success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
areas around khan younis, a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they are overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours, although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. it comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is now in istanbul sent this update. very intense israeli air strikes around khan younis tonight, with reports of israeli tanks are moving from the eastern part and the northern part of khan younis. i have seen some footage f
around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity unicef says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. all this comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. well, let s go live now tojerusalem and to our correspondent yolande knell. just talk to us more about these evacuation orders and warnings from both the us to israel and israel to gazans? ,., , both the us to israel and israel to gazans? , , gazans? indee