pledging to reduce legal migration and tories promising to build 100 new doctor's surgeries. we would expect to see the numbers coming down and we would also make sure we move quickly on some of those recruitment areas. south african parties get ready for coalition talks as the ruling anc loses its majority for the first time in 30 years. two key far—right figures in israel's government are threatening to leave their posts if benjamin netanyahu agrees to the us peace proposal on gaza. the ukrainian president is in singapore — he's pushing for more military assistance as the russian offensive continues.

and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon. hello, i'm kasia madera. here in the uk, campaigning in continuing in the run—up to the general election on the fourth ofjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, 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. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments by allowing more treatments in the community if they win the election. and in the coming hoursjohn swinney, leader of the scottish national party will formally launch the party's campaign. he's hoping to gain ground from conservatives in north—east scotland. with me is our political

correspondent ione wells. what do we need to look out for? from labour that is the pledge from keir starmer to cut net migration and he says the way the party would do this would be by training more uk workers to by punishing employers and firms who don't pay workers very high wages and employ lots of cheap labourfrom abroad and if high wages and employ lots of cheap labour from abroad and if they don't pay people a proper wages they could be banned from hiring foreign workers. when yvette cooper was asked what numbers labour would look to bring that number down to she did not give a specific answer. we to bring that number down to she did not give a specific answer.— not give a specific answer. we would exect to not give a specific answer. we would meet to see _ not give a specific answer. we would meet to see the — not give a specific answer. we would expect to see the numbers - not give a specific answer. we would expect to see the numbers coming l expect to see the numbers coming down _ expect to see the numbers coming down swiftly and we've supported some _ down swiftly and we've supported some of— down swiftly and we've supported some of the measures and we also want _ some of the measures and we also want to— some of the measures and we also want to make sure we can make

quickly— want to make sure we can make quickly on — want to make sure we can make quickly on some of those recruitment areas _ quickly on some of those recruitment areas that— quickly on some of those recruitment areas that is — quickly on some of those recruitment areas that is really notjustified to have — areas that is really notjustified to have the overseas recruitment. we think at— to have the overseas recruitment. we think at the _ to have the overseas recruitment. we think at the heart of this is a difference in approach. what the conservatives have done in the past five years _ conservatives have done in the past five years as — conservatives have done in the past five years as a free market on unregulated approach to migration. we think— unregulated approach to migration. we think you need intervention and controls, _ we think you need intervention and controls, the system must be and managed — controls, the system must be and manaaed. ., .,, controls, the system must be and manaaed. . ,, ., ., controls, the system must be and manaued. . ., ,, . ., ., managed. that was the shadow home secretary yvette _ managed. that was the shadow home secretary yvette cooper _ managed. that was the shadow home secretary yvette cooper but _ managed. that was the shadow home secretary yvette cooper but the - secretary yvette cooper but the conservatives mainly talking about health and they have a new policy saying they would build 100 new gp clinics and they would free more gp appointments by trying to divert some services to pharmacies. the concept of government already said people can i get the contraceptive pill at pharmacies rather than seeing a gp and they said they would expand the existing scheme for people who get other treatments for things like acne or chest infections

at a pharmacy instead. health secretary victoria adkins was asked about the number of gp numbers have fallen but also nhs waiting laps have gone up. —— less. —— atkins. we have gone up. -- less. -- atkins. we have gone up. -- less. -- atkins. we have seen — have gone up. —— less. —— atkins. - have seen waiting list fall by 2000 since i became health secretary and we are focusing on the longest waits and those of 18 months and above. the liberal democrats also talking about health and they want to talk about health and they want to talk about putting a big focus on preventative care without funding boost on more health checkups particularly on people from a0 to 75—year—olds arguing it is cheaper to prevent illness and try to treat it afterwards. two health pledges there. the snp also are launching

their official election campaign in glasgow today with their leaderjohn swinney expected to outline his belief that a vote for the snp is a vote to put the interests of scotland first and also for independence. more now on the scottish national party who will launch their general election campaign in glasgow later. the leader, john swinney, will say that a vote for the snp is a vote to put scotland's interests first, and that independence would offer a better future. live now to reporter katie hunter in glasgow. of course this is a westminster election by the snp has been in government in edinburgh for 17 years

so we expectjohn swinney to defend the snp record and say he is proud of what they have done and we expect him to touch on policies like the scottish child payment and food prescriptions and free bus travel for younger people but as well as talking about the snp policy we also expect him to take aim at the scottish conservatives record at westminster time and time again on the campaign trail here said brexit understand nity and the cost of living crisis is being imposed on scotland by westminster and he will in scotland want to higher standard of living in the best way to do that is vote for the snp and ultimately independence. what might he will defend the snp record but also try to defend their lead. since 2000 and

15 the snp have been dominant at westminster in terms of scottish seats and from the last general election the snp won a8 seats, conservative six, liberal democrats four and labour conservative six, liberal democrats fourand labourare conservative six, liberal democrats four and labour arejust a single seat. we have boundary changes this time so we are not comparing like for like but the polls suggest, and of course they come with health warnings, the gap between the snp and labour has drastically narrowed and labour has drastically narrowed and recent polls suggest labour are ahead of the snp in scotland. for decades, labourwere ahead of the snp in scotland. for decades, labour were the biggest party here in scotland by some way, especially in the central belt, labour once again i dozens of seats across scotland, particularly in glasgow in the west of scotland. we have already seen keir starmer come to scotland since the campaign launch twice and we have seen rishi

sunak here and the liberal democrat leader ed davey here and john swinney on the campaign trail. business and the scottish parliament in edinburgh is continuing as usual. wibble be back with you when the launch takes place a little later. much more on our website with a special page dedicated to the uk election. it's now 30 years since the first free elections took place in south africa and nelson mandela was elected as president. he famously left the post after serving only one term. but his party, the anc, has governed since then. now, for the first time in its history, it no longer has a majority. the official tally will be announced later on sunday but preliminary results

show the anc at around a0%. it is still the largest party but will have to share power to continue governing. from johanesburg, 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. 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. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga is injohannesburg with the latest. usually when you have these official results from the electoral commission, people really know what the final declaration is likely to be. we do expect the ruling african national congress party to lose its majority in south africa's parliament. and this really is an historic moment for south africa. after 30 years in power, the ruling anc is about to lose

its majority, now has to possibly form a coalition government with other opposition parties. now the stage is set here for the electoral commission to announce and declare the results of the national elections as well as provincial elections. but there are underlying tensions in south africa at the moment, and that's because the powerful, influential former president, jacob zuma, has urged the electoral commission not to announce the results today. he says his party and a few others are contesting the results that are shown on the board just behind me. they say they need more time to raise those objections, but it's important to say there hasn't been any clear evidence as to what those objections are. nevertheless, the electoral commission says even though they have those comments there from the former president, they will go ahead to declare these results. and we're also expecting the current president, cyril ramaphosa, to be here, also reacting to these results. of course, those have been terrible results for his party.

and catherine, as you were describing there, there's a lot of discussion that's going to be happening in the next few weeks. how will all of this impact on people living in south africa? i think for the meantime south africans are really watching this process eagerly. they anticipate that there will be continuous conversations between the anc and the other opposition parties. they're watching to see what kind of alliances could form, but also, crucially, they're looking to see how their politicians handle this delicate process. a lot of south africans say their vote was really a demand for more accountability, more responsibility from their politicians. rhetoric can be quite populist here, but they want to see that their politicians, their leaders that they have elected are handling this process delicately, and the government that is then formed will be stable and will act in the interests

of south africans. remember there are key economic challenges in this country — high unemployment, rolling power cuts and water cuts as well shortages. so the south africans know this is a crucial moment for them, not only historic because of the essentially transition of how power is disseminated in parliament, but also because they have these challenges really that's affecting millions of people in this country. the anc issued a press media briefing saying there was nothing to celebrate. we are continuing to monitor the election result and have a live page on our website. let's turn to the middle east now where two key right—wing members of israel's coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister agrees to a peace deal for gaza. finance minister bezalel smotrich and national security

minister itamar ben—gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal before hamas was destroyed. last night in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people gathered to urge the prime minister to accept the ceasefire proposal unveiled by the us presidentjoe biden. groups of protesters were dispersed by mounted police and water cannon. some said they feared the prime minister may sabotage the proposal. a group campaigning to bring the hostages home warned that such a move would endanger the lives of those held in gaza. akiva eldar is a political analyst and journalist at the haaretz newspaper. akiva, you're also the co—author of the book lords of the land: the war for israel's settlements in the occupied territories. benjamin netanyahu is in very

difficult position. will he accept the deal? i difficult position. will he accept the deal? , ., ., the deal? i believe that what president — the deal? i believe that what president biden _ the deal? i believe that what president biden did - the deal? i believe that what president biden did when - the deal? i believe that what president biden did when he | the deal? i believe that what - president biden did when he made the announcement is very unusual it is very unusual — announcement is very unusual it is very unusual the leader of one country— very unusual the leader of one country is _ very unusual the leader of one country is offering us the proposal that he _ country is offering us the proposal that he got from another country before _ that he got from another country before even we heard, the israelis from _ before even we heard, the israelis from the _ before even we heard, the israelis from the rhone government, our own spokesman. _ from the rhone government, our own spokesman, and i believe he knew that benjamin netanyahu is not able if not not _ that benjamin netanyahu is not able if not not willing to accept it. this — if not not willing to accept it. this wiii— if not not willing to accept it. this will create some pressure on benjamin — this will create some pressure on benjamin netanyahu because it looked like our— benjamin netanyahu because it looked like our fait accompli. benjamin netanyahu always lets hamas do the

dirty work. _ netanyahu always lets hamas do the dirty work, to say no, and it looks like they— dirty work, to say no, and it looks like they are — dirty work, to say no, and it looks like they are siamese twins and they meet _ like they are siamese twins and they meet somewhere in the middle where they say— meet somewhere in the middle where they say i_ meet somewhere in the middle where they say i really wanted to deal but we don't _ they say i really wanted to deal but we don't have a partner for this. so i we don't have a partner for this. so i believe _ we don't have a partner for this. so i believe it— we don't have a partner for this. so ibeiieve it is— we don't have a partner for this. so i believe it is not only that he has partners — i believe it is not only that he has partners in — i believe it is not only that he has partners in his coalition that are tying _ partners in his coalition that are tying his— partners in his coalition that are tying his hands, benjamin netanyahu has brought in bezalel smotrich and itamar— brought in bezalel smotrich and itamar ben—gvir to be his political buffer_ itamar ben—gvir to be his political buffer zone and he can say i am the good _ buffer zone and he can say i am the good cap, _ buffer zone and he can say i am the good cap, i— buffer zone and he can say i am the good cop, i am the victim. this is life, _ good cop, i am the victim. this is life. i_ good cop, i am the victim. this is life. i have — good cop, i am the victim. this is life. i have to— good cop, i am the victim. this is life, i have to take into

consideration my partners and the coaiition— consideration my partners and the coalition and i don't have enough power~ _ coalition and i don't have enough power. hamas we'll surprise us and disappoint — power. hamas we'll surprise us and disappoint him and say yes, we can accept _ disappoint him and say yes, we can accept the — disappoint him and say yes, we can accept the deal.— accept the deal. explained to us what happens — accept the deal. explained to us what happens with _ accept the deal. explained to us what happens with gantz, - accept the deal. explained to us what happens with gantz, they l accept the deal. explained to us i what happens with gantz, they are not talking about propping up the government but propping up the proposal, without help benjamin netanyahu —— will that help? gent; netanyahu -- will that help? gantz has issued a _ netanyahu -- will that help? gantz has issued a deadline _ netanyahu -- will that help? gantz has issued a deadline a _ netanyahu -- will that help? gantz has issued a deadline a week- netanyahu —— will that help? gantz has issued a deadline a week from today— has issued a deadline a week from today with — has issued a deadline a week from today with a number of conditions from _ today with a number of conditions from benjamin netanyahu, demands, and one _ from benjamin netanyahu, demands, and one to _ from benjamin netanyahu, demands, and one to put forward his ideas

about— and one to put forward his ideas about the — and one to put forward his ideas about the strategic exit the day after _ about the strategic exit the day after the — about the strategic exit the day after the war and who will govern gaza _ after the war and who will govern gaza once — after the war and who will govern gaza once israel gets out. netanyahu refuses _ gaza once israel gets out. netanyahu refuses to— gaza once israel gets out. netanyahu refuses to do this and gantz is getting — refuses to do this and gantz is getting more pressure from his constituency not to play the role of cover-up _ constituency not to play the role of cover—up for netanyahu. reasonable peopie _ cover—up for netanyahu. reasonable peopie iike _ cover—up for netanyahu. reasonable people like benny gantz other to balance — people like benny gantz other to balance people like bezalel smotrich and itamar ben—gvir which makes him look better— and itamar ben—gvir which makes him look better and it will aid men went to the _ look better and it will aid men went to the public protest against the

judiciary— to the public protest against the judiciary reform.— judiciary reform. thank you very much for your— judiciary reform. thank you very much for your analysis. - judiciary reform. thank you very much for your analysis. . - judiciary reform. thank you very much for your analysis. . my - much for your analysis. . my pleasure- — ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been addressing the shangri—la dialogue, a major security forum in singapore as he seeks to rally support for kyiv while a russian offensive gains ground. earlier he held talks with the us defense secretary lloyd austin. the meeting came after washington decided to partially lift restrictions on using us—provided weapons to strike inside russia, which zelensky has hailed as a "step forward". however, mr zelensky also expressed disappointment that some world leaders had not signed up to a ukraine peace summit

in switzerland later this month with china signalling xijinping would not attend and with joe biden yet to commit. he also accused russia of trying to disrupt it by threatening other countries with a blockade of agricultural and chemical goods and energy. here's some of what he said. we are disappointed that some world leaders have not yet confirmed their participation in the peace summit. unfortunately, there are also attempts to disrupt the summit. we do not want to believe that this is a desire for monopolistic power in the world to deny the global community the opportunity to decide on war and peace and to leave these power in the hands of one or two. ukraine proposes peace through diplomacy and inclusive and fair form of global peace summit. and i invite your region, your leaders, countries to join so that your peoples are involved in these global affairs and by uniting against one war. we create for the world a real experience, the experience of overcoming any any war and of diplomacy that does work. 0ur correspondent suranjana tewari is in singapore

volodymyr zelensky arrived at the shangri—la dialogue here in singapore, and he has a lot of appeal. there have been many dignitaries, including the indonesian president elect and the philippines president, who gave the keynote speech on the first night, but they didn't really attract as much attention during his time here he held high—level talks such as with us defence secretary lloyd austin and they said they discussed the limit on weapons and targets and where they could strike russian territory. he said there were not sufficient and pointed to airfields because russia knows ukraine cannot fight back and defend itself.

india say 30 people taking part in elections died of heat stroke yesterday. there were huge high temperatures across india during this mammoth election. focus through what happened yesterday. there this mammoth election. focus through what happened yesterday.— what happened yesterday. there was ollin: in what happened yesterday. there was polling in india. _ what happened yesterday. there was polling in india, the _ what happened yesterday. there was polling in india, the seven _ what happened yesterday. there was polling in india, the seven phase - what happened yesterday. there was polling in india, the seven phase of. polling in india, the seven phase of drawn—out election and critics had said since the beginning there was no need to have a polling process which extended a5 days, especially when this is the worst summer airtime and northern india and global climate change and global warming has seen temperatures rising and this happened, and the day

before yesterday there was the scylla temperature is rising above 50 degrees but it is massively hot out here in north india which is also a huge part of the population of india and the deaths you just mentioned, you've been hearing from this time in the north indian state which is a very densely populated city and almost 30 people have been suspected of dying of heat wave heatstroke and it is yet to be confirmed by the officials that they actually were best from the heatwave but they all had high fever and completely dehydrated and this actually is very unfortunate because almost over 60 people have died in the last few days because of heatwave and almost 20 of them to 30 of them were staff deployed under

election duty from the election commission from the government of india. ., ~' ,, commission from the government of india. . ,, i. ., commission from the government of india. . ,, ., , , , india. thank you for bringing us up to date on that. _ india. thank you for bringing us up to date on that. record _ india. thank you for bringing us up i to date on that. record temperatures in india during the election campaign, and we will have more coverage of that because we expect results to be announced on the ath ofjune after that mammoth election campaign across india. lots more on a website but for the time being thank you for watching bbc news. hello again. we've started off sunday with some sunshine across many parts of the uk. yes, there were one and two mist and fog patches, a bit of cloud across the south east

of england, but that's pretty much clearing away. and look at this in west sussex this morning. lots of blue skies, and for much of the afternoon it's going to stay largely sunny. there will be some high level cloud spreading southward, perhaps making the sunshine turn a bit hazy later on. but the thickest cloud will be across scotland and northern ireland. with that, some outbreaks of rain affecting the far north and the west of scotland. quite breezy here as well, but lighter winds, especially around those north sea coasts, so not feeling quite as chilly as it's done recently. in fact, temperatures will be getting up to about 18 to 23 degrees across southern areas, 21 celsius in hull, much warmer than it was yesterday. but bear in mind, across england and wales, high uv levels this afternoon. moderate across northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland,

but low further north and west where we've got that cloud and that cloud will continue to spread south and eastward overnight. there'll be some light and patchy rain spreading from scotland into northern parts of england into the early hours of monday morning. but with all the cloud around, not quite as chilly as it was first thing this morning. so if you're out and about first thing, temperatures about 8 to 11 degrees. so how about the week ahead, then? well, it is going to be a bit more unsettled. there'll be some showers, also some sunshine, but it will turn a tad cooler as well. that cooler air is going to come in behind this cold front as it moves southward during monday. high pressure just starting to retreat to the southwest, low pressure to the north. and that becomes more influential as we go through the week. so throughout monday, then quite cloudy across many areas, but the cloud will break up across parts of wales into the midlands, southern areas

of england, and by the afternoon there'll be some sunshine returning across much of scotland. temperatures in aberdeen still about 19 degrees, still 20 celsius across southern areas, but temperatures down by a degree or so compared to today. into the midlands, southern areas of england, and by the afternoon there'll be some sunshine returning across much of scotland. temperatures in aberdeen still about 19 degrees, still 20 celsius across southern areas, but temperatures down by a degree or so compared to today. and really for the rest of the week, low pressure in charge. we've got this northwesterly wind which will bring in some showers, longer spells of rain for a time across parts of scotland and that's probably where we'll see the wettest of the weather as we go through the week. further south across england and wales, not too wet, one or two showers, but equally some decent sunny spells and temperatures here still about 16 to 20 celsius. that's it from me. bye— bye.

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is continuing in the run—up to the general election on ajuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour wins the general election. the ruling anc loses its majority for the first time in 30 years with the results yet to be officially announced ramaphosa's party has dropped from 58 to a0% of the vote. two key far right figures in israel's government are threatening to leave their posts if benjamin netanyahu agrees to the us peace proposal in gaza as they argue they will oppose any deal before hamas is destroyed. in a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon. launched on may the 3rd, the mission aims to collect precious rocks and minerals from the moon for the first time in history.