Updating you now on an unexpected vote in the South American nation of Colombia.
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We reported yesterday that polls showed that a peace agreement negotiated by the nation's government and the FARC rebels who have been fighting it for years had a good chance of passing.
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But by a very thin margin voters rejected the agreement on Sunday.
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50.22% voted against it. 40.78% voted for it.
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One major criticism of the agreement was that it didn't do enough to punish the rebels for their past crimes.
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Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, says he doesn't have a plan B, but that a ceasefire between the government and the rebels would stay in place while negotiations between the two sides would continue in Havana, Cuba.
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FARC leader, Rodrigo Londoño, who also goes by Timoleón Jiménez, also says he's committed to peace.
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The United Nations is sending its Colombia envoy to Cuba to join the discussions.
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A lot of uncertainty now hangs over Colombia and the same can be said for the Middle Eastern nation of Afghanistan.
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Its government controls about two thirds of the country but the Taliban, Afghanistan's former rulers who allowed terrorists to live and train their, control about ten percent and they've increased their attacks recently despite hundreds of airstrikes this year by the US which supports the Afghan government.
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these events plus the fact that more than eight thousands US forces remain in the country contribute to the challenges it presents for the next American leader.
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There are three reasons Afghanistan could be the biggest global problem for the next U.S. president.
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Afghanistan is nearing a failed state. The Taliban control more territory there than any time since the war started in 2001.
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That means Afghanistan could become a haven for terror groups, including rivals Al Qaeda and ISIS.
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There are no good policy options for the next White House.
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You can't abandon a country at the heart of America's longest war, where thousands of lives have been lost.
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But at the same time, there's no realistic public appetite for a substantial rise in troop numbers.
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Afghanistan is both Pakistan and India's problem, and they are both nuclear powers.
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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of assisting the Taliban and Pakistan accuses India of interfering in Afghanistan; either way, Afghanistan suffers and remains the regional headache for the U.S.
