united nations. the un security council endorsed a ceasefire proposal for gaza council endorsed a ceasefire proposalfor gaza on council endorsed a ceasefire proposal for gaza on monday — the first time the council has passed a resolution demanding a stop in fighting after eight months of war. the resolution urges both hamas and israel to fully and quickly implement the 3—phase plan. russia abstained. reactions to the resolution between the two parties have been mixed. says it welcomes the endorsement and that it is ready to work with mediators. senior israeli diplomat said her country would continue to pursue its objectives. us ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield says the resolution shows hamas that the international community is united. ., ., , ., , united. colleagues, today this council sent _ united. colleagues, today this council sent a _ united. colleagues, today this council sent a clear _ united. colleagues, today this council sent a clear message i united. colleagues, today this | council sent a clear message to hamas — accept the ceasefire deal on the table. israel has already agreed to this deal, and the fighting could stop today if hamas would do the same. i repeat — the fighting

canned stop today. the bbc has more from new york. what we heard from the united states was that this was the best possible way to secure a durable end to the war, saying that it really is a deal that was israel's initiative and outlined three phases that they said would eventually lead the complete withdrawal of israeli forces the, release of all hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners, major re construction of gaza eventually. i think from different members you heard different members you heard different positions. while the united states says this resolution passing means that the international community ask is united and that this will help put pressure hamas to accept the deal, algeria said they still had reservations about the text but supported it because they net it wanted to give diplom a chance, wanted to give diplom a chance, wanted to give a glimmer of hope to

palestinians. but from russia and china, a lot more scepticism. russia said it didn't want to block this resolution because the arab group of nations supported it. but it questioned whether israel had really accepted the deal as the resolution states. they pointed to a number of statements by israeli officials, including prime minister binyamin netanyahu, that they will continue the war until hamas is defeated. china as well questioned if parties will actually implement these three phases of presidentjoe biden�*s proposed deal, and china noting that the other security council resolutions that have been passed weren't implemented, including a permanent ceasefire, including getting more aid in at scale into gaza, questioning whether this will have a tangible impact on the ground. so i think it remains to be seen if this resolution will, in fact, be different than the other ones. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken is visiting the middle east for

the eighth time since the october 7 attacks. secretary blinken is fiercely advocating for the ceasefire deal proposed by president biden 10 days ago. mr blinken met with egyptian president abdel fattah el—sisi before heading tojerusalem for talks with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. a state department spokesman said secretary blinken assured mr netanyahu that the proposal would unlock the possibility of calm along israel's northern border. our state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling with the secretary and has more from jerusalem. publicly, we're seeing the americans come here and try to press arab leaders to put pressure on hamas to accept this. but hamas is going to want, and basically wants, a far clearer guarantee that this would mean the end of the war and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. clearly, they don't feel like they've got that yet, because we're not seeing the formal response from them or the resumption of these indirect negotiations. but there's something else going on beneath the surface. this isn't part of the public

presentation. what mr blinken is trying to do is bind the israelis into this, and the israelis into this, and the israeli leadership, because — although mr netanyahu has said that his war cabinet has authorised a deal, we haven't heard unequivocal support from him. crucially, in his wider cabinet, that fractious cabinet, that fractious cabinet, including far—right ministers, some of those have outright rejected this proposal already. and some of those have said they would quit the coalition, precipitate its collapse, if this proposal were to go ahead. so that puts pressure on mr netanyahu potentially to pull back from it all. so i think the white house is trying to bounce the two sides into making progress. that is why mr blinken is here. there are also some strong motivations, really, for the israeli leadership, to some extent the top echelons of hamas, to play for a bit more time here. but among those who are trying to rush this through the white house — president

biden desperately seeking an agreement before the us presidential election campaign gets underway proper later this year. but so far, here from the region, few signs of any imminent breakthrough. for more, i spoke to james jeffrey, former us ambassador to turkey and iraq, and chair of the wilson center's middle east programme, for more on the detailed proposed ceasefire plan. the israelis, again, are agreeing there are other things such as some hostages come back, there's aid pouring in, people can go back to their homes. the basic thing is, for six weeks, the israeli military stops fighting and pulls out of the major urban areas. it basically will hold a strategic terrain along the egyptian border, the sea, and other places, but stops fighting. and in return, as will hamas. and in return, as will hamas. and in return, as will hamas. and in return, will negotiate on a possible permanent ceasefire during those six weeks if. they haven't achieved a breakthrough by then, they can extend that six—week ceasefire while they continue to negotiate. but,

importantly, they don't have to. and if one or the other side decides after the six weeks to break off the negotiations, we would go back to fighting. so this puts pressure on hamas. that's the israeli proposal. president biden is stressing how important it is to keep those negotiations going on forever, because then the initial six—week ceasefire will look like a permanent ceasefire. right. now, here in the us, the president's son, hunter biden, tells the bbc he believes his federal gun case now before a jury federal gun case now before a jury has went well. jurors began deliberating monday after closing arguments wrapped up. our correspondent spoke to mr biden in downtown wilmington, delaware, a few minutes away from the courthouse. good evening, mr biden. do you have time for questions with bbc news? how do you feel today went? i bbc news? how do you feel today went? ~ went? i think it went well. we'll see _ went? i think it went well. we'll see - _ went? i think it went well. we'll see - we'll _ went? i think it went well. we'll see - we'll wait - went? i think it went well. we'll see - we'll wait for l went? i think it went well. l we'll see - we'll wait for the we'll see — we'll wait for the jury— we'll see — we'll wait for the jury to — we'll see — we'll wait for the jury to come back. hunter— jury to come back. hunter biden is accused of lying about his drug on a federalform while

lying about his drug on a federal form while buying a weapon in 2018 and illegal a using a firearm while he was allegedly a drug user. thejury will allegedly a drug user. the jury will return to this courthouse behind me here in del wire on tuesday morning to continue its deliberations to weigh the evidence and testimony that they've heard in this trial over the past week or so. much of that has been very detailed and sometimes difficult to listen to. the prosecution has laid out its case that hunter biden was addicted to crack cocaine, that he was using the drug on or around the time that he purchased that revolver on october 2018. that and that he then lied about that on a federalform. of course, all of this evidence — the text messages, the pictures, video, even some audio snippets from hunter biden�*s memoir — has played out notjust for the jury, but also for the biden family itself. many members of that family were again in court today sitting just behind hunter biden in a show of support. among them was the first lady herself, jill biden.

this is already an historic case, an historic trial. but a conviction here would also be historic. hunter biden would become the first son of a sitting president to be convicted in a federal courthouse. that would carry a maximum penalty of about 25 years. it's unlikely he would serve that amount of time — the discretion would be up to the judge — but of course, it's in the hands of the jury now. they will continue those deliberations on day two here on tuesday. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. now to another story making headlines in the uk: an initial postmortem concluded that dr michael mosley died of natural causes brought on by the causes of a strenuous walk. the bbc presenter�*s body was found in a rocky island in greece, symi. it was just near this beach bar that his body was found yesterday — not by

search and rescue teams but by local journalists, the mayor and the staff of agia marina. he passed up over the land. mikailis was one of the first on the scene. he is still in shock and feels guilt for not finding him sooner. we did our best. we gave whatever we can do and i'm very sorry about it. i'm very sorry about the end. cctv from the resort, which has not been released, shows the final moments of michael mosley�*s life. it is upsetting and shows him clearly in distress, michael mosley was 67 years old. you're watching bbc news. french political parties are scrambling to prepare for legislative elections less than three weeks away. it comes after president emmanuel macron�*s surprise decision to dissolve parliament and call a snap vote. mr macron made the announcement on sunday after his allies suffered a

resounding defeat by the far—right in european polls. the first day of the campaign was marked not with a rally, but with a memorial service. emmanuel macron visited the site of one of the worst nazi massacres in france, perpetrated 80 years ago today. he's been drawing on the past to highlight what he claims is the current threat confronting the country — from the far right. in the face of his opponents' success this weekend, the president has taken an almighty gamble in calling a snap election. a0 miles outside paris, this is coulommiers, the land of cheesemaking, where support for macron has crumbled. the members of the monday club said they hadn't veered to the right. but then we met 31—year—old mum of three noemi, a worker in an elderly care home, who says she's desperate for something new. translation: what frightens people could actually do them j

good, so we should try the national front, because france is getting worse. i'm scared to leave my house and the public transport is not safe. whatever the result of these snap parliamentary elections, emmanuel macron is set to stay on as president for another three years, but a national rally victory could have a huge impact here and in many parts of france. it would also be hugely symbolic, too, because injust six weeks' time, the country will host the olympic games and by then, france could have its first far—right government since the second world war. this is the 28—year—old who could be france's prime minister in a month. through his social media, jordan bardella has been winning young supporters in particular, focusing on the cost of living, softening the image of a party once condemned as unelectable, and working alongside

marine le pen. she hopes to replace macron as president in 2027. so can national rally translate their victory at the european elections to the national vote? so they have some kind of, say, a political virginity — people say, we do not know what they will do if they come to power but nevertheless, let's give them a try, and if we are not happy, we will have election next time and we'll get rid of them. it's not clear what the president's thinking is, but his legacy will be defined in the coming weeks. nick beake, bbc news, outside paris. for more on the snap election, i spoke to a writer and correspondent based in paris. what impact do you think the french president calling snap elections is going to have not only on france, but across the eu? ~ , ., ., ., eu? well, it started a large pr

camaian eu? well, it started a large pr campaign by — eu? well, it started a large pr campaign by both _ eu? well, it started a large pr campaign by both the - eu? well, it started a large pr campaign by both the left - eu? well, it started a large pr campaign by both the left and| campaign by both the left and the right throughout europe, but it's essentially a french story. macron had to do this because he has wanted to put a stop to the rise of ultra—right right—wingism in france, which many here call fascism. you know, the right wing here approximately tax up 40% short of a majority of the 289 seats that's going to be required to get in the parliament in the national assembly to take a majority. they have 577 seats. so macron�*s decision here — which is a political calculation, a tricky one — he just wants to shut down the ultra—right—wing once and for all. he thinks he can do it. you said this is a french story, but we did also see a surge for right—wing parties in austria, italy and germany. you don't think we will see this kind of ground—breaking snap election in any other country?

no other country has yet announced a snap election. and i think viewers have to remember that the european union parliament elections have always been a vehicle to express national discontent, frustrations, in local issues back home. a good illustration, of course, is nigel farage from the uk. so, macron knows this, and again this is another reason why he intends to host the shutdown, this attempt of le pen, jordan bardella, and of course her niece, marichelle and the other cronies, to take them on in the french elections in two years. which according to the polls right now, the french right wing has a good chance of taking. france's snap election is just part of the fallout of this year's european parliament election — an enormous

undertaking with 373 million eligible voters across the eu's 27 member states. the parties in the for still dominate the legislature. the centre—right european people's party, led by the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, gained seats and is still the largest bloc. ms von der leyen said the centre has held, but she acknowledged that more extreme parties also made gains. in her native germany, chancellor olaf scholz was pushed by the far—right in germany, the alternative for germany. he rebuffed suggestions he should take responsibility for his party's result and said gains for the far—right were worrying, but people should not get used to it. and in italy, the party of populist prime minister giorgia meloni secured a clear victory. elsewhere, right—wing parties did not perform as strong. in poland the, governing centrist civic coalition gained victory. for more on the results across the continent, i spoke to a fellow at the council on

foreign relations, focusing on europe. looking at the success of right—wing parties in a number of eu countries, what do you think voters were casting their ballots on? immigration? the war in ukraine? cost of living? all of the above? in opinion polls ahead of the european parliamentary elections, european voters said that they're primarily concerned about health care, about poverty, and about social exclusion. so, very traditional social welfare topics. another item on the agenda was also security and defence for the first time — a third of the european electorate said the third—most—important priority is actually security and defence, making europe secure after russia's war against ukraine. but social welfare has been on the minds of the european electorate, much more than immigration, surprisingly. we have seen the presence of right—wing parties in previous european elections. why do you think we're seeing, however, this surge now? i

think we're seeing, however, this surge now?— this surge now? i think that there's a — this surge now? i think that there's a story _ this surge now? i think that there's a story of _ this surge now? i think that there's a story of a - there's a story of a glass—half—full and glass—half—empty. on the one hand, the european centre in the european parliament still holds. which will allow, for example, european commission president ursula von der leyen to have a comfortable majority to have a comfortable majority to be re—elected. on the fringes, we have this far—right surge, as you said. this goes back to national member states and their current political situation. we have germany with the alternative for germany. the far—right has been strong there. marine le pen and her party in france have doubled the votes of macron�*s party. other member states, however, the future doesn't look as dire as in france and germany. so, across the board, we do see a surge in the far—right. but if we look down and drill down, it is spiffically certain member

states where the far—right has been very successful. states where the far-right has been very successful.— been very successful. let's talk about _ been very successful. let's talk about consequences. l been very successful. let's i talk about consequences. we been very successful. let's - talk about consequences. we saw president macron call a snap elections. could we see that in germany as well? we know that there is pressure on chancellor scholz to call a no—confidence vote? scholz to call a no-confidence vote? , , , . ., , vote? yes, indeed especially because germany _ vote? yes, indeed especially because germany will - vote? yes, indeed especially because germany will face i vote? yes, indeed especially because germany will face a| because germany will face a number of regional elections in the eastern part of the country where the afd and the far—right has traditionally been very strong. this will be a tough item for this coalition in berlin. however, it is unlikely that early elections will be called in contrast to france — the germans are actually much more hesitant about political instability, political surprise moves. they don't appreciate calling early elections. and for the three parties that are in government now, early elections might actually not be beneficial, because they are already in such a dire position right now. for germany, the outlook doesn't look as urgent as for france.—

as for france. what about the im act as for france. what about the impact on _ as for france. what about the impact on the _ as for france. what about the impact on the european - as for france. what about the impact on the european level| as for france. what about the l impact on the european level in brussels, and how the far—right will have a presence there? i mean, could we see the centre—right, as you said — it has held with european commission president von der leyen — could we see the centre—right actually turn to working with the far—right? that was indeed a major concern before the elections, because we have already seen this on the level of member states that centre—right governments have entered into a coalition with far—right parties or have been supported by far—right parties, for example. sweden, netherlands, finland, have all pursued this kind of model. at the european level too, it would be tempting for the centre—right to form a coalition with the far—right. but the election results so far suggest that this will not be necessary, that for the election of ursula von der leyen as the commission president, if she gets confirmed, and a majority from the centre will be sufficient. but she has flirted with opening up to the far—right. so

this story is not yet at its end. ., , ., ., end. one more question - what do ou end. one more question - what do you think — end. one more question - what do you think all _ end. one more question - what do you think all of _ end. one more question - what do you think all of this - end. one more question - what do you think all of this means l do you think all of this means for relations with the eu? we are here in washington, of course. will the relationship with the eu change at all with these different moving pieces on the european end? the relationship _ on the european end? the relationship with - on the european end? iie: relationship with the on the european end? "iie: relationship with the eu, on the european end? i““ie: relationship with the eu, if on the european end? iie: relationship with the eu, if we just look at the outcome of the parliamentary elections, we'll probably remain stable. because the outcomes within the parliament are not too surprising. a little bit of a surge for the far—right, but not a radical break. more concerning is really — are we —— with the domestic developments in france. if we have a far—right government in france, which might be a possibility after the two rounds of elections that emmanuel macron has announced, then this will have a significant impact on the european—us relationship too. if it remains as it is right now, then washington can count on probably ursula von der leyen remaining an important

actor working together with russia, working together with the white house on a regular basis, and steering europe into a direction of a stronger stance on china, more support for ukraine, and also stronger climate policies. uk prime minister rishi sunak and the conservative party are expected to unveil their election manifesto tomorrow. in an interview with the bbc, mr sunak detailed many of the party's initiatives, including addressing the growing challenge of home ownership, and a further two pence on national insurance. nick robinson questioned the prime minister on the conservatives' many campaign promises.

we've had endless promises. i've got all your tory press releases here. a promise of national service — a couple of billion there. a promise for a tax cut for pensioners. a promise of a tax cut for parents. more apprenticeship, more police officers — endless promises of more and more money from the conservatives. have you found the magic money tree? no, every single one of those policies that you have just been through is fully funded and costed, as is explained in every single one of those press releases, as indeed when we have set out our manifesto tomorrow, people will be able to see all the details behind it even further. and tomorrow you will promise more tax cuts? we will have a manifesto tomorrow that builds on all the things you just gone through that we have just built the labour party pledged to create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurses. liberal democrats are pledging everyone in england would be entitled to free at—home care. the two—child benefit cap would be lifted. and people in the uk would have the right to see a gp within seven days oh within 24 gp within seven days oh within 2a hours if urgent.

a serious incident at a park in china — instructors were in china — instructors were in china for a teaching programme with the local university. the couege with the local university. the college said in a statement they were injured in a visit to a public park and that were no students were a part of the programme. a us state department spokesperson told our news partner cbs that they are aware of reports of a stabbing in northeast china, but did newt give any other details. now to other headlines from around the world: malawi authorities say a plane carrying the country's vice—president and other officials has gone missing after taking off from the capital. the president's office said a search and rescuer operation is underway. the vice—president and nine others were travelling to the funeral of a formerjustice minister. former us president donald trump attended a pre—sentencing interview with a probation officer on monday after his hush—money—trial conviction last month, according to our partners at cbs news. the interview was part of the report the probation department

would submit to the judge to help decide mr trump's punishment. sentencing is set forjuly11. in may, mrtrump became the first former president to become the president to become the president of a felony. a massive fire broke out on monday morning in miami, and an employee was found shot at the scene. it is not clear if the incidents are related. miami fire & rescue said multiple residents were evacuated and rescued, including some from their balconies. many people have been taken to hospital, including one for smoke inhalation. apple unveiled apple intelligence, its ai technology, at its annual worldwide developers conference in california. it will be incorporated across its apps including siri, to generate images and text. the company's partnering with openai and chatgpt, which has faced concerns over data security. apple said privacy safeguards have been built it into this new technology. that is our programme at this

hour. thank you so much for watching bbc news from washington. stay with us. hello, there. for most of us, it has been a disappointing start to the week, in terms of the weather. a frequent rash of showers, particularly across scotland, gusts of winds coming from the north, and in excess of 30 mph, at times. temperatures struggled to get into double figures, but it was a slightly different story, further south and west. just look at anglesey — beautiful afternoon, lots of sunshine and temperatures peaked at around 18 or 19 degrees. high pressure is continuing to nudge its way in from the west, so west will be best, through the course of tuesday. there's still likely to be a few showers around, but hopefully few and further between. most frequent showers, certainly, are going to be across eastern scotland and down through eastern england.

so, sunny spells and scattered showers going into the afternoon. that will have an impact with the temperature, 1a or 15 degrees, but again, with a little more shelter, a little more sunshine, 17 or 18 celsius not out of the question. a few scattered showers moving their way through northern ireland and scotland. hopefully, some of these will ease through the afternoon, but you can see those temperatures still really struggling — ten to 15 degrees at the very best. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, this little ridge of high pressure will continue to kill off the showers. so, wednesday is likely to be the driest day of the week — and make the most of it — there's more rain to come, but it will be a pretty chilly start, once again, to wednesday morning. single figures right across the country, low single figures in rural spots. but, hopefully, the showers should be a little bit few and further between and more favoured spots for those showers, once again, to the east of the pennines. more sunshine out to the west.

temperatures, generally, similar values to what we've seen all week, 10 to 18 degrees the high, but the wind direction will start to change, as we move into thursday. unfortunately, towards the end of the week, this low pressure will take over. we'll see further spells of rain at times, some of it heavy. but the wind direction will play its part, a little — a south—westerly wind means that we will see temperatures climbing a degree or so. don't expect anything too significant, because we've got the cloud and the rain around. but it's not out of the question that across eastern and southeast england, we could see highs of 20 celsius. take care.

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