and england fans overjoyed after the team beat switzerland to make it to the semi—finals of the euros 2024 — but only after penalties. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. polls open in france in a little under two hours�* time as people across the country prepare to cast their ballots in the second round of parliamentary elections. final opinion polls suggest marine le pen�*s far—right national rally will secure the most votes — but it's thought it's unlikely to win an outright majority in the national assembly. such an outcome could plunge the country into a chaotic hung parliament, severely denting the authority of president emmanuel macron. the anti—immigration national rally scored historic gains in last sunday's first—round vote — giving le pen and the party's

28—year—old leaderjordan bardella their first realistic chance of running the government and taking control of the national assembly. however, after hundreds of rival candidates from centrist and leftist parties dropped out to give their allies a better chance of defeating the far—right, le pen�*s hopes of winning an absolute majority seem less certain. let's speak to matt fitzpatrick — professor in international history at flinders university in adelaide. thank you forjoining us on the programme. for many decades, the far right in france were shunned, they would never get elected in parliament or run for the presidency. what changed in recent years? two thins changed in recent years? two things have — changed in recent years? twr things have happened, the first is the far right has gone to a great deal of trouble to soft on their packaging. not necessarily their policies but their packaging so they seem a

little bit closer to the centre than they really were. the other thing that has happened is the mainstream politics or europe and elsewhere have moved to the right. europe and elsewhere have moved to the right-— europe and elsewhere have moved to the risht— to the right. they have moved to the right. they have moved to the right. they have moved to the right — to the right. they have moved to the right and _ to the right. they have moved to the right and as _ to the right. they have moved to the right and as we - to the right. they have moved to the right and as we said - to the right and as we said before, polls suggest that the national valley will not win an outright majority but it is expected to be the biggest party in the national assembly. what does this mean for forming a government in france? it what does this mean for forming a government in france?- a government in france? if the national valley _ a government in france? if the national valley cannot - a government in france? if the national valley cannot form i a government in france? if the national valley cannot form a l national valley cannot form a majority which i don't think they're well, you will see an attempt at least two ring together the new popular front of the left coalition at the moment and the parties around emmanuel macron, the ensemble, to create a roared for a republic coalition. they will be a brittle coalition and who will be that as payment is to open question.— open question. there are concerns _ open question. there are concerns about _ open question. there are concerns about the - open question. there are concerns about the far i concerns about the far right but on the left voters are

sceptical about the options on the left considered to be extreme. it's really a difficult position for french people when they go to cast their ballots today? it people when they go to cast their ballots today?- their ballots today? it has certainly _ their ballots today? it has certainly been _ their ballots today? it has certainly been for - their ballots today? it has i certainly been for emmanuel macron to say that they are too extreme but if you look at who is inside that new popular front coalition, very few of those are what you may call far left and most of them would sit in the social democratic range or green range. nonetheless it is very difficult for some to vote either to the left or right of whether usually vote. and should the national valley emerge as the biggest party or perhaps gain an outright majority, what with this mean for the french government's policies? especially on the international stage? policies? especially on the internationalstage? in policies? especially on the international stage? in terms ofthe international stage? in terms of the international _ international stage? in terms of the international stage - international stage? in terms of the international stage as l international stage? in terms| of the international stage as a fairly have resin prospect. we're not talking about a small country, we are talking about a power that has a un veto power,

a nuclear power, a power that sits right at the heart of europe. if they suddenly retreated to a radical sovereignty kind of movement, then we would see very large difficulties in the coming years. difficulties in the coming ears. ~ ., difficulties in the coming ears. ., ., , difficulties in the coming ears, ~ ., ., , , difficulties in the coming ears. ., , ., ., years. what does this mean for the french _ years. what does this mean for the french president _ years. what does this mean for the french president and - years. what does this mean for the french president and his i the french president and his ability to govern france if the government is formed by strong opponents of his? i government is formed by strong opponents of his?— opponents of his? i think emmanuel _ opponents of his? i think emmanuel macron - opponents of his? i think i emmanuel macron will have opponents of his? i think - emmanuel macron will have a lot of difficulties no matter what the result is today because i cannot see his coalition of parties in the centre—right becoming victorious. whoever emerges whether it be the far right or more likely perhaps a left lead coalition of pro— republican, then i think you will see emmanuel macron have difficulty directing politics from here on and they will have to live on as president for a couple more years if that is possible. couple more years if that is possible-— possible. professor matt fitzpatrick_ possible. professor matt fitzpatrick from - possible. professor matt | fitzpatrick from adelaide, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. thank you for “oining us on bbc news. ., �* _, the uk's new prime

minister, keir starmer, will visit edinburgh today, at the start of a tour of the uk's nations. he's promised a reset of the way the government works with the devolved administrations. labour won a large majority on thursday, after ia years of conservative—led governments. the new prime minister has been speaking with a number of foreign leaders since taking over. downing street released this photo of sir keir starmer speaking to world leaders, and sir keir starmer has posted a video on his instagram page of his first conversation with the us president, joe biden. let's take a listen. wanting to connect. you are now connected — wanting to connect. you are now connected to air force one.

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 — after chairing his first cabinet meeting. here's our political

editor chris mason. is this the day you dreamt of, deputy prime minister? there was a first day at school vibe in downing street this morning. is it quite something to have the red folder? is it good to be back? it's good to be back. an excitement and pride from those now at the top of government, heading in for a cabinet meeting. laughter. levity, yes, but a sense of the gravity of all this too. it was the honour and privilege of my life to be invited by the king, his majesty the king, yesterday, to form a government. so what do you want from the new government? here are some folk in bury, in greater manchester. honesty. just plain and simple honesty. and i'd like every politician to do a professionaljob. the priorities needs to be a massive increase in budgets. and that's throughout all of the education sector. more focus on our borders

and border control- and other systems. um, disabled. i work with disabled adults. levelling up for the north. really, we're a bit fed up of our tired trains. at lunchtime, a news conference from the new prime minister. good afternoon and thank you very much for coming. yesterday, the work of change began. we're a changed labour party, and yesterday we started the work of changing the country. you've said that change can't be delivered by flicking a switch, but plenty of people might want lots of switches flicked, pretty quickly, and so i wonder how soon you can actually start delivering concrete change. i'm restless for change, and i think and hope that what you've already seen demonstrates that. not least the appointment yesterday of patrick vallance and james timpson, two individuals who are associated

with change and delivery. so budget balance is to be the scientific advisor. james timson of the key cutting and shoe mending business is now known for hiring ex— offenders and had this to say recently. of those who end up in jail. and had this to say recently. of those who end up injail. irate of those who end up in “ail. we have of those who end up injail. - have 85,000 people in prison and will go up to 100,000 pretty soon. i thought of them should definitely be there. there is another third in the middle which probably should not be there but they need some other kind of state support. massive mental health issues, there have been in prison or their wives and there is another third and a large portion of women who present is a disaster for. the portion of women who present is a disaster for.— a disaster for. the prime minster— a disaster for. the prime minster did _ a disaster for. the prime minster did not - a disaster for. the prime minster did not endorse | a disaster for. the prime i minster did not endorse his ministers words explicitly but did not distance himself from the sentiment either. the - resent the sentiment either. the present minister - the sentiment either. the present minister has - the sentiment either. tue: present minister has huge

experience here and has invested a huge amount over many years in relation to prisons and that is why i wanted to make that appointment. we do need to be clear about a way in which we use prisons and we need to get away from the fact that for so many people coming out of prison they are back in prison relatively quickly afterwards. that is a massive problem. meanwhile, conservatives are pondering what the future looks like this weekend, and a recurring question. i going to be the next tory party leader? no announcements. we have to take our time and figure out what is happening. are you up to the challenge? it has been a really bad result, no two ways about it. back at number ten, that sense of novelty. have you unpacked yet, have you found your way around? i have a basic understanding of the rooms i have viewed so far here, and that's good, but there are plenty of places i am yet to discover. but no, we are not unpacked quite yet, but we will be soon and we will be moving in very soon. the address is very familiar, but for him and for the rest

of us, much that is new to get used to. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. let's turn to the middle east. there are signs that hamas may be prepared to make key compromises to reach a deal with israel to end hostilities. reports quoting hamas and egyptian sources say the militant group has accepted washington's proposal to begin talks on releasing israeli hostages. hamas is also said to have agreed to drop a demand that israel first commit to a permanent ceasefire. earlier, the israeli military confirmed it carried out an airstrike on a un—run school in gaza. the health ministry in gaza says that at least 16 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded at the school sheltering displaced palestinians in the centre of the enclave. eyewitnesses told the bbc that the strike struck the upper floors of the school near a crowded market. the israeli army says

it was targeting militants in the area and trying to minimise harm to civilians. our correspondent, sebastian usher, has been giving us the latest from jerusalem. scenes of the dead and wounded being rushed to hospital once again in gaza. this time, people are being taken from a school in the centre of gaza, in a refugee camp, nuseirat refugee camp, which was hit. around 7,000 displaced people were taking refuge there. these scenes are still being repeated across the whole of gaza. up in gaza city, in the north, a battle has been raging in one district there, where israeli forces have been battling against hamas and other palestinian armed factions, while right down in the south in rafah, the israeli military operation is still continuing there, and just a few days ago, to the east of khan younis, hundreds of thousands of palestinians were told that they had to evacuate. all of this shows that fighting is still continuing in gaza.

it underlines the urgency, as momentum is building once again towards a resumption of ceasefire talks, and talks to finally secure the release of all remaining hostages in gaza, dead or alive. hamas gave its response to the latest proposal, which was presented by president biden several weeks ago. it appears to be a positive response. it may even have finally overcome what's been the main stumbling block, the demand by hamas that there must be a permanent ceasefire before any movement forward. we will still have to see if israel, the israeli government, can accept that and make perhaps some concession itself about its demand that it must be able to continue fighting, if necessary, after any ceasefire. with me is is said shehata from bbc arabic. what are we hearing in the last few hours in terms of the impact of this strike on a un

run school in nuseirat in gaza? it is devastating incident. at least 16 people were killed in this incident, as i said it was targeting militants from hamas and they did everything they can in order to minimise the civilian casualties but that is what they are doing all the time. injune, last month another un run school with displaced people was targeted and at least 35 people were killed. also the same claim with israel that it was targeting hamas militants. and using the human shield. it was a repeat of the story from hamas on one side and israel on the other but the result is more civilians killed, more displaced people are suffering from this and i'm moving from

place to place. the wars having a piggyback on people's lives and it needs to happen and to end the misery of those people. this incident is significant because it is a repetition of what is happening since october seven. , ., , y what is happening since october seven. , ., , , . seven. obviously in recent days there have _ seven. obviously in recent days there have been _ seven. obviously in recent days there have been increased - there have been increased efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between hamas and israel. now we are hearing that hamas is willing to drop its demands for a permanent ceasefire. how significant would this be from hamas? it significant would this be from hamas? ., ., , ., hamas? it would give hope that the ma hamas? it would give hope that they may reach _ hamas? it would give hope that they may reach a _ hamas? it would give hope that they may reach a deal _ hamas? it would give hope that they may reach a deal because. they may reach a deal because for a few months since november, the release of some hostages, there was hope and negotiation but it did not and any concrete results. this time hamas dropped its precondition of a permanent ceasefire and there is pressure from inside hamas because some people are fed up from what is happening, they are killed every day.

there is no hope in the future so there is some pressure on name—mac's site but also pressure from egypt —— pressure on hamas. as pressure from the united states, the international community in order to move. this will give hope that it may work out but there is still sticking points. the first one is the second stage because the first stage of the plan is to release hostages but hamas in order to have a ceasefire guaranteed by america, qatarand have a ceasefire guaranteed by america, qatar and egypt but is relevant not happy to do that also the names of the detainees of the posting in an israeli prisoners is a sticking point. also benjamin netanyahu saying they will carry on the war until hamas is destroyed but they are saying it is almost a destruction of hamas but there is hope. the next few days

delegation will go to qatar and other delegations. hopefully they will reach a conclusion and ceasefire to help and the misery of the people in gaza. said shehata from bbc arabic, and you putjoining us. the us presidentjoe biden is facing growing pressure from party colleagues to quit the presidential race. five democratic members of the house of representatives in congress have now called for him to step aside, following his disastrous debate performance against donald trump. hakeem jeffries, the leader of the democrats in the us house of representatives, has scheduled a virtual meeting on sunday with party members to discuss mr biden's candidacy. the democratic governor of hawaii, josh green, sastoe biden could decide within days whether to remain in the presidential race. this is a man who served for like 35 years as senator, eight years as a vice president in

four years as a president. you don'tjust fail when you have a crabby night. you talk to people around you, i hope everyone will look carefully at what our country needs and then if it isjoe biden, someone else he chooses which i am certain personally if the president did not run he would humbly ask the vice president to step in who has been extraordinary. if people make that choice, in his circle, that choice, in his circle, thatis that choice, in his circle, that is up to them. he earned a nomination and certainly he our respect also. from my perspective as a young governor, new to the job, perspective as a young governor, new to thejob, i'm 19 months in, i think if a person has spent their whole life serving they ought to make up life serving they ought to make up their own mind and i respect that. we will probably know in the next couple of days how the president feels about all this but they, the former president poses an accidental threat to

women —— and x essential threat to women and our democracy but will be a real drag to see him become our commander—in—chief again. everyone is an act about the performance he had in the debate in putting some governors and senators and congresspeople and people in coffee shops. at the end of the day he and jill, who is extraordinary, will make that decision with that in a circle and the vice president. in the men's european football championship, england have defeated switzerland on penalties, to reach the semi—finals. england scored all five of their spot kicks, including one by bukayo saka, who saw it as redemption for a miss in the euro 2020 final, while one swiss attempt was saved. england will now play the netherlands who beat turkey 2—1 for a place in sunday's final. well millions of england's supporters watched the nailbiting action. danjohnson was with fans in bristol. the first half wasn't really worth watching.

absolutely shocking. they should have done a lot better. with the players they've got, its really bad. switzerland scoring did not help the mood. georgie was just telling me how poorly england were playing when. .. cheering. the equaliser brought the sports club to life. cheering. that was decent! decent! but extra time slipped towards the inevitable. the perennial purgatory of the penalties. we have a minute and a half left and then penalties. how are you feeling about that? very nervous. i don't want it but i think it is going to go to that. if it goes to penalties i think we will still win it. _

england scored. switzerland missed. it wasn't in the script but we are going to do it. we are going to do it. we all have ways of managing the pressure but england just kept hitting home. a third, a fourth, five solid penalties. i told you they would win it on penalties, didn't i? well done. thank you very much indeed. say football's coming home. that is what they sing but the england team isn't just yet. england going through on penalties this time around. four volunteers have emerged from a small compound at a nasa base in texas, after spending more than a year living in conditions designed to simulate those on mars. they've been growing crops,

operating equipment, and carrying out experiments, to help nasa prepare for a future mission to mars. aina aslam reports. this is the moment kelly, ross, nathan emerge from the semi— letter that has been their home for the past 378 days. as they left the 3d printers habitat and finally reunited with their families, they appear to be in high spirits. t’m families, they appear to be in high spirite— high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured _ high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to _ high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to be _ high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to be part - high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to be part of- high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to be part of the i honoured to be part of the screw and project. to be a part of a small, into mental part of the work being done 11 date enable humans to explore and live on my stash make incremental.— live on my stash make incremental. ,, ., ., incremental. similar leading operations _ incremental. similar leading operations for _ incremental. similar leading operations for jack - incremental. similar leading operations for jack johns - incremental. similar leading | operations for jack johns will operations forjackjohns will have to do, including going from mars walks in the red sand pit, growing and harvesting vegetables and dealing with a 22 minute communication wake with earth. nasa is eager to know how they got on with the

experiments and their prolonged isolation. the mission is an important step in nasa's plan to set foot on mars by the early 20 405. the volunteers were thanked for devoting a year of their lives to serve humanity's exploration of space. aina aslam, bbc news. the moulin rouge is an iconic paris landmark. but two months ago the cabaret club's famous logo — the windmill — was left without its huge sails when they suddenly fell off. now they've been restored — just in time for the paris olympics. stephanie zakrisson has the details. ina cancan in a cancan show in front of the club, one of the most visited attractions in the french capital, it's dances dazzled spectators gathered in the streets. the gold cells of the streets. the gold cells of the window behind them lighting up the window behind them lighting up the paris night as they have been doing for more than 100 years. the blades fell off in

april but have now been restored.— april but have now been restored. ~ ., , restored. we were all very sad and it was _ restored. we were all very sad and it was something - restored. we were all very sad and it was something that - restored. we were all very sad and it was something that we | and it was something that we couldn't even believe happened. we are so thankful no—one was hurt but it was so lovely to receive so many messages from the public and everyone around the public and everyone around the world sent us messages to say we were feeling sorry for you guys and we hope your wings will be back up soon and that was really touching. tonight i'm so happy to see it lit up again and to be dancing in front of it, we don't get to do this every night so tonight is definitely one for the history books. �* , , ., books. and the venue is truly a art of books. and the venue is truly a part of the _ books. and the venue is truly a part of the capital's _ books. and the venue is truly a part of the capital's history. - part of the capital's history. when it stores opened in 1889 it was the first building in paris to use the marvellous new technology of electricity to light up and spin the wings of the wind north. the original complex was ravaged by a fire in 1915 but rebuilt a couple of years later. so when the wings broke earlier this year, the venue made sure to pull out all the stops to get them back into place just in the stops to get them back into

placejust in time the stops to get them back into place just in time for when the olympic torch is due to past the landmark.— the landmark. transition or it's especially _ the landmark. transition or it's especially good - the landmark. transition or it's especially good as - the landmark. transition or it's especially good as is i the landmark. transition or it's especially good as is a l it's especially good as is a lot of excitement and emotion because we remember what happened two months ago. we received so much support from everyone, it's emotional to see this further again here on the square. this further again here on the s: uare. , this further again here on the siuare, , ., this further again here on the suuare. , ., , square. the sales have been recreated — square. the sales have been recreated exactly _ square. the sales have been recreated exactly as - recreated exactly as the previous ones but they are not rotating yet. a little more time is needed to install the motorisation system but the show is back on like the wings of the moulin rouge. stephanie zakrisson, bbc news. you are watching bbc news, stay with us. 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 being 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 205, much as 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,

we might see something a little bit less soggy, as we head towards the following weekend. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines — people in some french overseas territories have voted in the decisive second round of parliamentary elections ahead of today's poll in mainland france. 0pinion polls suggest the far—right national rally is unlikely to win a majority.

——an outright majority. the gaza health ministry says an israeli strike on a school has killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 50. it comes amid signs hamas may be prepared to compromise to reach a peace deal with israel. calls for president biden to end his re—election bid are gathering momentum: the leader of the democrats in the us house of representatives has scheduled a virtual meeting with party members to discuss mr biden's candidacy. and england fans overjoyed after the team beat switzerland to make it to the semifinals of the euros 2024, but only after penalties. england will now play the netherlands, who beat turkey 2—1, for a place in sunday's final. now on bbc news, it's click.