hello. i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party's campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accusing labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget about this election, but after looking at sir keir starmer's series of u—turns, i think people are crying out for political leadership. for leaders who argue for what they actually believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. snp leaderjohn swinney launching his election campaign in the next hour. staying with the election. labour says its committed to reducing the number of people legally migrating to britain if it forms the next government. but speaking earlier — the shadow home secretary yvette cooper refused to set a target or any date by which a reduction would be achieved. net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000 last year. labour's plans include more apprenticeships in jobs that are currently reliant on a significant level of migrant workers. here's our political correspondent lone wells. immigration is a sticky issue in this election campaign, and both major parties say they want to control it. labour says it would train more uk workers to fill skills shortages and it says firms that pay exploitative wages would be banned from hiring foreign workers. but labour have not put a figure on how much they would reduce it by, or a timeframe for when. i know that you are effectively trying to suggest i set a target or a broad target, i am not going to do that. we are going to be clear, net migration must come down, we believe it is important, and what keir has set out is commitments that we will bring migration down. the conservatives and the liberal democrats have announced their own migration policies. with this announcement today it seems that they are copying - and pasting policies that - are already in place, so we have tried through the introduction - of salary thresholds and increasing the salary thresholds, we have seen already| a real impact on legal migration because we understand that there is a balancing act - | between attracting the brightestj to the united kingdom but doing so in a way that we i are able to deal with. net migration is forecast to fall anyway in the next coming years, but what is critically important from the liberal democrats' point of view is that we actually start to pay our care workers properly and that is why we are pledging to give them an increased minimum wage, £2 higher than the minimum wage for other sectors, and only by doing that, by investing in our care workers here in our domestic workforce, can we reduce the demand for foreign workers to come and fill those vacancies. the snp have accused labour and the conservatives of blaming migrants rather than the westminster government for the country's problems. and reform uk have proposed a tax on businesses employing overseas workers. labour intends to firmly park its tanks on the conservatives' lawn. with legal migration numbers sky—high, it is set to be a key issue in this campaign. lone wells, bbc news. staying with the election. the conservatives have said they want to build a hundred new gp surgeries and 50 community diagnostic centres in an effort to increase appointments and reduce the pressure on a&e services. the health secretary victoria atkins said it would be funded by cutting the number of nhs managers. she outlined the policy on this morning's laura kuenssberg programme. i want and am reforming our national health service to be faster, simpler and fairer, and one of the ways we are doing this, you are right, is to build new gp practices. we also want to ensure that we bring health care closer into our communities. if we can have the most basic conditions treated in pharmacies, then of course that frees up gp appointment time. since the conservatives have been in charge there have been many closures of gp surgeries, there have been many closures of pharmacies. of course there would be churn around in england with a population of 55 million. a50 is a bit more than churn. but what we are doing with this is building, as i say, new gp practices so that we can offer even more appointments the liberal democrats are also focusing on health today as our political correspondent tony bonsignore explained to me earlier. the lib dems promising to spend an extra £1 billion a year on what is known as the public health grant. this is money given to local councils to spend on public health. they say this would reverse real terms cuts to that grant over the past decade and it will be spent on things like health checks for a0 to 74—year—olds, health visits for infants and their mothers, and also wider access to blood pressure tests. the lib dems say it will be funded by a clampdown on tax avoidance and it would reduce pressure on the nhs by preventing people becoming ill in the first place. now, on the conservatives' policy proposal which you have just heard from victoria atkins, the lib dems accuse the government of already failing on promises to train more doctors, to build more hospitals. they also point out that hundreds of community pharmacies have already closed in recent years. labour, meanwhile, is calling it the latest empty promise from the conservatives. let's get more onjohn swinney�*s speech. no surprise, attacks on both labour and the conservatives, and in independence message.— independence message. there are a few key themes _ independence message. there are a few key themes to _ independence message. there are a few key themes to this _ independence message. there are a few key themes to this speech. - independence message. there are aj few key themes to this speech. first of all, the snp has been in government in holyrood for around 17 years now, so one thing john swinney did hammer was they record at holyrood, and his perception that they have a lot to shout about on that front. but as you mentioned, attacks on the conservative record attacks on the conservative record at westminster, that has been happening since this election campaign was called. john swinney has been saying that austerity, brexit, the cost of living crisis, has been imposed on scotland by westminster. he also took a swipe at labour as well, saying that they were doing an awfully good impression of impersonating the snp, and as you would expect, there was a huge focus on independence. and it was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking was in fact when john swinney was talking about was in fact whenjohn swinney was talking about independence, and the speakers before him, that there was loud cheering in this room. the room was full of activists and candidates, and john swinney was also making the point that he wants to speak to people beyond that room, to speak to people beyond that room, to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow _ to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with - to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with the - to the whole of scotland. katie hunter in glasgow with the latest on john swinney�*s election speech. and you can get more on the uk election on the bbc news website, and app. we are going to south africa next. the ruling anc says it's willing to talk to all political parties to create a coalition government — after it lost its parliamentary majority in the elections for the first time in 30 years. but it says president cyril rampaphosa will not step down as part of any deal. its secretary—general, fikile mbalula, said his party had nothing to celebrate from the election but was not down and out. he denied underestimating the threat from the former president, jacob zuma. mr zuma's mk party got almost 15% of the vote and was a major factor in the anc�*s poor performance. here's some of what the anc secretary general had to say. the anc is committed to the creation of a government that reflects the will of the people, that is stable and that is open to govern effectively. the anc is committed to pursue a path of fundamental social and economic change, for which it has received a firm mandate. over the next few days, the anc will be having discussions within the organisation and with other parties and stakeholders on how best to establish national and provincial governments that reflect the will of the people, and that are able to take the country forward. let's cross live to my colleague catherine byaruhanga who is at the counting cetnre injohannesburg — official results expected later — but we know we are heading for colation talks. yes, the stage has been set behind me, the lights have changed. the mood here has really transformed as everybody waits for this final big announcement from the independent electoral commission. the result is not going to be a surprise. the expectation is that the ruling anc is going to lose its majority in parliament. but what the events here will signify is at the beginning of the next phase in this political journey, which is that all parties will have 14 weeks before they have to sit in parliament, and that is when parliament will have its first sitting. and during that first sitting, mps will then elect the next president of south africa. 0f next president of south africa. of course, the anc as the biggest party still in a country expected to get around 14% of the vote and will be looking to lead those negotiations and for its leader, cyril ramaphosa, to carry on as president of south africa. but even as they are expected to make this announcement, there are still challenges from some of the opposition parties in south africa. they think they need to be given more time to raise objections about these results, but the electoral commission says it is going to go ahead.— going to go ahead. catherine byaruhanga. _ going to go ahead. catherine byaruhanga, thank _ going to go ahead. catherine byaruhanga, thank you - going to go ahead. catherine byaruhanga, thank you very | going to go ahead. catherine - byaruhanga, thank you very much going to go ahead. catherine _ byaruhanga, thank you very much from johannesburg. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. thank you, nicky. we go straight to the french open. carlos alcatraz came back to win the first set and took the second set 6-3 first set and took the second set 6—3 as well. he will face stefan olsson tsitsipas in the next round. defending champion iga swiatek is through to the quarter finals of the women's singles and she made it look easy in her last 16 clash earlier. the world number one blew away anastasia potapova, ranked [list in the world, in straight sets. a double bagel, 6—0, 6—0 for swiatek, top of your screen, at her ruthless best getting the job done injust a0 minutes. meanwhile, coco gauff breezed past elizabetta cocciaretto to reach the last eight. the number 3 seed won 6—1, 6—2 injust over an hour. gauff�*s joined in the quarter—finals by wimbledon champion marketa vondrousova who says she's ready to face her next opponent, swiatek. coco gauff was joined in the final by vondrousova who is moving into the last eight. we by vondrousova who is moving into the last eight-— the last eight. we played a couple of matches _ the last eight. we played a couple of matches on _ the last eight. we played a couple of matches on the _ the last eight. we played a couple of matches on the hard _ the last eight. we played a couple of matches on the hard court, - the last eight. we played a couple of matches on the hard court, but| of matches on the hard court, but she is feeling great here. she won 6-0 she is feeling great here. she won 6—0 today. i have nothing to lose, so i'm just going to going to try to enjoy the match, and just try to maybe play a good match. the party continues in the spanish capital as a real madrid prepare to parade the champions league trophy after winning european football's top tier competition for the 15th time. fans were loving life in watching the scenes back in madrid as the match was taking place in london's wembley stadium. real won 2-0 to london's wembley stadium. real won 2—0 to complete a european and domestic double for them. in the last hour, gareth southgate has had his say about one of their star players this year, jude bellingham. incredible year for players this year, jude bellingham. incredible yearfor him. players this year, jude bellingham. incredible year for him. absolutely delighted for him. to win last night. obviouslyjadon was playing as well on night. obviously jadon was playing as well on the night. obviouslyjadon was playing as well on the other side, and jamie, so we had players involved on both sides, so we didn't have any favourites as such. but for him to cap that season with winning a champions league has been a phenomenal yearfor him. absolutely delighted for him. 50 phenomenal year for him. absolutely delighted for him.— delighted for him. so to the cricket, then. _ the second of the men's t20 cricket world cup t20 cricket world cup games is upon us. co—hosts west indies taking on papua new guinea in guyana. it is 53-a, the it is 53—a, the west indies looking to make a fast start and get their tournament after the best possible start. the first match saw the tournament's other hosts, the usa, beat canada by 7 wickets in texas. keep up—to—date on the app. and we're under way on the final day of the us womens open, where there's a three way tie for the lead in pennsylvania. australian minjee lee carded an impressive round of 66 and sits on five under par with thailand's wichanee meechai and andrea lee the american, who was bogey—free on the back nine. japan's hinako shibuno trails the leaders by two shots, with compatriot yuka saso a further stroke back. obviously in a major championship it is hard to get high on expectations, because it is always tough. it is tough when you have high expectations in the course is hard and difficult, you know? week to week it has been getting better and better, in all aspects of my game, so i feel like it has been coming together for the so i feel like it has been coming togetherfor the moment i am in right now. together for the moment i am in riaht now. �* , ., together for the moment i am in riahtnow. �* , .,, together for the moment i am in riaht now. �* , .,, ., right now. are set to be a thrilling finish on that _ right now. are set to be a thrilling finish on that one _ right now. are set to be a thrilling finish on that one as _ right now. are set to be a thrilling finish on that one as well. - and that's all the sport for now. we will be back with more later on thank you to govern in the team at the sports centre. in mexico, polls havejust opened in an election voting is taking place in mexico in an election which is almost that the country's first female president is almost certain to be certain to result in the country's first female president. elected. the frontrunner, claudia shane—baum, and her main sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, candidate in opinion polls. has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. this campaign has been the most violent scene in recent times. will grant, our mexico correspondent, is in mexico city. it has been the most violent election in living memory. there have been candidates killed right up to voting day itself, one killed in the city of matamoros just a couple of days ago, just a day ago. on the day of closing the campaign, as one candidate was taking the stage to close his campaign, to address his supporters, a final plea for votes, he was murdered, shot in the back of the head by a gunman in the state of guerrero. so it has just been very, very bloody, a bloodstained election and i think illustrative of the size of the task that faces the next president, expected to be one of those two women that you mentioned, claudia scheinbaum or xochitl galvez. the key thing i think for most people is the idea that security is tackled to some degree, improvement seen in the fight against the drug cartels. you mentioned how bloody it has been. does that mean people are concerned about actually going to vote? i assume security is quite high. there is one tactic that is used by the cartels, which is sort of posting gunmen and thugs outside polling stations. that happens in the hinterlands and the small villages where they are really fully under cartel control. so there has been constant intimidation. it is notjust the murder of candidates which is obviously the most sort of visceral version of what is going on, but it is the constant sort of intimidation, threats, fear, the sowing of fear among the electorate. so, yes, i think that is true. and also down in chiapas we saw two specific municipalities simply having to cancel the election. one, because there is so much violence between rival gangs, and in another because masked gunmen went in and burned the local electoral office, burning all the ballots so they simply can't hold the election there. you say it is likely to be out of two candidates, to be the first female president. just explain who those candidates are. well, the frontrunner is claudia scheinbaum. she was mayor of mexico city before she put her hat into the ring for the presidency. she, i think, is very confident going into the polls and she has constantly had very strong numbers in all the polls leading up to today. and her competitor, her nearest rival, is also a woman, xochitl galvez, from the opposition coalition, that is a coalition put together by all the traditional parties in mexico to try and take down moreno, the party of manuel lopez obrador. because claudia scheinbaum is essentially, her platform is one of continuity of mr lopez obrador�*s very popular social policies, family stipends, university grants, a universal pension, they have pulled summer in the region of five million people from poverty and that is expected to go down very well. just explain, mr lopez obrador is not allowed to stand again? that is riaht, not allowed to stand again? that is right. there — not allowed to stand again? that is right. there is _ not allowed to stand again? that is right, there is 16-year _ not allowed to stand again? that is right, there is 16-year term, - not allowed to stand again? that is right, there is 16-year term, one . right, there is 16—year term, one single term of six years. so he cannot stand again. and claudia sheinbaum is seen as his protege by her supporters, sheinbaum is seen as his protege by hersupporters, but sheinbaum is seen as his protege by her supporters, but as his puppet by her supporters, but as his puppet by her detractors. they say that she won't be able to be her own woman and will be living under his authoritarian shadow. she denies that and so she will be very much her own politician, her own president, and that she will take the values of his project but govern in her own way. will grant reporting from mexico. let's turn to the middle east now, where a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel has agreed to the framework of a peace dealfor gaza unveiled by president biden — but insists there's still work to be done. two key right wing members of israel's coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister agrees to the latest peace deal offer. our correspondent injerusalem has been telling us more. it's no surprise that these two far—right ministers have expressed their opposition to this deal. so the national security minister, itamar ben—gvir, called this proposal that was announced by president biden on friday as reckless and he said it would be a victory for terrorism. they are threatening to leave the government, which could lead to the collapse of this coalition which is supporting benjamin netanyahu. but on the other hand, the head of the opposition is saying that if these ministers do resign in protest, his party will be giving support to the government in parliament, something the prime minister seems to be trying to avoid. so this shows the political pressure on benjamin netanyahu. but there is also pressure from the streets and from the families of the hostages who remain in captivity in gaza. last night in tel aviv, thousands of people joined the protest are urging the prime minister to accept this deal. there were chaotic scenes with security forces using water cannon to disperse some of the demonstrators. in another development in the occupied west bank today, health officials said israeli forces killed two palestinian teenagers. one was reportedly shot in the head, another in the chest. there has been no confirmation of this from the israeli military.— confirmation of this from the israeli military. hugo bachega in israel. mr ahmadinejad was president of the republic of iran for eight years, and has described the holocaust as a myth. he has announced his intention to seek the presidency again. translation:— to seek the presidency again. translation: ~ ., ., translation: what made me determined to --articiate translation: what made me determined to participate in — translation: what made me determined to participate in the _ translation: what made me determined to participate in the election _ translation: what made me determined to participate in the election was _ to participate in the election was due to _ to participate in the election was due to the — to participate in the election was due to the support of people from all the _ due to the support of people from all the country. they showed their kindness— all the country. they showed their kindness and affection for me, and they insisted i run and enter the race _ they insisted i run and enter the race. ., ., , ., race. until now, the far side of the moon has been _ race. until now, the far side of the moon has been a _ race. until now, the far side of the moon has been a relatively - moon has been a relatively unexplored, except perhaps by pink floyd. but now the chinese have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the lunar surface. the mission to discover to bring back rock samples and see if there is ice or water there. here's laura bicker. this is the view from the change 6 space probe as it comes into land on the far side of the moon. now that it's here, it has work to do in what china is describing as an historic mission. every movement was monitored at beijing's aerospace control center. landing on this part of the moon, as shown in this animation, is risky. this is a very impressive mission because the thing about the far side of the moon is you've got no line of sight communication with the earth. but years earlier, china launched a satellite to relay messages from earth to solve that problem. after decades of preparation, the probe finally touched down. for the next two days, a mechanical arm will drill and collect rock and soil samples. this is a world first. scientists have never been able to study this side of the moon. the change 6 began its mission in early may, and if the uncrewed craft makes it back later this month with the precious samples, china will know it is leading the way in this type of lunar exploration, and the country is yet another step closer to putting their own man or woman on the moon. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. finally this half hour. there's a buzz over david beckham, who's been announced as a new ambassador for the king's foundation. after meeting the king at highgrove house, beckham said they bonded over a love of beekeeping and even compared tips on the hobby. the charity, created by the king, offers education programmes in traditional skills such as woodworking and embroidery. stay with us here on bbc news. so now you know david beckham is a bit of a beekeeper! hello again. for the vast majority of you, the afternoon is looking fine and dry. there is a bit more cloud moving into northern ireland in western scotland compared to yesterday, but a lot more in the way of sunshine for central and eastern england, and this does have an impact on the temperatures. yesterday was a cool day for the east midlands, just 1a in bedford and lincoln, but today it is seven celsius warmer. it is going to feel very pleasant in that sunshine, and for many parts of england and wales, we have almost got clear blue skies with us, and that is how it will stay for the rest of the day. meanwhile for northern ireland, more in the way of cloud, bright enough but we end the day with a few patches of rain, and a slightly cooler feel. 20 degrees in aberdeen, still warm in the hazy sunshine here, top temperatures probably reaching 23 degrees or so in southern parts of england and wales. warm in that strong june sun. high levels of uv around as well, so if you're out for any length of time, it might be worth using some sun cream. overnight it does turn quite cloudy, cloud keeping temperatures from falling, so for the vast majority we will see temperature is holding up into double figures. tomorrow much cloudier, certainly to start off with, occasional spots of drizzle around, clear whether working into scotland with just a few showers running into the far north of scotland, and through the day we will start to see a bit of this cloud breaking across parts of the east midlands, particularly to the east of high ground. where the sunshine comes out, it is still going to be warm with temperatures climbing into the low 20s. however, as we get into the middle part of the week, much colder air is set to move on from the north, and with that there will be heavy showers or longer spells of rain in scotland, hailstorms mixed in, and some of that rain pushes southwards to reach parts of northern ireland, northern england, north wales, a few showers ahead of that and a big drop in temperatures on the way to scotland in particular, 1a in glasgow, so it will feel chilly particularly in the brisk winds. similar weather for wednesday, heavy showers and thunderstorms, some with hail mixed in. they will be most frequent across scotland, probably staying dry and bright across southern parts of england, and when the sunshine comes out, it will continue to feel ok. this pattern will continue for a while, temperatures staying below average in scotland and northern ireland with showery conditions continuing. hunterjoining us from glasgow. you are watching bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines. in the uk scotland first minister john swinney officially launches the snp's general election campaign less than a month after he became party leader. meanwhile, the labour leader is pledging to reduce legal migration levels as the prime minister promises to build 100 new doctors' surgeries and boost the number of available appointments. mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female president. it has been the most violent election campaign in the country's history. south africa's ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples. i will have a full bulletin at five. time now to get a look at the election campaigning. now on bbc news, newscast.