like reaching the highest since 1978. �* ., u, ., 1978. a reformed uk candidate disowns the — 1978. a reformed uk candidate disowns the party _ 1978. a reformed uk candidate disowns the party scene - 1978. a reformed uk candidate disowns the party scene he - 1978. a reformed uk candidate disowns the party scene he is l disowns the party scene he is disillusioned and endorses the local content conservative candidate instead. hello, i'm kasia madera. let's start at the euros, where england are trailing slovakia in their last 16 knockout match. they went a goal behind midway through the first half and haven't yet been able to get back on equal terms. subdued fans in south london in brixton. in a venue where we have been monitoring the fans there during every england match and our correspondent is somewhere amongst the crowds during this half—time where slovakia are indeed leading england i—o where slovakia are indeed leading england 1—0 at half—time. so we will hopefully speak to some of the fans down there. there is going to be a lot of question is when it comes to the manager gareth southgate and arguably it is looking like if england don't equalise, his future will have a very big question over it. that is the subdued fans now that slovakia are leading england and in fact it is slovakia were a0 fourth place behind england in terms of where they are in the league but obviously they are now 1—0 up so england really need to equalise and gareth southgate will no doubt be having some really serious words with the team. we are of course monitoring the situation with the euro football but let's monitor the situation with european elections. unusually large numbers of voters have been casting their ballots in the first round of snap parliamentary elections in france. voter turnout is the highest it's been in a0 years. at 5 o'clock local time, turnout stood atjust over 59%, 20 points higher than 2022. earlier president emmanuel macron cast his vote alongside first lady brigitte macron at a polling station outside paris. far—right leader marine le pen has also cast her ballot. her eurosceptic, anti—immigrant national rally party was a long—time pariah but is now closer to power than it has ever been. and this here isjordan bardella, the 28—year—old is seen as a protege of marine le pen. his party is expected to come first, but it's unclear whether they'd command an overall majority. the surprise election, called by president macron, has thrown french politics into disarray. let's speak to our correspondent mark lowen in paris. we are about one hour away, just under an hour away from those exit polls? . under an hour away from those exit olls? ,., , under an hour away from those exit olls? , . polls? , untilthe polls close across the — polls? , untilthe polls close across the country, - polls? , untilthe polls close across the country, you - polls? , untilthe polls close l across the country, you talked polls? , untilthe polls close - across the country, you talked about the turnout figures which are extremely high here, potentially the highest since 1978, the question is, does that translate to a big galvanising support forjordan bardella and the far right national rally iron power for the first time since the second world war or does it mean hastily cobbled coalition has managed to get votes to block the far right or the centrist coalition of president emmanuel macron which is kind of crumbling before our eyes. remember this is a president who came to power vowing to end the right and left and to galvanise the centre. what he has done and what has happened under his watch is the centre has collapsed and right and left have been pushed to the extremes, to the far right, the national rally party coming out of pledges like for example ending the automatic right to immigrants born here in france to get french nationality. that somejobs should that some jobs should no longer go to dual nationals, only french nationals. those immigration policies are far right has come out with and then the left which is a kind of coalition are quite disunited parties but amongst them a far left party and the coalition pledging massive social spending that economists one could bankrupt the country. france already has the second—highest budget deficit in the eurozone, the third highest debt level and economists have warned the pledges of both far right hand left good france's deck to soar and president macron has warned it could lead france into civil war. well see at eight o'clock with exit polls then as the comment through the evening whether the centre has managed to regain some control or the far right is leading and whether we are going to a second round in which the far right could be eyeing and aiming foran which the far right could be eyeing and aiming for an overall majority. mentioned the turnout was particularly high, who does that benefit? do we know, can we know yet? on no, i spoke to a commentator who thought it would be the opposition which managed to push their voters to come out and try to block the national rally. remember we're talking about the rally party which is founded by marine le pen's father. it was called the national front. a man who once chronicled the nazi concentration camps a detailed history, he was absolutely unpalatable to the french. marine le pen, his daughter took it over, change the name, detoxified it as we have seen in many other parts of europe and made the far right kind of voted bull. buy a large swathes of voted bull. buy a large swathes of french people who would never managed in the past. they promised things like a big bang in terms of public authority, banning mobile phones, making repeat offenders, there parents would face welfare benefits being removed. the hardline message online order, immigration, reversing britain, macron�*s rise in the retirement age is pushing support for the national rally, i think the question tonight is in a sense not whether they win, they are expected to win, it is a question of how big that is and whether the push to the second round and the opposition that is frankly disgusted by the idea of the far right in power here, put up enough of a united front to stop them? thank ou. we united front to stop them? thank yom we will _ united front to stop them? thank you. we will have _ united front to stop them? thank you. we will have a _ united front to stop them? thank you. we will have a clearer- united front to stop them? thank you. we will have a clearer viewl united front to stop them? thank| you. we will have a clearer view in an hour's time when the polls close. we will keep an eye on that. we're now in the final stretch ahead of polling day on thursday. this morning rishi sunak strongly defended the conservatives' record in government as the election campaign enters the last few days. he told the bbc the uk was a better place to live in now than it was when the tories took office in 2010. he accused labour of planning to put up taxes. labour says all the party's plans are fully costed. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. no, no, no, no, no. i've got to pay for this. only a few more days of encounters like this. rishi sunak visiting a bakery in north london this afternoon. have you had a nice weekend? with the election now around the corner, today, he maintained he would still be prime minister on friday and defended his party's record when challenged over whether the country was better now than when the conservatives took charge. we had a once—in—a—century pandemic, followed by a war in ukraine that drove up everyone's bills. and of course that's been difficult for everybody. but we've also made progress in tackling those things. inflation back to normal, the economy growing again, wages rising, energy bills set to fall again just next week. and now we're able to start cutting people's taxes to give them financial security. i'm proud of the campaign that we've run. i think we've put forward real and meaningful change and done it with an eye on responsibility because of the legacy that we're going to get after 14 years of the tories. but change will only come if people vote for it on thursday. winning back seats in scotland is one of labour's tasks. winning back seats in scotland is one of labour's tasks next week. the snp accused both main parties of not being honest with voters about what lies ahead. there is that conspiracy of silence, there is £18 billion worth of public sector cuts, which are agreed by both the labour party and the conservative party. that's the choice that they are making at this election. we, of course, oppose that. we believe that there should be investment in our public services, investment in our nhs, and we need to get away from this race to the bottom on austerity that exists in westminster. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, is ending his campaign as it began — with stunts that make a splash — so he gets the chance to talk about what his party's mps would argue for if more of them are returned to parliament. that would be a fair deal on the nhs and care. it would be a fair deal on cost of living, it'll be a fair deal on the environment and many other issues. so that manifesto, if people vote liberal democrat, will be our marching orders to deal with any government and any bill and any policy that comes forward. at a reform uk rally in birmingham, its leader, nigel farage, batted away concerns about what he described as a "few bad apples" in and around his party. he thinks the election result is already decided, and insists reform will have a role to play. for democracy to function, - there has to be a concerted voice of opposition, challenge. the conservatives can't do that. because they'll be in opposition, but not the opposition, - because they're so divided. but also the point about reform uk is it's not just about a voice - in parliament, it's a voice in the country. _ the time for party pitches nearly over, as the moment to decide approaches. with me is political correspondent harry farley. we heard from nigel farage, the reform candidate has disowned the party and has gone, endorsed the local conservative candidate instead. fill us in. we local conservative candidate instead. fill us in.— local conservative candidate instead. fill us in. we had this statement _ instead. fill us in. we had this statement in _ instead. fill us in. we had this statement in the _ instead. fill us in. we had this statement in the last - instead. fill us in. we had this statement in the last hour - instead. fill us in. we had this statement in the last hour or. instead. fill us in. we had this i statement in the last hour or so. the candidate liam booth—isherwood for reform uk said he is announcing today my decision to leave the reform party and back the local conservative candidate instead. he goes on to say he has become increasingly disillusioned with the behaviour and conduct of reform. he points to reports of widespread racism and sexism in reform that have made clear to him and his words that there is a significant moral position in certain elements of the party and says but to fundamentally address it has made clear to me it's no longer a party i wish to be associated with. ensuring that statement saying he will back the local conservative candidate instead. nigel farage in his address, he admitted there were bad apples, he said he got rid of them and there are no more bad apples, he said. he dismissed that undercover footage from channel a is a smear campaign. where a reform uk candidate was filmed making racist remarks about the prime minister. but the disowning will add oxygen to that story and the concerns from some including their former candidate here that reform uk has in his words moral issues. higei candidate here that reform uk has in his words moral issues.— his words moral issues. nigel farage eseciall his words moral issues. nigel farage especially yesterday _ his words moral issues. nigel farage especially yesterday said _ his words moral issues. nigel farage especially yesterday said this - especially yesterday said this candidate, in terms of the campaign rather because they had three candidates being taken out of the party, the campaigner suggestions he was an actor that channel a documentary on which the comments were made were played are adamant this was not in anyway wrecked. that's exactly right. channel a say they stand by their journalism. nigel farage went further and said he called for an inquiry into channel a and the production company that made that documentary. we have approached reform uk for our response to this now former candidate. they have yet to respond what you will still appear on the ballot paper on thursday as a reform uk candid because the deadline for nominating candidates has now passed. he will still appear but liam booth—isherwood, one of the candidate saying he had has disowned the party and encouraging people to vote for the local conservative candidate instead. the vote for the local conservative candidate instead.— vote for the local conservative candidate instead. the full list of candidate instead. the full list of candidate is _ candidate instead. the full list of candidate is on _ candidate instead. the full list of candidate is on our— candidate instead. the full list of candidate is on our website - candidate instead. the full list of candidate is on our website and i candidate instead. the full list of i candidate is on our website and all the candidates are on our website. the spanish civil guard has called off the search for the missing british teeenagerjay slater. the 19—year—old from lancashire has been missing in tenerife since 17 june, after he told a friend he was lost in the mountains. police carried out a new search on saturday with the help of dozens of emergency workers near the village of masca, in the rural de teno national park. 0ur correspondent guy hedgecoe is in tenerife. running is up—to—date where we are. i am in front of the place where jay slater was last cited onjune 17 walking along the road behind me that morning. ever since then, there has been the search organised by the local police which has involved helicopters, drones, personnel on the ground, sniffer dogs and you mentioned the search was ramped up yesterday with rescue services and local volunteers. all of those search efforts have so far been in vain. they have not provided any information or any trace of jay slater�*s whereabouts. the police today have said they have called off the search, although the investigation they say remains open. that is where we are at the moment. research by the local authorities has been halted, although the investigation remains open. it remains open, there must be a lot of concern locally about what has been happening on the island? yes. happening on the island? yes, understandably _ happening on the island? yes, understandably so. _ happening on the island? is: understandably so. members of happening on the island? 12: understandably so. members ofjay slater�*s family have been in tenerife, in the area to monitor and in some cases take part in the search efforts. his father was here yesterday. with the civil guard and other rescue workers, taking part in that search. a friend of the family who has been here as well said that the family intends to remain on the island, his parents seem to have the intention of remaining on the island for the time being and want to keep searching for him. also, tomorrow they see the intent to speak to the local authorities to learn more about the investigation. clearly the family is not giving up and they want to talk to the authorities to learn more about the investigation. possibly if there are going to be any more efforts to find out what happened. any more efforts to find out what ha ened. :, ., any more efforts to find out what ha ened. :, ~' ,, any more efforts to find out what ha ened. ., ~' y:, :, any more efforts to find out what ha ened. :, ., ,, ., , any more efforts to find out what hauened. :, ~' :, , , happened. thank you for bringing us up-to-date- — let's go back to all the action at the euros — where england are trailing slovakia in the second half in their last 16 knockout match. joe inwood, is in a fan zone in brixton. i think it is your camara operator whinge and knew to be talking to, she is slovakian. bring is up—to—date, it seems subdued? she she is slovakian. bring is up-to-date, it seems subdued? she is the only one — up-to-date, it seems subdued? she is the only one enjoying _ up-to-date, it seems subdued? she is the only one enjoying this, _ up-to-date, it seems subdued? she is the only one enjoying this, i _ up-to-date, it seems subdued? she is the only one enjoying this, i have - the only one enjoying this, i have to be honest. england have had the ball in the net, angry and have a free kick in a dangerous area, nearly a penalty. england have had the ball in the net but phil foden had inexplicably wandered offside and then about five minutes ago, england suffered what i must say would have been one of the most embarrassing moments of all time when they gave it away on the half line and jordan pickford was nearly logged. it has been a really hard watch. you get the sense here this crowd which has been really quite supportive of england, as you would expect, supporter of the manager, supportive of the strategy, at the start of the scheme, have started to turn, to express their frustration. frankly as an england fan watching this, it is hard not to. it has been a very, very difficult performance to watch. these slovakians have nearly scored more times than england, they have got the ball in the net once. we are, i think it is fair to say, not enjoying the game. i am struggling to watch the game to be honest and it is only the camara operator having their good time. we have to remember this is an international channel and many slovakians are watching. so of course there is a bit of concern when it comes to england. there is going to be a lot of concern as to gareth southgate's future, surely? absolutely. you are correct, we should reflect the fact that angling's poor performances slovakia's great achievement. they have been really, really good so far. certainly the better side. they have been poor as well but i think it is worth reflecting that this is a great moment for slovakia and a very, very embarrassing one. but this would rank up there with the most embarrassing england results. i think if this stays as it is, i would imagine gareth southgate's position is fairly untenable. it is worth saying there is still 30 minutes to go. i would have been on the attack, they had opportunities, and having said that the transfer phil foden, he really had no need to be farforward as phil foden, he really had no need to be far forward as he was. i won't try to explain the offside rule on live television but he essentially travelled to far ahead of the man with the ball and there, for was offside. he did not need to edit raises questions, the performance of all before the players do raise real questions about gareth southgate's choices. we might have some substitutes coming now, many people questioning right has taken this long. i questioning right has taken this lonu. :, :, questioning right has taken this lonu. :, ., ., questioning right has taken this lon. ., ., ., ,., questioning right has taken this lon._ ., :, ., ., long. i am going to save you from ex-alainin long. i am going to save you from exolaining the _ long. i am going to save you from explaining the offside _ long. i am going to save you from explaining the offside rule, - long. i am going to save you from explaining the offside rule, we . long. i am going to save you from | explaining the offside rule, we will go from joke to alison. live now to alison freeman, who's watching the game with fans in york. this will be a long final 30 minutes. this will be a long final 30 minutes-— this will be a long final 30 minutes. ~ ., :: :: ., this will be a long final 30 minutes. : ., :: i: ., ., , minutes. we have 500 england fans behind me, — minutes. we have 500 england fans behind me, when _ minutes. we have 500 england fans behind me, when they _ minutes. we have 500 england fans behind me, when they arrived - minutes. we have 500 england fans behind me, when they arrived the l behind me, when they arrived the atmosphere was buoyant. they were talking about a possible four or 5—0 win by england. that in the ms followed by that goal about 30 minutes and, you could see the hope edging away from people's faces. they told us at half—time they were feeling gutted, feeling disappointment and also feeling embarrassed by the performance. there has been quite a lot of talk here about the need for new blood, particularly with management. things cheered up in the second half when they really thought we had got a goal that was beer flying everywhere, jumping around, goal that was beerflying everywhere, jumping around, hugging and kissing and within moments, that's flattened off when they realised the goal had been disallowed. they are still hoping that i don't know what that tells you about what they are thinking about the game. still about another 30 minutes to go.— about the game. still about another 30 minutes to go. people letting the actions being — 30 minutes to go. people letting the actions being known _ 30 minutes to go. people letting the actions being known through - 30 minutes to go. people letting the actions being known through their. actions being known through their actions. now, let's speak to someone who might be a bit torn over who to support today. eric wiltsher is english, but has lived in slovakia for the last 15 years where he works as a radio presenter at an english speaking radio station. hejoins us from poprad, in slovakia. feeling torn's pawn the two, but when it's a _ feeling torn's pawn the two, but when it's a country _ feeling torn's pawn the two, but when it's a country of— feeling torn's pawn the two, but when it's a country of 5.5 - feeling torn's pawn the two, but when it's a country of 5.5 million people, and furthermore when i first came here 20 years ago, football was a bit of a nonentity in many ways. five minutes away from where i am speaking to you from, it is the relatively new slovakian fa national training centre, it looks a bit like chelsea but that is probably due to the foresight of the person that created it. a bit of a chelsea fan. it is noticeable how slovakia has got better and better since they have a new training centre. in national training centre and when i came into the office today, there were slovak flags flying! 0n cars, on one mirrors, and everything. i am keeping and i on the road at the same time but football has grown monumentally and i can see slovakia actually winning this game. papriii actually winning this game. april have better _ actually winning this game. april have better access _ actually winning this game. april have better access to _ actually winning this game. april have better access to the - actually winning this game. april have better access to the screen at the moment. they are pretty low down compared to? i the moment. they are pretty low down compared to?— compared to? i don't think they rank at all. compared to? i don't think they rank at all- that — compared to? i don't think they rank at all- that is — compared to? i don't think they rank at all. that is the _ compared to? i don't think they rank at all. that is the beauty for - at all. that is the beauty for slovakia. whatever they do they cannot lose because if the two lose it is like 0k, cannot lose because if the two lose it is like ok, if they win, it is monumental. they are on the attack right now with 6a minutes played. and they are just fighting for every ball. they are doing exactly what england should do and do not. to be honest, i would not fly the flag at the moment. it isjust honest, i would not fly the flag at the moment. it is just incredibly embarrassing to see this football played against a country of 5.5 million people playing better football than england. di?! million people playing better football than england. dp tapie football, that _ football than england. dp tapie football, that is _ football than england. dp tapie football, that is the _ football than england. dp tapie football, that is the quote - football than england. dp tapie football, that is the quote for l football, that is the quote for the day. as we finish, it is still one nail to slovakia against england. hello there. part two of the weekend looking cloudier and cooler across the board. we saw a top temperature of 25 degrees across the south east of england yesterday, looking more like 20 or 21 today. and that's pretty much how the week ahead is shaping up. it's going to be changeable, low pressure always close by. most of the rain will be in the north and the west of the country, and it will be rather cool for the time of year. still no signs of another hot and sunny spell on the cards. this ridge of high pressure has brought quite a bit of dry weather around this morning. a few splashes of rain in towards the south east of england through the afternoon. the cloud just may be thick enough on the spine of the country for the odd spit and spot of rain, otherwise mostly dry, limited sunshine, probably the best of it. southern and southwest england, where we could be up to highs of 20 or 21 degrees. for most of though, it's the mid to high teens now. this evening, any showers or spits and spots of rain fade away and overnight it turns drier with clear spells developing. but we look to the west to a new set of weather fronts, pushing in to bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. here, temperatures becoming a little bit 12 degrees here, but under clearer skies further east we could see a few single digits. so into monday we've got this weather front crossing the country. i think on its southern flank there won't be that much in the way of rain. it should be mostly dry or it should fizzle as it pushes towards eastern areas. but we start with some sunshine. most of the rain will be across scotland, northern england into the afternoon, not pushing out into the north sea. and again, temperatures because of a lack of sunshine will be a bit disappointing. 20 or 21 degrees. remember, monday is the first day of wimbledon. there may be the odd spot of rain on that front as it moves through during the afternoon. i think a better chance of staying dry though. on tuesday, perhaps a few glimmers of brightness and again, temperatures into the low 20s. and the reason for that is this ridge of high pressure exerts its force across the country just a little bit more on tuesday. so we start off on a fine note. lots of sunshine around for england and wales. cloud tending to build up though into the afternoon, and on this westerly breeze we will see some showers or longer spells of rain pushing into scotland, certainly across northern and western scotland. so here a little bit wetter again, temperatures pretty disappointing 1a to 20 or 21 degrees. and that's how it stays for the rest of the week. most of the rain will be in northern and western areas. a better chance of escaping the rain across the south and the east, but it will be rather cool for the time of year, both by day and by night. this is bbc news. slovakia are a goal up, against england in their first knockout match at the european football championships in germany. the winner will face switzerland in the quarter—final this coming saturday. turnout remains high in the first round of snap parliamentary elections in france —— with the far—right expected to make significant gains. at almost sixty percent so far, it is twenty percent higher than at the previous elections two years ago. a reform uk candidate disowns the party — saying he's disillusioned — and endorses the local conservative candidate instead. liam booth—isherwood said there is a "significant moral issue" in parts of the party, following racism