live from london. this is bbc news. rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year olds if the conservatives win the general election. meanwhile, labour promises not to increase income tax if it wins on polling day. a russian attack on a busy superstore in kharkiv has killed at least 1a people now, with more than a dozen still unaccounted for. sirens heard across tel aviv as hamas says its launched as hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city — the first in months. the united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papua new guinea. and it's kick—off for leeds and southampton

in the championship play off final at wembley. who will return to the premier league? hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. the home secretary, james cleverly, says the conservatives plan to bring back a form of compulsory national service if it wins, and says it's about pushing young people out of their "comfort zone". the party says it would cost £2.5 billion a year and would see 18—year—olds join the military for a year or serve the community for a weekend a month for the same period. our political correspondent helen catt has more. the return of national service is certainly an eye—catching policy but it wouldn't be national service quite like these men experienced between 1949 and 1963.

instead all 18—year—olds would have to choose between a year of military service or volunteer work in public services. it's about addressing the fragmentation we have seen in society. too many young people living in their own bubble, whether a digital bubble or a social bubble, and we want to get back to the situation where people are mixing with young people from different areas, different economic groups, different religions. under the plans, 30,000 18—year—olds would do full—time one—year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence and would have to apply for selection. everyone else would have to volunteer for the equivalent of one weekend a month in places like the nhs, charities or police. the conservatives say they would start piloting the scheme from september 2025. other countries like norway already run selective military schemes. the detail of the proposed tory version will not come

before the election. instead a special committee called the royal commission would work them out after — including any sanction for refusing which the tories say out after — including any sanction for refusing, which the tories say would not be criminal. labour says it is desperate. this isjust a desperate gimmick from the conservative party, with no viable means of funding it. the liberal democrats said the conservatives had cut troop numbers. the snp said the armed forces needed proper investment. they're trying to put a sticking plaster on the future of young people and also a sticking plaster for the armed forces and it is not going to work. the conservatives believe their national service programme would put a modern spin on an old idea for their first policy announced in this campaign. helen catt, bbc news. with more on this, let's speak to our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu, who's in the newsroom.

so, this promise not to increase income tax?— so, this promise not to increase income tax? , ., , so, this promise not to increase income tax? , . , ., income tax? yes, there have been a lot of questions _ income tax? yes, there have been a lot of questions about _ income tax? yes, there have been a lot of questions about exactly - income tax? yes, there have been a lot of questions about exactly what l lot of questions about exactly what labour would propose for this election and their potential run in government and we now have something more solid from the shadow chancellor rachel reeves that they won't increase income tax or national insurance so we will see that going into the manifesto and we obviously don't have party manifestos yet but there is a nugget from it and she was pushed quite hard about labour's spending plans on that interview on laura kuenssberg's show this morning and she didn't rule out future spending cuts. she did say there would be difficult decisions to make and it wouldn't be a return to austerity but she couldn't completely rule out spending cuts. she did talk about the areas where labour are promising extra spending, areas like more teachers, more police officers, and she said that was a down payment for

the change that people could expect from labour. now, she was very careful in that interview about what she said and how she said it, and she said and how she said it, and she didn't seem to want to make promises she couldn't keep. she kept talking about labour's plans being fully funded, so she says every promise she has made, she has looked at exactly how they will find that, so what is quite interesting is that the conservatives have said they will be aiming to scrap a national insurance altogether. they today have said in response to rachel reeves, they had accused labour of unfunded spending and that they had no plan to cut taxes and ease the burden on families, and they have also said that with labour, they have warned voters it puts them with the same old labour party who as soon as they run out of money will come after yours. so you can see this will be a very tense topic during the election and those conversations around the economy and

taxes will just conversations around the economy and taxes willjust keep on going and those arguments will definitely keep on going. {lila those arguments will definitely keep on anoin. ., ~ , . on going. 0k, thank you very much for that. 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 website. officials in ukraine say 1a 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 kharkiv city centre, with a civilian block of flats damaged, leaving at least 25 people injured according to local authorities. 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.

0ur ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is in kyiv with the latest. 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 it still is. they are contesting a 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, that 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 epicentr k diy store, a really popular chain here in kyiv, presumably to get plants or other accessories for their homes, before officials say 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 glide bombs which are increasingly being used by the russians over the past few months, notjust on troop positions, but on cities as well, as we have seen. they are bombs packed with explosives, typically from the soviet era. russia has hundreds of thousands of them, and they can manufacture them too. they are fitted with wings and their own navigation systems, and they can cause the same amount of damage as a multi—million pound missile at a fraction of the cost. so this is why president zelensky, as you say, 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. thank you to james for that. let's speak to mariia mezentseva,

ukrainian mp from kharkiv, and the head of ukrainian delegation to the council of europe parliamentary assembly. thank you for coming on the programme. so you are from kharkiv, give us an idea of what life is like there now. i give us an idea of what life is like there nova— give us an idea of what life is like there now. . , , ,, ., there now. i was 'ust thinking that ou there now. i was 'ust thinking that you sometimes — there now. i wasjust thinking that you sometimes have _ there now. i wasjust thinking that you sometimes have less - there now. i wasjust thinking that you sometimes have less than - there now. i wasjust thinking that you sometimes have less than 40| you sometimes have less than a0 seconds from the time the air raid comes on and by the time of you hiding in the basement and where the shelling occurs. sometimes you are asleep and you might not even hear the sirens so this is so dangerous and at the same time, tragic, that we have no sufficient air defence and that is why politicians, civilians, famous artists in ukraine and abroad are supporting sort of hashtag ukraine needs air defence which any person can join hashtag ukraine needs air defence which any person canjoin in hashtag ukraine needs air defence which any person can join in the efforts to call our nato allies and not only those that have patriot

system is like for instance, we recently spoke to politicians from germany and we are seeing that there was no final decision on bringing a patriot system to kharkiv, however everyone is putting the efforts right now and maybe that will be decided in the peace summit in switzerland where more than 70 countries are joined, switzerland where more than 70 countries arejoined, but switzerland where more than 70 countries are joined, but ukraine and kharkiv are specifically and to the region itself needs our defence right now and it is just 30 miles away from the russian border and thatis away from the russian border and that is why it is so easy for them to shelters. that is why it is so easy for them to sheltere— to shelters. the shelling and the air defences, _ to shelters. the shelling and the air defences, i _ to shelters. the shelling and the air defences, i understand - to shelters. the shelling and the air defences, i understand that, | air defences, i understand that, what about the situation itself on the ground on the front line? aha, the ground on the front line? counter offensive has started on our side and the ukrainian army is counter attacking on the ground, those nine villages that are temporarily under russian occupation will for sure be brought back to ukrainian control and the famous

city of vovchansk has experienced a massive evacuation of civilians but still the ukrainian army is doing its best to progress and not to let russians take it over as it is a strategic spot. of course best brigades are currently on the ground and we see the numbers and russia is putting so much human efforts where they don't actually cherish human lives, and that is why this senseless battle which they are committed to fort not even knowing the reason why they are fighting, where as others, we are defending our homeland, we are calling for the international tribunal to be established so that at a high political level of politicians in the russian federation would be responsible for that, not only soldiers and military personnel. it is so important to speak about justice today, so a defence, justice

in courts and the coalition for more weapons. this is high thanks to every british person and knew personally for spreading the world across the globe. you personally for spreading the world across the globe.— across the globe. you have been s-ueakin across the globe. you have been speaking to _ across the globe. you have been speaking to politicians _ across the globe. you have been speaking to politicians here - across the globe. you have been speaking to politicians here in i across the globe. you have beenl speaking to politicians here in the uk. what was your assessment of the level of practical support you think will be coming your way? i’m level of practical support you think will be coming your way?— will be coming your way? i'm sure all other nato _ will be coming your way? i'm sure all other nato members _ will be coming your way? i'm sure all other nato members should i will be coming your way? i'm sure - all other nato members should follow the uk's example when you are increasing your defence budget up to two percent and the security commitment meaning our international agreement for the next ten years is currently working. thank you for being very clear on our armed forces to use long range missiles to defeat the spots of evil in the russian federation so basically, if everyone would do as the uk does, the world would do as the uk does, the world would be much closer today to peace,

justice and, of course, victory. i'm the next meetings and the initiative of president zelensky for the peace summit will bring more results for this and that is why i also spoke about returning all abducted children and bringing back civilians who have been taken hostage since 201a. the prisoners of war also have to be back according to the geneva convention which russia is unfortunately not committed to but the world can do much more and that is why we are calling for these extra efforts.— is why we are calling for these extra efforts. a, . ~ , ., extra efforts. 0k, maria mezentseva, thank ou extra efforts. ok, maria mezentseva, thank you for— extra efforts. 0k, maria mezentseva, thank you for coming _ extra efforts. 0k, maria mezentseva, thank you for coming on _ extra efforts. 0k, maria mezentseva, thank you for coming on the - thank you for coming on the programme. thank you. next to the israel—gaza war. for the first time in several months, hamas has launched a missile attack on israel. the israeli military says at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area of southern gaza, most of which it intercepted. some did get through — landing in open fields — but no injuries or significant

damage has been reported. 0ur correspondent injerusalem, danjohnson, gave us this update. interceptions have been heard over the city by colleagues who are in tel aviv at the moment — at least six, possibly eight rockets that have been intercepted by israeli air defence systems, which are very secure, very effective. but it does look like some of these rockets that we believe have been fired from the south of gaza, from rafah, have got through. there are some videos emerging showing where rockets have landed on open ground. no word yet on whether any serious damage has been caused, whether there are any casualties. but this certainly does mark another moment in this conflict. it's the first time since, we think, january that tel aviv has actually come under rocket attack. these would be long—range rockets fired from the very south of gaza. and the al-qassam brigade, the armed wing of hamas, says it is doing that in response to israel's massacre of its civilians. we know that the military operations around rafah have continued intensifying over the weekend

with more air strikes and more 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. now, whether this isjust hamas reacting to that offensive on the ground in rafah or whether this is some sort of last stand as israel's military actually moves further and further into rafah and reduces the operating space that hamas has left there, that's a question that we'll have to contemplate in the hours that follow when we assess how serious this attack was and how much damage it has caused. but certainly it's the first time that air raid sirens have sounded in tel aviv for some time. it's the first time that area has come under hamas attack for many months. and it does show that hamas still has weaponry, heavy artillery, and is prepared to use it to target israeli civilians. 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.

it would be the talks that have been 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 sort of peaceful conclusion to this military operation. now, whether hamas has preempted that and is determined to show that it can still launch rockets and cause damage and destruction in israel, that could be one possible explanation for this attack. hamas itself is saying that this is in response tojust a massacre of its civilians. it's 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 israel's military first went into rafah, more than a million palestinians have been uprooted and displaced. thanks to dan for that. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. the championship playoff final — dubbed the richest game in football — is under way at wembley with both

southampton and leeds united hoping for an immediate return to the premier league. around 15 minutes or so gone in that game at wembley and it is currently 0-0. game at wembley and it is currently 0—0. southampton had a chancejust then but saved by yolande knell ea in the leeds goal also currently goalless. southampton finished fourth in the a6 game championship table, at 86 points, three behind leeds. tense moments there in that play—off final. the french open is under way at roland garros. and the attention turns to carlos alcaraz this year, as he looks to improve on his semifinal exit at last year's tournament. the men's number three seed is on the hunt for a first title at roland garros. he won the first set against qualifierjj wolf of the us.

6—i there. he looks to secure his place in the second round. earlier, andrey rublev, the sixth seed, won his first round match against taro daniel. four—time grand slam winner naomi 0saka is through to the next round after beating lucia bronzetti in three sets. 0saka breezed through the first set 6—i, before bronzetti levelled, winning the next set 6—a to set up the decider, which 0saka took seven games to five. she's never been past the third round at roland garros before. 2017 winnerjelena 0stapenko is in action against jacqueline cristian. you can catch up with the results from that one on the bbc sport website. and a bid day in the calendar for formula one, where the monaco grand prix is back under way after a lengthy delay following a huge crash on the opening lap. the collision occured between the red bull of sergio perez and the haas of kevin magnussen, which resulted in a red flag and brought an end to both drivers�* races almost before it had begun. magnussen's team—mate nico hulkenburg also saw his race finished by the incident. charles leclerc is currently in

first place at the moment and he started the race on pole so it would be a home win for charles leclerc if he continues in this form at monaco. world championship medallists jack laugher and anthony harding have continued their build—up to the paris 202a olympic games with victory in the synchronised 3m springboard final at the aquatics gb championships in birmingham. laugher won olympic gold with previous partner chris mears at rio 2016, before claiming individual bronze at the tokyo games three years ago. he and harding have claimed world silver and bronze medals over the last 12 months and achieved a strong score of a21.11 points for their six routines. laugher also won the individual 3m event on friday. its consistency for me and anthony. we want is firing on all cylinders today and it is the morning but what is great about this competition is it is at the same time as the one in paris will be so great little run through and obviously a bit difficult for me feeling a bit tired coming off the back of the individuals but we still had a great

score and a great benchmark and we have to just keep going and stay injury free and stay positive. in the women's synchronised 3m springboard final, the european games champions amy rollinson and desharne bent—ashmeil took gold. the pair have not been selected for paris 202a, but will be targeting success at the european championships in serbia next month. england's women's second one—day international against pakistan has been abandoned after heavy rain fell at taunton. pakistan win the toss and chose to bat first. they got past six overs before the weather turned, having reached 29 without loss. england won the first match of the series and now head to chelmsford on wednesday for the third and final match. it's the final of the indian premier league too. sunrisers hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat first against kolkata knight riders. it is currently 17 for two at the moment there with 17 overs remaining. more on the bbc sport website for that.

you can go to our website. that's bbc.com.sport. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more a bit later on and we will see you then. thank you for that, gavin. the united nations says more than 670 people are feared dead in a huge landslide in the pacific nation of papua new guinea. dozens of houses are thought to have been buried in rock and earth. the disaster was sparked by an earthquake that hit enga province, some 370 miles north west of the capital, port moresby. this report is from our correspondent katy watson in sydney. a scene of total devastation. in an area so remote and with land here still unstable, rescuers are struggling to do theirjob. more than two days after the landslide, villagers are into giving up in their hunt for survivors but the situation on the ground is difficult. the landslide struck in the early hours of friday morning. more than 100 houses were buried at a time when most of the villagers would have been asleep

butjust a few bodies have been recovered so far. debris from the landslide is up to eight metres deep in some places but getting heavy machinery to this remote area of highlands is difficult. people are using whatever tools they can get their hands on, be it shovels or sticks, to help get victims out. to make matters worse, nearby tribal violence which is totally unrelated to the landslide is also complicating the delivery of relief materials. but in the search for survivors, some good news. there has been some glimmer of hope in the last 2a hours. a husband and wife that were buried were rescued and thankfully their three children were not at the scene when the landslip happened. understanding the true scale of this disaster and finding those buried under the rubble will take some time. katy watson, bbc news, sydney. georgia is celebrating

the anniversary of its independence from russia with official ceremonies being held in the capital, tbilisi. it comes as the country continues to grapple with the mass protests against a controversial, so—called "foreign agents" law which opponents believe would put georgia's independence at risk. 0ur correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tblisi. this military hardware is produced in georgia, and today it's on display for all the public to come and take selfies, photographs here. georgia is marking its independence day, and a short while ago, there was an official ceremony here with the participation of different army units and speeches from the country's pro—western ceremonial president and the country's prime minister. this celebration of georgia's independence comes at a time of a deep political crisis in the country, triggered by the passing of a controversial law, the so—called "foreign agents" law,

which the georgian government introduced in early april. we've seen over five weeks now mass protests in the streets of the capital, tbilisi, and in other parts of the country against this legislation. people are protesting because they're worried that this law would undermine the country's democracy. it's been dubbed as the "russian law" because of a similar legislation that was adopted in russia some years ago and has since been used to silence dissent in the country. and the protests that we have been seeing in georgia are also about fears that the same thing might happen here. although today is a celebration — you can see a lot of people here, happy to occupy this space, this public square, and to celebrate their country's independence — but this independence, as we heard from the speeches of both the president and the prime minister, is in danger.

thanks to rayhan for that. and here we have live pictures of a state visit of emmanuel macron, a three—day visit taking place in berlin and he will be greeted with military honours by the german president injust a military honours by the german president in just a few minutes' time and we will be monitoring events over the next couple of days for that significant event. and just before we go, let's leave you with these pictures. it's a giant picnic on paris's most famous avenue — the champs—elysees. you can see here, the french capital's iconic boulevard was laid with a 216—metre—long red—and—white chequered rug — thought to be the world's largest tablecloth.

i'm at lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. —— i'm lewis vaughan jones. hello there. compared with yesterday, for most of us, the weather has taken a turn for the worse today. there will still be some sunshine around at times through the rest of the day, but we are seeing more showers breaking out as well, some of them heavy and thundery. and 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 around will be lower than yesterday. noticeably so in scotland, but we still could make 21 in the south east of england if we miss most of those showers. but those heavy showers will continue into the evening. they'll fade away from much of england and wales overnight. but we'll see some further wet weather coming back into northern ireland and scotland later on in the night. clearer skies in the south could see temperatures dipping away to eight or nine degrees. but the promise of some early sunshine, at least, for central and eastern parts of england. however, scattered showers will build up through the day. this time, the focus of the heavier downpours with some thunderstorms

is more across northern and eastern parts of scotland, this time. there will be some sunshine around with those showers building up too, and it will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, i suspect. but those temperatures are typically going to be 16 or 17 degrees on bank holiday monday afternoon. one area of low pressure that's bringing all the showers at the moment will be replaced by another one coming in from the atlantic for tuesday. and that will push cloud northwards and eastwards and bring with it this showery rain as well. could get a bit wetter through the day across northern ireland and later into northern england. the best of the dry weather this time, after all those heavy showers on monday, will be across north eastern parts of scotland. typical temperatures around about 17 degrees or so on tuesday. now, that area of low pressure continues to push across the uk on tuesday night into wednesday. and so we'll see some further rain or showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery. so wetter weather across southern scotland, northern england,

driving down across other parts of england and wales to be followed by some heavy, perhaps thundery showers in scotland. this time the driest weather looks like to be in northern ireland. and again, those temperatures around 16 or 17 degrees. those temperatures aren't really going to change much over the weekend. it's about what we'd expect at this time of the year. quite a changeable week ahead, though, it has to be said, with some further heavy showers. signs, though, with high pressure around later, it could turn drier.

this is bbc news, the headlines. rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18 year olds if the conservatives win the general election. meanwhile, labour's been answering questions on its plan for the economy. it promises not to increase income tax if it wins on polling day. sirens heard across tel aviv as hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city — the first in months. some missiles are said to have been intercepted. no direct hits or injuries have been reported. at least 12 people are confirmed dead after a russian attack on a busy diy store in the ukrainian city of kharkiv. president zelensky says over 200 people could have been inside the store when it was attacked. the united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papua new guinea.