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 is a dead woman walking, it is just how long will she remain on death row. all this comes as mrs may faces the challenge of minority government and brexit talks starting in days.

we'll have the very latest as mps prepare to head back to westminster. also ahead: exit polls show france's president macron on course for a majority in parliament — creating a new party with many mps who've never before been in politics. and in sport, rafa nadal makes it into double figures with his tenth french open title. hello and welcome to world news today. the british prime minister theresa may says she is getting on with delivering the job following the conservative party losing their majority. mrs may has retained most of her ministers but she appointed an influential adversary, michael

gove. with brexit talks starting in a week's time, the prime instead has faced criticism after losing her majority. she's putting on a brave face but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister rang round colleagues who'd been defeated on thursday. for now she keeps the job but senior conservatives have demanded changes. it's going to require a different approach, we are going to see, i hope, more collective decision—making in the cabinet. i and other senior colleagues have made that clear to her. i think you will also see that she will want to work much more closely with the parliamentary party. there is no appetite for a general election among conservatives, but the labour leader says he is ready to seize power. we cannot go on with a period of great instability. we have a programme,

we have the support and we are ready to fight another election campaign as soon as may be, because we want to serve the people of this country. it is notjust the opposition snapping at theresa may's heels. theresa may is a dead woman walking. it is just how long she will remain on death row. we will know very shortly. we could easily get to next week and it all collapses for her. when tory mps start to return to parliament this week, they will face the reality of political life without a majority in the house of commons. compromises will need to be found. controversial policies like grammar schools, social care and pension changes may bite the dust. there is no point in sailing ahead with items that were in the manifesto which we will not get through parliament. to get anything done, the conservatives need votes from another party. they are trying to do a deal with northern ireland's ten democratic unionists. today both sides suggested that the principles of an agreement were in place. we had very good discussions yesterday with the conservative party in relation to how

we could support them in forming a national government, one that would bring stability to the nation and those discussions continue. we have made good progress but discussions continue. after such a bad political miscalculation, most leaders would be forced out, but many tory mps do not have the appetite for a leadership contest just as brexit talks are about to start and they certainly don't want to risk a second general election. for now, theresa may's colleagues are rallying behind her, but she is certainly not in charge of her own political destiny. among appointees to theresa may's cabinet is michael gove, a leave campaigner and an adversary of mrs may's. in the last hour, she was asked whether his appointment was a sign of weakness. what i have done today is seeing

people across the party accepting the invitation to be in my cabinet andi the invitation to be in my cabinet and i have brought in talent from across the party. this is a government that is going to be governing for everyone, we want a country that works for everyone, bringing that talent together to ensure we can deliver a successful brexit but deal with the challenges that people see in their everyday lives, like dealing with the need for more housing, ensuring we have a proper mental health legislation and providing that technical education for young people. iam pleased people across the party has agreed to serve and we will be getting on with the job with government. just one more thing. it has obviously been a difficult few days for you both personally and politically. how are you feeling? i imagine you are

feeling rather shell—shocked. are you feeling? i imagine you are feeling rather shell-shocked. what i am feeling is there is a job to be done and what the public want is to ensure the government is getting on with that job. ensure the government is getting on with thatjob. i have appointed cabinet ministers today, i will meet with them tomorrow. on tuesday i will meet president emmanuel macron. these are important in getting on with the brexit negotiations but also dealing with the challenges people see in their everyday lives. this is a government getting on with the work we need to do, to ensure we area the work we need to do, to ensure we are a government that will govern for everyone, that we see opportunity across the country, that we see people making the most of their lives. just one more thing quickly. some of your colleagues have been suggesting that you might bea have been suggesting that you might be a caretaker prime minister. for the record, do you intend to serve a full term? i said that if re-elected

i would serve a full term but what i am doing now is getting on with the immediatejob am doing now is getting on with the immediate job and that is what is important, that is what the public would expect. they want to see government providing that certainty and stability at what is a critical time. the brexit negotiations start ina time. the brexit negotiations start in a week, we need to get those right and make a success of it but there are other issues we need to address. we have been listening to voters and that is what we will be doing. the british foreign secretary borisjohnson, seen as a potential challenger, gave his support to the prime minister. of course people are wondering what is going to happen now there is a hung parliament, there is no absolute majority, but tulisa may got by far the biggest mandate anybody has got for my party for decades. she leads by far the biggest party in parliament, jeremy corbyn did not win this election, it

is absolutely right that she should go ahead, form a government and deliver on the priorities of the people and i am going to be backing her and everyone i am talking to work as well. our political correspondent tom bateman joins us from westminster. people taking the pledge of loyalty from boris and michael gove back in cabinet. what you have to remember in terms of where theresa may is at his her authority is severely weakened and damage. after an election result and borisjohnson is right when he says things about the share of the vote, the conservatives managed to achieve which is of a historic high, but the reality is to reason they had called the election three years early, she wanted to call it two in her words bolster par hansson, to strengthen her hand

ahead of those brexit negotiations. but she managed to wipe out her own parliamentary majority and therefore over this weekend she has been trying to shore up her position in downing street. largely in regards to her standing downing street. largely in regards to herstanding in downing street. largely in regards to her standing in the party and her own mps have the power to mount any leadership challenge against her. what we have seen over the last couple of days and with this reshuffle today is it has been a limited reshuffle. she has not tried to do too much and that is largely because she has been unable to. most of the cabinet has stayed in place, there has been one demotion and that was a member of the government who many had seen had not performed well and so was not surprising. what this tells you is theresa may is boxed in in terms of her ability to manoeuvre in the cabinet, moreover she is handing out olive branches in the

form of michael gove who has been brought back into government, somebody she had fired when she first became prime minister. what we have to wait to see is over the next few days, whether there are further court against her or whether it is the case that other cabinet members should say she should remain in place. exit polls in france suggest the centrist party of president emanuel macron is on course for a landslide victory following the first round of parliamentary elections. interior ministry figures put his republique en marche party and allies on more than 32% of the vote, with the conservatives more than ten points behind and the national front of marine le pen trailing in third place. but turnout was a record low of just over 50%. the interim president said figures

should drive its candidates to redouble their efforts before next week's second round. translation: this evening this isn't a done deal. the low turnout must encourage our effo rts the low turnout must encourage our efforts to strengthen our engagement with the people. it was at the core of our movement's creation. this is one of our priorities in the coming weeks. what do these numbers mean? this is a two round election, this is the first round of voting in the 577 constituencies. next sunday we will have the definitive result but normally you can get a clear picture from the first round of how they and result is going to be an normally what we see today is a clear

indication of the end result and the end result looks like it will be a huge majority for the republique en marche party with up to 440 seats, three quarters of the seats, which is above and beyond what they could have dreamt of and bears out all the prediction that emmanuel macron made when he launched his bed. he said that if he became president, even though he did not have an established party behind him, it did not matter because with this group of people behind him, there would be this logic of institutions. the established parties that he was setting up in opposition to have collapsed, the republicans on the right, they have held their own just about, enough to save face, about 100 seats. but on the left, the socialists have fallen apart and it

may well be that they are down to the lowest ever number of seats in the lowest ever number of seats in the national assembly, down tojust 30 or 40 which is a complete colla pse 30 or 40 which is a complete collapse and we must mention marine le pen, riding high a few weeks ago, her party got 13% and they may well have no more than two, three, four mps in this assembly. many in emmanuel macron‘s party, many of those people have never been in politics before. who are they? that is the true interest in this story. it isa is the true interest in this story. it is a story of renewal, of how in oui’ it is a story of renewal, of how in our democracies and notjust in france, there seems to be an appetite for something different and new, and what emmanuel macron did was to tap into that feeling and

bring to his party, this movement that was launched on the internet, all these people, candidates from different backgrounds, ages, men and women, who were complete novices and have been brought through on his coat—tails into the national legislator. we will keep you up—to—date on all the events in france in the coming hours. more on oui’ france in the coming hours. more on our website along with full details of all the candidates. all that ahead of the second round of the parliamentary elections next sunday. much more ahead: catalonia's independence campaign have published their manifesto to leave spain with their manifesto to leave spain with the help of pep guardiola. in the heart of the west german

capital. the crowd packed to see the man who fought damn who has raised great hopes for the end of the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screen is testament to his popularity and faith in his innocence. as long as they will pay to go see me, i will go out there and kick them down the hill. what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel?m feels marvellous really. britain's prime minister insist she

will preside over a successful exit of the eu despite losing her majority. after an extremely difficult few days, theresa may says she is focused on getting on with thejob and she is focused on getting on with the job and one she is focused on getting on with thejob and one of her she is focused on getting on with the job and one of her first moves will be to visit emmanuel macron. but with brexit talks due to start within days, the uk election has emboldened those politicians who are calling for the country to remain inside europe's single market. so what does the uk political upheaval mean for brexit negotiations and what do europeans make of the last few days of uk politics? i'm joined from paris by the journalist and broadcaster agnes poirier. the french seem invigorated with

their new politics and all the people coming into emmanuel macron's party. what are they thinking? that france is strong and stable in comparison with the uk. it is very strange. on friday we were mystified because we do not understand what the results in the general elections mean. it is wonderful to see that young voters went to vote en masse and for labour, but word they more interested in the scrapping of tuition fees or showing that they we re tuition fees or showing that they were pro—european? the problem is that labour is going to go for brexit, it is not going to be questioned brexit in any way. they wa nt to questioned brexit in any way. they want to get out of the single market and so does that mean all be young

voters who voted forjeremy corbyn wa nt to voters who voted forjeremy corbyn want to stop brexit? as opposed to a ha rd want to stop brexit? as opposed to a hard brexit? also theresa may looks incredibly weak now so does that mean that the tory party is going to get rid of her? even if it happens, it will take a few weeks, months and in the meantime, their negotiation talks are going to start. in brussels there are 27 states that are quite in agreement about how those talks should be led and on the other side, in britain, those talks should be led and on the otherside, in britain, the those talks should be led and on the other side, in britain, the message this election is sending out is actually not very clear. their message might be mixed, some seeing it as message might be mixed, some seeing itasa message might be mixed, some seeing it as a message that the government should implement a softer brexit, whatever that means, but also people are worried that the negotiations

will be difficult. how can britain negotiated in a strong position if the prime minister might not even be there to see them through? exactly. it isa there to see them through? exactly. it is a question for the future parliament, the future british parliament, the future british parliament to resolve. perhaps you need a cross—party negotiating team to send to brussels, that is possible, especially when theresa may doesn't even know whether she will get there. port of the dup, so i think the british government has to somehow find something before it goes to brussels, otherwise perhaps negotiations can be delayed until somebody has a majority in british parliament. thank you very much for your time. thousands of people pushing for catalonia for

independence have protesters the spanish government to recognise a referendum there. campaigners held a rally in barcelona as they released a manifesto ahead of the independence vote in october. amongst those taking part was pep guardiola. leading political and civic figures attended the demonstration. it followed the catalan regional government announcement on friday that it intends to hold the referendum on october one. we will vote even though the spanish state doesn't want us to. pep guardiola read out a strongly worded manifesto outlining catalonia's intention to push ahead with the vote. we call on

the international community to help us. the international community to help us. we call on all democracies in europe, all around the world to stand by us, defending the rights to free catalonia, freedom in political expression. to face up to the abuses ofan expression. to face up to the abuses of an authoritarian state. we cata la ns of an authoritarian state. we catalans are going to vote the 1st of october your. spanish prime minister has condemned the referendum plan as illegal and has pledged to block it although it is still not clear exactly what steps he would take to do so. cata la n steps he would take to do so. catalan is a fairly even divided on theissue catalan is a fairly even divided on the issue of independence although a clear majority would like to be able

to hold a legal referendum on their future. tulsen tollett has all the sport. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the french open tennis and the news that rafael nadal has beaten 2015 champion stan wawrinka in straight sets to becomes the first man to win but three run—outs in a collapse of eight wickets for 51 runs saw

them crumble from 140 for 3 to all out for 191. india captain virat kohli led from the front on his way to an unbeaten 76, ably assisted by shikhar dhawan who made 78. india racing to their target with 12 overs to spare. theyjoin england and bangladesh in the last four, with sri lanka meeting pakistan on monday for the final spot. luckily got the big strikers out early and that really helps to close the innings off because in the end if you get a 50, 60 the innings off because in the end if you geta 50, 60 run the innings off because in the end if you get a 50, 60 run partnership, the opposition is still in the game. the bowlers stuck to their lines and got us the breakthroughs when required and that really helps when you chase that kind of a trophy

because the bowlers have done such a good job. that is all from me, back later. a lottery ticket sold in california usa has won a jackpot of $448 million. powerball lottery officials said one ticket sold in sun city has matched all the winning numbers drawn on saturday. this jackpot is said to be the seventh largest us powerball history and the anonymous winner is said to be a manufacturing plant worker. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @geetagurumurthy some of you have had a dry and bright sunday, others have had frequent showers. scotland, northern ireland and particular. blustery across—the—board ireland and particular. blustery across—the—boa rd and that ireland and particular. blustery across—the—board and that continues as we finished the day and go into the night. a few showers across the rest of england and wales. compared

to what we saw to take us into sunday, it will be a cooler night but temperatures still in double figures. the winds will strengthen for a time across northern england, north west and northern ireland. may just have a few restrictions on the bridges. check the travel tomorrow. bright skies here and there but one oi’ bright skies here and there but one or two showers. quite a bit of cloud around first thing in england and wales. the cloud could be thick enough for a few showers. they will go through quite quickly. longer spells of sunshine towards the channel islands and as this rich of high pressure starts to build in, any high pressure starts to build in, a ny early high pressure starts to build in, any early showers will fade away. the cloud will thin and break, best of the sunshine to the south and east. temperatures at the highest

shelter of that breeze down the eastern half of the country, 19, 20 celsius. monday evening we will see a dry start. a ridge of high pressure trying to build in from the south—west but these weather front is pushed through bringing increasing amounts of cloud. that cloud will bring the odd spot of light rain. the hills of north—west england in particular. eastern scotland, good cloud breaks here. the further south you are, not only dry but sunny spells. wednesday we draw airfrom the dry but sunny spells. wednesday we draw air from the south. rain at times, most will have a dry day and with southerly winds, temperatures will be the highest for the week, maybe reaching 26 or 27 celsius in the south—east corner. this is bbc world news,

the headlines. britain's prime minister theresa may says she wants to get on with the job of governing the country. she's ignored calls from her opponents to stand down after losing her majority in parliament, and will meet with her new cabinet at westminster on monday morning. exit polls show france's president macron's party is on course jeremy corbyn says he is ready to form an alternative government. exit polls show france's president macron's party is on course to win a landslide victory in the general election. one projection after the first round of voting giving him a 300 seat majority in parliament. a spokesman for colonel gaddafi's son saif says he wants to play a pivotal role in libya's future, after being released from jail by a militia group. rafa nadal has won his tenth french open tennis title. the spanish player is the first man to reach double figures at any of the grand slam tournaments.