hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the five hundred and seventy seven seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. he held sway for the last five years. is just voting here placed he isjust voting here. he has placed his vote and we saw earlier marine le pen and jean luc bell on show, his two main rivalsjust two months ago, also placing their votes. the situation with the presidential election was that in the end, emmanuel macron won with a fairly decisive victory, but marine le pen had a lot of popular support and it was predicted that the vote may have been tighter than it was in the end, but the issue at stake there was the cost of living and french voters voicing concern that emmanuel macron was not focusing on it in the same way that mari
A former rebel, too. if he wins these elections, he ll be colombia s first ever leftist president. and this is the man he s up against. rodolfo hernandez is a businessman, an outsider, a man who s been called colombia s trump, and a man whose tiktok videos and womanising have become more famous than his politics. his supporters, though, aren t fazed. translation: ifi had money, i d do my own thing if it made me happy. . he s a good thing because he s a businessman. he s a self made man. he s a little confusing. the truth is that a vote for adolfo is against pedro. because we don t want socialism, we don t want these politics that are against the freedom, the economy, we are afraid about petro. for communities used to being cast aside, petro s politics
Round of presidential elections. they will choose between two very different candidates leftist gustavo petro, who has promised more equality, or populist businessman rodolfo hernandez, who s been labelled a colombian trump. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports from colombia s capital, bogota. they pray a last attempt at salvation and a prayerfor colombia s men. in a country used to decades of civil conflict, even the priests use the language of war. this is a call to action. they re fighting to put men back in control. but this isn t just about religious conservatism, it s about political indoctrination. these priests are issuing a thinly veiled warning not to vote for the left. this is the man they re scared of. gustavo petro is a former mayor who promises to tackle poverty.