live from washington, this is bbc news. russia bombs a superstore in ukraine's second city of kharkiv — killing at least six people. a massive fire breaks out at an games arcade park in india, killing dozens. 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. hello, i'm helena humphrey. 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, it's the weekend, it was a pretty nice day so they were people buying stuff for their gardens or to do a bit of work about the house, so the shop was full.

for people here, it's 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. president zelensky of ukraine is saying repeatedly 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. president zelensky has also called this madness, the scene you are describing therejeremy, 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? not that i'm aware of. russia has said that over the last weeks and months

that the ukrainians hit their side as well. they say that they've 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 midway through may, is that they want to establish a buffer zone to make that more difficult. the thing about some of these weapons, though, is they do fly a long way. the thing about this war that really strikes me, having been here at the beginning of it and having been away now for a few months reporting from the middle east, is that they're really in for the long haul here. this is something that is not going to be over in any sort of a hurry. and talking about what we're seeing in that particular region, kharkiv 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's 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. they're growing in confidence for a number of reasons. first of all 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're not dumb. this is a country that has a space programme. they're particularly good at electronic warfare. they jam 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

— pointing 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's why president zelensky and others are using words like �*difficult�* and �*challenging' and i think it's really clear that this is going to be a very difficult summer for the ukrainians because those western weapons, those 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. our international editor therejeremy 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. 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 isidro 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. our latin america regional editor mimi swaby gave me the details. nestor isidro perez salas, also known as el nini, nestor isidro perez salas, also known as el mini, is viewed as one of the top assassins in

mixed opals cartel. —— mexico cartel. this is seen as one of the highest extradition cases in years and this is because el nini in years and this is because el mini is viewed as one of the most ruthless figures in the mexican drug trade with the us justice department saying he is one of the lead assassins in the cartel who is responsible for the murder, torture and killing of rivals and witnesses who threatened the cartel�*s drug trafficking operations. el nini was accused of being in charge of a violent group of security personnel and he headed security for the sons of the x cartel drug lord l chabot. —— —— el chapo. they now lead a very powerful faction of the cartel and this faction of the cartel and this faction is the biggest trafficker to the us. clearly a fearsome _ trafficker to the us. clearly a fearsome reputation. - trafficker to the us. clearly a fearsome reputation. what l fearsome reputation. what

reaction have we seen to this news? , ., ., , , news? this extradition is being viewed as _ news? this extradition is being viewed as a _ news? this extradition is being viewed as a huge _ news? this extradition is being viewed as a huge success - news? this extradition is being viewed as a huge success on i viewed as a huge success on both sides of the us mexico border in the fight against drugs. us presidentjoe biden said el nini was one of the most wanted criminals for the us and mexico and his speech after the extradition he said it is a good day forjustice. this is very important, it is being viewed as an example of what a collaborative approach to fighting drugs can prove and success story is very important, again, in the run—up to presidential elections for both us and mexico fast approaching. both us and mexico fast approaching-— both us and mexico fast approaching. i'm curious to what extent _ approaching. i'm curious to what extent it _ approaching. i'm curious to what extent it could - what extent it could potentially make a difference. you are talking about that collaboration there. we had from the us attorney general merrick garland in a statement saying that he was part of the cartel�*s production and sale of fentanyl, something you pointed to as well, and you would be aware that is such a huge

problem here in the united states. will his address —— arrests do anyway combating that? eli arrests do anyway combating that? ., ., ., that? el nini had a huge role in the production _ that? el nini had a huge role in the production and - that? el nini had a huge role in the production and the - that? el nini had a huge role| in the production and the sale of fentanyl 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 stop he was arrested in november last year in north—western mexico — the heart of sinaloa territory. less than a week after the us and the mexican president pledged for a more collaborative approach in the fight against drugs and especially in the fight against a really powerful synthetic drug — fentanyl. this is partly because the us is experiencing a fentanyl epidemic, a fentanyl crisis, with 70% of drug overdose deaths in 2023 being due to fentanyl. this will not

eradicate the problem is the ingredients are thought to have been sourced from china was not the product is a made in mexico and is then smuggled across the mexican border to the us by drug traffickers, especially the sinaloa cartel. they play a huge role in this network. so yes, it is a great chance to say we are active in the fight against drug trafficking, we have taken out an influential figure in that route, but it isn't going to stop that flow of a really deadly substance travelling from mexico into the us. ~ , ~ travelling from mexico into the us.~ ,~ ,, travelling from mexico into the us. ,~ ,, us. minis mimi swaby reporting there. 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. announcer: saturday the 25th of may 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. 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 her for privacy reasons but we have all of the detail 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. 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 rescheduled date. and as 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 weed. — referring to cannabis there — "..is legal". just run us through the legal aspect of this. well, the netherlands 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 5g, then police turn a blind eye. but substances, 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 there is an assumption it's decriminalised. actually it's still illegal. it's 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 due to fly from amsterdam and schiphol airport where she was detained into manchester. she filmed her pilot who explains why the police were doing these extra checks and he says in this video that police didn't like the fact that she was filming and so they decided to remove all of the luggage from her privatejet and conduct extra security checks. the whole process took probably 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. anna holligan there in the hague. 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 have a 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. what is the situation on the ground like in terms of those preparations? us officials were helping prepare base, for example. i think the base that was being prepared is i think i was given i think i was given that this was maybe 70% 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 kenyans make of the fact that that force has been assembled and will now be deployed? well, thank you for having me. there's been a lot of pushback,

both from ordinary kenyans 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 at home, they've just had a horrible flood there that closed many schools, and so many other challenges that they have, and as well as closer to home in terms of neighbours. so they question kenya just going this far out, but also wonder whether this will be something that they might come to regret if there are casualties involved. that's really interesting. 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 press conference on thursday where i was there as well, and he really pushed back 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 the ones right next door. being a part of a global force, a global partner who works with different countries around the world and helps ensure peace and democracy, and he emphasised this over and over again. 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 you could literally see this week almost a passing of the torch in africa in terms of leaders because for the last few years we've had the president kagame of rwanda who's kind of been this face of africa for a while and literally this week it felt like president ruto of kenya is now going to be the face because he's speaking notjust on this kind of global peace force but also things like big topics like climate — climate change — he's become a real leading voice for that. and on that point, beyond these international issues, do you think president ruto managed to score some takeaways that he can bring back to his domestic audience there in kenya and sell to them? you know, at some point we had a story on semafor about how even as he was going for that trip

and even though it was, as you said, historic and the first in 15 years, kenyans at home were not very pleased with what was happening. he hadn't been delivering on his promises when he came to power. but i have a feeling — it's been a really good week in terms of positioning kenya as an important country on the global stage. he's come back with a lot of, if you like, goodies in terms of billions of dollars of investment, there's going to be a new road connecting the two largest cities, nearly $4 billion, there's a billion dollar investment by microsoft and g42, an emirati company, $1 billion into the digital economy of kenya. and many, many, many othersort of investments and sort of discussions around development of finance. so it's been a good week for ruto, it's been a good week for kenya on paper

and it will certainly shift some of the more doubtful feelings back home in kenya. 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 are 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 on 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. anne soy, bbc news, johannesburg. 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. 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 friend, director francis ford coppola. 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 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.

we will 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