kharkiv. an air raid warning sounded moments before explosions tore through the building, starting an intense fire. the ukrainian leader again urged western allies to send more air defences to ukraine. ukraine's military says the two glide bombs that hit kharkiv were among a0 that russia dropped on ukrainian army positions and civil infrastructure saturday. the ukrainian military says russian forces are continuing their offensive in the kharkiv region, with six attacks repelled by the ukrainian military. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen is in kharkiv — i spoke to him a short while ago. very good you with us. this air strike took place on a crowded super store there and ukraine's second—largest city, what more can you tell us? it’s second-largest city, what more can you tell us?— you tell us? it's the weekend, re you tell us? it's the weekend, pretty nice — you tell us? it's the weekend, pretty nice day _ you tell us? it's the weekend, pretty nice day and _ you tell us? it's the weekend, pretty nice day and people - you tell us? it's the weekend, i pretty nice day and people were buying stuff for their gardens and

doing work on the houses in the shop was full. so far, they are saying that four were killed in a couple of dozen wounded and so, i think for people here, it's another blow and the firefighters went into the building have been incredibly busy this week because there's been other attacks and on the central part of the city not long after that it the shop. president zelensky has said repeatedly that all of this proves the point that he keeps on making witches they need more effective air defences and for those, he is looking to his allies and particularly, the united states. is particularly, the united states. is caught this madness, the scene you described, exemplifies a typical weekend. civilian existence, a diy store is civilian infrastructure and there should be protection under

international humanitarian law, every we heard anything from russia? not that i'm aware of. over the last weeks and months, ukrainians at their side as well and they say they have lost civilians to attacks launched from inside ukraine and one of the reasons for the incursion since the last couple of weeks. since midway through may is they want to establish a buffer zone to make them more difficult and the thing is they do fly a long way and the thing about this boy that really strikes me as having been here and away now for they are really in for the long haul here. and they not in a sort of hurry. in the long haul here. and they not in a sort of hurry-— a sort of hurry. in this particular reaion, a sort of hurry. in this particular region, kharkiv _ a sort of hurry. in this particular region, kharkiv being _ a sort of hurry. in this particular region, kharkiv being the - a sort of hurry. in this particular| region, kharkiv being the second

largest city and now a direct hit, is there any sense that moscow was growing and its confidence? and its operation in that part of the country? fix. operation in that part of the count ? �* , ., operation in that part of the country?— operation in that part of the count 7�*, ., ,. country? a strong since the right across the _ country? a strong since the right across the different _ country? a strong since the right across the different parts - country? a strong since the right across the different parts of - country? a strong since the right across the different parts of this| across the different parts of this very long and thousand kilometre from the is russia is growing in confidence for a number of reasons. the very well pose as in the pipeline and simply because of the delays in the us congress and authorising the funding but as well as that, i've spoken to senior officials and nato which confirm this and russians are learning, this is a country that is a space programme that is particularly good at electronic warfare, the jam weapons, they can confuse the drones said to attack them, there have been

reports of the new york times recently saying that they have sophisticated us systems that are being defeated by russian electronic warfare. this is by no means simply an army, the russian army with a coupon charging blindly forward and getting slaughtered by ukrainians. yes, a lot of that does go on but as well as that, they feel they have a preponderance in terms of manpower and strength in terms of firepower that ukrainians cannot match. that is our president zelensky and others are using words like difficult and challenging and it is really clear that this is going to be a very difficult summerfor that this is going to be a very difficult summer for ukrainians because the western weapons, those us weapons which are finally perhaps coming through are not going to arrive instantaneously and change

the game and russians see a window of opportunity which they are trying to exploitjust now.— to exploit “ust now. thank you so much. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen reporting from kharkiv there. meanwhile, across the border in russia's belgorod region, officials said two people were killed by a ukrainian rocket attack. a fire at an amusement park in westerrn india has killed at least 2a people, some of them children, local officials say. the fire broke out in raj—kot, a city in gujarat state. a search for more victims is under way — some worry children may be trapped under the debris and police are having difficulty identifying heavily burned bodies. the cause of the fire is under investigation. the prime minister of india, narendra modi says he is "extremely distressed" by the blaze. 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 has no plans to raise the tax burden on working people. our 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 i7—year—olds to be able to vote and asked people to trust labour with the economy. stability now is change. it is strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step for an incoming labour government and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. visiting a supermarket in london, the woman who is 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 for reporters 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? and was later spotted leaving conservative headquarters tight—lipped, a junior minister taking questions instead. inflation was sort of ii.i%, now it is down to almost target, 2.3%. that doesn't happen by accident, it is not all the government working in partnership with the bank of england, but what that means is that now we are now back into a situation where things can start to improve and get better. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey made the most of the sunshine in chichester today and set out his economic approach. we want to talk about the windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. i have already made clear that the tax cuts to the big banks the conservatives have given since 2015, they need to be reversed. and we will show that we are being responsible.

the snp leaderjohn swinney said his party would oppose cuts to public spending. the snp is the only party that is in a position to influence westminster to argue against austerity. labour and the tories are basically proposing more austerity. we have had ia years of that and that has damaged the public services of scotland. no guarantees for any party that the rest of the campaign will be plain sailing. leila nathoo, bbc news. the conservative party said on saturday that they'll make more cuts to national insurance, if re—elected. but what trade—offs would be needed, if they pursue that? pauljohnson — director of the institute for fiscal studies — shared this thoughts. they have just announced two really big cuts to national insurance, which is been very helpful to people on average earnings. but we're now in a position where, givenjeremy hunt and rachel reeves said they want to get the debt down, there really isn't space for more tax cuts unless they're going to spell out exactly what spending cuts are going

to come alongside those — not least because penciled into the government's figures already are some harsh cuts across ranges of public services. do you think voters understand enough about debt? i mean, needs be taken presumably in relation to the country's income. i think neither party is spelling out the difficulties. they're both saying they want to get that down. i'm simply taking them out there where there. i'm not saying that is necessary. but both the chancellor and the shadow chancellor remain absolutely crystal clear that they are absolutely committed to getting debt down. getting debt down will require either some spending cuts or some tax increases or some combination of the two. what concerns me is neither of them are making that in the least bit clear. you've already heard jeremy hunt saying he wants to reduce taxes — well, we all want to reduce taxes, but you can't reduce taxes and keep spending at its current level and be your target to get debt down. those things are simply

not compatible. political parties across south africa are holding their final rallies before wednesday's elections. it's 30 years since the african national congress won the country's first democratic elections following the release of nelson mandela and the end of apartheid. now polls suggest that for the first time, the party may fail to get an overall majority. our deputy africa editor anne soy was at the anc�*s event in johannesburg on saturday. it's a show of political might, who can pull the largest crowds. optics matter here. as campaigns come to a close in south africa supporters have been bussed in from different parts of the country. we're looking forward to vote anc and we're going to win this battle. my parents used to live in a cell, so they got a house to move out. and i'm one of the student leadership, so anc made

something for me. these people have already made up their minds. the call today for them to come out to vote. i say the battle is not yet over. mr ramaphosa leads an administration that has overseen the decline of south africa economically. unemployment is rising year over year. but here today, he's promising to create more jobs and stimulate the economy. the main opposition party, the democratic alliance, holds its final rally tomorrow. but the ruling party also faces challenge from its former heavyweights like ex—president jacob zuma. he now bucks a new party that's expected to eat into the anc vote. and the fiery former youth leader, julius malema. he held his own rally today with his rival party, eff. three decades after winning south africa's struggle against apartheid, the anc

still enjoys mass support. but today its leader struggled to fill the stadium, perhaps foreshadowing an election in which some believe it might fall short of the 50% it needs to avoid having to form a coalition. the anc faces its toughest electoral battle yet. bbc news, johannesburg. the american rapper nicki minaj, was detained at amsterdam's schiphol airport in the netherlands early on saturday — and has since been released. dutch military police posted on x, saying they released a 41 year old american woman after she was arrested on suspicion of exporting soft drugs and that the suspect was fined and �*can continue herjourney�*. ms minaj�*s concert in manchester at the co—op live venue has been postponed. ms minaj filmed part of the arrest and posted it on social media along with a series of messages on her x account.

earlier i spoke to our correspondent anna holligan. in the video posted on instagram, the 12 time grammy award nominee is surrounded by military police and seems to be hoarding the camera just out of shot near the police say you're under arrest and she is then ushered onto a police van asking for her lawyer. nikki menage is denied carrying drugs and later she posted on x to say that pre—rolljoints belonging to your security team had been found on border private jet. shortly after that, we heard an update from military police which confirmed the american woman had been arrested and did not name or for privacy reasons boy of all the details from nikki menage social media platforms and she was arrested on suspicion of exporting soft drugs after consultation with the public

prosecution service, she was fined and allowed to continue on her journey. nikki menage wasjust kicking off her european leg of her world tour and that gig in manchester has been postponed and there are pictures of fans already inside, disappointed fans have been told that their tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled date. —— nikki minaj. valid for the rescheduled date. -- nikki minaj-— nikki mina'. nikki mina' had been ostin: nikki minaj. nikki mina' had been ostin: on nikki minaj. nikki mina' had been posting on this h nikki minaj. nikki mina' had been posting on this and _ nikki minaj. nikki minaj had been posting on this and she _ nikki minaj. nikki minaj had been posting on this and she said - nikki minaj. nikki minaj had been posting on this and she said thisl nikki minaj. nikki minaj had beenl posting on this and she said this is where cannabis is legal, tell us about the legal aspect of this. the about the legal aspect of this. tue: netherlands about the legal aspect of this. tte: netherlands is about the legal aspect of this. "tt2 netherlands is famous about the legal aspect of this. tt2 netherlands is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs cannabis is illegal in the netherlands and small amounts, for personal use are tolerated and so,

if you have it on yourself for personal consumption, less than five grams, please turn a blind eye but substances like marijuana cannot be taken out of the country. so, there is still an ongoing debate about the status of cannabis in the netherlands and it is still illegal, kind of a quirk in the dutch law that people are not arrested for the use of smoke quantities and as you may be aware, there are cannabis cafes all over the netherlands are people can buy and smoke marijuana but exporting it and taking it overseas is obviously illegal and we have most of the information in terms of what happened with nicki minaj on instagram, ask, and another video, she posted footage of her pilot, privatejet video, she posted footage of her pilot, private jet was due to the flight from amsterdam where she was

detained in manchester and she filmed her pilot explains why the police or doing these extra checks and he says in this video, the police did not like the fact that she was filming and so, they decided to remove all of the luggage from her privatejet and to remove all of the luggage from her private jet and conduct extra security checks. that of the whole process probably ran for five hours and eventually, nicki minaj was fined and allowed to continue on her journey, hoping to pick up with the rest of her european tour and there was a date and birmingham on sunday and so, she and thousands of fans will be hoping she can make that. thank you very much. to the us presidential campaign now, and a video posted this week by donald trump has been

stoking controversy. the former president shared a 30 second clip shared a 30 second clip to his truth social account that included a reference to the creation of a �*unified reich', a term now often associated with nazi germany. this is a still from that video, which the trump campaign later deleted. they attributed its creation to a random account and said the staffer who posted it did not notice the words. but its real origin was a trollish collective of online influencers called the dilley meme team, which boasts ties to the trump campaign. live now to bbc digital reporter mike wendling who has been digging in to this story. mike, you've been doing some digging into this video. what did you find about who is behind it? what did you find about who is behind it? i'll give you a bit of background. this team has been producing a range of videos, and they've reposted several dozen times by donald trumps

official accounts and people around two dozen people in this collective, and they produce a creative content, some of that heartfelt, some of it as religious themes and some of it is straightforward politically. like what we have seen. some of the videos are much edgier, the satire and some are even arguably offensive and some are even arguably offensive and they include conspiracy theories, slurs, stereotypes advertise on this continent together is in service of donald trump and is the man that their backing.- the man that their backing. talking about that contents, _ the man that their backing. talking about that contents, my _ the man that their backing. talking about that contents, my kind - the man that their backing. talking about that contents, my kind of. about that contents, my kind of messaging to some of the content feature? , , . . ., , , messaging to some of the content feature? ,, . . ., , , . feature? few specific examples which are re feature? few specific examples which are pretty telling- _ feature? few specific examples which are pretty telling. earlier, _ feature? few specific examples which are pretty telling. earlier, the - are pretty telling. earlier, the group came out with the video that is based on the north speech by radio legend paul harvey, god made a

farmer. it's all about hard work, simple living, virtuous rural life, the dilley meme team had vintage looking images only it was all about donald trump and is called god made from. by the videos they produce are very different. the team made one about willis, a prosecutor in georgia. the driving force behind where the key legal cases against mr trump. this was a straightforward parody of a music video but it was mocking her, herweight, make some sharp and unsubstantiated allegations against her. they would say satire that it was just a joke, other people would say it's very offensive but that's the kind of content that the team has been more noted for and has been a little bit more controversial.—

noted for and has been a little bit more controversial. documents of the rhetoric which — more controversial. documents of the rhetoric which some _ more controversial. documents of the rhetoric which some people _ more controversial. documents of the rhetoric which some people describe i rhetoric which some people describe this is more extreme and we've even seen this past week, some republicans condemning the fact that those words unified right was included in that video. is there any chance here that this could turn some republicans off donald trump? absolutely. the god made trump video, when that went viral in january, spoke to some christian pastors were very offended by that comparing donald trump tojesus and they did not want to have any part of that. more recently, as this right video came to light, i spoke to a staunch donald trump supporter, conservative commentator who said, the dilley meme team is a gift to president biden, their tactics are childish and backfire at this is a classic example and the biden campaign quickly came out condemning the video introducing a political out of their own in response. the

fact that both — out of their own in response. the fact that both sides are digging into digital campaigning, what are you doing this whole episode tells us about how important digital first content is this going to be in this presidential election? the content is this going to be in this presidential election?— presidential election? the online battle has been _ presidential election? the online battle has been for _ presidential election? the online battle has been for the _ presidential election? the online battle has been for the last - presidential election? the online battle has been for the last two i battle has been for the last two presidential elections, you can go to barack obama and his first campaign to sell important the online world is in political campaigning today and talking about these modern videos and means, both candidates will have armies of our mind warriors doing battle with these kinds of things. it's notjust these kinds of things. it's notjust the donald trump campaign that notices are important this is an inviting them by the biden campaign as well. they advertise for a meme manager. it can be the crucial battle for this campaign. you said

there's a collective _ battle for this campaign. you said there's a collective of _ battle for this campaign. you said there's a collective of online - there's a collective of online warriors but with regards to this content, the person of the centre of it is brandon dilley.— it is brandon dilley. dilley is one ofthe it is brandon dilley. dilley is one of the rare _ it is brandon dilley. dilley is one of the rare name _ it is brandon dilley. dilley is one of the rare name people - it is brandon dilley. dilley is one of the rare name people and - it is brandon dilley. dilley is one | of the rare name people and him it is brandon dilley. dilley is one - of the rare name people and him and his team and he is been a very french character on the republican politics or read a self—help book and build themselves a life coach and build themselves a life coach and made a minor run for political office but this meme army along with this podcast other ventures were really done in the year of donald trump will stop their plated trump rallies, he boasts about getting invitations to trump press events and it is mar—a—lago resort in florida. they really do seem to have a direct line to the candidate but they're not very fond of mainstream media that it ask for an interview and what he responded,

unfortunately, i cannot say on air. is been digging into that story for us in very good to talk to you. thank you. let's turn to some important news around the world. burkina faso's military government says it will extend its rule for another five years. the state owned broadcaster said the country's ruler, ibrahim traore, will also be able to contest the next presidential election. when he seized power in a coup two years go, he said he would restore civilian government by the middle of this year. the move means that burkina faso isjoining its neighbor mali in extending its rule by military. an iranian court has jailed the father of mehdi karami, a 22—year—old who was executed last year for his connection to protests in 2022. the father, mashallah karami, had campaigned unsuccessfully for his son's clemency. he's now been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of illegally

organising gatherings and collecting donations. singapore airlines says it has decided not to serve meals on its planes when the seat belt sign is on. the announcement comes after one passenger died and dozens were injured during severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight from london to singapore. the airline already bans serving hot drinks druing rough air. extreme temperatures are continuing to grip pakistan, with some parts of the country expected to reach fifty degrees celsius. punjab and sindh provinces are the worst affected. schools in punjab are closing a week early for the summer holidays, although exams will go ahead as planned. and before we go, some news from the south of france, where the cannes film festival's closing ceremy has just taken place. the american director, sean baker, has won this year's palme d'orfor his comedy drama, anora. it's about a sex worker from brooklyn who marries the son of a russian oligarch. us filmmaker george lucas received an honorary palme d'or. the creator of the "star wars" and "indiana jones" franchises was handed the prize

from his long—time friend, director francis ford coppola, who referred affectionately to lucas as his "kid brother". stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there were some warm weather around on saturday. top temperatures of 22 celsius in the south east, but we'll start to see some changes for the second half of the bank holiday weekend with sunny spells and thundery downpours moving in, all thanks to low pressure close by. as we head into sunday, these weather fronts will be pushing their way northwards, bringing outbreaks of rain, the odd heavier burst as it pushes northwards. but as we head into the latter parts of the morning, into the afternoon, sunshine will appear pretty widely for england, wales and northern ireland and that'll sets off some heavy and thundery downpours at times. further north, we'll continue to see

some showery rain with a bit of sunshine across northern scotland, but that will impact the temperatures not quite as warm as saturday. highs of 16 to 19 degrees as we head through sunday night, though. showers and thunderstorms rattle on for a while into the evening before fading out for england and wales with clear skies here, but further cloud, patchy rain likely across the northern half of the country and temperatures range from around 9 to 11 degrees. so into our bank holiday monday, it looks like that weather front continues to push northwards. so that's where we're going to see some of the heaviest of the showers across the north and east of scotland. we'll start off with some sunshine around, but again, showers will develop and pretty much anywhere i could catch a heavy maybe thundery shower. but the focus of them will be across northern and east of scotland and maybe northeast england, maybe later in the day, something a bit drier and brighter pushing into western areas. but temperatures a few degrees down, still 15 to 17 degrees, still quite pleasant in any sunshine. as we head into tuesday, low pressure starts to move in off the atlantic starts fine. across scotland, northern england, the sunshine begins to fade as cloud breeze rain starts to push up from the south and the west.

there'll be mainly patchy in nature, but conditions will go downhill through the day though i think the northeast of scotland and the northern isles should largely escape and stay dry until after dark. and temperature wise again, the mid to high teens, low pressure is with us then as we move through the middle part of the upcoming week. but then the signs of it moving away in this area of high pressure wants to topple in from the west, so that should slowly settle things down i think towards the end of the week and as we head into next weekend, increasing dry weather with some sunshine. so should start to feel a touch warmer too.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello. this week we're looking at saudi arabia and its strategy of using entertainment and media to change what the world thinks of it. millions watched tyson fury�*s fight with oleksandr usyk in riyadh last week, but critics accused saudi arabia of using big media events to distract from the kingdom's human rights record. we'll talk to one reporter who was ringside in riyadh to understand how he approached covering the story. and we'll take a look at scarlettjohansson�*s dispute with openai. the actress accuses the tech company of deliberately copying her voice

for its new chatbot. hi. woman's voice: hi. well, we're going to start this week's programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didn't see the programme last week, who perhaps haven't been following all this, although it's been a high—profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions, tens of millions, i think up to 65 million people have watched it, probably more by now. and it is the story — purporting to be a true story, because it says at the beginning, "this is a true story" — and it is a story of a man who's played by richard gadd, but he's playing himself. so he's a british actor playing himself, and he is stalked in the programme. and it's a long programme about a terrible campaign

of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life.