for an end to the fighting in gaza. and a lawyer for donald trump tells the bbc that nothing will change in the former us president's run for the white house, despite his criminal conviction. hello, i'm carl nasman. south africa's election looks set to bring the biggest political change to the country in decades. with almost all votes counted, the ruling african national congress has lost its outright majority and will now have to find coalition partners for the first time since it won power as apartheid ended in 1994. while the anc is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, many voters blame the party for high levels of crime and corruption and a lack of basic necessities, like water and electricity. results from wednesday's election show the anc winning around 40% of the vote, while former presidentjacob zuma's

newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then...this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unexpected challenge to the anc. already reeling from voter anger over economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here. he's made a rock star entrance. his party came third,

with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc... ..and still trying to take more. he announced he had evidence of election rigging, said he was considering a demand for a full revote. the results aren't official yet, but they're clear. the anc has lost the outright majority it held for 30 years, the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid. this is uncharted territory. we ask for all electoral stakeholders to please remain calm, for leaders to lead this nation at this time and for voices of reason to continue to prevail. the anc was born out of the struggle against apartheid, the violence of white minority rule that kept black people separate and unequal. archive: there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela — a free man.

the moment of triumph — nelson mandela released from prison, the first black president in south africa's new democracy. the downfall marked by jacob zuma. he presided over a period of rampant corruption. now he's making a comeback. understandably, i'm very disappointed. but this anc veteran says the party hasn't recovered since then. we have failed. we talk about renewal, the renewal of the anc, and it would take the form of making sure that elements who are really corrupt are removed from the organisation, and we've really failed to act decisively to do that. the anc is still the biggest party, but it needs to find partners to share power. south africa now faces weeks of turbulent coalition talks. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg.

joining me live now from new york is former united states ambassador to south africa, patrick gaspard. it's great to have you on the bbc. first of all, what do you make of these nearly complete results now? we have almost 100% in. it looks likely to be a very big disappointment for the anc. it likely to be a very big disappointment for the anc. it is, is an external _ disappointment for the anc. it is, is an external reward _ disappointment for the anc. it is, is an external reward or _ disappointment for the anc. it 3 is an external reward or should moment for 62 million south africans and of course most especially for the anc that has managed to maintain their majority in an unbroken mind for three decades now —— extraordinary watershed moment. it is also a moment of reckoning. there are tens of millions of young people in that country who are called the bourne regeneration, born after 1994, after the end of apartheid, and they feel their country underwent a political transmission but not in them and i'll make one, and it feels like they are on the outside looking in full i should not say they feel as if, in reality,

they have been on the outside looking in. by one measure, the world bank called south africa the most unequal society in the world, with 10% of its population holding about 70% of the country's wealth while the bottom 60% just holds 60% of assets. —— 6%. that is why the itsy estimate office majority stop what you think it's this younger generation in south africa behind a watershed moment, _ generation in south africa behind a watershed moment, as _ generation in south africa behind a watershed moment, as you - generation in south africa behind a watershed moment, as you calledl generation in south africa behind a i watershed moment, as you called it? overwhelmingly. when you have 11 million eligible voters that did not register, another 13 million who did register, another 13 million who did register but did not participate, young, and of those who did participate, provinces like kwazulu—natal, jacob zuma's new party absolutely dominated, and it's overwhelmingly in people who are disenfranchised, who feel that the anc has lost its way, has become a corrupt and is not focused on

creating more broadly shared prosperity, that's driving a lot of votes in the system. when i had the privilege of serving, i observed, international election there, in 2015, it was already becoming a but in the clear that there was a downward trajectory for the anc because it was failing to deliver on essential services in the country, rolling blackouts, whites who represent 7% of the population, owned about 50% of the farm to land in the country, and there's never been any transference of assets that's created legacy wealth for black south africans and education, vocational training, opportunities to get a toehold in the middle class have been just faded.— have been 'ust faded. looking forward, have beenjust faded. looking forward. the _ have beenjust faded. looking forward, the anc _ have beenjust faded. looking forward, the anc will - have beenjust faded. looking forward, the anc will be - have been just faded. looking i forward, the anc will be looking have been just faded. looking - forward, the anc will be looking for coalition partners. is there an obvious one? how will these puzzle

pieces start to fit together there? jacob zuma, who just rose from the dead like a phoenix, believes that he's the obvious one, but he and his cadre have continuously said that they will not form a coalition with a roller coaster led anc. —— cyril ramaphosa led. cyril ramaphosa is the current president. he was former zuma's deputy, they are sworn enemies, and now zuma gets to play kingmaker at -- if the anc —— if the anc goes into coalition with his own party for i expect a national unity coalition cobbled together from several smaller parties, 50 plus one, that enables the anc to continue into govern. but the anc to continue into govern. but the challenges are going to profound at the local level. the economic centre of the country, has johannesburg, that city, because of

all this volatility, has had close to a dozen mayors over the past two years, party infighting, said economic strains are profound... let me 'ust economic strains are profound... let me just ask you, ambassador, because you have laid out many of the problems we have seen in south africa in the anc. there will be new blood in this government. what will that do? and you think that will be able to address some of these problems? you mentioned corruption and lack of electricity and water and lack of electricity and water and high under plumbing as well as popular yet, there is free intermediate south africa,... i intermediate south africa,... 1 should command south intermediate south africa,... i should command south africa... it is an ocean that went off basically without a hitch without a sense that avril was not being included, that is not always the case on the continent and in the region, so that's a commendable thing. i believe as somebody who just loves that country there is not anything wrong without africa, that we have

to cure it, with... their enterprising and people and reformers within the anc and other political parties who i think will set the government right again. it focused on economic disparities in that country. we focused on economic disparities in that country-— that country. we will see how this shakes out- _ that country. we will see how this shakes out. we _ that country. we will see how this shakes out. we are _ that country. we will see how this shakes out. we are expecting - that country. we will see how this shakes out. we are expecting the | shakes out. we are expecting the official results to be announced on sunday. patrick gaspard, former ambassador to south africa, thank you very much. ambassador to south africa, thank you very much-— two key right—wing figures in israel's government are threatening to leave their posts if prime minister benjamin netanyahu agrees to an israeli peace proposal announced by president biden. israel's national security minister, itamar ben—gvir, says any deal that results in a ceasefire before hamas is destroyed will be a victory for terrorism. israel's finance minister also opposes any truce before hamas is wiped out. the peace proposals are backed by the israeli opposition and mediating countries. hamas reacted positively to the plans. the united states, egypt, and qatar released a joint statement

on saturday urging the two sides to reach an agreement. the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, told the bbc his thoughts on the deal. 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, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try and bring this conflict to an end permanently is that, you know, it's one thing to call for a ceasefire, but of course, if you can't put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it won't last. and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place, because we all know you've 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. our north america correspondent will vernon has the latest on washington's push towards an agreement. what you've got here is a tricky situation for president biden. we heard him yesterday in a pretty optimistic white house address, saying it is time for this war to end and for the day after to begin, setting out that three—stage peace proposal. quite grand words he used. mr biden is desperately hoping israel and hamas will sign up to that plan. mr biden in that address essentially tried to draw a line under the conflict, saying to the israelis, you have achieved your main objective here, hamas is no longer in any kind of state to launch

the sort of attack we saw on october 7 last year. but in comments on saturday, benjamin not who took some of the shine off that biden announcement. —— benjamin netanyahu. he reiterated the israeli war would not end until the complete destruction of hamas and all its capabilities. although mr biden said this was an israeli proposal, itake although mr biden said this was an israeli proposal, i take the white house nevertheless be working now on a strategy to put more pressure on the israelis to accept this deal, and on hamas as well, of course, and thatis and on hamas as well, of course, and that is why you have seen this flurry of diplomatic activity. phone calls between us secretary of state antony blinken and all the major key players in the region. there was also a joint agreement between the us, egypt and qatar.

joining me to discuss is lt general mark schwartz, former us security coordinator of the israel—palestinian authority. we heard there these really far right government partners now threatening to leave the coalition, essentially topple netanyahu cosmic government if this deal goes through. how conflicted do you think the government is over this proposal? i the government is over this proposal?— the government is over this ro osal? ~' , .., . proposal? i think there is conflict inside of the _ proposal? i think there is conflict inside of the government - proposal? i think there is conflict inside of the government and - proposal? i think there is conflict i inside of the government and their certain confliction inside of the israeli populace. as the elements of this current proposal were rolled out, by our president in the united states and the more broadly in the international community, if you are the families of the hostages of the hostages themselves, if you're hamas and if you're the palestinians having insight of gaza, you are very pleased with the plan, but in terms of the right direction for immediate and long—term security, for the

israeli people, it falls well short, because there's no discussion, at least in the plan, about, other than a statement that those responsible for october the 7th, israel still has the right to pursue those and bring them to justice, that implies their intelligence services and special operations forces continuing to pursue. but there is a major security gap that will be created by the withdrawal of israeli forces with no security replacement inside of gaza, starting with the major urban centres and then ultimately, if you go to phase two, where you see the withdrawal of forces. i can certainly appreciate the concern expressed by those within the israeli populace and even here in our own country, in terms of, if the us is saying hamas is an international terrorist organisation, since the early 90s,

certainly, you... organisation, since the early 90s, certainly. you---— certainly, you... you heard president _ certainly, you... you heard president biden _ certainly, you... you heard president biden saying - certainly, you... you heard i president biden saying briefly certainly, you... you heard - president biden saying briefly to israel and messaging towards netanyahu, essentially, look, he does not believe that hamas still is a trip to israel, he made a big speech laying out this proposal. how much leverage do you think the white house has over this process right now? i house has over this process right now? ~ . ., , house has over this process right now? ~ . . , ., ., , now? i think certainly, what was said during _ now? i think certainly, what was said during the _ now? i think certainly, what was said during the announcement i now? i think certainly, what was | said during the announcement of now? i think certainly, what was - said during the announcement of this proposal, it's speaking to the us the mystic audience, certainly, given the inside the united states more broadly the leadership role that many constituencies in us want to see the administration take in ending the humanitarian suffering and the really uncalled for civilian casualties in gaza, and ifully appreciate that, but i don't think we should be in the position of assessing the security environment

for another country, assessing the security environment foranother country, in assessing the security environment for another country, in my view. so i don't think that's really appropriate, given the nature of what happen october seven, and we are seeing, certainly, since the conflict started, the offensive by israel into gaza, they still have a significant capability to launch long—range munitions into israel and have the ability to fight the idf inside of gaza, so... it is have the ability to fight the idf inside of gaza, so. . .— have the ability to fight the idf inside of gaza, so... it is not 'ust the united — inside of gaza, so... it is not 'ust the united states i inside of gaza, so... it is not 'ust the united states pushing h inside of gaza, so... it is notjust the united states pushing for - inside of gaza, so... it is notjust. the united states pushing for this. we just heard from uk the united states pushing for this. wejust heard from uk foreign minister cameron there, other arab nations, pushing for this, there seems to be a lot of international pressure now, maybe the highest we have seen to try to end this war with this deal.— have seen to try to end this war with this deal. agree. i think it is important- _ with this deal. agree. i think it is important. again, _ with this deal. agree. i think it is important. again, the _ with this deal. agree. i think it is important. again, the amount i with this deal. agree. i think it is important. again, the amount of| important. again, the amount of suffering we have seen of the palestinian population, inside of gaza, is extremely concerning, the military and crisis that, frankly,

israel is responsible for addressing —— humanitarian crisis. as the force that conducted the subsequent invasion. i understand international call for a cease—fire, and certainly the release of the hostages, absolutely, the innocence on both sides that are being caught up in this conflict, but it does not comport with the strategic end state, which is to a limited hamas's military capability in the governing body inside of gaza.— body inside of gaza. very, very briefl , i body inside of gaza. very, very briefly, i want _ body inside of gaza. very, very briefly, i want to _ body inside of gaza. very, very briefly, i want to ask _ body inside of gaza. very, very briefly, i want to ask you, - briefly, i want to ask you, the details of the deal and the response of either side, how optimistic are you this actually gets done? hat you this actually gets done? not ve you this actually gets done? ijrrt very optimistic. i think that there is potential for a temporary cease—fire, for an initial exchange. 700 palestinian prisoners for some of the hostages to be released, which would be superb also but i think the long—term, phase two and three, i think have a very unlikely

chance of materialising. lieutenant general mark— chance of materialising. lieutenant general mark schwartz, _ chance of materialising. lieutenant general mark schwartz, thank - chance of materialising. lieutenant general mark schwartz, thank you | general mark schwartz, thank you very much. general mark schwartz, thank you very much-— after weeks of voting, polls have now closed in the last phase of india's general election — the biggest the world has ever seen. the final stage of balloting took place in eight northern and eastern states during a severe heatwave. at least 30 people have died of heat stroke. water and fans were provided at some polling stations to cool voters. results are expected to be announced on the 4th ofjune. for more on what happens next, our south asia correspondent samira hussain sent this report. what happens now is that we're slowly starting to see exit polls coming out. these are various analysts and media organisations that have paid to have these exit polls done. now, 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're starting to see some of those being trickled out. really, when it comes down

to the actual, real results, well, that still doesn't happen until the 4th ofjune. 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. we're 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 a ballot, that's why you have elections over seven phases. a lawyer for donald trump has told the bbc nothing will change in the former us president's run for the white house, despite his criminal conviction. mr trump was found guilty

on thursday of falsifying business records, to conceal hush money payments made to the former adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. mr trump has denounced the verdict and claims the trial was "rigged". his defence team plans to appeal. despite his mounting legal troubles, donald trump has a firm base of supporters who are now more likely to vote for him come november because of his conviction — that's according to a new yougov poll. in the 24 hours after his conviction on 34 felony counts, his campaign said it raised nearly $53 million. it says this is proof many americans are on mr trump's side. to the general election campaign in the uk. rishi sunak has promised to give 30 towns £20 million each if the conservatives are re—elected, labour say they will boost employment and increase support for people with long—term illness and the liberal democrats are pledging to make ten premier league games a season available on free—to—air—television. 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. manchester city, champions again! there are still weeks

to go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious onjuly 4. ione wells, bbc news. hackers say they have stolen the personal details of more than half a billion customers of ticketmaster worldwide. the company's owner — live nation — has confirmed there's been "unauthorised activity" on its database but has not said how many people have been affected. the hackers are reported to be demanding a ransom payment of $500,000 — or £400,000 — to prevent the sale of the data. our business reporter simon browning reports. ticketmaster, one of the biggest ticket platforms in the world. it's where you buy your chance to see the biggest showbiz stars on the planet. music, festivals, comedy, theatre — they're all for sale here. but now, after what could be one of the biggest data breaches in history, personal information could now be on sale, too. on saturday morning, live nation, ticketmaster's owners, confirmed they had been a victim

of unauthorised activity on its data base. shinyhunters, a hacking group, claims to have 560 million customers' personal details and partial credit card information. this number is still to be confirmed. the hackers want $500,000 in ransom. with millions using ticketmaster for tours like taylor swift or bruce springsteen, social media users have expressed concern about their accounts and tickets. they will be looking to exploit this potentially... cyber security experts are warning opportunistic scammers will now be trying to exploit concern about the breach. if you receive an e—mail, if you receive a text message, if you receive a whatsapp message that in any way talks about this breach and this hack, be very, very careful. the second thing, don't click on links. don't click on any link that you receive through e—mail or text message or whatsapp whatsoever. and the third thing is, especially if you click on that link and it says enter your details to check if you are in the breach or something like that, do not do that.

ticketmaster says it is working to mitigate the risk to those affected and will contact its users with respect to unauthorised access to personal information. simon browning, bbc news. and before we go, real madrid won the champions league for a fifteenth time, beating germany's borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley on saturday. the game was deadlocked heading into the half. right—back dani carvajal opened the scoring for the spanish side in the second half. viniciusjunior sealed the victory with a strike in the 83rd minute. plenty more coming up at the top of the hour. stay with us right here on bbc news. hello there. it was a pretty decent saturday for much of the north of the uk. we saw highs of 22 degrees, the warmest spots of scotland and northern ireland. but it was cool, cloudy and breezy for eastern england. for sunday, it's a reverse of fortunes. it's the south and east

of the country which will see the best of the warmth and the sunshine. further north and west, it will turn cloudier. that's because around this area of high pressure, we'll see this cloud and a weather front starting to work into the north—west of the uk. so it's a chilly but a bright start for many areas, early cloud clearing away from the south—east. the winds turn lighter here, too. lots of sunshine into the afternoon, a bit hazy in places. but the cloud continues to build across scotland and northern ireland through the day, with even a bit of rain arriving across western scotland as well and the breeze picking up here too. so feeling cooler — 14 degrees for the western isles. a bit warmer for eastern scotland, which holds on to the sunshine for longest, but up to 22 or 23 degrees across the east and south—east of england. now, as we head through sunday nights, that weather front with the clouds spills its way southward. so it'll turn cloudy for many areas, with some spits and spots of rain, mainly across northern and western hills. because there's more cloud around, more cloud cover means it won't be quite as cool. so i think a milder night to come for most. then into next week,

we see some changes. monday starts off on a fine note with plenty of sunshine, but it will turn cooler from tuesday onwards, with sunshine and showers. most of the showers will be across the north of the uk. so we've got this weather front straddling the country through monday, slowly sinking southwards. it will introduce quite a lot of cloud initially to scotland and then into england and wales. skies will brighten up for northern ireland too. there may be the odd spits and spots of light rain. but it brightens up for scotland. maybe a few showers in the far north later on, where it'll turn breezier. lighter winds further south. so quite a mixed picture, i think. generally, though, given some sunny spells, temperatures will reach highs of 20, maybe 21 degrees. still cooler in the north—west of scotland. and that's the sign of things to come. much cooler air spills southwards across the whole country as we move through tuesday and wednesday and we'll see showers being pushed into northern areas. some of these showers may have a wintry element to them over the tops of the scottish mountains. most of the showers across the north of the uk. further south, in that strong

earlyjune sunshine, temperatures will rise up to 20 or 21 degrees, but nights will be chilly.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello. this week, we're looking at big tech and its role in a crucial election year around the world. we're joined by baroness martha lane

fox, who sat on the board of x, formerly twitter, until 2022. she tells us about the platform's changing attitude towards political content. plus, is bro culture still prevalent in silicon valley? we ask our tech experts if they've seen a shift in attitudes and how it compares to the uk. first, in the uk, the general election campaign is heating up ahead of polling day injuly. prime minister rishi sunak and keir starmer, leader of the main opposition party, labour, are hitting the campaign trail in their battle buses. but how are they also using tiktok and other social media platforms as a campaign tool? some people are dubbing this the uk's first tiktok election. after the conservatives announced their proposals for national service for 18—year—olds, rishi sunak also did his first video

on the conservative party's tiktok account.