Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im Maryam Moshiri live in malmo outside the arena where the Eurovision Grand Final will be taking place. Some Breaking News now, and the dutch Artistjoost Klein has been disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest. This all happened after the contestant, joost klein, the dutch contestant, joost klein, the dutch contestant was disqualified from the competition after what the ebu, the organisers describe as an incident just before one of the rehearsals yesterday. Confusion was around this area yesterday when people were told he wouldnt be performing and yet no one really knew exactly the reason why. Now we are hearing from the dutch press that the Swedish Police have confirmed there is an investigation ongoing into an incident involving joost klein and a team member, a member of crew at the malmo arena. Lets get more on all of this. Adrian bradley. You have been in the media centre for the whole of this week practically, what are people saying about this
Shows in many parts of the world. Hello im sarah campbell. Lets start in the middle east israels military has ordered more residents in parts of Eastern Rafah to evacuate the crowded city in gaza. Its told them to go here muwasi. This is the scene live at that location, which has been labelled an expanded humanitarian area by the Israel Defence forces. In a separate Evacuation Order on Monday Thousands were told to leave rafah, ahead of what israel called a limited operation. Theres been fighting in parts since. These developments have happened as a long awaited Us Government report has criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. Lets cross over to rafah to speak to sam rose director of planning at the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa. Thank you forjoining us. Can we talk about the Evacuation Orders, people being asked, thousands of peop
Netherlands are disqualified. Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated from Ukraines Kharkiv region russia says its forces have captured five settlements in the area. And the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world. Hello, im catherine byaruhanga. The Israeli Military says about 300,00 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday, when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The israelis 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 is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a long awaited Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reas
Tonights Eurovision Song Contest final . And the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world. Hello, im sarah campbell. Israel has called on residents in new parts of Eastern Rafah in the gaza strip to evacuate and head to what it describes as a humanitarian zone on the coast. The move comes as a un official warns that supplies are hitting the bottom of the barrel with no aid able to enter via gazas southern Border Crossings. This is the scene live at a location which has been labelled an expanded humanitarian area by the Israel Defence forces. In a separate Evacuation Order on monday, thousands were told to leave rafah, ahead of what israel called a limited operation. Theres been fighting in parts since. These developments have happened as a long awaited Us Government report has criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of Internation
For the Us Government to borrow money for 30 years. The big spike at the end is the concern. That is the cost of borrowing over 30 years. The Us Government is being forced to pay more as investors worry they will lose out when compared to the returns they can get from those higher Interest Rates. Its a similar story in the uk where like other governments there will be concern in the corridors of power that it costs more to pay off the National Debt and so there is less cash for other things. Simon french is Chief Economist at the uk Investment Bank Panmure Gordon and i asked him to explain to me what is going on. Your summary was pretty accurate. The higher for longer Interest Rate environment is spooking investors who have been for at least 15 years of the view that Central Banks have their back in terms of keeping Interest Rates low, but also buying Government Debt, quantitative easing, money printing, which many viewers have been familiar with over the last 15 years, has gone into r