hello and welcome. president macron of france has suffered a major political setback after his party failed to win a majority in the country s parliamentary elections. projections show that his ensemble coalition is set to win around 216 seats, well short of the 289 needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats tonight. it s now more than 50 seats short of majority. just look at the mood. translation: the situation is unprecedented. the national assembly has never seen a configuration of this type in the fifth republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country, considering the challenges we have to face. this is president macron s main opposition, a new alliance of green and left wing parties dominated by far left mps. tonight, celebrating their new status as the first opposition party of france.
ons jabeur won her third wta singles title and second of the year by winning the berlin open on sunday. the tunisian took the title when her opponent belinda bencic retired with an ankle injury in the second set of the final. after treatment she was able to continue but was clearly hampered. jabeur then broke in the third game of the second set and bencic decided she couldn t continue and retired from the match, giving jabeur the title. if you ve got your diary to hand, mark the 20 august down. that s when anthonyjoshua takes on oleksandr usyk in a rematch in saudi arabia. the british boxer will be attempting to win back the wba, ibf and wbo heavyweight titles that he lost to the ukrainian in london last year. joshua will fight in saudi arabia for the second time, having beaten andy ruiz, jr in the kingdom in december 2019 to reclaim the same belts. that s all your sport for now. don t forget you can get all the latest sports news at our website
claim back is world heavyweight titles. joshua poz i promoter eddie hearn targets an april return for the 32 year old at the stadium venue in london. now to the usa, where this weekend will be the last chance for many teams in the nfl to keep their super bowl dreams alive. the showpiece event takes place in la next month, and the regular season wraps up over the next few days. so, to run us through the main talking points, i spoke to bbc nfl pundit and two time super bowl winner 0si umenyiora, and up first, who does he think will make the top seed in the afc? i will go with the titans this year as they been the strongest team overall they lost derek henry but found the way to battle through and have the best coach in the league right now in mike vrabel, a fantastic human being and after the tennessee titans walking away with it. . . , . ~ , .,