live from london. this is bbc news. israel says its huge military operation in the occupied west bank is almost complete. and you're seeing live pictures from jenin — palestinian officials report that at least 10 people have been killed. un aid agencies say they are alarmed at the scale of the israeli operation. a bbc investigation into the sexual exploitation of women by police officers, finds victims are being failed by the police inquiries into their abuse. in the uk, interest rates on a typical five year fixed interest deal for mortgages are now above 6%. and, a new rivalfor twitter.

we start in the occupied west bank where israel says its large—scale military operation at the refugee camp in the city ofjenin — is almost complete. palestinian officials say about 3,000 people fled their homes in the camp — after israeli troops moved in on monday. these are pictures from jenin. israel said its troops had conducted "an extensive counter—terrorism effort". palestinian leaders have condemned the assault as a "new war crime". they say 10 palestinians have been killed and 100 wounded. they describe it as an invasion and have praised those who have been resistant to israeli forces. in the last few hours, un aid agencies have said they are alarmed at the scale of the israeli military operation thatis of the israeli military operation that is going on in the occupied west bank at the moment. 0ur middle east correspondent injerusalem, anna foster,

gave us this update a short while ago. this morning, the scene insidejenin is seemingly more calm and peaceful than it was yesterday morning, but that's not to say that this operation is complete. the israeli defence forces have said that they are still continuing with their soldiers inside the camp, they say they've detained around 120 palestinian militants but they say there are still people they are looking for. in terms of the streets ofjenin camp this morning, they are quieter, there are not really science of people or cars moving through the streets and the sound of israeli drones can still be heard above the occasional explosion as well. but israel has said this operation will continue for as long as is needed, both to send a strong message to palestinian militants operating within the camp, and to dismantle as much of their infrastructure as possible, but the concerns continue for civilians, the many thousands of civilians who live insidejenin camp. we know several thousand families fled the camp last night,

some of them on foot, some in cars, some holding up home—made white flags so they could leave the camp safely, but there are many more civilians who are still inside, those very narrow, very densely populated streets, families, women and children who are not part of this military operation but need to be protected during it, and the us state department said last night that while it supports israel's right to defend itself against terrorist groups, it highlighted the fact that every precaution needs to be taken to protect civilians from injuries or death whilst this operation continues. anna a n na foster anna foster in jerusalem. anna foster injerusalem. the world health organization says medical teams have been prevented from entering the refugee camp injenin, which is about five kilometres from the israeli border within the occupied west bank. they have also been accusations by palestinian groups that ambulances and health

care centres have been targeted, and the un humanitarian office says that among those ten people killed, three are palestinian minors. israel for its part says this is an anti—terror operation and that it is in particular targeting thejenin brigade and part of that includes the islamichhad group. more on this story as we have it. the bbc has found that vulnerable women in the uk are being failed by police investigations into officers accused of sexually exploiting them. evidence has been deleted, and information requests show that after 500 allegations were made, just 2a officers were charged. ?the policing minister says he's taking action to root out predatory officers. our investigations correspondent noel titheradge has more details.(vt i'd love to spend a night with you in a real bedroom, hotel, whatever. charlotte smith says she's been harassed by a warwickshire officer she'd met years earlier while known to police as a potential victim of grooming. she says that after bumping into each other in a bar,

he pursued a sexual relationship. really disturbing messages were coming from someone who you wouldn't expect them from. this was a serving police officer. they began a relationship but charlotte complained to the force about him nearly three years ago. after that, he repeatedly visited her home uninvited. in 2022, there was an incident where he turned up outside, which was all on doorbell footage. when the police finally did come round about 45 minutes later, there was no urgency. charlotte says she'd already complained about another visit but wasn't taken seriously. despite there being red markers on my house because of the previous incidents, didn't even take a statement from me. two years, i'm still waiting for the gross misconduct hearing. because he works in the anti—corruption and professional standards complaints department, that's the place you complain to, so what hope have you got? the detective sergeant, shown here on the left, denied abusing his position for a sexual purpose.

he said the messages weren't familiar to him and he visited charlotte out of concern for her. we've also learned of evidence being deleted by forces investigating their officers. one victim of domestic abuse told bedfordshire police she'd been raped by an inspector, allegations recorded on body—worn video during two visits to her home. but the bbc has learned that footage was then deleted. bedfordshire police blames an administrative error and said interviews with the woman took place in response. we've also been told that the metropolitan police botched an investigation into an officer accused of having sex with multiple victims of rape. two former members of its professional standards team say the detective inspector's phone was wiped remotely following his arrest after best practice wasn't followed. i was absolutely shocked that somebody... that case is off the barometer disgraceful. just the footage that you've got from that young woman would be really concerning. baroness casey's review found that the metropolitan police is institutionally misogynist.

it'sjust so shocking. he works in professional standards. she says delays in dealing with claims of misconduct are unacceptable. it's jaw—droppingly appalling that you have cases of really serious sexual allegations made against police officers that simply go on for years. our information requests have also found that individual officers have faced as many as 20 allegations. one who faced nine was only given a final written warning. these people are already traumatised, aren't they? the national police chiefs council says it's determined to learn from previous cases. but the most recent victims commissioner says reform is urgently needed. change has to be immediate. obviously complaints should be going out to another force and not being done internally. so it raises the big question, who is policing the police standards department? the home office says it's taking action, but women who've spent years waiting for investigations to conclude say they've lost faith in police forces.

noel titheradge, bbc news. to japan now, where the authorites have won approval from the un's nuclear watchdog for their plan to discharge tonnes of treated water from the fukushima atomic energy disaster site. the move is opposed by neighbouring countries including china. the director general of the international atomic energy agency is visiting japan says the he believes releasing the water will have little impact. final approvalfor the final approval for the plan from the regulatory body is still needed. speaking at a press conference in tokyo a little earlier, mr grossi said he believes the plans comply with international standards. the plan as it has been proposed and devised is in conformity with the agreed international standards... ..and its application. and if the government

decides to proceed with it, would have negligible impact on the environment, meaning the water, fish and sediment. more from our tokyo correspondent shaiima khalil. in the last few moments to have been some comments from china �*s foreign ministry. it has expressed regret over what it called the hasty release of this iaea report onjapan �*s fukushima nuclear waste and has urged japan to dispose of the water in a scientific, safe and transparent manner, and it has gone on to say if the japanese side is bent on going its own way, it must bear all the consequences." that is coming in from reuters news agency. our correspondent in spoke to us a little while ago.

the water is building up now, the government and tepco, the company that runs this plant, have maintained for years now that it is building up to a capacity that there will be no room and no time to dispose of it, and that now is the time. but, of course, it needed the blessing of the iaea. it needed the iaea, the international nuclear energy agency, to say this is now at a level which is acceptable to pump into the ocean. essentially the treatment process involves taking the water from the tanks, treating them, that means removing more than 60 radionuclides. one remains, which is tritium — they cannot separate that. but experts have said that it will be at well below legal concentration levels. now we've heard from rafael grossi himself saying that the government's plan is in conformity with international standards. he called it impartial, scientific, and he said that the effects of that are going to be negligible.

so essentially saying that the nuclear watchdog, the international nuclear watchdog, is now setting the stage forjapan�*s government plan. i don't think that his reassurance is going to do anything to convince the japanese public, especially the anxiety in fukushima that i felt myself when i was there among the fishing community, who say that this is just going to deal another blow. they have suffered huge reputational damage when the disaster happened and it took them years to get their fish back on the market and they feel that this is going to be another disaster for them. and of course, angerfrom china, anxiety from south korea and from the pacific nations, as well. ijust want to pick up on that, because rafael grossi was keen to stress that this is ultimately a decision for fumio kishida and the government, but it is not going to go down well internationally. what are we expecting china, south korea to say to this and how

can prime minister kishida handle that? look, i don't think it's going to go down well internationally, but i also don't think it's going to go down well domestically, especially among the fishing society in fukushima. but regionally, i think it's going to cause diplomatic problems, especially with china. they've already called this plan extremely irresponsible. they've said that the iaea's decision should not be used as a pass forjapan to dump nuclear waste into the water. i think the south korean government is in a much trickier situation because remember, earlier in the year, the president visited tokyo. there was this thawing of relations. he came here, he held meetings, bilateral meetings with the prime minister and so the south korean government is trying to maintain that reassuring line for the public, but it contrasts almost the exact opposite to what's happening on the streets in south korea, where people are protesting. some people have actually rushed to buy salt because they're afraid of what might happen to the water.

so you can feel the anxiety on the street in seoul and around south korea with the government trying to reassure them to no avail. so once this plan gets ahead and, remember, this isjust the green light for the go—ahead, this plan is going to take years. the releasing of the water is going to take some time, the decommissioning process because, remember, we're not even talking about the start of removing the radioactive debris — that happens after the water is released. so that is going to take a long, long time. the longer this continues, i think the bigger problems that japan is going to have in convincing, notjust the domestic public here, but also around the region. in france, president emmanuel macron is set to meet more than 200 mayors of areas affected by days of unrest following the police shooting of a teenager. politicians from the centre and left of the political spectrum have condemned the fundraising initiative, which was started by a far—right media commentator.

the unrest was sparked by the killing of a 17—year—old. the last two nights have seen less violence and fewer arrests, but more than 70 people were detained overnight and thousands of police officers are still deployed across the country. let's go live to our correspondent tom symonds in paris. tell us more about this meeting and what is happening. the tell us more about this meeting and what is happening.— what is happening. the first thing to sa is, what is happening. the first thing to say is. just _ what is happening. the first thing to say is. just to _ what is happening. the first thing to say is, just to stress, - what is happening. the first thing to say is, just to stress, it - what is happening. the first thing to say is, just to stress, it has - to say is, just to stress, it has been a peaceful night overnight. just 72 arrests and that is regarded as good news. we took a drive around the area of north—west paris where a lot of this trouble started. it is quite a hostile area to the media. we saw no signs of trouble. so, good news there. so all attention turns to these meetings today at the palace, the home of president macron. he has invited more than 200

meas to his meetings, once from all over france. what that symbols is the way in which this period of unrest has been targeted on symbols of the state, in particular meas, town halls, lots of them attacks all over the country. we have seen cars attacked belonging to meas. the homes of meas attacked. one attempted arson of a �*s home. when we reported in the last few days was rammed by protesters, injuring the wife the mayor in south—east paris. they will be an attempt today to try to make sense of all of this and find a way forward. figs to make sense of all of this and find a way forward.— to make sense of all of this and find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the _ find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the heart _ find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the heart of— find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the heart of the _ find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the heart of the story - find a way forward. as you say, the nahel at the heart of the story but | nahel at the heart of the story but emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not caettin emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not getting the — emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not getting the sense _ emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not getting the sense that _ emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not getting the sense that there - emmanuel macron at the helm. we are not getting the sense that there is - not getting the sense that there is single policy that is at the centre of discussions here. there are lots of discussions here. there are lots of different perspectives. some mayors, including the one we spoke

to yesterday, have talked of the need for more law and order, to clamp down on these protests, to stop it happening. but we have also heard, for example, from the mayor of a fairly deprived part of paris where this protest started, following nahel �*s death at the hands of a police shooting. his view was that we must not forget the need for justice, was that we must not forget the need forjustice, the reason he said for what sparked the protests in the first base. so i think we are going to see some mayors making that point clear, the need for societal change in france to try to prevent the ill feeling and the fractures in society that have happened. but so far, macron �*s communications with his officials has been very much that this is a protest by individuals, by delinquents as his officials have called them in individual neighbourhoods, not by whole

neighbourhoods, not by whole neighbourhoods revolting. his position has been that we need to, for example, clamp down on what parents allow their children to do. a lot of these protesters have been children. i think today is the day where a wider look will be taken at all of this, and perhaps some answers might emerge. it's going to be a long meeting, probably into the evening. be a long meeting, probably into the evenina. ., ., ~ i. ., evening. tom, thank you. that meetin: evening. tom, thank you. that meeting of— evening. tom, thank you. that meeting of more _ evening. tom, thank you. that meeting of more than - evening. tom, thank you. that meeting of more than 200 - evening. tom, thank you. that - meeting of more than 200 mayors getting under way now and we will bring you more on that story when we have it. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let s take a look at some of the other stories here in the uk. three people have been arrested by police investigating the attempted murder of a senior detective. detective chief inspectprjohn caldwell who was shot after coaching a youth football team in county tyrone, in february. the men were arrested under the terrorism act on tuesday. a typical five—year fixed mortgage deal now has an interest rate of more than 6%.

it comes after the bank of england raised interest rates to a 15—year high of 5% last month, as it tries to bring down inflation. mortgage lenders have been increasing rates and withdrawing deals recently, driving up costs for homeowners. prime minister rishi sunak has urged homeowners to "hold their nerve" over rising rates. the bbc has found that thousands of adverts for rental properties say that tenants with children or pets are not welcome. there are no laws explicitly stopping this, but mps are considering more protections for renters in england. blanket bans on children have been shown to indirectly discriminate against women. you're live with bbc news. good to have your company. to afghanistan now where authorities have ordered the closure of all beauty salons. it's the latest restriction on women's freedoms since the taliban re—took power in 2021. since then, women have been prevented from going to parks and gyms — and they've been barred from attending university and most high schools. live now to our correspondent

arunoday mukharji. good to see you there. tell us more about what is happening. weill. good to see you there. tell us more about what is happening.— about what is happening. well, this is the latest — about what is happening. well, this is the latest decision _ about what is happening. well, this is the latest decision in _ about what is happening. well, this is the latest decision in a _ about what is happening. well, this is the latest decision in a series - is the latest decision in a series of several moves that the taliban has taken since they took over, which has further shrunk the space women can enjoy. the decision came out by the ministry of vice and virtue where it was confirmed by a spokesperson to the bbc that they have made this decision and they have made this decision and they have given one month notice for all hair salons to close down. we asked them what the reason was behind this decision because beauty salons are a place which are frequented only by women, so it is a space for women, run by women, so what was a need to shut it down. they said they did not have to give a reason at the moment. they will give the appropriate reason at a later stage during a press conference. this is what they told the bbc. ever since this decision was taken the bbc has tried

to reach out to if you women. there was a lot of shock and disbelief at this decision, but the women also told the bbc that it is very unfortunate that this is yet another example of how women are completely being raised from public life. they also raise the point that this was not just about also raise the point that this was notjust about women also raise the point that this was not just about women having the freedom to go to these cells, it was also about the women working at these salons, so this will effect livelihoods. as we have been saying, some of the recent decisions since the taliban took over in 2021, secondary education in most parts of afghanistan is bad for women. university is bad for women. women cannot go out into parks or to gyms. —— barred. this cannot go out into parks or to gyms. -- barred-— cannot go out into parks or to gyms. -- barred. as you mentioned, this is another erosion _ -- barred. as you mentioned, this is another erosion of _ -- barred. as you mentioned, this is another erosion of women's - -- barred. as you mentioned, this is another erosion of women's rights i -- barred. as you mentioned, this is another erosion of women's rights in afghanistan. there will be this feeling amongst many, where next?

where does that tell go from here? —— the taliban. that is what members of the international community are asking now. if the taliban want to be recognised as a government in power, they need to modify a lot of these rules. when it is something we don't know. the taliban has always taken surprising decisions. there was a feeling amongst some sections that this regime of the taliban might be slightly more moderate, but based on the decisions we have seen of late, it certainly doesn't seem like it and that is how expert i sing it. but this seems to be yet again, a very strong decision in the latest of a series of restrictions of women in the country. of a series of restrictions of women in the country-— china has accused the uk of giving protection to fugitives, after eight pro—democracy activists fled hong kong in recent months. the eight are accused of breaking china's national security laws, which came into force

three years ago. if convicted, they could face life in prison. the british, australian and us governments have all condemned the move. here's hong kong's chief executive: translation: wherever they are, we will go after them _ as long as they are alive. any persons can assist the police in arresting these people. all information will be kept confidential. based on the reward notice and the eventual outcome, anyone providing information will be eligible for the reward, including relatives and friends of these people. live now to stephen vines, former president of the foreign correspondents' club in hong kong. he worked for 30 years as a journalist in hong kong before returning to the uk. thank you for being with us. what do you make of what hong kong authorities are doing?- you make of what hong kong authorities are doing? well, this is very terrifying _ authorities are doing? well, this is very terrifying because _ authorities are doing? well, this is very terrifying because of - authorities are doing? well, this is very terrifying because of the - authorities are doing? well, this isj very terrifying because of the hong kong authorities know perfectly well that a normal extradition process

will not work. britain, for example, has terminated the extradition treaty with hong kong because it doesn't have confidence in the rule of law in hong kong. other jurisdictions have done the same. why it is chilling is because china has a history of in voluntary extraditions of people without going through the legal process. i mean, most notoriously, this happened in thailand when the hong kong book seller was bundled out of thailand, stuck in a chinese prison and he is still there, facing china �*s very uncertainjudicial system. still there, facing china �*s very uncertainjudicialsystem. it still there, facing china �*s very uncertainjudicial system. it is uncertain judicial system. it is possible uncertainjudicial system. it is possible that these people, although i think one could be confident they will be safe while they are in britain or in america, or wherever, if they travel they will become vulnerable. and china is very obsessed with putting every single person who has been prominent in the

protest movement of 2019, 2020 in jail. there have already been something like 10,000 arrests in tiny little hong kong for political reasons. fist tiny little hong kong for political reasons. �* tiny little hong kong for political reasons. ~ .., , reasons. at the same time, countries like the uk and _ reasons. at the same time, countries like the uk and the _ reasons. at the same time, countries like the uk and the us _ reasons. at the same time, countries like the uk and the us and _ reasons. at the same time, countries like the uk and the us and australia | like the uk and the us and australia are walking a delicate diplomatic tightrope when it comes to their relation with china and then, of course, hong kong. so are these people really safe in the likes of the us and uk, or is a a potential for them to be handed over? weill. for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities _ for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities and _ for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities and even - for them to be handed over? -ii the uk authorities and even more so the uk authorities and even more so the american authorities, have given a repeated assurance that they are safe here. the problem with british policy is that it is not consistent. let me give you an example. during the short lived liz truss administration, it was decided to shut down the confucius institutes, which are chinese state—run bodies

in british universities, in a great number of british universities incidentally. after the end of that brief premiership, the new foreign secretary, james cleverly, an that no we don't really want to do this. so i think the signal which is being given from britain to beijing, and of course to hong kong, but hong kong just does what beijing tells it too, is britain may change its mind. thank you very much. we will have to leave it there. thank you for being with us. breaking news in the last few moments. this is coming in from reuters news agency, which says five casualties in a suspected palestinian car bombing attack in tel aviv. that is according to israeli media. this comes as this is rarely military operation is going on injenin, in the occupied west bank, raising tensions in the region. we will bring you much more on this story when we have it. do

stay with us here on bbc news. good morning. we've had a rather mixed picture so far this morning. there's been a bit of sunshine across parts of wales, through northern areas of england, but elsewhere it's been fairly cloudy. that was the scene this morning in essex. a lovely start to the day there on the beach, but we've got a bit of rain across southern areas at the moment. south wales, southern areas of england, some patchy light rain and drizzle here. a bit more in the way of rain also across western scotland at the moment. that's going to move its way southward. the rain in the south will turn heavier as the afternoon goes on, but in between those areas of cloud we've got the swathe of sunshine through north wales into northern areas of england. there could be one or two heavy, perhaps thundery showers, north—east england, south—east scotland later on this afternoon, maybe one or two in the south, as well. temperatures generally about 16 to 19 degrees — the highest temperatures where you've got that bit of sunshine across northern parts of england. now through tonight,

that area of rain will continue to move its way eastward. there could be some thunderstorms mixed in with that. it will clear to the east there'll be some showers moving their way into western areas. clear spells into tomorrow morning and overnight temperatures down to about 9 to 11 degrees. that's the area of low pressure bringing that rain across eastern areas tonight. it's going to scoot away out into the new continent. then we're left with a slightly drier picture on wednesday. there will be some showers, though. they will be popping upjust about anywhere across the uk, so you may well catch one or two of those showers as the day goes on, but in between those showers there will be some lengthy dry spells with a bit of sunshine, as well. temperatures perhaps a degree or so higher than today — 21 celsius in the south—east, about 17 or 18 degrees in central areas of scotland. into thursday, we've got this little ridge of high pressure moving in, so for many of us it's going to stay dry, but this area of low pressure will slowly move its way into parts of northern ireland into the afternoon. the breeze picking up here, as well. elsewhere, though, it's going to stay largely dry. after some sunshine in the morning,

we'll see the cloud generally increasing into the afternoon. temperatures up to about 22 celsius again. we start to pick up a south, south—westerly wind and that south—westerly wind will bring in warmer and more humid air as we go into the end of the week. we'll see those temperatures rising across many areas on friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures up to 27 degrees celsius. by sunday, just a little bit cooler. with the warmer, more humid air there's the risk of some showers, maybe some thunderstorms. bye— bye.