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 president jacob 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. i 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 byjacob 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. for more, i spoke to managing editor for semafor africa, alexis akwagyiram. it's a watershed moment for 62 million south africans and mostly for the anc who has managed a majority for three decades now. a watershed moment but also a moment of reckoning. tens of millions of young people in the country called the bourne free generation, born after 1994 and the end of apartheid, and they felt the country went through a political transformation but not an economic one. they have been on the outside looking in. the world bank has called south africa the most unequal society in the world. 10% of the population holding 71% of the wealth, while the bottom 60% holding just 7% of assets. that's the fundamental dynamics as to why the anc has tumbled out of majority. 50 as to why the anc has tumbled out of majority.— out of ma'ority. so you think the out of majority. 50 you think the younger _ out of majority. 50 you think the younger generation - out of majority. 50 you think the younger generation in i out of majority. 50 you think- the younger generation in south africa is likely behind a watershed moment as you called it? , ~ , ., it? overwhelmingly. when you have 11 million _ it? overwhelmingly. when you have 11 million eligible - it? overwhelmingly. when you have 11 million eligible voters l have 11 million eligible voters that did not register, another 13 million who did register but didn't participate. and of those who did participate, in provinces like kwazulu—natal, anc stronghold, jacob zuma's new party absolutely dominated. overwhelmingly young people who feel disenfranchised and that the anc has lost its way, has become corrupt, and is not focused on creating more broadly shared prosperity, that is driving a lot of volatility in the system. when i had the privilege of serving, i observed a national election there... it was already becoming abundantly clear that there was a downward trajectory for the anc because it was failing to deliver on its central service to the country. rolling blackouts, whites who represent 7% of the population owning about 50% of the farmland in the country. there has never been any transfer of assets, legacy wealth for black south africans. education, vocational training, opportunities to get a toehold in the middle class.- in the middle class. looking forward. — in the middle class. looking forward, the _ in the middle class. looking forward, the anc _ in the middle class. looking forward, the anc will - in the middle class. looking forward, the anc will be - forward, the anc will be looking for coalition partners. is there an obvious one? how well the puzzle pieces start to fit together?— well the puzzle pieces start to fit together? jacob zuma, who rose from _ fit together? jacob zuma, who rose from the _ fit together? jacob zuma, who rose from the dead _ fit together? jacob zuma, who rose from the dead like - fit together? jacob zuma, who rose from the dead like a - rose from the dead like a phoenix, believes he is the obvious one. he and his cadre have continuously said they won't form a coalition with a ramaphosa led government. he was formerly jacob zuma's deputy, they are sworn enemies. now zuma gets to play kingmaker, if the anc goes into coalition with his new party. i suspect it will probably end up with a governing party of national unity cobbled together from several smaller parties. 50 plus one, enabling the anc to continue to govern. but there are challenges. the economic centre of the country, with the city ofjohannesburg, because of all the volatility, it has had close to a dozen mayors in the last two years. so much party infighting. let me “ust so much party infighting. let me just ask _ so much party infighting. let me just ask you, you lay out many of the problems we have seenin many of the problems we have seen in south africa under the anc... there will be some new blood in government, do you think that will be able to start address some of the problems? you mention corruption and the lack of electricity and water, and high unemployment.— unemployment. yeah, . .. inaudible. _ inaudible. inaudible. i should have started by commending south africa for continuing to... inaudible. an election that went off without a hitch. everyone had the opportunity to participate, that's not always the case in the region, so that's commendable. as someone who loves the country, there isn't anything wrong in south africa that would not be cured by everything that's right. extraordinary enterprising young people. and re—formers within the anc and other political parties who will set the government right again. 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 also 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. well, earlier, ispoke to lieutenant general mark schwartz, former us security coordinator of the israel—palestinian authority. we heard there, israeli far—right government partners now threatening to leave the coalition, essentially topple netanyahu's government, if this deal goes through. how conflicted do you think the israeli government is over this proposal? i think there's confliction inside of the government and there's certainly confliction inside of the israeli populace. as the elements of this current proposal were rolled out by our president in the united states and more broadly in the international community, i think if you're the families of the hostages, certainly the hostages themselves, if you're hamas and if you're the palestinians living inside 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 0ctober7th, israel still has the right to pursue those and bring them to justice — so that implies their intelligence services and special operations forces probably continuing to pursue. but there's 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 israeli forces. so 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 that hamas is an international terrorist organisation, since the early �*90s, certainly... we heard president biden, didn't we, saying to israel and messaging towards netanyahu, essentially, look, he does not believe that hamas still is a threat 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 think, certainly, what was said during the announcement of this proposal, it's speaking to the us domestic audience, certainly, given, both inside the united states and more broadly, the leadership role that many constituencies in the 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, in my view. so, i don't think that's really appropriate, given the nature of what happened on october 7th, and we're 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 isn'tjust the united states pushing for this, is it? we just heard from the uk's foreign minister, lord cameron, there. we saw a large group of arab nations as well pushing for this, qatar and egypt. 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. agree. i think it's important... again, the amount of suffering we have seen of the palestinian population inside of gaza is extremely concerning, the humanitarian crisis that, frankly, israel is responsible for addressing primarily, as the force that conducted the subsequent invasion. so i understand the international call for a cease—fire, and certainly the release of the hostages, absolutely, the innocents on both sides that are being caught up in this conflict, but it does not comport with the strategic end state, which is to eliminate hamas as a military capability and the governing body inside of gaza. very, very briefly, about 20 seconds left, but i do want to ask you — the details of the deal and the response of either side, how optimistic are you this actually gets done? not 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. but i think the long—term, phase two and three, i think, have a very unlikely chance of materialising. the poles have now closed in india's general election. the results are expected to be announced onjune the 4th. for more on the next steps, 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. 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 says the trial was "rigged". his defense team has vowed to appeal. according to a new yougov poll, trump still has a firm base of supporters who are now more likely to vote for him come november because of his conviction. in the 24 hours after his conviction on 34 felony counts, his campaign said it's raised $53 million. trump attorney alina hahbba claims the influx of donations is proof that "trump is the victim of selective political prosecution". here's what she said when speaking to the bbc. we have seen some corruption that this country has never seen before in our judicial system. it is very real. it is not posturing by any means. it is 100% a problem. our people are speaking loudly. they're donating, they're small donors, and they're standing up because they're afraid, because we cannot have this happen to us. 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 football games a season available on free—to—air television. 0ur 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? ..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? 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 4thjuly. 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 database. 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. let's turn to some other important news around the world. a top official in bavaria in southern germany says flooding in the region has caused enormous damage. some rivers are at their highest levels in a century after heavy downpours. some dams have even burst. 1,500 people have had to leave their homes and officials have had to rescue several people. police in paris arrested a climate protester after an adhesive poster was stuck on a painting by monet at the musee d'0rsay. in a video on social media, the protester is seen placing a blood red poster over the work. the painting was not protected by glass, but the museum says it was not damaged. this is the latest in a series of climate protests targeting works of art. el salvador�*s president nayib bukele has been sworn in for a second term in office amid security concerns after police said they had foiled a bomb threat. in a speech, the former nightclub manager, who calls himself a "cool dictator", promised to boost the economy and reducing poverty. bukele has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and overseen a reduction in the country's murder rate. but his approach to security has been criticised by human rights groups. real madrid won the champions league for a 15th time beating germany's borussia dortmund 2—0 at wembley on saturday. right—back dani carvahal opened the scoring for the spanish side in the second half. viniciusjunior sealed the victory with a strike in the 83rd minute. it is the fifth time manager carlo ancelotti has won the title, also a record. eminem has released the lead single from his new album the death of slim shady, coup de grace — which will be released in full this summer. the music video for the track, called houdini, has been viewed more than 20 million times on youtube. in it, the rapper confronts his provocative, bleach—blond alter ego slim shady and, as the album name suggests, alludes to his apparent demise. stay with us here on bbc news. it was a pretty decent saturday for much of the north of the uk. we saw highs of 22 celsius, 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 celsius for the western isles. a bit warmer for eastern scotland, which holds on to the sunshine for longest, but up to 22—23 celsius 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. quite a mixed picture, temperatures of 20—21, still cool in the north—west of scotland. that is a sign of things to come, much cooler air spilling southwards across the country through tuesday and wednesday. we will see showers being pushed into northern areas, some have a wintry element over the tops of the scottish mountains. most of the showers across the north of the uk. furthersouth, showers across the north of the uk. further south, the strong earlyjune sunshine, temperatures up to 21 but the knights will be chilly. italy 2024, where the battles of the past still smoulder. are you a fascist? if you ask me like that, i probably would say yes but i have to complete the term and say i'm a revolutionary. a march in milan for a far—right student killed almost 50 years ago by the far—left. you're seeing things in these recent years that are very similar to what happened at the beginning of the regime. the years of violent clashes between fascists and anti—fascists have gone, but the words and the polarisation live on. being anti—fascism in italy means be a violent person who shut the door to all others. competing narratives in the country that created fascism... the mussolini calendar.