hello and welcome. president macron of france has suffered a major political setback after his party failed to win a majority in the country s parliamentary elections. projections show that his ensemble coalition is set to win around 216 seats, well short of the 289 needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats tonight. it s now more than 50 seats short of majority. just look at the mood. translation: the situation is unprecedented. the national assembly has never seen a configuration of this type in the fifth republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country, considering the challenges we have to face. this is president macron s main opposition, a new alliance of green and left wing parties dominated by far left mps. tonight, celebrating their new status as the first opposition party of france.
temperatures across the northern hemisphere. details and a live report from rome. plus the forecast from the cnn weather center. we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still on despite a russian missile strike on its port city of odesa. now these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world desperately needs through its ports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. listen to this. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwanted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t involve russia and their broken promises. the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sen
is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country s first left wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. i m joined now by the bbc world service s americas editor, leonardo rocha. it isa it is a historic first for colombia, looking at his first leftist president. take us through the latest. it leftist president. take us through the latest.- leftist president. take us through the latest. it is a very important through the latest. it is a very important day - through the latest. it is a very important day for i very important day for colombia, it is something that evenin colombia, it is something that even in the past few hours people didn t expect, they said colombia won
second hearing on the january 6th insurrection. the select committee has planned six more hearings this month to present itself preliminary f findings and they say their por they insist they will present evidence this month proving the deadly riot on january 6th was the culmination of an elaborate plan to overturn the election. since the first hearing on thursday, trump and his supporters have been pushing back among the emerging narrative. we have more on it from jessica snyder. it s now effectively a riot. reporter: tonight the impact being felt from the first hearing as they set the stage for what s to come. some republicans are looking to discredit the findings. while the former president is reacting to this stunning allegation. you were aware of the rioters chants, hang mike pence, the former president said maybe the fans have the right idea. trump responded i never said hang mike pence. it s a made up story or fake news. the committee s first hearing focused o
Right today at you core. Com im laura coates alongside abby, phillip, and our panel here in Washington For A Special Edition this in im laura codes live and were at the end of a very long week in the trump Hush Money Trial. Court is actually dark on monday, but theyll get what gland again on Tuesday Morning at 9 30. So just what exactly will juror is take away from what they heard in court today. And when they need to be thinking about over their long weekend while there were three witnesses, it took the stand today. It had david pecker who wrapped up more than ten hours or testimony over a period of four days, he was as also trumps former longtime assistant, rhona graff, who was only on the stand for what, a half an hour, then Michael Cohens former banker, gary farro, who is likely to continue testifying this coming tuesday the prosecution wants jurist remember, peckers testimony that his intention was to never publish Karen Mcdougal story of an alleged affair with trump from the tran