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our other main stories: swimmings world governing body effectively bans transgender competitors from elite womens events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete but we also have to protect competitive fairness. irefill but we also have to protect competitive fairness. will it be farewell _ competitive fairness. will it be farewell to _ competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the - competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the queen? l whyjamaica is pushing...

we also have to protect competitive furnace. and also on the programme: _ on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us. from left—wing guerrilla to colombias first ever left—wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m—i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right—wing anti—establish...

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 colombias 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, heres the bbc�*s sout...

hello and welcome. president macron of france has suffered a major political setback after his party failed to win a majority in the countrys parliamentary elections. projections show that his ensemble coalition is set to win around 216 seats, well short of the 289 needed to control the national assembly. our paris correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron�*s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats toni...

in north london. a service of remembrance has been held. tolu adeoye was there. prayer recital. remembering the life lost and saying prayers for those whose lives were changed forever, when a man deliberately drove a van into a crowd near the muslim welfare house in finsbury park five years ago today. 51—year—old makram ali was killed in the attack. darren osborne from cardiff was found guilty of terrorism—related murder and jailed for a minimum of 43 years in 2018. he also injur...

and swimmings world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in womens races. after the uk promises more heavy weapons to ukraine — now the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. we want to start by bringing you some _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking news _ we want to start by bringing you some breaking news f...

you are being led down a cul—de—sac by the union leadership telling you there is no pay rise when there is, trying to create some sort of class war when there is none to be had. but the unions claim the government is not interested in finding solutions onjobs, pay and pensions — a message shared by labour. boris johnson and grant shapps want the strikes to go ahead. they want the country to grind to a halt so that they can feed off the division. well have the latest on how the st...

could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in france where president emmanuel macron looks set to lose his parliamentary majority. he now faces the prospect of having to work out deals with other parties to get his reforms through. but it was a good day for the far right and the far left — they both apear to have made large gain...

is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. its 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the countrys first left—wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti— establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. im joined now by the bbc world services americas editor, leonardo rocha. i...

Still with the british but not ruled. we dont want the queen any more. she hasnt done anything for us. locked us up, enslaved us and abandoned us, thats 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. youve been watching newsday, just before i leave you lets go bac...