this is bbc news. the headlines... sir keir starmer says his welfare reforms strike "the right balance" after making concessions to his own backbench mps. speaking to the welsh labour conference, the prime minister said he was committed to making changes. we have a report from the iranian capital, where a major state funeral took place honouring military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel during its 12-day war. record numbers are expected at hungary's annual pride march in budapest, despite the prime minister's attempt to ban any material that "propogates" homosexuality. and the second full day

of glastonbury festival is well and truly under way, with neil young, doechii and charli xcx set to headline at worthy farm later today. and all eyes are on a secret set by the

could there be a more glamorous and elegant location for a night of great music than the palais garnier? this jewel of a theatre,

built for napoleon iii, one of the homes of paris national opera. tonight, yannick nezet-seguin conducts the vienna philharmonic.

cheering and applause the prelude to carmen. this is one of opera's greatest duets. # c'etait le soir! # dans l'air par la brise attiedi # les brahmines # au front inonde de lumiere # appelaient lentement # la foule a la priere!

# au fond du temple saint # pare de fleurs et d'or # une femme apparait! je crois la voir encore! # je crois la voir encore! # la foule prosternee # la regarde, etonnee

# et murmure tout bas # voyez, c'est la deesse # qui dans l'ombre se dresse # et vers nous # tend les bras! # son voile se souleve! # o vision! o reve! # la foule est a genoux! both: # oui, c'est elle! c'est la deesse # plus charmante et plus belle!

# oui, c'est elle! # c'est la deesse # qui descend parmi nous! # son voile se souleve # et la foule est a genoux! # mais a travers la foule

# elle s'ouvre un passage! # son long voile deja # nous cache son visage! # mon regard, helas! # la cherche en vain! # elle fuit! # mais dans mon ame soudain # quelle etrange ardeur s'allume!

# quel feu nouveau me consume! # ta main repousse ma main! # de nos coeurs l'amour s'empare # et nous change en ennemis! # non, que rien ne nous separe! # non, rien! que rien ne nous separe # non, rien! # jurons de rester amis! jurons de rester amis! # jurons de rester amis! both: # oh, oui, jurons de rester amis! # oui, c'est elle! # c'est la deesse! # en ce jour qui vient nous unir # et fidele a ma promesse # comme un frere

je veux te cherir! # c'est elle, c'est la deesse # qui vient en ce jour nous unir! # oui, partageons le meme sort # soyons unis # jusqu'a la mort! #

cheering and applause

now, would you say that jacket is purple? claret, perhaps?

rolando villazon. tenor, born in mexico city. a fixture in the world's premier opera houses for a quarter of a century now. he's going to sing from another french opera, jules massenet's le cid. dreams of glory gone. le cid offers a prayer. # ah! # tout est bien fini # mon beau reve de gloire

# mes reves de bonheur # s'envolent # a jamais! # tu m'as pris mon amour # tu me prends la victoire # seigneur # je me soumets!

# o souverain # o juge, o pere # toujours voile # present toujours # je t'adorais # au temps prospere # et te benis aux sombres jours! # je vais ou # la loi me reclame # libre de tous # regrets humains! # o souverain

# o juge, o pere # ta seule image est dans mon ame # que je remets # entre tes mains! # o firmament # azur, lumiere # esprits d'en haut # penches sur moi # c'est le soldat que desespere

# mais le chretien garde sa foi # tu peux venir # tu peux paraitre # aurore du jour eternel # o souverain # o juge, o pere! # le serviteur d'un juste maitre # repond sans crainte # a ton appel

# o souverain # o juge # o pere! # cheering and applause an aria that makes enornous demands of its singer. rolando villazon, performing from massenet's le cid. cheering and applause continues and at this point in the evening, it's time for a drinking song. let's charge those joyous chalices.

audience chuckles # libiamo, libiamo ne' lieti calici # che la bellezza infiora # e la fuggevol, fuggevol ora # s'inebri a volutta # libiam nei dolci fremiti # che suscita l'amore # poiche quell'occhio al core # onnipossente va # libiamo, amore, amor fra i calici # piu caldi baci avra # tra voi, tra voi

sapro dividere # il tempo mio giocondo # tutto e follia, follia nel mondo # cio che non e piacer # godiam, fugace e rapido # e il gaudio dell'amore # e un fior che nasce e muore # neto piu si puo goder # godiam, c'invita, c'invita un fervido # accento lusinghier

# la vita e nel tripudio # quando non s'ami ancora # nol dite a chi l'ignora # e il mio destin cosi both: # godiamo, la tazza, la tazza e il cantico # la notte abbella e il riso # in questo, in questo paradiso # neto scopra il nuovo di # ah, ah, ah, ne scopra il di # aaaah # ah, si! # cheering and applause sonya yoncheva and rolando villazon singing the drinking song from verdi's la traviata. as violetta sings to alfredo, "we should enjoy ourselves,

"love is a fleeting and quick thing. "like a flower, it blooms and dulls." applause continues yuja wang joins the stage party, after her thrilling performance of the opening movement of tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. the end of this glittering gala marking the 150th anniversary of this grand theatre, the palais garnier, named after charles garnier, the great architect who bequeathed a true theatrical landmark upon the french capital. from me, petroc trelawny, goodnight. applause continues

live from london, this is bbc news. prime minister sir keir starmer says that fixing what he called a broken welfare system is a moral imperative, after his government's recent u-turn. fixing it is a moral imperative but we need to do it in a labour way. and we will. iran has held a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists assassinated by israel earlier this month. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is braced for a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than

40 degrees celsius. and we'll be live from glastonbury festival