in the uk election campaign, jobs, skills and funding for local towns takes centre stage as party leaders tour the country. polls close in india with nearly one billion people eligible to vote in the country's general election. in south africa, the ruling anc loses its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. five hours until kick off, i'm here at wembley stadium where real madrid are the huge favourites against borussia dortmund in the champions league final. hello, i'm anna foster. let's start in the middle east, where israel's opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing

a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahu's coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three—phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7th—style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state—linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re—opening of the rafah crossing. let's look at some of the reaction. in the central city of deir al—balah, where many have recently fled following israel's ground assault on rafah last month, people are living in tents with no running water. here's what some of them have said about the potential deal. translation: this proposal came late but better late than never. _ therefore, we hope to god

the american administration and the european community in general to continue to put pressure on israel for a ceasefire and to save the children and women of gaza, because most of the martyrs in the gaza strip translation: any proposal which leads to us returning i to our homes and the reconstruction of our houses, and the release of our detained brothers, we are with it, all of us as a people. and i, as a citizen, support this proposal. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal contained, and how it differs from previous attempts at peace. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase, and a pause in the fighting. then goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, more israeli withdrawals,

and the release of further hostages, then goes onto a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when we get onto the rebuilding of gaza. all of these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place but fundamentally, why i think this is a moment we should seize to try to bring this conflict to an end permanently, is that it is one thing to call for a ceasefire but of course, if you cannot put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it will not last, and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place because we all know that you have got to look at issues of israeli security and issues of palestinian statehood alongside each other, in order to make a deal last and to solve this problem. is the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu going to seize this, though, because the far right elements of his coalition have made

it very clear they will bring the government down if he ends the war, so how is that going to encourage mr netanyahu to back this deal? i think what this offers to the israeli government is first of all, the chance to get the hostages out, which everybody in israel wants, and it then provides a process during which you can put in place the things that will make a ceasefire permanent. obviously that will be challenging. and it is challenging, notjust for the israeli government, but any israeli, to release prisoners in return for hostages which should never have been taken, this is incredibly difficult but we've all got to lean in and take difficult decisions and try to play our part, to make this something that leads to a permanent, sustainable ceasefire, and permanent, sustainable peace. that is what we are aiming for. i'm still curious as to whether this is fundamentally different. it says that israel put my conditions for

ending the war has not changed. this is the notion that israel would agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a nonstarter so is your understanding that israel have committed, in this new deal, to permanently end the war at a committed, in this new deal, to permanently end the war at a future point from phase three? what permanently end the war at a future point from phase three?— point from phase three? what they are committed _ point from phase three? what they are committed to _ point from phase three? what they are committed to is _ point from phase three? what they are committed to is to _ point from phase three? what they are committed to is to say - point from phase three? what they are committed to is to say that - point from phase three? what they are committed to is to say that we | are committed to is to say that we are, if the hostages get released and we get a pose in the fighting, we are happy to go on talking, and then the crucial question would be can we get the conditions in place, that return a pause into a permanent ceasefire. we know what those conditions are, and from the palestinian point of view it is support for the palestinian authority, setting out the parameters for a palestinian state and all the israeli side it is going to be that you cannot have gaza run by hamas, and we need guarantees about security and no repeats of october 7th, and attacks from gaza

into israel so it is fundamentally two twin things, it is statehood for palestine as security for israel. if that can be achieved through a political process through —— rather than continue east of the fighting, that must be a good thing. —— rather than continuation of the fighting. does this contain a vision for palestinian statehood? it would seem unusual that israel would agree to that or that the israeli prime minister would agree to that when he said clearly that he wouldn't. does that exist in the deal at this stage or would it be worked on, as the deal progresses? it has to be worked on, because fundamentally, a deal like this will only work if you can meet those twin needs, israeli security on the one hand and palestinian statehood on the other. but i think that why i think this is a moment we have got to seize to bring this conflict to an end

is that there is the short term, which is to get the hostages out, and flood gaza with aid to help the desperate humanitarian situation, that is the short term, the medium to long term is, can you put in place the conditions he is necessary to bring about a permanent peace and ultimately a settlement of this problem. one of the things that has changed that as a potential positive is that the arab states are leaning in and prepared to help and support this process, in ways that i have not seen before, and i think an incredibly positive contribution being played by egypt, jordan and qatar in helping to bring this about. that bears testament to that. and there is the other prize here, or what people refer to as normalisation but countries like saudi arabia, as part of this a process, recognising israel, having proper relations with israel, as two normal countries should. that is an enormous prize for israel and also i would argue for saudi arabia also.

by adding in some of these extra elements, you make that movement from pause to ceasefire, to settlement, more likely. as a final thought, can hamas be trusted here? because they, throughout this process, have held these hostages, it seems they have not said for sure which hostages are alive or dead, maybe don't know where they all are, and some of them may be held by criminal elements inside gaza, so, can hamas be trusted to keep to their part of this deal? what hamas did on october 7th can never be forgiven or forgotten. kibbutz beri, and the appalling things that had been done. that cannot be undone or forgotten. what is required here is for hamas to accept a deal that has been put forward, with israeli support, that meets almost all of the things that they have been asking for in terms of the release

of prisoners from israeli jails, in terms of stopping the fighting, in terms of the potential for that stop to be permanent, without a return to fighting, and of course for there to be the chance of discussions and moves on strengthening the palestinian authority, the parameters of the palestinian state and the other things i've said, so all they have to do is to accept this deal, that was the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron. after a week of general election campaigning here in the uk, all parties are out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re—elected. while labour vowed to boost employment and increase support for people with long—term illness. meanwhile, the liberal democrats have promised to make 10 premier league games available on free—to—air—tv per season. our political correspondent ione wells reports. applause and cheering

cheers, change and cheesy grins. labour are hoping to show a positive front today, with... the launch of the bus — angela's bus. and doesn't it look fantastic? laughter ..after their campaign was a little derailed this week by internal fallout over whether diane abbott could run as a labour candidate. sir keir starmer clarified yesterday she was free to stand. well, i dealt with that issue yesterday. today is about taking our argument to the country, and getting people back to work. there are millions of people who aren't in work, who are on benefits, who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work. we're putting our plan on the table to reform thejob centres so that they can actually be places that support people back into work. applause and cheering the conservatives are also trying to refocus this weekend, after another former tory mp said they were switching their allegiance to labour. and that's what we're going to stop, aren't we? audience cheers

rishi sunak�*s pitch to stop others following was a promise to invest £20 million in 30 towns. the majority are seats currently held by the conservatives. he denied the choice was political. i'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns. it's where the majority of people live. they were neglected for decades under previous labour governments, and we're in teesside today, it's a great example of a place that we've focused on as a government. people can see the change in the community as it's happened. i want to make sure we spread that type of opportunity and pride right across the country. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey says he is taking today to care for his son, who has severe disabilities. his campaign, though, are out touring the south coast. their pledge today is to change the law to force the premier league to show ten games per season on free—to—air television, criticising the rising cost of season tickets and subscription channels. champions again! there are still weeks to go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be

victorious on lithjuly. south africa's governing party has two weeks to form a coalition, after losing its outright majority for the first time in 30 years. with almost all the votes now counted from wednesday's election, the anc stands at around 40% — a sharp drop from almost 58% in 2019. the anc has accepted the result and, as the anc, what is foremost now in our mind are two things. one is the fact that there is a clear protest from our people. our people are saying we love the anc, but the anc must self—correct. we have already started that programme of organisation. i think we need to fast—track that. we must no longer only speak about it, acting against corruption, we must be seen as doing that. we must be seen as giving our people the service. that is the message that our people have said to us and it's a message

we have received loud and clear. earlier i spoke to our correspondent catherine byaru hanga injohannesburg. she updated us what the results mean for the anc and what we can expect to see in the next two weeks. the anc does not have the majority it needs to form a government on its own. it must look for partners. time is of the essence, because they have to do this within 14 days, come up with some kind of arrangement in order to have a first sitting of parliament in 14 days when the results have been announced, and then elect the president on that first sitting. take a look at some of the dynamics, we are joined by an award—winning journalist and author here in south africa. what are we hearing in terms of behind—the—scenes, the talks happening now? political parties have started reaching out to each other, as we now have a pretty final picture of what the results are.

the consideration is that the anc needs a massive partner to go over the 50 plus one mark that it needs to form a government. and so it has certain options, the first is to go into a coalition deal with the official opposition, the democratic alliance, sitting at 21%. and those two parties are beginning talks for what is likely going to be deemed as a stable option. both parties are going to have meetings with their top executives tomorrow, to see what they mean individually for the parties and what are the permutations at play because it is notjust a national government that has to be negotiated, but two provincial governments will have to be a coalition government also. the third party, the mk party, will not work with the anc, we know

that they are led by the former resident, jacob zuma, and then the economic freedom fighters populist party, they can say that we are open to talks today and it is up to the anc to first of all accept this massive loss in support, and to come up with some strategic plan. some of the considerations they are going to have to make is what is negotiable, what are they able to concede on, what leverage they have if anything, and i suppose opposition parties will be doing the same, coming up a list of demands to make to the anc is the biggest political party to say all right, what can you give us, if we allow you to vote to elect a future president. south africa is a key political player around the world. the world has been used to the anc being in power, and the policies it presents, what will foreign interests will be looking at a possible coalition government? coalition governments bring a lot of instability and there will be

horse trading around policy position, particularly economic policy. right now the anc has options, you have options to the right and left, and the anc has always tried to stay in the centre, but definitely, the demands are going to be made around for example, julius malema has already said it will not waver in demands in terms of appropriation of land and compensation, but the practical alliance has a right—leaning business economic policy and they will make demands around how the first case is managed, so the baa will make those demands and the smaller parties will have some interest also but it is up to the anc to determine how much they are able to waver. but i think for people looking from the outside, it is going to be a lot of instability before it is stable. qaanitah hunter, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. lots of horse trading to come in the coming days.

as qaanitah mentioned there will be keen following of developments here by south africa's economic and political partners around the world, as to the direction of the next government here in south africa. catherine byaruhanga, our correspondent injohannesburg. looking ahead to the champions league final tonight, looking ahead to the champions league finaltonight, real looking ahead to the champions league final tonight, real madrid face borussia dortmund at wembley in a few hours' time. the spaniards are 14 time winners and start as favourites against the german side. let'sjoin olly favourites against the german side. let's join olly foster, our sports correspondent at wembley. the? let's join olly foster, our sports correspondent at wembley. they are hu . e correspondent at wembley. they are huge favourites. _ correspondent at wembley. they are huge favourites. and _ correspondent at wembley. they are huge favourites. and there _ correspondent at wembley. they are huge favourites. and there are - correspondent at wembley. they are huge favourites. and there are still. huge favourites. and there are still a long _ huge favourites. and there are still a long time — huge favourites. and there are still a long time until kick off, but it is so _ a long time until kick off, but it is so busy— a long time until kick off, but it is so busy on wembley way. we visited _ is so busy on wembley way. we visited the — is so busy on wembley way. we visited the stadium three or four times— visited the stadium three or four times this — visited the stadium three or four times this season and you forget what _ times this season and you forget what kind — times this season and you forget what kind of iconic global venue it is for— what kind of iconic global venue it is for football. there are thousands upon _ is for football. there are thousands upon thousands of real madrid and dortmund —

upon thousands of real madrid and dortmund fans who have come here early _ dortmund fans who have come here early to _ dortmund fans who have come here early to soak up the atmosphere ahead _ early to soak up the atmosphere ahead of— early to soak up the atmosphere ahead of the champions league final. real madrid, 14 times winners. it is almost _ real madrid, 14 times winners. it is almost an— real madrid, 14 times winners. it is almost an annual event for them. they— almost an annual event for them. theyiust — almost an annual event for them. theyjust know what it takes to win this european crown. dortmund played here at— this european crown. dortmund played here at wembley the last time it was here, _ here at wembley the last time it was here, it _ here at wembley the last time it was here, 11 years ago. they lost against _ here, 11 years ago. they lost against bayern munich. they will want _ against bayern munich. they will want to— against bayern munich. they will want to put that right. they are the underdogs — want to put that right. they are the underdogs yet again. let's bring in a couple _ underdogs yet again. let's bring in a couple of— underdogs yet again. let's bring in a couple of the fans, two from dortmund _ a couple of the fans, two from dortmund and one from real madrid. starting _ dortmund and one from real madrid. starting with the dortmund fans, you are the _ starting with the dortmund fans, you are the underdogs, we have thomas and frank _ are the underdogs, we have thomas and frank. welcome to london. excited — and frank. welcome to london. excited by— and frank. welcome to london. excited by this, hopeful? of course. i'm really nervous _ excited by this, hopeful? of course. i'm really nervous and _ excited by this, hopeful? of course. i'm really nervous and excited - excited by this, hopeful? of course. i'm really nervous and excited but . i'm really nervous and excited but i think— i'm really nervous and excited but i think we _ i'm really nervous and excited but i think we will— i'm really nervous and excited but i think we will win _ i'm really nervous and excited but i think we will win this _ i'm really nervous and excited but i think we will win this game. - i'm really nervous and excited but i think we will win this game. you i think we will win this game. you ush think we will win this game. you push your— think we will win this game. you push your luck — think we will win this game. you push your luck in _ think we will win this game. push your luck in the think we will win this game.“ push your luck in the semifinals because — push your luck in the semifinals because psg had so many chances but you beat— because psg had so many chances but you beat them 1—0 at home, and the way, _ you beat them 1—0 at home, and the way, so _ you beat them 1—0 at home, and the way, so maybe it is your year. this is our year. _

way, so maybe it is your year. this is our year. and — way, so maybe it is your year. this is our year, and we _ way, so maybe it is your year. this is our year, and we will win this year— is our year, and we will win this year to— is our year, and we will win this year to the _ is our year, and we will win this year to the champions - is our year, and we will win this year to the champions league. | is our year, and we will win this i year to the champions league. i'm really— year to the champions league. i'm really excited, _ year to the champions league. i'm really excited, but _ year to the champions league. i'm really excited, but i _ year to the champions league. i'm really excited, but i think- year to the champions league. i'm really excited, but i think we - year to the champions league. i'm really excited, but i think we will. really excited, but i think we will do this — really excited, but i think we will do this. ., ., , ., really excited, but i think we will do this. ., ., i. ., do this. how are you coming and en'o in: do this. how are you coming and enjoying this _ do this. how are you coming and enjoying this stadium? _ do this. how are you coming and enjoying this stadium? wembley do this. how are you coming and i enjoying this stadium? wembley is unbelievable, _ enjoying this stadium? wembley is unbelievable, iconic, _ enjoying this stadium? wembley is unbelievable, iconic, historic, - enjoying this stadium? wembley is unbelievable, iconic, historic, it. unbelievable, iconic, historic, it is unbelievable _ unbelievable, iconic, historic, it is unbelievable that _ unbelievable, iconic, historic, it is unbelievable that we - unbelievable, iconic, historic, it is unbelievable that we are - unbelievable, iconic, historic, it. is unbelievable that we are here, and that— is unbelievable that we are here, and that bvb _ is unbelievable that we are here, and that bvb is _ is unbelievable that we are here, and that bvb is year, _ is unbelievable that we are here, and that bvb is year, so - is unbelievable that we are here, and that bvb is year, so good. i and that bvb is year, so good. the ates and that bvb is year, so good. gates opening 45 minutes. frank, and that bvb is year, so good.- gates opening 45 minutes. frank, are you excited, — gates opening 45 minutes. frank, are you excited, how does dortmund beat this real— you excited, how does dortmund beat this real madrid team? | you excited, how does dortmund beat this real madrid team?— this real madrid team? i think that we will beat _ this real madrid team? i think that we will beat them _ this real madrid team? i think that we will beat them with _ this real madrid team? i think that we will beat them with a _ this real madrid team? i think that we will beat them with a good - this real madrid team? i think that i we will beat them with a good team, and we will do it again. i think we beat them 2—1. and we will do it again. i think we beat them 2-1._ and we will do it again. i think we beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, — beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes- — beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes. how _ beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes. how do _ beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes. how do you - beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes. how do you think i beat them 2-1. you take that now? 2-1? 2-1, yes. how do you think it| 2—1? 2—1, yes. how do you think it is going _ 2—1? 2—1, yes. how do you think it is going to — 2—1? 2—1, yes. how do you think it is going to go, it has been another fantastic— is going to go, it has been another fantastic season for real madrid. | fantastic season for real madrid. i think fantastic season for real madrid. think real fantastic season for real madrid. i think real madrid will win 3—1 and i

am very— think real madrid will win 3—1 and i am very excited _ think real madrid will win 3—1 and i am very excited about _ think real madrid will win 3—1 and i am very excited about the - think real madrid will win 3—1 and i am very excited about the match. i am very excited about the match. tell us _ am very excited about the match. tell us about _ am very excited about the match. tell us aboutjude _ am very excited about the match. tell us aboutjude bellingham, i am very excited about the match. | tell us aboutjude bellingham, the young _ tell us aboutjude bellingham, the young english player, he has been amazing _ young english player, he has been amazing this season. yes, young english player, he has been amazing this season.— amazing this season. yes, jude bellingham, — amazing this season. yes, jude bellingham, yes, _ amazing this season. yes, jude bellingham, yes, good, - amazing this season. yes, jude bellingham, yes, good, i- amazing this season. yes, jude bellingham, yes, good, i love. amazing this season. yes, jude - bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring _ bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring 19 — bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring 19 goals, _ bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring 19 goals, he _ bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring 19 goals, he has— bellingham, yes, good, i love him. scoring 19 goals, he has been- scoring 19 goals, he has been fantastic _ scoring 19 goals, he has been fantastic. a scoring 19 goals, he has been fantastic. . , , ., ., fantastic. a good player, but now on the wron: fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! _ fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! he _ fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! he had _ fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! he had been - fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! he had been in - fantastic. a good player, but now on the wrong team! he had been in our| the wrong team! he had been in our team. , �* ., the wrong team! he had been in our team. , �* . ., , the wrong team! he had been in our team. �* . ., team. jude bellingham was a soperstar_ team. jude bellingham was a superstar for— team. jude bellingham was a superstar for brecha - team. jude bellingham was a i superstar for brecha dortmund playing — superstar for brecha dortmund playing against his former side. he has lit— playing against his former side. he has lit up— playing against his former side. he has lit up real madrid and that is 'ust has lit up real madrid and that is just one — has lit up real madrid and that is just one of— has lit up real madrid and that is just one of the stories ahead of this champions league final. thank ou, oll this champions league final. thank you. olly foster — this champions league final. thank you, olly foster at _ this champions league final. thank you, olly foster at wendy. -- - you, olly foster at wendy. —— wembley. after weeks of voting, polls have just closed in the last phase of india's general election — the biggest the world has ever seen. at least 30 people have died of heat stroke and water and fans have been

provided at some polling stations to cool voters down. earlier i spoke to our south asia correspondent samira hussain what happens now is we are slowly starting to see exit polls coming out. these are various analysts and media organisations that have paid to have these exit polls done. you don't really get an inkling ofjust how things are going throughout the indian election over the six weeks. now that all phases of voting ended, we are starting to see some of those being trickled out. really, when it comes down to the actual real results, that still doesn't happen until 4th june. that's when all the vote counting will take place. and, because voting was done primarily by electronic voting machines, the process should be fairly easy, or fairly quick rather, and they will start counting early in the morning and by early afternoon we should have an indication of which direction the country is going. just briefly, samira,

the numbers of people who have actually been involved here, eligible to vote, are huge, aren't they? we are talking about almost 970 million people that were eligible to vote in these elections and that's why they went on for so long. in order to organise and have enough manpower to get all of those people to be able to cast their ballots, that's why you have samira hussain. music festival season is almost here in the uk and later this month, thousands of music fans will gather at worthy farm for the world famous glastonbury festival. well, ever since he started rapping as a teenager, chaydoo oracka dreamed of performing there and he's now finally secured a slot. our reporter natalie bell went to meet him. 20 first ave, hs six, this street is

probably the biggest inspiration to my music. did probably the biggest inspiration to m music. , ., ., my music. did you ever imagine and icture my music. did you ever imagine and picture yourself _ my music. did you ever imagine and picture yourself at _ my music. did you ever imagine and picture yourself at glastonbury, - picture yourself at glastonbury, growing — picture yourself at glastonbury, growing happier? | picture yourself at glastonbury, growing happier?— picture yourself at glastonbury, growing happier? i never thought back then that _ growing happier? i never thought back then that i _ growing happier? i never thought back then that i would _ growing happier? i never thought back then that i would be - growing happier? i never thought - back then that i would be performing at glastonbury. in back then that i would be performing at glastonbury-— at glastonbury. in 'ust a few weeks' time, at glastonbury. in 'ust a few weeks' time. wrapping — at glastonbury. in 'ust a few weeks' time. wrapping at — at glastonbury. in just a few weeks' time, wrapping at glastonbury - at glastonbury. in just a few weeks' time, wrapping at glastonbury willi time, wrapping at glastonbury will become a reality. i'm privileged to be in a position to be able to do that, but i've been grafting. like, people might think, "oh, chiedu's just been around for a couple of years." this is like 15 years of graft. i always say my official start—up in the game was 2011 because that's when i released my first cd, when i was like dishing them out on the streets and selling them for £3. humber street sesh 2017, i'm going to say is probably my favourite ever gig. first time people have mosh—pitted in one of my performances, so that was crazy.

# anything goes, so don't tell me to stick to a genre. # don't limit yourself. # don't let anyone out here ever con ya... his tracks have now had millions of streams on spotify. now, then, this is room 73, the home studio of me and the lockdown boys. and this is where the magic happens. in this little booth that my mate built for me. thejourney has been mad. when i first started rapping, i got laughed at for rapping. why is a hull guy rapping in a hull accent? people used to take the mickey out of me. # no one makes it round here. # round here we get forgotten... i had to sandwich my performances in between, like, indie bands. i had to just try and get a piece of anywhere that would want to listen to me. and not many people did want to listen to me at first. # i motivate the youth, that's what i'm doing with my art... chiedu says as well as changing people's perceptions of hull with his music, it's also about inspiring the next generation.

i feel like it's important to sort of be that inspirational character, especially for the kids on my council estate, to see, like, if chiedu can do it, because he comes from a place like us, then i can do something successful with my life. # this lifestyle's not a walk in the park... it's a busy few weeks ahead for chiedu as he gets ready for the biggest performance of his career. he'll take to the bbc introducing stage at glastonbury on the 30th ofjune. # and someone asked me, am i ever going to make it? # if there's a glass ceiling, my intention is to break it. looking ahead to glastonbury on the bbc news website, like pages there about elections in south africa and the uk. stay with us here in bbc news. hello there. there's a lot of dry weather to come this weekend and it's all down to an area of high pressure

that's to the west of the uk, closest to the high pressure today. we'll see the best of the sunshine across parts of scotland, although southwest england's also enjoying some sunny skies, almost cloud—free skies then in stirling earlier in the day. but we have seen quite a bit of cloud come down the north sea into parts of eastern england. but even so, there are still some breaks in the cloud, for example, here in essex. now, looking at the weather across east anglia, and southeast england, as well as that cloud, we have some fairly brisk winds, gusts running into the 30s of miles an hour. thatjust knocks the edge off the temperatures to a degree. but still some decent weather to come for the most of the uk. sunny spells in northern ireland, lots of sunshine for south west england, western parts of wales also looking fine. and in the best of today's sunshine, we're looking at temperatures quite widely reaching the high teens to low twenties. and in thatjune sunshine, first day of summer, according to climatologists, it will feel pretty warm. now, overnight tonight, we'll have clear skies for most areas and it's going to be quite a chilly night. temperatures getting down into single figures, lows down to about five degrees

in the very coldest parts of scotland and northern england. but another fine day coming up for tomorrow. again, for the majority of the country, lots more sunshine and probably more in the way of sunshine across eastern areas of england, given a slight change in the wind. at the same time, probably a bit more cloud for the far north west of scotland with a little rain getting into the hebrides and the highlands through the day. in the sunshine, temperatures more widely high teens to low 20s, 20 to 21 for aberdeen, 22 in london. and for monday, when we start to see a bit more of a change in the weather patterns across the north of the uk, this cold front bringing a bit more in the way of cloud. a few splashes of rain, mostly light and patchy, move south with that as we go through monday, with some sunnier weather following the cold front through. the cold front will bring some cooler and fresher air, so temperatures dropping by a few degrees across the north but we could still reach around 20 in hull, in cardiff and in london. however, into next week, the middle part of the week, we see some much cooler air arriving

from the northwest and with that we'll see temperatures dropping further and there'll be some showers around, particularly across the northern half of the uk. some of the showers are likely to be heavy with some hail and thunder. bye for now.

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