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
hello. i m anna foster. let s start in the middle east, where israel s opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october the seventh style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal conta
for this war to end hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the plan was in line with israel s demands that the war would not end until its hostages were released and hamas no longer ruled gaza or posed a military threat. vincent mcaviney reports. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, according to the hamas run health ministry. hundreds of thousands are displaced and aid is struggling to reach them. the conflict has put the us israel relationship under immense pressure. but in a surprise move, president biden unveiled a new peace proposal and ceasefire offer from israel. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with t
it comes to the european championships. ironically in germany in a few weeks time. all great champions find a way to win, that s not just true of real madrid but of novak djokovic too. chasing what would be a record breaking 25th grand slam title at the french open he s survived a scare to reach the fourth round after beating italy s lorenzo mussetti in five sets with the match finishing atjust gone three o clock this morning paris time. also battling through after a gruelling encounter, alexander zverev, bottom of your screen the man who put out rafael nadal in the opening round. this was a five set thriller against the world number 25 tallon griekspoor, but zverev, 4 1 down in the deciding set, fought back to edge it on a tie break and stay in the hunt for what he hopes will be his first grand slam title. he ll face another tough test in the next round against holger rune. also through to the fourth round is the former us open champion daniil medvedev, seeing off tomas machac in
to complete their share purchase agreement by sam this morning. the deadline has now passed without resolution. in a statement everton say they ll continue to operate as usual as they look at their ownership options moving forwards. the men s record 2a time grand slam champion novak djokovic takes to the court later at roland garos where he s hoping to win his fourth he s last up on phillipe chatrier, against italy s lorenzo mussetti for a place in the fourth round. three matches before that, one of which has just got under way. elena rybakina seeded fourth, 1 1 against her opponent in the opening set, sticking with south at the moment will stop later, aryna sabalenka, back to back australian open champion takes on by dose of 0pen champion takes on by dose of spain, her best friend she says. then it is spero who knocked out rafa nadal stop that djokovic match.