Macron under fire after attempted search of news outlet

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The French prime minister's office has admitted to tipping off prosecutors about possible leaks to the website Mediapart - whose offices police attempted to search on Monday.

It's generated a major row about the journalists' right to keep their sources private - in a case that could prove very embarrassing to the French President. 

Elena Casas reports from Paris. 

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