spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. it s sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex forsyth has the latest. every year, people come to the uk to live, work or study. last year, net migration that s the difference between the number of people arriving and the number of people leaving was 685,000. sir keir starmer, who launched his election battle bus yesterday, has previously said that s too high. now he s promised to cut that number if labour wins the election, though he hasn t said by how much or by when. he told the sun on sunday newspaper read my lips, i will bring immig
spells of sunshine and areas of cloud as well. if you get the sunshine away from those northerly winds it will feel quite warm but where we still have the clout in eastern england temperatures of around 15. the cloud will break up overnight, rain moving away, still some spots of rain running across scotland from the cloud. keeping clear skies across the western side of the uk. here it could be a little bit chilly first thing in the morning with temperatures slipping away to six or seven. still some cloud first thing and the crowd we have in south east scotland and north east england pushing into the midlands, could give one or two light showers will stop otherwise a dry day. more sunshine in the south east, sunny spells in northern ireland and a sunny day in scotland. temperatures in the central belt of scotland could reach 20. a warm at 19 in london and the south east of england. high pressure keeping it drier but the centre of the high is getting pushed away a bit on sunday
and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one iga swiatek and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tiebreak. osaka, though, then dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set, an absolute nail biter swiatek 4 1 down, seemingly out, somehow surviving breakpoint and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open alive and well. but for osaka who only returned to the sport four months ago, after having daughter shai a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse, for sure. i cried when i got off the court. but then, you know, for me, i kind of realised, like, i was watching iga, like, win this tournament last year and i was pregnant. and it was just my dream to, like, be able to play her. so when i kind of think of it lik
like, i ve felt worse for sure. i cried when i got off the court, but the. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pregnant, and it was just my dream to be able to play her. so, when i kind of think of it like that, i think i m doing pretty well. it s hard to have any logical thoughts because for sure, it was really intense. and on a really high level. and i was in huge trouble in the third set, but i managed somehow to win this match, which is kind of abstract, but i m glad i didn t give up. over on the men s side jannik sinner is making steady progress in his bid to win back to back grand slams. the australian open champion and number two seed enjoyed a comfortable victory over the 37 year old frenchman richard gasquet. frenchman richard gasquet sinner winning in straight sets 6 4, 6 2, 6 4. carlos alcaraz had to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper dejong. the spaniard looked subdued at times in a 6 3, 6 4, 2
joining us on sportsday. we re going to start at the french open in paris, where there was a thrilling and dramatic contest between defending champion and world number one, iga swiatek, and quadruple grand slam winner naomi osaka. in a tense first set, the in form swiatek, with four titles to her name already this season, taking it on a tie break. osaka, though, dominating the second, overpowering her opponent to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nail biter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out, somehow surviving break points, and even a match point to take the set 7 5. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. but for osaka, who only returned to the sport four months ago after having daughter shai, a valiant end to her tournament. honestly, it s not the worst. like, i ve felt worse for sure. i. i cried when i got off the court, but then. you know, for me, i kind of realised i was watching iga win this tournament last year and i was pr