translation: the president has the power, the president has the duty to call the new popular front to govern. marine le pen�*s far—right party, national rally, has come third — when it was expected to top the poll. french prime minister gabriel attal says he will hand his resignation to president emmanuel macron on monday morning. hello and welcome to paris — i'm christian fraser. we had quite the surprise result in the national assembly elections.

the new popular front — winning the most seats in the national assembly. it's forecast to win between 182 and 193 seats in total. it's a surprise turnaround from the first round last week, which saw the far—right national rally party win the biggest share of the vote. national rally is projected to have between 136 and 144 mps — national rally is projected to have between 136 and 144 mps... horns honk, a likely third place behind president macron�*s centrist alliance, �*together�*. it's predicted to win between 157 and 163 seats. if confirmed in the full count, france will have a hung parliament. the french prime minister gabriel attal has confirmed he will hand in his resignation to president macron on monday. mr attal said the parliamentary election showed that no majority could be formed by what he called the extremes. take a listen.

we have the olympics and paralympics. emmanuel macron is at the nato summit. being prime minister has been the honour of my life, i have loved speaking to you, listening to you, meeting you, everything you have said has given me food for thought. the relationship we built together is what i hold dearest. tonight the politics i represented throughout this campaign has achieved a score that was three times greater than predicted over the last three weeks but we have not achieved a majority and so, loyal to the republican tradition and in accordance with my principals, tomorrow morning i will issue my resignation to the president of the republic,

in the light of the night's results, many french people will be feeling some uncertainty because there is no absolute majority. our country is living through an unprecedented political situation. we are preparing to host the world in just a few weeks. of course, i will carry out my duties as long as needed. together in second, the rally in third. the leader of the french left party, france unbowed, jean—luc melenchon, hailed the projected results, saying they were the result of "a magnificent mobilsation effort". john the manager said he had the power to form the next government. something disputed.

translation: with these ballots, a majority has made a different - choice for the country. from now on, the will of the people must be strictly respected, from now on no subterfuge, arrangement or scheme will be acceptable. the lessons of the vote are clear. the defeat of the president of the republic and his coalition is clearly confirmed. the president must bow down and accept this defeat without trying to circumvent it in any way. the prime minister must go, he never had the confidence of the national assembly, he has just led the campaign voiced by his camp and received a massive vote of no confidence from the people. immense disappointment, defeated by the republican front, candidates dropping out to ensure the vote was not split. the rally expected to get

less than estimated in the polls. they have gone from 89 to 140—150, ten million people voted for them or more, a quarter of the electorate. the leader of the national rally, jordan bardella, reacted to the projected results a little earlier. he called in to stitch up. translation: unfortunately, the alliance of dishonor - and the dangerous electoral arrangements made by emmanuel macron and gabriel attal with ultraleft factions are tonight depriving the french people of a policy of recovery that they overwhelmingly voted for when they put us in the lead in the european elections and then again last sunday in the first round, with almost 34% of the vote. our correspondent azadeh moshiri is in place de la republique.

she has been with the leftist coalition at stalingrad. looking at some of the responses from socialists tonight part of this leftist coalition, one saying we had an electoral pact but not legislative. trying to keep the president out of the leftist coalition might be difficult for emmanuel macron. that coalition might be difficult for emmanuel macron.— coalition might be difficult for emmanuel macron. that is the question. _ emmanuel macron. that is the question. now— emmanuel macron. that is the question, now that _ emmanuel macron. that is the question, now that the - emmanuel macron. that is the question, now that the new i emmanuel macron. that is the i question, now that the new front, the popular front has question, now that the new front, the popularfront has had question, now that the new front, the popular front has had such a victory in keeping the far right at bay, what do they do next? this is the point where they have to come together and find some sort of deal, coordinate on what happens next, we were at the rally in stalingrad before, we are now in place de la

republique. not all of them here backjean—luc melenchon�*s platform. back jean—luc melenchon�*s platform. the backjean—luc melenchon�*s platform. the socialist party, the greens, they will increase their seats as well, the socialist party in fact is likely to have a very close number of seats... how will they ensure they have a deal that allows them to govern cohesively? france is in some ways stepping into a big unknown here. they have to understand how they can find a long lasting solution. �* they can find a long lasting solution-— they can find a long lasting solution. �* ., , , , solution. and in that sense it is difficult to _ solution. and in that sense it is difficult to characterise - solution. and in that sense it is| difficult to characterise anything as a victory for france in it because it looks like, well, it is a hung parliament and it looks like a very messy few months ahead. gabriel

attal will stay in place until september, but we could be in for weeks or months of coalition building, azadeh.— weeks or months of coalition building, azadeh. when emanuel macron called _ building, azadeh. when emanuel macron called election _ building, azadeh. when emanuel macron called election he - building, azadeh. when emanuel macron called election he did - building, azadeh. when emanuel macron called election he did notj macron called election he did not have the call he said he wanted to protect france from the extremes and he thought this was the only way to move forward. stability was what he had in mind, this sort of deadlock, potential instability politically cannot be what he had in mind, who has devoted so many years now to the centrist project. instead you have seen some of his closest allies, people in his own party, cabinet question why he made this decision, why he took a decision that means that so many from the far left, people chanting antifascist slogans

here, why so many were given an opportunity to risk the centre holding in france. that is what gabriel attal certainly said, he was part of this decision, took him on many of his closest allies by surprise. now it is about how they can move forward, how all these parties to the left can come to some sort of agreement, question, many people from the greens, socialist parties, vowed to never work with jean—luc melenchon. that cannot be the case now when you have to decide a plan on how to move forward. azadeh moshiri in central paris, thank you very much. when you look at the map after the first round of the vote he will see purple right across the rural bouts, towns and villages across the country, particularly in the south, the national rally campaigning on an anti—immigration platform, clearly many french voters rejected that the night but the issue of large—scale

emigration remains a deeply polarising issue in france as it is in many countries around europe. not least on the mediterranean coast and the famous port city of marseille. that is where andrew harding has been and sent us this report. in the port city of marseille, the immigration debate has dominated these elections. this has always been a diverse place, and nigerian bar owner prince irogama sees that as a strength. because we have a family here, we have our children. we are trying to make this society to be better and for the children to live. but the rise of france's national rally, with its fiercely anti—immigrant platform, is alarming many. communities here say the party is trying to divide french people, says jonathan kwame. that could be very dangerous.

incidents like this — rioting last year in marseille — have been seized on by the national rally and by right wing media. they've linked the violence to what they call uncontrolled immigration. the same goes for the city's undeniable problem of drug trafficking and gang violence. pensioner frank worries about security here. our country has changed too much. we need more selective immigration, he says. they're dealing drugs just over there. all the youths have knives. but that's not the full picture. in this poor neighbourhood, communities are still finding ways to integrate, to challenge the polarising forces sweeping through france. translation: for me, france is a welcoming country, welcoming to everyone, a melting pot. it shouldn't matter where you come from. tonight, in cities across france, plenty of ethnically diverse communities are celebrating

the election results. cheering. these people have gathered in a paris suburb. i am really relieved. so a huge sense of relief in this particular crowd tonight, but also the knowledge that the ever more divisive debate about immigration does not end here. this is our home, they say. andrew harding, bbc news, france. the final results are still being counted throughout the evening, we will get the final number of seats sometime tomorrow morning. it will get the final number of seats sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different — sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different to _ sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different to the _ sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different to the polls _ sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different to the polls we - sometime tomorrow morning. it looks very different to the polls we had - very different to the polls we had at midnight last nightjust before the election, the second round. let's find out what happened. joining me now is pollster

guillaume caline. did you get it wrong? a week ago was well the national rally have an absolute majority? in the meanwhile absolute majority? in the meanwhile a lot of candidates from left—wing parties and from the centrist bloc decided to withdraw their candidacy in order to beat the national rally so that there would be no majority. that changed everything, that is why today, tonight, the national rally will be the third force. i did today, tonight, the national rally will be the third force.— will be the third force. i did say to our viewers _ will be the third force. i did say to our viewers it _ will be the third force. i did say to our viewers it is _ will be the third force. i did say to our viewers it is fiendishly i to our viewers it is fiendishly difficult to predict the second—round assembly election france because of the republican front, 300 seats where the third—party candidate, there was a third—party candidate, there was a third orfourth third—party candidate, there was a third or fourth party third—party candidate, there was a third orfourth party candidate, in 222 of those the candidate, the

third—place candidates to decide. that is very difficult to forecast. exactly, very difficult to forecast also to know what will be the behaviour of the electorate. some will be angry. _ behaviour of the electorate. some will be angry, holding _ behaviour of the electorate. some will be angry, holding their - behaviour of the electorate. some will be angry, holding their nose or voting for the rally. we will let you off. but now you are looking at the results that talk about the leftist coalition. we have had a fairly robust statement from jean—luc melenchon that he has a mandate to become the next prime minister, run the next government. how would you respond to that as a pollster looking at the result is starting to form?— pollster looking at the result is starting to form? there is still a lot of uncertainty _ starting to form? there is still a lot of uncertainty now _ starting to form? there is still a lot of uncertainty now because l starting to form? there is still a i lot of uncertainty now because the new popular front is a leading force today but it does not have a majority and even within this coalition there are different parties, the party ofjean—luc

melenchon which may have around 60 seats, 70 seats. the socialist party run 60. , . seats, 70 seats. the socialist party run 60. , , , ., ., run 60. everything is still ongoing. which is why _ run 60. everything is still ongoing. which is why emmanuel— run 60. everything is still ongoing. which is why emmanuel macron i run 60. everything is still ongoing. l which is why emmanuel macron has said until we get the final result and we can take a view as to what has happened next. he has to respond to the voice of the people, this is what we have now for another year, there cannot be another vote under there cannot be another vote under the constitution for another year. how would he form a government that might look like the vote that we have had tonight? trier? might look like the vote that we have had tonight?— have had tonight? very hard question- — have had tonight? very hard question. when _ have had tonight? very hard question. when emmanuel. have had tonight? very hard - question. when emmanuel macron dissolve the assembly a month ago he asked for political clarification because he was defeated in the european election and he didn't have any majority, clear majority, at the assembly so we asked for clarification. what we can see tonight is that there is no real

political clarification and the situation may be blocked in the coming months. we situation may be blocked in the coming months.— situation may be blocked in the cominu months. ., . ., , coming months. we are characterising it as a defeat — coming months. we are characterising it as a defeat for _ coming months. we are characterising it as a defeat for the _ coming months. we are characterising it as a defeat for the national - it as a defeat for the national rally, the vast majority of people would like to see it as such. but the figures speak for themselves, four weeks ago the rally had around 89 or 90 seats in the assembly, tomorrow they might have 114—150, ten 11 million people in the first round for marine le pen, is france going more nationalist?— going more nationalist? when you com are it going more nationalist? when you compare it to _ going more nationalist? when you compare it to three _ going more nationalist? when you compare it to three years - going more nationalist? when you compare it to three years ago, - going more nationalist? when you l compare it to three years ago, more from the national rally from before, compared to the european election, the national rally was the first force with more than 30% of the vote, that is why it is a defeat for someone, it is quite clear today, a

majority of french people do not want the national rally through the country now. want the national rally through the country nova— want the national rally through the country now. jordan bardella talked about democracy _ country now. jordan bardella talked about democracy tonight, _ country now. jordan bardella talked about democracy tonight, the - about democracy tonight, the implication he was making, 10 million people voted for the rally and therefore it has been blocked by this republican front. when you pull people who support the rally, to their votes change or do they feel very passionate about that vote and will they be angered by what has happened here? that will they be angered by what has happened here?— will they be angered by what has happened here? that is something that has changed _ happened here? that is something that has changed in _ happened here? that is something that has changed in the _ happened here? that is something that has changed in the last - happened here? that is something that has changed in the last year. that has changed in the last year because before a vote for the national rally was a vote of protest and now it is more and more a vote of motivation. for this reason, there may be more and more not

understandable for these voters and they might be angry. taste understandable for these voters and they might be angry-— understandable for these voters and they might be angry. we should make note of this because _ they might be angry. we should make note of this because jordan _ they might be angry. we should make note of this because jordan bardella i note of this becausejordan bardella is 28, speaks to a new, young population on tiktok of popular supporters who will grow with the party and from a emmanuel macron perspective that must be alarming. i think it is also new step in the transformation of the national road because before it was marine le pen, it changed to be more popular... thank you for talking to us about the polling. we are still waiting for the final results. the national broadcasters give us the results,

quite a broad spread, at this point it is difficult to say what the national assembly will look like. obviously the president will reserve judgment until the results are finalised. we will continue to watch, we will be here tonight and tomorrow morning to look at the final result but for the moment i will hand you back to martin in the studio. christian, thank you. —— martine. the new prime minister, sir keir starmer, has spent the afternoon in scotland — at the start of a whistle—stop tour of the uk's nations. he's promising an "immediate reset" of relations with the devolved governments of scotland, wales and northern ireland. sir keir has been meeting scotland's first minister and snp leaderjohn swinney, just days after scotland's political map was transformed in the general election. this is keir starmer, speaking after the meeting. in the general election, we obviously got a clear mandate for change. and one of the things that needs to change and reset is the relationship between the uk government and the scottish government — which is why i'm really pleased that my first official

engagement as prime minister, two days after i took up post, is here in scotland, having a meeting with the first minister and the deputy first minister. we discussed the economy, we discussed energy and, as we'd expect, we discussed grangemouth, which is a cause for concern, and our governments will work together on that issue straight away. and we agreed steps to make sure that we can make sure that delivery for scotland is the number—one priority. i'll come back to grangemouth in a second. but did you discuss scottish independence? because clearly, that is a big issue for the snp government here — 50% of the population still support it, according to the polls. so was that a point of discussion? well, i won't go into the details of all the discussions that we had — but we were of a joint view that we can work constructively together. i am absolutely clear that during the campaign, i made a commitment that my labour government would deliver for scotland. that's why i'm back here making good

on that commitment, that promise, and starting the work of change across scotland, and took this opportunity to reset relations with the first minister and deputy first minister. and we will take forward further steps to ensure that that is bedded in. forgive me for labouring the point, but you don't need to go into the detail, prime minister. but clearly independence is a big issue in scotland. you are here on day two of your premiership — was that part of the discussion? because clearly, there is discussion across scotland about this question. well, there are clearly differences of opinion between us on some of the constitutional issues. but the point of this meeting was to reset the relationship in a respectful way, in a constructive way, and to recognise that on the economy, on energy and, very pressingly, on grangemouth, there's room for us to have a constructive way of delivering for very many people across scotland. that's the mindset, that's the way we want to approach it. that's the change. i have said repeatedly,

repeatedly that it's country first, party second. that's the approach i took into the election. it's the approach i take in government. we're a government of service. the bbc understands that talks have taken place at a senior level between the new government and the indian owners of tata steel, ahead of a planned closure of its port talbot site in south wales. just under 3000 jobs are at risk following the company's decision to close the blast furnaces at the steelworks. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more it's a red hot topic at the very top of the government's in—tray. the tata steel plant in port talbot gradually going greener, but at present 2,800 jobs are set to go as part of a £500 million restructure. the new business secretary today reiterated labour's promise to invest a further £2.5 billion into green steel. there is more money available

for the steel industry under our plans for government, but that's about making sure we meet this transition with the private sector together. but there is a better deal available for port talbot and the steel industry as a whole, i'm sure of that. are you guaranteeing those jobs this morning? well, i'm going to make sure thatjob guarantees are part of the negotiation that we're having. the two blast furnaces are huge polluters and incur losses of £1 million a day. one was closed down on friday, the second due to go in september. a cleaner electric arc furnace is planned, but will take years to build and require fewer workers to run. so what do fresh talks mean to the town? this is not the people working the steelworks, it's the surrounding things that supply the steelworks. so i think it'll have a massive effect on the town, right? i know a lot of people who work there, and obviously we're - really concerned to begin - with when they first found out i they were going to lose theirjobs,| but they've also gone on now to find betterjobs, which i think, you know, for the next. sort of generation, _ because the steelworks is never going to be a long—term solution. they aren't fair. they aren't what

the workforce needs. for years, industrial relations have been fractious. and we understand the new government has called a meeting with the three main unions on wednesday. it's myjob to make sure feet are to the fire on this. the problem that we've got here is that when investment is spoken about in britain, there is neverjobs guarantees attached and the devil here will be in the detail. tata said it would engage with ministers and support workers as it transforms the site. the business secretary has already been in touch with the highest levels of tata management in india. no time to lose on tackling an issue which, even in the early days of this government, could define how it plans to deliver on many of its big promises. marc ashdown, bbc news. people are still out on the streets in the centre of the french capital in the centre of the french capital in paris at the place de la

republique. projections indicating the four national rally has been beaten into third place because of a tactical pact carried out between left and centrist candidates in the first round of the vote you will recall a week ago, the rally won the most votes but the left—wing coalition, the new popular front, now appears to be on course to take the most seats, still waiting for absolute clarification on that. but there is no block that will have a majority on its own so we are looking at a correlation in france. all still to be analysed, all still to be decided, stay with us on bbc news. hello there. sunday brought a volatile mix of weather across the uk — sunny skies one minute, thunder clouds the next, ominous—looking skies across lincolnshire through sunday afternoon. most of those showers are actually easing away and we've got clearing

skies and that's going to allow those temperatures to fall away. so a chilly start to monday morning, but lots of sunshine around. however, this cloud will arrive later on in the morning. it's going to bring some rain, some of it heavy, across south—west england. the cloud gradually drifting its way steadily north into south wales and the midlands. but further north of that, we keep the sunshine for much of the day. there will be a scattering of showers and some of these slow—moving, because the winds will remain light, and it's still a disappointingly cool story across the far north of scotland — only 12 or 13 degrees. highest values, perhaps close to the borders, of 19 degrees. a few isolated showers into northern ireland and northern england, but mostly bright skies, sunny spells coming through. so there's our showery rain, just pushing into wales in the midlands and south—east england by the end of the afternoon, so that means there's a risk of further showers to come for wimbledon, i'm afraid, for monday, maybe some thunderstorms to come for tuesday as well. the thunderstorms tuck in behind this low pressure as it continues to move its way further north during the early hours of tuesday morning.

so we will start off with cloud and some heavy bursts of rain during the early hours of tuesday. and by the morning rush hour, it'll be sitting across northern england, north wales. so cloudier skies, perhaps, close to the scottish borders. not quite as cold a start on tuesday morning. so we've got that rain to continue to drift its way northwards on tuesday, should stay largely dry for much of scotland through the day, and then behind it, a southerly wind dragging in slightly more humid air, which could trigger off a few thundery downpours as we go through the afternoon. top temperatures, around 21 degrees across england and wales, perhaps. we're looking at around 16—18 further north. that low pressure will continue to slowly ease away, and then as we go later into the week, desperately trying to build in, is this high. there is still a level of uncertainty as to whether that will do so, but hopefully as we move towards friday and into the weekend, the weather story mightjust

quieten down just a touch.

this is bbc news. the headlines: early projections in the french election show a victory for the left—wing alliance, new popular front. marine le pen's far—right party, national rally, has come third — when it was expected to top the poll.

the new uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, has visited scotland at the start of a tour of the uk's nations. he's promising an "immediate reset" of relations with the devolved governments of scotland, wales and northern ireland. the israeli army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in several districts of gaza city. dozens of families are now headed to other locations west and south of gaza city. negotiations about the future of the tata steel plant at port talbot in south wales have begun between the new government and the indian owners of the business. the decision to close the blast furnaces puts nearly 3,000 jobs at risk. now on bbc news, newscast. newscast from the bbc.

it's laura in the studio. in glorious green.