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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577—seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron�*s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more a big challenge, surprising challenge, this time, but from the left. this coalition which has...

victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it's sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country's biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime a...

could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 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 gains. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron�*s presidency just got tougher. e...

is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. it's 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country's 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. i'm joined now by the bbc world service's americas editor, leonardo rocha. it isa it is a historic first for colombia, looking at his first leftist president. take us throu...