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
we want a settlement to this dispute but we we want a settlement to this dispute but we are we want a settlement to this dispute but we are facing a crisis for our members. but we are facing a crisis for our members, thousands ofjob cuts, no guarantee members, thousands ofjob cuts, no guarantee these redundancies won t be compulsory. 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. now on bbc news, martin hibbert was one of the closest people to the manchester arena bomb to survive the blast, but was left paralysed from the waist down. bbc breakfast reports on his epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro in a specially adapted wheelchair.
through london yesterday says that means its members are facing a crisis, with inflation set to hit 11% and wages falling behind, living ii% and wages falling behind, living standards too, and the union says modernisation means fewerjobs and longer working hours. we modernisation means fewer “obs and longer working hoursh longer working hours. we are faced with thousands longer working hours. we are faced with thousands of longer working hours. we are faced with thousands of job cuts, - longer working hours. we are faced with thousands of job cuts, despite | with thousands ofjob cuts, despite what grant shapps said, no guarantee the redundancy won t be compulsory, we have seen thousands ofjobs already go from the railway, they have told our maintenance staff on network rail that 3000 jobs will go. they are going to cut back on the safety regime, they have told us that every single booking office in britain will close. britain will close. labour, meanwhile, britain will close.
some sort of class war when there s none to be had. we want people to be paid more, we want sensible reforms and modernisation of our railways so we can run it for the passengers. the government says it spent billions propping up the railways in the pandemic. it now wants to see them modernised. the union, which was part of the cost of living march through london yesterday, says that means its members are facing a crisis. with inflation set to hit ii%, wages are falling behind living standards, too and the union says modernisation means fewerjobs and longer working hours. we re faced with thousands ofjob cuts, despite what grant shapps says. there s been no guarantee that these redundancies won t be compulsory, we have seen 4,000 or 5,000 jobs already go from the railway. they ve told our maintenance staff on network rail that 3,000 jobs will go. they re going to cut back on the safety regime. they ve told us that every single booking office in britain will close.