in gaza catastrophic situation in gaza had deteriorated and described humanitarian conditions in rafah as disastrous. the icj has no enforcement powers and it is up to stairs to comply. —— states. the us — a key ally of israel — has yet to comment on the decision by the court — which also reiterated its call for the immediate release of all remaining hostages in gaza. our correspondent, anna holligan, sent this update from the hague. this is a hugely striking order. it goes further than any other provisional measures issued in this case by these judges, and it seeks to significantly alter the course of the conflict in gaza. so let's just have a look at what the judges have ordered israel to do. one, halt the military offensive in rafah immediately. allow unimpeded access for fact—finding missions, any un mandated investigators

so that allegations of genocide can be investigated. israel must also, according to this provisional measures, order ensure that the rafah border crossing stays open to allow urgently needed humanitarian aid to be delivered at scale and must report back to this court, the international court ofjustice here in the hague within one month on how these orders are being implemented. israel's prime minister has rejected allegations of genocide. we have more reaction from jerusalem. even as the judge was reading up the latest ruling there were plumes of black smoke over rafah, suggesting the military campaign continues for the israeli troops are deployed very close to the city of rafah, we don't exactly know

how far they intend to put into the city and when that will happen but the israeli government indicated it is still determined to finish the job and what it regards as one of the last hamas strongholds in the gaza strip. the israelis are saying they are doing this according to international law. the way they have conducted operations so far does not pose as south africa is arguing a threat to the well being of the civilian population in the gaza strip but by giving people noticed of israel's military intentions, they have tried to keep its civilians out of harms way. that clearly did not wash with the judges at the icj who are essentially saying israel is not doing enough to keep civilians safe and that

consequently military operation and rafah should come to an end. the white house is calling for the swift deployment of a kenyan—led multinational force in haiti after a us couple was named among three missionaries killed in the caribbean nation. a missouri state politician confirmed that his daughter and son—in—law, natalie and davy lloyd, were killed by gang members in the capital, port au prince. a us national security council spokesperson expressed condolences saying "the security situation in haiti cannot wait." the spokesman said president joe biden pledged to support the "expedited deployment" of kenya's forces in talks with kenya's president on thursday. kenyan president william ruto is in washington this week on a state visit — and sat down with my colleague president william ruto, thanks forjoining us on bbc news. i want to start with an issue

of close cooperation between kenya and the us, and that is the issue with haiti at the moment. you have agreed to send a kenyan police force to haiti, when will they arrive? i have a team in haiti as i speak to you, i spoke to them this morning, they are finishing a mission tomorrow, that will give us a frame of what things look like on the ground, the capabilities that are available, the infrastructure that has been set up and once we have that assessment that we agreed with the haitian police and the haitian leadership, we are looking at the horizon of between three weeks and they're about for us to be ready to deploy once everything on the ground is set. what is the situation on the ground like in terms of those preparations? us officials were helping prepare base for example. i think the base that was being prepared is, i think i was given,

maybe 70% complete. my team met with their transitional presidential counsel yesterday, they also met with the leadership of the police the day before. i think they are meeting with other groups, just to make sure that we have all the, all the items in place for us to facilitate the deployment because there are many actors, you know, we are working on a un resolution that they give kenya the mandate to lead and we are going to be working with others who will be contributing different capabilities to facilitate this because we are doing it for the people of haiti. you had hoped to have your police officers there this week, though. a draft of three weeks is quite a delay. i think there was an expectation,

it was not our hope. it was an expectation. we have been ready to deploy in haiti but that readiness means everything being in place. the reason why the right time is going to be in three weeks�* time is because all of the other items need to be there — equipment, transport, communication, infrastructure on where to stay, what to do with the haitian police, proper connection with the partnership with the haitian police, you know very well that there was a transition of leadership that took a bit of time. we now have a transitional presidential counsel that is now seized of this matter and therefore i think all that was needed before this could be put together. and i think we have all the items now aligned

and that's why i am thinking of the horizon of three weeks, there are about, maybe to a month. in the meantime there is a date ofjune 2 that's been set by the high court, your opposition party has raised concerns about the legality of the deployment and there is a date they will hear questions on that, are you satisfied that the deployment is legal? that deployment meets every requirement of the law and the constitution of kenya. in fact i think we've through long beyond the requirements of the law, it was sanctioned by the cabinet, it was sanctioned by both houses of parliament, the senate and the national assembly, the court proclaimed itself on how it should be done, the requirements of the court has been made, the court wanted an agreement between the government of kenya and the government in haiti, that was signed and i witnessed it myself, between the prime minister,

between the minister for security at that time and myself and the prime minister in haiti witnessed that agreement, and the same agreement has been adopted and ratified by the transitional presidential counsel. all the legal instruments are in place, kenya is a robustly democratic country. court processes, people going to court are part of system. that agreement though, was signed with ariel henri, will they honour that agreement he signed? i have received an agreement in writing, i would not deploy unless that happened, i made it a requirement that the transitional presidential counsel that came into office recently must endorse the agreement that had been signed by the government that was, just to make sure

that we are on the same side, and i can confirm to you that i have received their concurrence, in writing, and i have done the necessary constitutional requirements in kenya to make sure that this deployment is in compliance with the law and kenya and also in compliance with the un resolutions. we have more on that interview on bbc news. the black 46—year—old was killed by a white minneapolis police officer that kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes while ignoring his cries. video of the incident went viral around the world spike in the largest racial justice protests in the us since the civil rights movement. we will show you a brief moment and a warning, it might be disturbing for some viewers. i might be disturbing for some

viewers. u, �* might be disturbing for some viewers. �* , . viewers. i can't breathe x please- — that moment led to protests and a global reckoning with racism, and issue the world continues to grapple with. thejustice and policing act was originally introduced in 2021 and then passed the democratically controlled house but was deadlocked in the senate surrounding the language that could have officers face expanded accountability. the democrats have not mentioned the act to create federal police reform.— police reform. this is something _ police reform. this is something that - police reform. this is something that is - police reform. this is something that is a l police reform. this is - something that is a priority, demanded and if you want to wait until something like that hits your front door wait until something like that hits yourfront door and wait until something like that hits your front door and want to be productive, you have to have a problem.— to be productive, you have to have a problem. president joe biden issued _ have a problem. president joe biden issued a _ have a problem. president joe biden issued a statement - biden issued a statement saying:

president biden also said he had signed an executive order to implement aspects of the george floyd justice and policing act. if that legislation makes it through congress this time it would address issues ranging from policing practices to accountability and law—enforcement for theft past it would lower the criminal intent standards to convicted police officer of misconduct. and would limit qualified immunity as a defence to liability and limit the unnecessary use of force and restrict the use of no knock warrants and chokehold �*s. joining me live is congresswoman sheila jackson lee who reintroduced the

legislation this week. thank you forjoining us. before we talk about that act, you spent the day with george floyd �*s family, how are they as the fourth anniversary approaches? 0ne fourth anniversary approaches? one can imagine to live with the inhumane action of your brother being murdered on the streets of america and to be reminded of that every single day for four years and people are not doing anything about this brittle and inconspicuous murder. that is portable they are feeling and secondarily they have resolved, they are resilient. they want to make sure that we have a bill that becomes law of the land and the law of the land is for everyone, everyone's family

because there was a long litany of tragic cases that followed george floyd. the major killings that included some cases like many of those that are alive now that i tried to get this type of legislation passed. i paused for a moment because i wanted to give them honour and respect but they too are awaiting and so the idea of george floyd �*s family as they are carrying a heavy burden because they are carrying the burden of their family and the burden of their family and the burden of their family and the burden of otherfamily burden of their family and the burden of other family members that look to them to keep the fight going and ensure legislation will be passed. that stops the no knock which

is an absolutely absurd and works to ensure there is a fair system between police and citizens, that there is no breach between police and citizens, to ensure one has an upper hand. we want police to go home to their families and we want people, the citizens to go home to their families. there is nothing wrong with that. that is the method we have and feeling the family has, a very charitable family. a family that believes in the spirit of giving so that there is no upper hand, that is way the george family feels and amazed and overwhelmed they respond. they respond in a

charitable way. they respond in a manner that is giving. they respond in a manner that is hopeful. very hopeful. but they are impatient with waiting. there is a breakup on the line, we apologise and we will persevere speaking to you because this is an important topic and given the importance of what you have been outlining their, why is it this act has not been managed to be passed? why are we at this point where you are having to reintroduce it? we know there was very little democrats and republicans can agree on and congress, can we reach agreement on this? we congress, can we reach agreement on this? we had to work hard _ agreement on this? we had to work hard to _ agreement on this? we had to work hard to have _ agreement on this? we had to work hard to have a _ agreement on this? we had to work hard to have a bipartisan | work hard to have a bipartisan bill, we had a bipartisan bill when it was first introduced and it was passed by over 200 votes. we have to ask those few republicans this time in the house of representatives why

they would be an obstacle to passing this legislation. very good legislation. fair legislation. legislation that would not undermine the integrity of law enforcement at any level. i have two ask the question of those that would vote against it in the united states senate, which were republicans. it is important we find a way to carve out the right kind of plan that works for those in the united states senate and then uses the same formula for that in the united states house of representatives. i think we will get there. this family is the greatest asset the late george floyd has because they have been so giving and have been so open to ways of getting

this bill, a bill that can be voted on by all members of the united states congress, i truly believe we will have a senate vote and houseboat that will get this relatively president of the united states of america. he should sign it immediately.— immediately. there is no standard _ immediately. there is no standard training - immediately. there is no | standard training practice immediately. there is no i standard training practice or agreed operational methods that apply right across all of this country's many police forces but in the last four years, have there been some improvements you can point to in policing?— in policing? individual acts have occurred _ in policing? individual acts have occurred as - in policing? individual acts have occurred as the - in policing? individual acts| have occurred as the family said. there have been executive orders that were assigned by local cities and counties. the set is mostly that have the

lawmaking accountability. none is law of the land of the united states of america. the family wants established law that applies to every person and citizen, that is what we want to be governed by the same law across america. that is fair and the only way to be fair. , ., . fair. 0k. democratic congresswoman - fair. 0k. democratic. congresswoman sheila fair. 0k. democratic— congresswoman sheila jackson lee, thank you for talking with us. ., ~' lee, thank you for talking with us. ., ~ , ., lee, thank you for talking with us. . ~' i” ., lee, thank you for talking with us. . ~ ., ., the former minneapolis police officer seen in that video was sentenced to more than a0 years and president —— prison. he was not the only one charged in connection to the death. sentences were given ranging between two and three years. footage of the arrest shows

officers assisting to hold george floyd down. the mapping police violence database reports: some progress has been made since george floyd death was more than 30 states passed a total of 1a0 police oversight and reform laws since mr floyd �*s death. let's talk about all of this now and i am joined by the criminaljustice report and b news, a nonprofit news organisation that focuses on black voices. thank you for joining us on bbc news. this link to what the congresswoman was saying they are about this act. why do you think it has taken so long for this legislation, any legislation like this that is not yet been passed? like this that is not yet been assed? ~ , , ., ., passed? we representative karen that in'ures passed? we representative karen that injures the _ passed? we representative karen that injures the bill— passed? we representative karen that injures the bill back _ passed? we representative karen that injures the bill back in - that injures the bill back in 2020 and she became the los angeles mayor. her seed has been removed and the bill did not have a present camping that

the last all—around session. to see that representative sheila jackson lee has taken to introduce the bill again, it is a good promise for the family but why it has taken this long, the republicans are the ones pushing back and those of the people that are very much against mostly by imparting qualified immunity part of this whole bill. which would remove the officers way of not being held civilly responsible for a person �*s death. that is something that seemed to have been the only recourse for a long time in this country when it came to getting justice whenever somebody was killed by a police officer, a civil action, criminalaction a police officer, a civil action, criminal action is very far in between nowadays over the last ten years. we are seeing more of it but not enough and this bill would help with those particular things that would help get some kind of equality within the police department. as we all know the front or side isjust department. as we all know the front or side is just the federal side, front or side is just the federalside, on front or side is just the federal side, on the guidelines for the states with that we can

hope that other states will follow suit and see these particular reforms could be helpful for the police departments and communities. you report on these matters over time, you are an expert and it, the washington post did and it, the washington post did a survey of the 65 with police departments and a6 prevelly chokehold in their use of force policies. a6 out of 55, that are still 19 that have not prohibited that. why is it not a universal band?— prohibited that. why is it not a universal band? back in 2014 when we watched _ a universal band? back in 2014 when we watched eric - a universal band? back in 2014 when we watched eric gardiner be illegally chokehold by the nypd in staten island we were watching that as one of the first on camera deaths in the country. what we were watching and what the police departments and what the police departments and other law—enforcement agents would argue is that was illegal chokehold, part of the standard practice, how they are trained and those are the areas we have learned over the years

that have to be dissected and possibly reformed. seeing how that incident had ended and knows repercussions civilly, it took six years but that officer took six years but that officer to be disciplined, that particular sequence of order we saw after george floyd, we are seeing it now, it is still going on. just be delay of getting some type of reform happening in this police department and there are also unions you have to answer to where they have a say in these things. a lot of red tape and be smaller and larger departments they have to overcome as well is the politics in that particular city is welcome if they are in a red state, they may not have that type of backing from local government whether it is the mayor or the governor to say let's get the bill going and the local elected officials to get the policy written out, a lot of policies and they were noting that did knot add that part into the bill or policies

for the it is probably both type of issues going on. iaruiitli type of issues going on. with georae type of issues going on. with george floyd _ type of issues going on. with george floyd 's _ type of issues going on. with george floyd 's murder, - type of issues going on. with george floyd 's murder, the george floyd �*s murder, the protest we saw after that and everything is often the congresswoman had been describing in the meantime, how is this forfamilies describing in the meantime, how is this for families of black people, what impact does it have on health and with an parents and children interact? more thanjust the parents and children interact? more than just the black man or boy, every person with a skin tone that is a little bit darker than the norm, the status quo, the people they are used to being targeted for set and police departments it has been written about a lot of times that their targets are used as black people and those particular training methods do not help when they are out on the street. if you are trained and growing up in a part of a country where you never interacted with a person of

colour, never even spoke a spanish—language word in their life and being thrown into a community where they are now having to assimilate that these people, they never even interacted and the whole life and all the armed with his police training, their reactions are going to be nervous, anxious, or the negatives that would be the first thing, pull out your gun and that is where we as parents and that is where we as parents and family members have to talk to our kids, even ourselves sometimes to make sure we have our id when we leave the house, that we are giving eye contact when being spoken to and not making aggressive moves but even having these tools when we are trying to go to the corner store to get something to eat, it is taxing. it is very much where every day we have to have some type of defence mechanism on usjust to some type of defence mechanism on us just to make sure, some type of defence mechanism on usjust to make sure, i know it is cold outside, i have a hood on but won't keep it on for so long if there are not enough streetlights on the block. little precautionary measures we have to take as a communityjust to make sure we get home safe as well and we understand the offices, they

have a hard job, nobody wants to go and do that and the ones that are able to, we commend that are able to, we commend that but for us, it is a bit more of a layer.- that but for us, it is a bit more of a layer. we are out of time, more of a layer. we are out of time. thank — more of a layer. we are out of time, thank you _ more of a layer. we are out of time, thank you for _ more of a layer. we are out of time, thank you forjoining - more of a layer. we are out ofj time, thank you forjoining us. hello there. the weather's looking pretty mixed this bank holiday weekend, although saturday looks to be pretty decent for many with a lot of sunshine around, sunday and bank holiday monday will see some heavy thundery showers developing, some local torrential downpours, but there'll still be some sunshine in between. now for saturday, we've got two frontal systems approaching — one across the east and one across the west. this one will arrive quite early through the morning across east anglia, eastern england and spread westward. so skies turning cloudier here. this one will arrive late in the day for southwest england, south wales. but in between, plenty of sunshine around after a chilly start, then we should see sunny spells into the afternoon. could see just a few showers developing. most places should stay dry and it'll feel warmer again

with top temperatures of 20—21 degrees. now as we head through saturday night, this weather front across the east peps up, brings outbreaks of rains. much of northern england pushing into scotland and this one across the southwest pushes northwards across england and wales. so it'll be turning cloudier, breezier and wetter through saturday night. so as a result, it'll be milder with double figure values for most to start monday morning. but sunday's pressure chart looks quite messy. there's a couple of weather fronts pretty much across the country will bring a more unsettled day. so i'll have that first weatherfront, bringing outbreaks of rain to scotland and northern ireland through the morning, some sunshine for northern scotland and then for england and wales. the sunshine will emerge when the sunshine comes out, sets off scattered, heavy and thundery downpours. these could be quite slow moving, particularly through the midlands in towards wales and northwest england. if you catch one you'll certainly know about it. but sunshine in between, maybe not quite as warm. 17—19 degrees for bank holiday monday. the weather fronts pushed their way northward.

so it's in the north where we'll see the focus of the heaviest and most frequent showers. i think they'll pop up pretty much anywhere. again, it's going to be another day of sunshine and showers, but it is northern and eastern areas, i think, which will see most of those thundery downpours. and later in the day, something a bit drier pushing into western areas. temperatures again, a degree or so down so 15—17 celsius, but not feeling too bad in the sunshine. as we head into tuesday and beyond, it looks like the low pressure starts to take over or whether it turns breezier. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, but high pressure waits in the wings so it could turn a bit more settled as we move into next weekend. but certainly into next week, it will be quite unsettled showers or longer spells of rain, but a bit of sunshine in between.

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