this is bbc news, the headlines... the netherlands is out of the eurovision song contest — after dutch singerjoost klein is disqualified. police are investigating a complaint made against the singer by a female member of the production team. meanwhile, the contest is taking place amid protests in the host city malmo over the participation of israel and the war in gaza. hundreds of people are fleeing continued clashes in ukraine's kharkiv region, a day after russia sent troops across the border to break through defensive lines. this comes as president biden gives the go—ahead for more aid to ukraine. the most powerful solar storm in more than two decades hits the earth, triggering spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world. these storms occur when the sun emits large clouds of particles.

you are watching bbc news. let's 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 crossbow. armed police then shot a 54—year—old man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, and he was taken to hospital with his injuries, where he's apparently under a police guard. as you can see behind me, there's still a big police presence at the moment. there's a cordon in place as well. but we spoke to terrified neighbors, including neil, who ran indoors with his two—year—old son. i was just playing in the park with my son and my partner, and i'd seen someone hiding in a bush and i could see they were wearing

like a tactical helmet, and i knew something was about to go down. but in the park, it was just all silent and normal. but ijust grabbed my son and told my partner to quickly get home. we got home, and then within minutes it was just all kicking off and it was pandemonium everywhere. and then a couple of minutes later, yeah, there was gunshots and a suspect was shot in the park, where we and loads of other kids and families were playing moments earlier. well, police say there's no ongoing threat, that they're not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident. but it has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct. that is normal under any circumstances in which police firearms are discharged. so that will now go to the iopc for referral. let's go straight to maryam moshiri, who is in malmo, where presumably

the news is now spreading that the dutch competitor, joost klein, has been disqualified? yes, it is absolutely huge, unprecedented news here from malmo, were behind me in the arena the crowds are gathering for the final rehearsal i heard of the grand final, which takes place later on today. about an hour ago, we heard the news that the netherlands, the dutch act, joost klein, has been told that he will no longer be able to take part in the eurovision song contest, after what was described by organisers as an incident which involved a eurovision production worker at the rehearsal event on thursday. i'm joined here in malmo by adrian bradley, a eurovision expert and journalist. you have spent the whole be cute in that the media centre, you have been

across everything that is happening. what more do we know about whyjoost klein has been disqualified? we what more do we know about why joost klein has been disqualified?— klein has been disqualified? we have been told that _ klein has been disqualified? we have been told that there _ klein has been disqualified? we have been told that there was _ klein has been disqualified? we have been told that there was an - klein has been disqualified? we have been told that there was an incident. been told that there was an incident involving a member of the team producing eurovision, not involving any of the other delegations. the eu two eub has called inappropriate behaviour, the swedish blues have investigated and has passed on the evidence to prosecutors. that might lay swedish police. there are rumours swirling about, but nobody exactly knows what the incident was. dutch journalists have been speaking to the dutch broadcaster, who says this is a hugely disproportionate decision by the eub, they are shocked by the decision, and they are intent that this is not the end of it, they want to take this further with the eub. they have made it clear that this was nothing to do with israel or any other delegation,

because a lot of 22 speculation has been about that online. but they also don't think the incident was something that deserves disqualification. perhaps we may find out more details about happen today, orwe find out more details about happen today, or we might not. but this will rumble on and on.— today, or we might not. but this will rumble on and on. behind us is the arena hosting _ will rumble on and on. behind us is the arena hosting the _ will rumble on and on. behind us is the arena hosting the main - will rumble on and on. behind us is the arena hosting the main event i the arena hosting the main event tonight. i was reading somewhere earlier that the dutch, the netherlands are the third highest number of ticket holders are of the whole of europe. are they going to be a lot of empty seats, or other goods to be a lot of very unhappy netherlands supporters? this goods to be a lot of very unhappy netherlands supporters?- netherlands supporters? this is erha -s netherlands supporters? this is perhaps the _ netherlands supporters? this is perhaps the students _ netherlands supporters? this is perhaps the students different i netherlands supporters? this is - perhaps the students different from a football tournament, a lot of people come from other countries and want to see the whole show. some people have spent a lot of money on tickets, the hundred pounds, £400 on tickets, the hundred pounds, £400 on tickets, i think they will probably go. they might be unhappy. the netherlands were supposed to be on

fifth, which will now be israel. how will the crowd we add to that in the arena? when the head of the eub is on camera, how will the crowd we at? we don't know what is going to happen. last night, when they were told the news there were boos in the crowd. it wasn'tjust dutch told the news there were boos in the crowd. it wasn't just dutch fans that like the song, there was lots of people. that like the song, there was lots of --eole. ., that like the song, there was lots of eole, ,., , of people. europapa is a very eurovision, _ of people. europapa is a very eurovision, it _ of people. europapa is a very eurovision, it is _ of people. europapa is a very eurovision, it is about - of people. europapa is a very eurovision, it is about his - of people. europapa is a very - eurovision, it is about his family, it is about peace and love and unity. it was one of the favourites, wasn't it? , , ., , , wasn't it? this is a completely new direction for _ wasn't it? this is a completely new direction for the _ wasn't it? this is a completely new direction for the virulence - wasn't it? this is a completely new direction for the virulence at - direction for the virulence at eurovision, they very often sends a single doing a bad lead. they got a team to do the selection this year. they wanted to get a more modern style of dutch music and ended up with this artist, who found

themselves favourites at some point, but are now out of there. the postmortem at the dutch broadcaster will be how did it come to this? let's go briefly to the live pictures of the hotel where joost klein is staying. i know another broadcaster tried to doorstep him to ask questions. but despite the fact that the world's media sat outside the hotel waiting for him, he hasn't made any statements? he the hotelwaiting for him, he hasn't made any statements?— the hotelwaiting for him, he hasn't made any statements? he himself has not made any — made any statements? he himself has not made any statements, _ made any statements? he himself has not made any statements, all- not made any statements, all statements have come from the dutch broadcaster. there was an attempt to doorstep him by the swedish broadcaster, he was wearing headphones, he was asked what happened. just completely stonewalled, went into the lift, press the button and got out the way. he perhaps will be soon coming back to the netherlands. i was way. he perhaps will be soon coming back to the netherlands.— back to the netherlands. i was in the media centre _ back to the netherlands. i was in the media centre yesterday - back to the netherlands. i was in the media centre yesterday and i j the media centre yesterday and i

spoke to some people, they all set the atmosphere and the media centre has been very strange this year. difficulty controversy we have seen has affected the eurovision, and where is the way back for this for the eub? it where is the way back for this for the eub? ., , , , where is the way back for this for the eub? .,, , , a, the eub? it has been very weird and different eurovision. _ the eub? it has been very weird and different eurovision. tuesday - the eub? it has been very weird and different eurovision. tuesday and i different eurovision. tuesday and wednesday was the moment really change. was the first time israel and the netherlands had taken part in the contest, and that was the point we started to see the mood of the crowd are changed. there was a little announcement before the show started effectively asking the crowd not to boo, telling them it was about giving things together. but since then, there were little bits. we had the press conference after the semifinal, withjoost klein covering himself with the dutch flag, not wanting to be in photos with the israeli delegation. the whole atmosphere, town, the information coming in has been

weird. you expect a slick, calm perfect performance from eurovision, but this week has been anything but. i expect the eub will be looking at what happened this week, and why, to make sure that nothing like this happens again. we make sure that nothing like this happens again-— make sure that nothing like this happens again. make sure that nothing like this hauensaaain. ~ ., . happens again. we were watching the video of the croatian _ happens again. we were watching the video of the croatian entry _ happens again. we were watching the video of the croatian entry up - video of the croatian entry up there, ultimately this is a music competition. croatia is still the favourite. what you think of the actual music? who are the ones we should be watching out for tonight once all the controversy has died down? . ., ., _ once all the controversy has died down? ., _ down? putting the controversy aside, this has been — down? putting the controversy aside, this has been a _ down? putting the controversy aside, this has been a very _ down? putting the controversy aside, this has been a very strong _ this has been a very strong eurovision. the grand final itself, very few songs and there at what you think that doesn't deserve to be in there at all. croatia is the favourites tonight, and that is good reason. when you hear in the arena, there is a huge call and response, there is a huge call and response, the crowd are shouting along with

it. it is kind of about anxiety and it. it is kind of about anxiety and it is about your self image and self—esteem. it is an interesting song, but done in a rock way. then course you've got switzerland. they have a non—by the knee performer, and the song is very much about that. —— a nonbinary performer. the performance is incredible, the acrobatics, the seesaw, the tumbling. i acrobatics, the seesaw, the tumbling-— acrobatics, the seesaw, the - tumbling._ looks tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on _ tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on a _ tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on a tv _ tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on a tv and _ tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on a tv and in - tumbling. i love this song. looks incredible on a tv and in the - tumbling. i love this song. looks i incredible on a tv and in the arena. it could do very well because phone voters and dues have equal... explain how all the voting works for eurovision. what is this about the jury eurovision. what is this about the jury vote and found vote wins back when eurovision started, you just how do juries, when eurovision started, you just how dojuries, because when eurovision started, you just how do juries, because you just couldn't trust the public to decide what they liked.—

what they liked. then in the late 90s, audiences _ what they liked. then in the late 90s, audiences at _ what they liked. then in the late 90s, audiences at home - what they liked. then in the late 90s, audiences at home could i what they liked. then in the late - 90s, audiences at home could phone vote. at times it was 100% phone vote, then 50%. we are currently at about 50% juries, vote, then 50%. we are currently at about 50%juries, it vote, then 50%. we are currently at about 50% juries, it isn't industry professionals, five from each country on each jury. they watch the show under strict conditions, they aren't allowed to talk to each other, theyjust have to rank every songin other, theyjust have to rank every song in order. but other, theyjust have to rank every song in order-— song in order. but surely in the run-u song in order. but surely in the run-up they — song in order. but surely in the run-up they will _ song in order. but surely in the run-up they will have _ song in order. but surely in the run-up they will have talk - song in order. but surely in the run-up they will have talk to i song in order. but surely in the i run-up they will have talk to each run—up they will have talk to each other and listen to the song before? and i'm sure there will be following the show and hearing it. but at the show, they are sitting under exam conditions, with someone from the eub monitoring them all the time so there is no shooting or collusion between them. that is about half the votes. then you also have the phone votes. then you also have the phone

votes. that is every country participating, plus a new rest of the world vote, which acts as a further country. so everybody that is not participating can go on to the eub website and vote. they should have been voting from midnight last night, but that has been delayed and delayed, until the decision was taken. for the first time as well you can vote at the start of the show, not at the end, because they know people follow the songs in advance. unfortunately a lot of that has been overshadowed with this new experiment. half the votes from the public at home, half the votes from geordies— and that is how it is decided who will win. will croatia do enough? will be switzerland? what about switzerland ? what about france—presse switzerland? what about france—presse mike 5; switzerland? what about france-presse mike . , ., france-presse mike a beautiful song, a lovely voice- — france-presse mike a beautiful song, a lovely voice. i'd _ france-presse mike a beautiful song, a lovely voice. i'd like _ france-presse mike a beautiful song, a lovely voice. i'd like something - a lovely voice. i'd like something the geordies _ a lovely voice. i'd like something the geordies will _ a lovely voice. i'd like something the geordies will appreciate. - a lovely voice. i'd like something the geordies will appreciate. my| the geordies will appreciate. my money is on a holiday in zagreb next

year. money is on a holiday in zagreb next ear. ., ., money is on a holiday in zagreb next ear. . . ., , , year. there are all the finalists. the netherlands _ year. there are all the finalists. the netherlands are _ year. there are all the finalists. the netherlands are still - year. there are all the finalists. the netherlands are still in. - year. there are all the finalists. i the netherlands are still in. they haven't updated that yet, have they cosmically have it yet but i have seen and edit which that show a running order without the netherlands on it. it provides imaaes netherlands on it. it provides images for — netherlands on it. it provides images for people's - netherlands on it. it provides images for people's graphics | netherlands on it. it provides i images for people's graphics and things like that. perhaps planning has been getting under way for a good few hours and we will now see the uk and number 12, which is actually quite a good spot in eurovision. very briefly, who is your favourite? eurovision. very briefly, who is your favourite ?_ eurovision. very briefly, who is your favourite? which song do you love? i'm your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so _ your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so excited _ your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so excited to _ your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so excited to see - your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so excited to see all - your favourite? which song do you love? i'm so excited to see all the | love? i'm so excited to see all the -- ollie alexander's _ love? i'm so excited to see all the j -- ollie alexander's performance, love? i'm so excited to see all the l -- ollie alexander's performance, it —— 0llie alexander's performance, it has incredible staging. and i think switzerland's song is beautiful and a beautiful performance.— switzerland's song is beautiful and a beautiful performance. thank you for expiaining _ a beautiful performance. thank you for explaining that _ a beautiful performance. thank you for explaining that circular - a beautiful performance. thank you for explaining that circular to - a beautiful performance. thank you for explaining that circular to all. for explaining that circular to all of our audiences at home. the big

news here is not the music, unfortunately. it is the netherlands not being able to perform this evening. for now, we are focusing very much on that grand final, which of course takes place in a few hours' time here in malmo. yes, quite unprecedented build—up to the eurovision song contest this year. the charity, help for heroes, says many veterans living with chronic pain are not receiving the compensation they deserve from the uk government. it's calling on the ministry of defence to recognise the condition in its own right and to expand financial support for those affected. ministers say they're continually reviewing policies, and owe a debt of gratitude to all veterans. john maguire reports. vicki ross lives her life in constant pain. always active and fiercely competitive, she plays wheelchair

rugby, which you may be amazed to hear helps her to deal with the pain. it's a distraction, but not a cure. is that ever a time where you're not in pain? er, i don't think so, other than when i'm on the operating table. so, yeah, everything hurts at some point. especially in my knees and my feet and kind of in my shoulder as well. butjust depending on what i do through the day, so whether i'm sitting down too much or whether i stand too much or whether i walk — you know, that increases the pain and increases the time to recover back to that kind of baseline of pain. she had a very successful military career, but was medically discharged after 22 years. the army had followed playing football for manchester city. a lifetime of sport and physical endurance has taken its toll and despite the scars, she says chronic pain affects her life in so many ways. the kind of mental health

impact it has, you know, itjust makes everything a lot more difficult, so it makes socialising difficult, it makes work difficult, and then, you know, you start to doubt yourself. even when you have this pain, it changes your life, it changes the person you once were. you know, that has its own kind of mental health impact. she's backing the campaign by help for heroes, a charity for the armed forces, to have chronic pain diagnosed as a medical condition in its own right. it's one of those, i guess, disabilities that you can't see, and people just don't understand. so it has a huge impact on your life — notjust your life, if you look wider, yourfamily, yourjob, how you are as a member of society. it can be crippling for some people. having achieved so much in her personal, professional, and sporting life, vicki's determined to continue being as active as she possibly can. and when chronic pain is doing its utmost to defeat her,

that determination is this former soldier's most valuable weapon. john maguire, bbc news, staffordshire. this week, the uk's media regulator, 0fcom, set out new rules for social media companies — aimed at protecting children from harmful content online. over 40 measures have been set out, including making firms change their algorithms and perform more rigorous age checks. around the world, governments are considering — or have already passed — similar legislation. our analysis editor, ros atkins looks at what other countries are doing to try and protect children online. in many countries we're seeing a new approach to protecting children online. governments are saying this is no longer a mystery to us. governments are now saying, 0k, we feel like we know what the levers of control are and we're willing to pull them. in the uk, new rules are being proposed. at the moment, teenagers,

younger children up and down the country can experience harmful content on their social media feeds again and again. and this has become normalised, and that has to change. to do that, over 40 steps for tech firms have been set out, including robust age checks and changing their algorithms so harmful content isn't recommended to children. these proposed rules follow the uk's 0nline safety act, which was passed last year. the us is in a different position, one industry commentator notes, "we're in 2024 and the us has virtually no regulation." injanuary, five tech ceos were asked by us senators about keeping children safe. one was mark zuckerberg who had this exchange. senator, ourjob and what we take seriously is making sure that we build industry leading tools to find harmful... to make money. ..take it off the services... to make money. and to build tools that empower parents. but to many politicians in washington, it's not enough to rely on the tech firms. they're seeking to do more

with the kids 0nline safety act. among many provisions, it wants to ensure that platforms are required to enable the strongest privacy settings for kids by default, as well as creating a duty for online platforms to prevent and mitigate specific dangers to minors. and while this act has bipartisan support, it's not law, yet. many hurdles remain. not least, as one analyst says, this bill still rests on the premise that there's a consensus around the types of content and design features that cause harm. there isn't, they add. and if the us is considering legislation to keep children safe online, the eu is already acting. it is really the time now for europe for us to set our own rules. we will make the online environment saferfor everyone in europe. the eu's digital services act was passed two years ago. it's a vast piece of legislation. it includes a raft of rules to protect children.

the eu calls this a world first instrument, addressing issues such as cyber bullying, illegal content and the simplification of terms and conditions. and then within the eu, each country can set further rules. for example, in france, parental controls are mandatory on all new devices. social media platforms must verify a user's age and obtain parental permission for under 15. in fact, president macron wants to go further with a curb on children's screen time and social media use. and he's compared the online world with a jungle. translation: does anyone send their child into the jungle at five, | ten or 12 years old? no—one. today, for several hours a day, we open the door to the jungle. but getting political consensus on what to do about this is hard. that's not an issue in authoritarian states like china, children there can only play online games for an hour on fridays, weekends and holidays. the chinese version of tiktok,

douyin, limits under 14 to 40 minutes a day. and across all platforms, china has screen time limits by age. so if you between the ages of 16 to 18, you can spend two hours a day on social media platforms. if you're between the ages of 18 and 16, you can spend one hour, and if you're under eight, you can only spend 40 minutes a day on social media platforms. these restrictions in china require users to provide a lot of personal data. in the west, the issue of users' data and privacy is contested, as are many aspects of how best to keep children safe online. and the challenge keeps changing. regulation probably needs to move quickly. it needs to be highly responsive, it needs to be empowered with sufficient resources and to try and ensure that regulation is as agile and as versatile as the tech firms it's trying to regulate. even if governments are agile, enforcing new regulations brings challenges of its own. but there's no doubt a period of increased

regulation is beginning. it's an acknowledgement that the approach to keeping children safe online so far hasn't been enough. that was our analysis editor, ros atkins. for decades, conservationists across the uk have been culling grey squirrels to help protect the remaining red squirrel population. however, there's bad news for the reds at a sanctuary on anglesey, where after a long absence, a breeding colony of greys has been discovered. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has more. the island of anglesey is the last stronghold of red squirrels in wales, thanks to this man. dr craig shuttleworth has been trapping and killing grey squirrels since 1997. we're using live traps. in fact, we've got one in here. i can here it growling away. we take boxes like these and we put

them up on the trees. his aim was to clear the island so these guys could flourish. and it worked! craig and his colleagues caught the last grey in 2013. the 40 reds that were left have multiplied to 800. but a couple of weeks ago and islander sent craig this — a photo of a mature male grey squirrels. and he isn't alone! camera traps caught images of these guys too. we've had animals on the island before, but this was different. when i saw the images i thought "this is a breeding colony." why is it so urgent? the urgency is because they breed, they compete with the red squirrel but also they can carry squirrelpox virus, which always kills reds. now, craig has caught eight grey squirrels in the last couple of days. but you know there are more out there, don't you? unfortunately, yes, we've got some images on a camera trap. so he's put some real traps out and we're going to see if we have caught any.

there is something in the first trap. but it's a red. nothing in those, but you can see the doors are still open. the other traps are empty, but craig says he will keep on going until he catches these rogue squirrels. so, you are a red squirrel warrior. i'm one of a number. there are hundreds of groups, of individuals as well, who do this — in northumberland, in cumbria, lancashire, north wales. that's why red squirrels are still persisting when there are greys, because of our determination to make sure the reds survive. but craig does have another plan. he wants to release more of these in north wales — pine martens. they eat some greys and mightjust help hold back the invaders. in the meantime, though, craig will be relying on his traps. justin rowlatt, bbc news, anglesey.

now, important question— are these guys going to be clear tonight. for those of us that mostly government likes last night, hopefully we will get glimpse tonight. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello, let's start with the spice forecast. there is a very high chance of the sky is being lit up once again by the aurora borealis. perfect condition is what many of us with clear skies, and the advice is to keep watching the sky from late evening onwards. but you need to get your ice as to that dark sky, because the aurora isn't quite as bright as some of those photographs suggest. this is the probability of seeing the aurora. the reds indicate 90-100% seeing the aurora. the reds indicate 90—100% probability. and further south, 50—50. because it will be

right above our heads, even people in the further south area, you might even still see it. here is the forecast, a dry for the weekend, but scattered thunderstorms on the way, some could be torrential. the forecast for the rest of the day and into the second half of the afternoon, some scattered showers, it may be some cracks of thunder in the forecast for the highlands, maybe one or two for the lowlands and southern uplands. but on the whole, a sunny and very warm day for many of us, temperatures in the low to mid 20s in some spots. even coastal areas will see temperatures of 20 or more. the wind is very light. this evening, aurora time, not completely clear, so figures crossed it won't be too cloudy. the

aurora could hang around for a good hour or two, so there is plenty of opportunity to go out again to try to catch a glimpse of that light spectacle. remember, it is not quite so vivid, you have to get used to it. slips away on a sunday, that has been on top of us giving us giving us the settled weatherjust in time for the aurora. 0n us the settled weatherjust in time for the aurora. on sunday which that was the storm is developing across western parts of the uk, some will be torrential, the chance of some flash flooding out towards the west. but temperatures tomorrow perhaps as high as 26. bye—bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel orders the evacuation of more areas of rafah in gaza, where over a million palestinians are sheltering. it comes as washington says israel may have used american—supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law in gaza. i'm maryam moshiri live in malmo at the eurovision song contest where the eurovision song contest where the netherlands have been disqualified from taking part in the grand final which will happen in just a few hours' time. hundreds of people are fleeing continued clashes in ukraine's kharkiv region, a day after russia sent troops across the border. and the most powerful solar storm in 21 years triggers spectacular celestial light shows in many parts of the world.