good evening. projections following parliamentary elections in france show president emmanuel macron is on course to lose his absolute majority. his coalition is on track to win the most seats, with between 210 and 250. but that s short of the 289 needed for a majority in the national assembly. projections show the left green alliance ofjean luc melenchon is set to win 150 to 180 seats, becoming the main opposition. mr melenchon says the result marks an electoral failure for mr macron. a hung parliament will make it difficult for the president to press ahead with his planned reforms in his second term of office. we re nowjoined by peter conradi, the europe editor of the sunday times newspaper, who joins us from paris. thank whojoins us from paris. you thank who joins us from paris. you forjoining thank whojoins us from paris. you forjoining us. i guess surprising thank you forjoining us. i guess a surprising result? surprising result? yes, i mean eole surprising result? y
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
round of parliamentary elections in france in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. a bipartisan group of us senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety president biden hails it as a step forward. and, queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. a british family say their son has been killed while fighting russian forces in the east of ukraine. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march to travel to ukraine, was shot in the city of severodonetsk the scene of intense fighting in recent days. in a tribute on social media, his father said his son was a hero. our correspondent in kyiv, nick beake, gave us the latest details. jordan gatley s dad, dean, has said that his son travelled to ukraine after careful consideration and was helping to train ukrainian troops. he d apparently told
that s according to projections. it remains unclear if his alliance will get a majority. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry, to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. in the us, a group of bipartisan senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. president biden hails it as a step forward. tributes are paid to the businesswoman and former star of dragons den hilary devey who has died at the age of 65. obviously very saddened. but hillary left her mark with everybody she or and she will not be forgotten. a british family say their son has been killed while fighting russian forces in the east of ukraine. jordan gatley, who left the british army in march to travel to ukraine, was shot in the city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. in a tribute on social media, his father
they had i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people s blood. the uk s foreign secretary will talk to her ukrainian counterpart about two british men sentenced to death by a russian backed court. and heading to the high court: lawyers try to stop a controversial scheme that will send asylum seekers from britain to rwanda. hello and welcome. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the us capitol last year has held its first public hearing on prime time television. it says it s established that the former president donald trump conspired to overturn the result of the 2020 election. graphic new footage was shown of the riots at the capitol building in washington last january when supporters of mr trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the committee spent almost a year investigating the attack. some republican leaders called the hearings a democratic smokescreen to promote a radical agen