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.

developments in the last few minutes, the news we have been reporting to the course of the day that two sisters killed and a mother killed in a shooting in the west bank. we see the pictures of the scene. the operation that followed in the immediate aftermath stop the update comes on the mayor. he has said that the three women were residents of the settlement which lies south ofjerusalem. according to the mayor, the family were travelling for holiday when the attack happened and were immigrants from the uk, originally from london. no confirmation of that from the bbc so far it certainly was comments being reported from the mayor of the

west bank settlements that these two sisters were originally from london here in the uk. not clear whether would they wear dual nationals because earlier we were reporting they were to is really sisters and more details coming in all the time and since that latest attack we have sin reservists calls up in israel as tensions are ratcheted up again. it's been a bad few days there in the middle east with a number of rocket attacks and responses from the israelis but this is the latest. that to is really sisters killed but news from the mayor of the nearby a settlement saying they were immigrants from the uk, originally from london. we will keep an eye on that story and more detailed coming and we will return to it when that comes. an advert posted to the labour party's official twitter account is receiving cross—party criticism, for suggesting the prime minister

doesn't believe adults convicted of sexually assaulting children, should go to prison. so far, the main opposition party, have stood by the ad. here's our political correspondent, peter saull. quite a lot of rancour in british politics today because of this tweet put out by the labour party yesterday. we are in election campaign mode here in the uk at the moment. local elections due to take place in a month's time. the labour party particularly keen to talk about crime. although it is not something that local councils are specifically responsible for, they believe it is potentially a vote winner. so it's this tweet here accusing the prime minister, rishi sunak, of not thinking adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison that really has left a sour taste in the mouths of an awful lot of people, people watching politics of all persuasions. the figures accompanying it here, under the conservatives — so say the labour party — 4,500 adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16

served no prison time. that goes back to 2010, when the conservatives first came to power. rishi sunak, the man in the picture here, only became an mp in 2015, so it is perhaps a bit of a stretch to blame him for that. the conservatives are also pointing out that keir starmer, in a former life, was director of public prosecutions, and he actually sat on the sentencing council in 2012 when the sentencing for these kinds of offences was decided, although the labour party are saying it's the government that sets the tone for that kind of thing. but some criticism from within the labour party. i'll show you another tweet here from the former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, quite an influential figure in the labour party. he says, "this is not the sort of politics a labour party confident of its own values and preparing to govern should be engaged in. i say to the people who have taken the decision to publish this ad, please withdraw it." well, there's no sign the labour party are planning to withdraw that particular advert. it is still very much up on twitter as we speak.

this morning on the bbc, we spoke to the shadow culture secretary, a seniorfigure within the labour party, lucy powell, and she was repeatedly asked whether she stood by the central claim in that tweet. well, the record of his government says that people are getting off lightly for these sorts of offences, and he is the prime minister of that government. and, you know, people produce digital campaigns and digital material and campaign literature to highlight these sorts of issues in these ways, and there are really serious issues here at stake. so that's lucy powell, the shadow culture secretary there. she was repeatedly asked whether she actually stood by it, she just wouldn't say specifically on it, but there defending what she said the advert was trying to say about the conservatives' record in terms of tackling crime. now, there are those within the labour movement who think that this has gone too far.

keir starmer has been at pains to try to paint his party now as being the grown—ups in the room, and this rather contradicts that strategy, some might argue. equally, though, labour are quite happy, perhaps, to keep this issue of the conservatives' record, in terms of tackling crime, front and centre. 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 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, six 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 five 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. let's turn to china now — the french president, emmanuel macron has been taking part in some final engagements — including a tea ceremony — on the last day of his state visit

to the country. throughout the three—day trip, mr macron has urged president xi — to use his influence with vladimir putin — to stop russia's war in ukraine. 0ur asia pacific editor, celia hatton has more on what the two leaders have discussed in a recently published statement i've been reading the statement in chinese and it's quite difficult. it does address the conflict in some ways. so both sides have come out saying that they call on for a swift resolution of the conflict. they want the conflict to be resolved according to united nations guidelines. they both denounced any attacks on nuclear plants. however, the language around this really isn't anything that hasn't been said before. and so that really kind of fuels critics concerns that emmanuel macron went to china. he said he was going to push for xijinping to really get involved in a resolution to the conflict, but he hasn't been able to come up with much. i would say we need to wait

and see a little bit. you know, i think really we need to wait and see if xi jinping is going to do something that he's said that he might do, which is to speak to the ukrainian leader, volodymyr zelensky. xijinping has not spoken to volodymyr zelensky since the russia invaded ukraine. and so really i think we need to wait and see if that phone call is going to be made. if xi jinping, who clearly has very close ties with russia, with vladimir putin, also extends and tries to develop a bit more of a relationship on the other side with volodymyr zelensky. a quick, brief word about another leg of this trip, because president xi was probably most robust in his comments around economics, warning against decoupling from china. that is a really difficult balance for the west at the moment, isn't it? yeah. and i think we have seen that emmanuel macron, he has said that he really denounced the idea of decoupling right at the start of his trip.

you know, he has really emphasised trade. he had a very large trade delegation come along with him on this trip. and this is something that xijinping really wants. he wants to boost trade between france and china. his economy really needs it. china's economy is really hurting after years of quite strict covid regulations. so in this statement that the two men have have just released, they've also unleashed a whole slew of trade agreements, including the agreement to buy 160 airbus planes from airbus. and so that will make france clearly quite happy. but itjust emphasises, this is emmanuel macron�*s position that he wants to engage china on trade. other countries aren't so happy about that, including probably the united states, which really is wanting to emphasise a decoupling at the moment. police in northern ireland have warned that 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. chris page reports. 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 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 intelligence 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. a 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 be here, but let's be clear about this. it is a small number of people who are intent on reversing the peace process, the political process and all of that, for no good 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. now — here's a real treat — sir david attenborough has long been one of the bbc�*s crown jewels —

his wildlife programmes have delighted peope around the world. the last edition of his current series — wild isles — will air this sunday — it's filmed here in the uk. and as you'd expect — it's been breathtaking. welcome to a place that is astonishing. nature on these islands, if you know where to look, can be extraordinary. dramatic. and beautiful. it rivals anything i've seen elsewhere. it's not far. it's home. welcome to wild isles.

earlier i spoke to lily moffatt, assistant producer on wild isles, to talk about the incredible nature and wildlife we can find in the uk a powerful reminder to encourage people that you don't have to fly across the world to go and find incredible spectacles. we as a nation, britain and ireland, have some of the richest and most diverse ecosystems on the planet. and we're globally important to supporting huge assemblages of wildlife. so whether you're in the city or in the countryside, hopefully this series will encourage everybody to go to your local woodlands, your local rivers, the coastline, just to explore some of the wildlife that we have to offer. and we have to offer a lot. well, we've just seen a snapshot because as you were talking, we're were looking at some of the footage. i mean, it is incredible, from the slugs to the toads to the leeches, all of that. and i'll come to some of those in a moment or two. butjust give me an idea. first of all, in terms of the arc of filming, how long does it take to film a series like this?

so these series are typically around four years in the making. we spent three years filming and we spent over 600 days and we spent over 1600 days in the field across britain and ireland filming, and we filmed 96 scenes. we had 200 shoots. so us a crew, we know britain and ireland pretty well now, and we've gone to some of the most incredible places across the wild isles and some of these you just wouldn't least expect to be a haven for some of the wildlife that we filmed. so it's been an incredible series to work on and certainly shows just the breadth and enormity of of the breadth and enormity of wildlife that we have to offer. we're seeing the slugs and the mating ritual. tell me very briefly about the filming sequences that go wrong.

well, filming in britain and ireland, it's not always easy because we have to contend with the weather. and as we all know, it does rain a lot or it's windy and then suddenly it's sunny. so it makes filming a little bit more difficult because we can't always predict it. and of course, like filming something like luck, they require really optimal temperatures. so nice and warm in early summer, but with a bit of rain. so you have to make sure that you're kind of looking at the forecast, looking at the date, and also looking at the moon base as well. because the moon plays a part in when these slugs come out and they come to mate. so we filmed that in a woodland in dartmoor. these are ancient woodland specialists. so one of the largest slugs in the world that could be ash black slug. and they follow each other�*s chemical trails up trees and branches. and when they like the smell, the chemical.

chemical smells like wearing perfume or aftershave, they will find a mate, and then they'll slowly put a corkscrew together. and then as they do, they have penis' that protrude from their mantles, which is the part behind their head. and they also corkscrew together, dangle down. and when they're doing that, they're exchanging spurn. and that's the process. process of making the slug. they'll then come down from the trees, lay hundreds of eggs, and that will be for a new generation of slug. so it's pretty mesmerising. unbelievable to watch. and the pictures, as you're describing it, incredible. i want to put another sequence of pictures of the toads and leeches. just tell me in terms of when you're planning something like this, i mean, what are you hoping to get and what did you get? so we chose the leeches. we were hoping to film crowds migrating en masse during early spring.

they typically move en masse from february to march. however, toads have been declining since the 70s. we've lost 68% of our toads in the last 30 years. so they're not having a very good time of it. and what originally we wanted for this sequence is huge waves of toads moving across and through the understory of the landscape and the roads and whatnot. but actually, when we came to film, we just didn't have those numbers to represent that element of the story. so instead we had to change our tactics. we followed a male and a female and we followed them quite intimately. crossing the road. the female will carry a male on her back, and they do that because the male wants to be the first one to fertilise the eggs and they'll travel all the way back to their natal pools where they themselves were born and metamorphosise from born into a tadpole and then later

into a tablet. and of course, all the while they're being followed by the leeches that are trying to eat the toad looks. that was an incredible sequence of footage. i want to put finally on that what you filmed in terms of bats, because it was very difficult to film. just tell me about that. and you discovered something that you hadn't anticipated. yes, but we film these bats in a woodland glade in north yorkshire, and these bats typically travel up to a0 or over a0 miles just to come to this specific area to lack. specific area to leck. and a leck is where numerous bats will perform to each other to compete to mate. so we were filming in complete darkness. we couldn't see a thing because bats are obviously very sensitive species. we couldn't use any white lights. we had to use infrared light. so we sat there at 1:00 in the morning with our cameras completely blind to anything around us. and when we knew the bats were there, we could actually hear

them before we could see them. and we looked through our camera and we could see loads of them moving about. and the footage is mesmerising. it's interesting in terms of this behaviour. and we also recorded the sound as well, the actual, the sonograms that the, the bats make that we can't hear. fantastic stories and pictures. it's the start of the easter weekend, which means you may be stocking up on chocolate eggs ready for sunday — and for one 9—year—old girl, it's a matter taken very seriously. for the last four years, clarissa has been making an extra special delivery to the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. amy cole has been to meet her. unloading 377 easter eggs requires a lot of help. so some of the nurses have pitched in. the patients will love these. they love chocolate and they'll be so grateful. thank you very much.

for the past few weeks, nine—year—old clarissa has been collecting easter eggs, which have been donated by local businesses, as well as friends and family. it's become a bit of a ritual as she started doing this for staff and patients at the queen elizabeth hospital back in 2019. but why? when i was younger, my granny had two brain aneurysms, and birmingham queen elizabeth hospital really helped her. so i wanted to make sure that all the patients felt really happy. clarissa's gran was hospitalised in 2015 after suffering from two brain aneurysms and is still under observation by doctors at the qe. oh, it's amazing. it's just, just wonderful. it makes me feel proud of her and everything and she's done it since i was poorly, so, and every year she gets excited as well and she's always thinking of ways. we've done the easter eggs, this is the fifth year now, but she has done other cycle rides and stuff for queen elizabeth, too, so she is very passionate about it. these easter eggs will be shared out among staff and cancer patients.

the charitable arm of the qe says it's an incredibly kind gesture. it makes such a difference, i think, at easter time when you're in hospital, just to get that little extra treat to make life a little bit happier. nasa has successfully launched a falcon nine rocket from florida. it's carrying a new device that can track air pollution over north america down to the neighbourhood level. the spacex mission transported to high orbit what's known as a tempo spectrometer. it's designed to monitor air pollutants and their emission sources. the device — about the size of a washing machine — can send hourly air quality updates that will be made available to the public online. tempo will also be able to track pollution caused by wildfires — climate change has made these are increasingly common and damaging.

a reminder of that breaking news... about the two israeli women killed in the northern west bank and their mother who was also injured. the mayor of the west bank settlement of efrat, 0ded revivi, said that the three women were residents of the settlement, which lies south ofjerusalem. according to revivi, the family were travelling to tiberius for a holiday, when the attack happened and were immigrants from the uk, originally from london. there was no immediate confirmation from israeli or british authorities. the mayor of the settlement of efrat said the sisters, who were in their 20s, and their 48—year—old mother lived there and were immigrants

from the uk. we will get more on that's, yala is here later with all that. but for me thanks for what you and goodbye. 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.

today at 6:00pm, a singer with one of the biggest british pop groups of the early 2000s, paul cattermole of s club 7, has died. he was 46. # there's a whole world at your feet. # i said reach...# he was found at his home in dorset. his bandmates have paid tribute, saying there are no words to describe their deep sadness. police say there are no suspicious circumstances. also on the programme... israeli air strikes hit palestinian targets in gaza, as tensions rise once again in the middle east. police in northern ireland warn dissident republicans may be planning public disorder this easter weekend. and, rory mcilroy is in danger of missing the cut at the masters after another tough day at augusta.