lam my new diet and the things i am definitely not allowed. the beloved tv presenter, michael mosley, who championed healthy living, has been found dead after he went missing on a greek island. tributes are pouring in from his family, friends, and fellow broadcasters. his legacy lives on, as everyone is saying. his infectious enthusiasm, his love of science, his almost unique ability to explain it. and uk election campaigning continues, cabinet minister mel stride insists rishi sunak "apologised unequivocally" for leaving d—day events early and the labour party pledges to build more prisons. narendra modi is sworn in as india's prime minister for a record—equalling third term.

good evening. we start with the european elections. it's still early with exit polls coming in from around europe, but we've had our first projection of what the next european parliament will look like, and in many countries, far—right parties have made big gains. exit polls show a historic win for marine le pen�*s national rally in france and is on course to trounce president macron�*s party. far—right parties have also made substantial gains in austria and germany. exit polls say 27 countries voting, most of them since thursday, 373 million people were eligible to vote. that is considerably more than the 244 million who will be taking part in the united states in november. so, this is a very big deal, not only because it will set the direction for this parliament

at a critical time in europe, with war in ukraine, the economy stuttering, migration a major concern for many, but because what happens in this election so often has a bearing on the direction of domestic politics in each of these 27 countries. of course, some countries have more influence than others. the bigger your country, the more seats you get in the hemicycle chamber. germany gets 96, france 81, malta, cyprus and luxembourg six each. remember, they don't sit according to nationality, they sit within broad international groupings. marine le pen spoke earlier. translation: psi marine le pen spoke earlier. translation:— marine le pen spoke earlier. translation: �* . ., translation: at the french have soken translation: at the french have spoken and _ translation: at the french have spoken and this _ translation: at the french have spoken and this historic— translation: at the french have spoken and this historic election i spoken and this historic election shows that when the people vote, the people when. by giving more than 32%

of the national rally, the french have given us the highest score. combined in a a0 years. it is a real emotion to see this beautiful popular force rising emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up around the country. here's the leader of the national rally party, jordan bardella. translation: manual macron is toniuht a translation: manual macron is tonight a weakened _ translation: manual macron is tonight a weakened president. i tonight a weakened president. already deprived of an absolute majority in the french assembly, now restricted in his means of action within the european parliament. the french president must choose to give in to the spirit of the institutions. we solemnly ask him to take note of this new political situation, to return to the french people and to organise a new legislative elections. those are the key faces coming from france. let's bet it all into context. let's put that into context —

with our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield. macron decided that the results were so heavy against him that he would take this dramatic step. we were being told about half an hour ago that macron was going to make some kind of intervention this evening, which is unusual because not normally a president would do that, he's certainly never done that, and we were speculating what could he possibly announce? and we wondering, could it be a dissolution of parliament? and it is a dissolution of parliament. so this is massive news. what he said, and i was just trying to listen to it there, was that, you know, one had to respect the opinion of the people. the debate needed clarity now, politics needed more clarity so he was dissolving the parliament and there will be elections at the end ofjune and the beginning ofjuly. it is a two—round election but they will be on the 30th ofjune and 7th ofjuly. i mean, it's a massive risk for him. already he does not have a majority in parliament, so he is struggling to get through with any legislative programme. if he is thinking that, you know, at this election he will be able to sort of increase his majority, get back a majority, you know, i think he is being very, very optimistic.

i mean, logically, after this vote, we should see a big vote for the national rally at the parliamentary elections and see them forming the next government, so it could well be that in a few weeks from now we have jordan bardella or marine le pen as prime minister of this country. i mean, it does sound absolutely extraordinary, and, you know, that is not a given. it may well be that the results come in differently for the parliamentary election, it may well be that macron has calculated well. european elections, you know, the national rally, the far right will do well because it can be an easy sanction vote against the powers that be and that in a real legislative election vote for a parliament they won't do so well, but again that is an extremely risky line to take. so, you know, if logically people will vote again in the same way, we will have a big, the far right, or the hard right, the populists will be a majority in parliament and we will have a populist prime minister and a cohabitation, as they say, you know,

a new era of a president of one camp and a parliamentary leader and a prime minister to another camp, which, you know, can work but often leads to, you know, a very sterile period of politics. we can get immediate reaction from hugh schofield, we will be getting further reaction from him shortly, do stay with us for that. in the meantime, let's hear what the french president had to say. translation: president had to say. tuna/mom- president had to say. translation: the rise of nationalists _ translation: the rise of nationalists is _ translation: the rise of nationalists is a _ translation: the rise of nationalists is a danger. translation: the rise of| nationalists is a danger for translation: the rise of - nationalists is a danger for our nationalists is a dangerfor our nationalists is a dangerfor our nation but also europe, france's position in europe and the world and i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world the normandy landing and as in a few weeks we welcome the world for the olympic and paralympic games. yes,

the far right as both the result of the far right as both the result of the impoverishment of the french and the impoverishment of the french and the downgrading of our country, is at the end of the day cannot act as though nothing happened. added to the situation is a fever which has gripped public and parliamentary debate in our country in recent years and the sort of which i know worries you, sometimes it shocks you and to which i do not intend to give in. however, today, the challenges that present themselves to us, whether external dangers, climate change and its consequences or threats to our own cohesion, these challenges require clarity in our debates. ambition for the country and respect for every french person,. this is why, i have decided to put it back in your hands at the choice of our parliamentary future by the vote. in a few moments i will sign the decree for convening the legislative elections which will be held on june

legislative elections which will be held onjune 30th, the first round, and july seven for the second round. that was a manual macron they're speaking soon after results started to be published. let's speak to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. we spoke to you immediately once we realised that that news had broken. since then, it has been a good hour, how has this news been received in france? ~ , ., , how has this news been received in france? ~ ,, , , ~ france? well, everyone is shocked and surprised- _ france? well, everyone is shocked and surprised. i _ france? well, everyone is shocked and surprised. i say _ france? well, everyone is shocked and surprised. i say everyone, - france? well, everyone is shocked and surprised. i say everyone, and| and surprised. i say everyone, and it is everyone because even the people who are supposed to know about these things, such as the pundits on the talk shows, in the minutes leading up to the president's dress, they were asking themselves what could it all be about and it was beginning to dawn that maybe he could be calling a snap election but it was the furthest from the thought because the presumption was it would be a totally rash thing to do and so full of risk for his project that it

would be unthinkable. but it turns out that macon has done what he loves doing which is surprise people and act with doing things and taking them by surprise and putting people on the back foot, and i think he is playing up to his own image as being a figure of politics he will do the unexpected even if it sounds quite suicidal. it is not suicidal in the sense that we are obviously all now fixated by this very, very big far right wing or populist right—wing at the european elections, but it is not necessarily the case this will be replicated at the parliamentary elections. he will go through the next few weeks and his party will go through the next few weeks saying all good people of a sound mind and views that should come together now

to keep out the far right and in so doing, he will be preparing for what he hopes it may be a new coalition of his own party and may be the one side, some soft left on the other. —— the republicans on one side. and so there will be some centrist bloc, but it is a very risky proposition because nothing suggests that there will not be another victory for the far right who have done so well consistently in recent years. against whom the old source of fear and the old sort of project fear just does not work any more. there are parts of the country where 50, 60 5% of the population vote for the hard right, i'm talking about areas outside the big cities, so for them and the country as a whole, the idea that you can still bandy around the threat of fascism and

resu rgents resurgents does not work, so it is risky that they will be up to form a government. it risky that they will be up to form a government-— risky that they will be up to form a government. it is in two stages, all cominu government. it is in two stages, all coming before _ government. it is in two stages, all coming before the _ government. it is in two stages, all coming before the olympics. - government. it is in two stages, all coming before the olympics. whatl government. it is in two stages, all. coming before the olympics. what was turnouts like? tum coming before the olympics. what was turnouts like?— turnouts like? turn today was at about i think _ turnouts like? turn today was at about i think 48%, _ turnouts like? turn today was at about i think 48%, around - turnouts like? turn today was at about i think 48%, around 50%,| turnouts like? turn today was at. about i think 4896, around 5096, not about i think a8%, around 50%, not hype but not particularly high and i think slightly better than last time. these elections, not these european elections, but national elections take place over two rounds, the first round as an all—party round in which people go for the party which most closely reflects their personal point of view, there will be ten, 11, maybe 12 parties competing for that

i2 parties competing for that first—round boat and the normally two or possibly three will qualify for the second round and that is when you normally get the hard right against another party. what you might find though, and it will be interesting to see, if in the run—up to these elections there aren't alliances formed what kind of blocking alliances formed with parties with people from the right saying we are not going to stand here because we want all the votes to go to the centre or whatever. it has been done in the past to try to keep out the hard right. frankly i think it is highly unlikely it will work today, partly because it will give rise to even greater cynicism among the public towards the mainstream parties and partly because the parties themselves can't agree on this thing, they are very divided, they are squabbling. the only party that has done well as of tonight is the hard right, the national rally, the populist right and they did not have to say anything, theyjust have to look at all the other party squabbling to see how the future is brightening for them by the minute. ok. see how the future is brightening

for them by the minute. 0k, thank ou ve for them by the minute. 0k, thank you very much _ for them by the minute. 0k, thank you very much for _ for them by the minute. 0k, thank you very much for that. _ for them by the minute. 0k, thank you very much for that. that - for them by the minute. 0k, thank you very much for that. that is - for them by the minute. 0k, thank i you very much for that. that is hugh schofield there with the picture coming to us from france where emmanuel macron has dissolved parliament following those exit poll results in the european parliament elections. taking a look at the results from germany where the far—right has made gains as well. 0ur correspondent damien mcguinness has more. this is a disasterfor german chancellor 0laf scholz, much worse than was expected. partly because as well disastrous for him personally because his face was all over the country on those election posters. he really pushed himself forward in the campaign, even though he is not running himself in the european union parliamentary elections, but he was the big face of the campaign so this really is on him, this big defeat. and i think what we're going to see now are, there has already been a lot of internal wrangling within the three coalition parties, within that very argumentative coalition, we are going to see even more arguments within that coalition because each of those parties now is going to be fighting for survival with key regional elections coming

up in eastern germany in september. they are going to be tough because the afd could well become the strongest force, the far right could well become the strongest force in those elections, and of course we have the national elections next year, so when you have a three—way coalition which anyway, you know, is already an uneasy alliance and if all three of those parties are feeling with their backs to the wall, they're going to fight even harder for their grassroots voters and they're going to fight even harder for what they feel they believe and what they want in order to stay alive, effectively. so we're going to have a rocky time here in germany politically and i think we are going to see a particularly difficult time for the government. and of course, this has now, as you said, christian, shifted to the right essentially. the conservatives are in theory the leaders, but, you know, they've only got 30%. this was once a very powerful party, so they're not doing quite as well they should be doing, given how unpopular the government is. the real winners are the far right, the afd, who are incredibly radical and everyone's surprised they've done as well as they have done given the number of scandals connected to them,

and a new upstart, anti—migrant radical left party which is also eating into those mainstream voters. so, a lot going on in german politics and i think it's just going to get rockier going forward over the next year with those big elections coming up. let's speak to our reporter 0lga malchevska, who is at the eu headquarters in london. hello. how has the evening panned out, what is the reaction like so far? ., , ., , ., far? people here in the european parliament _ far? people here in the european parliament are _ far? people here in the european parliament are still _ far? people here in the european parliament are still digesting, . far? people here in the european| parliament are still digesting, big news coming from france. 0bviously news coming from france. obviously the french parliament has been solved and also quite a gain of the far right with marine le pen. we have been hearing that marine le pen's party has got 31.5%, which was

expected i would say, experts here have even been expecting 35%, so the result was quite high for the far right, to put it mildly. and the turnout in france was quite big, with 51% of people heading to the election polls. i must say that is just an estimate, just a projection. and looking at that projection, we see that the same party, which was given the majority, are still keeping that majority so far. so the dpp will have 183 seats with renewed

europe getting 82 seats within national projections. this pays out to a situation where we see the top three parties remain the same. it is not the end of the evening yet, so we don't know what will happen next, because some countries are still voting and we are still getting results and we are expecting the more accurate results at ten o'clock london time, but what we are seeing now is less concerned because we are seeing the far right are not getting the majority of the seats in the european parliament so far, although even despite their significant gains in france. and other interesting

thing is that it is the first european parliament election after brexit, so the first european parliament election being held without the uk and i asked about the numbers come at the statistics about how many european parliament votes have been taken in the uk, and there are no statistics because there are around 5 million european citizens who have applied for the uk settlement scheme, but it is not clear how many of those people are registered to vote and what are their preferences because of the differences in the election and voting process. some citizens can vote by post and then they stamped their vote to the local government, some of them are coming to the voting polls. we will see the exact

results at ten o'clock london time so let's take it from there. ok. results at ten o'clock london time so let's take it from there. 0k, we will do, so let's take it from there. 0k, we will do. thank _ so let's take it from there. 0k, we will do, thank you. _ let's go to sports headquarters now. we start with a history making win for carlos alcaraz — the new french open champion — who at the age of 21 is the youngest man to win grand slams on all three surfaces after he beat alexander zverev in a gripping five—set final at roland garos. alcaraz, who's previously won the us open and wimbledon, made the better start to the match, winning the opening set. there were nerves from both, but zverev, hoping to win his first grand slam title, took the next two and looked on course for victory, only for the spanish third seed to find another gear. he only lost three games

in the final two sets as he fulfilled what he called his childhood dream and emulated one of his heroes and compatriot rafael nadal. earlier on sunday, the us open champion coco gauff and katerina siniakova won the women's doubles title with a straight sets victory over sara errani and jasmine paolini, who lost the singles final on saturday. it's gauff�*s first grand slam doubles title. at cricket�*s t20 world cup, india have beaten pakistan by six runs in new york. india were bowled out forjust 119 in 19 overs with rishabh pant top scoring with a2. in response, pakistan looked well set at 73—2 but when they lost muhammad rizwan and shadab khan in quick succession, they slipped to 88—5, and didn't have enough batting power to see them over the line. elswhere, scotland comfortably beat 0man by seven wickets to get their second win of the tournament, putting them in a strong position to make it through to the super 8's.

normal service resumed for formula one championship leader max vertsappen as he won a rain—affected canadian grand prix. the world champion could only manage sixth at the monaco grand prix a fortnight ago. he missed out on pole to george russell at montreal, but the changeable conditions saw two safety cars and the dutchman was able to get ahead during pit stops. in a thrilling battle behind him, lando norris claimed second ahead of fellow briton george russell completing the podium. with the tour de france three weeks away, primoz roglic has showed his yellowjersey credentials by winning the criterium du dauphine with a gutsy ride on the final day. carlos rodriguez of the ineos grenadiers won stage eight, but matteo jorgenson, who was in second place overall, wasjust behind him, meaning a struggling roglic had to finish within 56 seconds of the american. he made it across the line with eight seconds to spare, to win the dauphine for the second time in his career. the former scotland and liverpool

defender alan hansen is seriously ill in hospital, his former club have confirmed. the 68—year—old had a distinguished playing career winning eight league titles at anfield and three european cups before embarking on a successful punditry career with the bbc. 16 major trophies in total this time at anfield. he also won 26 caps for his country. in a statement, liverpool sent their support to their former captain, who they called "a defender of the utmost elegance." they added they are in contact with alan's family to provide our support at this difficult time and asked for their privacy to be respected. basketball�*s nba finals are upon us with the boston celtic�*s aiming to take a 2—0 lead later on sunday in game two against the dallas mavericks. mavs guard kyrie irving says they've got some adjustments to make after a heavy opening defeat on friday. it's going to be high intense, from whom were going against it is going

to be very difficult. i think we have all that experience in game one and we're looking forward to the challenge in a game two to pay better and be who we have been since post—all—star break and just having fun in doing it. it is the highest level of basketball right now with only two team is playing, so we are proud of ourselves but we are not satisfied and we just have to continue to be ourselves. and that's all the sport for now. benny gantz, one of the most senior members of the israeli war cabinet, which was set up after the hamas attack last october, has resigned from the government. he had threatened to stand down, unless he felt there was a post—war plan for gaza, with a deadline set for yesterday. he told reporters that he wasn't satisfied. translation: unfortunately, netanyahu is preventing us i from approaching true victory, which is the justification for the painful, ongoing crisis. and this is why we quit the national unity government today with a heavy heart. yet we feel that it is

the right decision. we are now in the midst of a campaign that will impact the fate of israel generations ahead. in order to guarantee true victory, this coming fall, when it will be the one—year anniversary of this disaster, we should go for elections and reach a new government. i call on netanyahu to set a date for elections. it's worth bearing in mind that mr gantz was not part of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's government before the war in gaza and the government does not depend on the support of mr gantz�*s party. he had set out six strategic goals for israel, including the return of all foreign and israeli hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the return of displaced palestinian civilians to northern gaza by the 1st of september. according to his speech, he has not been reassured on any of those counts. mr netanyahu had called on mr gantz

to remain in the war cabinet. after mr gantz made his announcement, mr netanyahu posted this message on the social media platform x. 0ur correspondentjon donnison is injerusalem and put the announcement into context. well, i don't think it was a shock because he has been threatening to resign for some time. and he, in fact, was due to give a press conference yesterday and postponed that when we got news of the raid in the centre of gaza taking place. it's not going to bring down the government of benjamin netanyahu, who still maintains his majority in the knesset. but what it does do is i guess it isolates mr netanyahu a little bit at a time when he is calling for unity, and it removes a voice of experience and a more centrist voice from that war cabinet.

you have to remember that the coalition cabinet is made up of, really, people with very little experience. that cannot be said of benny gantz, who is a former army chief of staff, a former defence minister, and someone with a long history in the military at a time when israel is now at war. and what it means, i think, is that those further to the right, the likes of itamar ben—gvir, who is from the far right of israeli politics, are going to have more influence. and i'm just seeing that mr ben—gvir has requested himself that he now should be allowed to join the war cabinet. yes, there was a lot of build—up, wasn't there, in terms of ben—gvir�*s response to this, in local press describing it as very happy, that if he were to resign he would be very happy indeed. we now know that benny gantz has done that. there were two other names that were mentioned

in that press conference, jon. one of those was the defence minister, yoav gallant. the other, another former military chief, like benny gantz, was gadi eisenkot. he also had spoken about possibly standing down, hadn't he? he had done, yes. and it's not clear at the moment whether he will do as well. that remains to be seen. but as i say, he would be the removal of another very experienced voice, long military experience and at a time, of course, when israel is at war. that was the latest from jerusalem. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the weather for the week ahead is perhaps not the story you once, no significant sunshine or warmth, in

fact the story in armagh sets the scene, cloudy skies with light rain and drizzle. that rain sinking steadily southwards and it will clear away from eastern england and south—east england during monday morning. behind it, this northerly wind and this cooler air source starts to kick in across the country. so a rash of showers, a cold, brisk wind driving those showers in off exposed coasts and drifting their way steadily south across scotland and northern ireland as we go through the morning. here's our cloud and rain still lingering across east yorkshire, lincolnshire first thing in the morning, some heavier bursts that will ease away. best of any brighter skies, perhaps across southern england down to the southwest. here, showers should be few and further between. but nevertheless, that wind direction still really digging in right across the country. so sunny spells, scattered showers, a brisk northwesterly wind for many, so temperatures just below par really for this time of year,

a maximum of 10—15 degrees for most. we might see highs of 17 or 18 if we get some sunshine across south west england and wales. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, the low pressure drifts off to scandinavia, high pressure builds. it should start to kill off some of the showers out to the west. but with those clearing skies, well, those temperatures will be below path through the night as well, low single figures for some, quite a chilly start to our tuesday morning. hopefully some sunshine around on tuesday. there will continue to be some showers, most frequent ones running down through central and eastern scotland and england. further west, some brighter skies and once again, highs of 17 degrees, but for many, just a maximum of 10—15 once again. moving out of tuesday into wednesday, winds will fall lighter still for a time, but there's another low pushing in and that will bring some wetter weather to close out the end of the working week. it will gradually start to change the wind direction.

so, after a drier day on wednesday, it will turn that little bit milder, but also wetter as we head into the weekend.

this is bbc news, the headlines europe swings sharply to the right, with voting almost over, in elections for the european

parliament. the right wing national rally party headed jordan bordalla and marine le pen trounces french president emmanuel macron's centrist right party in the polls. the french leader announces a surprise snap election. i decided to put back in your hands the choice of our parliamentary future by the vote. in a few moments, i will sign the decree convening the legislative elections, which will be held onjune 30 for the first round and july seven for the second round. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is under pressure, after a member of his war cabinet, benny gantz, quits and demands an election the wife of tv and radio presenter michael mosley confirms his body has been found

on the greek island of symi. narendra modi is sworn in as india's prime minister for a record—equalling third term. let's return to the european parliament elections — the french president emmanuel macron has dissolved his country's parliament and called snap elections. that comes after exit polls suggested the right wing national and the first indication is that right wing parties have made gains in a number of countries — including france, germany, the netherlands and austria. that comes after exit polls suggested the right wing national rally party would be the single biggest winner — taking more than 30% of the vote — roughly twice the number who voted for mr macron's coalition. france is far right leader marine le pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat and pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat and says pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat and says her pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat and says her party pen has welcomed the decision for the stamp boat and says her party is ready to take over power if an transit to do so, permissions and

making friends live again. this is emmanuel macron short while ago. the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation, but also for europe, for france's position in europe and in the world. and i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world, the normandy landing, and as in a few weeks, we will welcome the world for the olympic and paralympic games. yes, the far right is both the result of the impoverishment of the french and the downgrading of our country. so at the end of this day, i cannot act as if nothing had happened. added to this situation is a fever which has gripped public and parliamentary debate in our country in recent years as a disorder which i know worries you, sometimes shocks you, and to which i do not intend to give in. however, today, the challenges that present themselves to us whether external dangers, climate change and its consequences or threats to our own cohesion.

these challenges require clarity in our debates, ambition for the country, and respect for every french person. this is why, after having carried out the consultations provided for in article 12 of our constitution, i decided to put back in your hands the choice of our parliamentary future by the vote. in a few moments, i will sign the decree convening the legislative elections, which will be held onjune 30 for the first round and july seven for the second round. here's the leader of the national rally party, jordan bardella. translation: emmanuel macron is tonight a weakened president. i already, deprived of absolute majority in a french assembly, and now restricted in his means of action than the european parliament. the french president must choose to give into the spirit of the institutions. we solemnly ask him to take note of this new political situation,

to return to the french people and to organise new legislative elections. let's speak to christian fraser who's in brussels for us. he has been following these elections in brussels for us, quite a night so far. elections in brussels for us, quite a night so far-— a night so far. quite the nights, a retile a night so far. quite the nights, a reptile going _ a night so far. quite the nights, a reptile going through _ a night so far. quite the nights, a reptile going through the - a night so far. quite the nights, a reptile going through the hemi i reptile going through the hemi cycle in the last hour or so with the news coming from france, extraordinary news that emmanuel macron, whose party i just news that emmanuel macron, whose party ijust15% of the vote, has called for parliamentary elections over the two weeks at the end of june and beginning ofjuly, and clearly feels on the back of these parliamentary elections for europe, he does not have the mandate, or his government does not have the mandate to continue without putting it to the national ready, euphoric, marine le pen and her party taking a record 32% of the votes tonight. 0n

le pen and her party taking a record 32% of the votes tonight. on twitter she has responded to the confidence that the public has put in her. she says" we are ready for this election tonight, i call on the french people to come out and join us to form a majority". we are seeing are the results exit polling will across europe that similar shift to the rights in the netherlands, in austria, the freedom party has finished top of the pilot, in germany the afd finishing second to the cdu, well ahead of the spd the social democrats of chancellor scholz, a bruising that for him there in germany. in brussels, the centre right mainstream has held, and we —— will still emerge as a mean force in this european parliament. you might see behind me there manfred weber, the ep group leader and is celebrated more this evening, talking about their performance as the top group in the

parliament, they will be able to put forward the next president for the european commission, and it is the german ursula von der leyen who is bidding for a second term. here in brussels, the parties do not sit according to nationality might they sit within broad groupings, so there is the left, for instance, the greens who are big losers tonight looking at the finance holidays, the socialists and democrats, the centrists, known as renewed europe, who have also lost seats in the election, then comes the epp, and to the rights of them, the european conservatives reformists, to which giorgia meloni's, the utility president party belongs, and we expect and are soon, and joining —— gaining since the right of her, the group that marine le pen party was it within. that humility tonight for

emmanuel macron,. let's speak to catherine fieschi, political analyst specialising in populist and radical right movements. good to talk to you, and four years there was a taboo that kept parties like the national ready outs of power if they won the first run of the presidential vote, the mainstream would rally around an alternative candidate, do we see the result tonight as breaking that taboo? i result tonight as breaking that taboo? ~ ., �* , result tonight as breaking that taboo? ~ ., v �* , result tonight as breaking that taboo? ~ . �*, a ., , taboo? i think that's abu in many resects taboo? i think that's abu in many respects has _ taboo? i think that's abu in many respects has been _ taboo? i think that's abu in many respects has been broken. - taboo? i think that's abu in many respects has been broken. the i taboo? i think that's abu in many - respects has been broken. the taboo. even the _ respects has been broken. the taboo. even the fact — respects has been broken. the taboo. even the fact that emmanuel macron has no _ even the fact that emmanuel macron has no debated her several times, the fact— has no debated her several times, the fact that the current prime minister— the fact that the current prime minister gabriel attal debated jordan— minister gabriel attal debated jordan aguilar recently during the recent— jordan aguilar recently during the recent european election campaign, the fact— recent european election campaign, the fact that the centre right in france, — the fact that the centre right in france, much like the centre right in european — france, much like the centre right in european parliament has been

flirting _ in european parliament has been flirting with these parties on various— flirting with these parties on various specific bits of legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo— legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo is— legislation, i think that's a be —— the taboo is gone and with respect to the _ the taboo is gone and with respect to the voters we can see that they tend to _ to the voters we can see that they tend to think now that marine le pen party is _ tend to think now that marine le pen party is a _ tend to think now that marine le pen party is a party like any other. they— party is a party like any other. they have _ party is a party like any other. they have been very good at mainstream in themselves. are they like a mainstream _ mainstream in themselves. are they like a mainstream party, _ mainstream in themselves. are they like a mainstream party, because i like a mainstream party, because were talking earlier in the evening about giorgia meloni who has been effective in europe, playing the mainstream in brussels but back at home would be seen very much that a right of politics there? in a home would be seen very much that a right of politics there?— right of politics there? in a sense, that is definitely _ right of politics there? in a sense, that is definitely the _ right of politics there? in a sense, that is definitely the case - right of politics there? in a sense, that is definitely the case for - that is definitely the case for marine — that is definitely the case for marine le pen's party as well, there been _ marine le pen's party as well, there been to— marine le pen's party as well, there been to the — marine le pen's party as well, there been to the right and beaten quite clever— been to the right and beaten quite clever in_ been to the right and beaten quite clever in the past two years, 88 mps currently _ clever in the past two years, 88 mps currently in — clever in the past two years, 88 mps currently in the french national assembly _ currently in the french national assembly. there been clever in that they have _ assembly. there been clever in that they have not said much about

anything _ they have not said much about anything. occasionally, comments about— anything. occasionally, comments about migration or the green deal in europe, _ about migration or the green deal in europe, but— about migration or the green deal in europe, but they have really remained pretty silent. they have taken _ remained pretty silent. they have taken advantage of the fact that they knew they were going to do well by saying _ they knew they were going to do well by saying as little as possible, bringing — by saying as little as possible, bringing out as little as possible, the contradictions are at the heart of their— the contradictions are at the heart of their programmes, and basically letting _ of their programmes, and basically letting the general disenchantment of french— letting the general disenchantment of french voters regarding emmanuel macron— of french voters regarding emmanuel macron do— of french voters regarding emmanuel macron do the rest.— macron do the rest. there been to drivin: macron do the rest. there been to driving forces _ macron do the rest. there been to driving forces in _ macron do the rest. there been to driving forces in french _ macron do the rest. there been to driving forces in french politics - macron do the rest. there been to driving forces in french politics of| driving forces in french politics of late, one is the rejection of greed bureaucracy and the costs of farmers say they name on the european parliament, the cost they say the parliament, the cost they say the parliament has foisted upon them, and more broadly it seems to be a referendum on emmanuel macron and his government, when i talk about the risk of the tub will be broken,

is that the risk for him that he rolls the dice and possibly loses? it is absolutely, very risky business. when he made his short announcement, a surprise announcement, a surprise announcement there was —— the wisdom was that he would not consider any major change in government let alone dissolving the national assembly until september well after the olympics which are taking place in paris injuly and august, so it came as a shock. i think he is trying to do two things. fin as a shock. i think he is trying to do two things-— as a shock. i think he is trying to do two thins. ., ., �* , do two things. on the one hand he's t in: to do two things. on the one hand he's trying to get — do two things. on the one hand he's trying to get some _ do two things. on the one hand he's trying to get some clarity, _ do two things. on the one hand he's trying to get some clarity, from - trying to get some clarity, from voters — trying to get some clarity, from voters and _ trying to get some clarity, from voters and from his citizens, and this is— voters and from his citizens, and this is a — voters and from his citizens, and this is a very— voters and from his citizens, and this is a very typical emmanuel macron— this is a very typical emmanuel macron move, he doesn't know how to -et macron move, he doesn't know how to get there _ macron move, he doesn't know how to get there on— macron move, he doesn't know how to get there on an obstacle, any kind of tips—

get there on an obstacle, any kind of tips over— get there on an obstacle, any kind of tips over the table, so it is partly— of tips over the table, so it is partly that, a bold move. he really favours— partly that, a bold move. he really favours this — partly that, a bold move. he really favours this kind of political action— favours this kind of political action for better and worse, but it is also, _ action for better and worse, but it is also, i— action for better and worse, but it is also, i think, in a way for him to try— is also, i think, in a way for him to try to— is also, i think, in a way for him to try to put— is also, i think, in a way for him to try to put the parties in the context of— to try to put the parties in the context of real responsibility, a real context of having to govern, and essentially giving them the next two are _ and essentially giving them the next two are nearly three years to hang themselves, and to prove, essentially that they would be unable — essentially that they would be unable to govern and therefore that she couldn't win the 2027 presidential elections. so there is this dual— presidential elections. so there is this dual calculation, and i really do think— this dual calculation, and i really do think both of them are very risky — do think both of them are very risky |s— do think both of them are very ris . , ., , do think both of them are very ris ., ., ., do think both of them are very ris., ., ., , risky. is that parts of what drives

-- is that — risky. is that parts of what drives -- is that partly _ risky. is that parts of what drives -- is that partly driven _ risky. is that parts of what drives -- is that partly driven by - risky. is that parts of what drives -- is that partly driven by the - —— is that partly driven by the fact that there is not a national successor within his party was a mark he probably looks the gabriel attal, his young prime minister, but the risk that if you went up against marine le pen in 2027, he would lose the presidency. that marine le pen in 2027, he would lose the presidency-— the presidency. that is right and i think the fact — the presidency. that is right and i think the fact that _ the presidency. that is right and i think the fact that he _ the presidency. that is right and i think the fact that he has - the presidency. that is right and i think the fact that he has not in i the presidency. that is right and i think the fact that he has not in a| think the fact that he has not in a sense _ think the fact that he has not in a sense it — think the fact that he has not in a sense it groomed a successor is problematic. the fact that he has not really — problematic. the fact that he has not really created a viable party, that is _ not really created a viable party, that is also — not really created a viable party, that is also extremely preoccupying. he did _ that is also extremely preoccupying. he did not _ that is also extremely preoccupying. he did not invest, he created a movement— he did not invest, he created a movement in almost nothing in 2016, swept _ movement in almost nothing in 2016, swept to— movement in almost nothing in 2016, swept to power in 2017, he did not invest— swept to power in 2017, he did not invest nor— swept to power in 2017, he did not invest nor did the people around him invest nor did the people around him in creating _ invest nor did the people around him in creating a — invest nor did the people around him in creating a viable electoral machine. _ in creating a viable electoral machine, a proper party whereby even if he had _ machine, a proper party whereby even if he had not _ machine, a proper party whereby even if he had not groomed a successor, one might — if he had not groomed a successor, one might eventually emerge, but there _ one might eventually emerge, but there is— one might eventually emerge, but there is neither a successor nor

really— there is neither a successor nor really the — there is neither a successor nor really the structures through which this successor could emerge. not to mention the fact that the party, or what _ mention the fact that the party, or what axes — mention the fact that the party, or what axes a — mention the fact that the party, or what axes a party, is a very recent creation, — what axes a party, is a very recent creation, which basically means they have not. _ creation, which basically means they have not, they have not got local networks — have not, they have not got local networks or implantation, they cannot— networks or implantation, they cannot rely on that. so it is really a one _ cannot rely on that. so it is really a one man — cannot rely on that. so it is really a one man band, he has not put his ownjob in — a one man band, he has not put his ownjob in the balance here, he has put the _ ownjob in the balance here, he has put the drop— ownjob in the balance here, he has put the drop of his prime minister in the _ put the drop of his prime minister in the balance, and it is a very typical— in the balance, and it is a very typical also— in the balance, and it is a very typical also fifth republican move, a very— typical also fifth republican move, a very typical of french institutions that have this dual executive, with the president that in sense _ executive, with the president that in sense regularly the prime minister— in sense regularly the prime minister under the bus. we in sense regularly the prime minister underthe bus. we have in sense regularly the prime minister under the bus. we have one such new— minister under the bus. we have one such new episode of that tonight. i think— such new episode of that tonight. i think the _ such new episode of that tonight. i think the fact that there is no successor, the fact there is no party— successor, the fact there is no party structure, and the fact that this is— party structure, and the fact that this is not— party structure, and the fact that this is not a _ party structure, and the fact that this is not a flash in the pan, this

boat, _ this is not a flash in the pan, this boat. the — this is not a flash in the pan, this boat, the national ready has been increasing — boat, the national ready has been increasing steadily for years and decades, — increasing steadily for years and decades, so it's a dangerous thing to ask— decades, so it's a dangerous thing to ask voters whether they really mean _ to ask voters whether they really mean it's, — to ask voters whether they really mean it's, tonight.— to ask voters whether they really mean it's, tonight. yes, what we see how the french _ mean it's, tonight. yes, what we see how the french voters _ mean it's, tonight. yes, what we see how the french voters react - mean it's, tonight. yes, what we see how the french voters react to - mean it's, tonight. yes, what we see how the french voters react to it - how the french voters react to it and in short order, because that first run of the vote will come at the end of the month, catherine fieschi, thank you for that, will be back shortly at the top of the hour because we get a second projection of the night when the polls close in italy. giorgia meloni, the other woman on the rights who has performed pretty well, we think, in these elections, although virtual turn out down in italy, will see what the post like to get results from italy injust what the post like to get results from italy in just under 50 what the post like to get results from italy injust under 50 minutes times. from italy in 'ust under 50 minutes times. ~ , , ., , from italy in 'ust under 50 minutes times. , , ., , ., times. we will see you shortly for that, christian. _ here in the uk election campaign, the main parties have been asked how they'd fund some of their key pledges.

the conservatives want to spend millions on mental health support, while labour says it'll reform prisons, without having to raise household taxes. here's iain watson. applause and cheering. the main parties are preparing to launch their manifestos this week. the whole point country has been longing for and waiting for this election to come. labour was promising to provide more prison places and to clampdown on antisocial behaviour. but the big parties know you can't pay for policies from small change. the labour leader was keener to talk about growing the economy and cutting spending or raising tax. it is all about plans for a fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we have already announced. what we do need to do just to take up the challenge which is being put to us is, we do need to grow the economy. cheering. the primettes is keen to move on from his d—day misstep. the prime minister is keen to move on from his d—day misstep. today, his party was not talking

about warfare but welfare. they have been looking for cash from tax cuts and they claim they could save £12 billion from the benefits budget by the end of the next parliament. in my area, welfare, we would save £7.7 billion over measures that we have brought in over this parliament. we cut fraud and error within the welfare system, benefits, by about 10% last year and we can still go further. the lib dems have been making a lot of noise about their spending pledges. today, it was 100 more hospital beds to take pressure off the ambulance service, but by also promising not to increase income tax and vat, how will they pay for them? how we are going to fund our proposals will be laid out in great detail in our manifesto launch tomorrow, but what i can tell you is that we have identified areas where there is money available which has been spent we believe in the wrong way. the snp accused the main westminster parties of being deliberately in denial about the public finances. it is important at this election that people focus on the conspiracy of silence that is going on between the labour party and the conservative party.

the tories have signed up to £18 billion worth of spending cuts according to the institute for fiscal studies, and labour, according to the institute for fiscal studies, have not demurred from those figures. manifestos will provide a political sense of direction, but they may be less clear aboutjust how rocky a road lies ahead. iain watson, 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 night at eight o'clock on bbc one and iplayer. the wife of the radio and television presenter, michael mosley, has confirmed his body has been found, after he went missing on a greek island. search teams made the discovery close to a busy beach at agia marina, on the 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. joe inwood reports.

on a barren hillsidejust metres from the safety of the beach he had been heading for, the search for michael mosley finally came to an end. the greek authorities who had worked so hard to find the missing broadcaster, they carefully prepared to move him. it was on that beach, agia marina, that the body which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence over there, really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. but despite an extensive search and rescue operation involving police, fire, helicopters, dogs, even members of the public, in the end he was found by accident. it has emerged a greek television crew were filming with the mayor, and only noticed the body in their shot when they got back to edit their pictures.

translation: when we returned i in simi and the footage was prepared to send to athens, we saw the body of the man. we informed the mayor and the authorities were immediately mobilised with the doctors. it was a sad end to a story which had begun when michael mosley had left the beach on wednesday where he had been with his wife claire. he was picked up by a camera at a coffee shop, and then at a restaurant, here, and then finally, at the marina, before he walked out of town, heading towards agia marina. the death of michael mosley was confirmed by his wife clare. she said, "it is devastating to has lost michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband. we had an incredibly lucky life together, i am incredibly proud of our children, their resilience and support over the past days. we are taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it. he did an incredible climb, took the wrong route, and collapsed.

we are so grateful to the extraordinary people of symi who have worked tirelessly to help find him". his disappearance and death has been felt keenly by the community of this small island, by the many people who appreciated and loved his work, but most of all by the family he leaves behind. joe inwood there well, michael mosley was well known for appearing on bbc, tv and radio programmes, including the podcast �*just one thing.�* and the series trust me, i'm a doctor. david sillito, looks back at his life. now, the diet i'm about to go on was developed by a nutritionist in toronto... michael mosley — a trusted, charismatic guru of good health. one way to tell if you're sleep—deprived is to go to bed in the middle of the afternoon and find out how quickly... a tv producer and presenter, always happy to be the guinea pig in the search for a better

understanding of the science of sleep, fitness... ..and it's also good for my heart and lungs. ..and weight, most notably in 2012, when he was diagnosed with type ii diabetes. it is generally seen as an incurable disease which has to be managed by medication, but what if you could reverse it? his subsequent weight loss using intermittent fasting inspired thousands to follow the 5—2 diet. there have been many today paying tribute and giving thanks for his help with weight and dealing with diabetes. one friend and colleague feels his lasting impact was his ability to encourage people to find ways of preventing illness. i think that legacy will live on, people will remember him, people will smile. anyone who met mike will always smile, because he was such a loving, kind, generous person that had a slightly infectious and impish laugh. and so, yeah, i'm really sad, but i'm also really proud and lucky to have had him in my life. and those self—experiments — nothing seemed to daunt him. here he is infesting

himself with tapeworms. ah! there they go. but there was always a serious point, and if type ii diabetes could be reversed or chronic insomnia helped, he wanted to test the research himself. many have told us to eat our greens or cut down on sugar. michael mosley had the rare gift of encouraging thousands of us to actually do it. david sillito, bbc news. michael could mostly there who passed away at the eight of 87 who passed away at the eight of 87 who passed away at the eight of 87 who passed away in her trip to greece. his state agent has without a statement that it's without —— such a profound sadness that we mourn our client. the wonderful michael mostly, he lived what he did and pointed a great pleasure to work with his colleagues in tv and radio and publishing and at his business,

he was immensely grateful for how it respects with the public words and ideas he had the privilege of sharing into the many scientists whose work he had the honour to help popularise. he also passed on his condolences to michael's family. this is bbc news. hello there. weather for the week ahead is perhaps not the story you want. no significant summer sunshine or warmth, i'm afraid. in fact, the story in armagh on sunday really sets the scene — just a high of ten degrees. we had cloudy skies with light rain or drizzle with a cool northerly wind as well. now, that rain is sinking its way steadily southwards and it will clear away from eastern england and southeast england during monday morning. behind it, this northerly wind and this cooler air source starts to kick in across the country. so a rash of showers, a cold, brisk wind driving those showers in off exposed coasts and drifting their way steadily south across scotland and northern ireland as we go through the morning.

here's our cloud and rain still lingering across east yorkshire, lincolnshire first thing in the morning, some heavier bursts that will ease away. best of any brighter skies, perhaps across southern england down to the southwest. here, showers should be few and further between. but nevertheless, that wind direction still really digging in right across the country. so sunny spells, scattered showers, a brisk northwesterly wind for many, so temperatures just below par really for this time of year, a maximum of 10—15 degrees for most. we might see highs of 17 or 18 if we get some sunshine across south west england and wales. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, the low pressure drifts off to scandinavia, high pressure builds. it should start to kill off some of the showers out to the west. but with those clearing skies, well, those temperatures will be below par through the night as well, low single figures for some, quite a chilly start to our tuesday morning. hopefully some sunshine

around on tuesday. there will continue to be some showers, most frequent ones running down through central and eastern scotland and england. further west, some brighter skies and once again, highs of 17 degrees, but for many, just a maximum of 10—15 once again. moving out of tuesday into wednesday, winds will fall lighter still for a time, but there's another low pushing in and that will bring some wetter weather to close out the end of the working week. it will gradually start to change the wind direction. so, after a drier day on wednesday, it will turn that little bit milder, but also wetter as we head into the weekend.

live from london, this is bbc news. exit polls suggest far—right parties have made gains in elections for the european parliament. france's far—right national rally party takes almost a third of the votes. president macron responds by calling a snap election. translation: i decided to put back in our translation: i decided to put back in your hands _ translation: i decided to put back in your hands the _ translation: i decided to put back in your hands the choice _ translation: i decided to put back in your hands the choice of- translation: i decided to put back in your hands the choice of the i in your hands the choice of the parliamentary future. in a few moments i will sign a decree convening the parliamentary elections which will take place on june 30 for the first round and july seven for the second round.

israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is under pressure after a member of his war cabinet, benny gantz, quits and demands an election. narendra modi is sworn in as india's prime minister for a record—equalling third term. welcome to bbc news. our top story tonight, the french president has dissolved his country's parliament and called snap elections after far—right opponents made huge gains in the european parliament elections tonight. that trend has been mirrored elsewhere with a significant swing to the right in germany, the netherlands, and austria. emmanuel macron's announcement was a huge suprise. addressing the nation tonight, he said his decision to call snap but above all "an act of trust."