this is bbc news, the headlines. vladimir putin uses his annual victory day parade in moscow to warn russians that they are in a battle for their existence. here in the uk, labour's leader sir keir starmer refuses to rule out a coalition with the liberal democrats if he fails to win a majority at the next general election. as protests erupt across pakistan following imran khan's arrest — social media platforms twitter, facbook, and youtube are being suspended in various regions of the country. london's metropolitan police insists there was reliable intelligence that protesters intended to disrupt king charles�* coronation.

is the army said the target was an anti—ms. also. live now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. more strikes number. at least 15 people have been killed in gaza through the course of the day. that air strike a few hours ago was in the south of the gaza strip. two men were killed in their car and you can see in pictures, that car was on

fire. the is really military says that they were transporting anti—tank missiles but it's a confusing picture because don't militant group in gaza has said they were members of their organisation. there are some local sources saying that perhaps these two men were just relatives who were farmers in that area. at the same time, we've had the israeli prime minister coming out in the past two hours, speaking about israel's operation in the gaza strip, saying that he had ordered that cherry action as early as last week in response to the rocket fire that took place just over a week ago. he said the idea was that this cuts off the top of the organisation. we are in the middle of a organisation. we are in the middle ofa campaign, organisation. we are in the middle of a campaign, he said. adding to this idea that there could be fighting and retaliation from gaza which leads to fighting carrying on over several days. residents close

to the gaza strip in the south of israel have been told to stay close to their bomb shelters and schools have been closed until at least tomorrow evening. it's an uneasy moment as we wait to see what happens. moment as we wait to see what ha ens. ., moment as we wait to see what ha ens. . ,, moment as we wait to see what ha ens. ., ,, ., happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals — happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals of— happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals of 13 _ happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals of 13 people _ happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals of 13 people killed - happens. indeed, and you mentioned the funerals of 13 people killed in - the funerals of 13 people killed in the funerals of 13 people killed in the strikes overnight.— the strikes overnight. that's correct. the strikes overnight. that's correct as _ the strikes overnight. that's correct. as although - the strikes overnight. that's correct. as although israel | the strikes overnight. that's i correct. as although israel says these were precision strikes targeting these three senior figures in the islamicjihad, resuming its policy of targeted assassination. some in the far right of the israeli government have been calling for. there was, what the israeli army called collector of damage. this refers to the number of civilians killed. they were the relatives of those islamicjihad members, their wives and children who were buried earlier in the day and also there

was a dentist, a man who lived above one of the islamicjihad officials, with his wife and son, who were killed as well in gaza city and their funeral has been taking killed as well in gaza city and theirfuneral has been taking place. a friend of his told the bbc that he was not associated with any of the political factions in the gaza strip and was just somebody who was an incredible doctor with a good reputation. we wait to see what happens now. islamicjihad has been threatening revenge for all of this and there has been a joint statement put out by the different arm groups in gaza including hamas, which is the biggest of the military groups. they said this treacherous israeli aggression, and those responsible should be prepared to pay the price. a lot depends on whether i must itself decide tojoin a lot depends on whether i must itself decide to join in with any retaliatory action, which could lead to greater escalation.—

to greater escalation. thank you yolande knell. _ let's get more now on sir mark rowley — the head of the metropolitan police — who's defended the policing of the coronation after six anti—monarchy protesters were arrested. he considers the iris is unfortunate but he agrees with the actions. live now to sir peter fahy, former chief constable of greater manchester police. thank you for coming on programme. what is your reaction to how the coronation was policed? you what is your reaction to how the coronation was policed? you have to sa the coronation was policed? you have to say the coronation _ coronation was policed? you have to say the coronation it's _ coronation was policed? you have to say the coronation it's of _ coronation was policed? you have to say the coronation it's of was - coronation was policed? you have to say the coronation it's of was a - say the coronation it's of was a huge event with so many big crowds and dignitaries and people of note from all around the world. it was done extremely well. on the other hand, this controversy over the arrest of protesters which was probably predictable because of the new legislation that was passed,

literally, a few days ago under the border act. gave police powers to arrest people on suspicion of having items which may be used to lock on. that builds on previous legislation last year which tightens and gave police more powers and produced broader definitions. i think this is a problem that parliament gives very broad definitions in legislation and perhaps we will see if the purchasers change their tactics. it throws in it widely and police have been criticised for not being robust enough on just stopped oil and extension rebellion and it is clear a number of people thought they got the iris wrong in this occasion. you think the potential legislation puts police in a difficult situation to

judge and to know what to do? it is -aushin judge and to know what to do? it 3 pushing police more and more incident the centre of process and decision—making. i made a comment regarding the decision in parliament that the finishers were too broad and would cause problems for officers and that has been the case. it is also, mentioned that has been great political pressure. political media and public intolerance of destruction as we said would be just stopped oil process we have become more risk—averse in how we deal with these process and to try and to prevent disruption happening in the first place. when you get into more preventative activity and try to arrest people just for possessing things and on suspicion, clearly there is a greater danger to civil liberties and greater curtailment on the right to protest. d0 liberties and greater curtailment on the right to protest.— the right to protest. do you think if the police _ the right to protest. do you think if the police were _ the right to protest. do you think if the police were doing - the right to protest. do you think if the police were doing this - the right to protest. do you think. if the police were doing this again,

does six specific arrest of the anti—monarchy protesters, they wish they hadn't done that? anti-monarchy protesters, they wish they hadn't done that?— they hadn't done that? possibly. i don't know _ they hadn't done that? possibly. i don't know the _ they hadn't done that? possibly. i don't know the exact _ they hadn't done that? possibly. i i don't know the exact circumstances. in some way, i'm not sure the coronation is important issue here because that was such a one off event. the fact is that legislation is now in place and there will likely be lots of other protests. it draws the police into a more difficult position and they are getting more political pressure light from the deputy chairman of the conservative party and the home affairs select committee last week and that adds to the risk to the right to protest which is critical in our democracy. we as a society have to accept that for us to have a right to protest there was enough that they be some disruption. you won't get much attention for your cause in the media unless there is some level of destruction. and therefore if we try to bear dawn on that completely it does mean we get

this sort of incident and the police would be an impossible situation. thank you sir peter fahy. a giant barge which will house 500 asylum seekers has arrived in the uk from italy. the bibby stockholm will be moored in dorset, despite strong protests there, including from the conservative—run council. it will be ready for use the summer and operationalfor 18 months. joining me now is richard drax, who's the conservative mp for south dorset. what was your reaction to seeing that come into the south coast earlier? , ., ., earlier? first of all good afternoon. _ earlier? first of all good afternoon. secondly, . earlier? first of all good afternoon. secondly, i. earlier? first of all good - afternoon. secondly, ithink many earlier? first of all good _ afternoon. secondly, i think many of us rather dread this because we have campaigned very strongly against it. there are lots of good reasons why i don't think it will work. i think there will be concerns within the court and outside the port that have not been thought through. like what?

what are some _ not been thought through. like what? what are some of _ not been thought through. like what? what are some of the _ not been thought through. like what? what are some of the concerns? - not been thought through. like what? what are some of the concerns? in i what are some of the concerns? in the port, for example, the fact that they will be on a barge, we had a prison ship, and the clue was in the word prison, they weren't allowed out. they will be on a barge, there are the and secondly i think they would be inapt highly restricted they can just walk around. they have to be bussed in and bust out. once they are out and drop to where, no one seems to know, if you have 500 plus young men running around a sensitive seaside resort like we might will impose difficulties. quite apart from the user up from the authorities who think they would haveissues

the authorities who think they would have issues providing other services. that is a pretty long list. ~' services. that is a pretty long list. ~ ., list. do you think the government as it completely — list. do you think the government as it completely wrong. _ list. do you think the government as it completely wrong. is _ list. do you think the government as it completely wrong. is it _ list. do you think the government as it completely wrong. is itjust - it completely wrong. is itjust because it's your area that your present or would you be saying it if it was elsewhere?— present or would you be saying it if it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair oint it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair point that _ it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair point that you _ it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair point that you raise. _ it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair point that you raise. i _ it was elsewhere? that's a perfectly fair point that you raise. i don't - fair point that you raise. i don't think, i know it is not nimby is in, to some extent i have sympathy with the government and a sympathy with the government and a sympathy with the asylum—seekers. they have to go somewhere but this is a remote and highly restricted ports right on the southern tip of the united kingdom where it resources for those who live there are stretched to the maximum. as i said, when these 500 young men are released from the barge and are free to come and go, this is not a prison, the question is where do they go? who is going to monitor them? they will have nine poems a week to spend which will not last long and i can see from them is arising with all of this. what last long and i can see from them is arising with all of this.— arising with all of this. what about the actual quality _ arising with all of this. what about the actual quality its _ arising with all of this. what about the actual quality its wealth? -

arising with all of this. what about| the actual quality its wealth? some concerns raised about the level and standard of accommodation? i can't comment on — standard of accommodation? i can't comment on that _ standard of accommodation? i can't comment on that because _ standard of accommodation? i can't comment on that because i - standard of accommodation? i can't comment on that because i have . standard of accommodation? i can't| comment on that because i have not been on board the barge itself but i would obviously do that when i can stop indeed, if the barge gets as occupied by the asylum—seekers themselves, i hope to be on board to see all for myself.— see all for myself. what's about the bill for hotels _ see all for myself. what's about the bill for hotels question _ see all for myself. what's about the bill for hotels question mark- see all for myself. what's about the bill for hotels question mark the - bill for hotels question mark the part of the government plan is to reduce that bill on hotels spending? and this is part of the solution. i don't think the bill will get smaller. for example, we know for a fact that each migrant in dorset consulate will get three and half thousand pounds, a migrant but if you must buy that i don't have a conflict on me but it may be around £1 million. the extra costs will be

on policing and health and welfare organisations and all of this will come to cost. so, i don't necessarily agree that this would be a cheaper option.— necessarily agree that this would be a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard — a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard drax _ a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard drax for— a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard drax for coming - a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard drax for coming on - a cheaper option. thank you for your time richard drax for coming on the| time richard drax for coming on the programme. businesses are being urged to cut down on the amount of alcohol served at work social events, to prevent inappropriate behaviour. the chartered management institute has said alcohol "doesn't need to be the main event". it's carried out a poll that suggests a third of managers have seen harassment or inappropriate behaviour at parties. women were more likely than men to say they had witnessed this behaviour. joining me now is the chief executive of the cmi, ann francke. thank you for coming on programme. thank you for coming on programme. thank you. what's the thought behind this idea? the thank you. what's the thought behind this idea? ., , this idea? the thought is quite sim - le, this idea? the thought is quite simple. we — this idea? the thought is quite simple, we surveyed _ this idea? the thought is quite| simple, we surveyed managers this idea? the thought is quite - simple, we surveyed managers and 4296 simple, we surveyed managers and 42% of them came back and said they

don't there work event should have alcohol as main managing future. women and young people were most likely to say that will stop so, really this is a wake—up call to employers to say there are lots of other activities to do to build team morale and, by the way, our survey says people are in favour of social events at work but you don't have to enter them around alcohol. there are the things you can do together. you can still have people have a drink but don't let them do it to excess. is this a generational thing? we hear lots about younger generations drink and less than or the generations. it drink and less than or the generations.— drink and less than or the generations. drink and less than or the renerations. , . ., , , ., generations. it is certainly shown u . generations. it is certainly shown u- in the generations. it is certainly shown up in the numbers. _ generations. it is certainly shown up in the numbers. the - generations. it is certainly shown up in the numbers. the older- up in the numbers. the older generation were far more likely to disagree that you shouldn't serve alcohol at these events. so, i think, absolutely, there is a generational trend.

think, absolutely, there is a generationaltrend. quite frankly, i think it is also the fact that one in three had seen inappropriate behaviour. that is unpleasant for everyone. i think mitigating that is something managers and leaders should think carefully about. you drew the difference between men and women in terms of reporting behaviour. just tell us a bit about that. ~ ., ., behaviour. just tell us a bit about that. ~ . ., ., that. what, i am saying that the percentage _ that. what, i am saying that the percentage of — that. what, i am saying that the percentage of women _ that. what, i am saying that the percentage of women that - that. what, i am saying that the percentage of women that saw l percentage of women that saw inappropriate behaviour was higher than men. so, 33% of women said they site and 26% of men say they cite so women at one in three or one in four and is still quite a lot of people. so, i think there is a difference but i am sure women were more often, probably, on the receiving end of that inappropriate behaviour. we are not saying don't serve alcohol but we are saying don't anchor every

work social activity around the open bar. there are other activities that can be done to promote team bonding and social interaction. you can be done to promote team bonding and social interaction.— and social interaction. you are sa in: and social interaction. you are saying there — and social interaction. you are saying there are _ and social interaction. you are saying there are lots - and social interaction. you are saying there are lots of- and social interaction. you are saying there are lots of otherl saying there are lots of other examples and lots of people at moan and dread those corporate morale building activities and things. what kind of things are you thinking about? ~ .. ., , kind of things are you thinking about? ,, ,, , about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis, about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis. that — about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis. that is _ about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis, that is not _ about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis, that is not entirely - about? well actually. surprisingly, lewis, that is not entirely true. - lewis, that is not entirely true. 75% of this they are absolutely fine with the social events, they look forward to them. don't forget we have been in a pandemic and need that social interaction. there are other things such as crafting, sports and activities, there is games. there is discovering new interest together. there are lots of different things. escape rooms. all kinds of things that people can do together to get to know each other that don't involve drinking too much. ., ~ that don't involve drinking too much. . ,, i. that don't involve drinking too much. . ,, ., that don't involve drinking too much. . ., .,

much. thank you for coming on the programme — much. thank you for coming on the programme and — much. thank you for coming on the programme and frank. _ this one doesn't require the financial backing of family or friends but you do need to have been paying rent on time for 12 months and have a good credit history. here is our business reports are ben king. for many people hoping to buy their first home deposit is the biggest barrier to getting the keys to the front door. skipton building society is dropping that requirement, and unlike other deposit free mortgages they don't need a relative or friend to guarantee the payment.

for charlotte hart well from nottingham the deposit has been an impossible barrier, even though she is on a decent salary. if i want to buy a house i've got to spend nothing from my salary for a year in orderjust to buy a house in my local area, and that's not going to happen, it isn't practical. it does feel impossible. skipton is charging 5.49% for these mortgages over a five year fixed term, that's higher than average. and repayments can't be more than your rent. so if you are currently paying £1000 a month you will be limited to borrowing £186,000. what really, really important for anybody that's looking to enter into a massive financial contract which, let's be clear, a mortgage is that exactly, that it's really, really responsibly done, so what we are wanting to do here is make sure this is absolutely affordable and the right choice at the right decision for the borrower and for the lender. skipton admits this new mortgage won't help everyone. but it could offer a glimmer of hope for some. ben king, bbc news. after months of planning the world's biggest music event kicks off in liverpool later with the first

semifinal of the eurovision song contest. maryam moshiri is there with all the build—up. the sun is shining so brightly. and i'm herejust in front of the fanzone, as you can see behind me. there have been artists and singers all day entertaining the crowds. now, liverpool's really embraced the whole ethos of eurovision. it's been amazing. there's so much excitement around here, but also it's a very special eurovision this year because of course it's being hosted here in liverpool, but it's ukraine who won last year. so really the event should have been hosted by ukraine, but is here because of the war. and so there are so many references to ukraine, so much ukrainian music and culture and food all around the city of liverpool. but one country who is also very much in focus this year is australia. now, of course, the very first time australia joined eurovision was back in 2015 by invitation for what was thought to be one time only because the 60th anniversary

of the event. they stayed though, every year has been a year that australia has taken part and this year the band is called voyager. the song is called promise. have a listen. # i'm here tonight # promise me you'll hold me till i die # i'm by yourside # promise me it's gonna # promise me it's gonna be all right...# well, i caught up with voyager and i spoke to them about how excited they are about being here in 2023. incredibly, incredibly, incredibly exciting. so some might say it's absolutely sensational. you guys are already a class act. i have to say, there's no need to do eurovision.

they've got through already just on that alone. well, actually, let's talk about home. home is a long way away, right? home is not exactly in europe. the question everyone always wants answered is how come australia is so into eurovision? do you want the factual answer or the fun answer? let's go factual australia. australia has been part of the european broadcasting union for longer than eurovision has been around. now, let me tell you a little story. you are a spring chicken back then, aren't you, danny? yeah. we just love playing music| and we just love eurovision as a nation. we've got a lot of europeans in that country and i think i it's a really nice way - to connect with back home. so tell me a little bit about the song promise. tell me, how did it come about? what is it about? what is it speaking to us?

we hand—crafted this song specifically for the eurovision stage, so it was meticulously crafted over a period of about a month. and it's basically we want to take you on a journey from crushing lows to uplifting highs. sounds like life. yeah. yeah, that's right. it's a song with everything for everyone. now what can we expect on stage? some acts are going all out. some acts are going a little bit low key. where do you stand in that and in that in that line. cranked to 11. yeah. we're taking what we would normally do on stage and just upping the game big time. so a big part of this event here in liverpool is really to bring about a sense of community in the city and part of that is brought together by euro street. now euro street programme has been commissioned by culture liverpool, and it has a programme where it brings in a lot of different areas together in terms of the eurovision. and i'm very pleased to say i'm joined now by elena randall, who's artistic director for songs for europe. elena, tell us a bit more about songs for europe. what exactly does it entail? so it's a project made with and for care home residents.

so i went and spoke to residents in care homes across liverpool and their voices are included in a show which is touring at the moment with music. and it's about the themes of the eurovision, which is friendship, music, peace, love. and it's a beautiful show that enables people who are stuck inside in care homes to have a joyful experience. and it brings eurovision to the care homes, doesn't it? in a way. yeah, it does. and it's going down really well. it's reallyjoyful and it's beautiful that they hear their memories and nostalgia and we get a chance to connect with people that are living with neurological diseases. and so, yeah, we can take some of the joy to them. what are the stories that people have been telling you from these care homes? like when they first met their husbands or wives love stories, their first record player, theirfavourite music, first television. some talk about watching eurovision all around the television and people are talking about a lot about their hopes for the future because we talk a little bit

about what's going on in ukraine. and so it's really kind of beautiful and moving to hear people, sometimes towards the end of their lives, talking about what they hope for us and peace and yeah, why are we always in wars? and i suppose, you know, the message for eurovision this year is united by music and that is underlined by the work that you do within those care homes and indeed for the programme. yeah, absolutely. and we also went into care homes and wrote a song with an inspired by the residents, which was amazing. in fact, music is something that everybody, no matter what the capacity is, still really enjoy and feel a sense of togetherness and community. so, yeah, it's really beautiful. elena, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thanks once again. and i suppose that that sense of community and that sense of togetherness and cohesion is very much the message for this year's eurovision. to bring you up to date, we're expecting a hugely exciting semifinal. there'll be 15 countries competing forjust ten places in the grand final on saturday.

plenty more to come from liverpool. back to you. thanks for that. just to mark your card. what we are keeping an eye on here on bbc news room in london are events in pakistan after the arrest of imran con, the former prime minster and cricket star. his support is here have come out on the streets to protest against that arrest. he was appearing in court on an unrelated case and then was arrested by paramilitary forces and once the pictures cut out of the arrest, his party pti party, because for people to go out on the streets in protest and that is exactly what they've been doing. notjust in the capital but in cities right across the country and even in places here in london to come up for example. so, we are keeping an eye on those protests and the consequence of that arrest there of imran khan. that is

it for me. i am lewis vonjones, this is bbc news could buy. hello there. we've seen a real mixture of weather today, some warm sunshine coming through, but some torrential downpours as well. we had some heavier showers earlier in the day in wales. that was followed by the sunshine as the downpours with some thunder in there as well swept into the midlands and it's been pushing down towards the south—east. and this is where we still have this yellow thunderstorm warning from the met office. so these areas into the evening will continue to get some very heavy rain in places and some thunder and lightning, possibly some hail as well. those downpours in the south—east do slowly fade away overnight. and then we see more cloud coming in from the atlantic. that's going to bring in frequent showers into northern ireland, into western scotland. ahead of that, some clearer skies. and so temperatures could be as low as seven or eight degrees into wednesday morning. for many eastern areas, though, it will start dry,

but we'll see more showers breaking out and, really, for the next couple of days, we'll continue to see this mixture of sunny spells and some widespread heavy and perhaps thundery showers. we've got the dry start for many eastern areas, but the cloud will build up through the day. we'll see the showers breaking out. those could turn heavy and thundery, more especially across eastern parts of england. before those downpours arrive, temperatures here could reach 18 degrees. but with those frequent showers and more cloud in northern ireland and western scotland, it's only going to be around 15 degrees here. and that same area of low pressure is just going to dawdle its way southwards. come to rest across the uk in time for thursday. the winds probably not quite as strong in the south—west of england by this stage. and elsewhere, the winds are going to be light. so the showers that do develop again through the day more widely will be slow moving, heavy, potentially thundery as well. drying off more in the afternoon in northern ireland with some sunshine but staying quite cloudy in the north east of scotland. so cooler here. elsewhere, temperatures will be around 16 degrees.

a lot of showers then developing again on thursday. but that main area of low pressure drifts away on friday. high pressure starts to build in, starting to settle things down by the end of the week. now, we're still close enough to low pressure to bring the risk of some showers in the south—east. and there'll be a chilly wind blowing in off the north sea, bringing with it more cloud. the best of the sunshine across northern and western parts of the uk. so temperatures here could get up to 18 degrees again, but rather chilly around those north sea coasts.

at six, britain's most senior police officer defends the arrests of six anti—monarchy protestors at the coronation on saturday under controversial new legislation. sir mark rowley says the force had reliable intelligence that demonstrators planned to disrupt the coronation procession on saturday. one said he should not be held. the idea that one said he should not be held. iia: idea that people one said he should not be held. tia: idea that people are one said he should not be held. ti2 idea that people are suffering discomfort to ensure the greater good, despite the action of no illegality, i don't want this precedent set. also on the programme... president putin tells russians they're in a battle for their existence at the annual victory parade in moscow.

the actor stephen tompkinson tells a court it would be "career suicide"