live from washington. this is bbc news. israel launches one of its biggest military operations in years. gun battles rage and tensions flare in the west bank city ofjenin. one of the eight pro—democracy activists targeted by the hong kong police speaks to bbc news. and tensions appear to be easing in france as mayors hold rallies calling for an end to the violence. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. palestinian officials say about 3,000 people have fled their homes in thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank as israeli forces have launched a massive military operation.

these are live pictures we're looking at now and see forces and palestinian insurgents —— and palestinian insurgents —— and palestinians have exchanged fire that meant gunfire. at least eight palestinians have been killed. israel said it had dealt a heavy blow to terrorist organisations.— organisations. palestinians accuse israel _ organisations. palestinians accuse israel of _ organisations. palestinians accuse israel of war - organisations. palestinians| accuse israel of war crimes. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the operation will continue for as long as needed to restore calm and security. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jenin. the day ended as it had begun injenin — with battles raging. the israeli military had used a surprise drone strike in the early hours to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. armed palestinians began fighting back from inside the city's crowded, decades—old refugee camp. hundreds of israeli soldiers are on the ground. the israeli military says they're seizing weapons and explosives. the israeli prime minister said action was overdue.

translation: the israeli defence force began - an extensive operation last night against terrorism in jenin. in recent months, jenin has become a haven for terrorism. we are putting an end to it. palestinian medics have been struggling to reach the dozens of injured. israel says it's acting on precise intelligence and doesn't seek to harm civilians, but many have been caught in the crossfire. 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. gunfire you get those cracks of gunshots coming from thejenin refugee camp, which isjust up there on the hill. sometimes we get loud explosions as well. even though the israeli military has said that this

is a closed zone, we're not allowed, as journalists, to get any closer, gunfire intensifies you can get a real sense from here ofjust how intense the fighting is. israeli security forces released these pictures, showing them rounding up suspected militants. in recent months, many palestinians who have carried out deadly attacks on israelis have come from this area. others have hid here. and even before today, jenin�*s seen repeated deadly israeli army raids. palestinian officials say enough is enough. translation: we are again. calling the international world to provide urgent international protection to our people and impose penalties against the occupation regime. and tonight, while this military operation isn't over yet, there was a reprieve for some palestinian families — the israeli military allowing them to leave the camp, some raising their hands or waving makeshift white flags in a gesture of surrender. yolande knell, bbc news, jenin.

live now tojoanne cummings from the middle east institute for more on what's happening. why do you think we are seeing this massive israeli operation right now? it this massive israeli operation right now?— right now? it is good to be with you — right now? it is good to be with you and _ right now? it is good to be with you and to _ right now? it is good to be with you and to have - right now? it is good to be with you and to have a - right now? it is good to be i with you and to have a chance to discuss this. the context of this operation is more than whether there are militants in particular location. being the israeli government, the coalition that bibi netanyahu has been able to form after the election is challenged by its need to both, the gifts that coalition partners want and to also deal with the domestic situation. starting with the israeli domestic context because that does shape any

time they decide to take action. netanyahu may be feeling that in the short term he simply needs to have a rally around the flag affect and is able to use the fact that there are militant, for whatever reason, injenin in order to show the idea of taking strong action. 50 show the idea of taking strong action. ,, show the idea of taking strong action. , ., ~ action. so you think the political _ action. so you think the political landscape - action. so you think the political landscape and| political landscape and backdrop to what benjamin netanyahu was doing here with this massive military operation, that may weigh more heavily than what he says is behind this which is rooting out terrorists injenin? i would be very surprised if that were not true. netanyahu is in a critical situation domestically, even today we saw actions in other areas and six months of protests against moves he is trying to make. the best way within israel to push

back on domestic opposition is to create a sense of strong risk and strong threat and the idea of taking action. there is always going to be an action that can be taken. so we need to look at why he is doing it now. if to look at why he is doing it now. ., ~' to look at why he is doing it now. . ~ ., ,, now. if we talk about the us resnonse. — now. if we talk about the us response, the _ now. if we talk about the us response, the biden - response, the biden administration said that israel has a right to defend itself at the same time state department also said all possible precautions should be taken to the deaths of civilians. what message is the biden administration sending to israel here?— administration sending to israel here? , . , israel here? there is a message that is sent _ israel here? there is a message that is sent through _ israel here? there is a message that is sent through public - that is sent through public statements and messages that are delivered privately. so i cannot speak to the private messages but what we see in these statements is a slight but important shift that it is a focus on israel having the right to take legitimate detective actions. that opens

the question of whether a specific action is in fact legitimate. and actions that are taken to protect noncombatants is very difficult to do airstrikes on a refugee camp and protect civilians at the same time. if camp and protect civilians at the same time.— camp and protect civilians at the same time. if you look at the same time. if you look at the situation _ the same time. if you look at the situation on _ the same time. if you look at the situation on the - the same time. if you look at the situation on the ground l the same time. if you look at i the situation on the ground and we have been looking at live pictures ofjenin right now. the situation appears to have calmed overnight but the palestinian president said he is suspending cooperation with israel. what is the way forward to calm the situation if there is no dialogue? pm to calm the situation if there is no dialogue? an important question- _ is no dialogue? an important question. we _ is no dialogue? an important question. we have _ is no dialogue? an important question. we have to - is no dialogue? an important i question. we have to recognise that in all of the negotiations and contact between the israeli government and the palestinian authority there has been a problem of the palestinian authority never really being able to demonstrate to

palestinian people that it has any real authority because it is controlled within the structure set up by israel. so right now he is in a situation where if he continues to deal with the israeli government, which may be necessary to bring down the temperature, he is going to be seen as completely illegitimate because of what the israeli government is doing. so he is in a no—win position. fist doing. so he is in a no-win position-— doing. so he is in a no-win position. doing. so he is in a no-win osition. �* ., ., position. at the moment do you think he has _ position. at the moment do you think he has the _ position. at the moment do you think he has the trust _ position. at the moment do you think he has the trust of- position. at the moment do you think he has the trust of the - think he has the trust of the palestinian people? i cannot seak palestinian people? i cannot speak for — palestinian people? i cannot speak for all— palestinian people? i cannot speak for all the _ palestinian people? i cannot speak for all the palestinian | speak for all the palestinian people. i think his legitimacy has been damaged over the years partly through his own actions and the people around him and partly, frankly he has never been able to provide the kinds of improvements that people want to see. and they are angry about not seeing.—

want to see. and they are angry about not seeing. joanne, thank ou so about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much _ about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much and _ about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much and it _ about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much and it is _ about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much and it is great - about not seeing. joanne, thank you so much and it is great to i you so much and it is great to have your insights on the show tonight. in hong kong, police have taken the unusual step of publicly offering rewards for the arrest of eight exiled activists. they're accused of breaking china's national security laws, which came into force three years ago. and if convicted, the pro—democracy campaigners could face life in prison. tonight, this move is being condemned by many nations. the us state deparment released a statement reading in part: the extraterritorial application of the beijing—imposed national security law is a dangerous precedent that threatens the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people all over the world. we call on the hong kong government to immediately withdraw this bounty, respect other countries' sovereignty, and stop the international assertion of the national security law imposed by beijing. here's martin yip with more from hong kong. police are offering these rewards to any member of the public who can provide information on those wanted people and their related

crimes, they say. some of these activists have previously been a source for other allegations such as electoral fraud but this is the first time that we hear from hong kong's national security police that they are wanted and the police are offering financial incentives for their capture. their alleged crimes according to police include collusion with foreign forces, advocating for sanctions against hong kong government, incitement to secession and subversion. some people have fled overseas and continue to engage in activities and endangers national security. i would like to point out one point, the national security

law of hong kong has extraterritory effect. police have offered bounties for other types of crime but this is one of the highest being offered in recent times. they admit they may not be able to catch these people unless they return to hong kong. since the introduction of the national security law three years ago by beijing, some 260 people have been arrested including some high profile pro—democracy politicians, activists, media bosses and journalists. and others have left hong kong like these eight people. human rights watch have called today's arrest warrants an indictment of the once well—regarded hong kong law enforcement and judiciary and calls on foreign governments to offer protection to those who are being threatened by beijing. one of the exiled activists targeted by hong kong's arrest warrants is anna kwok. she's the executive director at the hong kong democracy council

here in dc and i spoke to her earlier. thank you very much forjoining us here in the studio. what was your reaction when you heard the news?— the news? honestly i was shocked _ the news? honestly i was shocked and _ the news? honestly i was shocked and blank- the news? honestly i was shocked and blank for - the news? honestly i was shocked and blank for a l the news? honestly i was- shocked and blank for a moment because ijust got up at 6am and i saw my phone which blew up and i saw my phone which blew up with messages asking me what my thoughts were on the arrest warrant. and i thought to myself, arrest warrant, why? apparently i have a bounty on my head, i,000,000—dollar, hong kong dollar bounty on the flora second i was shocked but in the second i was shocked but in the second second i didn't really care because i thought that is exactly the kind of thing that the hong kong government and the hong kong government and the chinese communist party would do, which is intimidate people into not doing anything and silencing them. and that is way immediately i thought ok, i should definitely talk about the transnational oppression going on here in the scare tactics as well as how the hong kong government is just trying

to see at which point their hands will be smacked and told to back off. they have been trying to push that line lower and lower to see how far they can go to continue the human rights abuses internationally. in the end i actually became more motivated because i think, you know, the arrest warrant means that i am doing something right and i also realised in the press conference they highlighted previous calls for sanctioning national security judges and prosecutors in hong kong and that is exactly the work that i have to continue doing. work that i have to continue doinu. ., ., doing. you mention the international _ doing. you mention the i international community. doing. you mention the - international community. the us international community. the us in the uk have condemned this arrest warrant and the british foreign secretary said in response that the uk will not tolerate any attempt by china tolerate any attempt by china to intimidate and silence individuals in the uk and overseas. are you at all worried about your safety here in the us and will you continue to speak out, as you say this

to speak out, as you say this to mark i definitely have a certain level of concern about my physical safety but at the end of the day i would definitely continue to speak out because what i am going through right now is so little and minor compared to the 1500 political prisoners in hong kong and i also have gotten in touch with the us government and congress as well as other officials who should be informed so there is definitely good that they have it on their radar. have you asked for specific protections from the us government?— us government? we're still fiaaurin us government? we're still figuring out _ us government? we're still figuring out what _ us government? we're still figuring out what is - us government? we're still figuring out what is the - us government? we're still| figuring out what is the best step forward myself personally, of course, i would have to be more vigilant and more careful where i travel to, who i talked to and that sort of thing but at the end of the day it is something experienced by every single activist in hong kong, really. it is not limited to just us eight.

why are they doing this now good question. because last month i started a campaign to ask for the us government to not allow sanctioned hong kong chief executive john not allow sanctioned hong kong chief executivejohn later entered the us for the afac meeting that will happen this november. and the lunch before i asked for a sanctioning and judges, prosecutors asked for congress to realise the sort of play implies the hong kong government has been spreading everywhere. i think that's where it hurts for the government. they've been trying to put forward this narrative, parallel narrative that hong kong is back in business, it's the global financial centre but to me who is exiled from hong kong knows it is not true, it will never go back to the way it is. ., ., g ., it is. you mentioned john lee and i it is. you mentioned john lee and i bring — it is. you mentioned john lee and i bring this _ it is. you mentioned john lee and i bring this up _ it is. you mentioned john lee and i bring this up because i it is. you mentioned john lee | and i bring this up because you talk about the asia—pacific economic cooperation summit scheduled for the us in november. the chief executive john lee, there is a

possibility he could be invited and there is been a bipartisan outcry in the us of lawmakers who said he can't be allowed to come to the summit of the same timejohn lee himself has said aipac is an international organisation, hong kong is a member of the us has a responsibility to invite members to attend so what do you think the us should do? i doubt i think the us should give a quick and clear response which is no duejohn lee's entry because first were sanctioned in 324 abusing human rights in hong kong and second if the us government decides to grab the sanction tojohn lee it renders all sanctions useless because if human rights abuses or dictators get sanctioned, they would think it can be waived so easily. by that action the us government is actually choosing to trade human rights with economic benefits and we don't know if china is such a credible business trading partner as

well but hong kong as well. that's like it's definitely not a worthy trade—off it's only a very bad and wrong message to the rest of the world. is very bad and wrong message to the rest of the world.— the rest of the world. is there room with _ the rest of the world. is there room with a — the rest of the world. is there room with a democracy - the rest of the world. is there l room with a democracy activists in hong kong?— in hong kong? that's a tough question- _ in hong kong? that's a tough question. there _ in hong kong? that's a tough question. there is _ in hong kong? that's a tough question. there is not - in hong kong? that's a tough question. there is not a - in hong kong? that's a tough question. there is not a lot . in hong kong? that's a tough| question. there is not a lot of space for expositor demonstration as people have done before but still onjuly the first, during the 12, during the fourth you see hong kong is who were brave enough to take their flowers, take their slogans and start chatting on the street even though they were immediately arrested by police minutes after, but still i think the spaceis after, but still i think the space is here if you try to expand and widen it. of course do you start speaking you are arrested but still people try to find that space and have been created about and that something we should see as the space that people have been trying to fight for.— space that people have been trying to fight for. thanks for shafinu trying to fight for. thanks for sharing your _ trying to fight for. thanks for sharing your story. _ trying to fight for. thanks for sharing your story. thank - trying to fight for. thanks for. sharing your story. thank you. the us state department has issued warning to americans that they should reconsider

travel to china due to risk of wrongful detention. previously, an advisory was in place only for the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws. the updated advisory however included the warning of risking wrongful detention. while visiting beijing last month, secretary of state antony blinken said he raised the issue of three americans wrongfully detained in china. blinken added that negotations are in progress to bring them home. the travel advisory comes during a period of strained ties between the us and china. the most recent source of tension came when china announced this week it would impose export controls on two rare metals essential for semiconductors manufacturing, citing security concerns. the two metals — gallium and germanium — will be subject to export controls "to protect national "security and interests," china's ministry of commerce said on monday. relations between the us and china appeared to be improving when secretary blinken met president xijinping last month. he was the highest—ranking us official to visit the chinese capital in nearly five years. but then, just a day later,

presidentjoe biden referred to the chinese leader as a dictator at a fundraising event in california. now there's another big us trip planned this week, as us treasury secretary janet yellen will visit beijing. the treasury said it would be a visit to discuss the importance for both sides to "responsibly manage "the relationship and work "together to address global challenges". our asia business reporter monica miller explains. the two sides have a lot to discuss including us concerned about a new chinese counterespionage law that want to infect1 counterespionage law that want to infect 1 july. counterespionage law that want to infect1july. the us has american and other foreign companies in the country that could face penalties from chinese authorities for regular business activities. janet yellen is acquitted to meet with the chinese economic team and to press upon them that washington is still committed to defending human rights and its own national security interests but she has to struggle an interesting balance because she is also expected to

find common ground with beijing on things like climate change and that distress facing many emerging economies. a ban on the sale of us based emery chips will probably be close to one of the issues on the top of her list. the trip comes at a time when two weeks after secretary of state antony blinken went to beijing they met with president xi and things seemed like they started to ease, the tension, but then shortly after that meeting president biden was overheard at a fundraiser calling him a dictator to tarnish what goodwill was done. but a lot of people looking at the economic side of the relationship to get it back on the right track between these two countries. monica malina reporting there. —— monica miller. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. it's time for head ranger

matt's daily rounds, checking on fallow and red deer so adored visitors to bradgate park. but despite pleas for people to keep their distance from wild animals, matt says that's being ignored. we have had a couple of groups of people who have got too close, they have let dogs lick it, they have been touching it, subsequently they have put their own scent on it and the mother has rejected it. we've got signage on every gate, multiple signs. no, but people just chose to get too involved with it and that's the result. this mother and three young are roaming in the deer sanctuary, around 150 acres of parkland which is closed to the public. but many of the animals do stay within visitor areas. if you see a deer and it appears to be abandoned on its own, as a young deer — it isn't. just leave it alone. voiceover: for more stories across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. after five days

of violent protests in france, riots triggered by the police shooting of a teenager appear to be calming. still, french president emmanuel macron has asked to maintain a "massive" police presence on the streets. local officials have called for rallies to protest the violence and looting. mayor vincent jeanbrun of l'hay—les—roses, whose home had been attacked by rioters, celebrated the rallies' show of unity. translation: what happened toda is translation: what happened today is really— translation: what happened today is really strong _ translation: what happened today is really strong because l today is really strong because when on our own we are weak but when on our own we are weak but when we are together that's when we are together that's when we are strong. this unity is what we're trying to build here and i hope this will be able spread across france at all levels of our fragile democracy. we need to rise up to this occasion and show that we want to get together once again, move forward, not only because there is been a tragedy butjust because there is been a tragedy but just out of because there is been a tragedy butjust out of our pure will and love for our republic.

our correspondent tom symonds sent in this report from nanterre. it's late and we have been for a drive around ontario, whether lots of social housing blocks whether writing first broke out following the death of a 17—year—old nearly a week ago. it was after a police shooting. we've driven around the streets, very little happening, very quiet, very few people on the street and has to be said over the last few days of rioting has started much later in the evening, three or four o'clock in the morning, but so far not looking too bad. having said that the damage that's been done is still very evident on the streets with lots of burnt out cars, places where the road has been damaged by a burnt vehicle, across france 45,000 police officers are due tonight, no letting off of the policing. that's very much a position the french government is currently taking. emmanuel

macron has said this is not a situation where whole neighbourhoods like this are rising up in some sort of rebellion, this is a situation where individuals, often quite young people, has decided to stand up and take these actions on the, these violent often, actions often late at night and emmanuel macron has called them delinquents and has appealed in one case for the parents of those children to make sure that their children are at home. now today we're to see emmanuel macron beating elected derivatives and mayors from all over france as he begins the process of getting down to some answers to solve the questions that this violence has caused. now to other headlines. police in the city of baltimore are searching for at least two suspects after a mass shooting over the weekend. two people were killed and 28 injured after gunfire broke out at a holiday block party. most of the people injured were teenagers. an activist group has

filed a civil rights complaint against harvard university to stop their practice of legacy admissions — or granting preference to applicants with family ties to the elite college. the activists argue the policy overwhelmingly benefits white wealthy students. figures from the met office through this dream was the office dichotomous in the uk with the average 15.8 c, 16 point for fahrenheit. records broken in 70 of the 98 areas in the uk. the last surviving french soldier to land at normandy during the d—day invasion has died. leon gautier was one of only 177 french nationals to join allied forces as they carried out the biggest sea invasion in history. he lost half his unit in the fighting. later in life, gautier settled in the normandy area and became a campaigner for peace. a regional mayor called him "a local hero" who was "an ardent defender of freedom".

thanks for watching. i am sumi somaskanda in washington. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. weather conditions are remaining on the unsettled side for the time of year, all thanks to low pressure. we could see some pretty wet weather across the south and the south—east of the country through tuesday. probably the best of the sunshine a bit further northwards. but even here, for much of the rest of the country away from the south, there'll be plenty of showers around, too. now we've got two weather fronts around. this one's a weakening one in the north. this one is a developing one. and this is going to bring some wet weather to southern britain through this morning. and the rain will pep up, become heavier, in fact, as we head through the morning across the south and the south—east, maybe some thundery bursts in there. this weather front across scotland and northern ireland will be weakening as it moves southwards, and on either side, it'll be sunshine and showers. these sorts of temperatures are below par for the time of year, but depending

on how much sunshine we get in the south does depend on the temperatures. at the moment, it looks like it could be quite wet. temperatures around the mid—teens for the southeast. so we could see some significant disruptions to play at wimbledon with this rain, which will tend to last through the afternoon, perhaps into the evening, turning heavier as it develops into an area of low pressure. it does look like the low countries will bear the brunt of that. elsewhere, it's clear spells and a few showers to start wednesday. so there's that area of low pressure heading towards denmark, deepening as it does so. for us, we're in between weather systems on wednesday, so not a bad day, i think. there will be plenty of sunshine from the word go, but then showers could develop anywhere. most of them will be across scotland and northern ireland, closer to this area of low pressure, and some of them could be heavy, maybe thundery for western scotland. temperature—wise, maybe a degree or so up because the winds will be lighter and maybe some more sunshine around, so up to 21 degrees. and then for thursday, this area of low pressure starts to push towards the west of the country. higher pressure begins to build towards the near continent. so i think thursday,

not a bad—looking day. we start to switch our winds up from the south. that will be drawing up some warm airfrom france and iberia. so, with more sunshine around, winds coming up from the south, we could see higher temperatures, 22 or 23 degrees there. this is the pressure set—up for the end of the week, friday and the weekend. a deep low out to the west. this weather front will bring some thundery rain to the west of the country. but for england and wales, we'll be drawing up a southerly wind. so it could be quite warm on friday, with some sunshine in the south, but with low pressure nearby, there will always been an increasing threat of showers and thunderstorms.