and ended 30 years ago. i'm catherine byaruhanga in south and i'm catherine byaruhanga in south africa, where the anc�*s top leaders including president cyril ramaphosa have been meeting to discuss the way forward following these terrible results for the party. in the uk election campaign, jobs, skills and funding for local towns takes centre stage as party leaders tour the country. israel and hamas give broadly positive responses to a new proposal to end the war in gaza, as the uk throws its support behind it. we believe that this is an opportunity that we all must seize to bring this conflict to a permanent end. boeing prepares to launch its first space mission with astronauts on board. we'll take you there live. 14—time champions real madrid prepare to face borussia dortmund in the champions league final in london.

hello, i'm anna.. —— anna foster. south africa's governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with virtually all the votes now counted from wednesday's election, the anc stands at around 40% — a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc say the result has been a wake—up call for the party. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there was a clear protest from our people. our people are saying, "we love the anc, "but the anc must self—correct." we have already started that programme of organisational renewal. i think we need to fast—track that. we must no longer only speak about acting against corruption, we must be seen as doing that.

we must be seen as giving our people the service. that is the message that our people have said to us and it's a message we have received loud and clear. let's go live to our correspondent catherine byaruhanga in johannesburg. yes, anna, we are all waiting for that final result from the electoral commission and you can actually see the board behind me at the moment, 99.7% of all the polling stations in south africa have reported their results and they have been published by the electoral commission here. the expectation is that the final result is not going to change much from what we have at the moment, which is that the anc is set to win about 40% of the final results. this is a poor showing for a party that has been so dominant in south africa's history and you will remember the anc led the liberation

movement against the apartheid regime and since then it has had a majority in every government for 30 years. how significant is this election for south africa? joining me now is nicola de jager, political science professor at stellenbosch university. thank you forjoining us on bbc news, professor. how historic is this election for south africa? goad this election for south africa? good evenin: , this election for south africa? good evening, catherine, _ this election for south africa? good evening, catherine, yes, _ this election for south africa? good evening, catherine, yes, this is a watershed — evening, catherine, yes, this is a watershed election for us. we have had 30 _ watershed election for us. we have had 30 years of party dominance and political— had 30 years of party dominance and political dynamics are going to change — political dynamics are going to change whatever in south africa. the anc, _ change whatever in south africa. the anc, to _ change whatever in south africa. the anc, to lose its dominance, it also means— anc, to lose its dominance, it also means a _ anc, to lose its dominance, it also means a shift in terms of decision—making, the locus moves from _ decision—making, the locus moves from the _ decision—making, the locus moves from the anc and their headquarters into parliament and negotiated and moderated decision—making. as into parliament and negotiated and moderated decision-making. as you sa , the moderated decision-making. as you say. the anc — moderated decision-making. as you say. the anc has — moderated decision-making. as you say, the anc has been _ moderated decision-making. as you say, the anc has been dominant - moderated decision-making. as you say, the anc has been dominant in. say, the anc has been dominant in south africa's politics and has

never really had to negotiate with other parties and right now it has to reach some kind of alliance before the parliament sits within two weeks of these elections being called. how do you think the anc will handle this process? the called. how do you think the anc will handle this process? the anc is auoin to sit will handle this process? the anc is going to sit with _ will handle this process? the anc is going to sit with a _ will handle this process? the anc is going to sit with a decision - will handle this process? the anc is going to sit with a decision and - will handle this process? the anc is going to sit with a decision and if. going to sit with a decision and if you look— going to sit with a decision and if you look at— going to sit with a decision and if you look at the four major parties that are _ you look at the four major parties that are sitting in there, it is the anc, _ that are sitting in there, it is the anc, the — that are sitting in there, it is the anc, the democratic alliance, umkhonto we sizwe and eff so where will it— umkhonto we sizwe and eff so where will it sit— umkhonto we sizwe and eff so where will it sit with its alliance? it can either— will it sit with its alliance? it can either go towards a more radical route _ can either go towards a more radical route and _ can either go towards a more radical route and then we will look at the mk and _ route and then we will look at the mk and the eff or also it can moderate _ mk and the eff or also it can moderate and go towards the da so it has a _ moderate and go towards the da so it has a decision, will it go radical or moderate cognition or will it go to a minority government and still it witt— to a minority government and still it will have — to a minority government and still it will have to negotiate with some of these _ it will have to negotiate with some of these parties in terms of actually— of these parties in terms of actually getting them to support its presidential candidates, so this is

new territory for the anc, new territory — new territory for the anc, new territory for south african politics. _ territory for south african politics, moving into coalitions, moving — politics, moving into coalitions, moving into negotiated decision—making and it is momentous for us _ decision—making and it is momentous for us. tro�*e— decision-making and it is momentous for us. ~ ., �* decision-making and it is momentous for us. ~ . �* , decision-making and it is momentous for us. . . �* , . decision-making and it is momentous forus. . �* , . ., ., for us. we haven't seen much of a resident for us. we haven't seen much of a president to _ for us. we haven't seen much of a president to cyril _ for us. we haven't seen much of a president to cyril ramaphosa - for us. we haven't seen much of a | president to cyril ramaphosa since election day. where do you think he stands today following these results and the negotiations that have to happen? he and the negotiations that have to ha en? , ., and the negotiations that have to ha . en? , ., , and the negotiations that have to hauen? , . , ., happen? he is in a very tough spot at the moment _ happen? he is in a very tough spot at the moment because _ happen? he is in a very tough spot at the moment because the - happen? he is in a very tough spot. at the moment because the decision is will— at the moment because the decision is will the _ at the moment because the decision is will the anc insiders, its cohort and decision makers and national executive — and decision makers and national executive committee, will they oust him or— executive committee, will they oust him or will— executive committee, will they oust him or will they keep him? and this will also _ him or will they keep him? and this will also have ramifications for south — will also have ramifications for south africa because he is considered to be more of a moderate voice _ considered to be more of a moderate voice and _ considered to be more of a moderate voice and if— considered to be more of a moderate voice and if he stays and becomes a presidential— voice and if he stays and becomes a presidential candidates going forward, then we will probably move any more _ forward, then we will probably move any more moderate line, they will move _ any more moderate line, they will move more — any more moderate line, they will move more in terms of seeing cognition— move more in terms of seeing cognition with the da, however if he is removed — cognition with the da, however if he is removed and punished for this

election— is removed and punished for this election result, which is not so much — election result, which is not so much his— election result, which is not so much his responsibility but sits with the — much his responsibility but sits with the anc as a whole and also with the anc as a whole and also with former president jacob zuma who has become _ with former president jacob zuma who has become a big contender with mk, so yes, _ has become a big contender with mk, so yes, the _ has become a big contender with mk, so yes, the decision now rests with what _ so yes, the decision now rests with what witt— so yes, the decision now rests with what will they do with cyril ramaphosa and what will that mean for south _ ramaphosa and what will that mean for south africa going forward as a whole? _ for south africa going forward as a whole? ., ~ for south africa going forward as a whole? ., ,, , ., , for south africa going forward as a whole? ., ,, ,, , . whole? indeed, thank you very much, professor nicola _ whole? indeed, thank you very much, professor nicola de _ whole? indeed, thank you very much, professor nicola de jager _ whole? indeed, thank you very much, professor nicola de jager from - whole? indeed, thank you very much, professor nicola de jager from the - professor nicola de jager from the university of stellenbosch and thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the thanks, catherine. this you forjoining us on bbc news. the thanks, catherine.— thanks, catherine. this is really a tricky position _ thanks, catherine. this is really a tricky position for— thanks, catherine. this is really a tricky position for the _ thanks, catherine. this is really a tricky position for the anc - thanks, catherine. this is really a tricky position for the anc party l tricky position for the anc party and of course they have these delicate negotiations that could cause instability with the party. does it choose to go further to the left or much more to the centre—rightthere is also an interesting party in all of this and this is the former presidentjacob zuma and his party is expected to

win about 15% of the boat and it is only existed for about five months and that is a strong showing of his constituency within the country. as it stands, if he is not part of any coalition government, what will his role be within south africa's politics. remember he is calling for a change in the constitution and he wants more traditional values within south africa, so could he be a loud voice on the sidelines within the country? and what we did mean for the anc having to deal with such a powerfulfigure outside the anc having to deal with such a powerful figure outside the frameworks of politics? thank you for acuidin frameworks of politics? thank you for guiding us _ frameworks of politics? thank you for guiding us through _ frameworks of politics? thank you for guiding us through us, - for guiding us through us, catherine. catherine and a hunger there, our correspondent in johannesburg. —— catherine byaruhanga there. after a week of general election campaigning here in the uk, all parties are out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the

conservatives are re—elected, while labour vowed to boost employment and increase support for people with long—term illness. meanwhile, the liberal democrats have promised to make ten premier league games available on free—to—air tv per season. 0ur political correspondent ione wales reports. ione wells reports. applause and cheering. cheers, change and cheesy grins. labour are hoping to show a positive front today, with... the launch of the bus — angela's bus. and doesn't it look fantastic? laughter ..after their campaign was a little derailed this week by internal fallout over whether diane abbott could run as a labour candidate. sir keir starmer clarified yesterday she was free to stand. well, i dealt with that issue yesterday. today is about taking our argument to the country, and getting people back to work. there are millions of people who aren't in work, who are on benefits, who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work. we're putting our plan on the table to reform thejob centres so that they can actually be places that support people back into work. applause and cheering the conservatives are also trying

to refocus this weekend, after another former tory mp said they were switching their allegiance to labour. and that's what we're going to stop, aren't we? audience cheers rishi sunak�*s pitch to stop others following was a promise to invest £20 million in 30 towns. the majority are seats currently held by the conservatives. he denied the choice was political. i'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns. it's where the majority of people live. they were neglected for decades under previous labour governments, and we're in teesside today, it's a great example of a place that we've focused on as a government. people can see the change in the community as it's happened. i want to make sure we spread that type of opportunity and pride right across the country. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey says he is taking today to care for his son, who has severe disabilities. his campaign, though, are out touring the south coast. their pledge today is to change the law to force the premier league to show ten games per season on free—to—air television,

criticising the rising cost of season tickets and subscription channels. champions again! there are still weeks to go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on lithjuly. ione wells, bbc news. the american aerospace giant, boeing, is to about to make another attempt to fly its first crewed mission to the international space station aboard a starliner spacecraft. these are the live pictures from the cape canaveral space force station in florida. that is what it looks like on the launch pad right now and it is due to take off in slightly less than 15 minutes' time but we will take you live there when it happens and keep you up—to—date with that story as we continue to talk about other news. now to the middle east — and hamas has indicated it

would support a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza if israel does. hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments. a member of the group's political bureau, basem naim, has been speaking to the bbc world service's newshour programme. we see positive progress in this speech but at the end, it depends on the israeli reactions and acceptance to this deal. if they are ready to go to the deal, hamas will go for this deal. meanwhile, israel's opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahu's coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages.

let's look at some reaction from inside gaza. in the central city of deir al—balah, where many have recently fled following israel's ground assault on rafah last month, people are living in tents with no running water. here's what some of them have said about a potential deal. translation: this proposal came late, but better late than never. i therefore, we hope to god the american administration and the european community in general to continue to put pressure on israel for a ceasefire and to save the children and women of gaza, because most of the martyrs in the gaza strip are women and children. translation: any proposal which leads to us returning i to our homes and the reconstruction of our houses, and the release of our detained brothers, we are with it, all of us as a people. and i, as a citizen, support this proposal. earlier today, i spoke with the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron.

i began by asking him what this deal contained, and how it differs from previous attempts at peace. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase, and a pause in the fighting. then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, more israeli withdrawals, and the release of further hostages, then goes onto a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when we get onto the rebuilding of gaza. all of these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place but fundamentally, why i think this is a moment we should seize to try to bring this conflict to an end permanently, is that it is one thing to call for a ceasefire but of course, if you cannot put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it will not last, and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place because we all know that you have got to look at issues of israeli security and issues of palestinian

statehood alongside each other, in order to make a deal last and to solve this problem. is the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu going to seize this, though? because the far—right elements of his coalition have made it very clear they will bring the government down if he ends the war, so how is that going to encourage mr netanyahu to back this deal? i think what this offers to the israeli government is, first of all, the chance to get the hostages out, which everybody in israel wants, and it then provides a process during which you can put in place the things that will make a ceasefire permanent. 0bviously that will be challenging. and it is challenging, notjust for the israeli government, but for any israeli, to release prisoners in return for hostages which should never have been taken, this is all impossibly difficult but frankly we've all got to lean

in and take difficult decisions and try to play our part, to make this something that leads to a permanent, sustainable ceasefire, and a permanent, sustainable peace. that is what we are aiming for. i'm still curious as to whether this is fundamentally different. because i'm just looking at the statement issued by the prime minister's office just this morning. it says that israel's conditions for ending the war has not changed. it says the notion that israel would agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a nonstarter, so is your understanding that israel have committed, in this new deal, to permanently end the war at a future point in phase three? what they have committed to is to say that, if the hostages get released and we get a pause in the fighting, we are happy to go on talking, and then the crucial question would be can we get the conditions in place, that turn a pause into a permanent ceasefire. and we know what those

conditions are, and from the palestinian point of view it is support for the palestinian authority, setting out the parameters of a palestinian state, and on the israeli side it is going to be that you cannot have gaza run by hamas, and you need guarantees about security and no repeats of october 7th, and attacks from gaza into israel, so it is fundamentally those two twin things, it is statehood for palestine and security for israel. if that can be achieved through a political process rathern than a continue of the fighting, that must be a good thing. does this contain a vision for palestinian statehood? it would seem unusual that israel would agree to that or that the israeli prime minister would agree to that when he said clearly that he wouldn't. does that exist in the deal at this stage or would it be worked on, as the deal progresses? it has to be worked on, because fundamentally,

a deal like this will only work if, as i say, you can meet those twin needs — israeli security on the one hand and palestinian statehood on the other. but i think that, why i think this is a moment we have got to seize to bring this conflict to an end is that there is the short term, which is get the hostages out, and flood gaza with aid to help the desperate humanitarian situation there — that is the short term — the medium to long term is, can you put in place the conditions necessary to bring about a permanent peace and ultimately a settlement of this problem? one of the things that has changed that is a potential positive is that the arab states are leaning in and prepared to help and support a peace process in ways that i have not seen before, and i think an incredibly positive contribution being played by egypt, jordan and qatar and others in helping to bring this about. in helping to bring this about bears testament to that. and there is the other prize here, or what people refer to as normalisation but countries

like saudi arabia, as part of this process, recognising israel, having proper relations with israel, as two normal countries should. that is an enormous prize for israel and also i would argue a prize for saudi arabia too. so by adding in some of these extra elements, you make that movement from pause to ceasefire, to settlement more likely. as a final thought, can hamas be trusted here? because they, throughout this process, have held these hostages, it seems they have not said for sure which hostages are alive or dead, they maybe don't know where they all are, because some of them may be held by criminal elements inside gaza, so can hamas be trusted to keep to their part of this deal? what hamas did on october 7th can never be forgiven or forgotten. i remember seeing for myself what had happened at kibbutz be'eri, and the appalling things that had been done.

that cannot be undone or forgotten. what is required here is for hamas to accept a deal that has been put forward with israeli support, that meets almost all of the things that they have been asking for in terms of the release of prisoners from israeli jails, in terms of a stop in the fighting, in terms of the potential for that stop to be a permanent stop without a return to fighting, and of course for there to be the chance of discussions and moves on strengthening the palestinian authority, the parameters of the palestinian state and the other things i've said, so all they have to do is to accept this deal, and that process can begin. that is the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron. as you can see on your

screen, american aerospace giant boeing is to about to make another attempt to fly its first crew to the international space station aboard a sta rliner spacecraft. it is shortly due to be launched at the cape canaveral space force station in florida with two veteran astronauts onboard. a successful launch would make boeing the second commercial operator to ferry crews to the iss after elon musk�*s spacex. boeing's previous attempt was aborted just hours before liftoff. i now have two eminent mind joining me to talk about this. joining me now is our science correspondentjonothan amos and dr simeon barber, a space scientist at open university. iam i am particularly excited about this

because about six years ago i made a programme for the bbc and i got to see the start line are being built and got to go inside the simulator where they train the crew and jonathan, as we were saying, it is a big moment because they are hoping that commercial crew is the future of space travel, isn't it? it is that commercial crew is the future of space travel, isn't it?— of space travel, isn't it? it is a bi deal of space travel, isn't it? it is a big deal for— of space travel, isn't it? it is a big deal for the _ of space travel, isn't it? it is a big deal for the us _ of space travel, isn't it? it is a big deal for the us space - of space travel, isn't it? it is a - big deal for the us space programme big dealfor the us space programme and a particularly big dealfor boeing. you can't have escaped the news in recent years that the company has had a number of difficulties with its aeroplanes and this vehicle too, the capsule on the top of the rocket has had problems and you talk about six years ago, backin and you talk about six years ago, back in 2010i discussed with boeing executives their plans to introduce a commercial capsule and they thought it would be lunching with people on board in 2015 and that is almost a decade ago. —— they thought it would be launching. it has been that hard for boeing to develop a capsule and they have had any number

of technical issues and even today this capsule is launching with a very small helium link in the propulsion system and they think it is perfectly safe but itjust sort of speaks to the problem is that boeing have had in getting this system ready to fly, so they need a flawless ascent today and they need everything to go perfectly well and then the capsule, which is called starliner, canjoin a then the capsule, which is called starliner, can join a fleet of other vehicles which the space agency is used to take astronauts up to and down from the international space station so you mention space x and their dragon capsule but there is also still the russian soyuz capsule and this would make a third and you need redundancies because if there is a problem with one of the vehicles then another one can step forward so it is big for everyone concerned. taste forward so it is big for everyone concerned-— forward so it is big for everyone concerned. ~ . ., ., concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen — concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen no _ concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen up until— concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen up until a _ concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen up until a few _ concerned. we had a countdown timer on the screen up until a few months . on the screen up until a few months ago with those live pictures from

nasser, lets see if we can just little into what is going on now. console, step 60, report launch vehicle — console, step 60, report launch vehicle status. _ console, step 60, report launch vehicle status. —— _ console, step 60, report launch vehicle status. —— live _ console, step 60, report launch vehicle status. —— live pictures. vehicle status. —— live pictures from _ vehicle status. —— live pictures from nasa _ vehicle status. —— live pictures from nasa. helium _ vehicle status. —— live pictures from nasa. helium bottles - vehicle status. —— live pictures- from nasa. helium bottles stable, propulsion — from nasa. helium bottles stable, propulsion system _ from nasa. helium bottles stable, propulsion system stable, - from nasa. helium bottles stable, propulsion system stable, gas- propulsion system stable, gas readings — propulsion system stable, gas readings nominal. _ propulsion system stable, gas readings nominal. dr- propulsion system stable, gas readings nominal.— propulsion system stable, gas readinasnominal. , ,, ., readings nominal. dr simeon barber still listening — readings nominal. dr simeon barber still listening and _ readings nominal. dr simeon barber still listening and these _ readings nominal. dr simeon barber still listening and these are - readings nominal. dr simeon barber still listening and these are the - still listening and these are the final checks and words like stable is exactly what mission control want to hear now. is exactly what mission control want to hear now— to hear now. yes, words like go, stable and _ to hear now. yes, words like go, stable and nominal— to hear now. yes, words like go, stable and nominal has - to hear now. yes, words like go, stable and nominal has been - to hear now. yes, words like go, stable and nominal has been my| stable and nominal has been my favourite — stable and nominal has been my favourite word over the last two hours _ favourite word over the last two hours listening into this. | favourite word over the last two hours listening into this.- favourite word over the last two hours listening into this. i have to sa , we hours listening into this. i have to say. we have _ hours listening into this. i have to say. we have a — hours listening into this. i have to say, we have a scrub _ hours listening into this. i have to say, we have a scrub for - hours listening into this. i have to say, we have a scrub for the - hours listening into this. i have to say, we have a scrub for the day l hours listening into this. i have to l say, we have a scrub for the day so just a couple of minutes before

launch they have decided to call it off and it is not exactly clear why that is. is off and it is not exactly clear why that is. , ., , that is. is that by the time it disappeared? _ that is. is that by the time it disappeared? you _ that is. is that by the time it disappeared? you have - that is. is that by the time it disappeared? you have to l that is. is that by the time it| disappeared? you have to go that is. is that by the time it - disappeared? you have to go on the button -- is — disappeared? you have to go on the button -- is that _ disappeared? you have to go on the button -- is that why _ disappeared? you have to go on the button -- is that why the _ disappeared? you have to go on the button -- is that why the tyre - button —— is that why the tyre disappeared? in order to be able to catch the space station as it goes ahead you essentially launch to the second. —— is that why the timer disappeared? to resolve whatever problem they have today, they don't think they can get through it and then come back on the clock so probably tomorrow is the first opportunity they will get. that'll be disappointing _ opportunity they will get. that'll be disappointing and _ opportunity they will get. that'll be disappointing and we - opportunity they will get. that'll be disappointing and we noticed j opportunity they will get. that'll be disappointing and we noticed that timer was there and go to about 3.5 minutes and then disappeared from the live pictures so was that the indication that things weren't going as planned? indication that things weren't going as lanned? , ., i. indication that things weren't going as lanned? , ., ,, ., as planned? yes, i mean, you know, these vehicles _ as planned? yes, i mean, you know, these vehicles are _ as planned? yes, i mean, you know, these vehicles are festooned - as planned? yes, i mean, you know, these vehicles are festooned in - these vehicles are festooned in sensors and they may well have seen something they didn't like and if they had had time, they may have

been able to work through it and when you have a launch like this, they build in what they call planned to hold us, that is to say they stop the clock for a period of time and that then allows them to troubleshoot, but when you get up to that moment of launch, there is no time to troubleshoot so they make a decision to scrub for the day, to make all the systems are safe. they will de tank at the rocket and then they will get the two astronauts of they will get the two astronauts of the top and they will go back to their quarters and have another day on earth. . ., their quarters and have another day on earth. ,, ., , g ., ., ., on earth. state with is, jonathan. dr simeon _ on earth. state with is, jonathan. dr simeon barber, _ on earth. state with is, jonathan. dr simeon barber, the _ on earth. state with is, jonathan. | dr simeon barber, the excitement on earth. state with is, jonathan. . dr simeon barber, the excitement in your voice just dr simeon barber, the excitement in your voicejust a couple dr simeon barber, the excitement in your voice just a couple of minutes ago when this looks like it was going ahead and you saying you have been watching these pictures for the last couple of hours. asjonathan touched on, this will be another disappointment for boeing. abs, touched on, this will be another disappointment for boeing. a huge disappointment — disappointment for boeing. a huge disappointment and _ disappointment for boeing. a huge disappointment and even - disappointment for boeing. a huge disappointment and even in - disappointment for boeing. a huge disappointment and even in the - disappointment for boeing. a huge | disappointment and even in the last 12 minutes — disappointment and even in the last 12 minutes before launch, a problem occurred _ 12 minutes before launch, a problem occurred that was to do with a fan

on one _ occurred that was to do with a fan on one of— occurred that was to do with a fan on one of the astronaut's suit and that fund — on one of the astronaut's suit and that fund needs to be working in order— that fund needs to be working in order to — that fund needs to be working in order to take off and it seems that that had _ order to take off and it seems that that had been fixed and we were hoping _ that had been fixed and we were hoping that was the last of the last minutes— hoping that was the last of the last minutes problems and i have been between _ minutes problems and i have been between the mobile phone feed and tistening _ between the mobile phone feed and listening to yourself and they are solving _ listening to yourself and they are solving problems real—time here but ran out— solving problems real—time here but ran out of— solving problems real—time here but ran out of time on this one and this is space _ ran out of time on this one and this is space flight with humans so safety — is space flight with humans so safety is — is space flight with humans so safety is the number one concern. just talk— safety is the number one concern. just talk us — safety is the number one concern. just talk us through what we are looking at here, because you obviously have that huge atlas rocket with the starliner itself right on the very top and jonathan was talking about the complexity of what we are seeing so just talk us through what these pictures actually show. ~ ., ., , through what these pictures actually show. ~ . ., , , through what these pictures actually show. . . . , , ., show. what we are seeing is a five metre capsule _ show. what we are seeing is a five metre capsule which _ show. what we are seeing is a five metre capsule which is _ show. what we are seeing is a five metre capsule which is where - show. what we are seeing is a five metre capsule which is where the l metre capsule which is where the astronauts— metre capsule which is where the astronauts are sitting, strapped in, so the _ astronauts are sitting, strapped in, so the two — astronauts are sitting, strapped in, so the two astronauts and they are basically— so the two astronauts and they are basically sitting on top of 300,000 litres basically sitting on top of 300,000 titres of— basically sitting on top of 300,000 litres of fuel, so this is basically

a massive — litres of fuel, so this is basically a massive system of electronics and computer— a massive system of electronics and computer control firing massive engines, — computer control firing massive engines, different types, which allows— engines, different types, which allows it — engines, different types, which allows it to break free of the earth's — allows it to break free of the earth's gravity. in the first two minutes— earth's gravity. in the first two minutes of that flight when it finally — minutes of that flight when it finally goes, it will be burning two tonnes— finally goes, it will be burning two tonnes of— finally goes, it will be burning two tonnes of fuel every second so that kind of— tonnes of fuel every second so that kind of tells you why everything has to be _ kind of tells you why everything has to be right — kind of tells you why everything has to be right before you hit that button — to be right before you hit that button. you want to make sure everything _ button. you want to make sure everything is performing normally and i_ everything is performing normally and i don't — everything is performing normally and i don't know what that issue was that someone has made that call, and it will— that someone has made that call, and it will now— that someone has made that call, and it will now be a kind of controlled depressurisation of the fuel system on the _ depressurisation of the fuel system on the rocket and they will get the crew off _ on the rocket and they will get the crew off and then they will try and id crew off and then they will try and go again— crew off and then they will try and go again tomorrow. find crew off and then they will try and go again tomorrow.— go again tomorrow. and they are extraordinary _ go again tomorrow. and they are extraordinary life _ go again tomorrow. and they are extraordinary life pictures - go again tomorrow. and they are extraordinary life pictures we - go again tomorrow. and they are extraordinary life pictures we are just seeing it now, and i presume this... jonathan, i know you are seeing a similar picture and it looks like they are actually moving around to take those astronauts off as you would expect. jonathan, they

are veteran, experienced astronauts and they will be used to delays like this but disappointed all the same. yes, you arejust this but disappointed all the same. yes, you are just seeing the crew access on coming into position so that will allow the ground crew to approach the ground capsule and unseal that door and gets the two astronauts out of the capsule and take them down into a waiting vehicle which will take them back to their quarters but they are two of their quarters but they are two of the most experienced nasa astronauts in the astronaut corps so they will be disappointed but they know what the game is, right? they have flown shuttle, they have flown soyuz and this was supposed to be the first american vehicle since dragon, the sixth astronaut vehicle in total and it would have been nice to see it fly but as simeon was saying, they

act out of an abundance of caution here and they won't take any risks and they don't need to, especially when they can come back and i think they have earmarked another to back off three days shortly this week and then they may have to stand down for a while if they can't fix the problem they have. —— two or three days. hopefully it will be something when they take the vehicle back to it's shared that they will be able to sync up with something and get it right and they won't have to take the capsule on the top and really get under the bonnets to try to change some component out and we will be back tomorrow or may be the day after. will be back tomorrow or may be the da after. �* ,, ., will be back tomorrow or may be the da after. . ,, ., ., ., day after. and simeon, we have to sa , the day after. and simeon, we have to say, the frustration _ day after. and simeon, we have to say, the frustration will _ day after. and simeon, we have to say, the frustration will be - day after. and simeon, we have to say, the frustration will be added i say, the frustration will be added to, we mentioned space x you are already doing commercial crew and have been managing it for a little while so that will no doubt add to boeing �*s frustration. i'm sure it will. it was just so close today. ifeel for

i'm sure it will. it was just so close today. i feel for the whole crew and the whole team, butjust going back to the astronauts there, they've been living in quarantine there for many weeks now, so to make sure that they are fit and healthy, they are not taking any up to the international space station. can you imagine what it's like to have to go on the most amazing holiday of your life, even though they are working, and these flight delays, they must be so painful to take in their stride, but they are professionals, asjohn said, and i'm sure they will be ready when the spacecraft is ready to go. irate be ready when the spacecraft is ready to go— be ready when the spacecraft is read too. ~ , , be ready when the spacecraft is read too_ , ready to go. we can see the faces of both of them — ready to go. we can see the faces of both of them now, _ ready to go. we can see the faces of both of them now, just _ ready to go. we can see the faces of both of them now, just some of - ready to go. we can see the faces of. both of them now, just some of those little gestures are certainly giving away a hint of that frustration. safety is all important and sadly we remember those moments when space travel goes wrong, and of course there are many moments where they

are incredibly successful that's why they make every single and keep that very expensive spacecrafts safe as possible. very expensive spacecrafts safe as ossible. ., ., , possible. the origin of this vehicle. — possible. the origin of this vehicle, you _ possible. the origin of this vehicle, you can _ possible. the origin of this vehicle, you can take - possible. the origin of this vehicle, you can take it - possible. the origin of this i vehicle, you can take it right possible. the origin of this - vehicle, you can take it right back and i think everybody then decided that the basic design of shuffle was not safe. there was this period in time from the launch pad to quite high up where the astronauts were very vulnerable and if they ran into trouble, so nasa decided they would retire the shuttle and they would take a different course with new vehicles that were inherently safer. this capsule, if they have a problem on the launch pad right from the moment of go, a series of thrusters, they can push it away from the rocket and keep those astronauts

alive. and not only did nasa decide that they wanted to go with safer vehicles, they wanted to go with a new approach as well, they wanted to go with a commercial approach, so rather than owning and operating like they did with the space shuttle, they would essentially contract out. they would buy in the service, a taxi service to push the analogy further, and rather like a company that contracts out its it or its payroll, nasa would do the same, its payroll, nasa would do the same, it would contract out to transportation. it would buy a service of space x and gave a contract to to boeing to do exactly the same. they would hail a taxi whenever they needed and asked her not to go to the space station, they would put their hand up and bowing our space x would come and say, yup, there are the seats, get in and we will take you. very well first basics, the first crude test

flights, they did that back in 2020. this is a stage that boeing are at right now, space x has gone on and they have done six operational flights for nassau. really boeing need to get a move on because the international space station is going to be retired in 2030, and if they launch this vehicle once a year, those six flights which they are contracted to come of that will take them right up to the ends of the space station. now, there probably will be a commercial space stations after that, which they can sell or transport service. but for nassau, this is a key moment.— transport service. but for nassau, this is a key moment. jonathan, our science correspondent, _ this is a key moment. jonathan, our science correspondent, doctor- this is a key moment. jonathan, our. science correspondent, doctor simeon barber, space scientist with the open university, thank you both for your expertise. i'm hoping you will bothjoin us again your expertise. i'm hoping you will both join us again tomorrow when they go for launch again. and we willjust leave you with those pictures for now, those live pictures that we were seeing from cape canaveral. as

were seeing from cape canaveral. as we were saying, two veteran highly experienced. ultimately today disappointed astronauts. as you are watching the live pictures, you might have noticed the countdown and the law top left—hand corner got to three and half minutes before launch when it vanished and that was the first sign that all was not going as planned. but they are expecting to go again tomorrow. i'm just gonna let you listen one last time. they are just doing their final checks at the beginning and doing their various checks to make things safe before they are actually taken off the flight. back tomorrow they say that they will again try and 2a hours' time, and of course when it does happen we will be able to follow along with us here on bbc news. let's get the sport. a little

bit of disappointing in terms of space, but lots of excitement for sportscenter to come. hello from the bbc sport centre. start with the champions league because there's not long to go until kick off at wembley in a match that could see real madrid claim a 15th eureopean cup but it is borussia dortmnd that stand in their way. soaking up the atmosphere at wembley is 0lly foster one. it's the most prestigious club competition in football — i presume the build up there reflects that huge sense of anticipation? just what you would expect a head of a champions league final with real madrid. the greatest team of all time in european competition. the gates have only been open for about an hour and a half, but you go back to lunch time eight or nine hours before kick—off here and wimbley way, the boulevard sweeping up

towards the stadium was packed. wembley stadium, we work here three orfour times, wembley stadium, we work here three orfourtimes, buried wembley stadium, we work here three orfour times, buried she had dortmund vance, riou madrid fans have come here to soak up the atmosphere to get ready for the champions league final. a heavy, heavy favourite. 0r received dortmund, he played in the last final that was staged here at wimbley. they feel there is this is their year. very special themselves. you've mentioned the different levels of confidence they are amongst the clubs. 0ne levels of confidence they are amongst the clubs. one side dortmund withjust one trophy amongst the clubs. one side dortmund with just one trophy in their history. what about the fans? are their confidence levels as you have seen them in the last couple of

hours? ~ , , , hours? well, it is slightly skewed, isn't it, a couple _ hours? well, it is slightly skewed, isn't it, a couple of— hours? well, it is slightly skewed, isn't it, a couple of hours - hours? well, it is slightly skewed, isn't it, a couple of hours before i isn't it, a couple of hours before kick—off. we were always overly confident about your team's chances. let's start with the received dortmund. they came through this champions league campaign on top of a very, very difficult group that included paris st germain, newcastle and milan. and they finished top of that. they rode their luck a little bit through the knockout stages, especially against paris st germain, again come in the semifinals. it was like the alamo come up with a 11—0 at home and under way, so they think, well, we rode our luck there, why can't we write our luck here. there's a lot of narratives to go through this side as well. jaden sancho back in his second bill. he's been the spark that they need. they are going to bid farewell to marco reus, a club legend after this match tonight. he is leaving. and then you get real madrid, theirfans, they feel they have this god—given right

to be european champions, pretty much every year. and back to this season, pretty much all the shirts have got his name on the back, jude billingham, who has lit la liga alight. spain's player of the season. real madrid's player of the season. real madrid's player of the season and wouldn't take an astonishing day bc is and if he could become european champion for the first time against his former side as well. that's another one of those stories that we are going to be telling throughout the evening. absolutely. the big sal perfect there, really looking forward to it. thank you very much, from wimbley. to the french open where the world number two, aryna sabalenka, made sure of a place in the fourth round with a powerful performance against paolo badosa of spain. the two players are good friends and know each others game styles well but after a tight and entertaining first set, the two time australian open champion took advantage of a drop in badosa's form to win 7—5 6—1 to reach the last 16. the 2022 wimbledon champion, elena rybakina, also won her third round match without too much trouble.

rybakina beat the 25th seed, elysia mertens 6—4 6—2 and looks to be in good form in paris. the fourth seed reached the quarter finals of the french open in 2021 but hasn't got past the third round since then. and that's all the sport for now. more now on the general election rishi sunak has pledged to give thirty towns across the uk twenty million pounds each — if the conservatives are re—elected. let's speak to our correspondent jess parker who has been following the conservatives on the campaign trail. where have you been? what have you seen? who have you spoken to? yes. seen? who have you spoken to? yes, aood seen? who have you spoken to? yes, good afternoon- _ seen? who have you spoken to? yes, good afternoon. we _ seen? who have you spoken to? yes good afternoon. we have been travelling quite extensively today. so we start the day off in red car. red car race course where the conservative party launched their battle bus, which we are now on. you

can't really see the conservative party branding from the inside, we are on the move, but we can give you are on the move, but we can give you a sense of what it's like on the inside. so our cameraman kindly panning to show you the contents and the people on the bus. at the moment, it is mainly reporters on here. the prime minister did take a little journey here. the prime minister did take a littlejourney on here here. the prime minister did take a little journey on here earlier on after it had been just launched for its inaugural trip, but he is no longer with us on this bus now. after red car, we also headed to blythe by the sea and the prime minister got out and did a walk about around there. a beautiful stretch of seafront as he walked around there. lots of cameras chasing him around and snapping him, and he addressed conservative party supporters as well. and just to share a little anecdote with you actually come i thought it was quite interesting, so obviously people the general public don't know that the

prime minister is about to turn up, so there is always the sense of what is going on? who is age? i was speaking to some teenagers who spotted rishi sunak and i was asking them what they thought about politics and all the rest of it, and the main thing they actually brought up the main thing they actually brought up was the conservative party's proposal for a up was the conservative party's proposalfor a national up was the conservative party's proposal for a national service, so for some people tojoin proposal for a national service, so for some people to join the military for some people to join the military for a year, the majority of 18—year—olds to go and do some form of volunteering. these girls seem quite interested in this idea. divided on whether they thought it was a good thing or a bad thing. one of them said to me i don't want to go to war, but another one said they thought that maybe it would be a good thing for young people to do bits of volunteering. but it does show what i think we have noticed over the last week, that since the proposal was announced, it certainly has attracted attention, criticism as well as some people supportive of it as well. but talk about an intriguing conversation from the campaign trail. lats

intriguing conversation from the campaign trail-— campaign trail. lots of miles covered today. _ campaign trail. lots of miles covered today. our- campaign trail. lots of miles - covered today. our correspondent on board the conservative's campaign bus. the owner of the ticketing website, "ticketmaster" has confirmed that hackers have accessed customer data, in what's emerging as one of the biggest ever global consumer hacks. live nation entertainment says it's working to mitigate risk to users after the hackers offered personal data for sale on the dark net. earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. our business reporter simon browning told me more about this earlier. this is a massive attack. significant, significant and a huge. first of all ticketmaster, a company that we know all around the world, if you like festivals come if you are going to concerts come if you like to see comedians. it's likely that you have used ticketmaster's by firms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers, millions have signed up, millions have given over their data. we first reported on thursday when hackers

said that they hacked ticketmaster, but there was no confirmation of that. at this morning in a filing in the us security and exchange commission, the owners of ticketmaster indicated they had been involved with malicious forces and a cyber attack. we're still waiting for some more detail from ticketmaster as it stands, but earlier this week, as you said, ticketmaster customers had they data and information obtained by a company called the shiny hunters that they obtained ticketmaster's data. it includes names, addresses, phone numbers and from what we understand this partial credit cards. the hacking group, shiny hunters, say they have demanded £500,000 ransom to prevent the data from being sold on to other platforms. but that is still to be worked out. as you say, banking group operating around the world said that yesterday they would been involved with a hack with the same company and some of their customers

and colleagues had information hacked in chile, spain and uruguay. the company have also been accused of hacking in other places previously at&t in the usa and pizza hut in australia. a significant platform here in the uk this morning on their website they are selling tickets for a new janet jackson to her and james blunt. it is a big operation. for more, i spoke to lisa forte, a cybersecurity expert and partner at red goat cyber security. the thing i think to note is that at the moment it is the hackers that have said that they have stolen 500 million. we haven't actually heard that from ticketmaster. so it is possible that it's not that extensive. but what i would say is that a very serious risk here that as obviously everyone around the world has found out about this hack today and the last couple of days, so have all the scammers and all the fraudsters who are also out there. so the big risk right now to anyone

who's ever used ticketmaster is actually that those scammers and fraudsters will send you a malicious email or a text message that potentially could compromise your data or money further. so actually, you're saying that the best thing that you can do is actually protect yourself by being really vigilant about your own details. very much so. do not click any links that are sent to you in emails or text messages that relate to this in any way, and certainly don't put in any information into any website, however genuine it seems. this is a big site with a lot of customers. are any of them truly safe when it comes to actually holding our details? well, one of the things i think we've seen increasingly is something we call supply chain attacks, which is essentially what we're thinking. this is probably in this category as well. and this is essentially this seeing this sophistication in business strategy from the cyber attackers, where they'll go after a member of the supply chain and then

potentially compromise a lot of other companies for it. it's seeming to prove very, very successful, unfortunately, at the moment. yeah. so i mean, presumably even as fast as the hackers are going trying to get this information, there are experts, people like you, trying to to find a way to to continue to keep us safe. yes. and i think one of the key things to take away from from these hacks, especially if you're a business owner, is you need to take cyber security seriously, but also you need to have a plan for if this does happen to you and how you're going to protect your clients if this does happen. researchers say a simple saliva test is proving more effective at identifying men at high risk of prostate cancer than standard blood tests. cancer research organisations say it promises to "turn the tide" on the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease. for more, i spoke to naser turabi, the director of evidence and implementation at cancer research uk. this test looks for particular genetic variants and it uses a saliva test. so hopefully that will be much easier to take.

now, the situation with prostate cancer now is that the current test, known as the psa test, often misses the aggressive cancers and can actually lead to overtreatment of cancers that never would have actually progressed. so any progress in this area is very welcome. and so by looking at genetics, this test can be much more targeted, hopefully, than the psa test. it's still early days, though, for this test, and it needs more research because we need to test it in a wider pool of people to see if these results stand out. but anything that can detect those aggressive prostate cancers, which are about one in five prostate cancers, is really, really welcome. there's a huge amount of work going on right now across a whole number of cancers on genetic testing. and the challenge with cancer is that you have to cast the net very widely, usually with diagnostics. so the tests that your gp has available to you are often not that sensitive. so if we can use genetics to make

them more sensitive, that's incredibly helpful. but one of the challenges that we have is that the genetic pools that we have access to through research need to be broader, they need to reflect the diversity of the population. and particularly, its said that black men are at higher risk of prostate cancer, but we really need to understand the genetics of that because it can actually be potentially a subset of black men. and so when you're testing people for cancer and one of the risks is overtreatment, we need to be extremely careful to follow through patients to see what actually happened to their cancers, to see if they would have caused harm. and that's why we need more research. pharmacists say there's growing evidence of a crisis in the supply of medications in the uk. the national pharmacy association, which represents independent community pharmacists,

says that over the past two years there's been a threefold increase in the use of what are called serious shortage protocols, which allow them to prescribe an alternative when a drug isn't available. dominic hughes reports. pharmacists say the supply of medicines is complicated. it's an international business that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices, and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence — the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there's a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says they've been issued 50 times in the past two years, but in the two years before that, just 15 were issued. a whole range of medicines have been affected — including forangina, epilepsy, adhd, and cystic fibrosis. university student amber lives with cystic fibrosis and is struggling to get medication that helps her digest food.

without it, i basically can't eat. also, to try and get the medicine i'm having to drive around for hours and hours to different pharmacies taking these scripts. finishing second year is like carnage for... really stressful for, like, a normal student, but a student that can't eat properly — like, can't find the medicine that keeps me alive — that stress is just unimaginable! pharmacists say they are increasingly having to turn patients away. it has a big impact on patients, it means their health may worsen. and of course it is very distressing. the hidden issue here, as well, is of course it's very distressing for the teams in community pharmacies because they work and strive to support the public and their communities.

they want to be dispensing these medicines. the uk is not the only country in the world experiencing problems with drug supplies — it's a global issue. but the npa says it wants all the main parties in the election to commit to tackling the shortages. dominic hughes, bbc news. eminem has released the lead single from his new album "the death of slim shady", which will be released in full this summer. the music video for the track, called "houdini", has been viewed more than 15 million times on youtube. in it, the rapper confronts his provocative, bleach—blond alter ego "slim shady" — and — as the album name suggests, alludes to his apparent demise. earlier i spoke to the deputy director of r&b and hip—hop at billboard magazine, carl lamarre. i think the track, its an interesting homage for die—hard

eminem slim shady fans. this is going to take them back to 2002 when he released without me. and when you watch the video and i clocked it in this morning because it's 17 million now, 17 million views on youtube, you get a bit of nostalgia when you hear eminem or in this case, slim shady rap. it's he's pressing buttons, it�* s very provocative. it's it's comical. it's controversial. you know, for the day one eminem fans, this definitely feeds their their their hunger for wanting the real slim shady to make a comeback. and that's what essentially he was trying to do on this track. yeah. it's interesting you mention the controversy, something that he was always known for even 25 years ago. what's caused the issue this time? yeah. when you listen to the song, eminem makes a reference to megan thee stallion. he makes a reference to the 2020 shooting that she was involved with, with tory lanez about her being shot. and obviously, this

ruffled a lot of feathers, especially in the in the black community, especially. you know, this is a time where black women, they're they're looking for respect. and somebody like megan thee stallion has been dealing with a lot of trauma who's been dealing with a lot of pain and heartache. rappers have been making light of her situation. drake did that and now eminem coming to the forefront to do that as well. now, lines are very divisive as far as whether they want to support the record or not. well, let's stick with the controversy is a controversial question. does the music world need more from eminem or have things moved on? i mean, we talked about megan thee stallion there. there are other people who've perhaps taken that crown. were you pleased that there was was new music coming from him? i mean, listen, you know, i think when you when you pose a question like that, the numbers speak for itself. and and when you look at eminem, at the end of the day, he loves to stir the pot.

he loves to ruffle feathers. he loves to create engagement and conversation. you know, as i mentioned, the videos clocking in at 17 million views in a day. and we're here having a conversation about the the record itself. so for him, it's just another day's work. it's mission accomplished. and throughout his career, he's always been the type i'm going to say whatever, whenever. i don't care who would offence. sure, it's going to be self deprecating. but at the end of the day, he has a core base that celebrates and still savours for this kind of material and comes back willingly. i see. so in that case, then, what about the the death of slim shady? what are we to draw from that? yeah. it's interesting when you when you watch the video, you kind of see him come back with this alter ego. you see him now with with the dark black hair. and, you know, he's in this situation where he's trying to fight

and slim shady from 2000 to who has the platinum blonde bleach hair. i think it's a it's a tug of war that he's trying to show in a metaphorical way and trying to show that there's still glimpses of slim shady in me. i am slim shady. but at some point in my career, i think it's time to say goodbye and let it go and try to evolve and transform. finally — people in the quiet texan town of lufkin got a bit of a shock, after spotting an unusual visitor. take a look at this police dashcam footage. that's red , an escaped kangaroo, going fora hop around the neighbourhood. he travelled for 16 kilometres , before law enforcement he is safely back home now. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there's a lot of dry weather to come this weekend and it's all down to an area of high pressure that's to the west of the uk, closest to the high pressure today.

we'll see the best of the sunshine across parts of scotland, although southwest england's also enjoying some sunny skies, almost cloud—free skies then in stirling earlier in the day. but we have seen quite a bit of cloud come down the north sea into parts of eastern england. but even so, there are still some breaks in the cloud, for example, here in essex. now, looking at the weather across east anglia, and southeast england, as well as that cloud, we have some fairly brisk winds, gusts running into the 30 miles an hour. thatjust knocks the edge off the temperatures to a degree. but still some decent weather to come for the most of the uk. sunny spells in northern ireland, lots of sunshine for south west england, western parts of wales also looking fine. and in the best of today's sunshine, we're looking at temperatures quite widely reaching the high teens to low twenties. and in thatjune sunshine, first day of summer, according to climatologists, it will feel pretty warm. now, overnight tonight, we'll have clear skies for most areas and it's going to be quite

a chilly night. temperatures getting down into single figures, lows down to about five degrees in the very coldest parts of scotland and northern england. but another fine day coming up for tomorrow. again, for the majority of the country, lots more sunshine and probably more in the way of sunshine across eastern areas of england, given a slight change in the wind. at the same time, probably a bit more cloud for the far north west of scotland with a little rain getting into the hebrides temperatures more widely high, teens to low, 20 to 21 for aberdeen, 22 in london. and for monday, when we start to see a bit more of a change in the weather patterns across the north of the uk, this cold front bringing a bit more in the way of cloud. a few splashes of rain, mostly light and patchy move south. with that as we go through monday with some sunnier weather following the cold front through the cold front will bring some cooler and fresher air. so temperatures dropping by a few degrees across the north because still reach around 20 in hull, in cardiff and in london. however, into next week, the middle part of the week, we see some much cooler air arriving from the northwest and with that we'll see temperatures dropping further and there'll be some showers

around, particularly across the northern half of the uk. some of the showers are likely to be heavy with some hail and thunder. bye for now.

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