russia steps up its retaliation against britain and other western countries, expelling more diplomats after the salisbury poisoning row. summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow, a string of staff from across europe are ordered to leave russia. gunfire at least 15 palestinians are killed after a mass protest on the border between gaza and israel. making the numbers add up — should teachers be asking parents to put their hands in their pockets to help school budgets? and eyes on the prize — anthonyjoshua and joseph parker weigh in for tomorrow's big fight. good evening. russia has expelled diplomats from 23 western countries, including germany, spain, croatia and britain,

following the salisbury nerve agent poisoning. in a specific move against the uk, moscow said british embassy staff had to be cut to the same number that russia has in its london mission. the foreign office described moscow's demand as regrettable but said it didn't distract from what it called russia's flagrant breach of international law. from moscow, sarah rainsford reports. it was quite a sight. a stream of ambassadors summoned to russia's foreign ministry. they came from more than 20 countries to hear their punishment. each one had backed britain, and accused russia of the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the german ambassador emerged to say moscow still has questions to answer over the poisoning. but his country is now losing four diplomats here. in total, well over 100 willjoin a mass exodus from moscow. there have been extraordinary scenes here all day, as, one by one, ambassadors have been called

eta")! moves made again!” . and today moscow decided to escalate. the british ambassador was summoned again, ordered to cut his staff even further. it's important to bear in mind why this crisis has arisen in the first place. it is the use of chemical weapons on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country. 23 british diplomats have already left this embassy. now the uk has the match its total diplomatic presence here to the russian headcount in the uk. this move is a clear sign that vladimir putin is determined not to give in under pressure. expulsions look so easy, you don't have to pay a high price on either side for expulsions, but it is not the case. i'm afraid if the whole fabric of the relationship gets thinner and thinner,

we have a real problem. but that problem is already here. western countries seem determined to show russia it has crossed the line, but the kremlin still calls the accusations against it outrageous and warns that further sanctions could follow. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. at least 15 people have been killed by israeli security forces along the israel—gaza border, according to the health ministry in gaza. thousands of palestinians joined a mass protest called by hamas, which controls gaza, and other palestinian groups. israel's military doubled its usual deployment of troops in the area just ahead of the jewish passover holiday and said it would act to stop any breach of its borderfence. yolande knell reports from jerusalem. a chaotic rush to the hospital, with hundreds of palestinians injured in gaza. a call for peaceful marches

turned to violence, as protesters headed towards the israeli border. israel's military says it used tear gas and opened fire to stop anyone illegally crossing into its territory or attacking soldiers. and this was just the start. palestinians are planning a series of protests until mid—may. that will be 70 years on from the creation of the state of israel. palestinians see it as their catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes, and many here have never given up their claim to the land. translation: we are here to stress our right to return. sooner or later, we must go back. translation: we want to tell the world that returning to our land is non—negotiable. but israel says gaza's leaders are cynically exploiting ordinary people to stir up unrest. translation: hamas and other

palestinian groups are calling their protest "the march of return". however, as events unfold, it's the march of chaos. these are aggressive riots. gazan families are now being urged to stay at protest camps along the israeli border, and that will ensure that tensions here remain high in the weeks ahead. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the ministry of defence has confirmed that a member of the uk armed forces has been killed in syria. our defence correspondentjonathan beale is at the mod tonight. what more do we know? well, a short statement from the mod saying, with regret, we must confirm a member of the uk armed forces was killed by a roadside bomb in syria yesterday while at soldier was

embedded with us forces. in a separate statement, the pentagon has confirmed that two coalition personnel were killed by a roadside bomb near the northern town of manbij, one of them we now know american, one of them british. this is significant because it is the first british soldier to be killed in combat in the fight against is. we know that british troops are on the ground training iraqi forces, that they have visited syria from time to time, but the government never confirmed that british soldiers are involved in the fight. of course, the modi has a long—standing policy of never commenting on the activities of uk special forces, but we understand this was a member of uk special forces. the incident is under investigation, a reminder that the fight against is is not over. all departing flights from london stansted airport were cancelled this evening, after a fire on a shuttle bus in front of the terminal. parts of the airport were evacuated whilst the fire, which was caused by an electrical fault, was put out. nobody was hurt, but officials say some areas of the building suffered smoke damage.

passengers were asked to leave the airport and re—book their flights. parents are increasingly being asked to contribute towards classroom basics such as textbooks, says the leader of the largest teachers' union. ahead of its annual conference in brighton, kevin courtney of the national education union, said that although more than £1 billion of extra funding has been allocated to schools in england, rising costs meant they still faced tough choices. our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports. they're not the only ones counting carefully. the budget is tight at this primary school. it's in west sussex, an area of low funding. we need to make sure it's the same amount in each quarter. parents paid for the rug in this classroom, part of a wish list set up online by one mum. that was a big shock to myself, when i came to the school and asked them to provide items that they really needed, and they were asking me to put on hand towels, tissues,

toilet roll, glue sticks, pencils, exercise books. they have to raise the funds somehow to provide all the children in the next school year with exercise books, and the money's not necessarily there. the online portal has raised £5,000 in a month, notjust from parents but from the local community too. schools can only ask parents for voluntary contributions. it's meant to be for little extras, but with budgets increasingly under pressure from rising costs, parents are finding themselves forking out for the basics. what's another question, max? some extra money is going to schools. more than £1 billion across england, a bigger share for west sussex, but the big cost is staff. teachers are asking for a 5% pay increase. the head here says it all feels too uncertain. my concern is that we're going to end up with a real yo—yo system,

where there'll be the teacher cuts, there'll be the redundancies, there'll be the school closures, and then all of a sudden, then more money will be put back into education butjust too late. so then what do we do? share them into quarters, what we now need to do? not enough teachers are training, too many are leaving. teachers' unions say a pay rise would help. they want the government, not schools, to find more money. and we can speak to branwen now. as well as pay, there's lots more being discussed at the conference. absolutely, reeta, notjust school budgets and pay but probably the most contentious debate here tomorrow will be one in which the union decides whether to tell off the head of ofsted. it is just a

couple of months since amanda spielman, the chief inspector of schools in england, gave herfull backing to a head teacher who was seeking to ban the hijab in a primary schooling is london. now, teachers here are saying that is an approach that is far too bland, that ofsted has overstepped the mark, that it should think carefully about all the many different reasons that muslim girls and women wear the hijab. and also reflect on the abuse that they sometimes get and whether seeking to ban it in any school might increase that. well, ofsted has said this evening in a statement that it has said this evening in a statement thatitis has said this evening in a statement that it is deeply disappointed that the accusation that it has politicised this debate, and it stands by its position that any head teacher should be able to make a very tough decisions about school uniform — if that involves looking after the welfare of children or making sure that community cohesion is at here too. essentially, we will

hear a call for a very considered, nuanced approach in which schools consult with local communities and reach their own decisions reeta. branwen, thank you. labour's leader has again said his party must do better at dealing with anti—semitism. in a message to mark passover, jeremy corbyn tried to reassure the jewish community that labour would "never be complacent" about the issue. it comes as 44 labour mps called on mr corbyn to suspend a senior official over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. our political correspondent iain watson is here. and there's been a development in that particular aspect of this story. tell us more. there has, reeta, briefly a bit of background, but a key political ally ofjeremy corbyn has resigned as chair of the powerful disputes panel for questioning the suspension of a council candidate accused of anti—semitism, and she has said she did not look at the evidence

initially, but she said the whole i’ow initially, but she said the whole row has been stirred up to attack jeremy. the labour leader's office, knowing how politically toxic that is, perhaps suggesting that some of his supporters are downplaying the important underlying issue of anti—semitism, 44 labour mps and peers already pressing jeremy corbyn to re m ove peers already pressing jeremy corbyn to remove christine shaw cropped from the ruling national executive committee. he has no formal power to do so, but i understand that christine shaw —— shawcroft will step aside if the labour leader wa nted step aside if the labour leader wanted to. some are trying to make this an acid test forjeremy corbyn, saying, we have heard your strong words against anti—semitism, now we need to see action. there's been a big fall in the use of bail following the introduction of a 28—day time limit last year. it's thought the number of people released from custody with bail conditions attached has fallen by about two thirds. a bbc freedom of information request responded to by 12 forces found over 3,000 suspects released

without bail conditions between april and june last year, including 31 murder suspects and 768 suspected rapists. malala yousafzai, the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prize, has told the bbc she hopes one day to move back to pakistan. she's currently on her first trip back there after she was nearly killed by the pakistani taliban in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education. she was brought to britain for treatment and has been living here ever since. she spoke to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani in the capital, islamabad. this was the last time malala was in pakistan, fighting for her life after being shot by militants. after nearly six years, she's now back and says she still can't believe it. it is emotional. each and every thing i see, it is valuable to me. even just this warm air, i value it,

and i'm enjoying it, and i am just so happy to be home and to put my feet on this land again. malala, though, has her critics in pakistan. many on social media accuse her of being a western agent. how does it feel when you read those kind of comments? firstly, i just want to understand who, why do they oppose me and what is the reason behind it? i want a better future for this country. that's why i started speaking out for girls' education. that's why i did not fear anything, and i said even if the terrorists attack me, it does not matter, i will continue speaking out. and it did happen, and i continued my campaign for girls' education. so my focus is only working for the good. it's 200 million people, and i know that 99%, more than 99% stand with me, support me, they believe in education, they believe in their daughters. yesterday, malala spoke at an event attended by the pakistani prime minister.

but she says she doesn't have political ambitions herself. so when i was 11 or 12 and when there was extremism happening in swat valley, at that time i thought by becoming prime minister, i can solve every problem, and i will eradicate all these extremists, and everything would be fixed. but i think now i have met many leaders and politicians and prime ministers, and it seems it's not that simple. i think my focus right now is continuing my work through malala fund and making sure we reach out to as many girls as we can — and there are 130 million girls who cannot go to school right now — to ensure that they can get quality education. i have no intention right now of politics. that was malala yousafzai speaking to secunder kermani. the prince of wales has recorded an easter message in support of persecuted christians and members of other faiths around the world.

he called for greater understanding between judaism, islam and christianity, and criticised anyone of any faith who resorts to violence and persecution of others because of their beliefs. here, the family of the comedy actor bill maynard has confirmed he's died at the age of 89. bill maynard first made his name in the itv comedy oh no, it's selwyn froggitt in the 19705 before starring in the popular drama heartbeat in the 1990s. cricket, and jonny bairstow hit an unbeaten 97 after a patchy performance by england on the first day of the second test against new zealand in christchurch. the tourists lost three wickets in nine balls before bairstow, aided by number nine batsman mark wood, steadied the innings to finish the day on 290—8. adam wild watched the action. after cricket's week of scandal, the hagley oval, a picture perfect place to rediscover the game's more beautiful side. a dismal performance in the first test, england, like the sport,

need to recover. this, though, not the way to go about it. alastair cook, gone, a fragility all too readily exposed. england's top batsmen once again falling in quick succession. root, malan, and then stoneman, a painfully familiar collapse, only given a temporary halt whenjonny bairstow sprang to the wicket, offering england a way to repair the damage. others though, seemingly intent on simply causing more. stuart broad, the seventh to go, bairstow again left to pick up the pieces. he passed 50 in fine fashion, supported by mark wood, who also reached his half century. bairstow finished the day three short of three figures, a recovery of sorts. after a difficult week, there remains a long way to go. adam wild, bbc news. tomorrow night, boxing heavyweight world champion anthonyjoshua is back in action, in one of the sport's biggest fights in recent memory. he faces the current wbo champion, joseph parker

from new zealand, in wales. our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. cardiff, a city steeped in history, but more recently renowned for hosting major sporting events. and they don't come a lot bigger than this. because anthonyjoshua is the biggest show in town. he's the man they've all come to see, the hopes of a nation on his shoulders. face—to—face withjoseph parker for the final time before they become the first reigning heavyweight world champions to box on british soil. two unbeaten records on the line, three world title belts up for grabs. never before hasjoshua fought with so much at stake. if i make a mistake, they‘re going to capitalise. so that's why i work hard and i want to improve, because i don't want to give them that chance, do you know what i mean? so i'm not going to sit here and say it's not a possibility. but i make the possibility slim

to none, by training, focusing and being in the best shape, physically and mentally. although a hero in his homeland of new zealand, parker is yet to compete on a stage of such magnitude, and victory would cause a huge upset. i can't wait to walk in front of 80,000 people and put on the best performance of my life. i've prepared for 12 rounds, but i know that if i clip him well, clip him in the right place, he's going down. and if he doesn't go down, i'm going to chase him, chase him until i get him out of there. joshua's rise has been spectacular. now, though, the pressure is on, and he will be desperate to deliver. that's all from me, stay with us on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. let's get more now on the situation at london sta nsted airport this evening — where all departing flights were cancelled — after a fire on a shuttle bus in front of the terminal.

parts of the airport were evacuated whilst the fire — which was caused by an electrical fault — was put out. bbc producer stephen fottrell was stuck at stansted airport and told me how he'd been affected. i was due to fly to shannon this evening and i, like many others, hundreds, well into the thousands here, at least a thousand people i would say, in the departure area, who are stranded at stansted. basically what's happened in the last half an hour that is initially it said on the board people were all congregating around the board to see what would happen and then particularly the ryanair what would happen and then particularly the rya nair flights came up particularly the rya nair flights came up one particularly the rya nair flights came up one by one cancelled and then started disappearing from the board. i was talking to people around me, i saw my flight come up as cancelled and people then asking

each other was your flight even on the board? each other was your flight even on the board ? a each other was your flight even on the board? a lot of confusion here. a lot of people stranded this good friday evening and there are a few representatives on the ground, ground staff who are strie are trying to provide information. but there us didn't seem to be any information other than your flight is cancelled. a lot of flights disappearing from the board which caused a lot of the confusion. we can see pictures of bus and it is burnt out, it shows how much of an impactan burnt out, it shows how much of an impact an incident like this has had on the functioning of the airport. what are you meant to do now? absolutely. when i got here, i was early for my flight after finishing my shift and i was standing outside like a lot of people for about two

hours trying to get into the building. i wasn't too worried, a fly a lot and my flight was cancelled due to the beast from the east a few week ago. so i'm not having muchjoy east a few week ago. so i'm not having much joy getting to ireland at the moment. scientists say it's the technology that could revolutionise computing. it's called quantum computing and for years companies have been vying to build a fully operational quantum computer, which could process information much faster than today's most powerful supercomputers. rory cellan—jones reports. copenhagen, and it's pretty cold outside, but inside a university lab, there's a place that's even colder. if you look right up here on this gauge, you'll see that the inside of that refrigerator is sitting at three hundredths of a degree above absolute zero. that's 100 times colder than deep space. this may be the coldest place in the universe. and this is why. embedded in this chip is a qubit, the building block for the computer of the future, which will only work

under these extreme conditions. microsoft is working with scientists here and around the world to build a quantum computer. they're confident they're about to make a major breakthrough. if they succeed, there's a huge prize. quantum really represents a giant leap forward from today's technology. we can begin to solve problems that would take us today more than a lifetime of the universe to solve, in seconds, hours or days. so how does a quantum computer work? drill down into a conventional computer and you'll find the bit, the basic unit of information, which is either a zero or a one. think of it as a switch which is either on or off. but at the heart of a quantum computer is the qubit, and the magic here is it can be both one and zero at the same time. the switch can be both on and off. this supercharges any computer programme, making impossible problems easy to solve. we could find answers to climate

change, make rapid progress in artificial intelligence, and break encryption — secure codes would be simple to crack. first, though, there are huge challenges in creating qubits stable enough to be useful in a commercial quantum computer. microsoft thinks it's got a unique way of doing that. by making a better qubit to begin with, you'll need fewer of them to build the full quantum processor. but there's stiff competition. google, ibm and scientists in labs like this one in london are all making breakthroughs, and so far they've made faster progress. so microsoft is starting further behind, they're still trying to demonstrate a single qubit, but their approach is unique. its qubits may be much better protected against errors, so if they get their one qubit to work, they could leapfrog these other approaches quite quickly. back in copenhagen, they're confident they're on the verge of a breakthrough which will lead

to a commercial quantum computer within five years. if that's true, and it's a big if, the world will change in all sorts of ways. rory cellan—jones, bbc news, copenhagen. we will look at tomorrow's papers at about 20 to 11 after the sport. but first the weather. southern areas we re very first the weather. southern areas were very soggy first the weather. southern areas were very soggy today. bromley and greater london. further north some decent spells of sunshine. for the easter weekend it is looking mixed with rain at times and snow in the forecast that could cause problems. it will always be cool, but still some brightness and drier interludes. that rain band across

the south will migrate north tonight. bringing wet weather to the midlands, northern england and eastern scotland. the north—west of scotland, northern ireland and the south—east of england will see some drier weather. saturday staying wet. some rain and hill snow which should tend to ease down in the afternoon. some mist and murk and fog too. the satellite picture for easter day shows we are in a window of fine weather in between weather systems. soi weather in between weather systems. so i think easter day is the best day of the holiday. we will start off chilly with some frost and some sunshine. but a lot of cloud building up. most places staying dry. the next bout of wet and windy

weather will get into the south west. this next system will give us some issues. notjust with heavy rain, but also with the risk of snow. as this rain pushes into the cold air mass we will see increasing amounts of snow across england, wales and northern ireland and southern scotland. not just wales and northern ireland and southern scotland. notjust over the high ground, but even down to lower levels. further south milder air, so it will be mainly rain. the north of scotla nd it will be mainly rain. the north of scotland should see the best of conditions for easter monday. but with that snow easter monday could be problematic if you're heading out. stay tuned to the weather forecast. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning ‘s papers in a little while, but first the headlines: russia has expeued but first the headlines: russia has expelled diplomats from 23 countries, including from britain and fourfrom countries, including from britain and four from france. countries, including from britain and fourfrom france. the kremlin has said it was good relations with

the west despite the continuing row about the poisoning of a former spy in salisbury. 15 palestinians have been killed according to the gaza health ministry after a mass protest on the border with israel. a british soldier working in syria with american troops has been killed fighting the so—called islamic state group. all departures from stansted are cancelled after a fire broke out on a car park shuttle bus. passengers have been asked to leave the airport and contact