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. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus. Palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into the gazas southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. What should we do . Hanan asks. Do we wait until we all die on top of each other . Weve decided it is better to leave. Israel has said its taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and trying to bring home hostages. But today hamas said british israeli captured from his home last october had died of wounds from an israeli air strike. Meanwhile, with israels capture of one main Border Crossing and another b
Coming up on bbc news, aston villa fall short of the first european final in 42 years, but they are beaten by a team who have never been in one up until now, olympiakos. Hello. The uk is officially out of recession, with economic output up by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year. Thats better than expected, and marks a modest return to growth after the mild recession, of late last year. Rishi sunak says its proof the economy is turning a corner, but hes told the bbc itll take time for people to really feel better. Dharshini david, is here with all the details. Dharshini. Finally, some news we really can use the sun is not only shining across the country today, the economy also hit a brighter spot at the start of the year according to these initial estimates, beating expectations. With stronger Consumer Spending in shops, hotels and restaurants, the Service Sector perked up, and while a rebound in trade kept manufacturers busy, the heavy rain did dampen construction activity. But
We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or
Our security correspondent Gordon Corera is here. Gordon, the finger of suspicion is firmly pointing out china at the moment . , firmly pointing out china at the moment . 2 ~ ,. , moment . Thats right. Members of the armed forces moment . Thats right. Members of the armed forces this moment . Thats right. Members of the armed forces this morning moment . Thats right. Members of the armed forces this morning will moment . Thats right. Members of the armed forces this morning will have i armed forces this morning will have received a pretty unwelcome e mail, saying that their personal data has been breached, and could have been compromised, talking about names, potentially bank details and addresses. It all relates to information from the payment contractor, ratherthan information from the payment contractor, rather than the ministry of defences own Computer Systems being breached. Its not yet clear what is being done with that data, how much has been stolen. It certainly the hackers go
What he puts on himself, though. If he is given the conditions to succeed, he has always shown he is someone who can seize the moment, and i dont see why tonight should be any different. Nottingham forests appeal against a four point deduction for breaking premier League Financial rules has been rejected. An independent Commission Found forests losses in the 2022 23 season breached the threshold of £61 million by 34. 5 million, and that decision has been upheld. It means forest remain 17th and three points clear of the Relegation Zone with two games of the season to play. The denver nuggets hopes of defending their nba crown suffered another blow as they were thrashed by the Minnesota Timberwolves to go down 2 0 in the best of seven series. Minnesota were missing star centre rudy gobert, who was at the birth of his son, but still had too much for the reigning champions. They were led by Anthony Edwards and Karl Anthony Towns who both scored 27 points. The timberwolves managed to hold