have coming down swiftly, we have supported some of the measures that are expected in the next place and we want to make sure that we can move quickly on some of these recruitment areas. meanwhile, the tories promise to build 100 new doctors' surgeries if they are elected. we have been focusing as you rightly say on _ we have been focusing as you rightly say on those longest waits and we have virtually eliminated the longest _ 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'll get reaction after real madrid win the champions league final at wembley, beating borussia dortmund 2—0.

hello, i'm kasia madera. 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. and 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". 0ur 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 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 illness 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. to hear more on launch of snp�*s election campaign later today, we are joined by our scotland reporter katie hunter. so, in the next few hours we are expecting the snp to launch their campaign, whatare expecting the snp to launch their campaign, what are we expected to hear from them?— campaign, what are we expected to hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly. _ hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly. and — hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly, and not— hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly, and not for— hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly, and not for the - hear from them? well, perhaps not surprisingly, and not for the first i surprisingly, and not for the first time, we are expecting the snp leaderjohn swinney to take aim at the conservatives' record at westminster. we are expecting him to say that the cost—of—living crisis, that brexit, austerity, have been imposed on scotland by westminster. and in his words, we think he will tell activists that given the uk is moving so badly in the wrong direction, that he would be failing in his duty if he did not set out

what he believes is a better future for scotland. he will argue for the opportunity for higher living standards, a betterfunded nhs, with decisions about scotland made in scotland and he will say that is why he believes in independence. we know this is of course a westminster election but don't forget the snp have been in government in edinburgh at holyrood for 17 years and we are expecting john swinney to say he is proud of what his party has done, to touch on some policies that have been introduced like free bus travel for younger people and free prescriptions, and we are also expecting him to speak about his ambition to eradicate child poverty, which he has spoken about quite a lot over the last few weeks but of course the snp�*s opponents will have a very different view on their record in holyrood. find a very different view on their record in holyrood.— a very different view on their record in holyrood. a very different view on their record in hol rood. �* ,, ., record in holyrood. and the snp have been around — record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite some _ record in holyrood. and the snp have been around for quite some time, - been around for quite some time, john swinney has been around for quite some time, a lot of political experience but he has not been the leader for a experience but he has not been the leaderfor a long time? that

experience but he has not been the leader for a long time?— leader for a long time? that is ri . ht, leader for a long time? that is riaht, he leader for a long time? that is right. he has— leader for a long time? that is right, he hasjust _ leader for a long time? that is right, he hasjust been - leader for a long time? that isj right, he hasjust been leading leader for a long time? that is - right, he hasjust been leading the right, he has just been leading the snp this time around for less than a month and i think if anyone had said six weeks or so ago thatjohn swinney would be leading the snp, that he would be first minister of scotland and not only that but that he would be leading the snp into an election campaign on 11th he would be leading the snp into an election campaign on lithjuly i don't think many people would have taken you very seriously butjohn swinney has said in the last few days that the snp faces a tough election campaign and just to give you an idea of last time around in the 2019 general election by the snp won 48 seats and their opponents in scotland did not even get into double figures. so that gives you an idea about how far ahead the snp had been when it comes to scottish seats in westminster. but listen, it has been a tricky year for the snp, it is not so long ago that the former first minister humza yousaf resigned after a fallout with their power—sharing partners the scottish greens. there is also an ongoing police investigation into the snp

funding and finances. but this afternoon whenjohn swinney gets to his feet in glasgow not far from here he will be wanting to focus on what he sees as the positive achievements of the snp government as well as his priorities ahead of this general election. thank you, katie hunter in glasgow. we are expecting the snp launch in a few hours and we will be back when we hear that that is starting. south africa's anc says it is willing to talk to all political parties to create a coalition government after it lost its parliamentary majority in the elections for the first time in 30 years. its secretary—general, fikile mbalula, said his party had nothing to celebrate from the election but was not down and out. he denied underestimating the threat from the former president, jacob zuma. president jacob zuma.

mr zuma's mk party got almost 15% of the vote and was a major factor in the anc�*s poor performance. the mk party has said it would only work in a coalition with the anc if president cyril ramaphosa stepped down. mr mbalula said this demand was out of the question. here's some of what the anc�*s mr mbalula said. 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 pursue a path of fundamental social and economic 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. let's speak to our correspondent in johannesburg, catherine byaruhanga. catherine, you've been monitoring this, a lot seems to be riding now on what the cyril ramaphosa will do? yes, indeed, and that is because we really have to take stock of just how bad this result has been for the anc. at the last election, it was able to win about 58% of the vote. this time around by the expectation is that they will win just about 40%, so, losing 18% of its vote, thatis 40%, so, losing 18% of its vote, that is a really terrible result for the anc. considering it has been in powerfor the anc. considering it has been in power for three the anc. considering it has been in powerfor three decades. the anc. considering it has been in power for three decades. 0ver those three decades it has had a comfortable majority in parliament.

so, what we are hearing there from the anc secretary—general is that these are bad times for the party, he said, this result sends a clear message to the anc. but it also wanted to make the point that the anc will still be the biggest party in south africa, as he says, the most popular party, according to these elections. what we are expecting to see over the next few hours is this test play out. a key part of that is the final announcement from the independent electoral commission declaring the final result of this vote. and that will also spell out the seat allocation within parliament. remember, south africa is a proportional representation to democracy where the percentage of votes translates into the number of seats you get in parliament, so, those figures will be given out. when we hear from those figures will be given out. when we hearfrom president ramaphosa later, we understand he will be speaking not as the president of the anc, the leader of

a political party, but as the president of south africa. this is important at the moment because the people party is contesting these results, especially the former presidentjacob zuma, who has urged the electoral commission not to go on with the declaration this afternoon, he is warning, he says, of trouble, he says he will take the iec to court. in the midst of that, the statement from the president will be really important for south africa today. will be really important for south africa today-— africa today. and it is also going to be really _ africa today. and it is also going to be really important— africa today. and it is also going to be really importantjust - africa today. and it is also going to be really importantjust to - to be really importantjust to understand where this places the anc because as you say, they will need to get into conversations with the other parties, but we know that jacob zuma, the ex—presidentjacob zuma's party did much better—than—expected, and they will not go into talks with president ramaphosa how do you square that circle? w , . circle? exactly. the current president — circle? exactly. the current president and _ circle? exactly. the current president and the - circle? exactly. the current president and the former . circle? exactly. the current - president and the former president are at loggerheads. the former

presidentjacob zuma accuses are at loggerheads. the former president jacob zuma accuses cyril ramaphosa of removing him from office and taking over as president office and taking over as president of the south africa. so, the enmity, the relations between the two men, are really bitter and we are seeing some of that play out here on the political stage in south africa. nevertheless, the process of setting up nevertheless, the process of setting up a government has to continue. so, what the ruling party says is that it is willing to speak to anyone, even former president bissouma's party, the mk, but is secretary—general insists that the position of president ramaphosa is not up for debate, and this is important because the secretary—general is one of the key figures within the anc, fikile mbalula, an important political voice. so what does this mean going forward? we understand the anc is speaking to the main opposition party, the democratic alliance, which is expected to get 20% of the vote and to be the second biggest party in south africa. —— does

democratic alliance. but it still has a reputation of being allied to the white minority interests in south africa, so that means that it is a difficult position for the nac, which is a liberation movement, to ally itself with the da. we also have the party ofjulius malema, he leads the economic freedom fighters party, which is seen as being on the far left when it comes to its economic policies. so, it is a tricky position for the nac, for president ramaphosa. the implications also for within the anc, does it go towards the right, towards the da, does it go towards the left, to the? that is a tricky position. but it is interesting to say that when the secretary—general was speaking, he, but options are on the table, he even suggested the possibility of the anc choosing to take a step back and to be in the opposition. so it is really autoplay for here in south africa. —— all to play for.

many thanks to catherine byaruhanga in south africa. 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 the latest peace deal offer. finance minister bezalel smotrich and national security minister itamar ben—gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal unless hamas was wiped out. 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. we believe that what president biden

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, oui’ 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 fait accompli. 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.

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. so, i believe that it's not only that he has partners in his coalition that are tying his hands. netanyahu has brought in ben—gvir and smotrich from the ultra—right to do the same thing that he is doing now, to be his buffer zone, the 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. china has denied taking sides in the war. president zelensky 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 he had to say. yes, 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. meanwhile, china 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. 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 has more from delhi. critics have been saying since the beginning that there was no need to have a polling process which extended up to 40 process which extended up to 45 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, it 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 of kanpur in the north indian state of uttar pradesh, 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 all of the deaths are yet to be confirmed by the officials, that 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. real madrid are celebrating winning 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 viniciuer. it is the fifth time coach carlo ancelotti has won the most coveted prize in european club

football, a record for a manager. and these were the scenes in the spanish capital as fans celebrated the win. their team has lost just twice in 54 games in all competitions this season. we can speak to guillem balague, the spanish sports journalist, who was there. it must have been absolutely electric? it there. it must have been absolutely electric? ., , , ., ~ ., , electric? it was, you know why, because it _ electric? it was, you know why, because it was _ electric? it was, you know why, because it was completely - electric? it was, you know why, - because it was completely illogical. and that is where football gets at its best. borussia dortmund played better, everybody agreed on that, at the end, they had a lot of chances in the first half, they should have gone one, two, even three goals ahead, but instead what happened is that the shortest player on the pitch, who is a full—back, headed the ball in for real madrid, 1—0. and then of course, with that,

everything changed, and real madrid managed to score a second goal. so, they did it again, they found a way. and it's fascinating that in the last 11 major european finals they played, 11, do you know how many they won? all of them. there is nothing like that in history. and of course you mentioned ancelotti but i will tell you as well but four players of real madrid, carvajal, mudryk, toni kroos and, have won it six times themselves. so what we are watching is history, in football terms. a, . ., watching is history, in football terms. . ., , terms. -- modric. in that case if borussia — terms. -- modric. in that case if borussia dortmund _ terms. -- modric. in that case if borussia dortmund were - terms. -- modric. in that case if borussia dortmund were playingj borussia dortmund were playing better, did you just expect them to win? you were there pitchside, where the real madrid fans kind of almost expecting their team to win? into. expecting their team to win? no, the will expecting their team to win? no, they will be _ expecting their team to win? no, they will be a _ expecting their team to win? no, they will be a little _ expecting their team to win? iifr, they will be a little bit... it would sound too arrogant to think that way, but i tell you what the

players were thinking, while borussia dortmund could have opportunities to score. what they were thinking, and this is the keeper why they win so much, they were thinking, we are going to win this. and it's no logic to that way. because you don't have the ball, you are defending badly, you are getting chances against you. —— this is the key. but they will win. and that is the thing about the mentality of real madrid, when things go one, they can turn it around, they have a calmness, and emotional volume, very low, which allows them to... find low, which allows them to... and before things _ low, which allows them to... and before things go _ low, which allows them to... and before things go wrong, i am going to cut you off, guillem balague, who was there watching the match last night. thank you so much. and to our viewers, as always. 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 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 you've got that cloud and that cloud will continue to spread south and eastward overnight tonight.

there will 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.

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 illegal migration

levels, while the prime minister promises to build 100 new doctors surgeries. south africa's parties read if coalition talks as the anc loses its majority of the first time in 30 years, dropping from... 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 the 3rd, it aims to collect rock and soil samples from this side of the moon for the first time in history. here in the uk campaigning is continuing in the run—up to the general election on 4july. 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