good evening. projections following parliamentary elections in france show president emmanuel macron is on course to lose his absolute majority. his coalition is on track to win the most seats, with between 210 and 250. but that s short of the 289 needed for a majority in the national assembly. projections show the left green alliance ofjean luc melenchon is set to win 150 to 180 seats, becoming the main opposition. mr melenchon says the result marks an electoral failure for mr macron. a hung parliament will make it difficult for the president to press ahead with his planned reforms in his second term of office. we re nowjoined by peter conradi, the europe editor of the sunday times newspaper, who joins us from paris. thank whojoins us from paris. you thank who joins us from paris. you forjoining thank whojoins us from paris. you forjoining us. i guess surprising thank you forjoining us. i guess a surprising result? surprising result? yes, i mean eole surprising result? y
Good evening. World leaders are again calling for restraint in the middle east, after whats believed to have been an Israeli Attack on iran overnight. According to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes near the city of isfahan, which is at the centre of Irans Nuclear programme. It appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. For days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. Well be live in israel shortly and well have the latest from washington but first, our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley reports on what we know so far about the overnight attack. Its a strange position tonight where were still not sure exactly whats happened. Israel has not publicly acknowledged it carried out the strike. Iran is minimising it. So what do we know . Well, we know a clear message was being sent. There were explosions overnight in syria, iraq and, most significant of all, Deep I
# and sent them homeward. with each game, the volume of their anthem has grown. along with the popularity of the tartan army. delighting and bewildering wherever they go. that has been their strength, but on the pitch scotland have work to do. inside, tens of thousands sang with the squad and their leader. time to swallow the nerves. losing to hungary isn t an option. they want to witness history. but they almost watched scotland concede an early goal. angus gunn getting a safe hand to it. the tartan army were on edge again when a dangerous free kick almost cost them. orban! should have scored. but then an incident in the second half lead to a worrying delay. medical staff worked on hungary s barnabas varga. he was stretchered off to applause. stuart armstrong is ahead of him. just moments later there were cries for a scotland penalty. stuart armstrong brought down. why not, said half the crowd. time was almost up but only hungary reacted. three shots in quick succession, eve
The prime minister, who was visiting a shoe repair shop today, said specialist work and health professionals would be given the job of issuing fit notes. the charity scope has criticised the prime minister s plans, branding them a a full on assault on disabled people . labour has set out its plans for building more houses in england. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, said they will protect green spaces but would make it easier for councils and developers to build on areas in the green belt such scrubland on the outskirts of towns what he is calling the greybelt. there s mounting criticism of the football association this afternoon, following the announcement that they re scrapping fa cup replays. the english football league, which represents the 72 professional sides outside the premier league, say it s further evidence that its clubs are being marginalised in favour of premier league teams. our sports correspondentjane dougall is at old trafford. jane.