live from washington, this is bbc news. russia bombs a superstore in ukraine's second city of kharkiv — killing at least six people. kenya's president william ruto tells the bbc about a plan to send kenyan police to haiti to tackle gang violence as he receives a state visit at the white house. and — a video shared by donald trump appearing to reference nazi germany sparks controversy. our reporter has been investigating its origins. hello i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says a deadly air strike on a crowded superstore is an act of �*russian madness�*. officials say at least six people were killed

and more than 30 others injured on saturday when two glide bombs struck the diy store in ukraine's second city, 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 to have you with us. this airstrike took place on a crowded superstore there in ukraine's second largest city. what more can you tell us? it was mid—afternoon, the weekend, a pretty nice day so they were

people buying things for their gardens or to do a bit of work about the house, so the shop was full. the people here, it just another blow. the firefighters who went into the building have been incredibly busy this week because there has been other attacks as well, in fact, there was another one on the central part of the city not long after the one that hit the shop. resident zelensky of ukraine has said repeatedly that all this proves the point that all this proves the point that he keeps on making which is they need more effective air defences and for those of course he is looking to his allies in europe and particularly in the united states. , , particularly in the united states. , ., , states. president zelensky has also called _ states. president zelensky has also called this _ states. president zelensky has also called this madness, - states. president zelensky has also called this madness, the l also called this madness, the scene you are describing there jeremy, exemplifies a typical weekend. civilian existence. one would think that a diy store, for example, is a civilian infrastructure that should be protected under international humanitarian law. have we heard anything from

russia? ., . �* have we heard anything from russia? ., ., �* ., ., ., russia? not that i'm aware of it. russia? not that i'm aware of it- roger _ russia? not that i'm aware of it- roger has _ russia? not that i'm aware of it. roger has said _ russia? not that i'm aware of it. roger has said that - russia? not that i'm aware of it. roger has said that over. it. roger has said that over the last weeks and months that the last weeks and months that the ukrainians hit their side as well. they say they have lost civilians to attacks launched from inside ukraine and that one of the reasons for the incursion into ukraine since the last couple of weeks, since the last couple of weeks, since midway through may is that they want to establish a buffer zone to make that more difficult. the thing about some of these weapons, they do fly a long way. the thing about this that really strikes me, having been here at the beginning of it and having been away now from a few months reporting for the middle east, they are really into the long haul here. this is something that is not going to be over in any sort of a hurry. going to be over in any sort of a hur . . ~ going to be over in any sort of ahur . . ~ ., a hurry. talking about what we're seeing _ a hurry. talking about what we're seeing in _ a hurry. talking about what we're seeing in that - a hurry. talking about what i we're seeing in that particular region, for one being the second largest city and now a direct hit, is there any sense

that moscow is growing in its confidence, in its operation in that part of the country? there is a strong _ that part of the country? there is a strong sense _ that part of the country? there is a strong sense that - that part of the country? there is a strong sense that i - that part of the country? there is a strong sense that i think. is a strong sense that i think right across the different parts of this very long thousand kilometre or so frontline that the russians are growing in confidence. there are those very well—publicised hold—ups in the arms pipeline, principally because of the delays in the us congress in authorising the funding but as well as that, and i've spoken to senior officials in nato who confirmed this, the russians are learning — they are not dumb. this is a country that has a space programme. they are particularly good at electronic warfare. theyjam weapons. they are able to confuse the drones sent to attack them. they have been reports— you may have seen in the washington post and the

new york times recently — pointed out that there are sophisticated us systems that are being defeated by russian electronic warfare. so 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 that does go on but as well as that they feel that they have a preponderance in terms of manpower and a strength in terms of firepower that the ukrainians can't match and that is why president zelensky and others are using words like difficult and challenging and i think it is really clear that this is going to be a very difficult summerfor the difficult summer for the ukrainians because those western weapons, us weapons, which are finally, perhaps coming through aren't going to arrive instantaneously and change the game and the russians see a window of opportunity which they are trying to exploitjust now. fiur

trying to exploit “ust now. our international— trying to exploitjust now. our international editor there jeremy bowen reporting from kharkiv in ukraine. jeremy, thank you so much. meanwhile, across the border in russia's belgorod region, officials said two people were killed by a ukrainian rocket attack. to the war in gaza now and some developing news — a spokesperson for hamas' armed wing has said the group captured israeli soldiers during fighting injabalia in northern gaza on saturday. the israeli military has denied that any of its soldiers have been taken. the bbc is working to verify the claim. it comes as israeli police dispersed protesters in tel aviv on saturday night. thousands of demonstrators had gathered demanding the release of hostages taken by hamas on october seventh, and for fresh elections. meanwhile, hopes are rising for a restart of ceasefire talks between the two sides. according to our partner cbs news, us—led efforts to broker a deal are expected to continue in the coming week.

a fire at an amusement park in western india has killed at least 2a people, some of them children, local officials say. the fire broke out in rajkot, 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. 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. —— anne soy, bbc news, johannesburg.

kenyan president william ruto has wrapped up a historic visit to washington — the first african leader in more than 15 years to visit the us capital. presidentjoe biden strengthened ties with the east african nation, pledging to designate kenya as a �*non nato ally.�* part of the visit was also focussed on haiti. kenya plans to deploy a security force to the nation, where armed gangs control an estimated 80% of the capital. a transitional government council is struggling to build stability, with food running short and tens of thousands of people forced from their homes. the kenyan leader sat down with my colleague caitriona perry. she began by asking mr ruto about the plans for kenyan forces in haiti. you have agreed to send a kenyan police forces to haiti. when will they arrive? i kenyan police forces to haiti. when will they arrive?- kenyan police forces to haiti. when will they arrive? i have a team already _ when will they arrive? i have a team already in _ when will they arrive? i have a team already in haiti _ when will they arrive? i have a team already in haiti as - when will they arrive? i have a team already in haiti as i - team already in haiti as i speak to you. i spoke to them this morning. they are finishing a mission tomorrow. that will give us a frame of what things look like on the

ground, the capabilities that are available, the infrastructure that has been set up. and once we have that assessment that we agreed with the haitian police and the haitian leadership, we�*re looking at the horizon of three weeks and thereabouts for us to be ready to deploy once everything on the ground is set. ~ ., , everything on the ground is set. ~ . , , ., ., everything on the ground is set. . , , ., ., ., set. what is the situation on the ground _ set. what is the situation on the ground like _ set. what is the situation on the ground like in _ set. what is the situation on the ground like in terms - set. what is the situation on the ground like in terms of. the ground like in terms of those preparations us officials were helping prepare base, for example? i were helping prepare base, for examle? ., were helping prepare base, for examle? ~ , ., example? i think the base that was being _ example? i think the base that was being prepared _ example? i think the base that was being prepared is - example? i think the base that was being prepared is i - example? i think the base that was being prepared is i think. example? i think the base that was being prepared is i think i | was being prepared is i think i was, it may complete. my team met with the transitional presidential council yesterday. they also met with the leadership of the police the day before. i think they are meeting with other groups, just to make sure that we have all

the, you know, all the items in place for us to facilitate deployment because there are many actors, you know, we are working under a un resolution that gives kenya the mandate to lead and we�*re going to working with others who will be contributing different capabilities to facilitate this because we are doing it for the people of haiti. earlier i caught up with yinka adegoke, africa editor at the news platform semafor, who has been covering president ruto�*s state visit. i�*m curious, what do you think canyons make of the fact that that force has been assembled and will now be deployed? well, thank ou and will now be deployed? well, thank you for— and will now be deployed? well, thank you for having _ and will now be deployed? well, thank you for having me. - and will now be deployed? well, thank you for having me. there i thank you for having me. there has been a lot of pushback, both from ordinary canyons but also opposition internally,

politically, sort of questioning why kenya is making this commitment so far away from kenya, 12,000 miles away, when in fact they have so many of their own internal difficulties, theyjust had a horrible flood there that closed many schools and so many other challenges that they have, as well as closer to home in terms of neighbours. so they question kenya, just going this far out, but also wondering whether this will be something that they might come to regret if there are casualties involved.— if there are casualties involved. . , , involved. that is interesting. you point — involved. that is interesting. you point to _ involved. that is interesting. you point to those _ involved. that is interesting. you point to those domestic| you point to those domestic challenges. so why do you think it was important for president ruto to deploy that force? well, i think that if you were

to listen to his answers to questions at the white house on thursday where i was there as well and he really pushback at the idea that they should only worry about problems at home because he was questioned by the kenyan press. he really placed emphasis of this looking after all neighbours, notjust after all neighbours, not just the after all neighbours, notjust the ones right next door. being part of a global force partner who works with different countries around the world and to ensure peace and democracy and emphasised this over and over again but i watched him speak at about three or four different speeches and he said the same sort of thing about being a global partner. it was really interesting to watch because it was interesting to see this week almost a passing of the torch in africa in terms

of the torch in africa in terms of leaders because for the last few years we�*ve had the president being a phase of africa for a while and literally this week it felt like ruto of kenya is going to be the face because he is speaking notjust of this kind of global peace force but also things like big topics like climate and climate change. he has become a real leader voice for that. �* ., ., for that. and on that point, be ond for that. and on that point, beyond these _ for that. and on that point, beyond these international| beyond these international issues, you think president ruto managed to score some takeaway is that he can bring back these domestic audience there in kenya and sell to them? ., ., ., there in kenya and sell to them? ., ~ ., ., them? you know, at some point we had a story — them? you know, at some point we had a story on _ them? you know, at some point we had a story on semaphore i we had a story on semaphore about even as he was going for all of that and even though he was, as you said, historic and the first of 15 years canyons at home were not very pleased with what was happening. he hadn�*t been delivering on his promises when he came to power.

i have a feeling. it is been important to position kenya on the global stage, he has come back with lots of goodies. in terms of billions of dollars of investment, it is going to be a new road connecting the two largest cities, $34 billion, there is $1 billion investment by microsoft and an emirati company, $1 billion into the digital economy of kenya. and many, many, many othersort digital economy of kenya. and many, many, many other sort of investments and these sorts of discussions around development of finance. so it has been a good week for to the topic has been a good week for kenya on paper and it will certainly shift some of the more doubtful feelings back combing kenya. ——

back home in kenya. 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 filmed part of the arrest and posted it on social media along with a series of messages on her x account. ms minaj�*s concert in manchester at the co—op live venue has been postponed. this was the moment when fans were told that the performance wouldn�*t be going ahead. concert—goers were told their tickets would be valid for the rescheduled tour date. the concert has been postponed. concert—goers were told their tickets would be valid for the rescheduled tour date. for more, i spoke to our correspondent anna holligan. just talk us through what happened here. so, in a video posted on instagram, the 12 time grammy award nominee can be seen surrounded by dutch military police. she seems to

be holding the camera just out of shot and you hear the police say you are under arrest. she is then ushered onto a police van while she is asking for her lawyer. nicki minaj has denied carrying drugs and later she posted on x to say that pre— rolled joints belonging to her security team had been found on board her private jet. security team had been found on board her privatejet. shortly after that we had an update from dutch military police in which they confirmed 41—year—old american woman had been arrested. they didn�*t name herfor been arrested. they didn�*t name her for privacy reasons but we have all of the details nicki minaj�*s social platforms. 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. as you know, nicki minaj was just kicking off the european leg of her world tour, the pink friday world tour, the pink friday world tour. that gig in

manchester has been postponed. there are shots of thousands of disappointed fans inside the arena but they had been told the tickets will be valid for the tickets will be valid for the rescheduled date. but! the tickets will be valid for the rescheduled date. and as ou are the rescheduled date. and as you are mentioning _ the rescheduled date. and as you are mentioning there, i the rescheduled date. and as i you are mentioning there, nicki minaj had been posting on social media about this. she wrote on x, this is a quote, "this is amsterdam where we�*d, i�*m referring to cannabis there, is legal". talk us through the legal ramifications. ., , ramifications. the netherlands is famous for _ ramifications. the netherlands is famous for its _ ramifications. the netherlands is famous for its liberal- is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs but actually cannabis is illegal in the netherlands and yet small amounts for personal use are tolerated so if you have it on yourself for personal consumption, less than five g, and police turn a blind eye. but substances, it is controlled substances like marijuana which cannot be taken out of the country and so there

is still an ongoing debate about the status of cannabis here in the netherlands and there is an assumption it is decriminalised. actually it is still illegal. it is a kind of 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 or taking it overseas is obviously illegal. and we have most of the information, in terms of what happened, from nicki minaj, on instagram, on x. in another video she posted footage of her pilot, her private jet was footage of her pilot, her privatejet was due footage of her pilot, her private jet was due to fly from amsterdam and schiphol airport where she was detained into manchester. she explains why the police were doing these extra checks and he says in this video police didn�*t like the fact she was forming and so

they decided to remove all of they decided to remove all of the luggage from her private jet and conduct extra security checks. that took the whole process — the whole process took four or five hours. eventually nicki minaj was fined and allowed to continue on herjourney, hoping, of course, to pick up with the rest of her european tour. i believe there is a date in birmingham on sunday. so she had thousands of fans will be hoping she can make that. 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 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. our reporter, mike wendling, has been looking into for the last couple of years this team has been producing a range of videos and memes. frequently reposted several dozen times by donald trump�*s official accounts. there is about two dozen people in this collective. it is a very loose organisation. they produced a variety of content. some of it is heartfelt, some of it is straightforwardly political, religious themes, and some of it is straightforwardly political like the video we have seen force of some of the videos are much edgier. they use satire. some are even arguably offensive stop they include conspiracy theories, slurs, crude stereotypes. what ties all these content together is that it is 100% in service

of donald trump. he is the man that they are backing.— that they are backing. what sort of messaging - that they are backing. what sort of messaging to - that they are backing. what sort of messaging to the i sort of messaging to the content feature?- sort of messaging to the content feature? earlier this ear, content feature? earlier this year. the — content feature? earlier this year. the group _ content feature? earlier this year, the group came - content feature? earlier this year, the group came out i content feature? earlier this l year, the group came out with content feature? earlier this - year, the group came out with a video that was based on an old speech by radio legend paul harvey. that speech was called god made a farmer. it was all about hard work, virtuous wildlife. the meme team version had the same versions and it included vintage —looking images, only it was all about donald trump and it was called god made tromp. other videos that they produce a very different. —— god made trump. and also about fani willis, the prosecutor in georgia, the driving force behind one of the key legal cases against mr trump and this was a straightforward parody of a

music video but it was mocking her. it makes some sharp and unsubstantiated allegations about her. they would say it is just a joke, satire, other people would say it is very offensive. but that is the kind offensive. but that is the kind of content that the team has been more noted for and has been more noted for and has been a little bit more controversial. let�*s turn to some other important news around the world. american professional golfer grayson murray has died at the age of 30. he passed awayjust a day after withdrawing from a tournament in texas citing an illness. no cause of death has been given. in 2021, mr murray revealed on social media that he was receiving treatment foralcoholism. he was also open about his mental health struggles. a pga official said grayson murray�*s death was like losing "a member of yourfamily." singapore airlines says it has decided not to serve meals on its planes when the seatbelt 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. extreme temperatures are continuing to grip pakistan, with some parts of the country expected to reach 50 degrees celsius or 122 degrees fahrenheit. 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 in the south of france, the cannes film festival�*s closing ceremony took place on saturday evening. 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.

we will have more at the top of the hour. dojoin me then if you can. ifor now. —— bye for now. 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 nine 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, and welcome to another edition of unspun world. thank you forjoining me. after the summit between vladimir putin and xijinping, what have we learned about the russia—china relationship? it�*s a very useful relationship, i think, for the chinese. i think they feel themselves very much now the senior partner — russia, thejunior partner.