today at 0ne...|srael carries out a major attack, in the occupied west bank. several palestinians have been killed in overnight air strikes injenin. israel claims its been attacking a terrorist stronghold — palestinians say innocent people are being bombed. injenin the intense fighting continues with bursts of gunfire and regular loud explosions. we'll be live in the west bank with the latest. also this lunchtime... a watchdog says drivers paid an extra 6 pence a litre for fuel at supermarkets last year because of weaker competition. fighting trench by trench. we have a special report on how ukraine's counteroffensive is being hampered by russian landmines. confirmation expected that last month was the hottestjune on record —

with fears that many of our fish were killed by the heat. and the crowds flock to wimbledon for the first day of this year's tournament. and coming up on bbc news... after australia take a 2—0 lead in the ashes series, we have all the reaction from a controversial second test at lord's. good afternoon. israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied west bank, one of the biggest in recent years. it began with multiple drone strikes on thejenin refugee camp, which israel claims contains a command centre for palestinian militants. israel has also sent in ground forces. fighting is continuing and there've been gun battles on the streets. at least seven people are dead.

palestinian leaders say it's an attempt to destroy a refugee camp and that innocent people inside the camp have been bombed. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. jenin is no stranger to the sound of armed conflict. this is the largest israeli operation there for years. overhead, drones looking for targets on the densely populated streets. below, israeli troops inside the city and its refugee camp, on a mission, they say, to root out armed militants responsible for attacks on israeli civilians. officials hinting the operation could last for days. the assault began at night. israel hitting an apartment it said was being used as a command centre by thejenin brigades, the alliance of palestinian groups which now dominate the camp.

at local hospitals, a steady stream of injuries and a death toll that rose by the hour. israel says its operation is precise, focused and, as long as it lasts, civilians will be in grave danger. translation: what's going on in l the refugee camp is a real war. i there were strikes from the sky targeting it. every time we drive in with our ambulances, we come back full with injured people. street battles have raged all morning. jenin is a lawless place. these young gunmen have lost faith with the palestinian leadership. for them there is no peace process, only a struggle to end israel's 56 years of occupation. israel calls them terrorists, this morning showing off home—made weapons seized inside the camp and saying all this is sponsored from abroad. i want to emphasise that we don't ever fight with the palestinians.

actually, our fight is with the proxies of iran in our region. members of israel's far right government have been pushing for decisive action for months. it could escalate. in gaza and elsewhere, the atmosphere is boiling and the mechanisms for diffusing it are not obvious. paul adams, bbc news. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injenin. yolande, how do you assess the significance of this big israeli operation? there is still intense fighting continuing, you can hear gunfire, we've got smoke seems to have been started here in the centre ofjenin with tyres being burned to create a smoke screen. we hear loud explosions going on as well, the israeli military are not saying how long they expect this operation to

continue, they only call it an extensive counterterrorism. it comes in the context of escalating violence in the west bank with the israeli army saying it is carrying out counterterrorism offensives against palestinian militants who carried out a series of deadly attacks against israelis. in recent months we have seen repeatedly in jenin some deadly israeli military raids and the israeli military is claiming that what has been happening is when attacks have been carried out by palestinians, people have been coming and using thejenin refugee camp as a safe haven. they say it has become a hornets nest for terrorism and that is why they are striking in this way today, but of course the concern in such a densely populated camp, home to some 18,000 palestinians, there are several hundred palestinian gunmen there but most are innocent civilians who are now caught up in the crossfire of all of this. there have been calls

from palestinian ambulance drivers, saying they are unable to reach the dozens of injured, asking for humanitarian pause so they can go in there. but at the moment, this is an intense military operation and it is ongoing. intense military operation and it is onauoin. ., . ., ongoing. yolande knell there, our correspondent _ ongoing. yolande knell there, our correspondent in _ ongoing. yolande knell there, our correspondent in jenin. _ a watchdog has found that drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel — with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. our business correspondent theo leggett is with me now. the competition regulator's been carrying out a major study into how much we pay for fuel. last year we saw a huge increase in prices between january and july. petrol and diesel went up by 50p a litre. now, a large part of that was down to factors like the war in ukraine —

and prices have eased a bit since. but here's the catch — this red line is the average price of petrol at the pump. and this?is the wholesale price — what it actually costs retailers to buy the fuel they sell. the concern is that the gap between the two has been getting wider. and that when wholesale prices go up, extra costs are passed on to you and me very quickly. but when they go down, pump prices are very slow to follow. our main conclusion is that competition is not working well in this market. we've seen that competition between retailers of petrol and diesel is not as effective as it could be. we've seen retail margins increase over the last few years. and that means that motorists are paying more at the pump than they would be if competition was working really well. the regulator says the government should set up a "fuel finder scheme" which would allow drivers to compare prices in any part of the uk at any time. it thinks this will give retailers an incentive to compete with one another, as well as making life more affordable for drivers.

and you can find out more about how to keep your own cost of living down by searching for "tackling it together" on the bbc website. rail passengers are being warned to expect more disruption due to an overtime ban by some train drivers. this week there are six days of action starting today and more dates have just been announced. here's our transport correspondent katy austin with more. the action by members of train drivers union aslef is the latest in their long—running dispute over pay. they are refusing to work overtime from today, until saturday night. this morning, they announced another overtime ban from the 17th until the 22nd ofjuly. most train companies rely on drivers working on "rest days" to run their full timetables. this action, will affect 15 operators based in england. they include south western railway and thameslink, northern, greater anglia, and avanti west coast.

this industrial action stops short of a full strike. it won't mean the network grinds to a halt, but it will see a number of operators run reduced timetables, with some first and last trains cancelled, and some short notice cancellations. the advice to passengers, check before travelling. this was the reaction from some rail users in leeds. we've got to go to college, and i've got to get two trains. and when i can't get the trains, i can't get to college, and then that looks bad on me. because my college are, like, "why can't you come in?" because there's trains. and it's just... i don't know, i'm fed up of it, at this point. is a shambles, isn't it? people use public transport to get to work and back. why should it affect us? it's affecting our wages. aslef has turned down a pay rise of 4% two years in a row. that would depend on changes to ways of working which the employers and government insist are needed to modernise and cut costs, but the union says amounts to sacrificing working conditions. the newly announced a overtime ban from the 17th ofjuly follows repeated warnings

from aslef its action could escalate. it will overlap with walk—outs by other rail workers in the rmt union on the 20th and 22nd. with progress in both disputes at a standstill, another summer of disruption on the railway is arriving. katy austin, bbc news. in france, a firefighter has died trying to extinguish a burning vehicle set alight by rioters outside paris. france was much calmer last night with only around 150 arrests across the country. police again deployed some 115,000 officers — for the third night running. there've been five nights of rioting after a police officer shot dead a 17—year—old boy. his family have called for an end to the rioting and violence. efforts to hold russia legally accountable for the war in ukraine take a step forward today with the opening of a special tribunal in the hague. the body — which is backed by the european union, the united states and ukraine itself — has been set up specifically to deal with the crime of aggression

and will collect evidence for possible cases against russian military and political leaders responsible for the war. ukrainian troops are continuing to make slow advances and retake some villages from russia in the east of the country. but one of the problems they face with their counteroffensive are the many landmines left behind by russian soldiers who've retreated. our correspondent andrew harding reports from the front line. a flimsy pontoon bridge as we head towards ukraine's southern front. in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines. they are everywhere.

soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. is it a claymore? and it's still live? this is a claymore mine they've just discovered, still active, so i think we need to probably move away. well back. as we pull back, ukrainian engineers moving cautiously to defuse it. "detonated," he says, "and you're talking about 30 or a0 casualties." "there are mines everywhere," says dimitro. "they scare me more than anything else. "two of our most experienced men lost a leg each this week." grim drone footage of a ukrainian unit trapped in a russian minefield. medics already treating several wounded men. then, this soldier steps on another mine. but somehow, he clambers to safety.

we are having to be really careful where you walk here. a lot of russian mines left behind and in the fields along the front lines, vast acres of russian minefields, and it's because of those mines, ukrainians say, that they are struggling to make the kind of strategic breakthrough they need to in order to change the course of this war. a ukrainian engineer shows some of the russian devices he has disarmed. both sides are accused of using banned antipersonnel mines. in his bunker, a ukrainian commander tells me the counteroffensive is on course but going slowly. "that's because unlike the russians, we are trying to keep our casualties to the minimum," he says. but could a ukrainian breakthrough be imminent? intercepted russian radio messages hint at collapsing morale.

"50 of our men ran away," this russian soldier is caught saying. for ukrainian forces, every step forward here remains a risk. but they are advancing through the minefields nonetheless, filming themselves as they liberate their country, field by field, trench by trench. andrew harding, bbc news in eastern ukraine. now a look at some other stories making the news today. a cabinet office investigation has concluded that sue gray, the official who led the partygate inquiry, broke civil service rules by having undeclared contact with the labour party before she resigned. sue gray has been cleared by the anti corruption watchdog to take up a job as chief of staff to the labour leader, sir keir starmer. labour say the findings are a "political stunt".

a group of conservative backbenchers has warned the government it needs to take urgent action to cut immigration, or lose public trust. the group, called the new conservatives, wants to bring annual net migration down from around 600,000 tojust over 200,000. it will outline its proposals on immigration later today. police say at least two gunmen opened fire killing two people and injuring 28 others at a block party in baltimore. this is the third mass shooting in the us this momth. there have been a total of 338 mass shootings in the us this year, according to the gun violence archive. the second day of the trial of us actor kevin spacey is under way in london. he is facing 12 counts of sexual assault against four men, which he denies. the court has heard one of the men calling spacey "a slippery, snaking, difficult person". sanchia berg is at southwark crown court. sanchia.

yes, ben, the court heard this morning from one man who said that in the early 2000s, when he was artistic director of the old vic theatre, kevin spacey had a grab groped him multiple times. he talked about one particular occasion when he said he was driving kevin spacey to a showbiz party outside london, in the english countryside, and kevin spacey, he said, leaned over and grabbed his crotch, squeezing so hard, the witness recalled, that it was painful. we had to stop the car and pull off the road. he remembered that he said to kevin spacey, you mustn't do that, i'll crush the car. he recalled the actorjust laughing. now, today kevin spacey heard that recorded testimony played to the court and he remained almost

impassive, not reacting very much at all, occasionally taking his glasses off, occasionally making notes, very poised, like the actor, of course, the very successful actor he is. he did say through his barrister that he was baffled and deeply hurt by the claims of this particular witness, and, as you said, he denies all the charges.— the time is 1:17. our top story this afternoon... israel carries out a major attack injenin, in the occupied west bank, saying its target is a terrorist stronghold — palestinians say innocent people are being bombed. and coming up, a row of mid—century shops recreated to give people a taste of the past. coming up on bbc news... five brits in action on the first day at wimbledon. harriet dart kicks off proceedings as she takes on france's diane parry for a place in round two.

the met office is expected to confirm that last month was the hottestjune ever recorded in the uk. and environmental campaigners say the high temperatures caused the deaths of unprecedented numbers of fish in rivers as well as disturbing insects and plants. the wildlife trusts — which represents uk conservation charities — say nature is being "pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover". our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in solihull. they were scooping the fish out of this canal in their thousands on the weekend. it had been hit by another in an unprecedented series of fish death incidents, driven in part by the record high temperatures in june. the problem, oxygen levels in

the canal have plummeted. this june. the problem, oxygen levels in the canal have plummeted.- june. the problem, oxygen levels in the canal have plummeted. this is an ox uen the canal have plummeted. this is an oxygen reader _ the canal have plummeted. this is an oxygen reader telling _ the canal have plummeted. this is an oxygen reader telling me _ the canal have plummeted. this is an oxygen reader telling me it is - the canal have plummeted. this is an oxygen reader telling me it is 1.796 i oxygen reader telling me it is 1.7% oxygen, when it should be 7% or 100%. it was like a carpet of fish across the canal. it felt like you could walk over them. it was unbelievable.— could walk over them. it was unbelievable. ., , , unbelievable. so, what is causing this? here _ unbelievable. so, what is causing this? here is— unbelievable. so, what is causing this? here is what _ unbelievable. so, what is causing this? here is what happens. - unbelievable. so, what is causing this? here is what happens. as i unbelievable. so, what is causing i this? here is what happens. as the water warms, this? here is what happens. as the waterwarms, it this? here is what happens. as the water warms, it holds less oxygen. normally, fish can cope with that. but if you also get a big storm, it washes in cold water and pollutants. that kills algae in the water, bacteria eat the algae, they flourish in their billions and they also take up oxygen. and that is when you can get these catastrophic collapses. the canal and river trust is using pumps to spray water to try to drive up oxygen levels. it is expensive and time—consuming work, and they been dealing with an exceptional number of these incidents. i5 exceptional number of these

incidents-— exceptional number of these incidents. , , . ,, incidents. is unprecedented. six incidents. is unprecedented. six incidents last _ incidents. is unprecedented. six incidents last summer. - incidents. is unprecedented. six incidents last summer. 60 - incidents. is unprecedented. six - incidents last summer. 60 incidents just in the month ofjune alone. and so that is, you know, that's massively significantly more. and it's something we've been unable to cope with, actually. find it's something we've been unable to cope with, actually.— cope with, actually. and the worry is we will be _ cope with, actually. and the worry is we will be seeing _ cope with, actually. and the worry is we will be seeing more - cope with, actually. and the worry is we will be seeing more events | is we will be seeing more events like this in years to come, as climate change brings more hot weather and more intense summer storms. , , weather and more intense summer storms. _ , . ., , weather and more intense summer storms. _ _ ., , ., storms. this june is clearly warmer than june 1940. — storms. this june is clearly warmer than june 1940, june _ storms. this june is clearly warmer than june 1940, june 1976. - than june 1940, june 1976. underlying this, of thanjune 1940, june 1976. underlying this, of course, there is climate change happening. and what that means is the likelihood of seeing warmerjunes increase through time. �* . . ~ seeing warmerjunes increase through time. , ., , time. back up the canal, some fish have survived. _ time. back up the canal, some fish have survived. they _ time. back up the canal, some fish have survived. they desperately i time. back up the canal, some fish l have survived. they desperately gulp oxygen near the surface, but that brings a deadly new peril, swarms of sea eagles are feasting on them.

what is striking about thisjune is that we did not see outstanding peak temperatures. the highest got in the uk was 32.2 celsius. much lower than those 40 degrees peaks we saw in july last year. what we saw this june was consistently high temperatures. normally, you'd expect temperatures. normally, you'd expect temperatures in the late teens, may be the early 20s. this year, for a fortnight on end we had temperatures in the mid—teens, nudging even into the 30s in some areas. we are going to find outjust how much of a record a cause. the met office is going to tell is on about an hour's time. they are also going to give as an estimate of the role they think climate change has played in all of this, because they think climate change is pushing up the average temperatures we are seeing injune. so, we will get that in about an hour's time. there are calls for whistle—blowers in the national health service to get more support. 25,000 people came forward last year to raise concerns

about failings in the nhs. some say that speaking up has affected their careers, or damaged their mental and physical health. the national guardian's office — the official body in england handling concerns from whistle—blowers — says too many staff are still not getting enough protection from their managers. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. tristan was a senior eye surgeon for the main hospital trust in birmingham. he became a whistle—blower when he complained about a lack of nursing staff after he felt forced to use a non—medical colleague to help with an urgent operation. but he ended up being sacked and reported to the general medical council. they found no case to answer and an employment tribunal ruled he'd been unfairly dismissed. there must have been a terrible emotional burden. it was pretty bad and at times i thought, this is the end of it.

it's tough. it is tough. yeah. we've spoken to doctors who've said they've thought about ending it. i've had those thoughts. a spokesperson for university hospitals birmingham said the trust takes safety concerns raised by staff seriously and it accepted and apologised for errors made in mr reuser�*s case but said it acted in the interest of patient welfare. given the consequences some have faced, becoming a whistle—blower takes real courage. what's been really difficult about making this film is finding whistle—blowers who are willing to talk to us on camera. i have spoken to a number of people who work for the nhs and they are all worried about the impact speaking out might have on their careers, their livelihoods, and they all talk about a climate of fear. my concern about doing this interview is that they would find out who i was and then

the punishment that would come my way, because i'm absolutely certain punishment would come. we had to disguise the identity of this doctor because they were so terrified of management reprisals. they also raised issues on patient safety, only to find themselves being the one investigated. these are their words, spoken by a bbc colleague. i've had sleeping difficulties. i've had counselling. it's been absolutely horrendous. it's made me more fearful, more anxious. how would you describe the culture your workplace? management by fear. the main health care regulator, the care quality commission, and nhs england itself are meant to oversee health service managers. leaders need to listen to those messages. drjane chidgey—clark leads what are called the freedom to speak up guardians who help nhs whistle—blowers get their voices heard. a record 25,000 cases were registered this year but she says the two regulators

could do more. i do call on them to do everything they can within their power to ensure there is accountability and that these serious issues are looked into, because without that, more high cases will happen and potentially more patient harm. nhs england admits there are still too many staff who don't feel safe enough to raise issues that concern them and it says it wants all employers to feel they work in an organisation where their voices count. the cqc told us it looks at how all hospital trusts respond to whistle—blowers as part of its inspection regime and many brave staff are still willing to speak up. i believe for evil to happen, all it takes is for a few good men to do nothing, so i didn't want to do nothing. those words from an anonymous nhs whistle—blower ending that report from dominic hughes. from your local news agent, to your butcher and greengrocer — it wasn't too long ago these shops

lined every high street, selling everything you could need. now, in a world of online shopping, and with many smaller shops disappearing, that's no longer the case. but a museum in the west midlands has recreated an authentic row of shops, from the 1940s to 60s, to give people a chance to step down memory lane, as david sillito reports. # it's a lovely day today # so whatever you've got to do # you got a lovely day...# welcome to dudley and a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. # whatever you've got to do...# some of the black country's best loved shops are once again open and looking their best. and if a packet of spangles is a much loved memory for you, this place is going to be an aladdin's cave of chocolate nostalgia. why have you done this?

so, what we're trying to do with this project is is recreating the high street from the �*40s to the �*60s. so burgin�*s newsagents was the real heart of the community. it was famous. it wasn't a place you just came to buy a newspaper, was it? absolutely not. it was the place for all the gossip. it also makes you feel quite... it's quite a sad feeling as well, isn't there, about what's happened? yeah, i suppose there's a melancholy there that, you know, the high street as it was doesn't exist in the same way it did. but, yeah, i think that's the beauty of recreating something like this. you've got that nostalgia that's within living memory. people still remember these buildings very fondly. indeed. so much has gone. stanton�*s is now a betting shop brierley hill's marsh & baxter is a nail bar. the next door bank is standing empty. and burgin�*s, on wolverhampton street in dudley, closed for good seven years ago. but cynthia burgin,

here in the middle, who ran it for 56 years, is rather pleased her little shop will live on in a museum. well, i started... i came here in 1959, aged 29. and you retired aged... 85. wolverhampton street was an extremely busy area, where the trolley bus used to come along from wolverhampton into dudley. and there was lots of shops. i'm sorry i'm the last one, but i knew these small shops, no, they wouldn't. .. we couldn't carry on. and now? there is nothing. and while these are all shops from dudley and its neighbours, this is also a story of hundreds of similar places. the chit chat and charm the chit chat and charm of the high street, of the high street, now a museum exhibit. now a museum exhibit. david sillitoe, bbc news, dudley. david sillitoe, bbc news, dudley.

one of the most iconic events of the british summer, wimbledon, is now under way. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor is at the all england club. well, ben, from this vantage point there are matches being played all around me. in a few minutes, attention will turn to centre court because, as is tradition,, the men's winnerfrom because, as is tradition,, the men's winner from last year will open a play. that will be novak djokovic. he will be taking on argentina's pedro cachin. a few minutes until that one. there is one result to quickly update you on. the first british player in action is harriet? dart. it is 1—1. we are late in the third with harriet dart, trailing 5—4 two diane parry. it started at 11. but for some people, the day started a lot earlier.

it's the epitome of not only tennis, but many sports, i think.