the paralympic games are under way following a spectacular opening ceremony in paris last night. hello. i want to bring some live pictures straightaway from beijing because we are waiting to hear from the national security advisor, jake sullivan. he has been meeting with the chinese president as they discuss us china relations. as soon as he arrives, we will bring in more updates. we start in the middle east, where it's day two of the israeli military raids in the west bank. israel says five palestinian fighters have been killed while hiding in a mosque in the city of tulkarem. earlier, the palestinian armed group, islamichhad, says one of its top commanders

is among those who have been killed in israeli raids in the occupied west bank. meanwhile palestinian officials say at least 11 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 tulkarm, 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. 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 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. 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. let's take a closer look at the west bank and why it's controversial: the west bank is a chunk of land east of israel, home to nearly 3 million palestinians and it is known as the heart of any palestinian state. israel took control of west bank from jordan in 1967 and has allowed jewish settlers to move in to some areas, but palestinians consider it illegally occupied palestinian land.

the international court ofjustice has ruled that israel's occupation of the west bank — and the building ofjewish settlements there are — illegal under international law. according the un human rights council about 700,000 israeli settlers are living in the west bank. 0ur middle east correspondent, yolande knell, is injerusalem and told me exactly what was concerning about the latest escalation. what is really causing so much concern is just the scale and the scope of this military operation that israel is now conducting. it involves hundreds of troops. and as we were saying, it's that the biggest of its kind in a couple of decades. still this morning, this is ongoing injenin and tulkarem, the israeli raids there. the israeli military has put out a statement saying that it's killed five members of palestinian armed groups who were hiding in a mosque

we are going to interact out and go to beijing where jake sullivan is speaking. the to beijing where jake sullivan is s-ueakin. ~ , , to beijing where jake sullivan is s-ueakin. ~' , , ,, speaking. the key is responsible management — speaking. the key is responsible management through _ speaking. the key is responsible | management through diplomacy. beginning in may of last year that diplomacy has been an all hands on deck effort across the us government and cabinet, which has included four meetings between my self and china as well as engagements between secretary blinken and his counterparts and other cabinet secretaries and their counterparts. those discussions helped lay the foundation for a productive summit between resident biden and the chinese president in san francisco last year. our leaders agreed on concrete steps on issues that matter to the american people and that matter to the world. this week i travelled to china for the first time as national security adviser to take stock of where we have made progress and what work there still

remains to be done and how we can responsibly manage the differences and difficulties we have. that has been the focus of my meetings with the prime minister of china and the foreign minister. this was a true working visit, over the course of 14 hours of meetings we discussed progress and next steps on implementation of the woodside commitment and narcotics and efforts to reduce the flow of synthetic drugs into the us. military engagements, as well as work towards a another round of ai safety talks. we discussed the efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage deal in gaza. these meetings were also about managing tough issues and areas of

disagreement and i was direct on these issues. the united states will continue to take necessary action to prevent advance us technologies being used to undermine our national security without damaging trade or investment. we have concerns about china's trade policies and nonmarket economic policies. we are concerned about their support for russia's industrial base and its effect on european and transatlantic security and russia's brutal aggression against ukraine. it is a top priority for this administration to resolve the cases of american citizens wrongfully detained or subject to exit bans in china. this was another opportunity for me to raise these cases, as i have done before. i underscored the long—standing us commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms. in all of my meetings, i stress the importance of maintaining peace and

stability across the taiwan strait, emphasised our commitment to complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula and reaffirmed our commitment to our indo—pacific allies, as well as destabilising actions against lawful philippine operations in the south china sea. these were, constructive, candid, substantial communications. we believe in keeping communications open and will have a leader — level call in the coming weeks when i expect these discussions to continue. i will now take your questions. continue. i will now take your question— continue. i will now take your cuestions. ~ , ., ,, questions. we 'ust heard the us securi questions. we just heard the us security national— questions. we just heard the us security national adviser - questions. we just heard the us security national adviser deliver| security national adviser deliver some remarks after his meeting in beijing. he called it a working visit and described it as 14 hours of talks on key areas they want to cooperate on, including counter narcotic operations. the us receives

illicit drugs that they believe originate in china. they talked about corroborating on al safety and discussed deal negotiations when it comes to the gaza war. he did not shy away from talking about areas of tension between the two countries, including the economy, access to us technology, unfair trade policies, is the way he discussed it. as well as china's relationship with russia admits the war with ukraine. he is on his third and final day of talks with top chinese officials and his trip to beijing is seen as a way to create dialogue and reduce tension between the two countries. he talked about the importance of those open lines of communication. earlier i spoke to a lecturer in chinese and

international politics. she explained why this moment and even a potential leader call between the two is so significant. there's a big symbolism this time that jake sullivan travelled to beijing. it's the first time a national security adviser travelled to beijing, eight years since the last one in 2016. so the symbolism of the timing of jake sullivan travelling to beijing now is quite significant. and if you think about the timing of the us elections coming up, it does show that the us is prioritising security relations with china, given the tensions around the taiwan strait and south china sea. well, so to that point, we mentioned there that the risk of miscommunication, what is it that despite all their tensions, they're really trying to avoid here? well, we're seeing a very interesting trajectory from the us china relations moving from the trump administration to the biden administration. there was a lot of hope about smoother relations

with us, china, with the biden administration. but we're seeing quite a continuity with us china policy. and what i mean here in terms of communication is that very early on, there was this kind of scheduled visit for blinken to visit china, which was actually cancelled with this kind of spy balloon going over the us territory. so there's been a lot of tension around this kind of us—china communications, and trying to ensure that this is actually smooth has been an ongoing challenge through the biden administration. now, that's not to say that we haven't had any kind of communication. like, for example, wang yi and his counterpart jake sullivan have met five times in the past year. so notjust in beijing or the united states aside and sort of, you know, other areas like the g20, you're actually seeing kind of, you know, initiatives to really have the two kind of talk. but in terms of tensions, we are seeing mounting tensions around the indo—pacific and not

just the indo—pacific, because if you look at the war in ukraine, you're actually seeing very close relations between china and russia, which poses a challenge to the united states. and when it comes to challenges other than some of the geopolitical challenges you've just mentioned, the biden administration has been curbing china's access to american tech to the us economy. do you think that's likely to change? i think that's a continuous kind of trajectory we're seeing in terms of what we're seeing with us china policy throughout the trump administration there's been a lot of trade kind of unilateral measures taken towards this, um, china's access to us tech and also unfair practices and trade. and you're seeing these points repeated throughout jake sullivan's visit as well. so it's not onlyjust traditional military issues, like, for example, what's happening in gaza, what's happening in ukraine, in the indo—pacific. we're also seeing trade and economic security really come into the agenda.

some breakign news —— the number of migrants who have crossed the channel (00v) in dangerously overloaded boats this year has passed 20,000. figures from the home office show 614 people in 10 boats were brought to dover yesterday. that brings the total for this year to 20,434. the figure is up 3% on this time last year, but down 18% on 2022. that breaking news, that the number of migrants who have crossed the channel in dangerously overloaded boat this year has passed 20,000. that number is up 3% on this time last year but down 18% on 2022. to paris now where french president emmanuel macron has been meeting with the british prime minister keir

starmer at the elysee palace. the prime minister travelled from berlin to paris to hold more meetings designed to show the uk wants to "reset" its relationship with the european union following years of post—brexit turmoil. let's speak to our foreign correspondent, bethany bell, who is in paris. tell us more about this reset that keir starmer has been talking about. he says he wants to reset relations and start off on a better foot. he was in berlin meeting the german chancellor, they have agreed to a cooperation agreement in various different fields including the economy. then today, he is meeting with emmanuel macron. we are told that the talks will discuss ukraine, the middle east and continued

cooperation on that question of illegal migration across the channel and of course, britain at the moment is paying france millions of pounds to beef up the security along the northern surveillance activities. they are paying for drones, for french soldiers to patrol the coast, in an attempt to bring those numbers of people crossing down. very much, this meeting is being seen as something being following sir keir starmer�*s appearance at the opening of the paralympic games and this meeting this morning is about trying to build bridges with the eu again. sir keir starmer did say that he is not trying to reverse brexit. he said it is not trying to reverse brexit. he: said it is not about reversing brexit, but looking for areas of cooperation when it comes to the

economy, things like defence, continuing the cooperation in the fight against illegal migration. ways in which they can reset the clock to look at ways to move forward because the prime minister said that would help the uk's economy as well as having good relations with its neighbours. fine relations with its neighbours. one area tension. _ relations with its neighbours. one area tension, brussels has suggested there could be an agreement on youth mobility, but it is a delicate line fork sir keir starmer, isn't it? he said fork sir keir starmer, isn't it? he: said yesterday in berlin they had no plans to do that but didn't specifically rule it out. it is suggested there could be some room for negotiation, but the mood music is about improving things, improving relations, with this visit to the

two big eu powers, france and germany. we are not expecting a big agreement to come out of paris like we did in berlin, but it is very much friendliness and good vibes. good vibes in paris. thanks for that update. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

here in the uk the government is considering banning smoking in pub gardens. ministers are considering tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors as part of a drive to phase out tobacco. as first reported by the sun, external, smoking could be banned in pub gardens, outdoor restaurants, outside hospitals and sports grounds. here's our political correspondent hannah miller to explain a little bit more about what the ban may mean in practice. we already knew that the new government was carrying on with plans to gradually ban

smoking, so that anyone born in 2009 or later will never legally be able to buy cigarettes. they've been quite open about that. it was a plan from the previous government, and they have said that they will make that law when they get to it. what we've heard today, though, is going quite significantly further, as you say, suggesting that smoking could also be banned outside pubs, restaurants, outside hospitals and sports grounds in england and wales as well. now the department of health and social care say that they don't comment on leaks, but what we are hearing is them suggesting that smoking comes at quite a significant cost. and in their response, they've talked about the number of lives that are impacted by smoking and also the cost to the nhs. and they say it costs the taxpayer

billions of pounds as well. so they've been quite clear. the department of health and social care, that they are considering a range of measures, they say, to stop people from getting second—hand smoke essentially. and when you see a statement like that from the government, then essentially they're not denying that they're looking at this means that they very much are looking at this, but there is still a whole process to go through before it would actually become a reality. the paralympics are under way 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. 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 attended last night's opening ceremony.

there were tens of thousands of spectators packing out the place de la concorde last night in a spectacular opening ceremony. the stage was full of disabled dancers and performers moving together in what was a powerful message of inclusivity that it has to mean more thanjust taking part. that was a message echoed by the head of international paralympic committee, who said these athletes are not here to just take part, they are here to smash records and win gold. we had christine and the queens, the music, we had fireworks, in blue, white and red, the cauldron was lit and we set the stage for the next 11 days of sport. that sport is already under way, in the pool, lots of swimming events today including the italian star simone barlaam, he's already got five golds, he's going in five events in these games. in these games. the first of those today. the first of those today. and in the velodrome, and in the velodrome,

kadeena cox from great britain kadeena cox from great britain defends her title in the time trial. defends her title in the time trial. in past games, kadeena has competed in past games, kadeena has competed in cycling and athletics. in cycling and athletics. injury has prevented kadeena cox injury has prevented kadeena cox from running this time from running this time so she will be keen to go for gold. so she will be keen to go for gold. team sports under way, team sports under way, wheelchair rugby so popular wheelchair rugby so popular here because it is so exciting, here because it is so exciting, full contact, bit brutal at times full contact, bit brutal at times as well and great britain as well and great britain are the defending champions in this are the defending champions in this but they say the competition has got but they say the competition has got a lot tougher since tokyo a lot tougher since tokyo so lots of other nations in the mix so lots of other nations in the mix there including the home nation, there including the home nation, france, the us and canada as well. france, the us and canada as well. and zakia khudadadi wants to make and zakia khudadadi wants to make history for the refugee team, history for the refugee team, she wants to be the first medal she wants to be the first medal winnerfor the refugee team here. she trains with the french national team and so could well get some home support from the crowd so in total there are 22 golds in contention winnerfor the refugee team here. today up for grabs, it will be

a really exciting start to these games.

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. 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. this 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 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. 0ur 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. 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.

ai reality check. nvidia posts record sales but its forecasts disappoint investors, sending shares in the chip giant tumbling. the path is cleared for the uk to join this group of trading nations. britain will become part of the trans pacific partnership on the 15th december. and rethinking retirement. why singapore is paying companies to keep its seniors working.

welcome to business today. we start in the us and disappointment with what was billed by some as the most important company earnings report in years. nvidia, which dominates the market for al chips, has been at the centre of an investment frenzy on wall street based on hopes that artificial intelligence will transform the business world. it reported record sales in its in latest quarterly results but despite that, investors expected more and began to dump its shares. let's look in more detail at those figures. it earned just over $30 billion in revenue in the three months to the end ofjune, more than ever before. that figure was i22% higher than the same period last year. but this pace of growth is slower than nvidia's been seeing in recent quarters. and its forecasts disappointed investors sending its shares down as

much as 7% in after—hours trading.