and tens of thousands of madonna fans are set to crowd rio�*s copacabana beach in brazil, ahead of a free concert by the us pop star. hello and welcome to the programme. labour's sadiq khan has secured a record third term as mayor of london beating conservative susan hall. mr khan is london's first leader to secure three terms since the post was created in 2000. within the last hour we've heard from sadiq khan, here's his reaction to the result. it has been a difficult few months. we have faced a campaign of nonstop negativity. but i could not be more

proud that we answered fear mongering with facts. hate with hope. and attempts to divide with efforts to unite. we ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city. let's get some analysis on the results that have come throughout the day. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, is in the newsroom. ican explain i can explain a bit more about what has happened in london. this was a big win. it was notjust a win for sadiq khan, it would have been a big upset if he had not won. but it was the extent of the wind that will really study calm and labour party. these the numbers. 270,000 votes more than susan hall of the conservatives. a few months ago, the conservatives. a few months ago, the conservatives thought they were in

with a chance of taking this. they got nowhere near it in the end. let me show you how the vote has changed since last time. it has gone in labour�*s favour. the gap has got bigger. what the tories were hoping was that they could start to pick off some parts of 0uter was that they could start to pick off some parts of outer london where there have been frustrations at a new scheme where you have to drive yours car if it met certain types of petrol or diesel, the ulez scheme, that did not work. you can see that the swing was actually from the conservatives to labour and as that has come in over the course of the day, it became more and more clear that sadiq khan was going to keep that sadiq khan was going to keep that and get a third historic term in london. we will be going back to nick for some analysis later.

it is good to have you on the programme. could you tell a sin terms of london, there were rumours that were circulating beforehand about susan hall that this is very much a third consecutive term for sadiq khan?— much a third consecutive term for sadiq khan? yes, if you look at all the way through — sadiq khan? yes, if you look at all the way through the _ sadiq khan? yes, if you look at all the way through the campaign, . sadiq khan? yes, if you look at all| the way through the campaign, the opinion polls were really in it sadiq khan's favour. and even if you remember the results did not actually get started counting until this morning, so any speculation was really wildly off the mark. counting started this morning but really as soon as the first results came in, it was very clear that sadiq khan was looking in a pretty good place because he had already proved that he was capable of attracting more votes to the labour party than he did last time. as the day went on, and more constituencies declared, it

was pretty obvious that sadiq khan actually increased his support and won a very comfortable victory. it would have been a huge upset i think if susan hall had got anywhere near close. but really, it was not the kind of contest that we are seeing in the west midlands where it is army knife edge. this was a clear victory for sadiq khan. susan hall did manage to hold on, the conservative candidate, five of the 14 constituencies, representing out to london. she has made scrapping of the expansion of the ulez zone a key part of her campaign, hoping that anger towards that would send her to city hall. in the event, she did not really attract further support in those outer london boroughs that had been affected by this expansion, so it does not seem there is any expansion the ulez issue played very

much into this contest. sadiq khan when he accepted his victory in his speech, when he came to the stage, he talked about the negativity of the campaign and said it had been very difficult. it was quite fractious between sadiq khan and his main challenger, susan hall, during the course of the campaign. they had not been many occasions where they were in the same room together but when they were —— when they were, there was clear the animosity between them and it had become quite personal in parts. i think city can was really trying to defend his track record and even though that was in the dash in the spotlight. susan hall did focus on knife crime when she did her speech. a lot of different aspects i think playing into this result. we are talking about personalities in these mayoral contest. sadiq khan going for a record third term, being the first

london mayor to secure a third term, there is a lot of recognition of him and he has a profile. people have decided once again they want him to stay in charge. by quite a considerable margin. it comes as the conservatives suffer one of their biggest election losses of recent times, the latest council results most of which have now been declared show the tories have been pushed into third place. losing over 470 pushed into third place. losing over a70 seats, with labour gaining more than 180. the liberal democrats have so far secured just over 100 seats. as local elections results day blurs into local elections results weekend, there is one clear story. labour's strength in cities all over england. sir keir starmer celebrating east midlands. in some

laces, we celebrating east midlands. in some places. we did _ celebrating east midlands. in some places, we did not _ celebrating east midlands. in some places, we did not get _ celebrating east midlands. in some places, we did not get all - celebrating east midlands. in some places, we did not get all of - celebrating east midlands. in some places, we did not get all of the . places, we did not get all of the votes we wanted and of course we will fight to get those votes back but if you look at the overarching picture and the purpose, the purpose is to serve our country. this is the last stop before the general election and we have made very real progress. i election and we have made very real rouress. ., _ . ., ., progress. i do hereby declare that steve rotherham _ progress. i do hereby declare that steve rotherham is _ progress. i do hereby declare that steve rotherham is duly - progress. i do hereby declare that | steve rotherham is duly elected... celebrations in liverpool... south yorkshire... celebrations in liverpool... south yorkshire---_ celebrations in liverpool... south yorkshire. . . yorkshire... andy burnham is duly elected--- — yorkshire... andy burnham is duly elected... manchester... - yorkshire... andy burnham is duly elected... manchester... and - yorkshire... andy burnham is duly| elected... manchester... and west yorkshire- — yorkshire. and london. ., , ., ., , and london. the conservative party candidate, 812300 _ and london. the conservative party candidate, 812300 and _ and london. the conservative party candidate, 812300 and 497. - and london. the conservative party| candidate, 812300 and 497. wearing candidate, 812300 and 1197. wearing salsa candidate, 812300 and 497. wearing salsa rumours _ candidate, 812300 and 497. wearing salsa rumours of _ candidate, 812300 and 497. wearing salsa rumours of a _ candidate, 812300 and 497. wearing salsa rumours of a conservative - salsa rumours of a conservative upset turned out to be well...

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door of number ten the following morninu. �* , , ., ., . , morning. all eyes now and the west midlands, where _ morning. all eyes now and the west midlands, where andy _ morning. all eyes now and the west midlands, where andy street's - morning. all eyes now and the westl midlands, where andy street's hopes of a third term are in the balance. defeat would shock conservative mps and mayjust make the prime minister file little uneasy again. let's get more from nick eardley. we mentioned this is one of the biggest electoral losses of recent times for the conservatives.— the conservatives. let's start cuickl the conservatives. let's start quickly with _ the conservatives. let's start quickly with the _ the conservatives. let's start quickly with the west - the conservatives. let's start i quickly with the west midlands. the conservatives. let's start - quickly with the west midlands. the race for mayor looks to be on a knife edge and i can give you a sense why. this is the police and crime commissioner election in the west midlands, it is not the same race, it is a different one. but it is really interesting. labour did when, winning by a considerable margin, but the swing comedy changing the vote was a.5%. that is exactly the swing that labour need

for the mayor race to beat the conservatives, a.5%. that gives us a sense of why the race in the west midlands to be the mayor is on such a knife edge. i have been chatting to people on the ground in the last few minutes and it sounds like it is extraordinarily close, a couple of thousand votes, there is a sense that we are getting. you get a sense of why that swing matters so much. let's step back for a second and look at the picture across england because we now have 106 of 107 councils declared. that is the picture. labourare councils declared. that is the picture. labour are up, councils declared. that is the picture. labourare up, 185, a councils declared. that is the picture. labour are up, 185, a good result for them, they say that —— they are putting on the seat on the part of the country face —— they think they need to win to win a general election. then there is the liberal democrats, they had a good night, taking on 10a councillors.

the conservatives lost a73. almost half of all the seats they were defending, not quite half, that would have been catastrophic, but not far off. the greens had a really good set of results, and there is a pattern now of the green party doing well in local elections in england. this is the vote share change since 2021. the conservatives are down 12%. again a bad result will make tory mps jittery. 12%. again a bad result will make tory mstittery. labour 12%. again a bad result will make tory mps jittery. labour with 3%, fairly modest but if you put that figure to labour h0, what they are saying is the places where they are putting on those councillors, the places where that comes from, are the places where they are targeting for a general election. the big picture is a bad night for the conservatives, a good night for labour, all eyes now on that west

midlands race. because although the sense that i was getting this morning is that conservative mps are not going to move against the prime minister because of this, if andy street were to lose the west midlands, the conservative incumbent, i think that would cause more conservative mps to be really nervous. and it may cause more speculation about what happens next. thank you and of course we do have more updates from all our correspondence on our live page on the bbc news website. chris mason with an update. he is saying there are just a few thousand votes in it. and now the latest on the israel gaza war. effo rts efforts to try and mediate ideals for the release of hostages is

included —— intensifying. foreign mediators have been waiting for a response from the group to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for forty days, and to exchange hostages, for palestinian prisoners. hostages, for palestinian prisoners. there has been widespread international concern over the fate of the more than one—million palestinians sheltering there. a hamas official has said the group is meeting egyptian and qatari mediators and listening to their proposals in "full seriousness".

the demands have been a major obstacle to a deal being agreed. we are at that point in proceedings where i have been watching in the media various briefings, everywhere from saying we are on the verge of an agreement, everything through to israel saying they will not agree to a ceasefire that would permanently end the war. i think the key thing to remember at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these various briefings and different things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word potentially from the egyptian mediators who are actually in charge of the talks in cairo, really or that isjust in charge of the talks in cairo, really or that is just background noise. what we do know is that one of key sticking point is the idea of a permanent ceasefire. we know that

is a key part of what hamas is asking for out of this deal, the idea that there would be an eventual end to this war rather than just a temporary ceasefire. israel equally say that without a ground offensive in rafah, which benjamin netanyahu has been talking about for months, they say they cannot deliver on that promise of fully removing hamas from gaza. in fact they are saying that evenif gaza. in fact they are saying that even if there is a deal, that military operation will still go ahead. at the moment, a lot going on behind closed doors, a lot of rumour and speculation and conjecture but in concrete terms right now, we are no further forward. joining me now from doha is mahjoob zweiri. thank you for your time. us secretary of state antony blinken says the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire

is hamas and this deal is a no—brainerfor hamas. in your view, is it that simple? i no-brainer for hamas. in your view, is it that simple?— is it that simple? i am not sure that is reflecting _ is it that simple? i am not sure that is reflecting the _ is it that simple? i am not sure that is reflecting the realities l is it that simple? i am not sure l that is reflecting the realities on the ground. it is obvious in the last 2a—hours that there is a huge confusion about the status quo. what we are gathering at the moment is that hamas is showing according to its leadership flexibility on some matters and a discussion now about the first stage or the first phase of the ceasefire which is... it should last a2 days and this phase basically was part of the three phases discussed a few months ago according to the paris meetings between different mediators and israelis. basically now, the confusion now is about whether they will hope to discuss the three

phases now were actually there will be a discussion on the first phase which is basically 30 days of ceasefire, a2, and then release 33 israelis and a number of the palestinian prisoners, the number has not been released about how many prisoners, and allowing more humanitarian aid and for some palestinians to come from the north to the south without israeli intervention. the confusion is now whether actually there will be agreement on that and the delay to other issues later on after meeting the agreement and discussing the other elements and we are waiting to hear from other elements and we are waiting to hearfrom cairo other elements and we are waiting to hear from cairo whether this will be approved by these worries are not because the time this has been released in the day, the israeli media has two signals from the military and the prime minister office, that they will go ahead with

the rafah operation regardless of an agreement. if this is the case, i am at your there will be a deal. the israeli allies _ at your there will be a deal. the israeli allies have _ at your there will be a deal. the israeli allies have been concerned about that offensive. what would happen if as benjamin netanyahu has said, that rafah offensive proceeds? i think considering what is happening in different countries today, what is happening in different universities, what is happening when it has come to public opinion about the war in gaza, the real reflection on the failure of governments of having a solution in putting pressure on benjamin netanyahu to accept the ceasefire, i think this would put more pressure on the americans. the biden administration have repeated more than six times thatjoe biden personally is following up on this negotiation. what does that reflect? it does reflect that there is a desperate need for a ceasefire

whether for election reasons so to ease the pressure on the administration from this demonstration orfrom administration from this demonstration or from the pressure from different countries in the region, and european countries. there is any full ceasefire and i think all of the parties realise that. one the issues is how to get benjamin netanyahu to delay the rafah operation and then talk about other things. rafah operation and then talk about otherthings. i rafah operation and then talk about other things-— other things. i 'ust want to tell our other things. i 'ust want to tell viewers _ other things. i just want to tell our viewers what _ other things. i just want to tell our viewers what we _ other things. i just want to tell our viewers what we are - other things. i just want to tell l our viewers what we are showing on—air right now are protests in tel aviv. it is a good point to ask, benjamin netanyahu is facing several domestic pressures as well, not only from his own war cabinet but also from his own war cabinet but also from the people of israel. that from his own war cabinet but also from the people of israel.- from the people of israel. that is actually another _ from the people of israel. that is actually another issue. _ from the people of israel. that is actually another issue. it - from the people of israel. that is actually another issue. it is - actually another issue. it is obvious that... actually another issue. it is obvious that. . ._ actually another issue. it is obvious that... it is

obvious that... these go on. it is obvious that... these go on. it is obvious that _ obvious that... these go on. it is obvious that the _ obvious that... these go on. it is obvious that the government - obvious that... these go on. it is obvious that the government is l obvious that... these go on. it is - obvious that the government is under severe pressure from public opinion. it is very strange that while this pressure has not put enough pressure... has not capitalised to reach the point where benjamin netanyahu gives any kind of position, he is obviously playing on different elements, a division within the israeli politics, it seems, and that house benjamin netanyahu to agree... to disagree on any solution. i am sure with this kind of protest and criticism, i am sure there will be more pressure on him. again, with this kind of mood and demonisation, that it is only hamas that is the problem, i think the americans are helping benjamin netanyahu indirectly under not recognise that one of the main players is benjamin netanyahu himself as the prime minister of israel. �* , , , ., .,

israel. and briefly, i 'ust want to talk about the h israel. and briefly, i just want to talk about the pressure - israel. and briefly, i just want to talk about the pressure on - israel. and briefly, i just want to talk about the pressure on the l talk about the pressure on the mediators because it has been said there has been pressure on qatar and there has been pressure on qatar and the process has been abused because of narrow political interests. how is qatar approaching its role as a mediator right now? it is qatar approaching its role as a mediator right now?— mediator right now? it was clear from day one. — mediator right now? it was clear from day one, mediator- mediator right now? it was clear from day one, mediator meansl from day one, mediator means bringing the parties together and not imposing solutions. benjamin netanyahu was the mediator to impose solutions. i think this has not been the case of the mediation, if you follow over the last five years, they always try to bring parties together. benjamin netanyahu trying together. benjamin netanyahu trying to demonise qatar and putting pressure on the americans and i think that has upset qatar a lot. that is the reason why we have this statement today, reviewing the role of mediation. statement today, reviewing the role of mediation-— of mediation. thank you very much. and 'ust of mediation. thank you very much. and just adding _ of mediation. thank you very much. and just adding the _ of mediation. thank you very much. and just adding the us _ of mediation. thank you very much. and just adding the us has - of mediation. thank you very much. and just adding the us has also -

of mediation. thank you very much. l and just adding the us has also been putting pressure on qatar, according to reports for more calls on hamas for a ceasefire. that is the position that qatar does not want to be in. thank you very much will your time. authorities in brazil's southernmost state of rio grandee do sool, are warning that rising water levels are putting dams under strain and threatening the metropolis of porto allegre — as heavy rainfall continues to batter the region. the death toll from floods and mudslides, triggered by days of torrential downpours, has now risen to 56, with almost 70 people missing. rescuers in boats and planes are searching the ruins of collapsed homes, bridges and roads. the army has been drafted in to clear debris, distribute aid and set up shelters. in mexico, three bodies have been found during a search for two australians and an american who went missing last week during a

surfing trip. australian brothers jake and callum robinson — shown on the far left and far right — and their american friend jack carter were on vacation near the coastal city of ensenada in the northwestern state of bahar california when they failed to turn up at the planned accomodation. the bodies have not yet been identified. let's get some of the day's other news now. regional officials in ukraine say russia has launched another overnight drone attack on ukraine's kharkiv and dnipro regions. the ukrainian air force says russian forces launched 13 drones, all of which were intercepted and downed. however, fragments of downed shahed drones caused fires in an office building, a warehouse and a building of a tyre service in kharkiv. india and japan have both criticised presidentjoe biden for adding them to a list of countries he described as "xenophobic".

mr biden had been trying to make a point, about immigration being good for economic growth. india's foreign minister responded — saying his country was very open, and had one of the world's fastest growing economies. japan said mr biden's remarks were unfortunate and misguided. new data from vietnam reveals more than 100 weather stations have broken record temperatures in april. the country saw three waves of high temperatures that month, with the mercury peaking at aa degrees celsius in two towns earlier this week. extreme heat has hit large parts of asia in recent weeks, triggering heatstroke deaths and school closures. tens of thousands of madonna fans in brazil are gathering on rio's copacabana beach for the american pop star's free concert later today. some have camped out overnight to ensure a prime spot, and get a chance to watch the star rehearse on stage.

more than 1.5 million people are expected to attend. the free gig is a thank you to herfans for decades of support. she is winding up her global celebrations tour, which has visited 1a countries since its launch in october. i think we have some live pictures to show you. doesn't it look nice? stay with us on bbc news. plenty more to come. hello there. saturday saw much cooler weather across scotland and northern ireland. friday was a really warm and sunny day. one of the warmest we have seen actually this year with temperatures widely 23 degrees in western scotland, while temperatures are around 9 degrees lower today. the reason for that change is we had much more extensive cloud and the cloud was thick enough

to bring some quite persistent rain to northern ireland, extending southwards from scotland to the north of both england and wales. the best of the sunshine to the south of that. 0vernight tonight, we will keep those cloudy skies in place across scotland and northern ireland. still with a few patches of rain around, a few mist areas as well. across wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england, dry to start off with tonight. we will probably start to see some rain arrive towards south—western and by the end of the night and that rain is all tied in with the weather front moving up from france. through sunday, that weather front will extend northwards, bringing rain across from south—west england into southern wales, central southern england. scotland and northern ireland stay cloudy with a few patches of rain. the best of the sunshine will be across north wales, parts of northern england, the midlands, east anglia and south—east england. where the sunshine comes out, it should feel quite pleasant. heading into bank holiday monday, low—pressure to the south of the uk with this weather front still bringing the threat of some rain across southern counties of england.

the rain may turn more showery in nature through the afternoon but those showers could be heavy and thundery. further north, we are likely to see some thunderstorms break out across parts of scotland and northern england as well but that still leaves part of wales into the midlands and parts of northern england where we will have the best of the day's sunshine breaking through. temperatures not doing too badly. highs between 15 and 17 degrees but then as we look at the forecast deeper into next week, high pressure is going to start to dominate the weather picture. not the strongest high you have ever seen so there will still be some showers around. and for tuesday, those showers are most likely to form across western areas of the country. the best of the sunshine, a east anglia, southern counties of england. northern ireland not doing too badly as well. top temperatures ranging from around 16 to 19 degrees celsius, feeling pleasant in any sunshine. and the trend is for there to be quite a lot of dry weather through the rest of the week ahead with temperatures rising and the warmest spots more likely into the low 20s.

this is bbc news. the headlines: effo rts efforts are intensifying to secure a deal for the release of hostages in gaza and a ceasefire as talks take place in egypt. a hamas delegation is attending talks in cairo. labour's sadiq khan has been elected for a record third term as london mayor defeating conservative susan

hall. andy burnham is also re—elected to a third term as mayor of to manchester, while in the west midlands, the too close to call come up midlands, the too close to call come up with conservative incumbent andy street hoping to hold on. the death toll in brazil reaches 56 after flooding and mudslides. the death toll in brazil reaches 56 afterflooding and mudslides. almost 70 people are missing. prison authorities are warning rising water levels are putting dams under strain and threatening the metropolis of porto alegre. in the wait is almost over for the world's largest live music event, with the eurovision song contest kicking off. —— and the weight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. back in the premier league for the first time since 2002 — an ecstatic portman road, as ipswich are promoted to the top flight.

arsenal cruise past bournemouth to go four points clear at the top