the international court ofjustice, which rules on disputes between countries, described humanitarian conditions in rafah as "disastrous." the case was originally brought to the court by south africa, which has applauded the ruling. however, the icj has no enforcement powers and it's up to states to comply. when asked about the ruling, the us, a key ally of israel, says it has been "clear and consistent" on its position on rafah. 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 are ordered israel to do. one, hold the military offensive in rafah immediately, allow unimpeded access forfact—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 on the international court ofjustice, here in the hague in one month on how these orders are being implemented. shortly after the ruling, eu foreign policy chief josep borrell, said quote, "we will have to choose between our support of international institutions and the rule of law, or our support to israel. and both things are going to be quite difficult to make compatible. " meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu again rejected allegations of genocide. paul adams in jerusalem has more. even as the judge was reading

at the icj's latest ruling, there were plumes of black smoke over the city of rafah, suggesting that israel's military campaign in that area continues. we know that israeli troops and armour are poised very close to the city of rafah, we don't exactly know how far they intend to push into the city and when that will happen, but the israeli government has indicated that it is still determined to finish the job and what it regards as one of the last hamas strongholds in the southern part of the gaza strip. so the israelis are saying that they are doing this according to international law, that the way they have conducted their 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 notice 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 that israel is not doing enough to keep civilians safe and that, consequently, their military operation in rafah should come to an end. for more on the ruling, i spoke to doctor rachel george, lecturing fellow at duke university. what does legally binding mean if this ruling is of itself not enforceable? thanks so much for having me. i'm in, this is really the million—dollar question. the international court ofjustice is, you know, the highest court in the un system, all un states are obliged to comply with the rulings, but, of course, is relatively powerless, so it has very limited enforcement mechanisms. there is no police force, no military backing for this court. so for this reason the court has a loss of symbolic meaning.

it can have some sort of impacts that we are seeing, especially the build—up of international court action and advocacy, but i think where we are really going to see impact, when we talk about notjust legal, binding, debating nation of decisions, but the enforcement will be in the security council. that's where we're probably going to see where this case go and that's where you ashley harrison military might and where you're going to see this play out next. we saw earlier in the week the chief prosecutor for the international criminal court put forward a case for an arrest warrant to be issued for the israeli prime minister and the defence minister. would this ruling be used in any way in that case? well, the cases are completely autonomous, in some sense. they aren't institutionally connected. but of course these cases are watching one another and the icc�*s action last week was really momentous and quite remarkable and i think we are seeing that empowering the icj's decision that

we are seeing today. the icc has long been seen as a base court, a court just for africa. what's fascinating is seeing south africa come to the court and bring a western backed major power like israel into the fold of this court. indeed, some 50 of the indicted criminals at the icc had been africa the past. it's very rare to expanded to look at ukraine and georgia and so the court is kind of getting more and more ground and the icj is taking note. and the icj's decision i think is reflecting this noble movement that we have seen, these courts are dated moving in lockstep to have some chinks in the arm of the israeli government's defence. in the icj ruling the presiding judge that that israel must immediately stop any action in rafah, which it said could bring about the physical destruction of the palestinians. does that appear to be alluding to what is generally accepted as constituting genocide under international law?

it absolutely is. and this is the question. they have minced words a bit and analysts are dissecting the use of the, in the statement put out by the judge, but it talks about the destruction in whole or in part which is the legalese, the type of language we see as expert, we look at this is talking about genocide and they are really explicit worries about some 300,000 civilians that remain in rafah. the concern about this constituting genocide. now, it wasn't a completely slam dunk when for those who have been a using the israeli government here. south africa had initially with the crimes it had been calling for scenic genocide, other crimes like apartheid, accusing israel of this had been looking for a full on ceasefire, but it's a little bit more detailed in terms of what this is calling for. it is specific to halting military action in rafah with a specific intention to open the border in rafah

and specific also about unimpeded access on fact—finding missions. again, think it will be limited, a doubt we will see any of that directly, but it is a pretty bold move by the court. now, israel has rejected this ruling in its entirety and we see the air strikes continuing in rafah today, as they have for quite some time now. is there anything the court can do? we mentioned is not legally enforceable, but is there any sort of next step that it can take? yes, that is a great question. i do think this is going to go next to the security council. the security council does have some enforcement powers here under chapter seven, under the threats to peace provisions in the security council's mandate, you could see sanctions, you could see some sort of military backed action. now, is most likely that the us would veto that action. it's potential that the us could abstain. so the us has been flirting to some degree expressing

concern over rafah, it has been the hot button place where the biden administration has not wanted to see this level of destruction. so we could see some sort of enforcement there. but really, for me, and for a lot of analysts that we are seeing, these court movements are source of chess pieces in the game. what could be game changing is this increasing global pariah state as of israel and the us backing. at the same time it could backfire. we could see israel move away from the rules—based order and it could push the us, which has never been a big supporter of the court system, if this move backfires and it pushes the us even further away from these courts are good actually disempower them. so it is a real interesting political football been brought into these laws in terms of enforcement and, unfortunately, with the horrific civilian toll hanging in the crossfires. on friday, the us announced an additional $275 million in military aid to ukraine,

including us—made rockets, to help repel russia's attacks in the kharkiv region. ukraine's president has been visiting kharkiv, the country's second biggest city, including a printing complex recently destroyed by russian missile strikes. ukraine's military claims to have stopped russia's advance in the northeastern region, where a fortnight ago moscow's troops crossed the border to open a new front. kyiv says it's already launched a counter—attack. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report. we are seeing president zelensky spend more time in the northeastern city of kharkiv as russian forces inch closer after their cross—border incursion. but this is a president who's just extended his term despite it officially ending. why? well, ukraine is in a state of martial law.

there can't be elections held at the moment, according to the constitution, and there is parliamentary support for that. nevertheless, vladimir putin on a visit to belarus to meet his ally, alexander lukashenko, the country's leader, hasjumped on this, saying the legitimacy of vladimir zelensky�*s leadership has ended. now he was asked about in a press conference about a potential peace deal, any kind of negotiations, and he said he would only deal with the legitimacy of the legitimate leadership of ukraine. there are a couple of ironies there for ukrainians. firstly, the baseless claim by vladimir putin that the country is run by nazis. it seems that vladimir putin must have seen him as legitimate at one point, but also the fact that vladimir putin has just won a presidential election in russia when his main rivals are either in prison or dead. it's an irony that won't be lost on ukrainians in these times. let's turn to some other important news now. a new legal case has been filed against rapper sean diddy combs by a woman who said he subjected her to four terrifying sexual encounters. april lampros�* lawsuit accuses mr combs of battery, sexual assault, and other charges from encounters that began in the mid—1990s.

the new case follows last week's release of a video showing diddy attacking his ex—girlfriend in 2016. the pentagon says the us defence secretary, lloyd austin underwent a successful, minimally invasive non—surgical procedure friday evening. during the time of the procedure, which lasted about 2.5 hours, deputy defence secretary kathleen hicks assumed his duties. the pentagon added there are no changes to his official schedule and he is expected to attend memorial day events this weekend. on friday, kenyan president william ruto wrapped up a state visit to, the first of an african leader in more than 15 years. under mr ruto, kenya has developed its role as africa's diplomatic and business centre. the visit was seen by many as an opportunity for presidentjoe biden to demonstrate his commitment to kenya and the region, at a time when russia and china are exerting more influence on the continent. kenya is also an important security partner to the us,

and has pledged to send kenyan police to help stabilize the ongoing crisis in haiti. on friday, the white house called for the swift deployment of that mission, after an american couple was named among three missionaries killed there. us support for the mission was one of the main topics of the talks between the two leaders this week. i spoke about the situation in haiti and more in a wide—ranging interview with mr ruto. 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 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 gone 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. 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. the situation in haiti is fragile. just today news that two us aid workers had been killed. what guarantees have you received that your police force will be welcomed? that they would be safe there? it is exactly for what you are saying that kenya decided to deploy. we should not be losing people. we should not be losing missionaries. it is the reason why we made the decision. knowing very well that the responsibility for security in haiti is a shared responsibility. every country like kenya and others that believe in freedom, self—determination, believe in democracy and believe in security will do what kenya is doing. we are doing this to stop more people losing their lives

to gangs. i am confident that we have, we have participated in 47 peacemaking, peacekeeping efforts across the world over the last a0 years. in many other countries. we have faced such situations before. i want to talk to you about peace and stability in the region, particularly the conflict in sudan. the leader of the sudanese irony has questioned your impartiality and whether you should be leading the peace negotiations. what do you say to him? i have an allocation to meet with the general. i have allocations to meet many other actors in sudan. if you are looking for peace, you don't talk to friends, you talk to enemies.

we are speaking to everybody because that is how we're going make peace. i think there is now some progress. in fact it is one of the conversations i have yesterday with president biden and this morning with secretary blinken on what we can do together to bring the warring factions, bring kenya on one side, egypt, bring the uae, saudi arabia, and see how we can do this together by bringing all teams because what is going on in sudan is unacceptable. the level of human suffering, the atrocities. the almost genocide going on in sudan is unacceptable. it is terrible. 7 million people today

displaced in sudan. millions are calling for humanitarian support. the capital city has been reduced to rubble. this is something that should concern any leader and i can tell you kenya is concerned. that is why as late as last weekend i was on this assignment because i believe as a neighbour we owe it to the people in sudan to do something about the situation and deal with that situation impartially by talking to all sides. on your partnership to the us, the declaration that needs kenya a non—nato ally, you have a relationship with china on a recent trip with the billion—dollar loan discussion. do you think the us the preferred partner for kenya? it is not a question of preference, it is

a question of partnership. it is not a question of people trying to say whether we are facing west or facing east. we are facing forward. we want to work together towards resolution of critical security issues that require global leadership and partnership and collaboration. whether talking about climate change, we did global collaboration. and a global partnership. whether we are talking peace and security issues from ukraine to the horn of africa, central africa, we require global partnership or whether we are talking about the effects of distress in countries. it is the reason why i had a very candid conversation with president biden on america leading

and championing the way for the reform of the international financial architecture so we can have a fairer international discourse that does not profile countries, developing countries or low—income countries unfairly. 0n those economic issues, you have come here fulfilling a pledge to people seeking trade from the us. can you say you got what you came for on this trip? we got a lot. more than we came for. some of the issues, i had meetings at capitol hill with the speaker of the house, bipartisan leadership of the senate. i had a meeting with congressional caucus and we can now confidently say the act

that has given open markets, american markets to african products, duty—free will now be renewed on a bipartisan basis. we also, i had long chats with people in capitol hill and president biden provided leadership on paper that gives an opportunity for close to 20 million people in our continental actors and a very robust partnership between the united states and africa. and many other things we have agreed on. kenya for example is going to be the first country in africa to benefit from the chips act in the united states, we can be part of the ecosystem that produces technology, will work on producing chips for development of technology products.

we signed an agreement that would also unlock huge potential on our technology space. especially around data centres, using an american technology in partnership with the uae and using renewable energy from kenya, a $1 billion investment to unlock the huge potential that exists. i think we have made huge strides and it is notjust kenya that has benefited. it is africa that benefited. on that note, we out of time. thank you so much for speaking with us. thank you very much. and finally to paris where notre dame cathedral's famous cross has been unveiled after a lengthy restoration. the cathedral�*s wooden spire collapsed in the 2019 fire. now the 12—metre tall cross has been reinstalled

on notre dame's roof. that is it for the moment. thank give are watching. —— thank you for watching. stay with us here on bbc news. 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 weather front, 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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saudi arabia and its strategy of using entertainment and media to change what the world thinks of it. millions watched tyson fury�*s fight with 0leksandr usyk in riyadh last week, but critics accused saudi arabia of using big media events to distract from the kingdom's human rights record. we'll talk to one reporter who was ringside in riyadh to understand how he approached covering the story. and we'll take a look at scarlettjohansson�*s dispute with 0penai. the actress accuses the tech company of deliberately copying her voice for its new chatbot. hi. woman's voice: hi. well, we're going to start this week's programme by coming back to a story that actually we covered last week concerning netflix and the controversy around its latest hit, baby reindeer. now, katie, for people who didn't see the programme last week, who perhaps haven't been following all this,

although it's been a high—profile story, what is baby reindeer? why is it getting so much attention? well, baby reindeer first of all is a hit show across the world. many millions, tens of millions, i think up to 65 million people have watched it, probably more by now. and it is the story — purporting to be a true story, because it says at the beginning, "this is a true story" — and it is a story of a man who's played by richard gadd, but he's playing himself. so he's a british actor playing himself, and he is stalked in the programme. and it's a long programme about a terrible campaign of stalking that he underwent and says he underwent in real life. and a lot of the controversy revolves around what happens right at the start of the first episode, where we're told by netflix, by the producer of this programme, "this is a true story." exactly. because it is unusual. you know, we're used to seeing these kind of programmes where it might say, "this is inspired by true events," or, "this is based on a true story." it's very rare to see, "this is a true story." and as a viewer, when you watch this as a true story,

i suppose, what do you think?