hello, i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where it's day two of the israeli military raids in the west bank. where its day two of the israeli israel says five palestinian fighters have been killed while hiding in a mosque in the city of tulkarm. earlier, palestinian officials said at least ”people had been killed during what israel describes as "counter—terror raids". it's israel's largest operation in the west bank in about two decades. earlier, the un secretary—general called on israel to halt its major military operation in the north of the territory immediately. from jenin, our middle east correspondent lucy williamson sent this report. it was a message of force, delivered quietly at first. israeli soldiers seeking their targets, street by palestinian street.

at morning, hundreds of troops backed by armoured bulldozers 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 naaja 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. the idf and our security forces are operating in tulkarem, 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 the 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. let's speak to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell.

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highlighting efforts on bomb—making abilities. they found another mosque.

the looking to the international committee for some sort of intervention, pointing out this is a very dangerous moment. we have had from the us, what is the international community saying? lots of expressions of concern and alarm, we have the un secretary—general calling for an immediate halt to what is happening in the west bank, saying this was fuelling an already explosive situation and the palestinian territory and was undermining the palestinian authority which has international backing and governs parts of the west bank. the eu foreign policy chief talks about how this was not become the premises of a wall extension. the same as we are seen

in the gaza with the same large—scale destruction. the us has talked about how there is a very real security need that israel has the right as far as is concerned to go after what it sees as terrorists and the west bank but also added to the cause for steps to be taken to minimise harm to civilians. i am joined now by aseel baidoun, who is currently working for medical aid for palestinians an is in ramallah... as an ngo operating in the area what have you been hearing about the events in the west bank? since esterda events in the west bank? since yesterday we — events in the west bank? since yesterday we have _ events in the west bank? since yesterday we have been - events in the west bank? since yesterday we have been in - events in the west bank? since | yesterday we have been in close contact with partners and hospitals and the red crescent and they have been reporting the violations by the

israeli army as evidence teams and medical crews have been denied access to hospitals even to evacuate hospitals facing an influx of injuries. allowing patients to reach the hospital asking us to provide bands as many engineers had the use of districts which is a violation of the atrocity in such circumstances because it is an illegal use of weapons. because it is an illegal use of weapons-_ because it is an illegal use of wea ons. ., , because it is an illegal use of wea ons. . , , because it is an illegal use of weaons. , ., weapons. the un has said the use of air strikes and _ weapons. the un has said the use of air strikes and other _ weapons. the un has said the use of air strikes and other military - air strikes and other military weapons and tactics violates human rights and norms and standards as it should have applied to operations,

israel says this is a counterterrorism operation. tell us more about the stakes because it is about reaching people and minutes. minutes matter but not to the israeli army because they have been proving since october that lives do not matter in palestine. more than 600 killed including 150 children since the war on gaza and since then we have most medical teams have been prevented access, patients bleed to death and that has caused trauma. they are systematically denying access to hospitals. since october the who has documented more than 500 attacks in the west bank, they had been directly targeted. even before the war my organisation we had to provide medical teams with

bullet—proof vests and helmets because israel were directly targeting paramedics so it is clear violation of international humanitarian and human rights law by the israeli army regardless of the military objective, they are disregarding all all laws and coming to civilians and medical teams. the idf has says _ to civilians and medical teams. the idf has says claims regarding an attack on medical stack are false, we are getting your testimony here and what you organisation says it has witnessed, i wonder what you would say from the perspective of notjust would say from the perspective of not just the would say from the perspective of notjust the health workers but the patients, what is it they are going through in the west bank given that has not been that much focus on the west bank. . ~ has not been that much focus on the west bank. ., ~ ., ,., has not been that much focus on the west bank-— west bank. talking about patients, the no west bank. talking about patients, they go through — west bank. talking about patients, they go through a _ west bank. talking about patients, they go through a watch, _ west bank. talking about patients, they go through a watch, not - west bank. talking about patients, they go through a watch, not only i they go through a watch, not only they go through a watch, not only the injury or sickness but

systematically denied access to medical care. checkpoint closures, they are being investigated at checkpoints and editors hard to reach health care facility in the west bank, every town and city has a checkpoint and they do not care if you have a patient and injured on a paramedic you will be searched and interrogated, probably denied access and if you are lucky you will get access but too late for your appointment or injury. we are talking about uncertainty as a patient, denying treatment on delayed treatment. palestinians are going through a lot in terms of movement restrictions and violation of human rights, basic dignity and rights to access health.— of human rights, basic dignity and rights to access health.

i want to direct you to our live page for there's an update from the eu who are starting the process of asking member states that they want to impose sanctions on some israeli ministers. this is about specific ministers. this is about specific ministers not israel as a whole. this was from the foreign policy chief speaking to reporters ahead of a meeting in brussels and he has initiated the procedure to caf member states would consider that appropriate to sanction them and said those who have been launching unacceptable hate messages against palestine and proposing things that go against international law are the individuals that the eu is considering adding to their list of sanctions. we do not have any names but as soon as we have more detail and reactionary will bring it to you.

the paralympic are underway in paris. a spectacular opening ceremony marked the start of the paris 2024 paralympics games as athletes paradaed along the iconic champs elysee to place de la concorde in glorious condition. the head of the international paralympic committee, andrew parsons, told the crowd he wanted the games to be an "inclusion revolution". the first gold medals will be awarded in the comning hours in swimming, cycling and taekwondo. sally hurst is in the french capital for us and watched last nights opening ceremony. give us a taste, what was it like? there were tens of thousands of spectators packing out the plastic on can't last eight and a spectacular opening 70. the stage was full of disabled dancers and performers and a powerful message of inclusivity that it has to mean more than just taking part that was a message echoed by the head of

international paralympic committee, he said these athletes are not here to just take part, he said these athletes are not here tojust take part, they he said these athletes are not here to just take part, they adhere to smash records and win gold. we had music and fireworks, the court and was let and reset the stage for the next 11 days of sport. that sport is already under way, lots of swimming events today including italian stars and the going and five events today. and in the velodrome. british athletes at quinta grabbed gold there. team sports also under way, wheelchair rugby one of the most popular spots with spectators because it is so exciting. brutal at

times. great britain are the defending champions. the competition has got a much tougher since tokyo, other nations and the mix including home nations france, us and canada. part of the refugee team wants to make history as the first medal winner for the make history as the first medal winnerfor the refugee make history as the first medal winner for the refugee team, make history as the first medal winnerfor the refugee team, goes and tae kwon do. she changed with the french national team should get home support. there are 22 golds in contention today, it will be a really exciting start to the games. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let me bring you some news we've just received here in the newsroom.

let's turn to china now, because the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, is on the third and final day of talks with top chinese military officials. his trip to beijing is seen as an effort to create more dialogue and reduce high—stakes tensions — with the white house wanting to avoid any miscommunication that could lead to conflict in the region. on wednesday mr sullivan met with chinese foreign minister waang yi to set up a call between presidentsjoe biden and xijinping. 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." 0n 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." our china correspondent laura bicker gave me the latest from beijing. well when it comes to the national security adviser, jake sullivan, and china's foreign minister wang yi, the two have met on four other occasions. this is the fifth time, and they do seem able to talk for a very long time. we're into our third day, so we're expecting an update within the next couple of hours. but the last update we did get did mention some progress. first of all, you've just mentioned that there will be a call between president biden and president xi in the coming weeks. now, what we are wondering is whether or not that will lead the groundwork for a final meeting between the two presidents before president biden leaves office. is this unfinished business for the white house? and second, the other kind of progress that seems to have been made is that jake sullivan has met for the first time since 2016 for any us national security adviser. he's met a top chinese general, and they've had discussions about military to military communication. that shows just how seriously both sides are taking this. and that is because there

are a number of flashpoints throughout the world, including, as you mentioned, the taiwan strait and the south china sea. and in those areas, the chinese and the americans come very, very close together. what both sides fear is a miscommunication, a miscalculation that could lead to conflict. and that's what this is about. this is about stopping this competition of the 21st century, turning in to any kind of conflict. the ukrainian military says it attacked the �*atlas' oil storage facility in russia's rostov region on wednesday, which caused a fire. the military also says it attacked �*zenit�* oil depot in russia's kirov region and a field artillery depot in russia's voronezh region. meanwhile, ukraine's airforce says its forces destroyed 60 out of 7a russian attack drones and two out of three missiles launched at its territory overnight.

let's move on to hong kong... a court found two editors of the now—defunct stand news media outlet guilty of conspiring to publish seditious publication, in a case that has drawn international scrutiny. the two editors, chung pui—kuen and patrick lam, could face a maximum jail term of two years. this is the first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since hong kong'shandover from britain to china in 1997. hong kong authorities have resurrected the sedition law as part of a crackdown on dissent — following mass antigovernment protests in 2019. let's speak to our reporter martin yip in hong kong. could you remind us of the background to this case? yes, so this is back _ background to this case? yes, so this is back in _ background to this case? yes, so this is back in december- background to this case? yes, so this is back in december 2021 - background to this case? yes, so l this is back in december 2021 when the national security police led a raid to the newsroom of stand news in hong kong, stand news was an

on—line multiplatform publication thatis on—line multiplatform publication that is fairly popular among people who support the pro—democracy camp, especially after the demise of the broadsheet paper which some may argue as a tabloid paper, but that was a major pro—democracy publication and once it is down, stand news somehow took over the place, so after the raid, the publication shot it down almost immediately and the 2 editors and publishing company were then charged with this publishing of salacious material charge and after so much of a delay after the raid in december 2021, today, in august 2024, we are finally hearing a guilty verdict and wejust heard from finally hearing a guilty verdict and we just heard from the court that the 2 defendants have now been released on bail, pending sentencing, scheduled later in september. sentencing, scheduled later in

september-— sentencing, scheduled later in setember. ., , september. martin, we mentioned this is the 1st edition _ is the 1st edition conviction against any editorfor is the 1st edition conviction against any editor for many years. what is the security environment like in hong kong right now? even from the day of the arrest we have heard condemnation. from the secretary of state antony blinken with the hong kong government saying they have to release these people and it is significantly against freedom and press of —— freedom of press and speech in hong kong. they say all these measures are necessary to protect china's national security and all these national security measures in hong kong for the sake of china's national security and just in april this year... the local le . islator just in april this year... the local legislator has —

just in april this year... the local legislator has finished _ just in april this year... the local legislator has finished the - just in april this year... the local legislator has finished the 2nd i just in april this year... the local. legislator has finished the 2nd part of the national security legislation that was demanded by beijing and this very charge has sought the maximum jail term raised from 2 years up to 7 years and if it would ever involve what they call foreign forces, it would be counted as a much more severe crime in beijing's eyes as you can see from the outdated legislation but for now these 2 editors would face sentencing under the old law because they were charged under the old 4 so they were charged under the old 4 so they would face a maximum jail term of 2 years. they would face a maximum “ail term of2 ears. . ~ they would face a maximum “ail term of2 ears. ., ,, i. ., they would face a maximum “ail term of2 ears. ., ~' i., ., ., of 2 years. thank you for that u date. three people from the same family died in a landslide which buried their home, after a powerful typhoon hitjapan. these are pictures from kagoshima prefecture,

a seaside city onjapan�*s southern kyushu island. typhoon shanshan left more than 250—thousand homes without power when it made landfall on the island in southern japan. yufuin flooding further north on kyushu. the storm is expected to travel up towards tokyo this weekend. around a million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, as the authorities warn that the threat of deadly floods and landslides is increasing. japan airlines cancelled 275 domestic flights on thursday, with more disruption expected into friday. stunning images of the natural world have been shared by the natural history museum as part of its wildlife photographer of the year competition. this jaguar with a caiman in its jaws was captured in the pantanal wetlands in brazil, by british photographer ian ford. this stoat was seen "dancing" over the snow in france. the image was taken by manuel grandio, who called it �*twist and jump'.and a colourful david bowie spider was photographed carrying an egg sack in the cameroon highlands in malaysia.

it was taken by lam soon tak. this year's competition received more than 59,000 entries from photographers all over the world. the winners will be announced on the 8th of october. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. yesterday we reached 30 celsius in cambridge. today it's more likely to be 23. being our top temperature, it's going to feel fresher and we're looking at a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers. now, most of the showers today will be across northern england, northern ireland and scotland, enhanced by this weather front moving from the west to the east. driven along on quite a brisk breeze come further south. the spacing in the isobars is much wider, not much of a breeze at all. so away from the showers in the north a lot of dry weather,

some sunshine, fair—weather cloud bubbling up through the day. there's an outside chance of an isolated shower further south, but the lion's share will be in the north for some of those could be heavy and thundery. temperatures today 14 to about 23 degrees, so quite a drop from what some of us had yesterday into this evening. —— into this evening and overnight a lot of the showers will fade. we'll continue with a brisk breeze and some showers across the far north of scotland and in western areas. in the lighter winds we are looking at some mist and fog patches forming. it's also going to be a cooler night tonight than last night. our overnight lows — 7 to 11 degrees, so any mist and fog that's formed overnight will lift quite quickly tomorrow. high pressure is firmly in charge. tomorrow is going to be fine and settled. but on saturday we've got a change in the weather forecast. this weather front looks like it's going to produce a bit more cloud. so on friday a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine around, one or two showers coming in in a light breeze across the far north of scotland initially

and through the day we'll start to see some sea breezes developing. so if you head towards the coast, temperatures will be that little bit lower. but inland we're looking at 18 in glasgow, 19 in newcastle to 24 in london. so the temperatures climbing a little bit more on saturday. we start off with some mist and fog patches, but we've also got our weather front in the south. now that's going to introduce more cloud than we thought, and also the chance of some light and patchy rain move north of that. it's drier and it's sunnier, but something we're watching is that area of cloud in the north sea. itjust might come onshore across parts of eastern scotland and northeast england through the day. temperatures 14 to 22 degrees. now, beyond that, it turns a little bit more unsettled on sunday and monday we've got fronts moving northwards and also coming in from the west. they at times will introduce some rain and it could be heavy and thundery.

this is bbc news, the headlines the israeli army says it's killed 5 people on day two of its major military operation in the occupied west bank a hong kong court has found two journalists guilty of conspiring to publish seditious publication, in a case that has drawn international scrutiny. instructions on smoking outdoors and being considered by uk ministers.

hello, this is bbc news. more now on the conflict in the middle east — the head of the un, antonio guterres, has called on israel to halt its major military operation in the north of the occupied west bank immediately. israel's military said it had killed five palestinian militants in the city of tulkarm. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson is injenin and sent us this update israeli forces are still in position in cities across the northern west bank, including here injenin. you can see the refugee camp in the distance behind me, and we heard loud explosions and gunfire coming from that area overnight. we still haven't been able to get into to understand what has happened in to to understand what has happened there, or indeed elsewhere in the city ofjenin, where the israeli forces are still in place and are still there's

still heavy restrictions on on moving around.