Giuseppe Conte Fails To Form Italian Government

Italian PM-designate Giuseppe Conte has given up his bid to form a government after the country's president vetoed his choice of economy minister.

Also in the programme: Colombians are voting in the first presidential election since the peace agreement of 2016 that brought an end to five decades of civil war.

Picture: Italy's Prime minister candidate Giuseppe Conte addresses journalists. Credit: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images.