and to build this to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future. georgia's president vetoes a controversial �*foreign agents�* law that's caused mass protests, but she will almost certainly be overruled by parliament. israel says it has struck more than 70 targets in gaza in the past day, as fighting intensifies in both the north and south of the territory. and a boil water notice has been lifted for most residents after a parasite outbreak in devon. welcome to the programme. we begin this hour in ukraine, where president zelensky says his country only has

about a quarter of the amount of air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks. he said ukraine needed up to 130 of the western f—16 fighter jets. dozens are due to arrive sometime this yearfrom european donor countries — and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraine's north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. translation: we need to staff the reserve. - there are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, that's been the case for the last year or so, because of two things — russia has continued to launch

missile attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more dominant in the air, right across the front line. so that means that when you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities, you have russian fighter jets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bombs, and as in the situation in the north—east with this incursion, we hearfrom authorities around the town of vovchansk on the border, they are saying thousands of glide bombs have been dropped, which reflects, i think, russia's ability to mount these strikes unchallenged. so president zelensky has been quite specific on what he needs and lacks. he wants more air defence systems, he says he's only got a quarter of what he needs. he's also specified how many f—16 fighterjets he would like.

despite ukrainian pilots being trained and thejets being promised, not one has been used operationally by ukraine. it has not happened, we are halfway through 2024 and no fighterjets, but he's not giving up on that, clearly. james waterhouse in kyiv. the former chief of staff to the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has vowed to never give up fighting against president putin, saying the fight to change the country must go ahead, despite mr navalny�*s death in february in a russian prison. in his first broadcast interview since he was badly beaten in a hammer attack in march in lithuania which he believes was ordered by the putin regime, leonid volkov spoke to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg. he reiterated mr navalny�*s call for his supporters never to back down and backed his widow yulia to lead the opposition campaign against president putin. he was a close friend, a great guy, an inspiring personality,

a true hero, and a great and very capable political leader. there is no substitution for him, and this loss will always be just like an open wound in our hearts, in the hearts of his colleagues and friends. but we also know that he asked us to never give up and to continue our work and to build this to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future that alexei dreamed of for so many years, is the only practical way to preserve his legacy and to make his ultimate sacrifice not to be in vain. yulia is also a very strong personality and a charismatic leader. she never wanted to be in this public role,

and she was always a very close political advisor to alexei, and for us, as navalny�*s organisation, the teams that navalny organised, gather together, it's very clear and natural that our task in this situation is just to support yulia and all her endeavours in everything that she does. and that's what we are doing now, of course. leonid volkov. and viewers in the uk can watch all of that interview on sunday with laura kuenssberg on bbc one tomorrow morning at 9am. to georgia next. the president has announced that she has vetoed a new law on foreign funding that's sparked weeks of mass protests. on tuesday, georgia's parliament passed the "transparency of foreign influence" bill, despite mass protests in the capital, tbilisi, over the past few weeks. the law requires non—governmental organisations and media outlets with more than 20% of their funding coming from outside georgia to register as bodies "pursuing

the interests of a foreign power". critics say the bill mirrors the foreign agents law that exists in russia. earlier this week, my colleague lewis vaughanjones spoke with salome zourabichvili, the president of georgia, about the possibility of a veto. you've said you will veto it. when will you do that? i have two weeks to veto that law, and most probably they are going to override the veto unless they now are going to again withdraw under the combined pressure of the people on the streets and ourfriends and partners. in that case, they can simply let the veto be and that will be very easy. or they can simply themselves block the law and decide and announce that they will consider a different

type of law that they would discuss with partners, or simply againjust throw it back after the elections. we have elections in five months now, on the 26th of october. and so the georgian population will decide whether they want europe with its values and laws and legislations, or whether they want to turn their back on europe and its values and legislations. and so down the road, which is unknown. let's go live to our correspondent rayhan demytrie, who is in tbilisi. what has the president said today? today, she said that this law which he described as the russian law, she said that it was russian in spirit and she also said that she was vetoing this bill because it was at

odds with georgia's constitution and it states that all government bodies, constitutional bodies here should be seeking an integration with the eu and nato. so she's had fulfilled her promise. she has been saying all along that she would veto the law but unfortunately, this veto may not hold because the georgian dream government that has been pushing this law and push it through the parliament, despite mass protests here in georgia, has enough votes to override the present�*s veto. 50 votes to override the present's veto. , votes to override the present's veto, , ., votes to override the present's veto. _ . votes to override the present's veto. ,, . , veto. so it is a symbolic gesture from her? _ veto. so it is a symbolic gesture from her? that _ veto. so it is a symbolic gesture from her? that is— veto. so it is a symbolic gesture from her? that is right. - veto. so it is a symbolic gesture from her? that is right. and - veto. so it is a symbolic gesture - from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, _ from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, you _ from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, you can _ from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, you can see _ from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, you can see all- from her? that is right. and salome zourabichvili, you can see all of- zourabichvili, you can see all of these protesters here, there are students who are on strike medical

students who are on strike medical students here in their right robes and more people coming in, say the process will resume this evening. and these protesters favour their president, salome zourabichvili, who has been campaigning to make sure that georgia gets its candidate status by the eu and georgia did indeed receive this but the problem now that these people see, that their adoption of this law may derail the country from its chosen path to join the eu. that is why we have seen such a huge reaction here from youth, these protests have been driven by georgia's youth, students, schoolchildren and they believe that georgia's european future is at stake. �* ., ~ ., stake. and do we know when the rulin: stake. and do we know when the ruling party _ stake. and do we know when the ruling party may _ stake. and do we know when the ruling party may put _ stake. and do we know when the ruling party may put that - stake. and do we know when the ruling party may put that back. stake. and do we know when the ruling party may put that back to j ruling party may put that back to parliament to vote again?-

ruling party may put that back to parliament to vote again? well, they have u- to parliament to vote again? well, they have up to two _ parliament to vote again? well, they have up to two weeks, _ parliament to vote again? well, they have up to two weeks, as _ parliament to vote again? well, they have up to two weeks, as i _ have up to two weeks, as i understand, we don't really know exact dates, when the georgian parliament will override it but the latest from the country's prime minister is that he challenged these protesters, whom he described repeatedly as radical youth, he challenged them to have a public discussion about the law and voice their grievances publicly, maybe have a live debate on television. so the government, it sounds like they are willing to listen perhaps and as they are saying, make changes to the law to meet the demands of these protesters but these protesters want full withdrawal of the bell. thank ou ve full withdrawal of the bell. thank you very much — full withdrawal of the bell. thank you very much for _ full withdrawal of the bell. thank you very much for the _ full withdrawal of the bell. thank you very much for the latest - full withdrawal of the bell. thank | you very much for the latest there in tbilisi. south west water has told thousands of households in part of brixham in devon that they no longer have

to boil their water, after a parasite in the local supply left at least 46 people sick with cryptosporidiosis, an infection that causes diarrohea. the water company said around ia,500 households in the alston supply area can now use their tap water safely, although some 2,500 properties in hillhead, upper parts of brixham and kingswear should continue to boil their supply before drinking it. local mp anthony mangnall says the company's response has been "contemptible". for more on this let's speak to climate and science reporter esme stallard, who's in paignton, devon. the news in the last hour that a large part of the area that was affected by that boil water order has now been lifted?— affected by that boil water order has now been lifted? yes, it has. it will be a massive _ has now been lifted? yes, it has. it will be a massive relief— has now been lifted? yes, it has. it will be a massive relief for- has now been lifted? yes, it has. it will be a massive relief for those i will be a massive relief for those living here in paignton behind me and the surrounding areas. for those living in upper place mat there will still be boiling the water for at

least a few days —— brixham, so there will be coming to water collection point is likely to pick up. there are people who are still sick in the community and our angry ljy sick in the community and our angry by the response from south west water. ., , by the response from south west water. . , ., . by the response from south west water. ., , ., . ., water. had they found the source of this and cleaned _ water. had they found the source of this and cleaned it _ water. had they found the source of this and cleaned it all _ water. had they found the source of this and cleaned it all up? _ water. had they found the source of this and cleaned it all up? is - water. had they found the source of this and cleaned it all up? is this - this and cleaned it all up? is this why the order has been lifted? i am 'ust auoin why the order has been lifted? i am just going to — why the order has been lifted? i am just going to redo — why the order has been lifted? i —n just going to redo part of their statement, in which they explain what had happened. they said a damaged valve on private land in hillhead supply error has been identified as a possible cause of contamination and has since been isolated from the network and replayed them at repair. so they are pretty confident in the source of where it came from. they will make sure the rest of the network is clean. it sure the rest of the network is clean. ., , ., sure the rest of the network is clean. . , ., ., sure the rest of the network is clean. . , . ., sure the rest of the network is clean. ., ., ., ., clean. it has had an impact on the local community. _ clean. it has had an impact on the local community. people - clean. it has had an impact on the local community. people who - clean. it has had an impact on the local community. people who are| local community. people who are

sick, and the area also relies on tourists coming to the area, doesn't it? it tourists coming to the area, doesn't it? ., , _, y tourists coming to the area, doesn't it? , .,, tourists coming to the area, doesn't it? _,, ,., it? it absolutely does. it is a really beautiful _ it? it absolutely does. it is a really beautiful coastline - it? it absolutely does. it is a l really beautiful coastline here. it? it absolutely does. it is a - really beautiful coastline here. it is still full of tourists and holiday—makers here. some of them said they were already on their way down is they didn't want to cancel. some have been stake in b&bs and some have been deciding not to come. hotel here has said the business has been down as a result of people not coming out and buying the normal hot drinks that they would do. find coming out and buying the normal hot drinks that they would do.— drinks that they would do. and there are now a lot — drinks that they would do. and there are now a lot of— drinks that they would do. and there are now a lot of questions _ drinks that they would do. and there are now a lot of questions for - drinks that they would do. and there are now a lot of questions for south | are now a lot of questions for south west water to answer about how they have dealt with this whole situation?— have dealt with this whole situation? , ., , ~ situation? there is. last week, residents _ situation? there is. last week, residents here _ situation? there is. last week, residents here were _ situation? there is. last week, residents here were reporting i situation? there is. last week, i residents here were reporting that they were coming down with diarrhoea, stomach cramps, the things you would identify with a stomach bug. south west water said there was nothing to do with them, there was nothing to do with them, the water was fine. we spoke to one woman whose three year daughter was

really sick. she'd thought it was due to the water. south west water said it wasn't so she continued to give her tap water. then further testing by the company said that there was a parasite present. so that was really angering residents who thought there was a problem. then they were initially only offered £15 compensation, which residents fought whereas a bit evident insult. today, those affected will get £215. i think the earlier confusion in the slowness to respond has really angered people and like the local mp said, there will still be questions to answer. thank you very much. an inquiry into the uk's biggest health scandal will release its final report on monday. more than 30,000 people in the uk were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood products

by the national health service in the 19705, �*80s and �*90s. many have since died, some unknowingly passed infections on to their partners — who then also died. victims and their families have spent decades fighting for compensation. chloe hayward explains. it is known as the biggest treatment disaster in nhs history and so far we know that 3,000 people have died in the uk from infected blood and infected blood products given by the nhs. overall, 30,000 victims have been identified and these fall into two main categories — the people with rare genetic blood clotting disorders and people who needed blood transfusions after surgery, for example. let's start with this first group, the haemophiliacs. people with blood clotting disorders need a special protein called factor viii orfactor ix injected which helps their blood clot but by the 19705, the uk was really struggling to meet demand for these blood products and so they started to import from america. but because america pays for blood

plasma rather than it being donated forfree, it came from a lot of high risk individuals including prisoners, drug addicts and those most in need for money. with these donations came some deadly viral infections such as hepatitis c and hiv. in the late �*70s us drug companies were aware that their product was infected with viruses including hepatitis but did not take steps to stop the transmission. instead what they did was they mixed together ever larger batch numbers of donations, sometimes up to 50,000 plasma donations mixed together in one batch and it tookjust one infected donor to infect the entire batch. by 1983, the pharmaceutical companies were aware there was a link between haemophiliacs and hiv but instead of raising the alarm, they kept it quiet. some medics and whistle—blowers did try to raise the alarm around the world but health officials did not listen.

we now know 1,250 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c that had blood clotting disorders in this country. 320 of them were children. and almost all have now died. let's look at the second group of people, those with blood transfusions. they were given blood transfusions in surgery or after childbirth or an accident, it was infected with hiv. it was known that blood transfusions could infect people with hepatitis as early as the 19705 but those expo5ed were not tested, even when a test became available. minimal effort was made to identify those affected. minimal effort was made to identify those infected. even now we still have people coming forward in this country that have just been diagnosed decades after their infection, but often it is too late. hepatitis attacks the liver, leading to cirrho5is and eventually cancer, so a late diagnosis often comes with a dire progno5i5. the inquiry said through blood transfusion treatment, up to 27,000 people were infected with hepatitis c and

between 80 and 100 got hiv. during the inquiry we heard from children who grow up as orphan5, mothers who buried their children and husbands who unknowingly passed infections onto their wives. victim5 said they were ignored by doctors and treated as dirty or second—class citizens by the nhs. victims and their families have waited a0 year5 forju5tice. the focus now is on compensation. chloe hayward reporting and you can follow monday's proceedings from the infected blood scandal inquiry here on bbc news and also on the bbc iplayer. flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in afghanistan. thousands of homes were destroyed. charlie jones has more. just a week after floods killed hundreds of people

in northern afghanistan, another part of the country has been devastated by un5easonably heavy rain. this was ghor in central afghanistan yesterday, where dozens of people were killed, key road5 cut off, and buildings submerged, thousands of which remain underwater. today people in the region are dealing with the loss of homes, businesses, and family members. this man says the floods have destroyed property, cattle, sheep, villages, trees, everything. another resident talks about how there's no food or drink left for anyone, even the children. last week, the un estimated 300 people were killed when floods tore through villages in the north of the country. while stories of heroism emerged, this girl taken by the water was rescued by a stranger, half a million people are still estimated to be dealing with the devastation. charities say they're particularly concerned about women and girls, because the taliban's restrictions on their freedom may mean

they don't get the life—saving services they need. the un says afghanistan is one of the lowest emitters of greenhouse gases — and one of the country's hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. it's also got few defences, and still faces a boycott by some aid agencies because of the taliban. after four decades of war, the un is warning that these latest disasters are only adding to an already dire humanitarian situation. thank you very much for that. now to the middle east. the father of an israeli hostage whose body has been recovered from gaza has told the bbc of his relief that she can now be buried. 22—year—old shani luke was killed in the attacks by hamas on october the 7th, and her remains were taken back through the border fence by militants. it comes as heavy fighting has once again engulfed jabalia in northern gaza, which israeli forces said had been cleared of hamas

fighters months ago. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. street battles injabalia. israeli forces have been fighting here for days. hamas, they say, is back and needs to be dealt with. this is dangerous urban warfare at close quarters. the israelis were here months ago and moved on. these, some warn, early signs of an insurgency that could last months. and last night, a reminder of how all this began. three hostages, captured at a music festival in october. their bodies retrieved somewhere in the wreckage of gaza. shani louk was declared dead months ago. her father now finally able to say goodbye. we are relieved that now we are going to bury her, this beautiful girl, and actually i saw yesterday the picture of this amazingly beautiful woman, you know, the one that brought light into ourfamily, into our friends, family, and into israel and

into the world, really. back in gaza, aid is now starting to flow along america's new maritime corridor. these the first shipments to arrive yesterday. the compound just south of gaza city, controlled by israel. it's a welcome new route, but no substitute for bringing aid in by land. more than 600,000 palestinians have fled the south over the past two weeks, seeking refuge further north along the coast. the new aid coming in includes shelter as well as food, but the need is colossal and growing. away from gaza, another front in israel's war — a rare air strike last night onjenin in the west bank, killing a key figure in one of the city's armed groups. israel says he was involved in attacks onjewish settlers. his followers have vowed revenge. paul adams, bbc news, jerusalem.

you can get more from the middle east on the bbc news website. bridgerton has been a fan favourite on netflix forfour years — and now it has returned for a third outing. set in the early 18005, the series showcases the regency era with its decadent gowns and grand ball rooms — and grimsthorpe castle in lincolnshire has served as the backdrop to some of this year's scenes. let's take a look at how the filming went. we've been open since about 1978, so we've been open a long time. but you don't really see us, you know, that much on the internet or anything like that. so, yeah, seeing usjust randomly scrolling through your phone, you're like," oh, that's grimsthorpe castle", in a little advert by netflix. yeah, it was really cool. you look especially beautiful tonight, ms featherington. this is the bamburgh hall, and this is where they filmed their ballroom scene. and it was amazing.

so they hung these beautiful blue curtains and they made sure they matched the colours, blue and gold, to the grimsthorpe colours. so we're blue and gold. so this floor, you can see, is stone and marble. and because they wanted to bring in 200 dancers, film crews, as you can imagine, that's heavy trolleys, lots of cameras, lots of lights, so they built a fake floor. it was the first night they filmed coming out of a carriage, and they came in the doors and you could just see theirfaces change. they sort of were acting, came in and then theyjust stopped, looked around and were like, wow! and they said it was amazing, and that it was one of the most beautiful properties they've actually filmed in. so that was nice to hear. i'm really hoping it's going to bring more visitors to grimsthorpe. more visitors to lincolnshire, and a slightly different demographic as well.

maybe, like, a younger audience that don't normally visit stately homes. i want to say these pictures of pope francis surrounded by a group of nuns as he attendance thrown many —— a ceremony in verona. the nuns took the opportunity to touch the pie as my hands and kiss his crucifix. —— the pope's. good afternoon. there'll still be a lot of dry weather to be enjoyed throughout the rest of the weekend, but there are complications. we've got low pressure close by. this weather front has brought some patchy rain, and now we're seeing some storm development. and we've got a weak weatherfront towards the north—west as well. now those storms will bring the majority of the rainfall throughout the rest of this

afternoon and this evening. slow—moving, because there's little wind to move them on. so certainly, the possibility of flooding, and there is a warning out for it. you can find more detail on the website. most likely, though, those storms across the south—west and wales, but also through the central highlands, the south—west of scotland. one or two elsewhere, perhaps, later on across east anglia and the south—east. so those, obviously, will bring the temperatures down. but for most of us, it's another pleasantly warm day, away from the sea fog, which is around in some eastern areas and around the irish sea coast. and there's more cloud, anyway, in the north—west of scotland today and for northern ireland, and that creeps further in overnight. the storms ease away. the sea fog returns quite widely to central and eastern areas. one or two patches still for the irish sea coast. so a fresher night, i think, and a rather murky start to our sunday morning. but again, that mist and that murk should clear away quite readily. and i think it looks like there'll be a lot of dry and sunny weather for many and fewer showers. probably more cloud, on balance, across scotland, and again, across the west of northern ireland. we start with lots of mist and fog and even some

lowland fog elsewhere, which will take a while to clear away. and it mightjust persist for some parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. sea haar and sea fret. but you can see elsewhere, fewer showers. there will be the odd one, particularly as the sun's strong, and we'll get temperatures perhaps a little higher than today across england and wales as a result, still in eastern parts of northern ireland. the central belt a little bit lower than today as well. same sort of story as we get into monday. the misty, murky weatherfirst thing slow to clear away. just very isolated showers. just a bit of a northerly drift coming in, so temperatures won't be quite so high. but do bear in mind, even if it isn't quite as warm, it's still strong. the sunshine is just as strong. and then as we head towards the middle of next week, well, this low pressure mightjust bring in something more significant wind and rain—wise. but obviously, the devil's going to be in the detail that far away. but it does look as if, at that stage, it will turn more unsettled once again, after today's storms, and a bit windier too.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president zelensky says ukraine only has about a quarter of the air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks, warning that russia could increase strikes in the north east of the country following recent gains near kharkiv. a close ally of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny

tells the bbc he'll "never give up" fighting putin — months after a brutal hammer attack outside his home in lithuania, where he lives in exile. georgia�*s president has vetoed a controversial �*foreign agents�* law that critics say stifles free speech and has caused mass protests across the country, but she will almost certainly be overruled by mp5 that back the legislation. thousands of people who were having to boil their water in devon due to a parasite outbreak are being told they no longer have to. traces of cryptosporidium were identified on wednesday. hello, i�*m nicky schiller. let�*s get a check on a very busy day of sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we�*re starting with football and chelsea have won the women�*s super league for the 5th successive year. they pipped title rivals manchester city on goal difference after thrashing manchester united 6—nil at old trafford

on the final game of the season. british record signing mayra ramirez produced an outstanding individual display, scoring twice and assisting twice. manchester city would have needed a huge win at aston villa to overtake chelsea but they could only manage 2—1 at aston villa. elsewhere — vivianne miedema scored for arsenal in her final game for the club. they thrashed brighton to finish third in the table. but it�*s been all about the title race today — it�*s a seventh wsl title for chelsea�*s manager emma hayes and a fitting send off as she leaves the club to take over as the usa head coach. bayer leverkusen have become the first team in bundesliga history to go through a season unbeaten. the champions�* 2—1 home win over augsburg earlier extends their run to 51 games without defeat. goals from victor boniface and robert andrich gave them their 28th league win of the season. and they have a busy week ahead — they face atalanta on wednesday in the europa league final before

the german cup final on saturday. brighton have confirmed their head coach roberto de zerbi will leave the club after sunday�*s premier league match against manchester united. the italian has been in charge for two years and led brighton to their highest top—flight finish when they came sixth last season. they�*re currently tenth in the league heading into the final game of the season. chairman tony bloom says the club and de zerbi "have mutually agreed" for him to leave. he�*s only halfway through a four year contract. phil foden is the premier league�*s player of the season. the manchester city and england forward has had his best season — scoring 17 league goals and 8 assists. foden said he was extremely proud, and happy with the way he�*d been playing. it comes a day after foden won the football writers�* award and city will win an unprecedented 11th consecutive league title if they beat west ham tomorrow. red bull�*s max verstappen will be on pole once again in sunday�*s emilia romagna grand prix. it�*s his eighth pole position

in a row, matching the all—time record set by ayrton senna. the three—time world champion beat mclaren�*s oscar piastri and lando norris in a tight qualifying session. elsewhere, mercedes�* george russell took sixth while lewis hamilton was down in eighth. history will be made in saudi arabia tonight where tyson fury and oleksandr usyk will go head to head in what�*s being called�* the fight of the century�* where one of them will become the first undisputed four belt heavyweight world champion. there were the usual pre—fight theatrics after the weight in as they had to be separated. at 15 stone 13 pounds, usyk is almost three stone lighter than fury. the ukrainian holds the wba, wbo and ibf belts. fury is the wbc champion. i�*m going to make this short and simple and i want to thank god for the victory i�*ve received already and i want to thank everybody involved in putting this massive event on and i want to thank

uysk for turning up and challenging me. and that�*s about it, and thanks to the fans who travel to support me and i know it�*s tough times and money is hard, and i aim to put on a show. thank you very much. god bless. that�*s it from me. us pga golf, third round is underway. at valhalla in kentucky with america�*s xander schauffele still leading the way. the american is 12—under—par, just one shot clear of the field. he tees off in just over an hour. and that�*s all the sport for now. looking forward to boxing but not sure and gonna stay up that late to watch it. updates on the sport website. let�*s get more now on the situation in ukraine, where president volodymyr zelensky says russia could increase its attacks following recent gains near the city of kharkiv. he told the afp news agency that the country�*s air fleet was lacking and renewed calls for allies to send more air defence and fighter jets.

earlier i spoke to oleksiy goncharenko — who is a ukraininan member of parliament, i started by asking how important these western fighter jets are to ukraine. they are desperately needed, and not now but for more than two years already, and we really need them, and especially now russians are using these bombs in kharkiv and surroundings, and the only way for us, they couldn�*t be intercepted just with air defences, so the only way is to attack the fighterjets which russia is using to launch them. and for this, we need more air defence in ukraine, and we desperately need this, and we need fighterjets to keep russians further from the front line, at least that is why we really need them. according to what i know, they will arrive to ukraine injuly, but the question is, in what numbers, how many, and what exactly missiles they will have, what avionics and other systems? that is very important. how concerned are you about the situation around kharkiv,

because 10,000 people have had to be evacuated, where have they gone, and what is the situation for the troops on the front line there? i was there just several days ago, i am very concerned. russia cannot take kharkiv, or at least right now definitely not, and i think in general ukraine has enough capacity to stop them from taking kharkiv. but if they will advance closer to the city, and the city will be within artillery range, that will cause awful suffering for people, because we know the russian warfare playbook, they will just start to make from kharkiv, aleppo, and they will start to destroy the city, causing tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people to run away and destroying the second largest city in our country. so that is why it is so important to stop them now, not to give them

further possibility to advance closer to kharkiv. and president zelensky and the parliament, you have changed the law on who can be called up to fight now, so prisoners can go to the front line, is that correct? yeah, it is correct, i am one of the co—authors of the law, and those who are not convicted for very heavy crimes, they can, if they want, go to fight, they will receive such possibility. i think it is fair, and these people also deserve the right to protect their motherland. there has been some criticism of the legislation, that it doesn�*t give a definitive timeframe for the end of service for those people who have been called up. how do you respond to that criticism? it must have an effect on both them and theirfamilies. absolutely, i am one of those who are criticising that, i sponsored the bill about the definition of the terms of service a year ago,

and unfortunately it has still not been made, and this is a very big problem. that was in the draft of the law, but the day before voting, it was taken away by the government. i think this is a huge mistake, it is very important for those who are fighting, even prisoners know their sentence, you know? ukrainian mobilized men do not know how they will say. but also, it is very de—motivating, those who are civilians and can be mobilized. it was a big mistake of the government not to define the terms of service, and i will continue to push this through the ukrainian parliament, because i think it is very much needed. to slovakia next. the man charged with an assassination attempt on prime minister robert fico will be held in custody. the 71—year—old was brought to court in a police convoy. a court spokeswoman said the reason

for his pre—trial detention is because of "concerns about a potential escape or that criminal activity may continue". doctors treating prime minister fico say they will not be able to transfer him to the country�*s capital, bratislava, because his condition is still too serious for him to be moved from the small town hospital near where he was shot on wednesday. our europe correspondent bethany bell is in bratislava. i spoke with her earlier and started by asking her about the latest on the prime minister�*s condition. we had a statement from slovakia�*s health minister earlier today, saying that mr fico underwent surgery yesterday to remove dead tissue from the gunshot wound, and that appears to have stabilised his condition. she spoke of what she called a positive prognosis but of course mr fico remains in a serious condition. as you said, he is not able to be moved yet from this hospital in central slovakia to the capital.

and people have also said, the deputy prime minister said they are able to communicate with him within the limits of his condition, and for now they would not be appointing a caretaker leader. and the man charged with attempted murder is going to be kept in custody after his court appearance. yes, as you mentioned, the prosecutor had argued that there were concerns that this man might either try to escape or commit further criminal activities if he were not kept in pre—trial detention. we still know very little, the authorities have said very little as to the identity of this man. there are a lot of rumours and reports in local media and the internet, but the authorities have not officially named him yet. it is understood he is a 71—year—old man. the government has described him

as being anti—government, that said he had attended a number of anti—government protests in recent months, and they also described him as a lone wolf, acting alone. to tunsia next. about 23 migrants are reported missing after setting off in a boat from tunisia towards italy, according to the country�*s national guard. tunisia has become a hub for migrants who wish to make it to europe, replacing libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in africa and the middle east. its national guard said it had deployed floating units and had informed the navy to help in the search for the missing people. next, more than a hundred thousand unpaid carers are being forced to repay an average of £18—hundred — or almost $2300 each —

money that many of them say they don�*t have. radio 4�*s moneybox reporter, dan whitworth has more. unpaid carers do an incrediblejob caring for a loved one, often day—in day—out, week—in week—out, with few if any breaks, but many tens of thousands of them have unwittingly or accidentally received overpayments of carer�*s allowance and now they have been asked to pay it back. people like karina moon, whose daughter, amber, requires round the clock care. she told breakfast three weeks ago that she is having to pay back £11,000 after unknowingly earning slightly over the claim limit at her part—time supermarketjob. at the moment i pay £60 a month and i have been repaying that for the last four years to repay my overpayment which was the £11,000. and i will be paying that until i am 73. so i have another 11 years of paying the £60 per month, which takes money out of our income. it is money that would help me run the car, help pay bills,

put food on the table, all of those things. or people like gina who has also been landed with a bill. i was presented with a bill and that obviously i had been overpaid. and it was a sum of £7,600. receiving that bill was a huge blow because it is a big debt by anyone's standards. even though i was only working part—time and for me it was huge. these latest figures show £251 million is currently owed by more than 134,000 carers, which works out at an average debt of nearly £1900 each. liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey, who is a carer for his teenage son, has previously called for these debts to be cancelled. it is just unbelievable that the government should be clawing back this money and blaming the carers when it is the government�*s own incompetence and the government�*s flawed system.

there is something seriously wrong here. people work hard, they pay their taxes, they look after their loved ones — the government should be incentivising work, helping these carers, and it is doing the reverse. if unpaid carers care for someone for more than 35 hours per week, they are entitled to carer�*s allowance worth £81.90 a week but they are not allowed to earn more than £151 per week take—home pay. if they do, even byjust a few pence, they lose the entire allowance, but because they are not realise or are not informed for months or even years, some carers keep receiving overpayments and unwittingly racking up debt. it is really tough. they are shocked and horrified when they get a notice that they have been overpaid and it is devastating for their mental health and then feels really tough paying that back sometimes as well. the department for work and pensions

says the total owed by carers includes historical debts, compares to a forecast budget of £4.2 billion on carer�*s allowance this year alone, and that it is committed to fairness in the welfare system. dan whitworth, bbc news. earlier i spoke to dan and asked him why this issue is going to take so long to resolve. the issue here is how quickly carers, who are due carer�*s allowance, you heard £82 a week in the report, it is how quickly they are being informed if they are being overpaid. so if they have gone above that the earnings limit and lost the right to that allowance, it is a cliff edge benefits so they lose it all essentially. and obviously, the obligation is on the individual to tell the government through the department for work and pensions, i have gone above that £151 limit, i am not entitled to the carer�*s allowance any more so please stop. but critics of it is saying it is really complicated, the system. it is difficult when you are working week in and week out,

you might have to do an extra hour or two of overtime or get a small pay increase, it is difficult to stay on or below that earnings threshold of £151. and if you are a carer and not told about that and you don�*t realise you have gone above the limit, if it is just a couple of months you are getting this allowance and it is being overpaid so you are not due it, that is fine. but a lot of these people are getting these overpayments for years and years and then being left these huge debts to the government of thousands of pounds. and of course, it is taxpayers�* money. the government rightly says, it has been paid accidentally and we have to get it back. but unfortunately for a lot of carers, that means they don�*t have the money and it is taking them years to pay it back. and it is the fact a lot of the politicians, we heard ed davey saying it is the fact that they were not told about this or have not been told about this. yes, let me throw another politician at you, says stephen timms.

in the uk, he is quite an influential mp because he chairs the work and pensions select committee in the houses of parliament so he is a cross this brief. that is something he says because his committee to scrutinise government policy on this, they have been told his majesty�*s revenue and customs, the taxman, they are related within a month if carers go over that earnings limit and lose the allowance. but that message, so hmrc look to the dwp, department for work and pensions, the carer has gone over the limit, then it stops at the dwp and they don�*t pass that message on. obligation is on the individual carer. but i sense there is a shift here in tone from the government on this. for example, the dwp is now talking about using text messages or e—mail alerts to try to warn carers earlier if they have strayed above that limit. they are also talking about how they can try to make it easier for repayments because again, the government will say it is committed to fairness in the system. from the government�*s point of view,

that is of course fairness to carers of course, but also to taxpayers because fundamentally, this is taxpayers�* money they are trying to get back. now, scientists say the solar storms that led to the northern lights a week ago could return towards earth in two weeks�* time. people in as far as the south coast of england was able to see the spectacular displays last time. let�*s speak to senior meteorologist and founder of british weather services, jim dale. sadly, i had to be in here very early on those mornings. i was fast asleep when they happened, which was distressing to me because of always wanted to see them. why are they likely to return? you wanted to see them. why are they likely to return?— likely to return? you are not the onl one likely to return? you are not the only one who — likely to return? you are not the only one who missed _ likely to return? you are not the only one who missed them. - likely to return? you are not the | only one who missed them. don't likely to return? you are not the - only one who missed them. don't feel only one who missed them. don�*t feel too disappointed. why they likely? the son has turned on its access and faced the solar flares, the product of a huge storm, 15 times the size

of a huge storm, 15 times the size of the earth or one side and now it�*s turned away from us. hence the reason for the law. that doesn�*t mean we can�*t see something in the northern areas in the arctic and antarctic in the cell. can�*t see stuff coming from the side but it�*s going to turn around again. you just said, in two weeks�* time you�*re going to see the same storm that�*s on the surface of the sun face to us again. these solar flares are likely to be pushing out towards us, some of them, maybe. it�*s all maybes, it�*s not definite. i need to emphasise that. if you waited for that first then there are two more on the way, it may be.— that first then there are two more on the way, it may be. good news for me. wh on the way, it may be. good news for me- why are — on the way, it may be. good news for me- why are we _ on the way, it may be. good news for me. why are we suddenly _ on the way, it may be. good news for me. why are we suddenly getting - me. why are we suddenly getting it in parts of the world which none booing wouldn�*t normally see them? if you went to iceland you think you might stand a chance but not

particularly in the uk. because they are so dynamic. _ particularly in the uk. because they are so dynamic. they _ particularly in the uk. because they are so dynamic. they are _ particularly in the uk. because they are so dynamic. they are so - are so dynamic. they are so powerful. the sun is at its most powerful. the sun is at its most powerful now for the past 11 years, it�*s a funny moment. what that means is the geomagnetic storms arrive, these particles arrive and hit our atmosphere. they are basically wrapping themselves around parts of the earth that wouldn�*t necessarily be the case. i know in the first instance they went down to northern france, a bit into the middle. this is worldwide, notjust our own place here. it�*s exactly the same in the southern hemisphere. if you are in south africa or argentina, chile, the falklands that type of area you�*ve got as much chance as you have in the northern hemisphere. generally speaking, the further north you go the greater the chances. it�*sjust north you go the greater the chances. it�*s just the expanse of these magnetic storms hitting our atmosphere, doing what they do means

there is a greater chance. it�*s going to be about two weeks, it might happen a bit before, there�*s no exactness with this at all. a bit like predicting the weather on earth and that is the way it goes. share like predicting the weather on earth and that is the way it goes.- and that is the way it goes. are we auoin to and that is the way it goes. are we going to have _ and that is the way it goes. are we going to have a — and that is the way it goes. are we going to have a northern - going to have a northern lights forecast now about where it might be the best place that we could probably see them? it�*s the best place that we could probably see them? the best place that we could robabl see them? �* , ., ., probably see them? it's hard enough to net the probably see them? it's hard enough to get the weather _ probably see them? it's hard enough to get the weather out _ probably see them? it's hard enough to get the weather out on earth - to get the weather out on earth never mind space. we will try our best. obviously the biggest obstacle if it does show itself is going to be cloud cover. i�*m sure people like myself and others will be looking at the sky in this next 1a days see whether it will clear and seeing if we get a repeat performance. i hope so, you missed it, i missed it so i might stay up this time. i so, you missed it, i missed it so i might stay up this time.— might stay up this time. i will stay u -. might stay up this time. i will stay up- fingers _ might stay up this time. i will stay up. fingers crossed _ might stay up this time. i will stay up. fingers crossed that _ might stay up this time. i will stay up. fingers crossed that the - might stay up this time. i will stay up. fingers crossed that the great j up. fingers crossed that the great british weather is not cloudy. jim, thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news.

since the 19705, woolsack racing has been a crowd pleaser in the gloucestershire town of tetbury, but the event suffered a four year hiatus during the pandemic. well, this month it�*s coming back — but before contestants can race 60 pounds of wool down a steep hill, another race is on: to replace the old sacks, which have been eaten by mice during their time in storage, as our reporter steve knibbs has been finding out. it�*s a race of strength, fitness and a firm foot as teams run up and down the one in four gradient of gumstool hill with 60lb sacks of wool on their shoulders. the race harks back to a 17th—century tradition when men apparently ran from pub to pub carrying woolsacks to try and impress local women. but it was last held here in 2019, before the pandemic hit.

danny and kirsten are the new custodians of the woolsack races archive. this was all in a barn in... beverston. there�*s a lot in their garage in tetbury. the old medals and shields have seen better days... ladies team championship winners. ..as have the all—important woolsacks. as you can see, they've split. i mean, they were in storage for nearly five years. but now danny and kirsten, and a new committee, are bringing the race back on bank holiday monday. on facebook and kind of, you know, down the pub and everything, people were saying, you know, "covid is over now. why haven't we got woolsack back?" because a lot of the other events had been coming back. so we kind of thought, "hmm, why don't we get some people together and see if we can get it going again?" and itjust so happens that kirsten is a bit of an expert on the woolsack races. had the fastest ladies' time. one minute, six seconds, it was. i've got a guinness world record with the certificates and everything. it's since been superseded because they shortened the course. but what about those sorry—looking sacks? well, there�*s only one

place to get them sorted. the wool shop in tetbury run by pat. good morning. how are you? i'm fine, thank you. i�*ve come about the wool sacks. that�*s not a good condition. what are you going to do with that? i was going to repair it, i but i don't think i am now. so i've made some new ones. i've always enjoyed woolsack, and, yes, part of the community. - ithought, "yes, i'll do my bit to help."| didn't realise it was going to be such a bad job, but hey, - that goes with it, doesn't it? so pat�*s got her work cut out to get ready for the big day, but it�*s full steam ahead. we're really proud to be able to get it go. yeah, it�*s quite scary, quite daunting. but hopefully we�*ll do itjustice. the cheese rolling, the shin—kicking came back, and now the woolsack races have returned. gloucestershire is now definitely back to normal, with its wonderfully quirky ways. steve knibbs, bbc news.

finally, how much would you pay for a used nap? it's it�*s the napkin which barcelona club first promised to bite lionel messi. the officials agreed to deal while visiting a tennis club in december 2000. team sporting director scribbled down his owners with others adding their signatures as others. lionel messi was just 13 at the time. of course went on to win multiple trophies for barcelona before lifting the world cup with argentina in 2022. it�*s not known who has bought it. good afternoon. there�*ll still be a lot of dry weather to be enjoyed throughout the rest of the weekend, but there are complications. we�*ve got low pressure close by. this weather front has brought some patchy rain, and now we�*re seeing some storm development. and we�*ve got a weak weatherfront towards the north—west as well.

now those storms will bring the majority of the rainfall throughout the rest of this afternoon and this evening. slow—moving, because there�*s little wind to move them on. so certainly, the possibility of flooding, and there is a warning out for it. you can find more detail on the website. most likely, though, those storms across the south—west and wales, but also through the central highlands, the south—west of scotland. one or two elsewhere, perhaps, later on across east anglia and the south—east. so those, obviously, will bring the temperatures down. but for most of us, it�*s another pleasantly warm day, away from the sea fog, which is around in some eastern areas and around the irish sea coast. and there�*s more cloud, anyway, in the north—west of scotland today and for northern ireland, and that creeps further in overnight. the storms ease away. the sea fog returns quite widely to central and eastern areas. one or two patches still for the irish sea coast. so a fresher night, i think, and a rather murky start to our sunday morning. but again, that mist and that murk should clear away quite readily. and i think it looks like there�*ll be a lot of dry and sunny weather for many and fewer showers. probably more cloud, on balance, across scotland, and again,

across the west of northern ireland. we start with lots of mist and fog and even some lowland fog elsewhere, which will take a while to clear away. and it mightjust persist for some parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. sea haar and sea fret. but you can see elsewhere, fewer showers. there will be the odd one, particularly as the sun�*s strong, and we�*ll get temperatures perhaps a little higher than today across england and wales as a result, still in eastern parts of northern ireland. the central belt a little bit lower than today as well. same sort of story as we get into monday. the misty, murky weatherfirst thing slow to clear away. just very isolated showers. just a bit of a northerly drift coming in, so temperatures won�*t be quite so high. but do bear in mind, even if it isn�*t quite as warm, it�*s still strong. the sunshine is just as strong. and then as we head towards the middle of next week, well, this low pressure mightjust bring in something more significant wind and rain—wise. but obviously, the devil�*s going to be in the detail that far away. but it does look as if, at that stage, it will turn more unsettled once again,

after today�*s storms, and a bit windier too.

live from london. this is bbc news. president zelensky says ukraine only has about a quarter of the air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks. a close ally of the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny tells the bbc he�*ll "never give up" fighting president putin after a brutal hammer attack in march.

he asked us to never give up and, like, to continue our work, to defeat putin and to build this beautiful russia of the future. georgia�*s president vetoes a controversial "foreign agents" law that�*s caused mass protests, but she will almost certainly be overruled by parliament. and a boil water notice has been lifted for most residents after a parasite outbreak in devon. hello and welcome to bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. we begin this hour in ukraine, where president zelensky says his country only has about a quarter of the amount of air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks. he said ukraine needed up to 130 of the western f—16 fighter jets. dozens are due to arrive sometime this yearfrom