is day one of wimbledon. novak djokovic takes to centre court. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in the occupied west bank where intense gun battles are continuing. hundreds of israeli soldiers are carrying out an assault on the city ofjenin. at least eight palestinians have been killed in gun battles have been continuing. it started with multiple drone strikes on the jenin started with multiple drone strikes on thejenin refugee camp. and israeli army vehicles, were seen moving in. israel claims, the camp contains a command centre for palestinian militants. across the jenin skyline, smoke has been rising for much of the day palestinian leaders say, it s an attempt to destroy a refugee camp and that innocent people inside the camp have been bombed. gun g u n battles gun battles have raged, with palestinians seen firing at israeli troops. vehicles have been firing tear gas
controversial end to the second ashes series. welcome back to verify life. a watchdog has found that uk drivers paid more for fuel at supermarkets last year because of a lack of competition between retailers. the competition and markets authority says drivers paid an average of an extra six pence a litre for fuel, with diesel 13 pence a litre more expensive. the government is now promising a change in the law to increase competition. simon williams, the rac s fuel spokesperson, gave us this reaction. yes, consumers have been overcharged for some considerable time. the rac has a programme called fuelwatch. we monitor the price of retailfuel but also, crucially, the price of wholesale fuel. and for the last three months, the price of diesel on the wholesale market has been lower than petrol. yet if you go to virtually any forecourt across the uk, you will see diesel being priced above petrol. now, that is simply not right, it s not fair. it doesn t reflect what s going on at al
a military operation. palestinian officials say it s an invasion. at least 8 people have died. we ll have the latest. joining me on the panel tonight joel rubin who served in the obama administration as assistant to the secretary of state, and paul waugh chief political commentator for the i paper. also on the programme tonight, people in france have been gathering outside town halls to call for calm after days of riots. police are bracing for more clashes tonight following the shooting of a teenage boy by police last week. just weeks after the secretary of state antony blinken met with xi jinping us treasury secretary janet yellen will head to beijing this week as the world s two biggest economies look to find ways to work together on trade. and, in the uk, last month was the hottestjune on record. but wildlife experts have warned the heat has caused the death of an unprecedented number of fish. hundreds of israeli soldiers backed by drones and armoured bulldozers are
no problems for women s number one iga swiatek too. and we saw venus williams on centre court today but her championship s over in the women s singles. chetan pathak s there for us. good to see you as always. venus williams looked like she was hampered to begin with today. yeah and frustrated hampered to begin with today. yeah and frustrated venus hampered to begin with today. 121i and frustrated venus williams. i m going to do a massive name drop right at the start, coming out of the lift in the media centre and be bumped into venus williams, who has just come out of a press, understandably disappointed with what happened on centre court, because she slipped, a nasty fall at the nets, and she already had strapping on her left leg and looks to have done more damage to that. she started well against ukrainian at that point, but then a big battle for venus williams to be competitive there after 43 years, a five time wimbledon champion, giving it everything. but it wasn t