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 to have you with us. this air strike took place on a crowded super store there in ukraine's second—largest city, what more can you tell us? it's the weekend, a pretty nice day and people were buying stuff for their gardens or to do a bit of work

around the houses and the shop was full. so far, they are saying that four were killed and a couple of dozen wounded and so, i think for people here, it's just another blow. the firefighters who went into the building have been incredibly busy this week because there's been other attacks, in fact there was another one on the central part of the city not long after the shop. president zelensky has said repeatedly that all of this proves the point that he keeps on making which is they need more effective air defences and for those, he is looking to his allies in europe and particularly, in the united states. president zelensky has also called this madness, the scene you described, exemplifies a typical weekend. civilian existence, a diy store is civilian infrastructure and that should be protection under international humanitarian law, have we heard anything from russia? not that i'm aware of. russia has said over the last weeks and months, ukrainians hit 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 into ukraine since the last couple of weeks. since midway through may is that they want to establish a buffer zone to make that more difficult and the thing about some of these weapons is they do fly a long way and the thing about this that really strikes me as having been here and away now for they are really in for the long haul here. and this not going to be over in any sort of hurry. in this particular region, kharkiv being the second largest city and now a direct hit, is there any sense that moscow is growing and its confidence? and its operation in that part of the country? a strong sense that right

across the different parts of this very long and thousand kilometre from there is russia is growing in confidence for a number of reasons. they're very well posed as there's a hold up in the arms 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 and russians are learning, this is a country that has a space programme that is particularly good at electronic warfare, theyjam weapons, they can confuse the drones sent to attack them, there have been

reports in the washington post and the new york times recently saying that there have sophisticated us systems that are being defeated by russian electronic warfare. this is by no means simply an army, the russian army being one where they keep on 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 why 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 summer for ukrainians because those western weapons, those us weapons which are finally perhaps coming through are not going to arrive instantaneously and change the game. and the russians see a window of opportunity which they are trying to exploitjust 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 underway — 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 foran 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 14 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 battlej 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.

mexico has transferred a senior figure in the sinaloa drug cartel to the united states in one of the highest profile extraditions in recent years. nestor i—sidro perez salas — known as el nini — was head of security for the sons of the imprisoned drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. he faces charges linked to drug and weapons smuggling in the us. let's get more from our latin america regional editor, mimi swaby. mimi, what more can you tell us about el ni—ni? also known as one of the top assassins and the cartel. sissy and some of the highest profile cases in recent years. and when the most ruthless figures in the most ruthless figures in

the mexican drug trade in the usjustice department sink is one of the lead assassins in the cartel responsible for the murder torture and killing of rivals and witnesses who threaten the drug cartels trafficking operations. el ni—ni was accused of being in charge of the violent group of security personnel and he headed security for the sons of the lower cartels drug lords and officials say that the sons of el chapo now run a powerful action of the cartel and this action of the cartel and this action is the biggest trafficker to the us. what reaction have we seen to this news? this has been viewed as a huge success on both sides of the us mexico border in the fight

against drugs. us presidentjoe biden says el ni—ni was one of the most wanted criminals for the most wanted criminals for the us and mexico and the speech after the extradition says it is a good day for justice. this is very important and it's an example of what a collaborative approach to fighting drugs can prove in the success story that is very important in the run—up to presidential elections for both the us and mexico fast approaching.— the us and mexico fast approaching. the us and mexico fast auroachinu. �* . ., , the us and mexico fast auroachinu. �* . ., ., approaching. i'm curious as to what could — approaching. i'm curious as to what could potentially - approaching. i'm curious as to what could potentially make l approaching. i'm curious as to what could potentially make a j what could potentially make a difference. talking about the collaboration there. we are from the us attorney about this in a statement saying that he was a part of the cartel�*s production and of course, you will be aware that this is such a huge problem here in the united states and will his arrest go anywhere towards combating that? eli arrest go anywhere towards combating that?— arrest go anywhere towards combating that? el ni-ni at a hue combating that? el ni-ni at a huge role _

combating that? el ni-ni at a huge role in _ combating that? el ni-ni at a huge role in the _ combating that? el ni-ni at a huge role in the production i combating that? el ni-ni at a i huge role in the production and the sale of sentinel including in the us. and his extradition is not going to eliminate the problem but it is a positive step in showing that a collaborative joint approach to fighting it can be successful and he was arrested in november last year and the heart of the territory in less than a week after the us and the mexican president pledged for a collaborative approach in the fight against drugs and especially in the fight against a really powerful synthetic drug, sentinel. this is because the us is experiencing a fentanyl at epidemic with 70% of drug overdose deaths being due to fentanyl. this will not eradicate the problem as the ingredients are thought to have resources from china and they are made in mexico but smuggled across the mexican border to

the us by drug traffickers, especially the cartel the plays a huge role in this network. so, yes, it is a great chance to see were active in the fight construct trafficking we have taken an influential figure construct trafficking we have taken an influentialfigure in that group but it is not going to stop the flow of really deadly substance travelling from mexico to the us. thank ou so from mexico to the us. thank you so much- _ 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. this was the moment when fans in manchester were told that the performance wouldn't be going ahead. concertgoers were told their tickets would be valid for the rescheduled tour date. for more, i spoke to our correspondent anna holligan. in a video posted on instagram, the 12 time grammy award nominee can be seen surrounded by military police and seems to be holding the camera just out of shot and yo hear the police say you're under arrest and she is then ushered onto a police van while she's asking for her lawyer. nicki minaj denied carrying drugs and later she posted on x to say that pre—rolljoints belonging to her security team had been found onboard her private jet.

shortly after that, we heard an update from dutch military police which confirmed the 41—year—old american woman had been arrested and did not name her for privacy reasons of all the details from nicki minaj 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 herjourney. nicki minaj was just kicking off her european leg nicki minaj was just kicking off the european leg of her world tour the pink friday, 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. nicki minaj had been posting on this and she said quote,

nicki minaj had been posting on x and she said, quote, "this is amsterdamn where cannabis is legal," tell us about the legal aspect of this. the netherlands is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs but cannabis is illegal in the netherlands and yet small amounts, for personal use are tolerated and so, if you have it on yourself for personal consumption, less than five grams, police turn a blind eye but controlled substances like marijuana cannot be taken out of the country. so, there is still an ongoing debate about the status of cannabis here 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 small quantities and as you may be aware, there are cannabis cafes all over the netherlands in which 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 from nicki minaj in terms of what happened from nicki minaj on instagram, ask, and another video, she posted footage of her pilot, her private jet was due to fly from amsterdam where she was detained in manchester and she filmed her pilot explains why the police were 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 private jet and conduct extra security checks. that took, the whole process probably ran for five hours and eventually, nicki minaj was fined and allowed to continue on herjourney, hoping to pick up with the rest of her european tour and there was a date in birmingham on sunday and so, she and thousands of fans will be

hoping she can make that. in england, a royal air force pilot has died after a spitfire crashed in a field near raf coningsby in lincolnshire. the prince and princess of wales have tonight issued a statement to say they are �*incredibly sad�* to hear the news. philip norton sent this report. a second world war spitfire lies badly damaged in a field. it crashed at around 1:20 this afternoon in what the raf has called a tragic accident. the pilot was killed. the spitfire came down a short distance from the runway here at raf coningsby. as well as being home to modern day typhoon fighter jets, the spitfire is part of the much loved battle of britain memorial flight which is based here. next month they are due to take part in commemorative d—day events. many enthusiasts here had seen the spitfire flying today and they have spoken of their sadness. as soon as you lose a pilot, it�*s like you have lost a member of your family. when you are obsessed with planes like we are

and especially the raf because there are flights here some days, it's a shame really. tonight the prince and princess of wales who had close links with the lincolnshire raf station led tributes to the pilot. they said they were incredibly sad to hear of the news this afternoon from raf coningsby. "our thoughts this evening are with the pilot�*s loved ones, the battle of britain memorial flight and the wider raf family." an investigation into what caused the crash is now under way. philip norton, bbc news, at raf coningsby in lincolnshire. 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 karam—i, a 22—year—old who was executed last year for his connection to protests in 20—22. the father, mashallah karam—i, 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 during rough air. and in the south of france, the cannes film festival�*s closing ceremony has just taken place. the american director, sean baker, has won this year�*s palme d�*0rfor his comedy drama, a—nora. it�*s about a sex worker from brooklyn who marries the son of a russian oligarch. u—s filmmaker george lucas received an honorary palme d�*0r. 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". here�*s sean baker reacting to his win and the message he hopes will come from it. ithink, obviously, it will help with the film with more exposure and but i�*m happy about that situation is not only one thing but it will hopefully shine light on the subject which focuses on the stigma that sex workers face and hopefully, it opens some eyes tonight. number two is my incredible cast and will help them and show the world how brilliant they are. 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 set 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 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.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello from the french riviera. i�*m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. and i�*ll look back at highlights from one of the world�*s biggest and most exciting international movie events, the cannes film festival.

je declare le soixante—dixieme festival de cannes ouvert. applause meryl streep and france�*sjuliette binoche jointly declare the cannes film festival officially open. it was a veritable feast, a combination of commercial blockbusters like furiosa: a mad max saga... do you have it in you to make it epic? ..together with some great international cinema. including india�*s first film in competition in three decades. if i get to be number 47 back in the united states, we�*re going to really make ita big bang. it�*s going to be big. it�*s going to be the biggest bang ever. it�*ll be the end of the world. and you can say that i did it. so that�*s the way it goes. you witness all kinds of sights in cannes. a donald trump impersonator was present at the premiere of a film portraying the former president�*s early years as a real—estate developer. stars kept the red

carpets very busy. we got a good part of it.