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
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
You are watching bbc news. Lets return to our Breaking News that the dutch artist, joost klein, has been disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest after a backstage incident. Police are investigating a complaint made against the singer by a female member of the production team. The organiser of the event, the european broadcasting union, said it would not be appropriate for him to continue in the contest. The dutch broadcaster said it was shot by the decision, describing it as disproportionate. Joost klein had qualified at the malmo, with his song, europapa, a tribute to his late parents. We will bring you more on that with Maryam Moshiri. Here in the uk , a Police Officer has been shot in the leg with a crossbow in buckinghamshire. After responding to a reported stabbing in high wycombe last night. Our reporter frances read has the latest from the scene well, the Police Officer was apparently responding to reports of a stabbing in this area when he was then shot in the leg with a
Into that final with other favourites, ukraine, france and the netherlands on saturday. Hello, im azadeh moshiri. Bordersecurity, migration, and Asylum Seekers crossing the channel in small boats are expected to be major issues during the uk election. Labour leader sir keir starmer is in dover, outlining how his party will tackle them. Heres what he had to say. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment, we will set up a new command with new powers, new resources, and a new way of doing things. Border Security Command. Now this is about leveraging the power and potential of dynamic government based on a Counter Terrorism approach, which we know works. An end to the fragmentation between policing the border force and our intelligence agencies, a collecting of the standards. So the Border Protection becomes an elite force, not a cinderella service. Lets have a look at what labour is planning to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to c
And well be looking ahead to the Eurovision Song Contest with a Special Report from the host city malmo. Live from london this is Business Today im lukwesa burak. Later this morning the uks First Quarter growth figures will be published. The uk economy grew slightly in february increasing hopes it is on its way out of recession, just. The economy grew by 0. 1 boosted by production and manufacturing in areas such as the car industry. On thursday, the Bank Of England boss said the Monetary Policy committee needs to see more evidence that price rises have slowed before cutting Interest Rates. Governor Andrew Bailey said, he was optimistic that things are moving in the right direction as rates were held at 5. 25 . I think it is. I am encouraged by all of this. Very encouraged that again we have to achieve an Inflation Target that is sustainable. That is ourjob and what we do. The news is encouraging. And what we do. The news is encouraging and what we do. The news is encouraging. Clearly y