live from london. this is bbc news here in the uk, labour discusses their plans for the economy promising not to increase income tax if they win. meanwhile, rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year olds if the conservatives win the general election. protests in georgia continue over a russian—style law against foreign influence, on the day the nation celebrates its independence from the soviet union. and manchester city celebrate winning their fourth premier league title in a row, with a victory parade i'm olly foster here in the city centre, where the parade hasjust passed but the party is onlyjust getting started.

hello, i'm lauren taylor. we start here in the uk, and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 4th ofjuly. labour says it won't raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn't rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be "difficult decisions" to make. leila nathoo has more. thank you very much. she wants to decide how taxpayers�* money is spent. rachel reeves making her pitch in west yorkshire this afternoon, promising a labour government would ensure economic stability. today, she said if she became chancellor there would be no rises in income tax or national insurance. but she acknowledged she would face difficult decisions and that public services were struggling. we're not going to be bringing back austerity, but we have got that immediate injection of cash into our front line public services. that's a down payment on the changes that we want to make. but in the end, we have to grow the economy.

rachel reeves insisted all of her plans would be fully costed. she didn't rule out having to make cuts to public spending. there was no public campaigning from the tories today, butjunior treasury minister bim aslam said in a statement in response. both labour and the conservatives are committed to getting debt falling as a share of national income. but there's a warning that whichever party gets into government would find itself hemmed in. rachel reeves and jeremy hunt are both desperately trying to square a very difficult circle at the moment. if there's going to be no tax increases over the next several years, then it's going to be desperately difficult to find enough moneyjust to avoid cutting spending on some public services, let alone finding money to increase them. this is how the liberal democrats will be getting from a to b during this election campaign. an echo of labour's

promise from them too. taxes for ordinary people. people are paying far too much tax under the conservatives. _ the conservatives have raised taxes to record amounts in this— parliament. the conservatives have raised taxes to record amounts - in this parliament and during a cost of living crisis that's hurting - people really hard. a long road ahead to polling day. all parties will be trying to attract attention until then. elsewhere, the conservatives have announced they will introduce mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if they win the election. it's a plan labour have called desperate and unfunded. the home secretary, james cleverly, has been giving more details on sunday with laura kuenssberg. helen catt reports. 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. it's nice and wide.

instead, all 18—year—olds would have to choose between a year's military service or volunteer work in public services. it's about addressing the fragmentation that we've seen in society — too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be 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, 30,00018 year olds would do full time one year placements in the armed forces or cyber defence. they'd have to apply for selection. everybody else would have to volunteer for the equivalent of one weekend a month, 25 days a year, in places like the nhs, charities or the police. the conservatives say they would start piloting the scheme from september 2025. much of the detail wouldn't be decided until after the election. at the great manchester run

there was a mixed reaction. well, that to do it then they've got no choice then. yeah, yeah. i don't mind doing it. look at all the world wars we've got going on and about to get into. i think it's a way of dragging young people in to that kind of way of living so they don't have a choice further down the line. i think it's a good idea - in theory, but i think you'll get a lot of backlash. ito be honest, i don't think peoplel will be happy with suddenly turning their lives upside down and making them either go into the armed - forces or volunteer. i think people are i busy enough as it is. three days ago, a defence minister said there were no current plans for the restoration of any form of national service. labour says it's desperate. this is just another gimmick from — a desperate gimmick from the conservative party with no viable means of funding it. other opposition parties say the conservatives should be investing more in the armed forces. they are trying to be a sticking plaster on the future of young people and also a sticking plaster for the armed forces. and it's not going to work. we want professional soldiers, not people who are there for one year. if you talk to military chiefs,

they want a professional army. and that's what the liberal democrats would provide. 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. so what do young people make of the suggestion to bring back national service? we asked some of the people at radio 1's big weekend fesitval in luton. i don't think it's a bad idea, obviously depends what, you know, if they do. i think it should be your decision to do it or not. but there will be more people that would be more inclined to do it and others don't. but obviously if the government needs help, why not? it is about — you will learn from it, i think, in my opinion. like, anything that you do that is new, you get learning experience out of it and it will help you down the line. people will probably go for it, but again, i think it will kind of have a big backlash because you're being forced to do

something, and not a lot of people want to be forced to do something. like we live in a free country, and, yeah. i i mean, i think it would be prettyl good because the army isn't doing too well with recruiting any way, |and the whole thing with russia | would be good, like a lot| more recruits, you know. but i mean, it does infringe a lot on current human rights. - i don't know, ijust think it will be a large change - for a lot of people. earlier, i spoke to paul o'neill— a senior research fellow at the royal united services institute, and i started by asking him about his thoughts on the mandatory national service proposal. raise for me i suppose it depends on what ou raise for me i suppose it depends on what you are — raise for me i suppose it depends on what you are trying — raise for me i suppose it depends on what you are trying to _ raise for me i suppose it depends on what you are trying to achieve. - raise for me i suppose it depends on what you are trying to achieve. if - what you are trying to achieve. if as a home secretary said it is about social fragmentation then i as a home secretary said it is about socialfragmentation then i can as a home secretary said it is about social fragmentation then i can see value in creating a common experience for young people. however, i am experience for young people. however, iam nervous experience for young people. however, i am nervous about it from the military angle. because it certainly isn't a way of expanding military capability. the armed forces have been professional for military capability. the armed forces have been professionalfor a long time, and there is a reason for that, it takes a lot of time to

train and bring up to an operational standards individual, and one year just seems to be a bit too short, so, what will probably find with this is you will end up diverting regular and potentially reserve service personnel who are at high levellers of training, in order to undertake a training task which will i think bring little military value i think bring little military value i think. 50 i think bring little military value i think. i. i think bring little military value ithink. i. ., i think bring little military value ithink. ., , , i think. so you are suggesting it wouldn't have _ i think. so you are suggesting it wouldn't have any _ i think. so you are suggesting it wouldn't have any effect - i think. so you are suggesting it wouldn't have any effect on - i think. so you are suggesting it i wouldn't have any effect on trying to bring up the numbers that are dwindling in the armed forces? it dwindling in the armed forces? it will have an impact, in both direction, one it will make it harder because you will have to divert people who are currently regular or reserves and therefore available to deliver an operational output and put them in a training system that has been thinned down, because since the end of the cold war, the armed forces have reduced, and they have prioritised efficiency, which means reducing the number of training places, the real estate available, the amount of

accommodation and so to grow it by 30,000, which is the entire size of the british arm reserve, —— army reserve, would be a huge drain on those resource, what it might do longer term is give you an elm of society that if you had to mobilise, at pace, would be at a slightly higher level than otherwise would be the case. but depending on how long ago you did your one year, it depends on how quickly your skills fade, so i really don't see it a as particularly effective military solution. and far more effective would probably be investing in the reserves that we already have and growing the size of those. find reserves that we already have and growing the size of those. and what would ou growing the size of those. and what would you think _ growing the size of those. and what would you think of _ growing the size of those. and what would you think of the _ growing the size of those. and what would you think of the funding - growing the size of those. and what would you think of the funding of. would you think of the funding of it, how do you think it would be funded? ~ ,., �* , funded? well, the government's - ro osal funded? well, the government's preposal seems— funded? well, the government's proposal seems to _ funded? well, the government's proposal seems to be _ funded? well, the government's proposal seems to be a - funded? well, the government's proposal seems to be a little - proposal seems to be a little unclear at this stage, shall we say. i am nervous about we are going to make efficiencies or clampdown on tax dodgers in order to fund these

things so there isn't a very clear funding line i have been able to detect. and 2.5 billion in advance of the royal commission, that the government i think sensibly has announced is being the body which that would explore this in greater detail seems to be a bit of a finger in the airjob, because these people will need to be paid, they will need equipment, uniform, there will be pension implication, impact of medical service and other parts of the armed forces to accommodate it, so this 2.5 billion is a large number, but how accurate it is i would like to see. and 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 plenty of updates and analysis on the bbc news app and on our website. israeli air strikes on rafah have reportedly killed 30 people

after hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah�*s tal al sultan neighbourhood west of the city centre. there was no immediate comment from the israel defense forces. more than that story when now it's time for a look at today's sport, with hugh ferris. hello, from the bbc sport centre. the premier league line up for next season is complete after southampton won promotion in the english champinoship playoff final. they beat leeds 1—0 at wembley. a typically tense affair was settled by adam armstrong's 24th goal of the season in the 24th minute, helping southampton return to the top flight at the first attempt after last season's relegation. for leeds it's another unsuccessful playoff campaign, while their historic struggles at wembley continue as well.

but southampton�*s victory in what's billed the richest game in football stands to make them around £140 million. it wasn't a sexy appointment for southampton football club me coming in, they were brave enough to give me the opportunity and hopefully we have repaid them with a day they will remember forever and have repaid them with a day they will rememberforever and it have repaid them with a day they will remember forever and it has given me one of the best days of my career for sure. given me one of the best days of my careerforsure. so, given me one of the best days of my careerfor sure. so, yes, given me one of the best days of my careerforsure. so, yes, ifeel nothing but gratitude and yeah, and... yeah. a lot of love for the people i have worked with all year. so southampton return to a competition won for a record fourth time in a row by manchester city. they're celebrating that success with a parade through the city centre. olly foster is there. afa a fa cup defeat didn't derail plans that were very much in place to mark that were very much in place to mark that fourth triumph in a row. ida. that fourth triumph in a row. no, that fourth triumph in a row. no, that is what _

that fourth triumph in a row. no, that is what pep _ that fourth triumph in a row. iirr, that is what pep guardiola wanted, he said come out in your thousands because this season is still worth celebrating, despite that defeat to manchester united at wembley, we have had a lot of blue smoke, tens of thousands in the streets of manchester, that parade hasjust come to a close, we had fireworks, slighting up —— lighting up the gloomy manchester skies and these are live picture some of the players still on their open topped bus interacting with a fair few thousand fans at the bottom of deansgate. the main thoroughfare that goes north south there is the premier league trophy. they still have some champagne left. we saul kyle walker, there he is, dancing with an umbrella, he doesn't need it. it is not raining, he needs it for all the champagne. it has been quite a spectacle, it has been an incredible season, it fell flat at wembley, we didn't see that defeat coming their first domestic defeat since before christmas, what we have seen is the

way that manchester city, in the league, just get that momentum around march, april and may, and they held off a very very good improving arsenal side, who will surely come again, five points was the difference over the gunners last season, two points this season, it has been an enthralling premier league season but it is that unprecedented, four in a row that manchester city have been celebrating here over the last two or three hours. olly has the crowds disperse so will you no doubt. thank you very much. thank you very much. bayer leverkusen have celebrated their historic double of bundesliga and german cup with their fans at their bayarena stadium. warning, these pictures contain flashing lights. after securing the dfb pokal yesterday with a 1—0 win against second division side kaiserlautern, xabi alonso's side were given a hero's welcome at their home ground as they paraded both trophies they won in season that saw them go 51 games unbeaten, and only lose once — in the europa league final.

charles leclerc declared "tonight is going to be a big night" afterfinally winning his home grand prix in monaco. the monagasque, who qualified on pole, had to wait a little longer than normal to secure victory around the streets of the principality after a huge crash on the opening lap between sergio perez and kevin magnussen. both drivers walked away unscathed. when the race finally resumed, leclerc pulled away from his rivals to take the chequered flag and close the gap on max verstappen in the driver's championship. i did not expect the race to be so difficult to manage emotionally. emotionally and mentally wise. i had so many thoughts of the people i have mentioned already in the last ten laps. that was very difficult to manage because even though i knew the race was extremely good, you have to stay on it on a track

like this which was very difficult. it's day one of the french open at roland garros and third seed carlos alcaraz, one of the favourites to win the tournament has already made it through to round two. the spaniard is on the hunt for a first title at roland garros and improve on his run to the semis last year. he's won his opening round match against quialifierjj wolf of the us, dropping just four games on the way to victory. earlier sixth seed andrey rublev won his first round match against taro daniel. britain's andy murray is struggling badly in his first round match with stan wawrinka, who won the opening set 6—4, and has just won the second set by the same score. just a break apiece in those. four—time grand slam winner naomi osaka is through to the second round after beating lucia bronzetti in three sets. she's never been past the third round at roland garros before. elsewhere 2017 winner jelena ostapenko is thorugh after beating jacqueline cristian.

kolkata knight riders have won the indian premier league for a third time, beating sunrisers hyderabad in a one—sided final in chennai. mitchell starc proved why he'd become the most expensive player in ipl history. the australian fast bowler providing an opening spell that helped the knight riders bowl their opponents out forjust 113, the lowest total in the history of the competition's finals. the kolkata batters then rattled off their target in just over ten overs to win by eight wickets. taday pogarcher has been crowned champion of cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia. the slovenian rode into rome unopposed with his team mates, but was at the front of the field as they built up to a sprint finish. belgium's tim merlier beat jonathan milan to the stage victory. colombia's dani martinez was second overall with britain's geraint thomas completing the podium. and that's all the sport for now. ukraine says it's managing to hold

back russian forces, near the northern city of kharkiv, and inflicting severe casualty numbers. the russians are being pushed back using artillery, but also drones, which are playing a key role in the war. jonathan beale tells the story of one ukrainian drone unit, on the frontline, in the kharkiv region. they are now one of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass—produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front, they're helping ukraine slow russia's advance — but still not enough. translation: we can hold them back with drones and hurt them badly. - but win with them, unfortunately, no. what do you call them? this is peaky blinders. it's what they call themselves — peaky blinders, after the cult tv series. but flat caps are where the similarity ends.

they've been trained by western special forces. in just a few weeks, they've hunted down more than 100 russian soldiers. terror from the sky. today, they appear to be hiding, so they look for something else. so you're stealing russian rifles from the russians, yes? yes, yes. it's russian, ok. this is the second time that oleksandr�*s fought for this territory, his home. he once farmed the fields nearby. then, he grew strawberries. now, he's planting bombs. but he knows what they're doing won't end this war. translation: right now, - it's like two more or less equal gladiators fighting each other, and neither can defeat the other. yes, the conflict might be frozen maybe for several years or even decades, but this war will last a very long time.

the russians are learning too. when the peaky blinders tried to fly a kamikaze drone into a target... ..their signal gets jammed. continuous bleep. russian drones are as much of a threat to ukrainian forces. most take shelter under trees. easy now, but harder in the winter. for both sides, it's a constant game of hide and seek. explosion. ukraine says it has now slowed down the russian front line. it has stabilized the situation, but there's still quite a fierce artillery battle going on. the much harder task will be to push the russians back. explosions nearby. they might just weather this storm with the arrival of more western weapons. but what ukraine really wants

is permission to use those weapons to strike inside russia. just a mile from the border they're doing the best to intercept russian resupplies, but they're hamstrung. we can't stop the preparing of attack. so you need to target inside russia to stop them advancing here? of course. but you're not allowed to? no. and does that make sense to you? laughing: no. not at all. ukraine remains determined to fight, but they're still looking to the west to give them the tools to win. jonathan beale, bbc news, kharkiv.

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. our south caucasus correspondent rayhan demytrie, is in tblisi now and gave me this update. well, there are some celebrations, the street party is wrapping up now. there were a lot of people earlier today, just kind of buying food and celebrating georgia's independence, but a little bit further up this main street, where i am standing now, just outside the parliament, there is a protest, once again. some thousands of people have gathered, and they are marching towards the nearby park to protest these law on the transparency of foreign influence, which the georgian government introduced back in april, and it provoked this weeks of mass street protests. it is controversial,

because people fear that this law, which they have dubbed, the protestors dubbed it as the russian law, because of the similarities with the legislation that exists in russia, they fear it will be used to silence dissent in georgia, and it all comes ahead of the parliamentary elections in october. we've also seen that over the past several weeks, georgia fell out with its traditional allies, the united states, the european union, and there are talks earlier this week, there were talks from the us state department about visa restrictions on those who, as it was said in the statement, undermined georgia's democracy. georgia is currently a candidate status to join the european union, but we've heard many, many european leaders and institutions repeating over and over again to the georgian government, urging them to withdraw

this bill, and to return to its path towards europe. it is seen as an illiberal legislation, and the protestors who are out in the streets, and they have been out for weeks and days, mainly young people, they fear that the adoption of this law would mark a u—turn in georgia's foreign policy, from its pro—western policy, towards kind of pro—russian. and it seems that this anniversary day has not really been seen as a moment for unity as we had the georgian prime minister accusing the president of betrayal at an official ceremony, tell us more about that. well, that is right. earlier today there was an official ceremony in the square, not far away from here, and we have heard a speech from the country's ceremonial president, who vetoed this bill last week, and she talked about the enemy that georgia has, and she said it is russia that occupies 20% of georgian territory, and after the president's speech, we have heard from the country's prime minister, who said that

georgia's independence is in danger, and he indeed accused the president of betrayal, perhaps hinting at this veto which the president put on this controversial law. so the president and the prime minister and the government, they are at odds, but the president does not have any executive power. she did what she could with the veto, but in two days' time, the parliament, which is dominated by the governing georgian dream party, is set to override the presidential veto. the government's argument is that this legislation which they are pushing for, they are saying it is the most georgian legislation and they are saying it will ensure georgia's sovereignty. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. this is probably not the sort of weather you'd hope for in a bank holiday weekend. yes, it's been warm when the sun was out, but we have seen a lot of showers, heavy thundery downpours, really bringing a soaking in a short space of time. this was the radar picture from earlier on. you can see all those thunderstorms dancing away across england heading up into southern scotland. but gradually, overnight, we're going to see those tending to fade away for most areas, some clearer spells for england and wales, but more cloud and still some wetter weather as you move further north, that will keep temperatures a bit higher. but where we have the clearer skies, where the south temperatures could dip away to seven or eight degrees. there could be some early sunshine, though, for central and eastern parts of england. and we'll continue to see some sunshine on bank holiday monday. but there will be more showers around as well. and quickly, the cloud will build up as temperatures rise. that will lead to a scattering of showers developing.

but the focus for the heavy thundery ones. this is more towards northern and eastern parts of scotland, bringing the risk of some travel disruption and some local flooding. it will be warm in the sunshine when it's out and typical temperatures are going to be 16 or 17 degrees. one area of low pressure that's bringing all the showers at the moment will be replaced by another one. this one coming in from the atlantic and sort of keeping the unsettled theme going into tuesday and beyond. so we've got more cloud coming in from the west that's going to bring with it the showery outbreaks of rain. it'll get wetter later in northern england, but this time the driest weather may well be across the north east of scotland with some sunshine here for much of the day. typical temperatures, again, 16 or 17 degrees. but there is some wet weather around on tuesday and that will continue into wednesday. that area of low pressure pushing its way across the uk right in the middle of the low. this is where we may well have the wettest weather first thing on wednesday morning, but that wet weather will push down

across england and wales, followed by some sunshine but maybe some heavy thundery showers for scotland. and this time the driest weather is likely to be across northern ireland and a northwesterly breeze this time and again. those temperatures not really changing much right the way through the weekend. in actualfact, those numbers are near what we'd expect at this time of the year. but a mixed week ahead. heavy showers, longer spells of rain, but signs of hope are later next week, higher pressure should turn it drier and brighter.

this is bbc news, the headlines. here in the uk, labour discusses their plans for the economy — promising not to increase income tax, if they win the general election. meanwhile rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if the conservatives win. israeli air strikes on rafah have reportedly killed at least 30 people. this comes after hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. protests in georgia continue over a russian—style law against foreign influence, on the day the nation celebrates its independence from the soviet union. and manchester city celebrate winning their fourth premier league title in a row, with a victory parade. we start here in the uk —

and the fourth day of campaigning ahead of the general election on the 11th ofjuly. labour says it won't raise income tax or national insurance, if it wins power. the pledge was made by the shadow chancellor, rachel reeves, speaking to the bbc, but she didn't rule out some spending cuts, saying there would be "difficult decisions" to make. elsewhere — the conservatives have announced they will introduce mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if they win the election. it's a plan labour have called desperate and unfunded. the home secretary, james cleverly, has been giving more details on sunday with laura kuenssberg. what we're 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 the national service, no—one will be compelled to do the military bit. and it's about addressing the fragmentation that we've seen in society — too many young people living in their own bubble, whether it be 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, to try and find a way of addressing the kind of fragmentation that we see too much. sounds a bit like social engineering. i mean, if the many thousands of teenagers don't want to go into the army, you've only got 30,000 places for people to go into the military. so the majority of them would take the other option. but what kinds of things would they have to do? well, it could be a range of things. it could be a kind of uniform public service, whether it be something like special constable or on—call firefighter or emergency health responder or environmental protection, flood defence work. so we're looking to keep this open. for more on the plan, i've been speaking to victoria honeyman, associate professor in british politics at leeds university, for her insights. it's quite interesting. this is a very right of centre,

very conservative with a small and a large c policy. so it will certainly appeal to some voters that the conservative party are concerned might be tempted by other parties. however, having said that, it's quite polarising. you've already mentioned in your report the fact that this would have a small military element. but the bigger question is, is what problem is the government actually trying to solve with this? if they're worried about the lives of young people, there are lots of other things that they could be looking at that will perhaps have more input to them. so, for example, funding of education. issues relating to house purchases or any of those kind of things. it does make you question what it is the government is trying to solve here with this solution. so you're saying it could be risky politically to be talking — they've talked about addressing social fragmentation. is that something you think that people might pin on them because they've been in powerfor a while? possibly. but i think it's quite a polarising policy. there will be those that support this policy and there'll be those who think that actually this is just electioneering, that there is no real purpose behind it, that you are essentially singling out a small group

in society and saying, we have a problem here, we must solve it. and it will be down to the conservative party to make their pledges during this election to explain what it is that they think is happening with young people, why they're singling out young people in particular, and why they think that this is the solution. because i think that we quite an awful lot, well, there'll be a fair group of people who will think why? why is this group being targeted in this way? we haven't had national services in this country since the early 1960s. why is it suddenly such a good idea that it has to be brought out in an election? and so later today, they've been not saying they're not ruling out cuts to public spending, but insisting they won't have a return to austerity. what are the challenges, would you say, for them during the campaign on that subject? the labour party very often get accused of being tax and spend. so they're doing something relatively similar to what they did in 1997 where if you remember the blair government

or the blair party at that point, the labour party under tony blair pledged that they were going to stick with the tax plans of the conservative party. it allows them to fend off that criticism. it allows them to say we are being fiscally responsible, we're not breaking the bank. so the labour party are essentially saying we can do what we need to with the money that we've got if we essentially reorganise the deckchairs a little bit. so they're trying very much to deal with what they think is going to be the conservative's, big criticism of them, which is going to focus around the economy. and just a quick look at the lib dems. they're focusing on seats, mainly seats where they come second to the tories. do you think that's a good strategy for them? i think it probably is. the liberal democrats, along with a number of even smaller parties, have to be very focused about where they want to essentially put their time and their effort and their money. we see this in the big parties. if you live in what is considered to be a safe seat, whether it be safe conservative or safe labour, safe snp, you tend not to see the same leaflets, those kind of things as you do in

swing constituencies. it makes sense for the liberal democrats to target where it is that they think that they can make a big difference. and that will be primarily in those blue wall seats in the south where they're coming second or have come second to conservative primarily mps. so they'll be targeting very hard because it essentially makes more sense for them to do that than for them to have a more blanket approach. israeli airstrikes on rafah have reportedly killed 30 people after hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. a spokesperson with the palestinian red crescent society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in rafah's tal al sultan neighbourhood west of the city centre. there was no immediate comment from the israel defense forces. israeli military says at least eight rockets were launched from the southern area of gaza much of a twist —— most of which were intercepted some to get through then intercepted some to get through then in open fields but no significant damage or injuries has been reported. our correspondent give us this update. we reported. our correspondent give us

this update-— this update. we have heard in deceptions — this update. we have heard in deceptions over _ this update. we have heard in deceptions over the _ this update. we have heard in deceptions over the city - this update. we have heard in deceptions over the city by . deceptions over the city by colleagues in tel aviv at the moment. at least six, possibly eight rockets that have been intercepted ijy rockets that have been intercepted by israeli air defence systems which are very secure and effective, but it looks like some of these rockets that we believe have been fired from the south of gaza, rafah, have got through. there are 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 marks another moment in this complex. it is the first time since we thinkjanuary that tel aviv has actually come under rocket attack. these will be of long—range rockets fired from the very south of gaza and the armed wing of hamas since it is doing that in response to israel's massacre of its civilians. that the military operations around rafah have continued intensifying over the weekend with more air strikes and more grounds of military activity as well. this is despite israel having being told on friday but the

international court ofjustice that offensive should end. whether this is just hamas reacting to that offensive on the grounds in rafah or whether this is some sort of last stand as israel's military moves further and further into rafah and produces the operating space that hamas has left there, that is a question that we will 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 is the first time air raid signs have sound in tel aviv for some time in the first time the area has come under attack from hamas and many months and it shows that hamas has weaponry, heavy artillery and is prepared to use it to target israeli civilians. arab and renewed hopes that peace talks could recommence on tuesday. this had been something talked about by the americans and israelis. it would be the talks that had been mediated by the egyptians and that the tories and they would be hopes that a new deal

would be put to hamas as early as this week for the possibility of returning more hostages and bring about some sort of peaceful conclusion to this military operation. whether hamas is printed 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 to just a massacre of its civilians, it is not clear whether that means the conflict more generally or specifically operations around rafah over this weekend. we know for the last two weeks since israel's military force when into rafah, more than1 million palestinians had been uprooted and displaced. 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. 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 dig 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. 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. katy watson, bbc news, sydney. miok michael is a community leader in papua new guinea and he recently visited the site of landslide. he sent us this a short while ago. people are still crying and calling for help. it dissolves through four days and but their bodies are not located yet. it is still covered by a landslide and people are feeling really hard to pick them out and they are still calling for the national government, even the

provisional government for support and help. yesterday the enga province administration team was on the ground providing food supplies and announcing and declaring the disaster and emergency situation and there will be 18 on the ground to there will be 18 on the ground to the work and also the development authority has also presented and started to take out the dead bodies but the work has not started yet and they are still underground and more aid and support are coming from other districts, but people on the grounds are still needing more and crying for support. and requesting more from the international agencies and the government for support. twelve people have been injured due to turbulence on a flight from doha to dublin.

the incident occured on a boeing 787—9 dreamliner while airborne over turkey, according to the operator of dublin airport. it was met by emergency services once it landed. six passengers and six crew members were injured and 8 of them were taken to hospital. it comes after the death of a 73—year—old british man on a singapore—bound flight which experienced severe turbulence earlier this week. at least 13 people have been killed after tornadoes ripped through central us, destroying buildings and a petrol station that was sheltering dozens of people. severe storms formed over texas and oklahoma on saturday. four people were killed in arkansas, two in oklahoma and seven in texas. scores more were injured, and almost 500,000 across several states were without electricity. the twisters overturned lorries, shut a highway near dallas and left tens of thousands of people without power throughout the region.

a pilot who died after a spitfire crashed in a field in lincolnshire has been named by the raf. squadron leader mark long was killed when the world war two—era fighter came down near raf coningsby on saturday afternoon. he had been a part of the battle of britain memorial flight team for the past four years. in a statement, the raf said mark long, long was �*a great friend, colleague and a passionate, professional aviator�*. an investigation into the cause of the crash is now under way. officials in ukraine say 1a people have been killed and 43 others after russian forces had a supermarket in the northern ukrainian city of kharkiv. to glide bombs at the building on saturday, some people are missing. later in the day russia launched another attack on the residential area in the kharkiv city centre with a civilian block of flats damage leaving at least 25 people entered according to local authorities. it took the total number of injured in the city to 68. the ukrainian president zelensky

repeated his appealfor the ukrainian president zelensky repeated his appeal for more air defences. russian forces have made gains in the kharkiv region since launching a new offensive across the border. our ukraine correspondent is in keep with the latest. what border. our ukraine correspondent is in keep with the latest.— in keep with the latest. what are we caettin told in keep with the latest. what are we getting told by _ in keep with the latest. what are we getting told by the _ in keep with the latest. what are we getting told by the moment - in keep with the latest. what are we getting told by the moment by - getting told by the moment by ukrainian commanders is that they are launching counter attacks 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 shows with russia. what that means for the city of kharkiv is that tension continues to mount. that bombs and missiles continued to rain down on this gritty city and north—eastern ukraine where there are still groomed glimpses of routine. on saturday you had people going to the epicentre, a popular chain here,

presumably to get plants or other accessories for their homes before officials say to russian glide bombs struck. the fire took 16 hours to put out and we are told by crews and the rescue operation it is still very much going on and it is glide bombs using by russians over the past few months notjust untrue positions but on cities as well as we have seen. they are bombs packed with explosives, typically from the soviet era. russian since hundreds of thousands of them and they can manufacture them as well, they 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 the president zelensky is as you say, 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. thousands of football fans have

gathered in manchester for the manchester city trophy parade. the victory tour follows city becoming the first men's team in the history of english football to win the league four years in a row. however, the celebration comes just a day after they lost the fa cup final to rivals manchester united. earlier i spoke to ellis palmer, bbcjournalist and a man city fan. i'm taking a breakfrom my dayjob today in big man city. well, i think winning four titles is a massive historic thing for city, never been done before. it's incredible just to see the state of play, the ways that you play, but consistency in performance promises and becoming good when it really matters. it's what's been what's been incredible about man city this season, it's not necessarily been a vintage season. it's not been a 2012 or the season where we got to 100 points. but it's been it's been good and the style of play has been good. and it's incredible to watch the tactical evolution of a manager,

pep guardiola, as well. and you mentioned pep guardiola. how does he feel about the achievement? and is he still a bit maybe a bit down about what happened with manchester united ? i think it's difficult because if we remember a week ago when he retired, he came out and said, well, we when he got the champions league final, when he won the champions league last year, he thought there's nothing else he could do at man city. and, you know, really, fou in a row is fantastic. it's great. it's incredible. and losing against manchester united yesterday was disappointing, but style of play wasn't always there. but guardiola as a manager and the way he's been able to inspire the crowds has been incredible. but yesterday the style of play just wasn't there against manchester united, but played a great counterattack and full credit to ten hag for winning the fa cup yesterday. what about is it man city likely to win the title next year? five in a row. now that would be would be incredible, wouldn't it? five in a row would be the icing

on the cake in terms of pep, obviously. his contract is out next at the end of next season. so there is even more of an imperative for pep guardiola to win the title next year. and, you know, but i think it's going to be a difficult league next year with mikel arteta obviously hungry for it after losing out the last two seasons. chelsea appointing a new manager. we don't know who that's going to be. speculation about erik ten hag's position at and of course on slot coming in at liverpool. so it's going to be a very competitive premier league next season, that's for sure. but i think city have got the quality very you look at how they always changed over time from when he came in. it was much more about tikky—takka. so now city are playing a more direct style of football with erling haaland as the talisman up front. and phil foden has been having a good season. how important has he been to your side this season? i think every man city fan,

you sit there and you go, wow, it's incredible. you've got this young lad from stockport who himself is a man city fan who grew up. i was looking the other day footage of phil foden when he when he came out as a mascot in one match for man city. and you go with a lad who's come through the club, he's come through the academy he's developed over the last six years. you know, it was a lot of media speculation about phil foden, about maybe who should he go on loan or he's not getting the game time at city, should city sell him. and no pep stuck with him, dripfed him time, developed him as a player. and you look at how what pep started with phil foden is very, very similar to whatjohan cruyff did with pep guardiola at barcelona. foden time developed as a player over time. got some world class players playing around him and that's why phil foden has been so good this year. and also he's playing a much more central position in the middle of the pitch means it's going to be very, very interesting for gareth southgate and england at the euros this summer as to who gareth southgate puts him. does he go withjude bellingham? does he go with phil foden? does he go with declan

rice in that kind of central midfield position? but phil foden evolution as a player has been really, reallyjoyous for season going. tributes are being paid to one of hollywood's most successful songwriters, richard m sherman, who has died at the age of 95. he wrote over 150 songs with his brother robert for classic films such as mary poppins, thejungle book and chitty chitty bang bang. our culture reporter victoria bourne looks back at his career. # supercalifragilistic— expialidocious generations of families will be familiar with the work of richard m sherman. alongside his late brother, robert, he won two oscars in 1965 for the score of mary poppins. # now, i'm the king of the swingers. # oh, thejungle vip. some of their best—known songs include thejungle book's i wanna be like you... # i wanna be a man, mancub.

# and stroll right into town.. ..and chitty chitty bang bang. # chitty chitty bang bang, we love you. during his long career, he won numerous awards, including three grammys, and received 2a gold and platinum albums. he was described as being a key member of walt disney's inner circle of creative talents. the boss of the walt disney company, bob iger, paid tribute to him, saying his music captured the hearts of generations of audiences. his musical legacy will no doubt be enjoyed by old and young for years to come. richard m sherman who has died at the age of 95. they say you never forget how to ride a bike — but what about playing the piano? one woman has started tickling the ivories again after a break of 80 years — thanks to the help of a teenage volunteer. 90—year—old sybil — who is blind — moved into a care home injanuary, at the same time that aaliyah began volunteering there — and they bonded over a shared love of music, as juliette phillips reports.

she has never lost her love of music and now rediscovered her passion for performing put up after decade she was inspired to return to the piano i thought, i love doing that lovely music that is. i wish i could've kept on my piano lessons. playing like that. add be able to be happy in this carers home. add make all the other people happy. since then they pair have become quite the double act for the even losing her eyesight hasn't stopped

civil patiently practising to relearn all the notes. never give up in life. never. keep going, if you give up you lost it. what is it like when the two of you are playing together? happiness, sheer happiness. 17—year—old leah has been working at the care home as a volunteer way studying social care at college. despite their 73 year age gap she and sybil have struck up quite a bond. the first time she ever played i hadn't expected her to play on the piano, i thought should press a few notes — she played for hours, she loved it. i've never played with another person on the piano with me. never with someone for that she does really like it and i like how happy it makes her. the knife and fork to the left. sybil only moved

in a few months ago. staff at the care home tell me she settled in much better sense playing music again. you've got a cup of tea if you wanted. she was quite distressed when she first came in. since she started the music and playing the piano again she is much calmer. no one knew that sybil could play the piano. her family didn't know. and the fact she'd gone blind several years ago, it's a beautiful story for the up the joy on her face when she is playing isjust amazing. when she completes her studies she is hoping to work in the care home permanently. no doubt there will be plenty more performances to come. you can catch up with all the stories we are covering on our website plenty details there of the uk general election. stay with us here on bbc news. bye for now.

hello. this is probably not the sort of weather you'd hope for in a bank holiday weekend. yes, it's been warm when the sun was out, but we have seen a lot of showers, heavy thundery downpours, really bringing a soaking in a short space of time. this was the radar picture from earlier on. you can see all those thunderstorms dancing away across england heading up into southern scotland. but gradually, overnight, we're going to see those tending to fade away for most areas, some clearer spells for england and wales, but more cloud and still some wetter weather as you move further north, that will keep temperatures a bit higher. but where we have the clearer skies, where the south temperatures could dip away to seven or eight degrees. there could be some early sunshine, though, for central and eastern parts of england. and we'll continue to see some sunshine on bank holiday monday. but there will be more showers around as well.

and quickly, the cloud will build up as temperatures rise. that will lead to a scattering of showers developing. but the focus for the heavy thundery ones. this is more towards northern and eastern parts of scotland, bringing the risk of some travel disruption and some local flooding. it will be warm in the sunshine when it's out and typical temperatures are going to be 16 or 17 degrees. one area of low pressure that's bringing all the showers at the moment will be replaced by another one. this one coming in from the atlantic and sort of keeping the unsettled theme going into tuesday and beyond. so we've got more cloud coming in from the west that's going to bring with it the showery outbreaks of rain. it'll get wetter later in northern england, but this time the driest weather may well be across the north east of scotland with some sunshine here for much of the day. typical temperatures, again, 16 or 17 degrees. but there is some wet weather around on tuesday and that will continue into wednesday. that area of low pressure pushing its way across the uk right in the middle of the low. this is where we may well have the wettest weather first thing

on wednesday morning, but that wet weather will push down across england and wales, followed by some sunshine but maybe some heavy thundery showers for scotland. and this time the driest weather is likely to be across northern ireland and a northwesterly breeze this time and again. those temperatures not really changing much right the way through the weekend. in actualfact, those numbers are near what we'd expect at this time of the year. but a mixed week ahead. heavy showers, longer spells of rain, but signs of hope are later next week, higher pressure should turn it drier and brighter.

live from london. this is bbc news israeli air strikes on rafah have reportedly killed at least 30 people. this comes after hamas launched rocket attacks towards tel aviv for the first time in months. here in the uk, labour discusses their plans for the economy promising not to increase income tax if they win the general election. meanwhile, rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year olds if the conservatives win. protests in georgia continue over a russian—style law against foreign influence, on the day the nation celebrates its independence from the soviet union. and remembering the songwriter behind disney's most iconic tunes. richard m sherman dies at the age of 95.