I wanted to inform you that i arrived to madrid today in the morning. In the morning. My departure from caracas was surrounded by episodes of pressure, coercion of pressure, coercion and threats that i would not be and threats that i would not be allowed to leave. Allowed to leave. I trust that we will soon continue the fight for liberty and the return to and the return to democracy in venezuela. A big hug for everyone. Democracy in venezuela. A big hug for everyone. Venezuela s opposition says its candidate, venezuela s opposition says its candidate, mr gonzalez, won the mr gonzalez, won the presidential election held on the 28th ofjuly. Presidential election held on the 28th ofjuly. The us, the eu and other the us, the eu and other nations backed those voting nations backed those voting figures. Figures. Us secretary of state us secretary of state antony blinken said that antony blinken said that nicolas maduro must nicolas maduro must not be allowed to cling not be allowed to cling
swimming s world governing body votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. and judo for peace why the ancient martial art could bring harmony to the townships to south africa. hello, thanks very much for joining us. from left wing guerilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign and victory comes some 20 years after he was first elected to congress. with more here s the bbc s south america correspondent, katy watson, in the capital, bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nailbiter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist pr
federation, fina, has voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women s events. now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again, the row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guest this week is someone whose life and career is based on a refusal to take sides in that political battle. it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyalist parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in th
competitive furnace. on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. from left wing guerilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m 19 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign. with more, here s the bbc s south america correspondent katy watson in the capital bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nail biter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist president that colombia has ever had. and francia marquez will be the first black vice president colombia has ever had, and it s testament to the changes colombians wanted. rodolfo hernandez, h
his coalition, ensemble , lost around a hundred seats, with major gains for both marine le pen s far right party and a new alliance led by far left leaderjean luc melenchon. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london, with sean ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences in their own countries from the dateline london. this week, what does international law amount to? on tuesday, judges in british courts decided it was permissible to fly would be asylum seekers to rwanda in east africa because, if the policy is subsequently ruled unlawful, the british government can be relied upon to bring them back again. it was a judge on the european court of human rights whose intervention prevented the flight taking off at all. a day later, lord geidt became the second independent ethics adviser in succession to the prime minister to resign. the government was conside