jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. the event draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the walls plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away, hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan which manages the religious complex has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. our correspondent in jerusalem yolande knell has more on that. there are palestinian muslim worshippers who have remained in the mosque overnight. they have now located themselves on the courtyard there and have been conducting their prayers as israeli police continue to conduct visits around the site, escorting several hundred
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official confirmation of what led to the shooting but president biden has described it as outrageous and unacceptable. one of the four killed has been identified as philstavious dowdell by local media. he was a standout high school athlete and was planning to attend jacksonville state university on an american football scholarship. earlier, alabama police gave this update on the victims. some of those injuries are critical. they are in critical condition. and that s why it s so important that we absolutely need everyone to continue to pray for those individuals to allow them to recover from what very enduring, as well as their families. live now to our correspondentjess parker. i understand you havejust arrived there. can you give us arrived there. can you give us a sense of how the community is reacting? we a sense of how the community is reactinu ? ~ . , a sense of how the community is reactin: ? ~ . , ., , ., reacting? we arrived ust as a viuil reacting? we arrived ust a
let s start in the us, where there is growing footsteps. 0k. let s get started, shall we? the cameras do not want to play ball but i can walk back to this position. let s start in the us, where there is growing nervousness in financial markets over the possibility the us could default on its debt. a stand off in congress over plans to lift the federal debt ceiling which is currently at an eye watering $31.4 trillion has led to the cost of buying insurance against a us government default has moved to its highest level in more than a decade this month. so, later today, the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy will give a speech at the new york stock exchange, where he s expected to lay out the conditions republicans want democrats to agree to in exchange for movement on the debt ceiling. it sounds like a stand off. scott anderson is chief economist at bank of the west in san francisco. welcome to the programme. what will kevin mccarthy say? what is he going to p