hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to bbc news now. israel's is military telling people to leave parts of rafah. this video from the israeli defence forces shows rafah in south of gaza, telling 100,000 to move to what they call a "humanitarian zone" in the al—mawasi and khan younis areas. these are the latest pictures that have come into us from rafah — where you can see a leaflet that the idf have been handing over to residents. some have already started leaving rafah. in the last half hour the israeli

government has given an update on the situation in gaza, saying that enough food aid is being delivered each day to feed all civilians there. spokesperson david mencer also had this to say about the warnings given to people in rafah. we have made gazans aware through flyers dropped, sms messages, phone calls and media broadcasts in arabic. the text of the flyers is available from the idf website. they call on residents of certain specified neighbourhoods to relocate to specified humanitarian safe zones, because the idf will be operating against the terrorist organisations in these areas. for their safety, the idf urges them to evacuate immediately to the expanded humanitarian area in the al—mawasi area. warnings have also been issued that gaza city is still a dangerous active combat zone, and to avoid returning north of wadi gaza. warnings have also been made to stay

away from the eastern and southern security fences. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell reports from jerusalem. wasting no time after israeli flyers were dropped ordering evacuations. many have already fled from the advance of israeli forces many times. people in eastern rafah could soon be seen packing up in the rain. now the israeli military says it is planning a limited operation in gaza's southernmost city. "i took my clothes and left. i didn't take anything else," this woman says. tens of thousands of gazans are being told to head to two tent cities, one here in al mawasi. it's already crowded with displaced people. for now, the israeli army is stressing that this is not the full ground offensive in rafah that western powers and the un have been warning against for months because of the risk of high numbers of civillian casualties. still, a hamas official has said

this is a dangerous escalation. as israelis mark their holocaust memorial day, the prime minister continues to promise a victory over hamas, reiterating that he will do what is needed for national security. today we again confront enemies bent on our destruction. i say to the leaders of the world — no amount of pressure, no decision by any international forum will stop israel from defending itself. hopes dimmed of a new ceasefire and hostage release deal yesterday, as hamas rockets killed israeli soldiers near the kerem shalom crossing — it's now been closed for aid. israel's military says it has attacked what it said was the missile launch site in rafah. and palestinians said that civilians were among those in subsequent israeli air strikes, including a baby. today, as israeli leaflets

arrive overhead in eastern rafah, so do warplanes, sending their own powerful message for people to leave. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. hamas has warned that any military offensive in rafah willjeopardise the ceasefire negotiations. while the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, has criticised the evacuation order, saying it's a sign of more war and famine to come. the office of the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, is urging the united states to prevent a massacre. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who's injerusalem. what we've seen through the morning is fliers being dropped. people in rafah, in the eastern part, have been sent text messages, recorded phone messages. basically the israeli army reaching out in many different ways, telling people that they should leave this area for their own safety. when the israeli army has been

talking to journalists, we've been told that this is an operation that is fairly limited in scope, that it affects something like 100,000 people, although locals in that area have said, looking at the maps that have been put out, that the number of people who are affected could be twice that. the israeli military is telling people to move to these tent cities, basically on the coast, in the centre of gaza and in southern gaza, in khan yunis. but people have told us that these are areas that are already crowded with displaced people. and what we've actually seen is a lot of those who are moving from the eastern parts of rafah at the moment, initially heading just into the west. and we have seen in the past few hours smoke rising up in the eastern parts of rafah, suggesting there have been further israeli air strikes in that area. justin crump is a british army veteran and chief executive of the intelligence company, sibylline. here is his assessment.

i think the attack into rafah to some extent has always been coming. israel have actually always said that they would they would have to go into rafah at some point. it's obviously been a bone of contention for all the reasons we just heard. three quarters of the population of the gaza strip forced down into that area, in awful conditions. and of course, it's therefore become very controversial for israel to launch this operation, certainly without taking into account the needs of those people. and what we're sort of seeing now is some attempt to take care of those needs with expanded humanitarian areas. but you've heard the scepticism of people about those, and if they're actually any safer for them. and of course, i think the scope of this operation, though very much likely to be smaller than the operations we saw when israel first went into gaza, are much more targeted. so that's the change we're seeing here at the moment. so, talk to us about what kind of logistics and operations go in here.

you're saying this, it's a smaller operation. how are the areas that are to be evacuated, assessed, how is that logistically done and what kind of assessments are there about the risks here? i mean, it's tremendously complicated as a military operation. this is about as hard as it gets, if you're going to take account of the needs of the civilian population again in that area of rafah, around 1.5 million people who require sustenance, who require protection from military operations. and in amongst that, the israelis assess four battalions remaining of hamas in a relatively organised fashion. of course, many other fighters. so, from the israeli point of view, from a military planning point of view, you've got to work out how to get into that very complicated civilian environment, look for a very limited number of armed people, infrastructure, tunnel systems on which you may or may not have accurate intelligence. of course, israel also looking to release any hostages it can find,

hoping that the pressure on hamas in this operation will maybe get some of those hostages moved, give them a chance to capture hostages back. and behind all of that, protect their own forces in a very complicated urban environment. but again, multiple layers that have to be taken into account to achieve anything. relations between china and the eu have been a little strained recently, with brussels uneasy about what it sees as tacit support by beijing for russia's war in ukraine. so there's extra scrutiny on president xi jinping's first visit to europe for five years. the first big event for the cameras — meeting france's president macron at the elysee palace in paris. they were laterjoined at the table by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. as for what mr xi wants to discuss, there was a bit of a hint in an article published in a french newspaper, le figaro.

0n the war in ukraine, he wrote, "china understands the repercussions of the crisis on the people of europe. china did not start the ukraine crisis, — nor is it a party to — or a participant in it. nonetheless, china has been playing a constructive role in striving for peaceful settlement of the crisis." these are the live pictures right now is that visit continues. this is president xijinping and president emmanuel macron.

studio: no band playing their means we can't quite see out the discussions happening between the two men. we do know what they are talking about officially, of course, we just mentioned the war in ukraine there, and tacit support for a rush or otherwise, as well as trade, hugely important for the eu and china. let's bring on our correspond that, hugh schofield, who is live for us. we will stay with the pictures of the two men standing side by side. more of the official reception going on here. talk to us about the significance of this.

it is obviously significant when the leader of so powerful a country as china comes to see the leaders of the european bloc, president macron in this case, who would like to see himself as the leader of the european block, certainly the most outspoken one. it is a time of instability in world affairs, when the geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting. you have a far more assertive china that very much feels the world is moving in its direction. europe, by contrast, is on the decline. you have a leader in president macron who wants to arrest that, who is taking on a far more assertive european posture, saying that europe is looking after itself, stop being naive, stop being the land is in thejungle, but actually take decisions which shows that it has a sense of his own importance

and needs its own interests respected. so, that is the background. the view of president macron is that even at these times, it is important to talk with your competitors, and that's what he wants to do now. by all accounts, the subject of this morning's talks was pretty heavy, pretty but want to come up with president macron and ursula von der leyen saying we want fair trade on the trade front. as we have reported, europe is in a position where the chinese are undercutting world trade rules and undercutting world trade rules and undercutting the european market by pushing out onto the world market electric cars which have been heavily subsidised. and other goods, such as solar panels and so on. this is the european view. they want

steps to address that, to rebalance and make international trade more fair. i don't expect for a minute that president xi will have conceded any grant on any of this, but he no doubt will have listened politely. 0n the ukraine issue, the other issue that would have been brought up, with the europeans pushing president xi to use his leveraged on putin in that conflict. what president xi said was,", look, it is not my fight. we do not export arms to russia. the so—called dual use technologies we send to russia are carefully checked." he has acknowledged the europeans have a concern here, but he cink don't look at us, we are very careful and studious in the ways that we support russia. whether or not that's taken at face value by the europeans, we just don't know.— just don't know. with us, hugh schofield, _

just don't know. with us, hugh schofield, will— just don't know. with us, hugh schofield, willjust _ just don't know. with us, hugh schofield, willjust take - just don't know. with us, hugh schofield, willjust take a - just don't know. with us, hughj schofield, willjust take a quick listen in on the anthem. studio: it is also a good tune, always good to impress guests with, i imagine. hugh schofield, just talk us through what is coming up next for this visit. the us through what is coming up next for this visit.— for this visit. the next stop is back here. — for this visit. the next stop is back here, where _ for this visit. the next stop is back here, where there - for this visit. the next stop is back here, where there will. for this visit. the next stop is| back here, where there will be for this visit. the next stop is - back here, where there will be more talks between the two presidents. this event is not going to last very long. then at this evening there is a state banquet here, you can see the red carpet has been ruled out. tomorrow there is this interesting second leg of the visit, where the ground to the pyrenees. president

macron�*s childhood was partly spent out in the pyrenees, next to a much loved maternal grandmother, who said it was a massive influence on his life. ithink it was a massive influence on his life. i think he wants to take president xi and his wife down now to take them on a personal moment on this visit and, i guess, hoping to have more of an influence on him in so doing so, and do something which he has not been able to persuade him on in more formal surroundings stop the can leader then flies of the two countries which i think are significant in that they represent a very different european approach to all of these issues — hungary and serbia. these countries are much more closely aligned to a russian and chinese interests, which as a result have benefited enormously, subtly hungary, from chinese investments in recent years. we will

be chattin: investments in recent years. we will be chatting with _ investments in recent years. we will be chatting with you _ investments in recent years. we will be chatting with you again, - investments in recent years. we will be chatting with you again, no - be chatting with you again, no doubt, as the events of the afternoon pan out. hugh schofield there, live in paris. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. we are going to head straight to new york now and get the latest on the donald trump trial. live now to new york and our correspondent, nada tawfik. just talk us through what we are expecting today. just talk us through what we are expecting today-— just talk us through what we are expecting today. donald trump is fresh off of _ expecting today. donald trump is fresh off of a _ expecting today. donald trump is fresh off of a weekend _ expecting today. donald trump is fresh off of a weekend where - expecting today. donald trump is fresh off of a weekend where he i fresh off of a weekend where he spent in palm beach, florida with republican donors. they are his biggest downers, along with potential vp candidates. now he is

backin potential vp candidates. now he is back in court here in new york, just again underscoring the unprecedented and quite frankly bizarre nature of this trial, and the defendant is donald trump, running for office for the white house again. he will be arriving here at the court at any moment. he will likely speak to the press on his way and, as he is known to do. today we are waiting to see if thejudge will to do. today we are waiting to see if the judge will rule once again if donald trump violated a gag order and hold him, once again, in contempt of court and fined him. then we are waiting to see who the prosecution plans to call as the next witness. remember, they have not been giving the court much of an advance notice because they have been concerned donald trump could tweet about that potential witness before he takes the stand. we tweet about that potential witness before he takes the stand.- before he takes the stand. we will before he takes the stand. we will be back with _ before he takes the stand. we will be back with that _ before he takes the stand. we will be back with that in _ before he takes the stand. we will be back with that in new - before he takes the stand. we will be back with that in new york - before he takes the stand. we will be back with that in new york as l be back with that in new york as things get under way a little later.

let's turn to scotland now — and the former deputy first minister, john swinney, has become the new leader of the scottish national party. mr swinney was the only candidate in the race, started after humza yousaf announced he would stand down as leader. the snp has posted this on x. we're expecting to hear from mr swinney later. let's go straight back to new york. there is donald trump heading into court. he usually has something to say to the cameras. let's listen in. as you know they have taken at my constitutional rights, so i am not allowed to answer that question. this has never happened in this country before. it is a ridiculous case, i have done nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong. take a look at andrew mccarthy. they say

there is no case here. and yet the judge has gagged me and i'm not allowed to talk about, i guess, his total conflict. the judge allowed to talk about, i guess, his total conflict. thejudge is totally conflicted, and you want to take a look at it. and i'm not supposed to be talking about it. but i am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict like nobody has ever had before. he has taken away my constitutional right to speak. i was in miami this weekend and reporters were asking me at the same questions you are asking me, and i have to say that i have a gag order and can't speak about it. never happened before. numbertwo, it is speak about it. never happened before. number two, it is a fake trial. they have no case. it has absolutely been proven they have no case whatsoever. this is a biden trial, he is a crooked president. it

just came out that colombia cancelled their commensurate. that shouldn't happen. it also came out that the protesters, many of the protesters are gagged by biden. are you listening, israel? they are back by biden down there is. that's where the money is coming from. —— they are backed by biden downers. studio: donald trump talking about issues en route than the trial. we will be getting updates later as the trial begins to see what the evidence is presented in court. three tourists, found dead in mexico, were shot in the head and their bodies dumped in a well. authorities say two australian brothers and their american friend

disappeared on april 27 while on a surfing trip in ensenada, in the north of the country. officials believe the men were attacked trying to stop the theft of their pickup truck. two men and a woman have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the attack. meanwhile surfers took part in a "paddle—out" off the coast of the mexican town of ensenada to pay tribute to the murdered men. in brazil, rescue efforts are continuing in southern brazil where floods and landslides have killed at least 78 people. more than a 100,000 people have been forced from their homes. among the worst hit areas is the state capital, porto alegre, where residents took shelter on rooftops and whole neighbourhoods have been submerged by the floodwaters. scenes of devastation there. we will be back in brazil a little later.

the british racing driver lando norris has claimed the first victory of his formula 1 career and lay miami grand prix yesterday. the win has had a huge response around the world. it has had a huge response around the world. ., ., ~' has had a huge response around the world. ., ., ~ " :: has had a huge response around the world. " :: , , has had a huge response around the world. , , ., ., world. it took110 races, but lando norris has — world. it took110 races, but lando norris has finally _ world. it took110 races, but lando norris has finally won _ world. it took110 races, but lando norris has finally won a _ world. it took110 races, but lando norris has finally won a grand - norris has finally won a grand prix. there was a bit of luck with a safety car incident in miami yesterday, but then he up his red bull's max verstappen. his win has been getting reaction from across the world. take a look at these comments from instagram. it is clear he has become an enormously popular figure and his profile has risen dramatically since beginning in the mclaren paddock with two in 2019. having his social media channel and a big online presence means he has been able to engage younger fans. let's not forget about the impact of drive to survive. viewers have been able to get to know from the one drivers behind the helmet. his us

fan base has also grown. former president donald trump congratulating lando norris after the race yesterday. but yesterday's win was used in the making. after consistently securing podium finishes last season during a season of red bull dominance, it was only a case of when the mclaren driver from somerset would win his first ever race. , , ., ~ , somerset would win his first ever race. , ., ~ , , ., ., race. just to keep you up-to-date with the two _ race. just to keep you up-to-date with the two big _ race. just to keep you up-to-date with the two big international- with the two big international stories taking place right now. firstly let's head to rafah, we will get an update from there after the idf have asked hundreds of thousands of people to leave an area of rafah. we are just hearing from a news agency that president biden will speak to israel's primary sir benjamin at hangzhou on monday. the other big global story we're covering right now is in paris, where we have president xi being hosted by emmanuel macron right now.

there has been of pomp and ceremony there, its inspections of trips, we have had no national anthems playing. big discussions, like the war in ukraine, also. we will have coverage of both those international stories in the hours ahead. stay with us. i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. it has turned into a mixed bank holiday weekend, to say the least. we have seen some sunshine, temperatures up into the low 20s, we have also seen some heavy downpours and localised flooding. more of both of those throughout the day, spells of those throughout the day, spells of sunshine but some hefty downpours, all driven by the swirl of low pressure. also a lot of cloud in the north of the uk. a swathe of sunshine in between, but that sunshine in between, but that sunshine filling in with some scattered showers and thunderstorms. by

scattered showers and thunderstorms. by the end of the afternoon, parts of south—east england and east anglia still see outbreaks of rain, perhaps with some flashes of lightning. for south—west england, wales, the midlands and northern england, a mix of sunny spells, feeling warm in the sunshine. but some hefty showers and thunderstorms. northern ireland mostly dry, but often cloudy. mainly dry and northern scotland, but rather cloudy. this evening and tonight, most of the showers will fade, we keep a fair amount of cloud. clay breaks across parts of the midlands, wales and southern england, but we could see mist and fog patches developing for a time. not particularly cold as we start tomorrow morning. a lot of cloud around, spells of sunshine across england and wales. while there will still be some showers, they should not be as many as today, nor as heavy. lots of cloud for scotland,

still one or two showers. temperatures starting to lift, particular towards the south. by wednesday, cloud and rain across parts of northern ireland and north—west scotland, a frontal system moving through here. further south and east, some spells of sunshine and some warmth. that is a sign of things to come. towards the end of the week, there will still be some frontal systems grazing the north of the uk, some rain at times, particularly across scotland. but for many high pressure becoming increasingly dominant. with some relatively warm air in place, temperatures. to climb. we could see highs in the south on friday of maybe 2a degrees. it looks like the fine and warm weather will last at least into the start of next weekend.

"the risk zone has expanded." shipping giant maersk warns the trade disruption from houthi attacks in the red sea is getting worse. plus — seeing the wood for the trees. carbon offset schemes have largely failed to stop deforestation, warn scientists, and need a "radical rethink".

welcome to world business report. i'm ben thompson. we start with the shipping industry — because the danish giant maersk has warned that disruption to container traffic in the red sea is worsening. it says, wuote, "the risk zone has expanded" as drone and missile attacks on ships by yemen's houthi rebels are reaching further offshore. maersk estimates the industry's capacity to ship goods between europe and asia will be down as much as 20% in the april to june period. it says it has added thousands more containers and is sailing faster on the route around southern africa to offset some of the disruption, but that means it's using 40% more fuel. larsjenson, ceo at shipping consultants vespucci maritime, explained the impact of this increased disruption. within the last week, week and a half, we have now seen attacks ranging into the indian ocean itself. the problematic issue there is prior to these attacks, it was basically