translation:, the translation: , the president 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. i'm martine croxall, the other main stories this hour. new prime minister, keir starmer, tours the uk's nations, with his first stop, edinburgh. the israel army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in parts of gaza city. thousands of people have lined the streets of yorkshire to pay their respects to rob burrow as his funeral was held.

hello and welcome to paris — i'm christian fraser. where the french parliament is set for deadlock — after a surprising projected results showed the left—wing coalition — the new popular front — winning the most seats in the national assembly. it's forecast to win between 184 and 186 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 1m and 143 mps — a likely third place behind president macron�*s centrist alliance. it's predicted to win between 160 and 162 seats. if confirmed in the full count,

france will have a hung parliament. with a round up of the day's events — here's our europe editor, katya adler. in a shock result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left, far—left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party in the french parliament, beating the far—right. translation: the vote is final. the defeat of the president and his coalition has been clearly confirmed. equally stunned by tonight's results, marine le pen�*s national rally party — so sure victory would be theirs, except it wasn't. at an absolute loss for words, it seems. this has been a huge slap in the face for marine le pen�*s party. all the polls had predicted they at least would become the largest party in the french parliament. they said they were poised to govern, but the french people today said a resounding non. confusingly, their star had shone

so brightly in the first round of this election. translation: unfortunately, an alliance of dishonor- and a dangerous electoral arrangement set up by this government with the far left coalition has deprived the french people of apolitical recovery. so, emmanuel macron�*s gamble calling a snap election paid off, or did it? no party is in majority to govern in france now, and president macron�*s prime minister hasjust announced his resignation. just ahead of hosting the olympic game, with all eyes on france, this eu and military power — key ally of ukraine — has plunged into political limbo. and when france is unstable and distracted, the impact can reverberate outside the country, too. katya adler, bbc news, paris. while you've been gone and i turned

the twinkly lights on the eiffel tower which no doubt matches the mood of the meeting tonight. our correspondent azadeh moshiri is in place de la republique. she has some people with her. i have twinkling lights as well but these are all police cars, they've dispersed us, fireworks were going off, people were celebrating. some people are still refusing to come down, but it was not violence. it was celebratory. people, police wanted it to be safe and dispel people. once all the celebrations and, once the police shifts are over, these left leaders need to come together and figure out what to do next. because while everyone here has been celebrating keeping the far right at bay, not everyone agrees with each other. i do want to bring in one person who has been attending

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scene off the rally and how will the national rally support is to being planted at the polls. the party campaigned on a strong anti—immigration platform. clearly, many french voters rejected that tonight. but the issue of large—scale immigration remains a deeply polarising one, not least on the mediterranean coast and in the famous port city of marseille, from where our correspondent andrew harding begins his 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 sees that as a strength. because we have our 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. "the party is trying to divide french people," sastonathan. "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 bosch 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. 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 votes are still being counted and we should get a more definitive idea of which party and group has got the number of seats in the assembly. then all eyes tomorrow morning on the leaves a palace, where the prime minister will hand in his resignation but will not be

out of post ads immediately because the calendar is on his side. the president believes in the next 48 hours washington in the natives —— nato summit and then do at eight council summit to decide the top jobs in europe and that we are into the paris olympics and the paralympics that follow. so very likely things will stay as they are within the government until september at which point, they have to decide a national budget and that is when the fun and games will start because this is a national assembly thatis because this is a national assembly that is not used to building coalitions. that's it from us here in paris. i will hand it back to the studio. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the new british 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 is in edinburgh tonight where he's meeting scotland's first minister and snp leader john swinney, just days after scotland's political map was transformed in the general election. here's our scotland editorjames cook. no—one said being prime minister was easy. this was not part of the plan for keir starmer�*s third day in office. there was no handshake outside the first minister's official residence — but a chat inside, with chants about gaza drifting in from the street. afterwards, both sounded positive, with sir keir focusing on scotland's only oil refinery, where hundreds ofjobs are under threat. 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

straightaway, and we agreed steps to make sure that we can make sure that delivery for scotland is the number one priority. what i'm interested in as first minister of scotland is making a difference for the people of scotland, of delivering on my objectives of eradicating child poverty, of delivering economic growth, of improving our public services, and delivering net zero. and on many of those questions, there is common ground to be achieved by working collaboratively with the united kingdom government. earlier, there was a moment to savour for scottish labour after years of frustration, even at times despair. and the message here is pretty obvious — to stress the united in kingdom. we're serious about devolution, resetting it, taking it back to those founding principles where governments actually work together in the national interest. cooperation over conflict, respect over suspicion, and making sure that we are delivering for every scot right across the country. going from one mp in scotland at the last election to 37 on thursday was some shift for labour, but

the work isn't over. the party now hopes to win control of the scottish government from the snp in the 2026 holyrood elections. that means delivering the change labour has promised to scottish voters as quickly as possible — a huge challenge when the party has pledged to stick to conservative spending plans. in westminster elections, scotland has now swung dramatically from labour to the snp and back again in less than a decade. it's prompted some soul searching for supporters of independence, but it's also a warning to labour that voters here can change their minds pretty quickly. sir keir swept out the back of bute house this evening, heading for northern ireland, then wales, before meeting english mayors. he'll hope the rest of the trip goes a bit more smoothly. james cook,

bbc news, edinburgh. the newly appointed uk foreign secretary, david lammy, has been speaking about his desire to reset the uk's relationship with the eu whilst on a visit to meet his polish counterpart. mr lammy stressed that the two countries share the same strategic vision on ukraine and nato — with british troops and air defence systems helping to defend poland. it's part of a wider trip this weekend — which saw the foreign secretary in germany and sweden. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been travelling with him. hey! so good to see you. the charm offensive begins. good to see you. hello to the press. hello! deep in the polish countryside, a warm welcome for the new foreign secretary — a man on a mission to win friends and reassure allies and, where possible, to reset britain's relationship with the eu. in particular, we want to double down on our commitment to ukraine and, of course, european security, including throughjoint bilateral projects between our defence industry and a new eu—uk security pact.

from his famously anglophile host, an expression of kinship and a request. we are a relatively fresh government in poland too, and we are also the product of the public being tired with enthusiasts on the nationalist side of politics, so what we expect is a more pragmatic approach. ties off for a walk in the grounds — a chance, it seems, to bond, each side speaking of creative ideas. but these are early days. this trip, with its focus on support for ukraine, on relations with the eu and nato, is not about instant results. it's all about perception — the perception of a government that's hitting the ground running... ..which is why the new defence secretary was on the move too — in ukraine with president zelensky, meeting wounded soldiers in

the southern city of odesa. britain has played a key role in arming ukraine and that, the new government says, is not going to change. today, i'm also announcing extra weaponry that the ukrainians are using on the front line every day. and what they're also telling me is that they want the west's help to be speeded up. so i've also directed the mod to make sure that, within1oo days, everything that has previously been promised to ukraine is delivered into ukraine. a moment to ponder this war�*s heavy cost — britain saying to ukraine, "we're still here with you." paul adams, bbc news. the israel army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in parts of gaza city. dozens of families are now headed to other locations west and south of the gaza city. it comes as hamas says it is

waiting for israel's response to ceasefire proposals. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted any deal must allow israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met. our middle east correspondent sebastian usher has more from jerusalem. the israeli army has issued another evacuation order for the people of gaza. this time, it's for palestinians in the centre of gaza city, several districts there, and people are already starting to gather their belongings and to move, to try to find somewhere safe. we've seen these images before. these evacuation orders have been issued regularly. we've had one just in the past few days down further south, in gaza's second city, khan younis, where people in areas to the east of the city were told that they had to leave. this was after several rockets were fired into israel from that area. the un said that around 250,000

people there would have to move, potentially, because their districts were included in that order. and we've also seen in gaza city, in another district where fighting is still continuing, an evacuation order there a couple of weeks ago. so this is something that shows that the israeli military is still continuing its operations across gaza. this comes as moves towards agreeing a ceasefire have shown again a new momentum. we've heard from hamas sources that they have potentially dropped one of their key demands, a big stumbling block — the demand for a permanent ceasefire. but we've just heard from the israeli prime minister's office, from benjamin netanyahu, that he has non—negotiable demands, and one of those is that israel must still have the right, the freedom to go in and carry out military operations after any ceasefire. that might be enough to put real difficulties in these discussions, which are due to resume in the coming days.

let's turn to the us — the senior democratic congressman adam schiff has told nbc that he believes vice president kamala harris could overwhelmingly win in a general election against donald trump — and thatjoe biden needs to make a decision about his candidacy. the comments come as a growing number of democrats call on the president to step down following a primetime tv interview on friday that failed to quell doubts stemming from a shaky debate against former president trump. leading democrats are meeting this weekend to discuss concerns about mr biden. let's take a listen to what the senior democratic congressman adam schiff said — speaking to nbc news. can president biden win overwhelmingly by any stretch at this point? either he has to win overwhelmingly, or he has to pass the torch to someone who can't. —— to pass the torch to someone who can. it's as simple as that, because what the supreme court did in that decision was give the next occupant of that

office, whether it's joe biden or anyone else, uh, nearly dictatorial power. i want to ask you about that coming up, but let me very quickly ask you about the vice president. you saw the polling. one poll shows her doing better against former president trump. do you think she's a stronger candidate to take on donald trump? i think the vice president would be a phenomenal president. i think she has the experience, thejudgement, the leadership, ability to be an extraordinary president. could she win overwhelmingly, congressman? i think she very well could win overwhelmingly. but before we get into a decision about who else it should be, the president needs to make the decision whether it's him. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more thousands of people, including rugby league fans, have lined the streets of yorkshire to pay their respects to rob burrow as his funeral was held. the former leeds rhino player died aged 41, having spent his final years campaigning and raising millions of pounds for motor neurone disease charities, after being diagosed with the condition five years ago. phil bodmer reports. applause the final journey of a local hero, as thousands turned out to say goodbye

to rob burrow. the rugby league legend lost his battle against motor neurone disease in june. his funeral, held on the seventh day of the seventh month, a nod to his leeds rhinos shirt number. yorkshire's hero. he's a legend, isn't he? amazing. and the work that he did for the charity and everything, just incredible. and i brought my six—year—old son, erm, to pay respects as well. inspiration. ijust think he's inspired a lot of people and brought a lot of people together as well. the cortege passed through the streets of castleford, pontefract and featherstone, where the 41—year—old grew up and his talent was first discovered. well, this is where rob burrow�*s rugby league career began, at featherstone lions, as a junior player. and it really is a mark of respect and regard in which rob was held that so many people have turned out today to pay their final respects. following the public farewell, a private service was held for family and friends.

rob burrow leaves a remarkable legacy not only for mnd, but for rugby league and for sport in general, and i think so many people will be inspired by his ability as a player, his determination, his never—say—die attitude. so he does leave a remarkable legacy, and today is going to be an outpouring of support and emotion for a remarkable person. all the inspirational| work you've done... honoured with a cbe this year for services to motor neurone disease awareness, the father—of—three left a poignant message to be shared after his death. urging people not to waste a moment of their lives, he said, "in a world full of adversity, we must still dare to dream". phil bodmer, bbc news, featherstone. let's and with more live pictures from paris where there has been a prize result in the

parliamentary elections. the far right national rally party has failed to win despite the fact that last week, and the first round, they were well ahead. early projections show a victory for the left—wing new popular front alliance. president emmanuel macron is said to be analysing the results, not expected to comment tonight. much more on the outcome of the selections on the bbc news website. also our app or you on the bbc news website. also ourapp oryou can on the bbc news website. also our app or you can find live reporting from our correspondence in the french capital. you are watching 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 downjust a touch.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk.

welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and today i'm on the road — and on the water — in guyana, south america, a country of extraordinary ecosystems and of vast resource potential. the question is, which comes first? guyana has always been resource—rich. for decades, the rush was for gold. now it's for oil. guyana is fast becoming a petrostate, the fastest growing economy in the world. but new wealth has stoked old tensions. neighbouring socialist venezuela claims a vast chunk of guyanese territory. the stakes are suddenly very high. we shall never surrender an inch of our territory. heavily forested guyana has always been a carbon sink.

now, with the oil and gas flowing, some