keir starmer says he will have to make tough decisions "and make them early" in his first full day as prime minister. it's a mandate notjust to govern but it's a mandate to put trust to us to change the country and to deliver. at his first cabinet meeting, sir keir tells his team they have �*a huge amount of work to do�*. i'm martine croxall, the other main stories this hour. the gaza health ministry says at least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in nuseirat in central gaza. iranians react to the election of masoud pezeshkian as president. the reformist candidate's win brings hope to some women and younger voters.

good evening from downing street where the england flag is flying high above number ten. and, the euros quarter final is on a knife edge. the game is currently 1—1 in the first half of extra time. bukayo saka scored a late second half goal to cancel out switizerland's opener to keep them in the tournament. swiizerland's opener to keep them in the tournament. switzerland's opener to keep them in the tournament. gareth southgate�*s men are looking to make back—to—back finals for the first time. let's speak to my colleague joe inwood who has been watching the game with fans at a fan zone in brixton. how is the atmosphere? it is fluctuating — how is the atmosphere? it is fluctuating wildly, _ how is the atmosphere? it is fluctuating wildly, it - how is the atmosphere? it is fluctuating wildly, it is - how is the atmosphere? it 3 fluctuating wildly, it is fair to say. it is pretty funereal after the swiss scored a goal but i was midway

through interviewing someone and this happened at the last game as well, as is a mid—interview, the goal went in and it went wild and suddenly the mood has changed completely, the sun is back out, everyone is having a very good time. and i think england have the upper hand. declan rice had an astonishing 13 yard curling shot tipped round the post. england look like they are possibly more likely to win but this is impossible tojudge, anything could happen. we have eight minutes, 22 minutes ago extra time, people holding their breath and biting their nails, any creature you can think of is happening here. given the manic think of is happening here. given the magic resort _ think of is happening here. given the magic resort at _ think of is happening here. given the magic resort at the _ think of is happening here. given the magic resort at the end - think of is happening here. given the magic resort at the end of. think of is happening here. given the magic resort at the end of a l the magic resort at the end of a last england match, is there a sense that this could go down to the wire but england can do it? yes. that this could go down to the wire but england can do it?— but england can do it? yes, of course. england _ but england can do it? yes, of course. england fans - but england can do it? yes, of course. england fans are - but england can do it? yes, of| course. england fans are never but england can do it? yes, of- course. england fans are never going to lose faith and have so

expectations of the team. let's be honest, everyone here has that sense that england could do this and it is possible. as we said before, all you've got to do is win... i have to keep an eye on this. there is a firm belief amounts england fans as there always is that england can do this especially once the goal went in. the feeling that england keep getting and taking it on, is that feeling that england fans must have. often they are criticised for it being unrealistic and having great expectations but people still believe it could happen. it was bellingham — believe it could happen. it was bellingham in _ believe it could happen. it was bellingham in the _ believe it could happen. it was bellingham in the last - believe it could happen. it was bellingham in the last match l believe it could happen. it was i bellingham in the last match and saka this time around. who else are the fans talking about? who else is impressing this evening? ezra connoisseur— impressing this evening? ezra connoisseur who _

impressing this evening? ezra connoisseur who is _ impressing this evening? e2: connoisseur who is one of impressing this evening? ez: connoisseur who is one of england's most well—known centre backs came in because of an injury so conte has had a good game. declan rice has had a good game too. but it's been a good performance. it's been one of the more defensive minded players who have kept england in this. and always bringing excitement but also the person who came on is cole palmer and his all england players want to see on the pitch. he is the name. i have to keep checking over my shoulder because people cheer. but palmer has sired such a good season for chelsea, he brings a real

spark. nothing happened. he certainly always... they keep tricking me. cheering booing there's a reason not a football commentator. as you can see, england are on the attack. there the ones pressing but we have 19 minutes to go. we attack. there the ones pressing but we have 19 minutes to go.— attack. there the ones pressing but we have 19 minutes to go. we will be back with yom _ we have 19 minutes to go. we will be back with you. thank _ we have 19 minutes to go. we will be back with you. thank you. _ we have 19 minutes to go. we will be back with you. thank you. joe - we have 19 minutes to go. we will be back with you. thank you. joe with i back with you. thank you. joe with the fans there watching every moment of this. as we know, the new prime minister isn't here at downing street but is a big football fan so expect he is gripped by the match like so many people are at the moment. less talk about his first day in office. good evening from downing street where sir keir starmer has said his party's landslide victory

in the election has provided a clear mandate for change in all four nations of the uk, but that changing the country would not be an overnight exercise. he was speaking at his first press conference as prime minister, i think we got a sense of the tone that keir starmer wanted to set for the government, all important to do it very early on in a very formal tone, a message of public service, country before party, all these phrases we have heard from him during the campaign but reiterating these publicly to his cabinet whilst they are sat around the table and in that press conference afterwards. in some ways, it was designed to be quite businesslike, no flamboyance here at all, quite dull in some ways. i think that is what he was to generate, a businesslike approach to government, so bear without overpromising and when pressed on his promises and delivery and what

voters can expect to see changes, he gave nothing away. find voters can expect to see changes, he gave nothing away-— gave nothing away. and what did you make of the — gave nothing away. and what did you make of the focus _ gave nothing away. and what did you make of the focus on _ gave nothing away. and what did you make of the focus on prisons? - gave nothing away. and what did you make of the focus on prisons? that's an interesting _ make of the focus on prisons? that's an interesting one. _ make of the focus on prisons? that's an interesting one. it's _ make of the focus on prisons? that's an interesting one. it's one - make of the focus on prisons? that's an interesting one. it's one of - an interesting one. it's one of those areas that labour believes the conservatives simply lets the thing 90, conservatives simply lets the thing go, that ate the primary use of government is to make sure there is enough space in prisons to keep people locked up you need to be locked up. that is something they want to do quite early and feel they can make changes on, they put a prisons minister in place who is not typical politician who has brought in from outside and that's always a sign of priority for prime ministers, someone who is not part of the party machine that can bring in fresh thinking. that's quite important and he's done that in a few other areas too. we've also seen him firmly dismissing ending or scrapping his plan to send migrants to rwanda. no flights have ever taken off and he won't let any of

them take off, he said it was a gimmick that was never going to be a deterrent of the conservative mother them a conservative government claimed it would. he is on a tour tomorrow of the country and then after that we will see some legislation early next week. things like this clean energy company he wants to set up, publicly owned clean energy company to take advantage of britain's offshore wind and solar energy and all those kinds of things that as an island we have advantages in. and also the question of whether or not he can shape up the planning laws in this country to get this sort of thing belts as well as all the houses that must be built because there is a crisis in accommodation for people especially younger people. tonight he will be happy because he is an arsenal fan. i was going to mention that. you're a tottenham fan, i know. i'm sure he

will be happy with the saka goal and we are hoping for another one in the next few minutes or so. thank you. the final seat in the general election has been declared, with the liberal democrats winning inverness, skye and west ross—shire. our scotland political correspondent, georgia roberts, is in dingwall. this is as you say the last constituency to declare in the uk. it was somewhat already pretty much decided really, the candidates for the snp had already conceived them a conceded defeat but the main challenge was scottish democrats and it wasn't over until it was over. we just had the resulting confirmation that the lib dems have gained this constituency from the snp and i'm joined now by the newly elected scottish liberal democrat mp angus macdonald. better late than never. what do you think is responsible for the lib dems success across the uk

notjust in scotland? probably that they reps in the communities and wants to move power and budgets back to communities and feel that centralisation of power has been considerable and gone too far. i think that is probably the single biggest reason. and people have lost trust. there's been a lot of talk in a selection about how difficult the set of results this has been for the snp set of results this has been for the snp who have long been dominant in scotland. they're down to a tally of nine. what happened to the snp in this campaign? i think lots of people who were warmed in support of two snp have been shaken by the irregularities and their own ability to deliver. there have been lots of reviews but delivering on the a9 or new ferries or health sector,

those of the big issues i would say. there is still an investigation that we can't say much about but you are the newly elected mp for inverness, skye and west ross—shire. what are your priorities? i think what made them popular was the same back 20 years ago as it is today and charles kennedy was a fantastic mp of 33 years. the lib dems former leader, of course. yes, he was a legend. he fought day in, day out for the highlands and every discussion in westminster i will be fighting for the highlands. this is one of the most remote seats in the country, and you must be travelling back and forth. how will that be? it is a logistical challenge,

a huge seat the size of belgium so it takes four or five hours from left to right. and we are 500—odd miles from westminster. the train will be my passport and so let's hope that keeps running and we have enough vacancies. and finally, you are walking into a different parliament to the one that came before it. what you make of the election we just had? i think it's great that we have a labour and liberal strength down there. the conservatives need to spend time out of office and the snp too. i really look forward to working closely with the labour ministers. it has been a long 48 hours for you. i will let you celebrate your success. congratulations and thank you very much. there we have it, the election is finally over for everybody in the uk now and packing up the boxes here. angus macdonald and the many others will celebrate this evening. but as i said, another

loss here for the snp. there will be much soul—searching this weekend and what exactly went wrong for them in this campaign as they look ahead to what comes next for them as a party. georgia roberts there. keir starmer�*s first appearance on the international stage will be next week when he flies to washington for the nato summit. joining me now is the former national security adviser and uk ambassador to the us, lord darroch. we understand the past few hours he spoke to olaf scholz and emmanuel macron. theyjoin other world leaders including president bidens. joining me now is the former national security adviser and uk ambassador to the us, lord darroch. do you expect there to be any change under this government in the relationship with the us? i think that this first _ relationship with the us? i think that this first meeting, - relationship with the us? i think that this first meeting, the -

relationship with the us? i think that this first meeting, the nato summit in a few days' time will be basically about ukraine and a lot of people will want to meet keir starmer because of this astonishing and huge election victory. just talking to him about how we did it and lessons of it. but on ukraine, i don't think the british position will change, it will be very full support for ukraine, concern at initiative passing to russia in recent months and discussion in this summit about what we can do to support ukraine. we all have to play our part in that. but that i don't think will change. what hangs over the us and uk relations and the rest of the world's relations with the us is the election on the 5th of november and the possibility, according to opinion polls, the probability of a second term for president trump. but that is still

several months away and an awful lot can happen between now and then so let's wait and see. what can happen between now and then so let's wait and see.— let's wait and see. what would your advice be to — let's wait and see. what would your advice be to keir— let's wait and see. what would your advice be to keir starmer— let's wait and see. what would your advice be to keir starmer and - let's wait and see. what would your advice be to keir starmer and davidj advice be to keir starmer and david lammy in terms of preparing for a potential trump presidency? i think david lammy _ potential trump presidency? i think david lammy has _ potential trump presidency? i think david lammy has done _ potential trump presidency? i think david lammy has done some - potential trump presidency? i think david lammy has done some goodl potential trump presidency? i ii�*u “ia; david lammy has done some good work already in washington a few weeks ago and talked to a number of people who are close to trump, notablyjd vance, the new republican senator who is our potential candidate for the trump ticket as the vice presidential candidate. so there are some channels established already and for all of us, whether british government or french or german or anyone, you must play on the pitch that's being laid. if trump wins, we have to do our best and be constructive and successful relationship with him. there are some ideas that are mooted by the

trump team in the campaign that we don't very much like and will have to persuade them to change some of these ideas but you have to make the best of it and what the outcome of it is is security and defence relationship between us and uk remaining a strong as ever. i’m relationship between us and uk remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure ou have remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure you have a — remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure you have a diplomatic— remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure you have a diplomatic answer- remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure you have a diplomatic answer to - remaining a strong as ever. i'm sure you have a diplomatic answer to this but can i ask you on your view on whether or not president biden should step aside at them have potentially risky that could be if he did? i5 potentially risky that could be if he did? , ., potentially risky that could be if he did? , . ., , ., ., he did? is a fair question and i don't have... _ he did? is a fair question and i don't have... i'm _ he did? is a fair question and i don't have... i'm not- he did? is a fair question and i don't have... i'm not an - he did? is a fair question and i. don't have... i'm not an american voter, i can sit back and look at this. personally, ithink voter, i can sit back and look at this. personally, i think the democrats would be wise to go for a younger, new candidate. i know that the biden family, president himself and to team around him say very

firmly that he will be the candidate, ijust feel firmly that he will be the candidate, i just feel that firmly that he will be the candidate, ijust feel that it is very hard to recover from what was a catastrophic performance in that debate. and i know trump has taken a bigger lead in the opinion polls since the debate and i think the way the democrats can recapture the initiative is to move on to another candidate at their convention in august. i think they have a strong bench, there are a number of candidates around who could give trump a very good run for his money. he has plenty of baggage and issues in his side so i'd say pick biden for consequential unsuccessful first term but now is the time to go off into the sunset. can term but now is the time to go off into the sunset.— term but now is the time to go off into the sunset. can i also get your view then on _ into the sunset. can i also get your view then on the _ into the sunset. can i also get your view then on the special— view then on the special relationship keir starmer has already mentioned? renewing the us, it doesn't feel that people in

washington believe in that special relationship and that it's an emotional one? or does it feel purely transactional now? it depends. it are quite transactional during trump's first term. when there is a really dangerous situation around the world that requires intervention, americans tend to look to us first, iraq energy iran and afghanistan and syria. at those moments, the special relationship feels very strong and central. when you are looking at the intelligence and security relationship, then the bonds there are unique and strong between the us and uk and it feels like something that will survive whoever is in the white house. but it has a ways been the case that if we have a stable,

strong governments and our economy is doing well, and if we have good productive relationships with our neighbours and acts around the world, that special relationship has an extra shine to it. if we are struggling, then it doesn't. but is there not tension _ struggling, then it doesn't. but is there not tension at _ struggling, then it doesn't. but is there not tension at the - struggling, then it doesn't. but is there not tension at the moment| struggling, then it doesn't. but is there not tension at the moment and attention that will continue because of the economic protectionism we have seen under biden that would definitely continue under trump? yes, the act is certainly protecting it and i don't expect a trump presidency could add extra powers. we had that on first term as well with tariffs on exports of british aluminium and steel so this would be aluminium and steel so this would be a return to the sort of situation we

knew back in 2016 to 2020. you have to cope with that and the fact is this in a strong affection in favour of free trade either side of the aisle and you make the best of it and persuade them not to put extra tariffs on and so on. but in the end, the operation relationship we have on security in matters of intelligence overrides that. and we are living in a perilous time when there is war in europe, conflict and there is war in europe, conflict and the middle east, tension with china. all of those issues have to be worked closely with the us. the fascinating _ worked closely with the us. the fascinating to _ worked closely with the us. the fascinating to talk to you, thank you for taking the time. a few lines from downing street about the conversations keir starmer has had with president macron and olaf scholz. both of those conversations in which the leaders

said they looked forward to furthering the close co—operation between the us and france that make and france, some for germany as well. those conversations taking part in the past few hours or so. meanwhile, many of the smaller parties have been celebrating electoral success, including the green party, which saw its number of mps increase from one to four. the party held on to brighton pavilion and won in bristol central, north herefordshire and in waveney valley — from where alex dunlop reports. one of the four seats won by the greens was the seat of north herefordshire where they overturned a majority of over 25,000 from the conservatives who had held the seat since 2001. ellie chowns is the new mp and shejoins me now. congratulations, what an achievement. how did you do it and personally, i know there is a big story behind this, how did you catch the vote of the farmers?— the vote of the farmers? thank you ve much the vote of the farmers? thank you very much for— the vote of the farmers? thank you very much for having _ the vote of the farmers? thank you very much for having me. -

the vote of the farmers? thank you very much for having me. and - the vote of the farmers? thank you l very much for having me. and thanks for the congratulations, i'm really delighted. yes, it is a big swing and we had been working really hard for that for many years, building the strength of green support within herefordshire and particularly in the north. your question particularly about farmers, farming is obviously a super important part of our economy, our culture here in north herefordshire. i live in a former self. sometimes there is a bit of a misconception that all farmers are conservatives or there is a conflict somehow between voting green and being a farmer being supportive of farming. that can be further from the truth. the green party absolutely recognises the importance of agriculture and we want to see more support for farmers. in fact, there is a really positive shift in the whole country and particularly in herefordshire towards more nature friendly farming, sometimes called

regenerative farming, away from conventional farming regenerative farming, away from conventionalfarming operations regenerative farming, away from conventional farming operations that can be damaging and recognising that farming and food and all of us depend on the health of the soil. i think there is a great deal of common ground between greens and farmers. 50 common ground between greens and farmers. ., , , farmers. so what will be different for our farmers. so what will be different for your constituents _ farmers. so what will be different for your constituents now - farmers. so what will be different for your constituents now with - farmers. so what will be different| for your constituents now with you as their mp? i for your constituents now with you as their mp?— as their mp? i think it's a constituency _ as their mp? i think it's a constituency that - as their mp? i think it's a constituency that had - as their mp? i think it's a constituency that had the as their mp? i think it's a - constituency that had the same mp for 23 years and i think what i've offered on the campaign trail and will continue to offer as mp is a very energetic and engaged and positive and enthusiastic and community rooted approach to being mp. i think people can look forward to being represented in a more energetic way, i would say, in westminster. i put that into practice right at the start, out and about in my new constituency over the past couple of days and have just been touring around the four key market towns within my

constituencyjust key market towns within my constituency just today meeting voters and collecting casework in fact, people coming up to me in the street with issues they would like me to take forward. i think that will be the key change that people will be the key change that people will see and it certainly seems to be very much commented on and remarked upon positively by people. and briefly, how big a challenge will it be and how much of a commitment have you made to tackling pollution in the river wye? i5 commitment have you made to tackling pollution in the river wye? is a reall bi pollution in the river wye? i3 —. really big challenge and a really big issue for me. it's one of the top three issues i focused on my campaign and one of the issues i'll be working on in parliament. in the river wye, the catchment, the key issue here is agricultural pollution which is diffuse pollution, pollution coming off the land and all sorts of places. we really need to work closely together with farmers to tackle that and a key factor has been the very large expansion of the industrial poultry industry within the catchment and thatis industry within the catchment and that is something i am very keen to

work to tackle. we need a water protection over the river wye and the environment agency to have more funding and teeth to actually enforce the pollution rules we have got. i look forward to working with all of the mp is covering the whole catchment to push that agenda forward as soon as i hit the ground in westminster on monday.- forward as soon as i hit the ground in westminster on monday. thank you so much for— in westminster on monday. thank you so much forjoining _ in westminster on monday. thank you so much forjoining us. _ in westminster on monday. thank you so much forjoining us. just _ in westminster on monday. thank you so much forjoining us. just to - so much forjoining us. just to update you, what we're hearing from dusseldorf as we have some other screens here on the match underway at the moment with england versus switzerland, it is still 1—1 after the saka goal and in extra time. apparently the crowd in dusseldorf is a rippling with expectation and excitement at the possibility of penalties. we will see but we will keep you up to date here on bbc news. stay with us. hello there. conditions did improve somewhat through this afternoon with increasing amounts of sunshine, particularly

across southern and eastern areas. but as we head into part two of the weekend, it's going to be a similar story. starting off with sunny spells and then showers will develop. some of them could be heavy and thundery through the afternoon. it's all courtesy of this area of low pressure, which has brought wet and windy weather to southern and eastern areas. that's continuing to push off into the north sea as we head through this evening and overnight. many of the showers fade away tonight. clearer skies, but showers will return across southern and western areas during the early hours. so where we have clear skies temperatures in single digits, where we have more cloud, more breeze across the south with the showers, then we're looking at 10 to 12 celsius. so sunday starts off bright, brighter than what we had on saturday morning with some sunshine before showers get going late morning onwards and into the afternoon. these will tend to become widespread form bands as well, and some of them could be heavy and thundery, but a few areas could escape them all together and stay dry. winds a bit lighter too, so it should feel a touch warmer, but still disappointing temperatures for this time of year. mid to high teens. so sunday then expect a heavy shower to move through the wimbledon area monday. this is a bit of pessimistic.

it will start dry with plenty of sunshine before cloud thickens up later in the day with some patchy rain. so as we head through sunday night, most of the showers fade away with a slightly cooler air mass in place. light winds, clear skies it's going to turn quite chilly, with temperatures widespread into single digits even in towns and cities. out of towns, we're looking at low single figures. so a chilly start to monday. however, it'll be chilly but bright. widespread sunshine around. light winds through the day. showers will develop across central and northern areas and then towards the end of the day, this new area of low pressure will push into the south to bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. so a pretty decent day, i think, before this low starts to move up from the south and we could see temperatures touching 20 degrees. that area of low pressure continues to move north across the uk during tuesday and wednesday. towards the end of the week, though, we've got high pressure toppling in from the west. that should settle things down and i think as we head into next weekend and the following week, it looks like it should be dry. quite a bit of sunshine around,

but the run up to next weekend looks like it'll stay unsettled thanks to low pressure. pretty disappointing temperatures forjuly. take care.

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their euro quarterfinal is going to penalties! keir starmer holds his first news conference as prime minister — saying tough decisions need to be made soon. he confirms he'll ditch the previous government's plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda. the gaza health ministry says at least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people in nuseirat in central gaza. iranians react to the election of a relatively moderate member of the parliament, masoud pezeshkian, as president. the reformist candidate's win brings hope to some women and younger voters. he beat a hardline rival in a run—off vote. now on bbc news, it's sportsday.

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