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
pay £800,000 after a baby girl lived just 23 minutes. the death of tyree nichols, assaulted by five police officers in memphis. president biden has spoken to his parents tonight as they prepare to release police body cam footage. the chancellor says he wants the uk to become a technology superpower as he lays out his strategy for boosting the economy. and he is only 16 but he s already the best flat jockey and he is only 16 but he s already the best flatjockey in britain. we meet the teenager who is the and coming up on the bbc news channel: england s cricketers collapse in bloemfontain. they looked set for the win against south africa, but lose crucial wickets to go one down in the series. good evening. seven people have been shot dead tonight in a synagogue in eastjerusalem. a 14 year old boy is among the dead, and a number of other people were wounded. local media have been reporting that the attacker was killed by the security forces as he fled the scene. tensions have b
also tonight. the conservative chair nadhim zahawi, who had to pay a penalty to hmrc, has agree to allow a downing street inquiry to look at his tax affairs. transpennine express, which has cancelled so many services across the north of england and scotland, has apologised to customers. and gareth southgate tells us why he considered stepping down as england football manager and why he then decided coming up on the bbc news channel could marcello beat everton bound? he is in talks over the managerial vacancy. good evening. a transgender woman who raped two women when she was a man has now been moved to a men s prison in a case that highlights concerns about the safety of female prisoners being held with trans prisoners. isla bryson was sent to cornton vale women s prison in stirling after being convicted of raping two women when she was a man called adam graham. bryson decided to transition from a man to a woman while awaiting trial. the first minister nicola sturgeon annou
been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevi
a ukrainian military commander in the shattered eastern town of bakhmut has described to the bbc the fierceness of the fighting there. he said he hadn t seen russian forces fight anywhere else with similar determination, advancing under fire even when the ground was littered with their comrades bodies. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70,000 occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmutin the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and kramatorsk as well, the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. munitons explode. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like.