this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a bad day at the polls for president emmanuel macron�*s — his centrist alliance is set to lose its majority in the french parliament. western leaders warn that russia's war against ukraine may go on for years and support for kyiv must be sustained whatever the cost. colombians are voting for a new president in a campaign overshadowed by death threats and scandals. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world.

projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron�*s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean—luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen's far—right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave

lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, unemployment, fiscal justice, the areas left behind, the citizens badly treated, and our humiliated democracy. hugh schofield is following developments in paris. less tha n less than two months since he was re—elected, what has gone wrong for president macron and his coalition? well, a lot, and they will be poring over the results tonight with worried browse and anxious thoughts about what this portends for the

five years ahead. he came in triumphantly with every election victory, as you say, in april, and now finds himself in a situation where his second term is going to be very gravely hobbled by his failure to winds a majority in parliament. what has happened is that there are enough people in the country from left and right who felt that they had given him a victory which they did reluctantly back in april and wanted to take some kind of revenge on him at the second chance at the polls in the parliamentary election. and as a result, his coalition has not got its absolute majority, we think it has got 220, 230, well short of the 289 it needs to get through its bills automatically, which means he will have to seek out allies, and maybe he will be able to come to an arrangement with the conservatives, the old sarkozy,

chirac party, but they are on 60, 70, they are a much diminished force as well, so even in the best scenario, he is going to have to haggle and horse trade with these people in the opposition on the centre—right, and in the worst scenario, it is still possible that he won't be able to reach a majority with them. it is a big day for the left, far left, this new coalition, and it is a big day for the far right as well. the oppositions are coming back with a vengeance on him from the two ends of the spectrum. jean—luc melenchon told his supporters every positivity is in their hands, what does he mean? he is their hands, what does he mean? he: is talking up their hands, what does he mean? he is talking up his performance. it remains to be seen the count that they get, it could go up to 180, at this stage it is very unclear. lots of the ties were very close. what he

has been saying from the start is that he should be appointed prime minister, that is not going to happen, he hasn't become the first party, but i think he always knew that, that was part of his rhetoric, his way of technically seizing the momentum in this race and getting ahead of the pack and getting his message out there. it has worked tremendously well and what he will be doing now is being in opposition, being a very vocal opposition, maybe with his big block in parliament, taking hold of keep committees in the national assembly, like in finance and other matters, which will severely hamper their chances of emmanuel macron to proceed with his reform, particularly on issues like raising the pension age. the far right, as well as the new left wing, this far left coalition, are adamantly opposed to that. how will he get that through when there is a block against him from both ends of parliament? :, ~ block against him from both ends of parliament?— joining me now from

paris is nacira guenif, a professor of sociology and anthropology at the university of paris 8 vincennes—saint—denis. thanks very much for being with us. what is your analysis of these results and how much did they have to do with inflation, with the cost of living issues in the country? 0bviously, of living issues in the country? obviously, the voters, half of the voters that went to the polls today consider that the current government or that macron was re—elected with votes from the left and the right, as a right government, are not convinced at all that this government can address and strongly tackle the challenges that they are facing with the war in ukraine, with the of prices, the gas prices, with the of prices, the gas prices, with the way of living, and especially with the kind of divisive policy that the french government has been leading so far. less that the french government has been

leading so far-— leading so far. less than two months after marine — leading so far. less than two months after marine le _ leading so far. less than two months after marine le pen _ leading so far. less than two months after marine le pen lost _ leading so far. less than two months after marine le pen lost the - after marine le pen lost the presidential elections, she is delighted by these results, what is your analysis of why her party might have done so well?— have done so well? actually, she asked with _ have done so well? actually, she asked with 4196 _ have done so well? actually, she asked with 4196 of _ have done so well? actually, she asked with 4196 of the _ have done so well? actually, she asked with 4196 of the votes, - have done so well? actually, she i asked with 4196 of the votes, which asked with 41% of the votes, which was already very concerning at the end of april. —— she lost with 41% of the votes. she didn't have to do any campaigning, she let the campaign go on and it was very successful, which is even more concerning at the end of this parliamentary election. and she also led the kind of doubt about her policy work in her favour. she did something to her own goals, which was to stress issues about our consuming, about socialjustice, consuming, about social justice, which consuming, about socialjustice, which is not something that she would ever implement if she got elected, and she let that play in her favour so that she would gain even more votes and that her

candidates would get even more votes. so, a lot of candidates have been elected on some sort of political lie and deceptive assumptions about what her movement is ready to do. very telling is that the first word, the first issue that she mentioned in her discourse after winning her own run for the mp, is the word immigration. that says a lot about what she intends to do and her group intends to do once they sit in the french parliament. just briefl , sit in the french parliament. just briefly. what _ sit in the french parliament. just briefly, what does the success of the far left, the far right mean for the far left, the far right mean for the future of french policy rates, do you think?— do you think? dashed french olitics. do you think? dashed french politics- i _ do you think? dashed french politics. i think— do you think? dashed french politics. i think it _ do you think? dashed french politics. i think it means - do you think? dashed french politics. i think it means that do you think? dashed french - politics. i think it means that the french government will have to understand it has not been acted exactly in his programme, it has been elected in order to avoid the far right and the fact that this

government kind of sense back—to—back the far left and the far right, although they don't have at all the same kind of setting, the far right is really fascism in france, whereas the far left of the leftist, actually, which is much wider than the far right, are not at all some extremist party as it has been framed for the past month in france. so it says a lot about what the french government has aired in terms of trying to cool down the temperature and look ahead at what are the challenges that the whole of french society has to face.— french society has to face. thank ou french society has to face. thank you professor— french society has to face. thank you professor for _ french society has to face. thank you professor for your _ french society has to face. thank you professor for your analysis. | polls close in the next hour in colombia in the second and final round of presidential elections. voters have been choosing between two very different candidates — leftist gustavo petro who has promised more equality — or populist businessman rodolfo hernandez who's been labelled a colombian trump.

if elected, petro would become colombia's first leftist president. the country's police said this week they are on maximum alert after detecting plans by radical groups to commit acts of violence connected to the vote. well, for more i'm joined by katy watson in the colombian capital bogota. welcome to you. tell us more about the candidates and what they are offering. the candidates and what they are offerina. n :, , the candidates and what they are offerina. a . , ., , offering. actually, i am 'ust outside the i offering. actually, i amjust outside the headquarters i offering. actually, i amjust| outside the headquarters for offering. actually, i amjust - outside the headquarters for gustavo petro's campaign, and as you said, the voting closes in an hour and a couple of hours, we should be able to get results. now, they are, as you said, two very different candidates. this is a country that is conservative, it has faced a lot of conflict in the last few decades, and so this thabo petro would be seen as a real departure, the first leftist president that colombia will ever have if he ever wins, but he has a rival in rodolfo hernandez. in

fact, it is neck and neck, it will be a real nailbiter. he is a relative unknown, he really sought in the polls in the first round, he is a businessman, he was the former mayor, but in terms of politics, this dashed he is seen as a relative outsider. people say they want him because he is different, he is not establishment, he offers something new for colombia and it is something that his voters are deciding. for gustavo petro, his supporters are very keen to press that he wants to improve inequality, poverty, his country has really suffered from poverty, especially in the last few years with a pandemic, and that is really mostly on the minds of colombians in these elections. it is the economy that is really driving people's boat. the economy that is really driving people's boat-— the economy that is really driving --eole's boat. ~ :, :,, :, , people's boat. what has turn out be lookin: people's boat. what has turn out be looking like — people's boat. what has turn out be looking like so _ people's boat. what has turn out be looking like so far? _ people's boat. what has turn out be looking like so far? well, _ people's boat. what has turn out be looking like so far? well, there - looking like so far? well, there have been _ looking like so far? well, there have been cues _ looking like so far? well, there have been cues on _ looking like so far? well, there have been cues on both -

looking like so far? well, there have been cues on both camps| looking like so far? well, there l have been cues on both camps of hernandez and petro but turnout generally is actually not that high here in colombia and that is what is said, if people could don't vote, they cannot complain about what the next four years hold. but not a lot of people feel these elections are important, that they will decide the future of colombia, perhaps more than in the past few years. it'll be interesting to see what turnout has been the second round.— interesting to see what turnout has been the second round. thank you, we'll come — been the second round. thank you, we'll come back _ been the second round. thank you, we'll come back to _ been the second round. thank you, we'll come back to you _ been the second round. thank you, we'll come back to you when - been the second round. thank you, we'll come back to you when the i we'll come back to you when the results start to come in. four months into the war in ukraine, many of those most badly—injured by shelling and rocket attacks are being treated overseas. the bbc met some of the younger victims in the early days of the conflict who are now being cared for in germany. but, as wyre davies reports, emergency laws in ukraine which mean men of fighting age must serve in the army make it difficult to keep families together — something that's especially hard on father's day.

a hospital in a foreign land is where this girl would have wanted to celebrate her 16th birthday. she is far from celebrate her 16th birthday. she is farfrom home celebrate her 16th birthday. she is far from home with only her grandmotherfor far from home with only her grandmother for company, far from home with only her grandmotherfor company, but thanks grandmother for company, but thanks to grandmotherfor company, but thanks to the kindness of others, she is in good hands. when we first met her a few months ago, she was fighting for her life in hospital. her right leg blown off by a russian shell and with other extensive injuries. she was so traumatised she wouldn't eat or speak four days. brave doesn't even begin to describe herjourney. she is much better now, she refused to eat at all back then, we were scared for her life. apart from her leg, there were many other injuries. she has had 24 surgeries so far, all of them under anaesthetic with morphine too.— of them under anaesthetic with morphine too. of them under anaesthetic with morhine too. , . . ., morphine too. diana was in the same hos - ital morphine too. diana was in the same hospital ward — morphine too. diana was in the same hospital ward and _ morphine too. diana was in the same hospital ward and was _ morphine too. diana was in the same hospital ward and was also _ morphine too. diana was in the same j hospital ward and was also evacuated to germany. the 13—year—olds had

life—threatening wounds, shrapnel lodged in her brain and other terrible injuries. her recovery will be long and difficult. a talented dancer before the war, she still has big dreams. the russian shell that made diana to herfamily apart. her older sister natasha and four—year—old niece domenico were both killed. as the only surviving child, the person diana once most by her side is her dad vladimir, they speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad- _ speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad. but _ speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad. but i _ speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad. but i wish _ speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad. but i wish i'd - speak everyday on phone. i am glad to see my dad. but i wish i'd talked | to see my dad. but i wish i'd talked to see my dad. but i wish i'd talked to him _ to see my dad. but i wish i'd talked to him like — to see my dad. but i wish i'd talked to him like we are talking with you now _ to him like we are talking with you now in— to him like we are talking with you now. ., to him like we are talking with you now. . ., ., :, now. in the immediate aftermath of the attack, vladimir _ now. in the immediate aftermath of the attack, vladimir was _ now. in the immediate aftermath of the attack, vladimir was a - now. in the immediate aftermath of the attack, vladimir was a broken i the attack, vladimir was a broken man. it was heartbreaking to see him, imploring, god, why did you bring this upon me? vladimir still

looks to god for solace and answers but stuck here in western ukraine isn't where he needs to be. is desperate to be with his surviving daughter and wife in germany but current state of emergency rules here in ukraine mean that as a as a mana here in ukraine mean that as a as a man a fighting age he cannot travel. but he is clearly in no fit state to pick up a gun, so while he waits, he comes here to church every day and praise for those he has lost. if they give me that permit, i am definitely going to go. i cannot be without it. i am without my family, i keep thinking about them, need to go there to support my family. for the sake of diana, for the sake of my wife. you see, i need to carry on for them, and even for the sake of my deceased children. iliiui’ith for them, and even for the sake of my deceased children.— for them, and even for the sake of my deceased children. with diana due to underao my deceased children. with diana due to undergo another— my deceased children. with diana due to undergo another brain _ my deceased children. with diana due to undergo another brain operation i to undergo another brain operation this week, vladimir lobbied president zelensky directly for

permission to travel, and tonight at the 11th hour, his prayers were quite literally answered. his daughter is still seriously ill but at least her father will now be by her side. the new head of the british army has told troops they need to prepare to "fight in europe once again". in a letter addressed to all ranks and civil servants, general sir patrick sanders, said there was a �*burning imperative' for the army to be ready to fight "alongside allies" to defeat russia in battle. welcome to yougood to see you. what you make of these comments? in many wa s, it is you make of these comments? in many ways. it is given — you make of these comments? in many ways, it is given direction _ you make of these comments? in many ways, it is given direction to _ you make of these comments? in many ways, it is given direction to the - ways, it is given direction to the army for a role that it already performs so there are british troops deployed to estonia as part of the enhanced presence there, british troops were deployed there till

february providing training to ukrainian forces are so providing security in a european theatre is something that the british army is very much tasked to do, alongside quite a few otherjobs. however, what is being given to them is a lot more focused, that threat has been named specifically, which the army has refrained from doing, at least publicly in the past, and it has given them a new imperative to focus their training on something that is much more relevant to modern high—intensity warfare, should require them to conduct a lot more widescale arms manoeuvres and work with other services as well as our allies and partners in europe. does it increase the _ allies and partners in europe. does it increase the expectation that they will have to fight on land in europe? it they will have to fight on land in euro e? :, , they will have to fight on land in euroe? :, , , , ~' europe? it does, yes. i think we have to understand _ europe? it does, yes. i think we have to understand how - europe? it does, yes. i think we have to understand how much . europe? it does, yes. i think we i have to understand how much the security architecture in europe has changed. it hadn't changed before

february the 24th, deveney has now. —— it definitely has now. violence has been re—legitimised by the kremlin at this stage and i think it is only, i mean it is sensible, it is only, i mean it is sensible, it is a good, practical step to take, in terms of deterrent and preventing that from happening. he in terms of deterrent and preventing that from happening.— that from happening. he added that the army and _ that from happening. he added that the army and allies _ that from happening. he added that the army and allies must _ that from happening. he added that the army and allies must now- that from happening. he added that the army and allies must now be - the army and allies must now be capable of defeating russia. excluding what could be the horrific use of nuclear weapons, what would it take to do that if it did come to a land war?— it take to do that if it did come to a land war? ., :, a land war? the important thing to bear in mind _ a land war? the important thing to bear in mind is _ a land war? the important thing to bear in mind is that _ a land war? the important thing to bear in mind is that nato _ a land war? the important thing to bear in mind is that nato is - bear in mind is that nato is technologically superior to the russian forces but it really relies upon that alliance all pulling in the same direction so it is a lot about making sure that the uk occupies the leadership position within nato and that it is there to provide a firm sort of hand of guidance if the us is distracted with something else or if there are

other complicating matters at hand. it is about making sure that all of our forces are used to training, fighting together, in the ways that they have been in the past. it is about raising the redness levels, really, the mentality aspect, but there is also an appointment perspective to it. he is requiring the british army to resolve its equipment issues as well and make sure that it is capable of fighting something like we are seeing in ukraine because i think a lot of forces are probably looking at it and thinking that would be tough. given that, and we have seen how important the number of boots on the ground is in ukraine and how urgently they need everybody they can to help fight, the british army has its lowest numbers of soldiers heading into 2025, they planned to have 72 and a half thousand soldiers in the army, do you think that will change now as a result of this conflict? will they up those numbers? i

conflict? will they up those numbers?— conflict? will they up those numbers? ~ :, , :, :, , numbers? i think that is a largely olitical numbers? i think that is a largely political problem _ numbers? i think that is a largely political problem for _ numbers? i think that is a largely political problem for them - numbers? i think that is a largely political problem for them at - numbers? i think that is a largely political problem for them at the | political problem for them at the moment as opposed to something that the army can necessarily drive. i think they would like to have increased authorised personnel counts and funding that comes with it. the question is whether or not all of that can be achieved. at the moment, the focus is very much focusing on making sure that the army can do very well with what it has, and there are a lot of unique capabilities which will make certain aspects of the army the most lethal in europe, in what they do, and so it is about realising those capabilities, realising those organisations and those drives for a change. because it isn't all necessarily bad boots on the ground. there are a lot of tanks and personnel in germany and the uk could never really meaningfully add to that number, if that makes sense. thank you for your analysis.

sport now, let's get a full roundup from the bbc sport centre. there is a star studded group of players fighting it out for the us open title in brookline. world number one scottie schefller is up there after a super start to the final round. 2011 us open champion rory mcilroy was hoping to win his fifth major title but he's dropped off. 0vernight leaders will zalatoris and england's matt fitzpatrick are still well in contention. live coverage of that right now on five live. swimming's governing body fina has voted to restrict transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races, if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. a 71% majority of the 152 national federations voted in favour of the new policy at their congress in budapest. a working group will also be created to establish an open category for trans athletes who are unable to fulfill the criteria to take part in women's competition.

we are faced with some very complex challenges. i believe that we will have a solution that will protect the competitive fairness of our competition but sends a clear message to every single athlete, you are all welcome. max verstappen had to fight off the ferrari of carlos sainz to win the canadian grand prix to extend his championship lead to 46 points. the world champion lead from pole position and might have cruised to victory but for yuki tsunoda crashing with 21 laps to go. that brought the safety car out, bunching up the field and putting sainz right behind the dutchman. verstappen held off the spaniard to claim his sixth win of the season. britain's lewis hamilton bounced back from his problems last time out in baku to claim his second podium

finish of the season. matteo berretini looks is in good form for the start of wimbledon. the italian who was runner—up at the all england club last year has succesfully defended his title at queens. he beat the serb filip krajinovic in straight sets. jess softley reports. matteo verratti needs in fine form and started well against filip krajinovic, creating four early break points. but the serb didn't make it easy for him, going for— three up in the first set. success breeds confidence and they routinely had plenty of it, breaking back to when the surf —— first set 7—5. at just 26 years atjust 26 years old, this is

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jockey to win a european classic as nashwa claimed the french 0aks. that's all the sport for now. flooding and landslides triggered by monsoon weather have left dozens dead and millions stranded in bangladesh and india. rescue teams have been trying bring people to safety — but the weather is severely affecting roads, rail, and planes. forecasters are warning the situation is likely to get worse. germany is planning emergency measures, including a possible increase in the use of coal, to guarantee the supply of energy in case russia further reduces gas deliveries. the economy ministry said that in order to consume less gas coal fired power plants might have to be used. the government is also proposing to make more than $15 billion available to fill gas storage facilities. the move comes after moscow drastically reduced flows of natural gas to western europe, driving up energy prices. the daughter of rodrigo duterte has been sworn in as the country's next vice—president.

sara duterte's career is taking a similar trajectory as her father's. she's following him into national politics after serving mayor of davao. the uk transport secretary says it's not for the government to intervene to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps has dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt he says it's for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to �*sow division' in society. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. get ready for the biggest rail strike in a generation. for three days spread over the next week, the rail workers union will down tools, massive disruption is expected across the country and in some places like hull, no services will be running in or out on strike days.

it is awful for people with need to get to jobs and to work and places. i do not like strikes. maybe asking for a bit too much of a pay rise. they have to strike _ because the transport minister has not been listening to them for decades. i ministers face pressure to get involved and brokered a deal to prevent disruption. speaking to bbc this morning, the transport secretary laid the blame at the door of the union. i don't think there's any need for the strikes at all and i appealed directly to people working for the railways, you are laid down a cul—de—sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise memories. trying to create some sort of class war when there is none to be had. we people to be paid more, we want sensible reforms and modernisation of the railways to run it for their passengers. union leaders say members are facing a real terms pay cut. they're also what about

conditions and job cuts. we do not want to be the cause of disruption and people's lives, we want a settlement but we are facing a crisis for our members. we are facing thousands ofjob cuts despite what grant shapps says, there has been no guarantee these redundancies will not be compulsory. the blame game is already under way. the government is adamant its actions does not need to happen but this is comfortable political territory for the conservatives who can say they are taking a hard line on industrial action and blame what they say are unreasonable union bosses. the rmt however says this sort of action is essential to protect members at a time when the cost of living squeeze is hitting the pound and everyone's pocket. this was central london yesterday, thousands calling for better pay. there had been warnings of more disputes in the coming months. labour has avoided questions on the rights and wrongs of a union

demands but it has said ministers need to do more. the striker should not go ahead but here is the truth, the strike should not go ahead but here is the truth, borisjohnson and grant shapps want the strength to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so they can feed off the division. —— strike to go ahead. not true, says the government but this week will see significant disruption on the railways and there could be more to come. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello, the really hot and humid air of recent days has now cleared from the uk. sinking south into europe, the heatwave is set to persist across central europe through the early part of this week. we're in cooler and fresher air from the north. dividing them, a line of cloud, a weather front still giving some showers to the south of the uk this evening but they all clear overnight.

northerly wind across the eastern side of the uk easing back and it will turn quite chilly across central and eastern scotland. in rural places we may see lows of three or four. a fresher feel across the uk this sunday night. monday, a lot of sunshine from the get—go. lighter wind in the east. a weather front pushing cloud into the north—west of the uk through the day, some patchy rain for the western isles, 0rkney and shetland. cooler here, highs ofjust11—14. elsewhere, temperatures up the couple of degrees on temperatures from sunday. and through the week ahead, we continually dry weather and temperatures will lift.