parliamentary vote sunday night after his centrist alliance was trounced by the far—right in european parliament elections. in a speech after exit polls were released, he said he could not ignore the results and he said he could not ignore the results and the dissolving parliament is an act of trust in the french people. translation: 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. the far—right party was the

winner of the eu elections and is predicted to win 30% of the vote, and a sorry high. a call for elections once the victory became clear, arguing the legitimacy is reported to the test. the leader in the assembly welcome was the eventual decision to call a snap vote. translation: they confirm our movement is the major force - for change in france and we are ready to exercise power over the french people placing their trust in us. we are ready to turn the country around, ready to defend the interest of the french, ready to put an end to mass immigration and ready to make the purchasing power of the french a priority. we are ready to start industrialisation of the country, in short, ready to turn the country around, ready to revive france. the overall winner of the elections was the president of the european commission. and her people's party

grouping. they picked up a dozen seats taking them once again as the largest group and this is her celebrating their win with supporters in brussels but at a press conference in the evening she acknowledged the success of the populist party. the extremes on the left and the right have gained support, and this is why the results comes with great responsibility for the parties in the centre. i have been working hard to build a broad and effective majority of pro—european forces. my aim is to continue on this path with those who are pro—european, pro—ukraine, pro— rule of law. as of tomorrow, this works out again. the results and ups and downs for every political block with results vary widely, country to country,

despite wins in germany and france, results show the far—right only picked up an additional three seats in the european parliament. the greens had a bad night, losing 19. from the results we see at the moment, we see that right swing. what stands out for you from tonight so far? the experts here in brussels will tell you the centre and centre—right has held, but there is definitely a determined definitive shift to the right. the freedom party, the hard right, is on top in austria, in the netherlands they have picked up seven seats, marine le pen trouncing emmanuel macron in france, the afd in germany finishing second and in italy they are on the hard right. top of the pile as well. of huge concern to the commission but no question what the big story is here tonight,

faced with that election results in france, emmanuel macron has tonight called a snap election, dissolving parliament, it will go to the polls the last week injune and first week injuly and that is an enormous gamble. the national rally party finishing with 32% of the vote in france, over twice the size of the renaissance party vote. he is hoping he can turn it around in the next few weeks for the french voters on the spot. it is a real risk given what has unfolded tonight in france. a gamble there. emmanuel macron calling it an act of trust and, of course, we will have to see what comes to pass there. from people you have spoken to there, are they getting an understanding of why some people apparently voted the way they did, the issue that

clearly they are concerned about? for our world audience, you need to understand for many people across europe, a big electorate, around 370 million which dwarfs the american electorate which is around 244 million in america, brussels feels a long way away. it is domestic politics, their everyday lives that matter to them but there are some issues which cross which people will have voted on here, particularly migration and borders and there is a green lash under way here in europe. i have spoken to the european parliamentary president who said perhaps there was an invisible line we crossed and maybe we pushed too hard on the transition and maybe we do not explain properly to people who had been processing. that is one issue but also a referendum on national governments and you see that in france

and also in germany, the coalition parties in germany faired badly tonight. running in third behind the hard right afd. it is partly a decision on domestic politics but also a feeling within europe that the people in this parliament are not yet understanding the cost—of—living crisis, not doing enough in their minds to turn around the economy post pandemic and they want more from their parliamentarians and they turned their back in some countries on the mainstream. talking about the feeling there, when it comes to france, for example, a bad night for the party of macron, also when it comes to germany as well, the german chancellor. so often we have spoken about europe, you look at that nexus of power between france and germany. what does that mean for the balance there in the eu and where the power is held?

there has been a power shift in europe. france and germany still the engine of europe, the biggest parties in this parliament. people will look towards emmanuel macron and the german chancellor within the european council of leaders, but you look to poland and the security brief pushed there, a key figure within the main grouping hearing the european people's people's party, the centre—right. i think there is a broad issue that is affecting these countries, and that is they are being pulled to the right by these populist parties, whether that will happen here is another question because the centre has held actually on the right they are fairly disparate groupings. taking georgia maloney,

the conservatives and reformists, she is pro—ukraine and marine le pen in another group, identity and democracy, she has had a softer approach to russia. they may be able to find some agreement on migration but also so many issues these groups have different priorities and so the centre will hope they can pick at that division. they have the numbers from the centre—left all the way to the centre—right, the mainstream has held this only there will be more influence on the right when it comes to migration, climate, the european budget, which still has to be negotiated here, the question is how much influence the hard right, the populist will have here and that remains to be seen. a key member of israel's war cabinet — which was set up after the hamas attack last october — resigned from the emergency government on sunday. benny gantz had set a deadline of 8june for israel's prime minister

benjamin netanyahu to outline the country's long—term strategy in gaza once the war is over. he told reporters that he wasn't satisfied. he is now calling on mr netanyahu to hold elections. important to note that mr ganz was part of the netanyahu government before the war in gaza and he has at our six strategic goals for israel including the return of all foreign israeli hostages still held by hamas in gaza and the return of displaced palestinian civilians to northern gaza byi september. he said he has not been reassured on any of those accounts. netanyahu appealed to benny gantz to remain in the war cabinet after benny gantz made the announcement, benjamin netanyahu posted this message on a social media. our international editor jeremy bowen has been following the developments. this is the quote that

in his press conference he was going to say it yesterday but he put it off for 2h hours after the hostage rescue. he said "faithful strategic decisions "are stuck due to hesitation and procrastination out "of political considerations," talking about benjamin netanyahu, by political considerations he means the desire to stay in power and perhaps prolong the war when he could be doing a deal. and to avoid the reckoning with the israeli people about the mistakes that led up to the security failures of 7 october, which a lot of israelis blame netanyahu for. benny gantz is hoping this move will start the destruction of the netanyahu government and there will be elections and the polls say if there were elections he would become the prime minister. it might backfire because netanyahu is reliant on the votes to keep

his coalition going of ultranationalist far—right elements who want the war to continue into gaza, put settlers into gaza, they will now perhaps have more influence. officials from the hamas—run health ministry in gaza say that the israeli raid on a refugee camp on saturday — in which four hostages were rescued — killed 274 palestinians. 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 diplomat, josep borrell, who described the raid 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 procedures, but that they will need long—term evaluations. joining me now to discuss these developments is david mccoskey,

a director on arab israel relations. welcome, thank you for being with us. what do you think the resignation of a benny gantz will mean for benjamin netanyahu for his cabinet and for this war? it is a key moment _ cabinet and for this war? it is a key moment in _ cabinet and for this war? it is a key moment in time, - cabinet and for this war? it 3 a key moment in time, no question. basically foryour viewers, you need 61 of 121 to govern and without this party, he is down to 64. that means the balance of power is held by the balance of power is held by the ultranationalist, the the ultra nationalist, the police the ultranationalist, the police minister, the finance minister, and so it is possible that netanyahu will be more concerned about the hard right pushing him and believing without them he doesn't have a cabinets, he does not have 61.

benny gantz provided notjust the question of an extra vote but with two former chief of staff of the israeli military, a lot of experience and they are trusted by washington. this could be a perilous moment where netanyahu is under the influence of these two heart rate members, it is a moment of uncertainty. rate members, it is a moment of uncertainty-— uncertainty. whether to be the case, uncertainty. whether to be the case. walk _ uncertainty. whether to be the case, walk with _ uncertainty. whether to be the case, walk with a _ uncertainty. whether to be the case, walk with a potentially . case, walk with a potentially look like in how netanyahu continues this war? it might mean that — continues this war? it might mean that those _ continues this war? it might mean that those two - continues this war? it might mean that those two clearly| continues this war? it might i mean that those two clearly do not want the joe biden mean that those two clearly do not want thejoe biden plan which, it is our 21, no small measure, and they have not given the answer yet for the release of hostages, the ending of the war. they are clearly on a record against this, calling

it the surrender plan, releasing hostages, the prisoners, the exchange in return for a gradual and to the war. that is one part of other parties will try to expand the war to lebanon, something the defence establishment is very much against and will they be more reticent to try what antony blinken and the administration wants which is a grander deal with the saudis that the strategic community, they want the very badly. it will come down to this one essential question, is the strength of the defence establishment and the defence minister himself, to what extent can they hold the line against the enhanced influence of bendigo via? where is the prime minister and the delicate balance? will the side with the defence establishment that i think he knows will give him

more strategic will he go with two people with no military experience? and will he leave israel to a much more perilous course? israelto a much more perilous course? ., , ., ., course? that is one potential we could _ course? that is one potential we could see _ course? that is one potential we could see unfold. - course? that is one potential we could see unfold. we - course? that is one potentiall we could see unfold. we know when his departure that benny gantz called for elections. do you think there is any potential for that? you think there is any potentialfor that? it you think there is any potential for that? it could be to the extent _ potential for that? it could be to the extent that _ potential for that? it could be to the extent that the - potential for that? it could be to the extent that the hard i to the extent that the hard right over reaches which i think is a real possibility and the government and the polling data becomes much more unpopular, is netanyahu saying these guys will lead him to a ruin? he still wants to maintain popularity, yes, he could in theory remain a minister even if he is unpopular but in reality when you are unpopular with the public it is harder to get things through. it is a question of does this overreach

create a backlash in the public�*s nobody thinks right now that benny gantz can bring about what he wants because 64 seems ironclad for the moment. i do think they could overplay their hands, the harder rights, and that is something that netanyahu certainly knows. that could lead over time to elections. will it be in the fall or several months later — we do not know for sure. there is a real risk here, a risk i feel could be dangerous for israel militarily and politically for netanyahu is equally risky that the right leads into a course that is unpopular. leads into a course that is unp°pular-_ leads into a course that is un--oular. ., . ~' unpopular. good to talk you, thank yon — unpopular. good to talk you, thank you. always _ unpopular. good to talk you, thank you. always good - unpopular. good to talk you, thank you. always good to i unpopular. good to talk you, | thank you. always good to be with yon _ around the world and across the uk,

this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. the wife of the bbc presenter michael mosley, whose death was announced on sunday, has described him as "wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant". he went missing after going for a walk on the greek island of symi on wednesday. joe inwood has more. 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 emerged a greek tv crew discovered the body when they were filming, only noticing his

body in their shot when they were editing their pictures. michael mosley was 67 years old. you're live with bbc news. to the uk general election and when this week, the main parties will launch their manifestoes and they will be quizzed on how they would fund their cliff ledges. conservatives say they could save billions of the benefits bill while labour was to provide more prison places without having to raise household taxes. our political correspondent reports. 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 childcare places. 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. cheering. 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 the digital services taxes on the social media giants, the likes of amazon and google as well. so i think unlike the other parties, 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. 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. iain watson, bbc news. suspected government have

killed 38 people in the democratic republic of congo. officials blamed the killings on the allied democratic forces, a militia group with ugandan origins and ties to the islamic state. the adf is also accused of a village attack that killed 13 people on thursday as well as on a wednesday killing 16. thousands of people have fled between nearby city in the wake of the recent assaults. government forces have battled the adf and neighbouring provinces since 2021. the adf is just one of several militia groups vying for control of eastern drc. for more i spoke to kambale musavuli, analyst at the center for research on the congo—kinshasa. thank you for being with us. what we know about this spate of attacks? it what we know about this spate of attacks?—

of attacks? it is not the first time we have _ of attacks? it is not the first time we have launched - of attacks? it is not the first. time we have launched attacks. this is an issue we have had for almost two decades, if i may say, where a ugandan rebel group has operated in a drc and the people have face the brunt of the group. there have been military operations against them for the past two decades, even some involving logistical and military support for this stage. yet up until today, the adf has not been able to be stopped. adf has not been able to be sto ed. ~ ., adf has not been able to be sto ed, . ., , adf has not been able to be stoned. ~ . , ., ., stopped. what is the aim for those who — stopped. what is the aim for those who are _ stopped. what is the aim for those who are carrying - stopped. what is the aim for those who are carrying out i those who are carrying out these kinds of attacks? what are they looking to achieve? when it comes to the adf, they have a connection with uganda, political problems there. they claim their aim is to remove the regime of the officials in

power since 1986 but their claim inaudible. whenever they operate there, why are they creating a violence? you can assume for two reasons possibly. the first one is recruitment of civilians in the area to come and destroy or enlisted children into the groups but secondly for the population. we notice the adf attacks are taking place around areas that is rich in oil, particularly the beni area. we see a max exodus of the population in those areas because they know if they stay, after a few days or weeks or a month, they will also be attacked. these are the only two reasons. we can clearly see that as a reason why the communities bear the brunt.

let's not forget beyond the adf and the militia groups, it shows the inadequacy of this government and military to address the issue. we do not believe that military pressure, military action to the adf will resolve it. to resolve this issue we have to go all the way back to uganda and allow the ugandans to have all of the assistance, not small groups who can move, not just uganda but also drc. we have some — just uganda but also drc. we have some developing unused to bring you. the us and our thing on sunday it has requested a un security council vote on the draft resolution backing a plan for an immediate ceasefire with the release of hostages between israel and hamas, according to nate evans, this paperfor the us delegation, �*no' vote date specified but that is the call

from the us for a security council vote there. you are watching bbc news. we will bring you more on that as we get it, what is at the top of the hour. join me then. 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 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 south—west. 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.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome to unspun world here at the bbc�*s headquarters in london. we live in turbulent, changing times.

after 80 years of peace, more or less, between the superpowers, where are we heading now? scratch away at the surface of european sentiment, european sensibility, what you find is anxiety about peace and security. south africa has punished its ruling party for 30 years of failing government. but how does the chastened anc now select partners for the way forward? it is highly expected that the african national congress will come up with a coalition, even though it will be uneasy, but one that will be manageable. and immigration — the great issue in so many of the 60—plus elections which are taking place around the world this year — how does it affect us? we live in a much more globalised world. it's easier to travel. that has, you know, created movements of people around the planet which are presenting real challenges for governments.