than a million fans on copacabana beach in rio. hello. i'm lucy grey. welcome to the programme. we start in the uk and the prime minister, rishi sunak, has insisted that sticking to his plan will deliver for the conservatives after his party suffered more losses in the local elections in england. the tories had hoped that andy street would be re—elected as the mayor of the west midlands, but he lost out by a margin 1500 votes to labour's richard parker. the labour mayor of london, sadiq khan, was re—elected for a historic third term. he won almost 44% of the vote — 11% more than his conservative rival, susan hall. our political corresponsdent, damian grammaticas has the latest.

parker, richard, labouring cooperative party, two to. was a result that will send a shadow to conservatives. the conservative _ shadow to conservatives. the conservative party _ shadow to conservatives. lie: conservative party candidate, due to four, 08 labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race, 1508 votes, a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people, one of the conservative high profile metro mayors andy street, toppled. the labour leader there to celebrate.— the labour leader there to celebrate. , ,., celebrate. the message here, the last elections _ celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, - celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, the . the last elections now, the last— the last elections now, the last stop before the general election, is the country wants change — election, is the country wants change i_ election, is the country wants change. i hope the prime ministers listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote — the opportunity to the country to vote as a whole in a general election— to vote as a whole in a general election as _ to vote as a whole in a general election as soon as possible. andy— election as soon as possible. andy street that conservative should not respond to defeat by shifting further right but follow his moderate policies. the famous words, i did it my

way and it was always going to be like that, but in the end it wasn't quite enough but it was bloodied close, pardon my language and no—one expected that. typically, do you want rishi sunak to lead the conservatives in the next election?— conservatives in the next election? , ., ,, election? yes, complete madness to have another _ election? yes, complete madness to have another moment - election? yes, complete madness to have another moment of- to have another moment of introspection. in to have another moment of introspection.— to have another moment of introspection. in total, labour 110 of the _ introspection. in total, labour 110 of the 11 — introspection. in total, labour 110 of the 11 mayoral - introspection. in total, labour 110 of the 11 mayoral races, i 110 of the 11 mayoral races, including london, the third term for sadiq khan, and also topped the local council elections, getting more than 180 seats. the lib dems captured over 100, and they are second—place in the of total seats one. that pushed the conservatives, who lost more than a70 counsellors into third place, a dry set of results for them and with andy street's lost, deprived of a final consolation. damien grammaticas, bbc news. let's get a bit more detail now. nick eardley has been crunching the numbers. starting off with the result

coming in late last night, the late west midlands, and here is a fascinatingly close result. richard parkerfor labour, richard parker for labour, 225,000, richard parkerfor labour, 225,000, andy street for the conservatives, 22a,000. the majority, despite being more than half a million votes, was just 1508. that is reflected in the percentages. 37 point lead for labour, 37.5for for labour, 37.5 for the conservatives. 0ne for labour, 37.5 for the conservatives. one interesting thing to point out, the independence, independence, job present, a candidate critical on labour's policy on gaza, still did not stop them winning, just. look at how the votes have changed. what really changed in the west midlands, the conservative vote went right down. labour's vote went down as well but the fact for the conservative vote went down so much was what got labour over the line. there is the

swing. conservatives to labour, a.6%. that was the big result from last night but there was another really important result yesterday, in the capital, london. here it is. sadiq khan comfortably beating the conservative's susan harle, 207,000 votes, this time a lot more. this is what the swing look like, a 3.2% swing from the conservatives to labour. the tories were hoping they could clawback more ground in london to run a close and that did not happen. it was pretty comfortable for sadiq khan in the end. so, the big picture, across england for local councils, there is only one left to declare. this is pretty much the finished picture and is a similar picture, labour doing well, up 185, the doing terribly, down a73, losingjust under half of all the seats they were defending. you will

notice the lib dems are above the conservatives in that. they put in 10a. worth pointing out as well the greens had a really good set of results, they are up good set of results, they are up 7a. but the parties, when they are studying what this may mean for a general election will be looking at this. conservatives down 12%, a really bad result, one that will make a lot of tory mps really nervous about what will happen in their constituencies in the general election. neighbour up 3%, not a huge amount actually, but when you speak to people in the labour party they are delighted with the 3% is, they say they are winning it in the areas if they are going to win in that general election. the lib dems and the greens up a bit as well. some breaking news: police in western australia have shot dead a 16—year—old who had stabbed a member of the public with a kitchen knife in the state capital, perth. the boy was rushed to hospital but died. his victim is said to be in a serious but stable condition.

police said they'd received an emergency call late on saturday from the teenager who'd warned them he intended to harm someone. the police commissioner described him as a person with "complex issues" who'd been involved for several years in an anti—radicalisation programme intended to counter extremist ideologies. entire communities have been ordered to evacuate from the capital of the brazilian state of rio grande do sul which has been devastated by flooding. officials say more than half—a—million people have been caught up in flooding there. president luiz inacio lula da silva is to pay a second visit to the state on sunday. close to 60 people have died — with 70 others missing. in the regional capital, porto alegre, the guaiba river broke its banks, submerging entire neighbourhoods. two people were killed in an explosion at a petrol station where emergency vehicles were being refuelled. 0ne dam has collapsed and others are at risk of failing with more rain forecast. rescuers broke through the roof of a house to rescue a baby and its mother stranded in the floodwaters. the extreme weather has been caused by a rare combination of hotter than average temperatures, high humidity

and strong winds. we can speak now to professor chris turney, an earth scientist, and pro vice—chancellor of research at the university of technology, sydney. brazil is used to rain but as i was just saying, it was a combination of events, isn't it? very much so, lucy. a tragic situation, the fourth major flooding for these poor people in southern brazil in a year. this is the worst in 80 years but it is falling into a pattern, a combination of horrific conditions combining to create this extreme event. people always talk about el nino. how much is that down to that and how much down to

global warming, what is your assessment? it global warming, what is your assessment?— assessment? it is those two reasons. — assessment? it is those two reasons, the _ assessment? it is those two reasons, the first _ assessment? it is those two reasons, the first is - assessment? it is those two reasons, the first is el- assessment? it is those two j reasons, the first is el nino, people may be familiar with that, warmer, tropical pacific ocean and one of the biggest causes of climate variability on the planet. it shifts the wind, if you look at the wind belts, and it is starting to ease off but it looks like the last hurrah. it is basically shifting the rains to the south. people may member the awful drought that amazon suffered from but in the south causes flooding but on top of that, it is global heating. basic physics. we are putting so much carbon pollution into the air, it is putting four hiroshima bombs into the atmosphere every second. it can hold more water in the atmosphere and that have to go somewhere. unfortunately, with a get more of these extreme events and they will be dropped on people around the world, causing devastating impact. it

causing devastating impact. it doesn't particularly bad in terms of the dams that are breaking, showing the force of the floodwaters, doesn't it? low in terms of the readiness for these events, do we need a radical overhaul of the whole infrastructure question though very much so, lucy. we are things around the world, having to build more resilience into our community and the way we live. , ., ., . live. instead of concreting over everything. - live. instead of concreting over everything. if - live. instead of concreting over everything. if you - live. instead of concreting | over everything. if you are hearing a lot of people talking about the spongy nests of cities and landscapes, how it can absorb moisture when it is wet, and how it gives out when it is dry, it is something we was there a lot more when it is dry. the tropical atlantic ocean is a lot warmer and that does not bode well for the us and the caribbean. we'll have to do a lot more planning and we will have to build resilience into communities but at the same time get the carbon

down. the good news is we can down. the good news is we can do it but we have to stop talking about this otherwise you when i will be having lots of these interviews and chats and keeping the same thing getting worse. let's get with it! a, getting worse. let's get with it! �* ., ., ., ., getting worse. let's get with it! . ., ., ., ._ it! a radical overhaul of any infrastructure _ it! a radical overhaul of any infrastructure needs - it! a radical overhaul of any infrastructure needs a - it! a radical overhaul of any infrastructure needs a huge amount of money invested and whether there is the will or ability to do so.— whether there is the will or ability to do so. that is true but it costs _ ability to do so. that is true but it costs a _ ability to do so. that is true but it costs a lot _ ability to do so. that is true but it costs a lot awful - ability to do so. that is true but it costs a lot awful lot i ability to do so. that is true | but it costs a lot awful lot of money in money and human life and to the environment by not doing anything. time and time again, it is far cheaper and better value to build that infrastructure now then wait for the effects and tried to build back. we have to build back better as well. unfortunately, we don't have a choice. we have to get on with that. government, industry, communities are learning together and we have to help each other and get on with it. thank you. now to the middle east,

and talks in cairo aimed at securing a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages are expected to continue on sunday. a hamas official told reporters there'd been no new developments on saturday. earlier, another hamas official said the group would not accept any truce that did not explicitly include an end to the war in gaza. in israel, protesters in tel aviv and jerusalem have been calling for a hostage deal. hundreds of people gathered in democracy square in tel aviv. relatives of the hostages also gathered at the kirya military base in tel aviv to urge the israeli government to make a deal. meanwhile, there've been renewed israeli airstrikes on rafah, which the hamas—run health authority said had killed more than 30 people in the last 2a hours. the idf said an islamichhad commander who led the seventh of october attacks had been killed. with me now is said shehata, from bbc arabic.

is it possible to say where these talks are out in cairo because there are different noises coming from each side. can you tell us? unfortunately, no sins can you tell us? unfortunately, no signs of— can you tell us? unfortunately, no signs of progress _ can you tell us? unfortunately, no signs of progress since - can you tell us? unfortunately, no signs of progress since the l no signs of progress since the two sides do not want to back away from their demands, with thomas insisting end of war, permanent ceasefire and an withdrawal of troops from gaza, and in return they will return people to the north to their homes in israel insisting the war carries on, benjamin netanyahu declared that the rafah ground assault will happen regardless of a jewish and negotiation outcome — regardless of a truce. the gap is huge. if hamas back away from their demands, it will be a problem for them. it may make a problem for them. it may make a division, create a division between the political and military wing. especially now

with the negotiations in qatar and it may close the hamas bureau in doha. many developments. more pressure on hamas and more pressure on israel but the pressure on israel but the pressure on israel is more because of the hostage families and their frustration and the pressure on the united states and arab countries the many countries. in this war, there is more than 6a,000 people have been killed so far because of the war. the humanitarian situation as well. it is a complicated actuation. hamas is in a critical situation but as for the rafah invasion plan, and it is going on,... benjamin netanyahu says the panel go ahead even if there is a deal. is the panel go ahead even if there is a deal.— there is a deal. is the main stickin: there is a deal. is the main sticking point _ there is a deal. is the main sticking point the - there is a deal. is the main sticking point the amount i there is a deal. is the mainl sticking point the amount of time this ceasefire would last and others said a0 days and others said hamas only ones

that if it is a forever deal. i that if it is a forever deal. i hamas once a permanent ceasefire on fourth withdrawal of israeli forces but israel wants a temporary truce to release hostages and get more aid and return displaced people buy in the truth, the gap between them is huge. if hamas agrees on any concessions, it will lose its reputation. it may create a division within the military and political wing. there is complication about that. some hamas officials are saying america should guarantee there is no rafah ground invasion at all if they want to have a compromise on other points. this pointy cruise through shall for hamas. looking at the humanitarian situation. there is pressure on hamas for people in palestine because people within gaza are putting pressure, especially

the north. putting pressure, especially the north-— the north. the situation is dire, the north. the situation is dire. isn't _ the north. the situation is dire, isn't it? _ the north. the situation is dire, isn't it? they- the north. the situation is dire, isn't it? they are - dire, isn't it? they are talking about famine. northern gaza, is experiencing - talking about famine. northern gaza, is experiencing a - gaza, is experiencing a full—blown famine. 88 democratic party members of the congress wrote to the white house arguing it is a clear case and credibility that israel is deliberately blocking aid going to the palestinians in gaza and that is in violation of international law and they are calling for the white house to consider its aid to israel. and this is crucial to israel. and this is crucial to israel. and this is crucial to israel and people are dying of hunger. egypt and the united arab emirates have dropped 82 tons of aid recently on northern gaza but this is not enough because the land route according to the un organisation, is the main way to get safer, quicker aid to israeli people on northern gaza, —— two people in northern

gaza, —— two people in northern gaza and its territories. we saw antony _ gaza and its territories. we saw antony blinken in israel this week to meet me and you and as you say the pressure from the us, it's been there for months. hasn't it? you wonder if now is any different to previous months when talks are been going on. do you get a sense at all that there is close to any, i don't know, i would close to an agreement? unfortunately not. benjamin netanyahu and the minister of national security and the minister of finance, all of them, insisting on the rafah invasion. all of them insisting the war will not stop and that is the main demand of hamas to reach a deal. the pressure of the united states does not have any impact yet of on israel. as for benjamin netanyahu

insisting that and hamas insisting that and hamas insisting on demand, there is no way to get them together. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. three bodies have been found in mexico during a search for two australians and an american who went missing last week during a surfing trip. the three were on holiday near the coastal city of ensenada in the northwestern state of baja california when they failed to turn up at their planned accommodation. the bodies have not yet been identified. the white house will reportedly send $60 million worth of military aid to haiti, to help its new government re—assert control over gangs. the report, from the news outlet politico, says the us will send most of the aid to haiti's national police, and is likely to include vehicles, firearms, ammunition and surveillance drones. the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, has denounced as a threat to democracy an attack on a euro—mp from his social democratic party. mattias ecke was beaten up and seriously injured in the eastern german city of dresden on friday, as he put up posters ahead of next month's

european elections. real madrid have been crowned this year's la liga champions, winning their 36th spanish title with four games to spare. real�*s 3—0 win over cadiz earlier on saturday meant that arch rivals barcelona needed to win their match against girona to stand any chance of league victory. the family of the 1a—year—old boy who was killed in a sword attack in east london on tuesday say they are devastated by his death. daniel anjorin died in hainault while on his way to school. a church service to remember his life will take place this morning in the area. simonjones reports. a community in shock. a community that will come together today with a church service to mark daniel's life, a boy described by his family as loving, amazing and

precious. in a statement they said: daniel had left the house for school and then he was gone. his favourite football team, arsenal, paid tribute to him in the 1ath minute in their match against bournemouth.- against bournemouth. daniel sadly lost _ against bournemouth. daniel sadly lost his _ against bournemouth. daniel sadly lost his life _ against bournemouth. daniel sadly lost his life in - sadly lost his life in hainault... sadly lost his life in hainault. . .- sadly lost his life in hainault. .. sadly lost his life in hainault... ., . , hainault. .. two police officers and members _ hainault. .. two police officers and members of _ hainault. .. two police officers and members of the - hainault. .. two police officers and members of the public . hainault. .. two police officers l and members of the public were also injured in the sort attack last tuesday. the family of daniel said they would like to send their best wishes to them following what they called this unthinkable incident and thank the local community for their support. marcus monzo had been charged with murdering daniel and charged with two car counts of attempted murder and counts of attempted murder and counts of causing grievous bodily harm. next appear in court on tuesday. simon jones, bbc news. president zelensky says russia

has no desire for peace and will have to be forced to leave ukraine alone. the ukrainian president said a peace summit scheduled to take place in switzerland in june "must succeed". the comments, made in his nightly video address, come after russian attacks on the kharkiv and dnipro regions and the port city of 0desa killed at least two people on saturday, injured many others and set a factory ablaze. mr zelensky said russia had deployed a wide range of weapons including eight kinds of missiles and dozens of aerial bombs. he said the ukrainian airforce had brought down more than a dozen russian drones. protests at us colleges continued on saturday, some conflicting with graduation ceremonies. pro—palestinian demonstrators interrupted a graduation ceremony at the university of michigan. some graduates held palestinian flags while chanting slogans in the packed stadium. amid growing demonstrations over the war in gaza, more universities are bracing for disruptions

at graduation ceremonies. meanwhile, police at the university of virginia tore down tents and cleared out protesters after declaring the encampment an unlawful assembly and columbia university in new york is rethinking its commencement plans. more than a0 us college campuses have seen student protests or encampments over the past two weeks. pop music superstar madonna has given a free concert on copacabana beach in rio before an estimated audience of 1.5 million fans. the brazilian show had been billed as a thank you to her fans for decades of support, and marks the end of her celebration world tour, which began in london in october last year. 0rganisers say copacabana beach transformed into the world's largest dance floor as madonna performed a string of hits from her a0—year career. with fans having travelled from far and wide, city officials said they expect the concert to pump around $60 million into the local economy. let's speak to beatrice hazlehurst in new york. she's a freelance entertainment journalist and writer. argue a madonna fan as well? i

am, i am! argue a madonna fan as well? i am, lam! and i feel lucky argue a madonna fan as well? i am, i am! and i feel lucky that am, iam! and ifeel lucky that i have been able to watch such a career play out. i wasn't alive in 1983 when she debuted but i have just seen this incredible reinvention of her throughout the career. this is enormous! — throughout the career. this is enormous! this _ throughout the career. this is enormous! this is _ enormous! this is extraordinary! the numbers she managed to get there and to accommodate. the images looked great! how did it go?— great! how did it go? biggest attendance — great! how did it go? biggest attendance of _ great! how did it go? biggest attendance of her— great! how did it go? biggest attendance of her career, - great! how did it go? biggest attendance of her career, i i attendance of her career, i think it is. ithink it attendance of her career, i think it is. i think it is the airbnb increased by 1000% in rio dejaneiro and that was just in rio and london saw a 90% hotel room sell out as soon as the presale was announced. it really has been an insane victory lap in her a0 year career. victory lap in her 40 year career. , ., ., victory lap in her 40 year career. , . . ~ career. is that what it is? we were saying _ career. is that what it is? we were saying rio _ career. is that what it is? we were saying rio de _

career. is that what it is? we were saying rio de janeiro i career. is that what it is? we l were saying rio de janeiro has were saying rio dejaneiro has made $60 million out of it and she did it forfree! made $60 million out of it and she did it for free!— she did it for free! exactly ri . ht. she did it for free! exactly right- it's _ she did it for free! exactly right. it's a _ she did it for free! exactly right. it's a real— she did it for free! exactly right. it's a real love - she did it for free! exactly| right. it's a real love letter to her fans and shows right. it's a real love letter to herfans and shows her dedication to them. she is one of the prevailing artists who has always shown she appreciates the love and support given to her and it's never been about commercialism. it has been about the authenticity about the artistry and that is so special to the pay—out on this epic scale. find pay-out on this epic scale. and the constant _ pay—out on this epic scale. and the constant reinvention she has had over the last a0 years. remember when i was little talking to my grandfather and we were watching a show called top the pops and she said —— and he said she will never last! he was so wrong! smiley face she managed a?- face she managed a? great question — face she managed a? great question that _ face she managed a? great question that i _ face she managed a? great question that i wish - face she managed a? great question that i wish you - face she managed a? great i question that i wish you could —— great question that i think i could answer. i think it is her prevalent sea, and i don't think we will see the last to madonna for a long time —— her

relevancy. and we may see another madonna and 5—10 years and whether it will be at this level, who knows? to be 65 and performing for 2 million people is inconceivable but, look, this is one of the most successful female solo artists in history and she is right up there with beyonce and taylor swift as the top three performing artists. and she is attractina performing artists. and she is attracting younger _ performing artists. and she is attracting younger audiences, not just the older fans? attracting younger audiences, notjust the older fans? that not 'ust the older fans? that is not just the older fans? that is riuht. not just the older fans? that is right- it — not just the older fans? that is right. it goes _ not just the older fans? that is right. it goes to _ not just the older fans? that is right. it goes to show- not just the older fans? that is right. it goes to show her| is right. it goes to show her staying power. the celebration world tour in general has received such positive reviews. there has been a mixed bag in that she has admitted some of her biggest hits, but ultimately rogue and like a virgin and her michaeljackson

tribute as well —— �*vogue', and i really wish that i had not missed out and i'm so thankful. there is more on the bbc website if you want to check that out. thank you for watching. goodbye for now. hello there. although temperatures in northwest scotland reached 19 degrees on saturday, other parts of scotland were not as lucky. in argyll and bute, it was a lot chillier. here, we had temperatures of 23 degrees on friday but it was back down to 15 at best on saturday. further south, though, it felt a lot warmer because the sun was out — bedford one of the warmest parts of the country.

we've got a bit of cloud and a little rain heading into the southwest of england by the morning, pushing into wales, eventually towards the south east of england but ahead of that, plenty of sunshine, mist and fog patches clearing, cloud will bubble up, the odd shower perhaps. we have more cloud, though, and more showers coming into scotland and the far north of england. should be a bit drier and maybe brighter across northern ireland. but the highest temperatures are going to be across northern england and into the midlands — 18 or 19 degrees here with some sunny spells. could be a bit of a sneezy day, mind you. we're moving into the grass pollen season and pollen levels are going to be high across the midlands and southern england, even though in the south, we're going to find a bit more cloud just dampening down the temperatures. and most of that rain that we see here will fade away during the evening but we will import some rain from the continent later on in the night and we've still got those heavy showers pushing down across scotland and into the far north of england. and for the bank holiday monday morning, temperatures are going to start at around eight or nine degrees. fly in the ointment on bank holiday monday is that weather front there. it's not really moving very far at all and around it, we are pushing in more cloud

and probably more rain, actually, for south—eastern parts of england into central southern england and in towards the midlands. still got cloud and heavy showers in scotland, the far north of england. maybe staying dry but maybe cloudy in northern ireland and across other parts of northern england, wales, the midlands, towards the south—west, there'll be some heavy and thundery, slow—moving showers in the afternoon. 0n the whole, more showers around for bank holiday monday. temperatures not quite so high. almost anywhere could catch a shower. tuesday, though, looks a little bit drier. we have still got the odd shower around across scotland, into northern england, the midlands, perhaps into wales, but not as many showers, not as heavy showers. the south and southeast are looking dry and warm. it may well be dry in northern ireland once again. and the theme as we head further into next week is for high pressure to build, and that means things for many of us will turn dry. there will be some sunshine and those temperatures will be climbing as well.

this is bbc news, the headlines: talks in cairo aimed at securing a ceasefire in gaza and the release of israeli hostages are expected to continue on sunday. meanwhile, dozens of people have been killed in renewed israeli airstrikes on rafah, in southern gaza. rishi sunak has insisted that sticking to his plan will deliver for the conservatives after his party suffered more losses in the local elections in england.

close to 60 people are known to have died in devastating flooding in the brazilian state of rio grande do sul. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes after rivers burst their banks. entire communities have been ordered to evacuate the state capital. and madonna has performed what could be her last—ever concert in front of an audience of more than a million fans on copacabana beach in rio. now on bbc news, click. this week, alasdair gets on his bike to find out how

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