welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: a third night of tension injerusalem — over the possible eviction of palestinian families to make way forjewish settlers. funerals take place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. mass rescue in the med — more than a thousand migrants, in a single day, land on the italian island of lampedusa. a russian doctor, who treated the kremlin critic, alexei navalny, when he was poisoned, goes missing in siberia. and the winner of america's most prestigious horse race, the kentucky derby, fails a doping test. his trainer denies foul play. i got the biggest gut punch

in racing for something i didn't do and this is really — it's disturbing, it's an injustice to the horse. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. there's been a third night of skirmishes between palestinians and israeli police injerusalem as the un security council prepares to meet on monday to discuss the latest round of violence. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, defended his goverment�*s handling of the situation, warning that threats to peace and order would not be tolerated. hundreds of palestinians have been injured in clashes with police, around al—aqsa mosque and the old city over the last two days. the unrest is over the possible eviction of palestinians in eastjerusalem, from land

claimed byjewish settlers. a court decision on the evictions was expected on monday, but has been postponed. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell explains. well, after dark, after the ramadan evening prayers, several of these hotspots around eastjerusalem became inflamed once again so we saw that close to the al—aqsa mosque and also near to the damascus gate, one of the entrances to the old city and also importantly in the sheikh jarrah neighbourhood where palestinian families have been fighting their eviction to make way forjewish settlers and there have been clashes there, quite heavy clashes involving local people and israeli police and jewish settlers and that is despite the fact that a key court ruling in the case was delayed. in an effort to try to lower the temperature and as well, we've had at least three rockets fired from gaza

into southern israel through the course of the evening and it is nowjerusalem day, the time when israelis celebrate the capture of eastjerusalem in the 1967 middle east war. what we are going to have on monday is a flag march around the walls of the old city. that is always seen with right—wing nationalists, israelis involved, is a big provocation by palestinians and that could well lead to more violence. joining me now is dr dana el kurd. she's an assistant professor at the doha institute for graduate studies, and author of the book, polarised and demobilised: legacies of authoritarianism in palestine. we were hearing about the levels of violence. i guess your expectation would be that will continue?— will continue? especially given that the jerusalem _ will continue? especially given that the jerusalem day - will continue? especially given l

that the jerusalem day marches that the jerusalem day marches set to begin in a few hours, if they have not already begun to some degree, this will increase israeli oppression of palestinian protesters, definitely, because they are also investigating element on top of the already flammable situation happening in jerusalem, regarding the seeding of the entry and the ongoing repression of palestinian protesters. the suworters _ palestinian protesters. the supporters postponing the decision. ., ., decision. from that perspective, - decision. from that perspective, i- decision. from that perspective, ithinkj decision. from that - perspective, i think they are trying to defuse the tension and basically defuse the protest movement so all people mobilising withinjerusalem as mobilising within jerusalem as well as mobilising withinjerusalem as well as from palestinian communities within the green line. they basically want them

to kind of forget is happening, not sustain the protest movement long enough to protect the families that make sorry to interrupt you but this is also perceived as a move to try to defuse the tension, notjust to bring the protests to a halt? i am not an expert on the israeli judiciary system but they are quite imagery against palestinians —— discriminatory. i do not consider this a step in the right direction. it is a strategic move, a political move and palestinian activists recognise this as a fact and are already calling for that sustaining a basically protection.—

sustaining a basically rotection. , ., . protection. did you have much ho -e for protection. did you have much hepe for the — protection. did you have much hope for the eu _ protection. did you have much hope for the eu security - hope for the eu security council gathering and the united nations or indeed international intervention, release statements on what should and should not be done? i do not really see that element changing israel's behaviour or its court's behaviour or its court's behaviour in any way. really, what is driving hesitance on some level or driving the continued support for the families are palestinians on the ground, putting their bodies on the line to make sure the families stay protected and the families stay protected and the ground is filling a support notjust the ground is filling a support not just from within jerusalem but also within the green line really alarmed the israeli state senate is making them think twice. idr state senate is making them think twice.—

state senate is making them think twice. dr dana el kurd, thank you — think twice. dr dana el kurd, thank you very _ think twice. dr dana el kurd, thank you very much - think twice. dr dana el kurd, thank you very much for - think twice. dr dana el kurd, i thank you very much forjoining us. funerals have been taking place in the afghan capital, kabul, after a series of bomb attacks on a school on saturday. more than sixty people died — most were young girls. many of them were from afghanistan's hazara community, a shia muslim ethnic minority, often targeted by sunni islamist militants. secunder kermani reports from islamabad. the coffins kept coming throughout the day. most of the dead, teenage girls. their hopes and dreams buried with them. "she was very intelligent, never missed a day of school," says the uncle of one 15—year—old. "we buried her here today." the attack took place as pupils were making their way home.

it began with a car bomb outside the school gate. two more explosions followed. there's still been no claim of responsibility, but many suspect the islamic state group is behind the bloodshed. they have repeatedly targeted this minority community of shia hazaras in the past too. in hospital corridors, anxious families wait. many of the victims remain in a critical condition. this woman described the terror she witnessed. translation: i saw injured people being carried away. l some of them had lost their legs, some had lost their arms. the street was covered in blood. people were crying. the situation was very bad. parents were searching for their children. at the scene of the attack, bloodied textbooks and abandoned schoolbags.

violence in afghanistan is getting worse, just as the last international troops begin to leave. and many more lives are likely to be lost. secunder kermani, bbc news. you just have to study the state of that sheep or vote, well, it represents more than 1000 migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, in the space of a few hours on sunday, and more arrivals are expected. more boats were spotted off the coast of nearby malta, with charity alarm phone saying they needed assistance. sara monetta reports. clear skies and calm waters. with the weather improving, the number of migrants leaving libya to reach europe has soared. here in lampedusa, italy's closest point to africa, ia boats have arrived over the weekend. the tiny sicilian island now

hosts over 1,400 people in its reception centre. and more are currently out at sea. in the control room of this ngo ship, monitors flare up when a boat in distress is identified. the alarm from the hot line was alerted to five boats in distress, all within the maltese search and rescue zone, and they carry over 400 people. on these five boats in distress, there are men, women, children, minors and they are all trying to escape from libya, and we heard that one of these boats has safely reached lampedusa but, to our knowledge, four of these boats are still in distress in the central mediterranean sea. more rescued migrants arrive every day, a growing number are minors, often travelling on their own. this group was intercepted last week. dozens of them, crammed on a rubber dinghy with not life vests on board. since the start of 2021, almost 11,000 people

have reached italy. that's over double the arrivals on the same time last year and, with summer approaching, this is only set to get worse. sara monetta, bbc news. a russian doctor who treated the opposition activist alexei navalny after he nearly died on a domestic flight last year has been reported missing on a hunting trip. police said alexander murakhovsky had not reported in from a siberian forest since friday. two other doctors at the hospital where mr navalny was treated have since died prematurely. earlier i asked brian whitmore, a senior fellow at the atlantic council and an expert on russian affairs, what he made of this news. i'm not sure what to make it just yet but, as you noted, there two other are doctors from that hospital, sergei maksimishin and rustam agishev, who both have died prematurely. dr maksimishin did treat

mr navalny, the other doctor apparently did not. all we know is that aleksandr murakhovsky left a hunting lodge in an atv, an all—terrain vehicle, on friday, heading towards a forest and has not been seen since. now, he was known in the period after navalny�*s poisoning in august of last year for giving a lot of false statements to the media. he said that he had diagnosed navalny as having a metabolic disorder, which caused a sharp drop in his blood sugar. he also delayed mr navalny�*s transport to berlin for treatment where we, of course, have since learned that mr navalny was since poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. so this...i'm suspicious because the putin regime has never given me any reason not to be suspicious of it, but we should stress we really don't know anything right now. we don't know where dr murakhovsky is, we don't know the circumstances of his disappearance. but we have cause

to be suspicious. in terms of suspicion, when you look at the sad demise of two other doctors, one would be bound to think there was some sort of poison and those two cam into contact with it. that certainly is possible, i'm trying to be very careful. i'm being careful how i characterise this because we really don't know right now. that said, this regime doesn't seem to have any constraints on its behaviour. it attempted to poison one of its opponents in the united kingdom with a nerve agent, sergei skripal back in 2018, of course. they been crossing redlines, they been unwilling to cross in the past which makes me concerned and very suspicious at the moment. thousands of protesters across france have marched against the country's new climate bill,

which is going through parliament — the demonstrator�*s say the bill isn't ambitious enough in tackling climate change. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. chanting zero out of ten, that is how many points these protesters give france's new climate bill. thousands demonstrated across the country to demand more action to combat climate change. according to them, the bill currently going through france's parliament has been watered down and for them there is only one man to blame. translation: it is clear| that macron has not been our "green president" really. although i think he is not completely unconscious of what is at stake, he continues to feed a system which puts profit above all and which goes against the interests of our planet. but on the same day as the protests, president emmanuel macron named climate one of his top priorities, at a future of europe conference.

translation: how do we make our europe the leader _ of emission reductions? my hope that we will achieve carbon neutrality even more quickly. he says france is committed to cutting greenhouse emissions by 40% by 2030, compared to levels in 1990. the bill he's championing proposes various measures, like banning domestic flights under 2.5 hours that can be done by train, prohibiting open air terrace heaters and preventing future airport expansions. for the protesters, the bill does not go far enough and contains few of the suggestions that come out of the public consultation, like investing in an ambitious railway plan. in a year, the president will have to win over voters once again. and with france's green party having made gains these protests are ones president emmanuel macron

simply cannot ignore. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: heading fora hug — the uk government is due to announce it'll be ok again, with the next stage of lockdown easing. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterrand. the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and i islam struggled for supremacy. now the pope's visit - symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in

underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news, the main story this hour: a third night of tension injerusalem as unrest simmers over the possible eviction of palestinian families. the winning horse in america's most prestigious race, the kentucky derby, has failed a drugs test. medina spirit, ridden byjohn velazquez, won on the first of may — giving his trainer, bob baffert, a record seventh victory in the race. baffert now revealed that the horse tested positive for a banned substance after the race. he strongly denies wrongdoing. mark lobel reports.

man: here he is! "here he is", indeed, trainer bob baffert parades his long—shot kentucky derby record—breaking winner, medina spirit, describing this latest twist as the biggest gut punch in racing for something he claims he did not do. all i can tell you is that, um, betamethasone, even though it is an allowed drug, therapeutic medication, i — we did not give it, my veterinarian, nobody here. after winning the prestigious race, medina spirit was found to have double the legal limit of a banned steroid that's injected intojoints to reduce pain and swelling. steroids are often given to mask an injury, as well as to have a horse run faster than it otherwise would, risking the safety of both horse and rider. medina spirit's high—profile

trainer has paid fines before. this latest episode has left him licking his wounds. there is definitely something wrong. why is it happening, you know, to me? you know, there's problems in racing but it's not bob baffert. at stake is both the derby title and winnings. the race course has banned bob baffert from entering any more horses while the kentucky horse racing commission investigates. if a second sample confirms the infringement, the runner—up, mandaloun, will be declared the winner instead, barring an appeal, which could reportedly take yea rs. medina spirit would then become only the third winner stripped of the title in the derby's 147—race history. this high—profile dispute also proving another hurdle for america's horse racing organisers, jockeying to get on the front foot over a drugs problem still saddling the sport. mark lobel, bbc news.

we hope to get a bit more of that soon. before we do, though. here in the uk, hugging is likely to be officially allowed in england again when the british government makes an announcement tomorrow on the next stage of lockdown easing. the changes on household mixing will be most significant since the rules were introduced in england last year. here's our science editor david shukman. remember this, the comfort of a hug? well, for more than a year, we've been warned against it because of the risks of transmitting the virus. but now, with fewer infections and many more people vaccinated, it seems to be the moment for a cautious return. we've seen an absolutely extraordinary success of both the vaccine programme and also the suppression of cases as a result of this very prolonged lockdown we've had, and so i think it is time — based on the very careful modelling that's been done — to start relaxing some

of those restrictions. so will people rush to hug again or might they hold back? in newcastle this afternoon, we found a range of views. it's brilliant. yeah, really looking forward to that. couldn't help but wanting to hug my friends here at the table. i've never been a big hugger myself. people know that about me, so i think it won't change much. i will be cautious, _ but i really am looking forward to hugging the parents . and the in—laws and stuff that we haven't done for a long time. - they need it as well, so, yeah, it'll be really nice. _ the prime minister is reported as saying that we need to use our common sense when it comes to hugging, so what exactly does that mean? well, an infected person can release the virus through their breath, so here's the scientific advice: limit the number of people you hug — just those who mean most to you, not everyone you meet —

keep it short — that'll reduce the chances of the virus being passed on — and try to avoid being directly face—to—face. in any event, scientists say a lot depends on exactly who it is you're hugging. if you're a grandparent hugging a grandchild, and the grandparents are fully vaccinated, that's probably quite a low—risk activity most of the time. but it would worry me if we were advocating we can hug all of our friends every time we meet them again, because i think that's going to perpetuate an awful lot of additional close contact that could still spread the virus. the pandemic has meant new ways of behaving — elbow bumps, for example. but while life in the uk is now set to become a bit more normal, it's far too early for that in much of the rest of the world. david shukman, bbc news. let's go back to the kentucky derby and the medina spirit having a doping case against it, it would seem, so far. joining me now is kaitlin free, a horse racing analyst from

cincinnati in ohio. it was a good race, certainly not the cleanest.— it was a good race, certainly not the cleanest. where the d0 in 2019 and _ not the cleanest. where the d0 in 2019 and obviously _ not the cleanest. where the d0 in 2019 and obviously it - not the cleanest. where the d0 in 2019 and obviously it was - in 2019 and obviously it was run outside of the first day—to—day in may with covid last year. it was run in september and there has been some clouds around the derby in the last couple of years but it is in my opinion is still the greatest two minutes in sports, but thank you so much for having me on to talk about it. pleasure. it may be a great two minutes and nonetheless, what does this tell us about the state of the sport in the us at the moment? there is a fine line tween medication and what others mightjust call simple others might just call simple doping. others mightjust call simple doping. it is happening a lot and there doesn't seem to be a clear—cut answer as to how you manage this. clear-cut answer as to how you

manage thia— manage this. absolutely. the -roblem manage this. absolutely. the problem with _ manage this. absolutely. the problem with horseracing - manage this. absolutely. the| problem with horseracing over in the united states is there is no central governing body to regulate this. it is kind of up to the tracks and up the state jurisdictions to dole out punishments, decide what is right and what is wrong. this particular drug that was traced, it was a very small amount and it was a lethal substance that is able to be given to the horse after 1a days prior to the race —— up to 14 days prior to the race. they may have been out of the window or a cross contamination or the wrong horse could have been injected. this is not a performance enhancing drug but is still a banned substance in the test was positive and when it comes to races of the calibre of kentucky derby, rules are rules.— calibre of kentucky derby, rules are rules. bob baffert, he is a legend, _ rules are rules. bob baffert, he is a legend, right - rules are rules. bob baffert, he is a legend, right at - rules are rules. bob baffert, he is a legend, right at the i he is a legend, right at the top of his game and getting stronger by the day. he is a darling to many. probably wins a lot of people a lot of bets as well. but how significant is

it if he gets caught on issues of, i'm going to say doping again, but it is not the first time his horses have been seen to have various different medicines they shouldn't have. absolutely. this is a huge deal. it is a very big story. he has had a couple of positives in the past. recently, as of yet, especially with a couple of other court —— other horses that have been ran but for it to be bob baffert, the most recent trainer to win the last two triple crown �*s, it is a very big deal and it has really rocked the racing community-— community. i should point out, make it clear, _ community. i should point out, make it clear, as _ community. i should point out, make it clear, as far _ community. i should point out, make it clear, as far as - community. i should point out, make it clear, as far as he - community. i should point out, make it clear, as far as he is i make it clear, as far as he is concerned he has done absolutely nothing wrong and they will be a test to split sample, as i understand it. yes, there will be split sent away and they will also do a dna test to prove whether it was administered to the horse and you have got to be as

objective as possible. maybe there was a cross contamination and maybe somebody else injected the horse you really have to look at the split samples and dna testing to prove whether or not. we wait to see the- — prove whether or not. we wait to see the. thank— prove whether or not. we wait to see the. thank you - prove whether or not. we wait to see the. thank you very - prove whether or not. we wait i to see the. thank you very much indeed. hello. on sunday, the uk recorded its highest temperatures since the end of march, 22.5 celsius in suffolk. now, nothing that high in the week ahead. temperatures will be close to average for the time of year, and for monday, it is a mixture of sunshine and showers. in fact, that pretty much covers it for much of the week ahead, because for much of the week ahead, low pressure will be close by the uk, the source of these showers, and at least for monday, some brisk winds as well, especially in england and wales. and after a cloudy, breezy, showery night, well, this is where temperatures are to start the day. no frost out there. in fact, some spots just around 10—12 degrees celsius. we're not expecting any frost in the week ahead. there mayjust be a bit of rain skirting parts of eastern england to begin with. that moves off and may well

head towards the northern isles of scotland later in the day. some of that could be heavy and thundery. whereas elsewhere, it's sunshine, these showers moving west to east, some heavy and thundery, a risk of hail. and it will be quite blustery, particularly in england and wales. these are average wind speeds. there'll be higher gusts around 40—45 mph or so. and temperatures generally in the range of around 13—17 degrees celsius. now, quite a bit of sunshine to end the day across east anglia and south east england as many of the showers will fade away. as ever, some places will avoid the showers. you may get one, just a brief wet moment in an otherwise dry day. and england and wales will be mainly dry on monday night, but a batch of showers will move out of northern ireland and into parts of scotland. and these are tuesday morning's temperatures. again no frost out there. low pressure still very much close by as we go into tuesday, and from that, we're going to see some further showers. now, maybe notjust popping up, but tending to move through in a zone that

will travel from south—west to north—east during the day. and a weather front close to north west scotland will bring cloud and some outbreaks of rain. some places may well miss the showers as the system moves its way in. similar sorts of temperatures on tuesday. and for wednesday and thursday, sunshine and showers. it's not going to be as breezy. and then by friday, it becomes mainly dry with a fair amount of cloud out there. and with the air coming down from the north—east, it will turn a bit cooler, but not particularly cold, mind you. so, that's how the week is shaping up. it is sunshine, showers — some of those are going to be quite heavy — and not as cold as it was last week, and mainly frost—free. i don't know whether we're done with frost at the moment, but it's certainly not around this week.

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there has been a third night of heavy skirmishes in eastjerusalem between israeli police, jewish settlers and palestinians. the confrontations are over the possible eviction of palestinian families from their homes to make way forjewish settlers. the un security council is due to meet to discuss the violence. the taleban in afghanistan have announced a 3—day ceasefire to mark the muslim festival of eid. this comes as the funerals take place of more than 60 people, mostly young girls, who were killed in a militant attack outside a school in kabul. over 1,000 migrants have landed on the italian island of lampedusa, within a 24—hour period. 0ne boat alone was carrying almost 400 men, women and children. lampedusa is one of the main arrival ports for people wanting to reach europe. more boats have been spotted off the coast of nearby malta. those are the main headlines here on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for click.

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