live from london, this is bbc news. israeli police and army reserves mobilize after three people are killed in separate militant attacks in tel—aviv and the west bank. the taiwanese president's visit to the us sparks three days three days of military child sex abusers should go to prison. of volunteers and charity bosses to next month's coronation.

hello and welcome. we begin with israel, where the prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has ordered the mobilization of police and army reservists following a significant increase in violence. in tel aviv, an italian tourist was killed and several others were wounded when a car was driven along a promenade. it came just hours after two british—israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank, that also left their mother seriously injured. our correspondent anna o'neill has the latest. this is the car which is suspected of ramming a group of tourists in the centre of tel aviv last night. police say a 45—year—old man drove along the city's beachside boardwalk, hitting several pedestrians before overturning. he was shot and killed by israeli police.

it happened just hours after two british—israeli sisters were shot dead, and their mother seriously injured, in the occupied west bank. police are still searching for their attacker, but israel's prime minister — visiting the scene yesterday — said this was part of the wider conflict in the region. translation: at these moments, ourforces are operating in the field in hot pursuit of the terrorists. it is only a matter of time, and not much time, that we will hold them accountable, as we did with all the murderers, without exception, in the last months. on thursday night, israel carried out airstrikes in gaza, a message to the palestinian militant group hamas, blamed for dozens of rocket attacks over the past week. israel also struck what it said were hamas targets in lebanon, after it said the group fired a barrage of rockets from there. tensions are running high following two nights of israeli

police raids during ramadan prayers earlier this week at al aqsa mosque, islam's third—holiest site. easter, passoverand ramadan overlap only once every 33 years, and are doing so this year again, against a backdrop of violence. anna o'neill bbc news. let's hear from our correspondent in jerusalem, lucy williamson. prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the site where the two british israeli women were killed yesterday and vowed to find those responsible, as he said they had done with the other attacks that have been taking place over the past few months in the occupied west bank. just to remind people, these two british israeli women, they were young women, they were sisters. they were from the settlement of efrat, which isjust south ofjerusalem. and they were travelling

through the west bank in an israeli car going on holiday with their mother when the car was shot at. the two young women were killed. the mother is now critically injured and in hospital. israeli police are still searching for the attacker. so we don't have too many more details about that at the moment. but then later on last night in tel aviv, another attack, a car driven israeli police say, by a man from a nearby town, kafr qasem, who drove along the beach road, veered off into the cycle path one man was killed, an italian man, alessandro parini, who was 36 years old. local media say he was here on holiday and the italian prime minister has put out a message on social media overnight expressing her deep sorrow and condolences. i should also say that doctors who are treating the wounded in that attack say that as well as another italian, three british nationals are among them as well. there's uncertainty about access to a widely used abortion pill in the united states.

a federaljudge in texas suspended government approval of the drug — then separately, a judge in washington state ruled that access must be preserved in 17 states. mifepristone was licensed more than 20 years ago and is used in more than half of the pregnancy terminations that take place in america. but anti—abortion activists have challenged its approval, citing safety concerns. the biden administration immediately said it would appeal against the ruling. here in the uk, labour have continued to defend an advert published by the party on twitter, suggesting the prime minister doesn't believe child sex abusers should be jailed. the government described the ad as a "desperate stunt", while some within labour have also criticised it. but shadow attorney general, emily thornberry, said the advert raised a valid question about mr sunak�*s position. here's more from our political correspondentjonathan blake. the continued fallout from a social media post which labour

media post which labour put online on thursday. the latest, as you say, to defend the post which drew attention to the prison sentences or lack of. as labour sees it, for adults convicted of sexually assaulting children and the shadow attorney general speaking on any questions on radio four last night was asked whether she thought rishi sunak personally held the views which the social media post suggested and just to give you a flavour of what she said. she said that if he believes everyone responsible for child abuse should get a custodial sentence, why are so many not getting that? here's the prime minister, she said. and that's a legitimate question for the opposition to ask. she said that while some people had decided that the ad was racist, she believed that they were wrong. so bbc news online, you can take a look at the post itself, which has attracted so much attention.

there you can see with a prominent picture of the prime minister and the question, do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? rishi sunak doesn't. now conservatives have criticised it. others in labour have criticised it as well. the shadow former shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, calling for it to be taken down. of course he's not someone who's associated with the labour leadership at the moment under sir keir starmer. but interestingly yesterday the shadow culture secretary, lucy powell, distanced herself somewhat when being interviewed on bbc breakfast from the ad itself, but said she stood by the message that it was aiming to get across. so a lot of political discussion about this and perhaps unsurprisingly, because local elections looming next month across england and crime, law and order is one subject which both main parties will be keen to press hone their message on. can we talk about the figures then that labour have used in this? i see that the bbc�*s reality check

asked labour to explain. if you scroll down later. yes, in that article you can see it. they asked them to explain how they'd reached those figures. can you just explain them for us? yes. well, the figures used in the social media post from labour date back to 2010, they're taking ministry ofjustice data, which is cited in the post between 2010 and 2022. and they say, according to the reality check analysis, you can read in the piece, that there are adults over 18, up to 400, excuse me, up to a500 of which were convicted of sexually assaulting children under 16 who served no prison time now. rishi sunak has obviously only been an mp since 2015 and the figures date back to 2010. so that is one criticism which people are pointing to regarding this social media post featuring him quite so prominently. there's also an issue around

sentencing guidelines which are set not necessarily as a matter of government policy when it comes to this and other crimes, but it's certainly a talking point. and given that labour haven't withdrawn from this approach and yesterday published another similar advert relating to firearms offences, they probably won't be too unhappy with the fact that it's generated so much interest. more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk have been invited to attend the coronation of the king next month. they'll be brushing shoulders with royals, heads of state, politicians and diplomats at westminster abbey on the sixth of may. many of them are british empire medal recipients, as helena wilkinson reports. among those who will be at the coronation service will be heads of state and other royals from around the world. but at the heart of

the congregation will be hundreds of local heroes from across the country. more than a50 people who've been invited here to westminster abbey for the coronation service on may 6th are british empire medal recipients. they're people who've been recognised for their achievement or contribution to local communities and many of them played a big role in supporting during the covid—19lockdowns. likejulian and maria sturdy—morton from london. during the pandemic, they arranged food parcels for people in need. just tell us the moment that you found out that you were going to be invited. chuckles. well, julian phoned me — i was out — and he said, "have you looked at your e—mails?" and i said, "no," and he said, "we've got this e—mail — "i think it's a scam". well, you would, wouldn't you? don't touch anything, don't click anything! and then we found out it wasn't a scam and he burst into tears and i did as well.

well, we still can't quite believe it but it's amazing, i just can't think of words. it's very emotional, it's very strange, because there seems to be so many other people who should be there or could be there or have a greater call on being there, and i'm not giving them my ticket! 400 young people representing charities chosen by the king and the queen consort and the government are also being invited to a special private viewing of the service at this church, st margaret's, next to the abbey. they include members of organisations like the scouts and stjohn�*s ambulance, who'll be providing support across london on coronation day. around 2,000 guests are expected to be invited to the coronation service, which isjust a month away. for some, there are already important decisions to be made. what are you going to wear, maria?

oh, it really depends on the weather, so layers, i think, and flat shoes. and a hat. but flat shoes, definitely. helena wilkinson, bbc news. earlier we spoke to manju malhi, a british chef who helps the charity open age. she's been invited to the coronation in recognition of her community work during the pandemic. she told us a little about her reaction when he received an invitation. it is still surreal, i'm soaking at earth, taking its own. it's a great honour. i am earth, taking its own. it's a great honour. iam honoured earth, taking its own. it's a great honour. i am honoured to get the award, let alone be invited. when ou first award, let alone be invited. when you first got _ award, let alone be invited. when you first got the _ award, let alone be invited. when you first got the invite, _ award, let alone be invited. when you first got the invite, you - you first got the invite, you thought it was e—mail scam. i thought, yes, spam, leave it fora thought, yes, spam, leave it for a few days. there was a deadline, i'd better respond to it. i think face sent a repeat saying, do you want to come? i said,

sent a repeat saying, do you want to come? isaid, oh, yes. iwill be there. come? i said, oh, yes. iwill be there. ., , ., come? i said, oh, yes. iwill be there-— it- come? i said, oh, yes. iwill bej there._ it was come? i said, oh, yes. iwill be. there._ it was a there. how did you feel? it was a lovely feeling. — there. how did you feel? it was a lovely feeling, i _ there. how did you feel? it was a lovely feeling, i thought, - there. how did you feel? it was a lovely feeling, i thought, gosh, l there. how did you feel? it was a l lovely feeling, ithought, gosh, he are my? what are my going to be doing there? it was a good feeling, of course, for the charities as well as me. , ., , ., of course, for the charities as well as me. , ., ., of course, for the charities as well| as me-_ iteach as me. tellers who you are. iteach --eole of as me. tellers who you are. iteach people of all— as me. tellers who you are. iteach people of all ages _ as me. tellers who you are. iteach people of all ages how _ as me. tellers who you are. iteach people of all ages how to - as me. tellers who you are. iteach people of all ages how to cook - people of all ages how to cook healthily, and during the pandemic, all those classes just stopped. during lockdown, there were lots of people feeling lonely and isolated, a lot of us were. if you have the older members just felt really lost and felt no direction, so we started doing conference call coup concessions online for those who weren't so tech savvy. that video remote. we did do some, for the clever people amongst us. they loved it, it was sort of checking in regularly about how they are

feeling, what they are eating. so much more than the cooking. itl feeling, what they are eating. so i much more than the cooking. it was be ond much more than the cooking. it was beyond the — much more than the cooking. it was beyond the cooking. _ much more than the cooking. it was beyond the cooking. back— much more than the cooking. it was beyond the cooking. back to - much more than the cooking. it was beyond the cooking. back to the - much more than the cooking. it was beyond the cooking. back to the bigj beyond the cooking. back to the big da , do beyond the cooking. back to the big day. do you — beyond the cooking. back to the big day. do you know — beyond the cooking. back to the big day, do you know where _ beyond the cooking. back to the big day, do you know where you - beyond the cooking. back to the big day, do you know where you will. beyond the cooking. back to the big i day, do you know where you will set? have you been for a look around? hopefully behind joe biden. he was row 1a or something. hopefully behind joe biden. he was row 14 or something.— row 14 or something. don't want to ruin our row 14 or something. don't want to ruin your day- _ row 14 or something. don't want to ruin your day. no, _ row 14 or something. don't want to ruin your day. no, they _ row 14 or something. don't want to ruin your day. no, they haven't - row 14 or something. don't want to | ruin your day. no, they haven't said an hint ruin your day. no, they haven't said anything about _ ruin your day. no, they haven't said anything about that. _ ruin your day. no, they haven't said anything about that. they _ ruin your day. no, they haven't said anything about that. they said - ruin your day. no, they haven't said anything about that. they said you | anything about that. they said you may not be able to see everything like on television, but being there at a momentous day, on a momentous day, a special occasion, once—in—a—lifetime. day, a special occasion, once-in-a-lifetime. and you've brou:ht once-in-a-lifetime. and you've brought in _ once-in-a-lifetime. and you've brought in your _ once-in-a-lifetime. and you've brought in your medal, - once-in-a-lifetime. and you've brought in your medal, your. once-in-a-lifetime. and you've - brought in your medal, your british empire medal. it is beautiful. i suppose you will have to coordinate your outfit. what will you wear? aha, your outfit. what will you wear? friend of mine, a designer, she said

she will come up with something... a bespoke, but economical, because i can't afford extravagant labels. she said, i will come up with something simple, reflecting the birth of the king in the 1940s, a sleek style and simple. the easter weekend is a key period for churches across the uk, but they're struggling with the cost of living crisis. many have stopped running activities and some are having to turn down the heating to save money. our religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports this easter, many worship services are chillier than normal. in spite of helpful energy bills from the church of england and an extension of the government relief scheme, a lot of parishes are still struggling to meet costs, and are turning down their heating and cutting activities. beautiful as it is, this 12th century church in wendover was not built with efficiency in mind.

in the period from november to march, we have found that our bills have been about £5,000. so about two and half times the amount that it was this time last year, and that is with the energy support that has been in place. so had that not been there, it would have been £10,000. that is a huge amount of money for us to be finding to keep this church warm. there are those who see this as an opportunity. st george's church in rugby has made the switch to renewable energy. if you think about combining it with the global warming question, and carbon emissions, this is giving us a big incentive to reduce our energy. so in our own church, we fitted solar panels on the roof, and that was quite a difficult project, to get people

interested in, partly because there weren't the high energy costs at the time. but in some ways, when the energy bills went up, there was, that helped to get some of that interest and enthusiasm? yes, not only in our church, but because we were a pioneer, people from other churches and other institutions have been in touch, asking for advice as to how to do it. of course, making the switch to renewable energy involves an upfront cost and churches are already stretched. there are calls for more help, notjust to pay bills, but for long—term solutions, to make sure the important services churches offer can be safeguarded. aleem maqbool, bbc news. the chinese military has begun three days of military exercices off the coast opposite taiwan. officials say they're a serious warning against what china calls taiwanese separatists in collusion with external forces. taiwan says it's detected several

chinese planes and naval vessels in the area. chinese ships, including this one, were spotted near pingtan island, china's nearest point to taiwan and their mobilizations began hours after taiwan's president tsai ing—wen returned from a trip to the united states, where she angered china by meeting the house speaker kevin mccarthy. for more on this, i'm joined now by celia hatton, who is the bbc�*s asia pacific regional editor. this wasn't entirely unexpected, this reaction, but takers through the significance of it. we this reaction, but takers through the significance of it.— the significance of it. we were exoecting _ the significance of it. we were expecting china _ the significance of it. we were expecting china to _ the significance of it. we were expecting china to respond, . the significance of it. we were i expecting china to respond, they have said all along they would respond in some way to tsai ing—wen's trip in the us. she was transiting after travelling to south america. she travelled through california and met with the current us house speaker kevin mccarthy, so

we knew some pushback would follow. beijing's has always been unhappy when the leader of an island it considers to be its own maintains a high level dialogue with the united states. however, i have to put it into context, i think today's response, china has announced three days of drills, is relatively measures compared to last august when kevin mccarthy's predecessor visited taiwan. in contrast, we are seeing live fire drills, they are taking place close to mainland china's coast. we've seen some warplanes and ships cross the line separating the taiwan strait, the narrow strip of water between the mainland and the island of taiwan. most of them have been short, we are getting reports that many of the ships crossed the line and then headed straight back towards the

mainland. we are seeing a bit of a measured response, and i think that is because tsai ing—wen travelled through the us relatively subdued, in contrast to the visit of nancy posey, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting. just posey, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting-— for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in _ for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, _ for a meeting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, ordinary - for a meeting. just looking at the l interviews in taiwan, ordinary folk, they seemed phlegmatic about it, they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it. we they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it.— they seemed phlegmatic about it, they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where _ they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people _ they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are - they are used to it. we see it a lot in taiwan where people are used l they are used to it. we see it a lot | in taiwan where people are used to the rhetoric that goes on, the back—and—forth between taipei and beijing. they have grown up to this with read. also, this is an response of the fact these drills aren't that unusual. people in taiwan are getting used to hearing planes

crossing the line, ships crossing i think one thing that will raise alarm bells is china's state media with the use of the word in supplement describing these drills. that is a word that causes alarm, the idea they could and circle the island and cut off supplies being delivered to the island. that is what worries people in taiwan when we start to think about the potential for some kind we start to think about the potentialfor some kind of military invasion, the word encirclement is worrying, that is what the media saysis worrying, that is what the media says is practising today. us supreme courtjustice clarence thomas says he believed luxury trips he took with a billionaire republican donor followed guidelines. a report from investigative website propublica earlier this week said justice thomas had accepted vacations from real estate mogul harlan crow nearly every

yearfor two decades. the report has not been independently verified by bbc news. here's more from our correspondent nicky schiller. first a bit aboutjustice clarence thomas, he is one of the nine us supreme courtjustices, and a longer serving on the highest court. he was appointed in october 1991, and is a staunch conservative. he came under fire this week when news organisations publish this article. they said that over 20 years, clarence thomas had been treated to luxury vacations by a billionaire. however, they included yachting in new zealand, flights on private jets and an indonesia trip costing five and an indonesia trip costing five and advanced dollars. justin elliott said accepting gifts by supreme

courtjudges is highly unusual. it is unusual. brute courtjudges is highly unusual. it is unusual-— courtjudges is highly unusual. it is unusual. ., ., , is unusual. we spoke to historians and ut is unusual. we spoke to historians and put that _ is unusual. we spoke to historians and put that question _ is unusual. we spoke to historians and put that question to _ is unusual. we spoke to historians and put that question to them, - is unusual. we spoke to historians i and put that question to them, they told us _ and put that question to them, they told us they didn't know any examples in the modern history of the supreme court of a justice having — the supreme court of a justice having a — the supreme court of a justice having a relationship with one oulsider— having a relationship with one outsider like clarence thomas has, lavishing _ outsider like clarence thomas has, lavishing them with gifts over so many— lavishing them with gifts over so many years and the extent of the gifts, _ many years and the extent of the gifts, arriving on a private jet around — gifts, arriving on a private jet around the world. multiple cruisers on his_ around the world. multiple cruisers on his superyacht, stays at his private — on his superyacht, stays at his private hotel. no one has heard of anything _ private hotel. no one has heard of anything like this. us private hotel. no one has heard of anything like this.— private hotel. no one has heard of anything like this. us supreme court 'ustices are anything like this. us supreme court justices are required _ anything like this. us supreme court justices are required to _ anything like this. us supreme court justices are required to file _ anything like this. us supreme court justices are required to file an - justices are required to file an annual disclosure of gifts. in a statement, justice thomas said he had sought guidance and had been told...

he cold mr crowe and his wife dearest fronts. the billionaire issued a statement, where he said justice thomas never asked for this hospitality, and court cases were never discussed. and number of democratic lawmakers are calling born in bagasse —— calling for an investigation. this is beyond party, this degree of corruption is shocking and cartoonish. thomas must be impeached. the process for a us supreme courtjustice to be impeached, similar to any other official, as was used in the cases official, as was used in the cases of president trump and clinton. boris becker says his time in wandsworth prison was a "very brutal experience" and that he feels humbled by the time he served. the three—time wimbledon champion was released and deported in december after serving eight months of a two—and—a—half—year sentence for hiding his £2.5 million

worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. he told 5 live breakfast�*s chris warburton he accepts his punishment, despite thejudge in his case saying he had shown "no remorse" for his crimes. i was surrounded by murderers, drug dealers, rapists, people smugglers. by dangerous criminals. and you can ask, why was i put into a prison like that? the english prison system, they don't make any difference what you've done. so you don't think you are disgraced? it is not a question of whether i am disgraced or not. i made a mistake, i paid for it, i have accepted it, and now i'm going to move on with a new chapter. scientists have unearthed new details about the woolly mammoth, 10,000 years since they became extinct. the researchers analysed the dna of 23 mammoths, discovering that the animals became fluffier and had smaller ears as they evolved.

it's also thought they would've been free of body odour and had dry ear—wax. thank you for watching. hello there. good friday was a pretty decent one across the country. plenty of sunshine around there, though. still a bit of a chill in the air. but i think as we move deeper into the easter weekend, it'll start to warm up. as we pick up our air source from the south. it's going to stay dry, plenty of sunshine, but then it's all change for the bank holiday. easter mondays, this area of low pressure begins to spread across the country, but it's high pressure dominating the scene to start the easter weekend. so a lot of dry weather to begin with. on the chilly side, mind you, the temperatures will rise fairly quickly. cloud across eastern scotland, eastern england will tend to break up and burn back to the coast. so we should be looking at plenty of sunny spells into the afternoon as a little bit of fairweather cloud will bubble up here and there. a bit more of a breeze generally, particularly towards the south and the west.

and temperatures are notched up ranging from 13 to maybe 16 degrees. and then as we head through saturday night, it stays fine and dry, lengthy, clear skies, a bit more of a breeze, even more, i think, through saturday night, variable clouds. so i think we should be frost free to start sunday. and another fairly cool one with temperatures of 2 to 6 celsius. so for easter sunday, we're looking at this area of low pressure edging further eastwards. it will be affecting northern ireland later in the day. more isobars on the charts. so a windy day to come for many, particularly towards the west. that said, it's another fine one with plenty of sunshine around another air source coming in from the south. so it should feel a little bit warmer. i think we could be up to 17 degrees, but generally the mid—teens for many, but it will be turning wet and windierfor northern ireland. and then that rain pushing into western britain later on sunday through sunday night into the early part of monday. that's that band of wind and rain will spread across the uk. it should have cleared by the time we head into easter monday

morning, but got a day of sunshine and showers. some of these showers will be heavy, perhaps thundery, particularly in the north and the west and it'll feel cooler as well. we could be up to the mid—teens in the south east given some sunshine, but generally we're looking at 10 to 13 celsius, so noticeably cooler. and then for this upcoming week, it will remain pretty unsettled. with low pressure always nearby, we could even see a risk of gales around the middle part of the week. we can see the unsettled theme here. if i show you the icons with the temperatures just about making double figures factor in the wind and rain, it'll feel cooler.

the this is bbc news, the headlines: israel mobilises its police and army reserves following deadly attacks in tel aviv. on friday, an italian tourist was killed and several others wounded. hours earlier two british—israeli sisters died after a shooting in the occupied west bank. the chinese military begins three days of military exercises off the coast opposite to taiwan, following president tsai ing—wen's trip to the united states. beijing warned the island against what it called taiwanese separatists in collusion with external forces. senior labour figures continue to defend an advert published

by the party which claims that the british prime minister,