live from london, this is bbc news. israel begins withdrawing forces from the occupied west bank city ofjenin, leaving at least 12 people killed and thousands fleeing their homes. and not only do they. explosion. that is, i think. gunfire. the crowds are scattering down there. ukraine has accused russia of placing objects resembling explosive devices on the roof of two power units at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. and if we already knew that they have an excellent memory, a new research has found out that elephants vary their dinner habits, as we do.

hello, i'm sally bundock. warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the middle east where israeli defence forces have carried out air strikes in gaza strip after they intercepted five rockets they said had been fired from there into southern israel. it comes shortly the idf announced they were withdrawing from the town ofjenin in the occupied west bank, after a two day military operation, which left twelve palestinians and an israeli soldier dead. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists inside the refugee camp, 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

who are frustrated by the west bank—based palestinian authority's aging leadership, and the restrictions of israeli occupation. the united nations meanwhile has denounced the violence in tel aviv and jenin. the united states said its ally israel had a right to "defend its people against terrorist groups but called for the protection of civilians. 0ur interntaional editorjeremy 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. gunfire. some analysis. live now to sydney where we can speak to dr lana tatour who is an associate professor at the school of social sciences at the university of new south wales in sydney. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. your perspective, give us your take on what has been going on in the last few days, this offensive on the part of israel and the outcome. thank you for having me. as israeli forces are withdrawing from jenin, the scale of devastation is becoming clear. houses have been destroyed, streets have been levelled,

infrastructure as well destroyed, the devastation is beyond comprehension. it's a devastation that with inaudible for the palestinians in the refugee camp, the refugee palestinian population to overcome and this is the result of a massive aerial campaign of actually helicopters and ground invasion with tanks, with hundreds of tanks, leaving this, destruction beyond imagining in a refugee camp, and again, refugee population. israel argues this was necessary to route out terrorists, to route out those who are waging war against israel. us says it has a right to do that. your reaction? my reaction is —

to do that. your reaction? m reaction is that palestinians have the right to defend their homes from foreign colonial occupying force and we need to understand the situation, palestinians have been defending themselves from israeli invasion. where do you expect them to defend themselves from? if not, from themselves from? if not, from the refugee camp in the city being invaded. ithink the refugee camp in the city being invaded. i think what needs to be clear is that there needs to be clear is that there needs to be more holding israel accountable to human rights watch and other organisations are labelling as potential war crimes that have been done in jenin. i think it's important for the latest military operation which is the largest in scale and the last two decades in context. israel has

been escalating attacks on the camp and the last two years inaudible, overioo inaudible, over 100 palestinians from jenin inaudible, overioo palestinians from jenin have been killed by israel. this escalation needs to be understood as well in relation to israel's ongoing impacts that impacted annexation of the west bank. entrenchment of its colonisation and occupation of palestinian land. it is also coming within the context of internal turmoil and internal israeli process and this is always a fruitful ground by which to escalate the situation in the west bank, so to diversity attention from the terminal overjudicial reform protests that are happening in israel stop what do you think,

then, given the circumstances we are in the moment, will happen next with the leadership of benjamin netanyahu and the coalition government he is overseeing. coalition government he is overseeing-— coalition government he is overseeing. the outlook in terms of — overseeing. the outlook in terms of how _ overseeing. the outlook in terms of how this - overseeing. the outlook in terms of how this will - overseeing. the outlook in - terms of how this will progress going forward, because clearly, netanyahu and his government have an agenda they are pushing forward with regardless of criticism from around the world. ~ ., , world. we are indeed seeing the most extremist _ world. we are indeed seeing the most extremist governments . world. we are indeed seeing the most extremist governments in | most extremist governments in israel history. it is far right, with an agenda of annexation and escalating the situation in the west bank. but it's important to know these processes of annexation and its form of escalation of also started before the recent netanyahu government. what we

are seeing is an escalation of are seeing is an escalation of a long—term process. and this is where the international community is essential to stopping the violence that can palestinians are facing. it is time to hold israel accountable to international law and its time to comply with and hear what the international human rights community has been warning that israel is an apartheid regime, the situation is dangerous and to make sure palestinians are protected. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. the show you jenin this morning, just after seven o'clock local time. just to reiterate, the israeli authorities of melbourne drawn from jenin, having gone ahead with what they call a military operation that they say is

vital to route out terrorist activity. many of which was operating from there. that was the israeli viewpoint. the israeli military saying it intercepted five rockets fired towards southern israel by palestinian militants in the gaza strip. the us, as we've mentioned, saying that sided with israel and its military offensive, in its mission to remove terrorists that are a threat to israel but they must not harm civilians in that process. let's get some of the day's other news now. the metropolitan police are reopening an investigation into whether covid regulations were broken during a christmas party at conservative headquarters in 2020. it follows video footage published by the sunday mirror appearing to show people at the gathering drinking and dancing.

as the nhs marks its 75th anniversary today, a group of leading health think tanks have warned that the service won't be around to celebrate its 100th anniversary without investment and that it has endured a decade of underinvestment. the anniversary is being marked with a service at westminster abbey, involving 1,500 nhs staff. schools in england face further disruption in the morning as teachers in the national education union strike over pay. the government says its offer is fair and reasonable, but it has been rejected by all four education unions, who've warned that further strike action in the autumn is likely if the dispute remains unresolved. 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. 0ur 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. you know, usually what i've seen is when a couple of months 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

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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. but 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. (pres)the governor of the kharkiv region the governor of the kharkiv region in north—eastern 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. 0ur correspondent gordon correra is in kyiv. he told us more about the attack. ukrainian officials say a russian iskander missile hit at 1:30pm local time. russian iskander missile hit at 1:30pm localtime. it russian iskander missile hit 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, some infantsjust a few months old. this is the latest strike to hit civilians in recent days. on monday, there was a drone strike nsue, which killed three people, and then a week ago in 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 for one of those killed, victoria melina, who had been a novelist who had caused her career to document russian war crimes and herfuneral career to document russian war crimes and her funeral will take place in a few hours' time in her hometown of lviv. in the meantime the counteroffensive by ukraine goes on trying to push through those strong russian defences with ukraine still saying it needs more weapon and its allies as it prepares for that nato summit in vilnius next week which looks important to get this kind of commitments. the riots, which erupted in france last week, appear to have subsided for now, but they've exposed deep divisions in french society. in marseille, where there were violent clashes over the weekend, people living in one of the city's most deprived neighbourhoods say they feel abandoned by politicians.

0ur correspondentjenny hill sent this report. in this divided country, city of two halves. marseille's port is bright, bustling, cosmopolitan. but come to the northern districts, and no one's surprised that riots broke out. these neighbourhoods are notorious, deprived and dangerous. translation: is like living in a bin. it's not safe. people defecate in the lifts and stairwells. for people defecate in the lifts and stairwells.— and stairwells. for the politicians, _ and stairwells. for the politicians, we - and stairwells. for the politicians, we are - and stairwells. for the - politicians, we are nothing, we are really nothing.— are really nothing. omar tells us ounu are really nothing. omar tells us young peeple _ are really nothing. omar tells us young people here - are really nothing. omar tells| us young people here struggle to find a job or training. and for many, drug dealing is a seductive choice. but it got amin�*s brother killed. his body

was recovered badly banned from the boot of a torched car. translation:— the boot of a torched car. translation: , , ., , translation: this is the only solution young _ translation: this is the only solution young people - translation: this is the only solution young people have. . solution young people have. there is no company is here saying we will pay you more than the minimum wage. here people are supermarket caches, security workers or security guards, we can't bejudges, lawyers or accountants. find lawyers or accountants. and president — lawyers or accountants. and president macron _ lawyers or accountants. and president macron knows it. he was here just before the riots to refresh his promise, made two years ago, to fix marseille. more money, more support. but amin has now met him twice and lost faith.- him twice and lost faith. when macron comes, _ him twice and lost faith. when macron comes, he _ him twice and lost faith. when macron comes, he comes - him twice and lost faith. when macron comes, he comes to i him twice and lost faith. when - macron comes, he comes to make announcements, not to listen to us. we are always on the same mass, the same misery, and nothing will change, so i understand it, the anger of the young people. i don'tjustify the violence but i understand it. ., , , , it. the government is spending money on _ it. the government is spending money on marseille's - it. the government is spending money on marseille's schools, | money on marseille's schools, public transport, police. it's

just that people who haven't noticed a difference. this used to be a community _ noticed a difference. this used to be a community police - to be a community police station. forsome, perhaps, one of the last remaining physical links to the french state. h0 links to the french state. no wonder so — links to the french state. no wonder so many here tell us here they feel cut off, left to fend for themselves. and even the mayor of marseilles acknowledges he needs to bring his city together. translation: for too long my town has been divided between people who are poor and people who are not, between those who are considered by the public authorities and those who are not. it authorities and those who are not. , , , , ., , ., authorities and those who are not. ,, ., not. it is supposed to be a fundamental _ not. it is supposed to be a fundamental french - not. it is supposed to be a | fundamental french value, not. it is supposed to be a - fundamental french value, but here equality is now an ambition. jenny hill, bbc news, marseille. most people just love elephants, i do, most people just love elephants, ido, i most peoplejust love elephants, i do, ithink they're pretty gorgeous. elephants — like humans — may vary what they eat

for dinner each night, a study has found. scientists at brown university say understanding more about the dietary habits of wild elephants will help in their conservation. live now to montana, where we can speak to tyler kartzinel, an assistant professor in conservation biology, molecular ecology, ecology & evolutionary biology at brown university — and the author of this research. lovely to see you. so do tell, how did you find this out? yes, so elephants — how did you find this out? yes, so elephants are _ how did you find this out? yes, so elephants are really - so elephants are really interesting animals, just as you said. they are enormous, they eat a lot and they are dangerous to workaround, and all this makes it hard to figure out what they eat. we know generally that they eat the plants, and we know what types, grasses and trees, but keeping track of the enormous diversity of plant species that they eat is a really daunting challenge. the lead author of this challenge —— study, rangel can a new method called dietary matter bar—coding and this is a forensic technique that enabled us to identify by sequencing

the leftover dna of the food after it passed through the whole system, so it allowed us to look for patterns, how constant are their doubts over days, months, seasons, how much do they change what they eat. can ijust put this in lehman and �*s towns, so in a nutshell where you collecting elephant to and having a look at it to see what they've been doing? yeah, absolutely, so a good analogy is like this is the bar codes that are on the foods that you purchase at the market. each food that you bring to the register has a different code that gets scanned, one for one for bread, one for broccoli, and each plant species in the wild has a genetic code that does the same thing, so we simply use technology to scan the bar code that elephants are selecting from their natural environment, the trees, shrubs and grasses. so we can see what they needs are and what is provided in the environment where they are and therefore help preserve elephants, whether they are african, indian, whatever, i hope and presume?- african, indian, whatever, i hope and presume? that's right. it's really important _ hope and presume? that's right. it's really important to _ it's really important to remember that long—lived

animals like elephants need enough high—quality food, not only to survive but to reproduce and prosper, so an elephant that is out there in the wild needs to get a mix of foods that provided all of the right nutrients throughout its entire life.— entire life. and is this quite unusual. — entire life. and is this quite unusual, compared - entire life. and is this quite unusual, compared to - entire life. and is this quite | unusual, compared to other animals, in terms of diversity of what they eat?— animals, in terms of diversity of what they eat? elephants are the quintessential _ of what they eat? elephants are the quintessential generalists. l the quintessential generalists. they eat so many different types of plants. we have found one elephant that ate up to 137 different plant species over the course of a few days, and so this is an incredible diversity of food that we are finding. diversity of food that we are findina. �* , diversity of food that we are findinu.�* , my ., , diversity of food that we are findina. ymy ., , finding. any scary moments, you mention they _ finding. any scary moments, you mention they are _ finding. any scary moments, you mention they are very _ mention they are very dangerous.— mention they are very - dangerous.- laughter dangerous. yeah. laughter fortunately _ dangerous. yeah. laughter fortunately we _ dangerous. yeah. laughter fortunately we work - dangerous. yeah. laughter fortunately we work with - dangerous. yeah. laughter l fortunately we work with great conservation partners, and one save the elephants, they are very safe around animals and

know how to read the animals and their environment and do all of this properly.— all of this properly. tyler, many will _ all of this properly. tyler, many will what _ all of this properly. tyler, many will what you - all of this properly. tyler, many will what you know| all of this properly. tyler, . many will what you know and think you have the dream job. thank you forjoining us from brown university. thank you so much. it is a very important day for king charles. king charles will be presented with scotland's crown jewels in edinburgh later, in a ceremony to mark his coronation. the national thanksgiving service at st giles' cathedral will also feature a new sword, named after the late queen elizabeth. the reason why a new sword has been created for this event is because the original 16th century sword is just too fragile to be used in the ceremony today. as you can see online, let's get it into focus, there is all the details are as ever about the crown that he will be wearing later

today, all the various different details, it is absolutely fascinating, so all the history is there for you and bbc news go online but also on the bbc news app. now, it wouldn't be independence day in the us without the traditional hot dog eating contest in new york. 39—year—old joey chestnut, nicknamed jaws, managed to defend his title, devouring 62 hot dogs and buns injust ten minutes. he was far ahead of his nearest rival, who could only finish 49. apparently, joey takes this extremely seriously, and there is a lot of training in advance, including exercises for his throat and his mouth, in order to be able to consume as many hotdogs as quickly as possible. who knew? who knew? all the top business stories next on bbc news. stay with us, i will be back injust a moment.

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 night, most of those showers fade away, and then it's drier and clearer for many of us, but breeze and clouds start 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, that'll 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, we 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.

a chance of some 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, there's an increasing threat of showers and thunderstorms as we move through the weekend, temperatures dropping a little bit again on sunday.