Vigils, protests after Colombian opposition senator is shot

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe, a potential presidential contender, was fighting for his life in hospital after being shot during a campaign event in Bogota on Saturday (June 7), according to his wife and authorities. People gathered outside the Santa Fe Foundation hospital where Uribe was being treated, with some staging candlelight vigils and praying, while others demanded the ouster of President Gustavo Petro.