Colombia elects its first left-wing president

<p>From the BBC World Service: Gustavo Petro, a former rebel fighter and now the president-elect of Colombia, has promised real economic change after winning 55% of the vote in Sunday&#8217;s election. A team from the International Monetary Fund has arrived in Sri Lanka and will begin talks today on the country&#8217;s dire economic crisis. In central Africa, there are fears that uncontrolled development is endangering one of the world&#8217;s largest peatlands – boggy territory that captures billions of tons of carbon dioxide.</p>