this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: more bitter clashes injerusalem: as more than 200 people are injured in violence between israeli police and palestinian protesters. afar right a far right israeli mp in the centre of this melee, palestinians unhappy about the settlement of this street that has been here for many years. itjust has been here for many years. it just takes a has been here for many years. itjust takes a spark to make these things ignite. fears in south asia that coronavirus infections are spilling across india's borders into neighbouring countries. how to revive the economy:

disappointing job figures in the us but president biden says his economic programme will work. and what goes up shouldn't always come down — especially if it's 20 tonnes of debris from a rocket hurtling back to earth. hello and welcome to bbc news. nearly 200 people have been injured in bitter clashes injerusalem as tensions reach boiling point over the threatened eviction of palestinian families from land claimed by israeli settlers. most were wounded at the al—aqsa mosque compound — video footage shows israeli police firing stun grenades and rubber bullets as crowds threw bottles and stones. aid workers have set up a makeshift hospital to tend the injured.

0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. a car burns... ..and an israeli settler fires his revolver. the air feels flammable in occupied eastjerusalem. in the neighbourhood of sheikh jarrah, the tension�*s been growing for weeks. several palestinian families face eviction from their homes. across the street, israelis watch from a home whose palestinian residents were evicted a decade ago. nabil and muna, father and daughter, here for decades. they could be evicted in days. muna vows to stay. she says she'll chain herself here if she has to. i feel not safe. ifeel — ifeel weak, although i'm strong. but i feel weak because i'm

facing a whole government that's supported from america and other... ..countries in the world. we won't leave, we won't leave. the settler group claims rights to land here, saying it was bought byjews in the 19th century close to a religious shrine. israel sees it as a matter for the court, arguing the families have been offered a deal to remain for now. their legal appeal is being considered. 0utside nabil�*s home, an iftar meal for the families and supporters to break the daily ramadan fast. protests have intensified. the case has echoed widely among palestinians. the un and europe condemn the planned evictions, calling them forced transfer. across the street, the israeli settlers gather. word has spread that a far—right mp is about to show up.

there's pepper spray from both sides, and then open confrontation. these clashes have been fanning a sense of volatility. well, this is exactly why tension has been rising injerusalem over recent weeks. a far—right israeli mp in the centre of this melee. palestinians deeply unhappy about the settlement on the street that's been here for many years. itjust takes a spark to make these things ignite. translation: this is ours. the situation here is very delicate for a simple reason — there are attackers here. they are attacking jews just because they are jewish. meanwhile, amid an uptick in violence in the occupied west bank, israeli forces on friday shot dead two palestinian gunmen who they said fired at a police base. with the focus now shifting

back to the sites at the heart of this conflict, many are braced for more testing days to come. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. let's talk more about this. joining me now is natan sachs, the director of the center for middle east policy at brookings. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i'd like to come to the legality of this in a minute which is an extraordinarily complicated thing, as we know, but in terms of the policing and the number of arrests and injured, the optics of this, it is not good, is it, in terms of the volatility of the region at the volatility of the region at the moment? it’s the volatility of the region at the moment?— the volatility of the region at the moment? it's not good at all and it _ the moment? it's not good at all and it comes _ the moment? it's not good at all and it comes at _ the moment? it's not good at all and it comes at a - the moment? it's not good at all and it comes at a terrible l all and it comes at a terrible timing. today of course is the last friday of robert dunn and monday will be another very volatile day, it happens to be both a holy day in robert dunn for muslims and alsojerusalem for muslims and also jerusalem unification for muslims and alsojerusalem unification day for israeli dues. and that is a company by

parades around the city by far right israelis —— ramadan we have the makings of a powder keg and the optics are very bad at the moment. find keg and the optics are very bad at the moment.— at the moment. and when you look at these _ at the moment. and when you look at these police _ at the moment. and when you look at these police raids - at the moment. and when you | look at these police raids when they came in and they are using skunk water, behaving in a pretty heavy—handed way. for the united states to get involved at this particular juncture, how important is that, call for deescalation? there has been a call for deescalation by the united states. united states has limited leaders on this of course and it is mostly in the hands of palestinians and to a certain degree jordanians. certain degreejordanians. police are acting as police often would do and in particular in an area that is so tight, so small and so volatile, they are trying to get a lid on it fast and i doing so the very heavy hand. as you said. the calm needs to come in particularfrom leadership, israeli leadership and also palestinians and

others. we've seen a few moves today from the israeli government to try to pull back but adding to this mess of course is that the israeli government itself is in the political crisis. it is not quite a functioning government as it usually would be. liver united states, they have influence, especially on his role, and they have today for calm, in strong words, but much more is needed. the hour really is late and as i said, monday will be another very important day and of course even tomorrow. day and of course even tomorrow— day and of course even tomorrow. and obviously different _ tomorrow. and obviously different groups - tomorrow. and obviously different groups have - tomorrow. and obviously - different groups have different historical claims on this land butjust historical claims on this land but just looking historical claims on this land butjust looking at historical claims on this land but just looking at the legality and the response from the un on this, you know, this was part of a territory captured after the six—day war in 1967, according to the un this is occupied territory and all of the other violence there as well. the un is saying this could even be a war crime if these people are forcibly evicted. ., ., evicted. there are two different _ evicted. there are two different issues - evicted. there are two different issues here, | evicted. there are two i different issues here, the first is the question of national sovereignty, us sovereignty, and they are differences of opinion between

the united states and israel on one side and the un and many others on the other. there is a second question which is a personal individual rights in here, there is a strong case for individualjewish families who owned this land long before not only 67 but 48. in a sense this is as the demand for right of return that palestinians often demand. this is the case of dues returning —— asking for that right of return on an individual basis of what we haveis individual basis of what we have is a conflict of individual legal rights, property rights, with what is much wider, and much more dangerous, and that is the national question, especially with the optics of palestinians in the heart ofjerusalem, it is a very central neighbourhood, very close to what used to be the boundary between east and west jerusalem, and it is very visible, it is a very prominent area. . ~' visible, it is a very prominent area. . ~ ,, area. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. - natan sachs. protesters have gathered outside a police headquarters in brazil, demanding justice for the victims of a security operation in which 25

people were killed. the demonstrators carried signs, accusing police of carrying out a massacre against the poor of rio's favelas. state governors said the operation had targeted drug traffickers, who were recruiting children. 0ur correspondent camilla moto reports now from rio de janeiro. chanting. "end the massacres in the favelas" — that's the message residents here carried out today in a protest after what's been called the deadliest police raid recorded in the city's history. 24 alleged suspects and one police officer were killed in the nine—hour operation. residents say suspects were executed. police argue they only acted in self—defence. translation: every single day in the operations that take - place inside the favela, an innocent person dies, a child who cannot study,

a worker who cannot work. shocking images of blood puddles on the street and inside people's houses shared on social media sparked rage among brazilians. the un is calling for an investigation. translation: we remind the brazilian authorities i that the use of force should be applied only when strictly necessary. lethal force should be used as a last resort, and only in cases where there's an imminent threat to life or of serious injury. police brutality is a deep—rooted problem in brazil, especially in rio — a state plummeted in a political crisis for years now. the institutions that are supposed to supervise the police forces have been weakened. experts say the void has left some police officers feeling like they have a licence to kill. last year, deaths during police operations in favelas dropped due to a court ruling that restricted the raids during the pandemic.

in the first month alone, police killings were down 70% when compared to the historic average. the drop was not followed by a rise in crime, which has led researchers to argue that these type of police operations are not the best strategy to tackle crime. 0perations are supposed to be authorised in extraordinary circumstances. in this case, officers justify the raid, claiming that minors were being recruited by a drug trafficking gang. but critics point out this is nothing new — gangs have recruited minors for a long time across favelas in the city. camilla mota, bbc news. we've been reporting extensively on the covid crisis in india in recent days, but it's not the only country in the region dealing with an increasingly desperate situation. nepal, bangladesh, pakistan and sri lanka have all restricted, or stopped, travel from india, overfears that new infections

are being brought in, including cases of the indian variant. in neighbouring nepal, cases have increased dramatically over the last month, as you can see from this graph, due in part to migrant workers returning from india. and in pakistan, the number of new cases has plateaued, but remains high, and there are fears that eid celebrations in a few days' time could worsen the situation again. jill mcgivering begins this report in pakistan's punjab province. the hustle and bustle of a south asian market. life here in pakistan looks pretty normal — very different from the tough lockdown last year. that helped to curb the spread of the virus, but at a price we seem to have lost that report, i'm afraid. we shall try to return to that in a moment. president biden insists

his economic programme is still on track, despite disappointing jobs figures for april. they show that just 266,000 workers were hired last month — that's just a quarter of the number economists had expected. it's pushed the monthly unemployment rate up to 6.1%. that means almost 10 million people are currently unemployed. to put that into context, there were 5.7 million people unemployed before lockdowns started in february 2020. here's what the president had to say. listening to commentators today, as i was getting dressed, you might think that we should be disappointed. but when we passed the american rescue plan, i want to remind everybody, it was designed to help us over the course of a year, not 60 days. a year. we

never thought that after the first 50 or 60 days, everything would be fine. we can speak to professor austan goolsbee, who served in the 0bama administration as chairman of the council of economic advisers. argue as sanguine about these figures asjoe biden? —— are you? i figures as joe biden? -- are ou? ., �* 4' ., figures as joe biden? -- are ou? ., �* ~ ., ., figures as joe biden? -- are ou? ~ ., ., you? i don't know if i am as sanguine — you? i don't know if i am as sanguine as _ you? i don't know if i am as sanguine as joe _ you? i don't know if i am as sanguine as joe biden - you? i don't know if i am as sanguine as joe biden but l you? i don't know if i am as sanguine as joe biden but i| you? i don't know if i am as. sanguine as joe biden but i do sanguine asjoe biden but i do think that one of the oldest rules in the united states of the monthlyjobs report is don't make too much out of anyone one month of myjob report. so we had last month, really a blockbuster, good number. today we got a number that was disappointing if it was a normal time, it would have been a fine number but we really want something closer to 1 million really want something closer to 1millionjobs in a month, rather than a quarter of a millionjobs. and so i do think for the most part, everybody is now going to be waiting on pins and needles, what are the next �*|_ and needles, what are the next 1— two reports? do they look

more like this one or the one from last month? i5 more like this one or the one from last month?— from last month? is there an argument — from last month? is there an argument that _ from last month? is there an argument that this _ from last month? is there an argument that this massive l argument that this massive stimulus package, trillions of dollars that have gone in, could actually be stifling growth? could actually be stifling urowth? ., could actually be stifling urowth? ~' ,., could actually be stifling i rowth? ~' ,., ., could actually be stifling urowth? ~ ., ~ ., growth? think so. you know, there are _ growth? think so. you know, there are two _ growth? think so. you know, there are two components. i growth? think so. you know, i there are two components. and they passed the big stimulus package, there were a group of people who said this is going to make the economy so hot, there will be inflation. so now you've seen a lot of pushback against that argument today and say well, if it was going to be inflation then why didn't it increase jobs? inflation then why didn't it increasejobs? it must increase jobs? it must not be inflation. then you have a second group looks at the data and says the problem for this month, for sure, was not that there were not companies hiring, willing to hire workers, it was people willing to supply their labour to those companies. and so there is one group, businesses saying it must be because the safety net is too generous and the other

group is saying it must be because the schools are shut, there is not child care, there are a lot of workers who do not want to go back into jobs where you have to be face—to—face with the customers until they get the virus down, and so we're still going to have argue about that, what's the source of the reluctance of the people to go to work? but the helicopter money has been pretty generous has ended, and will take a lot of work as above the minimum wage. in terms of investor confidence, how much will that be dented by these figures? it is how much will that be dented by these figures?— these figures? it is a good question. _ these figures? it is a good question, if— these figures? it is a good question, if you _ these figures? it is a good question, if you looked . these figures? it is a good question, if you looked at| these figures? it is a good i question, if you looked at the stock market, they didn't react badly to the announcement that the jobs badly to the announcement that thejobs number was the jobs number was disappointing. but thejobs number was disappointing. but i think we long ago stopped... just thinking that what drives the investor sentiment in the united states is merely how the real economy is doing. because

on the day we had the epic drop of more than 20 million jobs on the day we had the epic drop of more than 20 millionjobs in a single month, the stock market went up. so i don't know quite what investors will make of it, i think they like everyone else will be waiting for the next two months ofjobs reports, to see if this is a trend or a blip. professor austan goolsbee. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. just before we turn to the jobs figures in the us, we got 30 seconds into a report about the covid infections across india's seven borders. i think we can get that report back actually. we start our report now about the covid infections in pakistan's good job. —— punjab. the hustle and bustle of a south asian market. life here in pakistan looks pretty normal — very different from the tough

lockdown last year. that helped to curb the spread of the virus, but at a price paid mainly by the poor. so this time, the government's trying to avoid lockdowns, calling instead for people to be responsible. but many here are complacent. translation: half the people | don't even understand covid-19, nor do they consider it a pandemic. if they considered it, we wouldn't be going through the situation. you can see the rush which shows people have no fear or consideration that there is covid, so it will be difficult to control the spread. in pakistan, religious passions run deep. india's big festivals were blamed as super spreaders but even so, pakistan's government is wary about intervening. it isn'tjust processions. this is ramadan — mosques are crowded with worshippers. and in bangladesh, eid is just around the corner. all that socialising could accelerate the spread. in nepal, there's a surge, too. hospitals are saturated. thousands of workers rushed home from india just before the border closed, some infected. the health system is weak, short of emergency beds and ventilators.

doctors are coping, but only just. translation: our friends are working very hard. - they are on duty for 24 hours. we have been giving oxygen to patients, even in chairs. the best thing that we have done is everyone is getting the oxygen and no—one is returned without getting it. nepal relies heavily on its tourist industry, including trackers and mountaineers. but even the top of the world, mount everest is now seeing cases. translation: we try not to mingle. - we used to have a lot of fun at the base camp. we would sing and dance, but we're not doing any of that now. we are speaking only within our teams. india's neighbours are close to the edge. few are vaccinated. many are frightened that a crisis like india's could unfold in their country, too. jill mcgivering, bbc news. in myanmar, more than 750 people have been killed

since the military seized power three months ago. it's become increasingly difficult to report what's happening, with the internet effectively blocked, borders closed and many journalists detained. but local people are documenting their ongoing resistance. the bbc�*s rebecca henschke has been following the story of one young musician. chanting. myanmar, in the grips of an uprising, triggered by a military coup. mass protests — demanding a return to democracy — met with brutal force. gunshots. chanting. in the middle of this, we meet 18—year—old phone. his generation is fired up, defiant and determined to bring back democracy.

this was phone's world before general min aung hlaing seized back power. he's a musician, who was just about to release his first album. the coup crushed those dreams. we followed phone over weeks, as he took to the streets, armed with home—made shields. gunshots. the military hits back this time with tear gas and rubber bullets. the next day, near phone's house, the response is live ammunition. shouting. gunshots.

the horror captured on social media, the tool protesters are using to tell the world what's happening. the military has promised a new election will be held, but have refused to provide a timeline. state tv now announces each night who will be arrested next. phone and his sister decide, like many, to flee yangon. he's talking aboutjoining an armed resistance. singing. more than 750 people have now been killed. the fight for the future of

myanmar looks long and violent. rebecca henschke, bbc news. there may be more than volatile weather filling the skies in some parts of the world this weekend, as the remains of a chinese rocket plunge to earth. a section of the rocket, like this one, that was used to deliver part of a chinese space station into orbit last week is tumbling out of control above earth. there are fears it could bring with it a shower of scorching metal debris as it breaks up in the atmosphere. china says the risk of damage is extremely low. we can now speak to lisa rand, a historian of space debris. we can speak to her now from philadelphia. china has got form on this, hasn't it?— hasn't it? (laughs), yes it does. hasn't it? (laughs), yes it does- just _ hasn't it? (laughs), yes it does. just remind - hasn't it? (laughs), yes it does. just remind us, - hasn't it? (laughs), yes it does. just remind us, whatj does. just remind us, what happened. _ does. just remind us, what happened. a _ does. just remind us, what happened, a year- does. just remind us, what happened, a year ago - does. just remind us, what happened, a year ago a - does. just remind us, what- happened, a year ago a similar rocket came back. so

happened, a year ago a similar rocket came back.— rocket came back. so the last time, rocket came back. so the last time. yes. — rocket came back. so the last time, yes, china _ rocket came back. so the last time, yes, china does - rocket came back. so the last time, yes, china does have i rocket came back. so the last time, yes, china does have a| time, yes, china does have a record of these rocket re—entries, these uncontrolled rocket re—entries which means that there are no propulsive methods on board to guide that rocket to fall into a particular place, rockets launched by other entities, whether private or state, usually are designed to be guided into an unpopulated area, usually a part of the pacific ocean, very far from land. china is currently the only major launching power that does not designed this particular rocket to be controlled.— particular rocket to be controlled. , controlled. so the chinese material — controlled. so the chinese material comes _ controlled. so the chinese material comes back - controlled. so the chinese material comes back to i controlled. so the chinese - material comes back to earth, meanwhile open space... it is just teaming with debris, isn't it, how many bits of space debris are up in space at the moment and who are the worst letter is? —— litterers?

moment and who are the worst letter is? -- litterers?- letter is? -- litterers? russia and the united _ letter is? -- litterers? russia and the united states - letter is? -- litterers? russia and the united states are - letter is? -- litterers? russia and the united states are the j and the united states are the worst offenders when it comes to outer space debris. space is very large but it is growing increasingly crowded as the sheer number of launches increase exponentially as the number of satellites launched even per launch, for example, every single time spacex launches a series of satellites edit increases by order of magnitude. space is becoming more crowded but over the past 16 plus years since we launched the first satellite, most of the first satellite, most of the debris has been produced by russia and the us, though increasingly china is a major player in that arena as well. just in ten seconds, there is no treaty or protocol as i understand it about what to do with all of this stuff, and who is responsible if it crashes into another person's satellite?—

into another person's satellite? , satellite? so there is some international _ satellite? so there is some international rules - satellite? so there is some international rules on - satellite? so there is some international rules on who l satellite? so there is some | international rules on who is responsible if something is damaged by a satellite either crashing into another object in outer space or crashing into something on solid ground on the surface of the earth. i am auoin to the surface of the earth. i am going to have _ the surface of the earth. i am going to have to _ the surface of the earth. i am going to have to stop - the surface of the earth. i am going to have to stop you - going to have to stop you there, hold that thought, we are out of time, be careful when you go for a walk this weekend. hello again. friday was all about sunshine and showers. the best of the drier weather and sunshine was across western areas of the uk. but across northern and eastern scotland, eastern areas of england, we did have widespread showers, and some of them really pokey with some hail mixed in as well. at the same time, over the last 24 hours, trouble's been brewing out in the atlantic. look at this area of cloud and how it's rapidly developed into what is quite a beautiful looking area of low pressure. however, this area of low pressure is a loitering low pressure system, a particularly slow moving system that's going to be with us for the next five days or so, bringing rain and showers our way. so, an unsettled

spell of weather. the rain is beginning to arrive at the moment and will continue to work its way in across parts of england, wales and northern ireland over the next few hours. but as the rain starts falling, the mild air starts moving in, so temperatures 10 degrees by dawn across the south—west. cold with a patchy frost in scotland, but at least there'll be a bright start here. it's in wales where the rain is going to be at its heaviest and particularly across the high ground over the brecon beacons. here, over the weekend, we could see over 100 mm of rain, and that could cause some localised flooding issues. after a bright start in scotland, the rain is going to be working in here as we go through the afternoon, but at the same time, the rain should ease off towards south—east england and perhaps northern ireland as well. temperatures higher than they've been for quite a while — 17 degrees or so in london, but it's still cold in scotland. 7 or 8 degrees for many here with that persistent rain, and it'll be windy for many of us as well. indeed, through saturday night, there will be further bursts of rain coming and going, but it will be turning increasingly mild through the night as well.

temperatures are staying at around 12 or 13 degrees across england and wales, and a frost free night, something we really haven't seen much of over the last month or so. the low pressure still with us for the second half of the weekend, arguably the better of the two days. it's a day of sunshine and showers, but those showers slightly to merge together to give some lengthier outbreaks of rain across western areas. we do have some showers pushing their way eastwards across england from a weak cold front, and that front separates really very mild air across eastern areas. with the fresher atlantic air, we have most parts around 15—17 degrees. that area of the pressure is loitering, no surprise to see rain and showers for most of the days next week as well. that's your weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: nearly 200 palestinians have been injured in clashes injerusalem as tensions rise over the potential eviction of palestinian families from land claimed by israeli settlers. most were wounded at the al—aqsa mosque compound when israeli police opened fire with rubber bullets as crowds threw stones and bottles. president biden has insisted his economic programme remains on track, despite disappointing job figures for april. he said that although only 250,000 new posts had been created last month, his american rescue plan had been designed to help over the whole year. debris from a chinese rocket is expected to fall back to earth in an uncontrolled re—entry this weekend. it was used to launch the first module of china's new space station last month. china says the risk of damage is extremely low.