live from london, this is bbc news. israel says its huge military operation in the occupied west bank city ofjenin is almost complete. and you're seeing live pictures from jenin — palestinian officials say 10 people have been killed and 100 wounded. japan wins approval from the un's nuclear watchdog for its plan to release treated water from the fukushima nuclear site. the bbc uncovers failures in the way police accused of sexually exploiting women are being investigated. hello, i m lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now — three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with some breaking news from israel, where reports are coming in of a suspected car—ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv.

as many as ten people are reported to have been injured. several are believed to be in a serious condition. a medical official has said a suspected attacker has been shot dead. that breaking news. there has been a car ramming in tel aviv and at least four people have been injured. the attacker has been shot dead. it comes as israel says its military operation at the refugee camp in the occupied west bank 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. israel said its troops conducted "an extensive counter—terrorism effort". palestinian leaders have condemned the assault as a "new war crime". they say ten palestinians have been killed. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is at the israeli west bank barrier. firstly, i appreciate you are not there, but what is the latest you are hearing of this car ramming in tel aviv? ~ ., ,

are hearing of this car ramming in tel aviv? ~ . , ,., tel aviv? well, we have seen some a-rahic tel aviv? well, we have seen some graphic pictures _ tel aviv? well, we have seen some graphic pictures from _ tel aviv? well, we have seen some graphic pictures from the _ tel aviv? well, we have seen some graphic pictures from the streets i tel aviv? well, we have seen some graphic pictures from the streets ofj graphic pictures from the streets of tel aviv. it appears at the moment certainly the ambulance service have said that four people have been injured, all seem to have survived the initial ramming attack. again, you talked about the assailant, who we are told has been shot. again, graphic pictures would seem to suggest that assailant has been shot and killed. this all happened against the background of the israeli military operation which started yesterday morning here in jenin. this is the west bank barrier, if you like. it is the line between israel and the west bank. if you look across here, that isjenin. and in particular, jenin cam. even in the last hour we have been seeing plumes of smoke rising from the camp. some smaller plumes of white smoke. at one point, a large plume of grey smoke rose into the air and was visible for several minutes. the israeli national security adviser gave an interview this morning to an

israeli radio station, saying that they thought the israeli defence forces were close to achieving their aims from this operation, where they went in yesterday morning, they talked about dismantling infrastructure from palestinian militants inside the camp. they talked about finding weapons cache inside. we have seen on the line between the two, troops about five kilometres away you can see how close we are tojenin and troops have been coming out of there. i want to show you along this line. this is behind as a military zone and you might be able to see some of the bulldozers, and we have seen pictures of these on the streets of jenin in the last 2a hours, or so. we also had reports that those bulldozers had really ripped up the roads in some places, making it very difficult for medical attention to get some of the wounded. more than 100 wounded, we are told and ten palestinians killed so far. this military operation continues inside

jenin. military operation continues inside jenin. �* ., military operation continues inside jenin. �* . , military operation continues inside jenin. ~ . , jenin. and what has been the impact on palestinians _ jenin. and what has been the impact on palestinians who _ jenin. and what has been the impact on palestinians who live _ jenin. and what has been the impact on palestinians who live in _ jenin. and what has been the impact on palestinians who live in jenin? . on palestinians who live injenin? well, it is extraordinarily difficult at a time like this to work out really the civilian toll in particular. when an operation like this is launched, very often electricity is cut to the area and things like communications are also cut. so what we have been seeing our pictures from our bbc camera colleagues and also pictures on social media of what has been going on inside the camp, but it is such a densely populated area, many thousands of civilians living not just in this town, but in specifically that refugee camp that is very narrow streets and you are right to talk about the civilian impact. that is something that has been picked up, notjust by ngo! he works in there, but the aid agencies that looks after palestinian refugees, and they have expressed their concern about civilians in the area. also msf has said that they

have worries about people being able to get to and treat the wounded. we know that tear gas was used outside a medicalfacility know that tear gas was used outside a medical facility this know that tear gas was used outside a medicalfacility this morning, where people who were wounded were being treated. in fact, even the us yesterday, while it said it supported israel �*s right to defend itself against terrorist groups, it also caution against anything that would put the civilian population in this camp at further risk. anna, thank you forjoining us. life pictures coming to us at the moment in the past few seconds of tel aviv, so let's just show you those. this is the scene of the car ramming, that attack that has happened in the past half an hour in tel aviv. we are getting different numbers coming on the agencies from eyewitness accounts at the scene. but we understand that five people have been injured by a car. local media is reporting the suspected attacker was shot and killed. the israeli

police have just been speaking to israel �*s army radio and they said the motorist responsible for this car ramming, into a big cloud in tel aviv, the phrase they used was "neutralised" by a civilian first responder. that is the latest we are hearing from israel �*s army radio. we now know as well from the medical services that for people have been injured and one of them is in a serious position. a46—year—old woman has multiple injuries, two people are in a moderate condition and one person is in a mild condition. we can see the police at the scene there in tel aviv, continuing their investigations. it is being reported, as i mentioned, that the alleged attacker was shot and killed at the scene. there we have it, live pictures from tel aviv coming to us,

of this car ramming that has just happened. four people injured. a46—year—old woman has multiple injuries, so she is in a serious we understand. we will also bring you live pictures from jenin. from a distance, we have live shots of jenin, and israel �*s military operation continues. muhammad shehada is a palestinian writer based in copenhagen and hejoins us now. have you managed to speak to people injenin? have you managed to speak to people in jenin? ~ ,,., , have you managed to speak to people in jenin? ~ , , ., in jenin? absolutely, and the situation is _ in jenin? absolutely, and the situation is catastrophic- in jenin? absolutely, and the situation is catastrophic and l situation is catastrophic and disastrous and the level of damage that was inflicted onjenin is unprecedented in over two decades. it acts as a recruitment post for various groups that it is proclaiming to be against, and i think the attack in tel aviv is testament to the concern that this operation is causing. it revives in

the memory of palestinians and the mass displacement, physically the scenes of thousands of families from the jenin scenes of thousands of families from thejenin refugee camp being evicted and escaping from this conflict zone. , . , and escaping from this conflict zone. h, , , and escaping from this conflict zone. h, , ., zone. israel says it is targeting terrorists and _ zone. israel says it is targeting terrorists and they _ zone. israel says it is targeting terrorists and they have - zone. israel says it is targeting terrorists and they have called| terrorists and they have called jenin a hornet �*s nest of terror. how do palestinians describe life in temper macro? how do they describe their home?— their home? well, jenin used to be their home? well, jenin used to be the same as— their home? well, jenin used to be the same as gaza, _ their home? well, jenin used to be the same as gaza, the _ their home? well, jenin used to be the same as gaza, the economic. their home? well, jenin used to be i the same as gaza, the economic hub thatis the same as gaza, the economic hub that is trying to get by and thrive. but the same as gaza, it has been going in decline as a result of restrictions and policies. there are key buzz words in reference tojenin to dehumanise the population and you mentioned the hotbed of terrorism. you can easily make a comparison to several other settlements where there have been attacks and the idf

itself has described it as nationalist terrorism. they launched attacks across 2a palestinian villages, burned 100 vehicles. they burned homes, shops and farms and wounded over 60 persons and killed one. but wounded over 60 persons and killed one. �* , ., , wounded over 60 persons and killed one. �* , . , z: one. but the israelis will say 50 attacks on _ one. but the israelis will say 50 attacks on israel _ one. but the israelis will say 50 attacks on israel the _ one. but the israelis will say 50 attacks on israel the past - one. but the israelis will say 50 - attacks on israel the past few years have originated from temper mac. that is what i am describing. 0ver that is what i am describing. over two weeks, have been way, way more attacks and from jenin from these other bases and nothing has been donein other bases and nothing has been done in that case. in fact, the violence that has escalated recently as one of the reasons for this military operation. there are ministers holding key positions in this government, including the ministry of national security who said loudly and clearly that the idea should focus on palestinians and should disregard all the

violence and terrorism coming from settlers. the longest running newspaper described this as the ministers for on the extreme security services because they started to focus on settler terrorism.— started to focus on settler terrorism. ~ ., ., ., ,, started to focus on settler terrorism. a, ., ., ,, , ., , terrorism. mohammed, thank you very much forjoining _ terrorism. mohammed, thank you very much forjoining us. _ terrorism. mohammed, thank you very much forjoining us. we _ terrorism. mohammed, thank you very much forjoining us. we are _ terrorism. mohammed, thank you very much forjoining us. we are still- much forjoining us. we are still seeing live pictures from tel aviv of this attack that has just taken place. the car ramming there. and we have now had a statement from the palestinian group and its spokesperson says, "the horrific attack on tel aviv as part of a natural response to the ongoing massacre of our people, and a legitimate self—defence against the israeli occupation is violation of all human norms. the occupier must prepare to count his dead and injured for the blood of our children is not cheap." so how mass is claiming responsible as he for this attack in tel aviv that we know has left one victim in a serious

condition. —— nahel. —— hamas. the other report is that the alleged attacker was shot and killed at the scene by a civilian responder. so, all of this going on as the israeli military operation continues in jenin as well. thousands of palestinians have left the jenin refugee camp in the west bank since the operation began. we have been showing you live pictures both of tel aviv, and also ofjenin. all of these developments are for you on these developments are for you on the website as well. we have a live page, as you can see, up and running with the very latest. news lines from tel aviv and also voices from insidejenin. more on this story throughout the programme. to japan now, where the un's nuclear watchdog has approved plans to release water from the wrecked fukushima power plant

into the pacfic 0cean. the plans have provoked sharp criticism from neighbouring countries including china. the director general of the international atomic energy agency is visiting japan and says he believes releasing the water will have little impact. final approval from japan's national nuclear agency is still pending. the un's rafael grossi had this to say in tokyo a little earlier... the plan as it has been proposed and devised is in conformity with the agreed international standards. and its application, if the government decides to proceed with it, would have negligible impact on the environment, meaning the water, fish and sediment. 0ur tokyo correspondent shaiima khalil gave us this update. around the world and across the uk,

this is bbc news. that look now at some of the other stories making headlines here in the uk. thames water has been fined £35 million after pleading guilty to four charges relating to polluting rivers. the court earlier heard how millions of litres of undiluted sewage caused rivers to turn "black" and kill more than 1,000 fish near gatwick airport in october 2017. ajudicial review into the planned expansion of london s ultra—low emissions zone has begun at the high court. legal action was brought by five conservative—led councils who say the plans would have a big financial impact on motorists. the mayor of london insists the move is needed to improve air quality and prevent premature deaths. councillors in 0rkney have voted to explore alternate forms of governance, after a debating plans to change the status of the islands with the uk or even become a self—governing territory of norway. earlier, the prime minister's spokesperson rejected a suggestion the islands could loosen its ties with the union.

councillors are debating that right now. you're live with bbc news. the bbc has found that vulnerable women in england, scotland and wales 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. 0ur investigations correspondent noel titheradge has more details. "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? 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. 0ne 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. 0ur 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. 0bviously 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. in the uk there's been concern about rising interest rates, and the cost of mortgage repayment for homeowners. now the average rate for a five—year fixed

mortgage is at 6.01%, according to the financial information service moneyfacts. 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. the bank of england has raised interest rates 13 times since december 2021. the idea is that by making it more expensive for people to borrow money, and more worthwhile for them to save, they will spend less and price increases will cool. but inflation, which measures the rate at which prices are rising, remained stubbornly high at 8.7% in may. the prime minister has pledged to halve inflation by the end of the year, and has backed the bank of england's rate rises. 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 person can assist police in arresting these people and 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. straight to hong kong. tom grundy of the independent news site hong kong free press is there. we have now got an accusation from china that the uk is sheltering fugitives. yesterday they offered a bounty of $1 million for information that would lead to their arrests. what do you make of the timing of this? . , , this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it comes a— this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it comes a week _ this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it comes a week after _ this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it comes a week after the - this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it comes a week after the state | this? hi, lucy. timing -wise it i comes a week after the state run media were campaigning for this, and days after the third anniversary of

the security law that has seen over 16 civil society groups disband, elections with pre—approved candidates, sensitive books removed from book shelves, and traditional democrats like some of these eight other behind bars, in self exile, or have quit politics altogether. what a lot of the eight have in common is that they have continued campaigning from abroad. some of them have joined lobby groups that have managed to get some political momentum with regards to sanctions and things like that, but of course it was very difficult this morning in the press conference to get a clear idea of what exactly they are hoping will happen. australia, the us and the uk have said that they will not be co—operating with this. do you also think that this could be ahead of the trial which is scheduled to start in september? i think it is more related tojitters think it is more related to jitters over the pressure that these groups

are able to exert in the uk parliament, for instance. although, of course, there is the backdrop of these press freedom cases. they also seem to be targeting crowdfunding in the ways that these activists have been funded, say, and say that anyone who even donates to them in hong kong could be liable as well. but they say the security law is applicable to everybody, notjust people in hong kong but internationally, despite there being no realjurisdiction. the un says you can't extradite people for political crimes, said there is as much confusion about it as well. so how does that make you feel, living there? do you feel threatened in any way? why have you chosen to stay? it is a good question and i ask myself sometimes. but press freedom wise, the city has been dive—bombing with

journalists arrested, newsrooms raided and we feel there is enough breathing room as an english language independent outlet to still ask those tough questions, to go to the courts, speak directly to people in hong kong and if we weren't able to get the local daily news out we would not stick around. but we are impartial, backed by an ethics code, and although we think about all this stuff daily, we seek to keep calm and carry on for now.— stuff daily, we seek to keep calm and carry on for now. tom, thank you for “oininr and carry on for now. tom, thank you forjoining us- — and carry on for now. tom, thank you forjoining us. take _ and carry on for now. tom, thank you forjoining us. take care. _ and carry on for now. tom, thank you forjoining us. take care. thank- forjoining us. take care. thank ou. now, in the war in ukraine, both sides have deployed drones in significant numbers. on monday, ukraine was attacked, now russia has been targetted. russia media say five drones have been intercepted in moscow and the nearby kaluga region. a number of flights scheduled to land at moscow's vnukovo airport were redirected to other airports. it comes as ukraine's counter—offensive enters its second month. on monday, ukraine said it had taken

more than 37 square kilometres of territory. let's talk to alina frolova, ukraine's former deputy minister of defence, shejoins us from warsaw. ukraine has not claimed responsibility for these drones over moscow �*s airport. what has been said about these drones? how successful are they being seen as? in particular, when you look at them over the skies of moscow.— over the skies of moscow. well, we cannot just — over the skies of moscow. well, we cannot just know _ over the skies of moscow. well, we cannotjust know how _ over the skies of moscow. well, we cannot just know how successful. over the skies of moscow. well, we i cannot just know how successful they cannotjust know how successful they are because we don't know their mission and we need to compare it to the mission they were on, but anyway, the movement of the fighter jet from one field to another is already some kind of success because thatis already some kind of success because that is relocation, which probably was a tactical mission. but of course we need to listen for

official claims. ukraine did not take official responsible as he for it. ., ., , ., ., it. how would you 'udge right now the _ it. how would you 'udge right now the success of — it. how would you 'udge right now the success of the— it. how would you judge right now i the success of the counteroffensive? i am quite satisfied with it because i am quite satisfied with it because i do understand that there is some kind of operation taking place where our troops are on quite substantial and long front lines, making attempts to break the defence of russian troops. based on previous operations, we know that it can take one or two months to find the gaps, and then use these gaps in massive counter attacks. pare and then use these gaps in massive counter attacks.— counter attacks. are you satisfied with the help _ counter attacks. are you satisfied with the help you _ counter attacks. are you satisfied with the help you are _ counter attacks. are you satisfied with the help you are being i counter attacks. are you satisfied with the help you are being given | counter attacks. are you satisfied i with the help you are being given by your allies? with the help you are being given by our allies? ~ , your allies? well, it is never enough- _ your allies? well, it is never enough- we _ your allies? well, it is never enough. we know _ your allies? well, it is never enough. we know that i your allies? well, it is never enough. we know that we i your allies? well, it is never. enough. we know that we still your allies? well, it is never- enough. we know that we still have a lack of ammunition, for example, in comparison to the russians. and we still lack fighter jet.

comparison to the russians. and we still lack fighterjet. that comparison to the russians. and we still lack fighter jet. that was promised at some time ago, but it is the same situation. and of course the same situation. and of course the counteroffensive with the control of the sky and the possibility to protect our troops would be more successful, as has been said by our general.- would be more successful, as has been said by our general. thank you for 'oinin: been said by our general. thank you forjoining us— been said by our general. thank you forjoining us from _ been said by our general. thank you forjoining us from warsaw. - forjoining us from warsaw. back to tel aviv now, and a live pictures we are getting from there. we have an update to give you. israeli police are now saying that seven people have been heard, three are in a serious condition. this is after a car are in a serious condition. this is aftera car ramming are in a serious condition. this is after a car ramming in tel aviv. officers confirming that the suspect was driving a vehicle that was travelling from south to north when he rammed into pedestrians standing in the shopping centre. this is a quote from the police and he proceeded to get out of the vehicle to stab civilians with a sharp object. so, we are also getting from the reuters news agency the suspected attacker who has now been

killed, was a palestinian from the west bank. do stay with us. 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. 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. there will be some showers moving their way otherwise, 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.