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hello. i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party's campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accusing labour of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. let's take a listen to some...

the ukrainian president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country by supporting russia. speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore, volodymy zelensky complained that beijing was discouraging other countries from attending a summit scheduled in switzerland in mid—june. china has denied taking sides in the war. sura njana tewari reports. ukraine's president desperately needs help to forge his path to peace. the russian offensive in kharkiv has battered the north—east of the country for weeks. glide bombs fired by aircraft in russian airspace, pummelling...

on sunday, in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla, forcing the suspension of voting. 38 candidates running for various positions have been killed during the campaign, making mexico's election one of the most violent in recent history. joining me now is jason marzak, vice president and senior director at adrienne arsht latin america center at the atlantic council. jason, it's been an extremely violent campaign. even today, two people killed in attacks on mexican polling stations. so it's notjust running as a candidate that's risky, it's also participating...

female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it's been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates...

This is a very impressive mission because the thing about the far side of the moon is you've got no line of sight communication with the earth. but years earlier, china launched a satellite to relay messages from earth to solve that problem. after decades of preparation, the probe finally touched down. for the next two days, a mechanical arm will drill and collect rock and soil samples. this is a world first. scientists have never been able to study this side of the moon. the change 6 began its mission in early may, and if the uncrewed craft makes it back later this month with the precious sam...