but we pray and we work for ukraine and russia. for israel and palestine, with the recent tragedies, especially. and for the other so often forgotten struggles of our world, knowing that because of the resurrection, peace, true peace, is no aimless daydream, but a reality offered because christ was raised from the dead. king charles has attended his first easter sunday service as monarch alongside the queen consort and other senior members of the royal family at windsor castle. the event is a staple of the royal calendar and took place in the isth century st george s chapel, which is also the late-queen s final resting place. some breaking news coming in to us now. in france. at least four people have been killed in an avalanche at a popular skiing area in the french alps. the interior minister, gerald darmanin, said several more people were injured and that a search and rescue operation was underway
stand off and then at the same time a mass prayer took place at the western wall just below with thousands ofjewish visitors there eight passover priestly blessing and close by it was packed in the sepulchre church, with many local palestinian worshippers as well as people who had come from overseas for the holiday period. for the holiday period. thank you very much for the holiday period. thank you very much for for the holiday period. thank you very much for that. some breaking news coming in to us now. at least four people have been killed in an avalanche at a popular skiing area in the french alps. the interior minister, gerald darmanin, said several more people were injured and that a search and rescue operation was underway on the armancette glacier. rescuers are using helicopters and dogs to search for survivors. saudi and omani negotiators have joined yemen s houthi rebels in the country s capital sana a.
this christmas in the dark and cold, farfrom their homes, due to the devastation and destruction caused by ten months of war. may the lord inspire us to offer concrete gestures of solidarity to assist all those who are suffering, and may he enlighten the minds of those who have the power to silence the thunder of weapons and put an immediate end to this senseless war. tragically, we prefer to heed other counsels dictated by worldly ways of thinking, yet who is listening to the voice of the child? around 10 people were buried in an avalanche in western austria. it happened in the lech zuers free skiing area
we re getting word that the president of france francois hollande. has said this the conditions of the accident are not yet clear, but lead us to believe there will be no survivors. we know fred again maybe can you talk to as you little bit more about that area. midway through the route between barcelona and dusseldorf. the belief that it crashed somewhere in the french alps the terrain is going to be challenging. to get to go win with. we believe that some debris has been spotted? they re saying that apparently the debris or some of it was spotted outside of a village there in the french alps. they say the area is a very mountainous area fairly well developed. there are villages in the area and in those areas, i think this is very important. the mountain rescue crews there are on standby all the time this is a skiing area it s a hiking area there s a lot of people
students and two teachers from a local high school may have been onboard that flight. you were mentioning footage coming into cnn of rescue operations where we re seeing rescue team helicopters on the ground preparing to take off helping with recovery. we reported in the early mornings of today that it s a difficult terrain. very mountainous terrain. very difficult to get to plus obviously very cold. this is a skiing area. a lot of skiing in this area and with that lots of fresh snow and fears of avalanche so highly risky. i was hearing from french media as well that by foot it takes about 2.5 hours climb to go to the safest part of that mountain. access to it is mostly done by helicopter. this is something french authorities have been saying that this could take days to actually get to the site.