this is bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories: former colombian rebel gustavo petro will become the country's first ever left—wing president after winning the second—round vote. french president emmanuel macron loses his majority hold on parliament as rival parties perform strongly in the legislative elections. translation: we have achieved the political objective we gave . ourselves to bring down the man, who, with such arrogance, twisted the arm of the whole country to get elected. swimming's world governing body votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's events. we have to protect the rights of all athletes to compete. but we also have to protect

competitive furnace. on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. from left—wing guerilla to colombia's first ever left—wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m—19 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti— establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign. with more, here's the bbc�*s south america correspondent katy watson in the capital bogota.

the atmosphere here in gustavo petro�*s h0 is electric. people here almost didn't believe it. it was a nail biter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways — that's often used as a real cliche but it's really true — he is the first leftist president that colombia has ever had. and francia marquez will be the first black vice president colombia has ever had, and it's testament to the changes colombians wanted. rodolfo hernandez, his arrival, the colombian trump, as he was known, has conceded defeat. but gustavo petro will have a job on his hands to try to win over conservative elites that have, for so long, run this country. what this vote shows is the ability for a country like colombia, that has suffered decades of civil conflict, that colombia can actually turn the page on its past and vote for a new future.

i asked dr cynthia arnson, a distinguished fellow and former director of the wilson center's latin american program, about reaction from the white house to gustavo preto�*s win. the us government has said all along it was prepared to work with whoever one the colombian election. this was clearly a democratic election and very impressive when you think about it, the results were known within an hour or two of the polls closing. they announced the victor, the opposing candidate conceded, and then the series of congratulations not only from the outgoing president, but for the former president, who said colombia democracy has worked and let's pull and for

the sake of the country. it is historic win as katy watson pointed out and there are enormous challenges ahead. that's the point, isn't it? for all the congratulations from the other side, if you like, this is uncharted territory for columbia and the left. definitely is. there are lots, of many aspects of gustavo petro�*s platform that will be deeply controversial not only within the country but also in terms of relationships with the united states, how he proposes to fight drugs, how he proposes to tax the wealthy. he has the largest bloc in the congress but still a minority so to get legislation passed, he will have to forge coalitions with other smaller parties and that is not going to be easy in a deeply divided country. what seems clear is there is very much a left—wing trend coming

through central america and latin america generally. how does that influence a us approach? i would say more than anything there is an anti— incumbent trend so if there has been a conservative or right wing president in office, people go the other way. the covid—19 pandemic preceded by decades of very mediocre growth has credit a lot of frustration among young people, among the middle class, who saw historic gains in reducing poverty and somewhat inequality. all of that was exploded during the pandemic when the number of people that didn't have, couldn't put food on the table every day, just increased the number of unemployed, of underemployed, of informality, people who couldn't go to school because they had no access to internet or a computer, so there is a great

deal of desire for change. and right now, that seems to be trending left, it's not universal, but one hopes that gustavo petro will notjoin others in the region who are really anti— institutionalist, anti— the norms of democracy. there's also been an unprecedented election in france after president macron�*s party lost its outright majority in the country's parliamentary elections. less than two months after his own re—election, his ensemble! coalition has fallen significantly short of the 289 seats needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron�*s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his 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. translation: it's the total. defeat of the president's party and there is no majority. we have achieved the political objective we gave ourselves to bring down the man who, with such arrogance, twisted the arm of the whole country to get elected.

but this was the big surprise of the night. marine le pen's far—right national rally party jumped from a handful of seats to almost 90. plenty of opposition to the president from all sides. translation: we are going to continue to bring french l people together as part of a great popular movement unifying all patriots from the right and the left. the parliamentary opposition to mr macron�*s centrist coalition is now much stronger than before, but it's also more fractured, with one bloc led byjean—luc melenchon on the far—left of the chamber and another by marine le pen on the far—right. french politics is realigning around these three political groups. some voters say it's no bad thing if president macron is forced to negotiate with his opponents. others believe denying the government a majority only leads to stagnation. president macron is facing a new era of political opposition that some see as good for democracy

and others as bad for france. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. earlier, i spoke to our news reporter azadeh moshiri on the reaction within france. despite emmanuel macron�*s a party being the largest in the national assembly, it'll hamper his agenda and he has to face the reality that back in april many voters weren't necessarily voting for his agenda but against his opponents, and wanted to put reins on his ability to implement that agenda. if you look at the headlines in france now, starting with la furore, which is the right, they say: they say without an outright majority, it'd be near possible to govern and president macron said it'd be chaos. if you look at what opponents have said in reaction to the result, they don't want to play ball and see this as a mandate to counter some of his policies. on the right, if we look

at le point, they say: they are referring to the face of french politics changing as a result of this, with president macron occupying centre ground. on the far left, jean—luc on one side, and then the far right candidate marine le pen's party who have this historic win, the most seats they've ever won, ten times at least what they had in 2017 and the heavyweights left behind. le monde said: that's because president

macron�*s camp has said that we have known better nights, we have disappointed a number of the french boaters, the message is clear. dissolving the national assembly would be a big step. that's right. le monde refer to an unnamed strategist for macron and there is a debate about when they can dissolve the national assembly so close after elections. most people say a year but they are reacting to the fact that they may not be able to get anything done. the fact is also that he has different options now whereas he had an outright majority last time, 350 seats, he could do a lot of what he wanted. now it's about compromises and deals and his government spokesperson did say that they're willing to work with any moderates who are willing to move france forward, a veiled reference. so far they have said they are

not willing to work with him. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: swimming's world governing body votes to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women's events. how has that decision gone down? members of the neo—nazi resistance movement armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country is ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung

cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years hosted on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: former colombian rebel gustavo petro will become the country's first ever left—wing president after winning the second—round vote. french president emmanuel macron loses his majority hold on parliament, as rival parties perform strongly in the legislative elections. commonwealth leaders begin meeting in rwanda in the coming hours, where the queen will be represented by prince charles. jamaica is the latest member to say it will drop the monarch as head of state.

correspondent adina campbell about his country's road to becoming a republic. in the swell of the summer heat in down town kingston, coronation market is the lifeblood of this lively community. if you want to know how jamaicans feel about politics, there's no better place. and if you ask about the british royal family... reparation. do you think thatjamaica should become a republic? yeah. no, i feel that the queen should still be in control. give us more space to - develop more on our own. we need help and we need the queen to help us. it's an important year for this caribbean island. the country will soon be celebrating its 60th anniversary, marking

the end of british rule. but even more independence could be on the horizon. speaking at the opening of a new arts exhibition, jamaica's prime minister confirmed to me that his government is pressing ahead. is it nowjamaica's time to become a republic? i think the sentiment is that jamaica should move towards becoming a republic. the legal and constitutional matters are not simple and straightforward. but the process towards becoming a republic is clearly identified and seamlessly executed, and we expect that that will be done within the next year. earlier this year, the duke and duchess of cambridge were injamaica as part of their caribbean tour. but it was overshadowed by protests, and this picture, an unintended reminder

of britain's colonial past, becoming one of the defining images of their visit. but the future of jamaica will be decided by its people. i will be decided by its people. think we separate. ti high i think we separate. there is a high level of respect of the sovereign lady, the queen, but we have a very painful past with colonialism and the slave trade. it is the jamaican people who will have the final say. referendum will need to be held, and the process could still together. if we become a republic, we will still be member of the commonwealth. still with the british but not ruled. we don't want the queen any more. she hasn't done anything for us. locked us up, enslaved us and abandoned us,

that's what the queen did forjamaica. there is no doubt that ifjamaica did end up breaking away from the british monarchy, it would be a symbolic move. but questions over stability and surviving completely alone are still fiercely debated here. adina campbell, bbc news, kingston, jamaica. wildfires have broken out in northern spain following the recent severe heatwave conditions throughout the country. the most serious one, in the sierra de culebra mountain range in the north—west, has destroyed more than 20,000 hectares of woodland. there have also been blazes in galicia and navarre in the north, and catalonia in the north—east. spain has been suffering unseasonally high temperatures of more than a0 degrees as has been reported in other parts of western europe. the world governing body of swimming has voted to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events unless they've

transitioned by the age of 12. it follows controversy over the issue of swimmers who were born male but who transitioned and then went on to win women's races. our sports correspondent jane dougall has more. the world swimming championships getting under way in budapest. butjust hours earlier, in the same city, the sport's governing body had made a crucial decision. members of fina voted to effectively bar any trans women who has gone through male puberty from competing in women's events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete. but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially women's competition. the policy has been prompted by swimmers such as american lia thomas, the first known transgender swimmer to win a us national college title.

thomas will now not be eligible to compete in the women's events at the world championships or olympics. former olympic swimmer and campaigner sharron davies has welcomed it. i am proud of my association to be the first to come forward and base their rules on proved science. we've asked for that for five years, all we've ever wanted is fair sport for females. it's an incredibly divisive subject. the debate has led to other sports examining their policies including world cycling's governing body who will tighten the rules, following trans athlete emily bridges�* failed attempt to compete in the women category. fina say they will also create an open category, but those disappointed with the change today say that scarred consolation. if trans women have undergone appropriate period of testosterone suppression, then their advantages will be mitigated to the point where we can have meaningful competition

between trans women. fairness and inclusion are the cornerstones of sport but this issue has seen the two collide, and when feelings run as deep as this, affecting so many, they won't dissipate anytime soon. jane dougall, bbc news. a short time ago i spoke to catherine 0rdway, the sport integrity research lead at the university of canberra and asked what she thought of the ruling. it's a very disappointing decision, in that they have thrown a blanket over the entire transgender community, which i think is unfair, and doesn't take or in fact within fina itself, which of course has a number of different disciplines from diving, artistic swimming to synchronised swimming, water polo, as well as the speed events, so ijust don't understand what fina is trying to do here. i think the message from the president was competitive fairness is the most important thing and we just focus on races if we like for

the moment, and sharon davis, you may have about 200 saying that they have relied on proven science. well, have they? that's what i wonder. the ruling from fina is saying that people have to have completed their transition process by the time they are 12 years old, and i don't know what �*completed' means, that is interesting to discover, and also, the medical world is recommending that children don't began transition until after they are 14 years old, so that effectively means that any transgender male to female has no chance of competing in competitive swimming events their entire life. but i think the message is actually they will have a chance, and it will be in a specific category for transgender athletes.

but that is also surprising to me because how many transgender athletes are they anticipating? right now they can point to one, lia thomas in the us who was competing at college level, the reality is this is not a problem. we have had transgender... leah thomas, unfortunately from this perspective, it does show that there is actually a problem. well, i disagree because she is not on the national team, she is at college level and this is one athlete and across the world we have had transgender athletes competing in a range of sports. they are not on the olympic podium. we have not seen them winning world championships or golf tournaments or other things, so i'm not sure that there is a problem, and definitely the community level sports would say there is no problem and we want to include people. and inclusivity is such a critical part of what everyone is trying to reach out to, or at least one would hope,

so, catherine, in a nutshell, what would your ideal scenario be for this? because there are so few people seeking to transition and then also play an elite sport, i would like them to look at each person as an individual, and to look at this on a case—by—case point basis rather than throwing a blanket over it because what we have right now is a very poor message out to some of the most vulnerable and marginalised people in our community, and that's very dangerous. catherine 0rdway of the university of canberra, thank you very much indeed. golf, and england's matt fitzpatrick has won the us open to clinch his first major title. he finished one shot ahead of america's will zalatoris and scottie scheffler. fitzpatrick, who's now more than $3 million better off because of the victory, is the first englishman to win the us open since justin rose in 2013.

monday is world refugee day, an annual event organised by the united nations that draws attention to the plight of refugees all across the globe. but they are not always welcome, and their arrival can cause tension. in south africa, one group is trying to ease that tension and is using martial arts to help. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. at this dojo injohannesburg, they are pursuing harmony through the controlled use of violence. this is studio for peace, teaching children from wherever they come from the merits of discipline, self—control and cooperation. friendship, respect, they are all things taught on the mat, the tatami as we call it, things that children learn day by day, by participating in the activities, working together, they learn to live together as well. and that hasn't

always been too easy. this wasjohannesburg in 2019, shops, mostly owned by nigerians, looted and ransacked, part of a wave of xenophobic attacks that shocked the nation. back at the dojo, the judo instructor says the emphasis here is on unity rather than division. translation: for me, | everybody who lives here is like my family. i am congolese, i'm black, i'm african, we are all african. for me it's important to help the children here because it helps everybody. this is a poor and sometimes violent community, a tough place to grow up from many of these youngsters. but, with the right throws and holds, there is hope for the future. just one of the many initiatives there on world refugee which is monday. it is

one of the big issues we are covering on the website. you can also reach me on twitter. that is it, goodbye for now. clean hello again. for those of you wondering if the hot, sunny spell last week was our summer, don't worry, this week is looking pretty warm as well. the satellite picture picks up an area of cloud that we had across southern parts of both england and wales during sunday. that actually produced outbreaks of rain which became a little bit more organised through the evening time but right now we are seeing this rain band pull away and increasingly, the weather will become drier here over the next few hours. showers fading away from the northeast of scotland, so most parts of the uk, clear skies to take us into monday morning but it will be quite a chilly start the day forjune, temperatures six or seven for parts of scotland and northern england as well. it might be relatively fresh air that we have at the moment however, in the week ahead we are going to draw in north—westerly winds,

actually milder winds dragging in there that's originated from north america and that milder air will be pushing in behind this warm front, that will be a feature of the weather over the next few days. for monday morning we have got a fresh start to the day but for most, clear, blue sunny skies and there won't be much cloud even into the afternoon. the humidity level�*s low, it will feel warm in the sunshine but there will be some thicker cloud working into north—west scotland thanks to that warm front and that's going to be bringing some low cloud, a bit of mist and fog around coasts and hills and patches of drizzle. 1a degrees for stornoway but for most, temperatures into the low 20s. it's going to feel warm in that sunshine. that more humid air will make inroads on tuesday in across scotland and northern ireland, that is why it is turning cloudier here and the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of light rain or drizzle particularly in the morning, again, there could be a few mist and fog patches. further south across england and wales, another fine and sunny day but we are starting to see those temperatures rise higher, 25 celsius in the best of the sunshine across parts of the midlands.

wednesday should be some brighter weather i think moving into parts of scotland and northern ireland at times, still hanging on to a fair bit of sunshine across england and wales but with that more humid airarriving, temperatures can rise faster and further so wednesday we are looking at highs up to 28 celsius. the north and west where it does stay a bit cloudier, temperatures more generally into the high teens. we could start to see some showers threatening the southeast on thursday, otherwise more hot and sunny weather locally across parts of england and wales, still 19 or 20 for places in scotland and northern ireland but we might see rain in the west by friday.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in colombia, a former rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country's first left—wing president. mr petro won 55.5% of the vote compared to 47% for his right—wing anti—establishment opponent — rodolfo hernandez. mr hernandez wished the new government good luck. france's president emmanuel macron has suffered a major political setback after his centrist coalition lost its parliamentary majority. his coalition, ensemble, lost around a hundred seats, with major gains for both marine le pen's far—right party and a new alliance led by far—left leaderjean—luc melenchon. the international swimming federation, fina, has voted to restrict the participation of

transgender athletes in elite women's events.