has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. as the conflict in ukraine continues the new head of the british army tells his troops they should be prepared to fight in europe once again . it s two hours until voting closes in the final round of parliamentary elections in france, with president emmanuel macron facing an alliance of left wing parties. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt, saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm . the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammatic
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
projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen s far right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, une
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