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the conservatives have promised to bring back a form of national service if they win the general election. the party said 18 year—olds would have a choice of either joining the military full—time for 12 months or volunteering one weekend every month carrying out a community service, with organisations like the fire brigade, police or the nhs. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. an eye—catching policy from the conservatives early on in this campaign, one that's grabbed the headlines in this morning's papers. yeah, many more of these over the next few weeks! enjoy y...

second city of kharkiv. the ukrainian president zelinsky said more than 200 people could have been inside the supermarket when it was attacked. now in bbc news, unspun world with john simpson. hello, and welcome to another edition of unspun world. thank you forjoining me. after the summit between vladimir putin and xijinping, what have we learned about the russia—china relationship? it's a very useful relationship, i think, for the chinese. i think they feel themselves very much now the senior partner — russia, the junior partner. does the old idea of a two—state solution betwe...

the cause of the fire is not yet clear. officials in ukraine see at least 12 people have been killed and 43 injured after russian forces hit our diy store in kharkiv and some people are still missing. ukraine is calling on the west to supply weapons to prevent similar attacks over the border. this call has been backed by the head of nato. until now ukraine has largely had to rely on drones and other weapons. drones squeal. they are now one of the most potent weapons of this war. cheap, mass—produced drones being used to deadly effect. and here on the front they are helping ukraine ...

and rapper nicki minaj cancels a gig in manchester after being arrested at amsterdam airport on suspicion of drug offences. let's return to the general election. the conservatives have announced they will introduce mandatory national service for 18 year olds if they win, in a bid to "get young people out of their bubble". it's a plan labour have called desparate and unfunded. earlier this morning, the home secretary, james cleverly, spoke on sunday with laura kuenssberg. what we are putting forward is a mandatory national service, a small element of which will be with the military an...

of campaigning is being looked into by the gambling commission over an alleged bet on the timing of the general election. tony lee, and his wife laura saunders — who is the party's candidate in bristol north west — are both being looked into. this morning it emerged that mr lee has taken a leave of absence from his job, and left the campaign yesterday. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest. we will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. july elections are a rarity. now, the gambling commission is looking into some of the bets that were placed on one being call...