COLOMBIA: Far-right President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella suspended the transition process with the administration of President Gustavo Petro today.

Mr de la Espriella said on social media today that the transition process would be suspended “immediately” with what he called the “corrupt” government, whose term is set to end in a month.

He accused Mr Petro’s administration of seeking to “destroy Colombia” through its “decisions and conduct.”

FRANCE: A Paris appeals court cleared the way today for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to possibly run for the presidency next year, but said she must wear an electronic bracelet after finding her guilty of embezzling public funds.

She was given a three-year prison sentence, but with one year served and two years being suspended, she will not do time behind bars. She was also handed a €100,000 (£85,432) fine.

Ms Le Pen has previously claimed that campaigning with a bracelet wouldn’t be possible.

US: A lawsuit filed today alleges that the Trump administration’s immigration agencies have been sharing confidential information about Iranian asylum-seekers with the Iranian government, violating national immigration regulations and endangering countless Iranians, court filings argue.

The lawsuit depicts a co-ordinated campaign between the US and Iranian governments to identify Iranians in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and pressure them to return to Iran — a marked departure from decades of diplomatic hostility between the two governments and an ongoing war.

BANGLADESH: Landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains in the southeast killed at least eight Rohingya refugees, including five children, while heavy monsoon rains battered parts of neighbouring India, leaving 13 dead over the past few days.

Rescuers in Cox’s Bazar have recovered seven bodies while an eighth body was found by refugees after several hills collapsed from late Sunday to Monday morning.

Authorities said they were relocating the refugees from at-risk hill areas and some 1,000 people have already been relocated.