more than ”50 more than ”so serious trial. more than 30 serious criminals are jailed after police cracked or encrypted text messages the revealed plans for brutal violence. 0n the road today, the british girl who was born deaf and can now hear after revolutionary gene therapy treatment. welcome to the road today and our international news from the bbc. the eurovision song contest is supposed to be a festival of music promoting internationalfriendship to be a festival of music promoting international friendship but this year, it is mired in controversy because israel is taking part in its war in gaza which has provoked a wave of protests at the song contest venue. this year, it is in sweden.

israel potts was contestant was booed when she rehearsed her song hurricane outside with pro—palestinian protesters who demonstrated against the war in gaza with smoke canisters in the colours of the palestinian flag set up an malmo�*s central square. i of the palestinian flag set up an malmo's central square.- of the palestinian flag set up an malmo's central square. i think they should be everywhere _ malmo's central square. i think they should be everywhere and _ malmo's central square. i think they should be everywhere and once - malmo's central square. i think they l should be everywhere and once again, young people are leading the way and showing the world how we should react to this. showing the world how we should react to thie— showing the world how we should react to thia— react to this. speaking to our culture correspondent - react to this. speaking to our culture correspondent who i react to this. speaking to our culture correspondent who is| react to this. speaking to our. culture correspondent who is in malmo following events for us there in charlotte, it is no exaggeration to say that the war in gaza and the protest against it is overshadowing the song contest. it is protest against it is overshadowing the song contest.— the song contest. it is really noticeable _ the song contest. it is really noticeable because - the song contest. it is really noticeable because when .

the song contest. it is really| noticeable because when you the song contest. it is really - noticeable because when you go into malmo there is such a increased police and security presence and before we checked into our hotel, armed police want to see that we had armed police want to see that we had a booking confirmation and that we were staying there and i'm outside the arena now and there are hundreds of police and other security staff walking around in plain) of your pieces on an ten minutes ago, hundreds of pro—palestinian demonstrators came up from the metro station just demonstrators came up from the metro stationjust behind demonstrators came up from the metro station just behind where we are now instead of protesting and they've been moved and today has been dominated by those pro—palestinian protests in the centre of malmo and they were loud but peaceful and people want to make their point that israel should not be included in the eurovision song contest but israel is here and performing at the semifinals hurricane. and that was changed and originally called 0ctober rain and eurovision sound

that referenced what happened in october when hamas fighters went into israel and the lives that song and to be changed it is a difference on tonight and she was booed in her dress rehearsal and it is a very different atmosphere and it's about the sequence, the feathers, the music, politics cannot be separated this year in malmo but tonight, the people queuing up behind me now, they are here for the music we see flags running from every country in eurovision that i've yet to see anyone with an israeli flag at the arena whether they'll be taking them out inside the arena whether they're just not flying them this year, i've yet to see one among the fans that are down here at the moment. let’s are down here at the moment. let's take a look — are down here at the moment. let's take a look of— are down here at the moment. let's take a look of the _ are down here at the moment. let's take a look of the situation on the ground in gaza itself. israel has

intensified its bombing campaign of the southern city of rafah within the southern city of rafah within the israeli officials saying that israel will press and and elsewhere in the gaza area is planned. and compounded from the air, 1.4 million palestinians are thought to be sheltered there, including 600,000 children and among the 25 people injured in the strike in the heart of the city while seven corpses were pulled from the rubble in the west of rafah were many palestinians fled to after the israelis ordered them to after the israelis ordered them to evacuate to the east of the city and that's here now from one of them. , ., ., ., them. they said to evacuate at the western area _ them. they said to evacuate at the western area is _ them. they said to evacuate at the western area is safe _ them. they said to evacuate at the western area is safe and _ them. they said to evacuate at the western area is safe and this - them. they said to evacuate at the western area is safe and this is - western area is safe and this is proof that the israeli occupation is a liar. there is no safe place. this comes the — a liar. there is no safe place. this comes the united _ a liar. there is no safe place. this comes the united states has issued a

fresh warning to israel not to the amount of full scale assault on rafah. that follows presidentjoe biden's decision not to supply weapons which could be used in such an attack. civilians have been cured as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they attacked the centres. and if they go into rafah, i am not going to supply the weapons used historically to deal with the cities and deal with this. we are going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to attacks like what came out of the middle east recently.

what came out of the middle east recentl . �* , . ., , what came out of the middle east recentl . �* , _, , �*, ., recently. and his comments, he's not exactly cutting _ recently. and his comments, he's not exactly cutting israel _ recently. and his comments, he's not exactly cutting israel off _ recently. and his comments, he's not exactly cutting israel off by _ exactly cutting israel off by promising the us will continue to give the weapons it needs to defend itself but it's comments that have prompted concern from israel. the finance minister has allowed on the right of israeli politics, more strained and his response saying: the far right interior ministers said... nothing yet from the prime minister himself. it's our middle east with this assessment. it minister himself. it's our middle east with this assessment. if yes noes east with this assessment. if yes goes ahead _ east with this assessment. if yes goes ahead with _ east with this assessment. if yes goes ahead with the _ east with this assessment. if yes goes ahead with the full - east with this assessment. if yes goes ahead with the full invasion j east with this assessment. if as goes ahead with the full invasion of

rafah, there will be carnage. fear and panic with tens of thousands of people and food and fuel quickly running out. people and food and fuel quickly running out-— running out. britain will follow lead of the — running out. britain will follow lead of the united _ running out. britain will follow lead of the united states - running out. britain will follow lead of the united states and| running out. britain will follow- lead of the united states and here's what he had to say. thea;r lead of the united states and here's what he had to say.— lead of the united states and here's what he had to say. they made those decisions themselves _ what he had to say. they made those decisions themselves and _ what he had to say. they made those decisions themselves and we - what he had to say. they made those decisions themselves and we don't i decisions themselves and we don't sell weapons on the government to government basis at all and that is a decision for the us and we are encouraging israel to move carefully because we have seen understanding that israel wants to defend itself and tunnels and those who have murdered. and tunnels and those who have murdered-— and tunnels and those who have murdered. , ., , ., ., , murdered. israel is now reopening one of its main _ murdered. israel is now reopening one of its main entry _ murdered. israel is now reopening one of its main entry points - murdered. israel is now reopening one of its main entry points for. murdered. israel is now reopeningj one of its main entry points for aid into gaza and the crossing and has been safe enough and others in the

crossing and at the age distribution group and global empowerment missions and in central gaza because the enclosures and a set of ground operations have been opting to distribute it amongst palestinians fleeing rafah and he spoke to me earlier on today.— earlier on today. where using the infrastructure _ earlier on today. where using the infrastructure that _ earlier on today. where using the infrastructure that we _ earlier on today. where using the infrastructure that we have - earlier on today. where using the infrastructure that we have seen l infrastructure that we have seen within the middle area of the warehouse. and they've been able to continue distribution of parcels and flour and the communities setup and those fleeing from rafah that the minute, we arejudging the data around how many people are coming out every day and where they're going there to be thickly looking at the of the thousand coming through

in the last couple of days but is crazy about this is their only a few they contain. the saladin road and they contain. the saladin road and the other on the east. and you can imagine, people evacuating with every bit of their belongings and donkeys and cards and some on their backs. it is quite the picture but we are trying to send our distribution teams out to at least give them some fresh proper water intake in the heat and it is getting hot here and carrying your whole life on your back, people really need something like that and also, providing them with food parcels. taste providing them with food parcels. we are able to see some of the pictures that you have actually taken of these people on the road and how desperate are they to get out of rafah and how fearful are they that

there will be a full—scale israeli attack there? there will be a full-scale israeli attack there ?_ there will be a full-scale israeli attack there? they're extremely fearful and _ attack there? they're extremely fearful and on _ attack there? they're extremely fearful and on the _ attack there? they're extremely fearful and on the images, - attack there? they're extremely i fearful and on the images, people having just packed backs and hope for the best, they're packing up their entire lives and setting out on a newjourney and a lot of people who are currently in the regions in the hard thing is we are not only having to deal with the sheer numbers of already displaced people living in tents but also now dealing with a whole new wave of people who were still living in their houses around which 50,000 people who were already living in rafah at the time in the 1.4 million peoplejoining them. it is very messy and very worrying. them. it is very messy and very wor inc. . ., them. it is very messy and very worrying-— worrying. our director of gaza operations — worrying. our director of gaza operations at _ worrying. our director of gaza operations at the _ worrying. our director of gaza operations at the age - worrying. our director of gaza operations at the age group . worrying. our director of gaza - operations at the age group global empowerment commission. it also speak into a security correspondent who is injerusalem and our

washington correspondent. who is in jerusalem and our washington correspondent. they're showina washington correspondent. they're showing every _ washington correspondent. they're showing every sign _ washington correspondent. they're showing every sign that _ washington correspondent. they're showing every sign that they're - showing every sign that they're planning to intensify the military operation in rafah and what started as being a limited operation starting to friend the edges as people report artillery strikes in air strikes and other parts of this very crowded part of the southern gaza strip. israel is absolutely stung by the us threatening to withhold weapons and their talking of the trail, they can believe it and this is what since 1982. when we talk about 2000 bomb, you can drop that on a house be you will impact everyone in a 300 mile radius. they do not want to supply the weapons because they do not trust the israeli forces not to hurt civilians in southern gaza.

tom, pretty straight up warnings from the white house and from joe biden in that interview about intensified action by the israelis intensified action by the israelis in rafah. it intensified action by the israelis in rafah. , ., ., ., , ., in rafah. it is hard to overstate the significance _ in rafah. it is hard to overstate the significance when _ in rafah. it is hard to overstate the significance when joe - in rafah. it is hard to overstate j the significance when joe biden in rafah. it is hard to overstate - the significance when joe biden has the significance whenjoe biden has said in terms of the us israel relationship which is suggesting you have to go back four decades to the day that ronald reagan in the last time in the very public way, the threat of withholding weapons from washington to israel was used in this way to try and affect israeli tactics on the ground. after the interview with cnn from resin biden, but we have seen is very sharp republican backlash here in washington in the last hour or so is in key republican senators who see themselves as closely allied israel have sharply criticised president

biden saying that this is in their words, and outrage. standing on the president, that when i spoke to outside of the senate relations committee that lasted a couple of hours saying that she fully backed when president biden was doing here because the numbers of women and children that had been killed by the israelis in gaza. and when this goes back to his call the president biden made to prime minister benjamin netanyahu to achieve effectively threatened to withdraw armed supplies if that operation and rafah went through and you see civilians living in tents there and the us is reached a point where they're trying to stave off the ground offensive which is been delivered and that warning in our phone call which is the start of limiting armed supplies and that said, to the administration, they believe israel still has everything it needs in

terms of american armaments if i want to go into rafah, it could still do that but this is about trying to pressure benjamin netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision. the netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision. . , netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision-— his decision. the latest from jerusalem — his decision. the latest from jerusalem and _ his decision. the latest from jerusalem and still - his decision. the latest from jerusalem and still to - his decision. the latest from jerusalem and still to comel his decision. the latest from l jerusalem and still to come on his decision. the latest from - jerusalem and still to come on the jerusalem and still to come on the road today, 30 serious criminals are jailed after police cracked their encrypted text messages that revealed plans for brutal violence. the bbc toward saudi arabia and authorities that it is permitted is of lethal forced to clear land for a futuristic city in the desert. of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic city in the desert.

0n israel's offensive in gaza and opposed by its biggest ally, the united states and the prime minister

on whether the israeli ground offensive there is really necessary given the us warning.— given the us warning. president biden is been _ given the us warning. president biden is been a _ given the us warning. president biden is been a great _ given the us warning. president biden is been a great friend - given the us warning. president biden is been a great friend to l given the us warning. president l biden is been a great friend to the state of israel however, this decision ipos feel spend a profound mistake and the why it is a mistake is three forward and it is telling hamas, you do not need to cut a deal and ensure that israel doesn't go in and ensure that israel doesn't go in and destroy hamas and why would they need the leverage which we do need to go into rafah and secondly, if we do not have accurate munitions, and precise munitions, requiring them to use less precise munitions which will cause more collateral damage right now, collateral damage is

relatively low back and increasingly fed up with the military operation in gaza and the plans for rafah. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel is essentially running againstjoe biden. benjamin

netanyahu wants to continue to be prime minister and he doesn't want to see early elections and people are disappointed in him and hold them responsible in the sense for them responsible in the sense for the failure of israeli defence is an october seven about the same time, 0ctober seven about the same time, they favour, broadly speaking the military approach that benjamin netanyahu has pursued and probably appreciate the fact that benjamin netanyahu is standing up to president biden and going forward with the rafah invasion regardless of the penalties that the united states intends to impose. 0ncejoe biden threatened to do this, there was no way he could not follow—up if he were defied by benjamin netanyahu which is more or less predictable and this going to be a problem

between the united states and israel and i do not know for how long and how profoundly it will affect. so our how profoundly it will affect. so yourideas how profoundly it will affect. so your ideas that israel will go ahead with a full offensive on rafah despite all the american misgivings? prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said, if they don't have bombs, they will still fight in their fight in gaza with their nails if they had to. and they're determined to do this and he and his opponent and hamas are determined to do something that they can call victory at the end of this horrible fight in right now, neitherside end of this horrible fight in right now, neither side believe that they can clinch the title of victor the way things currently stand and so we

would expect benjamin netanyahu to move ahead especially now thatjoe biden has made this move and we don't see him coming out with some kind of new offer to israel to bargain through israel that will cause them to stop in its tracks and i think the prime minister has decided that hostages are not going to determine the course of this conflict and it is going to be the conquest of gaza that we determine it and give him the victory.- it and give him the victory. thank ou ve it and give him the victory. thank you very much — it and give him the victory. thank you very much for _ it and give him the victory. thank you very much for your— it and give him the victory. thank l you very much for your assessment and your time. here in the uk, more than 30 major criminals have been jailed after million pounds of cocaine was stolen from him organised crime group and they want to murder the man responsible but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and see what they're

planning and thousands of messages revealed how the firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseyside base. three masked men arrived on site a drugstore house in liverpool. for this pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escaped with the cocaine. two men in the house been attacked with a machete and enacts. to the house been attacked with a machete and enacts.— the house been attacked with a machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. machete and enacts. to sit yourself down- you're _ machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. you're right _ machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. you're right there? - machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. you're right there? a - machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. you're right there? a trail. machete and enacts. to sit yourself down. you're right there? a trail of| down. you're right there? a trail of blood leads — down. you're right there? a trail of blood leads to _ down. you're right there? a trail of blood leads to a _ down. you're right there? a trail of blood leads to a manhole - down. you're right there? a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover- down. you're right there? a trail of| blood leads to a manhole cover with the cocaine was hidden. share blood leads to a manhole cover with the cocaine was hidden.— the cocaine was hidden. are you in disute the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with _ the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? _ the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? you - the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? you have - dispute with anyone? you have anyone lately does anyone have a beef with? any information? his lately does anyone have a beef with?

any information?— any information? no one from the ha dn any information? no one from the haydn firm — any information? no one from the haydn firm talks _ any information? no one from the haydn firm talks and _ any information? no one from the haydn firm talks and beliefs - any information? no one from the haydn firm talks and beliefs of - any information? no one from thej haydn firm talks and beliefs of the secret weapon. the encryption system criminals use has been cracked. and seeing the message they have sent each other and stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. that is £1 million worth. it kilos are gone. that is £1 million worth. , . ., ., kilos are gone. that is £1 million worth. ,. ., ., , worth. it is clear from the messages we have seen. _ worth. it is clear from the messages we have seen, this _ worth. it is clear from the messages we have seen, this is _ worth. it is clear from the messages we have seen, this is a _ worth. it is clear from the messages we have seen, this is a very - we have seen, this is a very effective _ we have seen, this is a very effective criminal business and industrial— effective criminal business and industrial scale trafficking drugs and tentacles across the uk and internationally and obviously, it will result in severe violence. it has replaced them in the upper tiers of organised crime in the uk. he of organised crime in the uk. believes he of organised crime in the uk. he: believes he has identified some of the cocaine robbers and he wants revenge. his enforcer asks how many he wants killed. they do business

with violence. it is he wants killed. they do business with violence.— he wants killed. they do business with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the _ with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the head _ with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the head is _ with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the head isjust _ with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the head isjust literally i bullet in the head isjust literally another— bullet in the head isjust literally another way— bullet in the head isjust literally another way of _ bullet in the head isjust literally another way of doing _ bullet in the head isjust literally. another way of doing business that is the _ another way of doing business that is the brutality _ another way of doing business that is the brutality of _ another way of doing business that is the brutality of it, _ another way of doing business that is the brutality of it, there - another way of doing business that is the brutality of it, there are - another way of doing business that is the brutality of it, there are no l is the brutality of it, there are no laws _ is the brutality of it, there are no laws other— is the brutality of it, there are no laws other than— is the brutality of it, there are no laws other than essentially - is the brutality of it, there are no laws other than essentially what i is the brutality of it, there are no i laws other than essentially what you call, the _ laws other than essentially what you call, the laws — laws other than essentially what you call, the laws of— laws other than essentially what you call, the laws of the _ laws other than essentially what you call, the laws of the jungle. - laws other than essentially what you call, the laws of the jungle. they- call, the laws of the “ungle. they were arrested _ call, the laws of the jungle. they were arrested before _ call, the laws of the jungle. the- were arrested before they call, the laws of the jungle. were arrested before they could carry out the threats. he has been jailed for 28 years for drug trafficking and got 28 years and six months. more than 30 serious criminals linked to the cocaine heist have been convicted. they had been sentenced to over 350 years. and just to the saviour was in the united kingdom can see more on that story in the

crime bosses who terrorised the city on bbc iplayer now and on bbc two at 8pm tonight. prince william is in cornwall in southwest england visiting the site of a housing project for homeless people and constructionists to to begin in september and it's being built on land owned by the dutch of cornwall and the duke of cornwall was handed to the prince with his father was crowned king charles. he has also been visiting the beach and hearing from some of the people there who look after it and he took the opportunity with the beautiful sunshine that there was to play a bit of volleyball with locals in the area. do to stay with us on bbc news. much more to come.

hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day by day. high pressure has brought plenty of sunshine around, but a weather front launching across northern scotland has brought thicker cloud here, some spots of rain and thursday was another grey day here with outbreaks of rain. now, as we move through tonight, it does look like that weather front will eventually move northwards, become confined to the northern isles for a while through the night before it clears away. it becomes drier here, but a dry night to come for most areas. bit of mist and fog here and there, temperatures ranging from 9—12 celsius. friday, then, our area of high pressure continues to bring a lot of fine and settled weather. we lose that weather front from northern scotland, so, apart from a bit of early cloud, some mist and fog, most places should have a fine dry day. widespread sunshine,

particularly for england and wales, into northern ireland, central and southern scotland, but some sunshine into the highlands as well. that'll lift temperatures up to 22 celsius perhaps, in aberdeen. 23—24, perhaps, in the warmest spots in england and wales. through friday night, it looks like we'll see mist and fog returning in places. a bit of low cloud, sea fog pushing into eastern england, east anglia and the south—east. that could creep a little bit further westwards into the midlands first thing on saturday. but again, those temperatures, 9—12 celsius. now for the weekend. it does stay warm, there will be some good spells of sunshine around, but the shower risk will start to increase, particularly as we head into sunday. that's because we've got a weather front and low pressure developing, pushing towards our shores, particularly by sunday. and into next week, it'll be a lot more unsettled than we've had this week. saturday, though, another warm day to come, a bit of early mist and fog and some low cloud across eastern england. otherwise, plenty of sunshine, though we could see a few heavy showers develop across the high ground of northern england, central and southern scotland into the afternoon. that could be thundery as well. but a warm day to come,

quite humid too, the low—to—mid—20s quite widely. sunday probably the warmest day of the week across southern areas. it could be up to 26 celsius, plenty of sunshine. but then the showers and thunderstorms could become a bit more widespread through the afternoon. and the temperatures may be coming down a little bit across western areas as the clouds build up in the sky. then as we head into next week low pressure takes over, it will become a lot more unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain at times. but there will still be a little bit of sunshine too, take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines... there are there a re protests there are protests against the war in gaza at the eurovision song contest in sweden, where the israeli contestant is appearing in the semifinal. the united states tells israel that a rafah operation would weaken its position in hostage talks with hamas and damage its standing in the world. president putin uses victory day celebrations to justify his with ukraine, saying russians are living through a difficult period.

and a british girl born deaf can now here thanks to revolutionary gene therapy. stormy daniels is back in the witness box at donald trump's hush money trial, in new york. the adult film star has clashed with mr trump's defence lawyers over the affair she claims she had with him, before he became president. he's denied her version of events and denies falsifying business records. here's what he had to say about the court case. let's speak to nada tawfik, our north america correspondent. we had stormy daniels back on the stand and questioning has now concluded. but to give you the big summation of that cross—examination, stormy daniels denying that she has changed her story over time, denying she was motivated by money, and when she was motivated by money, and when she was motivated by money, and when she was asked about trying to profit

off of donald trump's