reform uk is set to unveil its manifesto ahead of next month's general election, which the party is calling a contract with voters. and england fans celebrate through the night following their 1—0 euro 2024 win over serbia. we'll have the latest reaction. hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome and yes, we will get to the euros in just a moment. firstly, let's focus on what is happening in australia. australia's prime minister says the relationship with china has been renewed and revitalised with the visit of china's premier after seven years. the strain in relations hit a peak in 2020 after australia called for an international inquiry into the origins of coronavirus.

anthony albanese and li qiang met in a ceremonial welcome on the forecourt of parliament house. just on the outskirts, though, protesters gathered during the 19—gun salute, some holding chinese flags, while human rights advocates protested against the visit. the two leaders have agreed across a range of non—binding agreements to stabilise their relationship, from climate change to trade and even panda diplomacy. here's what albanese had to say after their round table talks. he also exchanged views today on our region and the world, building our understanding of our respective positions and perspectives. australia advocates that we should all work together to promote original valance when a country dominates and the country is dominated —— original balance. i've made it as nations with different histories, political systems and values, we will co—operate with china where we

can, disagree where we must and engage in the national interest. let's speak to ryan neelam, director of public opinion and foreign policy program at the lowy institute in sydney. good to have you on the programme. first of all, ryan, just for our global audience, explain why this relationship between china and australia is so important for both sides. thank you for having me on the programme, sally. it's clearly an important relationship for any country but for australia, china is australia's largest trading partner, it's also a key country in the region, in australia's own region. that presence of china and its stature in the region, its ambitions in the region have led to some of the tensions that you mentioned there in your introduction with australia. and barely an international issue which,

whether from climate change to the rules—based international order, doesn't involve china in some way. so for australia, china is a critical partner on the economic front but also the political and security front, it needs to work with it or it needs to find a way forward on areas of disagreement they continue but for china, it looks towards the australia relationship as a key supplier of many of the critical minerals, the raw materials that it needs to maintain its economy and to maintain its advantage in some of the industries that it is seeking to dominate in the future, including on al, quantum and the computing power that relies on some of those critical minerals. so, for both sides, there is an element of interdependence and we've seen, as you said, the relationship has come out of a very frosty period. it is on a better footing now but some of the tensions that led to the

breakdown in relations continue and have not gone away. to what extent is prime _ and have not gone away. to what extent is prime minister- extent is prime minister albanese a part of this process where the thawing has kicked in, as it were?— in, as it were? yeah, well, look, the _ in, as it were? yeah, well, look, the circuit-breaker. in, as it were? yeah, well, j look, the circuit-breaker in look, the circuit—breaker in the downward spiral of relationship was the election of the albanese government which provided a way for beijing to climb down from some of the punitive trade measures it had put in place against australian exports and it allowed it to take a step back from some of the more antagonistic approaches we saw towards australia over the several years. towards australia over the severalyears. now, towards australia over the several years. now, why did that happen? part of it reflects a broader recalibration by beijing. it certainly must recognise that the aggressive tone or wolf warrior diplomacy wasn't yielding the results that is sought. it was pushing allies of the united states in asia

are particularly australia, japan, south korea, the philippines, closer towards the united states and it must see that that is not actually in its interests. but at the same time, china is facing a whole range of other challenges. we know it is facing significant economic challenges at home and its competition with the united states continue to sharpen and there's unpredictability there and in a way it's looking to neutralise or minimise, if it cannot neutralise, problems on its list. australia is one part of that broader picture. fik. it of that broader picture. 0k. it is seeking _ of that broader picture. 0k. it is seeking to _ of that broader picture. 0k. it is seeking to have a more stable footing.— is seeking to have a more stable footing. brian, thank ou, stable footing. brian, thank you. indeed. _ stable footing. brian, thank you, indeed, for— stable footing. brian, thank you, indeed, for your - stable footing. brian, thank. you, indeed, for your analysis. we shall have more on this later on in the programme. we will be talking about the trade relationship between china and australia which has hit a record level in the past year. we will dig deeper into the trade relationship in business today. however, let's take a look at

what's on the agenda in the uk today. we're halfway through the general election period, with most parties now having released their ma nifestos. today, reform uk is expected to set out its election policies, including pledges to freeze non—essential immigration and cut taxes. the party says its promises would be funded by initiatives such as scrapping net zero targets and reducing government waste. in the day's other campaigning, labour will highlight its promise to set up a national wealth fund to create 650,000 jobs over the next five years. the scheme would invest more than £7 billion to support the steel industry, the automotive industry and build supply chains. meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak will be campaigning in east yorkshire, the east midlands and east of england. so, another busy week gets under way. political correspondent

harry farley has more on what to expect from campaigning this week. the main opposition party labour are focusing on their economic plans and we will see that for the rest of the week, rachel reeves the shadow chancellor here in the uk will be setting targets for how much business investment she hopes to get in the uk. the conservatives have announced most of their main policies and we not expecting any major new policy and instead, theirfocus is on attacking the labour party, attacking labour's plans on energy in particular, arguing that scrapping oil and gas licenses in the north sea would risk tax revenues, labour say that's rubbish and they argue their plans for a windfall tax on oil and gas companies here in the uk would increase tax revenues but i think it gives you a bit of a flavour of the debate we can expect to see over the next few weeks. most of the parties have their manifestoes out, most of their manifestoes out, most of the policies have been announced and now, we are really into the state of the campaign where parties are attacking each other�*s

policies, ratherthan attacking each other�*s policies, rather than outlining new ones of their own. and we will have more on that in business today. in the meantime, england fans have been celebrating through the night following their 1—0 win over serbia kicking off their 2024 euros campaign on the right note. if you look at this morning's front pages, it isjude bellingham that dominates. he scored the only goal in the first half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka. cheering and applause. and these were the jubilant scenes at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. gareth southgate's side are seen as one of the favourites to win the euros, having reached the final in the last tournament. joining me now is a sports journalist for the telegraph, uche amako. good to have you on the programme. give us your take on

this first match for england. from your point of view, how did it go? i from your point of view, how did it go?— from your point of view, how did it go? i thought we played 0k. it wasn't _ did it go? i thought we played 0k. it wasn't totally _ 0k. it wasn't totally convincing but all that matters is they got the three points inaudible petition on the right foot. had an opportunity to play better so far in the tournament but as long as we got the win and got them going and now they can in automatic things i didn't quite get right in the first game. i things i didn't quite get right in the first game.— in the first game. i watched the first half— in the first game. i watched the first half and _ in the first game. i watched the first half and then - in the first game. i watched i the first half and then because of my very early start of my working day i kind of went to sleep and wake, hoping and praying for the best for england, but i heard the second half, they were not as — it was a bit lacklustre for england and close moments where serbia could have scored? in and close moments where serbia could have scored?— could have scored? in fairness to serbia. _ could have scored? in fairness to serbia, they _ could have scored? in fairness to serbia, they came - could have scored? in fairness to serbia, they came out - could have scored? in fairness to serbia, they came out in i could have scored? in fairness| to serbia, they came out in the second half dominating and they said ok, inaudible put them under pressure and stop showing them so much respect and england's inaudible physicality

as well as in the first half but england stood up to it, they defended well, the goalkeeper made good saves which they've done consistently for them in previous tournaments and inaudible harry kane would have scored, his header was well saved but at the end of the day, it's about the end of the day, it's about the three points and they got through what was arguably going to be the toughest game in the group and now they can look forward to perhaps guaranteeing that qualification in the next match. ~ , . . match. when is the next match? are they playing _ match. when is the next match? are they playing and _ match. when is the next match? are they playing and what - match. when is the next match? are they playing and what is - are they playing and what is your thoughts on well england will do? ., ., , will do? -- who are. it will be auainst will do? -- who are. it will be against denmark— will do? -- who are. it will be against denmark on _ will do? -- who are. it will be against denmark on june - will do? -- who are. it will be against denmark on june 20. | against denmark onjune 20. inaudible finished top of the group and go through to the knockout stages. that would be a tricky game i think. people are writing off denmark but they've got a lot of good players who play in the premier league so they will be well—known to england players and if they can get another point or get the win, tear them

up point or get the win, tear them up nicely and given what happened yesterday, they will want to put on a bit of a performance to show they are, to demonstrate why they are favourites.— to demonstrate why they are favourites. who is the biggest threat, favourites. who is the biggest threat. do _ favourites. who is the biggest threat, do you _ favourites. who is the biggest threat, do you think, - favourites. who is the biggest threat, do you think, to - threat, do you think, to winning? which team? we threat, do you think, to winning? which team? threat, do you think, to winninu? which team? ~ ., winning? which team? we saw how well germany _ winning? which team? we saw how well germany played _ winning? which team? we saw how well germany played in _ winning? which team? we saw how well germany played in the - well germany played in the opening game against scotland inaudible home as well and spain go really well on saturday as well inaudible tournaments. we have france later tonight and they are among the favourites and portugal as well to come. it's still early days of course, some teams haven't played. but england are definitely up there. , ., . there. they are indeed. uche, thank you _ there. they are indeed. uche, thank you for— there. they are indeed. uche, thank you for getting - there. they are indeed. uche, thank you for getting up - there. they are indeed. uche, thank you for getting up so i thank you for getting up so early, given you were up late watching the football. and there is so much more reaction to that on our website. do take a look. most of the front pages today are dominated by that i—0

today are dominated by that 1—0 victory. let's turn to france. today marks the official opening of the campaign for the french general elections. president emmanuel macron called the snap vote a week ago after the far—right national rally won a convincing victory in the european elections. the picture appears to be one of three key blocs — on the right, the national rally led by marine le pen, a newly formed left—wing coalition and in the centre, president macron and his allies. the elections are conducted over two rounds — this one will be held onjune 30 and thenjuly 7. let's get more on what's at stake here. we can bring in cecile alduy, professor of french studies at stanford university, associate scholar at the institute of political science in paris and expert of french politics and the far—right. welcome to the programme. give

us your take on what may happen in these elections it is complicated and it's interesting to see how the parties are positioning themselves. some are teaming up on the left and, of course, you have marine le pen's very strong far right. your take on what is happening? it’s strong far right. your take on what is happening?— what is happening? it's a clarification _ what is happening? it's a clarification of _ what is happening? it's a clarification of a - what is happening? it's a clarification of a new i clarification of a new political landscape where, as you said, we now have three main political forces. you said, we now have three main politicalforces. we used to have the left versus the right divide that was dominating and now we have an extremely high far right led by marine le pen and gathering some of the republican right as well. the centre that's been crumbling in the european election which is macron's party and on the left, and extremely quick coalition called the popular front that goes from former president francois ballon d'or all the way to anticapitalist parties.

so this is the inaudible and a three party system will be really chaotic in terms of gathering and maturity in the parliament to then pass laws so a lot of instability ahead. yes, and is it possible to predict what the outcome of this all may be in terms of who gets what steaks within the parliament?— gets what steaks within the parliament? it's very difficult to predict _ parliament? it's very difficult to predict because _ parliament? it's very difficult to predict because as - parliament? it's very difficult to predict because as you i parliament? it's very difficult | to predict because as you said it's a two round system and everything will be decided in the second round and will be decided by the voters who will make it to the second round and will have to decide what is the least difficult choice for me to make? there are several possibilities. 0ne to make? there are several possibilities. one is the far—right marine le pen and jordan bardella, the head of the future government, possibly, will have enough seats to form a government. this will be an unseen outcome

in france that a far—right government is in power. the last time was during world war ii. another possibility, and it will depend on localised elections because we have 577 congresspeople being elect it, is that the left, this coalition, manages to outperform because of a fear that the far—right is going to take power. a less possible outcome would be the centre and macron's party is going to win a majority but right now, there's a lot of dissatisfaction for macron and it's been showing already in the european elections. 50 it's been showing already in the european elections. so this is a surprise — the european elections. so this is a surprise gamble _ the european elections. so this is a surprise gamble that i the european elections. so this is a surprise gamble that you . is a surprise gamble that you believe will not pay for him? it may not be in the short term. in the sense that probably they are going to lose a lot of congressmen. however, in the longer run, i think the

bet by macron will be whoever wins the election will be so unstable and difficult to govern that they will really not be performing well in government and the voters will be dissatisfied against them and come the next presidential election, his party can come back and say see, it wasn't that bad with us? interesting, it's a very _ that bad with us? interesting, it's a very interesting - it's a very interesting political landscape that is unfolding. cecile, thank you so much forjoining us with your expertise. appreciated. thank ou. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

a senior white house adviser will travel to israel today to try to defuse rising tensions over the number of cross—border attacks by the lebanese militant group, hezbollah. amos hochstein's visit comes as the israeli military warned that increasing hostility is bringing the region to the brink of

a serious escalation. since the hamas attacks of october the seventh, there have been near—daily exchanges of fire between israeli forces and hezbollah. last week, the iran—backed group launched a barrage of rockets and drones into northern israel after one of its senior commanders was killed. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he considers it "unacceptable" that the idf is introducing daytime pauses in its military activity in part of southern gaza. israel announced what it called a daily "tactical pause" in military activity in one area, to let more aid in. 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. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. allahu akbar. in gaza, they stood to pray

in places with little else left standing. allahu akbar. the festival after eid al—adha marking another milestone in this war, those for whom conflict and celebration are new, those who have lived through them many times before. translation: for all muslims, eid means sacrificing animals i 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 are 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 manoeuvre 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 get the latest on the war in ukraine. volodymyr 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. mr zelensky was speaking at the end of the ukraine peace conference in switzerland. 0ur 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. thank you very much. 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 weakerj that we are talking about peace. we've 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 this 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 real —

we have enough brave to fight — 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. in the uk, health experts are warning that more people could become infected with e coli after a possible contamination of supermarket sandwiches and salads. 0ur correspondent vincent mcaviney has the latest. whsmith has become the latest retailer to be caught up in this e. coli outbreak with different standards agency and on sunday the recall of one its wraps. manufactured by a company called this, the contaminated rap other chicken and bacon, vegan meat

substitute range. it follows the announcement over the weekend that almost all the major supermarket chains are recalling and removing dozens of products from the shelves as the hunt for the source of this outbreak continues. e. coli is a bacterial infection which can cause stomach cramps, sickness and fever. genetic tests show that more than 200 confirmed cases across the uk are all linked in some way. at least 67 people have needed hospital treatment. if people have needed hospital treatment.— people have needed hospital treatment. ., ., treatment. if you have a really ainful treatment. if you have a really painful stomach _ treatment. if you have a really painful stomach ache, - treatment. if you have a really painful stomach ache, bloodyl painful stomach ache, bloody diarrhoea, those other things that really should ring alarm bells. seek medical advice. the food standards _ bells. seek medical advice. the food standards agency says it's a complex investigation but they have narrowed down because of the infection to a type of let us leave and are now working to identify the supplier or farm involved. working to identify the supplier orfarm involved. two supplier or farm involved. two food supplier orfarm involved. two food manufacturers have already withdrawn products which may contain the same leaf. products named so far include 60

different types of premade sandwiches, wraps and salad. most are only able products sold by chains such as tesco, sainsbury�*s, asda and morrisons as well as roots and algae. the full list is available on the bbc website. a product recall of this scale is rare. stores are asking shoppers who have brought any of the affected products not to eat them but to return them for a full refund. —— boots and aldi. it's a starry night of firsts at the tony's awards in new york, the ceremony dominated by first—time winners and those more well—known to hollywood screens. sarah paulson taking home best actress for her role in appropriate on broadway and jeremy strong triumphing in the best actor in a play category for an enemy of the people. business today next. 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 now, that band of cloud and rain is all associated with this area of low pressure, which has been around since friday — thursday—friday, in fact. 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 mistiness 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 of he thunder, —— of the heavy showers, rumbles of thunder, and there will be quite a cluster of showers following on behind to scotland and 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 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.

a bumpy recovery for china — new data shows a mixed picture for china's economy — with houses prices falling at their fastest pace in a decade from pandas to wine — the chinese premier is in australia for high—level talks on trade as the two countries work to rebuild their relationship. also on the programme — as the eu discuss proposals to control the export of second hand clothes — we hear why it could have a big impact on ghana's economy. cheering and — football fever — as england celebrate their first win at the euros — will the uk's struggling pubs and bars net a much needed boost in trade? welcome to business today, i'm sally bundock. we start in china where a slew of economic data has just been published showing a mixed picture for the world's second largest economy.