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Macron, who has returned to France following a state visit to Saudi Arabia, is due to give a televised speech to the nation on Thursday evening.

The BBC had already confirmed he would not deliver the traditional televised message on New Year's Day.

In a surprise, nationally televised address, he declared martial law, the first time in the country in decades.

Last month he apologised in a televised address to the nation for a string of controversies surrounding his wife that included allegedly accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation.

PST in a game televised by the Big Ten Network: