live from london. this is bbc news. israel launches a major military operation in the occupied west bank — palestinian officials say eight palestinians have been killed. people really waiting and watching to see what happens, listening as we are to the sounds of fighting not very far away. more violence but fewer arrests in france. there's hope that tensions over the shooting of a teenager are easing. nato prepares for its annual summit — with ukraine set to dominate discussion — we hearfrom estonia's prime minister pushing for more defence spending. ifi if i compare to the cold war, then everyone — if i compare to the cold war, then everyone understands this is serious for all_ everyone understands this is serious for all of— everyone understands this is serious for all of them. that is why the country— for all of them. that is why the country spent that much. how we can commence _ country spent that much. how we can commence that this is the same right

now. and wimbledon gets under way — with some of the world's top tennis players in action. hello, i'm maryam moshiri, welcome to bbc news now. we start in the occupied west bank — where the israeli army has launched its largest military operation for years. palestinian officials say eight palestinians have been killed and 50 injured. israel says it's targeting "terrorists". palestinian leaders say innocent people are have been bombed. columns of israeli army vehicles have entered the city ofjenin, after multiple air strikes on the refugee camp there. fighting is ongoing — and there have been gun battles in the streets. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest. jenin is no stranger to the sound of armed conflict. this is the largest israeli

operation there for years. overhead, drones looking for targets amid 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, a loose alliance of armed 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 the refugee camp is real war. 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 year long occupation. israel calls them terrorists, this morning showing off home—made weapons seized inside the camp and saying all this is being sponsored from abroad. i want to emphasise that we don't have a 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 — and gave us this update. well, we're here in the heart ofjenin, not very far at all from jenin refugee camp. but that has been declared as a military zone, a closed zone we cannot enter as a journalist at the moment. but we can see large plumes of smoke that are going up from there and we hear very regularly large bursts of gunfire and explosions as well. and there is this constant sound overhead, this harm from israeli military drones. and that is unusual here in the west bank, just to put things into context. that's something you would associate with military operations in the gaza strip. but apart from on one occasion, we have not really had israeli military drones being used

by the military here in the west bank. and they used a drone, they say, for surprise reasons — early in the morning, just after one o'clock local time, when they attacked an apartment that they say was in the core of the refugee camp and they say was being used as a command and control centre by thejenin brigades. now, that is a group of different palestinian militant factions and they are believed to have many fighters, armed gunmen, inside the camp. now, we have heard since that the gun battles that are ongoing, there is here injenin, too. it's eerily quiet apart from the sound of ambulances going by as well, because there is this general strike. all of the shops, local businesses are closed. people really waiting and watching to see what happens, listening as we are to the sounds of fighting not very far away. and the israeli military has said that this operation, which is "an extensive counterterrorism operation" to use their words, and involves we think thousands of israeli soldiers. it could go on for days. and what have the palestinians been saying? there has been a really furious

reaction from the palestinians. people praising, on the palestinian authorities side in ramallah, the people ofjenin, and also from palestinian militant groups there have been calls for others to come out and help, in their words "to defend the people ofjenin." we've got ambulances going by at the moment. they say that they have been struggling to reach the dozens of people we know are injured inside the camp. and the israeli military has been cutting off telephone communications and electricity during its operation, which has made it difficult for us to get accurate figures and of course for the ambulances to get and accurate figures on the numbers of people injured. and they are trying, they say, to coordinate some kind of humanitarian pause to go inside the camp. among palestinians, there have been protests in different locations, in different cities around the west bank since early this morning. on the way here tojenin, we saw

some tyres that had been burnt, we saw some evidence of those protests that had taken place. and close to ramallah, in one of the protests there, one palestinian was killed. here injenin, what we understand from palestinian health officials, at least eight palestinians are confirmed to have been killed. looking at the photographs of them, they seem to be mostly young men in their late teens or in their early 20s. reporting for us from jenin. to paris now, where people have been gathering outside town halls across france, to call for calm after almost a week of rioting. with the mayor of one suburb near paris, whose wife and children were forced to flee after a burning vehicle was sent towards the house on saturday night. it was quieter on the streets

let's go straight to the paris suburb where the mayor's home was targeted by rioters. our correspondent tom symonds is there. this is normally a very quiet suburb, known for its park. a quiet suburb, known for its park. a quiet suburb where the act you have just described, in a car being driven into the mayor, has really done two things, it is but everyone out here on the street for a protest. if i could take you around. you can see how many people are out here in the streets protesting. they are going to be marching in a short while it is put them onto the street and acted as something of a turning point. the violence on the streets of france. it is made people feel that this is to some extent an attack on the state itself. and that i think has brought them out to make this protest a protest about the protests. we actually just came from

non—terror, which is where the trouble started nearly a week ago with the death of a young man as a result of the police shooting. are clearing up —— we actuallyjust came from nanterre. isaw clearing up —— we actuallyjust came from nanterre. i saw a cash machine that had been damaged here, not much. but here it is the attack on the instrument of the state, the mayor himself, he wasn't at home at the time, that has brought people out to make their protest. maw; out to make their protest. many eo - le out to make their protest. many --eole in out to make their protest. many people in france _ out to make their protest. many people in france now _ out to make their protest. many people in france now see - out to make their protest. many people in france now see this i out to make their protest. many people in france now see this as something that has affected the national psyche, damage to the way people feel about how the country is functioning at the moment, how it works. . ., , ., works. there are all sorts of concerns- — works. there are all sorts of concerns. there _ works. there are all sorts of concerns. there are - works. there are all sorts of| concerns. there are concerns works. there are all sorts of- concerns. there are concerns about what might happen next. viewers in britain will understand there was

violence in 2011. nobody quite knew whether it was going to get better or worse as each night went on. i think there was a feeling of that year. there is a feeling in government about the way this looks across the world. emmanuel macron had to come back from a summit to deal with the problems here. the tour de france is arriving in france from spain. there are concerns about that sporting event being affected. there are concerns about the olympics. there was a fire next to an olympic building site if you nights ago. concerns about what this looks like, concerns about what this says about the fractured nature of some elements of french society, where there are some very difficult problems to solve. emmanuel macron has had protests about pension reforms, but that is a simple policy decision that has led to some protests. here it is a lot more complicated. you have people protesting about the less well off in french society and you have people just looting because of the disruption there is on the streets

and the police being under pressure. very difficult for emmanuel macron to seoul. his ideas are so far, a number of different ideas to try to quell the trouble. firstly trying to stop fireworks being sold, putting more police on the streets, massive amounts of arrests, but also an appeal to the parents of areas where this writing is taking place to try to get their children, it is very much young people involved in this, not to go out and not to take part in a sort of violence. last night was a lot calmer. just to give you some of the figures that the ministry of the interior has put out. 157 arrested, three police officers injured, and a couple of police stations attacked. and that is actually a good night when you consider what has been happening on nights we have had here. thank consider what has been happening on nights we have had here.— nights we have had here. thank you ve much nights we have had here. thank you very much indeed. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

sue gray, the former civil servant, broke the civil service code due to undeclared contact with the labour party before she left her role. that's according to a cabinet office investigation into her newjob with the party. last week, she was clear to start work as chief of staff. a labour committee found no evidence her decision—making or impartiality was impaired while serving in whitehall. rail passengers are being warned of disruption for the next six days due to an overtime ban by train drivers in the aslef union. 15 train drivers in the aslef union. 15 train companies based in england are being affected from today, with many reducing their services. it is the latest move in the long—running pay dispute. there are growing calls for nhs whistle—blowers to receive more support. sir robert francis, who led the inquiry into hundreds of patient deaths, say some people still pay a heavy price for speaking out.

you're live with bbc news. nato leaders are preparing for their annual summit next week. ukraine is expected to dominate discussion — and estonia is sure to be among kyiv�*s most vocal supporters. the country has accepted about 62,000 refugees from ukraine — as a share of population, that's more than any other eu country. estonia has donated more than 0.8% of its gdp per capita to ukraine in military equipment. and estonian support for ukraine has been championed by the country's first female prime minister, kaja kallas. i spoke to estonia's first female prime minister — kaja kallas — on a wide range of topics. i started by asking her if she thought ukraine would receive clear direction to it's nato membership status at the upcoming summit.

we are working on is to have a clear wording on the path to nato for ukraine. ending the grey zones in europe is everyone's importance, because this really, grey zones are a feeding ground for wars and conflict. the only security guarantee that there is is nato membership. guarantee that there is is nato membership-— guarantee that there is is nato membership. guarantee that there is is nato membershi. ., , ., guarantee that there is is nato membershi. ., , . ,, membership. how disappointed are you that germany — membership. how disappointed are you that germany seems _ membership. how disappointed are you that germany seems to _ membership. how disappointed are you that germany seems to be _ membership. how disappointed are you that germany seems to be not - membership. how disappointed are you that germany seems to be not be - that germany seems to be not be moving in the direction that france is moving? it seems that in the last few weeks president macron is moving closer to poland's position on accession to nato of ukraine, whereas germany seems to be a bit frozen. what you say to the german leadership now?— frozen. what you say to the german leadership now? well, we are working on the wording. _ leadership now? well, we are working on the wording, so _ leadership now? well, we are working on the wording, so trying _ leadership now? well, we are working on the wording, so trying to _ leadership now? well, we are working on the wording, so trying to find - leadership now? well, we are working on the wording, so trying to find a - on the wording, so trying to find a solution. i understand where germany is coming from. i mean, also the objection that people had, or different countries had, against the baltic countries joining nato were

similar that they are against ukraine. of course, we that this membership cannot happen while the war is going on, but we need to have very practical steps how we get there when the war is over. you have taken a very — there when the war is over. you have taken a very tough — there when the war is over. you have taken a very tough stance _ there when the war is over. you have taken a very tough stance on - there when the war is over. you have taken a very tough stance on terms l taken a very tough stance on terms of europe not spending enough, in your belief, on defence, not ramping up your belief, on defence, not ramping up enough production of ammunition in aid of ukraine. where do you think europe is going wrong? weill. in aid of ukraine. where do you think europe is going wrong? well, i think europe is going wrong? well, i think not only _ think europe is going wrong? well, i think not only allies _ think europe is going wrong? well, i think not only allies take _ think europe is going wrong? well, i think not only allies take the - think not only allies take the security situation as seriously as it was taken during the cold war. if you look at 1988, the spending on defence by the nato countries was 2% for every nato country. right now, it is about 1.6%. in estonia, we are spending 2.8% and have made the decisions to spend 3% of our gdp on

defence. and it is not like i want to —— i don't want to spend on anything else, because i have other worries like education that i could spend the funds on. but the security situation is such that i don't have another option. and i think it is for the defence of europe, everybody has to do their share. let’s for the defence of europe, everybody has to do their share.— has to do their share. let's talk about eastern _ has to do their share. let's talk about eastern european - has to do their share. let's talk| about eastern european leaders within the european framework, because you have said that you believe it is time for eastern european leaders to take top jobs within the european framework stop top of the european commission, the european council, european council. can you see that changing? ladle european council, european council. can you see that changing?- can you see that changing? we have euro ean can you see that changing? we have european elections _ can you see that changing? we have european elections coming - can you see that changing? we have european elections coming next - can you see that changing? we have. european elections coming next year, and of course after that we have this game of chairs, so who gets to be in the top positions. but it is clear that for our region we haven't had the topjobs. clear that for our region we haven't had the top jobs. you talk about

nordic— baltic, for example. we have beenin nordic— baltic, for example. we have been in nato and the european union for 20 years already, so i think we don't have less smart people than the other countries, but somehow we haven't been the ones who are also leading the european union. but i do hope that there is a leading position also for somebody from our region. position also for somebody from our reuion. �* , position also for somebody from our reuion. v ., ~ position also for somebody from our reuion. �*, ., ~ ., position also for somebody from our reuion. �*, ., ~ region. let's talk about the top “ob at nato. region. let's talk about the top “ob at nate. vour�* region. let's talk about the top “ob at nato. your name i region. let's talk about the top “ob at nato. your name has i region. let's talk about the top “ob at nato. your name has been h region. let's talk about the top job i at nato. your name has been spoken about in terms of a potential candidate in the future for the top job of secondary general of nato. would you want a job like that? it is not the job whether i want this job or not. it is a question of will i be offered such a job? but it is highly unlikely that i will be offered. ., . . highly unlikely that i will be offered. ., ., ., . ., offered. you have a much higher and wider reach — offered. you have a much higher and wider reach than _ offered. you have a much higher and wider reach than any _ offered. you have a much higher and wider reach than any previous - wider reach than any previous estonian leader. estonia has a population of 1.3 million people but your international exposure has been pretty incredible. how do you think

your country has benefited from that? it your country has benefited from that? , ., ., , that? it is hard to tell, but i think many _ that? it is hard to tell, but i think many people - that? it is hard to tell, but i think many people have - that? it is hard to tell, but | - think many people have realised that? it is hard to tell, but i - think many people have realised that estonia exists which is a good thing, because there was one writer who said when nobody knows that you exist, nobody really understands when you are gone. so that is why i think it is great that estonia is on the map and people know that we exist. let's see how that works out for our country. i hope everybody understands that the situation is very dangerous for our region as well, but we are also contributors to the alliance in every possible way, when we talk about cyber security for example. that way, when we talk about cyber security for example.— way, when we talk about cyber security for example. that is the estonian prime _ security for example. that is the estonian prime minister, - security for example. that is the estonian prime minister, kaja i estonian prime minister, kaja kallas, speaking to me here on the

bbc. a parliamentary session is under way in thailand to try to create a new government, after nearly a decade of military—backed rule. elections in may resulted in a new opposition party, called move forward, coming from nowhere to be the largest party in the new parliament. our correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, is in bangkok and gave us this update. big challenges lie ahead in trying to form a government. it is significant that for the first time in nearly a decade we are seeing a democratic parliamentary process at work here in thailand and an attempt to return to full democratic government. so we've had the state opening of parliament today with the king addressing new parliamentarians. the real business will begin tomorrow when they will try to elect a new house speaker and deputy speakers. this will be the first test on whether this party, the move forward party, and its coalition partners are able to stick together to form a new government in the next couple of weeks. if they can agree on a house speaker and

deputy speakers tomorrow, it will be a good sign. but we understand that up until today, the eve of the opening of parliament, they had been bickering over who will dominate and from which party will come the nominations for the speaker and deputy speaker. we will have to see what happens tomorrow. if it's successful, the next obstacle is to get enough people together — notjust coalition parties but they will need a large chunk of the upper house of the thai parliament which was appointed. they will need senators from there to support them as well in order to get their candidate, peter, the leader, 42 years old and a harvard graduate. that's who move forward want to be the next prime minister. it will be a real test over the next two weeks and get extra support from the senators and get peter elected prime minister. a lot of people are very sceptical

that will actually make it to the line and there will be a lot of backroom cajoling and backroom dealing going on over the next few days. in london, a group of conservative mps have warned the prime minister rishi sunak that he "risks eroding public trust" if he fails to drastically cut immigration. calling themselves "the new conservatives", the group has published a plan to cut net migration by about 400,000 by the next election. our political correspondent damian grammaticas is at westminster for us now. new mps at the last election that say the commitment they stood at the time of that election was to see immigration to the uk declining, and at the time it was around 200,000 a year. the balance of the population

when you subtract those leaving from those arriving was about 200,000 arriving. now he's gone up to about 600,000. what they say is that that is a pledge that, when they go out and about, they think people want to see capped. one thing they want is refugees, they want a cap on the number of refugees that the uk would take. perhaps around 20,000 a year. they want things like a student visa. at the minute, if you come as an overseas student, you can stay for a couple of years after your course to look for work in the uk and to be here. they want that done away with. they want things like social care, so elderly care. at the minute, there is a huge need for workers in that and in other areas of the economy, but that is one particularly helping to staff and

care for elderly people. they are on a special list of occupations that employers can hire abroad and bring in. they want that stopped. they think that would reduce 80—100,000 a year of people coming, student visas perhaps the same thing. overall, they say that would take about 400,000 a year of the arrivals. the problem which they don't really engage in, are the trade—offs. the impact on inflation, which is high of course in the uk at the minute. if you limit arrivals. they want workforces to be hired locally from the uk population. the only way to do that is to push up wages much higher. that would push up inflation much higher. where would you find people to work in sectors like old age care? so some really difficult trade—offs there. and the reason the government says that it thinks it has the balance right the way things are now. . ~' has the balance right the way things are now. . ~ , ., y has the balance right the way things are now. . ~ i. , .

the fallout from the ashes cricket test match between england and australia over the weekend has taken an international turn — with the uk's prime minister wading in to the row. just to recap what happened — an english batter, jonny bairstow, was dismissed in a controversial way — when the wicketkeeper threw the ball at the stumps. bairstow had assumed that the ball was dead — meaning the game was temporarily paused, and he couldn't be dismissed — because all six balls in the over had been bowled. but because the umpire had not announced that — technically, the ball was still live — and he was given out, because although he had gone back into his crease, he had then walked out of it when the stumps were broken. it infuriated the england team — who implied it was unsporting — and australia went on to win the game. well, today, rishi sunak�*s spokesperson was asked if what the australian team did was in keeping with the spirit of the game. the reply...

there's been a long history of flashpoints in cricket matches between england and australia — we're still waiting to see if the australian government will respond. let's take you to france. these are pictures from a suburb outside paris. his home was ram raided and set alight while his children and wife were asleep inside. this protest, this marks you are seeing now are in support of him and all the other mayors in france, who have been

meeting with the prime minister and the president today. plenty more news to come. we are looking at an unsettled started the new week. broadly speaking, a day of sunny spells or showers. some longer spells of rain around, particularly for northern areas of england and another in scotland, where it is quite wet today. for many of you, a day you might spot a rainbow or two in the skies, like this one from northern ireland. probably some of the heaviest rain will be working across northern england to lincolnshire. showers across east anglia, south—east england. i think we will probably see a shower at wimbledon. maybe ten or 15 minutes and then the sunshine will be back out. temperatures are a little bit below average. generally 17—19 c today. overnight, many of the showers is

for a time, more rain developing across wales and south—west england later tonight. across wales and south—west england latertonight. our across wales and south—west england later tonight. our rain band in northern scotland will slowly trickle towards the central lowlands of a night as well. tomorrow, another unsettled one. i think we are looking at potentially some much longer spells of rain. especially across parts of eastern and southern england. the rain here could be much more extensive. further northwards and much slower to clear. a rain band moving across scotland and northern ireland, a bit of wet weather there. northern ireland, a bit of wet weatherthere. in northern ireland, a bit of wet weather there. in between, spells of sunshine. temperatures below average for the time of year, generally into the high teens. for wimbledon tomorrow, a high chance of seeing some quite prolonged spells of rain, affecting play. taking a look at the weather picture into the middle part of the week, and although pressure is weakening and mainly to the north—west of the uk, it means it is here where we will see the lion's

share of the showers on wednesday. showers much less widespread so more of you will stay dry in a bit more in the way of sunshine. a little bit warmer, temperatures reaching the low 20s. some changes towards the end of the week. the weather front could bring some particularly heavy rain to the western side of the uk, perhaps heavy enough to cause localised flooding. winds across eastern areas will drag up some hot air. temperatures could get to the upper 20s on friday and saturday.