Podcast Six O'Clock News

The former Deputy Prime Minister has warned that Labour is on its 'last chance' and 'needs to change now' -- following the party's losses in local elections. Angela Rayner has backed Andy Burnham to return to Westminster as the Prime Minister faces calls from within Labour to step down. Also: British passengers from the cruise ship hit by an outbreak of hantavirus are being flown back to the UK after landing in Tenerife. And the Netflix drama, Adolescence, picks up more prizes at the television BAFTAs in London.

Sir Keir Starmer insists he won't step down following his party's heavy election losses in England, Wales and Scotland — but one former minister says she'll try to trigger a leadership contest next week if no-one in the Cabinet comes forward. Also: President Putin watches a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Moscow as a three day ceasefire with Ukraine begins. And British nationals on board the cruise ship at the centre of the hantavirus outbreak are to be taken to a Merseyside hospital.

The Labour party has suffered huge losses in English local elections and has lost control of the parliament in Wales, while Reform makes historic gains. The Scottish National Party eye a record fifth term in power, but without an overall majority. There are gains too for the Greens and Liberal Democrats. Sir Keir Starmer has defied calls to step down, saying that would plunge the UK into chaos.

Two men have been found guilty of spying for Beijing, by passing on information about Hong Kong Democracy activists living in the UK. Also: The World Health Organisation has stressed that an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic does not signal the beginning of a pandemic. And Sir David Attenborough reveals the celebrations for his 100th birthday tomorrow won't be quite as he'd originally planned.

A British doctor is among three people who've been airlifted from the cruise ship hit by an outbreak of a deadly virus. Also: An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson says officials are reviewing a new US proposal to end the war. And the American media mogul Ted Turner, who launched CNN, has died at the age of 87.

Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of criminal damage after targeting the UK site of a defence firm with an Israeli parent company. Also: Prosecutors have been told to fast-track hate crime cases after what's been described as a deeply troubling rise in antisemitic incidents across the country. And Nigel Farage answers questions about a five million pound gift he received from a billionaire supporter two years ago.

The US military says some of its navy destroyers have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, and are now operating in the Gulf, as part of President Trump's operation to break Iran's blockade. Also: Two people have been killed in Leipzig, as a car drives into a crowd in the centre of the German city. And scientists say deep-sea mining in parts of the world’s oceans would likely breach global commitments to protect nature.