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.
on the baltic coast. after the floods, the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. and, after meeting preisdent zelensky in ukraine, the hollywood actor ben stiller tells the bbc he praises the spirit of the people. these are just people like you and i who have been caught in a circumstance totally beyond their control of. nobody wants to flee from their home. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. three us republican state officials have been describing the direct pressure they were put under by donald trump and his team to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. in an, at times, emotional testimony to the congressional committee, they described threats of violence directed at them from trump supporters when they refused to bow to the pressure. we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming
on the baltic coast. after the floods, the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. and, the hearing into last month s mass school shooting in texas, is told the police could have stopped the gunman after three minutes, but officers put their own lives before the children s. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. and those claims came from republican officials, some of whom spoke of mr trump s direct involvement. three state officials delivered often emotional testimony, revealing the intense pressure they were under. the hearing also heard from poll workers, who said they had been falsely accused of carrying out a fake ballot scheme to skew the vote, which had led to them facing intimidat
her half a million dollars in damages. tensions rise between russia and lithuania following a ban on the transport of goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad on the baltic coast. after the floods the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. thanks forjoining us. threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. and those claims came from republican officials, some of whom spoke of mr trump s direct involvement. the hearing also heard from election workers, who said they had been falsely accused of carrying out a fake ballot scheme to skew the vote, which had led to them facing intimidation and death threats. we have various groups come by, and they have had, um, video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedophile and a pervert, and a
tensions rise between russia and lithuania, over a ban on goods going into the russian territory of kaliningrad on the baltic coast. after the floods, the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and north east india. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. threats, intimidation and unbearable pressure. this was the story of the latest congressional hearings investigating alleged attempts by donald trump and his allies to overturn the election result of 2020. and those claims came from republican officials, some of whom spoke of mr trump s direct involvement. one of them was the speaker of the arizona house of representatives, rusty bowers. we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedophile and a pervert, and a corrupt politician. and blaring loudspeakers in my neighbourhood, and leaving literature both on my property and arguing and threatenin