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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 thousand palestinians have already fled rafah. the us is still urging israel not to mount a full scale assault on the city and today the un says a full scale offensive cannot take place . 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 a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israel s evacuation orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. from jerusalem, paul adams reports. one by one, the people of rafah are leaving. outlying parts of the city now all but deserted. i wasn t planning on going, hassan says, but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. i have to find out where my wife and daughter are. t ....
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, a top eu official, charles michel, has condemned israel s evacuation orders, saying people are being directed towards unsafe areas. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. another desperate exodus. palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into gaza s southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. what should we do? hanan asks. do we wait until we all die on top of each other? we ve decided it is better to leav ....
been killed after houses in the central area of the gaza strip were hit. israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. from jerusalem, paul adams reports. one by one the people of rafah are leaving. parts of the city now all but deserted. translation: i but deserted. translation: ., translation: i wasn t planning on anoin. but translation: i wasn t planning on going- but since translation: i wasn t planning on going. but since no translation: i wasn t planning on going. but since no one translation: i wasn t planning on going. but since no one is - translation: i wasn t planning on going. but since no one is left - translation: i wasn t planning on going. but since no one is left here | going. but since no one is left here i decided to leave. i have to find out where my wife and daughter are. the un says 300,000 people have left already. that is almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. most are heading for ....
day in the premier league. good day in the premier league. morning. after the war the good morning. after the warmest of the year yesterday, today will be warmer in the east changes in the west with thunderstorms. i will bring you all the details shortly. good morning. it s sunday may 12. did you stay up late? maybe you did! switzerland has won the eurovision song contest in a competition marred by controversy and politics. the singer nemo triumphed with the song the code. the uk s olly alexander came a disappointing eighteenth. there was booing for israel in the arena, while earlier, thousands of pro palestinian protesters marched outside. our arts correspondent david sillito has more. switzerland, winning one of the most extraordinary eurovision song contests of all time. fans had to file into the arena amidst a small melee of police and protesters, the presence of israel in the final has provoked demonstrations and discomfort from some of the competitors. but when is ....
from its ally, sian cnn, senior white house kevin top white house officials are now doubling down on the president s ultimatum. we heard from them continue to hear the white house and administration officials warning against the ground invasion of rafah and they re really channeling president biden s view that us weapons should not be used to support a mission that in their estimation is ill-advised and very, very bloody. those concerns were conveyed earlier today in a phone call between the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, and his counterpart in israel. and i think this phone call is significant. it s the first time that we ve seen a call like this announced between the white house and the government of israel since president biden delivered that ultimatum and cnn that he would not provide certain weapons systems to israel if a ground invasion moves forward, the white house says, in that call sullivan and his counterpart discussed alternatives to a ground ....