labour party pledges to build more prisons. leaders cast their votes as millions go to the polls in the european parliament elections. 27 countries are voting to elect 720 new members to the european parliament with results starting to come out later this evening.. let's return to our top story. michael mosley has been found on the greek island of symi. police found the body when searching. he was last seen on wednesday when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountain area. they said the body was spotted by a cave near the beach after an extensive search operation led by emergency workers. he was last seen on wednesday afternoon. the body was

spotted on a steep slope above a beach. yesterday new cctv footage emerged showing him taking a bath over miles of exposed hillside. earlier i wasjoined by over miles of exposed hillside. earlier i was joined by our correspondent. he had had a long career before he became well known. he had had a long career. he had been diagnosed with type two diabetes. there was a man who is doing diabetes reversal clinical trial who suggested diet could solve your blood sugar problems. he said he went down there and that led to the 5— to diet and the blood sugar diets. what is fascinating is that you look at the

tributes today and how many are people just saying, thank you. i lost 6.5 stone. the former deputy leader of the labour party lost about seven stone. he said, it is hard to describe how upset i am about this news. michael mosley has helped thousands of people to get well and healthy, iam helped thousands of people to get well and healthy, i am one of them. he was a hero to me. he was a tv presenter. he had trained as a doctor in the past but it was he had managed to find a way of taking the extraordinary search that is taking place in britain and around the world and saying, look i will see if it works. i will put my body through it. i mean, you know, the tapeworms is the the ultimate example. i interviewed him a couple of times, and i remember i once went to one of these big public events and it was a bit chaotic and i managed to find him and i was just wanting a little sound

bite about something or other. and when i do have a memory is there was a queue of people by him not wanting autographs. they were actually wanting to say thank you and know he is a tv presenter who was with his wife, dr. clare bailey mosley. they've just finished a uk tour. i mean this is a presenter because people trusted his advice and he was going to the best people testing it out and he was saying, you know, there are always equivocations about these things. you're a brave person if you describe it as a tv doctor because there's hundreds of people out there going, i don't think that's quite true. i think you're simplifying it. i think it's more complicated than that. or the evidence isn't quite as clear. but, you know, people did trust what he said because it seemed to work. i mean, when he went on the diet, he lost about eight kilograms. and he said he was one of those classic thin outside, fat inside. that's what he discovered. and there are an awful lot of people, you know, the list of people who went on that diet, he fearnley—whittingstall george osborne, former chancellor of the united kingdom. they all lost the weight at a time when i thought, gosh,

can we can we really actually do something about it? so he got people to change their lives. so that's what today is about. and also bbc science, the number of people as a science producer, he, you know, he helped give them their break in their careers and really changed the way in which people talk about television, talk about science on television, rather than being a bit distant. lots of graphs and sort of bit like your homework. it was a bit more, look, this happened to me. this is the science as we understand it, and it had an impact on people's lives. 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. giorgia meloni is the only prime minister in europe to put her name on the ballot to give some enthusiasm to voters to go out and cast their ballots because of the name recognition that she has. she has said, right, georgia, next to the ballot paper. is this going to translate into enthusiasm for the turn out? we are not sure about that because, at this polling station behind me, they are having a low turnout, about 25% of eligible voters have come out so far. that is a similar picture nationwide, whether turn out so far by that lunchtime today is about 25%. that is down on the last european

election in 2019. italians are going out and having lasagne for lunch, going for a swim by the sea. it is hot and not many people are going out to vote. they might come later, the polling station stay open until 11 tonight. they are hoping they will get more people turning up this afternoon. the importance that maloney will have in the post election picture —— meloni. it is not echoed by the enthusiasm that italians are giving to this election. italians are giving to this election-— italians are giving to this election. �* , ., , ., ~' election. briefly, do you think it is as simple _ election. briefly, do you think it is as simple as _ election. briefly, do you think it is as simple as that _ election. briefly, do you think it is as simple as that that - election. briefly, do you think it is as simple as that that it is - election. briefly, do you think it is as simple as that that it is a l is as simple as that that it is a nice day and people are not coming up nice day and people are not coming up to vote or do you think it is a disengagement?— up to vote or do you think it is a disengagement? there is a general shru: of disengagement? there is a general shrug of the _ disengagement? there is a general shrug of the shoulders _ disengagement? there is a general shrug of the shoulders when - disengagement? there is a general shrug of the shoulders when it - disengagement? there is a general. shrug of the shoulders when it comes to european elections among italians. although it is the only directly elected institution of the eu, most people feel divorced from the european parliament. the national political picture is going

directly located in the european elections are not much is going to change. a brief note on why she is so important. she is arguably the strongest right—wing leader in europe at the moment, towering over the italian political scene and she has been courted by both sides in the european elections. the centre—right, like the president of the european commission know she might need meloni's support after this vote, but the harder right, like le pen in france are trying to woo meloni and trying to encourage her tojoin one single woo meloni and trying to encourage her to join one single file write block knowing that the far right is expecting to gain significantly in this election. meloni is going to be an extremely important figure in this election and possibly as a kingmaker. this election and possibly as a kingmaker-— this election and possibly as a kinumaker. ., ., ., . kingmaker. professor of politics at the lse spoke _ kingmaker. professor of politics at the lse spoke to _ kingmaker. professor of politics at

the lse spoke to me _ kingmaker. professor of politics at the lse spoke to me earlier - kingmaker. professor of politics at the lse spoke to me earlier and i kingmaker. professor of politics at l the lse spoke to me earlier and he's talked about what the parliament might look like. i think we still need to be very cautious because most of the polls so far actually suggest that the european parliament will look actually very much like what it is at the moment. so whether there will be a real push to the right or not is still to be seen. and that's all the more important that we find in our research that about 20 to 30% of voters make up their mind in the final week, and half of them between ten and 15% on election day itself. the additional difficulties that pollsters find it very difficult to predict turnout for european parliament elections. i mean, ijust heard your correspondent in rome saying that turnout so far in italy has been pretty low. i mean, france at the moment and turnout at lunchtime has been a record high. so we don't know yet exactly who's going to turn out to vote. and depending on how many people mobilize, this might actually result in either a push to the right or instead a lot of stability. so what in terms of the changes that

that can make to the eu? it's critical that people have their say and have their vote. it is, of course, and it has implications as well, because the largest group in the european parliament is going to be able to decide who is going to be the next president of the european commission. in other words, whether mrs. von der leyen continues as head of the european commission, as the centre right wants or not, the threat that the three main party groups in the centre of of the parliament, so the centre right of centre left and the liberals support my and others face is not so much a shift to the right as a threat of a shift towards extremes on both left and right. and the problem we face is that

what we've nurtured, not just in european parliament elections, but in national elections as well in recent months, has been a rise of what we call hopelessness in ourfindings, which is a number of people who think that things are so bad that they can get worse anyway. and when people start thinking that sometimes they cast a ballot for political parties, which they do not believe, have any solutions but feel are going to give a kick in the backside of the system effectively. and that's the main fear by most of the european leaders today. there is live coverage as europe floats. you canjoin my colleague live in brussels from eight o'clock on bbc news, bbc iplayer in the uk and there is full coverage on the bbc news website. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says 274 palestinians were killed during saturday's

israeli offensive on the nuseirat refugee camp. the operation led to the rescue of four israeli hostages taken by hamas during the october 7th attacks — were freed during the raid, in broad daylight. israel has previously estimated there were fewer than 100 casualties. footage from the area's al—aqsa hospital shows badly wounded people laying on the ground. the eu's top diplomat, josep borrell has condemned the killings, describing them as "another massacre of civilians". mustafa barghouti is the secretary general and co—founder of the palestinian national initiative. he spoke earlier to my colleague martine croxall and 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... 0n the other hand... let me finish. 0n 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. the israeli government can test those accusations. there are 116 hostages left. a0 of them are believed to have died whilst in gaza. everybody talks about an either or situation that one thing is separate from the other. all of theseissues is separate from the other. all of these issues are tightly bound up. you have mentioned this deal, how

likely is it that you think a ceasefire deal will really come to pass when we have got all of these different elements, which could force hamas to dig in or could persuade the israelis that, we have rescued four, we will try and get some more out?— some more out? what do israeli opposition _ some more out? what do israeli opposition leaders _ some more out? what do israeli opposition leaders say? - some more out? what do israeli opposition leaders say? they . some more out? what do israeli | opposition leaders say? they say that netanyahu cares only about himself. he doesn't care about the hostages. himself. he doesn't care about the hostaues. ~ ., ., , m. hostages. who did her master mac -- who don't hamas _ hostages. who did her master mac -- who don't hamas care _ hostages. who did her master mac -- who don't hamas care about? - hostages. who did her master mac -- who don't hamas care about? you - hostages. who did her master mac -- l who don't hamas care about? you have told us you have no link with hamas. but who do hamas care about? they are using people as civilians, as human shields, there will inevitably be human casualties in any operation at all if that continues. i be human casualties in any operation at all if that continues.— at all if that continues. i would really appreciate _ at all if that continues. i would really appreciate if _ at all if that continues. i would really appreciate if you - at all if that continues. i would really appreciate if you allow l at all if that continues. i would i really appreciate if you allow me at all if that continues. i would - really appreciate if you allow me to answer your questions. and please

don't interrupt me. i’m answer your questions. and please don't interrupt me.— don't interrupt me. i'm sorry, it is an opportunity _ don't interrupt me. i'm sorry, it is an opportunity here _ don't interrupt me. i'm sorry, it is an opportunity here to _ don't interrupt me. i'm sorry, it is an opportunity here to explore - don't interrupt me. i'm sorry, it is i an opportunity here to explore some of the things you say before you move on to make the next point. each of your points requires and deserves some attention. if of your points requires and deserves some attention.— some attention. if you accept only the israeli narrative, _ some attention. if you accept only the israeli narrative, of— some attention. if you accept only the israeli narrative, of course - some attention. if you accept only| the israeli narrative, of course you would say so. but you have to see our narrative as well. the narrative here is that this problem is related to the fact that israel is occupying us since 57 years. israel is displacing us since 76 years. these are the roots of the problem. there are the roots of the problem. there are palestinian prisoners. i am not defending hamas, i don't belong to hamas, but i am saying there is a better way of getting israeli prisoners save, which is to conclude a deal. a deal would mean the release of all israeli prisoners and the release of palestinian prisoners, some of whom who have

beenin prisoners, some of whom who have been in israeli jails for a3 years. and a complete and total ceasefire and end of this war. do you know how many people the israeli army killed up many people the israeli army killed up till now, a6,000 including 15,000 children. that is why the united nations secretary general divided to put the israeli army on the blacklist of those who kill children. blacklist of those who kill children-— blacklist of those who kill children. �* ., ., , ., children. along with palestinian islamicjenna — children. along with palestinian islamicjenna elect _ children. along with palestinian islamic jenna elect the - children. along with palestinian islamicjenna elect the -- - children. along with palestinian islamicjenna elect the -- jihad| children. along with palestinian - islamicjenna elect the -- jihad and islamicjenna elect the —— jihad and hamas. israel would reject that label. you don't represent israel i know what israel says. i don't represent is where all the palestinians but i was robust with the israeli commentator which i spoke to an hour, this is not about who side i believe we are trying to interrogate both narratives. final question to you. to what extent is all this failure of palestinian

politician generally for generations to get a grip their own situation? surely there must be a better way to run gaza? if hamas are the best people to choose from, they will stick with hamas. are they really the best option? this stick with hamas. are they really the best option?— the best option? this is an excellent _ the best option? this is an excellent question - the best option? this is an excellent question and - the best option? this is an excellent question and my| the best option? this is an - excellent question and my answer to you is that we would have had much better leadership if we were allowed as people to practice our right to democratic elections. who stood against our elections in 2021? israel. who did not support our free democratic elections, is united states of america. why don't they allow us to elect our leaders as everybody has allowed us —— is allowed to do. we need democracy and the right to choose our leaders. israel and the us has no right to impose on us leaders or collaborators that would sustain the

israeli military occupation of gaza which should not continue, it has to stop. the end of occupation is the way to get to peace and democracy and prosperity for everybody. let me brin: ou a and prosperity for everybody. let me bring you a line _ and prosperity for everybody. let me bring you a line breaking _ and prosperity for everybody. let me bring you a line breaking news - and prosperity for everybody. let me bring you a line breaking news that l bring you a line breaking news that we have. this is coming from the reuters news agency, saying that the hamas armed wing is saying that three israeli ostriches —— israeli cost ditches were killed —— israeli hostages. that is coming from the reuters news agency. 0n hamas telegram channel saying that the hostages were killed as part of the israeli military operation in which some of the hostages... some of the hostages freed.

yossi beilin is a former israeli justice minister and peace negotiator. he initiated the oslo peace process and the informal geneva peace accord. i asked him what impact yesterday's israeli military operation will have on further negotiations to release futher hostages. well, i believe that what happened yesterday was, of course, very important since hamas doesn't show any readiness for exchange of the civilian hostages. the babies, the all the elderly people in their hands with the palestinian prisoners. but apparently it may have an influence on hamas. if they understand that israel will not just wait for the answer whether they want such an exchange or not, but if they don't answer, it will release as many hostages as it can. and it is not easy. and as you said, there were civilian

casualties on the palestinian side. but if hamas is actually hiding the hostages in these civilian homes, it cannot complain about israel trying to to save them. the impact may be, i'm not sure, but i hope accelerate the willingness of the parties to negotiate about a deal in this deal all the the hostages should be released and the palestinian prisoners would release in exchange a big, much bigger number, a much higher number than the israeli hostages. but the main question for me, the main question is whether we are going now to something like the president

biden, a plane which was offered already more than a week ago to both sides, or are we actually playing games with each other? not to be the ones who are rejecting it wholeheartedly, but not accepting and whatever. and if hamas is planning to remain in gaza, which i believe is bad news for the free world. we heard that the hamas run health ministry has said that 27a palestinians were killed in that raid, four hostages released as we know, does that seem proportion action do you? it is know, does that seem proportion action do you?— know, does that seem proportion action do you? it is not a question of proportion- _ action do you? it is not a question of proportion. israel— action do you? it is not a question of proportion. israel has - action do you? it is not a question of proportion. israel has all - action do you? it is not a question of proportion. israel has all the i of proportion. israel has all the right in the world in my view to release these innocent people, these innocent babies who are in the hands of hamas. i am very sad to see

people who are coming on the palestinian side victims of such act. but they should address hamas and know that if hamas is hiding our people in these neighbourhoods, israel will not say, oh, since you did such a clever thing and they hid them in those neighbourhoods, we will not try to release our people. we should, as long as hamas is not releasing them, it is our role, not only our right, to release as many israelis as possible. andrew malkinson had been branded a monster after being convicted for the rape of a woman in 2003. but police had got the wrong man. after serving nearly two decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit, mr malkinson was released last year. speaking on a bbc documentary,

he says he is still haunted by the ordeal, as our correspondent lindsey smith reports. 0rdinary people should be aware that they can be taken — could happen to anybody. an ordinary man from grimsby who suffered an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. police are describing a rape on a mother of two in greater manchester as particularly vicious. in 200a, andrew malkinson was convicted of the rape of a mum in salford. when he said "take him down", i said, "i'm completely innocent." and i said it pretty loud so everyone could hear it clearly. i was frightened. how am i going to survive in here for any length of time? the news devastated his family in grimsby. as much as i don't really want to say this, but i am going to say it — like i didn't want anything to do with him. which, that affected me.. because it was like, how can he be like that to a woman?

0thers always believed his innocence. i didn't speak about it to people because the reaction is, "well, i you will believe him - because you're his mother." the documentary reveals how, four years into andrew's life sentence, another man's dna was found on the victim's vest. but he was refused an appeal. andrew served 17 years in jail. 0n release, he worked to get his conviction overturned. mr malkinson, having waited so many years, you leave the court a free man — no longer subject to the conditions of your life. cheering. i am not a liar. i am not in denial. when he came back to grimsby, i did say to him, "i'm sorry i never came to visit you in prison." i'm so pleased my brother is back in my life.

i was just so emotional. he's free. greater manchester police apologised for the failings of their investigation. as yet, nobody has been charged for the 2003 rape and attempted murder. lindsey smith, bbc news. 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. than 3a0,000 thousand people participating in the parade hello there.

we started part two of the weekend. on a fine note, there was plenty of sunshine around, but since then, skies have clouded over for many. and we're seeing patchy rain pushing into northern ireland, parts of northern england, the midlands and wales, all courtesy of this weather front here, which is popping up as it's sliding its way south eastwards. all the while, this area of low pressure bringing strong winds to northern north east scotland with plenty of blustery showers here, some good sunny spells continuing across scotland and also south west england, the channel islands, but elsewhere it's cloudy with that rain popping up across northern ireland and spreading across the irish sea. so temperatures a bit more disappointing because we've got more cloud around, down to around 17 or 18 degrees as we head through this evening and overnight that rain peps up as it spreads across england and wales, some heavy bursts at times across northern and eastern england, also the midlands. and because there's a bit more breeze, more cloud and rain around, then we're looking at 9 to 11 degrees across the south, but a chilly one to come across scotland and northern ireland as skies clear and we pick up chilly

and northerly winds. so into monday, we have these northerly winds, that area of rain slowly pulling away from the southeast. but you'll see it's a chilly air source coming all the way down from the arctic. so it's a chilly but bright start. scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales. we start off with the wet weather across eastern england which will take its time to clear through the course of the day. quite breezy as well. close to the north sea coast, most of the afternoon will be one of sunshine and showers. most of the showers, northern and eastern areas tend to stay dry the further west that you are. but again, it's going to feel cool for the time of year ten to around 17, maybe 18 degrees in the south west, given some sunshine for tuesday. then we've still got chilly northerly winds. but this area of high pressure in the west wants to topple in and that should settle things down. there'll still be a few showers across northern and eastern areas, perhaps into the midlands through the afternoon. but we start off bright with some sunshine before the clouds do build up. so a bit of a cloudier afternoon with a few showers dotted around and again, cool for the time of year, 10 to 17 degrees, wednesday looks

mostly fine as that ridge of high pressure moves across the country thursday, friday and into the weekend, low pressure takes over again, so no signs of any hot, dry, sunny weather on the way. it's going to stay cool, though. temperatures recovering a little bit by the end of the week as we pick up south—westerly winds. but generally it's going to stay unsettled.

live from london. this is bbc news. the family of tv and radio presenter michael mosley confirms his body has been found on the greek island of symi. his wife clare paid tribute to her �*wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband'. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says nearly 300 palestinians were killed during a military operation to rescue four hostages from a refugee camp in central gaza. the eu's top diplomat has strongly condemned the killings. narendra modi is being sworn in as india's prime minister for a record—equalling third term. this time he will not have an outright majority.—

outright ma'ority. these are live -ictures outright majority. these are live pictures from — outright majority. these are live pictures from the _ outright majority. these are live pictures from the ceremony - outright majority. these are live i pictures from the ceremony which outright majority. these are live - pictures from the ceremony which is going _ pictures from the ceremony which is going on— pictures from the ceremony which is going on in— pictures from the ceremony which is going on in delhi. election campaigning continues in the uk as cabinet _ campaigning continues in the uk as cabinet minister mel strader says rishi sunak apologised unequivocally for leaving d—day anniversary commemorations early and labour pledges _ commemorations early and labour pledges to build more prisons. and we to pledges to build more prisons. and we no to pledges to build more prisons. we go to the pledges to build more prisons. fific we go to the polls in pledges to build more prisons. fific we go to the polls in the eu elections. the wife of michael mosley has confirmed her husband has been found dead on the greek island of symi, saying in a statement the news was �*devastating'. police found a body earlier while searching for the tv presenter. 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. mr mosley was was last seen early

on wednesday afternoon, when he went for a walk alone in a remote mountainous area.