live from washington, this is bbc news. israel orders more evacuations in rafah as it intensifies military operations. sweeping pro—europe protests in tblisi, georgia, as the country moves forward with a bill critics say will clamp down on dissent. plus, the eurovision song contest crowns switzerland as its winner. we'll get reaction from malmo in sweden. hello, i'm helena humphrey. glad you could join me. israel has ordered thousands more people to leave the city of rafah in southern gaza, the city of rafah in southern as it presses on with its military campaign there against hamas.

the israel defense 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 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. meanwhile, there are new fears of the humanitarian situation in gaza worsening further. ru abbass reports on the case of one child who is hoping to make it out, and is currently in a hospital that is running out of fuel. this girl is ten years old and suffering with pain in her abdomen. she is in an overwhelmed hospital. israel has directed 100,000 people

from rougher to relocate around the city. the idf says it is biting down hamas fighters. —— fighting the girl was at her uncle's home where the impact from an israeli air strike on house next door severed her left arm. her doctor say her recovery is slow due to a lack of staff and medical equipment.

despite her obstacles, the girl remains hopeful about the future and dreams of receiving medical treatment in the united arab emirates. with no prospect of a ceasefire, such freedoms remain out of reach, notjust for her but so many other children like her. i would like to stop at the us report with regards to israel's conduct,

how it has been prosecuting the war. washington's conclusion that israel has likely violated international standards... but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid. what did you make of that conclusion?— conclusion? well, the report, as ou conclusion? well, the report, as you know. _ conclusion? well, the report, as you know, avoids - conclusion? well, the report, as you know, avoids reaching| as you know, avoids reaching specific legal conclusions about particular incidents. there are general characterisations of his rally conduct and descriptions of attacks launched by the idf in gaza. report avoids reaching new conclusions that could limit the flexibility of the white house to continue providing us arms to israel. and it's because us law and policy imposes limitations, conditions on arms transfer to all countries, including with respect to how they are used in violation of the law of war. [30

violation of the law of war. do ou violation of the law of war. do you think _ violation of the law of war. do you think this report could have gone further? lgbtqi+ yes. in subtle respects. 0ne, there is additionalfact in subtle respects. 0ne, there is additional fact gathering the us government could have undertaken. the report notes the difficulty of making assessments of law for compliance because of the intensive nature of such inquiries. but there is no evidence the us government conducted the kind of investigations that human rights or media organisations have been doing in gaza. in addition, the report ignores whole categories of his rally conduct, notjust in gaza but also the west bank, with respect to settlements, demolition of homes, both of which likely violate the fourth geneva convention and also strikes into syria which likely violate the un charter and reduce us origin of warplanes. report turned a blind eye to certain violations of the law

of war and the law for generally by israel. key biden administration for its part in those conducting the investigation has said israel has not shared complete invest, information they could use on the verification process. do you think this is something key biden administration should be pushing for to obtain? absolutely. this is a cop out on the part of the us government to say that. again, the us is not like in media organisation, not like a human rights watch or an ngo, it has the tools available to gather this information either of its rallies do not want to share it. i rallies do not want to share it. ., ., ., ~ rallies do not want to share it. i want to talk about the potential _ it. i want to talk about the potential for _ it. i want to talk about the potential for eight - it. i want to talk about the l potential for eight full-scale potential for eight full—scale ground operation and rougher. there seems to be some momentum gaining there in place. we know around 300,000 palestinians have moved out of that area, a lot of them have gone to a place which the un says does not have proper sanitation,

clean running water. as an expert in international humanitarian law, if they moved to that area is that compatible with international humanitarian law? i with international humanitarian law? ., ., , , law? i do have expertise in that law — law? i do have expertise in that law but _ law? i do have expertise in that law but want - law? i do have expertise in that law but want to - law? i do have expertise in that law but want to take l law? i do have expertise in that law but want to take a j that law but want to take a step back. dr biden administration has hinted at a red blood with respect to a full—scale operation in rougher. but more fundamentally the breadline needs to be a continuation of the ball at all. the us needs to be using its abundant average, including through arms transfers to israel, to bring about a ceasefire and enter the fighting overall. rather than trying to adjudicate individual law of law violations, as the report tries to do some degree, the focus on the escarpment needs to be the end to the conflict overall, to bring a ceasefire for aid to get in and the release of hostages being held by hamas. let the release of hostages being held by hamas.— the release of hostages being held by hamas. let me ask, dr biden administration _ held by hamas. let me ask, dr biden administration has - biden administration has specifically set out that that breadline would be an unfettered ground offensive

there in rougher and the potential for there in rougher and the potentialfor more harm there in rougher and the potential for more harm to civilian. if we do see that take place, netanyahu is adamant there would be an operation there, what would washington do if that breadline is breach? it washington do if that breadline is breach? ._ , washington do if that breadline is breach? , , u, , is breach? it may be the case that israel— is breach? it may be the case that israel will _ is breach? it may be the case that israel will try _ is breach? it may be the case that israel will try to - is breach? it may be the case that israel will try to slice - is breach? it may be the case that israel will try to slice a i that israel will try to slice a salami to some degree, take some action in rougher but short of what they perceive of the white house's read line to be. it will be a test about how serious dr biden administration is about pushing back on the israelis and whether are finally willing to use us leveraged. they should be using leveraged. they should be using leveraged for the bigger target of bringing the conflict as a whole to a conclusion. brian finnegan. — whole to a conclusion. brian finnegan, senior— whole to a conclusion. brian finnegan, senior advisor - whole to a conclusion. brian finnegan, senior advisor forj finnegan, senior advisorfor the us programme of the international crisis group, also former state department lawyer, thank you for being with us. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, says his forces are now

fighting to defend seven villages in its kharkiv region. his comments come a day after russia launched a surprise incursion across the border. mr zelenskyy claimed none of the villages have been lost. but the institute for the study of war, an independent think—tank, says it's likely russia now controls at least five. the local government says least 1,800 people have been evacuated. kyiv has been expecting a russian summer offensive for some time, including a possible attempt to capture kharkiv, ukraine's second city. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse has more. it creates for ukraine an unwanted new north—eastern access to the front line and this is a front line at the moment which is more than 1000km long and it is a front line which ukrainian forces are struggling to contain, with the delays of the arrival of american ammunition and weaponry and with russia continuing to make its size count and taking ukrainian

territory further south. crucially for kyiv, it is having to redeploy already stretched personnel to the kharkiv region to contain this incursion which we are told is being contained for now. there has been heavy fighting really for the past 2a hours and i think while few think they are able, even with the gathering of tens of thousands of russian troops across the border, few think they are able to take cities like kharkiv because they failed the first time around. but it appears for now to be russia trying to form a buffer zone, trying to extend the distance between russian territory and the fighting it is waging in ukraine, because ukrainian forces have been increasingly shelling targets inside russia. so the question really, as president zelenskyy admits, is what is going to happen next, we are containing it for now but is this russia building for something more? in georgia, protesters have taken to the streets to take part in pro—european demonstrations against the government's plan

to adopt a controversial so—called �*foreign influence' law which critics say would push it farther from joining the eu and silence dissent. the law would target civil society organisations and independent media that receive foreign funding. earlier, our south caucasus and central asia correspondent rayhan demytrie in tblisi sent this update. people are marching from different directions, just take a look, on that side of the river. there are thousands of people with the eu and georgian flags all marching towards tbilisi's europe square. and on this side, it's the same... it's the same story. look at this sea of people. these protesters oppose this controversial bill, which the georgian government says it will adopt no matter what, on the transparency of foreign funding, dubbed by the protesters as the russian law because of the similarities that exist with the legislation that exists in russia.

and they are saying that with its adoption, it would damage georgia's democracy, it would silence critical voices, but most importantly, people are worried that if this law gets adopted, georgia will lose its once—in—a—lifetime opportunity tojoin the european union. after protests and controversy, the winner of the 68th eurovision song contest in sweden has been announced. representing switzerland, nemo took the title, with their song the code. they came top of the leaderboard, followed by france's slimane in second place and croatia's baby lasagna landed third. the event hosted in the city of malmo has seen divisions over israel's involvement, sparking pro—palestinian demonstrations, and a last—minute disqualification of the netherlands. 0ur chief presenter maryam moshiri and culture correspondent charlotte gallagher have been following all of the excitement and have more from malmo.

so an absolutely brilliant night here in malmo in sweden and switzerland win the 68th annual eurovision song contest. i will not lie, it has been a difficult week. there has been tension, protest in malmo over the inclusion of israel. there has been a lot of consternation particularly amongst the dutch, because of the disqualification of the netherlands. but tonight the music was front and centre and switzerland narrowly beat croatia to be crowned eurovision champion 202a. i'm joined by charlotte gallagher who is he with me. you have been hit with me all week. it has been amazing. ifeel we have a relationship is. it has been amazing. i feel we have a relationship is. it has amazing- — have a relationship is. it has amazing- a _ have a relationship is. it has amazing. a longwy - have a relationship is. it has amazing. a longwy care. - have a relationship is. it has i amazing. a longwy care. what ou talk amazing. a longwy care. what you talk about? _ amazing. a longwy care. what you talk about? flew - amazing. a longwy care. what you talk about? flew by. - amazing. a longwy care. what you talk about? flew by. so i you talk about? flew by. so much fun. tommy 0ar up the winner and the whole atmosphere tonight. winner and the whole atmosphere toni . ht. ., winner and the whole atmosphere toniaht. ., ., ,, ., tonight. nino from switzerland have one the _ tonight. nino from switzerland have one the contest - tonight. nino from switzerland have one the contest with - tonight. nino from switzerland have one the contest with the | have one the contest with the

code. and athletic performance, then operatic. balancing on the head of a pin throughout the song. no idea how they do not fall off but they are incredible. i think it meant so much to them that they wanted it. croatia one in second. very popular baby lasagne. i felt sorry for croatia in the end, sorry for croatia in the end, so hard to pick between them because they are so amazing. i think croatia really, really wanted that when. they wanted to host the contest and have a croatian winner. but it was not to be tonight. croatian winner. but it was not to be tonight-— croatian winner. but it was not to be tonight. switzerland once so much of _ to be tonight. switzerland once so much of the _ to be tonight. switzerland once so much of the jury _ to be tonight. switzerland once so much of the jury vote - to be tonight. switzerland once so much of the jury vote it - so much of the jury vote it would have been tough to overcome that. it would have been tough to overcome that.— would have been tough to overcome that. it would have been really — overcome that. it would have been really hard _ overcome that. it would have been really hard for - overcome that. it would have been really hard for anyone l overcome that. it would have | been really hard for anyone to overtake switzerland. croatia did not do that well in the jury did not do that well in the jury vote but got a colossal amount of public vote. some things could change but really it would have taken a lot to beat switzerland tonight. they really shine in the competition and have been a really popular contestant. 0thers and have been a really popular contestant. others have had a lot of controversy this week

but i think the switzerland act has just got on with it and they have been amazing. i am really looking forward to go to switzerland next year. i hope i'm going to switzerland next year. i'm going to switzerland next ear. , �* �* .,, i'm going to switzerland next ear. , “ ., year. sorry, the bbc, as a sending — year. sorry, the bbc, as a sending charlotte - year. sorry, the bbc, as a sending charlotte not - year. sorry, the bbc, as a| sending charlotte not me? year. sorry, the bbc, as a - sending charlotte not me? we can go together. we have to talk about there.— talk about there. lets not art ue talk about there. lets not argue an _ talk about there. lets not argue an air. _ talk about there. lets not argue an air. i _ talk about there. lets not argue an air. iwill- talk about there. lets not argue an air. i will be - talk about there. lets not - argue an air. i will be cheaper to send- _ argue an air. i will be cheaper to send. you _ argue an air. i will be cheaper to send. you said _ argue an air. i will be cheaper to send. you said it, - argue an air. i will be cheaper to send. you said it, not - argue an air. i will be cheaper to send. you said it, not me. | to send. you said it, not me. there you have it, the 68th eurovision song contest a long and controversial week. i'm sure the organisers of the contest will be heaving a sigh of relief that it is all over. iva one will miss malmo. the atmosphere has been amazing. i have loved every moment of it. the charity save the children is warning that 3.7 million filipinos are being affected by a drought, brought about by record—setting temperatures. the capital manila beat its previous heat record last week, with temperatures above 38 degrees celsius, or 100 degrees fahrenheit. the country's president, bongbong marcos, said that high demands for cooling systems

was putting pressure on the national electricity grid. crops belonging to farmers in the philippines are becoming unusable, and rice yields are plummeting, putting families at risk of financial ruin. for more, i spoke with faisah ali, humanitarian manager at save the children philippines. thank you for taking the time to speak with us. we understand in the philippines over 3 million people have been affected by the drought? what has life become like for them? the worsening drought and dry condition in most parts of the country, specifically the western part of the country, is affecting the education and health of children in farming households. according to the department of social welfare and development report, more than 900 families in about 5000

villages across 1a regions are facing agricultural losses and water shortages and this crisis is impacting around three points 7 million filipinos including children. i points 7 million filipinos including children. i wanted to ask, ou including children. i wanted to ask. you said _ including children. i wanted to ask, you said an _ including children. i wanted to ask, you said an impact - including children. i wanted to ask, you said an impact on - ask, you said an impact on education? tell us more, does this mean for example the children are not able to go to school? ., , school? right now this protracted _ school? right now this protracted drought - school? right now this i protracted drought across school? right now this - protracted drought across the country has impacted children, most of those children, especially those coming from households relying on agriculture, temporarily taken from school so they can help their families to find additional theirfamilies to find additional income or work or alternative livelihoods because of the lack of harvest from their farmland.— their farmland. for those farmers. _ their farmland. for those farmers, the _ their farmland. for those farmers, the fact - their farmland. for those farmers, the fact that. their farmland. for those farmers, the fact that we j their farmland. for those - farmers, the fact that we are seeing, in some cases loading, in some cases drought becoming more prevalent there in the philippines, what are they considering? are they talking

about having to leave their farms potentially? leave their homes? lgbtqi+ farmers i was able to talk with during our assessments are still looking for climate resilience, livelihoods or option. they can still continue their livelihood activities and meanwhile the government is helping them as well as some actors, like save the children philippines to look for and more alternative climate and livelihood options. you mentioned there, some of the children for issues here. these weather events are being exacerbated by climate change across the region there, in asia, what is the sense about what is needed to secure the future for children when essentially they are facing some of the consequences of climate change created by adults? right now we are still advocating and investing in climate resilience adaptations. investing on climate resilience

and additional measures as essential to minimise the impact of climate change and vulnerable communities, especially on our children. that includes assistance and also the infrastructure. this includes measures like building infrastructure, building early warning systems and implementing policies to protect vulnerable populations, including the children. thank you very much for being with us. ., ~' you very much for being with us. ., ~ , ., you very much for being with us. . ~ i. you very much for being with us. . ~ . there are renewed concerns about the fate of our oceans�* coral reefs, amid warning sea temperatures. last summer, a mass bleaching event fuelled by climate change severely damaged reefs around the world, including in the us state of florida. that's where sea temperatures soared as high as 100 degrees fahrenheit, or 38 degrees celsius. now, restoration groups are growing more heat—resistant corals to help repair the damage. 0ur north america climate specialist, carl nasman, has been speaking with phanor montoya—maya, with the coral

restoration foundation. thank you so much for being here on bbc news. you were recently out at these reef sites in florida where you operate. give us a sense that we have been hearing about bleaching events— how are things looking right now? how do the reefs look? indie things looking right now? how do the reefs look?— do the reefs look? we were at horseshoe _ do the reefs look? we were at horseshoe reef, _ do the reefs look? we were at horseshoe reef, an _ do the reefs look? we were at horseshoe reef, an iconic- do the reefs look? we were atj horseshoe reef, an iconic reef here in florida, and we had mixed feelings because our iconic species, were one of the surviving stands and when we found it dead as we did after the mass bleaching event, but we saw a lot of massive corals, the brain, star corals, are still alive and large sizes which give us hope for the reefs here.— which give us hope for the reefs here. ~ ~ ., ., , ., reefs here. we know there was a massive bleaching _ reefs here. we know there was a massive bleaching event, - reefs here. we know there was a massive bleaching event, the - massive bleaching event, the fourth now in recorded history. how did that affect the reefs

there in florida? for how did that affect the reefs there in florida?— how did that affect the reefs there in florida? for some of there in florida? for some of the species — there in florida? for some of the species these _ there in florida? for some of the species these iconic - the species these iconic species like the brand check corals like elk and stockholm, at some locations it was locally extension. we know for sure because we have not been able to find some of those so far. forthe able to find some of those so far. for the others, able to find some of those so far. forthe others, nonbranch and corals, they are still alive, they recovered after the bleaching event and you see that some corals did better than others and thus tells us that the reefs are changing and that the reefs are changing and that our work is important to save some of the species from regional extinction.— save some of the species from regional extinction. how do you no regional extinction. how do you to about regional extinction. how do you go about doing _ regional extinction. how do you go about doing that? _ regional extinction. how do you go about doing that? once - regional extinction. how do you | go about doing that? once these reefs are damaged, how do you come and repair situation? but first, monetary. looking at the reef and how it behaves, how it

ended up after this bleaching event is very important to us to adopt all those lessons learned and implement them more than we do. with that information with and identify what species arrangements will do better next time and now we are adopting those strategies of propagating and of planting certain species to mimic what survived the bleaching events and try to bring those species may continue adding those species to the reef and back in the meantime, while we do that, we propagate and continue to rebuild the stock of those species that did not do that well in our reefs. some of the temperatures we saw in the ocean last summer was striking. coral surveys between 73— 84 fahrenheit. the ocean was reaching bed 90s up to 100 and one fahrenheit, that is around 38 celsius. what kinds of

corals can survive that? what sorts of methods are you using to try to adapt coral reefs to these kinds of temperatures? there are some species that are more susceptible to that heat stress, though spike. but we are finding now is that some genotypes, in other words some individuals of all the species survive on the reef and survive in our nurseries as well. of course, the 1's that did better are those massive coral reefs that take too long to grow and those fast—growing species that are highly susceptible those of the 1's that succumb more commonly to this icy temperatures. so it is a mixed bag here. —— high seas we try to identify those one—sided tobacco, those doing not so

better, and again the strategies that continue to bring life to the reef. some exerts bring life to the reef. some exoerts say _ bring life to the reef. some experts say this _ bring life to the reef. some experts say this may - bring life to the reef. some experts say this may not i bring life to the reef. some| experts say this may not be bring life to the reef. some l experts say this may not be a sustainable methods, that humans cannot continue to plant these coral reefs as they die up these coral reefs as they die up during these bleaching events. what do you think? what is the future say for coral reefs and the way that we continue to maintain them? i completely understand the concern. but i will argue that if it was not for the work we have been doing for the last 15-20 have been doing for the last 15—20 years, some of these species may have already died. so we have a role here. restoration has a role here to avoid certain species reaching extension. avoid certain species reaching extension-— extension. briefly, we have seen the — extension. briefly, we have seen the temperatures i extension. briefly, we have seen the temperatures and | seen the temperatures and damage go to the reefs stop it what keeps you going? why do you think it is important to continue to save the coral reefs? , seeing there are survivors after the bleaching

event, that corals continue to grow, that gives me hope. think they are still alive and that a lot of people now are paying attention to the stress and the challenge that coral reefs are facing and i think we are reaching momentum to see a change in our management effectiveness. thank you very much. ., ., effectiveness. thank you very much. . ~ effectiveness. thank you very much. ., ~' , effectiveness. thank you very much. . ~ , . effectiveness. thank you very much. ., , . ., much. thank you very much for the opportunity- _ and before we go, large parts of the world got a rare glimpse of the northern lights on friday night, the 0rkney islands in scotland seen here. the lights were exposed after one of the strongest solar storms in decades hit the earth. the last time there was such a strong storm was in 2003. but if you missed the display, don't worry. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration's predicts the lights will continue through the weekend. if you are on the east coast in the us, now would be a perfect time to head outside. stay with us here on bbc news. more at the top of the hour.

hello there. it's the warmest day of the year so far across all four nations on saturday, with temperatures peaking at 26 degrees celsius in the highlands and also in east sussex, too. but change is on its way on sunday in the form of heavy, thundery showers for much of the western half of the uk, whereas further east, it should stay largely dry. all this change is brought about, of course, because the high pressure that's been keeping us dry, settled and warm over the last few days is gradually drifting further eastwards towards scandinavia, allowing for these weather fronts to approach from the west. but it's a mostly dry start to the day on sunday with some sunny spells, any early mist and fog will lift and clear really quite readily. but it won't be too long through the late morning before we see the showers pop up across western scotland, down through northern ireland, wales and the south west of england. and if we just take a little tour at around four o'clock across northern and western

scotland gradually drifting further east with some of the showers really quite heavy. it's still quite warm, 22 degrees celsius in glasgow, but certainly cooler than on saturday. more showers across northern ireland, some of the showers particularly heavy across wales. there could be some localised flooding perhaps as well. more isolated showers for central southern england, maybe 26 or 27 degrees celsius in south east england. cooler and breezier towards those north sea facing coasts. and overnight, those showers will continue to drift further eastwards. but this is the main driver of monday's weather, this deep area of low pressure that's going to roll this weather in from the south west. so, again, a largely dry start to the day for the vast majority, but cloud thickening from the south west, rain pushing into wales from south west england and eventually northern ireland through the afternoon, as well, as scattering showers across scotland and northern england. but again across many eastern areas of england. it could stay largely dry, but it will be

cooler across the board. but still temperatures peaking in the low twenties out towards the east. but the area of low pressure just continues to roll its way further northwards and eastwards as we head through tuesday and into wednesday. so there will be further showers around at times for many. in general, here's the outlook for our capital cities as we head through next week and see those temperatures really start to drop off. there will still be some sunshine around. lots of dry weather at times, but also some showers, too. bye— bye.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. a warning — our next programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. israel has banned the television network aljazeera. it says it's a mouthpiece for hamas. we'll hear from aljazeera's managing editor to get his response, and we'll explore the implications of the ban. the israel—gaza war reverberates around the world, and in the us, university campuses have been the scene of pro—palestinian demonstrations over the last month. we're assessing how they're being reported and why student journalists have been crucial to our understanding of the story. we're going to talk about the met gala. i imagine you may have seen the photos of the extraordinary

outfits worn by many celebrities.