to next month s coronation. two british israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. the sisters were killed on friday afternoon in the north of thejordan valley, as they drove through tiberias. the attacker was shot dead by police. their mother, leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital, local media reported. the family lived in the settlement of efrat and were immigrants from the uk, the mayor said. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent a tweet containing the sisters names, and a photo of them, on saturday evening. these details come at a time when the region is seeing an upsurge in violence. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv a warning her piece contains some distressing details and images. last night, tel aviv s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout you can hear the fear of people filmin
Violence saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next weeks midterm elections. Mr biden accused the former President Donald Trump and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. It has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to 30 am here on bbc news. Now on bbc news, iran women rising. Chanting the death of a young kurdish woman in iran has sparked unprecedented protest across the country. The Security Forces have cracked down but, weeks on, there is no sign of the protesters backing down. Some of the biggest demonstration so far took place a0 days after mahsa amini died. The bbc cant operate freely in iran so we rely on people sending us videos from inside the country. This time, irans Tiktok Generation are at the forefront of this challenge to the islamic regime. Rights in iran. And the world 7 in early september, mahsa amini, a 22 year old woman, and her brother, travelled from a kurdish city in western iran to visit the capital city, tehra
we saw that in the cemetery women are throwing their scarves and it was as if, for the first time, the entire society was receiving women, showing this act, and it has taken a long time for women to achieve that. they have gone beyond their fear to communicate with the society and i think that was a turning point in the feminist movement in iran. women, life, freedom, the words chanted by protesters at mahsa s funeral, struck a chord in every corner of iran and before long protest spread like wildfire across the country. they killed mahsa for a little bit of hair, just a bit of hair was visible, and look what is going on now in iran, we are removing the hijab completely. because mahsa is not a death in iran, she is becoming a symbol of resistance against religious dictatorship. compulsory hijab and strict rules on women were imposed under the islamic revolution a0 years ago and now even high school girls are daring to challenge, removing headscarves and chanting death to t
ceremonies have been taking place in thailand to mark the start of a four day funeral for victims of a mass killing at a nursery. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today as workers walk out for the 11th time this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions in red, it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, a
violence saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in next week s midterm elections. mr biden accused the former president donald trump and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger and violence. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone to 30 am here on bbc news. now on bbc news, iran: women rising. chanting the death of a young kurdish woman in iran has sparked unprecedented protest across the country. the security forces have cracked down but, weeks on, there is no sign of the protesters backing down. some of the biggest demonstration so far took place a0 days after mahsa amini died. the bbc can t operate freely in iran so we rely on people sending us videos from inside the country. this time, iran s tiktok generation are at the forefront of this challenge to the islamic regime. rights in iran. and the world 7 in early september, mahsa amini, a 22 year old woman, and her brother, travelled from a kurdish city in western iran to visit th