president biden says only the lord almighty could convince him to end his bid for re—election. in his first major tv interview since his debate with donald trump last week. the us president insisted he is going nowhere. keir starmer�*s new cabinet meets for the first time after labour's election win. meanwhile the former chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt rules himself out of candidature for the tory leadership. france are through to the semifinals of euro 202a. beating portugal on penalties. spain are also through after beating germany on penalties. england try to secure their place in the semis as they face switzerland.

joe biden said only the lord almighty could stop him from competing in the us presidential election. president biden�*s faltering performance against donald trump in last week's debate has seen a number of seniorfigures in the democratic party calling for him to make way for a younger candidate. he has spoken to abc news for an exclusive interview for the first time since his presidential debate. the fact of the matter is what i looked at is that he also lied 28 times. i couldn't. .. the way the debate ran, no, my fault, no—one else�*s, no—one else�*s. it seems like you were having trouble from the first question in, even before he spoke. well, ijust had a bad night. let's speak about that interview whether it was damage limitation on how effective it was. let's go to washington and speak to daniel lippman, white house reporter at politico. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. what did you — programme. thank you for having me. what did you make _ programme. thank you for having me. what did you make of— programme. thank you for having me. what did you make of that _ programme. thank you for having me. what did you make of that interview? | what did you make of that interview? it was ok but i don't think it was

enough to stop the media because there are a lot of democrats who watch the interview and saw biden and saw that he has behind in the polls and that is not the reality —— denied that he was behind in eventually democrats will take over and many will likely go public in the next week to urge him to step aside for the good of the party. and, do you think, at this stage that this will reach a critical mass and enough voices will go forward that it would actually have an impact? iii that it would actually have an im act? , ., ., that it would actually have an imact? y., ., ., that it would actually have an imact? ., ., ., ., impact? if you have a lot of the democratic _ impact? if you have a lot of the democratic party _ impact? if you have a lot of the democratic party abandoning i impact? if you have a lot of the l democratic party abandoning him impact? if you have a lot of the - democratic party abandoning him next week, you are hearing talk about senior senator organise letters to the white house urging him to step aside. he can't go on because then donor money will start to drop out and we are already seeing a

fundraisers for biden get cancelled or postponed. you have a situation where governors are abandoning him. and only a few million americans watched the interview last night on abc verses 50 to 70 million americans who watch the debate last week. he could have had a perfect a+ interview with george stephanopoulos and it would still not have been enough. and it would still not have been enou:h. ~ . ,, and it would still not have been enou:h. ~ ., ., and it would still not have been enou:h. ~ . ., ., enough. what you are outlining their is re enough. what you are outlining their is pretty extraordinary. _ enough. what you are outlining their is pretty extraordinary. because - is pretty extraordinary. because this process of pulling out and stepping aside as far from straightforward and not at all obvious about two steps in. yes. obvious about two steps in. yes, that is the _ obvious about two steps in. yes, that is the great _ obvious about two steps in. yes, that is the great part _ obvious about two steps in. yes, that is the great part of - obvious about two steps in. ya: that is the great part of democracy. you don't always know what is going to happen but there will be a lot of pressure to not to leapfrog vice kamala harris because she would be the first black woman as president and black americans are a critical

part of the democratic voting base. trump has been doing pretty well relatively speaking with getting that group to support him, only 20% but that is still much higher than usual. and so i don't think they can put in a white man like gavin newsom at the top of the ticket. but i think they would find a nominee and that nominee could take the fight against donald trump and not get dogged by issues like aid or incompetency and also they would have less responsibility for inflation and immigration that biden has had to deal with as well. a, big has had to deal with as well. a big week for us _ has had to deal with as well. a big week for us politics _ has had to deal with as well. a big week for us politics next - has had to deal with as well. a big week for us politics next week. thank you so much for talking us through that. extraordinary scenes. thank you. right, let's get back to uk politics. we will head to downing street. a very busy day there and matthew is there.

hello. matthew is there. helle— matthew is there. hello. ., , ., ., ., hello. hello. pretty torrential rain cominu hello. hello. pretty torrential rain coming down _ hello. hello. pretty torrential rain coming down in _ hello. hello. pretty torrential rain coming down in downing - hello. hello. pretty torrential rain coming down in downing street. l hello. hello. pretty torrential rain i coming down in downing street. the cabinets are all behind me having that first cabinet meeting. you saw the picture is just that first cabinet meeting. you saw the picture isjust a short that first cabinet meeting. you saw the picture is just a short while ago, a few words from sir keir starmer. let mejust ago, a few words from sir keir starmer. let me just play that one more time. it starmer. let me 'ust play that one more time.— more time. it is fantastic to welcome — more time. it is fantastic to welcome you _ more time. it is fantastic to welcome you to _ more time. it is fantastic to welcome you to our - more time. it is fantastic to welcome you to our first - more time. it is fantastic to - welcome you to our first cabinet meeting — welcome you to our first cabinet meeting. it is the honour and privilege _ meeting. it is the honour and privilege of my life to be invited by the _ privilege of my life to be invited by the king his majesty the king yesterday to form the government and formed _ yesterday to form the government and formed the _ yesterday to form the government and formed the labour government of 2024 _ formed the labour government of 2024 and — formed the labour government of 2024. and now we hold our first cabinet — 2024. and now we hold our first cabinet meeting. sol 2024. and now we hold our first cabinet meeting. so i welcome you to it. cabinet meeting. so i welcome you to it we _ cabinet meeting. so i welcome you to it we have _ cabinet meeting. so i welcome you to it we have a — cabinet meeting. so i welcome you to it. we have a huge amount of work to do it _ it. we have a huge amount of work to do it so _ it. we have a huge amount of work to do it so now— it. we have a huge amount of work to do it. so now we get on with our work _ well, there it is, a round of applause after keir starmer, a few words from him. now the work really

starts. let's speak to labour's work and pensions secretary and former business secretary and also defence secretary from 2008 to 2009. we will talk more about all of those briefs in a moment or two but that is such a moment, isn't it, sitting there in cabinet for the first time? good mornin: , cabinet for the first time? good morning, matthew. _ cabinet for the first time? good morning, matthew. it's - cabinet for the first time? good morning, matthew. it's a - cabinet for the first time? good morning, matthew. it's a big i cabinet for the first time? (limo. morning, matthew. it's a big moment notjust for keir personally and his cabinet members but for the country too because the country has voted decisively to remove the conservative government and its up to us now to provide notjust the leadership but the direction and unity that the country is calling for. they have a very big agenda and hopefully today will be the mark of that progress. o, hopefully today will be the mark of that progress-_ hopefully today will be the mark of that rouress. �* ., ., , ., that progress. a huge ma'ority, what are our that progress. a huge ma'ority, what are your thoughts h that progress. a huge ma'ority, what are your thoughts about _ that progress. a huge majority, what are your thoughts about the - are your thoughts about the similarities and differences with 1997? ~ ., ,.,

1997? well, there are some similarities, _ 1997? well, there are some similarities, the _ 1997? well, there are some similarities, the size - 1997? well, there are some similarities, the size of - 1997? well, there are some similarities, the size of the | similarities, the size of the majority is one of course. i think, however, it's a very different set of situations that they are facing, keir starmer and the new labour. the economy is not looking great, public finances have been wrecked by the conservatives. the manoeuvre now is to address some of the challenges so they are not not great but i think they are not not great but i think the manifesto that keir starmer and the manifesto that keir starmer and the labour party really did try an country to the fact that there are no easy solutions and there is no magic wand. this is going to take a lot of effort and a lot of work to correct some of the mistakes that have been made. i think the key focus, i suspect, have been made. i think the key focus, isuspect, will have been made. i think the key focus, i suspect, will be on the growth agenda because that really holds the key do all of the ambitions that we have for improving the nhs, improving the schools, making our society fairer and stronger. and i think that is going to be a really, really big task

ahead of the labour government and i think they are going to work closely with the business community to ensure that we don't make mistakes and that we keep on track with strong growth. i think it is a very exciting moment, notjust for them but for the whole country. we decided to reject the conservatives and turn to labour to give us that projection of unity. and i suspect that however one voted on thursday, the natural will of the country will be to wish the government's success and to get on and be successful in dealing with things that we no need to be fixed. a, dealing with things that we no need to be fixed. �* w' dealing with things that we no need to be fixed. �* ., dealing with things that we no need to be fixed. �* a ., ., ., to be fixed. a quick one on growth because, to be fixed. a quick one on growth because. as _ to be fixed. a quick one on growth because. as you — to be fixed. a quick one on growth because, as you say, _ to be fixed. a quick one on growth because, as you say, it _ to be fixed. a quick one on growth because, as you say, it is - because, as you say, it is vitally important. £18 billion worth of cuts already baked into the figures. they have already ruled out tax rises, they have already rolled out raising national debt. everything relies on growth. is it clear to you how much growth. is it clear to you how much growth labour is predicting or

actually needs to allow all those things to actually happen. i think we need to _ things to actually happen. i think we need to return _ things to actually happen. i think we need to return to _ things to actually happen. i think we need to return to broadly - things to actually happen. i think we need to return to broadly the| we need to return to broadly the 2.5% of significant achievement and that would create new revenues for the treasury. i think two things are going to be important of the growth agenda, notjust working closely with the business community to make sure that we are in lockstep going forward. so there are still shortages and planning issues or finance issues that need to be addressed, we do tackle them together. i think the two other really critical agreements are going to be developing and implementing and making sense of the new industrial strategy because i think, really, we are a manufacturing nation, we need to echo the economic growth that labour wants in manufacturing. so the industrial strategy will play a key role. i think very closely linked to that, we'll be the zero with the carbon transition journey that we have really got to accelerate because

there are major growth opportunities there are major growth opportunities there as we transition our economy away from a reliance on fossil fuels to clean air energy sources. i think gb energy, the new energy company that the labour government has talked about setting up could be quite critical here. i talked about setting up could be quite critical here.— quite critical here. i will ask you about defence _ quite critical here. i will ask you about defence in _ quite critical here. i will ask you about defence in a _ quite critical here. i will ask you about defence in a moment - quite critical here. i will ask you about defence in a moment but| quite critical here. i will ask you - about defence in a moment but you are talking about trade. we know what labour has said about the eu but do you think there is scope in terms of closer relationship now with the european union on trade to make it easier to export all those things we know have happened post—brexit, or do you think there isn't a huge amount of room for manoeuvre? i isn't a huge amount of room for manoeuvre?— manoeuvre? i think it's really difficult to — manoeuvre? i think it's really difficult to answer _ manoeuvre? i think it's really difficult to answer that - manoeuvre? i think it's really i difficult to answer that question. either they certainly need to open a dialogue with the european union on those issues. and, i have no doubt that the labour government will be looking to do that. i think the

numbers are really quite significant, we need to understand the actually our export and trading goods to the european union has fallen very significantly. and if we see ourselves as a manufacturing nation, which i very much hope we still do, we have got to focus on that issue. we have really got to address scope for improvement in the trade agreement that we have reached with the european union when we left europe five or six years ago. so i think those, really, have got to be the forefront of the minister's attention. and i am sure there will be looking to prosecute that agenda very, very early on. me be looking to prosecute that agenda very. very early om— be looking to prosecute that agenda very, very early on. we have russia, we have ukraine, _ very, very early on. we have russia, we have ukraine, you _ very, very early on. we have russia, we have ukraine, you have - very, very early on. we have russia, we have ukraine, you have perhapsl we have ukraine, you have perhaps donald trump and a second term, how urgent is defence review, do you think? i urgent is defence review, do you think? ~' urgent is defence review, do you think? ~ , think? i think it is needed. the conservative _ think? i think it is needed. the conservative secretary - think? i think it is needed. the conservative secretary of - think? i think it is needed. the j conservative secretary of state think? i think it is needed. the - conservative secretary of state have commented on recently, the former conservative secretary of state has commented that in the last 15 years

a lot of our capability across the armed forces have been seriously compromised and hollowed out. we have really got to address that issue. and i think this defence review is needed but it can't drag on indefinitely. it has got to be conducted pretty quickly so that then ministers can make some of the strategic decisions and some of the resource decisions and procurement decisions which are necessary, i think, to re—establish capability and fighting effectiveness in our armed forces. ithink and fighting effectiveness in our armed forces. i think that, and fighting effectiveness in our armed forces. ithink that, really, is one of the key ways that we can deter an aggressive russian foreign policy. because if they were, heaven forbid to win the war in ukraine, to think of their ambitions in europe, i think i'll be chasing after other nato members. so we have really got to have credible defences and i think there is a question at the moment about other we have really got that and that is something we cannot allow to continue very much longer we have got to make decisions

in. ., , longer we have got to make decisions in. . , , .. , , in. final brief because it is daunting _ in. final brief because it is daunting becoming - in. final brief because it is daunting becoming a - in. final brief because it is i daunting becoming a cabinet secretary and having to deliver on this crucial areas. how exciting, though, is it to actually go from shadowing a brief for a very long time to actually being there around that table trying to get stuff done? 0h, that table trying to get stuff done? oh, it's incredible moment for all of them. i am sure, newly appointed conservative ministers in 2010 found the same thing. you study a subject, you shadow ministerfor a long period of time and then suddenly someone hands the keys to you and it is your turn to make the decisions. it is fundamentally about that, they have got to make decisions. it's not about pontificating or analysing or talking about stuff, it's about making decisions. and now they have got the opportunity to do that with a strong mandate for the country and a strong mandate for the country and a good majority in the house of commons. i don't think you could ask for a better set of circumstances to

start tackling some of these really big challenges. they have got it all, really, now to do but they have got a really strong tail wing and i hope it carries forward.— got a really strong tail wing and i hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you- — hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you. thank _ hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you. thank you _ hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you. thank you so _ hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you. thank you so much - hope it carries forward. pleasure to talk to you. thank you so much for| talk to you. thank you so much for joining us here on bbc news. thank you for your time.— joining us here on bbc news. thank you for your time._ now, j you for your time. thank you. now, let's aet you for your time. thank you. now, let's get back _ you for your time. thank you. now, let's get back to _ you for your time. thank you. now, let's get back to that _ you for your time. thank you. now, let's get back to that recount - you for your time. thank you. now, let's get back to that recount in - let's get back to that recount in the last undercount seat which is taking place. there was an initial count on thursday night and a recount on friday but the official result of the contest in inverness remains undecided. not for that much longer. let's head to our correspondent who is there at the count. george roberts. where are we on this town?— on this town? yes, the election isn't over— on this town? yes, the election isn't over for _ on this town? yes, the election isn't over for some _ on this town? yes, the election isn't over for some of _ on this town? yes, the election isn't over for some of us. - on this town? yes, the election isn't over for some of us. this i on this town? yes, the election | isn't over for some of us. this is the last uk constituency to declare. the returning officer said yesterday that there were issues with the counting, there was a discrepancy

between the verified vote total and the numbers counted. here we are again on saturday morning. we are expecting a result at some point this afternoon. but the situation here is that the snp have already conceded defeat. the candidate is not at the count today he said he had prior commitments. this is now expected to be another liberal democrat game. the local businessman is the candidate for them here, he is the candidate for them here, he is down on the floor in full highland dress. he says he is feeling optimistic but although the liberal democrats are expecting to take this constituency today it is not official until the count is done in the returning officer has declared will stop it would mean a lot for the liberal democrats to take this constituency, it's personal for them take this constituency, it's personalfor them it take this constituency, it's personal for them it was once held ljy personal for them it was once held by the former leader of the party charles kennedy until it was taken ljy charles kennedy until it was taken by snp and the famous landslide that the party had in 2015. of course the

mood amongst the snp this weekend after totally just mood amongst the snp this weekend after totallyjust nine mood amongst the snp this weekend after totally just nine seats after the election in 2024 is very different. if the liberal democrats take the seat that would take them to the tally of six seats in scotland. just a handful behind the snp's nine seats. a pretty exceptional results we saw in scotland yesterday. we expect the final results for the whole of the uk to be declared sometime this afternoon here in dingwall. i assume the postmortem _ afternoon here in dingwall. i assume the postmortem in _ afternoon here in dingwall. i assume the postmortem in terms _ afternoon here in dingwall. i assume the postmortem in terms of- afternoon here in dingwall. i assume the postmortem in terms of that - the postmortem in terms of that devastating decimation result must be well under way for the snp. filth. be well under way for the snp. oh, it will be. when _ be well under way for the snp. oh, it will be. when i _ be well under way for the snp. oi, it will be. when i was be well under way for the snp. oi it will be. when i was speaking at the count where i was on election night to the scottish health secretary he was saying to me that the reflection from the party will need to take place incredibly

quickly as to what happened. and john swinney the snp leader speaking on friday morning. i was at that press conference. he too was an incredibly reflective mood, his assessment of what went wrong, he said was in two main areas, the snp losing trust amongst voters. and also failing on the snp's part to convince voters if scotland had the urgency of the need for independence at a time when he said the priority for voters in scotland was just to get the conservatives out of downing street. there will be other areas, especially when it comes to the snp's independent strategy where they will be thinking this we can. they've already anticipated that the snp would have a difficult set of results in scotland this time out. but i think the share scale at the difficulty the experience was not expected. you are right to say that there will be a lot of thinking going on amongst the party this weekend as to the path forward in a number of areas, not least the

strategy when it comes to independence.— strategy when it comes to independence. strategy when it comes to indeendence. ., ~ , ., , . independence. thank you very much, geora ia. independence. thank you very much, georgia- we — independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will _ independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will be _ independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will be back— independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will be back to _ independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will be back to you - independence. thank you very much, georgia. we will be back to you on i georgia. we will be back to you on that count is finished. back to downing street. political correspondent, helen. the cabinet meeting is going on inside. it's a delicate balance, isn't it, to outline the first steps but underline to the public that this is going to take time when it comes to broken public services to actually begin to see that those are being fixed? , �* begin to see that those are being fixed? , ~ ., , fixed? yes. and that is something that i fixed? yes. and that is something that i think _ fixed? yes. and that is something that l think keir _ fixed? yes. and that is something that i think keir starmer _ fixed? yes. and that is something that i think keir starmer has - fixed? yes. and that is something that i think keir starmer has been | that i think keir starmer has been particularly keen to stress in his campaign messaging up until this point. the campaign slogan was change, one word. but throughout what labour had been keen to say was low, we cannot change everything overnight. things are going to take time, this is a long process. they've been talking about national renewal, a ten year process in some cases. what they hadn't been keen to focus on was the fact idea they

could take the first step, six parties they would act on immediately. i think it is those that we are going to see those first few days in government really pushing on. things like cutting nhs waiting list, setting up investment for gb energy, the things that they are going to promise they will do as the first steps they will want to be seen to be making progress on quite quickly, to be taking action on quite quickly but without expecting that they can have change everything by next week. you that they can have change everything by next week-— by next week. you had john hutton sa in: that by next week. you had john hutton saying that they — by next week. you had john hutton saying that they need _ by next week. you had john hutton saying that they need to _ by next week. you had john hutton saying that they need to get - by next week. you had john hutton | saying that they need to get growth levels back to 2.5%, 3%, back in the days of labour in 2010. in terms of where we are now, it is pretty anaemic for growth so that is a huge task, isn't it? it is anaemic for growth so that is a huge task, isn't it?— task, isn't it? it is and it is particularly _ task, isn't it? it is and it is particularly important - task, isn't it? it is and it is particularly important for i task, isn't it? it is and it is - particularly important for labour. most governments want to grow the economy but labour's promises about growing the economy, a lot of discussions on the election campaign around tax and spend and what labour

was saying was, no, we want to move away from that, what we want to do is grow the economy and that is how we're going to finance the things we want to do. of course, that takes time. they say they have a plan to boost that. they say making changes to the planning system is away a boosting economic growth. that will take time. they also talked about stabilising the economy first. there is an issue there, that they will have to grapple with pretty quickly. but it is really quite fundamental to what they will be able to do given what they have said about how they plan to fund their plans in the future as a government. tbs, they plan to fund their plans in the future as a government.— future as a government. a quick final thought — future as a government. a quick final thought because _ future as a government. a quick final thought because it - future as a government. a quick final thought because it is - future as a government. a quick final thought because it is a - future as a government. a quick final thought because it is a new cabinet but there will be hundreds of new mps heading down to westminster. a daunting task for them as they find their way around geographically, the ways of westminster. is there any chance of some of the reforms people have said that they need to do in terms of the way parliament actually works. ? you

have not way parliament actually works. ? you have got so — way parliament actually works. ? i'm, have got so many new mps coming into parliament that actually if the authorities, the parliamentary authorities, the parliamentary authorities took the view that we want to change some of the culture of the place, we want to change some of the place, we want to change some of how it works, you would feel that this might be an opportunity to do that. it is worth underscoring what you just sat there about the scale of change. we spoke about the cabinet meeting there, i was re—reading some of tony blair's accounts in his first days of westminster. he had never been a west minister before, even setting footin west minister before, even setting foot in the cabinet meeting for the first time. it's an enormous amount of change for the —— in a short time. of change for the -- in a short time. ., , of change for the -- in a short time. ., . . , , of change for the -- in a short time. ., ., ., , , ., time. you are aptly right. in a moment _ time. you are aptly right. in a moment or — time. you are aptly right. in a moment or two _ time. you are aptly right. in a moment or two will _ time. you are aptly right. in a moment or two will see - time. you are aptly right. in a moment or two will see those pictures from the first cabinet, a new government means a new way of approaching many, many issues and energy is one of those facing a real shake—up. here is our climate editor explaining keir starmer�*s plans on

renewables. green energy lies right at the heart of how it plans to deliver that. keir starmer said he was willing to make enemies to ensure that new onshore wind turbines and solar farms are built and built quickly. we will also need a web of new pylons to carry all of the electricity that these new facilities generate to the national grid. keir starmersaid he was facilities generate to the national grid. keir starmer said he was ready to take what he called the tough decisions on planning to make sure all of this happens. so we can expect ministers to begin proposing changes to the planning rules within the next few days. and we can expect something else as well. we can expect big protest in the communities affected by these new projects. because they won'tjust reshape britain's energy future. they will also change how part of this country look. just enrol at there. this is one of

the many issues facing this cabinet. it started at 11 o'clock, no indication as to how long this first cabinet will actually last. what we do know is there will be a news conference with keir starmer at one o'clock which, obviously, we will carry live. we will have plenty more from downing street in the coming minutes but now it's back to lewis in the studio. wright, a quick look at the football. 0f look at the football. of course england face switzerland and the netherlands face turkey today in the last quarterfinal matches. in the european football championship — england face switzerland and the netherlands face turkey today in the last quarter final matches. in one of the first acts in his new role, prime minister keir starmer has shown his support for england, raising the cross of st george above downing street — hours before their knock—out match. france are through to the semi— finals. they beat portugal five— three on penalties.

the hosts, germany, were knocked out — beaten 2—1 by spain after extra time. 0ur sports correspondentjohn watson is in dusseldorf and has more on england's must—win match. i think the england team could do with all the support they can get, it's not been plain sailing for england so far in this tournament, tournament, when you consider they only won one of their three group matches, there were two rather drab draws, 60 seconds from going out in this european championship, trailing slovakia, before jude bellingham scored to force the game into extra time, before hurricane then clinched it. before harry kane then clinched it. what can we expect of hingen? gareth southgate may be forced to change in personnel and tactics, these england supporters gathering here this morning will be hopeful that might bring about an improved display, an improved performance, because he has touched upon it, there is this expectation with recent performances at major tournaments, there is this feeling that england can deliver at long last on the bigger stage of all, but the expectation can sometimes weigh heavy on the shoulders of those england players.

it will be interesting to see how they fare, because as we know the draw arguably has opened up for england taking in switzerland, and we have seen some big nations out, germany the hosts going out, as did portugal. just talk through the action from yesterday. plenty of late drama. there was indeed. germany were up against it, they trailed for the most part in the match last night before getting a late equalising goal in normal time to force them out into extra time against spain, but spain scoring in the 119th minute, so heartbreak in the end for germany and their supporters. spain through, have been one of the in form teams so far, they were going to face france after france edged past portugal in what was another really drab affair.

it was goaless throughout, extra time came, no goals, went to penalties. cristiano ronaldo scoring the penalty shoot—out against france, but heartbreak in the end for portugal as france progressed 5—3 on penalties to set up the meeting with spain in the semifinals. thanks to john for that. just want to bring you a bit more detail on the pitch is that we have seen of keir starmer chairing his first cabinet meeting. 0ngoing now, as far as we understand. the cameras were there clearly for the first bit of it. and we got a sense of what he was saying before the cameras were switched off and politely ushered out. ijust want switched off and politely ushered out. i just want to repeat what he heard him say, the government has a huge amount of work to do. it was the honour and privilege of my life to be invited by the king, his majesty the king, yesterday to form a government and do form the labour government of 2024. we now hold our

first cabinet meeting i welcome you to it. he told his colleagues, we have a huge amount of work to do so now we get on with our work. right, let's get the weather. hello there. it's been a wet start to your weekend we have had some heavy rain and thunderstorms as well. with some sunny spells developing there is also been some rainbows starting to develop as well. forthe rainbows starting to develop as well. for the rest of the day, we have this area of low pressure. it is moving its way out towards the near continent. things should improve slightly as we see the area of low pressure moving away. but deng xiao is a many of us throughout the afternoon. some of those showers quite heavy, perhaps a little bit thundery as well. between the showers, there will be some sunny spells. there are essential in sunny areas of england as we head into the later stages maximum temperatures, 16 or 17 celsius. 13 celsius later stages maximum temperatures, 16 or 17 celsius. i3 celsius in the

north—east of scotland. feeling quite cool, really, for the time of year. forwimbledon quite cool, really, for the time of year. for wimbledon today, the chance of some showers here. more so again into sunday, temperature is about 17 or 18 celsius. at silverstone in the quarterfinal today, it will turn drier as the afternoon goes on. there a shower, for a similar situation in race. chance of a shower could make it quite interesting. through tonight, we will have some clear spells but further showers will move their way into north wales and north—west england, into central and southern areas overnight. temperatures down to about seven to 10 celsius. throughout sunday, it is like a repeat performance, really, there will be some heavy showers in the morning especially in north—west england into southern areas. by the afternoon showers become more widespread. still quite scattered across england and wales. some of those showers heavy and thundery as they pass their way through. some

sunny spells in between. temperatures slightly higher compared to today, 15 celsius in the north, i7 compared to today, 15 celsius in the north, 17 or 18 celsius in the south, still below average for the time of year. into next week, low pressure systems will continue to spread northwards and eastwards. it remains pretty changeable throughout the week. temperatures will creep up a little bit but we are still looking at temperatures below the average for the time of year. mid to high teens or many, 20 celsius in the south. goodbye. live from downing street, this is bbc news. it's keir starmer�*s first full day as prime minister, he tells his initial cabinet meeting they have �*a huge

amount of work to do'. and looking for his second win in two days, sir keirflies the cross of st george above downing street — hours before england's quarterfinal euros match. i'm lewis vaughanjones, in other news. i am running and gonna win again. president biden says only the lord almighty could convince him to end his bid for re—election. reformist masoud pezeshkian is elected iran's new president. he beat his hardline rival in a run—off vote. and in the european football championships, france are through to the semi—finals, beating portugal on penalties.