said three important messages to date from the met office. we did not just break the previous record but we smashed it by huge margin and secondly that was made twice as likely because of man made climate change. and by 2050 we can expect every other tune to be as hot as this one. those are findings that we should all profoundly worrying. there s fierce fighting in the city ofjenin in the occupied west bank after israel launched one of its biggest military operations this morning. eight palestinians have been killed since israeli forces went into the refugee camp in the city in the early hours of this morning. israel said it had dealt a heavy blow to terrorist organisations , but palestinians have accused israel of a war crime. 0ur middle east correpsondent yolande knell is injenin. by dawn, the battles had been
palestinians have been throwing stones at israeli troops from behind burning street barricades. fighting is continuing and there ve been gun battles on the streets with palestinian militants seen here firing at the israeli army. israeli vehicles have been seen firing tear gas. an israeli spokesman said the palestinians killed were terrorists . in the past few minutes, the palestinian president a bass has suspended contact and security coordination with israel. the decision came after he held a meeting with the leaders of the palestinian authority. our middle east correpsondent yolande knell is injenin. by dawn, the battles had been raging for hours injenin. the 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 inside the city s crowded, decades old refugee camp.
terrace themselves injenin. but already palestinian protests have reached the gaza strip. and the longer this action goes on injenin, the greater the risk of a dangerous, wider escalation. yolande knell, bbc news, jennin. a man who claims he was sexually assualted by the hollywood actor kevin spacey has described him as a predator and told a court in london today that he was groped so forcefully on one occasion while driving that he swerved across the road. kevin spacey is facing 12 counts of sexual assault against four men which he denies. 0ur correspondent helena wilkison reports. kevin spacey, arriving at court for the second day of his trial, charged with 12 sexual offences, all of which he denies. today, thejury would hearfrom one of his four accusers. the actor, known for his 0scar winning performance in american beauty, was also the artistic director of the old vic theatre in london between 2003 and 2015.
just up on the hill. sometimes we get loud explosions as well. even though the israeli military has said this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, as journalists, this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, asjournalists, to get this is a closed zone, we are not allowed, as journalists, to get any closer, you can really get a sense from here of how intense the fighting is. in recent months many palestinians who have carried out deadly attacks on israel have come from this area. others have had here. even before today, jenin has seen repeated deadly israeli army raids. israel says it doesn t want to expand this military operation to other parts of the west bank. our goal is to focus only on the terrace themselves injenin. terrorists. but already palestinian protests have reached the gaza strip. and the longer this action goes on injenin, the greater the risk of a dangerous, wider escalation. yolande knell, bbc news, jennin. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, is injerusalem a