welcome to bbc news. our top stories: israeli police beat mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter, shireen abu aqla. we just had to move back very quickly because the mourners were trying to carry the coffin through the gates out the hospital. the border police are directly outside. and now, we're seeing confrontations here. the us defence secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia.

the new prime minister of sri lanka tells the bbc the economic crisis that's brought unrest across the country is going to get worse before it gets better. the political crisis intensifies in northern ireland, as the largest unionist party, the dup, blocks the return of power—sharing. # space man.... and something strange is going on at eurovision. bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk but will it be enough to stop the favourites, ukraine? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. there's been widespread international condemnation of police in israel for their use of force at the funeral of the aljazeera journalist, shireen abu aqla. pall bearers injerusalem were among those who were

beaten and kicked. officers said stones and bottles were thrown at them. the white house described the scenes as deeply disturbing and the european union said it was appalled. shireen abu aqla was shot dead in the occupied west bank on wednesday. from jerusalem, here's tom bateman. shireen abu aqla was one of the best—known voices to palestinians. now in death, a national symbol. but grief for a revered reporter was to turn to fear and panic for the mourners. israel's security forces had entered the hospital gates as palestinians tried to walk the coffin out. the police fired stun grenades and pushed the crowd back. many rush for cover inside. shouting and commotion we've had complete chaos with people trying to get inside. i saw a woman with a very young baby, a patient, or somebody who was here at the hospital, caught in the middle of a huge

crowd, trying to get inside. and even the pallbearers had to retreat... screaming and commotion ..as police kicked and beat them with batons. and the coffin slipped to the ground. the force says it acted to stop what it called "incitement" and stone throwing. shireen abu aqla was shot in the head covering an arrest raid by israel's army. reporters on the scene said the gunfire came from the soldiers, but israel maintains palestinian gunmen may have fired the fatal shot. singing but for her loved ones, it was time to say a final goodbye. at her christian funeral mass, eulogies to a life of purpose. and outside, one ofjerusalem's biggest outpourings of palestinian grief

in decades. tens of thousands wound their way around the old city's walls. they marked yet another death in a conflict where it is almost agonisingly routine, but which has brought the world's spotlight back, and remembered a life that should never have ended this way. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. shatha hanaysheh is a jounalist who works for website ultra palestine. she was with shireen abu aqla when she died. she told the bbc how she'd remember her. shireen, when i was a young child, i saw her on television and she was my idol. i grew up and i think, i am thinking that one day i will be a journalist like shireen. i can't understand why

all of this happened. she was very kind person, i remember the first time i met her, and when i got to speak with her i thought, i am a young journalist and she is a big journalist, how she would speak with me? and she was very kind with me, and she smiled, she speak with me and she asked me about myjob, she was very kind, and every time we met in...events or anything, she would speak with me and ask me about myself. and the last day, the last moment we saw shireen in the morning, before we go to... what happened, she was very happy. she told us "good morning", with a big smile. she was playing with her hair, she was someone who loved her life, and love to live.

that was shatha hanaysheh who was with shireen abu aqla when she died. well in relation to events at the funeral, the bbc approached the israeli government for comment. they referred us to a statement from the israeli police that said: "the rioters hurled stones and other objects "toward the police officers who, in response, acted "to disperse the riot. and the statement goes on to say that: let's move to the situation in ukraine now. 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. with the port city of mariupol almost entirely under russian control, theirforces have been pushing north and west towards zaporizhzhia, a city still in ukrainian hands, where many civilians have sought refuge. our correspondent, laura bicker, and camera journalist, julie ritson, have been to the frontline,

arriving as russia attacked. it started with a low rumble and plumes of black smoke. we'd barely arrived when the barrage began. this small factory took the first hit. but the russians weren't done. explosions. get down, get down! the thundering of shells is a new deadly dawn chorus for this once sleepy hamlet. the children have mostly fled to safety. others, although shaken, are determined to hold on to what they know, even while their neighbours�* house is burning.

translation: i saw some smoke and decided to have a look. - yesterday evening, i came down and saw that one. two houses down, there's no roof there any more. and today, this one got hit. the rest of the villagers are along here, says the captain. with no electricity, meals are cooked outside — when it's safe. but the blasts have forced them underground. however hard it may be to stay, their presence has become an act of defiance. translation: we're waiting for victory. i we want all our children, our grandchildren, to come back home, and we want somewhere to come back to. we want our home to stay unscathed, and notjust ours, but for all the people that had to leave. i was told this building was intact this morning, which gives you an idea of kind of the intensity of shelling this village is facing. the ukrainians have built up their forces, taking forces from elsewhere in the country and put them here, to keep the russians at bay. when i asked how far the russians will come north, the answer i got was

"as far as we let them". and this invasion is personal to the local ukrainian force. translation: in our battalions, there are many people whose . homes and relatives are in the occupied territories. they are very determined, and all they're waiting for is an order to advance, to come back to their home villages, towns and districts. there are no military targets here in these tree—lined streets, just much—prized family homes. the volley of shells just missed this house. oh, yeah, that has been a direct hit. it's hard to comprehend just how close this war has come. translation: l was underl the shed there when i heard the shots and ran into the cellar. even as thoughts of a clear—up begin, the bombardment continues, shattering lives one barrage at a time. distant explosions.

laura bicker, bbc news, near zaporizhzhia. earlier i wasjoined by andrew d'anieri, who worked with peace corps in ukraine, and now is an assistant director at the atlantic council's eurasia centre. he gave us some insight into how significant turkey's opposition to nato membership for finland and sweden really is. on the nato issue with finland, sweden and turkey's opposition today, i think it is actually remarkable that this is the biggest issue we are seeing to these two countries' accession to nato. nato is typically a years long process that requires deep integration militarily, politically and economically, more than most people realise. and so we are talking about weeks and maybe months rather than years right now. so i think it is not necessarily a surprise that this has come up as a roadblock, but i think it is, we should all realise and recognise that sweden and finland are much closer to nato membership

because of the work they have done to integrate with the alliance over the past several years, and my colleagues at the atlantic council have a very good article about this today. so i think certainly an obstacle, but finland and sweden are well on their way to membership. so you don't think turkey could stop it? i think it is possible that this could slow down the process, but again the fact that this is the number one and really only issue we are seeing so far to these two countries' accession into, like, the major military alliance in the world is astounding and positively so. the other aspect i was looking at and i suppose finland and sweden would be looking at, was retaliation for this particular move. i was seeing one story about one russian supplier cutting off electricity to finland — i don't think it

will matter too much in the sense that it is such a small amount and they have other ways they can fill that gap, but do you worry about any other retaliatory measures? i think we should always be worried about retaliatory measures from russia, that is why these countries want to join nato, is because russia is a bad and aggressive neighbour. but frankly speaking right now if we are talking about a conventional military intervention against sweden and finland, ithink that prospect is very, very low given just how poorly the russians are performing in ukraine. they don't have the capability to do something similar or even at a low level up there toward the north. let's talk a little as well about what is happening on the ground, we were seeing that ukraine's defence minister was saying that the country is entering a new stage of the war, that they were going to arm i million ukrainians, and that would be with help from the us and other

western countries. do you think that is significant? it absolutely is. we have seen ukrainian forces in the north and the east fighting back, push back russian forces around kharkiv, some have said even as far as the russian border, and it has become clear that ukrainians are the world's top experts in fighting off russians, especially invading russian forces. so when ukrainians have weapons in their hands they have shown they can use them effectively to protect themselves, theirfamilies, prevent more russian atrocities and defend their country. so i do think, especially now that the russian offensive in the south may continue, it is essential that we, and that ukrainians, like the minister said, arming civilians and territorial defence forces is key to preventing russia from gaining more ground and set up possible counteroffensives on the ukrainian side.

andrew d'anieri, thank you. ukraine begun its first war crimes trial since the beginning of russia's invasion. a 21—year—old soldier appeared in the dock, accused of killing an unarmed civilian. he faces life in prison if convicted. ukraine says it has identified thousands of potential war crimes committed by russia. russia has denied targeting civilians and made no comment about the trial. ukraine's state prosecutor said there will soon there will be a lot more of these cases. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 27 people have been killed and more than a0 injured in a fire in delhi. the blaze started on the first floor of a four—storey building and witnesses say several people jumped to safety as it spread. more than 20 fire trucks and ambulances have been at the scene. two days after north korea officially acknowledged its first covid cases, official media say another 21 people have died. the state news agency also said over 170,000 more people showed symptoms compared with the day before. the north korean leader, kimjong—un, described

the outbreak as a great disaster but said that it could be overcome. a russian court has extended the pre—trial detention of the american professional basketball player brittney griner. the athlete, a two—time olympic gold—medallist and wnba champion, was detained at moscow airport in february, allegedly in possession of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. the us state department says she's being wrongfully detained. griner�*s detention came days before russia defied us warnings and sent troops into ukraine. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: spain's entry rehearse in turin as fans countdown the hours until the eurovision song contest begins in italy. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican.

the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentencedl to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication - she felt even - the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake — the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legall same—sex marriages have been taking - place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering this is bbc news. the latest headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter

shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. the russian and us defence secretaries have spoken for the first time since moscow's invasion of ukraine in february. the new prime minister of sri lanka has warned the economic situation there is likely to worsen. sri lanka has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. he's been speaking to our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan. can he answer sri lanka's prayers? ranil wickremesinghe is serving as prime minister for the sixth time. this, his biggest challenge yet. such is the struggle, they are queueing for free bread. i met a mother of six yesterday called priyanthe, queueing just to get two pieces of bread and she asked me what difference you, as a new prime minister,

can make to her life? what would you say to priyanthe? i believe that people should have three meals a day. when i've been prime minister on earlier occasions, i ensured that, and i will ensure that they will have three meals a day again. first is to find out how bad the economy is, so i will be like a doctor who is opening up a patient for the first time. already a dire diagnosis. queues for fuel run for miles. with supplies low, the pm said he may have to ration it. you yourself said a month ago that resources are running out. yes. this is your opportunity to be straight with the people of sri lanka. how much worse could it get? it is going to get worse before it gets better. i want someone to have sufficient food, fuel and medicine avaiable. and how, how will you do that? we will look for help from outside and talk to them.

if you don't get the help from india, japan or other countries that you haven't mentioned, you're saying that they could be a hunger crisis by the summer? no, there won't be a hunger crisis. somehow we will find food. somehow, but how, if you don't get enough funds? after i speak with them, there will be help coming from there. they won't allow people to starve. with many already on the brink, hope rests on the imf and other nations to lend a hand. you've just taken on a very challenging job. what would your message be to people watching this around the world? we need your assistance for a year. whatever we get from you we will repay. certainly. and help us to do it. we are the longest and oldest democracy in asia. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. the political crisis in northern ireland has deepened after the democratic unionist party took steps to prevent the power—sharing assembly from meeting. members of the dup took their seats at stormont along with other political parties for the first time since elections last week.

but they blocked the election of a new speaker, in protest at post—brexit trade arrangements. their decision means the assembly is unable to function. other parties have condemned the move as shameful, including sinn fein, which has the most seats for the first time. borisjohnson is planning to visit northern ireland on monday to try to find a way forward. one of the main factors in the deadlock is the northern ireland protocol — the post—brexit agreement which requires checks on some goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the uk. mark easton assesses the impact of that agreement. you can't see it, it's not on any nautical map, but somewhere out here is the invisible border that threatens to paralyse northern ireland politics. the brexit deal that britain signed with the eu sought to prevent reviving hostility at the land border with the republic just down there. so they moved customs checks out to a mythical point here in the middle of the irish sea, drawing a line between northern ireland — over there — and great britain.

in doing so the prime minister broke a promise he had repeatedly made to unionists. i'm afraid that the right honourable lady is simply wrong, there will be no border down the irish sea. but in the end, a line between northern ireland and great britain was a key ingredient in mrjohnson�*s oven—ready brexit deal. so why does it matter so much? at queen's university in belfast, i met a history professor who tried to explain it to me. it shows a really strong relationship between geography and space and political power. from the old irish province and counties of ulster, in the 1920s politicians drew a boundary line between the united kingdom and the new republic, a border twisted and tweaked to create a territory where british unionists would always control affairs. it was very messy. but today, a century later, and the largest political party in northern ireland supports irish nationalism. and now suddenly that boundary settlement which caused so much violence 100 years ago has been

thrown up in the air, so it's notjust about economics, it's about politics and identity and unionism feels itself under threat in a way which it hasn't in a long time. the border winds its provocative way across the landscape near newry. in this territory, loyalties are hung on the washing line and there's anxiety on the breeze. the people who put up this poster are worried that borisjohnson will move customs checks from the irish sea to the land border here. for this family, uncertainty over the protocol is a great concern. suzanne is a protestant, her husband paul a catholic, but for them this is about business, not religion or tradition. how many rugs have you got here? just under 250,000. for paul's rug company, brexit means extra paperwork importing from great britain, but the protocol means it is easier exporting across the eu. it gives us in northern ireland an opportunity for one of the first times in 100 years to trade efficiently with the rest of europe and with the uk, and with gb,

and to really benefit from our situation here which is quite unusual, and what's coming down the track here is potentially the reversal of that. but for some northern irish businesses who import materials from great britain, the brexit protocol has meant a tangle of extra red tape. it does make logistics much more difficult, but companies like ours and others within the industry have said that was going to be an outcome of the deal that was negotiated. there are fears a storm is coming. the winds of brexit, the protocol and politics combining to buffet the people of this long—suffering island. mark easton, bbc news, newry. the annual extravaganza that is the eurovision grand final is upon us once again, and while ukraine's entry is this year's firm favourite — unusually the uk entry is also among those tipped to win, as david sillito reports. one, two, three... yay! sam ryder.

the uk's eurovision hopeful is already a hit in turin. # and i'm drifting in the dark...#. his song, space man, is being hotly tipped. eurovision has helped transform his life. 2.5 years ago, december 2019, where was your singing career? i did a little bit of everything. i was a labourer, a dogsbody, basically. so, december2019, yourjob is a labourer? yeah. his journey to fame began with this tiktok video. # hit me baby one more time... i thought nothing of it. because i went to bed that night and just thought, that was funny. i woke up and 2 million people had seen it. you had 2 million views? yeah, yeah. and it was that that led to eurovision. mahmood, lovely to meet you,

lovely to meet you. let's go for a walk. and to understand what that could mean, meet italy's mahmood. singing in italian. this is mahmood's second eurovision. and it's made him a star. you've got a few fans around here at the moment. how does it feel? i'm super happy about all the support. because italian people is super warming, super lovely. and five minutes later... this is what eurovision fame feels like. i've got to get out of this! however, the favourite remains ukraine's kalush orchestra, their song remains an anthem of national struggle. but for sam's space man, he isn't far behind. no—one is expecting another nul points. david sillito, bbc news, turin. let's see what happens. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcnuala.

thanks i'm @bbcnuala. for watching bbc news. hello there. we had some contrasting weather conditions on friday across the country. it was rather cool and breezy at times across scotland and north—east england, as depicted by this weather watcher in moray. in fact, in one or two spots, temperature struggled to climb into double figures. but it was a different story after a rather grey start across england and wales. the cloud broke up and we saw temperatures peaking in the london area by the middle of the afternoon of 21 celsius. now, clear skies will continue to dominate the weather story to start off our weekend. we will see a little more in the way of cloud, producing a few scattered showers into the far northwest of the great glen, but elsewhere, it's a relatively mild start to the day, and, yes, there will be some early morning sunshine for many. out to the west, there will be a little bit of early morning

patchy mist and low fog. that's because we've got high—pressure building, winds falling light. but i just want to draw your attention to these showers down into the south—west arriving later on in the day. so, that early mist will lift away, a lot of sunshine pretty much throughout the day. we could just see a little more in the way of coastal cloud out towards the far north—west. top temperatures, though, warmer than friday in scotland, highs of 11—18 celsius. we could see 22—23 celsius somewhere across south—east england — that's 73 fahrenheit. now, into the evening, though, those showers will arrive through the south—west across wales pushing their way into central and southern england. there will be some sharp thundery downpours mixed in there as well as those showers move through during the early hours of sunday. they will take their time to clear away as well. some running down through the channel coast, some moving up through wales, stretching up into northern england and scotland for the second half of the weekend. so a slightly different feel to the weather story. still warm where you keep

the sunshine, highs again of 23 celsius. there will be further showers to come through sunday evening into the early hours of monday. if anything, more widespread sharp showers, possibly still thundery, moving their way up to scotland, and that is because as we go through into next week, we continue to see the risk of some low pressure systems pushing in off the atlantic. always sitting out to the west, so the further east you are, it should stay largely fine and dry. but a little more unsettled, particularly the further north and west, warmer in the south with temperatures once again into the low 20s.

this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter, shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. there's been widespread condemnation of police officers for their use of force. officers say stones and bottles were thrown at them. the us defence secretary is calling for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion began. it's now 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. sri lanka's new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country has been rocked

by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine.