columbia swings to the left, choosing former rebel gustavo petro as its next president. ah, you re watching al jazeera life and the headquarters and del heim didn t navigate. also a heads half ron celebrations by the foreign less, but a setback for president menu or macro. as his centrist alliance loses its majority in parliament, millions of people are stranded by flooding in bangladesh. forecasts was warned. there could be worse to come. parades and st festivals are held across the us to celebrate june, 13th, a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. so after decades of conservative rural columbia has elected its 1st left wing presidents. gustavo petro, a former gorilla, and former mayor bogota, has won a clear majority over the right wing populace. rodolfo hernandez, with more than 99 percent of the votes counted so far. petrow has won more than 50 percent against 47 percent for his rival. hernandez conceded defeat a short time ago. commodities place that are meant that
ah, so vote counting is well on the way in columbia s presidential election. why voters have to choose between a former left when gorilla fighter, the man who calls himself the king of tic toc ah, lo, i m mariam, noisy in london, you watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. manju microns centrist alliance gets the most seats in francis parliamentary elections, but fails to secure an outright majority. ah denise in protest. his voice that discontent over the president s plans for a new constitution accusing chi side of a power grab ah, employees to maryland, apple store mo, to unionize the latest in a string of similar actions taken by workers across the tech sector. ah oh, we begin the program in columbia. vote counting is nearly complete in the most fiercely contested presidential run off in recent memory. now we have some early projections here, cited by the reuters news agency that with nearly 80 percent of a ballot counted the leftist candidate, gustavo petro i
hello, i m adrian again. this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up more chemical filled containers, explode at bangladesh, port fueling of fi that s killed at least 49 people. tension rises between lebanon, israel, over a maritime areas which both countries a laying claim at a robust response, myself, korea of the united states, as they testify, weapons in response to the north, latest missile, ah, an international backlash is growing against india off to islamic commence by a ruling b, j. p policy official. during a televised debate, the saudi based organization of islamic co operation has condemned the remark saying they came in a context of intensifying hatred towards muslims in india. util. he has responded saying, the comments made by the oh, i see a narrow minded iranian foreign ministry of summoned the indian ambassador terran to express its displeasure. and pakistan has released a statement criticizing the derogatory remarks. it said pakistan once again call