to build 100 new gp surgeries. two key far—right figures in israel's government are threatening to leave their posts if benjamin netanyahu agrees to the us peace proposal. a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon. we'll talk more about it with a former nasa astronaut. hello, i'm anna foster. south african parties are preparing for coalition talks as the african national congress lost its outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid 30 years ago. the official tally will be announced on sunday but preliminary results show the anc at around a0%. it is still the largest party but will have to share power in order to continue governing. the bbc�*s africa correspondent barbara plett usher reports.

it had been a slow and steady day, and then, this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc... ..already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he's made a rock star entrance. his party came third, with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc... ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren't official yet, but they're clear. the anc has lost the outright majority it held for 30 years, the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid. this is uncharted territory. we ask for all 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. i 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 byjacob zuma. he presided over a period of rampant corruption. now he's making a comeback. understandably, i'm very disappointed. but this anc veteran says the party hasn't 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 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 needs to find partners to share power. south africa now faces weeks of turbulent coalition talks. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. let's speak now to asanda ngoasheng, a political analyst from cape town. thank you forjoining us. how much of a surprise was this result? ,., ., ., ., ~ , ., result? good morning, thank you for havin: result? good morning, thank you for having me. _ result? good morning, thank you for having me. i— result? good morning, thank you for having me. i think _ result? good morning, thank you for having me. i think for - result? good morning, thank you for having me. i think for a - for having me. i think for a lot of people it was quite clear that the anc was under threat of losing the election, but i think people were not

quite sure or didn't know that it would lose by such a huge margin of almost 20%, compared to the last election. i also think a lot of people didn't see the m k winning as much as it did, so they saw it making its mark and showing some numbers but not the numbers we see now. ~ ., ., , ., numbers but not the numbers we see now. ~ ., ., y ., ~ see now. what do you think it is about the _ see now. what do you think it is about the anc's _ see now. what do you think it is about the anc's offering i is about the anc�*s offering that has turned off voters? it's so interesting, because on the one hand, you could argue that voters rejected the anc, but when you look at what they rejected them for, it gets interesting. the foundation is still the anc, the m k is a party by the former president of the anc, jacob zuma, who untilfive months ago of the anc, jacob zuma, who until five months ago was an anc member and campaigning for them. the other party that won

a lot of votes, the eff, they also have a former leader. so people have rejected the core anc but have voted essentially for elements of the anc. the foundation and policies are still similar, and the eff dusting off the i949 manifesto. that is interesting. is that likely to have an impact on the structure of these coalition talks? i structure of these coalition talks? ~ �* , ., ., talks? i think it's going to have an — talks? i think it's going to have an impact. - talks? i think it's going to have an impact. either. talks? i think it's going to| have an impact. either it's going to go very well, because these are people who know each other and used to be in the same party, or it's going to go horribly because there are scores to settle and some revenge that people are looking for. also interesting is the fact that, for a lot of people, jacob zuma was in charge of ten years of destruction and corruption in the anc, so it's fascinating that the

electorate, particularly in kwazulu—natal, voted for him in the name of change. the question is, how are you voting for the man who is everything you don't like about the anc but you are putting him in power? that is the question for analysts and political insight. thank you forjoining us from cape town. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the uk if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview, he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no—one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration — that's the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving — was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus

yesterday, has previously said that's too high. now he's promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn't said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper — read my lips, i will bring immigration numbers down, i will control our borders, and make sure british businesses are helped to hire brits first. the government has introduced measures designed to cut legal immigration, including raising the minimum salary needed for skilled workers. labour says it would pass a new law so the government, skills agencies and employers had to come up with plans to train british workers in sectors that rely heavily on immigration, and strengthen laws to ban businesses that exploit workers from hiring staff from abroad. the conservatives, who also launched their battle bus yesterday, said no—one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. the snp said labour and the tories had cruel immigration policies that harm scotland's economy.

while the lib dems said they would raise wages for carers, because the sector was too reliant on workers from overseas. policies and promises about who can come to the uk to live, work or study is proving another point of contention in this campaign. alex forsyth, bbc news. scotland's first minister, john swinney, will launch the snp's election campaign in glasgow later today. he will urge people to put "scotland's interests first" and say that independence will bring higher living standards and a betterfunded nhs. two key right—wing members of israel's coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, agrees to a peace deal for gaza put forward by president biden. the national security minister itamar ben—gvir said accepting the proposals would be "foolhardy" and a "victory for terrorism". the finance minister bezalel smotrich said the offensive in gaza must continue until hamas is destroyed. thousands of people gathered

in tel aviv to demand that their government accepts the new ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by president biden. some told reporters that they feared the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, may torpedo the proposal. a group campaigning to bring hostages home has warned that such a move would endanger the lives of those held in gaza. lieutenant general mark schwartz, former us security coordinator for israel and the palestinian authority, told us there are concerns about the long term viability of the plan. i think there's confliction inside of the government and there's certainly confliction inside of the israeli populace. as the elements of this current proposal were rolled out by our president in the united states and more broadly in the international community involved, i think if you're the families of the hostages, certainly the hostages themselves, if you're hamas and if you're the palestinians living inside of gaza, you're very pleased with the plan, but in terms of the right direction for immediate

and long—term security for the israeli people, it falls well short, because there's no discussion, at least in the plan, about... other than a statement that those responsible for 0ctober7th, israel still has the right to pursue those and bring them to justice. so that implies their intelligence services and special operations forces probably continuing to pursue. but there's a major security gap that will be created by the withdrawal of israeli forces with no security replacement inside of gaza, starting with the major urban centres and then ultimately, if you go to phase two, where you see the withdrawal of israeli forces. so i can certainly appreciate the concern expressed by those within the israeli populace, and even here in our own country. with me is mohamed taha

from bbc arabic. we heard from the far right elements of the israeli governing coalition. no surprise, this was their stated position that they would not accept a deal of this type. what has the reaction been in the round? does it look likely that this plan will be adopted by either side?— by either side? unlikely. i think the _ by either side? unlikely. i think the american - think the american administration put themselves again in an embarrassing situation. president biden announced that this israeli proposal for a ceasefire, announced that this israeli proposalfor a ceasefire, but apparently the first not to accept the proposal is the israeli government and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and hamas also, they are requiring some clarifications on that deal. so it might take some time to go back to israel and report a new ceasefire, as

you did in november.- and report a new ceasefire, as you did in november. some of the key elements _ you did in november. some of the key elements of— you did in november. some of the key elements of the - you did in november. some of the key elements of the deal. the key elements of the deal still seem unconfirmed, don't they? we are told there is going to be a meeting today with the potential to reopen the rafah crossing which has been closed since israel's fresh ground offensive. what kind of impact has that had not just on people in rafah but across gaza, that closure? indeed, it looks like this meeting was called by the egyptians. they are not happy with israel controlling the corridor between them and gaza. the rafah crossing was the only crossing not fully controlled by israel. it was the main gate for the humanitarian aid going to gaza. egyptians want this meeting to succeed, to have some of that. the reopening of the rafah crossing means

practically the israeli withdrawal from that corridor to allow the humanitarian aid to allow the humanitarian aid to go in. to what extent israel would accept that, it might be unlikely but it is a trial from the egyptians, and the people who are paying the price of course in the closing of that gate are the palestinians who are in dire need. in the last hours, two palestinian children died from malnutrition, and the people there really need humanitarian aid. we people there really need humanitarian aid. we will see what happens _ humanitarian aid. we will see what happens at _ humanitarian aid. we will see what happens at that - humanitarian aid. we will see | what happens at that meeting, thank you. six weeks of voting in india's general election have ended. over the past 44 days, nearly a billion people have taken part in the election. 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. results are expected to be

announced onjune 4th. 0ur south asia correspondent samira hussain told us what happens next. we are slowly starting to see exit polls, various analysts and media organisations that have paid to have these exit polls done. you don't really get an inkling of how things are going throughout the indian election over the six weeks. now that all phases of voting have ended, we are starting to see some of those being trickled out. really it comes down to the actual real results, that still doesn't happen untiljune 4th, that's when all the vote counting will take place. because the voting was done primarily by electronic voting machines, the process should be fairly easy — fairly quick, rather. they will start counting early in the morning and by early afternoon, we should have an indication of which way the country is going. we are talking about almost

970 million people eligible to vote in these elections. 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 a ballot, that's why you have elections over seven phases. let's get some of the day's other news now. mexicans will go to the polls to choose a new president. it's widely expected that voters will elect the country's first female president out of a former mayor of the capital, claudia sheinbaum, and her closest rival, xochitl galvez. but it has also been a particularly violent campaign, with dozens of candidates murdered and many more threatened and intimidated during the campaign. an estimated 27,000 security personnel have been deployed to keep order ahead of the vote. the chinese defence minister dong jun has said that beijing is ready to take resolute action to stop taiwanese independence. speaking at an annual security

forum in singapore he said that separatists and foreign forces on the island were making it difficult for china to pursue the "peaceful reunification" with taiwan that it is committed to. a top official in bavaria in southern germany says flooding in the region has caused enormous damage. some rivers are at their highest levels in a century after heavy downpours. some dams have even burst. 1,500 people have had to leave their homes and officials have had to rescue several people. a chinese spacecraft has landed on the dark side of the moon's surface — an area almost no—one tries to go to. the change 6 spacecraft made landfall at around iam in the uk after spending several weeks orbiting the moon. it is now expected to spend the next few days gathering rocks and moon dust from the moon's mysterious south pole — the side which always faces away from the earth — before it begins its journey back to earth. let's speak to dr leroy chiao,

a retired astronaut and nasa engineer. thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. let's talk about that far side of the moon. how much more difficult is it to try and launch a successful mission there? so the far successful mission there? sr the far side has been much less explored than the side that faces the earth, for many reasons, including the fact it's difficult to communicate with a spacecraft on the far side, because radio transmissions rely on line off—site. so what the chinese have done several years ago was to put a relay satellite at the second point between the earth and the moon. —— rely on the line of sight. it is able to relay radio signals back and forth. so the change six has successfully landed, and as you pointed out, it aims to return the first samples from the far

side of the moon back to the earth, so very exciting. what more can _ earth, so very exciting. what more can we _ earth, so very exciting. what more can we learn _ earth, so very exciting. what more can we learn from - earth, so very exciting. what| more can we learn from those particular samples? will we find out anything different about the moon?- find out anything different about the moon? how different is the far side _ about the moon? how different is the far side from _ about the moon? how different is the far side from the - about the moon? how different is the far side from the side - is the far side from the side that faces the earth? these will be the first samples ever returned from the far side. we will compare them, the scientists, to the samples returned previously from earlier missions and see if there is indeed a difference. i'm guessing there probably will be but nothing dramatic. who knows? that is what science is all about. it who knows? that is what science is all about-— is all about. it is interesting when we — is all about. it is interesting when we look _ is all about. it is interesting when we look at _ is all about. it is interesting when we look at the - is all about. it is interesting l when we look at the countries who are now landing on the moon. china, of course india had a first successful moon landing. what was originally a very narrow space race is starting to broaden out. that's true. starting to broaden out. that's true- you _ starting to broaden out. that's true. you see _ starting to broaden out. that's true. you see a _ starting to broaden out. that's true. you see a lot _ starting to broaden out. that's true. you see a lot more - true. you see a lot more countries and commercial companies getting involved. as

you pointed out, india, japan also had a partial success, their spacecraft landed but then kind of fell over. on the commercial side, then kind of fell over. on the commercialside, machines from commercial side, machines from the commercialside, machines from the united states, a commercial company landed on the moon recently but also fell over. so not an easy thing to do, but many more countries are getting involved. a lot of interest in the moon, for scientific reasons, for operational reasons. if you're going to try and send humans to mars, it's a great place to test out your equipment, develop your equipment, develop your equipment, because it's only three days away from the earth. mars, even at closest approach when the planets are lined up, it's about six months one way, so you want to make sure everything is going to work. a great place to train astronauts. the moon, no other planetary body is easier to land on. more organisations and countries are succeeding. i

just wanted to ask, you mentioned commercial companies. boeing's star lynagh was supposed to have its first launch with a crew yesterday which was called off three and a half minutes before take—off. —— star liner. yesterday evening there were disappointed faces of those veteran astronauts on board. you know these things happen, but at a moment like that, it must be enormously disappointing to be ready to go and to have prepared, and then it's called off at short notice. how do people like you cope with moments like that?- moments like that? oh, absolutely, _ moments like that? oh, absolutely, but - moments like that? oh, absolutely, but we - moments like that? oh, absolutely, but we are l absolutely, but we are professionals and we know this can happen. it's not that unusual, so you deal with it. these two have been waiting for a very long time to take this flight, the development of the starliner has been delayed and

delayed, and boeing, the parent company, has had a lot of problems but only on the space side but on the commercial aeroplane side. it's difficult for them because they have perhaps put off life plans to do this mission, literally for years. i'm hopeful that may be june the 5th, the new prospective launch date, hopefully they will get to go on the mission and press on. doctor, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. retired astronaut and a nasa engineer. let's talk more about the starliner that was called off so close to the lunchtime yesterday. —— the launch time yesterday. nasa and boeing have decided not to relaunch the boeing starliner spacecraft after its first astronaut flight to the international space station was aborted less than four minutes before take—off. this is a further setback to the boeing space programme that has faced years of delays, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. sta rliner. . .

boeing's long—delayed starliner. with four minutes to go, the spacecraft�*s flight control said it was ready for launch. propulsion. go. hydraulics. go. pneumatics. go. but then the computer said no. hold, hold, hold. hold it. the flight was scrubbed, and out came the astronauts. what happens next is the crew has been disembarked from the spacecraft for the second time now. so last time they were within two hours of launch. this time within minutes, four minutes. they're taken back to their quarters and then the investigation begins. initial findings suggest the system failed to allow a computer—controlled launch. those in charge need to find out why. this is the business we are in. everything has got to work perfectly, like we talked before. today we got really close. it didn't work for us. the team is very professional, they are in their 24—hour turnaround right now, and when we are ready to go, they will be ready to go. when this spacecraft is ready for launch, its role is to take crew

and cargo to the international space station. starliner is a brand—new spacecraft that looks like the apollo module used in the moon landings more than 50 years ago. it carried three astronauts, whereas starliner has a maximum capacity of seven. the spacecraft will take a day to reach the space station when it will test out its docking and cargo transportation systems. the mission will last around a week and on returning to earth, the crew will experience starliner�*s landing system, which will touch down in the deserts in the south—western united states. the boeing spacecraft can only take off at fixed times to rendezvous with the space station. the next launch opportunities are sunday, wednesday and thursday. if the problem hasn't been sorted by then, the test flight will face yet another long delay. pallab ghosh, bbc news. real madrid have won the champions league for a record 15th time.

they beat the german club borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley stadium in london. both goals were scored in the second half, by dani carvajal and viniciusjunior. it's the fifth time the madrid coach carlo ancelotti has won the most coveted prize in european club football, a record for a manager. and these were the scenes at plaza de cibeles in the spanish capital as real madrid fans celebrated the win. their side have lostjust twice in sa games this season. the spanish giants have now won their last nine european cup finals, and won the competition six times in the last 11 seasons. that's certainly a record to beat, isn't it? now some live pictures, some of the stories we are following today on bbc news. some live pictures of northern gaza, as seen from israel. we have been reporting this morning that far right

elements of the israeli government coalition reasserted their stated position that they will not back president biden's plan for peace, and in fact will bring down, they say, the israeli government that they are coalition members of if the deal goes through. singapore, where the shangri—la dialogue is happening. we will speak to our correspondent in the next hour on bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky has met the us defence secretary lloyd austin. he will be making a speech, we will bring you the latest from singapore too. a busy day of news, stay with us. 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 — ia 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 night, 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 strong

earlyjune sunshine, temperatures will rise up to 20 or 21 degrees, but nights will be chilly.

this is bbc news. the headlines... south african parties get ready for coalition talks as the ruling anc loses its majority for the first time in 30 years — with the official results to be published on sunday,

ramaphosa's party has 40% of the votes, down from 58% in the previous election. in the uk, the electoral campaign goes on — the labour leader sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce legal migration levels if they win the election, while the prime minister rishi sunak promises to build 100 new doctors surgeries and boost the number of available appointments. two key far—right figures in israel's government are threatening to leave their posts if benjamin netanyahu agrees to the us peace proposal — as they argue they will oppose any deal before hamas is destroyed. now on bbc news, click.