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this is bbc news. israel says its huge military operation in the occupied west bank city ofjenin is almost complete. seven people have been injured in a suspected car—ramming and knife attack in tel aviv. you can see the police operation is well under way. we will keep you up—to—date. these are live pictures from jenin. the latest from palestinian officials there is that ten people have been killed and 100 wounded. they say the military operation is coming to an end. japan
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wins approvalfor its operation is coming to an end. japan wins approval for its plan to release treated water from the fukushima nuclear site. a man has been found guilty of murdering his next—door neighbour and her young daughter at theirflat last november. we can go to the court. what happened in court? thafie court. what happened in court? those convictions have _ court. what happened in court? those convictions have just _ court. what happened in court? those convictions have just come _ court. what happened in court? those convictions have just come in. - court. what happened in court? turn convictions have just come in. three convictions havejust come in. three guilty verdicts in the last half an hourfor guilty verdicts in the last half an hour for 31—year—old jamie barrow. this relates to a fire that took hold in a flat in clifton, a few miles from where i am standing now, last november. the flats was occupied by a 28 old mother who had two small children. in a
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three—year—old and a one—year—old. all three died from smoke inhalation. their next—door neighbour, jamie barrow, admitted that he had set fire to that flats, but he said he didn't realise that anybody was in the property. he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. he was on trial here for three counts of murder. during this trialjurors were told thatjamie of murder. during this trialjurors were told that jamie barrow went to the shops a couple of times that day, but lots of alcohol and went home, then he poured petrol through the letterbox of that flat. jurors were told that he had been in a dispute with fatoumatta hydara about some rubbish left in an alleyway. these are claims that the defendant dismissed during this trial. we are waiting here for the family of
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fatoumatta hydara to come out. there were in court to hear of those verdicts. they wept as the verdict came through. jamie barrow stared straight ahead. we understand he will be sentenced on friday. thank ou from will be sentenced on friday. thank you from that _ will be sentenced on friday. thank you from that update. _ let's bring you more now on that breaking news from israel, where reports are coming in of a suspected car—ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv. seven people have been injured in a car ramming, the attacker was shot dead by an armed civilian. three people are in a serious condition. police say he rammed into pedestrians at a shopping centre. we then understand that he got out of his car, he had a sharp object and was trying to stab people with that object. then he was killed, we understand, by a civilian. let's
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keep the context and mind what has been happening injenin. also the international reaction to what is happening in the middle east right now. we can take your life to the house of commons will be understand an urgent question is about to be asked to the foreign minister. irate asked to the foreign minister. we are clear asked to the foreign minister. - are clear out that those have not been a silver bullet but they are an open and meaningful challenge of communication between senior israelis and palestinians. at times of strife it is important to de—escalate the violence. we have consistently engaged with the israelis and palestinians asking them to bring down tensions and renew negotiations. we spoke to the israeli foreign minister on the 26th ofjune and it was discussed the security situation on the west bank.
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i can confirm that the minister for the middle east will discuss the evolving situation with the israeli ambassador later today, further to discussions in recent days. he also spoke to the palestinian foreign minister in may. we regularly speech the palestinian and israeli authorities to ask for de—escalation. i would also likely to draw the attention of the house to draw the attention of the house to the statement by the foreign secretary on friday of last week. the uk opposes israel's announcement to expand settlements across the west bank and we ask israel to reverse its policy of settlement expansion. settlements are not an obstacle —— the obstacle to peace but they are an important one. the lives lost in this wider conflict
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are tragic. there is an urgent need for all parties to avoid further escalation in the west bank and gaza now and in the days ahead. the escalation in the west bank and gaza now and in the days ahead.— now and in the days ahead. the past 24 hours have _ now and in the days ahead. the past 24 hours have seen _ now and in the days ahead. the past 24 hours have seen a _ now and in the days ahead. the past 24 hours have seen a horrifying - 24 hours have seen a horrifying military assault by the israeli defence force on the overcrowded refugee camp injenin. around 15,000 people live in less then half a square kilometre in the camp. yet we have all witnessed on our screens the israeli defence force launching air attacks, the israeli defence force launching airattacks, including the israeli defence force launching air attacks, including from drones, and sending hundreds if not thousands of ground troops in the largest military action in the west bankin largest military action in the west bank in 20 years. news agencies are reporting ten palestinian deaths including three children, 100 injured, the palestinian red crescent said they have evacuated 3,000 people. the un has said we are alarmed thence —— are alarmed at the
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military operations taking place in thejenin. first responders have been prevented from entering the camp. the palestinian authority has resolved immediately petitioned the un security council to implement resolution 2334 and the relevant resolutions and providing international protection to the palestinian people, stopping unilateral measures and imposing sanctions on the occupying power. the uk currently holds the presidency of the un security council and is therefore responsible for guiding the response of the security council to request made by the palestinian authority. can i please ask what is the uk government doing in its capacity as president of the un security council? why has it responded at the un to the palestinian authority's call for
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international protection? what is the foreign office saying to its israeli counterpart about the idea of preventing medical staff accessing thejenin refugee camp or firing tear gas into hospitals sheltering children and elderly residents? finally, can the foreign secretary say what steps he will take to review whether the idf has made any use of uk arm sold to israel in this attack? did we suspend all arms sales and surveillance technology and ban collaboration between the uk and israeli armed forces as a result of this horrific attack on civilians? i thank an honourable lady for bringing this urgent question to the house today. it is one of deep concern to us all. we will continue
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to urge the israeli defence forces to urge the israeli defence forces to demonstrate restraint in this operation so that all parties can try to avoid further escalation in the west bank and gaza. as i say, whilst the uk will always support israel's right to self—defence, the protection of civilians and must always be prioritised and we expect the armed forces conduct to be in line with international humanitarian laws, so we call on israel to call on those principles while defending its legitimate security interests. we stand on the precipice of the gaza crisis of 2023. yesterday the israeli military incursion into the refugee camp resulted in ten deaths. the enduring gun battle has prevented civilians from them
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getting the aid and medical care that they need. today five israeli civilians were killed in a terrorist car ramming and stabbing and we are in an endless cycle of violence and we need a return to the diplomatic table. jordan and been —— jordan and egypt have been ready to help communication,... we leave the house of commons. the real concern there is for palestinian civilians in what is happening during this israeli military action. some of the allegations that were made on the floor of the house of commons about tear gas being fired into hospitals, about medical staff being prevented from getting to the injured, we can bring you clarity on that by going straight to the injured, we can bring you clarity on that by going straight to romana live on speaking to someone from the palestinian red crescent society. thank you for taking time. how is your team coping
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with the number of people who are injured? bring us up to date. to this injured? bring us up to date. trr this moment our teams have dealt with around nine murders in 106 injuries ranging from moderate to critical. 0ur teams are still working on the grounds responding to the emergency situation injenin. we are in close coordination with international organisation partners trying to coordinate our efforts in terms of the humanitarian response in thejenin. 0ur teams are still working on giving aid to families evacuated to shelters. we heard different reports _ evacuated to shelters. we heard different reports about - evacuated to shelters. we heard different reports about those - evacuated to shelters. we heardl different reports about those who have been killed. 0ne different reports about those who have been killed. one report i saw is said that two are young people, children. can you confirm? i
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is said that two are young people, children. can you confirm?- children. can you confirm? i don't have clear— children. can you confirm? i don't have clear information _ children. can you confirm? i don't have clear information regarding i have clear information regarding this, but as i mentioned are teams have dealt with around nine murders in thejenin and 106 injuries. what in the jenin and 106 in'uries. what about this accusation _ in the jenin and 106 injuries. what about this accusation that - in the jenin and 106 injuries. what about this accusation that you have been prevented from getting to the injured by the israeli defence forces, is that true?- injured by the israeli defence forces, is that true? yes. yesterday we faced huge _ forces, is that true? yes. yesterday we faced huge difficulties _ forces, is that true? yes. yesterday we faced huge difficulties accessing | we faced huge difficulties accessing thejenin refugee camps. 0ne we faced huge difficulties accessing thejenin refugee camps. one reason was the great destruction in the roads and the houses. some roads were completely blocked due to destruction, so we faced great difficulty. at the same time, our teams were denied access in some
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cases. for example to other ambulances were stopped by israeli soldiers, the occupation forces, to other ambulances were stopped. 0ur medical technicians were took out other ambulances. the case of the two ambulances were also taken by the israeli soldiers there and they stopped our medical team from getting too injuries inside the camp. at the same time there were certain locations where the israel occupation forces denied complete access for our medical teams to certain areas within the refugee camp. certain areas within the refugee cam -. . ~' certain areas within the refugee cam. . ~ , ., certain areas within the refugee cam, ., ~' , ., , . certain areas within the refugee cam. ., , . ., camp. thank you very much for “oininu camp. thank you very much for joining us _ camp. thank you very much for joining us at — camp. thank you very much for joining us at a _ camp. thank you very much for joining us at a very _ camp. thank you very much for joining us at a very busy - camp. thank you very much for joining us at a very busy time l camp. thank you very much for. joining us at a very busy time for your team is there. you can see live pictures ofjenin. we are getting developments every minute from tel aviv. a police gordon is on the
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streets there after a man driving a car rammed into pedestrians. we then get out of the car with a sharp object and started stabbing people. seven people are hurt, three in a serious condition. how mass has claimed responsibility for this attack but we are getting responses from other armed groups such as islamicjihad, he said the attack in tel aviv is the first response of the resistance to what is happening injenin. with me is world affairs correspondent, former middle east correspondent, former middle east correspondent, paul adams. correspondent, former middle east correspondent, pauladams. i correspondent, former middle east correspondent, paul adams. correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that civen correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this — correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this is _ correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this is so _ correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this is so soon _ correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this is so soon after- correspondent, pauladams. i suspect that given this is so soon after the - that given this is so soon after the operation it is unlikely that what we are seeing in tel aviv, and also an attempted stabbing not far from tel aviv, are unlikely to be particularly planned, may be rather
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more spontaneous. many observers would say entirely inevitable. the stated objective of what the israelis are doing injenin is to go after a very particular group of gunmen, to deal with what they see as a festering problem that emanates from the heart of that refugee camp. but everyone knows you can hit one terrorist cell, as you call it, in one place, that doesn't lead to greater security. one place, that doesn't lead to greatersecurity. it one place, that doesn't lead to greater security. it may deal with that particular group in that particular area, that particular group in that particulararea, but that particular group in that particular area, but there are always going to be reactions. indeed, there were fears voiced from is really reporting in the defence establishment about the wisdom of going intojenin in such a big way precisely because it can trigger some kind of reaction elsewhere. they were probably worried about rockets fired from gas and by how
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mass. we have seen no reaction from gaza or lebanon. what we may well see is more of this kind of impromptu, impulsive and over the coming days planned operations to strike israelis in israel proper. probably notjust in the west bank, but wherever they can hits. can you cive us but wherever they can hits. can you give us more _ but wherever they can hits. can you give us more context _ but wherever they can hits. can you give us more context around - but wherever they can hits. can you give us more context around jenin. | give us more context around jenin. generations of families have lived there. you keep referring to the fighters who are there. do there. you keep referring to the fighters who are there.- there. you keep referring to the fighters who are there. do we know who they are? _ fighters who are there. do we know who they are? these _ fighters who are there. do we know who they are? these jenin - fighters who are there. do we know who they are? these jenin brigades who they are? thesejenin brigades are a recent phenomenon, probably the last couple of years. they are a loose affiliation of gunmen, they probably have allegiance to one or more of the palestinian groups, whether islamicjihad, how mass and fatah as well. the key defining
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characteristic is they are young, in their late teens to late 20s, they have never known any kind of peace process and therefore have no faith in a peace process, and they all share and complete disdain for their own political leadership. there have been gun battles with the security forces of the palestinian authority as these groups try to assert their own control injenin. these are people who will not obey the instructions of an ageing palestinian leadership based on the mall. as far as they are concerned it is all about fighting the occupation. yesterday the israeli army put out an info graphic on where attacks had been perpetrated by these conmen in the last year or two and almost all of them have been in areas inside the west bank, targeting the military and also jewish settlements, which they regard as an integral part of the
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occupation. we regard as an integral part of the occupation-— regard as an integral part of the occu ation. ~ ., , occupation. we are seeing the light ictures occupation. we are seeing the light pictures and _ occupation. we are seeing the light pictures and has _ occupation. we are seeing the light pictures and hasjust _ occupation. we are seeing the light pictures and hasjust been - occupation. we are seeing the light pictures and hasjust been an - pictures and has just been an interview done with one of the police officers he is in charge of the investigation. let's a listen. i am the international spokesperson for the _ am the international spokesperson for the international place. i want to extend — for the international place. i want to extend our condolences and prayers — to extend our condolences and prayers to _ to extend our condolences and prayers to the victims of this terrorist _ prayers to the victims of this terrorist attack today. behind me is the busi— terrorist attack today. behind me is the bust up— terrorist attack today. behind me is the bust up for the terrorist attack took place — the bust up for the terrorist attack took place. an individual rammed his car into— took place. an individual rammed his car into civilians in a population of tel_ car into civilians in a population of tel aviv _ car into civilians in a population of tel aviv. he managed to injure seven _ of tel aviv. he managed to injure seven he — of tel aviv. he managed to injure seven. he got out of his bacon tried to stab— seven. he got out of his bacon tried to stab the — seven. he got out of his bacon tried to stab the civilians around him. luckiiy— to stab the civilians around him. luckily there was a civilian who was armed _ luckily there was a civilian who was armed and — luckily there was a civilian who was armed and he managed to neutralise this terrorist. the police are here in large _ this terrorist. the police are here in large forces. we have the police commissioner, the commander of the tel aviv— commissioner, the commander of the tel aviv district pier to investigate, to a situational assessment of the terror attack that took place —
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assessment of the terror attack that took lace. . , , ., , took place. that is the very latest from police _ took place. that is the very latest from police who _ took place. that is the very latest from police who were _ took place. that is the very latest from police who were at - took place. that is the very latest from police who were at the - took place. that is the very latest i from police who were at the scene. took place. that is the very latest - from police who were at the scene. a big gordon is set up around that area of tel aviv. also, to let you know what is happening in thejenin refugee camp. the israeli armed forces say they have almost wrapped that out. ten people had been killed there. we will have more on this throughout the day. this is bbc news. i ended up running a vineyard at the age of 20 kind of by chance. before me and my family moved here i had no experience with farming or viticulture. i think the most rewarding part of thejob, which i've experienced quite a lot recently, is people smiling when they try my wine. all the blood, sweat and tears i've put into it turning into this moment
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where people try a wine and they sort of think, yeah, that's really nice. wine growing really has become all consuming, but i love it. it's an industry that doesn't have a lot of young people. it doesn't have a lot of young people who, i don't know, like rock music and have a funny mullet. winning an award at winegb, gold, is fantastic to me because i feel i deserve it. i don't mean that in an arrogant way, it's just nice for people to finally recognise all the hard work you're putting in. you're live with bbc news. in france, president macron is meeting more than 200 mayors from areas affected by days of unrest following the police shooting of a teenager. the mayors arrived for the meeting in paris a little earlier. a spokesperson for president macron says the discussions aim to deepen understanding of the root causes of the violence. the unrest was was
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sparked by the killing of a 17—year—old named as nahel during a traffic stop last tuesday. the last two nights have seen fewer arrests than in the days immediately following the incident. but thousands of police officers are still deployed across the country. straight to paris, and tom symonds is there for us now. the interior minister has been saying more about the scale of the unrest, what did they have to say? you see, some interesting figures from the interior ministry about the scale of what has happened over the last week. 3500 arrests, 800 police injuries, 269 police stations attacked, 12,000 fires, usually men fires in the streets, and 1100 buildings damaged. that tells you that this has been a significant eventin that this has been a significant event in france in the last week. emmanuel macron visited a police station during the night to give his support to officers who do feel that
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they are being physically threatened quite seriously during this process. he has now said inside this meeting with the murders that the peak of the trouble has passed. , so what is the trouble has passed. , so what is the solution? the discussions taking place with more than 200 mayors, they are likely to be asking for a wide range of responses, certainly more law and order from those on the right of politics, but i think we are going to be seeing more requirements from government to unlock money for the suburb and areas of cities, some of which are quite deprived, to be spending investments in education, infrastructure and housing. i think it is possible we are going to be seeing demands to changes to controversial police operating protocol which allows police to
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parrot cars that are fleeing, and suspects. that is the sort of thing that might be regarded as a potential cause of the shooting that started all this off, others 17—year—olds in a parisian suburb about a week ago. 17-year-olds in a parisian suburb about a week ago.— about a week ago. they slip 's arent about a week ago. they slip 's parent company _ about a week ago. they slip 's parent company has _ about a week ago. they slip 's parent company has said - about a week ago. they slip 's parent company has said it. about a week ago. they slip 's parent company has said it is| about a week ago. they slip 's - parent company has said it is going to launch a new app on thursday to rival twitter. it is the latest app to try to rival twitter since elon musk bought it in october last year. live now to tech journalist and former employee at instagram will guyatt. it almost looks identical to twitter. it has been looked at for a long time. mark zuckerberg has
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always had a denim to after twitter. he wanted to buy it at one point but wasn't able to. this is coming at a very bad time for twitter and elon musk. they had a terrible weekend. everybody is sick of the changes and constant suggestions of changes in the platform, attempting to get people to pay for it. i seriously believe this will be the fastest growing social network of all time. by growing social network of all time. by the weekend we will have incredible numbers of people using this platform. we incredible numbers of people using this platform-— incredible numbers of people using this platform. we should come back to ou this platform. we should come back to you next — this platform. we should come back to you next week _ this platform. we should come back to you next week to _ this platform. we should come back to you next week to save _ this platform. we should come back to you next week to save your - to you next week to save your prediction is true! do you think young people will sign up? fewer and fewer young people are signing up to twitter. it is fewer young people are signing up to twitter. , . ., , twitter. it is tricky. twitter has never been _ twitter. it is tricky. twitter has never been a — twitter. it is tricky. twitter has never been a platform - twitter. it is tricky. twitter has never been a platform for- twitter. it is tricky. twitter has never been a platform for a - twitter. it is tricky. twitter has i never been a platform for a young audience. instagram still has that young audience, the under 16 is, so
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it'll be interesting to see what happens here. one thing that i never thought would happen, the behaviour of elon musk, his constant changes to twitter are essentially pushing people back into the warm embrace of mark zuckerberg. we all felt we were unhappy with security and safety on the platforms at meta and many people said they were leaving, but it seems that we have got to the end of twitter being an effective platform for people. so many other companies have tried to come into the space. meta is the only company of the size to pull this off, with the servers, etc. i believe by next week it'll be a damning future for twitter. i think this platform will go gangbusters and will take off really quickly. i go gangbusters and will take off really quickly-—
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really quickly. i promise we will come back _ really quickly. i promise we will come back to _ really quickly. i promise we will come back to you _ really quickly. i promise we will come back to you next - really quickly. i promise we will come back to you next week! i really quickly. i promise we will i come back to you next week! stay with us here on bbc news. quite a few of you would have got heavy rain in the forecast this afternoon. across southern wales we have had these dark and threatening skies. these cloudy skies are all associated with the developing weather fronts that will be bringing outbreaks of rain to southern wales, southern areas of england, parts of the midlands and east anglia through the midlands and east anglia through the course of the afternoon. however from further zero ordering sorry conditions in northern ireland and scotland. across the south it will be raining pretty much all afternoon for south—east wales, the southwest midlands. the heaviest falls of rain were merged together across southern areas of england and this rain band will wash out large stretches of the play today at wimbledon. it will be a frustrating afternoon. it will be cool for the time of year. 0vernight
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tonight that rain band continues to develop, so the rain turns heavier and the kitchen window for a time across east anglia and kents. a few showers in the north west, otherwise allergic rhinitis. tomorrow's weather front eventually moves out of the way of the east coast of east anglia. then it'll be a day of sunny spells and passing showers. a day across england and wales means that if you do catch a shower it will move through fairly quickly. we should see about 20 in the warmer spots in the east. the forecast for wimbledon, today, loss of the day will be washed out with heavy persistent rain. tomorrow a different story. there could be the passing shower, but for most of the day the play will be unaffected. heading into thursday, an area of low pressure spins of the atlantic bringing heavy rain to northern ireland, particularly western counties. it could bring some localised flooding. further eastward, the weather a bit drier,
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some higher cloud making sunshine hazy. it will start to get warmer more widely across england, wales, the eastern areas of scotland. temperatures should start to climb into the low 20s. by the end of the week, still the threat of some rain from this weather front. 0therwise, southerly winds will boost the temperatures across central and eastern england and eastern wales. temperatures could reach the high 20s by the end of the week, so for some of us it turns quite hot.
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today at one: the united nations says it's alarmed by the scale of israel's operation in the occupied west bank. 3,000 people are said to have fled their homes in thejenin refugee camp and ten people have been killed. a bbc investigation find that of 500 allegations of police officers abusing their position for sexual gain over five years, only 24 men have been charged.
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