this is bbc news. the headlines: 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. russia's widespread use of mines slows down ukraine's counter—offensive. we have a special report. the trial of the hollywood actor kevin spacey for alleged sex offences resumes in london. we'll have the latest live. and tesla puts it foot on the accelerator, as it clocks record sales after dropping the price on its cars.

sport and for a full round up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre it's only day one of wimbledon, but already play has been disrupted by the weather. the roof came on over centre court, where the reigning men's singles champion novak djokovic has begun the defence of his title against pedro cachin. chethan pathak is watching and chetan it's going to plan so far for the number to seed? we had that sizeable delay in which novak djokovic was walking around centre court not happy with how slippery the surface was. they got the roof on pretty quickly but they delayed play for over an hour. it won't delay the inevitable though, he is looking very comfortable against pedro cachin, the 28—year—old argentinian being the biggest match of his life. he had a good start and broke novak djokovic

early on but novak djokovic looks cool and calm and it's a decade since he lost on that court. he is trying to win his eighth wimbledon title which would bring them level with roger federer. it's one game all in the third set at the moment. in terms of the women's draw, we've seen the number one seed make it safely through to the second round beating her chinese opponent in straight sets. this is the one grand slam she has never made it past the fourth round but he got the job done 6-1, 6-3. she fourth round but he got the job done 6—1, 6—3. she has talked about it being her dream to win wimbledon. she is a three—time french open champion. she is in a very favourable part of the draw as well. we have a cracking women's match to come on centre court later on. venus williams, 43 years old, back on

centre court. some other results to tell you about. jessica pagoda is through to the second round as is victoria as a rancour. some son of a is out but another russian is through. in football, newcastle united have confirmed the signing of midfielder sandro tonali from ac milan for a reported fee of £55 million which would make him the most expensive italian footballer of all time. meanwhile, tottenham have reached a verbal agreement to sign manor solomon. the 23—year—old is set to undergo a medical this week. hejoined fulham on loan from shakhtar donetsk, after exercising a rule allowing ukraine based players to suspend their contracts, following russia's invasion of the country. the israeli international will become tottenham's fourth signing of the summer. roy hodgson is targeting a "top half finish" with crystal palace, after the club confirmed he will be their manager next season.

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for thejenin operation. one of our guests was saying a short while ago, they didn't think it would go on for a huge amount of time but didn't think also it was going to come to an end very quickly. so another 24 hours seems to be suggested therefrom israeli military sources. i've been talking on the programme and getting more reaction to what we've been seeing to the journalist in jerusalem we've been seeing to the journalist injerusalem who gave me her assessment of why we have seen this israeli operation. i assessment of why we have seen this israeli operation.— israeli operation. i would say that in the last few _ israeli operation. i would say that in the last few years _ israeli operation. i would say that in the last few years the - israeli operation. i would say that in the last few years the jenin - in the last few years thejenin refugee camp has become the nerve centre of palestinian islamicjihad activity. the majority of terror attacks that we've seen against israelis in one case against the british israeli family in recent months, have emanated from there. there has been increasing buzz in israel about having to undergo a

major operation to try and root out these terror cells. that is what's behind what we are seeing today. horse behind what we are seeing today. how bloody crowded get because we've seen the pictures the last few hours of militants firing at the israeli army, also the israeli military using drones in their attacks. the palestinian _ using drones in their attacks. tie: palestinian health ministry now reports nine dead. i think how bloody this could get depends on how long it goes on for. so far, for an operation of this scale, as awful as this may sound nine is a lower number than what might have been expected in such a densely populated placesjenin. but expected in such a densely populated places jenin. but the expected in such a densely populated placesjenin. but the longer this goes on the more dangerous it will be. is goes on the more dangerous it will be. . goes on the more dangerous it will be. , :, , goes on the more dangerous it will be. . :, , :, , :, :, be. is there any sort of estimation in terms of _ be. is there any sort of estimation in terms of militants _ be. is there any sort of estimation in terms of militants inside - be. is there any sort of estimation in terms of militants inside of - be. is there any sort of estimation in terms of militants inside of that camp, a number on that? t

in terms of militants inside of that camp, a number on that?- in terms of militants inside of that camp, a number on that? i don't have a secific camp, a number on that? i don't have a specific number _ camp, a number on that? i don't have a specific number on _ camp, a number on that? i don't have a specific number on militants - camp, a number on that? i don't have a specific number on militants but - a specific number on militants but you see in the images for example that the people shooting at israeli army are well armed. they have bombs, they have submachine guns. the israeli armyjust announced a few minutes ago they managed to capture a weapons depot filled with bombs. so we are talking about i would say at least several hundred extremely well armed palestinian islamicjihad militiamen.- extremely well armed palestinian islamicjihad militiamen. islamic 'ihad militiamen. there is a ve islamicjihad militiamen. there is a very volatile _ islamicjihad militiamen. there is a very volatile israeli _ islamicjihad militiamen. there is a very volatile israeli government - islamicjihad militiamen. there is a very volatile israeli government in| very volatile israeli government in place. how much does that enter into the equation of explaining or has nothing to do with what we seeing playing out? flit nothing to do with what we seeing playing out?— playing out? of course that is absolutely — playing out? of course that is absolutely on _ playing out? of course that is absolutely on the _ playing out? of course that is absolutely on the background j playing out? of course that is - absolutely on the background and your description is accurate. it's a very volatile and extremist

government. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, isjuggling on the one hand the army that came flat out earlier today and announced this was not an invasion of the west bank, that this was a limited operation to root out specific terrorists and they made it sound like we are talking about one or two days. and then we have his ministers, some of whom are calling for radical action. they don't have authority over the army but benjamin netanyahu has to juggle that public pressure. netanyahu has to 'uggle that public ressure. ~ :, netanyahu has to 'uggle that public ressure. a, :, netanyahu has to 'uggle that public ressure. :, , :, :, pressure. more on the situation in jenin coming _ pressure. more on the situation in jenin coming pp — pressure. more on the situation in jenin coming up on _ pressure. more on the situation in jenin coming up on a _ pressure. more on the situation in jenin coming up on a programme l pressure. more on the situation in i jenin coming up on a programme but let's turn to events in london. here in london, a cabinet office inquiry has found former official sue gray broke civil service rules after failing to declare contact with the labour party over a job offer. ms gray led an investigation into lockdown parties in downing street, which found staff attended multiple events whilst the rest of the country was subject to coronavirus restrictions. last week sue gray was cleared

to work for the labour party, as chief of staff to leader sir keir starmer. prime minister rishi sunak has been warned by a group of conservative mps 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. i've been speaking with our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who gave us the latest. 25 conservative mps. quite a number of them are quite new mps, elected for the first time at the last election in some of the seats the conservatives took from the opposition labour party. there are some who are longer standing mps but all of them identify they say from going around and talking to people in their constituencies that the

issue of immigration is important and what they say is important is the fact that back in the election in 2019 the conservative promise was to bring down the overall number of people immigrating to the uk which at the time was about 200,000 a year. what's happened is it hasn't gone down, it's gone up and in fact its troubled and they say that's an issue that they want tackled. it worth saying though that there are other opinion surveys that suggest that actually since the brexit referendum, as an issue generally for people, the issue of migration to the uk has become less important. so conflicting views of what actually matters. in so conflicting views of what actually matters.— so conflicting views of what actually matters. so conflicting views of what actuall matters. . :, actually matters. in terms of their solutions and _ actually matters. in terms of their solutions and in _ actually matters. in terms of their solutions and in terms _ actually matters. in terms of their solutions and in terms of- actually matters. in terms of their solutions and in terms of student | solutions and in terms of student visas, visa schemes care workers, take us through that and any sort of assessment of whether that is actually likely to be effective or

otherwise?— actually likely to be effective or otherwise? . :, , , , otherwise? what they identify, they la out a otherwise? what they identify, they lay out a number— otherwise? what they identify, they lay out a number of— otherwise? what they identify, they lay out a number of ideas _ otherwise? what they identify, they lay out a number of ideas they - otherwise? what they identify, they lay out a number of ideas they say l lay out a number of ideas they say the government should consider. one of them is care workers, this is people working in elderly care homes, caring for the elderly in their homes or residential settings and the issue is there is a real shortage of workers in that area. the government has that occupation on what's called a shortage list which enables employers to hire from abroad and bring people in. what this group of mps are saying is it should be taken off that list and they should not be hiring from abroad. they reckon that would bring down immigration numbers by more than 100,000 a year. the problem is there is a crucial shortage of workers and to hire locally in the uk or encourage people to do that job locally in the uk would require wages to be put up quite

substantially and there is a real shortage of money and that would also prove inflationary which in the current climate, the uk has high inflation anyway.— current climate, the uk has high inflation anyway. around the world and across the _ inflation anyway. around the world and across the uk, _ inflation anyway. around the world and across the uk, you're - inflation anyway. around the world | and across the uk, you're watching bbc news. nights out are supposed to be fun but that's not always the experience of women and other vulnerable groups. in cultures the money from the home office has been used to try and make the night—time economy safer. businesses have been offering training for barred security staff to look out for those needing help. the county's police and crime commission hopes the new £4 million fund will mean other areas can benefit. karen helped create chelmsford women safety charter, research shows women more than men feel unsafe in public areas. iterate feel unsafe in public areas. we still need _ feel unsafe in public areas. we still need to _ feel unsafe in public areas. 9 still need to focus on hardware so things like cctv and lighting

because people do report those things make them feel safer, but we also need to focus on prevention. the aim is notjust to reduce crime but to make sure women and other vulnerable groups feel safer. you are live with bbc news. time for a look at the business news now. let's start with oil, because the world's two biggest producers, saudi arabia and russia, have both announced some huge production cuts. the news sent the price of brent crude two percent higher, a short while ago it was trading atjust over 76 dollars per barrel. first it was saudi arabia which announced it was cutting its production by one million barrels per day from august. then russia said it was cutting its production by half—a million barrels per day from august too.

the cuts mean global supplies will be reduced by around i.5%. joining me now is viktor katona, head of crude analysis at the commodity data analytics company kpler. talk to me if you will about the significance of these cuts. those announced by saudi arabia are not new, although we know they're trying to keep the price higher.— to keep the price higher. indeed. the are to keep the price higher. indeed. they are not _ to keep the price higher. indeed. they are not new— to keep the price higher. indeed. they are not new and _ to keep the price higher. indeed. they are not new and in - to keep the price higher. indeed. they are not new and in the - to keep the price higher. indeed. l they are not new and in the sense saudi arabia was forced to do this because the initial announcements to get i because the initial announcements to geti million barrels per day in july came after the opec plus meeting. it was the only real result of that meeting. if you compare prices in the beginning ofjune and right now they are actually lower than they used to be. so in fact saudi arabia was compelled to extend the production cut because it effectively had no reaction from the

market. as today's developments show us there was not a reaction today effectively prices went up by less than a dollar and most of it has fizzled out already. so really there is no actual reaction in the markets even though this is very significant. 1 million barrels per day, 10% of saudi arabian production, very sizeable. ghee day, 1096 of saudi arabian production, very sizeable. give me a sense of what _ production, very sizeable. give me a sense of what this _ production, very sizeable. give me a sense of what this equates - production, very sizeable. give me a sense of what this equates to. - production, very sizeable. give me a sense of what this equates to. i - sense of what this equates to. i said i.5% of global oil supplies and it doesn't sound like a lot but yet it doesn't sound like a lot but yet it has the power to raise prices. it absolutely should. again, it's really a sign of the times we live in because if it weren't happening in because if it weren't happening in 2023 the market reaction would be different. that right now oil prices are mainly driven by macro economic of elements. whatever happens with the us and china or even with

europe, it's much more important for the future development of oil prices than actual supply and demand of oil. it's very counterintuitive, it's very odd to think about it this way, but it's the actual reality that we are facing. saudi arabia production cut will entail a very tight asian market in bothjuly and august 2023 but the market has shrugged it off. lille august 2023 but the market has shrugged it off-— shrugged it off. due -- 'oin the dots between i shrugged it off. due -- 'oin the dots between the h shrugged it off. due -- 'oin the dots between the big _ shrugged it off. due -- join the dots between the big players . shrugged it off. due -- join the - dots between the big players here, saudi arabia, russia and china. they wield huge power over what we will pay for oil. wield huge power over what we will -a foroil. , , wield huge power over what we will -a for oil. : ,,:, , :, wield huge power over what we will -a foroil. , , :, pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and — pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and saudi _ pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and saudi arabia _ pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and saudi arabia are - pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and saudi arabia are in - pay for oil. absolutely. i would say russia and saudi arabia are in one | russia and saudi arabia are in one camp in china is in the other. china is interested to buy the cheapest oil possible. whatever it can get that out from, be it from iran or russia or venezuela or any other country. whilst the saudi arabia and russia, the important thing is the price of oil. effectively, those two

countries like most opec plus countries like most opec plus countries for that matter, rely on the price of oil to balance the budgets so the higher the price the better balanced the budgets they have. and the less budget deficits they run into. so they will do their utmost to have the highest prices available stop and as we saw today, very coordinated from saudi arabia and russia announcing at the same day that both will be cutting production in august. regrettably for them it didn't really work out but one can always try. it for them it didn't really work out but one can always try.— but one can always try. it will be interesting _ but one can always try. it will be interesting to _ but one can always try. it will be interesting to see _ but one can always try. it will be interesting to see the _ but one can always try. it will be i interesting to see the implications around the world. thank you for joining us. let's focus now on apple, because it's become the first company in the world to reach a valuation of three trillion dollars. however it's not all good news for the tech giant, according to a report in the financial times, apple is likely to make drastic cuts to its production forecasts for its mixed—reality vision pro headset. only last month, apple described

the headset as its biggest launch since it introduced the iphone. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury explained why apple faced a tricky period. you and i have talked a lot over the last couple of years about supply chain issues and i think that's what we are talking about here. according to this report, the company that is going to be making these headsets for apple has had to scale back and it's only going to make a certain number of these headsets for next year, it's not going to be as much as apple would like. and again, from the little we understand, it simply is supply chain constraints. this is a very complicated headset, it's got things like very special lenses in them and that requires specific production techniques and again there are slowdowns there.

because of that it appears those who are interested in these headsets will have to wait longer until they hit the market. the lower—priced headsets will be even longer still. in other news... electric car maker tesla delivered a record number of vehicles in the three months to the end ofjune. the company delivered over 460,000 cars, more than 80% higher than a year earlier, putting it well on its way to its goal of 1.8 million for 2023. the rise came after tesla cut prices in markets including the us, uk and china in a bid to boost sales and compete with rival manufacturers. here in the uk, drivers paid an extra 6p per litre for fuel last year at supermarkets because of weaker competition. the competition and markets authority said supermarkets are usually the cheapest places to buy fuel but a lack of competition had driven up prices.

the regulator says it will launch a "fuel finder scheme" to help drivers find better prices online. you are watching bbc news. that was of the latest business news. let's turn to another important story here. kevin spacey�*s trial in london has heard from an alleged victim who says he was groped by the actor, while he was driving a car. kevin spacey is accused of 12 sexual offences against four men, between 2001 and 2013. he denies the charges. our correspondent sanchia berg has the latest from outside the court. we had from the first witness, a man who said he was assaulted, grabbed, groped multiple times by kevin spacey in the early 2000 is when kevin spacey was spending a lot of time here, thanks to his work with the old vic. the man referenced one specific incidents that said happened when he was driving kevin spacey to a celebrity party out

in the english countryside. he said, as you mentioned that kevin spacey made a grab for his crotch and squeeze so hard that he had to stop driving, take the car of the road because he said it wasn't safe. he said that he told kevin spacey he'd have to stop otherwise he would crash and the actorjust laughed. now, kevin spacey is pleading not guilty to all of these charges and his lawyer said last week that he was baffled and deeply hurt by the evidence of this particular witness. so this afternoon, we have been hearing that witness cross examined by patrick gibbs kc, who is kevin spacey�*s barrister and he has been raising many questions about the veracity of the evidence and he has been suggesting to the witness that he only came forward last year because he heard others were coming forward and some people were suing kevin spacey for potentially a great deal of money.

he said, you saw a bandwagon and you decided to hop on it. in ukraine, progress by kyiv�*s forces in their counteroffensive against russia is 'slower than desired', according to president volodymyr zelensky. analysts say one of the reasons ukrainian troops are not moving more quickly is the widespread use of mines by russian forces. they're taking a significant toll on the advancing ukrainian troops, as 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 40 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. when we come back we will have the latest from jenin. let me show you the live pictures from the skyline. you can see it is shrouded in smoke because street battles are raging in the west bank as the israelis continue with that operation. more on that in a moment of two. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, there.

we start off with the news thatjune was the hottest on record and we absolutely annihilated the previous record. normally we see these records broken by a tenth of a degree or so. 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 of beating the previous record had doubled as a result of the emissions of greenhouse gases in recent decades, and if we carry on like this, junes like the one just gone will come round once every two years by the time we're into the 1950s. now, today's been a very showery kind of day. some heavy deluges, some thunderstorms rumbling away across parts of the midlands, parts of northern england as well. and we've got more of those showers to come overnight as well. now, some lengthy spells of rain push southwards across scotland, reaching the central belt by dawn. some showers for northern ireland. and we'll start to see an area of rain move back in across parts of south—west england and southern wales as well. on into the forecast for tuesday. well, it is going to be an unsettled day as these two weather fronts kind of merge together to give some longer outbreaks of rain, i think, across parts of eastern england. so, expect rain at times.

i think this area of rain could end up being a lot more extensive, working across east anglia, southern england and could be very slow to let up as well. further northwards we've got our band of rain sliding southwards across scotland and northern ireland, probably turning a bit more showery in nature. and those temperatures still a little bit disappointing for the time of year, 17 to 19 celsius. but i fear, although we saw some interruptions to play at wimbledon on monday, i suspect we'll have much lengthier interruptions around for tuesday, so the weather could get in the way of play for some time. by wednesday, low pressure still with us but it's weakening and although there will be some showers around the majority of those, i think, will be across parts of west scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere, probably a dry morning. theremight be a few showers building through the day across england and wales but pretty isolated, i think there will be much bigger gaps between any showers and that means more in the way of dry weather, more sunshine, and that should help boost temperatures into the low 20s. now, towards the end of the week we're going to see a slow—moving weather front across the west

bringing heavy rain, might see some flooding issues across parts of northern ireland. this rain band looks really intense. but further eastwards, suddenly winds will start to drag up some much warmer air and so temperatures could hit 27 degrees in london towards the end of the week.