France prepares for landmark presidential election as Macron and Le Pen fight for votes

Voters in France are heading to the polls Sunday for the second and final round runoff to decide who will be the country's next president. The latest opinion polls suggest incumbent president Emmanuel Macron has a six- to 13-point lead over his rival, far-right leader Marine Le Pen.

Those polls changed little from before the two faced each other for the only candidates debate of the two-round race. They also suggest the race is still as tight as when pollsters asked the same question 10 months ago.

In an almost 3-hour long televised debate, the two candidates clashed over the cost of living, climate change, Europe, pension rights, the Muslim headscarf and Le Pen's links to Russian Vladimir Putin.