welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines: israeli troops begin to leave thejenin refugee camp one of the thejenin refugee camp biggest military operations one of the biggest military operations in the west bank in years. the united nations says japan generally some water from the fukushima power plant and the fukushima power plant and the pacific. it believes in uk reopen an investigation into whether covid rules were broken during a party at the conservative party headquarters. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday.

either. thank you for being with us. we start in the middle east were israeli forces have started to withdraw from the city ofjenin in the west bank after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a walk. the refugee camp was set up after the arab—israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have i948. thousands of people have left the cams since the operation started in this latest violence at least 12 palestinians have been killed and more than 15 injured. it defence forces say one soldier has also died during the assault. separately, seven people were also injured in an attack in tel aviv by a palestinian from the west bank. rotational editorjeremy bowen

is injenin with the latest. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel's enemies can expect no mercy. rapid gunfire families caught in the crossfire managed to get out overnight. the impact on civilians is alarming un agencies, what they call the loss of life and the scale and severity of injuries. this morning, the israelis said they were working systematically to locate and destroy weapons. palestinians had tried to make this part ofjenin a no—go area for israelis. on the edges of the refugee camp, theirfury and frustration overflowed.

more families came out of the combat zone. the un says israeli strikes cut much of the camp's power and water. he said they'd been held by the army in a room. he said drones were shooting at them. "we've just got out. "we're all exhausted. "nothing to drink or eat this morning. "what a mess!" as for emergency services, the un says destruction makes access hard. tear gas was used repeatedly next to the hospital on the edge of the camp — another un concern. but it seemed to be aimed at crowds of angry palestinians who gathered near there. loud boom some had homemade bombs, potentially deadly close up. here they are, crude devices. israel's firepower is very different. loud explosion

seriously ill patients were evacuated. some ambulances, the un said, were stopped from reaching other casualties by the army. the crowds were nervous, excitable. this conflict dominates their lives. there is every indication the israeli army wants to keep all this confined to the camp because they're worried about escalation. and there's also every sign they want to declare victory and get out. but victories for the israelis here are always temporary because these people, the palestinians, feel that just their presence here is victory in itself. and violence, more violence is guaranteed in the absence of a political process, in the absence of any hope for peace.

at the same time, a palestinian rammed his car into civilians in tel aviv on israel's coast. he was shot dead by a passer by. a hard—line government minister said their war was injenin and tel aviv and everyjew was a target, he said, for bloodthirsty murderers. loud blasts back injenin, with drones still patrolling overhead, the israelis were keeping up the pressure until the final order to withdraw. young palestinians, some with guns, confronted israeli army units pushing into the town. it went on all evening. gunfire jenin, the israelis insist, is no longer a terrorism factory.

when the camp opens up again, the price paid by palestinian civilians will be clearer. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jenin. jeremy bowen also gave us his analysis of where the events of the last 48 hours leaves the conflict. the conflict continues and the great scheme of things probably doesn't make a great deal of difference. without question, the armed groups who controlled that camp have had a serious dent in their ambitions, a defeat. but in the bigger scheme of things here, when this sort of thing has happened in the past, what have they done? they've rearmed and they've gone back to where they were before. on the israeli side, they're expressing a lot of satisfaction with the amount of weapons that they have taken and destroyed, explosives as well. they say that they have reduced they've taken away a source of danger for their own citizens,

a nest of terrorists. but there's a political dimension in israel as well, because there are hardliners there who are pushing very, very persistently for a military operation in the west bank against particularly the armed groups who are here. now, will they be satisfied by this? what happens if there is another incident? the fact is, this has been a very nasty episode, but it's just another one in this very long and difficult conflict. to japan. the government there is reportedly looking to start releasing treated radioactive water from the shima powerplant as early as next month. that's after they received the green light from the un's nuclear watchdog. the facility is running out of space to store the contaminated water used to call the nuclear reactors. its plans have provoked sharp criticism from china and south

korea but speaking in tokyo the director general of the international atomic energy agency said he believes releasing the treated water will have little impact on the environment. a final approval from japan's national nuclear agency is still pending. here is head of the iaea speaking earlier. 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. it all started in 2011 when the nuclear plant in fukushima was hit by a huge earthquake and tsunami, destroying its cooling systems.

1,000 giant tanks now stand near the former plant, full of water. this final report comes as a blow to those who opposed the plan: china, south korea and pacific islands and fishermen in the region who believe it will decimate their industry yet again. back in 2011, no—one wanted to buy their produce. here's haruo ono, who spoke to the bbc last year. translation: our fish from fukushima is popular again. | people know we check every fish for radiation so they feel safe. but now the government wants to release this contaminated water into the sea. we do not trust them and we do not feel safe. let's hear now from professsor robert richmond from hawaii university, who has been part of a pacific islands forum, advising island leaders on this water release and has met japanese officials numerous times over this issue.

this decision was made a while ago. and everything that we've heard from japan and iaea has been towards pushing this forward. as i mentioned, china and south korea have been vocally against the plan, but according to the japanese government, their nuclear power plants also release water with higher levels of tritium. is that true? and if so, why should fukushima be treated differently? there's no question that bad behaviour on behalf of one group does not justify bad behaviour by another group. and that's been a source of frustration for myself and other scientists on the panel that the idea that other nuclear power plants released tritium into the ocean is not an excuse. this is a bit different than a regular nuclear power plant operation. there are three reactors that are in meltdown that are in direct contact with the water. this tritium is a concern because it can be organically bound and along with the other radionuclides, they can get

into the environment, they can be taken up by organisms, they can be trophically transferred from one part of the food web to the other, and they can be bio—accumulated, hence our concern about it. and so we're not dealing with a blank canvas here. the ocean is already affected by lots of stressors, as are the people who depend on the ocean — the fishers, the people of the pacific, and particularly the islanders who depend on the ocean for their food, for their culture, for their ecology. what we see is a situation where major questions remain on whether or not the radionuclide, not just tritium, tritium is a concern because of the way in which it interacts with other organic materials and organisms as well. but there is a suite of others caesium, strontium, cobalt, ruthenium—106. we've seen an inadequate radiological ecological impact assessment that makes us very concerned that not only willjapan be unable to detect what's getting into the water, the sediment and the organisms, but when it does, if it does,

there is no recourse to be able to remove it once it does. there's no way of getting the genie back in the bottle, so to speak. so what else would you suggest that the japanese government to do if not to release into the pacific? because as we mentioned, they are running out of storage space. yeah, and that's a very important question. first and foremost, this was a tragedy, and our hearts go out to the people who were affected by it. it was a totally preventable tragedy. and all one has to do is google, "was fu kushima preventable? " and the answer is absolutely yes. tepco is irresponsible. they missed many opportunities to do the right thing to prevent this in the first place. we can't go back. we can only go forward. but our group actually did a very detailed analysis and calculation on an alternative that we think is much better, and that is using the accumulated water to make concrete to be used on site, to raise that seawall against future large tsunamis, to be able to replace the ice barrier that's underground trying to

keep the ground water out of the melting—down reactors and to be able to stabilise the radioactive soil that surrounds the area as well. they're planning, the japanese are planning to release this water over the next 30 years. so this is not only transboundary, which is an issue legally, but it's also transgenerational. that's my generation, my daughter's generation and any grandchildren that might come along. if we go with this concrete option, number one, it takes away the biological concerns immediately. there's no way for this getting into organisms or to the food chain. numbertwo, it's a way of being able to store it for periods of time where the half life in the case of tritium is 12.3 years. over 50 years, you'll be down to less than 6% of the original ionising radiation. and it's also one that will take away concerns of having to go on for 30 years. they would use up that water in a fraction of the time. professsor robert richmond speaking to me a little earlier. let's look at some other stories in the headlines for you. meta has confirmed its

new app to rival twitter will be launched thursday. it's called threads and willing to instagram which is also owned by meta. the company says it will be a textbased conversation app where committees come together. is the latest app to try to rival twitter after it was bought by elon last year. a white substance that's part of an emergency evacuation at the white house has tested positive for cocaine according to us media. the us secret service at the white powder was found in a work area at the secure building during a routine inspection. an investigation is undergoing including, substance and the white house. more young people are rejecting marriage in china. a government report shows marriage registrations across the country was the lowest in 37 years. despite government incentives, high youth unemployment and financial stress keeping trainees from starting families. young women

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translate to clinical outcome in order to reduce the risk. billie's family are determined that the fundraising won't stop here. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news. police in the uk are reopening an investigation as to whether covid rules were broken at the conservative party headquarters. that's after a video emerged of a gathering, where aides were invited to "jingle and mingle." the video was published by the sunday mirror. it's also examining claims that lockdown rules may have been breached at a separate event in parliament six days earlier. but police say they will not investigate alleged gatherings at the prime minister's country home during the premiership of borisjohnson. our political editor,

chris mason, reports. are you filming this? the answer, yes, and are the police are now looking again at this bash at conservative party headquarters? yes, they are. at the time, london's covid restrictions and indoor socialising. it's notjust the video detective can consider, this wasn't an impromptu get—together. the save the date invite called it a "jingle and mingle". "jingling and mingling," how is that acceptable? it isn't. the party was held on behalf shaun bailey, tory candidate for mayor of london. he was awarded a seat in the house of lords by borisjohnson last month. the second police investigation involves an alleged birthday get—together here in parliament, also in december 2020. one mp has already admitted being there and apologised. it's also alleged this man, conservative mp sir bernard jenkin was there.

he was on the committee that concluded borisjohnson lied to parliament. why did you not take proper advice? this is complete nonsense. mrjohnson has accused him of hypocrisy. sir bernard jenkin told the bbc tonight it is not appropriate to comment on a continuing investigation. this second police inquiry into what happened in parliament appears particularly loaded with the potential for fresh political jeopardy. who was there and where might it leave their reputation? but borisjohnson, so often the centre of these partygate rows, isn't facing new investigations into potential breaches of the covid rules. either here at chequers, the prime minister's country pad in buckinghamshire, or downing street. all this is awkward once again for the current resident here, rishi sunak. whenever he tries to move on, the ghosts of the conservatives'

recent past return. chris mason, bbc news. monday was the world's hottest day on record. that's according to a us government agency. it comes after the united nations said the naturally occuring el nino weather event was underway — and countries should start preparing for its effects. our reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. us researchers say for the first time the average global temperature topped 17 celsius on monday. indeed it actually hit 17.01 degrees. that has broken a record that has stood since august 2016 of 16.92 celsius. the record figure has been affected by recent heat waves in china, north africa and the southern us. these are pictures from phoenix, arizona where temperatures hit over 46 celsius on monday.

researchers have blamed climate change for the new global average temperature high coupled with the start of a natural whether event known as el nino that is typically associated with increased heat worldwide. the united nations has warned that it has set persists throughout 2023. what we might see in the next month from july to september which will have a third of dryness area over australia and the continent and another part of south america. since the start of the year researchers have been concerned about rising temperatures at land and at sea. indeed one scientist is described monday's milestone as a death sentence for people and ecosystems. a prominent russian investigative journalist and a lawyer have been badly beaten by masked men

who stopped their car while travelling in the russian republic of chechnya. elena milashina had fingers broken and her head shaved. she reports for novaya gazeta, an independent newspaper which was stripped of its licence by the russian authorities. the lawyer travelling with her, alexander nemov, has reportedly been stabbed. these are really shocking pictures because they show that the injuries sustained were really severe in this attack. they were driving from the airport when they were stopped by three vehicles of armed men in balaclavas who forced them out of the car, they subject them to a mock execution, they said it was a warning, that they were not wanted in chechnya. they were beaten very badly, they were kicked and beaten with sticks and ultimately ended up in hospital with some very serious injuries, broken fingers,

bandages from the arms, the rest up to the shoulder. she is an extremely well—known investigative reporter in russia for the newspaper novaya gazeta particular focused on human rights abuses in chechnya but that is a very dangerous thing to be investigating. she is particularly well known in recent years for her report into the abduction and torture of gay men and extrajudicial killings. but straying into areas that are extremely dangerous for people in chechnya stoppages been warned in the past and had death threats in the past and she kept going back and was back there once again doing herjob when the attack happened. and i suppose the other thing to say about it is that there have been attacks in the past, elena herself has been beaten up in the past but nobody has ever been held responsible for the kremlin today has said it will be investigated but frankly i'd think a lot of people are very sceptical that anyone will ever be found ensemble.

now to afghanistan, where the taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons to close within a month. the ruling is yet another blow for women's freedoms, which have been dramatically limited since the taliban returned to power two years ago. since then, girls have been banned from attending secondary schools, women have been prohibited from going to parks, travelling without a male campanion, and attending university. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye has more. late last year, i remember going to a salon in kabul with two of our female colleagues. it wasn't for a news report. we just wanted to be in a casual space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards. we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away

from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools. in most provinces where women can't attend university, where women can't work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances, they have to be escorted by a male relative where they're expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren't even giving a reason, especially in women are asking this was a female—only space. there's no interaction between men and women in a salon. why was it banned? the taliban said they're not giving the reason now, they will give it at a suitable time. the women i've spoken to are devastated. one said she was shocked. one said she felt like she was trapped in a cage, which kept shrinking every minute.

go by, after one restriction is announced, women start beginning to hope that the taliban will ease at some stage. that's the only way they can survive and go from day to day. and then you have another restriction being announced, which is a blow to those hopes. they've talked about feeling like they've been plunged into darkness. they believe that the taliban's eventual intentions are to confine women into their homes. and before we go it wouldn't be ajuly and before we go it wouldn't be a july the fourth without the annual hotdog eating contest. a series of spectators cheered on the competitive eaters who gathered on coney island stopping the rules are simple, however it's the most hot dogs in ten minutes wins and this yearjoey chestnut won the men's competition for a record 16 time by eating 62 hotdogs. we end this addition of the

programme with that, thank you so much for watching. hello there. conditions improve for much of the country for wednesday. we're in between weather systems. so again, it's going to be one of sunshine and showers, but nowhere near as wet as what we had across the south of the country on tuesday. now, that's tuesday's area of low pressure clearing off into the near continent. this area of low pressure will enhance showers across scotland, northern ireland. but we're generally in between weather systems with lighter winds as well. now, it could still start wet and windy across the far east of east anglia first thing, but then that'll clear away. then it's a day of sunshine and showers. you could catch a shower pretty much anywhere, but i think the majority of them will be across scotland and northern ireland because the winds will be lighter. we should see more sunshine around, particularly across the south. we could be up to 20 or 21 celsius, otherwise it's

the mid to high teens again in the north. so there is a threat of a passing shower or two for wimbledon. but wednesday's weather looks a lot better. we should get to see some play in the outside courts. so as we move through wednesday nights, most of those showers fade away and then it's drier and clearer for many of us. but breeze and clouds starts to pick up out west ahead of this area of low pressure temperature wise, ranging from seven to 12 celsius. this is the pressure chart for thursday. we've got high pressure building over the near continent will keep things fine and settled for england and wales. this area of low pressure will park itselfjust to the west of ireland. that's going to bring cloud strong winds and outbreaks of some heavy rain across northern ireland pushing up in towards western scotland. but the rest of the country should stay largely dry and good spells of sunshine start to pick up a southerly breeze. so temperatures will be picking up , 22 or 23 celsius. on friday, we have low pressure to the north and the west of the country, higher pressure to the south and the east. and we're drawing up some warm and humid air at this point from the south. so much of england and wales will have a dry, sunny and a very warm day.

chances of showers or thunderstorms, particularly for western scotland and northern ireland, where it will also be windier. so it could be the mid to high 20s for england and wales on friday. noticeably warmer with increased humidity. but for the weekend low pressure sits out to the west of the uk and influences the weather pretty much across the whole country. so although it'll stay quite warm across the south on saturday as an increasing threat of showers and thunderstorms as we move through the weekend, temperatures dropping a little bit again on sunday. with

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