a new government. 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 overjoe biden�*s public performances, with the us congressman, adam schiff, saying vice president kamala harris could win the election. it's 8 in the morning in singapore, and 2am 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 emmanuel macron�*s centrist alliance, 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 dishonour - and a dangerous electoral arrangement set up by this government with the far left coalition has deprived the french people of a political recovery. so, emmanuel macron�*s gamble calling a snap election paid off, or did it? no party has a 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 marseilles, from where our correspondent, andrew harding, begins his report. in the port city of marseilles, 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 marseilles — 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.

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. for more on these elections. what is your main take away from the results we have seen? thank you for having me. i have

three main takeaways. the first one is what is happening tonight in france was at the least predictable scenario. we expected the far—right to win or to at least two hand a far—right and emmanuel macron kind government. we do have a hung parliament right now but with the left really coming in first, much stronger than it was two weeks ago on. the second take away is the barrier against the forest still exists in france, that so—called republican front. it was really activated. we saw a lot of candidates in pre— party races who held out to make sure the far—right would not win at this time around and at the level of organisation between the first round last week and this round, the second round today, was actually quite impressive and even a higher level of turnout today than a week ago. the highest since 1981 so that

should be mentioned. and my third takeaway was mentioned by one of the journalists which is there is a huge sense of relief right now and people are celebrating today but there is increasing concern and worry for tomorrow because they will have to be negotiations between the left to see if a candidate emerges as a natural leader that emmanuel macron can nominate as a prime minister and this person is nowhere to be seen. there is a scarecrow for a lot of voters and in terms of figure tonight, the socialist party is making a comeback and has actually more seats. we might see a bit of a rebalancing even inside the french left and the coalition. marine le pen says the tide is rising. he did not rise high enough at this company

continues to rise and therefore our victory is only delayed. your thoughts? our victory is only delayed. yourthoughts? ifearshe our victory is only delayed. your thoughts? i fear she may be right. they really did come in very strong last week. they came in first with an extremely high level of turnout and if this was a game changer last week because usually when the turnout is high in french elections it means lower vote shares for the far—right but this time it was quite different. what we saw in the campaign between the two rounds were a lot of far right candidates who were openly racist, homophobic and xenophobic and there is a thing to mobilise against them as much as possible and the fact they showed that incompetence and racism so openly that a lot of voters away from them but i fear that they will learn from that mistake and if they are definitely going to prepare for the coming months. iii definitely going to prepare for the coming months.— definitely going to prepare for the coming months. if we look at international _ the coming months. if we look

at international reaction. - the coming months. if we look at international reaction. the i at international reaction. the polish from minister says how will europe be seeing these results? i will europe be seeing these results? ~' ., , . , results? i think europe was extremely _ results? i think europe was extremely worried - results? i think europe was extremely worried and - results? i think europe was extremely worried and not| results? i think europe was . extremely worried and notjust europe. but people in the us as well were very worried about what it meant to have a hung parliament and also potentially a prime minister in total disagreement with the president. the president usually conducts foreign security policy but he hasn't done so with a majority in parliament. it has happened that they have cohabitation is, meaning the president and prime minister were from different parties in the past but they were from mainstream ( or right—wing parties so there was a sense of general agreement between the two of them. in the case which is different, truly different words when it came to support ukraine. real proximity

for the far—right with russia and china. we would have seen a total upending of france's a place in european politics and foreign policy making. i think there is a sense of relief in europe now but as we have discussed, this is probably going to be a gridlock parliament so once we have a solution, coalition, a prime minister, i think then will actually be having to more of a sense. . ~' actually be having to more of a sense. . ~ ,, actually be having to more of a sense. . ~ i. ., actually be having to more of a sense. . ~' i” ., i” 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 whistlestop 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 editor, james 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 prime time 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'sjoe biden or anyone else, 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. mark hansen, professor of political science at the university of chicago, joined me earlier. pressure mounting on biden. i think it is becoming harder and harderand 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 was sos shockingly conveyed to during the debate. so i think it is becoming

harder and harderfor him to hold on and more and more risking the notion that it —— staying in will look like an act of stubbornness and self—interest for him. if he does not step down, if he does dig in, what will the democrats do? there 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 decision 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 on the first ballot.

kamala harris as a possible presidential candidate but also other candidates. who would they be? governor shapiro. _ would they be? governor shapiro. gary _ would they be? governor shapiro, gary newsome,j would they be? governor. shapiro, gary newsome, a would they be? governor- shapiro, gary newsome, a little bit of talk about the governor in illinois. westmore from maryland, brown from ohio. those are the names that come up those are the names that come up most frequently. the republican _ up most frequently. the republican national- up most frequently. the republican national convention starts on the 15th ofjuly, how well will they be viewing what is happening withjoe biden and the democrats? i is happening with joe biden and the democrats?— the democrats? i think that the democrats? i think that the will the democrats? i think that they will be _ the democrats? i think that they will be looking - the democrats? i think that they will be looking in - the democrats? i think that they will be looking in partl the democrats? i think that i they will be looking in part to figure out how best to kind of perry what is going to happen in the democratic election, or

before the democratic convention. i think they will also be a little concerned that they might be knocked out of they might be knocked out of the headlights during a time when they would get a lot of focus. after spending more than a year living in conditions designed to simulate those on hamas, operating equipment and growing crops, helping us the prepare for a future mission to hamas. this is the moment kelly, ross, nathan emerge from the simulator that has been their home for the past 378 days. as they left the 3d printed habitat and finally reunited with theirfamilies, they appear to be in high spirits. i'm so proud and honoured to be part of this crew and project. to be a part of a small, instrumental part of the work being done to enable humans to explore and live on mars.

simulated operations were carried out. including going from mars walks in the red sand pit, growing and harvesting vegetables and dealing with a 22 minute communication lag 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 2040s. the volunteers were thanked for devoting a year of their lives to serve humanity's exploration of space. aina aslam, bbc news. tropicals storm barrel may develop into a category two hurricane. residents have that we weekend preparing for the store. the us national hurricane centre issued warnings across much of the texas coast and is expecting damaging winds, life—threatening storm surge as well as power outages and

flooding. it has killed ten people after sweeping across the caribbean and mexico. residents are being warned not to underestimate it. we can speak to our central american correspondent. beryl it's heading towards the us and gathering in strength, are they ready? i gathering in strength, are they read ? ~ , . gathering in strength, are they read ? ~ _ ., ., ready? i think by and large --eole ready? i think by and large peeple will— ready? i think by and large people will be _ ready? i think by and large people will be ready. - ready? i think by and large people will be ready. they | ready? i think by and large - people will be ready. they have had plenty of warning compared to the caribbean islands who were called caught off guard. these are developed cities compared to some of the islands that were hit. obviously there is a potential for things are to be better in that regard. that structures would in general be more solid. nevertheless, the emphasis is on been prepared, not underestimating the storm and

people only need to be sort of caught out or actually not heeding the advice of staying indoors when it makes landfill for there to beat danger. it is backing a huge punch after already humming several nations, for the caribbean, making landfall in mexico, in ken kern, strengthening in the gulf of mexico and just hours from making of landfall in mexico. ., , , ., mexico. how is it been for you in mexico? — mexico. how is it been for you in mexico? how _ mexico. how is it been for you in mexico? how bad _ mexico. how is it been for you in mexico? how bad has - mexico. how is it been for you in mexico? how bad has the i in mexico? how bad has the damage been?— in mexico? how bad has the damage been? in mexico? how bad has the damaue been? , ., damage been? there has been a collective sigh _ damage been? there has been a collective sigh of— damage been? there has been a collective sigh of relief. - collective sigh of relief. things were not as back as expected particularly in the tourist area of cancun. there was power out for some time but again, because a warning time was long, people who need to go

to storm shelters went to them in. schools what shut, flights were grounded so lots of precautions taken ahead of the storm. but of course, once it has gone into the gulf of mexico and gather more intensity, the warm waters affecting it and strengthening it once again, there is that potential for galveston bay, corpus christi bay and even the mainland. �* . . ., ., mainland. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. _ mainland. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. thank _ mainland. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. thank you - mainland. i'm afraid we have to leave it there. thank you for . leave it there. thank you for getting us into spent on where beryl is heading. that's all for now, stay with 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.

japan's most high profile female pop secures a third term as governor of tokyo, a key financial hub in the region.

plus: following the labour party's landslide we look at how the uk government will reset trade ties with asia. thanks for your company on business today. we begin where citizens here in asia where citizens here in asia where citizens in japan's citizens here in asia where citizens injapan�*s capital have re—elected the governor for a third term. it's a key election because tokyo is an engine ofjapan. it's engine of japan. it's approximately engine ofjapan. it's approximately the same size as the economy of the netherlands. she will have an annual budget worth $100 billion as her disposal as they continue to push to be the main finance senator. but what will her top priority be as she enters her first term? we explain.

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