this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm. former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a "witch hunt" after police say they won't be investigating a leak from the national security council about the tech giant huawei. officials in gaza say a mother and a baby are among four people killed in israeli air strikes. israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least 200 rockets into israel. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, but the indian government's rapid evacuation of over one million people is praised for saving lives.

the england captain left the fa cup -- lifts. it's victory for manchester city in the women's fa cup final, as they defeat west ham 3—0 at wembley. and at 11:30pm we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers withjohn rentoul from the independent and anne ashworth from the times. the former conservative party leader iain duncan smith has called on the prime minster to resign following the party's worst result in english local elections since 1995. mr duncan smith said she was "in effect a caretaker prime minister." it comes as senior conservatives have called for compromise and unity.

our political correspondent nick erdley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland. there weren't any elections here this week, but many agree failing to deliver brexit was behind the election drubbing. and this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party, but a caretaker prime minister. and i think therefore making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1,300 councillors, was worse than they feared. and because of that, some are saying their patience has run out. it's not the first time we've heard senior tories calling for mrs may to go. in the past, she's simply

ignored their calls. but it is again a reminder that many in the conservative party think mrs mayjust can't deliver. others, though, say there should be compromise with labour to make sure brexit is delivered. i think we do need a mood for compromise, but compromise often involves looking at the positions of different groups and coming up with something in between. talks between the government and opposition will resume early next week. sources tell me there are still substantial differences. but after labour had a tough time at the polls, too, jeremy corbyn says there is impetus to get a deal done. but opinion in labour is split. some point to losses in brexit—supporting areas and say failure to deliver it would be a breach of trust. i think we've got to leave because we had a referendum, we asked people whether they wanted to leave the eu, and by a small majority they said they did, and we said we would honour the result. but many labour mps are arguing the exact opposite, that the party needs to back another referendum and ultimately stay in the eu.

they point to huge gains at the local elections for the greens and the big winners, the liberal democrats. i think there were some local factors but there is no doubt that the big nationalfactor was the issue about brexit. the liberal democrats have been against brexit and campaigned against brexit, campaigned for a final say for the british people for the last nearly three years and i think people have heard that now from the liberal democrats, that we are the stop brexit party. these elections have posed big questions for a government struggling to deliver brexit. answering them won't necessarily be easy. nick eardley, bbc news. the former defence secretary gavin williamson has described an investigation into the national security council leak as a "shabby and discredited witch hunt" — and called for a "proper, full and impartial" assessment of the investigation. it comes after the met police said the leak, about the chinese tech giant huawei, did not amount to a criminal offence. mr williamson was sacked after the prime minister said she had evidence to suggest he was the source of the leak,

which is something he denies. our political correspondent chris mason explained what's happened. at one of those meetings, a row ended up in the newspaper. the prime minister was determined to get to the bottom of it. those that those meetings sign the official secrets act, so any link is potentially a criminal matter. as you say, the met police have said what happened didn't amount to a criminal offence. the governor has always denied being the leaker, the governor has always denied being the lea ker, but the governor has always denied being the leaker, but the statement he put out, really punchy, says there needs to bea out, really punchy, says there needs to be a proper, full and impartial investigation. ascribing it as a shabby and discredited witch—hunt, badly mishandled by both the prime minister and others, referencing the civil service. now there is clearly a difference between evidence of a crime being committed or not and a boss, the prime minister, losing trust in an employee, gavin williamson. that loss of trust was

clear last week with his firing, but mr williamson again providing evidence is not going quietly. counting is still underway in northern ireland's local elections, where the dup and sinn fein have won the largest share of the vote. but it's the smaller parties and independents who have made significant gains. the cross—community alliance party increased their share of the vote to nearly i2%. the greens also increased their number of seats. talks aimed at reviving northern ireland's power sharing administration are due to be held next week. earlier i spoke to our correspondentjohn campbell, who told me what the results meant for those talks. well, there's no real surprise in that the dup and sinn fein are still the two largest parties. the dup is to the right a little, sinn fein is the biggest national party, so really, the story was that surge by the alliance party, during support from catholic and protestants. it

mainly hazard support in greater belfast, middle—class areas, but here it was far beyond that, for example, it won a seat on derry. sitting on the council for the first time in a0 years. the leader of that party, says that this indicates many voters in northern ireland are looking to new solutions to its problems. i think what it is saying is that people want to see politics that delivers. they're not interested in the kind of tribal politics of the past in terms of unionism and nationalism, they want the politics that put people first and thus what we are offering. northern ireland politics is full of problems, whether it's stagnation dormant or around brexit, but what has been around consistently and persistently as the inability to deliver solutions. that is what people want from their politicians and that is what we have given them stop we also had an interesting new memberof the dup stop we also had an interesting new member of the dup elected? yeah, for the first time, and openly gay counsellor has been elected to the

dup. alison bennetts elected to the greater our fast councils. and what naomi was saying just a short while ago was that when you take everything together including that result for alison billington, that may be a progressive tone in northern ireland politics at the election. voters knew she was openly 93v, election. voters knew she was openly gay, that was no problem for them, she was elected. it may be a problem for some people within the dup, because the dup has its roots in very conservative evangelical religion, we heard from some veteran figures in the party who are clearly uncomfortable with alison billington. they suggested that what it might mean is that the dup could be preparing to soften its opposition to gain a margin. the dup would deny that, they say they remain opposed to gay marriage, but some people think they could just be testing the water on this policy. john campbell. india's been praised for its rapid evacuation of more than a million

people, which the united nations says helped minimise the loss of life after a devasating cyclone struck its eastern coast. up to 12 people were killed when cyclone fonny made landfall —— cyclone fani, near the city of puri in 0disha yesterday. the storm was the strongest to hit india in 20 years. 0ur correspondent rahul tandon has been to one of the worst hit areas. driving towards the areas hardest hit by the cyclone. along the way, the destruction is all too visible. these people are amongst the hundreds of thousands who were moved to safety in puri. they came to the shelters with whatever they could carry. many are still traumatised. translation: he has been sick. my wife is worried. she is constantly crying. there is no medical help here. we are suffering a lot.

next to the shelter is one of the areas worst affected by cyclone fani. this woman returned to her home for the first time this morning. translation: this used to be our bedroom. the roof has blown away. all the houses in the slum here have been damaged. across 10,000 villages in 0disha, there are scenes like this. there used to be life here. now there is just despair. in india, it is always the poor who suffer the most. this "basti", or slum, has been completely destroyed by the cyclone. they fled from here for their lives, and when they returned there was nothing left. they're now worried about their future. they say nobody is helping them. wherever the cyclone struck, it left a trail of destruction. buildings damaged and thousands of trees uprooted. more than 2.5 million people

are without electricity. the physical infrastructure damage has been enormous, so it will be a big challenge for the administration, and we are on the job. a lot of damage has taken place, people have been injured. some casualties have been deported. the authorities here are working on a war footing, but with many areas still inaccessible, they are struggling to assess the damage caused by one of india's most powerful cyclones. rahultandon, bbc news, puri. israel says it has responded with air strikes after palestinian militants fired around 200 rockets. the gazan health ministry says a mother and her baby are among four people who've been killed in the exchange of fire today. israel has closed a number of border crossings in response to the rockets. our correspondentjohn donnison said it seems there is little prospect of peace in the region. well, it's been a pretty dramatic

day. certainly one of the most serious escalations in recent months on the border. more than 200 airstrikes, as you say, thank selling is from the israelis, that was in response to rockets being fired from gaza —— tank selling is. —— shellings. we heard that the number of people killed has gone up to four. some houses have been hit by rockets and a number of people injured. is it possible to say what has triggered this? both sides are saying they are responding to the other end. just depends on how far you go back. basically, you could go back weeks, months, decades with people who say look, we are responding to what the other did. yesterday we had protest in gaza along the border where palestinians we re along the border where palestinians were gathering to protest against israel's ongoing occupation and

blockade, we had two israeli soldiers shot out and injured by militants in gaza, we had to hum us militants in gaza, we had to hum us militants killed, two civilians killed and this morning rocket fires —— hamas militants killed. and now we have ended up with a situation thatis we have ended up with a situation that is depressingly familiar. there have been lots of escalations like this over the years, usually they quietened down, but in the past they have flowed up does make up into a full—blown —— flared up, and they have blown into a full conflict like in 201a. these escalations, they come and go, with the constant arming, there is no broader plan for peace between the two, but the

mentis scepticism does make tremendous scepticism about america's involvement. palestinian community, hamas in the west bank, and the other constant, a situation for people living in gaza — especially as just getting worse and worse for hardship. israel says that as well. but it is hamas loop was fault and that people on the israeli side of the border are also suffering living under rocket fire. what normally other factors that allow the sort of thing to calm down? is it possible to say whether thatis down? is it possible to say whether that is going to happen or whether we will see an escalation in the coming days? it is the egyptians doing the mediating, which they usually do, and they are usually successful in brokering a deal. the truth is it depends, i think whether these two side would benefit from a conflict —— sides the civics would

say they would choose their moments when a conflict might benefit them politically, when hamas is feeling weak, politically, when hamas is feeling wea k, ofte n politically, when hamas is feeling weak, often it will seek conflict. the same probably on the israeli side. the other issue in gaza is hamas controls gaza, but it's not the only militant faction there was the only militant faction there was the you have islamichhad, other smallerfactions and the you have islamichhad, other smaller factions and they are not totally in control of those groups, so totally in control of those groups, so you totally in control of those groups, so you can totally in control of those groups, so you can often get ceasefires broken not by hamas, but by the smaller groups, is really say, some hamas, you sorted out, you've got to keep the calm. jon donnison. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may has stepped up calls on labour leaderjeremy corbyn, to agree a cross—party deal for the uk to leave the european union. former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a ‘witch hunt‘ after police say they won't be investigating a leak from the national security council about the tech giant huawei. officials in gaza say a mother and a baby are among four people killed in israeli air strikes.

israel says they retaliated after palestinian militants fired at least 200 rockets into israel. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good evening. it looks like the premier league title race will go down to the final day after liverpool returned to the top with a win over newcastle united, putting the pressure back on manchester city. it was tense victory at stjames park forjurgen klopp's men, however, with the winner coming in the 86th minute at st james park. jim lumsden was watching. liverpool arrived keen to put their champions league difficulties with barcelona to one side. and virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. virgilvan dijk! all alone! but the lead wasn't to last long. chaotic defending by the visitors

ended with wristy and atsu firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle look like they might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. the rafael benitez side we re their place. the rafael benitez side were not to be told was not they continue to cause liveable problems. as the hour approached, salomon rondon meder 2—2. then worrying scenes as mozela took a blow to the head and was swiftly removed from the pitch. this side had few since the pitch. this side had few since the first. with a few minutes left life was breathed into the title race. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you fill pressure when you know you do your best? so when they do their best we have to see what is the outcome. so far 9a points. have to see what is the outcome. so far 94 points. so yet another change at the top. now we's over to you, manchester city, this one's going to the wire.jim manchester city, this one's going to the wire. jim lumsdon, bbc news. so this is how things stand at the top.

liverpool lead by a single point which mean manchester city must beat leicester city on monday to ensure they retain the initiative going into the final round of games next sunday. tottenham missed out on guaranteeing their top four spot after losing to burnley. and wolves took a step closer to european football next season by ensuring they'll finish 7th with that win over fulham. down at the other end, bad news for cardiff city. they've been relegated after they were beaten at home by crystal palace. neil warnock‘s side needed a win to avoid going down. but andros townsend secured a 3—2 victory for the visitors so cardiff return to the championship next season — relegated alongside fulham and huddersfield. celtic have been crowned champions of scotland for the eighth season in a row after they beat comfortably aberdeen at pitodrie. odsone edouard finished things off for the hoops to make it 3—0 and claim the scottish premiership title with two games remaining. it also makes it the clubs third consecutive clean sweep of domestic trophies after already

lifting the league cup. manchester city won the women's fa cup for the second time in three years, beating west ham at wembley. having missed out on the league title, the three nil win completes a domestic cup double. jo currie was there. wembley. it's been the scene of some fairytale finishes over the years. west ham women fans hoping their first visit here ends in silverware, just 12 months after the team turned professional. but they were up against the top dogs. 2017 fa cup winners manchester city had not tasted defeat domestically all season. they may have started the match as favourites but it was west ham who took charge of the first half. jane ross could have, maybe should have, put them ahead. after the break, a breakthrough, for city, keira walsh with a swerving effort. it be to keep our animal house.

the favourites were finally finding their rhythm. and then the hammer blow, georgia stanway with an individual effort which was deflected on the way in. city were nowjust minutes away from being crowned champions. still time to though, a18 year older substitute lauren to put the result out of sight with this fortuitous effort. a group of players who want to learn and improve and we have got a good blend of youth and experience and i feel we can get so much better, it is exciting times for this football club. there will be no dream finish for west ham, but for manchester city, it is a cup double, reaffirming once again that they are one of the dominant forces in women's football. veteran a—time championjohn higgins is through to the final of the world snooker championship for the eighth time after an epic finalframe victory over david gilbert. higgins fought back from five frames down three times as he beat gilbert 17 frames to 16. gilbert had led 16—15 before higgins made

a break of 139 to force a deciding frame. the scot then capitalised on a missed black by gilbert, sealing his spot in the final with a match—deciding break of 55. it's the third consecutive year higgins has made the final, having lost both of the last two. higgins will face judd trump in a repeat of the 2011 final. trump beat qualifier gary wilson by 17 frames to 11 to reach his second final, which begins tomorrow afternoon and concludes on monday. that's all the sport for now. enjoy the rest of your evening. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in a three day ceremony. his coronation comes at a time of political uncertainty for the country. a general election was held in march

— the first since the army took control in a coup five years ago — but a new government has yet to be declared. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is a sight that few thais have ever seen, a new king purifying himself with consecrated waters as he prepared to ascend to the throne. maha vajiralongkorn, or king rama x, as he is known more formally, became king in 2016 after the death of his father, who had reigned for 70 long years. but he's waited until now to be crowned, over three days of elaborate buddhist and hindu ceremony. to many thais, the monarch is revered as an almost godlike figure, and some were on the streets dressed in royal yellow to see their king make the transition from the human to the almost divine. and for many, this was a rare glimpse of a sovereign who spends much time abroad and has appeared more remote than his much—loved late father.

at 66 years old, he's spent his life preparing for this moment, placing a crown weighing more than seven kilograms on his head, issuing his first royal command. translation: i shall reign with righteousness, for the benefit and happiness of the people, forever. king vajiralongkorn has had a colourful and at times controversial life. today, his fourth wife, whom he married only this week, was formally recognised as his new queen. he's protected by severe laws prohibiting any criticism, but some thais hope that a crown prince who was seen by some as unpredictable will become a figure of stability for a country facing political uncertainty. for the king has real political influence. what will matter is his relationship with the army, that took power in a coup in 201a, and what role he might play in the balance between military and civilian rule that emerges

from recent elections. for this king will be more than just a spiritual leader. james landale, bbc news. egypt's antiquities ministry has unveiled a a,500—year—old burial ground near the giza pyramids. the site contains tombs and burial shafts from various periods, the oldest is a limestone family tomb from around 2500 bc. the ministry said the tomb was of two people — one had seven titles including the priest and thejudge, and the other was known as chief of the great state. tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro—scottish independence rally in glasgow. police scotland estimate that between 30,000 and 35,000 people attended the all under one banner march. the organisers say they are a "pro—independence organisation whose core aim is to march at regular intervals until scotland is free". for the first time in more than 30 years, the kids from fame are to be

reunited on stage. the tv show was a massive hit in the ‘80s — now eight of the original cast are getting together for two special charity shows. and it's all thanks to a detective from liverpool who tracked them down. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. # fame! the kids from fame. back performing in the uk for the first time in more than 35 years. # people will see me and cry. # fame! # i'm gonna make it to heaven. it was a great show. a great show and a great concept, great characters. plus watching dance is fun. i could watch it all day. all day. you have dreams. you want fame? well, fame costs and this

is where you begin to pay. fame the tv series, a spin—off from the movie, the tv series began on bbc one in 1982. it was a phenomenon in the uk. the soundtrack spent 12 weeks at number one, they were regulars on top of the pops. numberthree, the kids from fame. the kids from fame. high fidelity made it to numberfive in the singles chart. they even ended the year playing london's royal albert hall. the kids from fame have turned television fiction into fact. there was another tour the following year, but fame ended in 1987 and many thought they would never see them live again. until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows this weekend. i've loved it since i was a kid, since i was 11. it was everything to me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it has been surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that

with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity. and now her childhood heroes are in liverpool. i get should be with this group of people. i am indelibly connected to it. we were a family. we worked 12 hours a day and when we went doing that we were in the studio. we were a family. for better orfor worse. and we were not too shabby, i must say. and we've kind of gone back to that age. back to being kids again. we definitely see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame, i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute rehearsals are taking place.

backup provided by vlma in liverpool. the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name. colin patterson, liverpool. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor it isa it is a bank holiday. a little bit of sunshine, please. you have got it. you will probably need those ankle warmers from fame to keep you wa nt ankle warmers from fame to keep you want denied. broster developing across the country. the good news is that tomorrow there will be a few of these clouds around. charlotte allows that punter this goes across eastern areas. —— shower clouds that punch. some of the showers of across

that south—east corner will continue into the first half of the night. elsewhere, clear skies around. into the first half of the night. elsewhere, clearskies around. it into the first half of the night. elsewhere, clear skies around. it is under those, the lighter winds, temperatures taking a tumble. exceptional, far north of scotland, temperatures should stay clear of a frost. away from that, these are the city centre values into the morning. the countryside, below freezing to start with. it should be a sunny start with. it should be a sunny start to sunday for many of you. the high pressure to the west pushes a little bit more across the uk. it was a cap on the atmosphere and stops the shower clouds forming and diverts the strongest and coldest winter the north sea. the winds won't be as strong through sunday either. here is ali plays out. the odd isolated joe arundel stay down the south—east. they will fade away. cloud showers. maybe bringing the odd lighter showers. the vast majority will stay dry through

tomorrow. the cloud will break up. sunshine coming through with temperatures around 10— 13 degrees. much like today's values. into bank holiday monday we focus on this weather front. this is holiday monday we focus on this weatherfront. this is where holiday monday we focus on this weather front. this is where the cloud will be across other parts of scotland. that will push into northern ireland, northern england, maybe lincolnshire during the day. during the afternoon, heavy showers expected across the pennines and peak district. to the south, isolated showers, most will stay dry through bank holiday monday. a fair bit of cloud. a chance of sunshine further north. one or two showers. light winds between monday and tuesday. little changes. if anything on tuesday we will see more showers but up during the day. some of you will continue to stay dry. late in the day we will see heavy rain towards cornal. if you are across southern and eastern areas, desperate for rain, this is your one chance this week stop area of low pressure spreading its way in. strong winds across france and perhaps the channel islands. a greater chance of more persistent

rainfor greater chance of more persistent rain for england and wales through the day