bright weather with sunshine, just some showers towards the north and north west of the country. further south, 1a degrees or so should feel fairly pleasant. it remains cool through the rest of the easter weekend with a mix of sunny spells. for some of us a bit of rain too. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the commander of american forces in afghanistan says dropping his country s most powerful non nuclear bomb on islamic state was the right thing to do. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside oui’ in our mission to fight alongside our afghan comrades to destroy isis in 2017. a british tourist, thought to be aged in her 20s, has been stabbed to death on a tram in jerusalem s old town. a man was arrested at the scene. an operation to move up to 30,000 people from four besieged towns in syria has begun. it comes ahead of talks in russia between the syrian regime and its backers. unions representing half a
welcome to bbc news. the afghan government says 36 so called islamic state militants were killed when the united states dropped one of its biggest non nuclear bombs in the eastern province of nangarhar on thursday. the commander of us forces in afghanistan, generaljohn nicholson, said the attack had been coordinated with the government in kabul and that no civilians were harmed. our south asia editor jill mcgivering reports. this is american hard power in action. the moment the us dropped, for the first time, the biggest non nuclear weapon it has. it was a moab, nicknamed the mother of all bombs , and it was targeting underground bases in eastern afghanistan, a stronghold of the so called islamic state group. the us military insists afghan leaders gave full approval. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades to eliminate this threat to the afghan people, especially the people of nangarhar, to