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. hello, i'm anjana gadgil. we start with the uk general election — and the veteran left—wing politician diane abbott has said she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. she was suspended from the party in 2023 following comments she made about racism — but was allowed back in last month. there's been uncertainty about herfuture — but on friday, the labour leader sir keir starmer said she was free to go forward as a labour candidate.

let's get more on this from our deputy political editor vicki young — who's in the newsroom. first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here. this first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here.— actually took place here. this has been quite _ actually took place here. this has been quite a _ actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, _ actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and _ actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and has - actually took place here. this has - been quite a saga, and has dominated the first week of campaigning for labour. i think most people agree that the leadership hasn't handled it very well. as you said there, diane abbott under investigation for many months, over a year in fact, after she wrote a letter and in it she said thatjewish, irish and traveller people do not face racism all their lives. because of that, she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party. as i say, this investigation went on and everyone was wondering what was going on because if you're not a member of the parliamentary labour party and an election is called you cannot stand as a labour candidate, so most people then thought that she wouldn't stand. then she was reinstated to the party, but a leak

to a newspaper suggested that she would in fact be barred from standing. a lot of people in the labour party felt that there was some kind of purge of left—wingers and diane abbott herself said that they were trying to get rid of her in the party, so a massive row broke out. lots of people coming out in support of diane abbott, because many of them felt that she had been a trailblazer, she was britain's first black female mp. she has been an mp for 37 years. and many people felt she should not have been treated in this way. and herfriends say she was treated appallingly by the leadership.— the leadership. there have been accusations _ the leadership. there have been accusations that _ the leadership. there have been accusations that sir _ the leadership. there have been accusations that sir keir - the leadership. there have beeni accusations that sir keir starmer the leadership. there have been i accusations that sir keir starmer is trying to purge the left wing of his party, have those issues been resolved now do you think? mat resolved now do you think? not entirel . resolved now do you think? not entirely. there _ resolved now do you think? iirrt entirely. there are still some who are saying that they will stand as independents. of coursejeremy corbyn, a former labour party

leader, was suspended from the party and never reinstated, and he has decided to stand as an independent candidate, so this could still cause sir keir starmer lot of trouble and the fact that sir keir starmer�*s deputy leader, angela rayner, came out and supported diane abbott saying that she saw no reason why she couldn't stand, and many think about that forced his hand on all of this. the other thing that was circulating as a suggestion was that diane abbott might get a peerage and be able to go into the house of lords and when she responded today she said that this is factually incorrect. she said i have never been offered a seat in the lords, and would not accept one if offered. and decided after deliberating for a few days that she will stand as a labour candidate, and she would if she was to be elected be the longest serving female mp in the house of commons. . ~ serving female mp in the house of commons. ., ~ , ., a ., ., commons. thank you, vicki young, our deu commons. thank you, vicki young, our deputy political— commons. thank you, vicki young, our deputy political editor. _ thanks vicki — and a full list

of candidates will be available when nominations close on the bbc news website. campaigning is continuing ahead of polling day for the uk election on the 4th ofjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour wins power. the party says it will prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party's election campaign. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting on 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.

there are some people telling me to forget _ there are some people telling me to forget about independence at this election — but you know what? after looking at 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. applause and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. the conservatives are focusing on health policies for england. they say they'll build 100 new gp surgeries and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. the liberal democrats have promised to make a billion pounds a year available to local councils, to spend on public health. they want to increase access to blood pressure tests and health visits for infants and their mothers, especially in deprived areas. the party says it'll find the money by clamping down on tax avoidance. and remember you can

keep across the latest from the campaign trail on our live page on the bbc news website. we've got updates and analysis from our correspondents across the country — you can also find it on the bbc news app. staying in the uk, tributes are pouring in for the former great britain rubgy league international, rob burrow, who has died aged ai. rob burrow was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019 , two years after he retired from playing for the leeds rhinos, the club where he'd spent his entire career. the prince of wales described him as a "legend of rugby league" who had a "huge heart". sally nugent, looks back at his 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. 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 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." you have been admiration for everything you have done. the wider rugby league family also united behind him to raise funds for research into a condition that has no cure and no treatment. rob burrow overcame so many challenges on and off the field. he will always be remembered as a giant in the face of a cruel disease. rob burrow, who has died at the age

of ai. in south africa, the party once led by nelson mandela, the african national congress, has had its worst election result, since the end of apartheid, three decades ago. the historic result means a fresh political landscape for the country, with the party losing support because of anger over the cost of living, high levels of corruption, unemployment and crime. the african national congress won almost 40% of the seats in the national assembly. the democratic alliance secured nearly 22 per cent and the mk partyjust below 15 per cent. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has this report from johnannesburg. this is a country at a crossroads. the historic inequalities of apartheid have not been erased and the people have had enough. last week they went to the polls and voted for change, dealing the ruling african national congress a dramatic drop in support. today the president spoke for the first time.

the people shall govern. 0ur the people shall govern. our people have spoken. whether we like it or not, they have spoken. the anc�*s disastrous showing has thrown competition wide open for a coalition government to replace its controlling majority. the pro—business democratic alliance came second, with an agenda of free—market reforms, but it struggles to shake the image of a party for the white minority. the former president, jacob zuma, disgraced by allegations of rampant corruption, has made an extraordinary comeback, heading the newly formed mk party. the radical economic freedom fighters want to nationalise banks and seize white—owned land. so those are the options and we have now had the official announcement of the election result, confirming what we already knew. that means that the anc has two weeks to form a coalition with parties which have very different visions for the country.

faced with that uncertain future are these young people injohannesburg, the generation for whom most is at stake. nearly 50% are unemployed. if we get somebody young, fresh, young blood, yeah, we're going to, i'm very much optimistic. it's going to be a beautiful country. i hope the ruling party is shaken as we want them to be. we just need the basics, like, just take care of the people. and to stay on their promises and keep their word, you know. we know they want to tell the money, let them tell the money, but let them at least do what they promised to do and then maybe tell the change. the votes may have been counted but nobody knows where they will lead. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. earlier i spoke to former bbc news africa bureau chief, milton nkosi and he gave us his take on the election.

i think president cyril ramaphosa was very statesman—like, if you like. he handled the ceremony with dignity and decorum that it deserved, and he has always been a gentle person onstage and offstage. but he is facing a difficult task. we all know that he is in deep trouble. he has not reached a 50% mark. he is the first anc president to perform badly since democracy, and now he is forced to try to look for partners to form a government, and he tried to be as funny, and kept his sense of humour at least because he said i am not yet extinguished, which was a very nice line for him to show that he is still in the game. so, now, the anc is still, even though with a huge

loss, the single largest party and most likely to form a government, so they are looking for partners to get them over the 50% mark. now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthi. straight to the french open, where the quarter—final lineups are beginning to take shape. the australian open champion jannik sinner is aiming to reach the last eight but he has a tricky opponent in home favourite corentin moutet. and moutet started very well going a double break and 5—love up in the first set. he hasjust he has just taken that first step 6-2. there were no issues for the wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz as he eased his way into the quarter finals. alcaraz beat the 21st seed, felix auger—aliassime in straight sets in just over two hours and will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals — after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets.

so, the match is that we have played, ii of the —— i won all of them, but what i wanted to mean when i said was that i have not been playing great, but i know particularly what i have to do, in the match. the us open champion coco gauff is into the last eight after she eased past italy's elisabetta cocciaretto, dropping just three games in a straight sets win. gauff will play the 8th seed, 0ns jabeur, in the quarter finals. and if you thought gauff�*s scoreline was impressive — well, step forward iga swiatek. the world number one lostjust ten points in her victory over anastasia potapova, which tookjust a0 minutes — swiatek winning 6—love, 6—love. swiatek will play the current wimbledon champion, marketa vondrousova, next — with the pole looking to win her third sucessive title at roland garros.

i was playing in an efficient way, and i didn't lose any points that i didn't need to, so i am happy with the way i was disciplined, and i just stick to my tactics through the whole match. there's been double success for the co—hosts on the opening day of the t20 men's cricket world cup. the west indies got off to a winning start by beating papa new guinea. set 137 to win, the west indies reached their target with five wickets in hand and five overs to spare. both teams face uganda in their next fixture. and the other co—hosts, the usa, also started with a win — thanks to an excellent performance from aaronjones. he hit an unbeaten 94 offjust a0 balls — as usa chased down their target of 195 with 7 wickets in hand — and more than two overs to spare. five months on from being sacked by roma, jose mourinho is back in the managerial dugout. he's been announced as the new head coach of fenerbahce.

mourinho arrives at the club one week after they missed out on the turkish league title to galatasaray — despite having a points tally of 99 and losing only one league game all season. a coach is after victories, and in this case, ifeel that a coach is after victories, and in this case, i feel that i am love, before victories, and that, for me, is a big responsibility, it is a big responsibility, that i feel, and i promise you, that from this moment, i belong to your family. this shirt is my skin. cheering well these have been the scenes in spain — as mourinho's former club real madrid arrived back in the country, following their european cup success last night — after beating borussia dortmund 2—0 to secure a record—extending 15th european

trophy. they won the champions league final at wembley. to a huge few hours in both men and women's golf next. scotland's robert macintyre is under way in his final round of the canadian 0pen — with a two—shot lead as he tries to secure his first pga tour title. whilst in pennyslvania, australia's minjee lee leads the way in the final round of the women's us open. she's currently on six under par — after two holes — two shots clear of the rest of the field, as she tries to win and in germany, a moment to rememberfor laurie canter as he won his first european tour title. the english golfer finished two shots clear of the field to secure the european open title. thriston lawrence and bernd wiesberger finished as joint runners—up. and that's all the sport for now.

thank you, karthi. voting is taking place in mexico in an election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female presidentthe frontrunner, claudia shanebaum, and her main rival, sochitul galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms shanebaum, 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. 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 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. president zelensky was speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore. 0ur correspondent suranjana tewari was at the summit and has more. the russian offensive in kharkiv has battered the north—east of the country for weeks. glide bombs fired

by russian aircraft pummelling carrying catches. the us is helping ukraine fight back with advanced weaponry but is concerned about escalation and has restricted their use two targets inside ukraine. president zelensky complains that his hands are tied. pressure on washington has been building. finally, in a meeting with the us secretary of defence lloyd austin, a change in policy was made official. president zelensky told the bbc that it is still insufficient. translation: is it is still insufficient. translation: , ., ., translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned _ translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the _ translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the answer - translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the answer before, l have mentioned the answer before, the airfield is the russia bombed ukraine, knowing that ukraine will not bomb them in response despite having a system that you is this enough, no. the, we don't have the systems to do so.— enough, no. the, we don't have the systems to do so. good asia provide what he needs? _ systems to do so. good asia provide what he needs? he _ systems to do so. good asia provide what he needs? he was _ systems to do so. good asia provide what he needs? he was hoping - systems to do so. good asia provide what he needs? he was hoping to i systems to do so. good asia provide i what he needs? he was hoping to drum up what he needs? he was hoping to drum up support by making an unscheduled visit to the shangri—la dialogue,

asia's perimeterfence visit to the shangri—la dialogue, asia's perimeter fence summit. visit to the shangri—la dialogue, asia's perimeterfence summit. south korea and japan are big arms and hardware manufacturers after all but a focus for president zelensky was a peace conference which he hopes will prevent a nuclear disaster and ensure food security and release prisoners of war including ukrainian children held in russia. he says 106 countries have already signed up. president zelensky has been holding meetings here all day, to drum up even more support for that peace conference in switzerland later this month. his departure was far more muted than his arrival, when delegates pack the lobby and balconies for more than one hour, some compare that to taylor swift's recent visit. that overshadowed the issues in asia. many countries are worried that china's increasingly aggressive behaviour is destabilising the region. beijing has concern that mac is a concern for president zelensky also. he said

there were elements of russian weaponry that come from china and he is accused it of prolonging the war by supporting russian. in a morning speech that was eclipsed by excitement for zelensky�*s address, the chinese defence chief denied taking sides. ask if he had met don junior, zelensky said no, and that used zelensky of undermining his peace conference. translation: it peace conference. translation: , ., ., ., translation: it is unfortunate that such a big powerful _ translation: it is unfortunate that such a big powerful country - translation: it is unfortunate that such a big powerful country as - translation: it is unfortunate that such a big powerful country as china j such a big powerful country as china is an instrument in the hands of vladimir putin.— is an instrument in the hands of vladimir putin. , ., , ., vladimir putin. zelensky was the man ofthe vladimir putin. zelensky was the man of the moment _ vladimir putin. zelensky was the man of the moment amidst _ vladimir putin. zelensky was the man of the moment amidst a _ vladimir putin. zelensky was the man of the moment amidst a sea - vladimir putin. zelensky was the man of the moment amidst a sea of - of the moment amidst a sea of security dilemmas in the indo—pacific. it is the latest diplomatic push for a leader who has become accustomed to begging the world for help. now he returns home to the war, and a peace conference he hopes can break the deadlock on his terms. 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 probe is expected to use a drill and mechanical arm to collect rock and soil and transport them back to earth. this week marks the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings — and as part of the commemorations a mass parachute drop has taken place over normandy. those who took partjumped from world war ii era planes into the now—peaceful skies as part of the commemorations. on the 6th ofjune 19114, troops from the uk, the us, canada and france attacked german forces on the coast of northern france. it marked the start of the campaign to liberate nazi—occupied north—west europe. normandy survivors were among those who gathered to watch the parachute jump. there's a buzz over david beckham, who's been announced as a new ambassador for the king's foundation. after meeting the king at highgrove house, beckham said they bonded over a love

of beekeeping and even compared tips on the hobby. the charity, created by the king, offers education programmes staying with one of david beckham and's former club now... we want to take you to madrid — and show you these live pictures of the victory parade after real madrid won the champions league on saturday night for the 15th time. they beat borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley. thousands of fans as you can see have turned out on the streets of madrid. hello there. high pressure to the west of the uk has brought most areas a dry weekend. we did see more cloud, though, work 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 in 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 between 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 coastal 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 ok 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 ok 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 first ministerjohn 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 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, time to catch up on the latest in the election campaign with newscast