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hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. scotland's first minister admitts the snp faces a "tough challenge" in the upcoming general election.

let's bring you a developments on a story that has been developing through the evening was up earlier, we heard from us presidentjoe biden who outlined and is really proposal for ending the conflict in gaza. a three—part proposal which would begin with a six—week cease—fire in which the idf would withdraw from populated areas of gaza, and a surge of humanitarian aid as well as a exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners and that deal would eventually lead to a permanent cessation of hostilities as well as a major reconstruction plan for gaza. in the last moments, we had an erection from hamas to that plan unveiled by president biden to stop here are the main points. it said

that hamas use positively what was included in the us presidency saturday, and it goes on to say the necessity of putting in into the war in gaza was the result of the legendary steadfastness of our people and their resilience. it moves to a position of residence to moves to a position of residence to move positively for any proposal based on a permanent cease—fire complete with withdraw from the gaza strip, reconstruction, the return of the displaced present resident and the displaced present resident and the possible to align exchange deal. some reaction there, in a positive reaction, it says, hamas viewing positively what was included from us presidentjoe biden, so let's see where that leaves things after talks if we or any closer to any cease—fire. we will bring you up—to—date on that if we have any more. the scottish national party leader, john swinney, has warned that

a labour government could preside over "austerity on steroids", if the party continues conservative policies. he only took over the snp at the beginning of the month, and he's calling on sir keir starmer, to commit to an emergency budget, if he wins the election. as we've heard, the labour leader was in inverclyde on friday, launching plans for a new public company. "gb energy". chris mason has been speaking to the snp leader. there's been no shortage of this — a merry—go—round in the scottish national party this spring. one first minister out, a second first minister in. hello. and now there's a general election. so, forjohn swinney today, meeting and greeting on the southside of glasgow, followed by a speech in the city's east end, and his pitch... we've demonstrated that decisions made in scotland are decisions for scotland, and that's the choice that people in this election have. he had a pop at the conservatives... austerity, brexit, the cost of living crisis,

for all these reasons, the tory government deserves to be removed from office and the best way to do that is to vote snp to remove the tory mps in scotland, all six of them, at this election. ..and there was a pop at labour, too, criticising their promise not to put up income tax, national insurance and vat. they've signed up to the tight fiscal limits of the tories, they've signed up to tight borrowing. that is austerity on steroids. and look who was 30 miles away in greenock at around the same time. the labour leader, rather keen on nabbing a whole load of snp seats. the snp say they want you to vote to send a message. i don't want you to vote to send a message. i want you to vote to send a government. and he set out one of his key ideas, which would be based in scotland. great british energy.

that publicly owned company, owned by the taxpayer, making money for the taxpayer, harnessing clean power. i mean, he's been talking - about his net zero ambitions, but yet again there is no substance. there's no ideas, no policy, there isjust a logo, - and the british people deserve a lot more than that _ scotland is critical to the liberal democrats. we have four mps, we think we can get many more after the election. we can beat a lot of the snp mps. the snp has been in government in scotland since 2007. senior party figures, including the former first minister nicola sturgeon, have been under police investigation over the party's finances, and with the prospect of another independence referendum any time soon appearing to recede, how is he managing? yes, it's been an absolutely whirlwind month, you know... and so... let's be blunt. times are pretty tough for the snp. do you feel that? of course. and that's frankly why i'm here. it's why you're interviewing me, as snp leader, because

of those tough times. and i've stepped in to build the snp and to build trust in the snp. does it feel like managing decline? no. it feels like building the party up, and that's what i'm about. we've undoubtedly had a rough period. you've said today that it is important, to quote you, to get rid of the tories. we are in second place in each constituency, so if we want to numerically get rid of the tories in scotland, people just need to vote snp. isn't the easiest way for people in scotland to get rid of the tories to vote for labour? but then people have got to ask themselves, who is going to make the bigger impact in westminster? what happens here in scotland on july the 4th matters wherever you're watching. chris mason, bbc news, in glasgow. as part of our election coverage here on the context, we want to take a look at what's been making news in specific regions. this week, the democratic unionist party confirmed it's new leader.

gavin robinson will lead the party into the general election after his appointment was ratified. but he's already facing criticism of �*backtracking' over a deal to resolve a political crisis that left northern ireland without a government for two years. mr robinson accepted his party �*oversold' the stormont deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland. the comments were made in relation to one aspect: the irish sea border. his predecessor, jeffrey donaldson, had insisted the sea border had been �*effectively�* removed as a result of the deal secured with the government. but in a speech this week, mr robinson told party members the irish sea border remained in place. and when he was pressed about the issue on bbc radio, he said, "yes, there should have been more cautious realism." i'm joined now byjohn manley — politics correspondent, the irish news.

let's talk about what we were just showing you there. and the situation with the irish sea border. {swim with the irish sea border. gavin robinson has _ with the irish sea border. gavin robinson has succeeded - with the irish sea border. gavin robinson has succeeded sir- with the irish sea border.

unionism, which has involved him essentially fessing up and saying that what he and his predecessor did was to oversell the command paper, the safeguarding, the union command paper that sirjeffrey donaldson agreed with the tory government, which led to the restoration of the storm and institutions. while that is maybe honesty is maybe the best policy, i am is maybe honesty is maybe the best policy, iam not is maybe honesty is maybe the best policy, i am not sure how that would be greeted on the doors when people are asking how and why they should believe someone who effectively misrepresented something a matter of months ago. how misrepresented something a matter of months auo. ., . ., i. ~' months ago. how much do you think that is going — months ago. how much do you think that is going to _ months ago. how much do you think that is going to play _ months ago. how much do you think that is going to play into _ months ago. how much do you think that is going to play into the - that is going to play into the constituencies and races that are being fought in northern ireland? very much so. we have 18 constituencies here in the north, but may be only five of them are expected to change hands in one way

or another, and they won't necessarily change hands from a unionists to a nationalist or republican, but they will go from the likelihood is going from a unionists seat to the middle ground alliance, and partly the greatest threat to the dup and deceit it holds is from the traditional unionists voiced, the purest site referred to, and they'll be standing in key constituencies against what they call the protocol implementers, and that could eat into gavin robinson's, for example, he is vulnerable in east belfast to the alliance later emma and if another group takes the most votes he will lose his seat. i group takes the most votes he will lose his seat.— lose his seat. i want to ask you about this _ lose his seat. i want to ask you about this as _ lose his seat. i want to ask you about this as well, _ lose his seat. i want to ask you about this as well, john, - lose his seat. i want to ask you about this as well, john, the i about this as well, john, the announcement that the former nursing union chief patrick cullen has been selected by sinn fein to stand for

election. it’s selected by sinn fein to stand for election. �* , ., ., , ., selected by sinn fein to stand for election. 3 ., .,, ., .., , election. it's regarded as a coup for sinn fein, _ election. it's regarded as a coup for sinn fein, viewers _ election. it's regarded as a coup for sinn fein, viewers in - election. it's regarded as a coup for sinn fein, viewers in britainl for sinn fein, viewers in britain would be familiar with her, she's a former leader of the royal college of nursing, a formula will be one, and a perfect candidate for sinn fein. she is always quietly expressed nationalist sympathies and is from the republican heartland, so while she does not live in the constituency, i think she would prove a popular candidate, but she is also going up against the single unionist candidate, but also, once again, the tuv, that is the traditional unionists voice is standing there to eat into that unionists boat. mil standing there to eat into that unionists boat.— unionists boat. all the constituencies - unionists boat. all the constituencies have i unionists boat. all the - constituencies have different unionists boat. all the _ constituencies have different races and candidates and in some seeds, parties are not fielding candidates. that's correct, pnr will not be

standing in for constituencies, the dup will not stand where pat cullen is standing, which was split the vote between them and the 0sher unionist party, so they step back in that situation, whether that would be reciprocated somewhere else by the ulster unionist party remains to be clear. . ~ the ulster unionist party remains to be clear. ., ~ , ., g ., ., be clear. thank you, john, for takin: be clear. thank you, john, for taking us _ be clear. thank you, john, for taking us through _ be clear. thank you, john, for taking us through some - be clear. thank you, john, for taking us through some of- be clear. thank you, john, forj taking us through some of the be clear. thank you, john, for - taking us through some of the key issues and candidates in northern ireland. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

now it's time for the panel. this is the part of the show where we hand over the topic of discussion to our panelists, and i will start with you anna, deputy political editor of the men on sunday, what

did you want to discuss? anna, you're frozen, or you look like you're frozen, or you look like you're meditating, i'm not sure which. anna, are you back? are you there? i which. anna, are you back? are you there? , ., , ., which. anna, are you back? are you there? , ., i. , ., there? i 'ust did hear your question it cuts there? i just did hear your question it cuts out- — there? i just did hear your question it cuts out. you _ there? i just did hear your question it cuts out. you wanted _ there? i just did hear your question it cuts out. you wanted to - there? i just did hear your question it cuts out. you wanted to talk - there? i just did hear your question it cuts out. you wanted to talk to l it cuts out. you wanted to talk to us about a _ it cuts out. you wanted to talk to us about a very _ it cuts out. you wanted to talk to us about a very important - it cuts out. you wanted to talk to us about a very important talk i it cuts out. you wanted to talk to l us about a very important talk next topic, take it away. the announcement - topic, take it away. the announcement today i topic, take it away. the l announcement today that topic, take it away. the announcement today that there would be personalised cancer vaccine for people _ be personalised cancer vaccine for people who have already been battling — people who have already been battling cancer, and it's a massive breakthrough and positive developments, which would mean that if you have _ developments, which would mean that if you have already had cancer and treatment — if you have already had cancer and treatment for it, you will get your own personalised job to vent future mutations— own personalised job to vent future mutations for certain cancers. it�*s mutations for certain cancers. it's a reall mutations for certain cancers. it�*s a really pretty important

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about, slightly different change of tone? ., ., ., , tone? i would not quality light-hearted _ tone? i would not quality light-hearted story - tone? i would not quality light-hearted story but i tone? i would not quality - light-hearted story but quite a light—hearted story but quite a poignant and heartbreaking —— heart story, courtesy of the bbc programme, the repair shop,. story, courtesy of the bbc programme, the repairshop,. it tells a story of an irish traditional drum that was made from a soil riddled or sieve, and it was made by a guy called shamus mcginnis in the 19705, and made by a guy called 5hamu5 mcginnis in the 19705, and he has since died, when his sister and father took this quite dilapidated item to the repair shop where pete wood5, i think is the instrument specialist shop where pete woods, i think is the instrument specialist over there, and he restored it back to

perfect condition and he presented to jackie mcginnis shamus's father, who is tearful as he plays it, it is really a family urn of sorts, but sadly itjackie really a family urn of sorts, but sadly it jackie has really a family urn of sorts, but sadly itjackie has since died but at least he got to see it before he passed away. at least he got to see it before he passed away-— passed away. nice and uplifting rotection passed away. nice and uplifting protection story _ passed away. nice and uplifting protection story which - passed away. nice and uplifting protection story which we - passed away. nice and uplifting j protection story which we heard about music which we now bring on to taj ali. in about music which we now bring on to ta' ali. , ., ., ., taj ali. in my hometown luton, we had to bbc — taj ali. in my hometown luton, we had to bbc radio _ taj ali. in my hometown luton, we had to bbc radio 1 weekend - taj ali. in my hometown luton, we had to bbc radio 1 weekend over. taj ali. in my hometown luton, we i had to bbc radio 1 weekend over the weekend, _ had to bbc radio 1 weekend over the weekend, it— had to bbc radio 1 weekend over the weekend, it brought _ had to bbc radio 1 weekend over the weekend, it brought in _ had to bbc radio 1 weekend over the weekend, it brought in millions- weekend, it brought in millions of pounds _ weekend, it brought in millions of pounds worth _ weekend, it brought in millions of pounds worth of— weekend, it brought in millions of pounds worth of revenue, - weekend, it brought in millions of pounds worth of revenue, and - weekend, it brought in millions of| pounds worth of revenue, and one weekend, it brought in millions of. pounds worth of revenue, and one of the tocat— pounds worth of revenue, and one of the local artists, _ pounds worth of revenue, and one of the local artists, a _ pounds worth of revenue, and one of the local artists, a local— pounds worth of revenue, and one of the local artists, a local rapper, - the local artists, a local rapper, she gave — the local artists, a local rapper, she gave a _ the local artists, a local rapper, she gave a shout _ the local artists, a local rapper, she gave a shout out _ the local artists, a local rapper, she gave a shout out to - the local artists, a local rapper, she gave a shout out to inlets i the local artists, a local rapper, | she gave a shout out to inlets of the community— she gave a shout out to inlets of the community organisations . she gave a shout out to inlets of. the community organisations that have supported _ the community organisations that have supported her— the community organisations that have supported herjourney. - the community organisations that have supported herjourney. 0ne| the community organisations that l have supported herjourney. one of those _ have supported herjourney. one of those was _ have supported herjourney. one of those was the — have supported herjourney. one of those was the marshall— have supported herjourney. one of those was the marshall house, - have supported herjourney. one of those was the marshall house, and | those was the marshall house, and this was— those was the marshall house, and this was a — those was the marshall house, and this was a 17th _ those was the marshall house, and this was a 17th century _ those was the marshall house, and this was a 17th century farmhouse i this was a 17th century farmhouse which _ this was a 17th century farmhouse which was — this was a17th century farmhouse which was completely— this was a 17th century farmhouse which was completely derelict - this was a 17th century farmhouse j which was completely derelict and abandoned — which was completely derelict and abandoned and _ which was completely derelict and abandoned and brought _ which was completely derelict and abandoned and brought back- which was completely derelict and abandoned and brought back intol

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wrong reason and i think it was good to have _ wrong reason and i think it was good to have something _ wrong reason and i think it was good to have something uplifting - wrong reason and i think it was good to have something uplifting for- to have something uplifting for the town _ to have something uplifting for the town. �* . r' to have something uplifting for the town. . ., i. ., to have something uplifting for the town. . ., town. and ask you one thing, cash, what ou town. and ask you one thing, cash, what you think _ town. and ask you one thing, cash, what you think about _ town. and ask you one thing, cash, what you think about the _ town. and ask you one thing, cash, what you think about the chris - what you think about the chris martin sung about knutson, i think it was cringing?— it was cringing? yet, it was ok. fair enough. — it was cringing? yet, it was ok. fair enough, it _ it was cringing? yet, it was ok. fair enough, it ends _ it was cringing? yet, it was ok. fair enough, it ends the - it was cringing? yet, it was ok. | fair enough, it ends the context it was cringing? yet, it was ok. - fair enough, it ends the context and that note taj ali and anna mikhailova and john manley, politics correspondent at the irish news, thank you very much to all of you

forjoining us here on bbc news. before we go, and remainder of our top story, we have heard from presidentjoe biden who said that israel has offered a proposal for a cease—fire, and we have had a response from hamas, a positive response from hamas, a positive response there, so we will find out in due course whether or not that means that there could be, in the short or long—term, it be a cease—fire. it is been a long week of news, plenty more on all of the days stories on the bbc news website. i am days stories on the bbc news website. iam rajini days stories on the bbc news website. i am rajini vaidyanathan, kristen is back next week, do stay with us on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm gavin. it's been a big night of women's football in qualification for next

year's european championship, with all home nations in action. a huge one for england, too. just a few moments left in their game with france at stjames' park, and it's not going the defending champions' way. after losing goalkeeper mary earps to injury early on, beth mead put the lionesses ahead, only for france to strike twice with marie—antoinette katoto scoring the second. england would drop to third behind france and sweden. the two sides play each other again in st—etienne on tuesday. scotland's match with israel was played behind closed doors due to fear of protests over the war in gaza disrupting the game. there were demonstrations outside hampden before the match, and inside the ground, a man managed to secure himself to one of the goalposts and the qualifier kicked off half an hour late. a5 for the match itself, scotland thrashed israel 4—1. they were 3—0 up by half—time. claire emslie scored twice. the result means pedro martinez losa's side top their group on goal difference.

wales had made a great start to qualifying, winning their first two matches, but their perfect start is over after drawing 1—1 with ukraine. an early error helping veronika andrukhiv give the visitors the lead, but the welsh struck back after being granted a penalty for handball, which was swiftly dispatched by kayleigh barton. wales stay top of the group. northern ireland are the only home nation still playing. they're in portugal, and the second half has just kicked off. they're trailing 1—0, though. carole costa's penalty giving the home side a 1—0 lead. tomorrow, attention turns to wembley as borussia dortmund take on real madrid in the champions league final. the german side haven't won the tournament since 1997, whilst real are going for a record—extending 15th title. and their manager admits his team have an affinity with this competition. there is something special in this club. i think it would be important

to be studied, this, because it is not a casualty, it is something that special, it depends from what, i don't know, but i think it can be the history or the tradition or the quality of the players or the character because it happened so many times that it is not a casualty. the first of rugby union's premiership playoff semifinals took place tonight, where northampton just edged out a resurgent saracens 22—20 to seal their place in the final at twickenham next weekend. with the contest still in the balance in the dying seconds, on his final game at franklins gardens, courtney lawes helped produced a match—winning defensive play that halted saracens in their tracks. saints march on to twickenham, while it's the end of an era for owen farrell and the vunipola brothers mako and billy. and in the united rugby championship, glasgow were already assured of a playoff place, and they beat zebre 38—26.

the italian side had the lead at half—time, but glasgow came back. sebastian cancelliere going over in the corner for glasgow's fourth try of the evening, means they can still finish in top two depending on final weekend results. zebre stay bottom with one urc win all season. at the french open, the world number three carlos alcaraz is looking good to make the last 16. he's two sets up against the american sebastien korda. a big shock earlier in the day, though, with the world number six andrey rublev knocked out. he was beaten by italy's matteo arnaldi, a player ranked 29 places below him, who won in straight sets. arnaldi will play stefanos tsitsipas next. in the women's draw, world number one iga swiatek is a step closer to a third successive title. she's into round four after beating marie bouzkova in straight sets. wins, too, for coco gauff and 0n5 jabuer. in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens have moved two points clear at the top. they beat the catalans dragons 24—12. the home side ran in four tries,

tommy makinson with their third. elsewhere, huddersfield beat hull fc 24-18. to golf now, and at the us women's open, england'sjodi ewart shadoff will be looking for a big day tomorrow after finishing her second round tied for 24th at 3—over—par. meanwhile, at the halfway mark of the canadian 0pen, the pace is being set by scotland's robert macintyre. mcintyre, who's ranked 76th in the world, carded a second round of a—under—par, taking him to 10—under overall. just an update on the england and france match, england currently losing 2—1, about to finish in that much, five minutes' time remaining, updates on the bbc sports website, but that is all for now. hello there. tomorrow marks the start of meteorological summer,

and there's going to be a lot of dry weather this weekend and some warm sunshine as well. and earlier today, it was very pleasant in cumbria, but there was a chilly wind blowing. some of the strongest winds have been here in cromer in norfolk, gusting a0 mph. the wind off the north sea making it feel quite chilly. and around the edge of this area of high pressure, this is where we've got the strongest of the winds. that's been bringing a lot of cloud to some eastern parts of england. a little rain earlier as well, but that's moving away. we're still going to hang on to some cloud for eastern areas of the uk overnight. one or two spots of rain heading down across eastern parts of scotland. but further west, we're going to have clearer skies and lighter winds as well. it could turn a little chilly, 6—7 degrees first thing in the morning. heading into tomorrow, and it will warm up in the sunshine and there'll be more sunshine across east anglia and the south—east of england, should be dry here as well. a bit more cloud, though, coming down across scotland into northern england and the midlands could bring one oi’ two showers. otherwise, it should be dry. sunny spells for northern ireland, lots of sunshine in scotland. temperatures in the central belt reaching 20 degrees on saturday afternoon. and across the south—east,

it will be a warmer day with more sunshine and the winds not as strong either. the high pressure that's bringing a lot of dry weather is tending to get pushed away a little bit on sunday. and around the top of that high, we're seeing more cloud coming in from the atlantic. that'll bring cloudier skies into scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few spots of rain in the north—west. some of that cloud will push into northern england. but further south, we've got some sunny spells. the winds continuing to fall lighter across south—eastern areas. so it's warming up here further. highs could reach 22 degrees. and still quite warm across north—east england, eastern scotland with some sunshine. not quite so warm in the west of scotland, where we've got all this cloud. and that cloud will push its way southwards overnight and into monday together with that weather front, which is very weak. so there's little or no rain on that. it's more cloud that's moving southwards, followed by sunshine in northern england and scotland and perhaps northern ireland. temperatures reaching 17—18 degrees. further south, even with some cloud, we've still got highs of 20 celsius. but the area of high pressure is getting pushed away,

and that's allowing north—westerly winds to come in. those will be stronger on tuesday. polar maritime air could bring some showers. wintry over the scottish mountains, still warm and dry in southern england.

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