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's been answering questions on its plan for the economy. it promises not to increase income tax if it wins on polling day. the united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papua new guinea. it's almost three to four days now, but their bodies are not located yet. sirens heard across tel aviv as hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city — the first in months. a russian attack on a busy superstore in kharkiv has killed at least 1a people now, with more than a dozen still unaccounted for.

and it's kick—off for leeds and southampton and it's half—time for leeds and southampton in the championship play off final at wembley. who will return to the premier league? hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. 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, is 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 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 25 days a year 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 a royal commission would work them out after — including any sanction for refusing, which the tories say would not be criminal. labour says it is desperate. this is just another gimmick, 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.

is for the labour party, they would being asked about the economy today and made a promise not to raise income tax if they won the election. for more, i spoke earlier to our political correspondent rajdeep sandhu. yes, there have been a lot of questions about exactly what labour would propose for this election and their potential run in government and we have this now a bit 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 in that interview on laura kuenssberg's show this morning and she didn't rule out future spending cuts. she did say that there would be difficult decisions would be difficult decisions to make and that 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 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 fund that, so what is quite interesting is that the conservatives have said they will be aiming to scrap national insurance altogether. they today have said in response to rachel reeves, they have 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 willjust keep on going and those arguments will definitely keep on going. you can keep up—to—date with all the twists and turns on the election trail and we are running a continuous live page on the website and on the bbc news app as well. 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 370 miles north—west of the capital. 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 aren't 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 thought to have died among this rubble will take some time. miok michael is a community leader on the ground who has visited the landslide site. he sent us this a short while ago. people are still crying and calling for help and dead bodies are not discovered yet, and it is almost three to four days now but there bodies are not found yet and people are finding it very hard to dig them out and they are still calling for the national government and even the provincial government for support and help. yesterday, the enga provincial team was on the ground providing supplies and announcing

and declaring the community as a special disaster job and declaring the community as a special disasterjob and there will be a special team on the ground to start the work and at the moment, the enga authority have also started to excavate and dig out the dead bodies puts the work has not started yet and the excavator is still on the ground and more aid and support is coming from another district but people underground are still needed more help and crying for support —— on the ground. and we also know they are asking for support from the national government. 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 defense 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 and let's go straight to germany because emmanuel macron is there on an official state visit, the first state visit for 2h years, and the red carpet is being rolled out and military inspections are under way. let'sjust rolled out and military inspections are under way. let's just take a quick listen. this is the first day

of a three—day visit for emmanuel macron, and a lot of this is of course about the pomp and the ceremony we are watching right now but there is a serious political aim right now is well of course, with the european elections coming up and a strong relationship between france and projecting the power of the cheap european nations and they of course aren't without their differences, and this is the first official state visit, notjust in berlin but a couple more stops to go before a bilateral cabinet meeting next week. that state visit their enjoy germany of emmanuel macron. —— there in germany.

officials in ukraine say 14 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. earlier i spoke to mariia mezentseva, ukrainian mp from kharkiv, and the head of ukrainian delegation to the council of europe parliamentary assembly. a 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 for not even knowing the reason why they are fighting, whereas us, 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 generals, soldiers and military personnel. it is so important to speak

aboutjustice today, so air defence, justice in courts and the coalition for more weapons. this is high thanks to every british person and you personally for spreading the world across the globe. you have been speaking to politicians here in the uk. correct. what was your assessment of the level of practical support you think 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 2% and the security commitment meaning our international agreement for the next ten years is currently working. thank you for being very clear on our opportunity, our armed forces to use long—range missiles to defeat the spots of evil in the russian federation's territory so basically, if everyone would do as the uk does, the world would be much closer today to peace, justice and, of course, victory.

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. the country's two key leaders are on opposites of the debate over that law. both spoke at the ceremony. the president warned that georgia's independence must be safeguarded, but the prime minister accused her �*betrayal�*. take a listen. translation: it was the reasonable ste -s of the translation: it was the reasonable steps of the people _ translation: it was the reasonable steps of the people and _ translation: it was the reasonable steps of the people and their - steps of the people and their elected government that gave us the opportunity to main piece in the country for that last two years despite existential threats and multiple betrayals, including the betrayal of the president of georgia. translation: ., .,, georgia. translation: ., ,, . translation: today, as the spectre of russia looms _

translation: today, as the spectre of russia looms over _ translation: today, as the spectre of russia looms over us, _ translation: today, as the spectre of russia looms over us, partnership | of russia looms over us, partnership and reproach — of russia looms over us, partnership and reproach you europe are the true path to— and reproach you europe are the true path to preserving and strengthening our independence and peace and those who sabotage and undermine this path trample _ who sabotage and undermine this path trample upon and damaged the peaceful and secure future of our country. — peaceful and secure future of our country, hindering the path towards becoming _ country, hindering the path towards becoming a full member of the free and democratic world. —— partnership and democratic world. —— partnership and rapprochement. let's get more on this with salome khavadagiani. she is the ceo of liberty institute georgia. thank you for your interest. the debate is still _ thank you for your interest. the debate is still ongoing and the protests are still ongoing. just to be clear, we are talking about the so—called foreign agents law, which would require non—governmental organisations who receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign donors to register, but what is the problem with that law in your eyes? actually, this law is like a very russia style law who is trying to

make all critical voices to shut down. for example, based only on notes from one individual, they can organise raids, they can shut down organisations, they can retrieve information, personal information including about our beneficiaries, so they can everything, they can fine us and also, we don't have any right to go to a judge and somehow declined to pay this fine so i think the majority of organisations will just cease to exist after this lot will be reinforced, so today when the government is celebrating,

protesters are also marching and we are kind of reviving the march of women gymnasts, they marched in the 19905, women gymnasts, they marched in the 1990s, and what is really symbolic after the soviet union occupied georgia, this girls�* sport society was disbanded and they were branded as foreign agents and branded as anti—state so we believe it is really symbolic and we believe that it is the fate that awaits every georgian patriot if this lot will be reinforced by the government. qm. reinforced by the government. ok, salome reinforced by the government. 0k, salome khavadagiani, thank you very much for coming on the programme. let�*s head to the bbc sport centre and get the latest on the day�*s sport. 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. adam armstrong put southampton ahead at 2a minutes. they will be hoping it stays that way to secure promotion back to the big time and as it stands with 51 minutes gone, it is at 1—1. southampton finished fourth in the 46—game championship table, their 87 points three behind leeds. 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�*s won his opening round match against quialifierjj wolf of the us, dropping just four games on the way to victory. 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—1 before bronzetti levelled, winning the next

set 6—4 to set up the decider, which 0saka took 7 games to five. she�*s never been past the third round at roland garros before. 2017 winnerjelena 0stapenko is thorugh after beating jacqueline cristian 6—4, 7—5. and a big day in the calendar for formula one. the monaco grand prix is reaching its closing stages and it is charles leclerc out in front at the moment and britain�*s lewis hamilton is currently down in seventh a short while ago, and the race had to be restarted earlier after a lengthy delay following a huge crash on the opening lap and the collision occurred between the house of magnusson —— haas of magnusson and sergio perez�* car.

this 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. world championship medallists jack laugher and anthony harding have continued their build—up to the paris 2024 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 1121.11 points for their six routines. laugher also won the individual 3m event on friday. we weren�*t 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 a 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 over 420 — 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 2024, but will be targeting success at the european championships in serbia next month. it�*s the final of the indian premier league too. sunrisers hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat first against kolkata knight riders. but they might be regretting that decision as they are currently 90—eight. not a victory on the cards for them but you can get more on that on the bbc sports website as well as all the rest of the day�*s sport stories. we will see you soon. a cyclonic storm has just hit the coast of bangladesh and officials in the indian state of west bengal has warned of flooding and damage to communication lines due to the storm. tributes are being paid to david m sherman, one of hollywood�*s most successful songwriters, who has

died at the age of 85 and he wrote the music forfilms died at the age of 85 and he wrote the music for films such as chitty chitty bang bang and he became part of hollywood�*s in a cycle of creative talents and the brothers were inducted into the hall of fame and received the us middle of the arts in 2008. —— medal of the arts. 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—meter—long red—and—white chequered rug — thought to be the world�*s largest tablecloth. but it wasn�*t open to everyone — nearly 273,000 people applied to take part in the event, and only 4,000 were chosen. that is it but there is plenty more

online, as always. i�*m lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news. 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. the united nations says almost 700 people are feared dead following a landslide in papua new guinea. at least 150 houses were buried on friday evening while people are sleeping. 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.

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