hello, this is bbc news, the headlines at 8.30pm. michael gove returns to the cabinet as environment secretary as the prime minister reshuffles her cabinet. in other changes, liz truss loses herjob asjustice secretary, while damian green becomes first secretary of state. senior conservatives including liam fox publicly back the prime minister as speculation continues about her future. theresa may says it will be business as usual. what i am feeling is that there is a job to be done and what there is a job to be done and what the public want is to ensure that the public want is to ensure that the government is getting on with the government is getting on with thejob. the government is getting on with the job. police investigating the manchester bombing release images of salman abedi and say that they are confident he acted alone. and in france, president macron‘s party looks set to be the big winner as counting begins in the country's parliamentary elections.

a month after electing emmanuel macron as their youngest ever president, the people of france have been voting again today, in the first round of parliamentary elections. early indications are that the president is set for a landslide majority. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in paris and asked him how the president managed to do so well given his party was only a year—old. it is the most extraordinary story and it looks like he has pulled off this feat notjust by becoming president, but also then securing the majority he needs in parliament to see through his programme and as you say all this done from a standing start, less than a year ago with a political party that did not yet exist, looking like it will provide the vast bulk of parliamentarians the national assembly which will convene after the second round next week. just to be clear, this is the first round of voting, and the project as we are talking

about are based on exit polls from the first round. there will be a second round normally between the two front runners each of the 577 constituencies, but the calculation is done are pretty much in concordance with all pollsters and media, making the bet that emmanuel macron made has paid off handsomely. almost too handsomely. what we hear on the airwaves now is that from the opposition and left and right, people are saying, hang on, this is too much! if there is no opposition in parliament, we are squeezed to the outsides, a danger to democracy. what it looks like is that he will get to 440 seats in the 577 seat assembly. with republicans, party of the centre—right, just about saving face with an opposition bloc around about 100, but the left is completely wiped out, the socialists who have had power for the last few years down to 30 or a0 mps, and the front national with marine le pen, 40% in the second round of the

presidential election, leaving with just two or three orfour mps. she will be very angry about that, saying it is a travesty of a democratic society when someone who can represent such a strong force society is down to such a tiny miserable representation. three men have been arrested after an easyjet flight to stansted was diverted because of suspicious behaviour. passengers were evacuated down emergency slides after the plane, which was flying from slovenia, made an unplanned landing in germany. the pilot was alerted to a suspicious conversation on board, including what police called "terrorist content". a backpack belonging to one of the men was blown up by police. 0ne passenger said that despite being in quarantine for several hours, he agrees with the action taken by police. ethiopia is currently experiencing a

drought. it has been blamed on reins, and fear that it will continue. the second son of the former libyan leader, colonel gaddafi, is reported to have been released from prison. a militia group controlling the town of zintan in the west of the country, says it's freed seif al—islam after six years in jail, following the uprising which overthrew his father. 0ur middle east correspondent 0rla guerin reports. saif al—islam. for years, the public face of a hated regime. now, once again, a free man. he was colonel gaddafi's heir apparent, expected to inherit the family dictatorship. that was before his capture during the uprising of 2011. he was detained by rebel fighters as he tried to flee to niger. later he appeared minus a few fingers — the result of an air strike, he said. he was sentenced to death by a court in tripoli for brutality

during the revolution, and he's still wanted by the international criminal court in the hague on war crimes charges. tripoli's martyrs square, cradle of the revolution, was the picture of calm today, but the release of saif al—islam could deepen old wounds and new divisions in this fractured country. those who gathered here in the square six years ago, celebrating freedom, hoped they had seen the last of the gaddafis. now they have to adjust to the fact that the dictator's son has been freed. many will see this as a betrayal of the revolution, of those who fought and died. but the gaddafi name still carries power here. so much so that none of those we spoke to around the square would show their faces on camera.

but most accepted his release. not such a surprise, perhaps, when you consider libya's descent into chaos since the fall of gaddafi. this man told us, better the devil you know. i think he is from the young generation, he says, and has a different view. he's not like the old regime. in the past, saif al—islam commanded considerable support, and in parts of the country he still does. his backers will be hoping he returns to the political fray. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tripoli. back now to goings on at westminster in the wake of thursday's general election. let's get a reminder of the main changes in today's ministerial reshuffle. michael gove makes a surprise comeback — returning to the government as environment secretary. damian green is made first secretary of state

and cabinet office minister, a promotion to a key role for an old may ally. liz truss is demoted from head of the justice ministry to chief secretary to the treasury. david lidington becomes lord chancellor and justice secretary. david gauke, who was chief secretary to the treasury, becomes the new work and pensions secretary. and sir patrick mclouglin has been appointed as the chairman of the conservative party. this report from our political correspondent vicki young. at this time, we need stability and certainty, that is what i've done today, putting together are cabinets that the flex world and experience across the conservative party, a cabinet that will get on with government and get on with delivering successful brexit negotiations that start in a week's time. but we also need to do with the social issues in our country.

tackling issues around mental health, ensuring technical education for young people, tackling the housing crisis. this is what my cabinet and government will be getting on and doing. by minister, one question or two. the big news today, obviously, the return of michael gove to your cabinet. are you now in a situation where you are so you now in a situation where you are so weakened by the election that you have no choice but to put influential adversaries at the top table, proof, in the words of george osborne, you are a good woman walking? —— dead woman walking? osborne, you are a good woman walking? -- dead woman walking? what i've seen is people across the party accepting the invitation to be in my cabinet and i've bought in talent from across the party. i believe that's important. this is a government that is going to be governing for everyone, we want to country that works for everyone, bring talent together to ensure we can get on with the job of delivering a successful brexit but also deal with some of the challenges that people see in their

everyday lives like dealing with the need for more housing. ensuring that we have a proper mental health legislation to support people and providing that technical education for young people. i'm pleased that people from across the party have agreed to serve in my cabinet and we're going to be getting on with thejob of government. we're going to be getting on with the job of government. one more thing. it's obviously been a very difficult few days for you, both personally and politically i would imagine. how are you feeling? i imagine, rather shell—shocked. imagine. how are you feeling? i imagine, rather shell-shocked. what iam imagine, rather shell-shocked. what i am feeling is that actually there isa i am feeling is that actually there is a job to be done and what the public want is to ensure the government is getting on with that job. i've appointed cabinet ministers today, i will be ms on tuesday i will go to france for meetings with president macron. we need to get on with brexit preparations and also deal with the

challenges in people was a very everyday lives. this is the government getting on with work we need to do is to ensure that we are being a government that will govern the everyone, that with across the country. the crazy people able to make the most of their lives. this isa make the most of their lives. this is a government getting on with the job —— we will see people make the most of their lives. some of your collea g u es most of their lives. some of your colleagues have suggested you might bea colleagues have suggested you might be a caretaker prime minister. to be clear for the record, do be a caretaker prime minister. to be clearfor the record, do you intend to serve a full term? i said during the election campaign that i would serve a full term. what i'm doing 110w serve a full term. what i'm doing now is getting on with the immediate job. i think that's what is important, what the public expect. they want to see government providing that certainty and stability. at what is a critical time for the country. the brexit negotiations started just a week, we need to get those right and make a success need to get those right and make a success of it. but there are other issues we need to address. we have

listened to voters and that is what we will do doing. our apologies, it was not picky young but it was the prime minister speaking of the last hour. this morning, labour leaderjeremy corbyn said his party had been rewarded for fighting a positive campaign, and was ready to fight another. speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr he said the conservatives were in turmoil. we have a chaotic situation with a government that sort real action on the basis of wanting a bigger mandate a majority to bring stability to british politics and what we got was a minority government relying on the dup to get business to the house of commons have now agreed position as i can work out, on most issues. it seems to me, chaotic. and i think we are quite ready, and able to put forward a serious programme which obviously has massive support in this country. this election campaigns turned around a great deal on the basis of

an awful lot of people rejecting the politics of fear and instead, embracing the politics of hope that we can talent austerity and share the wealth in this country better. in terms of raw numbers, the way the systems work, they got more votes and they got more seats than you. if they can form a coalition or some kind of government that they have the right to do that and it's hard to see with your numbers you subbing and? they are trying to form a government at the moment. i don't know what they will put into the queen's speech, or what the stance will be on the legislative programme, iam clear will be on the legislative programme, i am clear what style is. we fought this election opposing austerity, to start bringing fairness and justice, security for old people and hope for young people. surely the result has shown something very remarkable in british politics. yet people became old people joined politics. yet people became old peoplejoined in politics. yet people became old people joined in that process.

something quite historic happened. it was an extraordinary campaign that at the end of it, you lost the election, do you accept it? we didn't win the election. election, do you accept it? we didn't win the electionlj election, do you accept it? we didn't win the election. i am a effervescent and optimistic person. we didn't win but we had an incredibly good result, particularly given the way that so many of our incredibly experienced commentators wrote us off a month ago. incredibly experienced commentators wrote us off a month agolj incredibly experienced commentators wrote us off a month ago. i will return one more time to the number. parliamentary numbers. you are going to put down a alternative queen's speech? we will have a substantial amendment to the queen ‘s speech which will contain the main points ofa which will contain the main points of a manifesto. we invite the house to consider all the issues we put forward which we mentioned, jobs first, brexit, young people and austerity. and many other things. what will you say about brexit? jobs first brexit, negotiated quickly as possible. but also to guarantee the

rights of european nationals to remain in britain. do that immediately? we already did that after the referendum will on a non—binding commons majority vote where most conservatives abstained but borisjohnson where most conservatives abstained but boris johnson support where most conservatives abstained but borisjohnson support of the labour vote bizarrely. keir starmer, your european spokesman said it was a open question to let you stay inside the common market and customs. what opposition? fundamentally, it is this protecting jobs and remaining. in britain. could you stay inside the single market? that isa stay inside the single market? that is a requirement of the eu membership and since we aren't eu membership and since we aren't eu members we would have to make an arrangement. we are leaving the eu you are where? yes. we want a tariff free access to the european market, and to maintain a very important

university and research collaboration. there is a whole host of european agencies, security and environment, which we are part. we will absolutely remain part of the european convention on human rights and the european court on human rights. we are not walking away from those vital post—war agreements that we re those vital post—war agreements that were made. as we've been hearing, there has been speculation among conservatives about the prime minister's future. earlier today, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to the former conservative party leader lord howard. he said he supported theresa may's actions. i think she's doing the right thing. i think she's doing the right thing. i think she's doing the right thing. i think she can stay and to should stay. i was flexing and trying to put events into the perspective. jeremy corbyn one 30 seats on thursday, i won 33 in 2005 and

resigned the next day. i don't think we should let the thought that jeremy corbyn has won some runaway victory take over. that is not the position at all. it may not be the position at all. it may not be the position but i suppose lots of people would argue that theresa may has not won a runaway victory either. in that she campaigned on getting a stronger mandate to enter brexit negotiations and actually she hasn't, has she? of course, that is perfectly right. but we are about to start these very important negotiations a week tomorrow. and we need stability, i think it would be immensely disruptive to those negotiations if we had either a leadership election in the conservative party or general election. i think theresa may should stay, conduct those negotiations, they are meant to take two years, they are meant to take two years, they will no doubt be put to parliament at the end of that period

of time. and then we can see where we are in two year's time. while those negotiations continue, i think it is right that theresa may should stay and i think it's the duty of every conservative mp to give her their strong support. so you talk about the need for stability, but is there not also the possibility that theresa may, if she continues, will be seen as a weakened prime minister by eu brexit negotiators? and therefore the best deal for the uk can't be achieved under her leadership? no, i don't think so at all. i don't agree with that at all. when the eu negotiators are facing hell across the table, they will face the barrister of the united kingdom. —— facing her across the table. they will face the prime minister of the united kingdom. they will now i don't think it will affect the course of negotiations and i was much encouraged by is reportedly said yesterday ——

angle merkel said yesterday. a good dealfor europe angle merkel said yesterday. a good deal for europe and a good angle merkel said yesterday. a good dealfor europe and a good dealfor uk. we want each other to prosper. i think there is every prospect of a deal that is good for the uk and good for the eu. do you think that deal, the nature and shape of the deal, the nature and shape of the deal, will change as a result of this election? i can't see how or why. i heard jeremy corbyn say this morning say rather more clearly than i've heard them say before that leaving the eu means leaving the single market. that is the position of the government. he says he wants free trade access to the single market. that's the position of the government. the labour manifesto said no free movement of the ball, that's the position of the government. —— no free movement of people. the

overwhelming parliament support the position of government. so, what of those talks between the government and northern ireland's democratic unionist party, to give theresa may a working majority in parliament. our ireland correspondent chris buckler is in belfast and sent us this update. dup want to do a deal but they are concerned about the social issues. these negotiations are important of the dup, money not morality. they wa nt to the dup, money not morality. they want to stay in brexit, and ensure the strengthening of the united kingdom will continue. what had happened in westminster will nevertheless impact here at stormont. the negotiations trying to get power—sharing back and running

again resume tomorrow. that could be difficult given that the british government are more than just facilitators if they are propped up by the dup itself. that is why they have their statement from the irish prime minister, the taoiseach, enda kenny. he said he's concerned about this potential deal and also concerned aboutjeopardising this potential deal and also concerned about jeopardising the good friday agreement itself. michael gove has described how surprised and delighted he is to be brought into the cabinet again. he is the new environment secretary after year the outer darkness of the backbenchers. he is one of several new mps and then —— appointees and tim stanley of the telegraph gave his impression. at first i thought it was just a light dusting but actually there have been a actuallythere have been a couple of f very of elevated to and

very it's not that feels very important. it's not an surprise because gove an enormous surprise because gove did a lot in the campaign to campaignfor did a lot in the campaign to campaignfoers did a lot in the campaign to campaign for mrs may. and a lot of people said he may return to the cabinet. but to give him environment which is a key brexit post does feel like the pm is trying to reach out, be more collegial, and mend broken bridges with people whose you want argued with. because gove was one of the people who the sack. this is partly about shoring up position of the reshuffle, and showing a more open and collaborative sort of government. what sort of direction will it mean for the government

generally, particularly in terms of the nature of brexit we might get. to be honest, right now it is very ha rd to to be honest, right now it is very hard to tell. it's hard to tell. i don't see any signs they are shifting from the position of heading to negotiations, being prepared to walk away from that negotiation. people like anna seabury are talking, she was quoted, michael has a tan as well, about watering down brexit all getting rid of it altogether. but there is a strong feeling that the tories would just about one on a platform of delivering brexit. labour is also in favour of brexit in one form. so we will get brexit. michael gove and borisjohnson were brexit ears, johnson is still foreign secretary. theresa may is still there was brexit minister. it feels as though there has not been a huge shift on

brexit policy. but we will find that what he says to the 1922 committee tomorrow. patrick mcloughlin will chair the conservative party. oh right. your thoughts? that feels like a sensible safe pair of hands, is how that seems to me right now. but she can't get away from the fact that the lead the party and the country into an election having all got a majority and now she's lost it? she is in a precarious position. who does she need to be most wary of in her own ranks? she needs to be most wary of borisjohnson. to be honest, any by minister no matter how large their majority, needs to be aware of borisjohnson. he is permanently on manoeuvres. he is regarded as a potential prime minister in waiting by his admirers, including me. he has also gone out of his way in the last few days to

commit himself to her continued leadership. this is an important point. right now, she is a weakened by minister but she can hold up the job for as long as there was no one else prepared to take it away from her. everything we have seen the last few days implies that no one at any point has sat down with the prime minister and said, we want rid of you eventually. no one seems to have actually done that. until there is someone prepared to push her, i think she will remain in that position. i think she also has the support of the dup to govern. the big test will be the meeting with the 1922 committee at the back benches. what do they feel, do they do monthly goes? everything has been shoring up her position at the upper levels, making sure history as the dup and the five big beasts in cabinet, but what will actually happen when the actually faces the mps themselves? that will be fascinating. time for the weather. good evening.

somehow i dry day and others have had so. scotland and northern ireland have outbursts of rain and blustery across—the—board. that continues as we finish the day and go into the night. still quite breezy. showers across england and wales but showers for northern ireland and north and west scotland where they will be lengthier. compared to what we saw today doesn't to sunday, be cooler. temperatures into double figures are not to chilly. winds will also strengthen, north england and west and parts of northern ireland and into the central belt of scotland, winds at 30 to a0 miles per hour. check the travel in the morning. a few showers in the west of scotland, some making it eastwards. bright skies here and there in northern ireland. into england and wales,

some cloud around first thing but a few glimpses of sunshine, the cloud thickening up for a few passing shower. they will go through with a quick breeze. the longer the of sunshine towards the channel island. as high pressure across the south—west, it will clear away. a few showers in the south to the use to high ground, still some showers in the north but mostly dry by the state. temperatures at the highest, 19 or 20 of the let 20 celsius. into monday evening, a dry start. pressure bring coming in from the south west but the weather coming through. cloud in the northern half on tuesday, wed be a cold start though. it'll bring a spot of light rain and drizzle. western northern ireland and scotland. we could see

temperatures in the high teens once again. it will be dry with sunny spells, the best of which will be on the south coast. into wednesday, the airdraws up in the south coast. into wednesday, the air draws up in the south. the north—west highlands and islands of scotla nd north—west highlands and islands of scotland as well. most will be dry, with temperatures highest at the week, reaching 26 or 27 degrees across the south east corner. this is bbc world news today. i'm geeta guru murthy. our top stories: britain's embattled prime minister theresa may appoints her new cabinet and sidesteps suggestions her general election setback has left her feeling shell—shocked. what i am feeling is actually there isa what i am feeling is actually there is a job to be done and what the public want is to ensure the government is getting on with that job. after a weekend of speculation about the leadership, the man seen by many as her main rival in her own party, borisjohnson, gives her his backing. it is absolutely right that she

should go ahead, former government and deliver on the priorities of the people. i am going to be backing her. but the conservative chancellor mrs may sacked believes the prime minister can't survive. theresa may