Contestants says they will not do the final rehearsal. Almost 2,000 people have been evacuated from ukraine s Kharkiv Region a day after russia sent troops across the north east border. And the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start this with the order by the Israeli Military for more residents in the city of rafah in the Southern Gaza strip to leave neighbourhoods in the east. 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. Says it has no Running Water or propersanitation. Israel 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. Las
staff, large numbers of displaced people are sheltering in the hospital. our correspodent injerusalem, tom bateman, has more. they have denied ordering it, but they don t deny that an evacuation is taking place. we have had a report from the afp news agency, a journalist working for them at the scene said that via loudspeakers there was an order to evacuate the hospital within the hour earlier this morning. he reported the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave, for patients and staff and displaced people to make their way on foot to the seafront. the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly there are further moves now to evacuate people in the hospital. we have had a lo