the israeli military has carried out overnight airstrikes on what it says which were the biggest to be launched from lebanon for 17 years. northern ireland on alert. police warned republicans could provoke violence as the country marks 25 years of the good friday agreement. iam i am live in dover where passengers trying to get away for easter are once again facing delays, though fortunately, not on the scale we saw last weekend. millions of banknotes featuring the image of the king are being made for release next year. we have exclusive access to the printing process.

good afternoon. first, police in northern ireland are warning that dissident republican groups may try to cause public disorder to draw police into attacks over the easter weekend. extra officers are being drafted in ahead of a visit by president biden next week as part of events to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. our ireland correspondent chris page reports from belfast. in northern ireland this weekend, people are holding events to mark a quarter of a century of relative peace. the agreement signed on good friday, 1998, largely ended three decades of conflict. but there is

also a reminder that the threat from paramilitaries hasn't completely pa ramilitaries hasn't completely faded. paramilitaries hasn't completely faded. police have taken the unusual step of warning there could be street violence at a march held by dissident republicans. there is very strong community evidence specifically coming forward in respect of monday's events in derry londonderry, and there are real concerns they may be attempts to draw police into serious public disorder and to use that then as a platform to launch terrorist attacks on police as well. republicans take part in parades every easter to commemorate a rebellion against british rule in dublin in 1916. the dissidents broke away when the ira's political wing sinn fein entered the peace process. a few weeks ago, a group known as the new ira shot and critically injured a detective, john caldwell. sinn fein politician who helped negotiate the good friday agreement says he is still is still paramilitary violence now.

i hope that 25 years later we wouldn't _ i hope that 25 years later we wouldn't be here, but let's be clear about _ wouldn't be here, but let's be clear about this — wouldn't be here, but let's be clear about this. it is a small number of people _ about this. it is a small number of people who — about this. it is a small number of people who are intent on reversing the peace — people who are intent on reversing the peace process, the political process— the peace process, the political process and all of that, for no good reasoh _ reason. the agreement set up a power—sharing devolved assembly, but the democratic unionist party is blocking it from sitting in protest against brexit arrangements. the dup leader has rejected suggestions the political vacuum makes violence more likely. the idea that evil men and women who go out to commit murder react to political circumstances alone simply doesn't stack up. we want to see proper functioning government in northern ireland, but it has got to be on the basis of a cross community consensus, and that's what we are working to build. detectives don't believe the dissident republicans are planning violence directly because of the

peace deal�*s anniversary or president biden�*s visit, but the police's warning shows that the peace process here still isn't finished. chris page, bbc news, belfast. well, as we've heard, a quarter of a century later, political tensions and obstacles are still present in northern ireland, so what does the generation born since the good friday agreement make of the era of peace? emma vardy has been to meet some of them. northern ireland's peace generation have grown up in a place unrecognisable from its past. many people born after the conflict have seen little of the dark times that came before them. we've come to show them some of the tv news archives of the place they call home. it's hard to believe that that's what life was like, and how different it is now. i still am like, but how did that happen? why did that happen? to commemorate and pay tribute to the volunteers. of the irish republican army!

the sectarian conflict between protestant and catholic communities shaped the lives of previous generations. republican armed groups carried out a bombing campaign to try to force northern ireland to give up its status as part of the uk, and catholic communities came under attack from loyalists. seeing some of the footage of, like, the ira men... that is so bizarre, i mean, because it is not something i ever experienced. in 1998, when once bitter political enemies signed the good friday agreement, it was a major turning point. many may disagree, but i feel that we've came so far in such a short period of time. although the conflict is in the past, some sense of division is still passed down. while 25—year—olds today had a vastly different experience growing up in northern ireland from their parents, it's clear

the so—called peace generation still feels some of the old tensions that live on. you do get an inherited trauma, you know, that i as a catholic can't go to a protestant area. why do those beliefs still exist? your community, your family, because they grew up with it. and although the conflict has shaped large parts of the way northern ireland works today, many young people have had little formal education about their recent history. i have never learned about the troubles in my entire education. like, in terms of school. like, i would say i was quite sectarian when i was younger, and, you know, that was brought from my family. so how would you rate the success of the good friday agreement? i would say it was successful in terms of ending the violence, but we still have segregated housing, we still have segregated schooling, our politics is still divided. 71.12%...| cheering there is little doubt those who voted for the agreement in 1998 created a better future for their children. but today, northern ireland's power—sharing government, set up by the accord, often collapses over disputes

between the parties. can your generation make northern ireland a better place? i hope so. yeah, i think there is potential there for northern ireland to be more united. when political figures mark the anniversary of the good friday agreement in the coming days and its legacy, they too will do so in recognition that this isn't the end of the story. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the israeli military has carried out overnight airstrikes on what it says were hamas targets in the gaza strip and lebanon. palestinian militants responded with rocket fire from gaza. the israeli raids follow rocket attacks on israel yesterday, which were the biggest to be launched from lebanon for 17 years. this report from jerusalem by our correspondent, yolande knell. there are some images you may find distressing.

when it came, israel's promised retaliation hit the gaza strip hard. the military says it struck targets linked to the palestinian militant group hamas. it blames hamas, which governs here, of not only firing rockets at israel from gaza, but also for yesterday's barrage launched from lebanon. overnight, there were more gazan rockets, most intercepted by israel's defence system. and this morning, after the bombardment, palestinians spoke of a frightening night. translation: g ., , translation: my daughters were c in: , translation: my daughters were c inc, and translation: my daughters were crying. and one — translation: my daughters were crying, and one fainted. _ translation: my daughters were crying, and one fainted. that's - translation: my daughters were l crying, and one fainted. that's what happened. i looked around, and everything was destroyed. i checked my vehicle, and it was destroyed. in lebanon too, locals inspected the damage after three israeli strikes neara damage after three israeli strikes near a palestinian refugee camp. this was one of over 30 rockets fired from lebanon a day ago. israel brought down most of the barrage. in

its response, it has been wary of drawing in powerful lebanese militants. it's a multidimensional threat, and there _ it's a multidimensional threat, and there is_ it's a multidimensional threat, and there is no— it's a multidimensional threat, and there is no one organisation or one enemy— there is no one organisation or one enemy here~ — there is no one organisation or one enemy here. we are focused on our enemy— enemy here. we are focused on our enemyahd— enemy here. we are focused on our enemy and don't want to escalate at this point _ enemy and don't want to escalate at this point. we are focused on hamas, who are _ this point. we are focused on hamas, who are the _ this point. we are focused on hamas, who are the predominant force here. this week, _ who are the predominant force here. this week, violent scenes inside jerusalem's al—aqsa mosque caused protests across the middle east during the holy month of ramadan. israeli police said they raided the prayer hall after what they call the agitators barricaded themselves inside. palestinians threw fireworks and distressing videos emerged on social media, showing officers beating people in the mosque. today, thousands of muslims headed to friday prayers at al—aqsa. it is often a flashpoint for troubles. the third holiest place in islam is also the holiest place forjewish people,

who call at temple mount and celebrate passover this week. as the three religions which hold this ancient city sacred marked their own holidays, tensions remain dangerously high, and once again, there has been proved that what happens here can quickly have an impact across the wider region. for now, all eyes remained fixed on jerusalem. and yolande is live for us now injerusalem. how serious could this situation get? this certainly feels like a very sensitive moment. the firing of so many rockets from southern lebanon into israeljust many rockets from southern lebanon into israel just yesterday was a very serious development, and israel seems to have calibrated its response in such a way that it hopes very much not to draw in hezbollah,

the powerful lebanese militant group that has a huge arsenal of precise weapons. for months now, tensions have been very high onjerusalem and in the occupied west bank. you have had warnings from officials, from diplomats, that this period, when ramadan and passover overlap, was going to be particularly volatile, and despite steps taken, that really seems to have been the case. for now, in the old city, friday prayers, events there went relatively calmly, but looking at the occupied west bank, we have just heard of a shooting there. two israeli sisters killed in their car in a suspected palestinian attack. another woman remains in a serious condition. so i think there is still big potentialfor things condition. so i think there is still big potential for things to flare up in the coming days. thank you. police have revealed that a 14—year—old girl was the victim of a fatal fire at a block of flats yesterday. a 15—year—old boy has been arrested

on suspicion of murder. a number of people were injured in the blaze, in becton. an investigation is ongoing. labour is facing criticism, including from within the party, for posting a message on its official twitter account suggesting that the prime minister doesn't think child sex abusers should go to prison. the tweet asks people whether they believe convicted offenders should be jailed, then says, "rishi sunak doesn't". the conservatives described it as "vile and desperate". with me is our political correspondent, peter saull. peter. what more can you tell us? yes, local elections in england less than a month away, and though this is something, crime, that local councils are not directly responsible for, labourare councils are not directly responsible for, labour are keen to talk about it on the campaign trail, but as you say, a lot of people find this ad quite baseless and distasteful too, and this essential campaign that the prime minister somehow doesn't want to child abusers to be behind bars, a lot of people find that quite difficult to believe, to say the least, really.

on the labour side, you mention the conservative criticism there. the former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said that his party is better than this and this morning, and breakfast, the shadow culture secretary lucy powell was repeatedly asked whether she stood by the central claim in that tweet. i can see that it is not to everybody's taste, absolutely, and that some — everybody's taste, absolutely, and that some people won't like it. i that some people won't like it. i didh't— that some people won't like it. i didn't design the graphic. it's not ididn't design the graphic. it's not my— i didn't design the graphic. it's not my graphic, but i am here to explain — not my graphic, but i am here to explain what lies beneath it, which is a very— explain what lies beneath it, which is a very serious point about what is a very serious point about what is happening in our criminaljustice system. _ is happening in our criminaljustice system, which i think most of your viewers _ system, which i think most of your viewers would find pretty shocking. labour _ viewers would find pretty shocking. labour show absolutely no signs of taking this tweet down. some within the party might feel that despite the party might feel that despite the backlash, it is worth it if it gets people talking about the conservatives' record on crime in

office. having said that, opponents office. having said that, opponents of the labour leader sir keir starmer are already using this row to shine a light on his record when he was director of public prosecutions. thank you, peter. ferry passengers heading to the port of dover are being warned passengers trying to cross the channel are facing delays again at dover. coaches had to wait 1a hours to get on ferries last weekend. authorities say the port is very busy, but the situation is under control. simonjones is therefore as now. simon. well, at therefore as now. simon. well, at the moment. _ therefore as now. simon. well, at the moment, cars _ therefore as now. simon. well, at the moment, cars arriving - therefore as now. simon. well, at the moment, cars arriving here i therefore as now. simon. well, at| the moment, cars arriving here are facing a wait of around 90 minutes to get through french passport controls, and on the outskirts of dover, around 500 lorries are being held, parked up so they don't clog up held, parked up so they don't clog up the town. i spoke to one group who are desperately trying to get over to ukraine to distribute humanitarian aid. they face a drive around three days ahead of them, so the last thing they wanted was to be caught up thing they wanted was to be caught up in a long wait here in dover.

most passengers, though, seem to be shrugging their shoulders and saying, at least today it is not as bad as last weekend, when coach passengers were facing weights of around 1a hours to get across the channel. what is different this weekend? there is actually less traffic trying to get across the channel, and ultimately, the port has opened up some new areas inside so coaches can be checked more quickly by the french authorities. thanks very much. we're a month away from king charles' coronation, and with a new monarch comes new money. millions of banknotes featuring the image of the king are currently being made, but will only enter circulation next year. kevin peachey has been given exclusive access to the printing process. here's your change. a new monarch means a new portrait on new banknotes. on this day alone, 6 million tenners carrying the image of king charles are being printed for the bank of england in this highly secure site. they're ready to begin replacing nearly 5 billion notes out

there featuring the queen, but only as the older ones become worn or damaged. up until now, she's been the one and only monarch shown on the bank's circulating notes. portrait of her majesty the queen. currency which will still be accepted in the shops. the king is already on 50p coins, but the monarch doesn't appear on banknotes issued by banks in scotland and northern ireland. and these look but aren't quite ready to go out. you may not be lucky enough to have a wad of cash like this, that's £50,000. but even to just get one of these notes, you're going to have to wait until the middle of next year when the king charles notes enter circulation. the bank's chief cashier, whose signature is on these notes, says there's plenty to prepare in the next 12 months. there's a huge amount that has to happen just to make sure that people can use their bank notes. there are thousands of machines up and down the country that take bank notes. things like self—service checkouts in supermarkets, and they all have to be updated

to recognise the new designs. but do we still use cash to pay? where better tojudge than at the king's head? a site with its own rich history said to have once hosted james ii. i think we know it's the biggest change during covid, _ when people didn't want to be touching cash and theyjust started using their phones more, their watches, their credit cards. how did you pay? did you use these? this is this. it's so much faster, - it's a lot easier, a lot quicker and you keep control. so, yeah, i think as- a dinosaur we've moved on and evolved and you go, that's the future, isn't it? l is there anything you use cash for these days? parking, you know, the pound meters, that is literally... and car washes, that is literally it. so cash may no longer be king, but in time and for some time to come, kings will be on our cash. kevin peachey, bbc news. time for a look at the weather here's ben rich.

thank you and good afternoon. the easter weekend has got off to a promising start. blue skies and sunshine. these easter eggs in northampton basking in sunshine for the time being but that may not be the time being but that may not be the case through the weekend. an increasing chance of rain later on sunday and into monday but for the time being, most of us as you see have sunny skies overhead, high cloud in the west and this stripe of cloud in the west and this stripe of cloud across eastern parts so through the rest of this afternoon across shetland i think it will stay cloudy, it may brighten here later. the east coast of scotland may see cloud, 10 degrees in aberdeen but in glasgow highs of 1a. planned for northern ireland at times, hazy sunshine across wales and the south—west and in the south—east of england in a very small chance that we could catch the light shower but that will be the exception rather

than the rule. however this stripe of cloud across the east coast will grow west overnight and at the same time we could see the odd fog patch to the midlands and into the south—east and temperature is perilously close to freezing so perhaps a touch of frost for some tomorrow. on balance there will be more cloud in the mix tomorrow, this stripe of cloud pushing and breaking up stripe of cloud pushing and breaking up as it goes, northern ireland seeing more cloud but for most, there will be some sunny spells, and a little bit warmer. north sea coasts eight or 9 degrees, for the west it is 15 or 16. this wet weather front pushing in during saturday night, not making progress but this weather system will have more energy, pushing into northern ireland especially through sunday so event later in the day on the head of that large areas of cloud and sunny spells. a strengthening breeze and that coming from the south so feeling quite warm on sunday, get yourself into some sunshine perhaps

a top of 17 degrees but through sunday night this frontal system pushes east, outbreaks of rain with it and i think most of the persistent rain will come during the night, claiming eastern parts by monday and lingering in the northern isles. then we were renting sunshine and showers, some of those heavy with some hail and thunder and temperatures downjust a with some hail and thunder and temperatures down just a little bit. bigger change as we head into next week, the chance for rain and the chance for some very strong winds but that is still a long way off! thank you so much. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, let's turn to north korea — where escaping the country has always been perilous. but the country's leader — kimjong—un — made it harder during the covid outbreak by practically sealing the country's borders. the number of people making

it to south korea has plunged as a result — from around a thousand a year, to just 67 last year. our correspondentjean mackenzie spoke to one of the last known people to escape before the border was closed. there are days songmi still doesn't believe she is living with her mother. what she has endured to be here made it seem like this day would never come. songmi was four years old when her mother tried to escape north korea with her strapped to her chest. her mother was caught and sent to prison. when she was released, she decided to escape again, this time alone. songmi was left with her grandparents, but shortly after, they died, leaving songmi to fend for herself. translation: i made a living by foraging for herbs -

in the mountains and selling them. i was just trying to survive for the day without starving to death. it would take years before songmi's mother was able to arrange her daughter's own treacherous escape across the river to china. translation: before you cross the river, you're supposed to be scared. the river is deep and the current is strong. i could have died. but the thought of getting to my mother felt like i was throwing away a heavy burden and flying away. after 1a years apart, the pair have reunited in south korea. but songmi has never asked her mother why she left, until now. translation: l was nine - when you came back from prison. why did you escape then? translation: i wanted to bring

you with me at first, _ but the broker said, no children. if we got caught, both of us would have suffered again. so i asked your grandparents to watch you for a year. but much more time has passed. i see. i knew the morning she left, i rememberjust lying in bed, crying. what would you like to say to your daughter? what would you like her to know? translation: i want to say that i didn't abandon you. _ i made a choice to leave first to give you a better life. this choice might seem unthinkable, but these are the lengths people must go to to escape north korea, and it's only getting tougher.

the white house has released a report about the decisions made regarding the 2021 chaotic american withdrawal from afghanistan. the 12—page report by the national security council largely blames former president donald trump's administration for the problems that unfolded as us troops were leaving. but the report admits that the us should have begun evacuating kabul earlier. let's hear more about the report from national security council spokesman john kirby. while it was always the president's intent to end that war, it is also undeniable that decisions made and the lack of planning done by the previous administration significantly limited options available to him. transitions matter. that's the first lesson learned here. and the incoming administration wasn't afforded much of one. our north america correspondent david willis has more from washington. this is a 12 page summary

of a classified report that basically casts the blame for america's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan in two directions. the former administration of donald trump and the failures of the us intelligence service. basically it concludes that the outgoing administration in an impossible position. having set a date for withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan there was no plan, no design as to how that should be brought about. donald trump of course in february of 2020 agreed with the taliban for the withdrawal of all us troops from afghanistan by may of the following year. joe biden managed to push that deadline back a bit but he still had to adhere to it. but by the time the biden administration had taken office, a previous force of about 10,000 us soldiers on the ground in afghanistan had dwindled to as few as 2500 and thousands of taliban prisoners had

been released from jail. so that put the taliban in the strongest position it had been since the american invasion in 20 years previously. this report also blames us intelligence for failures, including its assessment as early as 2021 that it would be a year or two before kabul fell to the taliban. as we all know, that in fact happened in a matter of days. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. for most of us easter weekend has got off to a promising start with some good friday sunshine overhead. that was the scene early on for our weather watchers. in the north of scotland and through the weekend there are further sunny spells in the forecast but we are agreed to see rain pushing through the latter part of

something and into monday. but for the time being we have some cloud quite close to the east coast. some of it is running a line. also weather system out with the west but thatis weather system out with the west but that is making very slow progress. in between some good spells of sunshine. it will be a bit cloudy for some of these north sea coast and there is a very small chance of and there is a very small chance of a shower across the south—east of england. temperatures 1a or 15 and the sunny spots, may be just nine or ten in cloudier places on the east coast. through tonight this zone of cloudy weather will role a little further west, at the same time we could see mr patch is developing across parts of the midlands and south—east england. one or two spots could see a toast of frost, temperatures will get quite close to freezing. tomorrow generally a bit more clout in the mix. this strip of cloud pushing in from the east, it will tend to break up with some sunny spells. many will see likely source of sunshine other than ireland will tend to see things crawling over as is weather front begins to approach from the west.

temperatures up to around 1a or 15 or maybe 16 in places. still rather chilly for eastern coasts. into easter sunday, we see high pressure still trying to hold on to the east of us but this frontal system to the west will start to make more progress. ahead of that we will see some larger areas of cloud, still some larger areas of cloud, still some sunny spells. a strengthening breeze and outbreaks of rain getting in northern ireland through the afternoon. but that strengthening breeze is coming from a southerly direction, so that could let temperatures to 16 or 17. it will be a warm. through sunday night and into monday this frontal system pushes eight taking smoke breaks of rain, persistent rain will tend to clear eastern areas quite quickly on monday morning but behind that a mix of sunny spells and heavy perhaps under showers, of sunny spells and heavy perhaps undershowers, nicotine of sunny spells and heavy perhaps under showers, nicotine bal mixed in for good measure. some sunny spells in between and feeling a little cooler. 11—15.

hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday. will it be a good friday for scotland? they are playing the matildas right now. we matildas right now. will have the latest for you. rory mcilroy needs to up his game at the masters to stay in touch with the early leaders. and putting their friendship to the test... the british judoka now vying for one place at the paralympics. hello and welcome along. hello there, it's a really busy afternoon of football this good friday, could be a memorable day in the championship for burnley, but let's start