watching bbc news. a nine—year—old chess prodigy is set to make history as the youngest person ever to represent england internationally in any sport. bodhana sivanandan, from london, willjoin the england women's team at the chess olympiad in hungary later this year. she is almost 15 years younger than the next—youngest teammate. the manager of the england chess team says the schoolgirl is the most remarkable prodigy

british chess has ever seen. and bodhana has big ambitions — she says she aims to be "one of the greatest players of all time." it is uk general election day today, of course. guidance for polling day says no selfies, no drinking, and no dogs. so pollsters have been taking the opportunity to show off their furry friends who have been waiting patiently outside instead. across the nations, good girls and boys have posed for the regular photos outside the polling stations. a few here for your delight. voting continues, of course, for another few hours. all the voting continues, of course, for anotherfew hours. all the results here on the bbci bit later. let's get some of the day's other

news now. police in australia investigating the disappearance of a 12—year—old girl following a crocodile attack have found human remains. the goal was reportedly attacked while swimming in a creek that herfamily near a attacked while swimming in a creek that her family near a remote town south of darwin in the northern territory. it is estimated 100,000 saltwater crocodiles are there, more than anywhere else in the world. the european union is excited to put tariffs of up to 37% on chinese made electric cars. eu policymakers are worried that the market is being flooded with cheap electric vehicles that have had government help. there are concerns about how china would respond. ukrainian forces have withdrawn from the strategically important town of chasiv yar in the eastern donetsk region. there's been fierce fighting over the town that russia could use to advance further west. the ukrainian military said they had to pull back after defensive positions

had been destroyed. with recent political developments and the forthcoming summer games in paris, attention has been turning to france. an old classic french film sheds light on the situation. international attention has been turning to france, so we have been looking at a much loved french cultural export, the cinema, by talking to individuals who have displayed a passion for a french film. forthe displayed a passion for a french film. for the bbc�*s paris correspond and, it is the absurdist comedy found in a picture released in 1958 from jacques tasi. i

found in a picture released in 1958 from jacques tasi.— found in a picture released in 1958 from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film — from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known for _ from jacques tasi. i have chosen mon oncle, a film i've known for many - 0ncle, a film i've known for many years. it is a film that is like a goner profession but i think it should be back in fashion. it is a beautiful, touching film which feeds my urge for a bit of nostalgia for the old france, with a lovely light, humorous tick touch. it couldn't have been made anywhere else but in france. we are in what they call a little town outside of paris. it is in this very square that he filmed part of mon 0ncle in 1957. what he does with the settings is draw a clear contrast between here, whether hero lives, and just down the road, the modern, what is coming in. terraces kind of borderline and he

has constructed it like a border frontier between the old and the new, the frontier is this broken down old wall with an old gate and brick surround it. on this site, lovely old popular working class france, paris. it is the story of a man who has the misfortune of being the brother of this woman, the wife, they are the epitome of the modern, americanised business couple who live for the others this imaginary borderline that runs through paris, where the modernity is. they live in this completely bizarre villa which was constructed in his mind, a prime example of his architectural approach to film—making, a weird modern house full of gadgets, with an antiseptic garden, a fountain

that spews out bluewater. he looks after his nephew, the boy. you has little adventures in the good part of town. but he has to taking back in the evening to the antiseptic side of town. there was an originality in the conception which still showing through. 0riginally, still showing through. originally, the statue had a pipe because he always had a pipe, but a few years ago they removed it because it was decided that pipes were not acceptable any more. it is still watchable because the theme of old versus new, it is still there. what he would make of france today, i've no idea. back then, he was worried about the way it was going and about modernity and the way

people were being told in to answer in factories and so on. what he would think today, with everyone with their headphones, taking deliveries to eat in their rooms, god knows. iwill do deliveries to eat in their rooms, god knows. i will do an impersonation and for my trousers up. that is how he walked. hugh schofield in paris for us. let's catch up with the weather with carol. hello again. wherever you are today, it's going to be windy, but the strongest winds will be in the north of the country, blustery winds further south.

and it's the south—east that has the highest levels of pollen today, and we're talking predominantly grass pollen at this time of year. so what's happening is low pressure is pulling away into the north sea. this weather front is coming in, enhancing the showers. and you can see from the isobars that it is going to be windy wherever you are. a lot of showers coming in on that wind across scotland, northern england and also northern ireland. the heaviest, most prolific will be across the north—west. come further south, a much brighter day, more sunshine than there was yesterday, but still one or two showers in wales and the south—west of england. temperatures 12 to 20 celsius. for wimbledon today, drier and sunnier than it was yesterday. it will feel warmer as a result — 20 celsius. but tomorrow it's all change. tomorrow we're looking at some rain and also blustery winds. so moving on through this evening and overnight, the weather front in scotland sinks south with its rain, fragmenting all the time. then we have a new weather front coming in from the south—west, moving across southern parts of england and wales with its cloud and its rain. some clear skies in between, the winds easing for most, and overnight lows 9 to 13 celsius. into tomorrow, then, we still have this clutch of fronts — waving fronts, so they may move a little bit further north then a little bit further south than i'm going to show you.

so it's going to bring in all this cloud and rain. again, it could get a little bit further north, the rain, or further south, but we do expect it to turn heavy across devon and cornwall later. move north of this weather front, there's a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine and a few showers. but again these are the wind strengths tomorrow. they're gusty winds, particularly across southern counties of england and through the english channel and especially essex. temperatures 13 to about 19 or 20 celsius. heading on, then, in towards the weekend — we've got this area of low pressure continuing to drift off into the north sea, still producing some rain, it will be windy on saturday and it's looking showery on sunday, but this weather front may well bring us some more in the way of rain. so on saturday, the north and the east will see some rain as the low pressure drifts across us. sunny spells further south but showery on sunday.

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