panorama that he'd previously said he admired vladimir putin as a political operator — but disliked him as a person. the prime minister, rishi sunak has joined other politicians critcising mr farage. he said the leader of reform uk's comments were dangerous. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin's hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain who's doing deals with countries like north korea. and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain's security, the security of our allies that rely on us and only emboldens putin further. ukrainian officials say mr farage's comments mirror the claims of the kremlin. our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in kyiv. one source in the presidential office did tell the bbc that, in their words, the virus of putinism unfortunately affects people and can be even worse in its consequences than covid, and that that virus needs to be nipped in the bud. and i think you can hear from the tone of those comments, the kind of weariness here, the sense that they've heard this before and they associate that those kind of comments with the language of vladimir 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 a full scale invasion in 2022. so i think there is a wariness. having heard these kind of comments and an annoyance, but not necessarily an on the record reaction to them at this point from ukrainian officials. tell us more, gordon, about the latest russian missiles that have been directed at ukraine. yes. overnight, another barrage of ukrainian russian missiles and drones targeting ukraine. 29 in all. 13 of the drones were shot down, but four of the missiles did get through and hit in lviv in the west and in the southeast. and 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. it is having some effects. there are already 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 a clear emphasis here in ukraine on the both the need to protect those facilities. and that requires more air defense, more air defense missiles which have been promised but which are very much needed and 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 facilities. the harry potter author, jk rowling, has accused the labour leader of abandoning women who are concerned about transgender rights. writing in the times, she said she would struggle to vote for sir keir starmer, calling his attitude on the issue "dismissive and often offensive". labour have responded by saying they would protect single sex spaces for "biological women". earlier today sir keir was asked about ms rowling's comments. ido i do respect her and i would point out the long record that labour has in government on passing really important legislation that has advanced the rights of women and made a material difference to the lives of millions of people in that fight is never over and the challenges are never over and we need to make further progress when it comes to women's rights which is why what is set out in the manifesto is so important about the turning point and the choice at this election. as we go forward and make further progress and meet the challenges of today and tomorrow it's very important we do that in a way which respects the views from different parts, differently expressed, but also the election is an opportunity to reset politics and to bring debate together and bring people together and i think that that moment, that reset is one of the choices that is that at this election which makes it so important for people who want change that they vote for it. on to developing news and we broke the story in the last half hour that at least 42 people have been killed in israeli attacks on two districts of gaza city according to officials in gaza at the hammers run media centre. one strike in the historic refugee camps killed 18 people and another 18 palestinians were killed in a strike on houses. 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 — 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". earlier today, i spoke to william schomburg, who is head of office in rafah for the international committee of the red cross. yesterday afternoon, there were several very loud explosions and extremely close proximity to our offices of the international committee of the red cross, the icrc here in rafah, which led to a very high loss of life. there were many wounded. the scenes were horrific, frankly — nothing that i've ever seen before. we had an influx of children, women, young men, all of whom had been extremely badly injured as a result of these explosions. we were able to transfer them to the nearby located red cross field hospital, where we have dedicated teams working to try and save lives and to meet the needs of civilians during this conflict who have consistently lacked access to health care. and we were able to to receive 22 dead, as well as 45 injured. and that's amidst reports of further casualties that did not come to us. there are concerns that the simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group, hezbollah, risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon—israel borderfor months. 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". our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has been to the israeli side of the border this week, and sent 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 hezbollah, 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 hezbollah 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. they lost it. they need to quit, all of them. 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. iran's supreme court has overturned a death sentence against the popular rapper, toomaj salehi. he was jailed for backing the nationwide protests which were sparked by mahsa amini's death. she died in police custody in 2022 after being arrested for violating dress rules for women. mr salehi's lawyer says the supreme court has ordered a retrial. the rapper became a symbol of resistance, with artists including coldplay and sting joining the international campaign to save his life. a leading think tank has claimed there is a four billion pound hole in the plans for social care pout forward by labour, the conservatives and the liberal democrats. the institute for fiscal studies told the bbc that the money initially put aside to introduce a cap on what individuals have to pay — has already been spent elsewhere. our political correspondent, jack fenwick, has more on this from the newsoom. this goes back to an announcement by the conservative government in 2021 about reforms to social care. they announced a plan at that time which would essentially introduce a cap on the amount any individual would have to pay for their own care over the course of their lifetime. that was supposed to be introduced in october 2023 but a few months before that it was decided that actually it would be delayed a bit longer and that is where this apparent hole in the finances has come from because i was speaking to somebody in local government the other day he was saying that this is something we are really worried about and after that i went to speak to the institute for fiscal studies, a think tank that does lots of number crunching about what the parties are saying and i spoke to their head of local government finances, a man called david phillips who explained how it became a problem. so, the government decides to postpone those reforms until 2025, and it says that councils in the meantime can keep the funding that they had been given to roll out these reforms to use for existing pressures. and then from 2025 onwards, the funding that had been set aside then was just rolled into the overall spending envelopes that the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, sent. and those we know are a very, very tight. at one stage there was funding set aside for social care reform — that isn't there now. it is either being used for different pressures, or is being rolled into the overall tight spending envelopes that we all know that the parties are staying silent on the election. david phillips is saying the money because councils were allowed to keep it after the initial delay has been baked into all of the other things they have to spend money on so if the reforms will happen, in mind —— in his mind, the money will be need to be found again and in terms of the 4 billion figure you mentioned a moment ago, the iss say it comes from the government's own costings and say the ins initial impact assessment said that is how much it would cost and the estimate any government elected would have to find the money by 2028 and if the money has to come from reducing services in local government, that could lead to some difficult decisions for the councils themselves. the conservatives have said they believe they have a bold and clear plan to make sure people have dignity and security if they are going through social claire and the liberal democrats have responded by saying that they are promising lots more funding in social care but it's slightly separate to this exact point that they say that they will put in another 4 billion of their own which would pay for various things including a pay rise for care workers and that bit of their plan will be paid for by a tax on banks. jack, thank you very much. what a lovely pleasure it is to see you. let's start with the euros where it's getting to the business end of the group stages. georgia and czechia will both be desperate for a win in the first match of the day in hamburg. that's followed by turkey's match with portugal in dortmund, and then in the late game in cologne it's belgium up against romania looking to atone for their first up loss. follow them all on the bbc sport website. on sunday, scotland take on hungary with their progression, to the knockouts at a major tournament, for the first time on the line. steve clarke's squad have trained earlier, before departing for stuttgart where they'll be followed by thousands of the tartan army. scotland beat hungary 1—0 in their last meeting — a friendly in 2018, in budapest. england are preparing for their final group c match against slovenia on tuesday amid growing criticism of their last—out performance when they drew 1—1 with denmark. injuries and lack of form have been a talking point and that continues to be the case for one player as our football reporter alex howell can let us know. 25 of the england squad were out on the pitch here as they prepared for that game, but crucially, luke shaw is still inside training on his own, doing an individual programme which means he is a massive doubt for the game for england on tuesday. gareth southgate has spoken about the physical limitations of some of his players and harry kane spoke about some confusion when they were playing during the match so we might have seen some of the players that may come in to replace people like trent alexander—arnold as that mid field experiment has not worked, but gareth southgate on the england team are working hard just in front of me on the training pitch ahead of me on the pitch on tuesday. next to cricket, and the west indies have beaten the usa by nine wickets to reignite their hopes of reaching the semi—finals of the t20 world cup. shai hope's 82, including this six to secure victory, leaves them in second place in their super8s group, with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter finals. they'll take on south africa next, who won a thriller with england to go top of their super 8's group. england must beat usa in their next match on sunday to stand a chance of progressing, but it could come down to net run rate if west indies beat south africa. we played really well. i think brook and livingstone had a fantastic partnership, like i say, on a slow wicket where other other guys struggled. i thought their partnership was brilliant and they got us to a position where, you know, probably looking like the favourites at one point to go on and win the game. the big picture is obviously net run rate is that but i thought that was a awesome partnership and just couldn't quite finish it off. we're just under two hours away from qualifying at the spanish grand prix in barcelona. carlos sa i nz carlos sainz was fastest in the third practice and prior to that a fire broke out in a mclaren hospitality unit at the track and emergency services arrived on the scene with smoke emerging from the building and helped saved the evacuated team—mates with no reported injuries. british driver lando norris was amongst those evacuated. in rugby union, england have cruised to victory, overjapan in tokyo. former england head coach eddiejones is now in charge ofjapan, and says his side gave a good account of themselves despite the heavy defeat. when you play against a team you've coached against its always a bit of fun and makes it more interesting and yeah, you know the players and some of the young players you bring three you want them to do well but not too well against you. from three you want them to do well but not too well against you.— not too well against you. from one smellin: not too well against you. from one smelling australia _ not too well against you. from one smelling australia into _ not too well against you. from one smelling australia into another, i l smelling australia into another, i will be here in the next hour and i will be here in the next hour and i will be here in the next hour and i will be back again. —— smiling australian. it won't be me, but i will watch avidly from somewhere else. honest, i really well. a volunteer firefighter has died battling wildfires which had been found by gale force winds in southern greece. wildfires are common in greece but the authorities have warned of growing risks because of the trying conditions, and temperatures reaching highs of a0 celsius. several villages have been evacuated as a precautionary measure. at least three people are missing after severe flooding in an alpine town. the combination of heavy rain and melting snow has led to rivers bursting their banks. trains in the areas have been suspended and officials say the flooding is expected to last through the weekend. 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. we can speak to fiona trott in tenerife. what can you tell us about the ongoing search? this tenerife. what can you tell us about the ongoing search?— the ongoing search? this area is where police _ the ongoing search? this area is where police traced _ the ongoing search? this area is where police traced his - the ongoing search? this area is where police traced his last - the ongoing search? this area is l where police traced his last known mobile phone signal and the call he made to his friend lucy on monday morning saying he was about to attempt a ten hour walk back to his accommodation and then the phone cut out. it's why the search has been focused on this area of about five square kilometres. lucy's mum has been here watching and waiting for news, and j's mother debbie is also on the island at a time when she should have been back at home with him in lancashire, talking about the holiday he had had with friends, his first holiday abroad. he was due to fly back yesterday which gives you a sense ofjust how many days have passed with still no clue about where he is. let's recap on what we know about the police search as they have told us they are working with 16 firefighters, local police, mountain rescue teams, police sniffer dog is being used, drones, helicopters that we saw sweeping down into the valley yesterday and lancashire police have offered their assistance but the police have said they are happy with the resources that we have, so the search continues 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