good, hardworking people that want to live the american dream, like our ancestors. these were hinge and refugees are terrified. they may be forced to return to me and more. oh oh oh oh, i see, i see them for a new era in colombian politics as former rebel fighter, gustavo petro is elected president. ah, you're watching elders are alive from a headquarters in delphi. i'm getting obligated also ahead in front celebrations by the far left, but

a setback for president minute micro. as his centrist alliance loses its majority in parliament, millions of people are strengthened by flooding and bangladesh forecasters warm. there could be worse to come. parades on street festivals are held across the u. s . to celebrate june teens a holiday to commemorate the end of slavery. ah . so after decades of conservative rule, columbia has elected its 1st ever left wing president has never petra former guerrilla and former mayor bogota has won a clear majority over the right wing populace. rodolfo hernandez, with nearly all the votes, counted petra, one more than 50 percent against 47 percent for his rival, who conceded defeats the president elect has promised real change. the story,

this history that we are writing at the moment is a new history for columbia, for latin america, for the world. the new story because undoubtedly what has happened to day with these 11000000 voters, men and women who voted to bring us to this stage and bring us to the presidency, is a change. what is coming now is real change. we will not betray the voters who have cried out today that from to day, colombia is changing. all france marquez has become columbia. the 1st black female vice president. she's a single mother and environmental activists who's challenged mining companies in her home region. yet all good, i said, i want to thank all colombians who have given their life for this moment. all our brothers and sisters who have unfortunately been killed in this country, men to the youth who have been killed and disappeared to the women who have been raped and who are disappeared to all of them. they are with us in this historic

moment. no. here we give them thanks. thanks for having taken the path. thank you for planting the seed of resistance and hope that by theresa bo has more from bogota when it's definitely a historic day for many people in columbia. we were just fair, where we will double paper weighs and there were thousands and thousands of people taken to the screen showing up here to show their support thing that this is the time for real change in columbia for profound reforms that will improve people's lives in this country, our country that has been at war for many, many years, have been to a peace agreement, was signed with the left wing, reveled the fark conflict continued to affect many, many parts of the country. listening to the president elect, the book that we'll get there with very, in a very interesting method, talking about leaving hate behind how, what, how important, what change means right now is leaving hate behind that. the other thing that he

says is that, that this is going to be a government feed. and that piece mean in this country or social justice and environmental justice. federal has been speaking of the reforms that he wants to implement, how it's necessary to we think environmental policies to we think oil and gas exploitation in columbia to put an end to fracking for example. i think that one of the most interesting phrases i have heard is that he, because they will not use the precedent, won't use his power to put an end to destroy the opponent. so we will have to listen and see how he implements many of the reforms. let's speak to elizabeth dickinson, who's a senior alice with the international crisis group. she's in bogota. joining us live from there. welcome to al jazeera, thanks for your time. so as we're saying this really is a historical win for the country. first leftist, president of 1st female, afro colombian vice president. what does this mean for colombia leading is really into the cited moment. i would point to,

to think specifically the 1st one is really the extent to which day to day bread and butter concerns dominated this election campaign. a column is an enormously unequal country with the lack of social mobility that has been started to great against the majority of what that means and what petrol has pitched himself as, as a person, is as a person who can affect change to that any quality. i think the 2nd thing is we have to remember that as your correspondent was mentioning, when i was just freshly emerging from 50 years of civil war, they're not civil war. the political left was really stigmatized as the somehow sympathetic video. movements to really left is guerrillas and what matters victory demonstrates is that that stigmatization and that sort of shadow comes they no longer dominates the come in political space. right. but there still is somewhat of a dominance by sort of right wing oligarchy, because the country has been rote run by conservative rule for at least the past 2 decade. so is he going to be able to enact some of the reforms that he's spoken

about? because you have the right wing all the guards, like i mentioned, he also doesn't have a majority in congress. how difficult are the challenges ahead for him? victor has a very difficult word ahead to interact to enact these reforms. absolutely, and the congress is essentially split it between les stating parties and traditional and more writing between parties. it will be difficult for him to form a coalition that goes without saying, however, i may curse to exceed the receptiveness with which all political ultimate strikes of welcome to victory and recognize the vote in putting the business sector. the most important conglomerate sector and union came out this evening to welcome victory and say that they're ready to work with him in order to find a way forward. let's just broaden this out for a 2nd and talk about what this actually means for relations between the united states, for example, because historically the u. s. in columbia have have had a pretty warm relationship under,

under right wing rule. so what does that mean for that relationship? i absolutely think that the relationship will continue. that's the bottom line. fundamentally, this is an alliance based on institutional relationship. there's a very deep and deep seated and cooperation that goes into the institutions of columbia. whether it's the military or the development industry. and so i think fundamentally, the relationship will continue. packet has mentioned 2 areas where he would like to renegotiate or rethink that partnership. the 1st one is on environment and what he said today in his acceptance of speech was really to prioritize the fighting and before station columbia has suffered enormously, can be for station in recent years, i'm just seems to be clear priority for petro additionally, policy regarding druggie and particularly coca crop eradication, being the raw material used to produce cocaine is going to be a real point is tension. capital is indicated that she would like to stop for the ratification of cross. this is to say that a reduction of the supply,

which has been a pillar of us policy toward columbia for many years. right. and what does this all mean for a latin american politics as a whole? with the most interesting things that came out of his acceptance speech tonight was actually just mentioned that columbia needs to see itself as a latin american country, 1st at which would be a shit, frankly, because the most important lions for columbia, for so many years has been to the united states that in many ways it has neglected these regional relationships. we have to think about what's happening here tonight in columbia, in the context of the rest of the continent. we have a left leaning president. now in chile, we have upcoming elections embedded in brazil that stand to put a left leading and left leaning presidents in power. i think there's a real potential that the regional alliance could be reactivated in a way that could benefit the region to combat precisely things such as deforestation and other challenges. ok, thank you. so lots of those of it's a consent for joining us from hotel pleasure. thank you. now,

early projections indicate that presidents have under a like raw, has fallen short of an outright majority in france as parliamentary elections after a strong performance by rival parties. the final result could see mcgraw's health and environment minister is losing their seats and means he could struggle to push through reforms. natasha butler has more from paris a day that seemed to start well for emanuel mac raw. as he met, supporters in northern france ended in disappointment by sunday evening estimated results showed the french president sentries block, failing to secure a majority in the final round to france, his parliamentary elections, some of macros, top officials and ministers even lost their seats away. the city with you, 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, you know, there was celebrations at the headquarters of a new left wing alliance that is emerged as the main opposition. the block that

includes the far left greens, communists as socialists, as galvanized, voters fed up with the macros, policies ship, you know, it's a totally unexpected situation. one never seen before. the derailment of the president spotty, 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 already left it. you'd the ra before you. you'll be sure to see your ideas on immigration, security and unemployment defended in parliament. turn out who's lo, reflecting in the electorate increasingly disillusioned by politics, fewer than half of those eligible cast ballots. among those who did issues, including inflation and climate change were on their minds. the protected results are a major sent back for president micro. he wants to fall to head 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. it will have to negotiate those missing seats together majority and the only party that seems available for that is the traditional right . the republican party, which comes force in the, in the number of forces 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 france, his political landscape? natasha butler, al jazeera, paris. hamid street is a political analyst and journalist. he says, president micron faces a tough battle to retain control of parliament. these for performance or the lift is kwanisha lead by the only commercial equation is expected to make other 2 for micro 2. i believe to implement that i showed that he was erected on the me including taxes, cuts and the raising for france retirements. age from do not forget from 60 to 65. i think the microns government was, you know, have the ability to rule. but only i would say by, by doing the, with the sentries could also try to negotiate on case by

case basis with the, you know, lawyer makers from the center you know, left and from the conservative parties. if i believe now in monterey micro does have the, you know, the majority of the absolute majority because of his, you know, failure, he couldn't go, you know, on the ground to convince 2 arguments. and to try to persuade the french people well above this election. i believe these in france, particularly in france, but in general, in europe, these, in a democracy is crisis in for us to not forget that we had the best movement. you know, when you know, who went in the street or protesting against the macro, can the, you know, the liberal economy against the quantity, the social inequality. so i believe now the central could try to negotiate on case by case, you know, with lawyer make it to, from the center, lit, and from the conservative party, with the goal of preventing position william maker from being numerous,

tens of thousands of rominger refugees are protested in bangladesh, demanding to be returned home to me and mar. more than a 1000000 refugees live in congested comes, and se mangled us after seeing a brutal military correct. down in 2017, they have no access to work or education repatriation talks between the 2 countries resume this week after being sold for nearly 3 years. darker as pressing for the process to begin this year. or bangladesh has been hit by its worst monsoon floods in more than a century, and millions of lost their homes in northeastern india. dozens of died across the region since the storms began in april. of natal reports from new delhi india northeast is under water. once again, continues, rainfall has caused heavy flooding, impacting millions of people. wanted glucagon, water logging has created issues for everyone,

and no one is able to get out of their homes and they can go to the office on my shop is filled with water and it's damaging a lot of equipment inside a sandstone is the worst effected heavy p monsoon storms caused 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 sedition had been a little green because though they had been heavy in folders as opposed to what is and the whole of us army in under, under the quantum depends about is one place to place that also flatten landslides in the neighboring makalya. and to put our states 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 dropped it in the army

to help. authorities in india one several reverse good bust their banks, weather forecasters said the rain could ease nita this week, bringing temporary respite. pathname at the al jazeera new delhi stella had on al jazeera a memorial ceremony in honor of al jazeera journalist, studying abroad lay. it marks 40 days since she was killed and a tiny country with a tiny port is having big problems with ship traffic will have more on why gambia struggles with important matter to the entire region. the journey has begun. the fee for world copies on its way to the castle. group your travel package today. let's get going with your weather update for the americans. hello, everyone. nice to see you. so we've got this tropical depression,

just off the coast of el salvador. it is throwing some driving rain really for this whole area stretching from san jose right up to acapulco on monday. i think we will definitely see some flooding here for the se, submitted by intake. let's focus on the carolinas. temperatures have come down there. you are in the upper thirties, now you're in the upper twenties and we've got a slug of rain for southern florida on monday. now also seen some rain through the desert software, so that's cooled down things big time in albuquerque at 29 degrees and knocked back your temperature just a bit in phoenix. also big change at home temperatures for saskatoon and regina windsor shifting around still that southerly wind for winnepeg through your temperature is 33 degrees on monday. and because of that southerly flow of air, chicago is up to 33 toronto 23 on monday. but by tuesday we'll up that temperature by 10 degrees, top tier of south america. we got our usual rain in storms through this area. and as we get toward the south, we got to talk about some snow moving across the falkland islands. it's really been

for the past few days. fort stanley has got a high of 2 degrees on monday. that's it. that's all i'll see against you and take care. i saw airway official elling, of the john from the world's most populated region in depth stories from across asia and the pacific with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. one 0 one east on al jazeera. ah al jazeera. when ever you oh a ah

ah. hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, gustavo petro has been elected columbia's 1st left to him president, ending decades of conservative rule. with nearly all the votes counted, petro has won more than 50 percent against 47 percent for his rival, right when populous rodolfo hernandez. ali projections indicate that president of i knew in my call, has fallen short of an outright majority in france's parliamentary elections. a means he could struggle to post through reforms. river levels are still rising in bangladesh after its worst monsoon floods in more than a century. millions have also lost their homes in northeastern india. dozens of died across the region since the storms began in april. a memorial has been held in honor of al jazeera journalist. should he in a block lay? it marks 40 days since she was killed is really for says shot sharon and the head

all she was on assignment and jeanine in the occupied westbank. neither abraham reports from the ceremony. oh, it kind humble and strong woman with an infectious smile. these are some of the qualities people here say they remember about should in abruptly. 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 was she was honest. so the was diary sabean was everything good in this be walking along, the palestinian official read the speech on behalf of president pamela bass. he said shitty and her reporting exposed truth and irritated the occupation. ah,

there is no doubt among palestinians here as to who killed children. many have signed the petition demanding her killers be held accountable. they want the international criminal court to investigate. lana, if 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 his way to jails. palestinian prisoners managed to smuggle drawings they painted for shaheen. oh, she'd he never lived to see palestine liberated from these radio occupation. the palestinian government spokesperson said she will be remembered in history. books. cheering, leave the legacy of a journalist. many heresy will remain in their hearts and minds in her life and in death. the daughter of palestine has been

a unifying figure to palestinians. across the political spectrum, neither he elisha zita, ramallah the occupied westbank. more than 200 people have reportedly been killed in ethiopia in an attack in the aroma region. witnesses say the victims belong to the ethnic group. the aroma liberation army has in blame for the attack, but it's denied being involved. independent journalist samuel gets child has more from the south of in this particular gen, at region, which we can't access because it's become more off limits. the german government insists we can't be speaking to the left even to get comments because they've declared them as a terrorist. organization and even the a p reporter route went and spoke to them have been added was detained earlier this year. but i'm horace, mostly the minorities are being attacked. they are,

they have asked if they could be, we moved into a safer area perhaps within their own region from higher. but the government has said listening, but no action has been taken. and again, once again, it's kind of killings in new york that has become more nato secretary general has warned, the warn ukraine can go on for years, un stolen burgers, urging western countries to be ready to provide long term support to keep fighting is still raging in the south and east of the country where russian forces have been making slow territorial gains. ukraine is calling for more heavy weapons to push them back and keep saying that russia is trying to make the eastern city of car keys, a new frontline in the war after weeks of relative calm ukraine reaches the area in may. but there have been renewed attacks in recent days, and russia, defense ministry says its missiles have destroyed more weapons supplied by western countries. also in the east ukraine denies russia,

controls the city of severity than yet. there has been fierce fighting there. the kremlin tries to take the entire lou hands region. russia claims many defenders have surrendered. there's also been heavy, shelly and sonya square a residential area and local market. we're here on sunday residency. it's been impossible to go outside because of constant bombardment. officials from the international monetary funder such arrive ensure lanka for bailout talks, be government says it needs at least $5000000000.00 from the international community. and i m. s. a lack of foreign currency has led to shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. there have been months of anti government protests as it struggles with its worst economic crisis and independence. gambiola port was ones the preferred destination for cargo heading to many west african countries. but a lack of investment has left it short of space from the dream reports from banjo, all one after days of waiting,

a ship of loaded cargo or the port of by 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 the gumby as far like geneva, seneca like of modernization and expansion means the tiny country count handle increased traffic and is targeting to maintain existing volumes, they put a bi eula has a key lent of 400 meters and a 5. but this is a where we bring ships alongside. so the men business is the control shipping lines and access to reserve budget one little andy terminal. it, as i was so conflicted in the sense that there's 63000 square meters of storage unit as available importers. an export to say doing business here is becoming more expensive of we should say as much as 20 percent of the cargo meant for the gambia is being diverted to our, the west african ports. if you ask the government businessman,

they're rather have their containers come through neighboring ports for cost, timeliness and things of that sort. but as i keep saying, the abilene gumby and customer will lose job opportunities and the taxes that we supposed to pay for the taxman in 2019 the ports approaching a loss of succeeded $200000000.00. and while no recent figures up publicly available economy say that amount has only increased the is prashant one didn't want, the government wants to open another in the south of the country to so ok, so synagogue and landlocked my label my, the 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 when jewel, the gambia, ireland prime minister, me haul, martin has worn the u. k. that unilateral changes to a post for exit agreement would be a very serious situation. the british government says it will introduce a law to ditch parts of the northern ireland protocol. the agreement governs checks on goods being shipped to the region that uses the u. k. is breaking international law and has taken legal action. celebrations and marches have begun in the u. s. t . mark june team the national holiday commemorating the end to slavery. it's the 1st time today's been a federal holiday officer was signed into law by president joe biden last year. but there's already been criticism, not all states have made it a paid day off work, and corporations have been accused of capitalizing on what should be a moment of remembrance. i mean, come on, connie is

a director of the center for african studies, a johns hopkins university, and he says, june 13th isn't just about remembering slavery. it's also a political movement pushing for change. with the celebration, it was never simply about being free. it was now we are free, but we demand that freedom be more than simply being included and the society of our freedom demands equality, our freedom demands, the transformation of the political, economic and social system of the united states, which still hasn't happened. i think this is why you had the black power movement coming on. the hills of the civil rights movement by people are full citizens. but then, as it demanded the society transform at a more fundamental level, i think this is the same thing that came out of the black live matter movement. where the demands were that the society transform at a more fundamental level than mere inclusion. which is why you had culminating particularly after the murder of george floyd in 2020, not only a national, but

a global series of protest. but then this radical demand for the funding and abolishing police and abolishing the prison system, which has been a long demand and the long objective of black radical movements. but i think this is a sign of how that takes on a national book and becomes a part of the national conversation. i think if that is kept in focus in acknowledging june 18th and celebrating it. if that becomes part of the conversation that i think it can have some value nationally. but i think what it does also point out is that this is the practice of the united states of the federal government states and local government is to knowledge and take something that like people have done cultural practices. what of ideas and then one of them down and strip them of their ability to really transformed the society to really call the question some of those long held assumptions that we have and make it something that is merely a celebration as opposed to a political o sal paolo's,

prize parade has returned after 2 years of being held virtually because of the coven 19 pandemic. the event is one of the world's largest, with an estimated $3000000.00 people taking part some of the floats. encourage people to vote on algae bt focused issues in october as presidential election. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera after decades of conservative rule, columbia has elected its 1st ever left wing presidents. who stop petro, a former gorilla, has won a clear majority over the right wing populace. rodolfo hernandez, the president elect promised. real change is the story out. this history that we are writing at the moment is a new.