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. Meanwhile, with israels 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 hum
We start with the Eurovision Song Contest, which is now under way in sweden. Throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israels participation in the competition. These are live pictures outside the contest venue. Lets cross now to my colleague Mariam Moshiri in malmo. Always lovely to work with you, shame you are not here, it has been a lot of fun map as you have mentioned, there has been much controversy over the last week. But this is what it is about, the music, and fans are lining up in their droves to watch the grand final of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest. It has been a controversial week, it has been a controversial week, it has been a controversial week, it has been different to await Eurovision Song Contest two, with lots going on with protests, protest going on right now in the square in front of the arena. My colleague has all the latest. Joost klein. With just hours to go, his Eurovision Dream is over. His team say
Hello. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence 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 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 Us Government report 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. Israel launched its war on hamas following their attack in israel on october seventh. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yollande knell. Another desperate exodus, palestinians fleeing in the
Well have to wait until the effects of Climate Change become really tangible before the world recognises that it needs to take action. I think weve got to that point. Even back at the start of this year, the problem that weighed most heavily on ukraines president zelensky was will his western allies stay the course . I remember how frank he was about the need for ukraines counteroffensive to go well. Well, it certainly hasnt gone badly but its never produced the major victory that ukraine needed and that its supporters prayed for. Explosion now, hungary is deeply sceptical about backing ukraine. An openly pro russian politician has just topped the poll in the elections in slovakia. The polish government, with an election coming up, has chosen to criticise ukraine. And most serious of all, the political infighting in washington means that its hugely valuable aid to ukraine cant be funded as before at least for the time being. So, what does all this add up to . Well, Vladimir Putins shar