Plus: Families sound the alarm about UK special schools, and Kamala Harris defends policy U-turns in interview ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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| Hello. As Israel carries on its military operation in the occupied West Bank for a third day, we hear from Lucy Williamson, who was reporting from the city of Jenin on Thursday. We're also looking at the key moments from Kamala Harris's first interview since her nomination as the Democratic candidate for the US presidency. Among other themes in your newsletter: pop music archaeology, office culture, and big cats. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Inside Jenin's sealed-off refugee camp | | A Palestinian man lifts his T-shirt to show Israeli troops he is unarmed. Credit: Getty Images | The Israeli military says it has killed the head of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in Jenin and two other fighters, during its third day of raids in the West Bank. Eyewitnesses say Israeli undercover forces tried to detain the men in a village near Jenin, one of the four cities being targeted by Israeli Defence Forces, before their car was struck by an Israeli drone as they were trying to flee. On Thursday, the streets of Jenin's refugee camp were "abnormally quiet", a resident told our correspondent Lucy Williamson. The camp was sealed off, she writes, and the phone network was down for much of the day, effectively putting the city into a news blackout. "There are many areas where we can’t deliver people any food or drink," camp resident Thaeer Shana’at told Lucy as he was stocking up on groceries outside the cordoned area. His wife and baby were still there. "They are scared to open the door," he said. "A sniper is directly stationed in front of the house."
The latest: Palestinian media reported that Israeli forces had withdrawn from Tulkarm, another of the targeted cities, after causing severe damage to buildings and infrastructure in the city's refugee camps.
Polio in Gaza: Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in the territory to allow for the vaccination of children against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Gazan blogger killed: A content creator who attracted a following on Instagram and TikTok by documenting daily life in Gaza has been killed in an alleged Israel strike. | |
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| Restrained and scared in special schools | There are more than 800 private special schools in the UK, catering for tens of thousands of children who have special educational needs and disabilities. Dozens of families have told the BBC how some of these schools have hurt their pupils academically and emotionally. |
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| | Charlene says she felt she had won the golden ticket when she finally found a specialist school in the south-east of England that would meet her children’s needs. After 40 schools had rejected her two autistic daughters, Isla, 13, and Skye, 11, she thought that, at last, this independent special school - costing the local authority £100,000 ($132,000) per child per year - would allow them to thrive. But after a huge turnover of staff, Charlene says the ethos of the school completely changed. At one stage, she says, her younger daughter was being restrained daily. "Most of the children were in absolute crisis," she said. |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | The man who rescues forgotten pop songs |
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| | | Rob Johnson has been responsible for 725 releases over the last six years. Credit: BBC | More than 100 million songs are available on music streaming platforms. Despite that, pop hits from the CD era are still missing from the internet. Rob Johnson's hobby is reach out to record labels for them to release the tracks. Mark Savage speaks to Rob about his unusual past-time, and to the singers whose tracks he has unearthed. |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Food for thought | Improving your nutrition can help you think better | |
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And finally... | A lioness rescued from war-torn Ukraine has taken her first steps outside at a sanctuary in Kent. Three-year-old Yuna, who has shell shock, is starting to venture out of her enclosure. Here are some pictures of the big cat. | |
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