Hollande proposes to extend French state of emergency until May

President Francois Hollande on Tuesday proposed extending France's year-old state of emergency to May, to cover the next presidential election. Speaking on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Morocco, Hollande said he wanted to prolong the emergency measures in place since the November 2015 Paris attacks, which had been due to expire in January. France's two-round presidential election takes place on April 23 and May 7.