and i'm catherine byaruhanga in south africa where the final results from the recent elections are now out and resident cyril ramaphosa urges parties to work together as his anc party is forced to share powerfor his anc party is forced to share power for the first his anc party is forced to share powerfor the first time. his anc party is forced to share power for the first time. —— resident cyril ramaphosa. —— president cyril ramaphosa. we start with the uk election and breaking news in the last hour. the veteran left—wing politician diane abbott has said she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. ms abbott had the labour whip restored this week, after being suspended from the party last year. a row over whether the party would select her as its candidate in the seat has dominated the first week of campaigning. here is our political correspondent jack fenwick.

this is row that has been ongoing for months but has really, really been ongoing for the past few days, and this all goes back to a letter diane abbott wrote to the observer newspaper 1a months ago now. after that letter, she was accused of anti—semitism and she said in the letter thatjewish people along with irish and traveller people didn't face racism all their lives and after that was published she apologised very quickly and she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party pending an investigation. now, if you are someone who has been suspended, if you are suspended when an election is happening, you can't run again as a labour candidate so we didn't hear anything about the investigation or the outcome of it for a long, long time. then, when the general election was called, we suddenly needed an answer, needed to know whether or not dianne abbott would be allowed to run. and several days ago, the bbc�*s newsnight programme reported that investigation concluded five months ago but diane abbott still did not know whether she would be allowed

to stand and they said the conclusion of that was that she had to take part in some anti—semitism training courses and she did that in february but still did not know. we then had a report in one newspaper, in the times newspaper, suggesting she would not be allowed to run and that is when this row really started to become front—page news, really. for several days, there was quite a lot of confusion over whether or not she would be allowed to run and we heard from several senior members of labour's shadow cabinet, including sir keir starmer himself, essentially saying it is not for them to make a decision, it is up to the nec, the national executive committee, the body that essentially runs the party rule book and they meet next week to formally endorse all of labour's candidates, so that was the position for a long time, "we can't say anything because "it is up to the nec." because it is up to the nec." and then a change happened when labour's deputy leader,

angela rayner, went further than her colleagues in saying she did not see any reason why diane abbott shouldn't be allowed to stand as a labour candidate and then those questions were thrown back to keir starmer once more and after a little bit of confusion he eventually came out and said diane abbott was indeed free to stand. since that announcement, we have been waiting to hear from diane abbott herself over whether or not she will stand. she had originally said she would not be making any statement until that nec meeting on tuesday, when it is expected that she will be formally chosen as the candidate, but she has now confirmed she does intend to be part of that process and to continue her 37—year career as an mp. remember diane abbott is the first female black elected mp in this country and she is seen as a trailblazer by many people, the word a lot of people in the labour party have been using to describe her in the past few days, and she is also a real sort of titanic figure of the labour left and has been for many years. she was a senior member

ofjeremy corbyn�*s shadow cabinet team and has certainly been critical of labour leaderships, including keir starmer�*s, from the left of the party. this had for a long time been taking attention away from the sort of things labour wanted to talk about, from their policy announcements and the campaign trail itself, and we may now finally have an answer and that answer is that diane abbott does indeed intend to stand as a labour mp at this election. a full list of the candidates standing in that constituency will be available online by the end of the week. staying with the election campaign, labour says it's committed to reducing levels of level migration to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier, the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved.

net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour's plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here's our political correspondent ione wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign. the two major parties say they want to control it without leaving the economy short of key skilled workers like this, from construction to care work. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. i know that you're effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad target — i'm not going to do that. we are going to be clear — net migration must come down, we believe it's really important and what keir has set out is commitments that we will bring net migration down. the conservatives and the liberal democrats have announced their own separate policies. now with this announcement today,

it seems that they are copying - and pasting policies that - are already in place, so we have tried through the introduction - of salary thresholds and increasing the salary thresholds, we have seen already| a real impact on legal migration because we understand that there is a balancing act - between attracting the brightest. and the best to the united kingdom but doing so in a way- that we are able to deal with. net migration is forecast to fall anyway in the next coming years — what is critically important from the liberal democrats�* point of view is that we actually start to pay our care workers properly and that is why we are pledging to give them an increased minimum wage, £2 higher than the minimum wage for other sectors, and only by doing that, by investing in our care workers here in our domestic workforce, can we actually reduce the demand for foreign workers to come and fill those vacancies. the snp have accused labour and the conservatives of blaming migrants rather than the westminster government for the country's problems. and reform uk have proposed a tax on businesses employing overseas workers. labour intend this announcement

to firmly park their tanks on the conservatives�* lawn. with legal migration numbers sky—high, it is set to be a key issue in this campaign. ione wells, bbc news. we heard from victoria atkins, the health secretary, in that report and the liberal democrats have also been focusing on health today, as our political correspondent explained. the lib dems promising to spend an extra £1 billion a year on what is known as the public health grant. this is money given to local councils to spend on public health. they say this would reverse real terms cuts to that grant over the past decade and it will be spent on things like health checks for a0 to 74—year—olds, health visits for infants and their mothers, and also wider access to blood pressure tests. the lib dems say it will be funded

by a clampdown on tax avoidance and it would reduce pressure on the nhs by preventing people becoming ill in the first place. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party's campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accused labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some of what the snp leader said look, there are some people telling me to forget about independence at this election. but you know what? after looking at sir keir starmer�*s serial u—turns in the pursuit of power, i think people are crying out for political leadership that sticks to its principles... out for political leadership that applause out for political leadership that ..for leaders who argue for what they believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and a fairer country. 0ur scotland reporter katie hunter listened

to mr swinney�*s speech, and laid out the key points for us. the first was talking about the snp�*s record in government and the snp has in been in power in holyrood for 17 years and he wants to talk up their achievements in holyrood but attacks there on the conservatives�* record in westminster and he at one point described them as a disastrous and chaotic tory government but he also took a swipe at labour as well and said that labour weren�*t exactly the same as the conservatives but were doing an awfully good impression of the tories and of course independence was a key theme running through this speech and john swinney said he passionately believes in independence and every time independence was mentioned in that room which was full of candidates and activists, there were huge cheers, but i thinkjohn swinney was also attempting to speak to people beyond that room,

to voters he will have to attract if he wants to win this general election in scotland. the former great britain rugby league international rob burrow has died at the age of 41 after a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease. burrow spent his entire rugby league career with leeds rhinos and helped them win eight super league titles. he retired in 2017 but two years later it was revealed he had been diagnosed with mnd. alongside former team—mate kevin sinfield, rob burrow went on to raise awarewess and raise millions to help build a new care centre for mnd patients. sally nugent looks back on his career and life. rob burrow�*s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants�* game, he was world—class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy

who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. born on the 26th of september, 1982 and raised in the rugby league heartland of west yorkshire, it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, "oh, he's good, is that rob, "but he's never going to make it because he's not big enough." after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i�*m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for him shone through as rob made his private

battle a public one to help raise awareness of mnd. rob's aim was to be a voice, to raise that awareness for other people that were suffering and going through this. first, when rob was diagnosed, i was the one that would break down in tears and rob would be, you know, "pull yourself together, "lindsey, we can get through this." the wider rugby league family also united behind him to raise funds for research into a condition that has no cure and no treatment. who's got the most. tries out of you two? 0h, him bya long way. i think he knows that as well. is he laughing? yeah, he is. hopefully through the campaigning we have done, we have helped to make people aware of mnd and to give people and families affected by the disease some hope. we have to keep raising funds to fight this disease until we have a cure. rob burrow overcame so many challenges on and off the field. he will always be remembered

as a giant, whether wearing the blue and amber of his beloved leeds or wearing the warmest of smiles in the face of a cruel disease. rob burrow, who has died aged 41. final results from south africa�*s elections have given the governing african national congress 159 seats in the 400—seat parliament. it�*s the first time since the end of apartheid that the anc has lost its majority, although it is still by far the biggest party. in the past few minutes president cyril ramaphosa has described the result as a victory for south africa�*s democracy. we have held another successful election that has been free, fair, credible and peaceful. we have strived together to build a

country which everyone — black and white, man and woman, young and old — can call home. this election has reaffirmed building a south africa for all remains the defining mission of our nation. let�*s cross live to my colleague catherine byaruhanga who is in johannesburg. firstly, catherine, did the anc underestimates jacob zuma�*s new party? it underestimates jacob zuma's new .a ? , underestimates jacob zuma's new -a ? , ., underestimates jacob zuma's new .a ? , , ., ., ., underestimates jacob zuma's new .a ? , ., ., ., party? it is important to note the okc and on _ party? it is important to note the okc and on which _ party? it is important to note the okc and on which the _ party? it is important to note the okc and on which the president l party? it is important to note the i okc and on which the president was 0kc and on which the president was speaking, this is a national state event, the official declaration of results —— the occasion on which the president was speaking. the precedent often comes here and makes the same speech but there was a need

to differentiate between party politics and what is happening in terms of the transfer of power and the mechanics of elections here in south africa so when he was speaking here, the president was talking about all the parties working together and he referred the fact that his party really did not get a majority and he said this was a clear message from south africans that all parties had to come together, find common ground, but how easy it will that be a? we are joined, to answer that question, by the bbc�*s former south africa bureau chief. thank you forjoining us, milton. what did you make of the president�*s speech and his efforts to get people to gather? president's speech and his efforts to get people to gather?- president's speech and his efforts to get people to gather? thank you, i think president _ to get people to gather? thank you, i think president cyril _ to get people to gather? thank you, i think president cyril ramaphosa i i think president cyril ramaphosa was very— i think president cyril ramaphosa was very statesman—like, if you like _ was very statesman—like, if you like he — was very statesman—like, if you like. he handles at the ceremony with the — like. he handles at the ceremony with the dignity and the decorum it

deserves_ with the dignity and the decorum it deserves and he has always been a gentle _ deserves and he has always been a gentle person onstage and offstage but he _ gentle person onstage and offstage but he is _ gentle person onstage and offstage but he is facing a difficult task. we all— but he is facing a difficult task. we all know he is in deep, deep trouble — we all know he is in deep, deep trouble and he has not reached the 50% mark — trouble and he has not reached the 50% mark and he is the first anc president— 50% mark and he is the first anc president to perform badly since democracy 30 years ago and he is now forced _ democracy 30 years ago and he is now forced to— democracy 30 years ago and he is now forced to try _ democracy 30 years ago and he is now forced to try to look for partners to form — forced to try to look for partners to form a — forced to try to look for partners to form a government and he tried to be as_ to form a government and he tried to be as funny, — to form a government and he tried to be as funny, kept his sense of humour— be as funny, kept his sense of humour at _ be as funny, kept his sense of humour at least, because he said i have _ humour at least, because he said i have hot— humour at least, because he said i have not yet— humour at least, because he said i have not yet extinguished, which was a very— have not yet extinguished, which was a very nice _ have not yet extinguished, which was a very nice line for him to show he is still— a very nice line for him to show he is still in _ a very nice line for him to show he is still in the — a very nice line for him to show he is still in the game. so now the anc, _ is still in the game. so now the anc, remember it still emerged even with a _ anc, remember it still emerged even with a huge _ anc, remember it still emerged even with a huge loss, as the single largest— with a huge loss, as the single largest party so they are most likely— largest party so they are most likely to — largest party so they are most likely to form a government so they are looking — likely to form a government so they are looking for partners to try to .et are looking for partners to try to get them — are looking for partners to try to get them over that 50% mark. and

milton, you — get them over that 50% mark. fific milton, you would of get them over that 50% mark. a"ic milton, you would of course note that the president was once known as a master negotiator —— you would of course no. you will know he was crucial in the negotiations at the end of apartheid between the anc and the apartheid regime and other parties. how do you think you will handle this new transition. worker? what kind of negotiations will be happening and how will he handle them as we try to see a new government in south africa? the negotiations _ government in south africa? the negotiations have begun with lots of phone _ negotiations have begun with lots of phone calls and texting going on now and it— phone calls and texting going on now and it is— phone calls and texting going on now and it is a _ phone calls and texting going on now and it is a very intricate and much more _ and it is a very intricate and much more complex way of trying to set up a coalition— more complex way of trying to set up a coalition government because some of the _ a coalition government because some of the deals— a coalition government because some of the deals he has to make how to happen— of the deals he has to make how to happen at— of the deals he has to make how to happen at provincial level or even at a iocai— happen at provincial level or even at a local government level, where someone _ at a local government level, where someone says, i will come to be in your— someone says, i will come to be in your government, to show you up in

pariiament— your government, to show you up in parliament and increase your parliamentary votes, but i also want to be _ parliamentary votes, but i also want to be the _ parliamentary votes, but i also want to be the premiere of a certain province. _ to be the premiere of a certain province, for instance, so he has to id province, for instance, so he has to go and _ province, for instance, so he has to go and negotiate with his provincial comrades _ go and negotiate with his provincial comrades in the anc to try and make room _ comrades in the anc to try and make room for— comrades in the anc to try and make room for that dealer to happen but he is _ room for that dealer to happen but he is a _ room for that dealer to happen but he is a skilled negotiator. remember cyril ramaphosa negotiated the end of apartheid and avoided a bloodbath here working alongside nelson mandela and his opposite number who was negotiating with him to end apartheid so he is not new to intricate _ apartheid so he is not new to intricate details of negotiating a peace _ intricate details of negotiating a peace settlement and remember this is not _ peace settlement and remember this is not unprecedented because soon after the _ is not unprecedented because soon after the end of apartheid went netson— after the end of apartheid went nelson mandela started his only term he served _ nelson mandela started his only term he served in 1994, he had the last apartheid — he served in 1994, he had the last apartheid president, fw de klerk, as his deputy— apartheid president, fw de klerk, as his deputy president so it was a

government of national unity at that time but _ government of national unity at that time but now cyril ramaphosa is forced _ time but now cyril ramaphosa is forced to— time but now cyril ramaphosa is forced to have a coalition government sol forced to have a coalition government so i think he can pull it off and _ government so i think he can pull it off and he _ government so i think he can pull it off and he has a choice between the official— off and he has a choice between the official opposition of the da at 22% and the _ official opposition of the da at 22% and the left—leaning parties which are the _ and the left—leaning parties which are the anc breakaways, jacob zuma's new party— are the anc breakaways, jacob zuma's new party the mk and the radical economic— new party the mk and the radical economic freedom fighters, the eff. thank— economic freedom fighters, the eff. thank you _ economic freedom fighters, the eff. thank you very much, milton nkosi, for your insights here on bbc news. right now, this official announcement really sets off a chain of events because from today, the next sitting of parliament needs to be within 14 next sitting of parliament needs to be within14 days and that means all these talks and negotiations need to come to some kind of conclusion in orderfor the next come to some kind of conclusion in order for the next president of south africa to be re—elected and i am sure the anc will want to make sure that president cyril ramaphosa continues to be the president of

south africa. catherine in johannesburg, thank you very much. voting is taking place in mexico in an election which is almost certain to result in the country�*s first female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president. earlier i spoke to will grant, our mexico correspondent. i asked him whether this historic vote was really between just two female candidates. yes, that is right, i am at a polling station in the sanjuan neighbourhood, one of 170,000 polling stations across the country and you can see this one is very quiet and calm and people are waiting for their opportunity to cast their ballot in this leafy part of the capital, mexico

city, and this stands in stark contrast to the kinds of scenes seen in those parts of the country where there has been real violence, real difficulties. for example, down in the southern state of chiapas, we have had two situations where the violence has been so bad that they have simply had to call off the election there and in one of them, masked gunmen went into the electoral offices and burnt, set it on fire, burning all of the ballot slips and they had to simply cancel the election. but you are right that this is historic for a positive reason too, though, because at the end of this process, mexico is almost certain to elect its first woman president. you talk about some of the violence you have seen there in mexico. how tight is the security as a result? i think there�*s something in the region of 27,000 troops have been sent around the country to protect this vote

but the difficulty is they can�*t get everywhere and there are places where it is really the cartels that control things and i mentioned that situation in chiapas but in some polling stations, not ones like this in well—heeled parts of mexico city, but where the cartels have real control, they can put gunmen outside of the polling station and use the tools of intimidation and threats to make sure people cast their ballots in the direction they want to see and really putting the stamp of organised crime on the election result. the current president, mr lopez 0brador, can�*t run for top office again but has put his weight behind claudia sheinbaum. what is the difference between her policies and those espoused by her main rival xochitl galvez for this election? claudia sheinbaum has run on a platform of continuity, and

what lopez 0brador calls his fourth transformation of mexico, it is basically the idea that mexico is undergoing such a transformation in this political project that they put it on a par with other transformations in this country�*s history such as the mexican revolution as the mexican revolution and mexican independence but ultimately it is a programme of social programmes that has pulled many people out of poverty and is very popular with many people and as you can imagine, claudia sheinbaum is suggesting she will extend that and build on the foundations put in place by andres manuel lopez 0brador but her detractors, particularly xochitl galvez, say the whole project is merely populism and it is the smoke and mirrors of an authoritarian populist under president lopez 0brador and claudia sheinbaum will simply be his puppet and be an extension of him and he will really be the power behind the scenes. but now it is the voters

themselves who are making that decision. as pa rt of as part of the commemorations for the anniversary of the d—day landings, peoplejumped in landings, people jumped in parachutes landings, peoplejumped in parachutes into the now peaceful skies as part of the commemorations. 0n the 6th ofjune 1944, troops from the allied nations attacks german troops and marked the beginning of a campaign to liberate nazi occupied north—west europe. after meeting the king at highgrove house, david beckham said they bonded over a love of beekeeping and the charity funded by the king offers educational programmes in

traditional skills such as woodworking and embroidery. let�*s get some pictures now from madrid, one of david beckham�*s former clubs, where people are celebrating their champions league triumph last night with that win over borussia dortmund at wembley, the 15th time the club have won the european cup, and the team and the fans are now back in madrid to celebrate, there they all are, to celebrate this achievement. do stay with us. you are watching bbc news. hello there. high pressure to the west of the uk has brought most areas a dry weekend. we did see more cloud, though, working into scotland and northern ireland through the day. at the same time, sunday saw much

more in the way of sunshine for central and eastern england and lighter winds, too. that had a very significant impact on the temperatures. for some, it was seven degrees warmer on sunday than it had been on saturday. and the temperatures topped out at about 23 degrees in one or two spots as well. that was the scene in poole in dorset, with beach—goers enjoying the warm june sunshine, but cloudy skies worked in across stirling. now, overnight tonight, the cloud we�*ve got in scotland and northern ireland — thick enough for occasional spots of rain — will push southwards. so overall it�*s going to be turning cloudier through the night, and given that, it�*s a milder night compared with last night — lows of 10—13 degrees for most of us. tomorrow, well, we start off with cloudy skies for northern ireland, western parts of england, wales, with the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of drizzle, maybe one or two mist and fog patches for coasts and hills too. through the day, the cloud may well thin and break, particularly to the east of high ground, to allow some sunny spells through. and we should see some sunshine developing in scotland through the day, with just a few showers across the far north.

where thejune sunshine comes out, temperatures high teens to low 20s. that should feel quite pleasant, but it will feel less pleasant as we head into tuesday and wednesday. low pressure to the north of the uk is going to be sending much colder air our way. and so with that, we�*ll see rain or showers across the northern half of the uk in particular. chilly winds here, and with the downpours working in, particularly for scotland, quite a few of these will have hail and thunder mixed in. a few showers developing further south. now, temperatures still doing 0k across england and wales, but it�*s going to be turning quite chilly for scotland and northern ireland, particularly in those brisk and gusty winds. and it�*s a very similar—looking weather picture for wednesday — showers and thunderstorms, again, some with hail across the northern half of the uk, the driest weather across good parts of wales, the midlands, east anglia and southern counties of england. temperatures — high teens to low 20s. will feel 0k across england and wales, but still chilly for scotland and northern ireland with those brisk winds. and there�*s no great change in that weather pattern. it stays cool and showery for scotland and northern ireland, england and wales having the best

of the dry and sunny weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in the uk, veteran left—wing politician diane abbott says she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. scotland�*s first minister john swinney officially

launches the snp�*s general election campaign — less than a month after he became party leader. mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country�*s first female president. it's it�*s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa�*s ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples. now on bbc news, it�*s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i�*m gavin ramjaun. history for djokovic, but not as he�*d like it, at the french open. the world number one with a new benchmark for a late finish in paris.

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