live from london, this is bbc news. sirens hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city of tel aviv, the first in months. yes, i'm live injerusalem as its central israel comes under attack by hamas rockets for the first time since earlier this year. the united nations says 670 people are feared dead following a landslide in papua new guinea. the conservatives say they'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if they win the general election. labour has described the plan as a gimmick. bangladesh braces for an intense cyclone — tens of thousands flee coastal villages for concrete storm shelters.

hello, i'm martine croxall. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city of tel aviv. rocket sirens have sounded there as well as across other cities in central israel. it's believed that the rockets were fired from the rafah area of southern gaza. let's go live tojerusalem and speak to our correspondent danjohnson. yes, they aerate sirens have been sounding across a large area of tel aviv in the last hour or so, we have heard interceptions over the city by colleagues in tel aviv, at least six, possibly eight rockets that have been intercepted by israeli defence systems which are very effective, but it does look like some of these rockets, that we believe were fired from the south of

gaza, from rafah, have got through, there are videos emerging of where they have land on open ground. no word yet on whether serious damage has been caused, whether there are any casualties, but it marks another moment in this conflict, we think it is the first time since january that tel aviv has come under attack. these will be long—range rockets fired from the very south of gaza, and the al-qassam brigade, the armed wing of hamas, says it is in response to the israel massacre of civilians. we know military operations around rafah have intensified over the weekend, with more air strikes and ground military activity as well. this is despite israel having been told on friday by the international court ofjustice that its offensive there should end. whether this is just hamas reacting to that offensive on the ground in rafah, or whether it is some sort of last stand as the israeli military moves further and further into rafah and reduces the operating space that

hamas has left there, that is a question that we will contemplate in the hours that follow when we assess how serious this attack was and how much damage it has caused. it is the first time air raid sirens have soundedin first time air raid sirens have sounded in tel aviv for some time, the first time it has come under hamas attack for many months, and it shows that hamas still has weaponry that it shows that hamas still has weaponry thatitis shows that hamas still has weaponry that it is prepared to target civilians with. $5 that it is prepared to target civilians with.— that it is prepared to target civilians with. a ~ ., , ., civilians with. as we know, israel is when equipped _ civilians with. as we know, israel is when equipped when - civilians with. as we know, israel is when equipped when it - civilians with. as we know, israel is when equipped when it comes | civilians with. as we know, israel. is when equipped when it comes to defending its territory. yes. is when equipped when it comes to defending its territory.— defending its territory. yes, it has not the defending its territory. yes, it has got the hugely _ defending its territory. yes, it has got the hugely effective _ defending its territory. yes, it has got the hugely effective iron - defending its territory. yes, it has| got the hugely effective iron dome air defence system. you hear the explosions, it can sound like a rocket is landing when the missile is intercepted as it comes in from gaza towards a city like tel aviv. that system is very effective, but still submits as get through, and the system prioritises rockets that are heading to built—up areas, so it is possible, with a large barrage, but some rockets to get through, and

thatis but some rockets to get through, and that is why we have seen videos showing rockets landing on open ground, in more rural areas, showing rockets landing on open ground, in more ruralareas, but will to assess exactly how big this barrage was, how widespread the attack, how many rockets have been fired, and how much damage it has done, whether it has caused casualties. then there will be the question of what this prompts in terms of an israeli response in gaza. �* , ., gaza. because we were hearing earlier, before _ gaza. because we were hearing earlier, before these _ gaza. because we were hearing earlier, before these rockets i gaza. because we were hearing earlier, before these rockets in| gaza. because we were hearing - earlier, before these rockets in the air raid sirens, that there seems to be some kind of new initiative, a new framework for negotiations regarding hostages in gaza. yes. regarding hostages in gaza. yes, indeed, there _ regarding hostages in gaza. yes, indeed, there had _ regarding hostages in gaza. yes, indeed, there had been - regarding hostages in gaza. ye: indeed, there had been renewed hopes that peace talks could recommence on tuesday. this had been something that had been talked about by the americans and israelis, the talks mediated by the egyptians and the qataris, and there were hopes that a new deal may be put to hamas as

early as this week for the possibility of returning more hostages, bringing about some kind of peaceful conclusion to the operation. now, whether hamas has pre—empted that and is determined to show that it can launch rockets and cause damage and destruction in israel, that could be one possible explanation. hamas is saying it is in response to a massacre of eight civilians, it is not clear whether that means the conflict more generally or specifically operations around rafah over this weekend. we know over the last two weeks since the israeli military went into rafah, one million civilians have been displaced. so there are enormous numbers of people trying to find a safe place within gaza, trying to find food aid and shelter, that has been a huge issue over the last few weeks, but this could be hamas pre—empting those talks, trying to derail them before they get going, hamas showing the

strength of its position so israel enters the oceans seriously and is prepared to do a deal that will give hamas something in return for hostages. but progress on that front in the last few weeks has been minimal, the only hostage returns to israel have been the bodies of some of those killed in october the 7th during the period that they have been held hostage in gaza. there has been held hostage in gaza. there has been renewed pressure on benjamin netanyahu to deliver more results in that regard, there were huge protest in tel aviv last night calling for a change to his military strategy, because his stated aims of eradicating hamas in bringing back israeli hostagesjust eradicating hamas in bringing back israeli hostages just haven't been successful in the last few months, and if he had been that israel's military was getting bogged down in gaza with no clear end to the campaign and no clear answers to the questions about how gaza will be governed and rebuilt after this. those are the sorts of assurances that hamas are seeking, and if they're going to enter into these peace talks, perhaps that is them showing the strength of their hand at this time, but i suppose it is possible that israel responds by now

saying the talks off. for possible that israel responds by now saying the talks off.— saying the talks off. for the moment. — saying the talks off. for the moment, dan _ saying the talks off. for the moment, dan johnson - saying the talks off. for the moment, dan johnson in i saying the talks off. for the - moment, dan johnson in jerusalem, thank moment, danjohnson injerusalem, thank you very much. to the uk now, where general election campaign is well and truly under way with an eye—catching announcement from the conservative party to bring back mandatory national service, if it wins on polling day onjuly 4th. the party said 18—year—olds would have a choice of either joining the military full—time for 12 months, or volunteering one weekend every month, taking part in community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the national health service. the home secretary, james cleverly, said the plan would address social fragmentation and get young people "out of their bubble". labour has described the plan as a "desperate gimmick". earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent ione wells who explained a bit more about the conservatives' plan on national service. certainly, this is being seen as the first major policy announcement by either party during this election campaign, they have outlined a few more details, we know this would be a compulsory scheme for

18—year—olds, and they would have the choice of doing 12 months of paid military service or volunteering for one weekend a month, 25 days or so a year, in other public services, for example in the nhs, the fire service. now, what is not clear is how it would be enforced. the home secretary, james cleverly, suggested it would not be a criminal offence not to do it, so there are questions about how it would be implemented in practice, but the home secretary was asked earlier to give more details about the purpose of the scheme. what we are putting forward is a mandatory national service, a small element of which will be with the military, and anyone taking that route will volunteer to do so. so whilst you will be compelled to take part in national service, no—one will be compelled to do the military bit. and it's about addressing the fragmentation we have seen in society with too many young people living in their own bubbles, whether that's digital or social. we want to get back to the situation

where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic groups and religions. so in terms of what labour are focusing on today, rachel reeves talking about the economy. that's right, labourfocusing on the economy this morning, and speaking to laura kuenssberg, the main promise she made was that labour wouldn't raise income taxes, and although she did not entirely rule out the spending cuts, this is a question both parties will be facing with inflation at the moment, there is a question about whether there will be real—terms cuts to some unprotected departments. they said they would be investing in core departments like police and schools and won't be returning to austerity but did not rule out further spending cuts.

it does, does it not, mean cuts to some public service spending? well, there's not going to be a return to austerity- under a labour government. that's not my question. - well, you know, we had austerity for five years _ and that is part of the reason why our economy— and our public services are in a mess today. . there is no spending review. the government haven't done a spending review, _ so there's no allocations for departments. - i would have to do that if i become chancellor in a few weeks' time, . and i'll set out those plans. but would you rule out making cuts to public spending in some areas? we're not going to be l bringing back austerity, but we have got that - immediate injection of cash into our front—line public services. i that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. _ but in the end, _ we have to grow the economy. so that was the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, saying that they wouldn't necessarily be able to rule out any cuts, but they wouldn't be cutting personal income taxes. both parties will be outlining more of their specific policies in the coming weeks,

when they announce their full manifestos, and that is where we will get more detail about how some of these policies and pledges will work in practice. officials in ukraine say at least 12 people have been killed and 43 others wounded after russian forces hit a supermarket in the northern ukrainian city of kharkiv. two glide bombs hit the building on saturday. some people are still missing. later in the day russia launched another attack on the residential area in the kharkiv city centre with the civilian block of flats damaged, leaving at least 25 people injured, local authorities report. it takes the total current number of injured in kharkiv to 68. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, repeated his appeal for more air defences. russian forces have made gains

in the kharkiv region since launching a renewed offensive across the border. let's go live to kyiv and speak to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. how cave very much bearing the brunt of moscow's renewed confidence, james. —— kharkiv. of moscow's renewed confidence, james. -- kharkiv.— of moscow's renewed confidence, james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at the _ james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what we are getting told at the moment l james. -- kharkiv. absolutely, what| we are getting told at the moment by ukrainian commanders is that they are launching counterattacks in some areas. in short, they are claiming to be in control of this russian advance, but a russian advance its delays. they are contesting string of villages close to the enormous border ukraine shares with russia, and what that means for the city of kharkiv is that tension continues to mount, bombs and missiles continue to rain down on this gritty city in north—eastern ukraine, where there are still glimpses of routine, where on saturday you had people going to the epicentre k diy store, a popular chain here, presumably to get a or

other accessories for their homes, before official said two russian glide bombs struck. the fire took 16 hours to put out, we are told by crews, and the rescue operation is still very much going on. and it is cloud bombs which are increasingly being used by the russians over the past few months. —— glide glide bombs. they are packed with explosives, typically from the soviet era, russians have hundreds of thousands of them, and they can manufacture them, they are fitted with wings and navigation systems, and they can cause the same amount of damage as a multi—million pound missile at a fraction of the cost. this is why president zelensky is repeating his calls for air defences on top of all of his other asks that he aims at western allies, to protect cities like kharkiv, which really are feeling the brunt of this renewed russian attack in the north—east.

renewed russian attack in the north-east— renewed russian attack in the north-east. , ., , ., ., north-east. james, for the moment, thank ou north-east. james, for the moment, thank you very _ north-east. james, for the moment, thank you very much _ north-east. james, for the moment, thank you very much for _ north-east. james, for the moment, thank you very much forjoining i north-east. james, for the moment, thank you very much forjoining us, | thank you very much forjoining us, james waterhouse in ukraine. to papua new guinea now, where around 670 people are thought to have died after a massive landslide on friday. the figure is an estimate based on the number of houses believed to have been buried in up to eight metres of rock, earth and trees. so far, only a handful of bodies have been recovered. the affected areas are in the highlands of enga, in the north of the island nation in the south—west pacific. earlier, we spoke to journalist scott waide, the papua new guinea correspondent for radio new zealand. he gave us this update. there is a kilometre of earth that stretches from the foot of the mountain to where it has ended. and there are at least 500, and that is a figure we are using at the moment. there has been some glimmer of hope in the last 2a hours. a husband and wife were buried were rescued and thankfully their three children weren't

there at the scene when the landslip happened. there's been four bodies recovered, the partial remains of a 25—year—old man who has been identified by his family, three women who have been pulled out of the rubble dead. it has been that grim reality that people have had to face over the last hours. it has been difficult, as you said, getting to where many of the bodies are buried. it is a whole clan that has been buried by this landslip, so it is a grim reality that people have to face. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, is to address the nation on sunday evening. it comes as the country is gearing up for a general election on wednesday.

it's been 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. my colleague catherine byaruhanga is at a rally for the main opposition party the democratic alliance, just outsidejohannesburg. this weekend is the climax of months of campaigning by parties in south africa. this weekend, you have the parties all conducting rallies like this across the country. right now behind me is a sea of blue, this is the colour for the democratic alliance, it is the official opposition party in south africa. last time around, it took about 20% of the vote, but the da isn't the only party trying to take on the anc, you have more than 70 parties on the ballot paper next week, challenging the anc.

one of them is called rise mzansi, it has only existed for one year, and it has made a name for itself by trying to target young, urban, ambitious south africans, and we are joined by its leader for the gauteng province, which also includesjohannesburg, who is on the line to us from johannesburg. you are holding your own event later today, when you look at the number of parties contesting in these elections, the fragmentation of the opposition, is it a problem when you are trying to unseat the anc, which is so dominant in south african politics? so i think what we are witnessing, as you have correctly said, 30 years into our democracy, and what we are witnessing is a fundamental realignment of south african politics. for the last 30 years, the anc has been the dominant governing party, but over the last few election

cycles, we have seen the influence and their numbers dropping, particularly in the local elections, where they have lost power in a lot of the main metros, and i think that comes to fruition in this election. so certainly there is a journey ahead of us, but i think this is exactly where we need to be and the electorate is hungry for more options and more choices, and i think we have now got a good assortment of choices for the electorate. the latest from the south african elections, which take place on wednesday. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. yes, hello, nice to see you! another busy day at wembley ahead, where either leeds united or southampton will aiming to return back to the premier league come the end of the day. victory in the championship play—off

final is said to be worth over £200 million. the winner looking to join leicester and ipswich back in the top flight. joe lynskey is at wembley for us. joe, this match is dubbed the richest in football, what is the atmosphere like around wembley at the moment? i can imagine it being full of nerves with how much is at stake here. full of nerves with how much is at stake here-— full of nerves with how much is at stake here. ., , , ., stake here. yeah, gavin, less than two hours — stake here. yeah, gavin, less than two hours from — stake here. yeah, gavin, less than two hours from kick-off, _ stake here. yeah, gavin, less than two hours from kick-off, you i stake here. yeah, gavin, less than two hours from kick-off, you can l two hours from kick—off, you can probably hear the fans making their way to take their seats on wembley way, this is a busy time of year at the national stadium, the fa cup final yesterday, the champions league final here next weekend, and wedged in between the prize of the premier league. both leeds and southampton came down from the top flight last season, they both made this a fixture of such high quality, and an irregular campaign at leeds won 90, southampton 87, but for neither of them was that enough for automatic promotion. last year in this fixture, we saw luton town face

coventry, both of those sides, it felt like a bonus to be playing here. that is not the case today, with the huge revenue that comes with the huge revenue that comes with promotion for the winners, victory for leeds and southampton today feels essential. like victory for leeds and southampton today feels essential.— victory for leeds and southampton today feels essential. like you say, it was very — today feels essential. like you say, it was very close _ today feels essential. like you say, it was very close between - today feels essential. like you say, it was very close between the i today feels essential. like you say, it was very close between the two l today feels essential. like you say, | it was very close between the two at the end of the season in the league table. is it fair to say it will be an evenly matched game later on? yeah, it is very difficult to look to history in these one—off games, but southampton will come with a little bit more confidence, having done the double over leeds in the regular season, including beating them to everyone at elland road earlier this month in the final day. an added plot twist as the battle between bt managers, russell martin has come in and revolutionised the way southampton played this season. he spent much of his playing career at norwich city, where daniel farke, the leeds manager, came in and released him on a free transfer, effectively ending his career at the top level. that is just one more subplot to this intriguing match

today, and it is season defining for both leads and southampton. kick—off is at three o'clock. fresh from manchester united's fa cup success, manager erik ten tag is vowing to continue winning trophies, whether he remains at the club or not. senior officials have so far failed to give any assurances about his future. the build—up to the fa cup final was dominated by speculation that ten hag would be sacked whatever happened. as it transpired, united beat manchester city 2—1, lifting spirits somewhat after their worst ever premier league campaign where united finished eighth. the cup means they're in the europa league next season. whatever co—owner jim ratcliffe decides, the manager's staying positive. the team is progressing and we are winning trophies, two trophies in two years is not bad, three finals is not bad. but we have to keep going, i'm not satisfied with it, we have to do better, and if they don't want me any more, i will go somewhere else to win trophies, because that is what i

did my whole career. the french open is under way at roland garros. four—time grand slam winner naomi osaka is among those in action on the opening day over in paris. and as you can see she made a strong start to her opening round match against lucia bronzetti, taking it 6—1. the italian fought back in the second though, 6—4 to level the match. ultimately, it wasn't enough as osaka won the decider 7—5 to progress to the second round. later andy murray will face stan wawrinka in the men's draw. there's live updates throughout the day on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. let's turn to india, where a fire at a children's hospital in the indian capital, delhi, has killed seven babies. several other newborns are receiving treatment after being rescued from the burning building. the cause of the fire is not yet clear. the city's chief minister described the deaths as heartbreaking and said an investigation was under way.

earlier i spoke to divya arya, our correspondent in delhi, who told me what we know so far. this is a small hospital, the size of a nursing home, squeezed between residential homes, and it seems from these videos that residents filmed, you can see bursts of flames just climbing up and impacting even the buildings adjacent to the baby care hospital. now, as you said, it's early days to talk about the cause of the fire, but what the fire department has said is that the fire spread more rapidly because of oxygen cylinders that leaked and fed the fire. they also said that although it took place late at night, which enabled them to reach the spot quickly, what slowed down the process of rescue was the fact that there was a single staircase leading up to the floors above and that was totally clogged by the smoke that the fire had generated.

in bangladesh, coastal districts are bracing for a cyclonic storm due to make landfall on sunday afternoon. the cyclone, named remal, is expected to hit the coast of eastern india and southern bangladesh with winds gusting up to 100km/h. officials in the indian state of west bengal have warned of localised flooding and damage to power and communication lines due to the storm. our south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan, is following the story from the newsroom. within the next few hours the eye of the storm will cross the land, and that is when intense rains are expected, and that is a big worry. now, the officials are warning that the tidal surge could be four metres above the normal levels. that means that is a danger to villages in the low—lying areas, in most of bangladesh's southern part,

they are just a metre above sea level. so that is a real danger for villagers, and the government now says that more than 800,000 people have been moved to various storm shelters. they use school buildings as well as government offices as storm shelters, and people are also taking their cattle. but many are reluctant to leave their homes with their belongings and the cattle outside their houses, and that is one of the challenges for the authorities. but now that is what officials are expecting, that this intense cyclone is expected to make landfall. and before we go a quick reminder, you can find all the latest on the general election here in the uk. we're running a live page with continuous coverage. you can find that on the bbc news app and on our webiste. —— website. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. compared with yesterday the weather has taken a turn for the worse, sunshine through the rest of the day, but we are seeing more showers breaking out as well, some of them heavy and thundery. those showers will continue well into the afternoon, some slow—moving, thundery downpours, particularly across southern scotland and a good part of england, temperatures as a result of more showers will be lower than yesterday, noticeably south in scotland, where we could still make 21 in the south—east of england if we miss the showers. the heavy showers continue into the evening, fading away from much of england and wales the night, but further wet weather coming back into northern ireland and scotland later on in the night. clearerskies ireland and scotland later on in the night. clearer skies in the south could see temperatures dipping away

to 8-9 , i could see temperatures dipping away to 8—9 , i promise of early sunshine for central and eastern parts of england. however, scattered showers will build up through the day. this time the focus of the heavier downpours is more across northern and eastern parts of scotland this time. there will be some sunshine around with showers building up, feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine, temperatures typically going to be 16—17 on bank holiday monday afternoon. one area of low pressure that is bringing the showers at the moment will be replaced by another coming in from the atlantic for tuesday, and that will push cloud northward and eastward and bring with it showery rain as well, could get wetter through the day across northern ireland and later into northern england. the best of the dry weather on monday will be across north—eastern parts of scotland. typical temperatures around 17 degrees also on tuesday. an area of low pressure continues to push across the uk on tuesday night into wednesday, so we will see further

rain or showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery, wet weather across southern scotland, northern england, driving down across other parts of england and wales, typically followed by heavy, thundery showers in scotland, this time with the driest weather in northern ireland. again, those temperatures around 16—17 . they are not going to change much over the weekend, it is about what we would expect for the time of year. changeable week ahead with further heavy showers, signs that with high pressure around later, it could turn drier.

this is bbc news. the headlight. hamas says it has launched a large missile attack on the city of tel aviv, the first in months. rockets science have sounded there as well as across other cities in central israel. so missiles are said to have been intercepted. united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papa new guinea. the figure is an estimate based on the number of houses believed to have been buried. at least 12 people are confirmed dead after russian attack on a crowded diy store in ukraine's second city of kharkiv. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky said over 200 people could have been inside the store when was attacked. and bangladesh braces for intense

tropical cyclone, tens of thousands