and swimming s world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in women s races. after the uk promises more heavy weapons to ukraine now the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. we want to start by bringing you some we want to start by bringing you some breaking we want to start by bringing you some breaking news we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from - we want to start by bringing you some breaking news from the i some breaking news from the elections some breaking news from the elections in some breaking news from the elections in france, some breaking news from the elections in france, coming . some breaking news from thei elections in france, coming in some breaking news from the - elections in france, coming in from reuters elections in france, coming in from reuters. , ., ., reuters. president emmanuel macron is on course
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
as international condemnation grows over israel s attack on an aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six foreign workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt. a seventh palestinian man has already been buried. they worked for the charity world central kitchen, whose founder tonight said those killed were targeted deliberately, nonstop, until everybody was dead. three of those killed are british nationals, including james kirby, who was a7, and from bristol. his family have told the bbc he was a selfless humanitarian, who knew the risks but wanted to help people. the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification, and an investigation is now under way. we ll take a look at what we know about the air strike, and get the latest from jeremy bowen injerusalem and james landale, here at the foreign office. but first, lucy williamson has more on the aftermath of the attack. well, israel s actions in gaza and the need to expand ac
to egypt, as international condemnation grows over the attack on their aid convoy. the head of the israeli military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification . an investigation is now under way. more than 100 people are missing in road tunnels and mines following a powerful earthquake in taiwan. at least nine people are known to have been killed and more thani,000 injured. it was the island s most powerful quake for a quarter of a century a proposal put forward by the nato chiefjens stoltenberg for a ioo billion euro five year fund for ukraine has met with a mixed response at talks in brussels. the long term military aid plan was welcomed by ukraine allies such as poland and the baltic states but there s reported to be some scepticism among other nations. a state of emergency in haiti is due to end today with the country still in a state of limbo after the prime minister was forced to resign, leaving an interim government in place. businesses are still being attac