jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers. the event draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s 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. the funeral of two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank has begun. family and friends of maia and rina dee have gathered in the kfat etzion settlement for the services. the two young women aged 15 and 20 were killed on friday after their car was attacked in the north of thejordan valley. theirfather, rabbi
hello and welcome to the programme. i am lewis vaughanjones. jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers. the event draws tens of thousands of people, with crowds spilling out from the wall s 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. 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. the funeral of two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank has begun. the family and friends of maia and rina dee have gathered in the kfar etzion settlement for the services. the two young women aged 15 and 20 were killed on friday, after their car was attacked
rina maia dee. this is bbc news. hello there. good afternoon. weather fronts looming out towards the west, we will be seeing plenty of those into the start of next week. but for today, easter sunday, it is a very decent day of weather for the vast majority of us, from the highlands, all the way down to hampshire. sunny spells, rather hazy at times. there are some areas of cloud too. but enjoy the warmth and the sunshine while it lasts. it is going to feel very different next week, unsettled, wet and really very windy at times. there will also be a drop in temperature too, below the seasonal average. but it s warm out there for most of us at the moment. here is our weather front across northern ireland, giving outbreaks of rain, also for western scotland and western wales. by the end of the day in the far south west of england, some cloud out towards the north sea facing coasts where it is cooler. but for most of us, there are more sunny spells. highs of 16 or 17 celsius.
jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers. the event draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s 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. the funeral of two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank has begun. family and friends of maia and rina dee have gathered
the bbc s yolande knell is following events injerusalem. some really emotional and frankly distressing scenes at the funeral. yes, it s really quite a huge funeral, at least a thousand people crammed into the main building where the prayers are taking place but they have also spilled into the area outside as well know many young people there among the crowd crying and comforting each other, these two british israeli sisters, rina maia dee, who have been laid to rest in the settlement where they lived in the settlement where they lived in the west bank, they were driving through the west bank on friday on their way to a passover holiday in galilee, kind of a family convoy of several cars, their father told us, when they were killed by a suspected