this whole thing is task higher? this whole thing is extraordinary. terrible politics. really — extraordinary. terrible politics. really bad for the vulnerable and let's not — really bad for the vulnerable and let's not forget that energy prices are expected to rise in october and again— are expected to rise in october and again in_ are expected to rise in october and again injanuary. you are looking at again are expected to rise in october and again in_ are expected to rise in october and again injanuary. you are looking at pensioners— again injanuary. you are looking at pensioners who could have got up to £600 _ pensioners who could have got up to £600 last— pensioners who could have got up to £600 last year now getting potentially nothing. that is absolutely brutal.— potentially nothing. that is absolutely brutal. potentially nothing. that is absolutel brutal. �*, . . absolutely brutal. let's have a look at the front — absolutely brutal. let's have a look at the front pages. _ absolutely brutal. let's have a look at the front pages. the _ absolutely brutal. let's have a look at the front pages. the i _ absolutely brutal. let's have a look at the front pages. the i leading i at the front pages. the i leading with keir starmer�*s visit to germany and france. starmer must give way on youth migration to get a softer brexit, sources claim. the daily mirror, brexit reset. elsewhere, farage, not a word on the boats crisis, in the daily express. any moment now, the sun. no cigarettes and alcohol. it is a play on a track by oasis. the sun newspaper say that they would be a ban on smoking in pub gardens. is this true? it

they would be a ban on smoking in pub gardens. is this true?- pub gardens. is this true? it looks like it and it _ pub gardens. is this true? it looks like it and it is _ pub gardens. is this true? it looks like it and it is essentially - pub gardens. is this true? it looks like it and it is essentially saying l like it and it is essentially saying you couldn't light up outside football stadiums or nightclubs or restaurant terraces and even in small parks. we have a statement from the department of health and social care showing that this is under very serious consideration. they say that they don't comment on leaks but smoking claims 80,000 lives a year and costs taxpayers billions. it says that they are determined to protect children and nonsmokers from the harms of second—hand smoking. they are considering a range of measures to finally make britain smoke—free. we knew that we will get legislation because they inherited the rishi sunak legislation on smoking so it looks like at the least this is under very serious consideration. l under very serious consideration. i think a measure like this is likely to be _ think a measure like this is likely to be very— think a measure like this is likely to be very popular— think a measure like this is likely to be very popular with _ think a measure like this is likely to be very popular with the - think a measure like this is likely. to be very popular with the public. we always — to be very popular with the public. we always joke _ to be very popular with the public. we always joke that _ to be very popular with the public. we always joke that whenever - to be very popular with the public. we always joke that whenever youj to be very popular with the public. - we always joke that whenever you put the word _ we always joke that whenever you put the word ban— we always joke that whenever you put the word ban in— we always joke that whenever you put the word ban in an _ we always joke that whenever you put the word ban in an opinion— we always joke that whenever you put the word ban in an opinion poll- we always joke that whenever you put the word ban in an opinion poll it - the word ban in an opinion poll it shoots— the word ban in an opinion poll it

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government? i think what the government is doing, you only get one chance at getting the bad news out of the way that you inherit and boy, are they going hard on it. they did it before the break and they are doing it hard going into the new term. you have one big budget and spending review at the treasury to sort out the mess, whether you agree or not, that will be the framing. until christmas we will get more of this. you are right, there is an optimism deficit in the incessant talk about the mess and problems to clean up but i think that their thinking is that we must do six months office to the possibilities of more, if not sunlit uplands something similar. the of more, if not sunlit uplands something similar. the problem is that the public _ something similar. the problem is that the public think _ something similar. the problem is that the public think that - something similar. the problem is that the public think that they - something similar. the problem is| that the public think that they have borne _ that the public think that they have borne the — that the public think that they have borne the burden _ that the public think that they have borne the burden already, - that the public think that they have borne the burden already, they- that the public think that they have i borne the burden already, they have had the _ borne the burden already, they have had the cost — borne the burden already, they have had the cost of— borne the burden already, they have had the cost of living _ borne the burden already, they have had the cost of living problems - borne the burden already, they have had the cost of living problems and i had the cost of living problems and the nhs _ had the cost of living problems and the nhs crisis. _ had the cost of living problems and the nhs crisis. levelling _ had the cost of living problems and the nhs crisis. levelling with- had the cost of living problems and the nhs crisis. levelling with the l the nhs crisis. levelling with the public— the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is — the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is fine _ the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is fine but _ the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is fine but they— the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is fine but they have - the nhs crisis. levelling with the public is fine but they have to - the nhs crisis. levelling with the| public is fine but they have to say what _ public is fine but they have to say what it _ public is fine but they have to say what it will— public is fine but they have to say what it will look— public is fine but they have to say what it will look like _ public is fine but they have to say what it will look like on _ public is fine but they have to say what it will look like on the - public is fine but they have to say what it will look like on the other| what it will look like on the other side to— what it will look like on the other side to give — what it will look like on the other side to give them _ what it will look like on the other side to give them some - what it will look like on the other side to give them some hope. i what it will look like on the other side to give them some hope. thank ou all side to give them some hope. thank you all very — side to give them some hope. thank you all very much. _ side to give them some hope. thank you all very much. time _ side to give them some hope. thank you all very much. time flies, - you all very much. time flies, doesn't it, nick? we tomorrow, thank you.

hello, i'm martine croxhall. at least 10 people have been killed in the biggest israeli military operation in the occupied west bank for 20 years. last month, the international court ofjustice ruled that israel's continued occupation of the area, captured in 1967, breached international law. violence has been increasing in the west bank since the hamas attacks on october 7th — with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers and settlers there. israeli officials say that during the same period, at least 19 israelis have been killed in palestinian attacks. this operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas,

in what the defence forces called a counter—terrorism strike. lucy williamson sent this report. it was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street. by morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers had arrived in the refugee camps of tulkarem, nablus, tubas, jenin. home to armed palestinian groups and unarmed civilians. at least ten palestinians have been killed. hamas says six of them were its fighters. masoud najjar said he was injured when he opened the door of his house to young men asking for water. translation: we felt like something came down on us from the sky - and there was an explosion. i was unaware of what was going on. when i put my hand on my chest,

it was all shrapnel and blood. injenin, army vehicles surrounded the city's two main hospitals. ambulances stopped and checked by militaryjeeps. israel's foreign minister has urged his government to use gaza as a model for dealing wth armed groups, here saying that iran was backing them and that this was a war for everything that israel must win. the idf and our security forces are operating in tulkarem, jenin and other places from which murderous attacks have been launched. we will fight to eliminate terrorism wherever it emerges. almost 600 palestinians have been killed in the west bank by israeli forces since the hamas attacks. but fighters here are still presenting israel with new tactics and new threats. israel's army has been targeting the same areas in the same cities, week after week for the past ten

months, determined to dismantle the armed palestinian groups based here. now it's launched a wider, more coordinated operation across the west bank on a scale not seen for 20 years. in al—far�*a camp, near tubas, mobile phone footage showed red crescent staff lined up against the wall of their compound in front of israeli troops. arriving injenin today, the west bank head of the red crescent. you've had ten months of these sorts of incursions. how worried are you by what's happening today? i'm very much worried because it seems there's a new stage. there's a new, er... they are escalating, scaling up their operation. when they talk about evacuating civilians and using the air force to bombing the camps, this reminds us of gaza. explosion. as night fell, explosions and

gunfire from jenin's refugee camp. dust can be a signal to test the army's control. the war in gaza is changing this conflict. an old front creating new fears in the face of a regional war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jenin. our international editor jeremy bowen told us more about the escalation in the region. west bank at boiling point. now, if you listen to what israel says, they say it's all about iran. iran is behind an increase in palestinian violence, armed groups. well, it's no secret that iran does support palestinian armed groups. someone has to pay for their weaponry. there's no question about that. but why escalate now when israel has been hitting these same places for months and months and months and arresting thousands of people, killing hundreds?

well, the root of it is, of course, the long conflict over control of the land between israelis and palestinians. there's politics as well. uh, netanyahu has said very emphatically, there will never be a palestinian state. the palestinians want this land and the west bank is a big part of theirs. so by i think by doing this, prime minister netanyahu is weakening the palestinian authority, which does want a palestinian state and which the americans say should be a big part of the future, notjust in the west bank, but in gaza, which, again, that is something netanyahu is very much against. so weakening his enemies there in the palestinian state. and also today as well, part of the growth of violence has been the activities of armed settlers. the americans sanctioned the settler group and a notorious settler leader today saying extremist settler violence causes intense human suffering and is bad

for israel's security. now, last point, really, that the israeli government's position is that all this land isjewish land. palestinians disagree. they want it as part of their state. but what's happening right now is that it's on fire. the un's world food programme has said it's pausing the movement of all its staff in gaza after one of its vehicles was shot atjust a few metres from an israeli checkpoint on tuesday night. the wfp team, which was clearly marked and had received multiple clearances from the israeli authorities, had been escorting a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid to central gaza. one of its armoured vehicles was hit by ten bullets, though nobody was injured. the agency's chief executive director described the incident as "totally u na cce pta ble". the israeli says the incident is under review. the prime minister has travelled to paris from berlin, where he'd had talks with chancellor olaf scholz — after which he said his

wish to reset relations with the european union didn't mean reversing brexit. the two leaders are proposing a new bilateral treaty covering science, technology, trade and business — but the prime minister said he has no plans for a youth mobility scheme which could give young people in the eu the right to live and work here in the uk and vice versa. our political correspondent henry zeffman is travelling with keir starmer. clearing the way for something new. the prime minister's first official visit to germany, with early steps towards greater unity. the launch of talks on a treaty between the two countries, encompassing trade, defence, migration and plenty more. a new agreement, a testament to the depth and potential of our relationship with deeper links on science, technology, development, people, business, culture.

a boost to our trading relations. the german chancellor was notably promising too. translation: i am happy about the announcement l by keir starmer to seek a reset in the relations to the european union. we want to take this hand which has reached out to us. the uk has always been an indispensable partner when it comes to solving the big issues affecting all of europe. both the centre—left leaders who entered office after long periods of conservative dominance, keir starmerand olaf scholz are comfortable and each other�*s company. the mood music here unquestionably good, sir keir starmer talking again about a reset with the relations with europe in general and germany in particular. but how much is possible without altering the fundamentals of the post—brexit settlement?

a quick visit to siemens energy this afternoon. the prime minister adamant that on the single market and customs union, nothing will change. free movement, too, even though some in europe are pushing for a deal to make it easier for young people to move between the uk and the eu. let's speak to our political correspondent david cornock. potentially quite significant we saw a lot of symbolism today and a lot of war

wards and germany is very much at the heart of the european union. with its rules on trade and customs. keir starmer having to point out today that, yes, he wants to reset relations but he did not want the uk to rejoin the eu. he was talking about not going back into the single market with free movement of people, not going into the customs union which would restrict britain's ability to strike a deals. so not going against the brexit vote of 2016, but certainly trying to deepen cooperation and quite a number of areas with those talks that will continue at an official level over the next six months.— continue at an official level over the next six months. despite with the next six months. despite with

the prime minister _ the next six months. despite with the prime minister has _ the next six months. despite with the prime minister has said, - the next six months. despite with | the prime minister has said, some the next six months. despite with i the prime minister has said, some of the prime minister has said, some of the newspapers are still concentrating on the idea of a youth mobility scheme. this concentrating on the idea of a youth mobility scheme.— mobility scheme. this is an idea that the eu _ mobility scheme. this is an idea that the eu has _ mobility scheme. this is an idea that the eu has floated - mobility scheme. this is an idea that the eu has floated as - mobility scheme. this is an idea i that the eu has floated as perhaps mobility scheme. this is an idea - that the eu has floated as perhaps a way of getting closer cooperation, closer links with the uk. it would involve young people having the right to come from europe to the uk and vice versa. at the moment keir starmer saying that is not in the running. interestingly the uk has that agreement with countries like south korea and new zealand, but at the moment, given the sensitivity and political sensitivity of immigration in the uk and elsewhere, it does not look as if that is the sort of issue that keir starmer is going to embrace, even though some of the papers are reporting some eu sources say that could be the key to closer cooperation between the block and the uk.

the energy minister miatta fahnbullah has pledged that the government will do everything in its power to support vulnerable customers. after a meeting with energy suppliers and ofgem, she said she was confident ministers had the �*beginnings�* of a package of support — as bills are set to rise again in october when the price cap goes up. here's our business correspondent emma simpson. our energy bills are going up, and so is the amount of money households owe to energy companies. this energy debt is now more than £3 billion a record. and that's before a difficult winter. we're getting high volumes of calls into call centres. citizens advice say that people are coming to them, specifically naming energy as their primary concern. and so the red lights are flashing on the dashboard for us. so the pressure is on. the government hosted a big industry meeting today on ways to help customers who are struggling. they've agreed to thrash out some plans over the next month.

i feel confident that we have the beginnings of a package. there's a lot of work that we're doing, but there is absolutely commitment from the government, from everyone around the table that will come to a measure that can support our most vulnerable customers this winter. ideas include a national awareness campaign to help households in difficulties, protections for customers already in arrears and more potential opportunities for further financial support from the industry. but the government's also under pressure for restricting winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, and there was no sign of any u—turn on that decision today. the uk's largest water company, thames water, is warning that it won't survive unless it's allowed to increase bills by nearly 60% over the next 5 years. it comes after suppliers responded angrily to the regulator's proposed cap on bills. here's business editor simon jack.

every five years, the water companies haggle with the regulator about how much they're allowed to raise bills over the next five—year period. now, thames said it wanted a raise of 44%. the regulator came back and said we'll give you 23. now they had a chance to appeal that, the deadline was today and they've come back and said, actually, we've looked at the problems and we actually need 59%. and they say that without that, the letter here says it would be it would prevent the turnaround and recovery of the company. we're in big trouble unless we get that money. and they've already admitted they could go into a government funded administration. now thames is not alone. the rest of the water companies are saying, if you want us to fix things like sewage spills, which have infuriated the public, then we need more money. we simply don't have enough cash to do the things you want us to do. they said for a decade, the regulator has prioritised keeping bills low at the cost of investment, and that is now coming home to roost, with ageing infrastructure overwhelmed by changing weather patterns. critics say for a decade you've prioritised shareholder dividends and big payouts, so we have this massive impasse. the final decision on how much they'll be able

to charge comes in december, but i've never seen the industry and the regulator so far apart. something's got to give. the founder and chief executive of the messaging app, telegram, pavel durov, has been charged in france as part of an investigation into organised crime. he's been released on 5 million euro bail and is not allowed to leave french territory. let's get the latest from our technology editor, zoe kleinman, is in glasgow. pavel durov is sometimes described as the mark zuckerberg of russia. he was born in the country, but he left in 2014 and these days he's a citizen of both france and dubai. the messaging app that he founded is called telegram. and what sets it apart from something like whatsapp is that these enormous groups of up to 200,000 people can share content and information on it. now, the accusations that mr durov is facing are extremely serious, and they include running a platform to enable illicit transactions by an organised gang,

failing to communicate with the authorities, refusing in fact to communicate and complicity in the organised criminal distribution of sexual images of children. now he's under formal investigation. this doesn't mean that he's guilty, or even that there will necessarily be a trial, but it's absolutely unprecedented for the founder, the owner of a social network, to be arrested like this because of the content that's being shared on his platform. and it sparked a really fierce debate online about freedom of speech and accountability. elon musk, who's the owner of x, which used to be known as twitter, has leapt to his defence. he thinks that he should be completely freed, and he says that censorship isjust moderation under another name. but the president of france, emmanuel macron, said earlier this week that france remained committed to freedom of expression. an 11—year—old boy has been arrested during police raids

in connection with the recent riots in middlesborough. in all, 1a people were detained today on suspicion of violent disorder — including a woman and her son. daniel sandford has more. over the last few days, the number of people being arrested and put before the courts had tailed off slightly, but police forces are still investigating at pace, and cleveland police today made a number of raids on houses, arresting 1a people suspected of being involved in the middlesbrough riot. and one of those was just 11—years—old. and he's not even the first 11—year—old that that force has arrested, because they'd also arrested an 11—year—old linked to the hartlepool riot a few weeks ago. at this stage, neither of those 11—year—olds have been charged. but as you say, we've been looking at all of the cases as they go through the courts. and if you look at people who have been convicted and given a jail sentence, the number is now more than 200. you can see almost all of them there. the longest prison sentence anyone's been given is six years.

the average sentence two years. if you look at the specific age group of the young people, then of those who have been found guilty by pleading guilty but have not yet been sentenced, two 12—year—old boys, two 13—year—old boys and a 13—year—old girl. and at the other end of the age spectrum, of all the 500 people, more than 500 that have been charged, 1 in 10 of them were actually over the age of 50, the oldest 81. doctors are calling on the government to ban flavoured and disposable vapes, in an attempt to protect children from what they warn is a growing epidemic. ministers say they will introduce a new law about the sale and marketing of vapes — but that further restrictions would involve public consultation. here's our health correspondent catherine burns: how is this for a late summer sugar rush? cola, blue sour raspberry, or the classic strawberry? and bubble gum. we are not talking about sweets or fizzy drinks, they are all vape flavours and leading doctors

are worried they are too appealing for children and young people. it's estimated almost 8% of 11 to 17—year—olds vape. it's illegal to sell vapes to anybody under 18 but the new government says it will bring in a law stopping them being to liberal appetite to children and young people. it says this will include regulating flavours but there is no detail yet on how this will look it up in the meantime, the bma once all flavours except tobacco to be banned. vapes are a really good way to help people stop smoking and, if you are stopping, you need a tobacco flavoured vape. there is no need for any of the colourants or flavourings that we see at the moment. would they vape if they only sold tobacco flavour? not a chance. i would still do it forthe rush, forthe bus. thank you are addicted to nicotine? unfortunately. i don't think it's

a matter of the flavour. it might even push kids towards smoking if that's what they decide to do, so perhaps just keep the flavours. the bma says there is no reason for boots to be sold in colourful displays and it wants them in plain packaging behind shop counters. the vaping industry doesn't want that but agree something needs to be done. when people switch to vaping they want to disassociate themselves from the taste of tobacco so why do we want anything to be reminding them that they were a smoker every time they tried faith? we have to make sure young people conquer these products, and that's where we licensing would be a better strategy. the nhs says vaping is much less harmful than smoking but we don't know enough yet about long—term risks.

manchester city council says it will investigate claims some hotels appear to be trying to cash in from the oasis concerts at heaton park. people have reported having existing bookings for the same dates cancelled yesterday, only to find the rooms readvertised at triple the price. our reporter meghan owen has more. as soon as that announcement was made, there was a huge surge in bookings for hotels near those stadiums where oasis is going to be performing. and fans have said that they've received e—mails with cancellations or being forced to cancel their bookings. so i've actually got one e—mail here that was sent from fans, and it's from a hotel near heaton park. and it says that due to a technical problem, they have asked fans to confirm a cancellation request, which has left obviously lots incredibly disappointed. now, the greater manchester night—time economy adviser has taken to x, urging the hotel to do the right thing, and it is interesting. if you look at that thread on x, there is a lot

of very disappointed fans. i'm just going to read out some of the comments. so, one person said, "i'm raging that they have done this. i booked even before the gig announcement. this is sheer greed." another said that, "i am one of them, and that price has now trebled." another has said, "they have unfortunately had quite a few convenient technical errors today." i spoke to one fan from wales who booked immediately after hearing the announcement, but received the same e—mail. it's unbelievably frustrating. you know, as someone who grew up in the 80s and watched oasis twice before they split in the early 2000's, you know, the opportunity to see them live again is unbelievable obviously. and me and my friends are really, were really excited about the opportunity. so what to think that you've got one hurdle sorted, which is the hotel, was great, and it just leaves you kind of completely in limbo, because obviously now we are not sure if whether we do get tickets

how we will make our way to manchester and back. there are no options, obviously, we might have to get a taxi there and back or something like that. well, the hotel is denying that it's intentional. they say it is an overbooking issue, and they say that it is not an attempt to resell rooms at a higher price. and they will honour every booking made before the 26th of august. the french president, emmanuel macron, has formally opened the paralympic games in paris. nearly it,500 competitors from around the world will take part in the next eleven days of events. the first gold medals will be awarded on thursday. the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the games to be an "inclusion revolution". more than 200 athletes are competing for paralympics gb. let's take a quick look through tomorrow's newspaper front pages. "paris sourjourn" the ft has keir starmer�*s vistit to germany and then to france to meet president macron ahead of the paralympic games as he seeks to "reset" the uk's relationship with europe.

the i has a eu source claiming that the prime minister must give way on youth migration to ease rules for young europeans coming to the uk to get a softer brexit — the daily mirror has �*starmer in germany�* as the prime minister pushes ahead with his brexit reset. the telegraph says "fuel duty could be the net tax grab" as starmer suggests that anti—motorist measures are on the table depite election pledges. the daily express splashes with reform uk leader nigel farage criticising the prime minister forfailing to address migrant boat arrivals. the times has an incredible picture of a glider that had a lucky escape when it crash landed on a busy road in gloucestershire — the pilot and passenger got away with minor injuries. the scotsman splashes on chancellor rachel reeves taking a pot shot at the snp with the headline �*holyrood as guilty as westminister over cash crisis�*. and the sun keeps the oasis theme going this week —

"no cigarrettes and alcohol" is their headline as a leaked government document they've seen reveals a possible ban of smoking in pub gardens. now time for the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. wednesday brought us some big contrasts in the weather across the uk. now, for the north and west of the country, we did have a lot of cloud, and that brought some outbreaks of rain at times. you can see that on the combined satellite and radar picture. some of the heaviest rain went into western scotland, where we also had some of the lowest temperatures. for example, in harris, we only had temperatures of 1a degrees. in sharp contrast to that, skipping across these various weather fronts, we actually had plenty of sunshine and quite hot weather across east anglia and south east england, with temperatures peaking at 30 degrees in cambridge. confirmation, then, that the weather did indeed look a lot cheerierfor some. now, looking at the weather picture over the next few hours, we've got a cold front whizzing its way eastwards across the country.

what that's essentially doing is it's bringing cooler and fresher air in across the uk, so it won't be so hot across eastern areas of england as we look at the forecast in detail for thursday. and for many of us, it's going to be quite a fresh start to the day. temperatures even in single figures across parts of eastern scotland. now for scotland and northern ireland, this weather front will bring a zone of thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain for a time, followed by some showers into the afternoon. there could be a few showers at times across the northwest of england, maybe across parts of wales, but these few and far between, i think across the midlands, east anglia, southern england, it's a largely dry day. still warm in the sunshine, 23 degrees. not bad, but it's not going to be as hot as it was. we're not going to see temperatures of 30, for example. then for friday and the weekend, this area of high pressure is set to move across the uk. the other thing we've got to watch out for is the risk of a few showers coming up from france, but for the time being, it looks like they'll stay away. so friday, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers for orkney and shetland, where it will continue to be quite breezy.

otherwise, temperatures generally in the high teens to low 20s