this is bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: could it even be an outright win? australia's centre—right are closing in on a surprise election victory. a snap election is called in austria — after the far—right leader allegedly made secret deals with a russian investor. commentator: manchester city have won the fa cup! and an unprecedented domestic treble for manchester city — winning the fa cup after their premier league and carabao cup victories. and the netherlands wins the eurovision song contest for the first time in over a0 years.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the governing centre—right coalition in australia is closing in on a surprise outright victory in the general election. the prime minister scott morrison called the result a miracle, as the party had been trailing in polls. with a handful of seats yet to declare, his liberal national party are just two seats short of the 76 needed to control parliament. the opposition labour leader bill shorten has resigned. hywel griffith, contains some flash photography. he wasn't expected to last a year as prime minister, but scomo, as his party calls him, has secured an unlikely victory. scott morrison's known in australia as the man who brought a lump of coal into parliament. a fan of fossil fuels, the country, it seems, has embraced him and

what he stands for. i'm standing with three biggest miracles if my life here tonight. cheering and applause. and tonight we've been delivered another one! chanting. this election had been billed as a generational shift. young people put climate change at the centre of the debate, demanding no new coal mines be opened but the tide turned towards the liberals. despite two years trailing behind labor in the polls, it's on course to form a government. i think scomo has come above and he's brought the people with him so here we are. it was an amazing victory for the silent majority. against the odds, against all the opinion polls,

scott morrison has delivered for his party and he has done it largely alone. many of his cabinet members were seen as simply too toxic to campaign alongside him. this victory is all about scomo. and it's one that means australia's habit of chopping and changing prime ministers should end, for now at least. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. fergus hunter is a political reporter for the sydney morning herald, based at parlaiment house. he joins us from sydney. did this when for the conservatives come down to canonic issues or was it simply who ran the best campaign? well, i guess it is hard to diagnose that definitively right now but

clearly a lot of people are praising the campaign that scott morrison ran, this very personality focused effort that was all about him and his appeal. he presents himself as an ordinary guy, and it ordinary dad and the message he was delivering was a heavily economy focused one about keeping the economy growing and stable and going negative, he said that the labour party was a threat to that with their tax reform agenda. . both of those factors were in there in that he is now, as a personality, propelled into hero status with his party and he is basically untouchable for them even though they were expecting a loss.

and yes, there will also now be discussion about how people approach, well, how voters approach economic reform because labour had set out a fairly courageous reform agenda. a lot of people were watching australia because of what was happening with climate change was happening with climate change was stopped there was this argument that australia experienced some of the effects of extreme weather patterns, and that would be a feature in the election. but that hasn't played out. why is that? yes, it is difficult to say at this stage but i know a lot of environmentalists and people who work around climate change are in shock of this result, they are reeling. they see it as a real setback because yes, labour was promising stronger action on climate change, emissions reduction target

of 45%, compared to the coalition's promise of 26%. now people have endorsed, seemingly, the coalition's vision for that. is it also what we are seeing in australia play out, is the very much a desire to maintain the very much a desire to maintain the coal industry, to preserve the prosperity of the economy, that people have chosen that over anything else? well, clearly the coalition's one of the coalition's key points on climate change action was that they will do something about it, they will make the paris agreement but they are not willing to do anything that would harm the economy and that has seemingly resonated with people, certainly in certain sections of the country. this is one of the other points, the views on this issue and many others are views on this issue and many others a re really views on this issue and many others are really divergent in different parts of the country. in queensland,

which was, you know, rural queensland was the birthplace of the labour party but now it has swung heavily behind the coalition and that partly would come down to discussions around the economy versus the environment. although some people would reject it is that dichotomy. the conversations around the economy being all important, jobs being all important, mining jobs being all important, mining jobs being all important, mining jobs being all important, that trumped the message about climate change action. and just briefly, the counting is still going on, are we going to see an outright majority in the lower house for the conservatives or might they have a bit of a hung parliament on their hands? yeah, we still can't make that call, i guess. they will either have a very, very slender majority oi’ have a very, very slender majority or they will be relying on crossbench mps to prop them up in

parliament and that actually could bea parliament and that actually could be a really interesting factor in this climate change debate because a few of those crossbench mps are moderate conservative voices who believe in very strong action on climate change and see it as one of their core missions in parliament and they have demanded to hold the government to account on this. thank you so much for your time. we've all the latest analysis on what australia's election result means for the world on our website. from climate change to immigration and foreign policy — it's all there. bbc.com/news is the address. take a look. 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. bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz—christian strache, who has just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017, he is seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now, mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and a mistake. translation: it was a typical alcohol fuelled much i behaviour in

which yes, i also wanted to impress the attractive female host and i behaved like a bragging teenager and embarrassingly overreacted. acro one denies any criminal wrongdoing for his coalition partner, chancellor sebastian kurz, the video was the final straw. he has called for new elections. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct but after yesterday's video, i must say, honestly, enough is enough. austria's president alexander alexander van der bellen, condemned the video. translation: these are shameful videos and nobody must be ashamed of austria. i want to make it clear, we're not like that, this is not austria. several thousand we're not like that, this is not austria. severalthousand people gathered outside the chancellery in vienna to protest against the freedom party which up till now has been one of europe's most successful

anti—immigrant movements. but now, just a few days before the eu elections, future is in question. —— its future is in question. bethany bell, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the former argentine president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, says she'll run as a vice—presidential candidate in national elections later this year. ms fernandez was widely expected to run for the top job, but has chosen her former chief of staff, alberto fernandez, as the party's top candidate. thousands of chileans took to the streets on saturday calling for the recreational use of marijuana to be legalised. the "cultivate your rights" protesters say they want the cultivation, distribution, and consumption of cannabis made easier. chile legalised the use of medical marijuana 4 years' ago.

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—immigration policies promoted by the italian leader. marine le pen, of the french far—right national rally, said that immigration was endangering the values of european civilisation. the dutch politician geert wilders said there should be no more ships of illegal immigrants. he's called for an end to what he called "the islamisation of europe". at the end of the rally, the bbc‘s ros atkins caught up with 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? uh, yeah. the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? for the moment, he's in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together, i hope. on which issues, immigration, on economy? uh, both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. 0ur europe producer, sara monetta, in brussels told us more about the strength of the far right alliance. it certainly has grown since it was formed in april. in april, it started with matteo salvini's league party. the front national of marine le pen and the danish people's party.. and then the afd in germany and the finns party, it's got also vox from spain, ekre from estonia. but essentially, the most important bit would be what happens after the european union elections.

if hungary's fidesz party, the party of the prime minister viktor 0rban, decides to join this alliance, because that would make it a quite significant bloc. at the moment, fidesz is part of the european popular party but there have been quite a few problems recently and viktor 0rban himself, he said that he doesn't recognise the candidate of the european people's party, manfred weber from the european commission, as a viable candidate. so he has hinted that he would want tojump ship and move to a bloc with salvini. now, if that was to happen, the bloc that these far right nationalist parties are going to form in european parliament could be quite significant. nowhere of course is european

politics more turbulent than in the uk. the british prime minister theresa may has said she will be making "a bold new offer" when the government puts her brexit plan before the house of commons for a final time next month. but the opposition brexit spokesman, sir keir starmer has called on mrs may to offer mps the option of another referendum. here's our political correspondent ben wright. a forlorn campaign launch on friday for european elections theresa may didn't want to happen. next thursday, we will be holding european elections. but soldiering on, mrs may now says she will ask mps to vote on a new and improved brexit plan. on tuesday, the cabinet will discuss changes to the brexit bill she hopes will win over labour mps despite the collapse of cross party talks yesterday, and theresa may will make a speech on her strategy later in the week. but power is draining from the prime minister and tory critics say any changes to the bill would be meaningless. you can watch the movie titanic

a hundred times but i'm afraid the ship sinks every time. so if you're going to bring back this deal and it still has the backstop in it, then the dup aren't going to support it and now an increasing number of conservative mps, even those who voted for it the second and third time, are saying, enough is enough. it's this man, campaigning in essex today, giving conservatives nightmares. polls suggest the brexit party is set to do very well in the european elections on thursday. applause. jeremy corbyn was also out and about. yesterday he said labour would carefully consider any new proposals brought forward by the government, but his party is deeply split too with its brexit spokesman insisting number 10 must offer another referendum to win labour's backing for the bill. we do need to break the impasse and one way to do that is for the government to put public vote option on the face of the withdrawal agreement bill

that it proposes to bring back in just a few weeks' time. and with the unofficial contest to replace theresa may already revving up, the prime minister's promise of a bold next move to break the deadlock seems optimistic and very late in the day. ben wright, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's the netherlands! winners of the eurovision song contest 2019 after big support in the public vote this morning an indian air force the plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve

the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch 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 is time to celebrate. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the australian centre—right has been voted back into office in what prime minister scott morrison has called a "miracle" election result. the chancellor of austria has called a snap election. it follows the resignation of the leader of his far—right

coalition allies over corruption allegations. the netherlands has triumphed in this year's eurovision song contest in israel. duncan laurence performed the winning piano ballad called arcade, which came through to the top of the leaderboard after a dramatic public vote. there were none of the feared protests inside the arena, but after calls for the show to be boycotted, small groups of demonstrators did clash with authorities on the city's streets. this report from david sillito in tel aviv does contain some flashing images. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! it was from the beginning trademark eurovision — inside the auditorium. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission. but in amongst the throngs

of fans, there were also protests and argument that because of israel's actions in the occupied territories, it should not be hosting the eurovision song contest. i think the world should not allow israel to host events like this because having events like the eurovision here is masking away the reality of the occupation. and the heavy security a reminder of the israel that wasn't on show. and in jerusalem there were chaotic scenes. a police charge against religious protesters. they were objecting to eurovision taking place on thejewish sabbath. but inside the event, where there had been fears of protest, it all passed off peacefully. and with some considerable spectacle. this swaying performance from australia. # when you call my name, it's like a little prayer... the interval act, madonna, had faced some criticism

for playing israel. but there were some doubts about whether this was a douze pas performance. the thing that brings all these people here tonight is music. so let's never underestimate the power of music to bring people together. meanwhile, the uk's michael rice performed with gusto, but once again it wasn't to be the uk's night. instead, the winner, the netherlands. # loving you is a losing game. # all i know, all i know... there were claims that they were going to be protests during the contest. but in the end nothing transpired, at least not invisible to the tv cameras. the icelandic band harteri had qualms about

playing in tel aviv and when the camera cut to them that was a brief glimpse of a scarf. but when it comes to protest, that is all we had. however, when it comes to the music, a good night for the bookies. the netherlands was always the odds—on favourite to win tonight. and it proved to be. the uk, well, once again, another disappointing night at the eurovision song contest. manchester city have won the fa cup. alongside their premier league and carabao cup wins, they've won an unprecedented domestic treble this season. in a one—sided match at wembley they beat watford 6—0. david 0rnstein reports. manchester city have won the lot this season! the completion of an unprecedented mission. manchester city going where none of their rivals have gone before. they came in tens of thousands

to witness something unique, a city clean sweep or watford's first major trophy. it's a huge day. it has been 35 years. several winners. the pre—match much fervour felt entirely fitting. # abide with me... the music, the colour, and the blazing lights, stage set for a meeting of such magnitude. watford knew they needed to quickly find a rhythm, and they did. though even quicker was city's keeper. the hornets haunted, how painful would approve? well, very. city's brilliance shows no bounds. david silva with the chance. here they were doing something not even the great manchester united team of 1990 managed, nor the arsenal invincibles of 2004, even when pushed all the way

by liverpool in the premier league. in a season when there's an all english lineup in the finals, city's achievement is simply extraordinary. three trophies going into the manchester city cabinet. the wealth gap between these sides is enormous. city could yet face severe sanctions for allegedly breaking financial rules and over the signing of young players. here the footballing gulf was brutally exposed. the gloss supplied by raheem sterling. never has an fa cup final seen a bigger margin of victory. it's the best team in the world for me. to set such a high standard for such a long period of time. i am talking two years running. what a team, what a privilege. an incredible year for us. incredible. for the organisation, all the people, a big congratulations. especially for the players, of course, they are the reason we have one.

their feet finished with one last climb — up to the royal box to seal a regal triumph. vincent kompany lifting the prize and his club to a dizzying height. well, manchester cityjust get better and better. they're collecting silverware at a rate english football has rarely seen. this was the day they made history. and by the looks of it they're hungry for even more. david 0rnstein, bbc news, wembley. elsewhere in football, bayern munich won germany's bundesliga for a record seventh time in a row. and the women's champions league winners are lyon, who beat barcelona. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @regedahmadbbc. the governing centre—right coalition in australia has won the australian

election. everybody is just waiting to see whether they will have a majority in the lower house, or could it be a hung parliament? the counting is still going on in australia. all of those details on the bbc news website. stay with us. hello there. many of us had a pretty cloudy day yesterday weather wise. it was in scotland and northern ireland where the weather wasn't just cloudy, it turned out to be quite wet and cool. the skies looked like this. further south, the cloud did breakup. we got a little bit of sunshine. but that just sent these big shower clouds towering up through the skies around in the greater london area. the radar picture still shows we have patches of rain around across parts of scotland, northern ireland as well. but the showers we had across england and wales have largely cleared out of the way. that said, you can still see some passing showers working into the coastline of sussex and kent over the next few hours. further north, that's where the cloudiest weather will be. there will also be mist and fog patches around in the next few hours across eastern scotland into northern part of northern ireland, particularly into the hills. and perhaps across parts of the east midlands and east anglia turning quite murky as well. all in all, for sunday morning, it's a cloudy, grey start to the day

one way or the other. the cloud will slowly break to give some bright or sunny spells. but as the weather tries to brighten up, and it will be a slow process across scotland and northern ireland, we will start to see some showers breakup. the showers mostly really get going as we head through sunday afternoon. they will come along in batches. across eastern scotland showers are quite widespread. a few over the mountains elsewhere as well. inbetween those downpours, a bit more brightness, it won't feel quite as cool with temperatures up to 16 in glasgow. a few showers popping up in northern ireland as well. for wales and western areas of england, i fancy it will be a largely dry day. but there will be a line of heavy showers working in across the midlands, central and southern england, and parts of southern england as well. those showers heavy, thundery, and slow—moving in nature. beyond that, for the week ahead, we will continue to see showers through monday and tuesday as well. some sunshine between.

but later in the week low pressure will bring some slightly stronger winds and the threat of some rain. monday starts off in a similar kind of vein weather wise. a lot of cloud around and we will see some showers building, particularly through the afternoon, some of those heavy and thuggery. it could occur almost anywhere. some heavy ones for northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. in between, the wind is very light. in any sunshine temperatures coming up. showery over the next few days. highs of 17 in edinburgh and 19 for cardiff, and into the low 20s around the greater london area. but then towards the end of the week probably thickening cloud threatening rain for some of us and the winds picking up as well. that's your latest weather. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: australia's governing centre—right coalition is close to a surprise outright victory in the general election. with a few seats yet to declare, scott morrison's liberal national party are just two short of the 76 needed to control parliament. the leader of the opposition labour party, bill shorten, has admitted defeat. austria will have a snap election. in a national tv address, the country's chancellor, sebastian kurz, said the latest corruption allegations against the leader of the far—right freedom party had been the last straw. he was caught on video allegedly making promises to a russian investor in return for political support. 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 italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini, addressed the crowd, along with the leader of the french national rally,