live from london, this is bbc news. israel orders the evacuation of more areas of rafah in gaza, where over a million palestinians are sheltering. it comes as washington says israel may have used american—supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law in gaza. i'm maryam moshiri live in malmo at the eurovision song contest where the eurovision song contest where the netherlands have been disqualified from taking part in the grand final which will happen in just a few hours�* time. hundreds of people are fleeing continued clashes in ukraine's kharkiv region, a day after russia sent troops across the border. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world.

hello. i'm sarah campbell. the israeli military has ordered more residents in the city of rafah in the southern gaza strip to leave neighbourhoods in the east. washington has warned israel not to mount a full offensive in the city, but there were further israeli strikes overnight. this is where people have been told to go, al—mawasi, which has been described as an "expanded humanitarian area" by the israel defence forces. it now says 300,000 gazans have moved towards there since the first evacuation orders on monday. last night, a long—awaited us government report criticised israel's use of american—supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying it's reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of international humanitarian

law in some instances. this report from our middle east correspondent. parts of rafah that were crammed full of people just days ago are rapidly emptying out. palestinians being in their thousands as israel signals it is now set to put further from the east, issuing new evacuation orders. there is no choice, we have to go to the coast like everyone else, this man says. israeli air strikes and artillery shelling have caused panic and palestinian casualties. israel says it is taking action against hamas and one of its last strongholds, here attacking alongside four rockets fired at an israeli city. —— eight launch site four rockets. but with israel's

capture of a border crossing and another blocked off with fighting, this is the fifth day of note eight are getting in. there are severe shortages of food, water and fuel, deepening the humanitarian crisis. so far, israel's military is describing the offensive in rafah is limited, but the world is watching to see if this turns into the full scale invasion that the country's allies have warned against. and as israeli tanks and troops await orders by the israeli border, there has been another strong statement from washington. it says were some of it strikes on gaza such as this attack on a residential building late last year, reportedly killing over 100 people, late last year, reportedly killing over100 people, many late last year, reportedly killing over 100 people, many of them children, israel may have used american supplied weapons in breach of international law. israel has consistently denied any violations. and yet the new report may yet have an impact on plans back here in rafah, where there is already a

growing sense of emergency. we will be speaking live to yolande in a few minutes�* time. in the meantime you can follow the very latest on the bbc news app and website. we have the live page running that with all the latest developers. the dutch artistjoost klein has been disqualified from the eurovision song contest final after a backstage incident. the performer has been sent home after an allegation of intimidation was made to swedish police by a female member of the production crew. the organisers of tonight's event are also readying themselves for more pro—palestinian protests against the israeli entry. quite a build—up to tonight's final. let's cross to maryam moshiri in malmo. thank you very much indeed. quite a build—up to the final, not the one

that people were expecting. the netherlands are one of the favourites in this competition, they were told about an hour ago they would no longer be able to participate in the 68th eurovision song contest. there was a lot of confusion initially but why the decision was made to barjoost klein from that rehearsal on thursday, it later became clear on friday excuse me, there had been some sort of incident betweenjoost me, there had been some sort of incident between joost and me, there had been some sort of incident betweenjoost and a member of the swedish team, the crew who were looking after the event in the arena. there has been shock and disappointment from the dutch tv broadcaster. it is a huge event in the netherlands, a third of all the tickets to the final were sold to dutch eurovision fans, so this will be another headache for the ebu after those pro—palestinian protests we saw the other day and the protest which we are set to see happen later on ahead of that final. let's take

stock now and talk a little bit more about this. with me is james rowe from the eurotrip podcast. good to talk to you. without your twin brother today, callum, good to talk to you. without your twin brothertoday, callum, but always lovely to have you on the programme. talk me through what has happened, what more do we know about the dutch entry and why they have been this qualified? fix, the dutch entry and why they have been this qualified?— been this qualified? a while to 24 hours. in been this qualified? a while to 24 hours- in the _ been this qualified? a while to 24 hours. in the first _ been this qualified? a while to 24 hours. in the first dress _ been this qualified? a while to 24 hours. in the first dress rehearsalj hours. in the first dress rehearsal for tonight's grand final we saw joost come out on the fly parade, this is the pride about is the parade of artists that come out to begin the show, we saw him there and about 20 minutes later we expected to see him perform in that rehearsal, and i reached out to the ebu and they told me an incident had occurred, as you just mentioned, backstage on thursday evening. they did not make any more comments. they then put out a further comment yesterday evening to say an investigation was ongoing and that joost would not be participating in

last night's jewelry show which is where 50% of all the points would come from. and then about an hour or so as you mentioned ago we got a final statement to sayjoost will not compete in the grand final and that has happened in the space of 24 hours. is that has happened in the space of 24 hours. , ., ., , ., hours. is huge, what does it mean for the eurovision? _ hours. is huge, what does it mean for the eurovision? 25 _ hours. is huge, what does it mean for the eurovision? 25 contestantsj for the eurovision? 25 contestants now will be performing but it must have an impact on the atmosphere and the way this contest has been perceived to have been organised? definitely. the third and final dress rehearsal ahead of tonight's grand final was set to start about 1:30pm at local time, that did not start on time and we don't know why, perhaps more discussions backstage, and 20 rehearsal did get started, mentioned the flight parade at the beginning, there were three artists who did not appear, so is there something else going on? we don't know, further questions being asked, whether or not is the dutch audience

back home will have the chance to vote tonight is one of them. find back home will have the chance to vote tonight is one of them. and if they didn't — vote tonight is one of them. and if they didn't it _ vote tonight is one of them. and if they didn't it would _ vote tonight is one of them. and if they didn't it would be _ vote tonight is one of them. and if they didn't it would be very - they didn't it would be very disappointing. it they didn't it would be very disappointing.— they didn't it would be very disa ”ointin. ., , g ., .,, they didn't it would be very disa ”ointin. ., , g , disappointing. it would be, joost is a big name — disappointing. it would be, joost is a big name in _ disappointing. it would be, joost is a big name in music— disappointing. it would be, joost is a big name in music in _ disappointing. it would be, joost is a big name in music in the - a big name in music in the netherlands, people from the netherlands, people from the netherlands have bought one of the highest amounts of tickets for the show this week, so clearly there is a lot of appetite for the dutch fans and if they aren't able to... they were certainly not be able to cheer on their entry and if they don't have a chance to vote for their favourites there will be a huge amount of disappointment. bier? favourites there will be a huge amount of disappointment. very good to talk to you. — amount of disappointment. very good to talk to you, thank _ amount of disappointment. very good to talk to you, thank you _ amount of disappointment. very good to talk to you, thank you very - amount of disappointment. very good to talk to you, thank you very much. i to talk to you, thank you very much. this evening will go on regardless without the netherlands, 25 nations competing, viewers watching from around the world. there is a different atmosphere here, a lot of security around malmo but it has to be said, there are a lot of people steal here, excited about the music and excited at the prospect of what is set to be a fantastic show. we

will have more throughout the day here on bbc news but for now, back to you, sarah. yes, hopefully the show will be about the music, it has been about everything but. russian forces have launched a surprise new ground offensive in ukraine, crossing the border into the north—eastern kharkiv region. for months fighting has been focused in the east, where russia occupies large areas. friday's attack may be an attempt to open a new front and intensify pressure on kharkiv, which is the country's second largest city. small groups of russian troops with armoured vehicles pushed through the front line — military sources say they advanced a kilometre before being pushed back amid reports of sustained russian shelling. these are pictures of volunteers helping people in settlements around kharkiv evacuate, getting out before the fighting gets worse. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse has more.

it creates for ukraine an unwanted new north—eastern access to the front line and this is a front line at the moment which is more than 1000km long and it is a front line which ukrainian forces are struggling to contain, with the delays of the arrival of american ammunition and weaponry and with russia continuing to make its size count and taking ukrainian territory further south. crucially for kyiv, it is having to redeploy already stretched personnel to the kharkiv region to contain this incursion which we are told is being contained for now. there has been heavy fighting really for the past 24 hours and i think while few think they are able, even with the gathering of tens of thousands of russian troops across the border, few think they are able to take cities like kharkiv because they failed the first time around. but it appears for now to be russia trying to form a buffer zone, try to extend the distance between russian territory

and the fighting it is waging in ukraine, because ukrainian forces have been increasingly shelling targets inside russia. so the question really, as president zelensky admits, is what is going to happen next, we are containing it for now but is this russia building for something more? earlier i spoke to maria avdeeva, a security analyst from ukraine. i asked her to explain, what is happening in kharkiv city and in the region. the situation is different for the city itself and for the cities and areas around the border, because the constant shelling from the russian side is going on for more than a day now. russia has moved into ukrainian territory and captured several villages, but these villages, they lie just on the border between russia and ukraine. so in a way, for almost two years, they were kind of a grey zone with very few people living

in the area. but now because of the constant threat and the intensified attacks, there is an evacuation from this area. so these are mostly elderly people whom ukraine evacuates in the city of kharkiv. the situation in kharkiv remains more or less calm. there is...like yesterday there was the longest air raid alert from the whole period of the war for more than 12 hours. but the situation is calm, there is no panic. it didn't caught people in kharkiv in surprise, this russian attack, because there were numerous reports that russia is amassing troops in belgorod. so this was, like, known that they will attack and this didn't caught people in shock as it was in the beginning of the invasion because people in kharkiv, especially those who returned back after they evacuated, they know what to be prepared for.

but maria, is there a concern now about what happens next? well, ukraine has prepared for this attack. there are numerous lines of defence and president zelensky has inspected this lines himself like a month ago. so there is no chance russia can go further, closer to the city, but they will try. we know that the amount of troops on the russian side is around 50,000. this is a big group of troops and they are not still in the combat. so there is a question where this...the main attack will happen. what is happening now looks more like the probing and testing the ukrainian defence line here and there in multiple directions, but still there will be another move. and for that move, ukraine is preparing because all the troops that there are already in kharkiv region are also deployed

more and more troops are concentrated around the city. now it's time for a look at today's sport with ben. lots of crunch games today. it is a busy weekend. we'll start in scotland with the final old firm derby of the season — that will go a long way to deciding the outcome of the premiership title race. celtic are three points clear with a superior goal difference too so a win at celtic park would all but seal the title. so far so good. 2-1 2—1 up, just a couple of minutes to go until half—time. three goals in five minutes. matt 0'reilly firing home from the edge of the box before ajohn lundstrum own goal, before cyriel dessers pulled one back for rangers. you can follow that one on the bbc sport website.

a big game at the top of the english premier league too where manchester city can return to the top of the table — for a day at least — with victory over fulham. kicked off 45 minutes ago at craven cottage. josko gvardiol — the city left back — opened the scoring inside 13 minutes. kevin de bruyne with the assist. later on saturday, it's all about the battle to avoid the drop. a win for forest over chelsea all but assures their safety, which would be bad news for both burnley, who face spurs and luton town, who travel to west ham. we'll concentrate on ourselves and yeah, obviously we will need help, but we all know how difficult it is to win in the premier league and we have got to try and do that and obviously, yeah, forest, burnley, have got difficult games as well, but they are all tough, but without us doing our job it doesn't matter what anyone else does. we'll have plenty of time to talk about what the season has been for us, good or bad, but right now i don't think we have to play out any scenarios. the only thing i know is we will keep going, that i guarantee you. no matter what, you just keep

going and rewards don't get distributed in life because you've done something exceptional in that one given season, it is because you have prepared yourself for a long time to have that one moment. here's a full list of the games in the english top flight then. newcastle are still chasing european qualifcation for next season. they host brighton. a couple of mid table clashes too involving bournemouth and brentford, and wolves and crystal palace before forest and chelsea meet in the evening kick—off. some significant news from the world of cricket in the last couple of hours. more than two decades after his debut, england bowler james anderson has confirmed he is to retire after the first test of the summer against the west indies at lords. anderson, who is now 41, is england's all—time leading wicket taker. he also has the most test wickets of any fast bowler in the history of the game. the decision comes after he held talks this week with test coach brendon mccullum who told anderson england want to build an attack for the future.

in a statement anderson says... england's international summer gets underway shortly with the women's t20 side taking on pakistan in birmingham. it's the first of a three match series with the one dayers to follow. match series with the one we match series with the one played last year with the at we played last year with the ashes at the crowd we got here was unbelievable. not even then, go and get back to the commonwealth games, i'vejust had so get back to the commonwealth games, i've just had so many positive experiences here in terms of the crowd getting behind us, so really excited. you focus sometimes on how well you are doing and then with the crowd you remember what you are doing it for, to inspire and

entertain, and you remember you are here to entertain the crowd so it is really special for us. entertain the crowd so it is really specialfor us. than entertain the crowd so it is really special for us.— entertain the crowd so it is really special for us. an update from that clash between _ special for us. an update from that clash between celtic _ special for us. an update from that clash between celtic and _ special for us. an update from that clash between celtic and rangers, | clash between celtic and rangers, rangers just had a clash between celtic and rangers, rangersjust had a man clash between celtic and rangers, rangers just had a man sent off, so to — one and they have had a man sent. let's return to the situation in rafah. ., ., ., , rafah. through the morning it has been possible _ rafah. through the morning it has been possible to _ rafah. through the morning it has been possible to see _ rafah. through the morning it has been possible to see smoke - rafah. through the morning it has been possible to see smoke risingj rafah. through the morning it has i been possible to see smoke rising up from rafah, from israeli air strikes. residents telling us about the constant sound of shelling, fire from israeli gunships which are of the coast, and these new evacuation orders really send people into a

panic, people said they had flyers dropped on them, some people were getting recorded messages on their phones and really all of that has sent people fleeing from the city. the israeli military now says it is something like 300,000 people that have left in the past few days, saying they are making their way mostly towards al—mawasi, this coastal area to the north of rafah, which the is really military has described as a humanitarian is owned by people arriving there so they find it short of any suppliers of food and water. —— humanitarian zone. there has been no fuel getting in the past few days which has been causing problems for the hospitals as well. than causing problems for the hospitals as well. �* ., ., ., , ., as well. an extraordinary movement of --eole as well. an extraordinary movement of peeple with _ as well. an extraordinary movement of people with the _ as well. an extraordinary movement of people with the army _ as well. an extraordinary movement of people with the army saying - of people with the army saying 300,000 have moved since monday. as you say, issues when they get to this area, we have been showing pictures of the al—mawasi area and that does not seem to be a lot

there. . , that does not seem to be a lot there. ., , _, . ., , there. that is correct, that is definitely _ there. that is correct, that is definitely what _ there. that is correct, that is definitely what people - there. that is correct, that is definitely what people are i there. that is correct, that is - definitely what people are telling us and we are hearing from un agencies that now the situation is really getting desperate in the southern part of gaza. because after israeli forces captured the rafah crossing with egypt on tuesday, no humanitarian aid has been able to come through that, and then although israel said it reopened the kerem shalom crossing right down in the south—eastern corner of the strip, because there has been so much fighting, that is the direction israeli ground forces have been advancing from, they have now encircled an area which is to the east of rafah where people were previously told to evacuate. that just means no aid is getting on at all and they now have no food supplies, no new food supplies to give out and that is really a huge concern right now. we give out and that is really a huge concern right now.— give out and that is really a huge concern right now. we were speaking to a representative _ concern right now. we were speaking to a representative from _ concern right now. we were speaking to a representative from unrwa - concern right now. we were speaking to a representative from unrwa a i to a representative from unrwa a little early and they were talking about the fact that fuel had managed

to get in yesterday but only enough to get in yesterday but only enough to last for roughly 24 hours, just to last for roughly 24 hours, just to give you an idea of the desperate situation it is there at the moment. that is right, and we note that of course the hospitals there, already one of the main hospitals caring for people in the south, that is right overin people in the south, that is right over in the east, so patient patiently s and medics have left from the. one of the hospitals right in the centre has been dealing with emergency cases even though it is not well set up for that and we have been hearing that people are leaving because there has been so much shelling taking place close to there. that leaves fewer and fewer places for people to go. attempts are being made to reopen hospitals in khan younis a little further to the north, one hospital which was previously closed down with an israeli raid the, and to get some kind of facilities so that they can take patients there, but all those evacuations are extremely complicated.—

prince harry and meghan are in nigeria this weekend as part of the duke's promotion of the invictus games. a little earlier, the duke received gifts from the nigerian government, including a portrait of his mother, diana, and a painted wedding picture. 0ur africa correspondent simi jolaoso has following the visit. they have been getting a really warm welcome here in abuja. prince harry went to the ministry of defence headquarters where he received a military salute and they are the department behind their visit. and as you mentioned, they went to a school here in abuja where they were greeted by a group of really excited and enthusiastic schoolchildren there. they spoke about mental health and prince harry told the students to promise to be open about their mental health and not to lock in their emotions and also to kind of kick the stigma around mental health into the long grass, he said. he also told them that he wants them to remember that

it's ok to not be ok. after their visit, i spoke to a couple of the students. one girl told me that she was left really inspired by their message, especially having such a high calibre couple come to visit their school and that she herself had suffered or struggled with anxiety and depression. and now she feels the courage to be able to speak out about her mental health. the taliban in afghanistan say more than 300 people are now known to have died in devastating flash floods in the north of the country. a spokesman for the interior ministry told the bbc that most of the casualties were in the province of baghlan. emergency teams have been sent to rescue those stranded by the floodwaters. on friday, a massive torrent of water swept away hundreds of houses in several villages. dozens of people are still missing. the most powerful solar storm in more than two decades has been hitting the earth,

triggering spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world and bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids. such storms occur when the sun emits large clouds of particles, with scientists expecting this one to persist into the weekend. it means people across britain have been able to see the northern lights, a phenomenon which isn't normally visible to people in southern england. this was the scene in the skies over 0xford. helena wilkinson has more. a tantalising glimpse of the spectacular light show that was about to unfold across the uk. at crosby beach in liverpool, people gathered to witness the breathtaking sight, a burst of colour lighting up the clear overnight sky. the northern lights made a rare appearance across the uk. this was manchester, the city bathed in a bright, colourful glow. clear conditions meant parts

of the country were treated to dramatic displays. this was the dazzling scene in hornsey in yorkshire. liam james, who captured the moment, described it as the best display he'd ever seen. even more southerly areas like basingstoke in hampshire were treated to the spectacle. the northern lights are caused by the earth's atmosphere reacting to charged particles from the sun. this is sort of a huge explosion that can be associated with the flare. but basically what happens is part of the sun actually lifts off the surface. so this plasma, the charged particles, the magnetic field that makes up the sun, part of it actually lifts off the sun and streams away into space. if you missed last night's display, there might be a chance to capture it this evening. helena wilkinson, bbc news. soa so a second chance for those of us

like me who missed them last night. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. let's start with the space weather forecast and there is a very high chance of the skies are being lit up once again by the aurora borealis, perfect conditions for many of us with clear skies and the advice is to keep watching the sky from a late evening onwards, but you need to get your eyes are used to that sky because the aurora in fact isn't quite as bright as some of those photographs suggest. this is the probability of seeing the role right, the reds indicate 90 200% probability and close to the south 50-50, but probability and close to the south 50—50, but because the aurora will be right across our heads, it even people in this area will probably see it on the horizon. here the rest

of the forecast, dry for most today but tomorrow it scattered thunderstorms and winds, some could be torrential. the forecast for the rest of the day and into the second half of the afternoon. a few scattered showers, maybe thunder in the forecast for the highlands, maybe one or two in the lowlands and southern uplands but on the whole, it is a very warm and sunny day for most of us, temperatures widely into the low to mid 20s in a few spots, even coastal areas will see temperatures of around 20 or more. winds are very light. if you're unlucky, you might be underneath the thick cloud around the north sea coast. not completely clear so fingers crossed it won't be too cloudy and the aurora could hang around for a good hour or two, so plenty of opportunity to go out again to dry and catch a glimpse of that last a spectacle. remember, it is not quite as vivid, you have to

get used to it. the forecast for sunday shows the weather going downhill, high pressure slipping away. that high pressure that thankfully has been on top of us, giving us the settled weatherjust in time for that aurora, but on sunday, we will start to see storms developing across many western parts of the uk. some of them will be torrential, the chance of some flash flooding out towards the west, but despite the storms, tempt is tomorrow at just despite the storms, tempt is tomorrow atjust a despite the storms, tempt is tomorrow at just a little despite the storms, tempt is tomorrow atjust a little bit higher, perhaps as high as 26. goodbye.

this is bbc news — the headlines... israel orders the evacuation of tens of thousands more people from rafah, in the gaza strip — to a humanitarian zone which the un says lacks basic infrastructure. the netherlands is out of the eurovision song contest — after dutch singerjoost klein is disqualified. police are investigating a complaint made against the singer by a female member of the production team. hundreds of people are fleeing continued clashes in ukraine's kharkiv region, a day after russia sent troops across the border to break through defensive lines. this comes as president biden gives the go—ahead for more aid to ukraine. the most powerful solar storm in more than two decades hits the earth, triggering spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world.

these storms occur when the sun emits large clouds of particles.