translation: the president has the power, the president - has the duty to call the new popular front to govern. new prime minister, keir starmer, tours the uk's nations, with his first stop, scotland. the israel army has issued new evacuation orders to palestinian residents and displaced families in several districts of gaza city. concerns continue to grow over joe biden�*s public performances with the us congressman adam schiff saying vice president kamala harris could win the election. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and one am in paris — where the second

round of france's parliamentary elections looks set to deliver a very surprising result. marine le pen�*s far—right party is forecast to come third in a poll in which they were expected to come top. the left—wing new popular front is now forecast to win between 184 and 186 seats in total. le pen�*s national rally is projected to have between 1m and 143 mps — a likely third place behind president macron�*s centrist alliance, called �*together�*. it's predicted to win between 160 and 162 seats. if confirmed in the full count, france will have a hung parliament. our first report is from our europe editor katya adler who was at national rally�*s headquarters. 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. the national rally campaigned on a strong anti—immigration platform — and 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. i'm joined now by nabila ramdani, french journalist and broadcaster. the reaction to these results in what is the key understandings that you take away? understandings that you take awa ? , . ., understandings that you take awa ? . away? the plaza was packed with the results _ away? the plaza was packed with the results of _ away? the plaza was packed with the results of the _ away? the plaza was packed with the results of the second - the results of the second round, the final round of these parliamentary elections dropped and there was certainly an element of huge relief that the national rally far—right party of marine le pen was firmly kept out of power coming third in the polls. and immensejoy that the left—wing new popular front came on top, securing the most seats in the french parliament and achieving exactly what it was said to do which is to lock the far right out of power. participation in the latest round was huge with

the latest round was huge with the turnout estimated at almost 67%. at the highest, since 1981. the victory for the new popular front followed even mr emmanuel macron: for the republican front against the national rally meaning they effectively pulled candidates out of key constituencies so as to leave a single national relic candidate with a clear run at victory. so these kind of tactical voting has paid off and it avoids cohabitation when and it avoids cohabitation when a lame—duck president must work with an opposition government. this will come as a huge relief for emmanuel macron, but he still has as is problems ahead. tell us more about the national relief. they have been defeated here but have gained an awful

lot more seats. —— national rally party absolutely. m0 lot more seats. -- national rally party absolutely. no one has achieved _ rally party absolutely. no one has achieved a _ rally party absolutely. no one has achieved a clear— rally party absolutely. no one has achieved a clear majority i has achieved a clear majority of 289 seats after 577 seats in the french national assembly meaning that the overall result is effectively, a hung parliament. but what is certain is that national rally party has increased enormously. they only had seven mps in 2017, 80 nine by 2022 and between up to 152 this time around. this result will still act as a springboard for marine le pen to challenge for the french presidency in 2027 and mr macron will be forced to step down in that year, whatever happens, because french presidents are only allowed to terms. in the meantime, this is, has effectively boosted the vote of the national rally and indeed their visibility and the

political landscape. but we have heard from one of the leaders of the new popular front, jean—luc melenchon, the coalition that is as cheap the best results: on mr emmanuel macron to appoint a new prime ministerfrom the macron to appoint a new prime minister from the alliance of the left—wing parties. mr jean—luc melenchon said the president has a duty to call on the new popular front to govern and it is ready to govern. no we will have to wait and see if mr macron will acknowledge the victory of the national front and allow them to form a government and indeed, put forward a prime minister even though they have fallen short of securing an absolute majority in the parliament. my guess is that mr macron will be quite happy to remain the only figure in charge in what is an overwhelmingly presidential system, he will choose his own prime minister, for his own government, because the presidential function and indeed the constitution allow him to do so.—

him to do so. you say they allow him _ him to do so. you say they allow him to _ him to do so. you say they allow him to do _ him to do so. you say they allow him to do so, - him to do so. you say they allow him to do so, but. him to do so. you say they| allow him to do so, but will him to do so. you say they - allow him to do so, but will be hung parliament, in effect, make more difficult for him to govern for the next few years until the next election in 2027. ' until the next election in 2027. ~ ., until the next election in 2027.» ., 2027. mr macron has a history of hirina 2027. mr macron has a history of hiring and _ 2027. mr macron has a history of hiring and firing _ 2027. mr macron has a history of hiring and firing from - 2027. mr macron has a history of hiring and firing from prime ministers and ruling with presidential decrease i don't think, as france heads towards the summer olympics it will be very much seen as an excuse for him to use his presidential decrees and his extraordinary powers to govern single—handedly. not least because there are fears of violence that could mar what is meant to be a sporting extravaganza. in fact, they have artie been outbreaks of violence across major city such as paris and leon.

violence across ma'or city such as paris and leon. thank you for our as paris and leon. thank you for your time _ as paris and leon. thank you for your time today. - the israel 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 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. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the new uk prime minister, sir keir starmer, has travelled to 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 met scotland's first minister and snp leader,

john swinney, in edinburgh. 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. let's turn to the us. a growing number of democrats have called on president biden 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 have met to discuss concerns about mr biden.

here's what the senior democratic congressman adam schiff said earlier — 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. 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. for more on this mark hansen, professor of political science at the university of chicagojoins me. pressure mounting on biden. what do you make of more and more democrats becoming vocal about calling for him to step down, do you think you will? think it is becoming harder and harder and harderfor him to hold out. he had hoped that the george stephanopoulos interview would help him to quiet concerns. i think he underestimated the depth of those concerns. i think he underestimated the degree to which people feel like they have been kept in the dark about his condition which had been conveyed to during the debate. so i think it is becoming harder and harderfor becoming harder and harder for him becoming harder and harderfor him to hold on and more and more risking the notion that it will look like an act of stubbornness and self—interest for him. hf stubbornness and self-interest for him. ., , .,

stubbornness and self-interest forhim. ., , ., , , for him. if he does not step down, if — for him. if he does not step down. if he _ for him. if he does not step down, if he does _ for him. if he does not step down, if he does dig - for him. if he does not step down, if he does dig in, - for him. if he does not step i down, if he does dig in, what will the democrats do? there has been _ will the democrats do? there has been some _ will the democrats do? there has been some talk— will the democrats do? there has been some talk about. has been some talk about various ways of pushing him out, even to the extent of one article i saw that suggested maybe they should act on the suggestion of invoking the 25th amendment which would be an extraordinary step. i don't think it will probably go that far. the problem is ultimately, i think it is his decision and his alone. he is the holder of the 99% of the delegates elected during the primaries and if it goes into chicago, he come under the rules of the convention, will win off the first ballot. we heard the praise being shifted to kamala harris and leaving the door open for other candidates as well, who would they be?

candidates as well, who would the be? ., , candidates as well, who would the be? . , ., they be? there have been a lot of peeple _ they be? there have been a lot of peeple who _ they be? there have been a lot of people who have _ they be? there have been a lot of people who have gotten - of people who have gotten attention lately in addition to vice president harris and the governor from vice president harris and the governorfrom michigan vice president harris and the governor from michigan and governor schapiro from pennsylvania and maia governor here in illinois as well, westmore for marilyn, senator brown from ohio and gavin newsom from california. was probably the names that come up most frequently. the probably the names that come up most frequently.— most frequently. the republican national convention _ most frequently. the republican national convention starts - most frequently. the republican national convention starts on - national convention starts on the 15th ofjuly. probable trump in the republicans view what is happening with the democrats and joe biden? l democrats andjoe biden? i think they will be looking in part to figure out how best to parry what is happening in the democratic convention or what will happen before the democratic convention. also, i think they will be concerned they will be knocked out of the headlines during a time when they would normally get a lot of focus. . ~ they would normally get a lot of focus. ., ~ , ., ., they would normally get a lot of focus. ., ~ i., ., ,., of focus. thank you for your

thoughts- — the moulin rouge is an iconic paris landmark. but two months ago the cabaret club's famous emblem — the windmill — was left without it's huge sails when they suddenly fell off. now they've been restored — just in time for the paris olympics. stephanie zakrisson reports. in a can—can show in front of the club, one of the most visited attractions in the french capital, they dazzled spectators gathered in the streets outside, the red and gold sails of the windmilljust behind them lighting up the parisian nightjust as they have been doing for more than 100 years. the blades inexplicably fell off in april but have been restored. we were all very sad, it was something we couldn't even believe had happened. we are so thankful

that no one was hurt. but it was also so lovely to receive so many messages from the public and everyone around the world sent us messages to say, "we are feeling "so sorry for you guys and we hope your wings will be "back up soon." and so that was really touching. and tonight, i'm so happy to see it lit up again, and to be dancing in front of it. like, we don't get to do this every night. tonight is definitely one for the history books. and the venue is truly a part of the capital's history. when its doors 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 windmill. 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 time for when the olympic torch is due to pass the landmark. translation: it's a special evening. | there is a lot of excitement, a lot of emotion, because obviously we remember what happened two months ago. we have received so much support from everyone, and it's quite emotional to now see this fervour again on blance square. and it's quite emotional

to now see this fervour again on blanche square. the sails have been 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. we will stay with france as we close out this edition of the programme and take you back to the capital, paris, where you can see the sights of the eiffel tower. all lit up on a night that has seen the far right national rally failing to win a majority in the french parliament. the parliamentary elections. according to exit polls. projections now show a victory for the left—wing new popular front alliance. president emmanuel macron and his centralist alliance set to come in second with national rally in third. the national

rally in third. the national rally leader said france has been deprived of his party's victory and push towards uncertainty and stability. while macron is said to be analysing the results and the leads a palace saying he is not expected to comment tonight, but when he does, we will bring you that. you can find out more information and analysis on what has transpired across france on our life page. just go to ppc .com. you can also find it on our app as well. that brings us to a close of this edition of newsday. bye for now. 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.

japan's most high—profile female politician — yuriko koike — secures a third term as governor of tokyo, one of the region's key financial hubs. and following a landslide victory for the labour party,

we examine how the new uk government will reset trade ties with asia. hello and a warm welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we begin here in asia, where citizens injapan's capital have just re—elected yuriko koike for a third term as the governor of tokyo. she was seen as the preferred candidate forjapan's ruling party. it's a key election because tokyo is an economic engine ofjapan. it's home to a tenth of japan's population and its economy accounts for a fifth of the country's gdp, approximately the same size as the economy of netherlands. yuriko koike will have an annual budget worth $100 billion at her disposal as the city continues its push to be asia's main financial centre. but competition has been stiff with the likes of hong kong and singapore as alternative hubs. so what will her top priority be as she enters her third term? let's bring in nobuko kobayashi to find out. thank you so much forjoining

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