a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area. the islands mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday, new cctv footage emerged showing him heading towards a path that would have taken him over miles of exposed hillside. the search effort has been widespread and has included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi and outside the island. mr mosley presented programmes on health and his books on intermittent fasting for weight loss have sold millions of copies worldwide. his family had said the last few days have been unbearable.

our correspondent, joe inwood, is on the island of symi. he gave this update. so there hasn't actually been a formal announcement yet. it'sjust been... it's emerged reports have come. there's been police sources that have told us that a body has been found. now, it's important to say there has not been formal identification yet. we're standing actually just off the coast now, i should say it wasn't at a cave. we understand that a body was found, it was up on those cliffs there on the hillside. and so this is a busy beach. and so it was it seems that the body was there for a number of days whilst people would have been on that beach. and this is the headland that they've been searching. this whole area has been covered by emergency services, by helicopters for a number of days now. and that's because it's gradually emerged that michael mosley, because of cctv, had made it to the village of pedi. now, if ijust give you a bit of a sense of the geography, it's around that corner over there, around that headland is where the village was.

that was where he was last sighted. and evidently they the authorities have assumed that he was walking somewhere here on this barren, very rugged terrain. and that has been the focus of the operations. now, once again, i have to say, this has not been confirmed as him, but there are clearly a large amount of emergency services here. you've got coastguard boats over there. we've got police and doctors on the shore. and, of course, it is leading many people to suspect the worst. and, joe, talk to us about the weather, the kind of conditions you're experiencing on the island. incredibly hot and it's slightly less hot today than it was. but on wednesday it was a particularly hot day, 40, 42 degrees or so, and especially in the middle of the day when dr mosley went for his walk at about 1:30pm, it is unbearably hot. i mean, i've been out filming, we've done some filming for the news website showing exactly

the conditions at that time. and really the sun is beating down on you. it is very hot. and also, if you can see there, this is not a place with much tree cover, with much shade. it is incredibly barren terrain. and so that combination, i think, of making a difficult walk in incredibly hot temperatures and without any shade is obviously going to be a very, very dangerous thing to do. and it's something which the local mayor, it's something that local people wouldn't try and manage that at that time of day, just because the conditions are so difficult. joe, we're starting to lose the signal a little bit, but let's try and see if we can keep going. dr mosley�*s family are on the island now. he was there holidaying with his wife at first, but other members have arrived. yeah, absolutely. so michael and his wife, dr clare bailey mosley, were on a beach. in fact, i think if i canjust get the cameraman to point over there, on that beach over there, that was where they were staying here on a holiday with friends. and that was on wednesday.

it was yesterday we understand that his four children had come out. now, they haven't spoken publicly. and his wife, dr bailey mosley, has only put a statement out. and that was yesterday afternoon. that statement thanked the people of this community and the greek authorities and the british consulate for all of their help. and it said what a terrible few days this is. it would be unbearable to not know what has happened to your loved one like that. now, she said, we maintain hope, and they will be hoping that this is a false alarm. but certainly the indications are, given the amount of police activity here, that that hope may be dwindling. joe, just how big a search operation has this...? it sounds like it had many different elements with lots of different people involved. yeah. it's been absolutely massive. certainly, for a small community like this,

the island of symi has only got 2,500 people that live here. it's not a big place and they certainly wouldn't have huge search and rescue capabilities sitting around ready to go. in fact, the locals here that we've spoken to said they've never seen anything like this. there was a helicopter that's been involved — that was flying all over these hills for the last couple of days. there were police dogs involved, searching, sniffer dogs. there have been a large number of fire and rescue officers certainly dozens and dozens, people have come in from elsewhere. we were on the ferry over a few days ago and we saw a police dog that had come in from athens. and just to give you an indication of how difficult the conditions here are, this morning, we learned that police dog had sent home because it was so exhausted by the heat and had burnt itself on the hot terrain. so that gives you an idea of the conditions under which they've been operating and, you know, the scale of this operation, which really is unprecedented for this island. the eu's most senior diplomat, josep borrell, has strongly condemned the killing of palestinians in israel's hostage rescue mission, describing it as "another massacre of civilians".

four israeli hostages, taken by hamas during the october 7th attacks, were freed during the raid in nuseirat in central gaza in broad daylight. 0ne israeli soldier died. the hamas—run health ministry says more than 200 palestinians were killed in the raid. israel claims there were fewer than 100 casualties. 0ur correspondent, jon donnison, has more on the reaction in israel from jerusalem. it's been one of celebration and relief, not least for the families and friends of the four hostages who were freed, whose loved ones had been held for some 246 days. it's also, i think, been a boost for prime minister netanyahu because it enables him to say that his strategy is working. he believes that the best way to get the remaining hostages in gaza and the remaining 116 people who were captured on october

the 7th, being held in gaza, some a0 or so of them are thought to be dead. he says the best way to get them out is to apply military pressure on hamas. and this operation yesterday enables him to say that that is working. it should also be said, though, that the mood is completely different in gaza. there is absolute outrage at what they see as a massacre of civilians. we've seen scores of dead and injured being taken into the two hospitals that you heard from the doctor a short moment ago, desperate scenes of the wounded being brought in, bloodied. we saw people diving for cover as missiles rained in as this raid was taking place and bodies strewn in the street and also strong condemnation from the eu's top diplomat, josep borrell, describing this as a massacre and saying the bloodbath

had to end immediately. that was immediately criticised, though, by one israeli minister. he said, shame on you, to mr borrell. he said, instead of condemning hamas for holding hostages in civilian neighbourhoods, he was attacking israel for simply trying to rescue its citizens. where does this then leave the prospects of a deal which in part was designed to release more hostages? well, look, i don't think progress on that deal is getting anywhere at the moment. that deal, of course, is being pushed by the americans. and we've got the us secretary of state, antony blinken, due back in the region this week, trying to push for that deal. but i think, as i say, mr netanyahu will say that military pressure is the best way to get hostages out. it should be said, we did hearfrom the israeli

military�*s chief spokesperson, daniel hagari yesterday, and he said that a deal remained the best way to get a large number of hostages out. but although those talks we think are ongoing, there doesn't seem to be prospect of a ceasefire or any sort of deal in the offing at the moment. yaakov katz is a former editor of thejerusalem post and senior fellow of thejewish people policy institute. he gave me his reaction to eu diplomatjosep borrell�*s comments on the killing of palestinians in israel's hostage rescue mission. i think thatjosep borrell�*s comments are absurd in a moral disgrace because, on the one hand, he should be asking, why are israeli hostages being held in civilian homes? why are there apartments where people were taken against their will in the greatest mass massacre, the greatest massacre ofjews since the holocaust on october 7th have been held there for the last eight months? did he think that people can just be taken and then israeljust shows up and knocks on the door and says, hi, can we have them back? does he think that that's the way it

works, that you just show up and you ask for your people and they're handed over? israel came in, fought to get its people, and on the way out was attacked ferociously by hundreds of hamas fighters. these situations are not an either or, are they? we can abhor the the killing of israelis at the nova music festival, and we can also abhor the deaths of civilians in an operation like this. what would you call the deaths of those civilians? the number is disputed, i admit, but it looks like it's at least 100 casualties, even according to the lowest estimates by israel. i think that it actually is sometimes an either or. and i think that the deaths of these civilians — their blood is on the hands of hamas for holding civilians, israeli civilians, in a civilian neighbourhood, in civilian apartments. you have to wonder why they do this.

and the reason it is an either or, martine, is because, the reason that hamas uses this tactic, they want someone like josep borell to then accuse israel of a massacre. this emboldens hamas. this basically shows hamas that its tactics work because they can take people, steal them away from their country, murder, massacre and rape, keep people hostages for eight months, and then the high representative of the european union calls what israel does, what any country would do — britain, america, france, anyone — to rescue their people calls it a massacre. but it doesn't. but it does make you say to yourself, this is great, this works. we should keep doing this. mustafa barghouti is the secretary general and co—founder of the palestinian national initiative. he gave his reaction to the latest development in israel and gaza. there is a great amount of anger because in the process the israeli army committed, asjosep borrell said, a horrible massacre, killing no less than 218

palestinians, mostly children and women, bombarding whole neighbourhoods for no reason, and injuring, in addition to that, 400 people, many of whom will die because israel has already destroyed most medicalfacilities and hospitals in gaza. it was a horrible act. of course we want all the prisoners to be released, but there was another way to do that, which is to conclude a deal. at this rate, netanyahu will need 20 years of massacres to release the rest of the 120 israeli prisoners. well, israel, of course, disputes that this was a massacre and it does seem that the number of casualties is contested, but it certainly was scores. but israel's view is, don't take hostages, then we won't need to free them and civilians won't be at risk. why do israelis take hostages? everybody talks about the 120 israeli prisoners or hostages, as you call them, but nobody speaks

about the 14,500 palestinians in israeli prisons, including 5,000 who were kidnapped in gaza. nobody speaks... what was remarkable is that the israelis said that the israeli prisoners who were released were in very good health condition and well taken care of. well, except we know... 0n the other hand... let me finish. 0n the other hand, 14,500 palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture. 52 palestinian prisoners have been killed already in israeli prisons since the 7th of october. votes are being cast to elect the european union's next parliament in an election held across 27 countries. it is expected to shift the assembly to the right and boost the numbers of eurosceptic nationalists.

emmanuel macron is casting his vote in these elections. polls predict he is expected to lose heavily. it follows a tense few weeks with two european leaders and several other politicians physically attacked and, though the election should not impact politics at home, italy's far—right prime minister, in a controversial step, has put her name on the ballot. we can also show you pictures coming out of brussels. this is where people were voting earlier today, some countries voted on friday, but it is often customary for voters to turn out in many of the countries, 21 countries in total, tend to vote on sunday, so millions of people

going to the polls today. ireland has voted in both eu and local elections and there has also been a rise in anti—immigrant sentiment there with popularity rising for independent candidates rather than those from the main parties. for more on this, let's speak to tony connelly, the europe editor for rte. tell us why this shift is happening. the migration issue has become more prominent and visible in ireland for various reasons, first of all, ireland took in 100,000 ukrainians after the russian invasion, and that has put pressure on public services and accommodation, but there has been a steady inflow of asylum seekers from other parts of the world, the middle east and africa, and there was also an unintended consequence regarding the rwanda bill in the uk where migrants and asylum seekers figured that if they

crossed the irish sea to northern ireland and then went across the land border to southern ireland, they could perhaps avoid potential deportation to rwanda, so overall it is a more visible and prominent issue and that has prompted a sprinkling of far right candidates at local level and a few at european level as well. the local elections were taking place at the same time as the european elections, and those results have been filtering through of the past 24 hours, but it seems like these parties have done rather well at local level and although there have been a few candidates selected for local government who have pursued a far right anti—immigrant agenda, overall, there hasn't been a big surge of note in the far right vote at local level and we are waiting to see what happens with the european elections.

i was reading the ireland's economy has returned to growth in the last few months, so where is the sense that migration is causing a problem to the country? in that migration is causing a problem to the country?— to the country? in certain communities, _ to the country? in certain communities, the - to the country? in certain - communities, the government to the country? in certain _ communities, the government have had to provide accommodation for asylum seekers, accommodation is at a premium anyway in ireland, house prices are very high, hotel rooms are hard to get often, so there is a generalised pressure on accommodation, and that has filtered through to local communities who feel in some cases they have not been consulted when a building will been consulted when a building will be taken over and used for new arrivals, and that can cause friction local level, and you have seen some far right agitation around theissue, seen some far right agitation around the issue, a lot of that is in some cases fuelled by social media accounts which are outside the country, perhaps in the uk and us,

but certainly it's a new phenomenon in ireland, the far right linked to the migration issue and something that the government is concerned about and is trying to look at, but it is definitely true that there has been some traction there for far right candidates, but certainly it is not the surge that some people were worried about.— is not the surge that some people were worried about. thank you very much forjoining _ were worried about. thank you very much forjoining us. _ were worried about. thank you very much forjoining us. let's _ were worried about. thank you very much forjoining us. let's take - were worried about. thank you very much forjoining us. let's take you | much forjoining us. let's take you back to paris where as we have said president emmanuel macron has just cast his vote, but he is up against marine le pen's far—right party, hoping to increase its share of the country's 81 seats in the european parliament, suggesting a big lead over president macron�*s party and the resurgence of socialism. so

testing times for president macron as they await the results of this ballot. india's prime minister, narendra modi, will be sworn into office later on sunday. he'll be sworn in alongside his cabinet as he heads a coalition of 15 parties following last week's election results. it makes him prime minister for a historic third consecutive term, but it's the first time in a decade that his bjp party, which won majorities outright in 2014 and 2019, has needed the support of regional parties to form the government. 0ur south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, is monitoring developments in delhi. it's the building behind me there, right at the end there, the president's house, where mr modi will be sworn in for a third time as prime minister, thousands of guests attending, including top leaders from most neighbouring countries with the exception, as far as we know right now, of pakistan, china and myanmar.

it's only the second time in history that a prime minister has won... ..the last time that happened was more than half a century ago. for a majority of indians alive right now, we're witnessing this for the first time. but this is not the win that does victory. that defeat for brand modi. that does victory. before the election he said he is going to sweep, when more than 400, 543 seats. much lower than that, dependent on coalition allies to form a free majority of 272 required to form government. what will be the main preoccupations for mr modi this time around? at the moment, speculation is rife about how many coalition allies will get ministerial positions, cabinet positions, other parliamentary positions. for the first time, for him, this is uncharted territory, he has never had to lead

a coalition government. even when he was chief minister of the western state of gujarati, he always won with a full majority. this time, allies will not negotiate. and also, about pushing through the agenda of the bjp, there are laws, for example, that the bjp would have wanted to pass. they will not be able to do that unilaterally this time around. in the past five years, we have seen laws passed without much debate, questioning, purely because of the strength the party had in parliament. that is not true this time around, so not only will he have to build consensus amongst his allies, in some cases he needs a bill to pass with a majority, he will also need to get some of his opposition parties on board. so he will have to do a consensus—building role. as far as policy is concerned, india's engagement, we're not expecting to see a massive change from last time because essentially

it is continuity of government. we can now speak to dr anastasia piliavsky, who teaches antropology and politics at the india institute at kings college london. no majority, so what should narendra modi draw that —— draw from that result? he modi draw that -- draw from that result? ., ., ., ., ., ., result? he will have to do a lot of soul-searching _ result? he will have to do a lot of soul-searching because _ result? he will have to do a lot of soul-searching because this - result? he will have to do a lot of soul-searching because this is . result? he will have to do a lot of| soul-searching because this is the soul—searching because this is the most disappointing triumph, it is a triumph because he is going into his third consecutive term and it is a historic moment. but the country has expressed their disappointment with what he has achieved for them. his politics has been very much focused on developing india's global reputation, he has stabilised the economy, but the economy has been very much outward facing. a lot of

the downfall of the bjp this time has to do with the fact of disaffection of farmers, two thirds of the indian population lives in villages, most of them farm, these people have been under unbelievable pressure from global warming and the rise of drought, and modi has run a policy of keeping urban prices on food in check at the expense of the farmers, so most of the states that have turned against him has been because of farmers voting him out, voting against him. now he will have to think very hard about satisfying the majority of his electorate about looking after the needs of farmers under distress. 50 looking after the needs of farmers under distress.— looking after the needs of farmers under distress. so how much better or different — under distress. so how much better or different might _ under distress. so how much better or different might it _ under distress. so how much better or different might it be _ under distress. so how much better or different might it be for - or different might it be for democracy in that, in a coalition government, more views have to necessarily be reflected? this

government, more views have to necessarily be reflected?- government, more views have to necessarily be reflected? this is an extraordinary _ necessarily be reflected? this is an extraordinary statement _ necessarily be reflected? this is an extraordinary statement by - necessarily be reflected? this is an extraordinary statement by the - extraordinary statement by the indian electorate which reasserted its place, india's place, is probably the most vibrantly democratic country in the world, not only the world's largest democracy. almost a fifth of the parliament is now coming from minor parties or a huge number of independent candidates who are going to take place in it, so it is the most diverse, the most colourful, the most unpredictable array of representatives which means that it is very democratic and it also means it will be more chaotic, a lot of modi's plans will not go through. i think foreign policy and that general agenda, which means a developed india, focused on infrastructure and industry, will

remain. ., ., , , . ., infrastructure and industry, will remain. ., ., ,, . ., remain. professor, we appreciate you “oininr us remain. professor, we appreciate you joining us and — remain. professor, we appreciate you joining us and sharing _ remain. professor, we appreciate you joining us and sharing your— joining us and sharing your insights, thank you very much indeed, and that inauguration is due to take place at 6pm at local time in india. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. for some of you, it's been a lovely sunny start to sunday, but we're seeing cloud become more extensive now, and will continue to do so through the rest today, bringing some outbreaks of rain. but there will be a few areas — as i'll show you — sticking with the sunshine. the cloud has been streaming out to the north atlantic, a weather system just the south of iceland pushing its way southwards and eastwards. the further away you are from that on either side is where you've got the best chance of seeing some sunshine — some of that continuing, southern counties of england — especially towards the southwest — and also the channel islands. north of central belt of scotland, some sunny spells, too, but a few showers and quite a cold and brisk wind. it's in between southern scotland — so northern england,

parts of north midlands, north wales — patchy rain or drizzle. the rain becoming more persistent this afternoon to the north and west of northern ireland. 11 to 19, the high. it is going to feel cool under those cloudier, wetter moments. nice enough where you've got the sunshine. now, this evening, rain in northern ireland clears, but it spreads across much of england and wales. not a huge amount of rain, though, for some southern counties. and then later, scotland, northern ireland, clear skies, and, if you shelter from that northerly wind, it is going to be a chilly night — temperatures in some sheltered valleys down to around two or three degrees. but here's why things get colder into the start of next week. area of low pressure pushes into scandinavia, opens the door to northerly winds. this weather system is what will be hanging around, though, for monday morning, making it feel especially cool and miserable for some. parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east midlands, in towards east anglia — outbreaks of rain, gusty wins. that persistent rain lasts into the afternoon for parts of east anglia. away from it, though, sunny spells, but a scattering of showers running down that northerly wind, and there'll be more cloud than sunshine between the showers in northern

scotland. the showers wintry over the higher ground. 10 to 17 for many, so it's going to be even colder than we'll have had through this weekend, and that run of northerly winds bringing arctic air continues into tuesday, too. so a fresh but bright start to tuesday. even though it's arctic air, you've got the sunshine tempering things — still quite strong, and of course warm things up a little bit — but more cloud into the afternoon will take away some of that sunshine. scattering of showers — central eastern areas most prone on tuesday. best of the drier weather probably through some southern and western parts. again, feeling rather chilly — temperatures four or five degrees below average. that continues into wednesday. fewer showers around by then. still some showers later in the week, and it still stays on the cool side. take care.

this is bbc news. the headlines... officials on the greek island of symi have found a body in the search for the well—known british tv presenter, michael mosley. the 67—year—old was reported missing by his wife on wednesday after he failed to return from a walk. mr mosley�*s books on health have sold millions of copies worldwide. israel has been criticised by a senior eu official over the killing of dozens of palestinians in an operation to rescue 4 hostages in gaza yesterday. josep borrell welcomed the freeing of the hostages but described the operation as "another massacre of civilians". cabinet minister mel stride has expressed his support for the prime minister today.

when asked about rishi sunak�*s decision to leave d—day anniversary events early by the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg — mr stride said that the prime minister "recognised a mistake" saying he had "apologised unequivocally". let's bring you more now on the breaking news that a body has been found in the search for the british tv presenter and author michael mosley on the greek island of symi. the 67—year—old was last seen early on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area. the islands mayor said the body was spotted by a cave next to a beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. yesterday, new cctv footage emerged showing him heading towards a path that would have taken him over miles of exposed hillside. the search effort has been widespread and has included firefighters, dogs, helicopters, drones, local people and officers from symi and outside the island.