palestinian president mahmud abbas has made a brief and rare visit to the west bank city ofjenin, a week after 12 people were killed in a raid by israel. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now. it is expected in security pact for ukraine will be agreed by the g7 group of wealthy democracies very shortly. group of wealthy democracies very shortl . . ., group of wealthy democracies very shortl . . . . shortly. that deal under which the ukrainians will _ shortly. that deal under which the ukrainians will receive _ shortly. that deal under which the ukrainians will receive more - shortly. that deal under which the i ukrainians will receive more defence equipment is due to be signed by leaders attending the nato summit in lithuania. we can take it live there. we have got a very busy hour coming up. tell us what we are expecting to happen. figs coming up. tell us what we are expecting to happen.— coming up. tell us what we are expecting to happen. as you say, we are expecting — expecting to happen. as you say, we are expecting to _ expecting to happen. as you say, we are expecting to get _ expecting to happen. as you say, we are expecting to get the _ are expecting to get the finalisation of that deal with the g7 and to be clear,

the g7 is a completely different organisation from me till. this is the nato summit. the g7 is a group of seven wealthy nations, they have got together, met here and agreed a set of security assurances for ukraine which ukraine and president zelensky is welcoming. separately thatis zelensky is welcoming. separately that is nato, that is the summit i am at right now, a much bigger organisation, 31 countries get together, they are a defence alliance, they agree that if one country is attacked, that is effectively an attack on all of them and they respond together. nato yesterday did put forward a set of proposals for ukraine which again have been welcomed by president zelensky although not unreservedly. he welcomes things like more military support, and a body, the ukraine nature council which met a couple of hours ago for the first time, it gives a more equal footing for conversations between ukraine

and nato, as it is seen as part of integration. finally volodymyr zelensky wanted that invitation to become a nato member. didn't get that, so not completely for volodymyr zelensky. that, so not completely for volodymyrzelensky. in that, so not completely for volodymyr zelensky. in the next couple of hours, we are expected to hear from some of those nato leaders, those world leaders who have been part of the discussions to agree that offer to ukraine as part of the nato deal, and now that has been done and is public, and we have heard from the head of nato, now is a chance for individual readers, prime ministers, presidents, who have chatted with vorderman —— volodymyr zelensky and other leaders, we are waiting for them to come out and talk to us. we are waiting for rishi sunak, it is a bit of a dance. they don't want to talk at the same time so they try and schedule press appearances do not clash with each other, which means timings are a little different.

presidentjoe biden from the us isn't giving one of those updates to the press, he is speaking later somewhere else and we will hear from him. that will be a little bit later. first before all of that, let's get a round—up of what we have had so far. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale reports from lithuania. we welcome in our midst our dear friend volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine. welcome to you, volodymyr. it's great to have you here. ukraine may not be a member of nato, but today its president was embraced by the alliance almost as one of its own, given a seat at the table for the first time as a member of a new council where he can raise concerns as an equal partner. yesterday, ukraine's leader said it was absurd nato would not say when and how his country could join. today, he sounded more optimistic. translation: nato needs us just as we need nato. and i believe that this is absolutely fair. i am confident that after the war, ukraine will be in nato, we will be doing everything

possible to make it happen. that confidence came after meetings with allies like the prime minister, who was full of warm words. good to see you here where you belong. but he also came bearing gifts, plans to guarantee ukraine's security before itjoins nato. we can have success with security guarantees. yeah. those guarantees will not come from nato, but from individual countries such as these g7 leaders who met this morning, coming together to try to deter future russian aggression. so that will involve promises of more training like this, more arms and weapons, but also more intelligence and industrial support guaranteed for the long term to make ukraine hard to defeat. we must ensure that when this war ends, there are credible arrangements in place for ukraine's security so that history does not repeat itself.

i therefore welcome that many allies will today commit to providing long term security assistance to ukraine. the problem is that western powers have given ukraine security guarantees in the past and they have failed twice to deter russia from invading. so nato's allies are in a rush to agree a package of measures that they hope will work this time. once they've worked out where to sit. we are both watching closely at the rooms behind you to see when we started to get some of the leaders of nato with the final statements. we will cut away to that throughout our coverage just as soon as it happens. i wanted to ask you, before the summit started we had all of these nato allies absolutely determined to show russia they have

got the resolve to support ukraine militarily for the long term. but standing there, does it feel like there is that unity in the room amongst all of nato members, given we have not seen a specific timetable for ukraine to join? i timetable for ukraine tojoin? i think that is a great question and i can definitely compare the feeling today to yesterday. it is different. yesterday the focus was on those sharp words from zelensky saying it would be absurd if there was no direct timetable for how and when ukrainejoined nato. today the emphasis is very different from him and from nato. emphasising all those steps have been taking towards integration, issue of unity, yes, but also concrete steps like this council i was talking about. the ukraine nato council. that allows conversations to take place between ukraine and nato on an equal

footing, and stoltenberg said this key sentence this morning, today we meet as equals, i look forward to meeting as allies. he is emphasising we have taken fresh steps you, we have work communicating and talking as equals, a seat at the table but you are not immune to allied yet but i look forward to meeting as allies. absolutely clear that the path that ukraine is on is towards nato membership. we ukraine is on is towards nato membership-— ukraine is on is towards nato membership. ukraine is on is towards nato membershi -. ~ , p , membership. we will see you very shortl , membership. we will see you very shortly. keeping — membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an _ membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye _ membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye on - membership. we will see you very shortly, keeping an eye on events| shortly, keeping an eye on events there but we wanted to update you on some other stories around the world today. the beginning ofjuly has been the hottest on record in the climate. these pictures are from the us, it was hit by severe storms in the north—east, there is been a massive flooding, evacuations and a state of emergency declared by president biden. i read weathers presenter has been telling

me more about all these global extreme events. this left streets emerged. india, the north west had three times as much monsoon rainfall as normal. we have seen extreme rain injapan is a pretty big hailstorms in spain, the hael coming in is drifts. this all comes in the week that has been the hottest on record for the planet and now we can show you the most phenomenal graph of these temperatures. what we are looking at, the previous highest temperature on earth was 16.94 celsius. we have absolutely annihilated that, three tenths of a degree celsius doesn't sound like much but when you're talking about the temperature of the

planet, it is the most enormous margin you can imagine. the grey line is the average plan temperature for the last 30 years, the orange line this year so far above anything we have seen. line this year so far above anything we have seen-— line this year so far above anything we have seen. ., .,, we have seen. running through those different events _ we have seen. running through those different events happening _ we have seen. running through those different events happening from - different events happening from flooding to extreme heat, either they are, we can connect in a couple of ways. figs they are, we can connect in a couple of wa s. �* , , . they are, we can connect in a couple ofwa s. a ., , they are, we can connect in a couple ofwas. ., , ,., every one celsius the planet warms and we get 7% more involved in these extreme rainfall events happen. climate change, the extra heat we are putting into the atmosphere does make extreme rainfall events come around a little bit more frequently. the other way these weather patterns are linked is the jet stream. in the mid—latitudes, we get highs and low pressure is moved around by the jet stream. this is thejet pressure is moved around by the jet stream. this is the jet stream, sometimes gets any pattern, which is what we have got at the moment. so here in the uk loads of showers and it is unsettled for summer. the same

low pressure brought the flooding rain to vermont, but if you follow the jet stream pass into rain to vermont, but if you follow thejet stream pass into europe rain to vermont, but if you follow the jet stream pass into europe we have a ridge of high pressure. that is bringing some high temperatures, and spain at the moment we are seeing temperature is quite close to record levels, not everywhere but where you can see the reds that is where you can see the reds that is where temperatures are above average. what we are going to see over the next few days, if we take a look at the maximum temperatures they will come down a little bit interesting, it will still be hot that now looking at the weather pattern into the weekend and into next week, you can start to see the heat really building across the central mediterranean and four places around italy, for example, sardinia, we can look at temperatures getting close to record levels into next week. we are talking about extreme heat building here. ., ., ~ ., ,

any rare president abbas has visited jenin. people who lived injenin had denounced the palestinian authority to take any action during the raid. although he is nominally in control of security injenin, it holds little sway in the country. the refugee camp was held by several military groups which was the target of the offensive.— of the offensive. from the footage it is showing _ of the offensive. from the footage it is showing a _ of the offensive. from the footage it is showing a lot _ of the offensive. from the footage it is showing a lot of— of the offensive. from the footage it is showing a lot of official - it is showing a lot of official events, laying a wreath, making comments, very tight security around the president. there has been a lot of dissatisfaction injenin with the idea that the palestinian authority was not active at all when the israelis went in there last week, but i have the feeling they were impotent in the face of the israeli army operation and there were demonstrations against local

headquarters of the palestinian authority. officials were heckled at funerals. there is an attempt by the palestinian authority to reassert its control and presence in the city. in its control and presence in the ci . , ., ., , city. in terms of that sentiment, what did he _ city. in terms of that sentiment, what did he actually _ city. in terms of that sentiment, what did he actually say - city. in terms of that sentiment, what did he actually say to - city. in terms of that sentiment, what did he actually say to the l what did he actually say to the crowd? , ., , ., , crowd? he promised to rebuild them and said jenin _ crowd? he promised to rebuild them and said jenin was _ crowd? he promised to rebuild them and said jenin was an _ crowd? he promised to rebuild them and said jenin was an icon _ crowd? he promised to rebuild them and said jenin was an icon of- and said jenin was an icon of resistance by the palestinians, praising their role. i think trying to become relevant to show that the palestinian authority can have a role and will play a role in rebuilding after the damage of the israeli operation. who rebuilding after the damage of the israeli operation.— rebuilding after the damage of the israeli operation. who is in control in terms of — israeli operation. who is in control in terms of these _ israeli operation. who is in control in terms of these different - israeli operation. who is in control| in terms of these different factions ofjenin? in in terms of these different factions of jenin? . ., , in terms of these different factions ofjenin? . ., , ., ., ofjenin? in recent months a local armed groun. _ ofjenin? in recent months a local armed group, basically _ ofjenin? in recent months a local armed group, basically a - ofjenin? in recent months a local armed group, basically a group i armed group, basically a group called thejenin battalion, a group of armed gunmen who have been challenging israeli troops when they enterjenin on raids, and exercise control on the ground in the refugee camp. in the city things are a

little different but in general, the pa security forces on the city have been weakened with the rise of the local armed groups who see themselves as the front line of resistance to the israelis and see the palestinian authority as ineffective. he the palestinian authority as ineffective.— the palestinian authority as ineffective. ,j~ , ., , ., ineffective. he is 87 years old, abbas, surrounded _ ineffective. he is 87 years old, abbas, surrounded by - ineffective. he is 87 years old, abbas, surrounded by some i ineffective. he is 87 years old, abbas, surrounded by some of security. trying to stay relevant, as you have mentioned. but the are growing calls for him to stand down? there is a lot of satisfaction feeling there is corruption, he is old and has not stood for election so many years and should be replaced. but we haven't heard any explicit cause, just general dissatisfaction on the authority for being weak. the officials were heckled and in general i think his popularity is not very high and this is an attempt to show he is concerned and he hasn't been outside very much in this quite unusual for him to go tojenin. very much in this quite unusual for him to go to jenin._ very much in this quite unusual for him to go to jenin. from jerusalem in the middle _

him to go to jenin. from jerusalem in the middle east, _ him to go to jenin. from jerusalem in the middle east, back _ him to go to jenin. from jerusalem in the middle east, back to - him to go to jenin. from jerusalem in the middle east, back to life - in the middle east, back to life pictures of the german chancellor giving a press conference, talking to the media about nato and germany's commitment to supplying training of pilots and things to ukraine. we are listening across there, but also keeping an eye on there, but also keeping an eye on the main stage were we are expecting a declaration to be signed between nato leaders, sometime shortly, and stoltenberg will be giving a wrap—up press conference, outlining the alliances strategy when it comes to ukraine, its commitment to ukraine as well. president zelensky sein nato has given a powerful signal to russia that ukraine will be an independent state. lots of developments there to bring you, we will return their life as soon as we see similar developments. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc

news. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines here in the uk. uk banks are strong enough to withstand a fresh economic crisis. that's according to the bank of england. in a "stress test" of the financial system, the bank said the uk's eight largest lenders could survive a worst case scenario. that would involve plunging house prices and soaring inflation. the bank also said the country has "so far been resilient" to rising interest rates. the prime minister rishi sunak says he is yet to make a "final decision" on whether to accept recommended pay rises for public sector workers. official pay review bodies are recommending rises of between 6% and 6.5% for teachers, junior doctors and police. the prime minister and chancellor are expected to meet in the coming days to decide whether to accept the rises. an ambulance service has apologised to families following a review into claims it covered up errors by paramedics and withheld evidence. the chief executive of the north east ambulance service issued an apology "for any distress caused to the families" by past mistakes.

an independent review found inaccuracies and poor behaviour thank you for being with us. you're live with bbc news. the bbc presenter who has been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs is facing further allegations in today's papers. the sun said it had spoken to a 23—year—old who claims the male presenter broke covid lockdown rules to travel meet them at a making contact on a dating site. there has been more calls for the presenter, who has not been named for legal reasons, to come forward. the bbc on day five of this media storm and the headlines keep coming. today, more allegations that the bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger. it follows the original story which featured allegations about payments for explicit photos, and another revealed by bbc news about messages that were felt by the recipient to be abusive and threatening. for one fellow bbc

presenter, who was today speaking on his show on channel 5, there was concern for his colleague's state of mind but also a feeling that the current situation cannot continue. it's his decision but he needs to come forward now, i think. i know his survival instinct has kicked in and i know he saw what happened to phillip schofield, but, my god, look at the damage to the bbc. look at the damage to his friends, to those falsely accused. the longer he leaves it, the worst it will be for him. outside broadcasting house, it was an opinion being echoed by a former editor of sky and now professor ofjournalism. the presenter, in my view, really ought to come forward and talk about it. it would be cathartic for the presenter, it would be informative for us, and it would probably be the right thing to do. the public aren't daft, they want to know what's going on here, and only when they know what's going on can they decide how they feel about that presenter.

however, it's the presenter�*s decision. there are multiple legal barriers to others making the name public. meanwhile, inside the bbc, its investigation into the matter has been put on pause at the request of the police as they consider whether there is any evidence of criminality. but the corporation's director—general admits there are still questions about the speed of the bbc�*s response to the original complaint. i think there is a valid question that i am asking, which is, how are complaints like this red—flagged through the organisation? and i want that immediately looked at, and also with view to the overall process and protocols to make sure we are satisfied by them. and while the sun has stood by its original story, saying they have a sworn affidavit from the young person's mother, there are questions. lawyers who say they represent the young person say the story was totally wrong and there was no truth in it. it was rubbish, they say.

the sun has so far declined the bbc�*s request for an interview. thailand's constitutional court has accepted a case that accuses a progressive politician of trying to overthrow thai democracy by pledging to amend the country's harsh magistrate laws. from the reformist party, they upset the conservative establishment and one the most seats in may. from bangkok to south asia correspondent has a story. it is more than _ correspondent has a story. it is more than two _ correspondent has a story. it 3 more than two months of the election in thailand back in may and by now many thais have hoped they would be seeing a young reformist administration taking office under the telegenic entrepreneur who party won the most seats in parliament and was able to form a coalition with a

commanding majority. that looks unlikely to happen. over the next 24 hours he faces a vote in parliament, in which the appointed senate get to vote, most of them are deeply conservative and royalist. they were appointed under military rule and unlikely to support him, could have blocked him from becoming prime minister. now we have two complaints by the constitutional court which argued he should be disqualified from being an mp and it could lead to his party being dissolved. one complaint is he ocean shows in the media company. —— he owns shares. this company has not been a operation for 15 years. the other one argues his party's policy of trying to reform the notorious magistrate la under which people who criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, criticise the monarchy can go to jailfor years, amounts to criticise the monarchy can go to jail for years, amounts to an attempt to overthrow the entire state. it sounds a rather implausible argument but given the

way they have ruled in the past, always against reformist and military parties, it is quite likely the rule against will move forward. he faces double barriers to becoming prime minister and despite all the hopes that were excited to what his party swept into a leading position in the election two months ago, it is very likely thailand will end up with another middle collision with multiple parties and the reformists were once again be forced into opposition. were once again be forced into opposition-— opposition. let's take it to australia _ opposition. let's take it to australia where _ opposition. let's take it to australia where scientists| opposition. let's take it to i australia where scientists say opposition. let's take it to - australia where scientists say they have created a biodegradable glue that could be used to restore coral reefs. they hope it might one day be used to help repair the great barrier reef. biodegradable party made from plant extracts is designed to stabilise the rubble one coral is set by cyclones or hit by bullets. it charles manson follower who played a role in the double murder of a couple in 1969 is out of prison. she served more than half a

century in prison. a dispute about the $6 million estate of the soul singer aretha franklin has been resolved. ajury singer aretha franklin has been resolved. a jury in singer aretha franklin has been resolved. ajury in michigan has found a handwritten note from 2014 is how valid will, overriding a document from four years earlier. under the well, now ruled valid, three sons will split her music royalties and bank funds. her youngest child and her grandchildren will inherit her primary residence. a wave of xenophobic violence has exploded in the tunisian city after the fatal stabbing of a local man after an altercation with migrants. a backlash so 25 people hospitalised after a group of masked men took to the streets beating immigrants with stones and sticks. the authorities have forcibly deported more than 1000 migrants from the city taking them to the borders. suffering from

heat stroke, dehydration and exhaustion. many are still carrying injuries from the wave of violence which days before it drove them from their homes. i which days before it drove them from their homes-— their homes. i spent four days here because i their homes. i spent four days here because i do _ their homes. i spent four days here because i do not _ their homes. i spent four days here because i do not have _ their homes. i spent four days here because i do not have a _ their homes. i spent four days here because i do not have a place - their homes. i spent four days here because i do not have a place to . because i do not have a place to stay. i do not feel like i am a human for now. i used to sleep here with my family, ijust human for now. i used to sleep here with my family, i just feel like human for now. i used to sleep here with my family, ijust feel like i give up. with my family, i 'ust feel like i rive u. , with my family, i 'ust feel like i iive u, , ., , ,. with my family, i 'ust feel like i i-iveu. , ,. give up. this was the scene last week. violence _ give up. this was the scene last week. violence in _ give up. this was the scene last week. violence in the _ give up. this was the scene last week. violence in the streets i give up. this was the scene lasti week. violence in the streets of sfax. we don't want them living here, screams one man. long live tunisia, long live sfax, sfax is not a refugee camp, says another. after days, the surge of an anti—migrant sentiment. the tunisian city of sfax

will never be the same again. these migrants are gathering in the city centre to look for a way out, but their ordeal could be exacerbated as long as the tunisian government hasn't managed to come up with a solution that preserves their dignity. days before the attacks in sfax, locals say toxic hate against black african migrants was searching online. translation: ., , ., ., online. translation: ., ., ., translation: there was a wave of racist videos _ translation: there was a wave of racist videos on _ translation: there was a wave of racist videos on social— translation: there was a wave of racist videos on social media. - translation: there was a wave of racist videos on social media. i - translation: there was a wave of racist videos on social media. i was| racist videos on social media. i was seeing such disgusting posts that i was sure... seeing such disgusting posts that i was sure- - -_ was sure... let's take you straight to the g7 leaders _ was sure... let's take you straight to the g7 leaders lined _ was sure... let's take you straight to the g7 leaders lined up - was sure... let's take you straight to the g7 leaders lined up on - was sure... let's take you straight to the g7 leaders lined up on a - to the g7 leaders lined up on a stage. in the middle is the prime minister ofjapan, he has been addressing the room and you can see president zelensky there as well. attending this meeting but also this

photo opportunity, as we know the g7 are announcing a multilateral framework to outline enduring support to ukraine as a defence its sovereignty and territory. let's listen in. translation: i feel it is truly meaningful— translation: i feel it is truly meaningful that _ translation: i feel it is truly meaningful that we _ translation: i feel it is truly meaningful that we and - translation: i feel it is truly meaningful that we and g7 - translation: | feel it is truly - meaningful that we and g7 leaders and zelensky have gathered here once again today. going forward on this declaration, it will be open to any country that shares the intention to support

ukraine, although many countries will choose tojoin... ukraine, although many countries will choose to join... thank you very much. applause let me start off by saying something i hadn't planned on saying. i think there are very few people in europe who are on the continent, who thought this man would stand up and come to the aid and assistance of ukraine. he increased his military budget, he stepped upjapan, japan because he understood that when any part of the world has hundred and 85,000 people, soldiers crossing the border, stealing sovereignty from another nation, it affects the whole world. i want to thank you again publicly. applause

wejust concluded the applause we just concluded the first meeting of the nato ukraine council and all our allies agreed ukraine because my future lies with nato, that is not a surprise to any of us. i hope it is not a surprise to you. allies all agreed to lift the requirements for membership action plan for ukraine and to create a path to nato membership, while ukraine continues to make progress on necessary reforms. we are not waiting for that process to be finished to make the long term commitments that we are making to ukraine's security. i shouldn't be so familiar, mr zelensky and i talked about the kind of guarantees to commit in the meantime. when i was in ukraine we met in other places. and so today the long—term commitments we are making are backed up by the notion,

and in the meantime we are going to provide security to ukraine against any aggression that may occur. today the members of the g7 are launching a joint declaration of support for ukraine and making it clear that our support will last long and in the future. this is a process by which each of our nations and any other nation who wishes to participate will negotiate long—term security commitments to ukraine. we are going to help ukraine build a strong, capable defence across land, air and sea from which we will force stability in the region and any and all threats. i want to thank my stability in the region and any and all threats. i want to my fellow g7 leaders and president all threats. i want to thank my fellow g7 leaders and president zelensky to make this happen. i zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a powerful statement, as think it is a powerful statement, its defence and freedom today, and zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and erful statement, zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and freedom ement, zelensky to make this happen. i think it is a and freedom today, and

as it rebuilds its future. we are its defence and freedom today, and as it rebuilds its future. we are going to be there as long as it going to be there as takes. i thank all my colleagues for as it rebuilds its future. we are going i be there as long as it rebuilds its future. we are going i thank are as long as it rebuilds its future. we are going i thank all as long as it rebuilds its future. we are going i thank all my .ong as it rebuilds its future. we are going i thank all my colleagues for their support. clarke thank you very much, mr president.— their support. clarke thank you very much, mr president. president biden, chancellor schwartz, _ much, mr president. president biden, chancellor schwartz, prime _ much, mr president. president biden, chancellor schwartz, prime minister, l chancellor schwartz, prime minister, president macron, prime minister trudeau, president michelle, it is a great honour to be here. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and a meaningful success for ukraine and a meaningful success for ukraine and i am grateful to all readers in need of congress for very practical and unprecedented support, considering the relationship support

for ukraine. today the way to nato and an important package of security guarantees. to date we are coordinating with g7 countries, the framework for security