indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right—wing members of benjamin netanyahu's coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three—phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state—linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah crossing. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk's foreign secretary, lord cameron, gave us his thoughts on the deal. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase and a pause in the fighting, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try and bring this conflict to an end permanently is that, you know, it's one thing to call for a ceasefire, but of course, if you can't put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it won't last. and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place, because we all know you've got to look at issues of israeli security and issues of palestinian statehood alongside each other in order to make a deal last and to solve this problem. let's speak now to dr ariel cohen, who served in the israel defence forces and is a senior fellow at the atlantic council in washington. welcome to the programme. let's begin with this proposal presented by president biden, who said it is actually a rail�*s proposal. just talk us through the three phase proposal. also the language use. why is president biden proposing an israeli proposal? i is president biden proposing an israeli proposal?— is president biden proposing an israeli proposal? i think president biden has as _ israeli proposal? i think president biden has as his _ israeli proposal? i think president biden has as his very _ israeli proposal? i think president biden has as his very high - israeli proposal? i think president biden has as his very high priority| biden has as his very high priority to stop the hostilities, especially amidst a presidential campaign that his politicalfuture is amidst a presidential campaign that his political future is unclear, despite the conviction of former president trump. in at the battleground states, trump was leading five out of six states. the left wing of the democratic party is staunchly in favour of a ceasefire that would save hamas. why this is an israeli proposal is not clear to me. i think it is president biden�*s proposal. if i read it carefully, it leaves hamas in the political leadership position in gaza, it does not stipulate who is going to control the jazz in cities after israel withdraws. moreover, it emphasises the release of hostages in the first stage, 30 hostages. then the remaining living hostages. then the remaining living hostages. the figures i see is that a0 of the hostages are dead. at the same time, the proposal releases 700 arab prisoners from israeli jails, including terrorists with blood on their hands. this is not a good deal for israel. it is a good dealfor hamas. and the leader of hamas's military wing in gaza already made it clear that he considers such a deal a victory for hamas. it does not stipulate the withdrawal of hamas, as we discussed earlier in the conflict. if hamas remains in gaza, it well that real, it will continue at the attacks such as we saw before october 7— rocket attacks, smaller terrorist attacks, and hamas leadership said we will repeat 0ctober and hamas leadership said we will repeat october 7.— and hamas leadership said we will repeat october 7. let's 'ust go back to our repeat october 7. let's 'ust go back to your point that h repeat october 7. let's 'ust go back to your point that this _ repeat october 7. let'sjust go back to your point that this would - repeat october 7. let'sjust go back to your point that this would be - repeat october 7. let'sjust go back to your point that this would be a l to your point that this would be a good dealfor to your point that this would be a good deal for hamas and to your point that this would be a good dealfor hamas and not to your point that this would be a good deal for hamas and not for israel. as i say that, we have live pictures coming from tel aviv. these are thousands, as we are hearing via various news agencies, israelis within benjamin netanyahu's country gathering, demanding that mr netanyahu gathering, demanding that mr neta nyahu accepts gathering, demanding that mr netanyahu accepts this new proposal. it may not be a good deal for netanyahu, but it seems as if there are growing calls within israel that this comes to an end.— this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart aoes this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart goes out _ this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart goes out to _ this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart goes out to the _ this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart goes out to the families - this comes to an end. absolutely. my heart goes out to the families of - heart goes out to the families of the kidnapped men, women and children. it is heartbreaking what these people are suffering in hamas captivity. there had been tortured, starved, beaten and raped. having said that, the strategic outcome of this conflict is important for the long—term survival of both israelis and the people of gaza. i do not want to see people in gaza being bombed and killed and suffering. all these people in a dramatic and in a gaza have suffered enough. to end this, you need to get hamas out of the equation. then the question is, do the british peacekeepers, the eu peacekeepers, or may be united arab emirates or egyptians? but you cannot leave iranian supported murderers in charge of gaza, because it is going to be groundhog day. we will see it again and again. if you are saying _ will see it again and again. if you are saying that — will see it again and again. if you are saying that hamas _ will see it again and again. if you are saying that hamas needs - will see it again and again. if you are saying that hamas needs to l will see it again and again. if you i are saying that hamas needs to be removed, and you are saying they could stay in the on clay for one or two years, what will be left of palestinians if the idf continues the scale of the campaign that we have seen, particularly since rafah that we have seen in the last few weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians? the weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians?— weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians? ., ., ., ., palestinians? the population of gaza i think is palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2-2 — palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million _ palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million people. - palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million people. the - i think is 2.2 million people. the claims of genocide are bogus. nobody is trying to kill all of the palestinians because they are palestinians. israel is going after hamas fighters and leaders. he saw the pictures, just as i did, of a guy in a t—shirt shooting an rpg. unfortunately, though, it is palestinians and gazans are being killed clearly. who is accountable for the? ., ., , killed clearly. who is accountable forthe? ., , killed clearly. who is accountable forthe? . , ., , ., ., for the? hamas is to blame for startin: for the? hamas is to blame for starting this — for the? hamas is to blame for starting this horrible _ for the? hamas is to blame for starting this horrible terrorist l starting this horrible terrorist attack. until hamas is taken out of this equation and replaced by a more peace—loving force, be it an entirely palestinian, mixed arab palestinian, ora entirely palestinian, mixed arab palestinian, or a force that includes people from the global community, this conflict is only going to cause more and more casualties. and by the way, i'm not a supporter of netanyahu, i can talk at length about his failure is an israeli leadership failure as before, during and after the attack of october 7. the failure of information warfare, the failure to finish this war way before this point in time.— finish this war way before this point in time. finish this war way before this oint in time. �* , , ,., ., point in time. are due in support of the no, — point in time. are due in support of the no. no— point in time. are due in support of the no, no better— point in time. are due in support of the no, no better place - point in time. are due in support of the no, no better place for - point in time. are due in support of the no, no better place for him | the no, no better place for him is to be at— the no, no better place for him is to be at home, _ the no, no better place for him is to be at home, not _ the no, no better place for him is to be at home, not even - the no, no better place for him is to be at home, not even in - the no, no better place for him is to be at home, not even in the l is to be at home, not even in the parliament. he is poisonous, he is a horrible propagandist, and the israelis are better off without him. if you are not in favour of the intervention i to, you're not in favour of fairly right wing elements within the israeli government, who do not want the idf forces to come out of gaza, and yet you essentially agree with what must and two knitting if you are saying, that hamas has to be stopped, how will that happen without more lives being lost in gaza? we can see that the protesters on the streets in tel aviv. how do you do that? gill protesters on the streets in tel aviv. how do you do that? mm protesters on the streets in tel aviv. how do you do that? all i am sa in: is aviv. how do you do that? all i am saying is that _ aviv. how do you do that? all i am saying is that if _ aviv. how do you do that? all i am saying is that if the _ aviv. how do you do that? all i am saying is that if the hostages - aviv. how do you do that? all i am saying is that if the hostages are l saying is that if the hostages are released and hamas leaves gaza, or the leaders of hamas, who have the blood of 1200 people on their heads, these people need to be brought to justice. that's what i'm saying. which part of the israeli government as it is not my concern. clearly at the military and security services will be involved. what i am saying is what a lot of israelis are saying. whoever released look for, is a democratic country with many parties, they are fully capable of deciding how to proceed. fin parties, they are fully capable of deciding how to proceed.- deciding how to proceed. on the aenocide deciding how to proceed. on the genocide claim, _ deciding how to proceed. on the genocide claim, you _ deciding how to proceed. on the genocide claim, you said - deciding how to proceed. on the genocide claim, you said that. deciding how to proceed. on the genocide claim, you said that is| deciding how to proceed. on the i genocide claim, you said that is not a genocide taking place. i’m genocide claim, you said that is not a genocide taking place.— a genocide taking place. i'm sorry, the us state _ a genocide taking place. i'm sorry, the us state department, - a genocide taking place. i'm sorry, the us state department, the - a genocide taking place. i'm sorry, the us state department, the us i the us state department, the us presidency, even the un did not say it is genocide, let's make it very clear. ~ ., it is genocide, let's make it very clear. ~ . , ., , ., clear. we have the statements and the actions — clear. we have the statements and the actions and _ clear. we have the statements and the actions and calls _ clear. we have the statements and the actions and calls that _ clear. we have the statements and the actions and calls that have - clear. we have the statements and l the actions and calls that have come from the international criminal court and the world court as well. they did not say genocide. i’m they did not say genocide. i'm referrin: they did not say genocide. i'm referring more to the calls that this has ended since africa made its claims to court. that this has ended since africa made its claims to court.— claims to court. that client is callin: claims to court. that client is calling for— claims to court. that client is calling for israel— claims to court. that client is calling for israel to _ claims to court. that client is calling for israel to stop - claims to court. that client is calling for israel to stop the i calling for israel to stop the fighting. that is no findings of genocide from the israeli operation in gaza, sorry. genocide from the israeli operation in gaza. sorry-— in gaza, sorry. thank you for your time. in south africa, with almost all results from this week's election now in — the african national congress — the oldest liberation movement on the african continent — has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. and so begins a new era in south african politics, as president cyril ramaphosa — who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid — begins the search for coalition partners. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. one of the main reasons the anc haave failed to secure a majority is the surprising vote share secured by former president jacob zuma's newly formed party the mk. despite doing better than almost anyone expected, the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. this report now by the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher. the verdict is almost in — still not official results, but they're clear. the anc has lost its unrivalled political power. it's done even worse than expected, punished by voters, angry about economic mismanagement and corruption scandals. this is a shock to the system for the anc, the celebrated liberation movement humbled by this verdict on its governance. it's the most dramatic political shift in south africa since the end of apartheid, and no one knows exactly what will happen next. we ask for all electoral stakeholders to please remain calm, for leaders to lead this nation at this time, and for voices of reason to continue to prevail. the anc was born out of the struggle against apartheid, the violence of white minority rule that kept black people separate and unequal. archive: there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela — a free man. the moment of triumph — nelson mandela released from prison, the first black president in south africa's new democracy. the downfall marked by another president, jacob zuma. he presided over a period of rampant corruption. understandably, i'm very disappointed. this anc veteran says the party has not recovered since then. we have failed. we talk about renewal, the renewal of the anc, and it would take the form of making sure that elements who are really corrupt are removed from the organisation and we've really failed to act decisively to do that. the anc is still the biggest party, but it's lost its majority. south africa now faces weeks of turbulent coalition talks. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. after a week of general election campaigning here in the uk, all parties are once again out and about this weekend, vying for public support. prime minister rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk, £20 million each if the conservatives are re—elected. labour, meanwhile, has vowed to boost employment and increase support for people living with long—term illness. and from the liberal democrats — a promise to make ten premier league games available, on free—to—air—tv, per season. 0ur political correspondent, ione wells, reports. applause and cheering cheers, change and cheesy grins. labour are hoping to show a positive front today, with... the launch of the bus — angela's bus. and doesn't it look fantastic? laughter ..after their campaign was a little derailed this week by internal fallout over whether diane abbott could run as a labour candidate. sir keir starmer clarified yesterday she was free to stand. well, i dealt with that issue yesterday. today is about taking our argument to the country, and getting people back to work. there are millions of people who aren't in work, who are on benefits, who desperately want the dignity and respect of being back to work. we're putting our plan on the table to reform thejob centres so that they can actually be places that support people back into work. applause and cheering the conservatives are also trying to refocus this weekend, after another former tory mp said they were switching their allegiance to labour. and that's what we're going to stop, aren't we? audience cheers rishi sunak�*s pitch to stop others following was a promise to invest £20 million in 30 towns. the majority are seats currently held by the conservatives. he denied the choice was political. i'm not going to make any apology for supporting towns. it's where the majority of people live. they were neglected for decades under previous labour governments, and we're in teesside today, it's a great example of a place that we've focused on as a government. people can see the change in the community as it's happened. i want to make sure we spread that type of opportunity and pride right across the country. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, says he is taking today to care for his son, who has severe disabilities. his campaign, though, are out touring the south coast. their pledge today is to change the law to force the premier league to show ten games per season on free—to—air television, criticising the rising cost of season tickets and subscription channels. manchester city, champions again! there are still weeks to go of this campaign, but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on july a. ione wells, bbc news. the scottish national party leader, john swinney, has also been on the campaign trail in aberdeen, where the party is targeting a number of conservative seats, because of what he calls "damage" done to the area's economy by "westminster politics". meanwhile, george galloway has launched his workers party of britain's general election campaign with an attack on labour. he told supporters labour leader, sir keir starmer was "indistinguishable" from rishi sunak and had "blood on his hands" over his position on gaza. mr galloway announced that his party was standing hundreds of candidates across the country and he'd be "extremely disappointed" if the number elected was not in double figures. now it's time for a look at today's sport with carthy. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with the champions league final at wembley between the 1a—time winners, real madrid, and borussia dortmund who have only lifted the trophy once in their history. the game was stopped briefly a few minutes after kick—off due to three pitch invadrrs. that delay didn't last long, and it has been end to end entertainment since then, but no goals yet. dortmund have had three attmepts on target and have been the dominant side. we are approaching the one hour mark at wembley and it is still 0—0. to the french open next — and the world number one and defending champion, novadk djokbovic will face the 30th seed, lorenzo musetti, in the night session later, looking for a place in the fourth round. already through to the last 16 is the 0lmpic champion, is the olympic champion, already through to the last 16 is the olympic champion, alexander zverev who defeated the 26th seed, tallon griekspoor, but needed five sets to do it. griekspoor had a a—1 lead in the deciding set but seemed to struggle with the pressure of being on the verge of a first victory over a top ten player, allowing zverev back into the fifth set and the german went on to win the match on a tie—break. tomas machac stunned world number one novak djokovic in the geneva 0pen semifinals last month, but he wasn't able to pull off another upset against fifth seed daniil medvedev. the czech took the third set of their third round match, but medvedev came back to win it after almost 3.5 hours. the world number two, aryna sabalenka, made sure of a place in the fourth round with a powerful performance against paolo badosa of spain. the two players are good friends and know each other�*s game styles well, but after a tight and entertaining first set, the two—time australian open champion took advantage of a drop in badosa's form to win 7—5, 6—1 to reach the last 16. tough match today. i don't know what actually gave me advantage. i was just trying to focus on myself and fight for every point, is a really tough match. as we always say, we are good at separating things. 0n the court we are opponents, of the court we are good friends. usually it's a couple of minutes. the 2022 wimbledon champion, elena rybakina, also won her third round match without too much trouble. rybakina beat the 25th seed, elise mertens 6—a, 6—2 and looks to be in good form in paris. the fourth seed reached the quarter finals of the french open in 2021 but hasn't got past the third round since then. to golf and the us women's open — the third round is well under way and the leading players are out on course on what is known as "moving day". the us open is notoriously difficult with low scores a premium so there hasn't been a whole lot of movement. here is the leader board currently. to the dp world tour — where there is set to be an intriguing final day's play at the european tour at green eagles golf courses in hamburg. england's laurie canter is in a share of the lead at 12—under. canter shot an even par 73, which included a handy birdie on the 18th. he's tied for top spot with guido migliozzi. the italian shot a flawless round of 67, including three birdies in the last three holes. motogp championship leader jorge martin will be hoping he can bounce back in sunday's italian grand prix after crashing out of the sprint race. the spaniard was in third place when he went off the track with just four laps to go. reigning champion francesco bagnaia delighted his home crowd at mugello by claiming his first sprint race win of the season to cut martin's advantage to 27 points. still 0—0 in the champions league final at wembley, still 0—0 in the champions league finalat wembley, document still 0—0 in the champions league final at wembley, document versus real madrid. el salvador�*s president nayib bukele has been sworn in for a second term in office amid security concerns after police said they had foiled a bomb threat. in a speech the former nightclub manager who calls himself a "cool dictator," promised to boost the economy and reducing poverty. mr bukele has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and overseen a reduction in the country's murder rate. however, his approach to security has been criticised by human rights groups. the latest attempt by the american aerospace giant, boeing, to fly its first crew to the international space station has suffered another last minute setback. the launch of its starliner spaceship, with two veteran astronauts on board, was halted in the final minutes of countdown from cape canaveral in florida. the previous attempt on may 6 was scrubbed due to an issue with oxygen pressure valves. eminem has released the lead single from his new album the death of slim shady, which will be released in full this summer. the music video for the track, called houdini, has been viewed more than 15 million times on youtube. in it, the rapper confronts his provocative, bleach—blond alter ego slim shady and — as the album name suggests — alludes to his apparent demise. you're watching bbc news. all the latest on our top stories can be found on the bbc news website. i will be back shortly with more top stories. hello there. high pressure has brought most of us a fine and dry day. there's been plenty of sunshine around as well, particularly in scotland, where we've seen temperatures into the low 20s in the warmest spots. i'm sure that would have felt very pleasant indeed. central and eastern england, meanwhile, had a bit more in the way of cloud, but most areas have at least managed some cloud breaks and some sunny spells. now, overnight tonight clear skies dominates the weather picture, with high pressure firmly in charge. these clear skies will allow temperatures to drop away really quickly. and so it's going to be quite a cold night. temperatures even in the towns and cities down to single figures for some and down as low as 5 degrees in the coldest parts of rural northern england and scotland. same area of high pressure is with us through sunday. this weather front is eventually going to bring thicker cloud in and eventually some rain to the very far north—west of scotland. and it may well be quite a nice sunrise for scotland and northern ireland with this cloud getting illuminated by the rising sun. the afternoon, though, sees a bit of rain edging into the highlands and the islands. away from that it's dry, and for eastern areas of england, notably, there's going to be much less cloud around, the winds are a lot lighter, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures climbing up to about 22 degrees in the warmest spots, whereas temperatures come down a little bit for scotland and northern ireland. that's because we've got this cold front working its way southwards and that will continue to push south on monday as well, bringing with it cloudier weather, an odd spit of rain, not much. and once the front�*s through in scotland on monday, the sunshine comes back out, just a few showers across the far north. now, temperatures on monday will be coming downjust a little bit. but still where the june sunshine comes out through the afternoon, it will feel pleasantly warm with temperatures into the high teens or low 20s. it's through tuesday and wednesday we'll see some much cooler air arriving, particularly across the northern half of the uk. and this heralds the arrival of some pretty unsettled weather conditions, really. showers become widespread across scotland, northern england and northern ireland, some of them with hail and thunder mixed in, could be a few showers developing through the day further southwards as well. and those temperatures continue to ease down a little bit. still 20 in london, but 1a in glasgow. well, the average of this time of year is closer to 18 degrees. and that cool showery theme to the weather continues then through much of the rest of the week for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures nearer average for england and wales, with some pleasantjune sun. this is bbc news, the headlines... the united states, egypt and qatar urge israel and hamas to finalise a new deal to end the war in gaza. a senior hamas official has told the bbc the group will accept the proposals — if israel does. in south africa, the ruling anc has lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. the party has won around a0% of the vote and will now have to hold coalition talks. the uk election campaign is ramping up. labour launches a 5,000—mile �*battle bus tour�* — promising to create wealth across the uk. prime minister rishi sunak visits north east england — pledges millions of pounds in funding for local towns if the conservatives hold on to power. to the middle east where hamas has indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza — unveiled by us president, joe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. meanwhile, egyptian state—linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place 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 think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase, and a pause in the fighting. then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, more israeli withdrawals, and the release of further hostages, then going onto a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get onto the rebuilding of gaza. of course, all of these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place but fundamentally, why i think this is a moment we should seize to try to bring this conflict to an end permanently, is that it is one thing to call for a ceasefire but of course, if you cannot put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it will not last, and this is an attempt to start to put those conditions in place because we all know that you have got to look at issues of israeli security and issues of palestinian statehood alongside each other, in order to make a deal last and to solve this problem. is the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu going to seize this, though? because the far—right elements of his coalition have made it very clear they will bring the government down if he ends the war, so how is that going to encourage mr netanyahu to back this deal? i think what this offers to the israeli government is, first of all, the chance to get the hostages out, which everybody in israel wants, and it then provides a process during which you can put in place the things that will make a ceasefire permanent. 0bviously that will be challenging. and it is challenging, notjust for the israeli government, but for any israeli, to release prisoners in return for hostages which should never have been taken, this is all impossibly difficult but frankly we've all got to lean in and take difficult decisions and try to play our part, to make this something that leads to a permanent, sustainable ceasefire, and a permanent, sustainable peace. that is what we are aiming for. does this contain a vision for palestinian statehood? it would seem unusual that israel would agree to that or that the israeli prime minister would agree to that when he said clearly that he wouldn't. does that exist in the deal at this stage or would it be worked on, as the deal progresses? it has to be worked on, because fundamentally, a deal like this will only work if, as i say, you can meet those twin needs — israeli security on the one hand and palestinian statehood on the other. but i think that, why i think this is a moment we have got to seize to bring this conflict to an end is that there is the short term, which is get the hostages out, and flood gaza with aid to help the desperate humanitarian situation there — that is the short term — the medium to long term is, can you put in place the conditions necessary to bring about a permanent peace and ultimately a settlement of this problem? one of the things that has changed that is a potential positive is that the arab states are leaning in and prepared to help and support a peace process in ways that i have not seen before, and i think an incredibly positive contribution being played by egypt, jordan and qatar and others in helping to bring this about bears testament to that. and there is the other prize here, or what people refer to as normalisation but countries like saudi arabia, as part of this process, recognising israel, having proper relations with israel, as two normal countries should. that is an enormous prize for israel and also i would argue a prize for saudi arabia too. so by adding in some of these extra elements, you make that movement from pause to ceasefire, to settlement more likely. as a final thought, can hamas be trusted here? because they, throughout this process, have held these hostages, it seems they have not said for sure which hostages are alive or dead, they maybe don't know where they all are, because some of them may be held by criminal elements inside gaza, so can hamas be trusted to keep to their part of this deal? what hamas did on october 7th can never be forgiven or forgotten. i remember seeing for myself what had happened at kibbutz be'eri, and the appalling things that had been done. that cannot be undone or forgotten. what is required here is for hamas to accept a deal that has been put forward with israeli support, that meets almost all of the things that they have been asking for in terms of the release of prisoners from israeli jails, in terms of a stop in the fighting, in terms of the potential for that stop to be a permanent stop without a return to fighting, and of course for there to be the chance of discussions and moves on strengthening the palestinian authority, the parameters of a palestinian state and the other things i've said, so all they have to do is to accept this deal, and that process can begin. lord cameron they're speaking to my colleague anna foster earlier. 0ur correspondent will vernon has been monitoring us reaction to the new plan. tricky situation here for president biden. we heard yesterday in a pretty optimistic white house address, using quite grand language, saying it is time for this war to end and for the day after to begin, setting out that the stage peace proposal. that three—stage peace proposal. mr biden is desperately hoping every make and hamas will sign up to that plan. mr biden in that address yesterday tried to draw a line under the conflict, essentially saying to the israelis, you have achieved your main objective here, hamas is no longer in any kind of position to stage the sort of attack we saw on october 7th last year. now we saw netenyahu today taking some of the sheen off the biden announcement. he reiterated the israeli war would not end until the complete destruction of hamas and all its capabilities. although mr biden said this was an israeli although mr biden said this was an israel , ., ,., , ., i think the white house now will be working on a strategy to try and put more pressure on the israelis to accept a steel and hamas as well, of course. that's why we have seen this flurry of phone calls between us secretary of the antony blinken and all the major key players in the region, because most of the region desperately want this deal to work, most of the world wants it to work, and certainly us officials will be hoping that will be the case. does the us still have that leverage with benjamin netanyahu? we saw that leveraged come to play last month when in an interview with cnn, president biden announced he had paused one major shipment of heavy weapons to the israelis, and the others were under review. that followed on from a phone call between the two leaders, they haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things since the conflict started, in which president biden gave the israelis an ultimatum, saying you have to provide concrete steps to improving the humanitarian situation in gaza, otherwise us policy might change. we saw this shipment of heavy weapons, which can be used in population centres, such as rafah, those are now on pause, several of them. although america remains israel's greatest ally, the largest supplier of weapons, that has been increasing frustration with the way the israelis have been conducting this war. and that was will vernon from washington. more now on south africa. officials from the african national congress say senior leaders have been meeting to discuss potential plans for a coalition, after the party lost its outright majority for the first time. results from wednesday's election give the anc around a0%. 0ur correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, has more from johannesburg. we are already hearing from the opposition parties that could form alliances with the anc. the eff, julius malema's eff, say they are willing to enter negotiations with the anc but their focus is on some economic concessions. for example, they want to open a state bank and they want the expropriation of land without compensation. jacob zuma's mk party says it will negotiate with the anc as long as cyril ramaphosa is not head of the party. so there are weeks of tricky negotiations ahead for the anc which is facing these terrible results. to discuss this, we are joined byjamie mighti, who is an africa researcher based in south africa. jamie, we are talking about this as a shock for the anc. how much of a shock is it for south africans? i think some of this was expected for south africans but what was not expected was the scale of basically the drop of the anc in this election. from the projections, it seems it will be close to 40 but not quite 40 which is a 17% drop from the last election so the scale of drop is something that was so inconceivable in terms of conceptually for many people. but the idea or the reality that the anc was in decline, the writing was on the wall. everybody who has been living with load shedding and water shedding, and for the international audience, these are water cuts and power cuts, has been frustrated for a long time and the unemployment numbers have crept up a little bit and high cost of living similar what to what we're seeing in the uk and all of this really created a negative incentive bubble which there was no real strategy to assuage. and in the midst of this, the anc has to form new political alliances with parties that they have perhaps been at loggerheads with for many years. how do you think they will manoeuvre all of this? the anc is adept at making compromises and shifting on its core positioning in the name of real politik, so they have made coalitions over the years that have befuddled people who only approach politics from an ideological or principle standpoint so they are able to make deals but some deals are worse than others. and the other key figure in these elections has been the former presidentjacob zuma, and his party is projected to win around 15% of the vote. if he is not in the coalition government with the anc, what kind of a role do you think he will play witin south african politics? well, his role, basically, if i were to use a mafia reference, would be that of a godfather, somebody who gives the direction, gives instruction and gives the preference but we also know that dudu zuma will be on the parliamentary list. she is very high up and will be going to parliament. that's his daughter. yes, that's his daughter. she will be one of the key people also trying to make sure her father's vision on the floor is executed as he may have preferred. but we have also seen that he does have an appetite to return to parliament and we heard the spokesperson for mk saying that one of their conditions if ever they were to deal with the anc is there be a pardon forjacob zuma. and if you recall with the constitutional court case they said that the hard demarcator is if you get pardoned you can go back to parliament but just the fact that your sentence was reduced doesn't allow you to go back to parliament, and heeding thatjudgment, they are now negotiating for a full pardon. finally, with president cyril ramaphosa, we have not really seen him since election day and what does this mean for his fate and position within south african politics? he is gathering courage and these are difficult spaces to be in when you have taken the hardest beating as a party leader given to a particular party. we will see what the messaging will be and how he will spin it tomorrow and he typically doesn't enjoy tough interviews and that is also why he hasn't shown up here but realistically he is very vulnerable right now and there are many calls being made in various circles that he actually has to give up the ghost and allow other people to lead the party and try to rebuild the party. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. time is of the essence for the anc because according to south africa's constitution, the next parliament needs to sit within 1a days of the election result being announced, and on that first sitting, the parliament has to elect the president so there is a real pressure on the anc to make sure that its chosen leader, president cyril ramaphosa, retains his position in the country. these are going to be difficult days for the politicians but also south africans who are concerned about any kind of political instability. that was catherine byaruhanga there. pharmacists say there's growing evidence of a crisis in the supply of medications in the uk. the national pharmacy association, which represents independent community pharmacists, says that over the past two years there's been a threefold increase in the use of what are called serious shortage protocols, which allow them to prescribe an alternative when a drug isn't available. dominic hughes reports. pharmacists say the supply of medicines is complicated. it's an international business that can be affected by changes in global demand, prices, and exchange rates, as well as manufacturing problems and the supply chain. and the availability of some drugs has been problematic. the evidence — the use of serious shortage protocols, issued by the department of health and social care and applied across the uk. they allow community pharmacists to supply alternative drugs if there's a shortage of a particular medicine. the national pharmacy association says they've been issued 50 times in the past two years, but in the two years before that, just 15 were issued. a whole range of medicines have been affected — including forangina, epilepsy, adhd, and cystic fibrosis. university student amber lives with cystic fibrosis and is struggling to get medication that helps her digest food. without it, i basically can't eat. also, to try and get the medicine i'm having to drive around for hours and hours to different pharmacies taking these scripts. finishing second year is like carnage for... really stressful for, like, a normal student, but a student that can't eat properly — like, can't find the medicine that keeps me alive — that stress is just unimaginable! pharmacists say they are increasingly having to turn patients away. it has a big impact on patients, it means their health may worsen. and of course it is very distressing. the hidden issue here, as well, is of course it's very distressing for the teams in community pharmacies because they work and strive to support the public and their communities. they want to be dispensing these medicines. the uk is not the only country in the world experiencing problems with drug supplies — it's a global issue. but the npa says it wants all the main parties in the election to commit to tackling the shortages. dominic hughes, bbc news. as the half term comes to a close, businesses are taking stock of how popular they've been. but with unpredictable weather it's often a mixed picture. 0ur reporter, heidi davey has been visiting some of the attractions in south devon to find out how the week has gone. it's hard to beat this sound. steam train whistles. and it's a crowd pleaser this half term. yeah, it's been really good, actually. we've had a really good half term, up on the half term for me last year. and i think tuesday was one of the busiest days we've ever had for this time of the year. so it's looking really good at the moment. so footfall is up, their prices are slightly up and the visitors are arriving from the east midlands and closer to home. we've been on the dartmouth steam railway already, so obviously this one was the next one on the list. it's lovely around here. i used to come here as a child, so i used to do rockpool in paignton. so i thought, i've got to bring the kids and show them as well. we haven't really been to many places because we've been camping and again we chose to stay local. but other than just a few day trips on the side. just 100 metres away and it's a similar picture at the butterfly farm and dartmoor 0tters, everywhere seems busy. the weather's a bit changeable, but yeah, we're having a good time. we're still out and about, aren't we? trying to do different things? really pleased because it's been a very busy week and probably the busiest half term we've had in many years now. so we're pleased to see lots of visitors. we've not put our prices up, so we've seen more tourists this half term week and more importantly, we've seen more local people. and in north devon, they're reporting a similar pattern. rick turner is the owner of the big sheep and also the chairman of devon's top attractions. 0bviously, things are quite tough out there at the moment and people don't have a lot of money. but i think we offer a fantastic value for attractions in devon, and i think that is probably the sort of key message is give great value and people will come and have a good day out. like most of the attractions we're slightly up on previous years, we hope to be between ten and 20% up at the end of the week, which is a really, really good result. and whilst it's been positive to hear so many businesses are reporting such a good half term, tourism leaders are still warning that that hasn't been the picture across the board, especially for those businesses that are solely reliant on the weather. they've not had such a great week. their hopes are now all firmly pinned on the weeks and months to come as we fully head into that vital summer season. the owner of the ticketing website, ticketmaster has confirmed that hackers have accessed customer data, in what's emerging as one of the biggest ever global consumer hacks. live nation entertainment says it's working to mitigate risk to users after the hackers offered personal data for sale on the dark net. earlier this week, the hacking group, shinyhunters, said it had hacked the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. our business reporter simon browning told me more about this earlier. this is a massive attack. significant, significant, and a huge hack. first of all, ticketmaster, a company that we know all around the world if you like festivals, if you like going to concerts, if you like going to see comedians it's likely that you've used ticketmaster's platforms to book tickets to go to those events. millions of customers. millions have signed up, millions will have given over their data. now, it was first reported on thursday when hackers said they had hacked ticketmaster. but there was no confirmation of that. but this morning, in a filing in the us of the security and exchange commission, the owners of ticketmaster indicated that they had been involved with malicious forces and a cyber attack. we're still waiting for some more detail from ticketmaster as it stands, but earlier this week, as you said, 560 million ticketmaster customers had their data and information obtained by a company called the shinyhunters. they said that they obtained ticketmaster's data. now, that includes names, addresses, phone numbers and, from what we understand, partial credit cards. now, the hacking group shinyhunters say that they have demanded £500,000 ransom to prevent the data from being sold on to other platforms. but that's still to be worked out. santander, as you say, a banking group operating around the world, said yesterday that they'd also been involved in a hack with the same company, and some of their customers and colleagues has had information hacked in chile, spain and uruguay. and the company shinyhunters have also been accused of hacking in other places previously. at&t in the usa and pizza hut in australia. so, as i say, it's significant, ticketmaster, a massive platform here in the uk, this morning on their website they are selling tickets for a new janet jackson tour and james blunt. it's a big operation. and that was simon browning there. music festival season is almost here in the uk and later this month, thousands of music fans will gather at worthy farm for the world famous glastonbury festival. well, ever since he started rapping as a teenager, chay—doo 0—rack—a, well, ever since he started rapping as a teenager, this rapper dreamed of performing there — and he's now finally secured a slot. 0ur reporter natalie bell went to meet him. # different inside # because i'm from a place that's deprived... 21st avenue, north hull estate, hu6. this is where it all started for me. i would say this street is probably the biggest inspiration to my music. growing up on this estate, chiedu, did you ever imagine and picture yourself at glastonbury? i never thought back then that i would be performing at glastonbury. ever since chiedu 0raka began rapping as a teenager, one of his biggest dreams has been to perform in front of thousands of people at glastonbury, and in just a few weeks' time that will become a reality. i'm privileged to be in a position to be able to do that, but i've been grafting. like, people might think, "0h, chiedu's just been around for a couple of years." this is like 15 years of graft. i always say my official start—up in the game was 2011 because that's when i released my first cd, when i was like dishing them out on the streets and selling them for £3. humber street sesh 2017 i'm going to say is probably my favourite ever gig. first time people have mosh pitted in one of my performances, so that was crazy. # anything goes, so don't tell me to stick to a genre. # don't limit yourself. # don't let anyone out here ever con ya...# his tracks have now had millions of streams on spotify. now, then, this is room 73, the home studio of me and the lockdown boys. and this is where the magic happens — in this little booth that my mate built for me. thejourney has been mad. when i first started rapping, i got laughed at for rapping. why is a hull guy rapping in a hull accent? people used to take the mickey out of me. # no one makes it round here # round here we get forgotten...# i had to sandwich my performances in between, like, indie bands. i had to just try and get a piece of anywhere that would want to listen to me. and not many people did want to listen to me at first. # i motivate the youth, that's what i'm doing with my art...# chiedu says as well as changing people's perceptions of hull with his music, it's also about inspiring the next generation. i feel like it's important to sort of be that inspirational character, especially for the kids on my council estate, to see, like, if chiedu can do it, because he comes from a place like us, then i can do something successful with my life. # this lifestyle's not a walk in the park...# it's a busy few weeks ahead for chiedu as he gets ready for the biggest performance of his career. he'll take to the bbc introducing stage at glastonbury on the 30th ofjune. real madrid have gone 2—0 up against borussia dortmund in the european champions league football final in london with just seconds to go. stay with us. hello there. high pressure has brought most of us a fine and dry day. there's been plenty of sunshine around as well, particularly in scotland, where we've seen temperatures into the low 20s in the warmest spots. i'm sure that would have felt very pleasant indeed. central and eastern england, meanwhile, had a bit more in the way of cloud, but most areas have at least managed some cloud breaks and some sunny spells. now, overnight tonight, clear skies dominate the weather picture with high pressure firmly in charge. these clear skies will allow temperatures to drop away really quickly. and so it's going to be quite a cold night. temperatures even in the towns and cities down to single figures for some, and down as low as five degrees in the coldest parts of rural northern england and scotland. same area of high pressure is with us through sunday. but this weather front is eventually going to bring thicker cloud in and eventually some rain to the very far north west of scotland. and it may well be quite a nice sunrise for scotland and northern ireland with this cloud getting illuminated by the rising sun. the afternoon, though, sees a bit of rain edging into the highlands and the islands. away from that it's dry and for eastern areas of england, notably, there's going to be much less cloud around, the winds are a lot lighter, it's going to be a lot warmer. temperatures climbing up to about 22 degrees in the warmest spots, whereas temperatures come down a little bit for scotland and northern ireland. that's because we've got this cold front working its way southwards, and that will continue to push south on monday as well, bringing with it cloudier weather, an odd spit of rain — not much. and once the front�*s through, in scotland on monday, the sunshine comes back out. just a few showers across the far north. now, temperatures on monday will be coming down just a little bit. but still, where thejune sunshine comes out through the afternoon, it will feel pleasantly warm with temperatures into the high teens or low 20s. it's through tuesday and wednesday we'll see some much cooler air arriving, particularly across the northern half of the uk. and this heralds the arrival of some pretty unsettled weather conditions, really. showers become widespread across scotland, northern england and northern ireland — some of them with hail and thunder mixed in. there could be a few showers developing through the day, further southwards as well. and those temperatures continue to ease down a little bit. still 20 in london, but 1a in glasgow. well, the average of this time of year is closer to 18 degrees. and that cool, showery theme to the weather continues then through much of the rest of the week for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures nearer average for england and wales, with some pleasantjune sun. live from london, this is bbc news. south africa's ruling anc party loses its majority for the first time in 30 years — as former presidentjacob zuma's mk party makes surprising gains. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he's made a rock star entrance. his party came third with an unexpectedly strong showing, taking a lot of votes away from the anc. the united states, egypt and qatar urge israel and hamas to finalise a new deal to end the war in gaza. in the uk election campaign, jobs, skills and funding for local towns takes centre stage — as party leaders tour the country. and, real madrid win the champions league for a 15th time — beating borussia dortmund 2—0 in the final at wembley. hello, i'm lukwesa burak. in south africa, with almost all results from this week's election now in,the african national congress — the oldest liberation movement on the african continent —