live from london, this is bbc news. street battles rage in the west bank — as hundreds of israeli soldiers carry out a large—scale assault on the city ofjenin. france says it will keep 16,000 additional officers on the streets — despite hopes that tensions over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police are easing. uk drivers paid extra for fuel at supermarkets — says the competition watchdog. a new scheme is promised to drive prices down. the king of thailand inaugurates parliament after a decade of military power. at his trial in london, jurors hear evidence from the first witness against the hollywood actor, kevin spacey.

hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. hundreds of israeli soldiers backed by drones and armoured bulldozers are continuing a sustained assault on armed palestinians in thejenin refugee camp. the palestinian authorities say eight people have been killed and dozens wounded. it's one of its biggest raids in the territory by israel in recent years. the operation started with multiple drone strikes on the refugee camp — and israeli army vehicles were seen moving in. israel claims the camp contains a command centre for palestinian militants. palestinian leaders say it's an attempt to destroy a refugee camp — and that innocent people inside the camp have been bombed. ambulances have struggled to reach those injured because of the intensity of the fighting.

palestinians have been throwing stones at israeli troops from behind burning street barricades. fighting is continuing — and there've been gun battles on the streets with palestinian militants — seen here — firing at the israeli army. israeli vehicles have been seen firing tear gas. an israeli spokesman said the palestinians killed were "terrorists". in the past few minutes, the palestinian president a bass has suspended contact and security coordination with israel. the decision came after he held a meeting with the leaders of the palestinian authority. our middle east correpsondent yolande knell is injenin. by dawn, the battles had been raging for hours injenin. the israeli military used a surprise drone strike overnight to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. soon, armed palestinians were fighting back inside the city's crowded, decades—old refugee camp.

hundreds of israeli soldiers on the ground. the israeli military says they are seizing weapons and explosives and that this is a hornets�* nest for terrorism. there was a furious response from palestinian officials. what is going on is an attempt to raise the refugee camp completely and displace the residents, said the palestinian prime minister mohammad shtayyeh. palestinian medics have been struggling to reach the dozens of injured. israel says it is acting on precise intelligence and doesn't seek to harm civilians. but many have been caught in the crossfire. what is 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 you get those cracks of gunshot coming from thejenin refugee camp,

just up on the hill. sometimes we get loud explosions as well. even though the israeli military has said this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, as journalists, this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, asjournalists, to get this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, as journalists, to get any closer, you can really get a sense from here of how intense the fighting is. in recent months many palestinians who have carried out deadly attacks on israel have come from this area. others have had here. even before today, jenin has seen repeated deadly israeli army raids. israel says it doesn't want to expand this military operation to other parts of the west bank. our goal is to focus only on the terrace themselves injenin. —— terrorists. but already palestinian protests have reached the gaza strip. and the longer this action goes on injenin, the greater the risk of a dangerous, wider escalation. yolande knell, bbc news, jennin. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, is injerusalem and following developments.

one of the problems at the moment is really knowing the impact of this particular military operation, because the idf have talked about the eight palestinians who have been killed, they have talked about finding things like an explosives processing factory, they talked about a command and control centre, which sounds particularly technologically advanced, but bear in mind this is happening within a refugee camp, so it is probably not so much so, maybejust refugee camp, so it is probably not so much so, maybe just a refugee camp, so it is probably not so much so, maybejust a house refugee camp, so it is probably not so much so, maybe just a house or refugee camp, so it is probably not so much so, maybejust a house or a room where people are gathering and planning. at what we really won't know until the operation is over is the civilian toll. exactly how many people may be killed or injured. because this is a densely populated area, narrow streets, home to families, women and children, as well as militants. it's been very difficult to get communications out ofjenin camp, things like the electricity, things like the internet tend to be cut off during operations like this. i think we are waiting for two things, waiting to see what the overall impact of the

operation may be, depending on how long it takes, and how the palestinian factions may respond, if they do, the next few hours and days. husam zomlot is the head of the palestinian mission to the united kingdom. he responded to comments by the israeli pm thatjenin was a hub for terrorism. the idea that we should uproot any resemblance of palestinian nationalism, for independence, we must crush the soul of the palestinian people, this is the heart of it. this is what israel is intending, the crimes israel keeps committing, every week, every day, very well—documented. the issue is not that. the issue is clear to all of us, it's the impunity, the lack of us, it's the impunity, the lack of accountability. you go to a refugee camp, using aeroplanes, drones and thousands of soldiers, not only targeting human beings, you

are targeting the infrastructure, the hospitals, thejournalists and what have you. these are war crimes, crimes against humanity. the question is, how do we stop the 75—year—old bombing situation. this 75-year-old bombing situation. this is an ongoing _ 75—year—old bombing situation. this is an ongoing question, i would like to get to that in a moment. at the israelis have also set a weapons depot filled with bombs has been found. even our own correspondence who have spent time injenin are saying that the camp is absolutely under the control of the armed groups. under the control of the armed urou s. , ., , under the control of the armed u-rous. ,., ,., groups. the israelis always live, the israeli _ groups. the israelis always live, the israeli government - groups. the israelis always live, the israeli government is - groups. the israelis always live, the israeli government is in - groups. the israelis always live, the israeli government is in the | the israeli government is in the business of lying, spreading propaganda. let them accept the international criminal court to come and investigate all of their claims and investigate all of their claims and allegations. let them accept that the russian court ofjustice, and assess the whole legal situation. they block it and use

their allies, the uk included under their allies, the uk included under the us, of course, to block us from access to these. i the us, of course, to block us from access to these.— access to these. i know, but... ifi can 'ust access to these. i know, but... ifi canjust get _ access to these. i know, but... ifi can just get you — access to these. i know, but... ifi can just get you to _ access to these. i know, but... ifi can just get you to respond, - access to these. i know, but... ifi can just get you to respond, i - can just get you to respond, i forget what the israelis are saying, this is coming from our correspondence, our editor, who has seen and spent time in and around the camp, jeremy bowen says that this camp is absolutely under the control of the armed groups, that he was in touch with people who were control in a camp and they wanted the photo of the journalist before they went in, that it is a dense area, but that they believe that a lot of the attacks, dozens of attacks, have been launched from that camp. attacks, have been launched from that cam -. g , attacks, have been launched from that camp-— attacks, have been launched from thatcam. , , ., ~' ., that camp. jeremy bowen should know much better. — that camp. jeremy bowen should know much better. he _ that camp. jeremy bowen should know much better, he has— that camp. jeremy bowen should know much better, he has been _ that camp. jeremy bowen should know much better, he has been covering - much better, he has been covering the situation for decades. he knows the situation for decades. he knows the situation for decades. he knows the situation of oppression, the state of colonisation and detention

of people, he knows the theft of land and resources, the denial of basic dignity from people unable to travel. and actually the killing fields around these settlements, the settler violence. to claim there is a controlled palestinian situation, it is of resistance and survival. people have the right to protect themselves, their properties and their families, themselves, their properties and theirfamilies, to themselves, their properties and their families, to seek and consult international law about the right of people to resist israeli imposed illegalities. really, this has been going on for a long time. words can kill more than bullets sometimes. we need to get it right. thejenin refugee camp, gaza, hebron, all of these areas are under full military occupation. and israel is not protecting itself. let me say this sentence, israel is not protecting itself, there is nothing happening in israel. israel is protecting its expansion, its colonialism. the

subjugation of the palestinian people. the people injenin arejust defending themselves. let people. the people in jenin are 'ust defending themselvesi defending themselves. let me get back them to _ defending themselves. let me get back them to the _ defending themselves. let me get back them to the question - defending themselves. let me get back them to the question you - defending themselves. let me get i back them to the question you posed at the beginning of this interview, how do you get yourself to a position where peace talks can begin again? because clearly this is escalating, it's getting incredibly dangerous. yellow marker to marker words, accountability. every israeli soldier, every israeli office and politician, should be held accountable for the numerous, countless atrocities committed against the palestinian people. once they do so, they will start thinking about enforcing peace and seeking peace. numbertwo, implimenting and not negotiating, implementing international law and international resolutions, legitimacy. there is nothing to negotiate. would you not say the palestinian authority, the palestinian leadership, has also a lot to answer for in terms of letting down the palestinian people?

the palestinian leadership, for decades now, have been gearing us and the palestinian people towards peace, allying ourselves with international law, committing in and i am way towards international resolutions. let's not blame the victims here. yasser arafat was the problem, now our current president is the problem? we always seek to export the issue to be victims and the oppressed, not the occupier and the oppressed, not the occupier and the oppressor. what is there to think about? as we speak now, michael gove, secretary of state, is presenting his legislation in uk parliament to give the israeli illegal settlers and settlements an extra layer of protection. this is what gets israel intojenin, this is what gets israel intojenin, this is what gets israel intojenin, this is what gets the settlers to commit all of these atrocities. live now to hugh lovatt. he is a senior policy fellow with the middle east and north africa programme at the european council on foreign relations.

thank you forjoining us on the programme. clearly, emotions are incredibly high. we see these things escalating every few years. but i just wanted to get your reaction on the events of today.— just wanted to get your reaction on the events of today. good evening. you are right- _ the events of today. good evening. you are right. it— the events of today. good evening. you are right. it feels _ the events of today. good evening. you are right. it feels at _ the events of today. good evening. you are right. it feels at times - you are right. it feels at times like we have been through escalations in the past ten or 20 years. but i think there is something different today. i think we really are moving into really dangerous territory. so, we have seen a steady increase in israeli and palestinian violence over the last year and a half. starting with palestinian attacks in israeli cities, but then israeli raids expanding deeper into the west bank and driving a re—energisation of palestinian armed groups. clearly, there is context of occupation, but there is context of occupation, but there is context of occupation, but there is more immediate context in terms of the dynamics involved. we need to be clear there is a weakening of the palestinian authority, as jeremy weakening of the palestinian authority, asjeremy bowen said, yes, the palestinian authority is

losing active control over some parts, including these camps. i think this is really something dangerous and new that is happening now. farfrom resolving and returning to the calm, i think it is going to turbo—charge a lot of the instability. we going to turbo-charge a lot of the instabili . ~ ., .,, , going to turbo-charge a lot of the instabili . ~ ., , ., instability. we had yossi on the programme. — instability. we had yossi on the programme, and _ instability. we had yossi on the programme, and he _ instability. we had yossi on the programme, and he explained l instability. we had yossi on the | programme, and he explained it instability. we had yossi on the - programme, and he explained it was extremists on both sides escalating the situation. he felt the only way there could be a chance of some peaceful resolution or the people coming back to the negotiating table was if the government in israel change. do you agree? i was if the government in israel change. do you agree?- was if the government in israel change. do you agree? i wish i could auree. change. do you agree? i wish i could agree- certainly. _ change. do you agree? i wish i could agree. certainly, having— change. do you agree? i wish i could agree. certainly, having a _ change. do you agree? i wish i could agree. certainly, having a hard - agree. certainly, having a hard right government and power in israel has exacerbated a lot of these dynamics, including expanding settlement building, and a more

hardline policy towards palestinian communities in the west bank. but these dynamics have been building for years. they started under previous governments, whether they were left wing or right wing. there is plenty of blame to go around. clearly, if one wants to have peace talks, you need to lay the foundations for them to be viable. that will require notjust foundations for them to be viable. that will require not just a foundations for them to be viable. that will require notjust a change of government in israel, but i brought a change in israeli public and political opinion. and of course, we need to be honest, changes on the palestinian times doing hugger aside, changes on the palestinian times doing huggeraside, reallyjust rising palestinian leadership, trying to find ways to as to strengthen the authority. when you look at the current situation, nobody stands on a table

and says this is the third intifada, but when we see escalation of violence to this extent, are you concerned about something like that happening again?— happening again? absolutely. i'm t in: not happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to _ happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to say _ happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to say it _ happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to say it would - happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to say it would be - happening again? absolutely. i'm trying not to say it would be an i trying not to say it would be an intifada, but there have been so many false production is over the past years. but we are heading in that direction in terms of spiralling violence. also, when we look at facts, last year was the bloodiest year since the second intifada for palestinians. today, jenin is the biggest israeli military operation in the west bank since the second intifada. we are starting to see apache gunships being used, and the back ground of the political context i talked about. ., .,~ ., ~ about. you talked about a week palestinian _ about. you talked about a week palestinian authority, _ about. you talked about a week palestinian authority, but - about. you talked about a week palestinian authority, but also l about. you talked about a week. palestinian authority, but also on the israeli side, you've got benjamin netanyahu, who is trying to

appease far right mps and also trying to deal with the pressure coming from the united states to de—escalate the situation. coming from the united states to de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any _ de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, _ de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there - de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there is - de-escalate the situation. clearly. like that any conflict, there is a i like that any conflict, there is a heavy dose of domestic politics on both sides. netanyahu is trying to placate the more far right elements of his coalition, that is clearly dictating his approach. the israeli goodman decision to launch the operation today was embarked and informed by security concerns, but also i'm sure it was informed by political concerns on the pressure netanyahu has been underfrom political concerns on the pressure netanyahu has been under from the right. and it has also been clear from the left. all israeli jewish parties have welcomed the operation. it's notjust netanyahu pursuing his own policies, i think it is much more like a systemic issue. what you think the international _ more like a systemic issue. what you think the international community - think the international community now needs to do? do the americans

need to step up their intervention in all of this?— need to step up their intervention in all of this? absolutely. what we have seen over _ in all of this? absolutely. what we have seen over the _ in all of this? absolutely. what we have seen over the past _ in all of this? absolutely. what we have seen over the past two - in all of this? absolutely. what we | have seen over the past two years, it is disengagement by the us, but also europe and the uk. partly it is the perception of deadlocked peace talks, but also geopolitical changes, china, russia, etc. we have seen disengagement, this problem today, we have seen it has been years in the making. it's difficult to undo, not a short—term fix. to be able to really try to reverse the situation, which is broader than jenin, it is on all of west bank issue, all of israel and palestine issue, all of israel and palestine issue, to be able to make meaningful progress, we need a long—term, sustained investment of political capital by the us, europeans, to

travel the drivers on the israeli side, and the israeli calculation that labour occupation, and on the palestinian side, political fragmentation, a perceived loss of palestinian leadership, the rise of armed groups. i think this is really dangerous and i think it points to the urgent need for the us to re—engage in very serious and sustained manners. re-engage in very serious and sustained manners.— re-engage in very serious and sustained manners. hugh lovett, thank ou sustained manners. hugh lovett, thank you for— sustained manners. hugh lovett, thank you forjoining _ sustained manners. hugh lovett, thank you forjoining us. - sustained manners. hugh lovett, thank you forjoining us. around. sustained manners. hugh lovett, i thank you forjoining us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. 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 trade telephoto train companies are being affected, with many reducing services. it's the latest move in the long—running pay dispute.

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elections in may resulted in a new opposition party, called move forward, coming from nowhere to be the largest party in the new parliament. live now tojosh kurlantzick — senior fellow for southeast asia with the council on foreign relations. thanks so much forjoining us on the programme. give us a sense of why it has been such a challenge to form a coalition. ~ ., , coalition. well, i think they actually are _ coalition. well, i think they actually are going - coalition. well, i think they actually are going to - coalition. well, i think they actually are going to form | coalition. well, i think theyj actually are going to form a coalition. they have gotten a compromised speaker, i think they will pick up enough senators to proceed. but move forward is unlike any other party in thailand, they don't want to just fiddle around the edges, they want to root and branch reform of some of the most powerful institutions in thailand, the military, to some extent the monarchy, and those institutions have 70, 80, 90 years, been

dominant, even when democracy has existed. calling for root and branch reform of them for the first time makes that party different to everyone in the past. that is a real threat to the institutionalised powers. i5 threat to the institutionalised owers. , , powers. is it even possible, given the reverence _ powers. is it even possible, given the reverence for _ powers. is it even possible, given the reverence for the _ powers. is it even possible, given the reverence for the monarchy, . the reverence for the monarchy, given the power of the army? weill. given the power of the army? well, the are given the power of the army? well, they are not — given the power of the army? well, they are not saying _ given the power of the army? well, they are not saying the _ given the power of the army? -ii they are not saying the monarchy has to go away, all they are asking for is that they stop these draconian laws that the former king himself, the father of this king, actually thought were not useful. they are not calling for the end of the monarchy. i think it is possible that thai people are fed up, and i think it is possible they will form a coalition, like i said. they have come to a compromised speaker who is not from the forward party, and i

think their wills pick up enough senators in the upper house to have a coalition. . , senators in the upper house to have a coalition. ., , ., a coalition. that is one thing, if we look at _ a coalition. that is one thing, if we look at the _ a coalition. that is one thing, if we look at the coalition. - a coalition. that is one thing, if we look at the coalition. at - a coalition. that is one thing, if we look at the coalition. at the | we look at the coalition. at the fundamental changes they are calling for, what do you think are the possibilities of that? i for, what do you think are the possibilities of that?- for, what do you think are the possibilities of that? i think the possibilities _ possibilities of that? i think the possibilities of _ possibilities of that? i think the possibilities of watering - possibilities of that? i think the possibilities of watering down l possibilities of that? i think the | possibilities of watering down or even getting rid of some of those laws are really feasible. i think they are hated by most ireland people. the arch royalists who protected their mark on the decline. young people and others are on the upswing. the military, i don't know. i think it is possible. you have to remember that thailand has being the only middle of other country in the world that continues to have coups under this kind of intensive military involvement. all of the other countries that have coups,

myanmar, the central african republic, etc, are lower income countries. thailand is this insane outlier. at a certain point, i think the military will have to bend to some degree of pressure. they could launch another coup but... {shrew some degree of pressure. they could launch another coup but. . ._ launch another coup but... given the ower of launch another coup but... given the power of the — launch another coup but... given the power of the military, _ launch another coup but... given the power of the military, the _ launch another coup but... given the power of the military, the fact - launch another coup but... given the power of the military, the fact that i power of the military, the fact that they do intervene and launch, as you say, these coups. we often hear about thailand's political strife. how will this newly formed coalition party be able to navigate that? well, they have to do it delicately. it is not the first time it was possible. in the early 20005, the military had been tarnished by the prior coup, and there wasn't a chance to push the military into real civilian command at the time.

the prime minister, thak5in shinawatra, who had immense power at the time, flubbed that chance. i suppose he was embroiled in a lot of corruption a5 suppose he was embroiled in a lot of corruption as well? he suppose he was embroiled in a lot of corruption as well?— corruption as well? he had his own roblems corruption as well? he had his own problems and _ corruption as well? he had his own problems and he _ corruption as well? he had his own problems and he didn't _ corruption as well? he had his own problems and he didn't focus - corruption as well? he had his own i problems and he didn't focus enough, he was trying to put his own relative5 he was trying to put his own relatives in the military. had he focused on that, given his enormous popularity at that time, if the military had been tarnished so badly, you had military officers at the time, officers saying the military was going to retreat from politics permanently. it might have happened. i'm not one that believes that thailand can never change. no country is exceptional, you know? no country is exceptional, you know? no country exists in a round where normal rules of politics don't apply. you now have a massive groundswell of people who are not

just looking for a minor change, but root and branch change. you could have a situation like myanmar with a coup, where they take over and kill people. thailand is too far advanced as an economy to do that, so they are stuck. i think, yes, as an economy to do that, so they are stuck. ithink, yes, the coalition will proceed very carefully. there are things they can do to slowly make the military or civilian. . ., do to slowly make the military or civilian. ., ,, , ., do to slowly make the military or civilian. . ~' , ., ., do to slowly make the military or civilian. ., ,, , ., ., ., , civilian. thank you for “oining us. lets leave * civilian. thank you for “oining us. lets leave you h civilian. thank you for “oining us. lets leave you with _ civilian. thank you forjoining us. lets leave you with some - civilian. thank you forjoining us. lets leave you with some live - let5 leave you with some live picture5 let5 leave you with some live pictures of let5 leave you with some live picture5 ofjenin. a5 let5 leave you with some live picture5 ofjenin. as you can see, night has fallen after a day of violence. we have been getting a lot of analysis from people on both

sides. let's li5ten of analysis from people on both sides. let's listen to the bangs and leave you with that. we will be back in the next few minutes for the latest headlines. we start with the news thatjune wa5 we start with the news thatjune was the most hot on record and we annihilated the previous record. normally we see records broken by a tenth of a degree or so. this year we beat the previous record by nine tenths of a degree. scientist5 we beat the previous record by nine tenths of a degree. 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 over recent decades. if we carry on like this, dune5 like the one just gone will come around once every two years by the time we are into the 19505. today has been a showery kind of day, deluge5, acro55 part5 19505. today has been a showery kind of day, deluge5, acro55 parts of northern england. more of their showers to come northern england. more of their 5hower5 to come as northern england. more of their showers to come as well. lengthy spell5 of rain pu5hed southwards

acro55 spell5 of rain pu5hed southwards across scotland, reaching the central belt by dawn, we are going to see an area of rain moving back and across part5 to see an area of rain moving back and across parts of south—west england and southern wale5 a5 and across parts of south—west england and southern wale5 as well. into the forecast for tuesday, it will be an un5ettled day as the weather fronts merged together to give longer outbreak5 weather fronts merged together to give longer outbreaks of rain acro55 part5 give longer outbreaks of rain acro55 parts of give longer outbreaks of rain acro55 pa rt5 of eastern give longer outbreaks of rain acro55 parts of eastern england. so, this rain could become more extensive, working across east anglia, 5outhern working across east anglia, southern england and could be very slow to let up as well. further northwards, we have a band of rain sliding southwards acro55 we have a band of rain sliding southwards across scotland and northern ireland, probably turning more showery in nature. ifear although we saw some interruptions wimbledon, i suspect we will have a much lengthier interruption around for tuesday. the weather could get in the way of play for some time. by wednesday, low pressure 5till 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

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