live from london, this is bbc news. israel continues to issue mass evacuation orders to palestinians as airstrikes on the gaza strip rage on. hundreds of people die in devastating flash floods in the north of afghanistan. israel has continued its airstrikes on several parts of the gaza strip even as it continues issuing controversial evacuation orders to palestinians. the israeli military said its troops had found many tunnels used by terrorists at the rafah crossing into egypt. the israel defense

forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al—mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no running water or proper sanitation. israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have already fled rafah. the us is still urging israel not to mount a full—scale assault on the city. and in the north, there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. it says hamas fighters are regrouping there. meanwhile, a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israel's evacuation orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. another desperate exodus. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into gaza's southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. "what should we do?" hanan asks. "do we wait until we all die on top of each other? we've decided it is better to leave."

israel has said it's taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and trying to bring home hostages. meanwhile, with israel's capture of one main border crossing and another blocked off by fighting, no aid is getting into southern gaza. there are now severe shortages of food, deepening the humanitarian crisis. so far, israel's military is describing its offensive in rafah as �*limited' but the world is watching, to see if this turns into the full—scale invasion that the country's allies have been warning against. and as israeli tanks and troops await orders near the gaza border, there has been another strong statement from washington: it says that with some of its strikes in gaza, israel may have used american—supplied weapons, in breach of international law. israel has consistently denied any violations and, yet, the new report may have an impact on plans back here in rafah,

where there is already a growing sense of emergency. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is said shehata from bbc arabic. talk us through what is going on the ground in terms of evacuation somewhere are going. evacuation started last monday night, where israeli forces distributed leaflets for people to eastern parts of rafah. and they send other leaflets for people to move from central part of rafah. according to the un, and other sources inside gaza, more than 100,000 people evacuated and fled to al—mawasi area and this is not a place where they can accommodate these numbers.— where they can accommodate these numbers. this is the area

israel has _ these numbers. this is the area israel has declared _ these numbers. this is the area israel has declared a _ israel has declared a humanitarian zone. fix, israel has declared a humanitarian zone. ~ ., humanitarian zone. a safe zone, ma be humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a — humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe — humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone _ humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone now - humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone now but - humanitarian zone. a safe zone, may be a safe zone now but it i may be a safe zone now but it is not far from may be a safe zone now but it is not farfrom rafah but it may be a safe zone now but it is not far from rafah but it is not like the people from inside rafah but trying to go there, there is no place to put their tents, they are going back and forth, so there is no real facilities there. the infrastructure is not good enough to accept or accommodate this number of people. at the same time there is bombardment. in some houses where the israeli army said there are hamas members. they are trying to go for a full—scale rafah invasion without the warning from the european council and top diplomats, and the german chancellor have said this is terrible and would be an incredible loss of life to civilians. in spite of all those warnings from the united states, benjamin netanyahu, the

israeli prime minister, is insisting it is the way to achieve what he is calling the full victory and eradicate hamas. however, in the north of gaza, there is bombardment, even israel declared at the beginning of the year that they have dismantled hamas but to bomb some places, it means that they are not dismantling hamas. all of this war, especially rafah, to eradicate hamas, it does not seem it will work because hamas is everywhere in the tunnels cannot be destroyed all of them together so there is still complexity about the situation rafah will not and according to israel.- according to israel. and all the while. _ according to israel. and all the while, no _ according to israel. and all the while, no aid _ according to israel. and all the while, no aid is - according to israel. and all the while, no aid is getting through?— the while, no aid is getting throu~h? , ., ., through? there is no aid. some ofthe through? there is no aid. some of the roots _ through? there is no aid. some of the roots were _ through? there is no aid. some of the roots were open - through? there is no aid. some of the roots were open a - through? there is no aid. some of the roots were open a few. of the roots were open a few days ago and rafah was closed, so no aid going on there and

witnesses inside rafah and other places in gaza talk to the bbc arabic programme and that the situation is problematic. there is no food going there and they fear that a famine will go into this area, as what has happened in northern gaza. they have no food in the markets that they can buy and there is no a distribution and all the food programmes are saying there is not enough. they have stopped the supply and it will not last. ., ., the supply and it will not last. ., ~ , ., the supply and it will not last. ., ~ ., ., ~ ., last. thank you for talking to us it all through. _ many parents in gaza are waiting to get their children out of strip to receive medical treatment after receiving permission due to the seriousness of their medical cases. israeli forces continue to control the rafah crossing, halting travel and humanitarian access to the strip. this has shattered the hopes of patients who have received permission to receive treatment outside gaza.

ru abbass reports on the case of one child who is hoping to make it out and is currently in a hospital that is running out of fuel. this girl is ten years old and suffering with pain in her abdomen. she is in an overwhelmed hospital and israel has directed 100,000 people from rafah to relocate around the city. the idf says it is chasing down hamas fighters. she was at her uncles home when the impact of shrapnel from an israeli airstrike the house next door severed her left arm. translation:

her doctors say her recovery is slow due to a lack of staff and medical equipment. despite obstacles, she remains hopeful about her future, and of receiving medical treatment in the united arab emirates. with no prospect of a ceasefire, such freedoms remain out of reach, notjust for this

girl, but so many other children like her. ru abbass, bbc news. hundreds of people have died in devastating flash floods in the north of afghanistan. 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. avand azeez agha is from the international organization for migration in the afghan capital kabul and he gave his assessment on the situation. the images coming in naturally devastating. according to additional reports from the afghanistan national disaster management authority as well as teams on the ground, floods in many areas have resulted in over 300 deaths and, sadly, we

expect the number to rise. flood has also destroyed 2000 homes for the impact has been catastrophic. arth and partners have team on the grounds who are assessing damage and providing urgent need to those impacted. let's get some of the day's other news 110w. ukraine's president zelensky has said his troops are conducting counter—attacks for a second day in the north—eastern border region of kharkiv. but he's admitted defensive operations are also continuing, given ongoing russian advances. he said that elsewhere, in the eastern donestk region, he said that elsewhere, in the eastern—— donetsk region, the situation was extremely difficult. lithuanians vote in presidential elections today with the main candidates all agreed that defence spending should be boosted amid fears about russia's intentions in the region. some in the small, mainly catholic, baltic state on nato's eastern flank, fear they could be next in moscow's sights after ukraine. thousands of canadians have been ordered to leave their homes at fort nelson,

in the province of british columbia, which is under threat from a wildfire. the blaze began on friday and was described by officials as exhibiting extreme fire behaviour. wildfires have also led to evacuation alerts in the neighbouring province of alberta. in georgia, thousand of protesters have taken to the streets to take part in the march for europe, demonstrating against the government's plan to adopt a controversial law on foreign funding. it comes after nearly three weeks of continual protests, with critics describing it as the russian—law, saying the legislation would target civil society and ultimately silence critical voices. the third and final reading of the bill will happen next monday. 0ur south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytri in tblisi sent us this update. people are marching from different directions, just take a look, on that side of the river there are thousands of people with the eu and georgian flags all marching towards

tbilisi's europe square. and on this side, it's the same. it's the same story. look at this sea of people. these protesters oppose this controversial bill, which the georgian government says it will adopt no matter what, on the transparency of foreign funding, dubbed by the protesters as the �*russian law�* because of the similarities that exist with the legislation that exists in russia. and they are saying that with its adoption, it would damage georgia's democracy, it would silence critical voices, but most importantly, people are worried that if this law gets adopted, georgia will lose its once—in—a—lifetime opportunity tojoin the european union. at the eurovision song contest final, pro—palestinian protesters have clashed with police over israel's participation and the israeli entrant, eden golan, was booed at the malmo arena in sweden.

the build—up to the show also saw the dutch entry disqualified for a backstage incident. but, ultimately, switzerland were crowned the winners of this year's competition — one of the most controversial song contests of recent times. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito, reports from malmo. switzerland, winning one of the most extraordinary eurovision song contest of all time. fans had to file into the arena amidst a small melee of police and protesters, the presence of israel in the final has provoked demonstrations and discomfort from some of the competitors. but when israel's eden golan to the stage, it passed without incident and benjamin netanyahu that her presence alone meant she already won. although there was booing from some parts of the crowd. foryour booing from some parts of the crowd. for your revision, always anxious to try to keep

the event incident free, there was a close eye on what was on stage. the word ceasefire was asked to be removed in rehearsal and in the end the performance was spectacular. for the uk, the performance of dizzy was dizzying, and the chair at the end, whatever the voters thought,. then the mysteries of your revision voting began with booing and the politics of the evening led to some last—minute changes of presenters. but it was soon apparent there was a runaway victor, switzerland with the operatic the code, by nemo. victor, switzerland with the operatic the code, by memo. the uk came 18th but after all the

withdrawals and disqualification and projects, by the end, it feels very eurovision and very much switzerland's night. david sillito, bbc news, malmo. our very own maryam moshiri has been at the contest and told us what the final was like. an absolutely brilliant night in malmo as switzerland when the 68th annual eurovision song contest. i will not lie, it has been difficult, tension and protest over the inclusion of israel but there has been a lot of consternation, particularly amongst the dutch because of the disqualification. tonight, the disqualification. tonight, the music was front and centre and switzerland narrowly beat croatia to be crowned eurovision champions, 202a. i'm joined by charlotte gallagher, who is here with me. you have been here with me all week.

it has been amazing. ifeel we have a relationship. it has been amazing. a long weekend. what are you talking about? it flew by! so much fun. tell me about the winner and the whole atmosphere tonight. nemo for switzerland have won the contest with the code. incredibly popular. 0peratic and athletic performance, they are balancing on the head of a pin throughout the song. no idea how they do not fall off or how they do it but they are incredible. i think it meant so much to them that they wanted it. croatia in second. very popular, baby lasagne. i felt very sorry for croatia in the end, so hard to pick between them because they are so amazing. i think croatia really, really wanted that win. they wanted to host eurovision and have a croatian winner for the first time but it was not to be tonight. switzerland won so much of the jury vote it would have been tough to overcome that. it would have been really, really hard for anyone to overtake switzerland. ukraine did not do that well in the

jury vote but got a colossal amount of public votes. some things could change but really it would have taken a lot to beat switzerland tonight. they really shone in the competition and have been a really popular contestant. others have had a lot of controversy this week but i think the switzerland act has just got on with it and they have been amazing. i am really looking forward to going to switzerland next year. i hope i'm going to switzerland next year! sorry, the bbc is a sending charlotte not me? we can go together. we have to talk about this! let's not argue on air. i will be cheaper though! you said it, not me. there you have it, the 68th eurovision song contest — won by switzerland. a long and controversial week. i'm sure ebu, the organisers, of the contest, will be heaving a sigh of relief that it is all over. i, for one, will miss malmo. the atmosphere has been amazing. i have loved every moment of it. let's get more from dale roberts in canberra — he's the host of

aussievision podcast. how is it for you? it was very early morning _ how is it for you? it was very early morning start - how is it for you? it was very early morning start in - early morning start in australia. it was 5am when we got up to watch it. it was an incredible show and a very worthy winner, that eurovision fans are very happy with considering what could have happened. considering what could have happened-— considering what could have happened. talk through that performance. _ happened. talk through that performance. just _ performance. just extraordinary, the way they were spinning around on the podium! terrifying to watch, really! podium! terrifying to watch, reall ! ,, . , ., podium! terrifying to watch, reall! ,, . , ., ., really! quite incredible. to do the wrapper. _ really! quite incredible. to do the wrapper, operatic, - really! quite incredible. to do the wrapper, operatic, pop i the wrapper, operatic, pop music that they do and then to actually be on that spinning disk, just incredible! the technicality was very, very difficult and you understand why the juries voted for that. and the first non—binary artist to win and the sun is about that, how they came to terms with their identity?— with their identity? exactly. authenticity _ with their identity? exactly.

authenticity always - with their identity? exactly. authenticity always works l with their identity? exactly. i authenticity always works and it very much does at your revision these days. they wanted the artist connecting with the music as well and that non—binary identity was so important so unfortunate that nemo had to smuggle in the non—binary flag, was not meant to take it in, but managed to smuggle it in and have it in the end. smuggle it in and have it in the end-— smuggle it in and have it in theend.~ , , , the end. were you surprised about croatia? _ the end. were you surprised about croatia? there - the end. were you surprised about croatia? there was i the end. were you surprised about croatia? there was a l the end. were you surprised l about croatia? there was a lot of talk about croatia?- of talk about croatia? mighty prediction — of talk about croatia? mighty prediction was _ of talk about croatia? mighty prediction was for _ of talk about croatia? mighty prediction was for them - of talk about croatia? mighty prediction was for them to i prediction was for them to winner and i thought they had enough because the public got behind it and it won the public vote but they probably did not expect switzerland to get such a big jewellery score, even though croatia did pretty good with the jewellery vote and that was a shame because it would be great to see croatia win and eastern europe to get the contest and cheaper for fans because switzerland will be very expensive! i better start saving now! — —jury. the start saving now! - - jury. the ublic start saving now! - - jury. the public did _ start saving now! - - jury. the public did not _ start saving now! - - jury. the public did not like _ start saving now! — — jury. the public did not like the uk

entry, did they?- public did not like the uk entry, did they? the thing is with your — entry, did they? the thing is with your revision, _ entry, did they? the thing is with your revision, you - entry, did they? the thing is with your revision, you have| entry, did they? the thing is i with your revision, you have to make the top ten of any country to get points. they could have come 12 or 13 and every country get the row. i love the performance and i thought it was absently fantastic but unfortunately zero, which was very, very harsh because the staging was phenomenal but ultimately you have to get staging, performance and the song right. maybe not all three got all came together. find got all came together. and ireland? — got all came together. and ireland? did _ got all came together. and ireland? did it— got all came together. and ireland? did it do - got all came together. and ireland? did it do better than ever before?— ireland? did it do better than ever before? not ever before, they have _ ever before? not ever before, they have one _ ever before? not ever before, they have one at _ ever before? not ever before, they have one at the - ever before? not ever before, they have one at the most - they have one at the most times! the best they have done in a long time because the irish have been terrible at it lately! —just irish have been terrible at it lately! — just won. irish have been terrible at it lately! —just won. bambi put on an incredible, incredible performance and have been incredibly vocal through the week which has been fantastic to see an artist talk about the values of eurovision, which is incredibly important with such a divisive contest this year. lovely to talk to you, thank

you for talking to us from australia!— prince harry has been playing volleyball with injured army veterans on the second day of his visit to nigeria. he is there for three days with his wife meghan, the duchess of sussex, to promote the invictus games. simijolohosh sent this report from abuja. walking into schools ofjoy, prince harry and meghan spend the day with members of nigeria's in victor's terms, the athletes keen to show off their vulnerable skills, and soonjoined on the their vulnerable skills, and soon joined on the court by the duke, who could not hide his cheekiness. nor his competitive spirit. not that the players minded. i spirit. not that the players minded. .., �* , spirit. not that the players minded. �* , ., minded. i couldn't in my dream -la with minded. i couldn't in my dream play with prince _ minded. i couldn't in my dream play with prince harry - minded. i couldn't in my dream play with prince harry today, i play with prince harry today, on the courts! wow, amazing! i

am overwhelmed. i will be representing my country nigeria invictus games. i representing my country nigeria invictus games.— invictus games. i feel wonderful _ invictus games. i feel wonderful and - invictus games. i feel wonderful and great l invictus games. i feel- wonderful and great today. it is wonderful.— is wonderful. before leaving the court. — is wonderful. before leaving the court. a _ is wonderful. before leaving the court, a quick— is wonderful. before leaving the court, a quick goodbye i is wonderful. before leaving - the court, a quick goodbye from harry... while megan was inundated with gifts. later, speaking at an event for female leaders, the duchess called nigeria her country after a dna test revealed her nigerian ancestry. it test revealed her nigerian ancestry-— test revealed her nigerian ancest . . ., ancestry. it was echoed in the ast da ancestry. it was echoed in the past day by — ancestry. it was echoed in the past day by men _ ancestry. it was echoed in the past day by men and - ancestry. it was echoed in the past day by men and women i ancestry. it was echoed in the - past day by men and women alike was we _ past day by men and women alike was we were not surprised to find — was we were not surprised to find out — was we were not surprised to find out you were nigerian! every— find out you were nigerian! every single moment that i hear anyone — every single moment that i hear anyone talk about what it means to be _ anyone talk about what it means to be a _ anyone talk about what it means to be a nigerian woman, it is the most _ to be a nigerian woman, it is the most flattering thing to be in that— the most flattering thing to be in that company, and your

company _ in that company, and your company. so, yes, it has been really— company. so, yes, it has been really eye—opening and humbling to know — really eye—opening and humbling to know more about my heritage and be _ to know more about my heritage and be able to know this is the beginning of the discovery. a beginning of the discovery. discovery that could lead to more visits to nigeria by the couple. the northern lights have been visible in some parts of the uk for a second night after a stunning array of colours lit up the sky for many of us on friday night. one of the strongest geomagnetic storms for years meant they could be seen across large swathes of the country — as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. technicolor skies not seen in parts of the uk for more than 20 years. this, the scene in jersey, is a spectacular solo show was sent from the sun. the display is usually more visible in northern parts of britain but such is the power of the sun's current activity, it was

seenin sun's current activity, it was seen in the south, even as far as padstow, in cornwall. a more familiar sight further north, in crosby beach, liverpool, people gathered to watch. this was the fourth bridge in scotland. and in newry, northern ireland, this was a scene. the colours are caused by solar storms on the surface of the sun. by solar storms on the surface of the sun-— of the sun. the story started, 93 million _ of the sun. the story started, 93 million miles _ of the sun. the story started, 93 million miles away, - of the sun. the story started, 93 million miles away, and i of the sun. the story started, l 93 million miles away, and two days ago, and what happened was the magnetic fields on the sun rearrange themselves, releasing a lot of energy and ejecting billions of tons of charged particles out from the sun. this is an actual video of the sun taken by nasa spacecraft. when it is active, it looks releases coronal particles, like this one. when they reach the earth, the particles energise the gases in the atmosphere, making them glow

different colours. 0xygen goes green. nitrogen emits purple, blue and pink light. experts say the current solar storm is different to many others. normally we are looking for one big eruption but this was a series of smaller options that seemed to smash together through space before they arrived on earth.— through space before they arrived on earth. when they arrived. _ arrived on earth. when they arrived, they _ arrived on earth. when they arrived, they gave - arrived on earth. when they arrived, they gave us - arrived on earth. when they arrived, they gave us this i arrived, they gave us this super storm that we saw last night. more spectacular pictures now as china launches a new satellite into space. this is a long march rocket taking off from the launch site in north west china. it's carrying a shiyan satellite which will be used for what officials describe as space environment monitoring. the long march rockets have taken part in more than 500 space missions. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. it's the warmest day of the year so far across all four nations on saturday, with temperatures peaking at 26 degrees celsius in the highlands and also in east sussex, too. but change is on its way on sunday in the form of heavy, thundery showers for much of the western half of the uk, whereas further east, it should stay largely dry. all this change is brought about, of course, because the high pressure that's been keeping us dry, settled and warm over the last few days is gradually drifting further eastwards towards scandinavia, allowing for these weather fronts to approach from the west. but it's a mostly dry start to the day on sunday with some sunny spells, any early mist and fog will lift and clear really quite readily. but it won't be too long through the late morning before we see the showers pop up across western scotland, down through northern ireland, wales and the south west of england. and if we just take a little tour at around four o'clock

across northern and western scotland gradually drifting further east with some of the showers really quite heavy. it's still quite warm, 22 degrees celsius in glasgow, but certainly cooler than on saturday. more showers across northern ireland, some of the showers particularly heavy across wales. there could be some localised flooding perhaps as well. more isolated showers for central southern england, maybe 26 or 27 degrees celsius in south east england. cooler and breezier towards those north sea—facing coasts. and overnight, those showers will continue to drift further eastwards. but this is the main driver of monday's weather, this deep area of low pressure that's going to roll this weather in from the south west. so, again, a largely dry start to the day for the vast majority, but cloud thickening from the south west, rain pushing into wales from south west england and eventually northern ireland through the afternoon, as well, as scattering showers across scotland and northern england. but again across many eastern areas of england, it could stay largely dry, but it will be cooler across the board. but still temperatures peaking in the low twenties out towards the east. but the area of low pressure just continues to roll its way further northwards and eastwards as we head through tuesday and into wednesday. so there will be further showers around at times for many. in general, here's the outlook for our capital cities as we head

through next week and see those temperatures really start to drop off. there will still be some sunshine around. lots of dry weather at times, but also some showers, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israel continues to issue mass evacuation orders to palestinians — as airstrikes on the gaza strip rage on. the israeli military says its troops have found "many tunnels" used by hamas at the rafah crossing into egypt. the un's world food programme says it believes that more than 300 people have died as a result of flash floods in afghanistan, caused by exceptional rain on friday. the taliban authorities say dozens are still missing. ukraine's president zelenskyy says his troops are conducting counter—attacks for a second day in the north—eastern border region of kharkiv. but he's admitted defensive operations are also continuing, given ongoing russian advances. cheering he's done it! switzerland has won. and after one of the most controversial eurovision song contests — switzerland are crowned this year's winners.