england start their euro 2024 campaign in style — they win their first game of the tournament — ten a survey. we'll be meeting in a few hours in a verse visit by a premier in seven years. in the uk the campaign for the election is now halfway — we'll be taking a look at what the second half might have in store. he may be aired to the throne but he's also father. a royal father's day for the prince of wales. you're watching bbc news.

we begin with some football news. england have beaten serbia in their first game at the european championship in germany. jude bellingham scored the only goal in the first half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka. thesejubilant scenes at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. gareth southgate�*s side are one of the favourites to win the tournament, having reached the final in the last tournament. our sports editor dan roan was pitchside after the game. they ground out a crucial win. that was the kind of game before southgate that england may have drawn or even lost. it's a fourth time in the four major tournaments thing when i won the crucial opening game. first half, england were really

good. bellingham majestic as we heard. sachar as well. after the restart, serbia was much more energetic. there were debates around whether the start.

now, let's go to a couple of guys. we actually watched the game with these two guys here. shaq, kai, we're live on telly now, what did you make of it? i really enjoyed it, look at atmosphere, look at everybody right now, 1—0. i'm very content with it. but we could do more. we could do more. i'm expecting some more. i know you're... what was your prediction at the start of the game? isaid 4—0. i really believed in the team, but it's just the first game. we'll dive into more. but yeah, that's about it. kai, what were your thoughts? you were a bit more cautious. i think you said 2—0. yeah. what did you make of the performance? i really enjoyed it. the whole game is in general,

i think the performance, like i said before, it's a bit shaky, but we done what we needed to do. we stood up when we needed to, and we attacked when we needed to. so yeah, need a bit more let down in the tournament. what did you make of the trent alexander—arnold role — that sort of the idea of using someone who places right back in the centre of the park. what do you make of that work? did it work? yeah, i think it worked. i felt like we wanted a bit more crosses from him, but kind of the way the game was going, it didn't really happen. but i feel later in the tournament, that could be very good for us. given that, given that we've got these first three points, do you reckon england are now fairly kind of sure to go through to the knockout stages? yeah, i think we should be good from here on out. just two more wins get top of the group, andwe should be fine. and i come back to you, shaq, having watched the first what we've had a first of eight games played now or so, who do you think are the favourites? favourites is either france, france, portugal and finally england. that's a top three. that's my top three. i've got to say, i didn't organise this. i've not organised the music, but right on cue question

now, is it coming? i'll say yesjust for the high hopes. yeah, it's coming home. it's coming home. i say this every four years, but yeah, it's coming home. there you have it. who am i to argue? let's bring you over here. we've got — i'm going to let this gentleman come through first. we have... people have decided it is officially — one game in — it's coming home. butjust before that match between the netherlands and poland in hamburg, german police shot a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and a molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone in the centre of the city. these pictures show a man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they used pepper spray, and then fired several shots. this video doesn't capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we've paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. the attacker was injured in the leg, and has been

receiving medical care but his condition is not life—threatening. it is not thought to be related to the game between netherlands and poland, which took place in hamburg today. a spokesperson for the hamburg police spoke shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearms. we're assuming that this is an isolated case, which means that it's not football related. there's obviously no football connection, but we're dealing with an individual offender. and in this respect, i don't see any danger at all or any impact on the game today. australia's prime minister anthony albanese and chinese premier li qiang will meet later in the first such visit by a chinese

premier in seven years. trade ties, regional security and a jailed australian writer are likely to be on the host's agenda. li is china's top—ranked official after president xijinping. his four—day visit marks a stabilisation in relations between the us security ally and the world's second—biggest economy, after a frosty period. on sunday mr li's visit began with some panda diplomacy at adelaide zoo, during which mr li said he'll send australia two new pandas. what he said he will be sending all show two new pandas. itruiith all show two new pandas. with me is max baucus. good to have you in the studio. are you seeing this big diplomatic coverage. i

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president zelensky has said ukraine would hold peace talks with russia tomorrow if moscow's troops left his country. but he said vladimir putin would not end the war, and had to be stopped in any way possible. he was speaking at the end of a conference in switzerland in which delegates from around 90 countries discussed proposals for peace. but some key countries that have maintained relations with moscow — didn't sign the final communique. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports. it was to this swiss mountain retreat that politicians came this weekend to talk peace, to discuss ending the biggest conflict in europe since the second world war. what they achieved was a joint declaration affirming ukraine's right not to be invaded. but some, including saudi arabia and india, didn't sign up. volodymyr zelensky is still hailing a great success, arguing the world must meet russia's full—scale invasion with full—scale diplomacy. are you worried that international support for ukraine on the battlefield, to win this on the battlefield is weakening, and that's why you're talking peace? translation: it is not - because we are weaker that we

are talking about peace. we have always called for peace. at the peak of war, we were talking about peace, we wanted the world to pressure russia to end this war and to stop killing us. but ukraine's forces are under pressure on the battlefield. and ahead of the summit, vladimir putin issued his own peace proposal that was, in fact, a call for capitulation. instead, kyiv is trying to seize the initiative. the talks here focused on the easier issues to agree on, like the need to return soldiers and civilians from russian captivity. i was beaten and tortured every day, twice. maksym was held for 11 months, but he told me the attempts to hammer out a peace plan now is not about abandoning the fight. we have enough people, we have enough will, we have enough brave to fight, and we just need weapon. ukraine didn't get the unreserved support here it was hoping for, but it did get the chance to stress its key message — that russia only understands strength on the battlefield or in diplomacy.

sarah rainsford, bbc news, lake lucerne. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's take a moment to draw breath and look at the state of play in the uk general election. we're more than halfway through now and the main parties have

unveiled their manifestos. for more on this, i've been speaking to our political correspondent — harry farley. less than three weeks till the uk goes to the polls, just over three weeks since the uk prime minister called that election earlier than expected for many people. when he did call it, his party were facing a significant gap in the polls to the main opposition party, labour. the conservatives are trying to counter that. we have had announcement after announcement on quite significant things like a national service for young people for example on making sure that pensioners never pay tax on the state pension. in the aim for the conservative party was in there that gap and the aim for the conservative party

was in there that gap in the polls between them and the labour party. now we are seeing a bit of a shift in the tactic of them in attacking labour�*s proposals will pump they do have that significant lead in the polls, seen across numerous poles we've seen. i suppose their strategy is to be will one of reassurance to try and argue that they will offer economic stability and growth. i suppose it's not to upset the apricot too much because they enjoyed leading the polls. and they want to maintain that. sorry. one small party on the uk's posed a significant threat to rishi sunak�*s conservative party. not so much in terms of seats, but in terms of votes to take off the conservatives. one candidate has resigned — grant sinclair armstrong, after comets emerge where he endorsed apparently the bnd,

a far—right party in the uk. he apologised, saying he never supports the bnp. we expect details of reform tomorrow. that's one challenge challenge that rishi sunak faces. reform ukad led by nigel farage is squeezing that vote on the right and rishi sunak will be looking notjust to attack labour's policies, but to squeeze and persuade voters who are tempted to vote for reform uk and come back to his party to the conservatives. one of the parties focusing on labour focusing on their economic plan that we are seeing that for the rest of the week. rachel reeves will be heading targets from the business one of the parties focusing on labour focusing

on their economic plan that we are seeing that for the rest of the week. rachel reeves will be heading targets from the business investment shields to get in the uk. they have got an announcement tomorrow attacking labour's plans on energy. would risk tax revenues. labour say that is rubbish. they argue that plans for windfall tax would increase. labour say that's rubbish. they argue that plans for windfall tax would increase. but i think that gives you a bit of a flavour of the debate we can expect to see. most of the parties have manifestos have been announced. now we're willing to settle to campaign where the parties are attack each other. harry farley,

thank you very much. israel has announced what it calls a daily "tactical pause" in military activity in one part of southern gaza to let more aid in. the suspension will not apply to rafah — which is the scene of intense fighting. (tx map)israeli military operations are being halted between 8am and 7pm every day along the road that leads from the kerem shalom crossing to the main salah al—din highway, which extends north through the territory. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray in places with little else left standing. the festival of eid al—adha another milestone in this war. those for whom both conflict and celebration are new. those who've lived through them many times before. translation: for all muslims, it means sacrificing _ animals to shed blood. but this eid, there are no sacrificed animals. now we sacrifice ourselves. we sacrifice our own bodies.

agencies warn that a lack of aid is causing acute malnutrition in gaza. today, confusion over a limited daily truce announced by the army along a key aid route. it sparked fury from israel's far—right ministers and a rapid army response to say the fighting in gaza wouldn't stop. but the costs of this war are also pressing on israel's prime minister. 11 soldiers killed in gaza yesterday. his instruction to dismantle the hamas army has left his soldiers still facing a guerrilla war. translation: when the price is so heavy, we will remember what we're fighting for. we're fighting to ensure our existence and our future. we are fighting to return all our hostages. mr netanyahu's room for maneuver on gaza is narrowing. protesters last night called again for an end to the war, but ending it now probably means an end to his government. and the rhetoric over gaza is straining to mask the reality of his choices. caught between his promise of total victory and the prospect of a forever war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem.

let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least ilrjordanian citizens have died during the hajj pilgrimage in saudi arabia due to intense heat. jordan's foreign ministry said ia of its nationals had died after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat wave and a further 17 had been reported missing. hajj is one of the largest mass gatherings in the world. more than 1.8 million pilgrims are reported to be taking part this year. firefighters in california are racing to contain a wildfire that's burned through almost fifty square kilometres in a day.

the blaze in los angeles county has forced 1,200 people out of the area and burned down recreational facilities. there are warnings that strong winds expected later on sunday could further fan the flames. four—hundred firefighters and seventy engines have been deployed. today sees the official opening of the campaign for the french general elections which take over two sundays starting in just under two weeks. a father's day tribute to prince william featuring a picture of him

in norfolk with his three children has been posted on social media. it includes a public message from prince george, "we love you, papa" princess charlotte and prince louis saying "we love you, papa" on the accounts for the prince and princess of wales. our correspondent charlotte gallagher told us more about the image. taken in norfolk on a beach. the family members there, the prince of wales and his three children, prince louis, prince george and princess charlotte, have their backs to the camera. they're looking out to sea. they're all dressed very casually, prince william in a baseball cap and a hoodie, and then the message that accompanies the photo is actually the first time the children have posted a message on social media. and it reads, "we love you, papa. happy father's day". then there's two little pink loveheart emojis, and then they've got their three initials. so really lovely, sweet, casual, relaxed family photo. so, prince william also issued

a tribute to his father, who, of course, is king charles. and the photo is from 1984, and it's when prince william was a toddler. it's taken in the grounds of kensington palace, and they're playing with a football, probably a nod to england's game today, i think. and itjust really shows you as well how royal photos have changed because the one that was taken by the princess of wales and posted today of the three children and their father is very relaxed, it's very casual, but the one from nearly a0 years ago is a lot more formal. prince charles, as he was then, wearing a suit and shoes. you wouldn't probably see him back then doing a photo with a baseball cap on and a hoodie. that's all we have for you on this edition of newsday. you can find much more on the bbc news website as well. that's all, thanks for watching. stay with bbc news. hello. sunday was a day of contrasts. we had some warmer weather

than we've had for nearly two weeks where the sun shone — 22 degrees in southern areas — that's average, but a cool 12 degrees under that band of cloud and rain. now, that band of cloud and rain is all associated with this area of low pressure, which has been around since friday. thursday, friday, infact, it's sinking southwards — the band of rain — as the low pressure starts to pull away. so, we will find that it turns a little lighter, the rain, as it drifts its way southwards, but still a few heavy bursts on it, a lot of cloud and some messiness over the hills. to the north of that, a few showers, but quite cool forjune and cool in southern areas. first thing might be a little bit of dawn mist, but some sunshine. now, gradually through the day, that band of rain will sink southwards and start to break up. so allowing some drier, brighter weather, but could be the focal point for some of the heavy showers, rumbles the thunder, and there will be quite a cluster of showers following on behind to scotland, northern ireland. but in contrast to sunday, temperatures will get to around about 17 or 18, and still pretty warm further south.

and those sorts of temperatures around about the average. it's not promised to dry — there'll still be a good scattering of heavy showers around — but at least with the strong june sunshine in between, we are seeing temperatures or realising temperatures where they should be for the time of year. but a subtle change to the northerly again across the northern half of the uk through sunday night and into — sorry — through monday night and into tuesday. and so it will be again a tad on the cool side tuesday morning. but we're watching developments also in the south. later monday and into tuesday, this could brush, certainly cloud if not rain across the channel islands into the south of england. but this ridge of high pressure through the week should keep many places drier than they have been for a while and allow some more sunshine, so it'll feel warmer. but you can see the potential for the blanket of cloud across southern areas, possibly some rain. showers still with us, particularly in central and northern areas, one or two heavy ones as well on that northerly breeze. so it could actually be a bit cooler on tuesday again for northern scotland, but again, not too bad — temperatures getting to around the average for the time of year. and that's the way it's set to stay for the rest of the week, but certainly not promising it dry. there'll be some showers

around and that risk of rain both for the north and the far south. so you can, as ever, stay up to date on the website. but it does look a little drier and a little warmer as we go through this week.

send australia two new pandas. from pandas to wine, chinese premier li qiang is in australia four a four—day

visit to stabilise trade ties. this as the world's number two economy continues its uneven recovery. we get a preview of crucial economic data due today. hello, and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. we're getting live pictures from canberra as chinese premiere li qiang is welcomed into the capital city. the ceremony and welcome he's likely to get, a short while from now we should see li qiang coming out there, so we will keep looking out for that. this is the first visit by a chinese leader in seven years. mr li will also meet with australian prime minister anthony albanese today. it is something we are looking

at because of