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Colombia election: Surprise election run-off beckons

Leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro and businessman Rodolfo Hernandez will face off in the second round on 19 June

Colombia faces potentially profound political change. The results of the first round of the presidential election show Colombians face a stark political choice between a left-wing former guerrilla and a populist businessman likened to Donald Trump.

US President Joe Biden has been meeting parents whose children were killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, as the debate over America's gun laws deepens. We'll hear from someone in Uvalde who defends having a gun.

And we鈥檒l find out about clashes in Jerusalem after Jewish nationalists go on the march.

50 minutes

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  • Mon 30 May 2022 04:06GMT