of polls for the european parliament as ballots are cast in 21 member states. 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.

dr 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. as news emerged that a body had been found, emergency services rushed to the shore of pedi, the village where dr michael mosley had last been seen. the doctors boarding a lifeguard vessel could be seen holding a body bag. and this was their destination — the beach of agia marina, a secluded bay on the other side of a rocky peninsula. and it was on that rocky, barren hillside that a body was found earlier this morning. there had been reports that it was a cave but, indeed, it was on the side of the hill, not farfrom the beach, a popular beach where people have been, and we've been told by a police source that the body had been there for a number of days.

in the attempt to get to the body, one of the police officers helping broke his leg. he can be seen here on a stretcher. it followed days of intensive searches by the greek authorities. police, fire, helicopters, dogs, even members of the public and holiday—makers had helped search these hillsides. michael mosley was last seen on wednesday lunchtime, when he left this beach to go for a walk. cctv appeared to show him heading into the hills holding an umbrella, but he had not been seen since. yesterday, his wife clare bailey mosley released a statement saying the last few days had been the longest and most unbearable. she also thanked the local authorities, who have been carrying out this major search and rescue operation ever since his disappearance. formal identification is yet to take place. dr michael mosley�*s former co—presenter on trust me i'm a doctor, dr saleyha ahsan, joined us earlier. i just want to begin

with sending my deepest, sincerest condolences to michael's family, the last few days and today have been horrendous for them. i think, for those of us that worked with michael and know him as the resourceful, inventive man that he is, we just hoped that there would be good news at the end of this, just kept thinking he would find a way to make it out and we would have a hell of a story from him so, even though things were stacked against him as the days rolled on, just kept hoping the news would be good. there has been no formal identification of this body, which we learned had been found today, but the sheer number

of people who have expressed concern just shows the esteem in which he has been held for many years. definitely. michael is a national treasure. he is so personable. i remember, when i was first invited to audition for the programme, it included sitting down and doing an on—screen tape with michael, and, when i heard about it, i was nervous, but the moment i arrived and sat down with him in front of the camera, i forgot the cameras were there, and i have been thinking about it a lot today, that was my first experience of working like that with someone in television and really i can now appreciate that not everyone is able to make other people feel so at ease with lights and cameras in front of them, but then to forget about all of that and just to focus on the science, the story and the message we're to get out, he is such a hugely talented man.

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. one 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. our 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 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 with condemnation from the eu's top diplomat, josep borell, 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. yaakov katz is a former editor of the jerusalem post and senior fellow with the the jewish 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 and 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 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 likejosep 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 111,500 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... on the other hand... let me finish. on the other hand, 111,500 palestinian prisoners are subjected to torture. 52 palestinian prisoners have been killed already in israeli prisons since the 7th of october. now it's time for a look at today's sport with ben croucher.

in the next hour, the final of the men's singles at the french open will get underway — and we'll have a new champion at rolland garros too as carlos alcaraz faces alexander zverev. the spaniard is hoping to add to his wins at the us open and wimbledon and triumph on all three surfaces whilst zverev is bidding for a first grand slam title. i wanted to put my name on that list of spanish players who have won these tournaments. a lot of spanish players from our sport that have won this tournament, i really want to put my name on that list as well. i think there are no easy matches or easy opponents, and if you are in the final— easy opponents, and if you are in the final of— easy opponents, and if you are in the final of roland garros, you deserve — the final of roland garros, you deserve to be there, that goes for him as_ deserve to be there, that goes for him as well, he played a fantastic metch— him as well, he played a fantastic match today, played a fantastic tournament in general and i expect a very difficult match.

cricket next, and india versus pakistan is a sporting rivalry that is one of the most eagerly anticipated but the latest chapter will take them to new york in the t20 world cup. more than 30,000 fans expected. after pakistan's surprise defeat to the usa last time out, there's already — if it even needed it — added spice to the contest. being a captain, i have to make decisions on the field, so i think what is more important for me is just to think about what i need to do right now, not to even think about how much we need to get after 20 overs or how much we need to bowl them out. i think it is about that one over, how we want to finish that over, and literallyjust kneeling down, overby over. it’s over, and literallyjust kneeling down, overby over.— over, and literallyjust kneeling down, overby over. it's a big game, india pakistan, _ down, overby over. it's a big game, india pakistan, we _ down, overby over. it's a big game, india pakistan, we know— down, overby over. it's a big game, india pakistan, we know there - down, overby over. it's a big game, india pakistan, we know there is - india pakistan, we know there is no need _ india pakistan, we know there is no need for me to motivate the team, they are _ need for me to motivate the team, they are well motivated and focused for this— they are well motivated and focused

for this game. we just need to move forward, _ for this game. we just need to move forward, that is the only way you can forward, that is the only way you cah go— forward, that is the only way you can go through life, results are results. — can go through life, results are results, they take care of themselves, but the way we arrive, we take _ themselves, but the way we arrive, we take it _ themselves, but the way we arrive, we take it shot by shot, and we just need _ we take it shot by shot, and we just need to— we take it shot by shot, and we just need to make sure their skills are where _ need to make sure their skills are where they— need to make sure their skills are where they need to be. meanwhile the final game of saturday provided an an unwanted record for uganda who were bowled out forjust 39 in their defeat to co—hosts west indies. that equals the lowest total at a men's t20 world cup with the tournament debutants all out in just 12 overs. their 134 run defeat is the second largest. left—arm spinner akeal hosein took a career—best 5 wickets for just 11 runs. it's been a while since mercedes have been challenging for wins in formula one but they've got a real chance in sunday's canadian grand prix. george russell will start on pole position after an extraordinary qualifying that saw him set exactly the same time as championship leader max verstappen, but the briton will be ahead because

he set his time first. lando norris is third whilst russell's mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton will start seventh. it feels amazing. so much hard work back at the factory and over all of these years, have been zigzagging around, changing the philosophy and concept, and those zigzags have got smaller and narrower. the upgrades we brought last week in monaco and a few more bits in the car this week, they have really transformed the car, and it is feeling great, so good to clinch this poll. you're up to date. more sport in the next hour. here, all the main political parties are out campaigning for the general election. labour has set out plans to relieve pressure on prisons and says it would change the planning rules to boost the prison building programme in england if it wins the general election. meanwhile, the conservatives

are pledging to halt the rising cost of welfare by changing the benefits system, ending what rishi sunak has described as "sick note culture". the liberal democrats are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow. standing ready to change our- country, our leader, keir starmer! hoping to take the reins at number ten, labour says under its plans it won't put up taxes on working people, but today sir keir starmer didn't rule out spending cuts. we are not returning to austerity, we will grow our economy, that will start by stabilising the economy, because the tories have lost control of the economy and it is working people that are paying the price for that. we'll turn that around, stabilise the economy and then get the growth that we need it desperately across the whole country. the conservatives also say they wouldn't raise income tax, national insurance or vat, pledging to pay for some pricey policies by cracking down on tax avoidance. if you're so great at cracking down on tax avoidance and getting money back for hard—working people,

why haven't you done it already? well, we have been doing it and there is more that we can do. so, for example, in my area of welfare, we've saved {7.7 billion over measures that we've brought in over this parliament, we've cut fraud and error within the welfare system, within benefits, by about 10% last year, and we can go still further. but there are warnings about future squeeze is on the public purse. £18 billion of public sector cuts coming down the line, what the ifs regard as a conspiracy of silence, the consequence of brexit. it is all about priorities, what to spend or save. it's not about getting rid of public services, it's about making them more efficient, it's about the national health service not swallowing up huge amounts of money in diversity training and things like this. we are putting health and care right at the centre of the liberal democrat election campaign and manifesto which we will publish early next week and, when we do that,

you will see that everything has been fully costed. public and family finances have become one of the core issues at this election. parties want you to believe that, under them, the wheels won't come off. jessica parker, bbc news. and if you're here in the uk, you'll be able to watch the first of a series of panorama interviews with party leaders. nick robinson will be interviewing the prime minister tomorrow at 8pm on bbc one and iplayer. 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. 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. 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. earlier, i spoke to tony connelly, the europe editor for rte, and asked him why this is happening. well, the migration issue has become a lot more prominent and visible in ireland for various reasons. first of all, ireland took in around 100,000 ukrainians after the russian invasion, and that has put pressure on public services and accommodation. but there's also been a steady inflow of migrants, asylum seekers from other parts of the world, from the middle east and from africa. and there was also something of an unintended consequence regarding the rwanda bill in the uk where migrants and asylum seekers there 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 a potential deportation to rwanda. so, overall, it's a much more visible, much more prominent issue. and that has prompted a sprinkling of far—right candidates at local level and a few at european level as well. now, the local elections were taking place at the same time as the european elections, and those results have been filtering through over the past 2a hours. but it seems like the government parties have done rather well at local level. and although there have been a few candidates elected 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, and that's at the local level. and obviously we're waiting to see what happens with the european elections. i was reading that ireland's economy

is at near full employment and has returned to growth in the last few months. so where is the sense that migration is causing a problem to the country? well, 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 that they haven't been consulted when a building is going to be taken over and used for new arrivals. and that can cause friction at local level. and you have seen some far—right agitation around the issue. a lot of that far—right agitation is, in some cases, fuelled by social media accounts which are outside the country, perhaps in the uk and the united states. but certainly it's a new phenomenon

in ireland of the far right linked to the migration issue, and it's something that the government is concerned about and is trying to look at. but it's definitely true that that there has been some traction there for far—right candidates. but it's not certainly the surge that some people were worried about. 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. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye is monitoring developments in delhi. from larger than life cutouts of narendra modi to smaller posters, there are literally hundreds

of pictures of him all over central delhi today. there's one here. there's another one here. the road i'm walking on — literally full of them. at the end of this road is the presidential house. that's where mr modi will take oath as india's prime minister for the third time in front of thousands of guests, including top leaders from neighbouring countries except pakistan, china and myanmar. now, this is a historic moment. it's only the second time in indian history that this is happening. and the last time it happened was more than 50 years ago. so, for a majority of indians, it's the first time they're witnessing this. but this is not the victory that mr modi wanted. his party suffered a major setback, having to rely for the first time on allies to get a full majority in parliament. this means it will have to make concessions to its partners on things like cabinet and parliamentary positions and also in parliament to be able to push the bjp's agenda through, mr modi will need to build consensus. over the past five years, we've seen

a lot of laws being passed without debate or discussion or questioning — that won't be able to happen going forward. for a prime minister who, even when he was chief minister, never had to lead a coalition government, this is uncharted territory. before we go — june marks pride month and celebrations have kicked off all around the world. in washington dc, these were the scenes as thousands celebrate with the lgbtq+ community. the parade route acknowledges the evolution of the lgbtq+ neighborhoods in the city. and in europe, the 28th rainbow parade took place in vienna. organisers reported a record turnout with more than 340,000 people participating in the parade. i just want to show you these dramatic pictures from iceland. molten rock has flowed out on to a road. it's edging towards the coastal town of grindavik. there isn't an evacuation order as the lava's slow progress means

there isn't believed to be an imminent risk. the lava is a result of a volcanic eruption last month in the reykjanes peninsula region. the volcano has since stabilised. 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 wind. 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 warming 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... we've got some breaking news now we have confirmation that the body that has been found in the greek island of samey as part of the missing tv presenter doctor michael mosley is that of the tv presenter. we have a statement from his wife who was on holiday with him when he went missing last wednesday. he had set off for a walk in the early afternoon and has not been seen since. we were able to show you

yesterday two pieces of video footage that showed him leaving the village where they were staying. there he is seen with a black umbrella shielding himself from the incredible heat, setting off towards a path that would have taken him to some rocky exposed hillside. we were told earlier that the body had been found on a path leading towards a cave and the thinking was doctor mosley had following some ten metres down a cliff in very difficult mountainous terrain and as i said and quite high temperatures. this is the village where he has been staying. the search was in the fifth day today, an extensive search involving helicopters, drones, firefighters, the police,