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Thank you for being with us. What is your latest information on what is happening with this israeli operation . It happening with this israeli operation . Happening with this israeli operation . It is the largest Operation Operation . It is the largest Operation In operation . It is the largest Operation In the operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Operation . It is the Largesti Operation in the West Bank Operation . It is the largest Operation In the West Bank since 2002, and it is clear the Israeli Army is trying to bring the war of genocide and Ethnic Cleansing from gaza to the West Bank. Although the West Bank is under Israeli Military Occupation since 1967, so what you see is a unilateral war by a huge Israeli Army with Air Force attacking basically civilian population in the West Bank and they are using Military Arsenal to attack people under occupation, which is a Grave Violation of international law. Add to that, just now the Israeli Army declared they had made orders to the population of a Refugee Camp, you are talking about more than 12,000 people, to evacuate their houses and their homes completely. It is exactly like they have done in gaza where they forced people to be displaced and to leave their homes and become refugees again. And especially that these people in this Refugee Camp are already refugees displaced by israel 76 years ago in 19118. Flan already refugees displaced by israel 76 years ago in 19118. Item i already refugees displaced by israel 76 years ago in 1948. 76 years ago in 1948. Can i Ust Put To Ou 76 years ago in 1948. Can i ust put to you what 76 years ago in 1948. Can i ust put to you what the h 76 years ago in 1948. Can i ust put to you what the Israelis H 76 years ago in 1948. Can ijust put to you what the israelis are 76 years ago in 1948. Can Ijust Putj to you what the israelis are saying, they are saying this is a counterterrorism operation. A Military Spokesperson saying this Operation Today follows a sharp rise in militant activity in recent months with more than 150 attacks involving shooting or explosives from Tulkarm And Jenin in the last year and the military assessing there is an immediate threat to civilians, he said. Civilians, he said. How many israelis were civilians, he said. How many israelis were killed civilians, he said. How many israelis were killed during i civilians, he said. How Manyl Israelis were killed during the civilians, he said. How many israelis were killed during the last year . In reality most of the people killed our palestinians. More than 660 palestinians were killed in the West Bank including more than 160 children by the Israeli Army and by the israeli illegal settlers, Who Act as gangs under the protection of the Israeli Army. They have been responsible for most of the violence in the West Bank. And this is not the way to treat the situation. You Cant Use Army attacks and Air Strikes against the civilian population under occupation, it is totally unacceptable. But in our opinion this is the exact behaviour of this fascist israeli government which wants to annex the West Bank. And it wants to conduct Ethnic Cleansing of the West Bank. These are not my words, they are the words of ministers in israel, like the Minister Of Finance and the governor of the West Bank, also the minister of the West Bank, also the Minister Of Interior security. These are people in the government and thats what they declare continuously. Benjamin netanyahu himself has said so many times he will never allow palestinians to have freedom and a state of their own, so what is their goal . By settlement expansion, by conducting a war and civilian population, it is clearly to annex the West Bank, to kill any opportunity for palestinians to be free from this occupation. You have mentioned a free from this occupation. You have mentioned a couple free from this occupation. You have mentioned a couple of free from this occupation. You have mentioned a couple of israeli mentioned a couple of israeli government ministers, let me mention the foreign Minister Israel Catz who is saying the Military Today are operating in full force to dismantle an iranian islamic terrorist infrastructure and says iran is seeking to establish a new front against israel based on the model of gaza and lebanon, basically saying they are trying to open a new front in the West Bank. In the West Bank. Israel is always T Int to in the West Bank. Israel is always trying to use in the West Bank. Israel is always trying to use a in the West Bank. Israel is always trying to use a problem in the West Bank. Israel is always trying to use a problem with in the West Bank. Israel is always trying to use a problem with any. Trying to use a problem with any other country in the world to justify the fact that it is continuing to avoid the main issue here which is the palestinian issue. It wasnt iranians who were displaced by israel in 1948, it was palestinians. 70 became refugees because of israeli displacement and these people were not allowed to come back home. It is the palestinians occupied by israelis and they are trying to struggle for their Freedom And End and they are trying to struggle for theirFreedom And End occupation, so israel is trying to bring iran into the formula to cover up the reality which is that this is not a fair fight between two equal sides, it is an oppressor and oppressed. The oppressor is israel and the oppressed are palestinian people who have been subjected to the worst form of colonial system and occupation. It is an occupier which is israel and occupied people which are palestinians. Years ago, israel used to say their problem is with the Soviet Union and then it became egypt, then syria, then iraq, now it is iran, maybe tomorrow it will be azerbaijan, i dont know. The reality is their problem is with us, the Palestinians Oppressed and persecuted by them and occupied by them. ~ ,. ,. ,. ,. , ~ them. 0k, mustafa barghouti, Thank Ou Ve them. 0k, mustafa barghouti, thank you very much them. 0k, mustafa barghouti, thank you very much for them. Ok, mustafa barghouti, thank you very much for your them. 0k, mustafa barghouti, thank you very much for your time. Secretary general of the palestinian national initiative. To south korea, where a large number of online chatrooms have been found to be sharing sexually explicit deepfake images of women. In an emergency meeting, south korean authorities called on telegram and other platforms to work with them to delete and block this type of content. The images which are generated using articifial intelligence combine the face of a real person with a fake body. It comes as the founder of telegram, pavel durov, was arrested as he landed in paris over the weekend. Hes being held as part of a french probe into Child Abuse images, Drug Trafficking and fraud on the messaging app. Lets speak tojennifer moon, a journalist based in seoul who can tell us more about how common this is in south korea. How common do you think it is . Come on, i dont how common do you think it is . Come on. I dont want how common do you think it is . Come on, i dont want to how common do you think it is . Come on, i dont want to make how common do you think it is . Come on, i dont want to make any on, i dont want to make any comments on that, but the latest one being theres been a series of Emergency Meetings like you said since the president has called for Digital Sex Crimes to be thoroughly investigated. That in the wake of local Media Reports that sexually explicit deep fake videos of south korean women, especially that of underage girls, Injunior High Schools and universities, often found in Telegram Chat rooms. 0ne Telegram Chat room had a user of 220,000 people, that is sparking public outrage in korea. South korea has one of the fastest average Internet Speeds and with that, according to activists, it also has an acute epidemic of visual Sex Crimes including Revenge Porn and the use of Spy Cameras with inadequate legislation to punish offenders. This time round it is a deep fake digital sex crime. What deep fake digital sex crime. What can the authorities deep fake digital sex crime. What can the authorities do deep fake digital sex crime. What can the authorities do about this . Do they have the power to crack down on this . ,. , do they have the power to crack down on this . ,. ,. , on this . That is hard to say, we will have to on this . That is hard to say, we will have to wait on this . That is hard to say, we will have to wait and on this . That is hard to say, we will have to wait and see on this . That is hard to say, we will have to wait and see what l on this . That is hard to say, we will have to wait and see what comes about from these meetings, but online deep fake Sex Crimes cannot be left alone here in korea, i think surged by a double in the number. This year compared to the number in 2021 when they first began to collect data. Whats more interesting and more serious is the victims are usually female and include School Students as well as Women In Uniform in this country. Recently there has been deep fake abuse rapidly escalating in schools nationwide but whats more concerning here is the fact that the creators, a large number of offenders are also believed to be miners, according to a story. Jennifer, good to talk to you. Thank you, jennifer moon, a journalist based in seoul with the latest on the investigation. What happened to hundreds of people who apparently disappeared in bangladesh during the rule of ousted Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina . Human rights watch claims Security Forces were behind more than 600 disappearances during herfifteen Year Rule many being political rivals. Sheikh Hasinas Government consistently denied any involvement. Now the new Interim Government has set up a commission to investigate. Lets speak now to the bbc� s correspondent in dhaka, akbar hossein. How many people disappeared, and what will be the investigation into trying to find what happened to them . It trying to find what happened to them . ,. , trying to find what happened to them . ,. ,. , trying to find what happened to them . ,. , , them . It was a serious problem when Prime Minister them . It was a serious problem when prime Minister Sheikh them . It was a serious problem when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina them . It was a serious problem when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in power. The new Interim Government headed by the nobel laureate set up an independent commission which is set up of High Courtjudges and activists and university teachers, and they will identify the missing people who fell victim of forced disappearance during Sheikh Hasinas rule, and talk to Family Members and find out who is still missing. What find out who is still missing. What sort of people find out who is still missing. What sort of people were find out who is still missing. What sort of people were on find out who is still missing. What sort of people were on that list of missing . I imagine generally political rivals. Political rivals. Generally political political rivals. Generally political rivals political rivals. Generally political rivals but political rivals. Generally political rivals but we political rivals. Generally i political rivals but we have political rivals. Generally political rivals but we have seen people like journalists, people likejournalists, academics, human rights activists, they were missing and what we saw during Sheikh Hasinas rule is that two organisations including a spy agency, Military Agency of intelligence, they are blamed for these enforced disappearance. We have seen that they are accused of massive human Rights Violations and these forces were basically used for chasing political opponents when Sheikh Hasina was in power. Now the two organisations are scared of public backlash and in the meantime we have seen different Human Rights Organisations actually urged the Interim Government to disband this Elite Force and bring reform in the dgfi, the spy agency. It would be very difficult to maintain human Rights Situation in future, and thats why they are calling for that. In the meantime we have seen the united states imposed a sanction in bangladeshs Elite Force in 2020 14 crossed human Rights Violations so there is a lot of evidence these two forces they were involved with crossed mass human Rights Violation and also they were involved with enforced disappearance. That is why they are accused of human rights activists. � ~. , they are accused of human rights activists. � ~ ,. ,. , activists. Akbar hossein, thank you very much. Activists. Akbar hossein, thank you very much. The activists. Akbar hossein, thank you very much, the bbc activists. Akbar hossein, thank you very much, the Bbc Correspondent| activists. Akbar hossein, thank you l very much, the Bbc Correspondent in dhaka. Around the world and across the uk, this is Bbc News. Nfl Stars Travis and Jason Kelce have signed a lucrative Podcast Deal with amazon, reportedly worth One Hundred Million dollars. The three Year Deal gives the Companys Wondery audio network exclusive multimedia rights to the brothers� popular new heights podcast. The Super Bowl champions discuss Football And Share personal stories on the podcast, along with hosting celebrity interviews. The weekly series is one of the most popular podcasts on both the Apple And Spotify charts, particularly since Travis Kelce began his relationship with Pop Superstar Taylor swift. For more on this, lets speak to james cridland, editor of podnews. Thanks very much indeed for being with us. 100 Million seems an extraordinary amount of money to pay, doesnt it . Extraordinary amount of money to pay. Doesnt it . Pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty larte pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount of pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount of money. Pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount of money. It pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount of money. It is pay, doesnt it . Yes, it is a pretty large amount of money. It is the l large amount of money. It is the third biggest deal so far this year in terms of the podcasting world. Call her daddy slightly more money, and Joe Rogan who signed with spotify for 250 million, but even so, 100 Million is a pretty big sum of money. So, 100 Million is a pretty big sum of mone. �. ,. ,. , of money. And how much of that is down to the of money. And how much of that is down to the taylor of money. And how much of that is down to the Taylor Swift of money. And how much of that is down to the Taylor Swift factor, of money. And how much of that is down to the Taylor Swift factor, do | down to the Taylor Swift factor, do you think . Down to the Taylor Swift factor, do ou think . ,. ,. ,. ,. , you think . There is no doubt about the ta [or you think . There is no doubt about the Taylor Swift you think . There is no doubt about the Taylor Swift effect. You think . There is no doubt about the Taylor Swift effect. We you think . There is no doubt about the Taylor Swift effect. We covered a story at The End of last year from a story at The End of last year from a company called Edison Research and they said once the relationship became public, the audience got 4. 5 times larger and the audience changed from being 68 mail to 50 female, so very clearly Taylor Swift has had an impact on it, and in fact the Show won a podcast of the Year Award earlier this year, specifically because the kelce brothers had asked Taylor Swift fans to vote for it and released a thank you thanking them for that. So very much Taylor Swift has had a big effect, i would have thought, much Taylor Swift has had a big effect, iwould have thought, on this Show. Effect, i would have thought, on this Show effect, i would have thought, on this Show. Yes, lots of swift Fans Listenint this Show. Yes, lots of swift fans Listening In this Show. Yes, lots of swift fans Listening In. What this Show. Yes, lots of swift fans Listening In. What sort this Show. Yes, lots of swift fans Listening In. What sort of this Show. Yes, lots of swift fans| Listening In. What sort of podcast is it . Do they talk about taylor or mainly nfl . Is it . Do they talk about taylor or mainly nfl . There is a very small amount of mainly nfl . There is a very small amount of taylor mainly nfl . There is a very small amount of Taylor Swift mainly nfl . There is a very small| amount of Taylor Swift information and it is mostly nfl and interviews as well. There is a very, very small amount of mentions of Taylor Swift. I would say it was the fourth biggest Show in the first quarter of this year in the us. Its dropped in quarter two to 14, so in some senses it has perhaps already peaked. Part of the plan by wondery is to make sure it is translated into a bunch of languages like german, spanish and portuguese, because thats where they see there being quite a lot of growth for this Show. I they see there being quite a lot of growth for this Show. They see there being quite a lot of growth for this Show. I suppose the more broad growth for this Show. I suppose the more broad Point Growth for this Show. I suppose the more broad point is growth for this Show. I suppose the more broad point is how growth for this Show. I suppose the more broad point is how successful| more broad point is how successful podcasts are these days and how much money potentially they are worth. Yes, more and more people are listening to podcasts all the time. There was a bit of a bubble a couple of years ago and we have seen a bit of years ago and we have seen a bit of a Market Correction there but in terms of, you know, there are more than 4 Million different Shows, but there is a lot of money in a in very successful Shows and i suspect we will see more of these types of deals as we go on. Deals as we go on. Thank you very much for your deals as we go on. Thank you very much for your time, deals as we go on. Thank you very much for your time, James Deals as we go on. Thank you very l much for your time, james cridland. Lets go from Taylor And Travis to barbie. Last summer, millions of people across the world wore pink as the Barbie Movie dominated the Box Office and became a global sensation. Well, now theres barbie the Flip Phone. Hmd global makers of the Nokia Phone have teamed up with the toymaker mattel. The aim is to help parents who want to give their children phones while also protecting them against the dangers of Social Media. Our technology editor, zoe kleinman, has more. Barbie, a 65 year old brand which was given a new lease of life last summer when the star studded film hit cinemas, is back again. Hi, barbie this time its in the form of a Flip Phone made by the Mobile Phone Company hmd, the same Budget Brand behind nokia. Its a feature phone, also sometimes called a dumb phone, meaning theres no access to Social Media and it can only perform basic functions like Texting And Calling. As concerns about the pressures of digital life on young people grows, hmd hopes devices like this might prove popular with children and indeed adults looking for a digital detox. I asked the firm whether the handset will live up to expectations among young people as it tries to compete with smartphones. We are very clear when we say, like, this phone comes without Social Media, and because weve seen this surge in actually young people wanting to have a digital detox, no, this is actually delivering on what theyre demanding right now. I think when we are talking about barbie, thats also like theres a lot of good values with barbie. It convinces the parents about, like, yes, you believe in the brand. I made this my phone for one day, and it certainly was an effective digital detox because there really isnt a lot you can do on it. You can get online, but its impossible to read. Theres no app store, no front facing camera, and only one game. And while you can text, the Barbie Phone doesnt recognise the Default Message setting thats on plenty of smartphones, so you might not get any replies. While this will undoubtedly appeal to some parents, some Industry Experts question its broader appeal. Perhaps in that kind of 7 to 10 year old before you go to secondary school, and theres an expectation that smartphones are almost a birthright, thats an opportunity. However, the grim reality is when i talk to people whove got smartphones and explain to them the implications of giving up their smartphone for something much more basic, its a pretty tough sell. Yeah, i already have tiktok. We decided to put the phone to the test with its key target audience. So id like if there was things like google and you could take pictures, and more games. I probably wouldnt use a phonel like that because it doesnt have all the apps that i usually like to use. Personally, its something that im really worried about for my daughter. In terms of introducing children to using a phone with restricted kind of access to Social Media, i get on board with that. Hmd says it would welcome apps like whatsapp on board with barbie, but whatsapp says not all Operating Systems work with its service. For now, Texting And Calling is going to have to be kenough. Lets speak to Hannah 0ertel who is the founder of Delay Smartphones a Campgain Group that advocates for delaying the age parents allow kids to have smartphones. Do you approve of this barbie Flip Phonein do you approve of this barbie Flip Phone in that case . Phone in that case . Yes, its a brilliant device, phone in that case . Yes, its a brilliant device, its phone in that case . Yes, its a brilliant device, its marketed| brilliant device, its marketed towards children and i think its funny that their children jusT Interviewed there who said they wouldnt want it because it doesnt have ticked up, children of that age should not be on Social Media at all so i think introducing this kind of phone to kids is great. It gives them that independence. They can be out of the house when they are walking to school or going to the park on their own, they have a way to contact parents but also friends and thats really what the phone is for, to speak to people and communicate when we are not with them. When we think of phones now, we have a smartphone that really is so far away from what a phone was originally intended for. It is that tiny computer in your pocket, and thats what we are giving children, thats what we are giving children, that unsupervised access to the internets, not phones like this great Flip Phone. I internets, not phones like this great Flip Phone. Internets, not phones like this great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids beint great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids being very great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids being very happy great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids being very happy to great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids being very happy to have great Flip Phone. I can see younger kids being very happy to have this| kids being very happy to have this barbie Flip Phone, but as they get older of course there is the peer pressure, why havent you got a proper Smartphone And Access to instagram and the rest of it . Yes. Instagram and the rest of it . Yes, and i instagram and the rest of it . Yes, and i guess instagram and the rest of it . Yes, and i guess Thats Instagram and the rest of it . Yes, and i guess thats what instagram and the rest of it . Yes, and i guess thats what We Instagram and the rest of it . Yes and i guess thats what we are trying to do, change the Status Quo as it is at the moment because its really a very short amount of time that things have changed. It is just over a decade that we have gone from a play based childhood to a phone based childhood so the generation that did get the phone is very young, smartphones, we are seeing a mental Health Crisis they are in now and all the harmful effects are widely reported. There is so much evidence that smartphones and Social Media are very harmful for children. Explain a bit more about that, what sort of harmful effects . In 50 explain a bit more about that, what sort of harmful effects . Sort of harmful effects . In so many different aspects. Sort of harmful effects . In so many different aspects. This sort of harmful effects . In so many different aspects. This is sort of harmful effects . In so many different aspects. This is the sort of harmful effects . In so many different aspects. This is the mostl different aspects. This is the most addictive device thats ever been created, and giving them to the hands of children whose brains havent fully developed yet, obviously that has a big impact. But also the physical effects, the impact on their spine and neck, the weight of a Childs Head is three to four kilos and when we are looking at phones we are in a bad posture with our heads hanging down so the impact of that for many hours a day that normally kids who have smartphones are on them. The impact on their eyes, we are supposed to change our focus constantly and when we are on phones we dont do that. But then the aspect on their mental health. We know kids are much more lonely than they have ever been, and they are getting exposed to things online that can be very harmful. As parents i could have Instagram Or Tiktok and the algorithm i would see would be very different to a ten year old child so parents can get lulled into a false sense of security because they dont see anything, but then what their child will see is very different. So when we give our children smartphones, we are giving them that unsupervised access to the internet and its very easy for children to be manipulated by adults online. That is when for example we see the fastest growing crime against children right now is sextortion. There are so many reasons why smartphones are harmful. Thank you for listing them. Hannah 0ertel, thank you very much indeed, founder of Delay Smartphones. And you are watching Bbc News, do stay with us. Good afternoon. Its a messy midweek picture, weatherfront good afternoon. Its a messy midweek picture, Weather Front out to the west often producing rain, some of it heavy at times, but further east we have had sunshine and warmth, temperatures perhaps across south East England getting into the mid possibly high 20s. These Weather Front still slowly pushing their Way Inland will turn the sunshine increasingly hazy, and once they move through, noticeably fresher. As we go through the rest of the afternoon, the heaviest of the rain to the far North West of scotland and Northern Ireland. The first Frontal System will start to ease into a band of cloud, may be some isolated Showers, but look at the warmth. Temperatures maybe as high as 28 degrees in the south east, 82 fahrenheit. Noticeably fresher where you have the rain persisting. That will move east out of scotland through the night. We have some Clearing Skies but temperatures not falling too far. Double figures quite widely across the country for first thing on thursday morning. Thursday will be a quiet day for many. We have the Showers out to Western Scotland that will drift inland. Some into Northern Ireland, but on the whole england and wales, it will be settled and sunny with temperatures 14 to 19 across scotland and Northern Ireland. Into friday, a similar story. A lot of dry weather around. 0n the whole we will keep some sunshine. Could be misty across Northern Ireland and southern scotland, maybe some early Morning Drizzle as well but temperatures are similar values to thursday. As we go into the weekend, the High Pressure stays with us. The Wind Direction might swing round to more of an easterly so a fresh appeal on the exposed east Coast Spot a lot of dry weather in the forecast as you can see. A pleasant weekend ahead for many of us. As we go into the first full week of september, what a surprise, many schools heading back after the Summer Break and the High Pressure will stay with us. It will be settled and warm by Day But Cooler by night. Today at one the chancellor defends her decision to drop Winter Fuel payments for some pensioners despite rising energy bills. Its as charities meet Energy Companies, and warn that millions face difficult months ahead trying to stay warm in winter. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing record numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. Also on the programme doctors call for a ban on flavoured and disposable vapes to protect children against what they call a growing epidemic in the uk. Israels Security Forces launch one of the largest military operations in decades in the occupied West Bank. Paris prepares for the paralympics, with the games� opening ceremonyjust hours away. Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin alive. Remember, dial 999, push hard and fast to stayin alive. And how a Vinniejones Lesson in cpr from ten years ago is still saving lives. And coming up on Bbc News. After ten months out for a betting ban, newcastles italian Midfielder Sandro Tonali is in line to make his return in Tonights Carabao Cup tie. Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at 0ne. The chancellor has defended the decision to restrict Winter Fuel payments, as Energy Companies and charities are meeting with ministers to discuss