welcome to the programme. there's been criticism of nigel farage here in the uk for making remarks excusing president putin's invasion of ukraine. the leader of reform uk, who will be familiar around the world for formerly leading the pro—brexit uk independence party, claimed that russia's invasion of ukraine was provoked by europe and nato. in a pre—election interview, he told nick robinson for bbc panorama that he'd previously said he admired vladimir putin as a political operator — but disliked him as a person. the home secretary, james cleverly, accused mr farage of echoing mr putin's own justification for his invasion. our political correspondent jack fenwick reports. nigel farage chose to step into the role of party leader in the middle of this campaign,

and that comes with further scrutiny about his ideas and his political record. it's more like a police interview! laughter. he was asked about views he'd expressed in the past about vladimir putin. he'd previously said he disliked the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, "there will be a war in ukraine." why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever—eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say "they're coming for us again," and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin's vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage

chooses to align himself with putin. he's become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastwards, and "the sooner we realise this, the closer we will be to ending the war and delivering peace. " he was also challenged on his views around climate change. he said he wasn't arguing the science, but called the government's net—zero plans "mad," and he was asked about comments he once made about king charles. the king — i mean, he wasn't the king then — and i can't speak ill of the monarch, obviously! but he did used to say... you said he was stupid. he did used to say that carbon dioxide was a pollutant, which i thought was a very stupid comment. and it's the issue of the environment which is likely to dominate campaigning this morning. sir ed davey has put the state of britain's waterways front and centre of the lib dem campaign. today the party says it would protect chalk streams from environmental disaster, with tougher regulations on sewage dumping. labour are also talking about water cleanliness, with a pledge to introduce

new powers that they say could make law—breaking water bosses face criminal charges. the conservatives said they'd already taken clear action to tackle the issue, with further investment and a quadrupling of inspections. jack fenwick, bbc news, westminster. so what does ukraine make of misty farage's comments? our security correspondent, gordon corera is in kyiv. there has not been any official reaction from authorities here to nigel farage osma comments although one source in the presidential office did tell the bbc that in their words, the virus of vladamir putin unfortunately affects people and can be even worse in its consequences than kameni and at that virus needs to be nipped in the bud. you can hear from virus needs to be nipped in the bud. you can hearfrom the virus needs to be nipped in the bud. you can hear from the town of those comments, the weariness here, the sense that they have heard this before and they associate that kind of comment with the language of

vladamir putin and of russia. the idea that somehow it was ukraine and its allies which provoked russia, rather than ukraine having been subject to an unprovoked attack first in 2014 and then the full—scale invasion in 2022. so i think there is a weariness at having heard these kind of comments and annoyance but not necessarily an on the record reaction to them at this point from ukrainian officials. tell us more about _ point from ukrainian officials. tell us more about the latest russian missiles that have been directed at ukraine. , ., ., ., ukraine. yes, overnight, another barraue ukraine. yes, overnight, another barrage of— ukraine. yes, overnight, another barrage of russian _ ukraine. yes, overnight, another barrage of russian missiles - ukraine. yes, overnight, another barrage of russian missiles and i barrage of russian missiles and drones targeting ukraine. 29 in all, 13 of the rooms were shut down but four of the missiles did get through and hit in lviv in the west and an area in the south—east. in those cases, the target was clearly energy

facilities and this is part of an ongoing russian campaign, to target those critical energy facilities and power transmission. those critical energy facilities and powertransmission. it those critical energy facilities and power transmission. it is having some effect, they have a ready scheduled blackouts in parts of the country because of this long—running campaign and these new attacks have certainly done some damage and it looks like there will be some changes to those schedules. so, clear emphasis here in ukraine on both the need to protect those facilities and that requires more air defence, orair defence facilities and that requires more air defence, or air defence missiles which have been promised but which are very much needed and said to work to repair those facilities but clearly a sense here that western support remains vital in order to protect ukraine from that ongoing russian campaign targeting energy resources with more on this, let's speak to harry farley, our political correspondent. the political news today is

dominated in one way by what the parties are doing and another way is thath ruling, the harry potter thatjk ruling, the harry potter author and of course a former labour member who has denoted substantial sums to the party in the past, she has written in the times today saying that she will struggle to support the party. this is in relation to the party's stance on gender identity. she says as long as labour remains dismissive and often offensive towards women and women fighting to retain their rights, i will struggle to support them and she says the women who were not be quiet did not leave labour, labour abandoned them. if you remember, sir keir starmer was asked about his previous criticism of rosie duffield, the former labour mp and now labour candidate for canterbury in kent, she has said that only women have a cervix and sir keir starmer privacy criticised her for making those remarks. he has changes position and said that biologically,

she was right but that he was concerned about the toxicity of this debate around gender identity and thatis debate around gender identity and that is why he criticised her. jk rowling not convinced by that and saying, if you choose to patronise rather than address women's concerns, i don't trust your judgment and i have a poor opinion of your character. writing in the times is paper today, that makes the front page today. this is a very sensitive issue for the labour party because there are deep divisions within the party over the question of gender identity and particularly self identification. the party has changed its stance. it says in the manifesto it would not allow self identification, which is someone can change their identity without a medical certificate, it would protect single sex spaces but i think this article byjk rowling will highlight those divisions and

disagreements within the party itself. ~ . itself. over the weekend, water auali itself. over the weekend, water quality seems — itself. over the weekend, water quality seems to _ itself. over the weekend, water quality seems to be _ itself. over the weekend, water quality seems to be really - itself. over the weekend, water quality seems to be really a - itself. over the weekend, water quality seems to be really a keyj quality seems to be really a key issue of the day for labour and also the liberal democrats? yes. issue of the day for labour and also the liberal democrats?— the liberal democrats? yes, both those parties _ the liberal democrats? yes, both those parties campaigning - the liberal democrats? yes, both those parties campaigning on - the liberal democrats? yes, both - those parties campaigning on sewage. labour talking about a promise to block water company bosses from receiving bosses if they are not meeting targets, until they have cleaned up their filth, meeting targets, until they have cleaned up theirfilth, in liverworts. the lib dems talking about their plans to make chalk streams cleaner through their blue flag scheme. the conservatives responding to that saying they have taken clear action to tackle water pollution in rivers and streams, talking about their legal requirements for water companies to reduce discharges and also the investment they have put in, but sewage has become a majorfactor in his campaign but if you for the lib dems, they have put it front and

centre of their campaign and both labour and centre of their campaign and both labourand lib centre of their campaign and both labour and lib dems are looking to highlight what they would do on sewage today as we go into this weekend. the international committee of the red cross says its offices in gaza have been damaged by shelling, which killed 22 people who'd sought shelter around its compound. it said all parties had an obligation to take precautions to avoid harm to civilians and humanitarian facilities. the icrc did not say who had carried out the attacks, adding the international committee of the red cross says its offices that it was the most recent incident to have endangered civilian lives. an israel defense forces spokesman told the bbc that initial inquiries suggested there was no indication that it had carried out a strike in the area but added that the incident was under review. the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group his brother risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon—israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel

to support hamas in gaza. israel's military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated. 0ur middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has been to the israeli side of the border this week, and has this report. war empties neighbourhoods. here on israel's northern border, many say war is also the way to get residents back. david has refused to leave. even when rockets landed right in front of his house a few weeks ago. shrapnel slicing through the walls, missing him by inches. it has made him even more determined to stay. every day, every night, bombs, and i was born here. if you live here one night, you will go crazy. very, very strong problem.

bombs, rockets. why? rockets hit this area every week. this slipped past israel defences last friday, hitting a street outside the mayor's office. the us is pushing hard for a diplomatic solution here but the mayor says full—scale war is the only way out. translation: sitting - here like lambs to slaughter, just waiting for the day they attack us like we saw in the south, it is unacceptable. everyone understands the choices between the war now or later. i don't think there is any country in the world that would accept daily firing against its citizens. israel has been striking back across the border and talking up preparations for a full—scale offensive against his brother, who have vowed that nowhere in israel would be spared. tough talk is a part of both sides�*s deterrence but it can also

spotlight the path to war. it looks like they shot it. tom was out when a rocket hit his house right on the border. what a rocket can do to one house! everything isjust ruined, it is crazy. he says israel's leadership has failed. the biggest failure of our army and our country was not on the 7th of october, the day of the leaders. there is growing pressure in israel for a ceasefire in gaza. that would likely calm tensions in the north as well. but israel's prime minister is keeping both conflicts going, mortgaged by his promise to far right government allies to destroy hamas before ending the gaza war.

playing for time is his specialty. but the longer this conflict goes on, the more it turns into playing with fire. rescue teams searching for a british teenager missing in tenerife have been focusing on a ravine. 19—year—old jay slater hasn't been heard from since monday morning. no trace of him has been found, despite the use of drones, dogs and a helicopter. in his home town in lancashire, people have been tying blue ribbons, hoping for his safe return. ang searches are receiving this morning behind me. that is the area where jay slater was last seen. that itself has raised so many questions about his disappearance. what was he

doing there? who were those two men that he met at an after party in the early hours of monday, that he got into a car with an then drove 40 minutes to that village in those mountains behind me? this is adding to the anguish for friends and family who are trying to piece together these events. and also, there have been questions about the police investigation. earlier this week we spoke to his friend, lucy, who was saying she wanted the police in britain to assist the spanish police with their investigation we know that that offer of assistance came yesterday from lancashire police but the police here turned around and said, we believe we have the resources we need for this investigation. that's recap on what those resources are. the police have told us they have been working with a team of 16 firefighters, local police, mountain rescuers, using sniffer dogs, drones, helicopter,

dipping down into the ravine and that area where he was last seen. let us go over his last known movements to try and understand what happened. at the early hours of that monday morning, he met those two men, went to that village in the car. at about 7:30, he posted a photograph on his snapped account showing him at a property. we have spoken to a neighbour who said that she saw him at a bus stop, he was asking her about when the next bus would be. she said he would have to wait for two hours and at that point, he walked away and she saw him walking further into the mountains. we understand he then called his friend, lucy, and he said that he was going to have to start walking back to his accommodation but that was a ten hour walk. lucy was telling us she was really worried about him, he had just shorts and a t—shirt, no water or sunscreen. it is hot here at the moment, hot during the day, cold at night. when they had that

conversation, suddenly his mobile phone cut out. a lot of concerns about the circumstances there, what he was doing there in the first place. he was meant to be home in lancashire this weekend. due to be flying about yesterday but instead, his mother and father are here on the island, anxiously waiting for news. being supported by people back home as you saw. 0ver £25,000 has been raised for the family, too, which will give them some support and help, isuppose, but they which will give them some support and help, i suppose, but they are facing this harsh reality of everyday, waking up here, wondering where19—year—olds everyday, waking up here, wondering where 19—year—olds jay slater is. today marks the sixth national windrush day, which was established to honour the british caribbean community and commemorate the arrival of hmt empire windrush. this comes as official figures show nearly 150

compensation claims submitted by people affected by the windrush scandal have been awaiting a final decision for at least a year. the home office said it was committed to making sure those affected got the compensation they deserved. let's speak to timi 0kuwa, who is the ceo of the black equity 0rganisation. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. tell us first of all my today are such a significant day. figs today are such a significant day. is you said, windrush day marks the anniversary of the arrival of the windrush generation to the uk and for us, we recognise those who

arrived and their descendants for their enormous contributions they have made to britain during its recovery after the second world war and that they have continued to mackerras and is. the anniversary as a symbolic moment, notjust for the windrush generation, but also for people from the commonwealth as well who have all come to the uk since then and have become contributory citizens to the country.— citizens to the country. many recommendations _ citizens to the country. many recommendations were - citizens to the country. many| recommendations were made citizens to the country. many . recommendations were made as citizens to the country. many - recommendations were made as to citizens to the country. many recommendations were made as to how the windrush generation who had been discredited against and how they were classified should receive compensation and how the scandal should be put right, but the former home secretary suella braverman didn't do anything about those reckoned additions but there has now been a development? yes. reckoned additions but there has now been a development?— been a development? yes, after the home secretary _ been a development? yes, after the home secretary last _ been a development? yes, after the home secretary last year _ been a development? yes, after the j home secretary last year abandoned three of the 30 recommendations that

wendy williams made, we then put together with mr donald, we were an intervenor on his case, to ask the legal system to ensure that the recommendations were put back in place, so the ruling this week is a significant victory for the windrush generation and the descendants who are very pleased that the judge has upheld two of the three recommendations, which is the establishment of the migrants commissioner but also the reviewing of the independent chief inspector of the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, so this isjust the beginning. there is still crucial work that needs to be done to fully address and rectify best practices and injustices because the government, successive governments have repeatedly failed the windrush generation. this pattern of elect and mistreatment must come to an end so we are anyplace that as a result of bringing this case, those recommendations have been put back in place. but also, peo as well as

other activists as well as wendy williams and others will continue to hold the next government to account to ensure all of those recommendations are fully implanted and executed. mb? recommendations are fully implanted and executed-— and executed. why do you believe there has been _ and executed. why do you believe there has been such _ and executed. why do you believe there has been such a _ and executed. why do you believe there has been such a delay - and executed. why do you believe there has been such a delay in - there has been such a delay in seeing the progress you want? well. seeing the progress you want? well, i think it is a — seeing the progress you want? well, i think it is a series _ seeing the progress you want? well, i think it is a series of— seeing the progress you want? well, i think it is a series of things. - seeing the progress you want? well, i think it is a series of things. i - i think it is a series of things. i think sometimes when it comes to the windrush generation or black people within the uk, there are certain times that we have to fight to ensure our voices are heard. the compensation scheme that has been put in place to ensure that the windrush generation are reimbursed is quite complex and quite slow. many claimants have died before receiving compensation so there needs to be a streamlined approach to that work. we work with the actual forensic quality to put in place a windrush manifesto where we are we are asking the next government to review the current compensation scheme and make sure it is more streamlined, make sure they

can provide legal aid support for the claimants. many claimants have died while having waiting for their claims to be heard and i also think that having an appeal process by an independent body removed from the home office will also ensure that more windrush generations and descendants are more likely to seek those compensation claims. at the moment, it is still too complex. for many people, it will have come to light, won't it? many people, it will have come to light. won't it?— many people, it will have come to light, won't it? yes, unfortunately, that is the case, _ light, won't it? yes, unfortunately, that is the case, which _ light, won't it? yes, unfortunately, that is the case, which is _ light, won't it? yes, unfortunately, that is the case, which is why - light, won't it? yes, unfortunately, that is the case, which is why we i that is the case, which is why we are putting together these manifesto asks, to ensure that we hold the next government to account. that is disappointing. 0ne next government to account. that is disappointing. one of the things that thejudge did disappointing. one of the things that the judge did not uphold was the reconciliation events of that was one of the things we were very passionate about because the opportunity for people who have been impacted, whether it is because your benefits have been swept away from you, whether it is because you have

not been able to have a home, there have been so many traumatic impact on the windrush generation so the opportunity for those in power to hear directly of those people with that lived experience, is important but for us, it is taking a view of the things that have not been heard but making sure we ensure that they are. for us, it is an ongoing commitment to ensure that certainly those with the lived experience in the windrush generation can at least ensure that their voices are heard. for absolute clarity and transparency, i mustjust say that the labour candidate david lambie is a co—founder of your organisation and i know he sits on your board. thank you very much for talking to us today. thank you. the us supreme court has upheld a law that prevents people withdomestic violence restraining orders from owning a gun.

this is the first major ruling on gun rights since 2022, when the court expanded the right to bear arms. friday's ruling passed with an eight to one majority — in a rare legal victory for those in favour of restrictions the us supreme court has upheld a law that president biden welcomed the decision. here's our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. president biden welcomed the decision. shoot his girlfriend if she had reported he had assaulted her. she got a restraining order against him and that restraining order led to his gun licence being revoked and also him being disarmed so his guns were taken away from him. he argued that was a violation of his right to bear arms, the second amendment. but in a majority ruling by the court, the 8—1 ruling, the court said, no, it didn't and that actually, the constitution does permit laws that strip guns from people that are deemed dangerous. it is worth mentioning that this was one of many challenges that was brought

to the supreme court after they ruled in 2022, an eight majority ruling, in which, it was a new york ruling and it basically put strict limits on guns outside the home. so in some respects, this case really tested the scope of that law and how far the supreme court would go, so in many respects, this is a victory for gun rights advocates. there was one dissenting voice, it was the conservativejustice clarence thomas, who is pro—guns and he said not a single historic regulation justifies the statute at issue. this federal law does stay in place now. boeing and nasa are again postponing the return of the starliner spacecraft from the international space station, in a mission which has been dogged with problems. starliner took off from cape canaveral with two astronauts on board in earlyjune, on a mission expected to last a week.

but the test flight suffered from thruster problems and helium leaks. nasa says the further delay will prevent starliner�*s undocking and landing from coinciding with a series of planned spacewalks — and allow mission teams to review propulsion system data. stay with us here on bbc news. some of you have open up to grey conditions today and thought, where has a summer gone again? but it is there, it will be around over the next few days. more sunshine developing this weekend and it will be warm to. just a little rain to deal with today. this is the weather front that brought the low cloud but italy across scotland and england to begin with. still there through this afternoon so here, the chance of a few showers. more cloud sunshine

breaking through an candy of sunshine elsewhere although these western fringes and northern ireland, plenty of cloud at times. if you spots of rain later in the day. 15 to 19 degrees here, up to 22 degrees in eastern counties of scotland and in an. pollen levels will be continuing to climb as the grass pollen season really ramps up. very high levels across most of the uk. this evening, a fine end to the day. western parts of scotland and northern ireland, outbreaks of rain pushes its way in across scotland and northern ireland to northern england, wales and the southwest eider in the night. but a cold night, which is in double figures for most cases. these are the areas across northern england, wales and the south—west weather will be mist and low fog to begin with. the cloud breaks up, sunshine comes through here, more cloud through the afternoon and after a sunnier start compared to today but northern

ireland, scotland and northern ireland, scotland and northern ireland, a lovely afternoon, and for all, temperatures up on today's values. there is even warmer air on the way as we go through into the start of next week. increased humidity as well by day and by night. it means in western areas, there could be low cloud and drizzle in the morning, still see fog in the afternoon, fairweather cloud elsewhere but i hope they are monday. 25 degrees in north parts of scotland. 28 to the south—east of ingot. similar territories on tuesday. if you changes from mid week onwards, just a question of how quickly they happen stop that determines how quickly the temperatures will drop away. after another hot day on tuesday for many, increasing risks of showers. don't take the symbols to literally at this stage but amateurs will drop back to where they should be for the time of year. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines. nigel farage faces criticism, after he tells the bbc that europe and nato provoked russia's invasion of ukraine in a pre—election interview. more energy infrastructure has been damaged in ukraine in the latest overnight barrage of russian strikes. the international red cross says 22 people were killed in shelling near its offices in gaza.

it did not say who carried out the attack, hamas has blamed israel but there are no indications its troops were responsible. and marking the 76th anniversary of windrush, as commemorations take place across the country. 150 compensation claims submitted by people affected by the wind rush scandal have been awaiting a final decision for at least one year. you are watching bbc news. the liberal democrats have renewed their criticism of the conservatives over the raw sewage dumped into rivers and the sea. sir ed davey has promised to launch a public consultation which could see rivers and lakes awarded a new blue flag status to protect them from sewage dumping. but the environment secretary, steve barclay, says the government has already taken "clear action" to tackle the problem. let's speak to our political correspondent tom symonds,

who is with the liberal democrats on a farm in east sussex.