Right-wing candidate claims victory in Colombian election
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Abelardo de la Espriella claims to have won the tight presidential race in Colombia against left-wing rival Ivan Cepeda. It's estimated only a few hundred thousand votes separate the two candidates. Mr de la Espriella, who's backed by President Trump, wants to use force to combat drug cartels and rebel groups.
Also, Pakistani and Qatari mediators say the first round of Iran-US talks in Switzerland have ended with encouraging progress made. Reaction from Bolivia, where police and soldiers used bulldozers to clear roads blocked by anti-government protesters for more than six weeks. Is the UK about to get its seventh prime minister in 10 years, as Donald Trump posts about rumours that Keir Starmer is set to resign. Europe braces for a prolonged heatwave as temperatures approach 40 degrees Celsius and are forecast to rise during the week. We look at how fatherhood might have a positive effect on men. Plus, Cape Verde continue to defy the odds, scoring their first ever goals at the World Cup.
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(Photo: Colombia's right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella arrives to vote in the runoff election in Barranquilla, Colombia, 21 June 2026. Credit: Mauricio Duenas Castaneda/EPA)
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| 0:40.2 | The right-wing candidate Al-Belada de la Speria has claimed victory in Colombia's presidential election. |
| 0:46.9 | Pakistani and Qatari mediators say the first round of Iran-U.S. talks in Switzerland have ended with encouraging progress made. |
| 0:55.9 | And reaction from Bolivia, where police and soldiers used bulldozers to clear roads |
| 1:00.5 | blocked by anti-government protesters for more than six weeks. |
| 1:06.6 | Also, in this podcast, the clock is ticking on the future of the British Prime Minister. |
| 1:11.7 | Reports suggest he will set out a plan to step down on Monday. |
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| 1:24.8 | Kate Bird scored their first ever goals at the World Cup, but did they hold on against Uruguay? |
| 1:35.6 | We begin in Colombia where the right-wing candidate Abilada de Respria has claimed victory in the presidential election. |
| 1:47.0 | This is the night that marks the beginning of a new story for the nation, the night when a new era begins, a change of course, the homeland of miracles. |
| 1:58.0 | Mr. Delaspreya, who was endorsed by President Trump, is on course for a narrow win with nearly all the votes counted. |
| 2:06.6 | Both candidates had promised to tackle the widespread violence by illegal armed groups, |
| 2:11.8 | which has marred Colombia for the past decades. |
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