live from london. this is bbc news. intense exchanges of gunfire continue — as israel's military carries out one of its biggest operations in the occupied west bank for years. people and watching, listening to the sounds of fighting not very far away. the sounds of fighting not very far awa . l, l , away. some violence but fewer arrests in _ away. some violence but fewer arrests in france. _ away. some violence but fewer arrests in france. hopes - away. some violence but fewer arrests in france. hopes that i arrests in france. hopes that tensions are beginning to ease. the auiet tensions are beginning to ease. lie: quiet tresean suburb cheer their mayor as he tells them we need some order, we need some authority. and wimbledon gets under

way as novak djokovitch takes to centre court. after a aftera rain after a rain delay, the son is now out, _ after a rain delay, the son is now out, play— after a rain delay, the son is now out, play is — after a rain delay, the son is now out, play is back under way, novak diokovic_ out, play is back under way, novak djokovic looking good to make it through— djokovic looking good to make it through round two of the opening day of these _ through round two of the opening day of these championships. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in the occupied west bank, where intense gun battles are continuing. at least eight palestinians have been killed — and dozens injured — after israel launched one of its biggest military operations in the area for many years. it started with multiple drone strikes on thejenin refugee camp, and israeli army vehicles, were seen moving in. israel claims the camp contains a command centre for palestinian militants.

across the jenin skyline, smoke has been rising — palestinian leaders say it's an attempt to destroy a refugee camp — and that innocent people have been bombed. gun battles on the streets have raged for much of the day — with palestinian militants — seen here — firing at the israeli meanwhile, israeli vehicles have been seen firing tear gas as the clashes have continued. a short while ago, the white house said it supported israel's right to defend itself against hamas, palestinian islamichhad, and what it called "other terrorist groups." 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 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 palestinian groups which now dominates 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. i asked danny danon, a member of the israeli knesset with the likud party,

why israel had taken this action. no, absolutely not. we are doing our best to minimise any casualties to civilians, and so far we have been able to minimise any casualties. you can't minimise casualties in an area that dense. you have 14,000 people living in a of a kilometre. despite saying it's targeted, that is almost impossible given the sort of action we're seeing. how dare you question our right to defend ourselves. how dare you put this equation. we are doing our best... i'm questioning your use of saying... exactly the opposite. they are targeting our civilians. today, what we are doing, we are targeting only militants that are to carrying weapons and are involved in terrorist activities.

we will continue to do that and we will continue to make everything necessary to protect our people. let me show you some of the latest pictures from the israel— gaza border. you can see the fires that have been let there and some of the protesters and some of the media they're taking all of those pictures. as the anger spreads. we are seeing theirfrom pictures. as the anger spreads. we are seeing their from paul adams the latest from thejenin are seeing their from paul adams the latest from the jenin refugee are seeing their from paul adams the latest from thejenin refugee camp. you can see the protests, the anger spreading to the border of gaza and israel. live now to mustafa barghouti — who leads the palestinian national initiative party. your reaction to what we have seen in the last few hours? it is your reaction to what we have seen in the last few hours?— in the last few hours? it is very sad what _ in the last few hours? it is very sad what is _ in the last few hours? it is very sad what is happening. - in the last few hours? it is very sad what is happening. the - in the last few hours? it is very i sad what is happening. the israeli army is committing yet another

massacre. they speak about terrorists but the actual terrorist are the israelis who have been burning palestinian houses. the jenin camp, as you said, is an area of almost 20,000 people who have been displaced by israel. and it is highly densely populated area. and israel is using apache helicopters, using drones, using tanks, using armoured vehicles to attack the civilian population there. and so far they have been attacking not only the people but the hospitals, the armoured hospital was shot at. where patients are lying. they have attacked our cars, they have attacked our cars, they have attacked our cars, they have attacked our ambulances. this is a massive attack by the most powerful army in the region... you

massive attack by the most powerful army in the region. . ._ army in the region... you say they tarueted army in the region... you say they targeted civilians. _ army in the region... you say they targeted civilians. you _ army in the region... you say they targeted civilians. you will- army in the region... you say they targeted civilians. you will have i targeted civilians. you will have heard what the israelis are saying. they are saying that they are targeting the terrorists that are operating out of that camp. to the israelis, operating out of that camp. to the israelis. we _ operating out of that camp. to the israelis, we are _ operating out of that camp. to the israelis, we are all— operating out of that camp. to the israelis, we are all terrorists, - operating out of that camp. to the israelis, we are all terrorists, all l israelis, we are all terrorists, all palestinians are terrorists regardless of how peaceful we are. this is the israeli government at the most extreme... you this is the israeli government at the most extreme. . ._ this is the israeli government at the most extreme... you would accept that jenin brigades _ the most extreme... you would accept that jenin brigades operate _ the most extreme... you would accept that jenin brigades operate out - the most extreme. .. you would accept that jenin brigades operate out of- thatjenin brigades operate out of this camp and launching attacks from this camp and launching attacks from this camp? you accept that, do you? i do say there are young people... this process that has failed over the last 20 years. these young people have lost hope in all the so—called peace processes and in the west, who have been promising that they will help. let me remind you what we see is an army attacking the

people who are under their occupation.— people who are under their occupation. people who are under their occu ation. ,, , , ., occupation. sure, but i 'ust want ou... occupation. sure, but i 'ust want you.. mi occupation. sure, but i 'ust want you.. but in t occupation. sure, but i 'ust want you... but in terms _ occupation. sure, but i 'ust want you... but in terms of h occupation. sure, but ijust want you... but in terms of that - you... but in terms of that fundamental point, that if you accept that some of those young people are carrying out attacks and are based in that camp, israel has a right to defend itself, does it not? that is exactly what the white house has said in the last 45 minutes. we also have has said in the last 45 minutes. - also have the right to defend ourselves, and don't forget that israel is the one that is occupying us, oppressing us. since the beginning of this year, they have killed no less than 190 palestinians, including a 2.5—year—old child. the israeli settlers have attacked our homes, burnt people, burnt cars, attacked communities that are civilians. at the end of the day, let's remember

the end of the day, let's remember the cause of all violence here is the cause of all violence here is the continuation of the longest occupation in modern history, 56 years of occupation. if israel wants peace and real security for all of us, they should end occupation and stop violating... you us, they should end occupation and stop violating. . ._ stop violating... you talked about--- — stop violating... you talked about... you _ stop violating... you talked about... you talked - stop violating... you talked about... you talked about | stop violating... you talked i about... you talked about the political backdrop. there are many people who would say the two state solution is now a not very much more than just solution is now a not very much more thanjust a solution is now a not very much more than just a slogan and you are referencing the anger that many young people are actually feeling. in terms of the potential here, how dangerous is this situation, do you think? it dangerous is this situation, do you think? , , ., ., , , , think? it is very dangerous because we could end _ think? it is very dangerous because we could end up — think? it is very dangerous because we could end up with _ think? it is very dangerous because we could end up with a _ think? it is very dangerous because we could end up with a massacre, l think? it is very dangerous because i we could end up with a massacre, not only injenin. if israel is allowed to continue these military actions against a civilian population, and if nobody interferes and threatens them with sanctions, this can become a very big massacre, like what

happened in 2002. let me say that using violence, using arms does not solve any problem. the only way to solve any problem. the only way to solve the problem is to end this occupation and end the system of apartheid. i do agree with you. which means they have created a one apartheid state. and an apartheid state can only be replaced by one democratic state. they don't want to state, they don't want a democratic state, they don't want a democratic state, they don't want a democratic state, the second most important minister in israel calls himself a fascist homophobe and says that palestinians have to emigrate or die or accept a life of subjugation. we or accept a life of sub'ugation. we have to or accept a life of subjugation. we have to leave it there, but thank you forjoining us live. thank you for your time. you forjoining us live. thank you foryourtime. plenty you forjoining us live. thank you for your time. plenty more on that, our main story, through the course

of the day's programme. let's turn to the situation in france. to paris now — where there have been more calls for calm after almost a week of rioting. crowds gathered in solidarity with one of the mayors of a paris suburb, whose wife and children were forced to flee, after a burning vehicle was targeted at their house. it was calmer on the streets of france last night — with around 150 arrests compared with more than 700 the night before — but pressure on the government continues. live now to our correspondent tom symonds. monitoring the situation on the ground. and just give us a sense of what it is like there at the moment? we have been places today, firstly non—terror, where this outbreak of violence started with the car incident involving the police, and there we saw burnt vehicles, burnt roads,. and then we came here to

this small parisian suburb, quite a quiet place, which was filled with several thousand people about an hour or two ago as they surrounded their mayor, vincentjeanbrun, who you say, his home was attacked two nights ago. he was was at the town hall, but his wife and children were there. somebody drove a car into his house, his house, his wife was injured and they came out, the people in this area, to support him today as he said that this has to stop. firstly, nanterre. iasked him how his wife was and she said that she wasn't very well and that the situation was very difficult. and he said that what had happened here today in this suburb showed strength because when people are on their own they are fragile and isolated, but when they are together they are strong. and he said he hopes that message with spread throughout france. he said this, "we need some order, we need some authority."

there were people with placards, saying that they supported the forces of law and order.- saying that they supported the forces of law and order. tom, there have been — forces of law and order. tom, there have been many — forces of law and order. tom, there have been many people _ forces of law and order. tom, there l have been many people condemning forces of law and order. tom, there - have been many people condemning the violence, but many people constantly returning to the fundamental issues underpinning this, one is economic factors, the other of course how different communities are policed. are you getting any indications from the government that either of those two issues will be addressed? there is auoin to two issues will be addressed? there is going to be _ two issues will be addressed? there is going to be a _ two issues will be addressed? there is going to be a meeting _ two issues will be addressed? ii—ii” is going to be a meeting tomorrow. emmanuel macron meeting with the mayors of places throughout france, who will be coming and i'm sure making the point that something needs to be done about what is going on at night here in this country. but he has a very difficult situation. this is unlike the pension reform is a protest. there is not a single policy could change either way and have an outcome on the violence that is happening on the violence that is happening on the streets. this is about deep—seated issues within french

society, issues in immigrant communities, with poverty. a lot of money has been spent in some of those communities, but the policing issue does seem to be at the heart of this. the french police have a relatively new mode of operation that allows them to use firearms just do you stop a vehicle getting away or bring a vehicle under control or stop a suspect from getting away, and that of course, given what happened at nanterre, is at the heart of what people are angry about. is that policy back to change? no sign of that at the moment. emmanuel macron's maind messages which are the people in the areas this is happening, saying to keep your children in at night, stop them getting involved in these sorts of protests. them getting involved in these sorts of rotests. ., ., ., . of protests. tom, we have to leave it there. thank _ of protests. tom, we have to leave it there. thank you _ of protests. tom, we have to leave it there. thank you very _ of protests. tom, we have to leave it there. thank you very much. - it there. thank you very much. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. the visitor centre that sits on the

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russia's defence minister has made his first public comments since a mutiny by members of the wagner mercenary group. you may remember that the group's leader, yevgeny prigozhin, had called for the removal of sergei shoigu. well mr shoigu has now addressed the mutiny — saying it failed because of the loyalty of russia's armed forces. let's speak to vitaly shevchenko — who's the russia editor with bbc monitoring now we have got these comments by the man himself, sergei shoigu, and it's obvious that they were designed to be a matter of fact, calming and the suggestion here is business as usual. most of what the russian defence minister said at the ministry meeting in moscow today was

to focus on the usual things being said at such meetings, russia's reported progress in fighting ukrainian forces. reported progress in fighting ukrainianforces. sergei reported progress in fighting ukrainian forces. sergei shoigu claimed that 920 pieces of armoured ukrainian hardware had been destroyed and that briefly, literally a couple of sentences, he dwelt on the failed mutiny, saying that russian armed forces have stayed loyal to their oath and that is why the meat failed.— is why the meat failed. yevgeny pri . ozhin is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has _ is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself— is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself put - is why the meat failed. yevgeny prigozhin has himself put out i prigozhin has himself put out another audio message. what did he say in that message? it another audio message. what did he say in that message?— say in that message? it was a very short message. — say in that message? it was a very short message, even _ say in that message? it was a very short message, even by _ say in that message? it was a very short message, even by his - short message, even by his standards. in fact, short message, even by his standards. infact, it short message, even by his standards. in fact, it was first posted by a number of relatively obscure telegram channels on saturday. and in that message,

yevgeny prigozhin thanked the people of a city in siberia, in russia, for holding a car rally in support of his wagner group. and he also promised that they will see more of our victories on the front line. it is not clear who "0ur" is, presumably his wagner group. and whether this front line is going to be a new front line in belarus, where yevgeny prigozhin and wagner group are supposed to relocate. and thatis group are supposed to relocate. and that is something he did not say anything about, his whereabouts or his plans. and also, the fact that this message wasn't put out by yevgeny prigozhin's usual channels of communication, it also shows that he has either lost access to them or

his whole media and communications machine is being rebuilt in the wake of the failed mutiny.— of the failed mutiny. thank you very much. an award—winning ukrainian writer, who was caught up in the russian missile strike on a restaurant last week, has died from her injuries. victoria amelina, who was a war crimes researcher, was having dinner with otherjournalists and writers — when the restaurant was struck — in the eastern ukrainian city of kramatorsk. she's become the 13th person to die in the attack. tributes have poured in on social media — my colleague zari kargar has more. i want to start my report by sharing a tweet by victoria amelina. just days before she was attacked in that restaurant on the 24th ofjune, she wrote, "at night, i looked at fireballs in the sky from my balcony in kyiv and i listened to explosions. i went to sleep without checking the news. the war is when you can no longer follow all news and cry about all the neighbours who died

instead of you a couple of miles away." victoria amelina was 37 years old. she was one of ukraine's most celebrated young authors. she was also an award—winning poet. since the invasion of ukraine, started by russia, she became a war crimes researcher. she travelled across ukraine. this is a tweet she pinned to her profile where she shares a picture of destructions in ukraine. she says, "i'm a ukrainian writer. i have portraits of great ukrainian poets on my bag. i look like i should be taking pictures of books, art and my little son." "instead," she says, "i'm documenting war crimes." victoria amelina leaves behind the ten—year—old son. she went to kherson and then shared this picture of flowers from there and compared the resilience of these flowers to the resilience of people of kherson. since her death was announced on friday, people from

across ukraine have been tweeting about her. celebrated authors like andrey kurkov, who is a well known ukrainian author. he writes about how charitable and kind victoria amelina was, sharing a picture of her. ukrainian historian 0lissa writes about how victoria was documenting russian war crimes in ukraine, but instead she became a victim of the war crime herself. ukrainian officials have also been sharing her picture, the news about her death, and also tweeting tributes to her. human rights groups in ukraine have called her death a war crime. that death came as efforts to hold russia legally accountable for the war in ukraine — took a step forward with the opening of a special tribunal in the hague.

uk human rights lawyer philippe sands, who came up with the initiative, explains the importance of this move. she was a wonderful novelist and a wonderful human being and it feels very bitter indeed today to learn what has happened. she was at the restaurant, it was a civilian restaurant, it was a civilian restaurant, it was a civilian restaurant, it seems to have been explicitly targeted by a missile, in other words it wasn't an accident, it wasn't a missile gone wrong. this looks very much like the kind of work crime ironically, she was herself investigating, and so it is a deep personal shock, i've got to say, that someone you know so well and who was really a civilian carrying out her writer's activities, should be caught up in this. that is why today's efforts in the hague are really so very important. the hague are really so very important-— the hague are really so very imortant. �*, ., ,, ., ., important. let's talk about that, because that _

important. let's talk about that, because that move _ important. let's talk about that, because that move on _ important. let's talk about that, because that move on the - important. let's talk about that, because that move on the crime| important. let's talk about that, i because that move on the crime of aggression, how significant is that? it is very significant. it is the first time since 1945 that an institution has been created with this kind of authority to research and collect the evidence on the crime of aggression. the crime of aggression is the waging of a manifestly illegal war, it was invented in 1945, it is to be called crimes against peace. it then slipped away, the large powers were not greatly in favour of it because of the concerns they had it would be applied to them. but in the context of russia's were in ukraine, which is clearly illegal, there is now this move to set up a tribunal. this is not a tribunal, this is an effort to gather evidence which a future tribunal... ., ' , to gather evidence which a future tribunal... ., , , ., to gather evidence which a future tribunal- - -— tribunal... how different is all of that from the _ tribunal... how different is all of that from the moose _ tribunal... how different is all of that from the moose we - tribunal... how different is all of that from the moose we have i tribunal... how different is all of - that from the moose we have already had from the international criminal court for arrest warrants against vladimir putin? just explain why this is significant given we have

already had that? you this is significant given we have already had that?— already had that? you have got basically for — already had that? you have got basically for international - already had that? you have got. basically for international crimes and the international criminal court has jurisdiction over three of them. were crimes, crimes against timidity and genocide. it doesn't have the confidence to deal with the crime of aggression, the one we are talking about. the crime of aggression is particularly significant because it is the only one of the four which is a leadership crime. that is to say, soldiers on the ground cannot be charged with the crime of aggression. it is a handful of people who participated in the decision to start the war and to continue to draw easy to prove? very straightforward to prove in relation to a number of the bigger circle around the heads of the fsb, the intelligence, the military staff, the financers. it becomes more difficult to know who was involved and what they did, that is the purpose of this new centre. you are watchin: purpose of this new centre. you are watching bbc _ purpose of this new centre. you are

watching bbc news. _ this year we beat the previous record by nine tenths of a degree celsius and scientists at the met office tell us that the likelihood 0ffice tell us that the likelihood of meeting the previous record had doubled as a result of the emissions and gases, and if we carry on like thisjune is like the one we have just had will come around every two years by the time we are in the 19505. years by the time we are in the 1950s. some thunderstorms rumbling away across parts of the midlands, parts of northern england as well. more of those showers to come overnight as well. some lengthy spells of rain pushed southwards

across scotland, reaching the central belt by dwn. showers for northern ireland. areas of rain moving in across parts of south—west england and southern wales as well stop the forecast for tuesday, it is going to be an unsettled day as these two elephants merged together to give some longer outbreaks of rain across parts of eastern england. so expect rain at times. this area of rain could be a lot more extensive, working across east anglia, southern england, and it could be very slow to let up as well. further northwards, a band of rain sliding southwards across scotland and northern ireland, probably turning a bit more showery in nature. those temperatures is still a little bit disappointing for the time of year. 17—19 c. although we saw some interruptions to play at wimbledon on monday, i suspect we will have much lengthier interruptions around for tuesday. the weather could get in the way of play for some time. by wednesday, low pressure still with us but it is weakening and although there will be some showers around the majority of those will be across parts of west

scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, a dry morning, a view showers building across england and wales, but pretty isolated. that means more anyway of dry weather, sunshine, and that should help boost temperatures into the low 20s. two at the end of the week, a slow—moving weather front across the west, bringing heavy rain, might see some flooding issues. this rain cloud looks really intense. further east, much warmer air. cloud looks really intense. further east, much warmerair. could cloud looks really intense. further east, much warmer air. could get 37 degrees in london towards the end of the week.

israel launches a major military operation in the occupied west bank. at least eight palestinians have been killed and dozens injured. people are waiting and watching to see what happens, listening as we are to the sounds of fighting not very far away.