at least nine people have been killed — in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied west bank for 20 years. a series of co—ordinated raids took place in at least four cities —jenin, nablus, tulkarm and tu bas. the israeli military has been using drones and armoured bulldozers, and there are reports of israeli forces surrounding hospitals. israel claims it has killed what it says are nine palestinian "terrorists". its foreign minister, israel katz, has described the situation as a "war" that must be won. a senior palestinian official has accused israel of trying to escalate the war in gaza and warned of "dire and dangerous" results. the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas has cut short a visit to saudi arabia because of the attacks.

our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has just sent this update from jenin. there are israeli jeeps, israeli armoured vehicles moving around the entrance tojenin�*s government hospital behind me. you can see an ambulance coming through now as well. the hospital entrance isjust behind this army vehicle here. staff inside the hospital say that since last night, the army has surrounded the building... and is searching anyone who wants to leave. this street, deserted now, one of the main roads through the town, has seen this kind of activity so many times since the hamas attacks last october. but this operation, looks a bit different, it is a part of a wider, coordinated operation across the northern west bank. these kinds of operations going on in several cities. what is not entirely clear at the moment is why this operation is taking place now. the kind of extensive operation that people

here haven't seen in decades. israel's foreign minister says it is a counterterrorism operation against what he calls terrorist infrastructure backed by iran. but over the past ten months, these cities have had weekly incursions by the israeli army, it is not clear what has changed in terms of their targeting, in terms of their methods. and the palestinian authorities are warning that continued violence here is going to have dire and dangerous consequences. israeli government spokesperson, david mencer, gave a press briefing where he spoke about the operation in the west bank. our policy is clear, there will be no safe place, no places of sanctuary and no places where terrorists can feel safe, where they feel they are in control.

as such, a targeted operation is taking place to thwart terrorist activity. the idf and our security forces are operating injenin and other places from which murderous attacks have been launched. we will fight to eliminate terrorism wherever it emerges. we know iran is working to make this another front from which to attack israel. israel is on high alert, our security forces are deployed extensively to thwart another terror attack and we will settle accounts with any terrorists responsible for terror attacks against our people. mustafa barghouti is a senior palestinian politician and leader of the palestinian national initiative. he told the bbc that israeli military occupation in the west bank violates international law. it is the largest military operation in the west bank since 2002, for sure.

and it is clear that the israeli army is trying to bring the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing from gaza to the west bank. although the west bank is under israeli military occupation since 1967, and so what you see here is a unilateral war by a huge israeli army with the air force, attacking basically civilian populations in the west bank. they are using military arsenal to attack people who are under occupation, which is a violation of international law. add to that, just now, the israeli army declared that they have made orders to the population of a refugee camp, you are talking about thousands of people, more than 12,000 people to evacuate their houses and their homes completely. it is exactly like they have done in gaza, where they forced people to be displaced and to leave their homes and become refugees again.

especially, these people in this refugee camp are already refugees displaced by israel 76 years ago in 1948. 0ur correspondentjon donnison gave this update from ramallah a short while ago. things seem to have quietened down a little bit, butjenin has effectively been sealed off by the israeli military and there is a wide expectation that things could pick up again at nightfall. i am actually in the west bank and everyone here is following the news very closely. as you said, we have not seen anything like this since the second palestinian uprising 20 odd years ago. it is the scope of it, it is notjust injenin but in four major palestinian cities. and we just had a statement

from hamas�*s military wing, they have said three of its members have been killed in jenin. it is fair to say it is an ongoing situation. let's speak to bbc diplomatic correspondent paul adams. what is your assessment of what we are seeing? i what is your assessment of what we are seeing?— we are seeing? i think it is two things. _ we are seeing? i think it is two things, one, - we are seeing? i think it is two things, one, this - we are seeing? i think it is two things, one, this is . we are seeing? i think it is| two things, one, this is the end product of a decade long occupation with everything that has brought, in terms of the expropriation of palestinian land, the increasing presence ofjewish settlers and a sense that the palestinian authority, which has been nominally in charge of their life for the past 30 years or so, is unable to protect them from any of that. then you have what the israelis are saying, which is this as proof of an iranian

effort to open another front in the west bank. that is notjust as government rhetoric, and i have heard that from as many observers who do not have a political axe to grind, saying there is evidence that when it comes to the financing and perhaps in some cases the equipping of some of these young militant groups that are operating in the refugee camps of those towns in the northern part of the gaza strip, that this is evidence of an iranian effort that is being stepped up in recent years. so you have both of those things going on. what is deeply concerning is you are now hearing talk, both of gaza style tactics, destruction is to halt civilian populations to leave areas where israel carries out large—scale military operations, and the looming fear this could trigger another widescale uprising, the like of

which the west bank has not seen for the past 2a years or so. that is an extremely combustible atmosphere and one that i think is causing a great deal of concern on all sides. just in the last few minutes, i was weeding out the new sanctions from the state of apartment because in october the 7th, there has been an increase in violence, an increase in violence, an increase of arrests and settler violence. those sanctions linked to the last part of that, which are some of the settler violence we have seen. very much so. the latest sanctions involve settlers in the far southern part of the west bank, which is not particularly violent, but where settlers have been forcing palestinian communities to abandon their homes and in some cases then sync them off, and also one individual in a settlement in the northern part of the west bank, as someone

the us state department regards as having been involved in violent activity against palestinian civilians. this is the latest indication of an increasing concern in washington, also in london because the british government has also imposed sanctions on some of these individuals, that the actions ofjewish settlers are adding to this already dangerous atmosphere, and that these sanctions could, if this behaviour goes on unchecked, reached the edges of the israeli government with at least two of them far right members of that cabinet, possibly in the firing line themselves. it is a part of this wider picture and one that clearly there is a feeling in london and washington but more needs to be done to rein those individuals in.— individuals in. pauladams, thank you _ individuals in. pauladams, thank you for _ individuals in. pauladams, thank you for that - individuals in. pauladams, thank you for that analysis. the british prime minister has been meeting the german chancellor in berlin. sir keir starmer was welcomed

by 0laf scholz before holding in a news conference, where he announced a new uk—germany treaty — calling it a �*once in generation chance to deliver for working people.�* both leaders say they hope to sign it by the end of the year. germany laid out the red carpet for the british prime minister — who will head to paris later for talks with french president, emmanuel macron, on thursday. in the news conference, sir keir starmer outlined the aims of the treaty and touched on shared goals around illegal migration, climate change, and a new defence agreement focussing on support for ukraine and resolving the conflict in the middle east. he also said he wants to turn a corner on brexit... a new uk germany treaty, a once in a generation chance to deliverfor working people in britain and in germany, a new agreement, a testament to the depths of the potential of our relationship with deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business,

culture, a boost to our trading relations. let's cross to berlin and speak to jennifer wilton, editor—in—chief of german daily newspaper die welt. thank you for being here with us, what are people making of this visit in germany? i us, what are people making of this visit in germany?- this visit in germany? i must sa that this visit in germany? i must say that it — this visit in germany? i must say that it came _ this visit in germany? i must say that it came as _ this visit in germany? i must say that it came as a - this visit in germany? i must say that it came as a bit - this visit in germany? i must say that it came as a bit of l this visit in germany? i must say that it came as a bit of a | say that it came as a bit of a surprise to some germans that there is a new british prime minister, we are very focused at the moment on domestic politics, but of course people interested in the european union and with relations i pleased it came as early as he did now, two months into office. we had to wait wait longerfor rishi sunak office. we had to wait wait longer for rishi sunak to come to berlin, so germans do appreciate the gesture. given

the constraints _ appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about - appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about the - appreciate the gesture. given the constraints about the uk| the constraints about the uk being outside of the european union, what do you think is realistically achievable in terms of the change, the rebalancing of this relationship? rebalancing of this relationshi - ? . , rebalancing of this relationshi? . , ., relationship? headlines after the ress relationship? headlines after the press conference, - relationship? headlines after the press conference, the - the press conference, the french are between... the friendship between keir starmer and 0laf sholz, it is obvious they are allies so this was a plus. fora they are allies so this was a plus. for a lot of germans, britain leaving the european union was a traumatic experience because there is a strong emotional bond to the country, so i think every gesture and every step coming nearer again as appreciated and i think what the british

premier said today is actually... it feels like he has a well to move beyond the brexit vote, although we heard it is to build relationships, it is to build relationships, it doesn't mean reversing brexit but still, it was a good step and a good gesture. d0 brexit but still, it was a good step and a good gesture. do you think more _ step and a good gesture. do you think more can _ step and a good gesture. do you think more can be _ step and a good gesture. do you think more can be achieved - step and a good gesture. do you think more can be achieved with| think more can be achieved with closer co—operation on areas like migration, on areas like ukraine? , , like migration, on areas like ukraine?— like migration, on areas like ukraine? , , ~ ukraine? definitely. ithink we do not have — ukraine? definitely. ithink we do not have to _ ukraine? definitely. ithink we do not have to talk _ ukraine? definitely. ithink we do not have to talk about - do not have to talk about ukraine, i mean we do have to talk about ukraine, but talking about defence spending, germany are europe's biggest defence spenders. that means looking at cooperation, standing at the side of ukraine, there are no

doubts they are strong allies. there were other issues like, for example, the question of youth mobility. i think at some germans might be slightly disappointed that he did say more about that, and even added that britain has no plans to negotiate a youth mobility scheme with the european union. but still i think there is a lot of points and issues were also the chancellor seemed to agree. i think the overall impression was quite positive. good to talk to you on this visit. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

italian news agencies say authorities in italy are expanding their investigation

into the deaths of seven people on the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of sicily last week to include two crew members. british tech tycoon mike lynch, his daughter and five other people died after the yacht went down following a storm. the boat's captain had already been put under investigation in a manslaughter inquiry. let's speak to the bbc reporter davide gilluone in rome.. just over a week after the sinking of the yacht, the first elements of the investigation are emerging. according to italian media, the ship because like a captain was placed under investigation on monday exactly a week after the sinking. today we have been informed by the same media, the italian media

and news agencies that two other members of the crew are now reportedly under investigation, and the ship's engineer and one of the sailors who were supposed to be on watch on the night of the disaster, there are names are matthew griffiths... s is not official yet because the investigation is not public at this stage and we didn't have a confirmation from the prosecutor because my office or italian authorities but we know the captain was questioned by prosecutors yesterday and he declined to answer their questions, and one of his lawyers spoke to reporters down in sicily and he explained why the captain refused to answer. the lawyer said the captain is

exercising his right to remain silent because he is very worn out, he even cried yesterday, and they also said that the lawyers said they were appointed on monday and they simply do not have enough elements to comment on the case. ., ~' elements to comment on the case. ., ~ , ., y elements to comment on the case. . ~ ,, , . paralympians from across the globe are gathering in paris ahead of the games' opening ceremony this evening. 0ur disability correspondent, nikki fox, has been taking joining me now is andy swiss, our sports correspondent in paris and jade atkin. jade is representing gb in the wheelchair basketball at the paralympics. thanks for being here on the programme. andy, we are not that far away from the opening ceremony and there is a tremendous amount of excitement

building. tremendous amount of excitement buildinu. ., , tremendous amount of excitement buildinu. . , ., building. that is right, a huge sense of excitement - building. that is right, a huge sense of excitement with - building. that is right, a huge sense of excitement with the | sense of excitement with the opening ceremonyjust ate sense of excitement with the opening ceremony just ate few hours away now. perhaps the first thing to say is it is a glorious day in paris, you might remember the olympic opening ceremony a couple of months ago took place in torrential rain, that is certainly not going to be a problem here tonight and it should be a spectacular occasion. what we know is going to happen is the athletes are going to parade along the champs—elysees, and end up in the bigger square in the middle of paris, and it is there that the official opening ceremony will take place and the paralympic cauldron will be lit. there is such a huge sense of anticipation, because remember the last paralympic games three years ago in tokyo took place effectively behind closed doors, there were no spectators because of culvert, so it is going to be an extra special atmosphere at these

games with what the organisers hope will be a packed out stadium. i hope will be a packed out stadium-— hope will be a packed out stadium. . , ., ., stadium. i am 'ust going to show pictures _ stadium. i am just going to show pictures because - stadium. i am just going to i show pictures because exactly as you are describing some of the spectators are already arriving, as you say back in 2021 tokyo post pandemic, no spectators so the whole feel of this will be different. let me bring jade in. there you are at the paralympics, what is it like? it the paralympics, what is it like? , ., ., the paralympics, what is it like? , . ., ., like? it is amazing, the whole exnerience — like? it is amazing, the whole experience is _ like? it is amazing, the whole experience is something - like? it is amazing, the whole experience is something i - experience is something i couldnt— experience is something i couldn't even imagine what it would — couldn't even imagine what it would he _ couldn't even imagine what it would be like. it is so cool, such— would be like. it is so cool, such as _ would be like. it is so cool, such as the divide an amazing place — such as the divide an amazing place to— such as the divide an amazing place to be. such as the divide an amazing place to be— such as the divide an amazing lace to be. ., . place to be. tell me more about our place to be. tell me more about youriourney. — place to be. tell me more about yourjourney, when _ place to be. tell me more about yourjourney, when you - place to be. tell me more about yourjourney, when you sew- place to be. tell me more about yourjourney, when you sew to l yourjourney, when you sew to play basketball, i gather you only heard recently that you had made the team, is that right? had made the team, is that riuht? , ,., had made the team, is that riuht? , ,. right? yes, so when i started i started as _ right? yes, so when i started i started as able-bodied, - right? yes, so when i started i started as able-bodied, i - started as able—bodied, i started _ started as able—bodied, i started playing with my sister, so started playing with my sister, 50 this— started playing with my sister, so this was far out of my sites and _ so this was far out of my sites and when _ so this was far out of my sites and when i _ so this was far out of my sites and when i got diagnosed with my disability and made the gb genius, — my disability and made the gb genius, this is something i look— genius, this is something i look forward to and here i am.

i have — look forward to and here i am. i have made it and here i am. here— i have made it and here i am. here you— i have made it and here i am. here you are. what is it like in the village? 50 here you are. what is it like in the village?— in the village? so cool. we were here _ in the village? so cool. we were here ate _ in the village? so cool. we were here ate few - in the village? so cool. we were here ate few days - in the village? so cool. we| were here ate few days ago in the village? so cool. we - were here ate few days ago and were here ate few days ago and we have — were here ate few days ago and we have been exploring around the village and it is such a cool— the village and it is such a cool experience. | the village and it is such a cool experience.— the village and it is such a cool experience. i will come back to you _ cool experience. i will come back to you any _ cool experience. i will come back to you any second, - cool experience. i will come back to you any second, but andy, in terms of the sport take me through, let me start with paralympics gb, who are you keeping an eye on? it is worth reminding _ you keeping an eye on? it is worth reminding you - you keeping an eye on? it 3 worth reminding you that at tokyo paralympics gb 124 medals and came second in the medals table, so this team have a lot to live up to. there is a real blend of youth and experience in the team. the oldest member of the team is jeanette shillington who is 54 years old. she is a canoeist. she has won a string of medals over the years, incredibly she made her paralympic debut at the seal games back in 1988 and she will

be hoping to add to her medal collection —— seoul games. the youngest member is a 13—year—old swimmer, and she will have high hopes because she is already a double champion at european level in the paris swimming. there are so much experience in this team, especially the most decorated and pin of all time for britain. she has 17 gold medals already, she will be hoping to add to that collection. she is competing in two events in the road cycling, it's real blend of youth and experience and experience and they will be hoping for another successful games here in paris. we saw a flash of pictures of the brazilian, the fastest paralympian in the world. who else are you keeping an eye on? worth talking about, the fastest paralympian in the world, the 100 metres runner.

his world record of 10.29 seconds over 100 metres. he will be hoping to retain the title that he won in tokyo three years ago, but so many extraordinary athletes from around the world. markets in the long jump, keep an eye out for him. he has a pathetic blade on his right leg. his furthest distance in the long jump furthest distance in the long jump would have won him the civil medal at the olympic games —— prosthetic blades. he is another extraordinary athlete to look out for. another 11 days of competition and so many medals waiting to be one. , g . and so many medals waiting to beone. , be one. let me bring jade back into the competition. _ be one. let me bring jade back into the competition. when - be one. let me bring jade back into the competition. when is i into the competition. when is your first match? rslur into the competition. when is your first match?— your first match? our first came your first match? our first game is — your first match? our first game is actually _ your first match? our first | game is actually tomorrow against _ game is actually tomorrow against the spanish. we are all really— against the spanish. we are all really excited. in against the spanish. we are all really excited.— really excited. in terms of the team itself, _

really excited. in terms of the team itself, is _ really excited. in terms of the team itself, is there - really excited. in terms of the team itself, is there a - team itself, is there a realistic chance of actually getting a medal?- realistic chance of actually getting a medal? yeah, we will all be really — getting a medal? yeah, we will all be really happy _ getting a medal? yeah, we will all be really happy whatever . all be really happy whatever medal — all be really happy whatever medal we get and hopefully by the end — medal we get and hopefully by the end of it we will have one. let's _ the end of it we will have one. let's keep— the end of it we will have one. let's keep our fingers crossed. in terms of what we are expecting with the opening ceremony, right across the games, the president has been promising the most sensational paralympics to date. what do we think is in store?— think is in store? they are keeping — think is in store? they are keeping the _ think is in store? they are keeping the details - think is in store? they are keeping the details of - keeping the details of tonight's opening ceremony under— tonight's opening ceremony under wraps. we tonight's opening ceremony under wraps.— tonight's opening ceremony underwras. .. , . under wraps. we only have some ofthe under wraps. we only have some of the broadbrush _ under wraps. we only have some of the broadbrush facts, - under wraps. we only have some of the broadbrush facts, what - of the broadbrush facts, what we do know is the athletes are going to parade along the champs—elysees and they will be watched by spectators who do not need tickets to come and watch that, so that will be a special atmosphere. watch that, so that will be a specialatmosphere. by watch that, so that will be a special atmosphere. by the time they get to the ticketed event, we are expecting thousands of

spectators to come and watch that, and that is where the official ceremony takes place, where the paralympic cauldron will be lit later on this evening. will be lit later on this evening-— will be lit later on this evening. will be lit later on this evenina. . ~' . we can see the spectators. world readers also expected in paris. we will show you that here in the programme in the next little while. good afternoon. it's a messy mid—week picture for most of us today. weather fronts out to the west, often producing some rain, some of it heavy still at times, but further east we've had morning sunshine and warmth. temperatures perhaps across parts of eastern or south east england getting into the mid possibly high 20s. but these weather fronts still slowly pushing their way inland, will turn the sunshine

increasingly hazy, and once they move through, noticeably fresher. but as we go through the rest of the afternoon, then the heaviest of the rain to the far north and west of scotland and northern ireland, the first frontal system will start to ease into a band of cloud, maybe one or two isolated showers. but look at the warmth. temperatures widely into the mid 20s maybe as high as 28 degrees in the southeast, 82 fahrenheit. noticeably fresher, particularly where you've got the rain persisting. that will move its way east out of scotland through the night, we have some clearing skies, temperatures not falling too far though, few scattered showers starting to gather into the far north west. double figures quite widely across the country for first thing on thursday morning. so thursday will be a quiet day for many. yes, we've got these showers out to western scotland that will drift their way inland, one or two into northern ireland, and maybe for northern england. but on the whole england and wales — dry, settled, sunny and pleasant enough. highs of 20 to 23 here,

we're likely to see 14 to 19 across scotland and northern ireland. moving out of thursday into friday, similar story. a lot of dry weather around. 0n the whole, we'll keep some sunshine. could be a little bit misty across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, maybe a bit of early morning drizzle here as well, but temperatures similar values to thursday — 15 to 24 degrees the high. as we go into the weekend, the high pressure stays with us. wind direction might swing around to more of an easterly so a slightly fresher feel on those exposed east coasts, but a lot of dry weather in the forecast, as you can see. a pleasant weekend ahead for many of us and as we go into next week, the first full week of september, what a surprise, most of the schools now heading back after the summer break and the high pressure is going to stay with us. it will stay settled and warm by day, but cooler through the night.

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welcome to business today. we start in new york where traders are holding their breath ahead of results from the one of the market's most important stocks, nvidia. the break—out star of the markets, the chips that it creates are powering the ai revolution. its share price has almost triped over the past year. nvidia briefly became the world's most valuable company earlier this year, overtaking apple. it's slipped back to second place but it's still more valuable than microsoft. wall street will be scrutinising its numbers when it reports quarterly earnings after today's us market close. its performance influences how much other companies invest in al. let's speak to our north america business correspondent ritika gupta. help us to understand some more why the performance

of this one company is such a market mover.