live from washington, this is bbc news. israel says its beginning to withdraw troops from the west bank city ofjenin, following another day of violence. a technology dispute between china and the us heats up as china restricts exports of materials needed to make semiconductors. officials raise alarm bells over fears that a ukrainian nuclear power plant might be the target of an attack. we begin in the middle east, where the israeli military has interecepted five rockets they say were fired from the gaza strip. this comes hours after israel's forces announced the end of its 2—day military operation injenin in the west bank. israeli forces are withdrawing from the west bank'sjenin refugee camp, ending the actions that

left 12 palestinians and one israeli soldier dead. gunfire and explosions continued to be heard acrossjenin as news of the withdrawl broke earlier. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the mission was an attempt to root out terrorists, while palestinian leaders accused israel of mounting an "invasion". an estimated 3,000 people left thejenin refugee camp since the attacks started. jenin has become a stronghold of a new generation of palestinian militants are frustrated by the west bank—based palestinian authority's aging leadership, and the restrictions of israeli occupation. the united nations, meanwhile, has decried the violence in the region. the united states said its ally israel had a right to "defend its people against terrorist groups" but called for the protection of civilians. former israeli prime minister naftali bennett spoke to the bbc earlier. he echoed netanyahu's statements about terrorists in jenin. over the past year or so,

we have had over 50 israelis murdered, in many cases by terrorists that were sent from thejenin camp, armed, trained and sent to kill and murder israelis in tel aviv, jerusalem and across israel and jenin has become an epicentre of terror. we, unfortunately, had to enter the hornet�*s nest of terror and neutralise the terror otherwise they will continue killing us, so, in fact, all the palestinians that were killed are terrorists in this case. the bbc also spoke to ines abdel razek, who serves as executive director of the palestine institute for public diplomacy, about frustrations among the palestinians. unfortunately, the un security council has been meeting for the past 75 years on the question of palestine and i think with always the same conclusions — that israel has been violating international law and basic rights of the palestinians for 75 years, which is the source of the violence, so we are looking at youth right now injenin

whose grandparents, whose great—grandpa rents or grandparents have been actually forcibly expelled already from haifa and other areas in 1948 who are still refugees and who are completely enclaved in this area. 0ur interntaional editor, jeremy bowen, is reporting from jenin. while he was speaking with another one of our bbc outlets earlier, gunfire broke out. here's that dramatic moment. longer term...impact on families, on children, is that they grow up seeing all of this and not only do they... explosion that is, i think... explosions and gunfire the crowds are scattering down there. that fire, i think, is coming from palestinians firing out at, perhaps, the israelis. this kind of thing has been going on all day.

shouting gunfire jeremy and the rest of the bbc crew injenin were not injured. here's his report of how the day unfolded. the israeli military released these pictures. their message? israel's enemies can expect no mercy. rapid gunfire sirens wail 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, their fury 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. we heard jeremy speaking there about signs that the israel mission is drawing to a close. earlier, i spoke about that with our correspondent, anna foster, who's injerusalem. anna, great to see you. israeli forces say they have begun withdrawing from the refugee camp injenin. what more can you tell us? we know this is not something that will happen swiftly because if you think of the size of this operation, the number of israeli troops who were involved, the number of heavy vehicles and machinery, weaponry that was actually brought into that area ofjenin camp to carry out this operation which we have been saying of course is one of the largest of its kind in the occupied west bank for years,

the withdrawal that we are saying has begun will not probably and for quite some time. but what the idf and israeli government is saying is that they have achieved their objectives from this operation. they said they wanted to send a message to those palestinian militant groups who are conducting attacks on israelis and who were working within the refugee camp injenin and they also talked about dismantling some of the infrastructure and, in fact, they have been giving regular updates about what they have been finding and dismantling and in the last few hours as this operation really came to a head, they said they had managed to detain many of the people they had been looking for. they talked about detensions. they talked about breaking command and control structures. they always said it was a limited operation, that is important to point out. they said they did not want to be injenin camp for a sustained period of time and they have confirmed to the bbc, a source within the israeli military, that the withdrawal

has now begun. on a scale this operation, the un human rights chief said today the methods and weapons used in this raid are "more "generally associated with hostilities in armed "conflict then law enforcement." what is the response to this by the israelis? this is really important because one of the key issues here has been whether or not an operation of this size could be safely performed in an area as densely populated, an area where thousands of civilians and families, a place likejenin refugee camp, whether it was a reasonable thing to do for israeli forces to go in and carry out a raid of that type. certainly, the us after the operation began

while they said they supported israelis defending itself, they reminded israeli forces of their responsibilities of the protection toward civilians in the un set a similarthing. what has been interesting as the israeli response. they talked about the weaponry they have used. they describe this as they really pinpoint operation. they talked about using intelligence, using specific weapons to try to really focus in on the people they were looking for and trying not to involve as far as possible the civilian community in there but let me give you an example of how that looks and reality. we heard from several ngo groups who said it had become very difficult for them to actually get into the camp and carry out medical attention, give urgent medical attention to people who needed it because the idf had used these armoured bulldozers which had turned up the streets and they said it made it impossible for ambulances to get through. what israel said in responses was they were using that particular engineering vehicle because they said they had found and cleared ii concealed improvised explosive devices, that had ben placed on civilian roads around the camp.

they gives you an idea of the operation and how it can be viewed very differently by the different sides. anna, thank you for the update. ukraine's ambassador to the international atomic energy agency, yevhenii tsymbaliuk, has told the bbc, "we don't need another chernobyl in europe." this comes after ukrainain forces once again accused russia of planning to stage an attack at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. on tuesday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky told french president emmanuel macron that he believed russia was planning "dangerous provocations" at zaporizhzhia. moscow has countered those claims, accusing kyiv of planning to attack the site. speaking in his nightly address, zelensky echoed the concerns he brought up to macron. translation: now we have information from our- intelligence that the russian military has placed objects similar to explosives on the roofs of several power units of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. it's probable they needed to simulate an attack on the plant or they could have some other kind of scenario. in any case, the world sees and cannot avoid seeing

that the only source of danger to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is russia and no—one else. about 300 kilometers north, the governor of the kharkiv region, in northeastern ukraine, says 43 people have been injured in a strike by a russian missile. 12 of those wounded are said to be children. the attack happened in pervomaiskyi, a small town about 60 kilometres from ukraine's second city kharkiv. the missile struck the car park of a residential building. images from the scene show burnt—out cars and a large crater. our correspondent, gordon correra, is in kyiv. he told us more about the attack. ukrainian officials say a russian iskander missile hit pervomaiskyi at 1:30pm, local time. it struck a large residential building and left a trail of damage, including overturned, burnt out cars. the ukrainian prosecutor general described it as another war crime and says there were no military targets in the area. dozens of civilians

were injured, including a number of children, somejust a few months old. this is latest strike to hit civilians in recent days. on monday, there was a drone strike in sumy, which killed three people, and then a week ago in the kramatorsk a pizzeria was hit that killed 13 people when a missile struck in the evening. and in kyiv, in the last few hours, there was a memorial service one of those killed, victoria amelina, who'd been a novelist and paused her career to document russian war crimes. in the meantime, the counteroffensive by ukraine, trying to push through those strong russian defences, with ukraine still saying it needs more support, more weaponry, more ammunition, from its allies as it prepares for the nato summit in vilnius next week which looks important to get those kind of commitments. masked men have brutally beaten a prominent russian investigative journalist and a lawyer 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. sarah rainsford has more details. these were really shocking pictures from chechnya because they show that elena milashina and alexander nemov both sustained really serious injuries in the attack. there have been some details that have emerged from it since then and we know they were driving from the airport in grozny when they were stopped by three vehicles of armed men in balaclavas who forced them out of the car, they subjected them to a mock execution. they said it was a warning that they were not wanted in chechnya. there were beaten very badly, kicked, beaten with sticks and ultimately ended up in hospital with some very serious injuries — broken fingers, bandages from the arms, the wrists after the shoulder for elena

milashina. she is an extremely well—known investigative reporter in russia for the newspaper novaya gazeta and particularly 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. very well—known but as i say straying into areas which are extremely dangerous for people in chechnya. she's been warned in the past and has death threats, but keeps going back and was back there again doing herjob when this attack happened. the other thing to say about it is there have been attacks in the past, elena herself beaten up in the past, yet nobody has ever been held responsible, so the kremlin today said this will be investigated but frankly i think a lot of people are fairly sceptical that anyone will ever

be found responsible. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. whether you are on two wheels all four wheels, travelling through kingston can be a bone shaking ride. just ask anyone here. and its impact on driving habits that makes the potholes more dangerous still. you habits that makes the potholes more dangerous still.— more dangerous still. you see --eole more dangerous still. you see peeple driving _ more dangerous still. you see people driving on _ more dangerous still. you see people driving on the - people driving on the wrong side of the road to avoid potholes or speeding to get to the top of the hill before it comes down.— the top of the hill before it comes down. ,, ., , , , ., comes down. tim sharp it sees a steady stream — comes down. tim sharp it sees a steady stream of _ comes down. tim sharp it sees a steady stream of automotive - steady stream of automotive casualties. steady stream of automotive casualties-— casualties. you get broken s - rin . s casualties. you get broken springs like _ casualties. you get broken springs like this _ casualties. you get broken springs like this where - casualties. you get broken | springs like this where they just snap because they've gone into a pothole and the extra sudden jolt can share them. so sudden 'olt can share them. so will we suddenjolt can share them. so will we see a significant impact?— will we see a significant imact? ~ �* ., ., will we see a significant im act? . �* ., ., ., will we see a significant imact? �* ., ., ., ., impact? we're not going to do everything _ impact? we're not going to do everything in _ impact? we're not going to do everything in one _ impact? we're not going to do everything in one go, - impact? we're not going to do everything in one go, we - everything in one go, we declare that. know that. there is a significant backlog, if you like, of road repairs, not just in east sussex but across the country.

just in east sussex but across the country-— the country. but in an area of increasing — the country. but in an area of increasing pressures - the country. but in an area of increasing pressures for - increasing pressures for funding and limited budgets, it seems the problem of potholes will not be going away anytime soon. you're live with bbc news. the chinese government is tightening controls over exports of key materials used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips, technology that's at the center of disputes between the us and china. the announcement comes just days before us treasury secretary janet yellen makes a high—stakes trip to beijing. in recent months, both superpowers have issued restrictive measures in the name of national security. back in october of last year, washington announced license requirements for companies exporting chips to china using us software no matter where the chips themselves are made. then, in february, beijing sanctioned two american defence manufacturers with ties to the us military. and last month, when the us government placed 43 firms, both chinese and foreign companies, on an export control list over concerns that the companies trained chinese military pilots and aided weapons development.

secretary yellen has called for the cooling of tensions. during an appearance before congress last month, she said, "i think we gain and china gains from trade and investment that is as open as possible, and it would be disastrous for us to attempt to decouple from china." our new york business correspondent michelle fleury has more. us treasury secretary janet yellen is headed to beijing, and hers is the second trip by a cabinet official to china since ties between the world's two top economies deteriorated earlier this year. her goal is to steady the relationship, but she's got her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit, beijing said it was imposing export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors. the measures are seen as a ti—for—tat response after the us, the netherlands and japan recently restricted chip exports to china. some say the move is aimed at giving china more leverage in future trade discussions.

gallium and germanium, the two metals in question, will be subject to export controls starting i august. in a statement, china's ministry of commerce said it was to protect national security interests. china is the largest producer of gallium and germanium which are used in a variety of products, including computer chips and solar panels. this is just the latest development in the global battle to control chip—making technology. concerns are growing about american evangelicals with an anti—gay stance influencing legislation against the lgtbq community in africa. kenya is the latest country to debate such legislation with one of its parliament members saying the bill will be tougher than the one passed in uganda. our africa correspondent catherine byaru hanga has more details. finding comfort in the midst of a political storm. this small church in kenya's capital was set up to support lgbtq people in a country where most cannot come out.

gay sex is already banned here. but now, even identifying as lgbtq could become illegal. there will be violence for people that are queer and people that are not queer. it makes people bolder. anyone that had thought they would want to now, you know, do something to the queers, it gives them sort of some sort of validation. as people get ready to leave the church this evening, many will be thinking about their own personal safety. this church has had to move ten times because of security threats, and now the stage is being set for tough laws that would make their lives even harder. the anti—lgbto rhetoric is getting louder in kenya, with protests like this calling for action against the community.

you know what, we call it family protection. leading the charge is an opposition mp, george peter kaluma. he has drawn up a bill which could introduce the death penalty for some homosexual acts. this includes cases where someone becomes infected with a terminal illness like hiv. in march, mr kaluma attended a conference on family values in uganda. the bbc obtained footage of the closed door meeting. other african mps who have been sponsoring similar anti—lgbt laws in their countries were also there. some of the delegates even met with uganda's president, yoweri museveni, urging him to sign the country's anti—gay bill. front and centre in this

photo in the purple dress is sharon slater, founder of the american right—wing group family watch international. the christian organisation co—sponsored the conference. but mrs slater says her focus is on banning some types of sex education. they push a form of sexual social colonisation by getting to your children and seeking to change their worldview on issues of sexual orientation, gender identity, abortion. asked whether the conference promoted anti—gay policies, mrs slater told the bbc in a statement that

like family watch, several other american organisations promote what they call family values in africa around sexual rights, including restricting access to abortion, but distanced themselves from anti—gay legislation. but many in kenya's lgbtq community believe they're fighting for their right to exist. we're also human beings. we do our work. we pay the bills to pay taxes, so they have to accept us. yeah. catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, nairobi. in other news: the japanese government is reportedly planning to release treated water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean as early as august. that's according to japan's nikkei newspaper. this comes after the un nuclear agency approved japan's plans to release the radio—active water, saying the effect on people and the environment would be negligible. regional neighbors like china

have criticized the plans. authorities in china have warned of "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rains lash parts of the country. there's been flooding in large areas of central and south western china with some dramatic rescues taking place. thousands of people are being forced to evacuate to escape the downpour. finally it wouldn't be a july 4th holiday here in the us without the hot dog eating contest. thousands cheered on the competitive eaters who gathered at the famous nathan's hot dog stand on new york's coney island. whoever eats the most hot dogs in ten minutes wins. joey chestnut won the men's competition for a record 16th time, by eating 62 hot dogs. that's actually short of his own world record of 76 hot dogs, set in 2021. and miki sudo ate 39.5 dogs to win the women's competition. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london this hour as we hand off to our colleageus there. i'm sumi somaskanda, thank you for watching.

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 7—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. 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.

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