live from london. this is bbc news. two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. earlier, israel launched airstrikes on gaza and lebanon, calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. russian authorities formally charge the american journalist, evan gershkovich with spying. and the s club 7 singer, paul cattermole has died at the age of 46 — weeks after the british band announced a comeback tour.

we start in the middle east — where israel has ordered the mobilisation of reservists in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators as tensions rise in the region. in the latest escalation between israel and palestinians — two israeli women were killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. the authorities say, a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects, who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. the latest development comes after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the airstrikes targetted areas of the gaza strip and lebanon — israel says they're in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel — launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blamed on hamas. these images from gaza show the aftermath. they're the heaviest airstrikes that israel has carried out on gaza since last august. our middle east correspondent

yolande knell reports. 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: my daughters| were 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 near a palestinian refugee camp. this was one of over 30 rockets fired from lebanon a day ago.

will 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 is no one organisation or one enemy here. we are focused on our enemy and don't want to escalate with hezbollah at this point. we are focused on hamas, who are a predominant force here. this week, violent scenes inside jerusalem's al—aqsa mosque caused outrage across the middle east during the holy month of ramadan. israeli police said they raided the prayer hall after what they called 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's often a flashpoint for troubles. the third holiest place in islam is also the holiest place forjewish people, who call it temple mount and celebrate passover this week. nearby in the old city, christians from around the world joined the good friday procession. as the three religions which hold this ancient city sacred marked their own holidays, tensions remain dangerously high, and once again, there has been proof that what happens here can quickly have an impact across the wider region. for now, all eyes remained fixed onjerusalem. and since yolande knell filed her report she's been giving us the latest from jerusalem. what we know about this attack, it happened in the north of the west bank, in the north of the jordan valley. there were three women travelling in a car, some video footage from the scene shows how it was driven off the road. it is a suspected palestinian gunman who has killed two israeli sisters in their 20s,

and their mother remains seriously injured in hospital, being treated. the three women came from an israeli settlement in the south of the west bank. a few details at the moment about who may have been responsible for the attack, but it all feeds into the idea that this is a very volatile time. of course it is a time whenjewish israelis are celebrating the holiday of passover, and at the same time you have the islamic holy month of ramadan, when palestinian muslims have been coming here tojerusalem to the old city, to the al—aqsa mosque in the course of the day, and christians have been coming from around the world, palestinian christians joining them, to take part in good friday and easter celebrations. so this is a period when all of these holidays are overlapping, but really it for months, officials and diplomats have been warning that this would be a very difficult and tense time, and this has proven to be the case. tell me a bit more

about the mobilisation we have heard about. some interesting messages from the israeli military at the moment. on the one hand, we are seeing these big troop reinforcements in the south of the country, close to the gaza strip. and also in the north of the country, close to the disputed border with lebanon after that barrage of more than 30 rockets was fired from southern lebanon, israel says buy at palestinian militant groups, by hamas, into the north of the country. at the same time, the israeli military is telling those who live close to the gaza strip that they are free to leave the vicinity of the air raid shelters, and it has said that quite will be met with quiet, at least in the coming days. yolande, many fear a continued spiral downwards. just remind people why this has flared now. first of all, it is this occasion

of the overlapping holidays, particularly ramadan and passover. this is something that is happened for the second time in three decades. it has really put pressure on the holy sites, particularly here injerusalem, palestinians have been going on in their thousands to the al—aqsa mosque. it is the third holiest place in islam. it's the site of a millennium—old mosque. at the same time, it is the holiest place injudaism, it is the place wherejews believe there were two temples that stood there through biblical times. you get muslim and jewish visitors wanting to come

tojerusalem in larger numbers. israeli police escort round large numbers ofjewish visitors at appointed times. before they do that, they take action, as we have seen in the past, to clear the mosque compound, which has turned very violent in the past couple of days. this week, we saw two notes in which israeli police raided the mosque. they say they were massed agitators and that palestinians were throwing fireworks. scenes emerged on social media causing outrage that showed israeli officers beating palestinians with sticks and using the butt of rifles as well. all this has caused immense shock, despite the fact that for months now, they have been washington—backed talks withjordan and egypt involved, trying to quiten the situation after months of high tensions to try to ensure that scenes like this didn't happen.

denying all charges while the us is called for his immediate release. russia has formally charged us journalist, evan gershkovich with espionage. gershkovich was first arrested on the 30th of march in the city of yekaterinberg. the state run tass news agency reports that he "categorically denies all charges" whilst the us has called for his immediate release. talking to the wall streetjournal, we will get the latest on that breaking story and we will try to firm up the details of that report coming out of moscow. breaking news

of the last couple of hours, breaking news of the last couple paul cattermole, singer in the british pop group s club seven, has died at the age of 46. the news comes just weeks after the band announced a massive comeback tour. they were one of the biggest acts here in the uk in the late 1990s and early 2000s, 0ur correspondent laura trant has more on this breaking story this afternoon. this is described as a real shock. 46—year—old paul cattermole died unexpectedly at his home in dorset yesterday. his s club seven bandmates have described his passing as, "there are no words to describe their loss." they say the deep sense of sadness that they feel. they say they are so lucky to have had him in their lives and they are thankful for the amazing memories they have. they put that statement on social media a short while ago. his family have also done the same. they have said that it's with tremendous sadness that they announce the unexpected passing of their beloved

son and brother paul. they describe that he was found dead in his home yesterday. now, this comes, as you'll be aware, of this big reunion reunion tour, which was scheduled to happen later this year where s club seven were getting back together after 25 years. and they're going to be doing 11 different dates across the uk and ireland, performing their much loved hits like reach for the stars bring it all back never had a dream come true and don't stop moving. it was the first time for a number of years that the band were all going to get together. there was much excitement within the band, as we know, and from fans alike as well. paul had previously described himself as a master of the moves. he was known for his sense of fun and the band were much loved at the time and just as much now.

his friends and family and fellow bandmates within s club seven have asked for their privacy to be respected at this time. norah was just saying, for anyone watching around the world, people here in this country will of course know all about s club seven, but perhaps those around the world won't realise just how big they were in their time. they were a huge pop presence. their hits were much loved across the generations. and it is those songs which now if you are out, you still hear their tunes which take you back to their original hits 25 years ago are often just as popular today. they were known as being very positive. they were loved by children, teenagers, adults. and that's still very much the case now. former band—mate rachel stevens, who also went on to have her own solo career, described the music as being very positive and joyful. and that sums up very nicely what the band achieved and the great sadness that one of its key band mates has now passed away. matt charlton is a musicjournalist, i spoke to him a short time ago. it's always strange

when someone from youth culture dies at such a young age. only a few weeks ago, maybe a month or so ago we were doing this light hearted, joyful story about the reunion which sparked so many imaginations and sent so many people back to their use and had whole social media talking. only a few weeks later we're talking about this and it is very shocking. remind viewers, people will be watching around the world, in their heydayjust how big is this band? big was this band? they were one of the biggest pop bands of their early 90s. it was one of the things, i guess the monkees, one of those bands that were large is a children's tv show getting up to hijinks and putting music to it. they were a result of simon pollard being fired from the spice girls. he thought i'll put

together my own band. the room and started that s club seven. they were a very big deal, absolutely massive hits. certainly the type of units that you couldn't contemplate these days for a pop band. and then paul actually was the first to leave in 2002 and trying to form his own credible, ska punk band or something like that. that didn't really out in a few got back if you months later. we have a picture from recent times of paul cattermole. the band and the family have put out a statement, i will put that onto the screen as well. they've said we're truly devastated by the passing of our brother paul. there are no words to describe the deep

sadness and loss we all feel. we're so lucky to have had them in our lives and thankful for the amazing memories we have. he will be so deeply missed by each and every one of us. we ask that you respect the privacy of his family and the band at this time. we were saying earlier, it is incredible because weeks ago they had announced that the band was reforming, they'd been so many bumps along the way. but they got together again for this reunion tour. absolutely. they got back together in different iteration over the yea rs. they tried to gets s club three going it in a different combination but never quite got back together until now. and now with the announcement last month, i think it was, it was met with greatjoy because it took people back to what feels like a more innocent time. the feeling of the pop band like that couldn't really happen these days, somehow. it's all about the solo act and credibility.

credibility in s club seven, is much as people love them you can never use those two things together. it's just a joyful thing because it was pure pop music. and put a smile on peoples faces. pope francis, leading the mass and of course these scenes, these are the scenes from vatican city and coming after those worries about pope francis health, 86, missed some events with three days in the hospital with bronchitis and out and just overseeing this mask service as we go into the easter weekend. those pictures coming into us from rome. around the world and across the uk.

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he's very excited to do it. i'm back with a new hairstyle. feels exciting. you're live with bbc news. police in northern ireland have warned that some dissident republicans could try to provoke street violence over the easter weekend. the country is marking the 25th anniversary since the signing of the good friday agreement, which largely ended 30 years of sectarian violence. hundreds of extra police have been brought in, for events which culminate with a visit to belfast by us president biden on wednesday. a quarter of a century after that agreement was struck, political tensions remain 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. explosion. it's hard to believe 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 commemmorate 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's so bizarre to me, because it's not something i ever experienced. applause. in 1998, when once bitter political enemies signed

the good friday agreement, it was a major turning point. there you are. many may disagree, but i feel. that we have come 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 feel 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, you know, education, i 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 school and our politics is still divided. i 71.12%. live now to kevin marr he's a former special adviser to the last labour minister for northern ireland and an associate editor of the blog �*labour uncut�*. you get to a moment like this, where do you assess where we are? the good friday agreement _ do you assess where we are? the good friday agreement is _ do you assess where we are? the good friday agreement is many _ do you assess where we are? the good friday agreement is many things - do you assess where we are? the good friday agreement is many things but i friday agreement is many things but it is a moment where politics worked. does this really cute resignation think we will see much of that with the visit by president biden and lots of events taking place, former president bill clinton, hillary clinton, lots of input from around the world because this is a moment where politics works. it's very difficult almost intractable problem and issue and managed to get us to a place were killing stopped, so many people lost

their lives during the troubles during 19681998. and things are not perfect but is infinitely preferable to everything we were before. northern ireland existed for 102 years medical time has been conflict of one sort or another, it's never been a place that's worked. the last 25 years might not be perfect but the bombings, the killings, the sense of contributors and the inherited trauma that the people feel, that has at least been abated and i think it's created a space to have something else new. there is a real sense of this next week or so that this is a moment where politicians can let stick for not being able to move the dial and change our destinies but this is one of those occasions where that has been the case it's a moment for reflection and for celebration, i think. �* ., , , think. but when one remembers the moment itself. _

think. but when one remembers the moment itself, remember— think. but when one remembers the i moment itself, remember broadcasting to the night that night is last minute negotiations were going on and it's incredible because even at that stage, people did not know whether they were going to get off the line simply fall apart. bier? the line simply fall apart. very true. we took— the line simply fall apart. very true. we took a _ the line simply fall apart. very true. we took a long - the line simply fall apart. very true. we took a long time - the line simply fall apart. - true. we took a long time to get to that point and the place where literally people learned not to leave the building and we run some very complex and very highly rural issues for everybody. it was that sense that it mattered that this was an important landmark agreement and it think it was very important because whatever trials and tribulations northern ireland is seenin tribulations northern ireland is seen in the intervening period, the good friday agreement has stopped. and it is people talk about the good friday agreement not only is a great achievement but is a vital and very important landmark deal it's not just a political deal for the good friday agreement itself, it is a

treaty with the united nations and uk law. it was agreed to 25 years ago tortuously agreed has kind of stalled because it opened up a new space for republicans and nationalists can pursue their goals of the united ireland independent and freely and democratically in unionists of a guarantee that there'll be no constitutional change in this referendum and people before. creative ambiguities. there is a lot of that and people look at this and see perhaps to slightly different variations of it. sometimes that is what you need to do to get something like this across the line. . ~ do to get something like this across the line. ., ~ i. do to get something like this across the line. . ~' ,, ,., do to get something like this across the line. ., ~ i. . do to get something like this across the line. ., ~ . ., the line. thank you so much for your time and joining _ the line. thank you so much for your time and joining us _ the line. thank you so much for your time and joining us on _ the line. thank you so much for your time and joining us on the _ the line. thank you so much for your time and joining us on the state to i time and joining us on the state to give us those thoughts. i'm going to turn very quickly to the news we're getting out of moscow to be reported and it seems that the us journalist has been charged with spying my colleague been at the story bread

sincerely days we found out about that arrest and i know you've been talking to the wall streetjournal and what are they saying michelle at the wall streetjournal is still trying to verify this information and i spoke to one of the politics just in the last few minutes. for an u date on just in the last few minutes. for an update on this. _ just in the last few minutes. for an update on this. we're _ just in the last few minutes. for an update on this. we're still - just in the last few minutes. for an update on this. we're still trying i update on this. we're still trying to get clarity on this and this came from russian state media and they said they have charged evan with espionage and you remember that he disappeared about a week ago and his colleagues were unable to locate him and he, of course re—emerged and i spoke to his colleague just a few days ago who said that he does have access to some lawyers and so, they'll be shocked by this news tonight. they'll be shocked by this news toniaht. ~ , ., , tonight. with everything that is auoin on, tonight. with everything that is going on. with _ tonight. with everything that is going on, with the _ tonight. with everything that is going on, with the politics, - tonight. with everything that is going on, with the politics, the| tonight. with everything that is - going on, with the politics, the war in ukraine, somehow she may be used to some political pond and that's always been the worry. i know you're

going to do more on the programme but thank you very much for that update after speaking to some of his comments. stay with us with more on that story in the headlines on bbc news. hello there. sunny skies have been the story of this good friday for most parts of the uk, including here for our weather watcher in monmouth. now, i can't promise it's going to stay this sunny through the rest of the weekend. there will still be some sunny spells, but generally a bit more in the way of cloud and some rain arriving later in the weekend. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see a lot of cloud that's been lurking in the north sea. some of that now is rolling inland and out towards the west, frontal systems waiting in the atlantic, which will eventually bring some outbreaks of rain. so as we go through tonight, we will see more of this cloud rolling in across eastern scotland and eastern england. and at the same time, some fog patches could develop through parts of the midlands and down into southeast england. elsewhere, some clear spells which will allow temperatures to drop.

we're going to get quite close to freezing in places, so some of us will see a touch of frost to start saturday morning. but on balance, saturday, still a fine looking day. some spells of sunshine, but more cloud across parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. i think that cloud will tend to retreat towards the north sea coast, but where the cloud does linger, it'll make it feel really rather cool. temperatures there in aberdeen maybe only getting to around eight degrees celsius. further west, sunny skies and highs of 15 or 16, but we will see more cloud into northern ireland, a very weak frontal system that could bring the odd spot of rain here during saturday night and then into sunday. here comes another weather front and this one will have a bit more energy about it. so we will certainly see the cloud thickening up across northern ireland. some rain here by the afternoon, perhaps eventually into western scotland, west wales, the far south west of england. but ahead of that, some spells of sunshine, some areas of cloud, but with a strengthening southerly breeze, it is going to feel warm. temperatures could get as high as 16 or 17 degrees. but through sunday night, this

frontal system pushes eastwards, taking outbreaks of rain with it. i think the most persistent rain will mainly be confined to the overnight hours, but some will linger in eastern england for a time on monday morning. could be quite a wet day across the northern isles, elsewhere, sunny spells, yes, but also some showers, some of which could be heavy, possibly with some hail and some thunder and slightly lower temperatures, typically between ten and 15 degrees. and then as we head deeper into next week, quite a change, actually. some spells of rain and the chance of gales.

live from london. this is bbc news two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. earlier, israel launched air strikes on gaza and lebanon — calling it retaliation for several dozen hamas rockets fired at israel. reports from russia say authorities there have formally charged the american journalist, evan gershkovich with espionage. and — the s—club seven singer, paul cattermole has died at the age of 46 — weeks after the british band announced a comeback tour.