ICloud says its full but my next backup is under 5GB

I got an alert saying that my iCloud storage was full, yet my last backup was 4.6GB. I've deleted 300 photos, and it says my next backup is 4.5GB and it still won't let me back it up. (I thought it would be less than that as I deleted so many photos). How can I sort this so I can backup my phone to iCloud?
There is also a message saying that an extra 4.3GB is required to backup the phone... but the next backup is only 4.5GB so I don't understand this.
And also, do you need to have your photo library in the backup if you have photo stream? I've read that photo stream backs the photos up so you don't need photo library but i'm not sure on this.
Thanks

I don't have beta, I wasn't sure what it was so I never selected it.
My mail is empty so its not that either.
If I deleted the photo library from the backup would the pictures still be in the backup?
Also, in my usage, it says that I have 2.9GB of photos, yet on my iCloud it says I have 3.2GB, which I don't understand?

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