we have supported some of the measures that are expected to come in next place, and we also want to make sure that we can move quickly on some of these recruitment areas. we have been focusing, as you rightly say, on those longest waits, and we have virtually eliminated the longest waits, 18 months and above. 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. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon. and we will get reaction after real madrid win the champions league

final. hello. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run—up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti—exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. nd in the coming hours john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party's campaign, where he'll argue independence offers the country a "better future". our political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments.

there's a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that the way the party would do this would be, for example, by training up more uk workers to take certainjobs, but also by punishing employers, firms, that don't pay workers very high wages, employ lots of cheap labourfrom abroad, essentially saying that if they don't pay people proper wages, then they could be banned from hiring foreign workers. however, when the shadow home secretary yvette cooper was asked on the bbc just now about what type of numbers labour would be looking to bring down that figure to, she didn't give a specific answer. we would expect to see the numbers coming down swiftly. we have supported some of the measures that are expected to come in next place and we also want to make sure that we can move quickly on some

of these recruitment areas, that really, it's just notjustified to have the overseas recruitment, i think at the heart of this, there is a difference in approach. what the conservatives have done over the last five years is to have effectively a free market, unregulated approach to migration. we don't think that's right — we think you need intervention, you need both controls, the system has to be controlled and managed... so that was the shadow home secretary yvette cooper talking about that immigration pledge from labour. the conservatives, though, mainly talking about health today, they have got a new policy saying that they would build 100 new gp clinics and that they would also free up more gp appointments by trying to divert some services to pharmacies, the conservative government already, for example, said that people can now get the contraceptive pill at pharmacies rather than having to see a gp, they said they would expend that existing than having to see a gp, they said they would expand that existing

scheme to mean that people can get treatment for other conditions, acne or chest infections, at a pharmacy instead. but the health secretary victoria atkins was also pushed earlier on the bbc about two things, one, that the number of gp clinics has actually fallen by 450, since the conservatives have been in power, but also that nhs waiting lists on the whole have been going up, too. 0ur response has been to put in place recovery plans after the pandemic and we have seen waiting lists fall by 200,000 since i've become health secretary. but importantly we have been focusing, as you rightly say, on those longest waits and we have virtually eliminated the longest waits, 18 months and above. the liberal democrats as well also talking about health today. they want to put a big focus on preventative care, saying that they would introduce a funding boost for more health checkups, particularly for 40— to 7a—year—olds to try and prevent conditions, arguing that it is cheaper to try and prevent conditions rather than treating it afterwards. so, big health pledges from some of the parties today. the snp also are launching their official election campaign up in glasgow today with their leader

john swinney expected to outline his belief that a vote for the snp is a vote to put scotland's interests first and also a vote for independence. south africa's african national congress has said it's willing to talk to all political parties in order to create a coalition government. the anc�*s general secretary says the party has nothing to celebrate from the election but denied underestimating the threat from the former presidentjacob zuma. mr zuma's mk party got fifteen per cent of the vote and was a major factor in the anc�*s poor performance.

the anc is committed to the creation of a government that reflects the will of the people. that is stable and that is open to govern effectively. the anc is committed to fundamental social and economic change, for which it has received a firm mandate. 0ver change, for which it has received a firm mandate. over the next few days, the anc will be in discussions within the organisation and with other parties and stakeholders on how best to establish national and provincial government that reflects the will of the people. and that are able to take the country forward.

the mk party said it would only work with the party if cyril ramaphosa stepped down. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga is injohannesburg with the latest. usually when you have these results, people know what the final declaration will be. do we do expect the ruling african national congress party to lose its majority in the south african parliament and this really is a historic moment for south africa, after 30 years in power, the ruling anc is about to lose its majority, and now has to possibly form a coalition government with other opposition parties. the stage is now set for the electoral commission to announce and declare the results of the national as well as provincial elections. there is underlying tensions in south africa at the moment, and that is because the powerful, influentialformer presidentjacob 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 is 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 are also expecting the current president, cyril ramaphosa, to be here. also reacting to these results. of course, there was have been terrible results for his party. —— those have been terrible results for his party. find -- those have been terrible results for his party-— -- those have been terrible results for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, _ for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, there _ for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, there is _ for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, there is a - for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, there is a lot - for his party. and catherine, as you were describing, there is a lot of. were describing, there is a lot of discussion which will be happening over the next few weeks, how will this impact on people living in south africa? i this impact on people living in south africa?— south africa? i think for the meantime. _ south africa? i think for the meantime, south _ south africa? i think for the meantime, south africans l south africa? i think for the l meantime, south africans are south africa? i think for the - meantime, south africans are really watching this process eagerly, they

anticipate that it will be continuous conversations between the anc and the other opposition parties, they are watching to see what kind of alliances can 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 had been quite populist here, but they wanted he that their politicians and 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 interest of south africans. remember, their key economic challenges in this country, high unemployment, rolling power cuts, and water cuts as well, shortages. so, 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 are affecting millions

of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga — of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga in _ of people in this country. catherine byaruhanga in johannesburg - of people in this country. catherine i byaruhanga in johannesburg speaking byaruhanga in johannesburg speaking to byaruhanga injohannesburg speaking to my colleague anna foster a little earlier. 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. earlier i spoke to akiva eldar, a political analyst and contributor at the haaretz newspaper.

i believe that what president biden did when he made this announcement, that it did when he made this announcement, thatitis did when he made this announcement, that it is very unusual, that a leader of one country, even if it is a superpower, is offering us the proposal that we got from another country. before even we heard it, israelis, from our own government, our own spokesman. and i believe that he knew that netanyahu is not able, if not, not willing, to accept it. this will create some pressure on netanyahu, because it looks like a photo complete. but at the same time, netanyahu's game is always to let the other party, i mean, hamas,

the palestinians, to do the dirty work, to say no. —— fait accom—li. and it looks like they are kind of siamese twins. they always match, they meet somewhere in the middle, where they can say, well, i really wanted the deal, but we don't have a partner for this. wanted the deal, but we don't have a partnerforthis. so, i believe wanted the deal, but we don't have a partnerfor this. so, i believe that it's not only that he has partners in his coalition that are tying his hands. netanyahu has brought in itamar ben—gvir and bezalel smotrich from the ultra—right to do the same thing that he is doing now, to be his buffer zone, his political buffer zone, his buffer zone, his political bufferzone, he his buffer zone, his political buffer zone, he will come to washington, he got an invitation to address the two houses, and he will say, i am the good cop, i am the victim, this is life, i have to take into consideration my partners in the coalition, i don't have enough

power... this in case hamas will surprise us and disappoint him and will say, yes, we can accept the deal. the ukrainian president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country by supporting russia. volodymyr zelensky said beijing was not only refusing to take part in a planned summit in switzerland later this month, but was trying to prevent others from attending. he was speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore, which was attended by senior officials from around the world including the us defense secretary lloyd austin. here's some of what president zelensky 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 this power in the hands of one or two. china has denied taking sides in the war. the foreign ministry in beijing says the failure to invite russia to the swiss meeting undermines its usefulness as a peace forum. 0ur correspondent suranjana tewari is at the shangri la summit in singapore volodymyr zelensky was here at the shangri—la dialogue in singapore to try and drum up support for his peace conference in switzerland later this month. he said the summit has three main aims — nuclear security, food security and the release of hostages, including tens

of thousands of children. he did have harsh words for china, though. he accused beijing of trying to sabotage his peace summit and also supporting russia in the process. now, during his time here, he held a number of high—level talks. one of them was with us defence chief lloyd austin, and he did say that they discussed limits on us aid and weapons and where they could strike targets within russian territory. the bbc asked if the limits were loosened enough. he said they were not sufficient and pointed to airfields because russia knows that ukraine cannot fight back and effectively defend itself. now it's time for a look at today's sport. iam sure i am sure we will be discussing the champions league final? that is where we are going to start, yes. real madrid will parade the champions league trophy

through the streets of the spanish capital later after winning european football's premier competition for the 15th time. and the party started after the match in madrid with fans gathering at cibeles square following real�*s 2—0 win over borussia dortmund at wembley thanks to goals from danny carvajal and vincius junior. it means head coach carlo ancelotti has now won five champions league trophies, three whilst in charge of real. this competition gave to me fantastic happiness, as a player, as a manager, and my target is to try to repeat the same emotion that we had the week after this game, so, this is the target. i have the luck to be in the best club in the world. all great champions find a way to win — that's not just true of real madrid but of novak djokovic, too.

chasing what would be a record—breaking 25th grand slam chasing what would be a record—breaking 25th grand slam title at the french open he survived a scare to reach the fourth round. after beating lorenzo mussetti, bottom of your screen, in five sets. the italian 30th seed inspired at times but djokovic was able to run away with the deciding set in a match that lasted nearly four and a half hours and which finished at gone three o'clock in the morning paris time. he'll will play the 23rd seed francisco cerundolo of argentina in the last 16. already safely into the quarterfinals at roland garos is the already safely into the quarterfinals at roland garos is the three—time champion iga swiatek — she has blown away russia's anastasia potapova, ranked mst in the world, in straight sets. a double bagel. thereafter the woman who lost to swaitek in the 2022 final, america's coco gauff takes on italy's elisabetta cocciaretto, then it's the two time grand slam champions carlos alacaraz against felix auger—aliassime followed by the australian open jannick sinner who plays france's corentin moutet. the men's cricket t20

world cup is under way. co—hosts west indies take on papua new guinea in the second match later. the first saw the tournament's other hosts, the usa, beat canada by seven wickets in texas. aaronjones hitting an unbeaten 94 as they reached their target of 195 with over a couple of overs to spare. there's a three—way tie for the lead at the us womens 0pen in pennsylvania. australian minjee lee sits on five under par with thailand's wichanee meechai and andrea lee, the american, who was bogey—free on the back nine. staying in the united states, the florida panthers have reached the stanley cup final for the second straight year, beating the new york rangers over six games. sam bennett scoring the opening goal of the game here,

which finished 2—1 to the panthers, meaning they seal the east title. they await the winners of edmonton and dallas in the finals, with that series set to start on 8thjune. after the win, the panthers refused to touch the prince of wales trophy, handed to the winners of the eastern final, because they went against tradition last year and touched the trophy, before being beaten in the stanley cup by the vegas golden knights. so the message is clear — the stanley cup is the only trophy they want to put their hands on. we are not done yet. we're very happy with the way this play—offs has gone for us, winning the first three, but it is a different feeling this year, for sure, so, very proud of the effort from everybody. and that's all the sport for now. officials in the indian state of uttar pradesh say at least 33 people working at polling stations died of heat—stroke yesterday,

the final day of voting in the country's election. at one point, a temperature ofjust under 47 celsius was recorded. 0ur correspondent nitin srivastava is in delhi — he gave us his analysis. critics have been saying since the beginning that there was no need to have a polling process which extended up to a0 days, especially when this is the worst summer time in north india, every year, and every year due to global warming and climate change, we have been seeing the temperatures rising above the previous normals, and this is what has happened, the day before yesterday there was a scare of temperatures crossing 50 degrees. but yes, is massive, massive hot out here in north india, which is also a huge part of the population of india, and the deaths that you have

just mentioned, we have been hearing from this town in the north indian state of utah protest, which is a very densely populated city, that almost 30 people, have been suspected of dying of heat wave, of heat stroke, all of the deaths are get to be confirmed by the officials, but they actually were deaths from heat wave, but they all had high fever and they all were completely dehydrated, and this actually is very unfortunate because almost 60—plus people have died in the last few days because of heatwave, and almost 20—30 of them were actually staff who were deployed on election duty from the election commissioner from the government of india. ticketmaster said it's working to mitigate the risk to customers after hackers claimed to have stolen

the details of more than 560 million users. the company confirmed unauthorised activity on its database but has not said how many people are affected. our business reporter simon browning has the latest. ticketmaster, one of the biggest ticket platforms in the world, it is where you buy your chance to see the biggest showbiz stars on the planet. music, festivals, comedy theatre, they are all for sale here. but now, after what could be one of the biggest data breaches in history, personal information could now be on sale, too. on saturday morning, live nation, the owners of ticketmaster, confirmed they had been a victim of unauthorised activity on its database. 0ne hacking group aims to have 516 million customers' personal details and partial credit card information. this number is still to be confirmed. the hackers want half $1 million in ransom. with millions

using ticketmasterfor $1 million in ransom. with millions using ticketmaster for tours like taylor swift or bruce springsteen, social media users have expressed concern about their accounts and tickets. cybersecurity experts are warning opportunistic scammers will now be trying to exploit concern about the breach. if now be trying to exploit concern about the breach.— now be trying to exploit concern about the breach. if you receive an e-mail or a — about the breach. if you receive an e-mail or a text _ about the breach. if you receive an e-mail or a text message - about the breach. if you receive an e-mail or a text message or- about the breach. if you receive an e-mail or a text message or a - e—mail or a text message or a whatsapp message that in any way talks about this breach and this hack, be very, very careful. secondly, don't click on any link that you receive through e—mail or text message or whatsapp, whatsoever. and the third thing is, especially if you click on that link and it says enter your details to check if you were in the breach or something like that, do not do that. ticketmaster says it is working to mitigate the risk to those affected and will contact its users with respect to unauthorised access to personal information. simon browning, bbc news. china has landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon for the second time. the mission is difficult because this region of the moon permanently faces away

from the earth, making communications difficult. the chang'e—six space probe is expected to use a drill and mechanical arm to collect rock and soil and transport them back to earth. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in beijing and explains the significance of this landing state media have described it as an historic moment and that the landing was remarkable. they are making a lot of this accomplishment, it could be a worldwide first, if they manage to bring those soil samples back. there are several parts to this spacecraft. while it has been orbiting the moon, after being launched in early may, the lander then tried to land on the far side of the moon, and they have done that, as you have heard, using the satellite that was launched many years ago, and then of course it has made this, what chinese state media are calling a remarkable london. it will use a mechanical arm and drill

to collect those soil samples and then hopefully bring it back to earth. it is scheduled to land at the end ofjune, about the 25th of june, in inner mongolia, and then i think we will see great fanfare. at the moment there is still caution, they are still talking about this as an historic moment, talking about it as if it could be a worldwide first, if they bring those soil samples back, but make no doubt, they are also heralding china's advances when it comes to lunar exploration. they have spent the last 20 years looking towards making advances and they hope to put their first person on the moon by 2030, is the global space race heats up. our thank to laura bicker. bye—bye.

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 coast, 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 of west. we've got that cloud and that cloud will continue to spread south

and eastward overnight tonight 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 will 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 south—west, low pressure to the north. and that becomes more influential as we go through the week. so throughout monday, 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 will 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 north—westerly wind which will bring in some showers, longer spells of rain for a time across parts of scotland

and northern ireland. and that's probably where we will 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines... in the uk, the electoral campaign continues with the labour leader pledging to reduce legal migration levels — while the prime minister promises to build 100 new doctors surgeries and boost the number of available appointments.

south african parties get ready for coalition talks as 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 per cent of the votes. 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. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon. launched on may 3rd, the mission aims to collect rock and soilfrom this region for the first time in history. i will be back at the top of the hour. now it is time for unspun world withjohn simpson.