hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalem s western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, the wailing of rina s teenage school friends filled the prayer hall. theirfather, a rabbi, bent low over their bodies. the pain on his face hidden for a moment, in a last embrace with his daughters. today, thejewish people have proven that we are one. we are united. this simple, quiet family is devastated. the whole country hurts. maia was 20 years old when she died, rina was 15. their mother, still unconscious in hospital, doesn t even know yet they are dead. they were travelling from their west
it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with china and taiwan because china s military has carried out another day of simulated attacks on the self ruled ireland of taiwan. chinese state media say operation joint sword is using all elements of the military to prac s simulated precision strikes on key targets. meanwhile, the darwin s defence ministry says it has spotted 70 fighterjets and bombers and ii fighterjets and bombers and 11 navy vessels on sunday. the drills began shortly after taiwan s leader angered beijing by meeting the us house speaker gavin mccarthy in california, a move that china considers to be fuelling calls for independence for the island that it considers its own. for more on this story we can speak to katie silver who has been looking into the details of this for us will not grow to get you on newsday. i understand there has been reaction from the united states about these drills, whatever they said. about these drills, whatever they
on television at windsor castle. princess royal is expected to attend in her place. we ve had that news in the last few minutes. let s join my colleague katty kay, who is on the mall for us today. another who is on the mall for us today. disappointment fo majesty another disappointment for her majesty and of course for all of the people who have turned out hoping to see her. we were hoping to see her today at the service of thanksgiving but we heard he had some discomfort yesterday after appearing on the balcony in the palace are confirming she will not be attending the derby tomorrow to watch the horse racing there. helena wilkinson is at windsor castle. what do we know? yes, we have had this news in the last couple of minutes that, from buckingham palace, tomorrow, not black part of the platinum jubilee celebrations but the queen was hoping to go to the epsom derby, that big horse racing event, an annual event that she absolutely loves to go to. we are well aware of her lov
just 26 days to go with king charles s corn nation, we can bring you breaking news about the ceremonial celebrations is. buckingham palace hasjust buckingham palace has just released buckingham palace hasjust released a wealth of fresh details about the process route, the carriages and the priceless crown jewels chosen to play a starring role. without further ado here is the latest from our royal correspondent. less than four weeks now to their big day, and preparations for the coronation of king charles iii and the crowning of camilla as his queen are in full swing. first the route that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again has been confirmed. from the palace, down the mall to trafalgar square and then down whitehall, around parliament square to the abbey s west door, the return route will be the same journey in reverse, door, the return route will be the samejourney in reverse, a much shorterjourney the samejourney in reverse, a much shorter journe
a mass prayer that was taking place at the western walljust below, that had brought thousands ofjewish worshippers into the old city. i mean, that went off in the end without incident. also at the holy sepulchre church, which is quite nearby, easter sunday services happened without incident. that was yolande knell, reporting on that story for us. and some breaking news for you this hour with just 26 days to go to king charles coronation, we have fresh details about the ceremonial celebrations. buckingham palace hasjust released a wealth of information about the procession route, the carriages and the priceless crown jewels chosen to play a starring role. without further ado, here s the latest from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. less than four weeks now to their big day,