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 an air strike on a school sheltering displaced people in nuseirat in central gaza. the israeli army says it was targeting fighters in the area. iran's new reformist president tells supporters their votes have given hope to a dissatisfied society. as we've been hearing 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 sent this update from dingwall. bell this| bell

this is the last constituency to declare in the uk. it this is the last constituency to declare in the uk.— this is the last constituency to declare in the uk. it was somewhat already pretty _ declare in the uk. it was somewhat already pretty much _ declare in the uk. it was somewhat already pretty much decided, - declare in the uk. it was somewhatl already pretty much decided, really, the candidate for the snp had already conceded defeat, the liberal democrats were the main challenges here, the scottish liberal democrats — but it wasn't over until it was over. wejust — but it wasn't over until it was over. we just had the results in confirmation that the liberal democrats have gained this constituency from the snp also i'm joined now by the newly elected scottish liberal democrat mp, angus macdonald. better late than never. thank goodness.— thank goodness. what you think is resmnsible _ thank goodness. what you think is responsible for _ thank goodness. what you think is responsible for the _ thank goodness. what you think is responsible for the lib _ thank goodness. what you think is responsible for the lib dems's - responsible for the lib dems's success across the uk, notjust the world? i success across the uk, not 'ust the world? ~ , success across the uk, not 'ust the world? ~' , , , world? i think they represent the communities. _ world? i think they represent the communities. they _ world? i think they represent the communities. they want - world? i think they represent the communities. they want to - world? i think they represent the j communities. they want to move powers— communities. they want to move powers and — communities. they want to move powers and budgets back to the communities, and they feel that centralisation of power has been considerably too far, which i think it's probably the single biggest reason, — it's probably the single biggest reason, and trust — i think the conservatives and snp have lost the trust of _ conservatives and snp have lost the trust of the — conservatives and snp have lost the trust of the people.— trust of the people. there's obviously —

trust of the people. there's obviously been _ trust of the people. there's obviously been a _ trust of the people. there's obviously been a lot - trust of the people. there's obviously been a lot of- trust of the people. there's obviously been a lot of talk| trust of the people. there's l obviously been a lot of talk in trust of the people. there's - obviously been a lot of talk in the selection about just obviously been a lot of talk in the selection abou— obviously been a lot of talk in the selection about 'ust how difficult a set of results — selection aboutjust how difficult a set of results as _ selection aboutjust how difficult a set of results as has _ selection aboutjust how difficult a set of results as has been - selection aboutjust how difficult a set of results as has been for- selection aboutjust how difficult a set of results as has been for the l set of results as has been for the snp, who have long been dominant in scotland, down to a tally of nine, with your gain for the liberal democrats in scotland, it takes you “p democrats in scotland, it takes you up to six. what do you think has happened to the snp this campaign? i would say a lot of people who were warm _ would say a lot of people who were warm to _ would say a lot of people who were warm to the snp and supportive have been very— warm to the snp and supportive have been very badly shaken by the financial— been very badly shaken by the financial irregularities. and secondly, their inability to deliver on projects — there have been lots of consultation reviews, but actually _ of consultation reviews, but actually delivering on the new ferries— actually delivering on the new ferries or— actually delivering on the new ferries or the health secretary in the highlands, those are the big issues _ the highlands, those are the big issues i — the highlands, those are the big issues i would say.— issues i would say. there is still an active investigation - issues i would say. there is still an active investigation and - issues i would say. there is still an active investigation and we l an active investigation and we cannot say anything about the investigation into the snp's finances. but you are the newly elected mp — what are your

priorities going into westminster for the first time? i priorities going into westminster for the first time?— for the first time? i think what made the _ for the first time? i think what made the live _ for the first time? i think what made the live dems _ for the first time? i think what made the live dems very - for the first time? i think what i made the live dems very popular for the first time? i think what - made the live dems very popular in the highlands was the same back 20 years ago— the highlands was the same back 20 years ago as it is today, and charles_ years ago as it is today, and charles kennedy it was a fantastic mp of— charles kennedy it was a fantastic mp of 33— charles kennedy it was a fantastic mp of 33 years. he was a legend, and he really— mp of 33 years. he was a legend, and he really fought day in, day out for the highlands. sol he really fought day in, day out for the highlands. so i think every discussion down in westminster, i'll be fighting — discussion down in westminster, i'll be fighting for the highlands. this is one of the _ be fighting for the highlands. try 3 is one of the country's most remote seats, you'll be travelling back and forth now — how will that be for you? it forth now - how will that be for ou? ., ., ,, ., ., you? it would take for having five hours to drive _ you? it would take for having five hours to drive from _ you? it would take for having five hours to drive from left _ you? it would take for having five hours to drive from left to - you? it would take for having five hours to drive from left to right, l hours to drive from left to right, and we — hours to drive from left to right, and we are — hours to drive from left to right, and we are 500 odd miles from westminster. the sleeper train will be nry— westminster. the sleeper train will be my passport, so let'sjust hope they keep — be my passport, so let'sjust hope they keep running and it's got enough — they keep running and it's got enough vacancies for me to get a hog _ enough vacancies for me to get a bed. . , , ., enough vacancies for me to get a bed. ., , i. ., ., ,, ., ., bed. finally, you are walking into a very different _ bed. finally, you are walking into a very different parliament _ bed. finally, you are walking into a very different parliament than - bed. finally, you are walking into a very different parliament than the l very different parliament than the one that came before. what you make

of the election we just had? i one that came before. what you make of the election we just had?— of the election we 'ust had? i think it's treat, of the election we 'ust had? i think its great. we — of the election we just had? i think it's great, we have a _ of the election we just had? i think it's great, we have a labour- of the election we just had? i think it's great, we have a labour and i it's great, we have a labour and liberal— it's great, we have a labour and liberal strength down there, i think the conservatives need to spend time out of— the conservatives need to spend time out of office, and the snp too. sol really— out of office, and the snp too. sol really look— out of office, and the snp too. sol really look forward to working as closely _ really look forward to working as closely as — really look forward to working as closely as possible with the labour ministers — closely as possible with the labour ministers. it�*s closely as possible with the labour ministers. �* , , ., ., :: ., , ministers. it's been along 40 hours for ou, ministers. it's been along 40 hours for you. ill— ministers. it's been along 40 hours foryou. i'll let— ministers. it's been along 40 hours for you, i'll let you _ ministers. it's been along 40 hours for you, i'll let you go _ ministers. it's been along 40 hours for you, i'll let you go and - for you, i'll let you go and celebrate your success, congratulations, you very much. thank you. congratulations, you very much. thank you-— congratulations, you very much. thank you. the election is finally over for everybody _ thank you. the election is finally over for everybody in _ thank you. the election is finally over for everybody in the - thank you. the election is finally over for everybody in the uk - thank you. the election is finally l over for everybody in the uk now, they are packing up the boxes ending wall, they will go and celebrate this evening. as i said, another loss here for the snp and there will be a lot of soul—searching this weekend about what exactly went wrong for them in this campaign as they look ahead to what comes next for them as a party. there's been a significant increase in the number of people asking for help after their energy suppliers passed their bills on to debt collection agencies.

figures seen exclusively by radio 4's money box show a rise of nearly 90% injust four years. money box's dan whitworth has been taking a look. when it comes to problems with energy bills, theresa newsham has faced more than most. not only did she receive a wildly inaccurate bill from british gas, suppose owing more than £60,000 for her small one bed flat in lancaster, but she and herfamily spent five months trying to get it corrected, only for her to finally be told because she hadn't paid the bill, her details were being passed on to a debt collection agency. i couldn't believe it, absolutely. it's absolutely bonkers, and there's no way i'd have used that much electricity. i think i must be paying for the whole town, let alone one person's small bedroom flat. it's been going on for five months, and it's — yeah, it's scary, and, you know, time it was resolved. in 2020, citizens advice says

slightly fewer than 2,500 people came to them for help after finding their energy supplier had handed their details over to debt collection agencies, something the regulator ofgem says should always be a last resort. last year, that number was more than 4,500. citizens advice recognises the numbers are small, but also says what it calls aggressive collection tactics by suppliers are becoming more common. the numbers are not huge at the moment, in the thousands, but we know that there are 5 million people living in households that are in energy debt at the moment, and are at risk of practices like this, and sending bailiffs to the door of people who have fallen behind on their bills is treating them like they are just hiding money down the back of the sofa, when the reality is that they can't pay, and these kind of practicesjust can't be the answer. after money box got involved, british gas apologised to theresa and said how sorry it was to let her down. energy uk, which speaks for suppliers, says resolving a problem this big cannot be done by industry alone, and anyone struggling to pay their bills should contact their supplier, which are obliged to

offer help and support. dan whitworth, bbc news. more now on our top story — england have secured a place in the euro semi—finals, beating switzerland on penalties. after a late equaliser from bukayo saka, and a stalemate in extra time, it was five goals forfive in penalties, and victory in gareth southgate's 100th game as england manager. earlier, i spoke with football journalist frida fagerlund and expert in swiss football craig king, to talk about that result. i asked whether the england performance met their expectations. i thought england played better than what they had done previously during the tournament. at least as good as they did in the first half against serbia, in the first game, but at the same time, it wasn't the best we've seen from england. the three at the back certainly improved things, i thought, especially phil foden who seemed way more comfortable playing a bit more centrally and that opened up space

for bukayo saka as well to thrive in, but this england team, yes, they are through to in other semifinal, it is gareth southgate's third in four tournaments but at the same time, this wasn't the most entertaining game. will come back to that in a moment every may. craig, or did you make of the match? swiss unbeaten in this calendar year and really made england work for its right to the end, didn't they? that's what they've done throughout this tournament and they it again here and everybody out today could turn up and give a big performance but it is a sore want to take because they did absolutely everything and to lose in that fashion, it could have went the other way and history would have been made, but ultimately it wasn't to be but they brought the country together and everyone can be proud of their performance.

did you expect it to go all the way to penalties? i thought it would be a tight game and extra time and penalties were always something that could happen but when switzerland scored there was some relief that they could see it out but that was quickly extinguished but then it seemed certain it would go the difference after england scored. this time it was five out of five, but it's been parentless in the past? —— parentless? yes, but not as anxious as i used to be and i must say they have so many players now that our regular penalty taker is and you can really tell from cole palmer, who is such a young player but he stepped up and took the first one, and you have ivan toney and bukayo saka who was more mature compared to a few years ago and i think it was really important to him personally to actually score and put history behind him, so yes,

i think it is a squat now that has got a lot more mature players and definitely a better penalty takers and it was an absolutely brilliant penalty shoot out from england. just keeping an eye on the other quarterfinal that is happening tonight, the netherlands leading 2—1 against turkey and the game is almost over and it is extra time. how much do you think england would prefer to be meeting turkey rather than the netherlands? yes, i think so and i think if switzerland had gone through it would have been the ideal choice as well so you'd rather turkey but there has been so many surprises in this tournament so i don't think there is any easy game any more. this was gareth southgate's 100th match as the national coach. how much did he need a win? if england had not won tonight, what might it have meant for him?

it probably would have been his last game as england manager, and i think he is feeling the pressure and he definitely said so at the press conference, and he got slightly annoyed when he received questions about why england aren't more entertaining and he was basically saying, i've taken this team to a third semifinals, what more could you ask for? this is how you win tournaments. and i completely understand that style of his arguments but at the same time, people don't want to be bored for 120 minutes, they want to see entertaining football and maybe england aren't to delivering that but, yes, they are through to another semifinal. who's your money on, craig? you might be more sensible than risking a single penny on this sport, but who do you think will win the tournament? i who do you think will win the tournament?— who do you think will win the tournament? i think right now, the 've tournament? i think right now, they've been — tournament? i think right now, they've been the _ tournament? i think right now, they've been the most - tournament? i think right now, l they've been the most consistent tournament? i think right now, - they've been the most consistent and impressive _ they've been the most consistent and impressive team so far, and their performances, so they are the favourites _ performances, so they are the favourites for me. but i think

england _ favourites for me. but i think england and france are playing in a way that— england and france are playing in a way that is— england and france are playing in a way that is not very entertaining, but it— way that is not very entertaining, but it seems to be getting the job done _ but it seems to be getting the job done so— but it seems to be getting the job done so it — but it seems to be getting the job done. so it would necessarily be good _ done. so it would necessarily be good for— done. so it would necessarily be good for the sport of football, but if he gets— good for the sport of football, but if he gets the job done, so be it. a quick look at the front pages of tomorrow's papers here in the uk. the observer leads with a picture of the prime minister's new cabinet, quoting him as saying it's time to deliver. saying it is 'dead and buried'. the mail on sunday warns that the prime minister plans on closer ties with the eu in a 'retreat�* of the current brexit deal. the sunday telegraph says an ally of former prime minister tony blair is being brought in to drive nhs reform. a labour source has told the bbc that the new health secretary, wes streeting, has been having conversations with alan milburn,

and mr blair also features on the front of the sunday times — as the paper claims he's told keir starmer he needs a plan to deal with immigration. the daily star sunday celebrates the england team's victory over switzerland in the euros. and the sunday mirror also leads on england's success saying 'weve done it'. now on bbc news, newswatch. the bbc�*s general election reporting under the spotlight. welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up — now that the dust is settling from labour's victory on thursday, we hear what you thought of the campaign coverage. and what lessons can bbc news learn from the past six weeks? election nights are a big moment for a broadcaster, and so all eyes were on clive myrie and laura kuenssberg at 5—10pm on thursday night, as they kicked off 15 hours of live results programmes on bbc one.

big ben bongs and, as big ben strikes 10pm, the exit poll is predicting a labour landslide. as a dramatic night unfolded, there was a divided reaction from viewers, with james ball observing... but matthew ambrose was impressed with what he saw. thursday night's coverage was the culmination of an intense period for bbc news, with extensive reporting of the election campaign across television, radio, podcasts, and online. it was a campaign which threw up a number ofjournalistic issues and challenges, and some memorable moments. so, this is it — a general election is on. power will leave this most powerful of streets, and you'll be able to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. mr farage, are you standing?

well, we'll find out- in a moment, won't we? why'd you change your mind? who knows, who says i have? penny mordaunt, can you respond to that — rishi sunak leaving the d—day commemorations before the end of the day? what happened was completely wrong. the £2,000 claim is misleading. labour say they won't increase income tax, national insurance, or vat. are you two really the best we've got to be the next prime minister of our great country? applause the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, is ending his campaign as it began — with stunts that make a splash, so he gets the chance to talk about what his party's mps would argue for. we did it! cheering we asked you for your thoughts on how the bbc reported on the campaign, and here's a selection of what you sent us. 0n email, p harbour was complimentary.

but vikki beale said... meanwhile, here's mike taala. but again, there was dissent, with richard appleby complaining of... and there was more, with this response to our call for comments from the journalist philip stephens.

a viewer called sue objected to... david 0'leary thought there was... finally, the former bbc foreign correspondent hugh sykes also contacted us with his verdict. well, let's talk to two other ex—bbc journalists. carolyn quinn was a political correspondent and presenter here up until last year, when she left the corporation — including after a 16—year stint presenting radio four�*s the westminster hour. and katie searle also left the bbc last year, having been in charge

of its political output for eight years. she's now working as a consultant. welcome to you both, and thank you — i know you were both up probably all night with the general election, so thank you for coming on newswatch. you'll have heard there a lot of viewers were wondering whether the bbc, along with other news media, put too much emphasis on opinion polls. carolyn first. well, look, the opinion polls didn't really shift in terms of the divide between labour and the conservatives throughout the whole campaign. so you could say perhaps there was a little bit too much emphasis on them. however, they do indicate a mood. they do indicate a way that opinions are shifting and changing — and in that instance, it didn't look as if anything that was done during the campaigns was shifting opinion. so, what do you think, katie? i agree that, in the end, they didn't really shift, and they didn't really make any difference.

i know there's been a huge debate during the whole campaign about whether there should be a ban on polls. especially because of first—past—the—post. yeah, and lots of other countries do ban polls during the campaign. i think, as carolyn says, the story was over by the time we got into the campaign. you know, it didn't move — mostly campaigns don't move the polls, we know that. so, you know, banning them or not would not have made the slightest bit of difference. and anyway, it's not very british to ban polls, so it's not going to happen. leaders debates and interviews were a huge part of election coverage this time. did they achieve much — or were they, as some viewers felt, just shouting matches or gameshow—style events? i agree actually with a lot of the viewers' views on this. i mean, in the end, it is a shouting match. and i've come to the conclusion that that is what they are, and that actually is just what we should get used to. you know, a debate is, by its very nature, a debate, which involves argument, and therefore, shouting. and i think there is a problem,

if you're going to watch a debate and you hope that you get great enlightenment of policies, you're not going to get that. i mean, to add on to that, there was massive media, long—form interviews, online fact check, endless, endless programmes across all the different broadcasters. so, it's not as if it was the only thing on offer. and i think time restrictions — that's always the problem. if you're limiting a debate to a certain amount of time and five minutes per person, there's no way of getting into depth of policy — unlike the long—form interviews. i mean, the nick robinson interviews on panorama, they really did delve and probe into policy in a much more forensic way than any debate could. fact—checking — some viewers liked it. 0thers felt that the bbc�*s fact—checking of some of the leaders' claims wasn't effective in closing down the dodgy claims, such as the tories repeating of £2,000 tax rises under labour. they kept repeating it regardless — what did you think? i think they did as good a job as they possibly

could in the circumstances. bbc verify was one of the things that i really appreciated this time. i think it was great to have that real forensic analysis of what was being said. and, yes, you know, the 2,000 tax claim that the conservatives kept pushing against labour — whatever bbc verify said, they were still pushing that line. but i think it gave the public at least a chance to weigh up what was really being said, and having somebody like ben chu digging down into the policy, as well — i thought it worked really, really well, and it was a good innovation this year. yeah, fact—checking is a whole industry now, right? everyone has their own version, and it will definitely be here to stay, so we should get used to it _ and i agree, i think it's a great thing. carolyn, i've noticed one of our comments was from a former bbc correspondent, hugh sykes, who felt there was too much coverage driven by simple headlines, like the leaving d—day early, the betting scandal. did viewers get enough of actual

policies being scrutinised? i think there's always that argument that the bbc will break a story — the bbc broke the gambling story, or was one of those that broke it, and the d—day happenings as well. there is a temptation, isn't there, to overdo it, and i think maybe some of the bulletins spent too much time focusing on that, you know, the big shiny new story, rather than saying, "this happened today, now let's look at policy". because in the end, it's policy that matters. but is policy too boring? is it much more interesting to have personality stuff? that is the issue. and i think maybe what happened was that you had these big stories, these big moments happening — and you would get the minister wheeled out onto the today programme or onto bbc breakfast, and most of the time, again, the limited time would be taken up

with questioning them about gambling, whereas it would've been nice to have the pensions issue probed with the work and pensions secretary, rather than asking, "have you ever placed a bet"? yeah, i have a different perspective on this in that i think that the fact was, there wasn't any stories. you know, and it's notjournalists' job to come up with stories. you know, it's the politicians that should come up with the policies and the news — the definition of news is new things — and they didn't do that. and if you look at the manifesto launch, there was nothing new really in either of them. so what happens, as carolyn says, if you've got the d—day debacle or the betting scandal, of course that'll dominate it. and you can't really say, "well, it's the journalists' fault," because they are reporting what the news is. and, you know, if the parties wanted a different shake, then they should've come up with different policies. and samira, being an old—timer, and i've covered an awful lot of elections,

and seeing the way that things have shifted from the old days when the politicians and the parties would set the agenda themselves every day... daily news conference. ..with a morning news conference — that doesn't happen any more. and what happens when there's a vacuum? it gets filled. although, as you know, carolyn, very well, those days are well over, right? from the press conferences — those lines would've lasted about two—and—a—half minutes, because the media has changed so, so much. so many demands, and the media is so much more fast—moving. thank you. carolyn quinn, katie searle, thank you both. thank you. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news, on tv, radio, online, and social media, email newswatch@bbc.co.uk. or you can find us on x at @newswatchbbc. you can call us on 0370 0106676. and do have a look at previous

interviews on our website, bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us for now, thank you forjoining us. do think about getting in touch, and perhaps even coming on the programme. we'll be back to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. hello there. we had a very wet start to the day on saturday, with low pressure in charge, extensive, and pretty heavy outbreaks of rain. the afternoon got a bit better — sunny spells came through — but we also had quite widespread showers, like this shower cloud working across the horizon in the scottish borders. now the wettest place in the whole of the uk was rothamsted, in hertfordshire, near luton. and here, we had 37mm of rain — that compares with the monthly average of 52. so, in other words, we had, well, nearly three—quarters of a month's worth of rain in just the space of 24 hours. now, showers have continued to affect eastern areas of scotland,

northeast england into the first part of the night. but over the next few hours, many of the showers will tend to fade away — but i think we'll see another clump working into wales and southwest england as we head into the first part of sunday. now, sunday is overall the better of the two days of the weekend, many of us will start off with some sunshine first thing in the morning — but we'll have those showers from the word go across wales and western england, and through the day, those showers push eastwards. it is always across england and wales that the heaviest downpours are likely to be, with some hail and thunder mixed in, and, to a degree, northern ireland seeing heavy downpours, too. in scotland, there will still be showers, but they perhaps won't be quite as heavy as the ones we've seen over the last 24 hours. now monday's forecast, it's another pretty unsettled day — again, starting off on a promising note, many areas will start the day dry and sunny. but showers will develop across northern areas of the uk, and it looks like we'll see another area of rain start to work into the southwest, so that could affect southwest england and parts of southern

wales, as well. the area of rain is associated with this next area of low pressure, which pushes its way northwards across the country very slowly through tuesday and wednesday. so, tuesday looks like probably the wettest day of the week ahead. extensive and heavy outbreaks of rain in england and wales, some wet weather for northern ireland. eventually, the rain reaches northwards into scotland. and again, as the rain eases off it willjust be followed by heavy showers and thunderstorms. top temperatures — high teens to low 20s, which much of the temperatures have been over recent days. that is below average for this time of the year. and beyond that, it does stay pretty unsettled, might see something a little bit less soggy as we head towards the following weekend. bye for now.

live from washington. this is bbc news. a fifth democratic member of congress calls onjoe biden to withdraw from the us presidential race. keir starmer says he will have to make tough decisions "and make them early"

in his first full day as uk prime minister. the gaza health ministry says an israeli strike on a school has killed at least 16 people. and iran's first reformist president in two decades acknowledges there's a 'difficult path ahead'. hello. us presidentjoe biden is under increasing pressure to end his 2024 re—election campaign. on saturday, a fifth democrat in the us house of representatives issued a statement calling for mr biden to step aside. congresswoman angie craig of minnesota said she admires president biden, and takes pride in the legislation passed in his first term. however, she then went on to say, "i respectfully call on president biden to step aside as the democratic nominee and allow for a new generation

of leaders to step forward." ms craig cited last week's cnn debate, where