Hello, im samantha simmonds. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence 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 is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. Israel launched its war on hamas following their attack in israel on october the 7th. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus, palestinians fleeing in their thousands as israel signals its now set to push further into gazas southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. What should we do . Hanan asks. Do we wait until we all die on top of each other . Weve decided its better to leave. Israel has said its taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and trying to bring hostages home. But with israels capture of one main Border Crossing and another blocked off by fighting, this is the fifth day with no aid getting into southern gaza. There are now severe shortages of food, deepening the humanitarian crisis. So far, israels military is describing its offensive in rafah as limited. But the world is watching to see if this turns into the full scale invasion that the countrys allies have warned against. And as israeli tanks and troops await orders near the gaza border, theres been another strong statement from washington. It says that with some of its strikes on gaza, israel may have used American Supplied Weapons In Breach of international law. Israel has consistently denied any violations. And yet the new report may have an impact on plans back here in rafah, where theres already a growing sense of emergency. Yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. Lets speak to farhal ahmed. He is the Community Fundraising and volunteers manager at the charity muslim aid. Welcome, good to have you on the programme. I understand you have just arrived back in london after being in cairo trying to facilitate and help with the aid going into the rough, tell us about your experiences. Rough, tell us about your exeriences. ,. , experiences. Yes, ust landed in the mornin . Experiences. Yes, ust landed in the morning. We experiences. Yes, ust landed in the morning. We were experiences. Yes, just landed in the morning. We were in experiences. Yes, just landed in the morning. We were in cairo experiences. 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The teams are very i hopeful. We are hoping the blockade finishes as soon as possible. And we are able to get a lot of our aid in as soon as possible. Are able to get a lot of our aid in as soon as possible. Thank you for oininu as soon as possible. Thank you for joining us the final of the Eurovision Song Contest is now under way in sweden. Throughout the day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the city of malmo, protesting against israels participation in the competition. The israeli performer, eden golan, is in tonights final, but was met with booing when she performed her song, hurricane, yesterday. A Norwegianjury Spokesperson has resigned over the war and the Finnish Jury Spokesperson said he has stepped down from the role, as announcing the points does not feel right. Earlier the french contestant stopped singing mon amour during the dress rehearsals to call for peace. Meanwhile, the dutch Artistjoost Klein has been disqualified from the contest after a backstage incident. An allegation of intimidation was made to Swedish Police by a female member of the production crew. Avrotros, the dutch radio and television broadcaster, has now announced it will no longer be announcing the points of the dutch jury at the Eurovision Song Contest. 0ur correspondent Sarah Rainsford has more on the protests in malmo. It was a large march, as you said, around about 10,000 protesters. Thats pretty much the same as we saw, i think, on thursday. They marched right through the heart of malmo, down the main shopping street, waving palestinian flags and chanting the main chants, the fundamental ones, free palestine and also boycott israel. So a lot of passionate feelings, a lot of people who came out because they dont believe israel should be taking part in this years eurovision whilst gaza is being bombed by the Israeli Military, and they wanted their voices to be heard. It was peaceful. There were lots of children in the crowd, people had come and draped flags over pushchairs. There were bicycles, there were people who had come with their pets, with their dogs, lots of pets in the crowd, too. There were also a lot of police. We saw plainclothed policemen keeping an eye on things, we saw Riot Police Hanging Backjust in case, and there were these dialogue police, the Community Police liaison officers, all along the route. But it was an authorised protest and it was a controlled protest. So strong feelings, strong voices, strong opinions being shouted out across malmo today but it all has passed off peacefully. Of course, this is very different to the usual sort of Eurovision Party weekend. The atmosphere is very different here in malmo, and i was actually talking earlier to an israeli fan who has come to malmo for the Eurovision Song Contest despite concerns before this week, essentially, about security here. Now, he said he felt israel did have a right to be represented. He said he was cautious, though, himself. He is not covering his face in blue and white face paint and glitter as he said he would normally do. He called himself a superfan of eurovision and he is, he says, feeling tension here and Feeling Animosity from other eurovision fans. He also was very upset that people inside the arena were turning their back when eden golan goes on stage. He didnt like the fact that people were walking out and protesting. But it was only in the arena that he felt he could wave his israeli flag safely. He did say he felt safe here in malmo because there are so many police, but obviously doesnt like the tension and these protests. But it was a peaceful protest, as i say. Its a big one. To our north america correspondent Now Will Vernon is at a eurovision watching party in new york. I am at a Eurovision Song Contest watch party here in new york city. Eurovision is becoming more popular in america. Ive been speaking to Event Organisers here, bar owners, they tell me that with each passing year, the interest is going up. There are more parties, more events too. Loud cheering. Now, it must be said that Many Americans have never even heard of the Eurovision Song Contest, believe it or not. But one Event Organiser told me that once people do learn about it, once they learn about the camp, the colour, the craziness of it all, Many Americans are then hooked. Now, in terms. Audio drops out. A mixture of the lgbt community, expats here, too. But overall americans are becoming more interested in eurovision, especially since the release of the film with will ferrell about four years ago. That really boosted interest here. Now, believe it or not, the americans actually tried to do their own version of the Eurovision Song Contest two years ago, that was called the american song contest. They had singers from every single us state and territory, plus washington, dc, competing in a singing contest. Unfortunately it was a bit of a flop. It was actually cancelled after just one season. But theres lots of events going on across this country today. The Swedish Embassy in the us, as we know, eurovision is in sweden this year, they are throwing a big party. They are setting up something called an abba lounge. Im not quite sure what that is but i like it and they said they had been overwhelmed with interest, tickets sold out long ago, lots of events here in new york city, too. So more interest in eurovision in the united states. Cheering. There have even been rumours in recent years perhaps america could soon join the contest. So i dont know about you, but i can imagine someone like taylor swift doing rather well on the eurovision stage. Will having quite a good time there at a bar in new york. In georgia, thousand of protesters have taken to the streets to take part in the march for europe, demmonstrating against the governments plan to adopt a controversial law on foreign funding. It comes after nearly three weeks of continual protests, with critics describing it as the russian law, saying the legislation would target Civil Society and ultimately silence critical voices. The third and final reading of the bill will happen next monday. Earlier our South Caucasus and central asia Correspondent Rayhan Demytri in tblisi sent us this update. This is the Meeting Point of these protests that are taking place, and people will be marching to tbilisis europe square. This protest is taking place after a few days of a Major Campaign of intimidation against opponents of this controversial law, which people are protesting against. Georgia has been swept with protest against the proposed bill on foreign funding for nearly three weeks now. The reason why people oppose this law is because it targets Civil Society organisations and people are really worried it will shrink the democratic space in georgia, but most importantly that it will close this window of opportunity, which this country has right now, tojoin the European Union. Georgia was granted eu candidate status last year, and most of its western partners, most eu institutions, have urged the georgian government not to adopt this law. But the georgian government says that it is its sovereign decision, that it wants to ensure transparency of non Governmental Organisations, and it is set to adopt this controversial law on monday. Russia says its captured five settlements in the northeastern ukrainian region of kharkiv, since it sent troops over the border there on friday. Ukraine disputes the claim. The local governor acknowledged heavy fighting was continuing, but described the situation as � under control�. More than 1700 people have been evacuated. The us based think tank, the institute for the study of war, reported that russia had likely taken several villages. These are pictures of volunteers helping people in settlements around kharkiv evacuate. Russia also claimed to have captured a village further south in the donetsk region. In the russian occupied city of donetsk, the Authorities Say three civilians were killed and others injured in Ukrainian Missile strikes, one of which hit a restaurant. 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, try 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 zelensky admits, is what is going to happen next, we are containing it for now but is this russia building for something more . Now its time for a look at todays sport with hugh. Hello. The English Premier League has new leaders, but now also two teams relegated, after burnley� s fate was decided on yesteday. Was decided on saturday. Theyre very likely to bejoined by luton, but Nottingham Forest couldnt confirm their survival with a game to spare. All three lost their games, but burnley� s 2 1 defeat at spurs was terminal. Burnley actually took the lead at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium as they searched for the win that would keep them alive, but Micky Van Der Ven Scored Spurs winner late on to send burnley to the championship after one season bac