the country's president, emmanuel macron, called a snap 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 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, is a danger for our nation but also for our 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 has happened. the far—right national party was the winner of eu election and predicted to win about 30% of the vote, an historic high. he called for elections after the victory became clear, arguing mr macron�*s legitimacy needs to be put to the test. the leader in the national assembly welcomed emmanuel macron�*s decision to call a snap vote. translation: these european| elections 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. that his vision elections. 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 the re—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, ursula von der leyen, 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 support, and this is why the result 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.

, as of tomorrow, this work starts again. the results are ups and downs for every political block with results vary widely, country to country. from the results we are seeing at the moment, we are seeing that right—wing swing. what stands out for you tonight? the exerts stands out for you tonight? the exnerts in _ stands out for you tonight? tie: experts in brussels stands out for you tonight? tte: experts in brussels will stands out for you tonight? "tte: experts in brussels will tell you at the centre centre—right has held but there is definitely a determined, definitive shift to the right so the freedom party, the hard right is on top in austria, in the netherlands, they picked up 7 cents, marine le pen transiting emmanuel macron in france, the hard right in italy top of the pile and in germany.

a huge consent to the commission but no question but the big story tonight, faced with that election result, in france, iman omicron has denied cold snap election. he is dissolving parliament. —— emmanuel macron. first week in july and that is an enormous gamble. the national rally finishing with 32% of the vote in france, over twice the size of the relicense party vote. that at renaissance. it is a real risk given what has unfolded tonight in france. fix, unfolded tonight in france. a gamble and a risk. france president emmanuel macron calling it an act of trust and we will have to see what comes to pass. from people we have been speaking to, are they getting an understanding of why

some people apparently voted the way they did, the issues that clearly they are concerned about? for many people across europe, it is a very big electorate and 244 million in america, brussels feels an awful long way away. it is a domestic politics, everyday life which mattered to them but there are some issues which cross borders, which i think people would have voted on here, particularly migration and borders. , ., .., borders. there is what we call a ureen borders. there is what we call a green lash _ borders. there is what we call a green lash under— borders. there is what we call a green lash under way - borders. there is what we call a green lash under way here l borders. there is what we call| a green lash under way here in europe. i havejust spoken a green lash under way here in europe. i have just spoken to that european parliamentary president who said there was an invisible line and maybe we pushed too hard on the transition and maybe we did not explain it properly to people out there, to the farmers who have been protesting so that is

certainly one issue but it is also a referendum on national governance and you see that in france and in germany. the coalition party in germany fed pretty badly tonight, running third behind the hard right far right afd. it is part domestic politics but also feeling within europe that the people in this parliament are not yet understanding the cost of living crisis, they are not doing enough in their mind to turn around the economy post pandemic and they want more from their parliamentarians and they have turned their back in some countries on the mainstream.- some countries on the mainstream. ., ~ ., mainstream. talking about the feelinu mainstream. talking about the feeling when — mainstream. talking about the feeling when it _ mainstream. talking about the feeling when it comes - mainstream. talking about the feeling when it comes to - feeling when it comes to france, for example, as you said, a bad night forthe france, for example, as you said, a bad night for the party of french president emmanuel macron and also in germany as well, the german chancellor, olaf scholz a bad night for him. you look at that kind of nexus of power between france

and germany, what does that mean for that balance in the eu and where the power is held? i think there has been a power shift in europe. france and germany still very much the engine of your because they are the biggest parties in this parliament and, of course, they will look towards emmanuel macron and chancellor shawls without the european council, the council of leaders. —— olaf scholz. but you look to the security brief pushed in europe, a key figure within the main grouping in the european people's party, the centre—right. there is another broad issue is so that is infecting these countries and thatis infecting these countries and that is they are being pulled to the right by the populous parties. whether that will happen here in the parliament is another question because, as i said at the outset, the centre has held and actually on

the right, they are very disparate grippers. giorgia meloni, one group, she is project ran a get marina pain in another group has had a softer approach to russia. —— marine le pen. on so many issues they have different priorities. the centre will hope to pick on that division. they have the numbers from the centre left all the way to the centre—right. the mainstream has held but certainly there would be more influence on the right and when it comes to migration and climate and when it comes to the european budget, which still has to be negotiated here, the question is, how much influence the hard right, the populace will have you 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 ——important to note that mr ganz was not part of the meta nyahu 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. ——counts. 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.

this is the quote that — in his press conference he was going to say it yesterday but he put it off for 24 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 netanyahu's 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. the us announced it once un security vote backing a plan for an immediate ceasefire with the hostages. however the spokesperson did not specify a date. it comes as officials from the 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. 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.

david mccoskey, a director on arab israel relations. what do you think the resignation of benny gantz will mean for benjamin netanyahu for his cabinet and for this war? it is a key moment in time, no question. basically for your 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 ultranationalists, 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 hard—right members, it is a moment of uncertainty. were that to be the case, walk with a potentially look like in how netanyahu continues this war? it might mean that those two clearly do not want thejoe biden plan which, it is up to hamas, no small measure, and they have not given the answer yet for the release of hostages,

phased—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 end to the war. that is one part and another 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 grand deal with the saudis that the strategic community, they want that very badly. it will come down to this one central question, is the strength of the defence establishment and the defence minister himself, mr gallant, to what extent can they hold the line against the enhanced influence 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? that is one potential we could see unfold. we know when his departure that benny gantz called for elections. do you think there is any potential for that? it could be 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, does netanyahu saying these guys will lead him to a ruin? he still wants to maintain popularity, yes, he could in theory remain prime 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 and while 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 hard right, and that is something that neta nyahu 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 that could be dangerous for israel militarily and politically for netanyahu is equally risky that the right leads into a course that is unpopular. 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. at least 38 people have been killed in the eastern democratic republic of congo. local officials and a civil society leader blamed the killings in north kivu province on the allied democratic forces, a militia group with ugandan origins and ties to the islamic state. the adf is also acccused of a village attack that killed 13 people on thursday, as well as one on wednesday that killed at least 16. congolese government forces assisted by the ugandan army, have battled the adf in north kivu and neighbouring ituri province since 2021. for more i spoke to kambale musavuli, analyst at the center for research on the congo—kinshasa. 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

where thye come and destroy and they 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 mass 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 are the militia groups, it shows the inadequacy of this government and military to address the issue. a mistake by an air traffic controller led to a new collision on a foggy railway by

two jets in austin, collision on a foggy railway by twojets in austin, texas. it is one of several investigations into close calls of us runways. in 2023, there were 23 incidents when collisions were only narrowly avoided. investigators say the fedex plane aborted its landing when its first officer spotted the southwest plane on the runway. the fedex aircraft then pulled back into the air, as the southwest jet continued its run for take—off. investigators at the ntsb said inadequate training and a lack of a lack of safety technology were factors in the incident. in may, the us federal aviation administration said they would install the surface detection systems at austin and other airports by the end of 2025. taking a look at the numbers, we have federal regulators are grappling with this increasing number of close calls on runways across the united states. do we know why that is? of course it will take some

time for investigators to get down to some of these root causes but it is neverjust one thing, it's always a cascading series of elements they had to deal with, as in the austin incident we knew it is an air traffic controller that was not properly trained and it was also foggy that day and we also learned that he was listening for the sound ofjet noise to know whether or not a plane was taking off. last year, as you pointed out, there are 23 incidents and ii of those were involving at least one passenger airliner. that is not a great track record and again investigators are boiling down to some of these root causes with the faa looking at one element in the ntsb to try to piece together some of the information that might be missing and to give them more data on what is going on here. the investigations are continuing and in the meantime, we had a safety inspectors making calls for more technology on the ground

to prevent these close calls. how would that work, could it prevent more of these incidents? absolutely, you have heard this for something the ntsb chair said last week that she has been calling for some of these — the organisation has been calling for these technologies where air—traffic controllers can see some of these grant equipment via a video screen right there in the tower instead of listening forjet noise instead. that organisation has called for more of these technologies for more than 30 years. only 40 or so airports across the us have some of the most advanced equipment to see some of the ground movement and it is not always exist either in the cockpit of aircraft, even though some newer aircraft are starting to install them, that way you have both elements in the airport for the controllers as well as those new planes getting some of that from the pilots to

hear the alarm bells go off when they go the wrong direction in the airport or as they land. some people might be quite surprised to hear that does not exist more extensively already across the us, and nobody wants to see something trending in the wrong direction. you mentioned some of these incidents, these close calls are also with passenger planes. the question here is how concerned should people be about this? when it boils down to the root cause, everyone will try to piece together what some of these elements that led to them and as soon as they get some of that data to uncover it they will they know how to proceed forward. the faa has talked about exploring more technologies and installing more technologies at airports nationwide but, of course, i would not necessarily happen quickly. what it will take is a vigilance on air traffic control side training and vigilance from the pilots as well. in terms of some of those safety technologies being rolled out, there has been

some questions raised about whether that is happening fast enough. what do you hear? some of it has to do with the recently passed faa bill and it gives airports five years with all that, so i think they will every already airports evocative technologies they will need. donald trump has sat at a rally he would seek taxation in the state of nevada. at least three people were taken away on stretchers as temperatures hit 99 fahrenheit or 37 celsius. prisoners across venezuela have staged a hunger strike to protest alleged human rights

breaches. the present observatory say prisoners are angry about conditions inside crowded gels. stay with us. bye for now. 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. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. forfive decades, colombia was ravaged by political violence, cocaine, cartels and corruption. then came a peace deal with the main rebel group, the fa rc. and two years ago, the election victory of a former guerrilla—turned—democratic politician, gustavo petro — a story of national recovery and redemption.

well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia's current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers.