential election

The French defence minister has warned the country's presidential election could be the target of Russian hackers - following the publication of unclassified parts of a US intelligence report on Friday saying Putin ordered a deliberate intervention to help Donald Trump get elected.

France says it blocked 24,000 cyberattacks against defence targets last year. 

Our Europe correspondent Elena Casas reports from Brussels.

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