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
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
the us government s urgently investigating the leaking of dozens of intelligence documents on social media. the bbc s seen some of the documents, including detailed accounts of the training and equipment being provided to ukraine. some of those leaked are labelled top secret. others appear to suggest the us had intercepted official communications of an ally, south korea. the bbc s carl nasman is in washington with more details. these documents have been circulating online for several days now, us officials clearly concerned about the impact of them, especially when it comes to security, and the most recent statement from the pentagon official saying they are working to any potential impact on us security as well as its partners and allies. they are also working to determine the veracity of the documents but officials do say they believe they contain classified and highly sensitive materials, a criminal investigation has been opened into this case, which is believed to be the
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months to last the end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that is fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the edge of cooperation between communities and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost a mill