seen it like this, it almost overhead at the moment. extraordinary. thank you very much indeed for that. we hope we can all witness it over the course of this weekend. thank you very much indeed, ellie macdonald, joining us from northumberland. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. in the telegraph, voters not in love with keir starmer. the former labour leader neil kinnock being quoted by the daily telegraph. in the times, testing time for private schools as belts tighten. they are talking about admissions falling after fears of labour planning to put vat on private school fees. in the guardian, israel isolated as the un backed palestine membership bid. also a story there about eurovision. we have time for one more. i

weekend, the treasury is working on a 2p tory tax giveaway in september. they think they have wind of an attempt perhaps to change the political weather from the conservative party. that's all from us. victoria will be back on monday. from me, goodnight, it's been a pleasure. very significant in its own right.

in the series of caveats, the gi is this that the report finds that it is reasonable to assess the weapons supplied by the americans have been used by israeli security forces since october the 7th in instances inconsistent with international humanitarian law and what that is the american administration for the first time, saying that it thinks that they are very serious questions being raised and in some cases about the way it is used in munitions supplied by the americans. with the security memorandum is known as, ordered back in february and the administration it wants to withdraw weapons if he believes they're being used in breach of the rules but this makes very clear that this is not going to happen on the basis of a be found here and that is because israelis have given a series of

assurances that there will be remediation. and there's investigations for soldiers acted in way that is wrong and therefore there is accountability and process. the report is they have taken israelis at their word on that and they will not withhold weapons to israel further than what has been announced already this week. {sheen announced already this week. given that, what do _ announced already this week. given that, what do you _ announced already this week. given that, what do you think— announced already this week. given that, what do you think this - announced already this week. given that, what do you think this report has? ~ ~ , ., has? well, i think it is a reflection _ has? well, i think it is a reflection of _ has? well, i think it is a reflection of the - has? well, i think it is a reflection of the way - has? well, i think it is a - reflection of the way president biden has been trying to walk an absolute tight rope on this politically because, when you've had human rights groups saying what on earth is going on, look at what is happening on the ground in gaza and we are supplying these weapons, on the other hand, squeezed by the plots of this party, divided party on this issue and a lot of tried to say that president biden, a lot of these imbibed we have seen this come

down into different places at the same time. but i do believe that ultimately increased pressure on the administrations of the moment, the crossing of the son of god is closed again and there has been any getting into the south effectively for five days because of the israeli operation, the limited operation and rafah and the longer that goes on, the harder it next for these kinds of reports harder to sustain and in essence, i think the pressure on president biden. i've also been speaking with david satterfield, a us diplomat and former special envoy for middle east humanitarian issues. he also contributed to that report. i want to ask you about what this report says that it is reasonable to assess that you supplied weapons that have been used by the israeli military in instances inconsistent with its national humanitarian law obligations but it also says the us

government doesn't have complete information here to verify this assessment. we discern from a correspondent that this might be seen as a softening of a conclusion to what this report actually means. what you think of that?— to what this report actually means. what you think of that? there is no softenina. what you think of that? there is no softening. this _ what you think of that? there is no softening. this report _ what you think of that? there is no softening. this report is _ softening. this report is comprehensive, it is as was noted by a correspondent the first of its kind and we will keep on review of consideration of israeli actions and as time goes by, the report frankly notes those areas where there were difficulties, problems, obstructions and the deliveries of assistance in? se been raised with respect to international humanitarian law but the report also notes as it has two, the report also notes as it has two, the context in which this review took place and what information is available and what information is alleged and cannot be confirmed in the overall context of the conflict with the terrorist group deeply

embedded under and around civilian and humanitarian infrastructure, this is a conflict quite unlike any that the world has seen and we tried to take account of all of those factors in coming up with a very frank but also credible judgment. after follow—up with a few questions here, you see it as a conference of report but how is that the case if the us doesn't have complete information to verify its findings? it is comprehensive and noting where we have information, where we believe our credible allegations have been made, even if they cannot be confirmed and we do not admit them, it was included in the report and that is the competence of character and we cannot make up facts of confirmation with assertion on where it exists but we are obliged to noted and we have. let's get more perspective now. we can speak to congressman tim

burchett, a republican representative from tennessee, and member of the house foreign affairs committee. the report says it is "reasonable" to assess that us weapons have been used by israeli forces since oct seven in "instances inconsistent" with its international humanitarian law obligations. but doesn't have enough information to verify its assessment. reaction to that? they are weapons after realising the israelis were attacked first and they're going after terrorists than it is a horrible, horrible thing when civilians are heard by the self to realise that hamas is putting the civilians that place and in the place of terror and destruction and thatis place of terror and destruction and that is where we're at. and it is six of one half a dozen and the other, i don't think it is going to put anybody in a good light or anybody so far in a bad light, i just think it's pretty much is what

it is and i think we should let the israelis continue to do what they're doing. we allocated several billion dollars for them and we sent several billion dollars into gaza for aid and what happened in the first shipment, the un, it was hijacked. hijacked by hamas or one of the other groups. and it is a mess. what other groups. and it is a mess. what obli . ation other groups. and it is a mess. what obligation does _ other groups. and it is a mess. what obligation does israel— other groups. and it is a mess. what obligation does israel have to protect civilians because we have spoken to what obligation does israel have to protect civilians because we have multiple human righs organizations have already said israel is not compliant. an independent task force underlined that message. 88 democratic lawmakers wrote to the presidnet last week saying there is sufficient evidence that israel's restrictions on aid and violate us law. out remind my democratic colleagues that they voted for that aid, i did not vote for that aid and they did and the reason why they voted for that aid was because they have money

that was supposed to going to gaza for aid and it didn't get there. this is a political deal, ioo%, we are in an election year you have a president who behind president trump in most every national poll and he is trying to split the baby, so to speak. 50 is trying to split the baby, so to seak. “ is trying to split the baby, so to seak. ,, ~ , is trying to split the baby, so to seak. ~ , ,., speak. so you think this report is a olitical speak. so you think this report is a political deal _ speak. so you think this report is a political deal trying _ speak. so you think this report is a political deal trying to _ speak. so you think this report is a political deal trying to come - speak. so you think this report is a political deal trying to come downl political deal trying to come down on both sides of the issue? yes. political deal trying to come down on both sides of the issue?- on both sides of the issue? yes, i do and it allows _ on both sides of the issue? yes, i do and it allows the _ on both sides of the issue? yes, i do and it allows the president - on both sides of the issue? yes, i l do and it allows the president some cover and you can see, and slapping your hand but on the other side, he saying you go ahead and do it and so, i do. saying you go ahead and do it and so, ido. i saying you go ahead and do it and so, i do. i believe it's saying you go ahead and do it and so, i do. i believe its six of one and half a dozen in the other and it goes right down the middle and it allows the president to save face and that is what it does. it doesn't allow a lot — and that is what it does. it doesn't allow a lot of cover _ and that is what it does. it doesn't allow a lot of cover in _ and that is what it does. it doesn't allow a lot of cover in the - and that is what it does. it doesn't i allow a lot of cover in the meantime on the ground for the people were in gaza who spoke to unicef earlier and it said there is

children in rafah already suffering from trauma and disease. they described severe malnutrition in the north, where the wfp described the situation as full—blown famine. what is israel's obligation? difference is you to remember that this is one of the largest destructions ofjewish people since the holocaust and i believe there obligation is to take care of hamas and eliminate them from the face of the earth and so, i think that is what they're going to do and unfortunately, you're seeing hamas is keeping civilians in those areas than they do this every time. the united nations, lack they any confidence from me and a lot of my colleagues just because they are clearly on the side of hamas and they have been and they have members who have been associated with them and i am one of those things we need to cut our eight off to the united

nations and organisations like them, want to put a down there, we have to do it by ourselves instead of relying on them.— do it by ourselves instead of rel in: on them. ., ., ,, .,~ relying on them. you are speaking about the organisation _ relying on them. you are speaking about the organisation that - relying on them. you are speaking about the organisation that helps l about the organisation that helps palestinian refugees and not about the un as a whole, there been accusations against them that are not yet been substantiated with critical evidence from israel but we want to state on record that is when you're talking about here. one last question, what do you want to see the biden administration do here? i think we need to step out of the way and let israel do their business, they've been attacked and the president is just yielding once again to the far left portion of the democratic party which unfortunately is becoming the majority, pretty much. israel was attacked brutally, women were raped, children were murdered, i saw the video that hamas put out and was bragging about it

and we need to let them do their business and i don't want american troops on the ground because we had americans killed in afghanistan because of our rules of engagement. always get that view and thank so much forjoining us tonight. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at another story making the headlines. the uk confirmed on friday that the economy is no longer in recession. the economy grew by 0.6% between january and march, the fastest rate for two years, according to official figures. with stronger consumer spending in shops, hotels and restaurants — the service sector perked up, and while a rebound in trade kept manufacturers busy, the heavy rain did dampen construction activity. prime minister rishi sunak spoke to our economics editor, faisal islam. is going to take time for people to really feel better but i'm confident that today's figures show that we have momentum, the economy has real momentum and is hard to argue with that when figures showed that we have the highest growth rate in the

g7 and that is positive and there's more work to do in wages are rising and people focus on gdp but actually with people at home will be watching is what does this mean for me and are my wages rising? both labour and the lib dems said there was little to celebrate. labour's rachel reeves said working people are still worse off after ia years of economic chaos. you're live with bbc news. now, at the united nations in new york, the general assembly voted in favour of a palestinian bid to become a full un member. in a largely symbolic move, more than 140 countries voted in support, with 9 voting against including the us and israel. in a heated debate, the israeli ambassador, gilad erdan, called the vote a "travesty" — producing a mini—shredder into which he fed a pocket sized un charter. the palestinian representative can now fully take part in debates and propose agenda items, though it still won't have

voting rights — something only the un security council has the power to confer. following the council's vote, palestinian president mahmoud abbas said the territory �*will continue its endeavour to obtain full membership'. our north america correspondentjohn sudworth recaps the day's events. we had to say that the assembly does not have the power to confer full membership on a new state and so, in a way, this result passed overwhelmingly today is largely symbolic but it does do a couple of things and first of all, it reiterates the call for a full membership and ask the security council to reconsider but it also grants some enhanced rights and privileges to palestine and what is called nonmember observer status in all of that, although limited was enough to provoke that furious reaction from israel. as ambassador

takes to say that this vote was a reward for terror and he accused many of those voting in support of this resolution as being jewish hating, and his words and this was a back door way of circumventing normal un procedures to have attributes of statehood to palestine in contravention of the charter which is what we saw in that act of protest as they used that many pocket—size version of the un charter through the blades at the end of his speech. meanwhile on the ground, the main aid agency in gaza, unrwa, says it only has three days worth of food supply left in its stockpiles. which means that by sunday, the food is expected to run out. when speaking to bbc�*s us partner — cbs news — scott anderson, senior unrwa official, also confirmed that is7—thousand litres of fuel was permitted in the region today

which he says will buy the agency a few days. live from new york is avril benoit, united states executive director of doctors without borders, medics say more than a million people sheltering in the southern gaza city are at risk of being deprived of healthcare with an israeli operation there. how many medical facilities/hospitals are functional in rafah right now? thank you for the question. the world health organization has been tracking the attacks on hospitals as they have occurred one by one since october and we are now at a point where many of the hospitals even functioning in rafah with a huge hospital population i was told to go there because that is the safest

part of gaza for people with evacuate. those hospitals are discharging patients as quickly as they can and carefully discharging member earlier than they should be and patients are going to be left behind if there is a sudden military incursion and that is something that we have seen over and over again and we have seen over and over again and we have seen over and over again and we have had so many attacks on medicalfacilities we have had so many attacks on medical facilities now that i'm not even sure you could call it functional. it is been completely debilitated by all of these attacks by the israeli military operations are not only hospitals but clinics and ambulances.— and ambulances. israel has repeatedly _ and ambulances. israel has repeatedly said _ and ambulances. israel has repeatedly said it _ and ambulances. israel has repeatedly said it is - and ambulances. israel has repeatedly said it is not - repeatedly said it is not deliberately attack medical facilities and that hamas is using these facilities and also targeting civilians themselves by embedding themselves there. and at this point, to ask you about the fact that this is all coming is aid shipments have slowed down dramatically at the

rafah crossing has been closed and what impact is that having tare rafah crossing has been closed and what impact is that having— what impact is that having we have seen time and _ what impact is that having we have seen time and time _ what impact is that having we have seen time and time again - what impact is that having we have seen time and time again and - what impact is that having we have seen time and time again and this| seen time and time again and this has been taken up as the main point of the international court of justice that israel on two separate occasions has been told to stop impeding aid and they must ensure that aid to be allowed to cross and to your allegations that they continue to make, it has not been our experience, it is not in our experience that hospitals that we are working in are anything but hospitals treating hundreds and hundreds of patients bursting with patients who need much more elevated medical care than we are able to provide under the circumstances with respect to rafah, the closing of this border crossing is catastrophic you've heard earlier about the shortage of fuel and this is having an effect on hospitals where having to reduce the number of movements and medical teams are making

ambulances cannot go or they need to 90, ambulances cannot go or they need to go, we cannot bring supplies to the same scale to the different facilities where we need to do that. everyone that relies on fuel, which should be provided by the israeli authorities, if not electricity, is not having to reduce so much of its activities in the lines that even water trucking is not happening right now and so, the few drops of clean drinking water that people have had access to is not getting through because the truckers do not have the fuel to transport it and again, this is the reason why we are denouncing the blockage of humanitarian aid in calling for a cease—fire which is the only way, not only to stop the suffering but enabling the aide to get through and be delivered to the people who need it to what extent are your organization's workers treating medical emergencies that stem from humanitarian needs? people are sick and wounded from

attacks and indiscriminate shelling there has been a blatant disregard for civilian lives and injuries caused by that processing women needing to deliver babies safely and we need to address the fact that because the water has been so brackish and not clean, not sustainable, we have people with diarrhoea coming in and children were malnourished that are coming into our care we have people with catastrophic mental health injuries that have seen and been through so much that this is going to take a very long time for these people to recover we're certainly worried that people are trapped in the further health care and advanced surgical care, cancer care at all these things unless we can manage to either stop the attacks that have a proper cease—fire that is sustained in real, we also need to be able to

protect the hospitals that are still functioning because one of the questions we keep getting is, just evacuate the hospitals where you're working in and and field hospitals and that is a total failure to protect the hospitals that exist and it should be unacceptable to those and the united states was an obligation to do more to assess if the conduct of this war is consistent with international humanitarian law in the us laws themselves.— humanitarian law in the us laws themselves. ., ~ . ., themselves. thank you so much for “oinint us themselves. thank you so much for joining us again _ themselves. thank you so much for joining us again tonight _ themselves. thank you so much for joining us again tonight on - themselves. thank you so much for joining us again tonight on bbc- joining us again tonight on bbc news. russian forces have launched a surprise new ground offensive in ukraine — crossing the border into the northeastern kharkiv region. for months fighting has been focussed in the east — where russia occupies large areas. friday's attack may be an attempt to open a new front — and intensify pressure on kharkiv, which is the country's second largest city. it comes as president biden authorised more us military aid for ukraine. small groups of russian troops with armoured vehicles pushed through the frontline — military sources say they advanced a kilometre,

before being pushed back — amid reports of sustained russian shelling. here's president zelensky. russia started a new wave of offensive actions in the region. ukrainian forces met them there with brigades and artillery fire. it is important to understand that they can increase and bring more forces into this direction. it is a fact. our defence correspondentjonathan beale sent this report from kharkiv in north—eastern ukraine. there is no doubt that these are dangerous and difficult times for ukraine. remember, since the start of this year, russia has taken about 300 square miles of ukrainian territory. the focus on this efforts have been in the eastwards been making slow but significant progress but at the same time, russia has been mashing forces, tens of thousands of troops just across the

board from here in about 20 miles from the city of kharkiv where i'm speaking to you now from an early as this morning, some of those troops crossed the border followed by but we are told by ukraine, massive air and artillery strikes and that they now have a foothold in the kharkiv region. president zelensky says they have repelled those initial attacks but there are concerns that there will be another wave in the coming days. no doubt president putin believes he has a window of opportunity here, notjust because ukraine is outgunned and outmanned, but because of that delay in us military support, a delay of six months and that aid is only slowly coming to the front lines and these are going to be difficult, dangerous months for ukraine and also they are being stretched right across this 800 mile front. the biden administration announced

a new immigration rule this week that would allow officials to deport some migrants earlier in the asylum process. once the guidance passes public comment, immigration officers could deem migrants with criminal records — or who would otherwise not fit asylum criteria — ineligible earlier in the screening process. republican mark green who chairs the house homeland security committee called the rule a �*unserious, politically motivated attempt to address a significant problem the biden administration itself created.�* some in mr biden's own party are calling for tougher action as well. in a letter this week, a group of house democrats called on the president to take executive action on immigration and border policy. immigration is set to be one of the most contentious issues in the run—up to the 20—21; election. let's turn to some important news around the world. taliban officials in afghanistan say at least fifty people have died in flash floods in the northern province of baghlan. more than a hundred have been injured by the heavy rains, and at least five districts had been hit — according to a taliban spokesman. experts say a relatively dry winter has made it more difficult for the soil to absorb the rain.

brazil announced the release of ten billion dollars to help rescue efforts and reconstruction in the state of rio grande do sul. at least 113 people have died, more than 100 are still missing, and more than 330 thousand have been displaced. forecasts project that the state should see rains on friday that persist through the weekend. hundreds of climate protesters clashed with police in germany after attempting to storm the tesla factory near berlin. several people including at least three police officers were injured. police made several arrests as demonstrators blocked a nearby motorway and interrupted the railway service — claming tesla's plans to double the size of its factory would damage the environment. climate campaigners have camped out in woods near the factory since february. stay with us here on bbc news

hello there. settled and warm again on friday, with plenty of late spring sunshine around and temperatures rising across the four nations into the low 20s in celsius. the warmth is set to last as we head through the weekend. temperatures will remain above the seasonal average, warmest towards the east. and it's still dry for the vast majority of us on saturday, a scattering of showers, with the real breakdown happening on sunday — heavy, thundery showers out towards the western half of the uk. further east, should stay largely dry. and here is the area of high pressure that's keeping these dry, settled conditions for the time being. it will eventually push further eastwards into scandinavia, but we've got a bit of an easterly breeze, and that's been dragging some mist and low cloud in from the north sea. but that will lift and clear

across the south—east of england and east anglia through saturday morning. still maybe a hang—back of cloud towards parts of the yorkshire lincolnshire coast, though. lots of sunshine to start the day and we'll keep the sunny skies for most through the afternoon. but a scattering of showers across scotland pushing northwards, perhaps some heavy and thundery, but they'll be fairly isolated. it's still very warm — 2a degrees celsius in glasgow. chance of a shower, too, across northern areas of northern ireland and north wales. a little cooler towards these north sea—facing coasts, with some of the cloud possibly lapping onshore again at times. 25 or 26 degrees celsius in london and south—east england. so the high pressure starts to push further eastwards as we head through sunday. that allows for these low pressure systems to roll in from the west. and this weather front will bring a thickening cloud across the south—west of england, western wales on sunday morning. some showers across the western isles and western scotland, pushing into northern ireland, and the chance of some thunderstorms developing

all across the western half of the uk. but it should stay drier further east. again, there will be a lot of sunshine here, and once again, we could see temperatures in the low to the mid—20s in celsius. but cooler out towards the west, of course, underneath the cloud and with the eventual rain. and here comes that low pressure system swinging in as we head through monday. it's going to give us quite widespread rain on monday, especially through the afternoon, so expect it to turn a lot more showery as we head through it next week. and there'll be a drop in temperature, too, so unsettled and cooler as we head through next week. bye—bye for now.

how to report on the thorny issue of migration. welcome to newswatch with me, rajini vaidyanathan, standing in for samira this week. coming up, does bbc news provide a wide enough range of views and context about those seeking to move to the uk? and was the line—up on sunday's laura kuenssberg show a fair reflection of the local election results? over the past few years, the subject of migration has never been far from the top of the agenda, politically, socially and journalistically. but it presents challenges for news organisations because of the complexity

of the issues involved,