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
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
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
A gathering of business and city leaders here in londons Mansion House. There will be two important speeches. Mark carney will also be making an announcement. And we meet sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino. But can he help save his species . In sport, andy murray gets his defence of his queens club title under way later. There was a shock on day one, with british number two, kyle edmund, beaten by a canadian qualifier, denis shapovalov. And sticking with tennis, carol is at queens with the weather. Good morning. Good morning. Here in london, a mild start to the day. A hot day in many southern areas. If you are going to queens club, take your hat, use lots of sunscreen, and drink plenty of water. It will be largely dry. Some showers developing later. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The family of a man arrested after a Terror Attack near a London Mosque say they are shocked and devastated. Father of four, Darren 0sborne, was h
Face a fraud case the first criminal charges linked to the 2008 crash. Toddler liam fee, murdered by his mother and her partner now a review says there were missed opportunities to prevent the harm he suffered. Its so hot the met office has issued a warning its set to be the longestjune heatwave for 20 years. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News the British And Irish Lions go into the first test against the all blacks in great form, after an emphatic warm up win against the chiefs in new zealand. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The chancellor Philip Hammond has put britains future Economic Prosperity centre stage in any brexit deal. In particular mr hammond called for a jobs first settlement. He also wants immigration to be managed but not shut down altogether. Labour says the chancellor is distancing himself from the prime ministers tough line on brexit, accusing the cabinet of being in disarray over the issue. The chancellors comments come on a day when the governo