of 11 days of action. we start in the middle east, where at least ten people have been killed in the biggest israeli 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 occupied west bank since hamas�*s deadly attack in israel on 7 october, with the un saying more than 650 palestinians have been killed by israeli soldiers or settlers there. israeli officials say that during the same period, at least 19 israelis have been killed in palestinian attacks. the operation involved israeli forces raiding the cities ofjenin, tulkarm, nablus and tubas, on a scale that hasn't

happened for decades. 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. dusk 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 gave us more on the reason for this new escalation. if you listen to israel say it is all about iran— is all about iran they are behind and _ is all about iran they are behind and increased . is all about iran they are behind and increased in | behind and increased in palestinian violence and armed groups. it is no secret iranian doesn't support palestinian armed groups. someone has to pay for their weaponry. but why escalate now when israel has

been hitting the same places for months and months and arresting thousands of people, killing hundreds. the root of it is the long conflict over the lands. 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, not just 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. that was our international editorjeremy bowen. we asked janine zacharia — middle east analyst and lecturer at stanford university — if she shared his viewpoint. i thought he made some interesting points about i take one issue with how the palestinian authority has not been able to controljanine's town in the west bank or the other town israel went in heavy end. forthe other town israel went in heavy end. for the last couple of years hamas in other palestinian terrorist groups that are labelled under the us are in control of the area even in the past israel would signalled or called the leader

of the palestinian authority and said, we need you to take action against these individuals were, we know there is a bomb making say here, that would've called on the pa to do those kinds of work and can't do that any more as we are in a new phase in that sense. i mean, it's just a few days ago that we had israel, um, launch a massive pre—emptive strike against hezbollah in south lebanon. and now you have this operation in the northern part of the west bank, which could last a few days. i'm only speculating, and i don't like to speculate, but i'm wondering if they're trying to get a lot of this sort of quote unquote work done that they've wanted to do on their wish list in case, in fact, there is success in the ceasefire talks that are taking place in the region right now. we will get to the ceasefire

talks in a moment, but this action that's taking place in the west bank, and the fact that the palestinian authority's authority has been weakened as well. do you see this escalating into perhaps what we've been seeing in gaza? well, i mean, there's always been a fear since october 7th that there that the west bank is a much bigger area. and then as hamas and islamichhad grow in popularity, as we've seen in recent polls, and as the palestinian authority gets weaker, that the west bank could, um, present itself as a broader challenge. now, remember, you have israel built after the second intifada, which lasted from 2000 to 2005, a long barrier wall, part fence, part wall. so you have that along the west bank. it could erupt. but i don't anticipate this seems to be a more localised operation following what was a botched suicide bombing in tel aviv a few days ago that was rooted injenin. so maybe a few days of this. um, but then we'll have to see. and just coming back to the ceasefire talks, then, do you think there's a realistic possibility that those could come to fruition? this conflict in gaza continues to rumble on. hamas and israel don't

seem to be able to reach any middle ground. yeah, i mean, the main sticking point seems to be, well, among the main sticking points is who's going to control the border between gaza and egypt. there's a lot of discussion about the border between gaza and israel, but this sort of eight mile corridor between gaza and egypt, egypt has proven itself unable, and/or unwilling to secure that border. i myself, as a reporter for the washington post, have been on that spot and have been in tunnels that you could fit a car through. and so the way that hamas was able to equip itself to carry out the devastation and the massacres of october 7th was largely because of what was transported across that border. now, hamas doesn't want israel patrolling that border, neither does egypt. so that's a main sticking point. and then israel wants basically to be able to move throughout the gaza strip, something that hamas won't tolerate. israel didn't want a ceasefire

until hamas was eliminated. hamas' sinwar has not been captured. the military and now political commander as well. that said, there were talks in cairo that have now moved to doha. and what's interesting about that is the qatari prime minister is a main interlocutor with iran. he wasjust in iran. we will see whether they made any headway there. 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 at just 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 israeli army says the incident is under review. us national security adviserjake sullivan has been in china for two days of talks with senior chinese diplomats. the two sides were hoping to settle a series

of diplomatic differences. mr sullivan has been working with chinese foreign minister wang yi to set up a call between presidentsjoe biden and xi jinping. on wednesday the white house said both sides, "welcomed ongoing efforts to maintain open lines of communication, including planning for a leader—level call in the coming weeks." and on china's influence in the indo—pacific region, the white house said, "mr sullivan underscored the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the taiwan strait." well, its being reported on china's state broadcaster cctv that mr wang has told mr sullivans that "the key to the smooth development of china—us interaction lies in treating each other as equals." the fbi has released more details on the assassination attempt on republican presidential nominee donald trump. fbi officials said the gunman, thomas crooks, mounted a "sustained and detailed effort" to attack a major gathering before selecting the trump rally in pennsylvania. crooks searched more than 60 times for information about the republican presidential candidate and his then—rival, presidentjoe biden, before registering for

the trump rally in earlyjuly. our correspondentjohn sudworth — who is in washington — gave some background to this latest fbi briefing. well, the fbi has come in for intense criticism. first and foremost, of course, for its failure to protect the former president on the day of the shooting, but more recently over its handling of the investigation and the evidence. and this briefing was, in part, an attempt by the fbi to push back

on some of those more recent criticisms, saying that the protocols of evidence have been followed and that it is doing all it can to get to the bottom of the motives for the attack. what's interesting, though, is that despite those hundreds of hours of video footage they have trawled through, despite hundreds of interviews carried out, despite the intense scrutiny on the social media use and the internet footprint of thomas crooks, the gunman, they are no clearer to establishing a motive. he remains something of an enigma. they say that his social media use shows a mixture of views, no real clues there as to motive, and that although there was intensive planning leading up to the event, again, the evidence shows that thomas crooks was searching both republican and democrat events. the fbi has also put into the public domain photographs from one of the weapon that was used in the shooting, the backpack that was used to transport it, and photographs of the unexploded devices found in the gunman�*s car. and they've also confirmed some of the detail of the immediate steps

leading up to the shooting. photographs of the air conditioning unit that the gunman used to climb onto that nearby roof overlooking the rally event. and they say that a full six minutes passed before the first of the eight shots that he fired, killing an audience member, of course, and injuring donald trump in the ear. they also confirmed that two shots were fired back in return, one from a local law enforcement officer and one from a secret service sniper. it was that final shot, a direct shot to the head that proved to be fatal. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

millions of people in southern

africa are being pushed into hunger because of the worst drought in decades. about a third of southern african countries are on red alert — having declared emergencies after crops failed. the head of the regional development community says up to 68 million people are in need of assistance, and has launched an appeal for five and half billion dollars in aid. the bbc�*s shingai nyoka reports now from mudzi in northern zimbabwe, one of the areas worst affected. the worst drought in living memory is sweeping across the land. here in mudzi, it's wiped out over 90% of the crop and put pressure on water supplies. an entire community and their animals gathered to extract the last drops from this river. it normally never runs dry, we were told. gracious is now walking further, three hours every day, to fetch water, but she fears that sharing a water pit with animals could

make herfamily sick. "i've never seen anything like this," she told me. dry spells are increasing in frequency in this part of the world. poor families unable to withstand the climate shocks are becoming more and more vulnerable. this is a familiar picture in many rural areas across southern africa — water bodies that are bone dry. it means that the hundreds of families that used to sustain themselves through rivers like this are now dependent on food aid. tambudzai mahachi planted acres of maize, cowpeas and peanuts, and harvested nothing. she told me that she often supplies markets in the capital, but this year, she's among millions of zimbabweans relying on hand—outs. breakfast today is wheat

from a neighbour. translation: we have gone | from eating what we want and when we want to limiting meals. the older girl understands the older girl understands and accepts that we and accepts that we don't have enough. don't have enough. but at times i can see but at times i can see that my youngest is hungry. that my youngest is hungry. about a third of southern about a third of southern african countries are on red african countries are on red alert, having declared alert, having declared a state of disaster. a state of disaster. at least three million tonnes at least three million tonnes of maize is required of maize is required immediately to meet regional immediately to meet regional demand. demand. this is the second highest this is the second highest deficit in 15 years, deficit in 15 years, and this is a region where up and this is a region where up of the messaging app, to 70% of the population to 70% of the population relies on agriculture. relies on agriculture. meanwhile, it's getting hotter meanwhile, it's getting hotter and drier, and the hunger and drier, and the hunger season is yet to peak. season is yet to peak. and the next rain still months and the next rain still months away, there are concerns that away, there are concerns that families like this might not families like this might not get the help they need. get the help they need. shingai nyoka, bbc news, mudzi. shingai nyoka, bbc news, mudzi.

the founder and chief executive 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. 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 with the authorities, 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 is just moderation under another name. but the president of france, emmanuel macron, said earlier this week that france remained committed to freedom of expression. to south korea, where a large number of online chatrooms have been found to be sharing sexually explicit deepfake images of women. the images — which are generated using articifial intelligence — combine the face of a real person with a fake body.

in an emergency meeting, south korean authorities have called on telegram and other platforms to work with them to delete and block this type of content. the country's president, yoon suk yeol, has

the prime minister's first official visit to germany, 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 starmer and olaf scholz are comfortable in 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 truly possible without altering the fundamentals of the post—brexit settlement? a quick visit to siemens energy this afternoon to display determination to improve trading ties. the prime minister adamant that on the single market and customs union, nothing will change.

a quick visit to siemens energy this afternoon to display 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. olaf scholz lamented a massive decline since brexit in contact between germans and brits. and then to paris, not just the paralympics between britain and europe is only intensifying. the authorities in italy are expanding their investigation into the death of seven people, including the british tech entrepreneur mike lynch, after his yacht sank in bad weather off the coast of sicily. italian news agencies are reporting that two crew members, as well as the captain, are now the focus of inquiries. mike lynch, his daughter hannah, and five others people lost their lives last monday. the investigation is now said to include the ship's engineer tim parker eaton and crewmember matthew griffith. the french president, emmanuel macron, has formally opened the paralympic games in paris. nearly 4,500 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". you have been watching newsday. stay with us. 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 14 degrees. in sharp contrast to that, skipping across these various weather fronts, various weather fronts,

we actually had plenty we actually had plenty of sunshine and quite hot of sunshine and quite hot weather across east anglia weather across east anglia and south east england, and south east england, with temperatures peaking at 30 with temperatures peaking at 30 degrees in cambridge. degrees in cambridge. confirmation, then, confirmation, then, that the weather did indeed that the weather did indeed look a lot cheerier for some. look a lot cheerier for some. now, looking at the weather now, looking at the weather picture over the next few picture over the next few hours, we've got a cold front hours, we've got a cold front whizzing its way eastwards whizzing its way eastwards across the country. across the country. what that's essentially what that's essentially doing is it's bringing doing is it's bringing cooler and fresher air cooler and fresher air in across the uk, so it in across the uk, so it won't be so hot across eastern won't be so hot across eastern areas of england as we look areas of england as we look at the forecast in at the forecast in detail for thursday. detail for thursday. and for many of us, weekend, this area of high and for many of us, it's going to be quite it's going to be quite a fresh start to the day. a fresh start to the day. temperatures even in single temperatures even in single figures across parts of eastern scotland. figures across parts of eastern scotland. now for scotland and northern now for scotland and northern ireland, this weather front ireland, this weather front will bring a zone of thicker will bring a zone of thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain cloud, outbreaks of rain for a time, followed by some for a time, followed by some showers into the afternoon. showers into the afternoon. there could be a few showers there could be a few showers at times across the northwest at times across the northwest of england, maybe across parts of england, maybe across parts of wales, but these few of wales, but these few and far between, i think and far between, i think across the midlands, across the midlands, east anglia, southern england, 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 it's a largely dry day.

ai boom. nvidia more than doubles its second quarter revenue — but its shares are taking a hit. plus, we speak to the elderly in singapore who have chosen to keep working. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin with our top story. us chip giant nvidia has more than doubled its revenue in the second quarter, helped by an artificial intelligence boom.

the company reported a revenue of 30 billion dollars in the three months tojuly. that's a hundred and twenty—two percent higher than a year ago.but its shares are taking a hit in after—hours trading in new york. the bbc�*s ritika gupta has more. the chip—maker put up a blockbuster quarter in earnings, revenues topped $30 billion, more than double what it reported a year ago and beating the expectations from wall street. 68 cents also came in above expectations. the company authorised another $50 billion in share buy—backs. but after a huge run—up in stocks, expectations were high going into the report, and investors had been looking for an even bigger revenue forecast. the outlook threatens to tamp down nai frenzy that has transformed the company into the world's second most valuable company. as anticipated, they gave an update on the production delays and design flaws on its chip,