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Macron Wins French Election, North Korea Arrests U.S. Citizen, Boko Haram Releases Kidnapped Girls and More | Monday Briefing

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By Carly Hoilman
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May 8, 2017

1. French Presidential Election

Left-leaning French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, 39, defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen Sunday in a runoff election. Many have compared the contentious race to the battle between 2016 U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

JUST IN: The French Interior Minister has confirmed Emmanuel Macron's victory in #Presidentielle2017 #frenchelection https://t.co/kR1UXJbaTy pic.twitter.com/rYrqadM2dt

— CNN (@CNN) May 7, 2017

Macron’s win comes just after his campaign was hacked Friday evening, releasing thousands of emails to the public in a “massive” WikiLeaks-style dump.

BREAKING: French pres. candidate Macron's campaign says it is victim of "massive and coordinated" hacking and release of emails, documents.

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 5, 2017

Hillary Redux: French presidential frontrunner Macron hit by massive hack 36 hours before; 9 gbs of data posted online

— TimJohnson (@TimJohnson4) May 5, 2017

Macron campaign officials said the attack was intended to shake up Sunday’s election. Unlike the Clinton campaign email dump, however, the liberal candidate emerged victorious despite the harmful leaks.

2. 82 Chibok Girls Released by Boko Haram

More than three years after Boko Haram kidnapped hundreds of schoolgirls from the Nigerian town of Chibok, the Islamic militant group has released 82 of the girls.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's personal assistant says "huge numbers" of girls kidnapped from Chibok by Boko Haram have been released

— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) May 6, 2017

It's credible that 82 girls have been released;all in good condition with the exception of 1 with fracture on d hand and one with crouches.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@shehusani) May 6, 2017

The release comes after “lengthy negotiations” between the Nigerian government and the terrorist collective, officials said Saturday.

.@MBuhari After lengthy negotiations,our security agencies have taken back these girls,in exchange for some BokoHaram suspects held by the authorities

— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) May 6, 2017

While joyful news, the country’s struggle with Boko Haram is far from over. Nigerian leaders hope to continue negotiations to free all of the more than 200 girls who were kidnapped in April 2014.

Boko Haram released 82 of the two hundred something kidnapped girls. Now how do we get the rest..

— Avery Storm (@Averystorm) May 6, 2017

Negotiations will continue for the next set after the one secured are made public.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@shehusani) May 6, 2017

3. North Korea Arrests Another U.S. Citizen

A fourth U.S. citizen was detained in North Korea over the weekend on charges of conspiracy against the government, the Associated Press reported. At the time of his arrest, Kim Hak Song was doing agricultural development work at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the school where American accounting professor Kim Sang Dok was working before he was detained last week.

#breaking North Korea arrests 4th US citizen. Kim Hak-song detained on May 6 for suspicion of acts against the Pyongyang regime. (via KCNA)

— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) May 7, 2017

Detained US citizen Kim Hak-son was involved in operation of Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. 2nd recent PUST-related arrest. https://t.co/SBhnraJfk6

— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) May 7, 2017

According to the country’s official news agency, “a relevant institution is now conducting detailed investigation into [Hak Song’s] crimes.”

Hak Song’s arrest comes as U.S. leaders work to reduce tensions with the isolated country.

4. Mysterious Military Spacecraft Lands in Florida

The U.S. Air Force announced via Twitter Sunday morning that an unmanned military spacecraft had landed in Florida after 718 days in orbit. The landing at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral caused what many reported to be a sonic boom that could be heard hundreds of miles away in Tampa and Fort Myers.

The #AirForce #X37B #OTV4 has returned from orbit and has landed safely @NASAKennedy. Stay tuned for more info.

— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 7, 2017

The #AirForce #X37B #OTV4 is back after more than 700 days in #Space. @NASAKennedy pic.twitter.com/02WdzMSDJe

— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 7, 2017

Officials said Sunday that the X37B spacecraft is part of “an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force.”

5. Kentucky Derby

Over the weekend, more than 158,000 spectators attended the star-studded annual Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville. Always Dreaming, ridden by jockey John Velasquez, won the grand prize.

Favored Always Dreaming pulls away to win 143rd #KyDerby before 158,070 @ChurchillDowns https://t.co/OifrjXTiyM (@CoadyPhoto) pic.twitter.com/9V9tfHkXl0

— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) May 7, 2017

The face of a champion. pic.twitter.com/uJmr9XFjMP

— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) May 7, 2017

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