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
Run out if they run out of fuel. Hurricane hits mexico with fears of catastrophic damage. More on those stories in a moment or two heading to the Bbc Sport Centre now. Glenn maxwell has made history at the Cricket World Cup in india. The australian batsman made a century from just a0 balls which is the fastest in mens world cup history. There was also a hundred for david warner. Australia set the netherlands a daunting target of 400 to win. The dutch, who shocked south africa last week, are currently 82 5. Maxwell s landmark beats the previous record, also set at this tournament by Aiden Markram of south africa, in their win over sri lanka. European champions manchester city, have the chance to make it three wins out of three in the Champions League later theyre in switzerland, to face young boys. Their defence of the trophy, so far going to plan, with victories against rb leipzig, and red star belgrade. But its an artificial pitch for them later on and they travelled early to get a fe
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Targets in the past day. This blast in gaza was shot today by cameras in southern israel. Palestinian Authorities Say homes were hit without warning. These pictures are from rafah, where locals pulled victims from the rubble of a house that was hit overnight. And these images are from khan younis, also in southern gaza. There were dozens of air strikes throughout the night some 100 metres from a hospital. The Israel Defence forces released this video of air strikes in gaza. We dont know when it was shot. Israel also says it mounted limited ground raids into gaza to attack hamas and find information about the 222 hostages being held. Further north, israel has also launched fresh air strikes against the iran backed hezbollah in lebanon. Hezbollah said one of its fighters had been killed. The head of the Main Un Agency Helping Palestinians in gaza says hundreds of truckloads of aid are needed every day, rather than the few dozen that have been allowed in so far. The trucks that have gone