hello, i m tanya beckett. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands of dues 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, 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 bank settlement t
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
indeed, a business delegation went as well, it seems emmanuel macron wants to take a measured approach for france to be able to choose its own foreign policy rather than having to just take one side.- just take one side. indeed. katie silver, just take one side. indeed. katie silver, always - just take one side. indeed. katie silver, always going l just take one side. indeed. | katie silver, always going to get you on newsday with your thoughts and analysis. thanks forjoining us. lots more on the bbc website on the story as well. if you re looking for more in depth analysis to head to the website or download the bbc news app, if you haven t done so already. i wanted take you to the middle east now. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands of dues 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,
hello, i m tanya beckett. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands of dues 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, 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.