this is bbc news. the headlines — two men accused of carrying out beheadings for the so—called islamic state complain that they won't get a fair trial after losing their british citizenship. the mother of one victim, james foley, says britain and the us must hold the men to account as the uk resists calls for them to face trial here. i think there may be some argument that the international community should be working together to see if individuals who have committed these crimes can be brought tojustice. the senior labour party official, embroiled in an anti—semitism row, has stepped down from the party's ruling executive. more british diplomats have been ordered to leave moscow by the kremlin in the continuing row over the use of a nerve agent in salisbury. also in the next hour, the funeral for professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on forever.

the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. and we'll take another look at tomorrow's papers at 11:30. the observer says that one of labour's biggest donors no longer feels any affinity toward the party in light of the anti—semitism row. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there's a warning that two british men detained in syria, accused of being members of an islamic state gang that murdered dozens of hostages, could escape justice. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, were captured by kurdish fighters in january. britain is resisting calls to bring them to the uk to face trial, and there are reports they've been stripped

of their british citizenship. relatives of some of their victims have said britain and america must quickly reach agreement on bringing the men tojustice. duncan kennedy reports. the two men were picked up by kurdish forces in northern syria injanuary. they had been part of a sadistic gang of british is fighters that tortured and beheaded dozens of hostages. four of them stood out for their brutality. mohammed emwazi, known asjihadijohn, found dead. aine davis, now injail. and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and elsheikh. they're accused of at least 27 beheadings, including alan henning, an aid driverfrom eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth. now, in comments which have outraged their victims‘ families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of their hostages " reg retta ble".

they also say the uk has illegally withdrawn their citizenship. one of their victims was the american journalist james foley, here in the helmet. his mother says she's worried the men could escape if there's a delay in dealing with them. if somebody doesn't take the leadership and take them to trial, i fear they'll get away or something else. i am concerned that the international community and our government, the us government, and the uk, need to work together to hold them accountable. but that raises the question of where the two men should be held accountable. the home secretary, amber rudd, hasn't confirmed they have both been stripped of their british citizenship. what is known is that the uk has been speaking to the americans about them, and that the last thing britain wants is to have them back here to stand trial. a view endorsed by the government's legal and political supporters. i'm sure it would be

desirable that individuals against whom there are serious allegations, should be brought to trial. but that's not to say that the home secretary is wrong in her view that they should be deprived of british citizenship, which i understand she's done, although it hasn't been confirmed. and, therefore, has no desire to bring them into this country to try them. but others say as the men spent most of their lives in britain, it's british justice they should face. we have a duty, i think, to try them, fairly as we will, and to punish them heavily. and to show the world just how british justice works. elsheikh and kotey stand accused of the most barbaric crimes. where and when they answer for them is now the subject of intense international debate. duncan kennedy, bbc news. christine shawcroft has resigned from labour's ruling body as the anti—semitism row continues. miss shawcroft was under pressure to resign after 44 labour mps and peers signed a letter

tojeremy corbyn over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. the comedian, eddie izzard, will replace her on labour's national executive committee. a short while ago, our political correspondent chris mason gave me more details. she's concluded that the pressure simply was not going to go away. this all came about as a result of her saying that a council candidate who'd been accused of anti—semitism should be allowed to stand in the local elections coming up the month after next. she had subsequently said she hadn't read the information about this guy sufficiently rigorously and apologised and was absolutely clear that she thought anything that was anti—semitic was utterly indefensible. but the pressure grew, as you say, from these mps and peers who were saying tojeremy corbyn, 0k, she has said she will step down from this dispute panel that looks into disciplinary matters within the labour party, but what about her seat on the national executive committee,

the very governing body of the labour party? the line that came from senior labour figures is that she was elected to this position, so it's not the role of anybody within the party to forcibly remove her. some of the argument from criticheremy corbyn was, well, hang on a minute, if the leader publicly said her position is untenable, she might be elected, but you would have to go. russia has told britain it must cut a further 27 staff working in the country in a worsening of relations following the salisbury nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter. it's not clear whether the staff affected are diplomats or local workers. more than 100 russian diplomats have been expelled by dozens of countries in response to the poisoning. our news correspondent simonjones has been following developments in salisbury. given that the british authorities were so quick to point the finger at russia in the wake of the attack here for being responsible, it might seem extraordinary that the british government is now

considering a request from russia to be granted access to yulia skripal in hospital. the key thing here is going to be what yulia skripal herself wants. the big question — is she going to want any contact with the russian authorities, and even if she did, is she likely to be well enough any time soon for that to happen? now, the russian authorities say it is their right to have contact with her, and they've also listed 27 questions that they would like to ask the british government about the attack here, and also about the treatment that she is receiving in hospital alongside herfather. they want to know why the treatment she is getting seems to be getting greater effect than on her father, who remains in a critical condition. they have also asked to see photos of yulia and sergei skripal

in hospital to prove they are indeed here in salisbury and that they are indeed alive. there hasn't been a response to that from the foreign office, but what they say is they will consider russia's request under international law, but they're stressing yulia skripal‘s rights will be the number one priority. we've also learnt today further details about expulsions of british diplomats from moscow. we already knew 23 had been kicked out of the country. yesterday, we were told there were going to be even more who were going to have to leave. now, we have learned it is likely to be extra 27 or so diplomats or possibly administrative workers who are going to have to leave moscow once again. now, what we're not sure is whether the british government will take any direct action following that. they say they're aware of what's happened, they are monitoring the situation, but they say it is regrettable that it was to be expected. the former uk ambassador to russia, sir tony brenton, said that the demand by moscow

for consular access is a right that russian citizens, such as yulia skripal, are entitled to. the geneva convention is pretty clear that we have to grant access. so the foreign office will be very cautious about not finally going along with that, because they know very well, and we all do, that the russians operate on a basis of strict reciprocity. if we interpret it strictly, they will do the same in a future case, and some unfortunate briton in trouble in russia will have trouble getting consular access himself. the ministry of defence has released the name of the british soldier who was killed on thursday in syria while fighting islamic state militants. 33—year—old sergeant matt tonroe was from the parachute regiment. his commanding officer paid tribute to him, saying he was "a caring and considerate soul,

a loving and dutiful son, and a friend to many." teachers have moved closer to allowing rolling strike action if they don't receive an above—inflation and across the board pay increase next year. if ballots for industrial action go ahead, it could mean disruption in schools in england, wales and northern ireland. our education editor bra nwen jeffreys reports. i have asked you to start your experience. teachers say they are running out of patience. their pay has fallen further than nurses or police officers, many argue their workload is unbearable. some are leaving as a result. today, those feelings spilt out in the debate. young teachers are leaving in d roves. young teachers are leaving in droves. who wants to spell —— spend yea rs not droves. who wants to spell —— spend years not being paid enough to not

own or rent a decent home? our teachers are set up. we are watching good teachers leave the profession. they deserve better, and they want to do something about it. can i feel those in favour? that something was a vote to consider a strike ballot teachers here are fired up about their workload and their pay, but their workload and their pay, but the government has made it harder for public sector workers to go on strike so that there will be months of consultation first, and in the meantime, there could ea pay offer. ido meantime, there could ea pay offer. i do think teachers looking at the nhs settlement will now be expecting that the pay offer will be at least the level that the nhs workers have got. the government will have two way up its priorities. the cost of a pay rise against the growing difficulties of recruiting teachers. our correspondent marc ashdown was at the conference in brighton. teachers have now backed a possible

ballot on strike action over teacher pat’- ballot on strike action over teacher pay. the conference was told that it has fallen by 20% in real terms over the past seven years. we had all sorts of delegates here sharing horror stories about how tough conditions have got for teachers, overworked, long hours, lots of supply teachers, teachers teaching subjects they are not qualified in. once that after paying her bills, she only has £60 a month and you can forget about buying property as well. up the road, they also voted to back a possible rolling strike, so to back a possible rolling strike, so what now? they go away, the executive committees will put up a deal to the government, we understand it is a 5% pay rise this september. if that is not forthcoming, they have the option forthcoming, they have the option for a ballot on strikes. the last

time that happened was 2016, thousands of schools closed. it is a difficult one for the government. schools have been saying they have no money, budgets are under intense pressure. they cannot find a pay rise. the government would have to find some extra money. the nhs has had a pay rise agreed to, 6% over three years. it will be interesting to see what happens. we are a long way from strikes. this could best be described as salting the battlefield. they are giving the executive the ammunition to go out and fight for this pay rise. we are and fight for this pay rise. we are a long way from seeing picket lines and placards. but they have taken a significant step to pop —— towards possible index —— industrial action over teacher pay. the the united nations is calling for an independent inquiry following the shooting dead of at least 15 palestinian protesters by israeli security forces yesterday. hundreds of people were wounded when soldiers opened fire on palestinians demonstrating on gaza's border with israel. yolande knell reports

from jerusalem. gunshots. this was a day of mourning. thousands turning out for funerals in gaza. distraught relatives... and defiant militants. yesterday, palestinians said they planned a peaceful march on the israel palestinian border. —— on the israel gaza border. but israel's military says demonstrators threw stones and tried to breach the perimeterfence. that's when its soldiers opened fire and the result was deadly. at least 15 killed and hundreds wounded. palestinians here are demanding the right to return to land they lost 70 years ago when the state of israel was created. they say they won't give up, although israel has long rejected their claim. translation: they say the old will die and the young will forgive, but yesterday,

there were young people, children, women and men at the borderers, showing the occupier that they will not forget. this is their land. we will not forget, nor will we surrender. the un is calling for an investigation. but israeli officials blame gaza's leaders for stirring up unrest. of course they're allowed to protest, but this wasn't a protest. this was an attempt of potentially thousands of people to cross over into israel. any state in the world would have taken measures to stop people from infiltrating into its territory. for the next six weeks, palestinians say they'll stay in these camps near the israeli border. and the fear is that further mass protests here will lead to further violence. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. the headlines on bbc news: two men accused of carrying out beheadings for the so—called islamic state complain that they won't get a fair trial after losing their british citizenship. the senior labour party official

embroiled in an anti—semitism row has stepped down from the party's ruling executive. more british diplomats have been ordered to leave moscow by the kremlin in the continuing row over the use of a nerve agent in salisbury. sport now, and for a full round up, let's go to the bbc sport centre. boxing? yes, one of the biggest boxing bouts to take place on british soil, taking place at the moment in cardiff, anthonyjosh schiller taking new zealand's jozsef parker. both putting their world titles on the line. it has been cagey, cagey to start with, this is josh schiller as you would expect having a pretty impressive walk, 80,000 fans inside the principality

stadium, most of them supporting him. he controlled the early stages without doing anything terribly remarkable. now they are in the seventh round in the last couple of rounds, parker has begun to find his feet as well. the contest has opened up feet as well. the contest has opened upa feet as well. the contest has opened up a little bit. still, really quite ha rd to call up a little bit. still, really quite hard to call the winner at the moment. the early control ofjoshua certainly has weighed a little bit over the past couple of rounds at five rounds to go in the fight, i will update you if anything happens while we're on air. man city will feel the premier league title if they beat their local rivals manchester united next saturday after they cruised past everton. guardiola pop backside scored twice in the opening 12 minutes, ending a 3-1 in the opening 12 minutes, ending a 3—1winners. he has now recorded a victory against every current premier league side since coming to manage in england. we are so happy, so manage in england. we are so happy, so after three weeks without a game, you never know. how will we will

react. we started so good and ok, they didn't push, they didn'tjam, they didn't push, they didn'tjam, the wii controlled more and ok, the ball found a small but we were controlling it. elsewhere, another defeat for west brom. crystal palace just above the drop zone. in the scottish premiership, celtic move within ten points of scoring a second successive title. how about this for a debut to the la

galaxy, he came on as a substitute one week after completing his move to los angeles and he did this. he makes it look easy. a true legend in the game. that is what it meant to him. that was impressive but the galaxy had been 3—0 down, it helped them come back to 3—3. he was not finished because then he pops up in stoppage time with another goal to seal a dramatic 11—3 victory. quite some debut! munster came from behind twice to reach the semifinals of the european champions cup. when the competition's competitions try scorer chris ashton helps the french side into a three point lead with a few minutes to go it look like they we re few minutes to go it look like they were on course to progress. but it was not to be, monster hit back ten minutes later through andrew conway. this is his try, converted as well. they held on to their lead until the

final whistle. the masters at augusta is less than one week away, ian paulsen boag has to win this weekend's houston open to qualify for the first major of the year. he is rising to the challenge, leaving a field coming into the final round tomorrow —— poulton. a brilliant round of 65 featuring seven birdies taking him one shot clear of the chase impact. —— chasing pack. before i go, play is about to get under way on the third day of the second test against new zealand in christchurch. new will resume 192—6, 115 runs behind england's first innings total. england must win to level the series. you can find out more on that and more on the boxing in cardiff, into round eight now, now bbc sport website. that is all for now. james, thank you. we are all awaiting that result for and ——

and will bring it to you as soon as we get it. but first, let's have a quick look at some of the front pages. let's have a look at tomorrow's front pages, starting with the sunday times, who lead with an investigation on supporters of the labour leader, describing it is as "corbyn‘s hate fa ctory". the observer says that leading jewish donors are ditching labour over the ongoing anti—semitism row. the mail on sunday says that mr corbyn faces a revolt from mps over allegations he failed to take action against a "wife—beating" mp. the sunday mirror says that the prime minister has announced a fund to cover the cost of children's funerals. and calls for election watchdogs to resign over what it calls a "brexit bias" leads the sunday telegraph. hundreds of people gathered on the streets of cambridge this afternoon for the funeral of professor stephen hawking, the renowned theoretical physicist who died two weeks ago. the service was a private one forfamily, friends and colleagues to celebrate his life. our correspondentjo black

was outside the university church where it was held. he was one of the greatest scientists of modern times, an international icon, but home was cambridge, the city and the university. the bell at great st mary's tolled 76 times, once for each year he lived. bell tolls. outside, in the drizzle and rain, thousands came to say goodbye to the man with the magnificent mind. professor hawking was such an inspiring person and it's a very sad day. history is being made today because stephen hawking is going to be interred in westminster abbey, next to sir isaac newton. he's a scientifical genius, like, he's discovered a lot of things, and it'sjust showing appreciation. people stood quietly, respectfully,

breaking into spontaneous applause as professor hawking's coffin was carried in and out of the church. his family stood solemnly but proud. his first wife, jane hellyerjones, waved as the hearse pulled away. the service was very heartfelt. we heard remembrances about his work, as well as his family, how he was as a man and how he was as a physicist and how he was as a wonderful human being. this was a private service for professor hawking's family, friends and colleagues. also among the 500 mourners were actor eddie redmayne, who played the professor in the film the theory of everything, comedian and science presenter dara o briain, and astrophysicist and musician brian may. after the service, professor stephen hawking's body was taken away for cremation. later this year in june, his ashes will be interred at westminster the grave of fellow scientist sir isaac newton.

jo black, bbc news, cambridge. jo black reporting there from cambridge. britain's most senior police officer, the metropolitan commissioner cressida dick, has suggested that social media is partly to blame for some violent crime, including a rising number of knife attacks. in an interview with the times, ms dick said the websites were being used by gangs to glamorise violence and they allowed trivial disputes to escalate quickly. the trump administration has said it wants to start collecting the social media history of nearly everyone seeking a visa to enter the us. the proposal would require most visa applicants to give details of their facebook and twitter accounts and disclose all social media identities used in the past five years. it follows a promise by president trump to introduce "extreme vetting" of those entering the united states to help improve security. malala yousafzai has returned to her home town in pakistan for the first time since she was shot there by islamist militants. a helicopter carrying ms yousafzai

landed not farfrom herfamily home in mingora amid a tight security operation. the nobel peace prize winner was attacked by the taliban in 2012 for campaigning on behalf of girls‘ education now, weather with philip avery. hello, as ever we will put some detail on the next few days then ta ke detail on the next few days then take a look at the trend is likely to affect us as far as it is next weekend but in the shorter term many of you through this weekend have had to look at something akin to that. the favoured few have seen something a good deal cheerier. the reason for this mishmash is that some of you have been stuck or aspire to a weather front which has affected the south—east of scotland, the north—east of england but west, brighter skies. easter day, a much improved prospect for many parts of the british isles until later in the

day, this cloud will push around associated with these fronts up towards the south—west. but for the most pa rt towards the south—west. but for the most part as i say a lot of cloud out towards the east and some showers as well but much drier for many more view and a better chance of seeing some sunshine at least. that may well be in short supply towards the east. temperature is nothing to write home about, 7— ten for many. later in the day, we will drag the cloud and rain further north, pushing into calling it must be. that is the key to the story of the northern half of britain, overnight, threw into monday, wales, the north midlands, northern ireland, and then increasingly up towards the northern hills of england, southern uplands of scotland, and then through the central belt through easter monday, we could well see significant snow. several centimetres of lying snow across the higher ground and even lower levels, it be surprised if you start to see those totals building.

further south, not an issue because your temperatures in double figures but further north, there is the risk of snow, it could be disrupted, trans— pennine of snow, it could be disrupted, tra ns— pennine routes, of snow, it could be disrupted, trans— pennine routes, hills and the north of roles, the southern upland of scotla nd north of roles, the southern upland of scotland increasingly, the bear that in mind. by tuesday, up towards the northern half of the british isles, low pressures the dominant feature but towards the south—west, the area is rushing at us and they will be quite a breeze, from the south and south—west and it will do wonders with temperatures, still a lot of rental northern ireland, western scotland, the snow across northern isles, only three degrees there but further south, somebody will see 1a or 15. wednesday, not a great deal of change, a new set of weather front ushered in on the south—westerly breezes so with a mild but really quite wet at times as well, if you're on holiday it is disappointing. later in the day, it isa mix disappointing. later in the day, it is a mix of sunny spells and showers. the western side of scotland, you still have the weather

fronts to close by and even when it creeps up towards the northern isles that just makes room creeps up towards the northern isles thatjust makes room for another one to come in on the south—westerly winds again as we pushed towards the higher ground of scotland there will be further significant snowfall. that is a lot of wet weather to be had across those western parts of england and wales. towards next weekend it will often be wet, snow on the northern hills and it will be on the northern hills and it will be on the northern hills and it will be on the cool side again because we've had the most part are on the cool side of thejet had the most part are on the cool side of the jet stream. but warmth is there to be had if only it would move a little further north and west then we would be absolutely in clover but it is a moist flow and we have got real concern already, never mind all that rain i have described, about the state of some of the rivers, this was one of the weather watchers on the river and even, the usual suspects, the higher ground of cumbria, all of them could have flooding problems —— avon. this is bbc news. our latest headlines — two men, believed to have been members of the islamic state cell known as "the beatles",

complain that they can't have a fair trial because the government has stripped them of their british citizenship. the senior labour party official, embroiled in an anti—semitism row, has stepped down from the party's ruling body. christine shawcroft will be replaced by eddie izzard. russia has more than doubled the number of british diplomats it plans to expel because of the blame being placed on moscow over the salisbury nerve agent attack. a private funeral service has taken place in cambridge for stephen hawking. the astronomer royal, lord rees and actor eddie redmayne gave readings at the service. stephen spielberg