this is bbc world news today. i'm martin stanford. our top stories. the austrian chancellor calls a snap election hours after his far—right deputy resigns over corruption allegations. a surprise election victory for australia's governing centre right coalition, led by scott morrison i'm standing here with the three biggest miracles of my life here tonight and tonight we've been delivered another one! cheering prince william opens up about losing his mother diana, princess of wales in an interview with the bbc. i think when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really, but particularly

at a young age — i can resonate closely to that — you feel pain like no other pain. manchester city make history — as the first side to claim english football's domestic treble. hello and welcome to world news today. austria is heading for another election — the chancellor sebastian kurz made the announcement hours after the resignation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor heinz—christian strache. mr strache, the leader of the freedom party, resigned over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing government contracts with a russian investor in return for campaign support. chancellor kurz says he can no longer govern in coalition with the freedom party. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct,

but after yesterday's video i must say enough is enough. also if the methods to me are clearly contemptible, the content is just what it is. what's said about me in the video, from name—calling to the accusations and allegations, is secondary. the now former vice—chancellor addressed reporters a little earlier, where he apologised for his behaviour and announced his resignation. translation: today, at 11am, i had a conversation with chancellor sebastian kurtz. i offered my resignation from the function of vice chancellor of the republic of austria, and he accepted this decision. i'm doing this in my responsibility for this project to prevent any further damage to my family, as that is the most important thing in life. my party and my office. markus becker is the eu correspondent of der spiegel — one of the publications that broke the story. he says the political fallout from this is no surprise. i think what you hear and what you see in the video

is so scandalous, and so bad politically, i'm not really surprised that chancellor kurz had to call a new election. do you think it will damage mr strache's party, too? oh, yes, definitely. mr strache's party, the fpo, has always portrayed itself as the clean party, the clean alternative party to the established parties, less corrupted, or not corrupted at all, less part of the established system. and now it looks like are they not better, they seem to be worse. can we understand a little more how you came to publish the transcript of the video? how did it come into your hands? we had a source, anonymous, who gave us the video material roughly a week ago. we had it analysed by number of experts, they did forensic analysis about the voices, faces and so on to establish that this video was authentic.

and then, we felt that the contents of this video were so important that we had to publish as soon as possible. mr strache has issued denials about the significance of the video, saying it was mere boasting while drunk, or words to that effect. you understand his rejection of the accusations against him? well, i think this might have been the only avenue, the only course of action he could take because the evidence is quite clear, what he's talking about is quite clear too. clearly offered a supposed oligarch, the niece of an oligarch from russia, government contracts in exchange for political help. and this might be something

which might be legally punishable in austria. the fact that mr strache back then was not yet vice chancellor might help him, but the other thing he was talking about in the video, a possibly illegal way to donate large sums of money to his party. leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. addressing a major rally in the italian city of milan, led by the italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini, they praised the anti—imigration policies promoted by the italian leader. marine le pen of the french far—right national rally said that imigration was endangering the values of european civilisation. the dutch politician geert wilders said there should be no more ships of illegal immigrants, and called for an end to what he called "the islamisation of europe".

the bbc‘s ros atkins has been reporting from the piazza del duomo in central milan. with the speeches over, he caught up with the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. did you enjoy today's events? i'm late, i'm terribly late. what were your emotions today? speaks italian. what did you say about mr farage? i'm waiting for him. are you? would you like him in your coalition? yeah. the new european parliament. he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? for the moment, he is in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together. on which issues, immigration, the economy? both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. there's been a shock result in australia's general election, with the governing liberal—national

coalition being returned to power. exit polls had suggested a narrow victory for the opposition labor party for the first time in six years. in the end, prime minister scott morrison's party edged ahead, prompting the leader of the opposition bill shorten to resign. let's have a listen to some of scott morrison's victory speech in sydney tonight is about every single australian who depends on the government to put them first. and so, friends, that is exactly what we're going to do. our government will come together after this night and we will get back to workjust as glad as they did in new south wales. just a few months ago. and that is our task and that is my undertaking to australians from one end of the country to the other.

i said that i was going to burn for you and i am, every single day. our correspondent hywel griffith in sydney has the latest. we may even get some stability in australian politics. scott morrison took over thejob in august because of a canberra coup. many expected him to be a stopgap before labor took over, having led and opposed for two and a half years. however at the 11th hour, scott morrison or scomo as he's known, to the party faithful here, somehow pulled it out the bad. he led this campaign largely alone with many of his cabinet colleagues seen as being too toxic to campaign alongside him. he focused on the issue of the economy. australia has enjoyed a period of 27 years without a recession. that seems to have run a bell with australians and resonated with them. when he took to the stage earlier on, he said he believed in miracles. he's for being a devout christian and all of his hard work

on the campaign trail over the last few weeks seems to have pulled off. we don't have the final tally but it looks like he's remaining. the uk's opposition party's brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer, has said a public vote should be included in key brexit legislation which parliament is due to vote on next month. sir keirsaid including a further referendum as part of the withdrawal agreement bill, which brings the negotiated deal with the eu into uk law, would "break the impasse". our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. an awkward and lacklustre launch for a european election campaign theresa may never wanted to fight. but the prime minister argued yesterday only the conservatives could deliver brexit. the big question is, how? parliament has blocked her deal three times. early next month, they will vote again and some in her own party do not rate the prime minister's chances fourth time round.

it has failed three times and you can watch the movie titanic 100 times but the ship sinks every time. if you are going to bring back this deal, and it has still got the backstop in it, the dup will not support it and an increasing number of conservative mps, even those who voted for it the second and third time, are saying enough is enough. as you go and knock on doors, we need to get that message out there. he had a message today, campaigning in cambridge. the shadow brexit secretary, who has long been a supporter of another referendum, called on the government to offer mps a say on whether to hold another public vote. we do need to break the impasse and one way to do that is for the government to put a public vote option on the face of the withdrawal agreement bill that it proposes to bring back in a few weeks' time. the prime minister has repeatedly ruled out another referendum but a downing street source said mps would have the opportunity to amend the withdrawal agreement bill

to allow for one, if a majority of mps would support it. are you going to be standing for the tory leadership? do you think you are too divisive a character? with the contest to replace theresa may at least unofficially under way, a yougov poll for the times has put borisjohnson as the outright favourite among tory activists to be the next conservative leader. before the prime minister steps down, though, or is forced to resign, theresa may has one last chance to deliver brexit on her terms when parliament votes again in a couple of weeks' time. jonathan blake, bbc news. in israel, the final of the eurovision song contest is under way. 26 countries are taking part in the contest in tel aviv. madonna will also be performing in the event. but not everyone is a fan of the occassion. in jerusalem, hundreds of ultra—orthodox jews organised a protest against the contest at what they say is the desecration of the jewish sabbath. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman. the protesters have just headed down

from an ultraorthodoxjewish neighbourhood here in jerusalem to this intersection. they're shouting the word sabbath in yiddish. this is all about their belief that eurovision is a desecration of the jewish holy day. thatjewish people in israel have been forced to work on the saturday, normally the national day of rest. as they head down here, the police have been trying to move them from this intersection, forcing them down this street here. there is a major shopping street. the protesters have now been driven to this intersection here. there are hotels here, it's a bit of a tourist area. there is now something of a stand—off. the protesters are driven back to the end of the street. the police were pursuing this man for quite some time. trying to detain him. they're still shouting that word, sabbath, in yiddish. the mounted police have been

trying to drive them back. further down the street here is a main shopping street. lots of cafes. there are some young women making a protest of wearing their bras. they wanted to make a point about religious conservatism. the scale and size of this shows you what an issue this is in israel. the religious leaders and political leaders of these communities have been a part of the right—wing coalition government. a new government is to be formed and some of those leaders have said that this is an issue. they've delayed some coalition talks with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he's been forced to say that israel will maintain the status quo of its national religious day. for these protesters, though, it's not enough. they're really unhappy that eurovision is happening on this date at all.

stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: an incredible final and an incredible season — manchester city crush watford to claim historic english football's domestic treble. this morning, an indian airforce plane carrying mr gandhi's body, landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to suddenly witness solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far. the police are tear gassing the crowd. the prelaunch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive.

in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now at least, it's time to celebrate. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. the austrian chancellor calls a snap election hours after his far—right deputy resigns over corruption allegations. a surprise election victory for australia's governing centre right coalition, led by scott morrison. hugh woosencroft has all the sport.

manchester city have become the first english men's team to achieve the feat of winning the premier league, fa cup and league cup in the same season. they did it in incredible fashion, beating watford 6—nil at wembley for the biggest win in this fixture for 116 years. craig templeton reports the old wembley was the site of pep guardiola's finest hour as a player. could the new one be where his team win a historic treble? watford, in their first cup final in the 35 years, look to provide the sting in the tail. superb save from ederson. this city team can take their chances and when david silva was given an opportunity, he took it. david silva with the chance! and when his namesake, bernardo, was allowed space, it was two. gabrieljesus thought he'd got it, or was it raheem sterling, who grew up in the shadow of wembley, with the final touch? sterling turned provider and de bruyne turned gomes. but they weren't done yet and there's no doubt that

gabrieljesus scored this one. raheem sterling, who grew up in the shadow of wembley, scoring two goals in the biggest cup final win since 1903. final win since 1903. six goals, three domestic trophies. history made. of course it was an incredible final for us because the end result is what it is. we finished an incredible year for us. for the organisation, the people, congratulations. especially for the players, of course, because they are the reason why we won this title. it starts with the manager. we set the standard at the start of the season and we said we wanted to go back to back. it is the group, a talented young players. bayern munich have been crowned champions of germany for the seventh successive season

with a crushing last—day victory over eintracht frankfurt. they only needed a draw to secure their 29th bundesliga title. and in the end they won 5—1 to claim their 7th title in a row. they finished two points ahead of borussia dortmund, who won 2—0 at borussia monchengladbach. so here's how the table finished up, bayern just the two points above dortmund in the closest title race in germany for years. rb leipzig, who were third, and bayern leverkusen, willjoin them in next season's champions league. saturday was also a huge day in women's football with the champions league final taking place in budapest. and lyon's domination of this tournament continues. they beat barcelona 4—1, women's ballon d'or winner ada hegerberg scored a first half hat—trick, and that came after her team—mate dzsenifer marozsan had hit the opener in the 6th minute. this was lyon's their eighth final

since 2010 and end in a 5th european title and fourth in a row. tennis and rafael nadal looked more like his old self as he beat stefanos tsitsipas in straight sets to reach the final of the italian 0pen. nadal will face either novak djokovic or diego schwartzmann. their semi final is underway. world number one djokovic took the first set 6—3 before the argentine levelled, taking the second on a tiebreak. the decider has gone with serve, 2-1, the decider has gone with serve, 2—1, djokovic. brooks koepka is the man to catch in the second major of the year, the uspga tournament in new york. the american is well underway in his third round after compiling the lowest 36—hole score in major championship history. here's the leaderboard. koepka has continued his incredible form, already 1—under for the day through 4 holes. he's at 13 under. a massive seven shot lead. his friend and fellow

american dustinjohnson is on 6 under. that's all the sport for now. prince william has spoken about the pressure of working as an air ambulance pilot, and the strain it placed on his mental health. in a bbc documentary, he says he was left with the feeling that death was always around the corner. the duke of cambridge also said that losing his mother, diana, princess of wales, when he was a child, was a pain like no other. andy moore reports. he is the man who will be king, and his voice carries when he decides to take up a particular issue, in this case mental health. we have got to relax a little bit and be able to talk about our emotions because we are not robots. in this documentary, prince william sits in a changing room and discusses the issue with stars of the footballing world. he speaks candidly about the enormous grief

he suffered when his mother, princess diana, died in a car crash in 1997. he was just 15. i think when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really, but particularly at a young age, i can resonate closely to that, you feel pain like no other pain, and you know within your life it is going to be very difficult to come across something that is going to be even worse pain than that but it also brings you so close to all those other people out there who have been bereaved. england and spurs defender danny rose was praised by the prince when he spoke publicly about his depression, but some people were not so understanding. in the summer, i was speaking to another club, and they said, the club would like to meet you, "just to check you are not crazy." because of what you said? yeah, because of what i had said and what i had been through. prince william spoke about the stress of his formerjob as an air ambulance pilot. he said he sometimes found it very difficult to deal with his feelings. in some cases, very raw emotional day to day stuff where you're dealing with families who are having the worst news they could

ever possibly have, on a day—to—day basis. it leaves you with a very depressing, very negative feeling where you think, death is just around the door everywhere i go. that is quite a burden to carry and feel. prince william says the best way to share that burden is to be honest and talk openly about the mental health issues that all of us experience. andy moore, bbc news. there's an ancient legend dating back to king charles the second that if the ravens that live at the tower of london ever leave — the tower will crumble, and the kingdom will fall. so it's come as something of a relief that, for the first time in thirty years, the tower has welcomed four new arrivals. chris skaife, whose been the ravenmaster for 13 years, says he feels "like a proud father". early in the morning, late february, i went around to the enclosure.

within 2a hours they had built a huge nest and then i realised something spectacular was going to happen. we had a vision to produce ravens for the far future, so we needed a quiet area. i identified a quiet area needed a quiet area. i identified a quietarea in needed a quiet area. i identified a quiet area in the moat, where the ravens could do their natural thing. and luckily we got four beautiful, magnificent chicks out of it. i was totally surprised, to be honest. i didn't know. i was like, oh, they're there! the female raven started sitting on the nest and i realised we had chicks. i couldn't see how many we had, how many eggs because we hadn't put in any cameras because we hadn't put in any cameras because we didn't think they were going to breed, but they did, and it's

fantastic. we haven't had breeding ravens at the tower of london for nearly 30 years. the last one was born in 1989, and it was called ronald raven. isay born in 1989, and it was called ronald raven. i say that i feel like a proud dad although someone said proud grandad, which i'm not too happy about! i think she's about to bite my ankle! hazardous job! an ‘extremely rare' roman coin has been found during work to upgrade a motorway between cambridge and huntingdon in britain. it dates from around 269 ad and it was minted for an ill—fated emperor, ulpius cornelius laelianus, who was killed after reigning forjust two months. it's believed to be only the second of its kind to be found in england. if you're a relative, forgive me for

my poor pronunciation! a reminder of oui’ my poor pronunciation! a reminder of our main story. drama in the politics of austria, the country heading for another election because the vice chancellor, heinz christian strache, resigned, after he was involved, exposed in a video which appeared to show him agreeing to have russian interference, russian dealings, influencing the campaigning policies of the government. he's denied any such thing and said it was merely a drunken conversation but he did stand down as vice chancellor. the austrian chancellor decided he could no longer work with his coalition partner and that it had to be another election for austrians. he went to talk to the president, who agreed another election must come their way. other opposition parties

have agreed, too. that's the way the world looks so far tonight. a much cooler day today over northern ireland and scotland. yesterday in scotland we had temperatures into the low 20s but today they've been struggling under a thick layer of cloud. 0utbreaks today they've been struggling under a thick layer of cloud. outbreaks of rain as well. further south, a number of heavy showers, especially in central and eastern parts of england, some of them quite heavy, with cloud looking like this through the afternoon in parts of 0xfordshire. 0vernight, most of those showers in england and wales will fade away and we are left with clear skies, some mist and fog patches possible, especially for east anglia. more cloud for northern

ireland and scotland where they will continue to be patches of rain running through from time to time. not a cold night, temperatures 6—10. quite a cold day. some heavy showers, especially arriving as we head into the afternoon. for many areas, a cloudy start, the rain pastoring northern ireland and some showers in western scotland. later in the day we'll see those shower clouds growing and becoming heavy and potentially thundery. most showers in scotland over the east. 0f showers in scotland over the east. of them slow—moving. it will feel a bit warmer with temperatures up to 15 degrees. similar in northern ireland where there is a risk of showers. a line of slow—moving downpours over central and eastern areas of england. they will bring some hefty downpours later in the day. 0ver some hefty downpours later in the day. over the next few days,

sunshine and showers continuing. later in the week it will turn a bit windier and we may see low pressure moving into threaten some rain. monday, mostly dry, the cloud braking to give some sunshine and heavy, slow—moving thundery showers. some of those showers are going to be quite intense. temperatures coming up, 19 degrees in cardiff. showers to start the week. later in the week they will turn a bit breezy with a threat of rain for some of us.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: the chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz, has called an early election, hours after the resignation of his vice chancellor. heinz—christian strache resigned over an undercover video which shows him discussing government contracts in return for campaign support. australian prime minister, scott morrison, has pulled off a surpise win in the country's general election. 0pposition labour leader, bill shorten, admitted defeat after the governing centre—right coalition performed better than expected. morrison said he always believed in miracles. leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. the main speaker at the rally in milan was the italian deputy