tonight at ten — theresa may now under pressure to name the precise date of her departure. the prime minister will meet the leader of backbench conservative mps tomorrow, amid calls for a leadership contest within weeks. several of the prime minister's cabinet colleagues expect she might say she's off in the morning. no official word from downing street tonight. during the day party leaders visited the polling stations, as voters across the uk elected new members for the european parliament. but the results won't be announced until sunday night. we'll have the latest from westminster. also tonight... the indian prime minster, narendra modi, wins another five—year term in a landslide victory for his nationalist party and policies.

a former youth football coach is found guilty of indecently assaulting young trainees, over a period spanning three decades. we look back at the events of 30 years ago in beijing, when thousands of students defied the chinese authorities in tiananmen square. and tributes tojudith kerr, the author who created one of the best—loved children's books of all time. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news — dundee united and st mirren all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sport centre. good evening.

theresa may is under pressure tonight, to announce a specific date for her departure. the prime minister is preparing to meet the leader of backbench conservative mps tomorrow, amid calls for a precise timetable for her resignation. their anger has deepened in recent days, following mrs may's proposed changes to the brexit withdrawal bill. in the past few minutes polls have closed across the uk, in the european elections, a contest which was never meant to take place. the results will come on sunday night. live to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg. for so long theresa may has tried and tried and tried to hold her parted together. she's tried and tried to get a version of brexit through parliament. but as that has preceded so has the disintegration of her government as compromise has proved impossible to agree and conflict in her party appears now to

have overtaken her. one of her cabinet colleagues told me earlier they expect knowing how well she may still try to fight on, but several ministers and many sources in westminster now believe it's extremely likely that tomorrow morning she will finally give the date of her departure. it seems theresa may's time in office is now past the point of no return. she may soon have much more time for small talk. several of theresa may's collea g u es talk. several of theresa may's colleagues believe she'll announce her date to depart in the morning. is it over, prime minister? others say she can't last past monday. just when, bizarrely, the prime minister is going to the polls to give their verdict on herfractured party, like millions of others. morning. calls to quit going after one of her collea g u es to quit going after one of her colleagues jumped first. i have no doubts that i made the right decision, and, of course,

it's for the prime minister to decide what's right for her and for the country. thanks very much. others still in cabinet may try to get the topjob others still in cabinet may try to get the top job themselves. will you be following in the steps of angela leadsom and resigning to strengthen your position? no. on political emergency, a strange investigation to a suspicious item on whitehall while behind number ten's gates theresa may has hunkered down for so long now. loyalists have beenin down for so long now. loyalists have been in and out of number ten all day, feline comfort may be the only around. with restive backbenchers who want theresa may out, the home secretary and the foreign secretary both paying a visit to expressed unhappiness about her brexit plans. publicly at least... yellow bobby discussions between foreign secretary and prime minister should remain confidential and i'm not going to change that this morning. he is saying she should stay, at least to host the american

president, who will be in town in ten days' time. theresa may will be prime minister to welcome him and rightly so and we are absolutely at one with the united states. but there's a lot to happen before then. counting the votes from the european elections, millions of ballots that we re elections, millions of ballots that were never meant to be cast. evidence of pa rliament‘s were never meant to be cast. evidence of parliament's refusal to accept the prime minister pops my effort to get us out. that failure the primary reason for her leadership nearly being over. why now though, when theresa may has been having such a hard time for months? the acceleration in her departure comes from her determination to try again to put her brexit plans to parliament. it's only two days since she outlined her updated offer but her party won't accept it, her cabinet won't accept it and if there is no hope for that planning parliament there's almost no hope for her. there was no sign

in the commons of the laws that would take is out of the eu. the bill theresa may hoped so desperately to pass. we had hoped to hold second reading on friday the 7th ofjune. at the moment, we've not secured agreement to this and the usual channels. we will update the usual channels. we will update the house when we return from recess. this is yet another broken promise by the prime minister on brexit. could the honourable gentleman confirm why the bill is not coming forward for its second reading as promised, and when is it likely to do so? the lights might have gone on but she's not at home stop theresa may is in her constituency tonight, wondering perhaps, as her colleagues and the country does too, whether her time has at last run out. those mps, growing numbers of them who want the prime minister to be precise about the kind of departure she's planning now, are they likely

to get what they want tomorrow?|j think to get what they want tomorrow?” think it's increasingly likely, huw. there is no official confirmation of this from downing street. we cannot be exactly sure how the next few days will pan out but there is no question there's a real sense here tonight we are in the closing moments of what theresa may has tried to hold out against for so long now, and it's very likely that if not tomorrow morning, certainly by monday she will have been forced to give the date at which she will actually stand down and announced the timetable for the successor who will take over from her the timetable for the successor who will take overfrom her in number ten. there is a realfocus, one cabinet minister told me, of trying to get that done as quickly as possible because of the situation in the country. the unresolved issue over brexit, the political turmoil that there has been, the divisions in parliament that are hardening by the day. of course theresa may has defied her critics on so many occasions, but there is a sense tonight that the heart of government that they are not really trying to

fight this anymore. one senior member of the government, who has been extremely loyal to theresa may, told me tonight it's an absolutely not a question of if, but of when and it were to be done it is best it we re and it were to be done it is best it were done quickly, and tomorrow morning may well be the moment. laura kuenssberg with the latest for us laura kuenssberg with the latest for us at westminster. a former youth football coach has been found guilty of indecently assaulting young trainees at two clubs during a period of abuse spanning three decades. jurors heard how bob higgins was highly respected while working as a coach at southampton fc and peterborough united, between 1971 and 1996. from bournemouth crown court, our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. bob higgins was a youth coach who guided the lives and nurtured the dreams of generations of young footballers. but he was also a sexual manipulator who abused dozens of boys from the 19705 to the 1990s. he was head of youth development

at southampton football club and brought on future england stars like matt le tissier and alan shearer, although there is no suggestion either man was abused by higgins. billy seymour, who went on to play for coventry and millwall, was one of higgins' victims. he travelled with higgins on coaching trips like this one to sweden, believing higgins could make him a football star. he waived his right to anonymity to relate the horrors he suffered by higgins. he'd come and sit down on the bed, stroking my hair, and then, he would tell me to move up and he would lay on top of the covers and his hands would be going under the covers, and touching my groin area. but billy seymour never lived to see his tormentor face justice. he died in a car crash injanuary. we coach them in the mornings, we have the cup competition in the afternoon... higgins went on to abuse other boys over a number of years.

they included greg llewellyn, who's also waived his right to anonymity. he says higgins abused him during post—training massages and says it has taken years to move on. i had a lot of, lot of anger for a very long time. it's only in fairly recent years that things have come together and i'm able to get on with my life. it took a very long time to enable me to do that. southampton football club tonight said it offered its sympathy and support to any player who'd suffered abuse whilst under the care of the club, and that it was working with the police and the fa to uncover the truth. the fa itself said that its own inquiry into the whole football abuse scandal was continuing. have you ever engaged in any behaviour...? after the arrest, higgins was questioned for 15 hours. but he didn't say a word. they were young men who dreamed of being footballers. and he held that key to that goal in his hands and he exploited that

as part of his sexual offending. this was higgins in 1986, but at the back of this parade is barry bennell. he was another youth coach jailed last year for 30 years, also for abusing junior players. higgins, who disguised himself on his way to court, will be sentenced later. someone once idolised by boys dreaming of a life in football, but who used his power to crush their innocence. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has won a second five—year term, in a landslide election victory. the contest had seen his hindu bjp party set against a broadly secular opposition, in a vote widely seen as a referendum on mr modi's nationalist policies. in all, some 900 million voters were eligible to take part, making it the largest election the world has ever seen. there were1 million polling

stations, with rules that no—one would have to travel more than two kilometres to vote. and the polling process lasted a total of 39 days. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is live in delhi with the latest tonight. tonight, huw, narendra modi is preparing to serve another five yea rs preparing to serve another five years in the parliament building behind me. he's been delivered on historic mandate. it's the first time in nearly half a century that a single party has won back to back majorities here. india has a parliamentary system, but in many ways this election felt presidential and it all came down to one man. narendra modi, india's strongman, has retained his grip on power. back for a second term, the boy who sold tea has grown into one of the world's most powerful men. translation: the people have won.

i dedicate this victory humbly to the citizens of this country. i only have one emotion to express — long live mother india. if this was a referendum on his popularity, he's seen off his challengers forfive more years. celebrations here are about more than just this election. mr modi's bjp party secured an historic landslide victory, but it also disrupted a political landscape dominated by the same party, the same family, since independence in 19117. rahul gandhi, torchbearer for india's first family, humiliated by mr modi and by the nation, the great hope who never delivered. his performance in this election derided as uninspiring, out of touch.

political royalty but no match for the former chai runner. while his opponents campaigned, mr modi went on a pilgrimage. in this deeply religious country, he's electrified millions of hindus, but scorched its minorities. india's secular soul, enshrined in its constitution, is at stake. this has been an extremely polarised election. when modi has fought this election on fear, the fear of muslims, the fear of infiltrators, the fear of outsiders, this entire idea of giving back hindus their hindu pride. so, when that comes into question, it is very difficult to lose an election. mr modi rode to power in 2014 promising to serve the poor, the weak and the marginalised. many say he's failed to deliver. "he promised jobs and housing in the last five years. he's not fulfilled that. what can i expect from him now?" asks shanaz, who sleeps on the streets.

unemployment may be the highest in nearly 50 years, but for believers like surendra, he's their only hope. "he'll remove unemployment this time. the job's been left half—done, but it will happen." narendra modi offers a vision of hope and national pride, of protection against outside threats, but he's reinvigorated a climate of fear and suspicion. will he be able to steer a country now characterised by deep divides towards the bright future he's promised ? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. us authorities have announced 17 new charges againstjulian assange. they accuse the wikileaks founder of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources. mr assange is already fighting extradition proceedings to the united states based on an earlier indictment over hacking. our north america correspondent nick bryant joins us

now from washington. this goes considerably further than that original indictment? it really does, up until nowjulian assange has been charged with just one indictment, of computer hacking. so this is a dramatic expansion of the legal case against him. the us justice department charging him with 17 new accounts under the espionage act. significantly they are charging him not as a hacker of information but as a publisher of information. that raises first amendment freedom of speech issues, because the tradition in america has been to go after the leakers tradition in america has been to go after the lea kers of tradition in america has been to go after the leakers of classified information, rather than the publishers of classified information. so, a lot of concern in the news media tonight, from organisations such as the new york times, the washington post, who regularly publish classified information, that this is an attack

also on the press. it also raises questions for the british courts, are these new charges justified and that do they warrantjulian assange's extradition to america? the government has condemned as "appalling" the abuse of vulnerable patients, reported by the bbc at a hospital in county durham. secret filming for bbc panorama showed staff mocking and intimidating people with autism and learning difficulties. the health minister caroline dinenage has apologised on behalf of the health and care system. this report from our social affairs correspondent alison holt contains some distressing detail. whorlton hall hospital in county durham, which looked after nearly a dozen people with learning disabilities and autism, now stands empty. all of its patients moved to new places, after the panorama undercover investigation exposed a culture of bullying, taunting and intimidation. alex, who has profound autism, was a regular target for some staff. she should only be looked after by women, because men frighten her.

but when she was upset, the men took over. alex screams. they called it "pushing the man button". shocked by what was happening to their daughter, alex's parents, tony and sarah, say others need to be warned. i'm devastated for anyone it's happening to, because a pound to a penny, it's happening to some other people. and it shouldn't be. you must show all those clips. you must show people. you must, you must show people. this comes eight years after panorama exposed abuse at the now closed winterbourne view, another hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism. then, the government promised all such institutions would close. it hasn't happened. today, the health secretary described the abuse seen in last night's programme as awful.

i have brought in a new investigation, and, crucially, we're going to make sure that everybody gets their case looked at, and we support them to get them out into the community, wherever that's possible.