to say the trial was rigged. south africa could see a shift in politics as the ruling party anc looks set lose its majority in parliament after wednesday's general election. hello, i'm nicky schiller. we start with new proposals to try to end the conflict in gaza. president biden has urged hamas to accept a new israeli proposal to free hostages and bring about a lasting ceasefire. mr biden, speaking from the white house, unveiled the three—part plan, which would begin with a six—week ceasefire in which the israel defence forces would withdraw from populated areas of gaza. there would also be a surge of humanitarian aid

as well as an exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners. the president said it was "time for this war to end". hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. shortly after president biden spoke, democratic and republican leaders invited the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to address a joint meeting of congress. the date of the speech has not yet been set. our first report this hour is from vincent mcaviney. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, according to the hamas—run health ministry. hundreds of thousands are displaced and aid is struggling to reach them. the conflict has put the us—israel relationship under immense pressure.

but in a surprise move, president biden unveiled a new peace proposal and ceasefire offer from israel. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with this plan and will call for the war to continue indefinitely. some — some are even in the government coalition. and they've made it clear they want to occupy gaza. they want to keep fighting for years. and the hostages are not a priority to them. well, i've urged the leadership manager to stand behind this to stand behind this deal, despite whatever pressure comes. president biden outlined a three—phase proposal that would begin with an immediate six—week ceasefire. at the same time, israeli forces would carry out a withdrawal from gaza. israeli hostages in gaza would be exchanged for palestinian prisoners, and 600 trucks of humanitarian aid would be delivered there each day. in the second phase, hamas and israel would negotiate

a permanent end to hostilities. the final phase would include a major reconstruction operation in gaza with international support. among those urging hamas to get on board was foreign secretary david cameron, posting on social media: "let's seize this moment and bring this conflict to an end." for president biden, resolving the conflict has become a political imperative ahead of elections in five months�* time. he's been losing the support of some younger voters and muslim voters. both have been vocal in their dissatisfaction at events in gaza. for palestinians in gaza, if hamas agrees to this deal, it will be the start of a long road to rebuild some semblance of the lives they once had. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. with me now is mohamed

taha from bbc arabic. we have had proposals before. what is in this one and what's new? it what is in this one and what's new? , . , . what is in this one and what's new? ,. h, , new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not — new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not include _ new? it is an israeli proposal, it does not include a - new? it is an israeli proposal, i it does not include a permanent ceasefire. it does not include a full withdrawal from the israeli forces from gaza, which are the main two demands of hamas. 50 are the main two demands of hamas. . are the main two demands of hamas, ., , are the main two demands of hamas. ., , ., ., ,�* hamas. so what is hamas' resnonse _ hamas. so what is hamas' resnonse so _ hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? - hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? they - hamas. so what is hamas' response so far? they are | response so far? they are responding _ response so far? they are responding positively - response so far? they are responding positively to i response so far? they are l responding positively to this proposal. they say president biden, he mentioned permanent ceasefire, he mentioned permanent cessation of hostilities. they say that he mentioned a full withdrawal from gaza. he only mentioned a withdrawal from the israeli forces from the inhabited areas. ., . , ,, , forces from the inhabited areas. ., . , ,, areas. how much pressure is on hamas to _ areas. how much pressure is on hamas to accept _ areas. how much pressure is on hamas to accept and _ areas. how much pressure is on hamas to accept and what - areas. how much pressure is on hamas to accept and what is - areas. how much pressure is on| hamas to accept and what is the next stage of these proposals

going forward? {iii next stage of these proposals going forward?— next stage of these proposals going forward? of course there is a hue going forward? of course there is a huge pressure _ going forward? of course there is a huge pressure on - going forward? of course there is a huge pressure on both - is a huge pressure on both parties, the israeli party and hamas party to accept the ceasefire. this war went so far, with about 40,000 civilians died in gaza, a dire humanitarian situation in gaza, no single fully functional hospital, no school working. civilians really want their life to come back again. along with the families of the hostages that are expecting to get the hostages back. huge pressures from both sides. to what extent they would refuse these proposals and continue these proposals and continue the war, i highly doubt that. and on the israeli side, benjamin netanyahu, president biden even mentioned it, he is under pressure within his own government to carry on the operation until what they see

as the defeat of hamas. indeed. this preposal — as the defeat of hamas. indeed. this preposal by _ as the defeat of hamas. indeed. this proposal by israel _ as the defeat of hamas. indeed. this proposal by israel would - this proposal by israel would guarantee israel to have presence in gaza, in the hidden inhabitant areas. this would allow them to restart the war at any time, hunt hamas members at any time, hunt hamas members at any time, be responsible for security in gaza. it is all about who will appear winning this war, nikki. if hamas would accept these proposals without accept these proposals without a guarantee of a permanent ceasefire, permanent withdrawal, it might appear they lost the war. if the israelis would accept any proposal that would include a permanent ceasefire, full withdrawal, it would appear they lost this war.— withdrawal, it would appear they lost this war. thank you forjoining — they lost this war. thank you forjoining us— they lost this war. thank you forjoining us with _ they lost this war. thank you forjoining us with the - they lost this war. thank you j forjoining us with the latest. president biden has said it is dangerous for people to question the integrity of the guilty verdict in donald

trump's hush moneyjury trial. he said the former president had been given every opportunity to defend himself. mr trump has said he will appeal against his criminal conviction. 0ur north america correspondentjohn sudworth reports from new york. in the gold—trimmed grandeur of trump tower, its owner set out his vision for an election campaign based on the politics of personal grievance. we had a conflicted judge. highly conflicted. there's never been a more conflicted judge. so i'm the leading person for president and i'm under a gag order by a man that can't put two sentences together. but he's a very big danger to our country. and the only way they think they can win this election is by doing exactly what they're doing right now — win it in the courts because they can't win it at the ballot box. the accusation is without foundation. mr trump's guilty verdicts were delivered on the evidence

by 12 jurors, finding that he'd falsified records to hide hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels to keep her claim that they had had sex from us voters. hi, everyone. in his first comments on the verdict, president biden described mr trump's attacks on the court, the judge and the system as a whole, as dangerous. it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. 0urjustice system has endured for nearly 250 years. and it literally is the cornerstone of america. but minds are already made up — americans are now a people talking past each other across a deep political divide. there's no doubting the seismic significance of having a convicted felon as republican candidate for president. but the political implications are harder to discern. 0n the one hand, it might put some voters off.

0n the other, mr trump will do everything he can to use it for his advantage. the former president claimed that, in the few hours since the verdict was delivered, he had already raised almost $40 million in campaign funds. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. let's speak to our north america correspondent, will vernon. mrtrump mr trump says he will appeal. what is the process now going forward? fin what is the process now going forward? , , " ., , forward? on july 11, that is when we — forward? on july 11, that is when we are _ forward? on july 11, that is when we are due - forward? on july 11, that is when we are due to - forward? on july 11, that is when we are due to hear. forward? on july 11, that is i when we are due to hear the sentencing. that could take the form of prison, a fine, probation or possibly something else. as you say, mr trump will almost certainly appeal. appeals can take months or years, so this hush money saga could drag on for a little longer yet. of course, when he

appeals, that will delay the imposition of any sentencing, any punishment. so as i say, i think this process will take a long time. we don't know what will be the result of that appeal. after this court, you can then appeal to the appeals court, and then even to the supreme court. so i don't think we are out of the woods yet on this story. we are out of the woods yet on this story-— this story. the other question a lot of peeple _ this story. the other question a lot of people are _ this story. the other question a lot of people are going - this story. the other question a lot of people are going to i this story. the other question | a lot of people are going to be asking, john mentioned it in his report, the impact on the presidential election. {iii presidential election. of course. _ presidential election. of course, that's the big question, isn't it? what impact will this have on that crucial election in november? according to the polling, there is a small but important group of voters in the swing states, those five or six key us states that will essentially decide the election come november... those people say if donald trump were convicted of a crime, and now he has been, that they would not vote for

him in the presidential election. and that could potentially swing things. but i think also this verdict gives president biden potentially a very important political weapon, that he could use or he could not. he can now make a very clear distinction that this election is between him and a convicted criminal. and that could potentially be a very powerful message. mr biden hadn't been very keen thus far to get involved, you know, to get bogged down in mr trump's legal problems. but that appeared to change today, didn't it? mr biden made that address from the white house where he criticised mr trump's response to the conviction, calling it reckless and dangerous and irresponsible. we will have to see if that rhetoric maintains itself and whether mr biden will use this to his advantage in the electoral campaign. talking of the electoral— electoral campaign. talking of the electoral campaign, - electoral campaign. talking of the electoral campaign, we i

electoral campaign. talking of. the electoral campaign, we have the electoral campaign, we have the first tv debate coming up later this month. how much he will go on the attack using what you have talked about within that tv debate? find within that tv debate? and also, of course, _ within that tv debate? and also, of course, how- within that tv debate? fific also, of course, how donald trump will use this. we heard him earlier in that rather than fancy setting of that news conference —— that rather fancy setting. mrtrump conference —— that rather fancy setting. mr trump boasted that this had resulted in a windfall of electoral campaign donations, over $34 million according to the campaign. at shows how mr trump will use the verdict, he will do what he always does, you will use it to try and capitalise politically, to galvanise his supporters, to use it to attack president biden. we heard him repeat the same old falsehoods, unsubstantiated claims that this was rigged, it was part of a political witchhunt orchestrated by the biden administration. none of that is backed up by any evidence, of

course. but mr trump will use this verdict to fund—raise and to put himself centre stage as the victims. that's what he does with all his legal cases. he weaves them into his political strategy.- he weaves them into his political strategy. let's pick u . political strategy. let's pick u- on political strategy. let's pick up on that _ political strategy. let's pick up on that now. _ let's speak to mehek cooke, lawyer and republican strategist. thank you forjoining us. i wondered if you agreed with will, that mr trump is going to use this to his advantage? thank you for having me. i think we have to be very clear on what happened. yesterday was a very sad day for the rule or law and democracy. i don't agree with the analysis that was just given. agree with the analysis that wasjust given. —— agree with the analysis that was just given. —— the agree with the analysis that wasjust given. —— the rule agree with the analysis that was just given. —— the rule of law. when president trump says this was a rigged case, look at the facts. this was rigged by joe biden because he sent his number three in the doj... there is no evidence of that.

there is no evidence of that. there was a number three, i request any viewer to google it, he used to work for the department ofjustice. no person that is number three in line of the highest position of the department ofjustice is going to leave that post to go and do a scrappy case in new york city... and do a scrappy case in new york city- - -— and do a scrappy case in new york city... when you look at the evidence... _ york city... when you look at the evidence... somebody i york city... when you look at - the evidence. .. somebody would the evidence... somebody would leave such _ the evidence... somebody would leave such a _ the evidence... somebody would leave such a high _ the evidence... somebody would leave such a high government i leave such a high government official position... i have worked at the us attorney office and i would never leave that position to go work in a local case. i that position to go work in a local case-— that position to go work in a local case. i understand that our local case. i understand that your point — local case. i understand that your point of— local case. i understand that your point of view. - local case. i understand that your point of view. isn't i local case. i understand that your point of view. isn't this | your point of view. isn't this a case that supporters of donald trump are going to say it is rigged, and other people are going to say it isn't. going forward, which is what we are now looking at, mr trump is going to appeal, but back to my first question, is he going to

use this in her campaign in terms of when we get to the presidential tv debates? —— his campaign. i presidentialtv debates? -- his campaign-— campaign. i think president trump has _ campaign. i think president trump has to _ campaign. i think president trump has to respond. i campaign. i think president trump has to respond. he i campaign. i think president i trump has to respond. he has an unconstitutional gag order right now. again, thejustice system in new york has been politicised and weaponised against him, so he has every right to respond. the rule of law has been eviscerated, and it's notjust my opinion. these are facts that cnn and so many other expert attorneys have sat and said this was the weakest case against president trump, it should never have been brought. let's be clear, a hush money payment is called a settlement agreement in america. a nondisclosure agreement is not illegal... nobody proved there was a crime committed. the nobody proved there was a crime committed-— committed. the trial wasn't about the — committed. the trial wasn't about the fact _ committed. the trial wasn't about the fact he _ committed. the trial wasn't about the fact he made i committed. the trial wasn't about the fact he made the | about the fact he made the payment, it was about the accounting of that payment. if we can look at the election, i understand your point of view

about it, the trial itself, could the fact he is now a convicted criminal, even though he is going through the appeals process, have an effect on republican voters in those key swing states? i republican voters in those key swing states?— swing states? i found it interesting _ swing states? i found it interesting listening i swing states? i found it interesting listening to | swing states? i found it i interesting listening to the analysis, there was a poll that just came out, the new york post, 67% of americans are not impacted by this particular case, because it was rigged and unfair. so it is not going to impact the election. if anything, we are seeing historic fundraising. $53 million in 24 hours in terms of support for president trump. that's $2 million per hour, to continue to support president trump so he can get the truth out. so if anything, this is backfiring onjoe biden. out. so if anything, this is backfiring on joe biden. thank ou for backfiring on joe biden. thank you forjoining _ backfiring on joe biden. thank you forjoining us _ backfiring on joe biden. thank you forjoining us on _ backfiring on joe biden. thank you forjoining us on bbc i backfiring on joe biden. thank. you forjoining us on bbc news. south africa's governing african national congress may

have to share power because it looks set to lose the parliamentary majority it has enjoyed for three decades following wednesday's general election. and now, with 90% of the vote counted, the anc�*s share of the vote stands atjust under 4i%. let's speak to sanusha naidu, who is a political analyst and senior research fellow, at the institute for global dialogue. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. so it does now look, with most of the votes in, that the anc won't have a majority for the first time since 1994. why do you think some voters have lost faith with the party?- lost faith with the party? good mornin: , lost faith with the party? good morning. and _ lost faith with the party? good morning, and good _ lost faith with the party? good morning, and good morning i lost faith with the party? (emf. morning, and good morning to the viewers. i think the real issue with the anc is it has become increasingly difficult to manage its own internal politics. but also at the governing level, as the government in power, the party in power, what has happened is

it has essentially started to slide in terms of governance and governing. when you look at the attitudes towards institutions, public institutions, public institutions, you look at the issues around governance, the issues around governance, the issues around governance, the issues around crime, security, unemployment, poverty, inequality, people still living on a very small living standard measure. these are all issues that i think have become, over time, manifested in frustration, particularly among the younger generation, a cohort of younger people who find themselves in a higher unemployment rate. that prostration has translated into this kind of trust deficit with the ruling party, but also i think the ruling party has become inward —looking, and the complacency in terms of how they look at themselves as the party of 1994 but also moving towards the kind of party it wants to be in terms of where it is 30 years later.—

it is 30 years later. looking forward. — it is 30 years later. looking forward, what _ it is 30 years later. looking forward, what options i it is 30 years later. looking forward, what options are l it is 30 years later. looking i forward, what options are there forward, what options are there for the anc over a coalition? the democratic alliance looks set to get around 23% of the vote. is a coalition with the d a likely? has vote. is a coalition with the d a likel ? ~ , ., vote. is a coalition with the d alikel ? a ., , vote. is a coalition with the d a likely?— a likely? as of this moment, the democratic _ a likely? as of this moment, the democratic alliance i a likely? as of this moment, the democratic alliance is i the democratic alliance is sitting at 21.7% of the national vote, we have around 97% of the vote counted. that's the most likely, the most rational scenario that should happen, that the d a and the anc should stop talking about a coalition, because that would assist them in terms of the fact they could work nationally but also deal with what we have seenin but also deal with what we have seen in terms of the spectacular rise of former presidentjacob zuma's party, president jacob zuma's party, he presidentjacob zuma's party, he supports the party but remains a member of the anc, which is quite bizarre. this could help them deal with some of the providences they lose.

especially in the economic heartland of the country. —— the provinces they lose. although this is the issue that should prevail, we are not guaranteed how the negotiations would take place and whether or not there would have to be certain levels, issues of compromise, and how that would happen. the markets seem to see this, and people seem to see this, and people seem to see this as the most likely rational scenario, this as the most likely rationalscenario, but this as the most likely rational scenario, but then or because you have the other side, where there may be individuals on both sides of the divide, in both parties, who may be much more rigid about this kind of coalition. how long do you think this is likely to take to get the coalition up and running? it's not happened for 30 years. absolutely, technically the anc say they want to start finalising the results. there have been a few disputes overnight. to address those disputes and then basically

finalise and release the results tomorrow. we will wait and see. but within the 14 day period, you have to convene parliament. already we are hearing that both the anc, da and other political parties, within their parties with informal talks, as well as with each other. they don't have much time, we don't have a coalition framework within parliament that has been legislated that gives them a timeframe. so with the constitution, it says in terms of the electoral act and what needs to happen going forward, the 14 day period is where we are at this point in time. so we are kind of at this level in which it's going to have to be very, very quick but it's also kind of very dire at the moment because we have to start talking about this even as the election results are being audited and of course being verified. ., ~ audited and of course being verified. ., ,, , ., ,

audited and of course being verified. ., ~' , ., , . verified. thank you very much forjoining _ verified. thank you very much forjoining us— verified. thank you very much forjoining us from _ verified. thank you very much forjoining us from cape i verified. thank you very much | forjoining us from cape town. government leaders, defense officials and diplomats from around the world are at asia's top security summit in singapore — that's the shangri la dialogue defence summit. us defense secretary lloyd austin says he and his chinese counterpart have had frank discussions and "the us can only be secure if asia is secure". whilst philippine president ferdinand marcoer called on the us and china to work harder to resolve disputes or risk destabilising southeast asia. let's speak to our asia business reporter suranjana tewari for more on this. let's start with lloyd austin, the us defence secretary. what did he have to say?— did he have to say? yeah, his seech did he have to say? yeah, his speech earlier _ did he have to say? yeah, his speech earlier this _ did he have to say? yeah, his speech earlier this morning i did he have to say? yeah, his i speech earlier this morning was the first item for day two of this summit. his trip and his speech was really about reassuring smaller nations in the region that they are a

priority for the united states. even with conflicts going on in ukraine and gaza. he said, we are all in, and as you mentioned, he said a secure asia means a secure us. it's really interesting because of those concerns around the other conflicts that the us is involved in, lloyd austin listed out all the initiatives the us has taken on in the region in the last three years. as proof that the region is a priority for the us.— priority for the us. how did the other— priority for the us. how did the other countries - priority for the us. how did the other countries in i priority for the us. how did the other countries in the l the other countries in the region feel about those relationships between the us and china?— and china? yeah, well, it's a balance- _ and china? yeah, well, it's a balance. there _ and china? yeah, well, it's a balance. there was - and china? yeah, well, it's a balance. there was an i balance. there was an indonesian delegate who asked a question after lloyd austin's speech, saying, when the us

china relationship is good, their country sometimes is overlooked, but also they have a responsibility to not create new security dilemmas. that's what the philippines president ferdinand marcosjunior said at ferdinand marcos junior said at his ferdinand marcosjunior said at his keynote speech last night. he said the us and china have a responsibility to secure the region, and to take care of their relationship to avoid raising tensions. now, the attention is shifting, there is attention is shifting, there is a big rumour that volodymyr zelensky, the ukrainian president, is going to make an appearance. that's really ironic for the country is here, because once again, if that does happen, it's not confirmed yet, but if that does happen, the attention will once again turn to the war in ukraine rather than the china security threat in the asia—pacific. interesting, thank you very much, i know you will come back with updates from the conference in singapore.

if you want to see all four members of the legendary pop band abba together these days, you usually have to make to with their virtual images at their voyage show here in london. but now the four have reunited in the flesh for a royal occasion. they've been given one of the most prestigious knighthoods in their native sweden — which has not been handed out to anyone in almost 50 years. king carl gustaf gave them the honourfor their contributions to swedish and international music life. a case of the nation saying "thank you for the music". stay with us here on bbc news. hello. in weather and climate terms, the beginning ofjune marks the start of summer, and the weather is going to feel fairly summer—like this weekend. it will be dry for most of us,

warm in the sunshine, but the nights will still be quite chilly. and saturday getting off to a rather chilly start. these are the temperatures in the towns and cities. out in the countryside, some spots a little bit colder than that. but after that chilly start, most places will see some spells of sunshine — any early mist will clear. this area of cloud, across east anglia and the south—east, that should tend to break up to give some spells of sunshine. but then we've got this zone of cloud pushing out of southern scotland, into northern england, affecting parts of northern ireland, north wales, the north midlands, maybe producing the odd shower. temperatures for some northern and eastern coasts, around 14, 15, 16 degrees. in shelter, southern and western parts, highs of 20 or 21 degrees. now, through saturday night into sunday, a few mist patches, but largely clear skies overhead. that will allow temperatures to drop down into single digits for many. high pressure in charge of the weather this weekend, centred to the west of us. but as we get into sunday, the orientation of that high

will allow this clump of clouds to roll its way into the northern half of the uk. so, clouding over, i think, across parts of northern ireland, certainly northern and western parts of scotland. a little bit of patchy rain, perhaps some more persistent rain, into the north—west later. eastern scotland should see some brightness, and for england and wales, we'll hold on to some spells of sunshine and it is going to feel warm out there — highs of 22 or maybe 23 degrees. always a bit cooler towards the north and the west of the uk, where this frontal system will be bringing some outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain. that front sinking a little bit further southwards into monday. not much rain left on it by this stage, but certainly a band of cloud pushing southwards. that cloud likely to affect parts of wales, southern england by monday afternoon, with the odd shower. further north, some spells of sunshine, temperatures down a little bit but still getting to 20 or 21 degrees. but those temperatures do have further to fall. the summer—like warmth not lasting all that long for some of us, with this cooler air sinking its way southwards.

so temperatures will be dropping, actually, towards the middle and the end of the week, and particularly in the northern half of the uk, we will see some showers.

this is bbc news — the headlines... president biden has unveiled an israeli proposal to end the war in gaza — urging hamas to accept it.

the three—part plan would begin with a six—week ceasefire, with the israel defense forces withdrawing from populated areas of gaza. the deal could eventually lead to a permanent "cessation of hostilities". following the historic conviction of donald trump, president biden has said it's "reckless" for his predecessor to say the trial was rigged. the republican candidate has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsification of business records. trump says he will appeal the conviction. and south africa's governing african national congress may have to share power because it looks set to lose the parliamentary majority it has enjoyed for three decades after wednesday's general election. with counting almost complete, the anc�*s share of the vote stands at just under 41%. final results are expected over the weekend. i will have a full bulletin of news for you at the top of the

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