and swimming s world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in women s races. after the uk promises more heavy weapons to ukraine now the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. we want to start by bringing you some we want to start by bringing you some breaking we want to start by bringing you some breaking news we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from - we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from the i some breaking news from the elections some breaking news from the elections in some breaking news from the elections in france, some breaking news from the elections in france, coming . some breaking news from thei elections in france, coming in some breaking news from the - elections in france, coming in from reuters elections in france, coming in from reuters. , ., ., reuters. president emmanuel macron is on course
you are being led down a cul de sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise when there is, trying to create some sort of class war when there is none to be had. but the unions claim the government is not interested in finding solutions onjobs, pay and pensions a message shared by labour. boris johnson and grant shapps want the strikes to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so that they can feed off the division. we ll have the latest on how the strikes will affect millions of travellers this week. also tonight. british troops must be prepared to face a renewed threat from russia that s the message of the new head of the british army. president macron s hopes of a new parliamentary majority are fading fast. he s faced a strong challenge from the left. and the international swimming federation votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. welcome to bbc news at ten. in just over 2a hours time the bigg
could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in france where president emmanuel macron looks set to lose his parliamentary majority. he now faces the prospect of having to work out deals with other parties to get his reforms through. but it was a good day for the far right and the far left they both apear to have made large gains. our 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 is now more than 50 seats short of a 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 that we have to face. this is n
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
borisjohnson says he will not resign, after a highly critical report into lockdown parties at his government offices. i. i, mrspeaker, i, i i, mrspeaker, i, lam i, mr speaker, i, lam humbled and i i, mr speaker, i, lam humbled and i have i, mr speaker, i, lam humbled and i have learned a lesson, mr speaken the investigation blamed senior leadership for a series of alcohol fuelled parties at downing street, which broke covid lockdown rules. supermodel kate moss gives evidence in thejohnny depp amber heard defamation trial. she denies the allegation that the actor pushed her down the stairs. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s news day. hello and welcome to the programme. the gunman, who shot dead 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school, is reported to have posted three online warnings before his attack on tuesday. the governor of texas greg abbott said salvador ramos wrote first that he was going to shoot his grandmother, then that he had