indian prime minister narendra modi declares an historic third victory in india — but fails to win an outight majority. hello, and a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bunn dock. in the first debate of the uk general election, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living. the labour leader saud the government's plan was not working, while the prime minister claimed taxes would rise under labour. the labour leader said. our uk political editor

chris mason has broken down the highlights of the debate. is tonight the night you can turn things around, prime minister? the big question for rishi sunak. the polls aren't budging. could this be the moment for a game changer? and here's the guy who wants hisjob. is tonight the night you seal the deal? pleasantries, smiles and — you can bet for both of them — a bag of nerves. the debate under way, and the biggest topic of our time, the cost of living, set out by paula from huddersfield in the studio audience. my savings are gone and i'm genuinely. worried about my future. i don't think you understand . how this is for people like me. so what can you do about that? both men expressed sympathy, and then the argument began. of course i know everyone is onlyjust starting to feel the benefits of it,

but inflation is back to normal, wages are growing, taxes are now being cut. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk. he would put up everyone's taxes by £2,000. keir starmer. paula, ijust don't know how you feel when you hear a prime minister say, having heard what you're going through, that the plan is working, it's all all right. i meet so many people who are struggling with their bills, and the prime minister just keeps saying... he lives in a different world. next, listen to this exchange on nhs waiting lists where the audience laughed at the prime minister. we are now making progress. the waiting lists are coming down. but what keir starmer didn't mention to you, which you did, julie... waiting lists were 7.2 million, they're now 7.5 million. he says they're coming down — and this is the guy who says he's good at maths. yeah, they are now coming down. they are now coming down. 7.2, when you said you'd get them down... 7.2 million — they're now 7.5 million. i'd like you to explain how they're coming down. because they were coming down from where they were when they were higher...

laughter they are down, right? and both offered direct answers to this question. if you had loved ones on a long waiting list for surgery, - would you, if you felt that - that was the only way forward, use private health care? rishi sunak? yes - keir starmer? n0~ _ what about how much tax you might have to pay so, how will either of them pay for things? we will raise specific taxes, and we've been really clear what they are. we've already dealt with the tax break on private schools. we want to end the non—dom status completely. i think that the super—rich should be paying their tax. rishi sunak. yes, well, we have already scrapped the non—dom regime. next, it was stephen from warrington. politicians have broken so many promises on immigration. - why should i trust either of you? - and we will need bold action to bring it down, whether that's legal migration, where we're going to introduce a new legal cap to guarantee that it will come down every year, or the boats, which you mentioned.

we got the numbers down last year by a third, and now we have a deterrent ready to go. migrants have been detained, the flights will go in july, but only if i'm your prime ministen _ we need to smash the gangs that are running this vile trade, making a huge amount of money putting some of the most vulnerable people in boats across the channel. they're making a fortune. and the tension was rising. 0k... — what are you going to do? just tell everybody, what are you going to do with illegal migrants who arrive? rishi sunak, please, can wejust...? - please, gentlemen, - we will lower our voices. and this debate is not yet done. when it is, the spin will begin to attempt to answer the big question — who won? chris mason, bbc news, in salford. also watching the debate was our political correspondent nick eardley, who broke some of the main claims made. lots of claims in last night's

debate, some of which stacked up more than others. the bbc�*s team of fact—checkers spent the night analysing them to put it all in a bit more context. first up, tax. here's a reminder of what was said. keir starmer would put all that progress at risk. he would put up everyone's taxes by £2,000. £2,000 in higher taxes for every working family in our country. he's the british expert on tax rises — they're at the highest level for 70 years. let's start with that claim taxes would go up by £2,000 for every working family under labour. that is based on a dossier from the conservative party, which claims there's a £38 billion black hole in labour's spending plans over four years. but this is important — some of the assumptions behind the calculations are from politically—appointed special advisers in the treasury. some of them are questionable. it assumes, for example, that it's always a lot less

efficient for the public sector to do things than the private sector. so, with this figure, a dollop of caution. we will know more about labour's tax and spend plans when they publish their manifesto — but last night, after the debate, they emphasised they weren't going to put up income tax, national insurance, or vat. next, let's look at sir keir starmer�*s claim on the overall tax level. it is right to say that taxes have gone up. this is the tax take since the last general election, compared to the size of the economy. you can see it's gone up quite a lot — in part because income tax thresholds have been frozen, which means as you earn more money in line with inflation, you pay more tax. rishi sunak has cut national insurance recently — but, as you can see from this graph here, overall, taxes are up. just to give you a flavour of what that means for people on different incomes — you are worse off if you're earning £15,000. if you're earning 35—55,000, you are better off.

you're worse off if you earn £75,000. next, have a look at the exchange of the nhs — here's what we heard in the debate. but we are now making progress, the waiting lists are coming down. but what keir starmer didn't mention to you — which you did, julie... the waiting lists were 7.2 million, they're now 7.5 million. he says they're coming down — and this is the guy who says he's good at maths. yeah, they are now coming down. they are now coming down. 7.2, when you said you'd get them down — 7.2 million, they're now 7.5 million. i'd like you to explain how they're coming down. because they were coming down from where they were higher. laughter yes, because the nhs was impacted by industrial action. and if it wasn't for that... audience groans ..half a million appointments would have been saved. so it's somebody else�*s fault. so, this is the picture with waiting lists in england. you can see they go up quite significantly after the pandemic, reaching 7.8 million waits a few months ago. now, as you can also see at the end, it goes down a wee bit — but the levels are higher

than when rishi sunak took over as prime minister. he says that's down to strikes, and it's true to say they had an impact. but this is where you get the claim both that waiting lists have gone up, and that they've gone down a bit. finally, let's quickly look at small boats crossings. rishi sunak said they were down by a third, keir starmer said they were up this year. well, actually, they could both be right here. this is the picture. the number of small boats crossings fell quite dramatically between �*22 and �*23. but, as you can see here, they are up this year so far. so, some context, all of this when it comes to making up your mind. there are a lot more fact checks from bbc verify now on the bbc news website. as you would expect, there's a huge amount of reaction in this

morning's newspapers. let's have a look at some of the front pages. the guardian leads on what it calls an "ill—tempered debate". it talks about the fact that the two leaders actually tore into each other�*s election promises. the i newspaper describes it as an "angry tv clash". its front page also previews a story it has on the tories considering announcing a policy of leaving the european court of human rights — something which could theoretically make it easier to carry out the rwanda plan. across newspapers which have traditionally been supportive of the conservatives, rishi sunak�*s debate performance has been getting positive reviews. "kapow — feisty rishi floors starmer over £2,000 tax rise" reads the front of the daily express. labour rejects the figure used by sunak, because it is based on assumptions provided by tory political advisers.

sunak landed "big blows" according to the daily mail. post—debate polling by yougov suggested the prime minister had won a narrow victory, coming out on top by 51% to 49%. the daily telegraph also focuses on starmer�*s stance on tax, describing him as "on the ropes". the times takes a similar lines, saying sunak came out fighting. so what was in there for business, what was in that debate for the economy? are we talking to the confederation of british industry's top economists, the cbi, live in this programme live in 20 minutes. but now on to other news. the king and queen willjoin second world war veterans at an event in portsmouth this morning to mark the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings. the ceremony will be narrated by dame helen mirren, and feature a fly—past

by the red arrows. tim muffet explains. i thought you might like to see one or two things that we have from my grandfather, king george. —— king george vi. first—hand accounts of d—day are precious, and increasingly rare. a photograph of him. tonight, the king and queen will be seen hosting d—day veterans at buckingham palace listening to their stories. i spoke to montgomery when he was in normandy. did you? and to churchill. d—day has come early this morning. - the allies began the assault on the north west. - and this is the day, and this is the hour. the sky is lightning. in whitsun bay, in cornwall. royal marine commandos have been practising amphibious landings. tomorrow morning, they'll be landing on beaches in normandy to mark the moment when, 80 years before, the first of the more than 150,000 allied troops went ashore on d—day.

this morning at 11am, on southsea common, in portsmouth, the ministry of defence will host the uk's first major national commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary. the king, the queen, and the prince of wales are all due to attend. to the north of portsmouth is suffolk house, where d—day was planned and overseen by allied commanders. veterans have been gathering there this week to reflect on the role they played. mauie scott was a 17—year—old radio operator, relaying crucial information to those landing in normandy. i could hear machine gunfire, canons, bombs, and shouting and screaming. you realise, my goodness, these young men are placing their lives on the line.

i could see the outline france and hear these shores. it made me realise we were in a war. it wasn't an exercise at all, or rehearsal or training. we were there, and anything can happen. and i was scared. many veterans have now crossed the channel to attend tomorrow's commemorative events at the british normandy memorial. poignant and powerful — a chance for all of us to remember and say thank you. tim muffett, bbc news. and here in bbc news, will be across the day to mark the 80th anniversary of the landings. to india — where an alliance led by the prime minister, narendra modi, has won the general election. his bjp party is celebrating but it has failed to secure a majority on its own, winning far fewer seats than at the previous election. our correspondent arunoday mukharji has sent this report from delhi.

victory celebrations at the bjp headquarters in new delhi. prime minister narendra modi returning to powerfor a record third term. the victory bittersweet — modi's aim of crossing 400 seats unfulfilled. in his victory speech, choosing to call it a win for his india alliance — and not a win for the bjp. translation: on this j pious day, it is definite that the national democratic alliance will make a government for the third consecutive time. we are all very grateful to the people of this country as they have expressed their trust in the bjp and the nda. —— nda alliance. over two dozen indian opposition parties had united to form the india alliance to take on the bjp. the grouping doing much better—than—expected.

the opposition leader, rahul ghandi, called the alliance�*s improved performance a verdict against modi's style of politics. to a question on whether he may still try and cobble up a bigger alliance to form a government, gandhi remained noncommittal. translation: until we speak to our alliance partners, - we cannot comment. we will discuss with them if we can form a majority and also get new partners. what was widely anticipated to be a runaway election wasn't to be. and, after ten years of bjp�*s absolute majority, india will be returning to coalition politics — where consensus will be key. arunoday mukharji, bbc news, deli. let's speak to the bbc�*s arunoday mukharji, who's in deli. as it sinks in, as you say, this is historic — a third term in office for a prime minister modi, but not the outcome he hoped for. modi, but not the outcome he heped for-— hoped for. absolutely, it is a record third _ hoped for. absolutely, it is a record third term _ hoped for. absolutely, it is a record third term that - hoped for. absolutely, it is a record third term that prime |

record third term that prime minister modi had been eyeing author have his campaign, but yes, the victory is certainly bittersweet because, as you heard in that reportjust now, india is now returning to an era of coalition politics after ten years, where the bjp, who had absolute majority in the 2014 elections with 282 seats in the 2019 elections with an improved tally of 303 seats. but now it is down to about 240 seats, according to the latest figures coming out of the election commission. so that's 32 seats short of having an absolute majority in parliament — that is a very telling political message that's been sent out, that after ten years of modi's leadership in the country, the india alliance, which was an opposition alliance of several parties, over two dozen parties which came together clearly doing much better than was anticipated. so this is certainly a jolt and a surprise to the bjp where prime minister modi himself had many times himself said that the bjp on its own would be crossing the

400 mark. figs its own would be crossing the 400 mark-— its own would be crossing the 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned. — 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned, there _ 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned, there will - 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned, there will be - 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned, there will be a - 400 mark. as far as the bjp is concerned, there will be a lot | concerned, there will be a lot of navel—gazing as to why they got this outcome. they didn't get that landslide victory they were really hoping for. what are people saying about that, where have they gone wrong? so where have they gone wrong? sr one where have they gone wrong? 5r one key state in india where the results were very critical for any political party is the state of uttar pradesh, and northern india. why is this state important? letter a, northern india. why is this state important? lettera, it's the most populous state in the country, b, it is the state which sends the maximum number of lawmakers to the indian parliament — all of 80 lawmakers. so whichever party does well in the state has a big say in how the political verdict is likely to shape up. and in the last election, out of the 80 seats in uttar pradesh, the bjp had 162, a resounding victory for the bjp in this state. this is one state where the bjp�*s seats has have to to nearly 30 seats.

this is one state the bjp was banking on but it didn't throw up banking on but it didn't throw up the verdict the bjp was hoping for. so this is one aspect, there were several others raised by india's opposition parties alter the election. for example, development, the unemployment issue which is a huge issue in the country. unemployment among india pots on educated youth is something that's been a big challenge for the country. so while we dig deeper in the days ahead and analyse what went wrong and what went right, these are some of the main issues that people seem to have looked at while pressing the button during voting.- looked at while pressing the button during voting. thank you very much _ button during voting. thank you very much indeed. _ we will have more on this later. you may remember yesterday, the stock markets and india were tanking, there were state in four years. right now in india, the stock markets are up slightly. we will have more on that later in business. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the white house says it is still waiting for hamas to respond to a ceasefire proposal put forward by president biden on friday. hamas has insisted that any deal must commit to a permanent ceasefire and an israeli withdrawal from gaza. of the territory. with me is mohamed taha, from bbc arabic. let's start with that refugee camp, what's been going on? indeed, the fighting in bureij, refugee camps in the middle of gaza, neverstopped refugee camps in the middle of gaza, never stopped from the beginning of this war eight months ago. so the areas in the north and the south saw fighting on and off, but this area saw continuous fighting.

over the last hour, we saw more than ten israeli soldiers injured and tens of civilians died from the shelling. this area is very close to the area where 1.5 area is very close to the area where1.5 million people are staying there, where they moved from rafah to khan younis, making this area very dangerous for them. making this area very dangerous forthem. in making this area very dangerous for them. , ., ., for them. in in terms of that fiuuhtin for them. in in terms of that fighting in — for them. in in terms of that fighting in the _ for them. in in terms of that fighting in the north, - for them. in in terms of thatj fighting in the north, there's wildfires, bushfires, all sorts going on. take us to that situation.— going on. take us to that situation. ., ,., ., situation. indeed, also that exchange — situation. indeed, also that exchange of— situation. indeed, also that exchange of fighting - situation. indeed, also that l exchange of fighting between hezbollah and israel never stopped, and there is now an escalation of statements between both sides that this front would see a full—scale war, meaning this would add fuel on the fire of the fighting and the war in the middle east.— fighting and the war in the middle east. before i let you .0, middle east. before i let you no, as middle east. before i let you go. as you — middle east. before i let you go, as you know, _ middle east. before i let you| go, as you know, i'll grill you on all the details — slovenia

is recognising the state of palestine in the midst of all this going on. talk us through the impact of that.— this going on. talk us through the impact of that. indeed, so slovenia became _ the impact of that. indeed, so slovenia became country - the impact of that. indeed, so i slovenia became country number ten in the european union that recognises the palestinian state. this is reflecting the vision of the european union and many european countries that only the two state solution is the solution for ending the war in the middle east, and for ending this conflict for a long time. it is contradicting the idea of the israeli government that fighting and war would bring peace to the middle east, which is not happening.— is not happening. thank you very much. _ is not happening. thank you very much. we _ is not happening. thank you very much, we will- is not happening. thank you very much, we will see - is not happening. thank you very much, we will see you| very much, we will see you again soon. president biden has announced sweeping new measures aimed at deterring migrants from crossing into the united states from mexico. the us president has come under intense pressure to tighten border controls ahead of november's presidential election.

the order will ban migrants who enter illegally from claiming asylum when border encounters surpass 2,500 per day, and make it easier to deport them to mexico. that means the presidents order should go into effect immediately, because the daily numbers are already higher than the threshold. so today, i'm moving past republican obstruction and using the executive authorities available to me as president to do what i can on my own to address the border. frankly, i would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that's the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that's broken fixed — to hire more border patrol agents, more asylum officers, morejudges — but republicans have left me no choice. congressional republicans said the order was nothing more than a "political stunt" ahead of the election. this was house speaker mike

johnson speaking just ahead of the president's announcement it's windowdressing, everybody knows it. if he was concerned about the border, he would have done this a long time ago. and we don't know what's in this — the devil will definitely be in the details, i can assure you. the united nations refugee agency has said it's profoundly concerned by the new asylum restrictions. in all situations, we reiterate that seeking asylum is a fundamental human right, and access to asylum for those in need is paramount. in any person that plans to have a well—founded fear of being persecuted in their country of origin should have access to safe territory and have this claim assessed before being subject to deportation or removal. from today, the bank of england will now issue banknotes with king charles' face on them. they will be put into circulation alongside the present notes featuring the late queen elizabeth. the old notes remain legal, but the idea is that they will

gradually be replaced over time as they are damaged and need to be returned to the bank. i will be talking to the cbi to get their i will be talking to the cbi to net thei ., , ., get their thoughts on the debate, and _ get their thoughts on the debate, and other- get their thoughts on the debate, and other top i get their thoughts on the - debate, and other top business stories as well, in particular what's happening on indian markets today in reaction to what's happening in india and narendra modi. see you in a moment. hello there. on tuesday, we had a cold front move southwards across the uk. now, after a cloudy and wet start to the day across northern areas, once that cold front had moved its way through, well, the skies brightened up and we had a mixture of sunshine and these big shower clouds. the other thing that the cold front did was what cold fronts do — it's really dumped the temperature. so, for example, in aberdeen, we started on monday at 21 celsius for the highest temperature.

it was just 15 celsius, though, for tuesday. and those temperatures dropping by 5—6 degrees was quite typical as this colder polar air mass worked its way in. that means the air started from a long way to our north. now, at the moment, we have plenty of showers around, particularly near coastal areas in the north—west. otherwise, some lengthy, clear spells. and it's a chilly start to wednesday morning, with temperatures widely down into single figures, the coldest spots probably down to about one in sheltered areas of scotland. that really is cold for a start to a summer's day. despite the chilly start, though, there will be plenty of sunshine. showers from the word go around these north—western areas, particularly near to the coast. but through the day, as those temperatures rise, the showers become really widespread, particularly across the northern half of the uk and especially in scotland, where, again, we're looking at some hail and thunder. it's going to feel quite chilly, particularly in the brisk winds here. but further south, ok, temperatures below average, but in thejune sun, it should probably feel ok but on the fresh side. now, our weather pattern's blocked at the moment.

this is a blocking pattern that's out in the jet stream, out in the atlantic to our south—west. what that's doing is it's forcing this north—westerlyjet stream across the uk, and that continues to pull in cold air, particularly to the northern half of the uk. and because we've got a blocking weather pattern, well, that means the weather doesn't change very much from one day to the next. wednesday, we have loads of showers in the forecast across the northern half of the uk. it's the same thing for thursday. again, with those showers coming in across scotland, there'll be quite a few that turn heavy with some hail and thunder, and it will continue to feel quite chilly here. spot the difference, then, for friday. again, loads more showers, particularly affecting scotland, quite a few for northern ireland, northern england. drier weather further south with some sunny spells. and again, we've got those same kind of temperature contrasts — chilly in the north, temperatures fairly close to average in the south, but feeling ok in thejune sun. and guess what? into the weekend, we don't really see a great deal changing with the weather. you'll have to wait till next week for some changes.

the gloves are off. in a very fiesty tv debate, rishi sunak and sir keir starmer clash on tax, immigration and the nhs. what do buiness leaders make of their performance? we get reaction from the cbi. no parliamentary majority for prime minister narendra modi — that's the shock election

result that sent indian shares plunging — we'll have the latest. right now, they are just stabilising. in the uk, new banknotes featuring king charles iii comes into circulation. also in the programme, night at the museum — unesco celebrates the worlds best encouraging us all to pay a visit. welcome to business today, i'm sally bundock. and we begin here in the uk where as you've been hearing, prime minister rishi sunak and labour party leader sir keir starmer have clashed in the first live televised debate in this year's election campaign. in what was at times a very testy exchange, the two disagreed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living crisis.