a guy doing it in a wheelchair. it is a risk. i m putting my life on the line doing it. one, two. it was such a relief to get there. and know that we d done it. just so proud, just so proud. clapping and whooping thank you, thank you. goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. hello, hello, hello! how are you doing? i m good, and i ve got all of our stuff, as well. how are you? 0k? - martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. # in thejungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.# the first thing i saw when i came out was my trike, so i m happy. i don t even care if i don t got underwear, as long as i ve got my trike i can do it. they laugh and sing over the next five days, martin will battle his way through rainforest, volcanic desert, ice and snow to reach the summit. if you want to start ripping. almost doesn t seem real, does it? all of those zoom calls we ve had, and teams calls, it s mental. it
our other main stories: swimming s world governing body effectively bans transgender competitors from elite women s events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete but we also have to protect competitive fairness. irefill but we also have to protect competitive fairness. will it be farewell competitive fairness. will it be farewell to competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the - competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the queen? l whyjamaica is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newday. welcome to the programme. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in colombia where the former guerrilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country s first left wing president after winning a second mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people.
is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country s first left wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. i m joined now by the bbc world service s americas editor, leonardo rocha. it isa it is a historic first for colombia, looking at his first leftist president. take us through the latest. it leftist president. take us through the latest.- leftist president. take us through the latest. it is a very important through the latest. it is a very important day - through the latest. it is a very important day for i very important day for colombia, it is something that evenin colombia, it is something that even in the past few hours people didn t expect, they said colombia won
of the shower cloud through friday afternoon was associated with a stripe of cloud you can see right here. this was actually an old cold front. the significance of that is colder air is behind it and as we go through the next few hours, that will be pushing in across much of the uk. milder air recirculating around our area of high pressure into northern ireland and western scotland, so it s here through the weekend that we will see the nation s highest temperatures. now, on to the next few hours. we re looking at that colder air arriving, a lot of dry weather, a lot of clear skies and that means it s a recipe for things turning pretty cold. and heading into the first part of saturday morning, we start off with a frost, even some patches of frost, i think, across rural areas of southern england. the lowest temperatures probably down to about 3 or so into rural areas of northern england and scotland. for saturday, we ll get this colder air moving in, for most, it s a glorious start to t
week ahead we are going to draw in north westerly winds, actually milder winds that have originated from north america and that milder air will be putting in behind this warm front, that will be a feature of the weather over the next few days. for monday morning we have got a fresh start to the day but for most, clear, blue sunny skies and stop it will feel warm in the sunshine but there will be some thicker cloud working into north west scotland thanks to that warm front and that is going to be bringing some low cloud, a bit of mist and fog and patches of drizzle. 1a degrees for stornaway but foremost into the low 20s. it will feel warm that sunshine. that more humid air will make inroads on tuesday across scotland and northern ireland, that is why it is turning cloudier here and the cloud thickenerfor an occasional spot of light rain or drizzle directly in the morning, there could be a few mist and fog patches. and other fine and sunny day but we are starting to see those