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 1,000 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.

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. earlier, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu defended his government'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. 0ur 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, also near to the damascus gate, one of the entrances to the old city, and also importantly in the sheikh jarrah — this is the neighbourhood where palestinian families have been fighting against their eviction to make way forjewish settlers. and there have been clashes there — quite heavy clashes — involving local people and also israeli police and jewish settlers — and that despite the fact that a key court ruling in the case was delayed earlier in the day in an effort to try to lower the temperature. as well as all of that, we have had at least three rockets fired from gaza into southern israel through the course of the evening and it is now jerusalem day — that is 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 nationalist israelis involved, as a big provocation by palestinians, and that could well lead to more violence. 0had zemet is the spokesperson for the israeli embassy in london. he told us more about what action his government is taking to de—escalate violence. jerusalem is a sacred place for everyone in israel, all through the years, maintaining freedom of worship, freedom of religion. and the government — and the police, of course — everyone wants to de—escalate the situation, wants to keep calm and allow, like every year, allow this everything, this worship to continue. unfortunately, we see some people, we see hamas — a terrorist organisation — incite violence, we see people using violence, using this holy time for violence, and we hope that the police will maintain law and order.

everyone should respect the law and if marches or any other protests are being done in an orderly and quiet fashion, they could, of course, of course, go ahead. that is the perspective from the israel government. more on that a little later in the bulletin. funerals have been taking place in the afghan capital kabul after a series of bomb attacks on a school on saturday. more than 60 people died. most were young girls. many of them were from afghanistan's hazara community — it's 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. tahira 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 school bags. 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. 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, 14 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 hotline 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 no life vests on board. since the start of 2021, almost 11,000 people have reached italy — that's over double the arrivals from 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. 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 are two other 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 right now is that aleksandr murakhovsky left a hunting lodge in an atv, an all—terrain vehicle, 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 in fact 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 don't — 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. yeah, and in terms of suspicion, i suppose, when you look at the sad demise of two other doctors, one would be bound to think that there was some sort of poison and they came into contact with it. yeah, no, that certainly is a possibility — i'm trying to be very careful in how i characterise all this because we really don't know right now. but that said, i mean, this regime doesn't seem to have any constraints on its behaviour. it's ready to poison its opponents with a nerve agent. it attempted to poison one of its opponents in the united kingdom with a nerve agent —

sergei skripal back in 2018, of course — so they have been crossing lines, red lines, they have been unwilling to cross in the past, which makes me concerned and very suspicious at the moment. brian whitmore there. taking you back to our top story now. the situation in jerusalem, the skirmishes, if i can call them that, has gone on for a third night now. joining me now is human rights attorney and author ofjustice for some, noura erakat. given the reference to justice for some, given the reference to justice forsome, i given the reference to justice for some, i wonder what you think about the decision of the supreme court, at least to postpone a decision, a ruling, on the israeli settlers, given the tensions in the air at the moment. the tensions in the air at the moment-— the tensions in the air at the moment. ., ~ , ., ., ., moment. thank you for having me. i moment. thank you for having me- i want _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to start _ moment. thank you for having me. i want to start off- moment. thank you for having me. i want to start off by - me. i want to start off by emphasising to the audience

that these are not skirmishers. these are armed israeli settlers who are terrorising palestinian neighbourhoods who are protected by the police, as they do so. they are moving them from their homes. ironically, underan them from their homes. ironically, under an israeli judicial decision that has authorised this removal because it found in 1982 for a challenge of two jewish groups who contested that this land belonged to them, which placed the residents in check shara in his opposition in the first place so now that the israeli court has decided, you know, to pivot and give this to the attorney—general, for the next general days is frankly buying time because of the protests of what is explicit, unbridled violence before our very eyes, and that makes clear for us this is not a conflict between two people fighting over one land —— sheikh jarrah. this is an oppressive situation by the

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contravention of international law, even under occupation law, this is the acquisition of territory by force, this is tantamount to a war crime and yet, we have heard nothing which is to say— and really what the situation is is an apartheid situation before our very eyes that we are trying to package lightly and sell to the world. what can we do? we are doing it. we're trying to protest. palestinians been arrested en masse. they have been standing by the community in sheikhjarrah, been standing by the community in sheikh jarrah, they have taken to social media and even the social media platforms where they have been trying to raise their voices, because of orders that prevent them from seeing one another, though social media posts have also been taken down by facebook, by instagram, by twitter. further silencing palestinians but i think it is going to take nothing less than non—stop protest against the policy of ongoing ethnic cleansing. we will meet —

ongoing ethnic cleansing. we will expect to see more than. noura erakat, thank you indeed. thank you for having me. and thank you for being with us on bbc world news. still to come: we talk to young people in singapore who speak up for civil rights, despite the risk it poses to their future. 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 world news. the latest headlines: a third night of tension injerusalem, as unrest simmers over the possible eviction of palestinian families. funerals have taken place in afghanistan for more than 60 people — mainly young girls — killed in a militant attack outside a school. 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 didn't 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 years. 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. earlier i spoke to kaitlin free, a horse racing analyst, from cincinnati in ohio. she told me why the us has such a big issue with doping in horse racing. the problem with horseracing over in the united states is there's no central governing body to really regulate this. it;s 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 legal substance that is able to be given to the horse up to 1a days prior to the race, and unfortunately the withdrawal time, either it was outside of the window or there was maybe a cross contamination, or, you know,

the wrong horse could have been injected. this isn't a performance enhancing drug but it's still a banned race day substance nonetheless, so the test was positive and unfortunately when it comes to races the calibre of kentucky derby, rules a re rules. quite rightly. and bob baffert, he's a legend, he's right at the top of his game, he's getting stronger by the day, he's 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's not the first time that his horses have been seen to have various different medicines they shouldn't have. 0h, absolutely. it's a huge deal. this is a very big story. he's had a couple of positives in the past. recently, as of yet, especially with a couple

of other horses that have ran in kentucky, but for this to be on the kentucky derby, for it to be bob baffert, the most recent trainer to win the last two triple crowns, it's a very big deal and it's really rocked the racing community. i should point out, he has make it clear that as far as he's concerned he has done absolutely nothing wrong and there will be a test of the split sample, as i understand it. yes, there will be split sample that's being sent away currently, and they're also going to do a dna test to prove whether or not it was administered to the horse, and, you know, you've got to be as objective as possible — the annual hajj pilgrimage to mecca is to go ahead this year but under special conditions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. the ministry of hajj in saudi arabia said the details and conditions would be made public at a later date. last year saudi arabia only allowed 10,000 domestic pilgrims as opposed to an average of three million foreigners to perform the hajj, causing widespread dismay among would—be pilgrims.

the state news agency said the health authorities continued to assess the covid—19 situation. a man in singapore is facing jailfor holding up a placard of a smiley face. police allege the actions ofjolovan wham constituted a one—man public assembly — something that's illegal without a permit. in a country where living standards are high and support for the authorities is strong, not many young people speak up, for fear ofjeopardising their comfortable futures. but a few do. nick marsh spoke to them. a smile for the camera. in singapore, doing this could land you injail. the charge, illegal public assembly. attendance, one. jolovan wham's home—made symbol of free speech is the latest in a long list of things to get him in trouble.

but to many of his fellow citizens, what he does isn't brave — it's baffling. they say things like, i'm just knocking my head against the wall, what i'm doing is not going to work, it's useless, but i went through a process of thinking through how i want to live my life, what i want to do, so i'm prepared for the consequences that comes with my activism. the smiley face was a show of support for minh nguyen. a year ago, he was detained by police for holding up this greta thunberg—inspired sign in the same place. now, he's completed his mandatory national service and his parents are extremely worried about his future. the idea was that i was nuking my career. minh knows that in other parts of the world, what he did is hardly remarkable, but here, it's enough to keep you awake at night. activism in singapore isn't something you can afford to do casually. you definitely reconsider whether it's worth it. do you want the life

of an activist? pauses i don't think so. i don't know. the police say both men should have taken their signs here, to the speakers' corner — a heavily monitored patch of grass where, in theory, you can get a permit to assemble. but this place has actually been closed for almost a year now because of covid restrictions. we did ask the police how singaporeans could legally assemble now, but we didn't get an answer. this isn't a country where critics are killed or kidnapped, but they can be sued and bankrupted, sometimes by the prime minister personally. for activists like kokila annamalai, simply hoping for change isn't enough. it creates, i think, an extremely particular set of challenges for activists here and a climate that's so lonely. if i want to live in a society where people can speak freely, then i can'tjust keep asking, "can we allow people to speak freely?"

i just have to start speaking freely, even when it is not allowed. and she did. shortly after our interview, kokila took part in a protest against transphobia in the education system. she and two others were arrested and investigations are ongoing. the government mantra here is to be careful what you wish for. peaceful streets, they say, is the sign of a happy majority. but so long as the cost of speaking out remains so high, we'll never know if that's true. nick marsh, bbc news, singapore. a just want to show you this. —— | a just want to show you this. —— ijust want a just want to show you this. —— i just want to. a whale has become stranded in the river thames in london. rescuers and marine divers are on the scene, trying to move the whale trapped near richmond. it is believed to be a baby. we will keep tabs on that for

you. you are watching bbc news. thanks for being with us. 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—115 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 taliban 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.

now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi.