his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. the united states, egypt and qatar urge israel and hamas to finalise a new deal to end the war in gaza. in the uk election campaign, jobs, skills and funding for local towns takes centre stage — as party leaders tour the country. and, real madrid win the champions league for a 15th time — beating borussia dortmund 2—0 in the final at wembley. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. in south africa, with almost all results from this week's election now in,the

african national congress — the oldest liberation movement on the african continent — has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption — and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then

this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of the doubts away from the anc. and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, and said he was demanding a full revote. the results are not official yet, but they are clear— the anc has lost the majority it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory.— it has held for 30 years. this is uncharted territory. we ask for all electoral stakeholders _ uncharted territory. we ask for all electoral stakeholders to - uncharted territory. we ask for all electoral stakeholders to please l electoral stakeholders to please remain calm. for leaders to lead this nation at this time, and for voices of reason to continue to prevail. the anc was born out

of the struggle against apartheid, the violence of white minority rule that kept black people separate and unequal. archive: there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela — a free man. the moment of triumph — nelson mandela released from prison, the first black president in south africa's new democracy. the downfall marked by another president, jacob zuma. he presided over a period of rampant corruption. now he is making a comeback. understandably, i'm very disappointed. but this anc veteran says the party has not recovered since then. we have failed. we talk about renewal, the renewal of the anc, and it would take the form of making sure that elements who are really this corrupt are removed from the organisation and we've really failed to act decisively to do that.

the anc is still the biggest party, but it's lost its majority. it needs to find partners to share power. south africa now faces weeks of turbulent coalition talks. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. now, the champions league final hasjust finished between real madrid and borussia dortmund at wembley. let's find out what happened. let's speak to 0lly foster, our sports correspondent at wembley. take us through it. there is a very stranue take us through it. there is a very strange alchemy _ take us through it. there is a very strange alchemy when _ take us through it. there is a very strange alchemy when it - take us through it. there is a very strange alchemy when it comes i take us through it. there is a very strange alchemy when it comes to take us through it. there is a very - strange alchemy when it comes to the champions league, and real madrid. real madrid, the 14 time when there is, coming to wembley against borussia dortmund. they were rattled, borussia dortmund should have been 2—0 up by half—time. but

carlo ancelotti, four european cups to his name as a head coach, whatever he said, whatever he tweaked we will find are from the players and the next few hours. well, it worked. real madrid grabbed the game by the scruff of its neck, they got back into bed. there are serial winners within that real madrid aside. dani carvajal, who has already got five champions league winners medals to his name, he gave real madrid the lead with a header. jude bellingham, the la liga player of the year, he set up then issues during euro. even though vinicius of the year, he set up then issues during euro. even though viniciuer sort of scuffed his shot, there was nothing the dortmund keeper could do to keep it out. both of real madrid's goals coming in at the last

15 minutes. borussia dortmund have won champions league win to their name, way back in 1997, they were absolutely distraught. their fans were magnificent throughout, they brought the noise, they brought the flares, but they could not find a way to beat the serial winners in real madrid. carlo ancelotti, now a five—time winner as a coach. so many of those players, dani carvajal has now six winners medals. that equals the record. you have to feel for dortmund, who really fought all the way, but it was just class and pedigree, and like i say, perhaps some alchemy that the spanish champions bring with them into europe. after a week of general election campaigning here in the uk, all parties are once again out and about this weekend,

vying for public support. prime minister, rishi sunak, has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk, £20 million pounds each if the conservatives are re—elected. labour, meanwhile, has vowed to boost employment and increase support for people living with long—term illness. and from the liberal democrats — a promise to make ten premier league games available, on free—to—air—tv, per season. 0ur political correspondent, 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. manchester city, champions again! there are still weeks to go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on july 4. ione wells, bbc news. the scottish national party leader, john swinney, has also been on the campaign trail in aberdeen, where the party is targeting a number of conservative seats — because of what he calls, "damage" done to the area's economy by "westminster politics". meanwhile, george galloway has launched his workers party of britain's general election campaign with an attack on labour. he told supporters labour leader, sir keir starmer was "indistinguishable" from rishi sunak and had "blood on his hands" over his position on gaza. mr galloway announced that his party was standing hundreds of candidates across the country and he'd be "extremely disappointed" if the number elected

was not in double figures. two key right—wing figures in israel's coalition government have threatened to pull out if the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, agrees to a three—stage peace deal for gaza put forward by president biden. president biden unveiled the ceasefire proposal on friday, which the israeli opposition has urged president netanyahu to accept. thousands of israelis have gathered in tel aviv to demand that their government accept the ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by president biden. some told reporters they feared benjamin netanyahu may

torpedo the proposal. a group campaigning to bring hostages home has had such a move would endanger the lives of those held in gaza. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, gave us his thoughts on the deal. 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, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try and bring this conflict to an end permanently is that, you know, it's one thing to call for a ceasefire, but of course, if you can't put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it won't last. and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place, because we all know you've 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. 0ur north america correspondent, will vernon, says the proposals are also posing questions in washington. a tricky situation here for president biden. we heard him yesterday in a pretty optimistic white house address, using quite grand language, saying it is time for this war to end and for the day after to begin, setting out that three—stage peace proposal. mr biden is desperately hoping israel and hamas will sign up to that plan. mr biden in that address yesterday tried to draw a line under the conflict, essentially saying to the israelis, you have achieved your main

objective here, hamas is no longer in any kind of position to stage the sort of attack we saw on october 7 last year. we saw benjamin today taking some of the sheen off the biden announcement. he reiterated the israeli war would not end until the complete destruction of hamas and all its capabilities. i think the white house now will be working on a strategy to try and put more pressure on the israelis to accept the deal and hamas as well, of course. that's why we have seen this flurry of phone calls between us secretary of state antony blinken and all the major key players in the region, because most of the region desperately want this deal to work, most of the world wants it to work, and certainly us officials will be hoping that will be the case. does the us still have that leverage with benjamin netanyahu?

we saw that leverage come to play last month when in an interview with cnn, president biden announced he had paused one major shipment of heavy weapons to the israelis, and that others were under review. that followed on from a phone call between the two leaders, they haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things since this conflict started, in which president biden gave the israelis an ultimatum, saying you have to provide concrete steps to improving the humanitarian situation in gaza, otherwise us policy on the war might change. we saw this shipment of heavy weapons, which can be used in major population centres, such as rafah, those are now on pause, several of them. although america remains israel's most important ally, its largest supplier of weapons,

there has been increasing frustration with the way the israelis have been conducting this war. earlier, i spoke to laura blumenfeld, who is a former senior policy advisor on the state department's israeli—palestinian negotiating team. i have two reasons to be optimistic for biden�*s ceasefire proposal yesterday, and one that does give me some concern. first of all, the president presented this as an israeli idea, which gives them some kind of control. yes, netanyahu might be grumbling and putting out his own definitions, but he hasn't uttered the one word that we don't want to hear, which is no. second of all, by putting out this proposal, biden is sort of flipping the diplomatic isolation that israel and also the united states was increasingly feeling. the world wants to rally around something. and by putting out this very detailed road map, as he put it, he gives he sort of gives the initiative to israel. it shows that they're being forward

looking and hamas is now on the hook, the leader of hamas, and he does actually care about world pressure to respond. i am a little concerned, though, because biden was kind of the voice of reason here, and there are other competing voices which are quite haunting that came out yesterday at the same time in this chorus, along with biden�*s. the first is hamas, who put out a message saying that it is violent resistance that produces results. and that's why we got the unilateral recognition by spain, ireland and norway last week. it was through violence, not negotiations. and the second voice that's competing with that kind of voice of reason of biden actually is noa argamani. she's the 25—year—old face of that music festival massacre. she was taken hostage on october 7. we all saw the clip of her screaming out, "please don't kill me," as they drove her off on a motorcycle to gaza. hamas released a voice tape of her pleading to the world. so i think that's haunting the idf. there's kind of a difference, a divided opinion on whether,

in fact, biden said that, you know, hamas has been "devastated" is the word they used. i think the idf, the israel defense forces, would agree that they've been degraded. but, you know, netanyahu had promised defeat, and i don't think we're there yet. let's just go back to the voices that we've heard or perhaps not heard from since this was proposed by either israel or the us, and that is arab voices from the region. what reaction has there been from them? arab voices have always been the voices of hope, especially for the administration throughout this process. in fact, saudi arabia is being presented sort of by the administration as the prize, or as one official put it a deal sweetener for all of this normalisation for israel with saudi arabia is considered a major incentive for them to go forward. they may not trust the palestinians. trust, as henry kissinger said, is the currency of diplomacy, but they do trust and look forward to an improved and open relationship

with saudi arabia. the question is, is that enough? is israel in the mood for carrots or do they need sticks? in which case, i would say the united states would do well to emphasise that this kind of coalition of coexistence with israel, with the moderate arab states, will serve as a stick ora punishment, rather than a prize, a punishment for iran, which for them is what it's all about. if you trace hamas back to its source, it's iran, iran, iran. that has been netanyahu's obsession more than anything. there's, of course, also islamichhad to consider, isn't there? who operate within gaza itself. just going back to what the opposition leader, yair lapid, had to say. how significant is it that he is offering to prop up mr netanyahu? i think it's significant. look, i think all of this is, at the end of the day, is about leadership for president biden. can he bring this sort of unruly, divided israeli political band of kind of competing leaders and say to them,

this is the way forward? there is a vacuum of leadership, not only on the israeli side or of cohesive leadership, also on the palestinian side. last week, we were all we meaning the united states, we were kind of defending and blocking against the icc�*s ruling, the icj ruling, the three european states who unilaterally recognised the palestinian state. next week we're going to see president biden standing on the shores of normandy for the 80th anniversary of utah and omaha beach of d—day. and so i think this is part of biden�*s general kind of approach, which is saying, i'll lead, i'm underwriting this proposal. i almost felt like he was taking out his pen and saying, i will guarantee it, follow me toward peace and toward a better tomorrow. an attempt by the aerospace giant, boeing, to send astronauts to the international space station had to be dramatically abandoned tonight, just four minutes before the scheduled launch

at cape canaveral in florida. it's the latest setback for the boeing space programme that has faced years of delays — as our science correspondent, pallab ghosh reports. boeing's long delayed star liner. with four minutes to go the spacecraft�*s flight controller said it was ready to go. but then, the computer said no.— it was ready to go. but then, the computer said no. hold, hold, hold. the fliuht computer said no. hold, hold, hold. the flight was _ computer said no. hold, hold, hold. the flight was scrapped, _ computer said no. hold, hold, hold. the flight was scrapped, and - computer said no. hold, hold, hold. the flight was scrapped, and out. the flight was scrapped, and out came the astronauts.— the flight was scrapped, and out came the astronauts. what happens next is that the _ came the astronauts. what happens next is that the crew _ came the astronauts. what happens next is that the crew as _ came the astronauts. what happens next is that the crew as we - next is that the crew as we disembarked from the spacecraft for the second time now. last time they were within two hours of launch, this time they were within four minutes. they are taking back to their quarters, and that the mitigation begins.—

their quarters, and that the mitigation begins. initialfindings su . . est mitigation begins. initialfindings suggest the _ mitigation begins. initialfindings suggest the system _ mitigation begins. initialfindings suggest the system failed - mitigation begins. initialfindings suggest the system failed to - mitigation begins. initialfindings. suggest the system failed to allow the computer control to lunch. those in charge only to find out why. this is the business _ in charge only to find out why. this is the business we _ in charge only to find out why. ti 3 is the business we are in. everything has got to work perfectly. today we got really close. it didn't work for us. the team is very professional, they at in the 24—hour tour right now and we will be ready to go, they will be ready to go. will be ready to go, they will be ready to 90-— will be ready to go, they will be ready to go. will be ready to go, they will be read too. ~ .. , ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready to go. when the spacecraft is read for ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much. — ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much, its _ ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much, its role _ ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much, its role is - ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much, its role is to - ready to go. when the spacecraft is ready for much, its role is to take l ready for much, its role is to take crew and cargo to the international space station. star liner is a brand—new spacecraft that looks like the apollo module that was used in the apollo module that was used in the moon landings more than 50 years ago. it carried three astronauts, but starliner has a maximum capacity of seven. the spacecraft will take a day to reach the space station, where it will test out its stocking and transportation systems. the crew will experience starliner�*s lending system on return to earth, which

will touch down in the deserts of the united states. the boeing spacecraft can only take off at six times to rendezvous with the space station. the next launch opportunities are sunday, wednesday and thursday. if the test flight does not take off by then, the spacecraft will face another long delay. el salvador�*s president, nayib bukele, has been sworn in for a second term in office amid security concerns after police said they had foiled a bomb threat. in a speech, the former nightclub manager — who calls himself a "cool dictator" — promised to boost the economy and reduce poverty. mr bukele has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and overseen a reduction in the country's murder rate. however, his approach to security has been criticised by human rights groups. after weeks of voting, polls have now closed in the last phase of india's general election — the biggest the world has ever seen. the final stage of balloting took place in eight northern and eastern states during a severe heatwave. at least 30 people have died of heat stroke.

water and fans to cool voters have been provided at some polling stations. results are expected to be announced onjune 4. earlier i spoke to our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, to hear what happens next. what happens now is we are slowly starting to see exit polls coming out. these are various analysts and media organisations that have paid to have these exit polls done. you don't really get an inkling ofjust how things are going throughout the indian election over the six weeks. now that all phases of voting ended, we are starting to see some of those being trickled out. really, when it comes down to the actual real results, that still doesn't happen untiljune 4. that's when all the vote counting will take place. and, because voting was done primarily by electronic voting machines, the process should be

fairly easy, or fairly quick rather, and they will start counting early in the morning and by early afternoon we should have an indication of which direction the country is going. just briefly, samira, the numbers of people who have we are talking about almost 970 million people that were eligible to vote in these elections and that's why they went on for so long. in order to organise and have enough manpower to get all of those people to be able to cast their ballots, that's why you have 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 20 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.

people in the quiet texan town of lufkin certainly got a shock after spotting an unusual visitor. take a look at this police dashcam footage. that's red, an escaped kangaroo, taking to the streets for a hop around the neighbourhood. red travelled for 16 kilometres, bumping into local residents, before law enforcement eventually caught up with him. he was one of two pet kangaroos to escape after their owner forgot to latch their pen�*s door. it's a pretty decent saturday for much of the north of the uk, highs of 22 degrees, the warmer spots in

scotland and northern ireland. but it was cool, cloudy and breezy for eastern england. for sunday, it is the south and east of the country which will see the base of the warmth and sunshine. further north and west itunes cloud area. we see cloud and a weather front starting to work into the north—west of the uk. a chilly but a bright starfor many areas, any cloud getting away from the south—east. lots of sunshine into the afternoon, a bit hazy in places. to build across scotland and northern ireland through the day with even a bit of rain arriving across western scotland as well. and the breeze picking up here too. so feeling cooler, 1a degrees for the western isles, a bit warmer forest in scotland which holds on to the sunshine for longest, but up to 22 or 23 degrees across the east and southeast of england. now, as we head through sunday nights, that weather front with the clouds spills its way southward. so it'll turn cloudy for many areas with some spits and spots of rain,

mainly across northern and western hills. because there's more cloud around, more cloud cover means it won't be quite as cool. so i think a milder night to come for most. then into next week we see some changes. monday starts off on a fine note with plenty of sunshine, but it will turn cooler from tuesday onwards with sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across the north of the uk. so we've got this weather front straddling the country through monday, slowly sinking southwards. it will introduce quite a lot of cloud initially to scotland and then into england and wales, skies will brighten up for northern ireland too. there may be the odd spits and spots of light rain but brightens up for scotland. maybe a few showers in the far north later on, it'll turn breezier lighter winds further south. so quite a mixed picture. i think generally, though, given some sunny spells, temperatures will reach highs of 20, maybe 21 degrees, still cooler in the northwest of scotland. and that's the sign of things to come. much cooler air spills southwards across the whole country through tuesday and wednesday and we'll see showers being pushed into northern areas. some of these showers may

have a wintry element to them over the tops of the scottish mountains. most of the showers across the north of the uk, further south in that's strong earlyjune, sunshine temperatures will rise up to 20 or 21 degrees, but nights will be chilly.

this is bbc news, the headlines... the united states, egypt and qatar urge israel and hamas to finalise a new deal to end the war in gaza. a

senior how hamas official has told the bbc the group will except if israel does. the anc has lost its majority since apartheid 30 years ago. they have won around 40% of the vote and will now have to hold coalition talks. the uk election campaign is ramping up. labour has launched a 5000 mile battle bus tour promising to create wealth across the uk, prime minister rishi sunak pledging millions of pounds in funding for local towns if the conservatives hold onto power. and real madrid win the champions league for the 15th time beating borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley. more now on south africa. officials from the african national

congress say senior leaders have been meeting to discuss potential plans for a coalition, after the party lost its outright majority for the first time. results from wednesday's election give the anc around a0%. 0ne one of the main reasons they have failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share enjoyed failed to secure a majority is the surprise in vote share enjoyed by their former surprise in vote share enjoyed by theirformer president surprise in vote share enjoyed by their former presidentjacob zuma their former president jacob zuma and their former presidentjacob zuma and his newly formed party the mk, despite doing better than almost anyone expected, the party says it is considering challenging the results in court.— is considering challenging the results in court. what do you do if the institution _ results in court. what do you do if the institution that _ results in court. what do you do if the institution that is _ results in court. what do you do if the institution that is supposed i results in court. what do you do if the institution that is supposed to j the institution that is supposed to deal with everything deprives you of that possibility. then when people stand up and do something, they're going to say these people are wild. there is a lot that is going to come out in these elections. to say now, this is

what is the results. the results are not correct. what is the results. the results are not correct-— not correct. jacob zuma speaking earlier. not correct. jacob zuma speaking earlier- our _ not correct. jacob zuma speaking earlier. our correspondent - not correct. jacob zuma speaking . earlier. our correspondent catherine earlier. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from johannesburg. we are already hearing from the opposition parties that could form alliances with the anc. the eff, julius malema's eff, say they are willing to enter negotiations with the anc but their focus is on some economic concessions. for example, they want to open a state bank and they want the expropriation of land without compensation. jacob zuma's mk party says it will negotiate with the anc as long as cyril ramaphosa is not head of the party. so there are weeks of tricky negotiations ahead for the anc which is facing these terrible results. to discuss this, we are joined byjamie mighti, who is an africa researcher based in south africa. jamie, we are talking about this as a shock for the anc.

how much of a shock is it for south africans? i think some of this was expected for south africans but what was not expected was the scale of basically the drop of the anc in this election. from the projections, it seems it will be close to 40 but not quite 40 which is a 17% drop from the last election so the scale of drop is something that was so inconceivable in terms of conceptually for many people. but the idea or the reality that the anc was in decline, the writing was on the wall. everybody who has been living with load shedding and water shedding, and for the international audience, these are water cuts and power cuts, has been frustrated for a long time and the unemployment numbers have crept up a little bit and high cost of living similar what to what we're seeing in the uk and all of this really created a negative incentive bubble which there was no real really created a negative sentiment bubble which there was no real strategy to assuage. and in the midst of this, the anc

has to form new political alliances with parties that they have perhaps been at loggerheads with for many years. how do you think they will manoeuvre all of this? the anc is adept at making compromises and shifting on its core positioning in the name of real politik, so they have made coalitions over the years that have befuddled people who only approach politics from an ideological or principle standpoint so they are able to make deals but some deals are worse than others. and the other key figure in these elections has been the former presidentjacob zuma, and his party is projected to win around 15% of the vote. if he is not in the coalition government with the anc, what kind of a role do you think he will play witin south african politics? well, his role, basically, if i were to use a mafia reference, would be that of a godfather, somebody who gives the direction, gives instruction and gives the preference but we also know that dudu zuma will be on the parliamentary list. she is very high up and will be

going to parliament. that's his daughter. yes, that's his daughter. she will be one of the key people also trying to make sure her father's vision on the floor is executed as he may have preferred. but we have also seen that he does have an appetite to return to parliament and we heard the spokesperson for mk saying that one of their conditions if ever they were to deal with the anc is there be a pardon forjacob zuma. and if you recall with the constitutional court case they said that the hard demarcator is if you get pardoned you can go back to parliament but just the fact that your sentence was reduced doesn't allow you to go back to parliament, and heeding thatjudgment, they are now negotiating for a full pardon. finally, with president cyril ramaphosa, we have not really seen him since election day and what does this mean for his fate and position within south african politics? he is gathering courage and these are difficult spaces to be

in when you have taken the hardest beating as a party leader given to a particular party. we will see what the messaging will be and how he will spin it tomorrow and he typically doesn't enjoy tough interviews and that is also why he hasn't shown up here but realistically he is very vulnerable right now and there are many calls being made in various circles that he actually has to give up the ghost and allow other people to lead the party and try to rebuild the party. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. time is of the essence for the anc because according to south africa's constitution, the next parliament needs to sit within14 days of the election result being announced, and on that first sitting, the parliament has to elect the president so there is a real pressure on the anc to make sure

that its chosen leader, president cyril ramaphosa, retains his position in the country. these are going to be difficult days for the politicians but also south africans who are concerned about any kind of political instability. and that was catherine byaruhanga there. we are going to pause now and take a look at the headlines making the front of sunday mornings papers. the upcoming general election dominates tomorrow's headlines. the mail on sunday claims that rishi sunak is under pressure from members of his party to cut taxes to prevent a conservative defeat on election day. in an interview with the paper, chancellorjeremy hunt admits that two cuts to national insurance have failed to swing public opinion in his party's favour the telegraph also leads on an interview withjeremy hunt in which he promises to protect retirees by not raising any taxes on pensions.

the observer says that rishi sunak is being hit by accusations of using levelling up funds to win votes as labour enjoys its biggest lead in the polls since liz truss. the sunday times splashes on the claim that former labour mps including diane abbott have been offered peerages to quit and make way for allies of starmer. with me to reflect on the week's politics news and to look ahead to next week's campaigning is our political correspondent to alex forsyth. .. it is just it isjust going it is just going to be it isjust going to be more and more of this now as we head towards the big day. of this now as we head towards the bi da . �* .,. of this now as we head towards the big day-— let's i big day. brace yourselves! let's start off with — big day. brace yourselves! let's start off with the _ big day. brace yourselves! let's start off with the paper - big day. brace yourselves! let's start off with the paper that - big day. brace yourselves! let's start off with the paper that has really grabbed your attention. i think it is one that has only been on the website of this paper but potentially quite a significant

interview and that is in the sun on sunday with sir keir starmer in which he says he would promise to cut migration will stop what he's talking about there is legal immigration, net migration, which last year stood at 685,000, so that is the difference between the number of people leaving the uk and coming in. keir starmersaid in the of people leaving the uk and coming in. keir starmer said in the past he thinks that number is too high and he would like to see it come down but i think the difference here, and it is a subtle shift but politically quite an important one, it is committing to getting that number down. what is also significant is that he isn't saying by how much or buy when so he is not putting a target on this and of course you might remember the conservatives promised to get that figure down to the tens of thousands and they haven't done that so it might be why keir starmer is reluctant to put a target on it but what he is also talking about is strengthening laws so that employers and the government have to work out ways to fill skills gaps so that big employers aren't reliant on bringing people in from

overseas, he thinks that will help get that number down. politically interesting, of course, because this is a pretty clear pitch to voters from keir starmer saying, if you are concerned about immigration, don't worry, i'm on it. the conservatives are saying you can't trust keir starmer on immigration. find are saying you can't trust keir starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also — starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also hoping _ starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also hoping it _ starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also hoping it has _ starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also hoping it has drawn - starmer on immigration. and sir keir starmer also hoping it has drawn a i starmer also hoping it has drawn a line under stories regarding diane abbott but still on the front page of the times.— abbott but still on the front page of the times. quite right and that was rumbling _ of the times. quite right and that was rumbling last _ of the times. quite right and that was rumbling last week _ of the times. quite right and that was rumbling last week for - of the times. quite right and that was rumbling last week for some | was rumbling last week for some time, this confusion over the status of diane abbott and whether she would be allowed to stand as a labour mp and eventually, keir starmer said she would be but we still don't know if she is going to stand as a labour mp. and he has been keen to move the focus of that come onto policy. we have heard him over the course of the weekend launching his battle bus and trying to get out there with labour policy again and i think that is also why we are seeing him talk about immigration. but as much as he might want that to go away, it isn't quite over yet because next week we are going to see that final meeting and decision from labour's national executive committee which finalises all the candidates. we should get a final outcome over whatever is

happening with diane abbott. qm. happening with diane abbott. 0k, tomorrow, what are some of the committee mentioned immigration, some of the subjects we could see p0p up some of the subjects we could see pop up tomorrow? that some of the subjects we could see pep up tomorrow?— some of the subjects we could see pop up tomorrow? that is what labour is talkin: pop up tomorrow? that is what labour is talking about _ pop up tomorrow? that is what labour is talking about tomorrow, _ pop up tomorrow? that is what labour is talking about tomorrow, there - pop up tomorrow? that is what labour is talking about tomorrow, there are i is talking about tomorrow, there are also talking about skills, improving skills and training for adults. talking about changes to the apprenticeship levy to put more money into skills training. the conservatives, you saw in the paper, jeremy hunt talking about taxes, the conservative party talk about taxes, whatjeremy hunt is trying to do with that interview in the sunday telegraph is draw a bit of a dividing line between the conservatives and labour, saying he would protect pensioners from any future tax rises effectively. though it doesn't seem to me they are announcing any shift in policy, more that it announcing any shift in policy, more thatitis announcing any shift in policy, more that it is the status quo and he is levelling accusations at labour that labour haven't said they are going to raise taxes on pensioners so i think you need to treat all of that with a little bit of caution but aside from that, the conservatives are also talking about health. they are also talking about health. they are announcing on sunday plans to have more community care, more diagnostic centres, build more gp

centres and also an existing plan that pharmacies can treat some patients, they're going to allow pharmacies to treat more patients, acne, chest infections and menopause symptoms for women which they say will help really improve access to treatment and alleviate pressure on hospitals because of course be no waiting lists, access to treatment is a huge issue. labour are saying look at the record of the conservatives on this issue and of course we have heard them talk about their plans to bring waiting lists down. the liberal democrats interestingly have a policy on sunday where they are talking about health as well, they say they would restore public health budgets, money to try and help people getting sick in the first place, they think that is really key in trying to alleviate pressure on the health service. there will be a little bit of health policy going round on sunday. also worth watching out that the snp are launching their official campaign on sunday as well so it is going to be a busy day. it sunday as well so it is going to be a busy day-— a busy day. it is and “ust very cuickl a busy day. it is and “ust very quickly with h a busy day. it is and “ust very quickly with the _ a busy day. it is and “ust very quickly with the lib _ a busy day. it is and just very quickly with the lib dems, i a busy day. it is and just very| quickly with the lib dems, we a busy day. it is and just very i quickly with the lib dems, we have seen the leaders of the other parties out but sir ed davey taking

some time out for family? he parties out but sir ed davey taking some time out for family?- parties out but sir ed davey taking some time out for family? he did, he has a severely _ some time out for family? he did, he has a severely disabled _ some time out for family? he did, he has a severely disabled child - some time out for family? he did, he has a severely disabled child and i some time out for family? he did, he has a severely disabled child and he l has a severely disabled child and he was very open and said he was going to take a little bit of time to spend with his child but his party was still out and about campaigning and of course the lib dems, we have seen him quite a lot of stance in this campaign, paddle boards and water slides, trying to capture attention so they can talk about their policies. i don't know what ed davey has planned this week, i'm not sure if it involves a wet suit but watch this space. we sure if it involves a wet suit but watch this space.— sure if it involves a wet suit but watch this space. we will watch and find out. alex, _ watch this space. we will watch and find out. alex, thank _ watch this space. we will watch and find out. alex, thank you _ watch this space. we will watch and find out. alex, thank you very i watch this space. we will watch and j find out. alex, thank you very much indeed. thank you. 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. former police officers have told the bbc they're concerned about ongoing delays in pension payments. the women are among tens

of thousands of workers who were found to be victims of age discrimination, when changes were made to their public sector pensions in 2014. 0lder colleagues were protected from the changes. eleanor lawrie reports from bolton. at the time, i was very grateful to be retiring early. sam hodkinson used to be a nightingale police officer — a front—line responder helping victims of sexual assault. i do miss not being in the police, but it's for my own physical and mental wellbeing. serious illness forced the 54—year—old to take early retirement. i was unfortunate enough to be diagnosed ten years ago with breast cancer... ..which required a lot of treatment. she only found out last year she's owed extra pension payments, potentially running into the thousands. itjust makes me feel angry, really. being a police officer is a difficultjob. to find out that, like you say, the pension scheme, there's been a rule regarding it

and we are entitled to some more money — ijust hope that, you know, it gets settled soon enough that we can then enjoy the fruits of that. courts have ruled that sam and thousands of other workers are victims of age discrimination. it's after older workers were protected from changes to public sector pensions, but their younger colleagues weren't. officers are supposed to find out what they could get by april, but campaigners like michelle mooney are worried that could be extended. i don't believe that they are going to get the best part of 45,000 officers done between now and the end of march next year. that's going to be a herculean effort. if it was you or anybody else that somebody was owed money to, you would want your money now — not as an airy—fairy, somewhere in the distance, you might or you will get the money that's owed to you. xps — the main police pensions administrator for england and wales —

has sent out 252 remedy statements out of over 32,000. in a statement, it said it's fully committed to ensure that all members receive timely settlement of their benefits. sppa — the scottish administrator — said the delay was down to uncertainties about the tax treatment of certain payments. both say they expect to meet the march deadline. how does it feel that you might potentially not get to see that money? sam still doesn't know exactly how much she's owed, and fears she may not live to receive it. although i'm cancer—free at the moment, heaven forbid the cancer comes back, that i don't live to see the benefit of that extra money. eleanor lawrie, bbc news, in bolton. as the half term comes to a close, businesses are taking stock of how popular they've been — but with unpredictable weather it's often a mixed picture. 0ur reporter, heidi davey has been visiting some of the attractions in south devon to find out how the week has gone.

it's hard to beat this sound. steam train whistles. and it's a crowd pleaser this half term. yeah, it's been really good, actually. we've had a really good half term, up on the half term for me last year. and i think tuesday was one of the busiest days we've ever had for this time of the year. so it's looking really good at the moment. so footfall is up, their prices are slightly up and the visitors are arriving from the east midlands and closer to home. we've been on the dartmouth steam railway already, so obviously this one was the next one on the list. it's lovely around here. i used to come here as a child, so i used to do rockpool in paignton. so i thought, i've got to bring the kids and show them as well. we haven't really been to many places because we've been camping and again we chose to stay local. but other than just a few day trips on the side. just 100 metres away and it's a similar picture at the butterfly farm and dartmoor 0tters, everywhere seems busy. the weather's a bit changeable, but yeah, we're having a good time. we're still out and about, aren't we? trying to do different things?

really pleased because it's been a very busy week and probably the busiest half term we've had in many years now. so we're pleased to see lots of visitors. we've not put our prices up, so we've seen more tourists this half term week and more importantly, we've seen more local people. and in north devon, they're reporting a similar pattern. rick turner is the owner of the big sheep and also the chairman of devon's top attractions. 0bviously, things are quite tough out there at the moment and people don't have a lot of money. but i think we offer a fantastic value for attractions in devon, and i think that is probably the sort of key message is give great value and people will come and have a good day out. like most of the attractions we're slightly up on previous years, we hope to be between ten and 20% up at the end of the week, which is a really, really good result. and whilst it's been positive to hear so many businesses are reporting such a good half term, tourism leaders are still warning that that hasn't been the picture across the board, especially for those businesses that are solely reliant on the weather.

they've not had such a great week. their hopes are now all firmly pinned on the weeks and months to come as we fully head into that vital summer season. 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. music festival season is almost here in the uk and later this month, thousands of music fans will gather at worthy farm for the world famous glastonbury festival. well, ever since he started rapping as a teenager, chiedu 0raka, dreamed of performing there —

and he's now finally secured a slot. 0ur reporter, natalie bell, went to meet him. # different inside # because i'm from a place that's deprived...# 21st avenue, north hull estate, hu6. this is where it all started for me. i would say this street is probably the biggest inspiration to my music. growing up on this estate, chiedu, did you ever imagine and picture yourself at glastonbury? i never thought back then that i would be performing at glastonbury. ever since chiedu 0raka began rapping as a teenager, one of his biggest dreams has been to perform in front of thousands of people at glastonbury, and in just a few weeks' time that will become a reality. i'm privileged to be in a position to be able to do that, but i've been grafting. like, people might think, "0h, chiedu's just been around for a couple of years." this is like 15 years of graft. i always say my official start—up in the game was 2011 because that's when i released my first cd, when i was like dishing

them out on the streets and selling them for £3. humber street sesh 2017, i'm going to say is probably my favourite ever gig. first time people have mosh pitted in one of my performances, so that was crazy. # anything goes, so don't tell me to stick to a genre # don't limit yourself # don't let anyone out here ever con ya...# his tracks have now had millions of streams on spotify. now, then, this is room 73, the home studio of me and the lockdown boys. and this is where the magic happens — in this little booth that my mate built for me. thejourney has been mad. when i first started rapping, i got laughed at for rapping. why is a hull guy rapping in a hull accent? people used to take the mickey out of me.

# no one makes it round here # round here we get forgotten...# i had to sandwich my performances in between, like, indie bands. i had to just try and get a piece of anywhere that would want to listen to me. and not many people did want to listen to me at first. # i motivate the youth, that's what i'm doing with my art...# chiedu says as well as changing people's perceptions of hull with his music, it's also about inspiring the next generation. i feel like it's important to sort of be that inspirational character, especially for the kids on my council estate, to see, like, if chiedu can do it, because he comes from a place like us, then i can do something successful with my life. # this lifestyle's not a walk in the park...# it's a busy few weeks ahead for chiedu as he gets ready for the biggest performance of his career. he'll take to the bbc introducing stage at glastonbury on the 30th ofjune. # and someone asked me, am i ever going to make it? # if there's a glass ceiling, my intention is to break it.#

0k, ok, let's catch up with all the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it was a pretty decent saturday for much of the north of the uk. we saw highs of 22 degrees, the warmest spots of scotland and northern ireland. but it was cool, cloudy and breezy for eastern england. for sunday, it's a reverse of fortunes. it's the south and east of the country which will see the best of the warmth and the sunshine. further north and west, it will turn cloudier. that's because around this area of high pressure, we'll see this cloud and a weather front starting to work into the north—west of the uk. so it's a chilly but a bright start for many areas, early cloud clearing away from the south—east. the winds turn lighter here, too. lots of sunshine into the afternoon, a bit hazy in places. but the cloud continues to build across scotland and northern ireland through the day, with even a bit of rain arriving across western scotland as well and the breeze picking up here too. so feeling cooler — 14 degrees for the western isles. a bit warmer for eastern scotland, which holds on to the sunshine for longest, but up to 22 or 23

degrees across the east and south—east of england. now, as we head through sunday nights, that weather front with the clouds spills its way southward. so it'll turn cloudy for many areas, with some spits and spots of rain, mainly across northern and western hills. because there's more cloud around, more cloud cover means it won't be quite as cool. so i think a milder night to come for most. then into next week, we see some changes. monday starts off on a fine note with plenty of sunshine, but it will turn cooler from tuesday onwards, with sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across the north of the uk. so we've got this weather front straddling the country through monday, slowly sinking southwards. it will introduce quite a lot of cloud initially to scotland and then into england and wales. skies will brighten up for northern ireland too. there may be the odd spits and spots of light rain. but it brightens up for scotland. maybe a few showers in the far north later on, where it'll turn breezier. lighter winds further south. so quite a mixed picture, i think. generally, though, given some sunny spells, temperatures will reach highs of 20, maybe 21 degrees. still cooler in the north—west of scotland. and that's the sign of things to come. much cooler air spills southwards

across the whole country as we move through tuesday and wednesday and we'll see showers being pushed into northern areas. some of these showers may have a wintry element to them over the tops of the scottish mountains. most of the showers across the north of the uk. further south, in that earlyjune sunshine, temperatures will rise up to 20 or 21 degrees, but nights will be chilly.

live from washington, this is bbc news. millions of voters in south africa turn their back on the ruling anc — it suffers its worst election result in 30 years. the us, egypt and qatar urge israel and hamas to agree

to a new peace deal, as international calls grow for an end to the fighting in gaza. and a lawyer for donald trump tells the bbc that nothing will change in the former us president's run for the white house, despite his criminal conviction. hello, i'm carl nasman. south africa's election looks set to bring the biggest political change to the country in decades. with almost all votes counted, the ruling african national congress has lost its outright majority and will now have to find coalition partners for the first time since it won power as apartheid ended in 1994. while the anc is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption and a lack of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday's election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote,

while former presidentjacob zuma's newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third.