Starmer Quits After Pressure Mounts Inside Labour

BOGOTA - Abelardo de la Espriella has won Colombia's presidential runoff by a razor-thin margin, according to an initial count with nearly all ballots in. The Trump-backed lawyer beat leftist senator Iván Cepeda by less than a percentage point, setting up a sharp turn to the right after four years of Gustavo Petro. Protests have already broken out in major cities. The official count is still pending.

PARIS - Forty-nine of France’s 96 mainland departments are under a red heat alert as temperatures climb past 40C and the week gets worse. Officials have closed 845 schools and cut rail service, while investigators say two children found dead in a car in Carpentras were likely killed by the heat. Météo-France says the danger will last through the week.

MONTREAL - A shooting in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood left three people dead Monday, including a police officer, a civilian and the suspected gunman. Video showed the shooter firing toward officers as police swarmed the area. Authorities have not said what drove the attack, and they were still urging residents to stay away from the scene.

TEHRAN - After fighting Belgium to a draw, Iran's World Cup team left a locker-room note for fans and the world: The spirit of Iran remains alive and steadfast. For a team that has spent years carrying more than soccer on its back, it was a small gesture with a lot of weight. Rare good news tends to travel fast.

WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a sweeping housing bill Monday in an 85-5 vote, sending the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to the House. The measure would limit some institutional investors from buying single-family homes, cut construction red tape and push more supply into a market that has made homeownership feel like a luxury good. President Trump is expected to sign it if the House agrees. For once, Washington noticed the rent.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other Democratic officials, calling them retaliatory and unlawful. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said the Justice Department had no plausible investigatory reason for the demands and was trying to pressure officials who opposed immigration raids. The ruling is a setback for Operation Metro Surge, the administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration cannot use a federal citizenship data tool to help states screen and purge voter rolls, saying the disclosure violated several laws. The ruling lands in the middle of a fight over who gets to check citizenship status, and how far the government can go before the privacy rules start biting. The administration wanted the data shared. The court said no.

WASHINGTON - Staff reductions began Monday at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, days after Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist, took over as acting director, according to a person familiar with the matter. The cuts mark an early move under Pulte at the intelligence office, which coordinates work across the U.S. spy agencies. No one is saying yet how deep the purge goes.

AUSTIN - Oracle Corp. reduced its workforce by 21,000 employees in the past 12 months, a wider cut than previously known, and some of those jobs were eliminated by artificial intelligence. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the company did not frame the reductions as a single layoff wave, which is usually how these things get softened. The AI part is the one investors will cheer and workers will not.

NEW YORK - Avis Budget Group is set to receive $650 million in cash from Pentwater Capital Management under a settlement to resolve a short-swing profits lawsuit, according to a filing. The company did not say much beyond that, which is usually how these things go when a giant check is changing hands. For Avis, it is a very large, very real win. For Pentwater, less so.

LONDON - Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after the All England Club handed her the final wild card on Sunday. The 44-year-old had already been entered in doubles with sister Venus, so now she is back in both draws. She has not played a Grand Slam singles match since the 2022 U.S. Open, which makes this either a glorious comeback or a very expensive stress test. Wimbledon starts June 29.

FLORIDA - The Panthers traded for Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk on Sunday, sending the Senators the No. 9 and No. 25 picks in this year’s draft, a 2029 first-rounder and a 2030 second-round pick. Brady will join brother Matthew in South Florida, giving Florida another power forward and Ottawa a pile of futures. The Senators say this is not a rebuild. It sure looks like one from here.

BROOKLYN - The Washington Wizards will open the 2026 NBA Draft on Tuesday night with the No. 1 pick, and most signs point to BYU wing AJ Dybantsa. Kansas guard Darryn Peterson is the main challenger, with Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson also in the mix. The class is deep enough that the real chaos may start at No. 5. The Clippers are waiting there, and they look spoiled for choice.

MANHATTAN - Clive Davis, the label boss who helped turn Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Janis Joplin into stars, died Monday at his Manhattan home. He was 94.

His family said he had recently been hospitalized with respiratory problems. Davis ran Columbia, Arista and J Records, and spent decades doing the unglamorous work that decides what the rest of us hear. The tributes started fast. So did the reminders that he had an ear people trusted.

NEW YORK - Clive Davis, who turned Columbia Records into a rock powerhouse and helped steer Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana and Rod Stewart back into the spotlight, has died at 94. He rose from a midlevel job at Columbia to become one of the most powerful executives in music, with a gift for hearing what could sell and what could last. The industry has lost one of its great talent spotters. So has the radio.

HOLLYWOOD - Toy Story 5 arrives with the franchise's old trick intact: make kids laugh, then hand their parents a small panic attack. The sequel leans into the fight between physical play and the glow of a screen, at a moment when most children under 12 already use tablets or smartphones. Tom Hanks, meanwhile, said Disney could cobble together Woody's voice from old recordings if it wanted to keep going without him. He called that a scary thought.