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♪ >> this is "bbc world news america." israel launches one of its biggest military operations in years. gun battles rage and tensions flare in the west bank city. >> you know israeli military has said this is a safe zone, we are not allowed to get closer. you can get a sense of how intense the fighting is. >> ukraine's counteroffensive inches forward. one of the biggest obstacles is lance minds -- landlines. plus a blast from britain's past. why they have re-created high street from the 1960's.

welcome to "world news america." our top story is the biggest military operation in the past 20 years in the west bank. officials say eight palestinians have been killed and at least 80 more injured. israel said it had dealt a heavy blow to terrorist organizations and prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the operation will continue as long as needed to restore calm and security. palestinians have accused israel of war crimes. >> by dawn, the battles have been raging for hours. israeli military used a surprise drone strike overnight to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. soon, armed palestinians were fighting back. hundreds of israeli soldiers are on the ground.

israeli military said they are seizing weapons and explosives and that this is a hornets nest for terrorism. there was a furious response from palestinian officials. >> what is going on is an attempt to erase the refugee camp and replace the residents. >> palestinian medics have been struggling to reach the dozens of injured. israel says it is acting on precise intelligence and does not seek to harm civilians but many have been caught in the crossfire. >> what is going on in the refugee camp israel war. every time we drive in with ambulances, we come back full of injured people. >> there are gunshots coming from the refugee camp up on the hill. sometimes we get loud explosions as well.

saidhis is a closed zone, we are not allowed as journalists to get closer, you can get a sense of how intense the fighting is. in recent months, many palestinians who carried out deadly attacks on israelis have come from this area. even before today, it has seen repeated deadly israeli army rates. israel says it does not want to expand the military operation to other parts of the west bank. >> our goal is to focus in this area and focus only on the terrorists. >> already, palestinian protests have reached the gaza strip. the longer this action goes on, the greater the risk of escalation. >> our correspondent is in jerusalem. we spoke with her. it is great to see you.

israel said these are strategic attacks and they are not targeting civilians but the palestinians are reporting civilian casualties. what do we know? what one of the big issues is how difficult it is to know exactly what is going on inside. this is one of the biggest military operations in years. we know hundreds if not thousands of israeli troops were involved. it is not unusual for an operation like this. communications have been severely restricted. it is hard to get phone signal. internet can be harder to come across. when we are trained to put together a picture of what has gone on inside, it makes it more difficult. that will be the case as long as the operation is ongoing. it is worth knowing the janine refugee camp is densely populated. narrow streets, buildings on top of each other, often several

generations of one family living in a small flat if not a single room. there are lots of civilians exposed in this area. that has been a real concern. the u.n. agency that represents palestinian refugees has talked about their concern about not just conditions in the camp but the potential exposure of civilians to what is going on with the exchange of gunfire and drone strikes which is unusual for the idf to do inside the occupied west bank. i think while the operation continues, it will be difficult to get a clear picture. we know the palestinian health ministry have said eight palestinians have been killed. they talk about perhaps 50 injuries. i think those figures will not be concrete until the operation is over and we can see what happened inside the camp. >> tell us more about the

location. we know many deadly attacks on israelis have come from ja nin. why is this city such a hot spot? >> it is one of the occupied west bank where you have disenfranchised youth who are very unhappy, deeply unhappy with the palestinian leadership because the palestinian authority which administers those parts of the west bank is a hangover from the peace process that was supposed to start at the time of the oslo accords. it never happened. a lot of the younger palestinians seek the palestinian authority and their leadership is not achieving their aims. they do not see a meaningful peace process happening. what they have chosen to do instead is armed resistance against the israeli opposition. they have been launching attacks

on israelis. the problem is the palestinian authority does not have any degree of control over militants in the areas anymore. it is difficult to predict how the problem will be solved. the palestinian authority leadership, they have been doing the same thing for a very long time. they have lost the trust and backing of the younger palestinians in these towns and cities. it is difficult to see how, if at all, they can win that back and what a new direction for those palestinian militants may be other than the attacks and violent resistance which is the path they are going along at the moment. >> thank you for your reporting. ukraine's president has described his country's counteroffensive against russia

as going slower than desired. one reason is that huge number of landmines left behind by russian forces. andrew has been to two areas on the frontline in eastern ukraine. he has more. >> we spent the last few weeks in eastern ukraine on a variety of frontlines and increasingly it has become apparent ukrainian soldiers, most advancing on foot, are struggling with russian minefields. we have seen injuries. we have heard stories from soldiers. we wanted to illustrate the growing threat and what has been an artillery war with shrapnel injuries. now infantry men concerned about the issue of landmines. we started our report on the southeast frontline in a recently liberated ukrainian village. a flimsy pontoon bridge as we had toward ukraine's southern front.

in a landscape blasted by artillery and rocket fire, a different danger now faces ukrainian troops as they fight to recover territory. russian mines, they are everywhere. soldiers stumbling across yet another on the roadside. >> it is still live. >> this is a claymore mine just discovered, still active. i think we need to move. >> well back. >> as we pull back, ukrainian engineers move incautiously to diffuse it. detonate it and you're talking about 30 or 40 casualties, he says. there are minds everywhere he says, they scare me more than anything else, two of our most experienced men lost a leg each this week. grim drone footage a ukrainian

unit trapped in a russian minefields. medics already treating several wounded men. then this soldier steps on another mine but somehow cloudburst to safety -- clamors to safety. we have to be ery careful where we walk. a lot of russian mines left behind in the fields along the front lines. vast acres of russian minefields. it is because of those minds, ukrainians say, they are struggling to make the kind of strategic breakthrough they need to change the course of the war. a ukrainian engineer some of the russian devices he has disarmed. both sides are accused of using banned antipersonnel mines. in his bunker, a ukrainian commander tells me it is

on course but going slowly. that is because unlike the russians, we are trying to keep our casualties for minimum, he says. could a ukrainian breakthrough be in order? intercepted russian messages hint at collapsing morale. 50 men ran away, this russian soldier is cut saying. for ukrainian forces, every step forward remains a risk. but they are advancing through the minefields nonetheless estate liberate their country field by field and trench by trench. one thing we heard repeatedly from a lot of ukrainian soldiers was to be paid sick, -- patient. do not rush to judge whether the

counteroffensive is working. it is still early days and ukraine has yet to commit its biggest supplies our reserves in western weaponry. although the mines will be an issue for a long time, the ukrainian's have a lot of fighting to do now, no one is expecting a sudden breakthrough. despite that, there is still plenty of optimism on the ukrainian side. >> andrew harding reporting. france is still reeling after five days of riots and protests triggered by the police shooting of a teenager during a traffic stop last week. president macron help meetings monday with national assembly leaders to discuss the riots. tom simons is standing by in paris tonight. mayors across france held rallies on monday calling for an end to the violence. we shot the grandmother of the teen shot also called for the violence to stop. is the message being heeded?

>> possibly. these are the tenement buildings at the base of which there has been much unrest. the 17-year-old shot dead by the police died not far away from here on a busy road junction. the hope is a turning point has been reached. possibly, that came in a southeastern suburb of parrots of parents at lunchtime when thousands turned out to support their mayor. his family were attacked two nights ago. they write home in the town and a car drove into their house. the mayor's wife was injured. luckily, he was not at the house. he managed to get away unscathed but he took part in the protest at lunchtime surrounded by his

townspeople. the message was clear, this has got to stop. the mayor told him there was a need for order and authority. during the protest, i did manage to catch up with him. i asked how his wife was and he said she was not well and it was a difficult situation. he also said this about the protests that just happened. >> what happened today shows when we are on our own, we are weak but when we are together, that is when we are strong. community is what we are trying to build. i hope this will spread across france at all levels of our fragile democracy. we need to rise up and show we want to get together and move forward. not only because there has been a tragedy but out of our pure will and love for our republic. >> interesting to see the report the mayor has received.

do you get the sense the solitary with protesters is waning? >> the protests have died down a little. there were protests last night. there were many arrests. there were buildings set alight. there were cars set alight, hundreds, but it was a little less serious in terms of destruction from what we have seen over the last week or so. there are lots of voices in the debate. i think that is what the government will be struggling with. there are people who want more policing. they want the policing to be tough and firm. there are people who want the justice issues they see at the heart of the dispute resolved. for example, the change to controversial police guidance that says the police can use firearms to stop cars and fleeing people. other people feel more needs to be done to improve the situation

of less well off neighborhoods like the one behind me. the president is going to meet members of the mayoral tease -- mayoralties of france. >> tom symonds reporting from paris. good to speak with you. let's turn to iran where there has been a wave of alcohol-related deaths. consumption of alcohol is illegal and punishments range from lashes to the death penalty. it means those falling ill after drinking often delay seeking help and the production is unregulated with deadly consequences. >> iran, a country where alcohol is strictly banned but produced

with such devices behind closed doors or smuggled into the country. those who drink risk going to prison or being whipped up to 80 lashes. if found guilty four times, one can be hanged. that has not deterred iranian youth like the ones in these videos obtained by bbc persia. toxic alcohol has killed some in recent weeks and left others blind. she is one of them. she was 24 and died almost two weeks ago. bbc obtained her toxicology result. it shows methanol was found in her blood. unlike her friends who received treatment and survived, she was taken to the hospital after a 24-hour delay. even then, she did not openly

admit to drinking, as her father recalled. >> the doctor asked what she had. she said nothing special. maybe there was some alcohol in my nonalcoholic ear, so doctors did not take it seriously. >> in recent days in the capital of tehran, two people have died and two went blind due to alcohol poisoning. 22 cases of intoxication and seven deaths were reported south of iran. in another province, over 180 were poisoned and 15 lost their lives. another province saw the death of three people. fearing retribution, some refuse to ask for help or tell the truth. that is why experts believe the number of victims are much higher. a doctor in iran told us this phenomenon is due to the ban and unregulated black market. >> the poison alcohol can be added even intentionally because there is no supervision of

production. due to the ban on alcohol, patients seek treatment very late. >> we spoke to an alcohol dealer in iran. he blames some black-market profiteers. for safety, he remains anonymous. >> some dealers get methanol from pharmacies and add it to make a bigger profit. >> despite the rising death toll, authorities have made it clear that alcohol will remain prohibited. >> let's take a look at headlines from around the world. police in hong kong say they will offer rewards of 100 $30,000 for information leading to the arrest of eight exiled activists accused of colluding with foreign forces and undermining national security. they include some of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists. the oscar-winning hollywood

actor kevin spacey was back in a london court for the second day accused of a dozen sexual offenses against four men which allegedly occurred more than a decade ago. one accuser described him as a predator. the actor has already pleaded not guilty to all charges. the u.k. had the hottest june on record last month. the average temperature came in at just under 16 degrees celsius or 60 fahrenheit. that beats prior records set in 1940 and 1976. climate change made the chance of surpassing the record twice as likely. the british high street has been a focal point of early life or decades. it is like america's main street with shops and vital services. but online shopping and chain stores have long threatened that way of life. now, the humble high street have become an actual museum piece. >> ♪ it's a lovely day today

so, whatever you have got to do you have got a lovely day ♪ >> welcome to a reminder of what so many of our high streets used to be like. some of the black country's best-loved shops are once again open and looking their best. if it is a much loved memory for you, this place is an aladdin's cave of chocolate nostalgia. >> what we are trying to do with the project is re-creating the high street of the 1940's to 1960's. it was the real heart of the community. >> it was not to place you came to buy a newspaper. >> absolutely not. it was the place for all the gossip. >> is quite a sad feeling as well about what has happened. >> i suppose there is melancholy. the high street as it was this not exist the same way it did.

yeah, i think that is the beauty of re-creating something like this. people still remember these buildings fondly. >> indeed, so much has gone. this is now a nail bar. the next door bank is empty. and this one closed for good seven years ago. but in the middle, she ran it for 56 years, and is pleased her. we'll live on in the museum. -- it will live on in the museum. i came here 1959 aged 29 >> and he retired aged? >> 85. hampton street was an extremely busy area where the trolley bus used to come along into deadly

-- dudley. there were lots of shops. we could not carry on. >> and now? while these shops are here, it is also the story of hundreds of similar places, now a museum exhibit. >> wimbledon kicked off today just outside central london. big crowds. there were a few surprises. some ups pets. and rain. it is summer in britain after all. one of the most surprising. venus williams crashed out in straight sets. she fell to the grass in agony as she twisted to reach a

volley. novak djokovic is through to the second round. that was after a substantial rain delay that saw djokovic trying to dry the grass with his towel. coco gauff fell to the qualifier in three sets. she continues to slide down the rankings since winning the 2020 australian open. before we go, the last surviving french soldier to land at normandy during the d-day invasion has died. he was one of only 177 rich nationals to join allied forces as they carried out the biggest sea invasion in history. he lost half of his unit in the invasion. he later became a campaigner for peace. a campaigner called him a local hero who was an ardent defender of freedom. thank you for watching "world news america." ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program

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one giant leap for mankind. amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. geoff bennett is away. on the "newshour" tonight, israeli forces strike a militant stronghold in the west bank, the first such attack in nearly 20 years. an exonerated member of the central park five discusses his historic primary win for new york city council. >> i've often said that those who have been close to the pain have to have a seat at the table. and so the beautiful thing about my story is that i've been in pain. i've been one of those people that was pushed behind pushed to -- pushed to the back of the line. amna: and the fight over abortion access comes to a head in ohio as advocates run up against a deadline for a ballot measure that would protect reproductive rights.