this is bbc news, i'm luxmy gopal — the headlines at eight... celebrations for australia's labor party as it wins the country's general election. it means this man, anthony albanese, is set to form the next government, though it's not yet clear whether it will be a majority or minority administration. it says a lot about our great country that the son of a single mum who is a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in camperdown, can stand before you tonight as australia's prime minister. ukraine's president zelensky has said that diplomacy is the only way russia's war on his country will end. here, opposition parties demand an explaination from borisjohnson, after he met with the senior civil servant, sue gray, ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at

downing street. two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. and coming up at 8.30 — in political thinking, nick robinson speaks to nimco ali, the uk government's adviser on violence against women and girls. good evening and welcome to bbc news. australia is poised for major political change, after the labor party, led by anthony albanese, won the most seats in the general election. he will be the country's new prime minister, overseeing the first labor government in nearly a decade. the incumbent scott morrison has conceded defeat, after a campaign in which the rising cost of living and climate change emerged as key issues for voters.

our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports now from sydney. in almost a decade and it will be led by one of australia's longest serving politicians. it has been a long time in the darkness and now finally... we can smile again. anthony albanese promised change as he worked to kick out the coalition which has been in power since 2013. we can shape change if we seek to unite people on thatjourney of change. together, we can end the climate wars. together, we can take advantage of the opportunity for australia to be a renewable

energy superpower. it has been a sombre night for the ousted prime minister, scott morrison. going into the election, all signs indicated that the incumbent was in trouble. mr morrisson�*s tenure has been dominated by national disasters, covid and scandals. i have always believed i in australians and they're judgment and tonight they have delivered their verdict. - —— their. independents have also done well in the election. amid public dissatisfaction with the major parties. albanese may have to rely on them. the people have listened, now it is up to the politicians. the rising cost—of—living and climate

change have dominated the election as two key issues for voters. this is a country that is anxious and divided. its new leader has vowed that his will be a government of optimism and unity. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the political commentatorjo phillips and the politial editor of the people & the sunday mirror, nigel nelson. president zelensky has said diplomacy is the only way the war with russia will end. ukraine's leader suggested his military had "broken the back" of russia's army, but that a resolution would only emerge from negotiations. as russian forces intensify their attacks in the eastern donbas region, here the foreign secretary liz truss has said that ukraine's neighbour, moldova, should be armed with nato military equipment to help guard it against the threat of a russian invasion.

from kyiv, our correspondent james waterhouse reports. ukraine's resistance is far from waning, but in luhansk it is going backwards — it is an area moscow claims will soon be in russian control. this coal miner still tries to evacuate people. even with his van riddled with bullets. i have to help people — there are grandmothers and grandfathers, people with disabilities who remain. they have to be pulled out. russia's gains are only a few miles here, people in luhansk are used to eight years of war already, since russia backed separatists. for some the fighting has finally reached their doorstep. translation: my daughter - is in france and my son in poland. they told me to leave. but how can i leave? this is our home.

the invaders are looking to surround this town and are resorting to tactics of bombarding it. the president of ukraine sent this message to countries yet to send weapons. we are fighting a war on our. territory and even if you think you could get used to donbas being russian territory, - we would like to say it is not a good thing to get used to, | these are our territories and we are going step by step to _ liberate our territories. ukraine's leader believes peace will only come from talks. given the lack of dialogue between the two sides, it is a long way off. filling the silence, the brutality of this war.

the war in ukraine can only be resolved through "diplomacy", says president zelensky, but how likely is a diplomatic solution at this stage of the war? we asked dr vladislav inozemtsev, the director of the center for post—industrial studies. look, i would say that in general the idea is true. but not immediately. because now neither russia or ukraine doesn't want to talk at all. because it was said volodymyr zelensky wants to liberate ukrainian territory, he has a mandate from his people and the russians are quite, you know, they are still trying to... legitimise this so—called republic and they want to get to the border of the republic with ukraine, as they believe. i cannot imagine that negotiations will start in the foreseeable future.

russia should be first defeated in donbas, maybe not to the russian border, but the russian forces should feel the heat from the ukrainians to put them on to the negotiating table. to put mr putin on to the table. if it doesn't get to putin getting around the table for a diplomatic discussion, what do you think will bring this military conflict to an end? i think this conflict will come to some kind of exhaustion. russia doesn't have forces to fight with such an intensity like we have saw in this month for even half a year. i would expect that this conflict will somehow cease by autumn. by september or october. but not because they want to talk, but because they would be exhausted

at the time and the military will not be ready to fight, because there is around 30 to 40% who doesn't want, even military people who doesn't want to go to the fighting. and the morale of the russian forces is going down quite sharply. therefore i would say that it needs two or three months for some crucial changes in the mood of the russians. if we talk about the wider knock—on effect this is having, the british foreign secretary said that moldova should be armed with nato military equipment. what is your response to that? look, it can be done. moldova is a small country. but i would doubt even if it is equipped by the western arms, that it can withstand the russian aggression fit happens.

-- if it. moldova is too small to defend itself if it is not defended by the western alliance. to hope moldova can fight for its own independence with its own forces, the russian army is stronger than the moldovan army, whatever it may be supplied with. so i would say russians feel the occupied moldova is a risk. here, opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explain a meeting he had with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in and around downing street during lockdown. it's emerged the pair met several weeks ago. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, said opposition parties are concerned about what this means when it comes to the independence of the report. they are suggesting that the mere fact that the prime minister and the person conducting the inquiry, sue gray, met about a month ago, and well before publication,

could suggest perhaps this was not being done as transparently as it should. they asked for an explanation of why that meeting took place. what they are also asking for is that all the evidence of gatherings she has accumulated, which is more than 500 photographs, that all of that should be published in the name of transparency. but i can certainly say this afternoon that i have been told in no uncertain terms that not all of that evidence will be made public in due course. what sue gray will do is draw on some of that evidence for her report, for the explanation on the report of events that took place, but we will not see all of the evidence being put into the public domain. it has been interesting that both downing street and those close to sue gray disagree over the circumstances of the meeting in the first place. downing street were very keen to emphasise it was not done at the prime minister's behest, but they suggested that sue gray had initiated the meeting. those close to her said, no, this came from a suggestion by a number 10 official.

downing street have now modified their position to make it very clear that the prime minister himself certainly hadn't called for this, but not denying that someone in number 10 suggested it was a good idea that the meeting took place. nonetheless, both sides do agree that he was not shown the content of the report, and still has not seen it. pharmacists are to be given more flexibility to deal with shortages of hormone replacement therapy medicines. they'll be given temporary permission to offer alternatives if they can't source the precise drug on the prescription. matt gravelling has the details. i can get tired. i didn't used to get tired, always had quite a lot of energy. it can make you anxious when you never normally get anxiety, so you can worry about things that are really silly and not understand why. just two micro symptoms of the menopause experienced byjasmine, who got her life back on track by treating them with hormone replacement therapy, or hrt. but for yasmin, like

many others, a recent lack of supply has led to frustration and returned symptoms. a lot of life admin goes into trying to organise and get medication, and going between different pharmacies, talking to a gp, having to phone a gp all the time, having to try and source them. to tackle the shortage, the government have made two changes. they've given the pharmacist the power to limit a patient�*s micro—supply of hrt to three months, and to substitute an out of stock brand with an equivalent product. all these medications are made to a supremely high standard and tested and tested and tested again, so they all should be offering the same dosage, the same concentration of medicine. on that basis, we would say, trust the product, and if your primary choice is not available, do try to substitute. the shortage of products has been attributed to a rise in the awareness of hrt alongside supply chain issues due to covid. the government say the changes have already helped stabilise stock. very often, even if

you give a woman the same product that is made by a different manufacturer, they will notice a difference in how their symptoms are being managed. it is not the ideal solution, but it is certainly helping us get medicine out to women who are currently struggling to get those products. experts say anyone who has questions or concerns about hrt should speak to their pharmacist or doctor. doctors say they're worried that monkeypox could have a huge impact on access to sexual health services. staff at clinics are having to isolate if they come into contact with anyone who's infected, and there are fears the pressure on the workforce means some sexually—transmitted infections could be missed. 0ur health reporter, philippa roxby reports. many of the 20 cases identified in the uk have been in gay and bisexual men who are being urged

to look out for unusual rashes and lesions and contact a sexual health clinic if concerned. monkeypox is not normally sexually—transmitted but it can be passed on by close skin contact. the british association for sexual health and hiv says staff working on sexual health clinics were already under significant pressure and monkeypox was making it worse. it said some were having to see patients with symptoms in separate spaces to guard against spread. i am not concerned with people being identified with monkeypox, it generally has limited effect on patients that are shortlived, but i am concerned we will be able to maintain access to people for sexual health services as well as preventing people having to isolate from services. in london, where most cases had been found, clinics have stopped people walking in altogether. that could lead to fewer people being able to access sexual health services. some staff have already received a smallpox vaccine to help protect them against monkeypox.

the uk is now stocking up on more doses. philippa roxby, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... celebrations for australia's labor party as it wins the country's general election. ukraine's president zelensky has said that diplomacy is the only way russia's war on his country will end. two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie. three days after rangers were beaten on penalties in the europa league final, they were taken to extra time again in the scottish cup final. but this time they came good to beat hearts 2—0 at hampden park. both teams hit the woodwork in normal time — but rangers went ahead, thanks to ryanjack�*s piledriver.

scott wright doubled their lead a couple of minutes later to offer some solace after that defeat in seville in wednesday. it's the 34th time they've lifted the scottish cup. after four seasons in league one, sunderland are on the way up again. they've been promoted to the championship after beating wycombe wanderers 2—0 in their play—off final at wembley. elliot embleton gave them a half—time lead with a swerving shot that completely fooled the wycombe keeper david stockdale. wycombe were relegated from the championship last season, but their hopes of an instant return were dashed when ross stewart added a second with about ten minutes go. sunderland were a premier league side only five years ago before back to back relegations saw them drop into the third tier, but there was delirium among their 40,000 fans at wembley as they are finally moving in the right direction. lyon have won the women's champions league for a record eighth time after beating barcelona 3—1 in turin. a stunning strike from amandine henry after six minutes

gave the french side the lead, and the fomer world player of the year, ada hegerberg, who has struggled with injuries for the past few seasons, was also amongst the goals—corers as lyon surprised the defending champions, who were favourites for the final. kylian mbappe has signed a new three—year contract to remain at paris saint—germain. the french international had been heavily linked with a move to real madrid this summer but mbappe has now committed his future to the french champions, in a lucrative deal that runs until 2025. the second diamond league meeting of the year was a good one for some of the british atheltes in birmingham. dina asher—smith won the women's 100 metres, beating shericka jackson by a hundreth of a second. daryll neeta was third. asher—smith and neeta then joined forces to win the 4 x 100m relay for great britain. this is my first 100 of the season, along season, so easing our way into

it, it was good, very strong field, i could have done if you think differently but the first one is always a bit... but i am very happy with the time, happy to win in this temperature and in this kind of field, it is good. britain's 0lympic silver medallist keely hodgkinson got an impressive win in the 800 metres. she beat france's renelle lamote in second and jamaica's natoya goule in third. britain's 0lympic silver medallist keely hodgkinson got an impressive the last few groups are starting their third round at the us pga championship in oklahoma. amongst the early starters, it was a very disappointing day for tiger woods. he went into the water here on the sixth as he triple bogeyed the hole. there were seven other bogeys in his round as he finished on 12 over par. rory mcilroy has also just started his round, he's parred his first three holes and is now four shots off the lead. that's because the leader will zalatoris has bogeyed the first to share the lead with

mito perreira on 8 under. britain's simon yates claimed his second stage win of this year's giro d'italia in stage 1a. this year's race was blown open with the thrilling stage, richard carapaz breaking away with 28km left. but yates caught him for his sixth giro stage win in turin. carapaz claimed the overall lead from juan pedro lopez. cameron norrie has won his fourth atp title in the space ofjust ten months and his first on clay. the world number 11 beat alex molcan from slovakia in three sets to win the lyon 0pen. norrie will play his first round match at the french open on monday. harlequins staged a remarkable comeback to beat gloucester 28—24 at twickenham, a victory that sealed a place in rugby union's premiership semifinals. the champions were outplayed in the first half and trailed 24—7 at the break, but hit back with three tries, cadan murley clinching victory with the third.

here are some of the other results. bath have moved off the bottom of the table after beating london irish 27—24. leicester tigers look like they'll finish the regular season at the top of the table. they beat newcastle 27—5. and saracens beat northampton saints 112—38 to secure them a home semifinal. in superleague, hull kr were beaten 20—8 by catalan dragons. the french side scored three tries to just the one for the robins. their third came from the club's top try scorer fouad yaha. hull kr have lost their last four games. charles leclerc will be on pole for tomorrow's spanish grand prix. there weren't too many surprises in qualifying, the ferrari driver had been quickest in every practice session in barcelona. the championship leader was about a quarter of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen. lewis hamilton will start down in sixth — he was again outpaced by his mercedes teammate george russell who

was fourth fastest. that's all the sport for now. two people have been taken to hospital after part of a stand collapsed at a trooping the colour event at horse guards parade in central london. in two weeks' time, the queen is due to attend. here's bbc london's shelly phelps. members of the army rushing to the scene in video footage filmed by a member of the public close to where part of a stand reportedly collapsed. a number of people can be seen climbing over the back wall close to where a section of the structure is understood to have given way. the area was evacuated, one stand at a time. we were invited to stand for the national anthem and there was a commotion behind us and the floor boards in the temporary arena had cracked and several people had fallen through. the incident took place

just before 11am, as crowds gathered to watch rehearsals marking the queen's birthday. stjohn's ambulance were first on scene. we treated six patients. four were minor incidents and two were taken to hospital. the army says safety is its priority and it is working to understand what happened and ensure it doesn't happen again. president biden has said he might be willing to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un, for face—to—face talks, but only if mr kim is, in his words, �*sincere and serious�*. mr biden, who's on a visit to south korea, said he was also prepared to shore up defences against north korea. the president and his counterpart in seoul, yoon suk—yeol, discussed the possible deployment of extra american jets, bombers and missiles to south korea. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports.

good evening, president biden. the first task for the president, learn the mechanics of the computer chip. the focus of the trip was supposed to be semiconductors and supply chains. but by the time the leaders sat down to talk, an increasingly hostile north korea was top of the agenda. the door to dialogue was still open, they said. with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, it would depend on whether he was sincere and serious. the situation in north korea is serious, with covid affecting many of its population. the united states hopes this would lead to a reconciliation. we have offered vaccines. we have had no response.

despite the pleas to come back to the negotiating table, the focus here was much more on south korea and the united states being ready for if the north were to attack, how they can be more prepared for if the worst were to happen. remembering us soldiers that died fighting the korean war. since this battle, the south has relied on the us to defend it. we go together. earlierjoe biden agreed to send more weapons if needed. translation: we discussed strategic assets, including fighter _ jets and missiles. the relationship has never been stronger or more vital, according to mr biden. it certainly seems on firm ground. here in the uk, emergency plans

are being drawn up to make sure some passenger and freight services can still operate if railway workers go on strike this summer. more than 40,000 members of the rmt union are being balloted in a dispute over pay and jobs. the union claims it could be the "biggest rail strike in modern history". the government says a "fair deal forstaff, passengers and taxpayers" is needed. a mother has described how her 11—year—old son had to have a finger amputated, after hurting himself while running away from bullies at school. shantal bailey says raheem has received racist abuse since starting at abertillery learning community in south wales last september. the school says it's working closely with gwent police and the council to establish the full details of the incident. a warning — some people may find rebecca john's report distressing. 11—year—old raheem in happier times. his mother said he was attacked by a group of children at school on tuesday, who kicked him while he was on the floor.

his mother said he caught his finger and injured it while climbing a school fence to escape the ordeal. after six hours of surgery, it had to be amputated. the woman and her children moved to wales last year. she says raheem has received racist abuse at school and has been bullied because he is small for his age. he is now recovering from the surgery, but he is struggling to understand what's happened, sometimes thinking it was a bad dream. his mother said she hasn't been contacted by the school. the school said it is working with police and the local authority to establish the full details of the incident. it says the well—being and safety of its pupils and staff remains of paramount importance.

police and the council are investigating what happened. the welsh government has responded, saying it condemns bullying and racial harassment in any form and expects allegations of incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated by schools, with appropriate action taken. since the incident, raheem's mother has set up a fund—raising page to pay for a prosthetic finger for rahim.

and grey start for sunday. we should see the sunshine coming out. again we have the fronts close to the north and west bringing more persistent rain, some drizzle, coast and hill fog in north and western parts. the best of the sunshine in the south and east. temperatures should be

up on those of today. particularly in southern and eastern areas. but potentially here, some rain through the night and into monday. a cooler and unsettled start to next week. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... celebrations for australia's labor party as it wins the country's general election. it means this man, anthony albanese, is set to form the next government, though it's not yet clear whether it will be a majority or minority administration. it says a lot about our great country that the son of a single mum who was a disability pensioner who grew up in council housing can stand

up grew up in council housing can stand up before you tonight as