this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may has dismissed as hearsay reports in a german newspaper of a difficult dinner she had last week with the european commission president, jean—claude juncker. i think it is brussels gossip and look at what the european commission themselves said immediately after themselves said immediately after the dinner took place which was that the dinner took place which was that the talks had been constructive. we hear from the journalist who broke the story. also, detectives leading the investigation into the shooting in dorset says he believes it was a targeted attack. also: scuffles in paris as rallies are held by both candidates in the presidential election. three police officers have been injured in clashes with masked demonstrators in the centre of paris. the violence erupted during a may day march led by trade unions and anti—racism campaigners. a new picture of princess charlotte

enjoying the outdoors, taken by her mother, the duchess of cambridge, has been released ahead of the toddler's second birthday. and organisers of the tour de yorkshire say they're looking at extending the event next year — after the three—day race pulled in record—breaking numbers to the region. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has described reports of a supposedly fractious dinner between her and the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, as brussels gossip. a german newspaper reported there were sharp disagreements about how quickly a deal could be done over the rights of british and eu citizens and over how much money the uk owes the european union.

our political correspondent ben wright reports. may day means a bikes and barrows festival in this lancashire village. and people seem keen to peddle their politics. the election was not the main concern here in scorton this morning, but it seems brexit will shape how many people vote. if she gets a majority, which i presume she will, it strengthens her argument, doesn't it? obviously, it will be a difficult time during brexit. if she wants to push through and put through what we need as a country and as a government, she needs the backing and to know that she has the support of the country with her being elected. she's called it because knows she's going to win. so i think she's covering it up with the brexit banner. it wouldn't change the way i was going to vote anyway. which is?

labour. the tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. their message, that brexit negotiations will be tough and theresa may is best placed to handle them, sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at number ten between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. it describes deep disagreements between the two sides. according to the paper, the prime minister and the eu commission presidentjean—claude juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks and the prospects of a quick trade deal. apparently, mrjuncker left the dinner ten times more sceptical than he was beforehand, and he found that theresa may showed no willingness to compromise. the prime minister was also in lancashire today on the stump and trying to stamp out talk of a fracas with brussels.

is the account of the meeting true, has brexit already gone off the rails before the talks have even started? from what i've seen of this account, i think it is brussels gossip. just look at what the european commission themselves said immediately after the dinner took place, which was that the talks had been constructive. may day means worker solidarity for labour, but there was no fraternity from opposition parties for a prime minister under pressure. to start negotiations by threatening to walk away with no deal and set up a sort of low tax economy on the shores of europe is not a sensible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time. the revelations overnight show theresa may being guilty of astonishing arrogance and complacency, that she feels that somehow, the lack of any kind of deal, no free trade deal, no cooperation on police and security, that that is somehow acceptable to families in this country.

brexit will be a difficult dance between the uk and brussels, and this leaked account from the eu side shows a willingness to brief about the talks to their advantage. but it also reveals that on many issues, the sides are far apart, and the mood is farfrom merry. the reports of those disagreements between theresa may and jean—claude juncker, the european commission president appeared in the german newspaper, the frankfurter allgemeine. the journalist who wrote the story, thomas thomas gutschker says he stands by it. the eu commission has confirmed my reporting. numerous colleagues have called them and asked for conversation and i have received from their reports that they have confirmed it. the real problem here may be that the dinner went badly

because there was a complete misunderstanding between the interlocutors and in that respect, it shouldn't come as a surprise but that theresa may walked away with a com pletely that theresa may walked away with a completely different impression from that dinner. sea, that was the case forjean—claude juncker as well. that dinner. sea, that was the case forjean-claude juncker as well. why did your sources feel they have to lea k did your sources feel they have to leak it now? one would have to ask them, actually. i can give you an expert nation. i think it conveys a sense of frustration. there has been this dinner and sense of frustration. there has been this dinnerand mr sense of frustration. there has been this dinner and mrjuncker conveyed his expression when he left. he felt that he really didn't manage to get his message across to theresa may. that is why in the first place right after that meeting he called the german chancellor angela merkel and told her how disastrous this is and

that theresa may is living in a different galaxy where she is harbouring many illusions which is why our chancellor afterwards went to the bundestag where she was due to the bundestag where she was due to deliver a speech and said some in britain are harbouring illusions, and that was referring to theresa may. the negotiations don't start in the uk at until after the general election and this very public lobbying we are seeing from the 27 and jean—claude juncker appears to come across as undermining theresa may. well, it is certainly not went to undermine her. obviously, or as i was told, eu officials have been telling the british government for weeks that they are in favour of early elections because they think that otherwise these elections that would do at the latest in 2020 would

hang over the negotiations. however, they thought it should have been done before she notifies because now the clock is ticking. it is really a race against time. that was the foreign editorfor the race against time. that was the foreign editor for the frankfurter allgemeine, thomas gutschker, who broke that story with us. with me is our political correspondent, eleanor garnier. talks about talks. that is where they are at this stage and as you pointed out, the formal talks want to get going until after the general election, and we have the elections in france as well and render later this year elections in germany as well. this will make go down as the most prickly, the most and enjoyable, apparently of all time. i think this was a chance that theresa may and those key negotiators to talk about their opening positions, the opening negotiation positions. number ten have consistently said they don't recognise this account.

the areas they disagree on, apparently, were interestingly, whether a trade deal could be done early, protecting the rights of eu and uk citizens as early asjune, and uk citizens as early asjune, and also the oil that britain must pay when it leaves the eu. i think the remarks from theresa may this afternoon, she was asked by journalists and it was pretty telling, she said it was just brussels gossip but she didn't directly say it was factually wrong, and that we see eye to eye on everything. clearly, they don't. what is worrying from the tennis they want these talks to be done behind closed doors, in private, thatis behind closed doors, in private, that is the way theresa may likes to run her government. clearly, the eu has a different idea. and 27 other countries here, each lead of those countries here, each lead of those countries has their own advisers, there are lots of different places there are lots of different places the league to come out of, and whether or not this is the actual

situation of what went on, it is going to be difficult to keep things really closed behind closed doors. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster, john stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent at the london evening standard. police have revealed more details of the burglary in dorset in which the householder was shot dead. they say the men broke into the property wearing balaclavas — one of them armed with a shotgun. 61—year—old guy hedger died at his home in the village of st ives. duncan kennedy reports from the scene. it's been described as one of the most exclusive residential neighbourhoods in southern england, but it's now the scene of a murder investigation. dozens of officers have been searching for clues in what's become a wide—ranging inquiry.

police say guy hedger, who was 61, was shot in the early hours of yesterday morning. he later died of his injuries. this afternoon, detectives said this was a horrific act of gun violence on the tranquil edges of the new forest. we believe there was a level of preplanning within this offence. it appears that the offenders have actually gone prepared to be confronted. they were wearing balaclavas and in possession of a shotgun. police say jewellery, including some designer watches, were taken in the robbery. a friend and former work colleague of guy hedger told us his death was deeply shocking. it's a very close—knit business, so the sense of shock and upset will be felt very deeply. we will give as much support to our people as we can, and we will offer our sympathy and condolences to his broader family and friends at this distressing time. police say another man living

in the house was unharmed and could be an important witness. this is an area with large, detached houses behind imposing electronic gates, with many residents here profoundly unsettled by what has happened. it's absolutely dreadful. absolutely awful, sickening. this evening, the police said that mr hedger‘s family had been left devastated by what has happened. they said a postmortem examination was carried out this afternoon, and they have again renewed their appeal for any witnesses who might have seen anything to come forward as soon as possible. dorset has one of the lowest gun crime profiles of anywhere in britain. but this violent burglary in the heart of the english countryside is now at the centre of an intensive police investigation. both candidates in the french presidential election have been holding rallies in the final week of campaigning. the far right contender marine le

pen has attacked her rival as the ‘continuity candidate' while emmanuel macron said the future of europe is at stake in this election. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. the second round of french elections has been the graveyard of far right dreams of power. used to facing a united front of all her rivals, marine le pen is now calling on voters to unite her liberal opponent emmanuel macron. at a rally today, she attacked mr macron as a back door socialist, soft on terror, a friend of high finance and too easily irritated to be head of state. her image, by contrast, has become ever softer, a woman of the people, a mother and protector of what she calls forgotten france. for decades, the front national

has influenced french politics from the margins. now marine le pen says the party represents the mainstream on issues like immigration and the eu. but many voters still fear that she would unravel france's democratic traditions, and that fear, as one paper put it, is her political glass ceiling. by the river seine today, emmanuel macron honoured a moroccan man killed by far right supporters two decades ago, a reminder of the controversial history that dogs the front national. but support for the far right is growing here, and on a visit to france's rural heartland over the weekend, he told us that this election was the last call for france's membership of the eu. to have almost half of this country angry with the european idea, we have to reform europe. we need a new european union in situation to protect our people and to regulate our globalisation. if, the day after, i decide to follow up and pursue the current functioning of the european union, i will betray my people.

i don't want to do so, because the day after, we will have a frexit or the front national again. france's main unions held separate rallies today, their members were divided over the choice in this election — to vote macron, to block le pen or to not vote at all. we can speak now to our paris correspondent hugh schofield. there is a bit of strategic voting that people are being encouraged to do. the french happy with that? the country boils down to people who are going to vote for one of the other oi’ going to vote for one of the other or abstain. we want people in the camps to —— marine le pen wants to

encourage people to would like to vote for emmanuel macron to at least abstain, trying to paint him in the most secure rid, denominate colours, the decree on the left, people who would naturally automatically vote for the candidate who was not marine le pen. she wants them to think again. maybe not necessary to vote for her but certainly to apps dane and that is why she is depicting him asa and that is why she is depicting him as a person with no interest in france, no love for france, someone who habitat is the world. she wants to get that message across and she is getting across very forcefully, hitting very hard, in the hope that people who might vote for him will abstain and the mentioned there is, the more she stands a chance. do you think that will work but mark mr

macron has acknowledged it is a potential frexit that people will be voting for le pen. there is also an indication that those polls are narrowing very slightly. is le pen brett for mr macron? of course she is but he has reason to feel confident, she is a long, long way behind but what we have seen this week the last couple of days and certainly today is macron acknowledging that the first time that he does need to be chamfered at other half of france which is not the deeply enamoured of his shiny toothed optimism. there are those who look at him and think that is not the kind of france we belong to, he is up there with the middle classes, the aspirants, the people doing well with globalisation but we down here are not happy. they are the people who he has neglected so farand the people who he has neglected so far and today, we saw him

acknowledging, obviously and deliberately bridging that there we re deliberately bridging that there were losers in the current setup, that there are people who suffer from the current arrangements of the european union and that he needs to think about that because that has not been his message so far. his message so far has been very upbeat and optimistic, things aren't as bad as is portrayed anchor globalisation is broadly the —— good. now he is slightly changing tax. he appreciates that in the second round, he has to appeal to those who think they are not winners in the current system. the headlines. theresa may has dismissed as brussels gossip and account up shop disagreement with jean—claude juncker. the detect of leading the investigation into the fatal shooting of a man in dorset says he

believes it was a targeted attack. police are hunting at least two suspects. three police officers have been injured in clashes with marks demonstrators in paris, the violence erupted during a mayday march. sports now. let's get a full round—up. mark selby has turned it around in the final of the world snooker championship at the crucible. the world number one had been trailing john higgins 10—4 at one point, but he's dominated play on the final day of this match, winning all but one frame this afternoon. he now needs just four more frames to successfully defend his world title. higgins has managed to stop the rot, though. he finally won a frame, his first for some time, to make it 14—12. but, in the last few minutes, selby showing his resiliance once again edging ahead and closer to the title with a 15—12 lead. these are live picture

from the crucible and you can watch this match live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. the final is best of 35 frames, so first to 18 wins. selby three from getting his hands on the trophy in consecutive years. liverpool have the chance tonight to take another big step towards securing a champions league qualification place in the premier league. jurgen klopp's side are at watford this evening. five of liverpool's six defeats this season have come against teams currently in the bottom half of the table. mariappa comes in for watford, while liverpool named an unchanged side. it stands goalless. a win would move liverpool three points above fourth—placed manchester city. three points for watford would take them to ninth. there's some good news for england cricket fans ahead of next month's champions trophy.

ben stokes has returned from injury to smash a match—winning century for his side, rising pune supergiant, in the ipl. stokes had missed the last two matches with a shoulder injury, but took charge of his side's chase of the gujarat lions' total of 161. he struggled with cramp and was barely able to run between the wickets towards the end of his innings, but had no problem hitting from his crease — reaching his century as pune won the match. back on these shores, england captainjoe root could only make 21 for yorkshire in the roses match against lancashire. yorkshire won easily though, with england spinner adil rashid taking two wickets and the winning catch. elsewhere durham beat warwickshire. wba and ibf world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua says he needs to improve ahead of his next fight. joshua beat wladimir klitschko at wembley stadium in a thrilling bout on saturday night. former world champion tyson fury is currently without a boxing licence, but has indicated he'd like to fightjoshua. there could also be a re—match

with klitschko, or a unification fight with wbc champion deontay wilder. i want to start planning how i am going to improve because i know at my next fight, people will be watching. i've done my learning now, i can't say in my next fight, still learning, still a novice. so, i can't say in my next fight, still learning, stilla novice. so, i i can't say in my next fight, still learning, still a novice. so, i get back to the gym and find out where my weaknesses are and improve on them, simple as that. a first great britain lions rugby league tour in more than a decade could take place in 2019. england, scotland, wales and ireland have played as individual nations since 2007, when the lions played a series against new zealand. nigel wood, chair of the rugby league international federation, has told the bbc there could be a tour to the southern hemisphere scheduled between this year's world cup in australia and the 2021 tournament in england. britain's rachel atherton has claimed a 14th consecutive downhill

mountain bike world cup victory by winning the season opening event in lourdes. the world champion last missed the top of the podium back in 2015 at the french venue and was the clear favourite following her unbeaten season last year. she beat australia's tracey hannah by two and a half seconds, with fellow britons tahnee seagrave third and manon carpenter fifth. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. the palestinian militant group hamas is announcing its first new policy document since its founding charter. in an effort to soften its image hamas has dropped its long—standing bbc‘s middle east correspondent, yolande knell joins us live from jerusalem. what does all this mean? what we see

in this new policy document is a much more moderate language and some softening of the hamas position that are widely quoted from its founding charter written back in 1988. in particular here, you don't have any recognition of israel still, you don't have hamas giving up its claim to all of historic palestine which includes present—day israel but it does talk clearly here about accepting a palestinian state in what is known as the pre—1967 borders, in the west bank, the gaza strip and east jerusalem borders, in the west bank, the gaza strip and eastjerusalem as the capital. their resource so different language about the jewish faith and dues. a lot of people criticised hamas for anti—semitism in its founding charter, lots of religious references to the needs to fight against ajewish

references to the needs to fight against a jewish people, for muslims to bring aboutjudgment day, that has all been dropped and it emphasises the struggle is not with jewish people or with thejewish faith but with what we would call israel but hamas called the zionist project, only using israel in inverted commas. what is interested as well is if you remember hamas is an ideological offshoot of the muslim brotherhood and now the muslim brotherhood and now the muslim brotherhood and now the muslim brotherhood is considered to bea muslim brotherhood is considered to be a terrorist organisation by egypt and some of the gulf countries that has led to a lot of isolation of hamas, particularly in gaza, and now, there is not a single reference in the policy document to the muslim brotherhood, only hamas is referred to independently as having more political goals than religious ones, so that is an important departure. i don't explore —— don't think this

will change things when it comes to the united states, european union, hamas is still itself to armed resista nce hamas is still itself to armed resistance against israel and i think it will stay on their terrorist watchlist, as a result, but regionally, this could lead to some changes and also perhaps amongst the palestinian people themselves. how has israel reacted to this? at the moment, they raise an event taking place, it is memorial day for israel where it remembers that it tends of terrorism and fallen soldiers so we haven't had much of an reaction but one official came out and said hamas is trying to fool the world but he said it won't succeed with this new policy document. three women have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after raids in east london. the arrests are being linked to the counter—terrorism operation in which a woman was shot and injured in north west

london last thursday. a total of ten people have now been arrested in connection with what's known as the harlesden road police operation. a british man has been knocked down and killed after apparently trying to take a selfie on a german motorway. the man was named on social media as dean steele, from uddingston near glasgow who was thought to have been 22. he was with two friends when he was hit by a car on the a21; autobahn in gudow, near hamburg, at about 11:a0 on sunday. police said witnesses reported seeing the three men taking cell phone pictures of themselves. a group of mps says the failure of some of the biggest internet companies to remove illegal online content is a "disgrace." the home affairs select committee says firms including facebook, twitter and google are "shamefully far" from taking sufficient action to deal with terrorist propaganda and images of child abuse. the sites have defended their approach to online safety

but admit more could be done. 27 people have been injured on a flight from moscow to bangkok when the plane suffered severe turbulence. russian officials said passengers who weren't wearing their seatbelts were injured and that some of the injuries included broken bones. 2.2 million people turned out over the weekend to watch the tour de yorkshire. organisers say that's the biggest number of spectators since the tour de france came to the region in 2014. it's hoped next year's event will be extended from three days to four, as dave edwards reports. three years ago, the tour de yorkshire didn't even exist. now it's hard to imagine this time of year without it. 2.2 million of us went out to watch, from the very young to... well, you get the idea. there was even a home winner for the fans to cheer as 0tley‘s lizzie deignan won the women's race, with grandma on hand to celebrate.

serge pauwels from belgium won the men's. organisers say they are now looking at extending an event that they have called a huge success. i think it's important for us and the sustainability of the race going forward to have the fourth day and to do two days for the women's cycling as well. next year? hope so. we are talking to british cycling. we had a conversation with them again today on it. we will have those conversations. there is no reason why that shouldn't happen. police have praised the spectators, with the west yorkshire force saying the atmosphere was fantastic, and it hasn't made a single arrest. the director of the tour de france says it's only a matter of when and not if the world's biggest bike race returns to yorkshire, and that surely is the highest possible praise. time for a look at the weather. the

bank holiday brought warmth to scotla nd bank holiday brought warmth to scotland and northern ireland, we have had showers affecting parts of england and wales. that will fade away as we go deeper into this evening, the second half of the 90s looking dry. warm in western scotla nd looking dry. warm in western scotland and the countryside, but some places freezing by dawn. 0n the cool side as we start tomorrow. it sta rts cool side as we start tomorrow. it starts dry but showers will come into eastern england and rift westwards during the day, some reaching wales and later in the day, southern england could catch heavy ones. through northern ireland and scotla nd ones. through northern ireland and scotland to. cool down the eastern side of the uk with a breeze coming in off the sea still around as we go into tuesday evening, the warmest weather in the west.