missing on a greek island. tributes are pouring in from his family 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. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. exit polls suggest there have been big gains forfar right parties, in elections to the european parliament. this was the first projection for the 720—seat assembly —

the darker colours to the right — representing those right of centre parties — seem to have moved to take up more of the seats. the most headline—grabbing outcome appears to have been in france, where the far—right national rally party has taken more than 31% of the vote. that's more than double the coalition which supports president macron. he has responded by calling an entirely unexpected snap election. the rise of nationalists and demagogues is a dangerfor our nation, but also for europe. i say this even though we have just celebrated with the whole world of the normandy landing, and in a few weeks we welcome the world for the olympic and paralympic games. yes, the far right is both the result of the far right is both the result of the impoverishment of the french and 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 parliamentary and public debate in our country in recent years, the sort of 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 the consequences, or threats to our own cohesion, it requires 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 hand is 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 30th for the first round and july 7th for the second round. for the french far right, the result is one to celebrate.

here's marine le pen. he translation: the french have spoken he _ translation: the french | have spoken he have spoken and this historic election shows that when the people vote, the people win. by giving more than 32% to the national rally, the french have just given us their highest score, all parties combined, in a0 years. it's a real emotion to see this beautiful popularforce rising up throughout the country. the big question now — where does this leave the european parliament? here's the president of the european comission, ursula von der leyen, who has promised to build a "bastion against extremes" in the eu's assembly. no majority can be formed without epp, and that is important. together with others, — epp, and that is important. together with others. we _ epp, and that is important. together with others, we will— epp, and that is important. together with others, we will build _ epp, and that is important. together with others, we will build a _ with others, we will build a vivacity and against the extremes from the left and the right. we will stop them. this is for sure. my colleague christian fraser

has been in brussels, watching the results and exit polls unfold throughout the evening. he spoke to our europe editor katya adler, and started by asking what the biggest news is from tonight. emmanuel macron. absolutely. they are talking about emmanuel macron. he worked in france for many years, and i've been in brussels... emmanuel macron is often accused by his peers of sometimes trying to grab the limelight. but he has grabbed everything in this european election. he has been trounced by the hard right. he has decided to dissolve his own national parliament as a result. he called a snap election, and it's a huge gamble. he says he is a centrist, a passionate european. after the snap election, he could end up with a prime minister of the hard right who is a eurosceptic. you can have a

president and prime minister from different in france, it's happened before, but never when the prime minister has come from the heart right. that would be an absolute first in france. something that marine le pen's party hopes will keep going and going, excess at eu, success at national level, followed by something she has pursued for years, the dream of becoming france's next president. it will feel to her tonight that much closer, with the presidential election in 2027. but closer, with the presidential election in 2027.— closer, with the presidential election in 2027. �* ~ ., election in 2027. but as you know, it's easier to _ election in 2027. but as you know, it's easier to campaign _ election in 2027. but as you know, it's easier to campaign in - it's easier to campaign in opposition than it is to running government. {iii opposition than it is to running government-— opposition than it is to running covernment. , �*, ., ., government. of course, it's a dream. she felt she — government. of course, it's a dream. she felt she was _ government. of course, it's a dream. she felt she was twice _ government. of course, it's a dream. she felt she was twice before - government. of course, it's a dream. she felt she was twice before and - she felt she was twice before and failed to get it. tonight she will definitely feel she is closer. marine le pen is tried for years now, actually, to make her party seem more acceptable, to rid it of the extremist image, to broaden its appeal. tonight shows she has managed it, and it's not the first time had success. she did really

well in the parliamentary election in france last summer. she has shown she can do it. whether she can get to those dizzy heights, of course, a massive question about that. but what we can see across the eu, people are concerned. many using this vote, not about eu policy, that feels too far away from everyday lives, they use this vote as a protest vote against their own national government. and there were common themes. worries about migration, inflation, about the cost of environmental reforms.— of environmental reforms. that's really interesting. _ of environmental reforms. that's really interesting. i've _ of environmental reforms. that's really interesting. i've just - of environmental reforms. that'sl really interesting. i've just spoken to the parliamentary president and i said, look, all these parties on the right, the vote is shifting to the right, the vote is shifting to the right, have you done something wrong? she said maybe there was an invisible line we crossed, maybe we pushed too hard and we didn't explain the green policies we had and they have paid the price tonight. that begs the question in

this essential decade, really, when talking about climate change, climate science, whether they back off because of the result they are seen tonight. off because of the result they are seen tonight-— seen tonight. covering european affairs for many _ seen tonight. covering european affairs for many years, _ seen tonight. covering european affairs for many years, the - seen tonight. covering european affairs for many years, the eu i seen tonight. covering european l affairs for many years, the eu has long been really ambitious on climate. it wanted to be a world leader. again and again, i have seen other things knocking it off the top perch. covid, the war in ukraine. in these more immediate concerns... i mean, of course the environment is an immediate concern, we can see the effect of climate change day to day. but for people in the eu, floods, all sorts of things, but it's not urgent enough for them to think when they are in the middle of a cost—of—living crisis, ok, i'm going to have to really spend a lot of money to buy this heater or to pay more for petrol, to get a new car, electric car. it'sjust more for petrol, to get a new car, electric car. it's just too much, more for petrol, to get a new car, electric car. it'sjust too much, so it has come as a perfect storm. the

greens hope that after covid and the war in ukraine, people would say, we need to make our own energy in europe and not bring it in from elsewhere, we need to think about the environment... in fact we have seen here, not only... what's really interesting and upsetting for the greens, the young who voted for the greens, the young who voted for the greens in their droves in the last european parliamentary election, it's cut in half, and a lot of the youth vote has gone to the hard right. it shows they are worried about other things first and foremost. about other things first and foremost-— about other things first and foremost. ., ., ., ~ foremost. you heard them talking about the president _ foremost. you heard them talking about the president of _ foremost. you heard them talking about the president of the - foremost. you heard them talking l about the president of the european parliament. christian fraser also spoke a short time ago to the president of the european parliament, roberta metsola. the results are still coming in. it looks from the early projections that the pro—european constructive centre has held. it also shows that we need to see

what happened in each and every country, how people voted. and it also places a responsibility on each and every 720 members that come to this parliament and will have to take decisions on behalf of the citizens who elected them. what kind of decisions they will take, how they will take them and how they will explain them back home. there were tears outside the room where the greens are having an election meeting tonight, is it the climate agenda that you set out that has pushed people to the right? i would say there was an invisible line that perhaps was crossed, and we lost people when we did that. and that decisions were taken without having had the social and economic impact being factored in. that proposal will need to be costed, that we had not enough explanation of the decisions we took.

all of this put together, and we had farmers protests in each country, and they said, hold on, because, you need us now. it and they said, hold on, because, you need us nova— need us now. it was a message to all of us, need us now. it was a message to all of us. and — need us now. it was a message to all of us. and to — need us now. it was a message to all of us, and to all— need us now. it was a message to all of us, and to all the _ need us now. it was a message to all of us, and to all the political- of us, and to all the political groups that need together, because a balance is needed between keeping the climate ambition but factoring in the social and economic additions we need to put in. that will need to be taken in by anyone with a majority in this next house. i know ou can't majority in this next house. i know you can't comment _ majority in this next house. i know you can't comment on _ majority in this next house. i know you can't comment on the - majority in this next house. i know you can't comment on the french i you can't comment on the french result because it's not in, but you will have heard the news from emmanuel macron that he has called a snap election, what is your reaction?— snap election, what is your reaction? ~ ., ., ., reaction? we would have to say, we will first wait — reaction? we would have to say, we will first wait to _ reaction? we would have to say, we will first wait to see _ reaction? we would have to say, we will first wait to see the _ reaction? we would have to say, we will first wait to see the french - will first wait to see the french results for the members of the european parliament sitting here. and then we will see how that will influence the campaign taking place on a national level. here in the uk election campaign, the main westminster parties

will launch their manifestos this coming week, and they're being quizzed on how they'd fund some of their key pledges. the conservatives say they can save billions on the benefits bill, while labour wants to provide more prison places, without having to raise household taxes. here's iain watson. cheering. the main parties are preparing to launch their manifestos this week. the whole country has been longing for and waiting for this election to come. labour's promising to provide more prison places and clamp down labour's promising to provide 100,000 more childcare places in england. now the big parties know you can't pay for policies from small change, but the labour leader wasn't keen to identify spending cuts or tax rises. instead, he insisted it was all about the economy. all of our plans are fully funded and fully costed and none of them require tax rises over and above the ones that we've already announced. what we do need to do,

just to take up the challenge that's being put to us, is we do need to grow the economy. the prime minister's keen to move on from his d—day misstep. today his party wasn't talking about warfare, but welfare. they've been looking for cash for tax cuts and claim they could save £12 billion from the benefits budget by the end of the next parliament. in my area of welfare, we've saved {7.7 billion over measures that we've brought in over this parliament. we cut fraud and error within the welfare system, within benefits by about 10% last year and we can go still further. the lib dems have been banging the drum for investment in the nhs to the tune of billions of pounds. they say they won't raise income tax to pay for this, but other taxes are available. we said we'd increase i the digital services taxes on the social media giants, the likes of amazon - and google as well. i so i think unlike the other parties, i we've actually already begun to show very clearly where the money for our health and care -

policies would come from. the snp accuse the main westminster parties of being deliberately in denial about the public finances. we said we'd increase i the digital services taxes it's 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 again to the institute of fiscal studies, have not demurred from those figures. the parties�* manifestos will provide a political sense of direction, but they may be less clear aboutjust how rocky a road lies ahead. 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. this is the moment he confirmed his resignation.

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. our 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. officials from the hamas—run health ministry in gaza say that the israeli raid on a refugee camp on saturday — which led to the rescue of four hostages — led to the deaths of nearly 300 palestinians. a spokesman for the armed wing of hamas says that three hostages were also killed during the operation. we haven't been able independently to verify that claim. several hundred palestinians were also wounded in the raid. hamas accused the israelis of carrying out a massacre. that phrase was echoed by the european union's top diplomatjosep borrell — who described the deaths as "another massacre of civilians."

more footage has emerged of the rescue — israel used helicopters to evacuate the hostages from an area around the nuseirat refugee camp in central gaza. the head of the hospital where they are being treated said none of them require emergency care or large procedures, but that they wil need long—term evaluations. being deprived of so many things for so long and living under this unbelievable stress is something that leaves its mark, both on the body and on the soul. narendra modi has been sworn in for a third term as india's prime minster, in front of thousands of guests in a ceremony at the presidential palace, in delhi. he will however be leading a coalition for the first time, after his party, the hindu nationalist bjp, fell short of a majority in recent elections. yogita limaye has more from delhi. narendra modi... an oath that narendra modi

is more than familiar with. but what follows is uncharted territory. a weakened prime minister, dependent on a coalition for the first time. there are hundreds of pictures of mr modi all over delhi today, and it's something we've gotten used to here in india over these past ten years. his picture's been on welfare schemes, on vaccine certificates, so that doesn't seem to have changed. but what has is that while this is a win, it's a victory that feels like a defeat for brand modi. the aura of invincibility that has come to surround him has been damaged. and clues to why some voters turned away can be found here in the politically crucial state of uttar pradesh. it was considered to be a stronghold of mr modi's bjp, but it delivered the biggest shock. in a predominantly hindu village in muzaffarnagar, we met men who've traditionally supported the bjp. but not this time, says shyam singh,

who has four post—graduate sons who are unemployed. translation: since four years, l they have been searching forjobs, but there are no vacancies. the government talks about development, but we can't see it happen on the ground. price rise has gone beyond limits, it's tough to put food on the table. translation: people had blind faith in modi, - but now they've opened their eyes to the reality around them. a hindu temple opened by the prime minister ahead of the election, was expected to galvanize votes like these for the ruling party. translation: temples are a matter of faith, i but to feed ourselves, we need work. just opening temples doesn't help us. in another part of the constituency we met people from india's muslim minority who had found themselves to be the target of an overtly divisive campaign by the bjp. translation: when the results

came in, we were happy - because we were worried that if they came to power with full majority, they would make laws that would discriminate against minorities. bell ringing. a leader who's achieved an almost godlike status for his followers has been brought down to earth by the will of india's voters. for mr modi, keeping his allies together will be the test of a new skill. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. 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, on a walk, alone, in a remote mountainous area. joe inwood reports. on a barren hillside, just metres away from the safety

of the beach he'd been heading for, the search for michael mosley finally came to an end. it was on that beach, of agia marina, that the body which has now been identified as michael mosley was found. he was found lying just at the right side of that fence you can see over there, so 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 the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. it's a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday, when michael mosley left the beach where he'd been with his wife, clare, atabouti:30pm. he was then picked up on a camera at a coffee shop here, a second one at a restaurant here, and then finally the one at the marina, before he walked out of the town, heading towards agia marina. 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 michael mosley�*s body in their shot when they got back to edit their pictures. translation: when we returned here in symi and the footage - was prepared to send to athens, we spotted the body of a man. we informed the mayor and the authorities were immediately mobilised with the doctors. michael mosley�*s death was confirmed by his wife, clare. she said...

michael mosley�*s body was taken to a waiting coastguard boat and then onto roads for a postmortem. his disappearance and death has been felt keenly by the community of this small island, by the many people who appreciated his work, but most of all by the family he leaves behind. joe inwood, bbc news, on the greek island of symi. well, there have been numerous tributes paid to michael mosley, who was well known for his bbc programmes including the podcastjust one thing, and the series trust me, i'm a doctor. here's david sillito. now, the diet i'm about to go on was developed by nutritionists in toronto and... 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... 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's 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. among those paying tribute, one friend and colleague who said his success owed much to the way he delivered his message. 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, but had a slightly infectious and impish laugh. so, yeah, i'm really sad, but i'm also really proud and lucky to have had him in my life. my cholesterol levels tend to be high... it was serious science, he just avoided graphs and jargon. he broke that down and brought it out to the public, _

to the wider public, _ so that everyone could benefit from understanding science. i don't think there's anyone else in broadcasting like michael, - and we're really going to feel his absence. . 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. 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. liverpool football club says its thoughts and support are with theirformer captain alan hansen, who's seriously ill in hospital. the former scotland international, who's 68, is regarded as one of his country's greatest defenders,

and spent 14 years at liverpool, winning 16 major trophies. after retiring from the game in 1991, he worked as a pundit for the bbc for more than 20 years. with the start of the men's football european championship just five days away, the scotland squad has arrived in germany, ahead of their opening match against the hosts on friday. jane dougall is at the team's training camp, in bavaria. chanting: scotland! scotland! _ the tartan army were already in position for their hero's arrival in germany. captain andy robertson leading the way as his side met the waiting fans. the squad are staying just outside the pretty bavarian ski resort of garmisch—partenkirchen. their base, in the shadow of germany's highest mountain, where a warm welcome has been prepared for scotland. it's the best town in germany. it's great that the scottish team is visiting us, yes.

we are very proud that scotland has this base camp here down in bavaria, yes. how do you think they will get on against germany on friday? no, no comment on that. laughter. traditions here are valued and passed down through generations. and there's a history of scotland kicking off campaigns. they played brazil in the first game of the �*98 world cup, their last major tournament overseas. it's 1-1! and on friday, scotland will play the opening match against their hosts. though the locals here don't expect germany to lose, scotland's qualifying campaign to get here was impressive. so there's a lot of optimism ahead of these euros. yeah, there's definitely a bit more of a buzz to do well this year, so fingers crossed. there may be a buzz around scotland's prospects, but there will be peace and quiet in this alpine town, giving the squad their best chance of progressing through the tournament. jane dougal, bbc news, bavaria.

now on bbc news — newscast. so let's start with a message from a newscaster. why not? because we love newscasters getting in touch. connor has written to us. "hi, newscasters. another workington man here. just wanted to say i hated this label in the 2019 election". workington man, of course, was the label to put on a cliched group of voters who were supposedly those what won it for boris johnson based on the fine town of cumbria in the north of england. conor has a side bar. "could you explain how this general election will affect scotland? "some polls have labour ahead of the snp. "if labour wins a majority of scottish westminster seats, could we see a labour first minister or would that be decided in a scottish election? ps," and i love this bit. "i avoided using tartan wall purely for laura's benefits". so handy, we got you here this week. yes. good morning to you, laura. tartan wool. i'm not a fan.

i'm not a fan of tartan wool either. and we will answer that question, connor. we will answer it, but you have to keep listening. and a few other things to go through today. sure. yeah. we have the various commitments made that seem to be fairly new commitments on welfare reform. and we also have the previews for the manifestos. it's going to be an exciting episode of this sunday's newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's laura in the studio. it's faisel in the studio too. it's james in glasgow. hurray! how nice to have the two of you with me here on a sunday afternoon, having been abandoned by paddy and henry and adam and everybody else. i fought my way through thickets of pollen. apparently, it's all male trees that try and mate with you. what?

someone planted only male plain trees.