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ah, so vote counting is well on the way in columbia's presidential election. why voters have to choose between a former left when gorilla fighter, the man who calls himself the king of tic toc ah, lo, i'm mariam, noisy in london, you watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. manju microns centrist alliance gets the most seats in francis parliamentary elections, but fails to secure an outright majority. ah denise in protest. his voice that discontent over the president's plans for a new constitution accusing chi side of a power grab ah, employees to maryland, apple store mo, to unionize the latest in a string of similar actions taken by workers across the tech sector.

ah oh, we begin the program in columbia. vote counting is nearly complete in the most fiercely contested presidential run off in recent memory. now we have some early projections here, cited by the reuters news agency that with nearly 80 percent of a ballot counted the leftist candidate, gustavo petro is in the lead. he has over 51 percent of the vote against construction magnate, or doff hernandez, who is on 46.7 percent. now 0 tories a bow is in the capital bogota, she joins us now. so it looks as though gustavo petra has the edge and what is of, but it's still very, very tight and we have some more vote still to be counted teresa.

well my, what we know right now is that the latest figures that are coming out is that 95 percent of the votes have been counting. and there's almost 4 point difference between probably under a little at amanda that the trend. but at this point on, most local media are saying that it is very, very difficult to change people here that you can see right behind me. the rain is not stopping them from celebrating federal ready here. they say that this is a historic moment. this is the 1st time in this country that a left wing precedence has been elected. i don't think that being elected because it in columbia, on the media here. they're already saying that will be it is the winner a left wing president. oh, it's a historic event in a country where most of the candidates were killed before even making it to this point. and that's why it's so important. what is ongoing right now? i've been talking to some of the people right behind me under saying the business time for change, that the style of faith is the man that can bring about profound changes in this

country that you'll find a peace agreement with afford back in 2016 and even though beyond conflict continued in some parts of this country, there are still many, many challenges ahead, for example, fighting in equality fighting, poverty, fighting hang, hunger, making reforms that are fundamental parts of this country future. so that's why people are gathering here. 1 they keep on coming and they're celebrating right now . this is a very significant moment because hello petra be the 1st leftist leader in columbia . modern history. how is the country expected to change under his leadership? if these results are confirmed, what are people's hopes and expectations from this most let's 1st talk about who is the several people who are joined the left wing group. when he was very, very young, made to run, he studied economics. he then became

a step toward the mayor of and he's a man that's as i said before, he's promising change among the things he's saying that he's going to change is this country is for example, in a program with again to rethink. for example, the columbia. he also told we think this country's well and yeah, so as being thing you're going to back in many, many after whether he could get that for them. yeah. yeah. i'm not be read that fits what kind of group of people are more so now is the time for me is to fight in the phone

with me here. i just said, all right, well you're breaking up a little bit, but thank you very much. perhaps we can catch up a bit later in terms of a reporting just from bogota where it could be a potentially historic election result. just coming through with gustavo petro, leading in early projections in the count for the presidential election. he has the lead on his arrival which would make him if his relatives confirmed the 1st left is lita in columbia's modern history. have more on that later on. but there's also an election taking place here in europe. we've been focusing on france today. well, the results that suggest that present amanew micron has fallen shorter than outright majority and parliamentary elections after a strong performance by rival parties. speaking earlier on, the french prime minister, elizabeth born, said that work must now begin to find support from smaller parties to secure a working majority. the final result could also see mark one's health and

environment. minutes is losing the seats. icons campers projected 2224 seats. that makes it the largest block in parliament. but he falls short of the 289 needed for the majority. and that's what he needs to push through policy reforms abroad. left green alliance had to buy john milan shaw is on track to become the largest opposition party with a predicted $149.00 seats. it's ashley bought reports now from paris. the day that seemed to start well for emmanuel mcgraw as he met supporters in northern france ended in disappointment by sunday evening. an estimated results showed the french president sentries block, failing to secure a majority in the final round of france's parliamentary elections. some of macros, top officials and ministers even lost their seats, were through a few. this situation represents a risk for our country. given the challenges we have to face both at national and international levels. but we've got to respect this vote. andrew,

the consequences on this. you know, there was celebrations of the headquarters of a new left wing alliance that is emerged as the main opposition. the block that includes the far left greens, communists and socialists. as galvanized, voters fed up with macros, policies shifting. it's a totally unexpected situation. one legacy before the derailment of the president's party is absolute, and we have achieved a political goal in less than a month. celebrations also for the fall, right? marine, the pens party projected to win 10 times more seeds than it previously held. it set to become a significant parliamentary force was layla set. did you the raw before you? you'll be sure to see your ideas on immigration and security and unemployment defended in parliament's turn out, who's lo, reflecting in electorate increasingly disillusioned by politics, few than half of those eligible cast pallets among those who did issues including

inflation and climate change were on their minds the projected results are a major set back for president mcgraw. he wants to forge ahead with his agenda that includes welfare and pension reforms as well as tax cuts. but to do so, his century lines needs to work with other parties that are unlikely to make the president's life easy. you will have to negotiate those missing seats to get the majority. and the only party that seems available for that is the traditional right . the republican party, which comes force in the number of for sits but enough to produce a majority with mr. michael's party. it's a very big surprise because the republicans did very badly in the presidential election only 2 months ago. and they come out as a king, maker of the political situation in france. in 2017 macros party won

a parliamentary majority in a landslide that enabled the president to push through often controversial reforms at times in the face of street protests. his 2nd term is already shaping up to be very different, and so is the parliament more fragmented than ever, but perhaps a more accurate reflection of francis political landscape. natasha butler, al jazeera paris in bangladesh. official say out to 4000000 people have been stranded by rising waters in the west monsoon floods in the countries. recent history ne, india is also affected, and dozens of people have died across the region. since the storms 1st started, of new metal has more now from new delhi, india, ne is under water. once again, continues, rainfall has caused heavy flooding, impacting millions of people. on a glimpse of gone water, logan has created issues for everyone, and no one is able to get out of their homes. and they can go to the office by my

shop is filled with water and it's damaging a lot of equipment inside to please was credible. yeah, i saw instead is the worst effected heavy p monsoon storms cause flooding in april nonstop rain over the past few days. has inundated dozens of districts. evacuations are underway, and the military has been called to assist. more than a 150000 people have been moved to temporary camps. the situation had been a little grim because though there had been heavy in folders as opposed to what is and the whole of us armies are in under. under that one dumb the burns. i did hear about is one place to place that also flatten landslides in the neighboring makalya and through prostates. while in bangladesh, more than a dozen people have died and at least 4000000 others are stranded. continuous rainfall is hampering relief efforts, and both countries have drafted in the army to help authorities in india, one several reverse could burst their banks. weather forecasters said the rain

could easily till this week, bringing temporary respite. parking at the al jazeera new delhi now and now the stories are following more than 200 people have reportedly been killed in ethiopia, and an attack on the romeo region. witnesses say the victims belong to the am. hara ethnic group? the around the liberation army has been blamed for the attack, but they deny any involvement. samuel, get you as well from addis ababa in this particular region, gender region which we can't access because it's become more off limits. the joke on government insists we can't be speaking to the oil left. you've been to get comments because they've declared them as a terrorist organization. and even the a peer report as i went and spoke to them, have been, was detained earlier this year. but the or them horace, mostly the minorities are being at tucked or they are, they have asked if they could be moved into a safer area,

perhaps within the old regional from har. but the government has said they're listening, but no action has been taken. and again, once again, this kind of killings in new york has become the more in ukraine authority say russia is trying to make the city of har keep a new front line and the war off 2 weeks of relative calm there, ukraine. we took the area around its 2nd largest city in may, pushing russian troops to the border have been several attacks in harkey, the recent days, and rushes defense ministry saying it's escandone missiles of destroyed weaponry recently supplied by western countries. the said he sits near the border with russia and ukraine is denying that russia has taken control of the southeastern city of savannah, done yet, which would enable them to take the entire hands legion. russian state. meteor is claimed ukrainian fighters surrendered as also been heavy shelling in danielle square, a residential area and local market was hit on sunday. people living there say it's

been impossible to go outside because of constant bombardment. lansky undone yet make up the eastern dumbass region seized by russian back separatists in 2014 president. putin recognised the area is independent just before the invasion. ukraine's president has vowed to defend the country south after visiting the regions of nikolai of an, a desa along a black sea, roddy, me zalinski, also condemned the russian blockade of ukraine's port. weeks of negotiations on safe corridors have made little progress. maybe we will not give away the south to anyone. we will return everything. this house and the sea will be safe. and i held meetings at military and officials are responsible for the defense and functioning of these 2 regions. i have listened to their reports on the destruction caused by rushing to strike. while the last is a significant and there are many issues for today i have commissioned officials to assist people have lost loved ones. we will definitely was still everything that

was destroyed. russia does not have as many missiles have a desire to live. they use special representative for human rights as visited the devastated towns of ear pain, a butcher. ivan gilmore says the world can't turn a blind eye to the crimes committed during russia's invasion. the e u. human rights committee is working close cooperation with ukrainian authorities, as well as the united states to address atrocities committed inside ukraine. we cannot shrugged shoulders and say, you know, this is, this is part of a part of a conflict. these are crimes and crimes have to be investigated. and those responsible brought to a new watching al jazeera life from london. more slide for you on the program. on the developed and over crowded, we look at why the ports have been. jewel is losing favor, is the preferred call go destination for west africa, and heading to say for ground, how climate change i'm human activity could force the relocation of air force base

camp. ah or can see your world's weather update and has to have you. so the plumb rains continue to do their thing for southern sections of china, wobbling further north along the yangtze river valley. there's been a number of land sides in this area and dozens of people have been killed. it's shooting out toward these chinese via the thing. shanghai could catch some showers or downpours, but we'll see the better chance of that happening for japan, southern most islands, clipping queue issue potentially chicago as well. cargo sheena, you can expect some showers and thunderstorms on monday. then there's another batch of rain coming for that northeast corner of china on monday. a place where we have already seen some flooding next, stop se, asia. we've got this band of rain moving across from java into borneo. and we can

trace the line right through to southern sections of vietnam and cambodia on monday . got a disturbance in the bytes. it's winding up. it's going to continue to dance further toward the east monday night into tuesday. that means a slug of rain stretching from melbourne right through to hobart and we could see some snow on the victorian else fall. and this was her report right now in new zealand tap into a southerly when so that's knocked down temperatures. this looks threatening, but it will can, in your to move further toward the east and not impact the north island season. ah, al jazeera correspondents, bring you the latest developments on the war in you, craig, to take cover this is of happening on a daily basis. the medics here say he is incredibly lucky. those coming out across the lines of no man's land where one of the few to gain access to this embattled town. they take us to their basement where we find others sheltering from the

shelling. these evacuation place like 3 days journey devastated buildings cornell, a grim reminder that the russians were here. ah ah, ah, welcome back. and look at our main stories this hour and the leftist, gustavo petro, a former member of the em. 19 gorilla movement in columbia looks set to win the presidential election more than 90 percent of the ballots have been counted now and he is leading on construction magnate rudolph hernandez. if these results are confirmed, petro will be columbia's 1st ever left wing lita. exit polls suggest present

emmanuel mot corners fallen short of an outright majority in parliamentary elections. french prime minister elizabeth burn says that what would now begin to find support from smaller parties in order to secure a working majority of bangladesh in northern india was suffering. that was flooding in more than a century. as monsoon reign sweep the region. both countries of deployed soldiers helped with rescue operations with millions of people stranded by rising waters. we go to to news in our protest as a back out on the streets demonstrating against the president's plans for a constitutional referendum. next month. countries main opposition parties are saying they will boycott the vote. your positions as case i eat, is trying to tightened his grip on power, victoria gate and he has more opposition. politicians. lee protests against president high aside in the capital genus. they q, side of corrupting democratic institutions and wanting absolute power and control

over to nicea over them in this new constitution of k site has been written and secret. we don't recognize it, bring me a constitution that's been agreed to by the people, not a constitution written by people who support him. side suspended parliament and assumed executive power last year and dissolved it in march. he's also sacked dozens of judges. he wants the referendum next month to change. chinese he is constitution. a draft version is due to be published on monday in charla. mon bad, modern lesson god willing. on the 20th of the month, i will, according to the law, submit the draft constitution to the president. this being the maximum date for the submitting of this draft site has banned polls and political advertising and told international election observe as they're not welcome turn out in the referendum is expected to be low and the use of one of these years known as the black decade of the years during which chinese you wrote its greatest constitution and established

institutions, including supreme judiciary council and the independent national. 34 elections, the institutions built by the revolution and built by the martyrs or to day threatened by case side and his group. oh, these protest is say they won't give up. they don't believe the vote in july will be free. oh, fair. they say site has too much power and democracy is in danger. victoria gate and be al jazeera. a memorial ceremony has been held in honor of al jazeera. john is sharina barkley, at marks 40 days since she was killed is ready for his shot. your in the hand while she was on assignment in janine in the occupied westbank. it abraham reports, it kind, humble and strong woman with an infectious smile. these are some of the qualities people here say they remember about shooting abruptly. now have you come in an

official ceremony marking 40 days since? is there any forces killed her palace? tinian say they lost a member of their own family at present. they came familiar with in the past 25 years, a highly respected journalist who never thought she was to senior for any story. i think there is no other choice except like and love to you. because she was honest . celine was diary, so ian was. everything good in this, a palestinian official read the speech on behalf of president would i bass, he said shitty and, and her reporting exposed truth and irritated the occupation. ah, there is no doubt among palestinians here as to who killed should in many have signed a petition demanding her killers be held accountable. they want the international criminal court to investigate who low enough it could be him. we rejected a joint investigation. we did not give them the bullet, but we urged that the rifle that killed abo o'clock be submitted to the i c. c,

because the city is killing shocked. many people across the middle east and beyond at home. it's almost impossible to miss the impact she had or even from inside this ready jails, palestinian prisoners managed to smuggle drawings they painted for shooting. oh, should he never live to see palestine liberated from these radio occupation? the palestinian government spokesperson said she will be remembered in history books. she leaves a legacy of a journalist. many hearsay will remain in their hearts and minds in her life and in death. the daughter of palestine has been a unifying figure. if the palestinians across the political spectrum, neither of raheem, al jazeera rama la, the occupied westbank. gambia porch was gone said preferred destination for cargo heading to many west african countries. that

a lack of investment is left and short, less it's short of space is in hundreds of millions of dollars every year. i'm an interest reports on this now from van jewel, i got you on after days of waiting a ship, offloads is cargo or the port up by joel. a few kilometers offshore. other vessels are waiting, their turn. as much as 80 percent of the cargo that arrives here is exported to other countries including begun be as far like geneva, seneca like of modernization and expansion means the tiny country can't handle increased traffic and is struggling to maintain existing volumes. they bought by new law has a key lent of 400 meters and 5 for, but this is her where we bring ships alongside. so the men business is the quote for shipping lines and the access to reserve budget one little andy terminal areas our so constricted in the sense that there's 63000 square meters of storage unit. as i will importers an export to say,

doing business here is becoming more expensive. officious, as much as 20 percent of the cargo meant for the gambia is being diverted to the west african port. if you ask the government businessman, they rather have their containers come through nibbling ports for cost, timeliness and things of that sort. but as i keep seeing, the abilene gumby and customer, we lose job opportunities and the taxes that we supposed to pay for the taxman in 2019 the ports oppression a loss of exceeded $200000000.00. and while no recent figures are publicly available, economy say that amount has only increased to is prashant wendell port. the government wants to open another in the south of the country to some parts of synagogue and landlocked my name on the other countries. not ports development is expected to have cargo delivery times, but that could cause the country up to $500000000.00 money the country can't afford at the moment. senegal is currently building new ports and upgrading its transport

infrastructure. this analysts say could undermine the gumby us efforts to attract investment. but bundled port officials say that despite aggressive expansion in the region, the gambia will continue to maintain its edge because of its strategic location. ahmed edris al jazeera bundle, the gambia unions have one the right to represent work as an apple stole for the 1st time ever. more than a 100 work has voted overwhelmingly to unionize. the united towson and baltimore particle hand reports on this now from washington. a sound that is likely to ripple through the nearly 3 trillion dollar company that is apple able to beat back a move to unionize, distort atlanta but now defeated in maryland, i want to give a huge, huge, huge shuttle to let it go. big repair. it is for a lot of the stuff, the building by nearly 2 to one margin workers at the apple store and house an

maryland boated to unionize the 1st apple store. to take that step in may, these workers sent a letter to apple. c e o. tim cook saying they had the support from a solid majority, adding they wanted more rights to information and collective bargaining were literally the face of apple. how is it fair that we are being dictated as to what to do, what to say, how to act? but we don't get any saying any of that things are happening in our everyday life. apple has yet to publicly respond, but they did recently, res, hourly wages from $20.00 to $22.00. this is just the latest massive company to see its workers move to unionize. what amazon warehouse in new york did the same recently ah, after employs restore books and buffalo voted unionized more than 150 of the company own stores have now voted to follow suit. given the tight labor market analysts to expect this to continue a labor, shaun, a job workers or emboldened a as a general proposition. and also because of the calls ocwen's was the full out children's

big go via pandemic. these maryland workers and a message to try and make sure that happens. don't be scared because it's scary. and that's okay. but don't be realised that if we can do it, you can do it. the exit. but this is just a 1st step for workers. now they have to try to negotiate and when concessions from some of the richest and most powerful companies in the world. petticoat lane al jazeera washington, nepal is preparing to move every space count because global warming and increased human activity is making it unsafe. campus county, situated on a rapidly thinning glass, is used by up to 1500 people in the spring climbing season. a new site will be set up a low altitude, sorry, high rock has more. every year people arrive at base camp in nepal to fulfill

a long life dream to climb the highest peak in the world. mount everest. what was once only achievable by li mountain is, has now become accessible to thousands of tourists and climbing from around the world. and that's part of the problem. human activity, coupled with global warming, is having a detrimental effects on every ecosystem, making the a sense on safe that's an altitude of 5364 meters above sea level base camp lies on the kimball glazier sciences of warning. the lacy is melting and alarming rates by as much as one me to every year. especially issue of melting glass year. and the car basses as a big warning that maybe in 10 years, you know, we don't get no glass. you crime isn't shut his se cracks and crevices appear over nights and it's putting their lives at risk melted ice, so causing rock falls and can trigger avalanches in the himalayas in an attempt to

protect the natural environment. inequities, government has decided to move every base camp to a new location, and that's roughly 200 to 400 meters low, where there is no year round. dice, said kennedy, this is the right time to advocate and read the boys together. and not only talk over the boys, we need to. so do you doubt. so? yeah, post has been very congested. and every year, but definitely more than $1500.00 people shows the human ways has been polluted around. 4000 liters of urine is dumps at base camp every day. and because climate spend weeks on the peak adjusting to the altitude, they generate several kilos of waste, most of which is left on the mountain from fuel used for cooking and heating to empty oxygen cylinders and the bands and camping equipment. all this has created a moral and an environmental debate on the human obsession to scale the top.