as south africa's political parties hold final rallies ahead of wednesday's general election, will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win? music plays. with radio 1's big weekend under way, headline act and brit award winner raye talks to the bbc. i'm excited, i'm nervous, lam. there's a lot of people here, you know. - 35,000, to be precise. bloody... wow! hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start in ukraine — president zelensky has denounced a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore in the country's second largest city, kharkiv, as an act of �*russian madness�*. officials said at least two people were killed and more than 30 others injured, when two glide bombs struck the diy store on saturday afternoon. the shop is in a residential area,

and ukrainian officials reported that russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. the mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. earlier this month, russian forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. here's one of the shop workers explaining what happened. translation: i was at work in the furniture section - when there was a first hit. me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. there was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. we were covered in it, our faces, too. we started to dig our way up to the top. there, the extinguishing system had started working. we grabbed a few people and an emergency service guy who was shopping saved us. he was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. me, my colleague and another boy as well as a shopper and his girlfriend made it out.

0ur international editor jeremy bowen is at the scene of the attack in kharkiv. i've just been talking to the mayor. he said this happened about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which as i speak to you now, is a couple of hours ago. two people were killed, he says, here in the parking area. there are, ithink, 11 people, employees of the business who are missing at the moment. it's a diy superstore, an obvious place, you'd think, for civilians to go on a saturday afternoon. one of the strange incongruities of the war is that in a way, a modicum of normal life does go on while the war continues. so, people were out doing what they had to do when this place was hit, they say, by two russian glide bombs. now, this will underline the anxiety that ukrainians feel about not having suitable air defenses. president zelensky has said so repeatedly and he's said so again now after this,

that ukraine needs to be able to defend itself, and of course it relies upon its western allies for doing all of that. from the russian point of view, this is another sign of their growing strength and the way in which they're taking advantage of what appears to be a window of opportunity for them to up their military effort while ukraine waits for the kind of reinforcements of weapons and ammunition that it wants from its allies, which have been held up, particularly in the united states. and also, while the ukrainians train more troops, there's a manpower shortage, too. so, this, quite frankly, at the moment is for the ukrainians, one of the most anxious periods since those first months after the full—scale invasion more than two years ago.

let's speak to cyrille amoursky, a journalist for la chaine info channel. he'sjoining me from kharkiv, just in front of the shopping centre which was attacked today. i gather you manage to get inside after the attack. were they looking for survivors at that point? we know that five but — for survivors at that point? we know that five but there _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may be _ for survivors at that point? we know that five but there may be other - that five but there may be other people inside the shopping centre because what the mayor has said is that at the moment of the explosion, there were 100 people inside it. so this is an operation that is ongoing in terms of searching for people that are inside. firefighters were inside of the building with water cannons trying to find any potential survivors but also trying to find any people who might be in the rubble, and if anyone has survived

and is still in the building. find and is still in the building. and what have _ and is still in the building. and what have people been telling you about how the money for these attacks coming on quite regularly? yes, in a sense it has been more than two years with the law. this area was gone, it was bombed in the first months of the invasion in 2022. so, the area that was just a bit further from here was almost completely drunk in the first weeks of the invasion. so people are used of the invasion. so people are used of the invasion. so people are used of the situation. for an international correspondence, when you come here and see that people are continuing to live, it is not the first thing to happen today, another explosion happened close by, to kilometres away, where civilians were injured. we are already trying to remove all of the pieces of glass

that were on the ground because they wanted to see their life going on and continuing. the ukrainian people are, in a sense, use of the war and they will keep going. you are, in a sense, use of the war and they will keep going.— are, in a sense, use of the war and they will keep going. you talk about they will keep going. you talk about the --eole they will keep going. you talk about the peeple who _ they will keep going. you talk about the people who are _ they will keep going. you talk about the people who are staying - they will keep going. you talk about the people who are staying and - they will keep going. you talk about the people who are staying and are| the people who are staying and are keeping on going. i am talking about leaving because of the attack today? i have not met many people who say this, but yes. some people have said that they came back to kharkiv after the first months of the invasion in 2022. they decided to come back and now they think the tax may be more intense in the next coming days. specifically, in the last three, four or five days, the attacks are really intense and they are really targeting civilian infrastructure. you may see some of the smoke behind. this is a civilian infrastructure, all of these

civilians were insider, there was known militarily inside there. more and more people are thinking about maybe moving to a city that is further away from the front line and military operations that are ongoing right now in the north of the region. in the same people in nearby towns. ,, ., , region. in the same people in nearby towns, ,, ., , ,. , region. in the same people in nearby towns. ,, ., , ,. , ., region. in the same people in nearby towns. ,, ., , _ , ., towns. shows pictures of you when ou went towns. shows pictures of you when you went into _ towns. shows pictures of you when you went into the _ towns. shows pictures of you when you went into the building - towns. shows pictures of you when you went into the building just - you went into the building just after it had happened and when the fire was still raging. tell us about the state at the moment on the ground. do people get the sense that the russian advance is moving forward that they will encircle kharkiv? ., , , ., , , kharkiv? no, this is not the sense that i'm getting- _ kharkiv? no, this is not the sense that i'm getting. the _ kharkiv? no, this is not the sense that i'm getting. the ukrainian . that i'm getting. the ukrainian military has managed to contain russian invasion. this is something thatis russian invasion. this is something that is confirmed, as well, by military sources that are on the ground in the villages around the city that was posited today. but the

russians still did not manage to catch them. street after street, people are fighting, actually russians are being put back. what is happening directly on the ground is very difficult to verify because we don't have many records right now. 0bviously, we're 50,000 — 70,000 soldiers that are kharkiv region, obviously it is not enough to move to the city of kharkiv for russians. 0ne to the city of kharkiv for russians. one last thing, is that if the russians managed to advance a little bit further, then it will be more open with artillery and missiles. i have to run away because all the people are running as well. something may happen any minute.

in the uk — the conservatives and labour have been setting out their positions on the economy, in the first weekend of campaigning forjuly�*s election. in a newspaper article the chancellor has hinted at tax breaks for high earners — while labour's shadow chancellor said she had �*no plans' to raise the tax burden on working people. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. day three of the election campaign and the labour leader is hoping for a path to victory. going door to door in the west midlands this morning, sir keir starmer said he wanted 16 and 17—year—olds to be able to vote and asked people to trust labour to manage the economy. stability now is change. it's strange to say that in 2024, but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming labour government and that is what we'll make an absolute priority if we're privileged enough to come in to serve. hello, richard. visiting a supermarket in london, the woman who's pitching to be in charge of the public finances, rachel reeves, promised she would never play fast and loose with taxpayers money. all parties received a warning

from the independent institute for fiscal studies today to be open with voters about the economic challenges ahead. no chance to ask the prime minister for his thoughts, though. he had a chat with some veterans in the north of england. is your campaign on track with later spotted leaving conservative headquarters tight lipped, a junior minister taking questions instead. inflation was sort of 11%, 11.1%. now it's down to almost target 2.3%. that doesn't happen by accident. it's not all the government working in partnership - with the bank of england. but what that means is that nowl we are now back on to a situation where things can start to improve and get hetteh _ hello. hello there. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, made the most of the sunshine in chichester today to set out his economic approach. we, the ones talking about the windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. i've already made clear that the tax cuts to the big banks the conservatives have given

since 2015, they need to be reversed and we'll show that we are being responsible. no guarantees for any party that the rest of the campaign will be plain sailing. leila nathoo, bbc news. and a reminder — you can follow all the latest on the general election on our website. we're running a live page with continuous updates. you can find that on the bbc news app or bbc.com/news now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. manchester united have won the english fa cup, beating rivals manchester city 2—1 at wembley in a match that many had billed as erik ten hag's last in charge of united. as rumours swirled that the manager might be sacked regardless of the result, his team produced a shock against the premier league champions, alejandro garnacho taking advantage of a mistake to score the first, which another teenager kobbie mainoo added to before half time. manchester city were attempting to win a historic second league and cup double in a row. but even thoutheremy doku scored late on, united held

on for the victory — a 13th fa cup, a place in europe, and a trophy in each of ten hag's two seasons as boss. the team is progressing and winning trophies. three finance committee trophies. three finance committee trophies in ten years, we have to keep going. i am not satisfied with it, we have to do better. if they don't want then i can go anywhere to win trophies because that is what i did. simon many of his decision... if anything happens, then we... [30 if anything happens, then we... do ou ifanything happens, then we... do you feel that it was the case that she you — you feel that it was the case that she you thought it was better? many things happen in the final

today, many decisions. so, many things happen, and at the end, they scored two goals and we could not score more. while city couldn't claim a double, celtic did by winning the scottish cup final, they too beating their rivals rangers in an old firm derby. it took until the 90th minute for the only goal of the game to arrive, adam idah pouncing on an error by rangers goalkeeperjack butland to give celtic yet another trophy, claiming the scottish cup for a record—extending 42nd time. bayer leverkusen are looking to complete the domestic double, they're1—0 up against kaiserslauten in the german cup final, thanks to granit xhaka's goal but are down to ten men. after 0dilon kossounou's red card in france, psg are also looking to complete the double, they're taking on lyon. it's still goal less with around 15 minutes played. it's been a day of football finals. and barcelona have won back to back women's champions league titles. the defending champions beat eight—time winners lyon 2—0 in bilbao. aitana bonmati opened the scoring in the second half. that's before alexia putellas sealed the win with a second in injury time. it's barca's third champions league title and the first time they have beaten lyon in five attempts, reversing the result from the final two years ago.

bbc sport understands that vincent kompany has agreed a deal in principle to become the new bayern munich coach. the german side moved for kompany after a series of rejections in their search for a successor to thomas tuchel. kompany�*s new deal is believed to run through until 2027, with bayern set to pay burnley over 10m pounds in compensation. england have won the second t20 against pakistan, as both continue their preparations for next month's t20 world cup. captainjos buttler smashed 84 after england were put into bat at edgbaston. their 183—7 was too much for pakistan to chase, withjofra archer taking two wickets in the fast bowler�*s first international appearance in 1a months, helping his side to a 23 run win. charles leclerc will start sunday's monaco grand prix in pole position. the ferrari driver claimed pole at his home race for the third time in his career and his team's 250th in their history. 0scar piastri will line up alongside him on the grid for mclaren. the other ferrari of

carlos sainz was third. tolouse have won rugby union's champions cup after a dramatic win over leinster at the tottenham hotspur stadium. the game was tied at 15 all and went to extra time, before the french side went on to take victory by 31—22. it is their 6th european title, scotland's blair kinghorn kicked 12 points for toulouse. taday pogarcher claimed his sixth stage win on the penultimate day at the giro d'italia. the slovenian finished more than two minutes ahead of his rivals to extend his overall lead to almost ten minutes, withjust sunday's processional run to rome to go. britain's geraint thomas was seventh on his 38th birthday and will claim third overall behind dani martinez. to india now. officials say at least 20 people have died in a massive fire at a games arcade. the blaze broke out at a complex in gujarat on saturday afternoon, when the mall was packed with children and young people.

there are fears more victims may be trapped under the wreckage and a search mission has been launched. rescue teams have saved several people and they've been taken to local hospitals. police say both the owner and manager of the gaming zone are among several people who've been detained in connection with the fire. political rallies have taken place across south africa, as parties make theirfinal attempts to win support ahead of wednesday's election. they are seen as the most tightly contested elections since the advent of democracy in 1994. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, has promised to focus on job creation if the governing african national congress is voted back into power next week. the main opposition democratic alliance and two anc break away parties are also holding final rallies over the weekend. we are here at the stadium where the world cup final was held back in

2010. they are packing up the stage, the lights are about to be switched off, but this is the climax of the months of campaigning by the ruling anc party. the president was here earlier today addressing thousands of the party supporters and its members. this is the party of nelson mandela. it was at the forefront of bringing an end to the apartheid regime. despite that legacy and rich history, there are questions about what is done to transform south african society. there is a focus on the economy, as you'll see anywhere else in the world. there is a slow growth and high unemployment rates, and were some of the key issues that the president had to address when you spoke it on the stage just behind. you spoke it on the stage 'ust

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the announcement comes after one passenger died and dozens were injured during severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight from london to singapore. a pilot has died after a spitfire crashed in a field close to an raf station in the uk. the iconic aircraft belonged to the battle of britain memorial flight based at nearby raf coningsby. the historic military planes are frequently seen at air shows and other events during the summer. jake zuckerman reports. police were called to a field of brick road in coningsby roads in the area were closed and cordoned off. the crash site itself is visible across fields, and the aircraft, now partly covered by a tarpaulin, appears to have come down very close to a small house or bungalow. emergency services are still at the scene this evening with fire crews from louth, woodhall spa and horncastle now, the crash site itself is very close to the runway here at raf coningsby, where the battle of britain memorial flight is based.

at the moment, the raf have only said that they are aware of the incident and that it involves one of their aircraft. the raf say they are working with emergency services and supporting those involved and that they will provide updates in due course. we had a statement from the prince and princess of wales to hear they are sad to hear about the death of the pilot in the raf spitfire. nicki minaj has been arrested at an airport in the netherlands while on her way to the uk as part of her world tour. the american rap star was stopped by police at amsterdam's schipol airport on suspicion of carrying drugs in her luggage. the star strongly denied possessing any illegal substances but was told she'd have to accompany officers to a nearby police station. she had already complained about airport staff selecting

her bags for a thorough search. nicki minaj is due to perform at the co—op live in manchester tonight. festival season is well and truly under way — with bbc radio 0ne's big weekend kicking off in luton in the uk. it's day two of the event — with record—breaking brit award winner raye topping the bill on saturday evening. pria rai from bbc newsbeat, who's at the festival for us, wasjoined by — guess who? i do have a very special guest. and she goes by the name of raye. welcome to luton. how are you feeling about being here? girl, i am excited, i am nervous, iam, there is a lot of people here, you know. 25,000, to be precise. wow. keep it clean. no, i am very... i am excited, i am nervous, and i hope i am going to do a good enough job, it is my first ever headline ever. what does it mean to you to be a female, british headliner?

it is a really, really big deal. i remember my first ever trip to big weekend, and i was a guest vocalist with jakjones years ago, and then a guest vocalist again, and finally i had my first set last year. it has been a bit, oh wow. you are the name on everybody's lips right now. we are soaking up mable now. yeah, i think she looks absolutely stunning, she sounds amazing, the production is beautiful. so many people are trying to wave at you as we have this conversation. i want to ask about how you go about deciding your set list because you've got a huge catalogue to choose from. how do you balance what you want to play versus what this lot are going to want to hear? the balance is important, you know, and i realise that. i know i need to do some songs.

you need crowd pleasers and crowd favourites... sorry, i wrote this song. oh, that is so... you are an award winning songwriter. we are going to do some... icons multicast to save my life. if we are going to do some. .. icons multicast to save my life.- multicast to save my life. if you want to sing. — multicast to save my life. if you want to sing. go _ multicast to save my life. if you want to sing, go ahead. - multicast to save my life. if you want to sing, go ahead. they i multicast to save my life. if you | want to sing, go ahead. they are auoin to want to sing, go ahead. they are going to come — want to sing, go ahead. they are going to come as _ want to sing, go ahead. they are going to come as many - want to sing, go ahead. they are| going to come as many musicians as they would let us bet on that stage. climax to a full band? yes, a full band. there is a 30 piece choir made up band. there is a 30 piece choir made up of young kids who are so talented. it is going to be beautiful.— talented. it is going to be beautiful. ., ., ., ~ , talented. it is going to be beautiful. ., ., .,~ , ., beautiful. you are taking this whole rise since 2013, _ beautiful. you are taking this whole rise since 2013, but _ beautiful. you are taking this whole rise since 2013, but are _ beautiful. you are taking this whole rise since 2013, but are you - beautiful. you are taking this whole rise since 2013, but are you feeling | rise since 2013, but are you feeling the nerves— rise since 2013, but are you feeling the nerves and pressure of

headlining? how you handling it? | headlining? how you handling it? i think headlining? how you handling it? think it's headlining? how you handling it? i think it'sjust, when the have think it's just, when the have waited so long for opportunities like this, and all the doors are opening for me to open, i would be kicking myself if i didn't give it everything that i had an i'm really so grateful. i really am. so, iam just trying to give it my all and do the best that i can with an opportunity like this and everything that has happened to me this year, it is really kind of nuts. i will that has happened to me this year, it is really kind of nuts.— it is really kind of nuts. i will be out there _ it is really kind of nuts. i will be out there with _ it is really kind of nuts. i will be out there with 35,000 - it is really kind of nuts. i will be out there with 35,000 other - out there with 35,000 other people here at— out there with 35,000 other people here at the big weekend. and if you're watching in the uk — you can see all of the performances from across all four stages on the bbc iplayer — raye, mabel and charli xcx are among the acts performing today — head to the iplayer for all the latest from bbc radio 1's big weekend in luton. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. the weather's been a bit warmer for many of us today, with more sunshine around as well. but things are going to change as it gets wetter overnight, leading into a mixture for sunday and bank holiday monday of some sunshine, but also some heavy and thundery showers. it's warm today, though, across the north—west of england, where we had the sunshine. very different picture, though, earlier on in norfolk and here in suffolk with cloud and some rain. and that cloud has been coming in from off the north sea, dampening things down somewhat. we've also got this cloud that's pushing in from the south—west, and this is where we're seeing some rain arriving as well. and that cloud of rain that we've got across south—western areas will continue to work its way northwards and eastwards into more of england and wales overnight. some heavier rain develops in northern england, pushes into southern scotland, too. so, with a lot of cloud overnight

and it getting wetter as well, temperatures should be typically 10 or 11 degrees by the morning. and quite a wet start for some of us early on sunday morning — these two areas of rain are pushing their way northwards. and following on from that, we'll get some sunshine, but we'll see those showers developing as well, and those showers could be heavy and thundery. the greatest risk of some slow—moving, thundery downpours will be across northern england, into the midlands, across to east anglia — risk of some local flooding as well. but with more showers around on sunday, temperatures are going to be lower than today. still could make 19 degrees, perhaps, in south—eastern parts of england. those showers are still around into the evening and they will tend to fade away from england and wales, but we'll keep some wetter weather for longer further north. and here, we've got this area of low pressure that will still be sitting close by into bank holiday monday, and again, we've got a mixture of sunshine and some showers. now, many places may start dry across england and wales and northern ireland, but the cloud will bubble up, there will be a scattering of showers developing.

perhaps the heavier ones are going to be across central and northern parts of scotland with some thunder. again, in the sunshine and in the light winds, it will feel pleasant enough. those temperatures are typically going to be 16 or 17 degrees, and those numbers are not really going to change much over the week ahead. we'll keep a south—westerly wind going into the early parts of next week, eventually turning to more of a north—westerly and cooling things down a bit in the far north—west. but otherwise, it's still going to be very unsettled — more areas of low pressure coming in, bringing showers or longer spells of rain and some sunshine in between.

this is bbc news, the headlines... ukraine says russia bombed a superstore in kharkiv where 200 people are thought to have been shopping, killing at least two people and injuring others. earlier, ukrainian officials said russia targeted the city in an overnight attack, damaging a school and numerous buildings. the amount of people that have given me an umbrella over the last couple of days! here in the uk, party leaders hit the campaign trail for the general election, amidst a growing exodus of conservative mps. campaigning out in west midlands, sir keir starmer says labour will lower the voting age to 16 if its party wins. with south africa's general election just days away, will nelson mandela's legacy be enough to secure another anc win? political parties round up their final campaign rallies in anticipation for what's expected to be the most tightly contested

poll since democracy was introduced 30 years ago. now on bbc news, it's time for today's episode of newscast with laura kuenssberg and paddy o'connell. paddy, you weren't here last week, abandoning me. well, it was much better last week, i thought. i missed you very much. henry and i talked about food, and we talked about what newscasters have on sunday morning breakfast because keir starmer had been cooking breakfast on a rival broadcast channel. so we were very happy to get newscasters suggestions of what they had for breakfast and brunch. but would you like to know now we are in an election campaign which also wasn't happening last week, what the leaders have to keep going on the trail? yes, i know. i somehow know that rishi sunak will have a sort of energy bar or a muesli thing. no, no. eats cake.

he drinks tea all day, apparently lots and lots of tea