live from london. this is bbc news. the headlines: three brits are among the wounded after a car ploughs into tourists in tel aviv. an italian man was also killed. the taiwanese president's visit to the us sparks three days of military exercises from china. the king and queen consort have invited hundreds of volunteers and charity workers to next month's coronation. tennis star boris becker is out of prison — and tells the bbc about his experience. i was surrounded by murderers, by drug dealers, by rapists, by people smugglers, by dangerous criminals.

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. in a tweet, the italian deputy prime minister named the victim as alessandro parini,

a lawyerfrom rome and said other italian citizens may be among the injured. 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, our forces 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, passover and 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. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the site where two british—israeli women were killed yesterday and vowed to find those responsible. he said they had done it with the other attacks taken place in the occupied west bank. just to remind people, these two british—israeli women were young, sisters, from the settlement of efrat, 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 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. later on last night, in tel aviv, another attack, a car driven, israeli police say, by a man from the nearby town, kafr qasim, who drove along the beach road veered off into the cycle path and hit several pedestrians. one man was killed, an italian man, alessandro parini. he was 36. local media are saying he was here on holiday. the italian prime minister has put out a message on social media overnight, expressing her deep sorrow and condolences. i should also say, doctors treating the wounded in that attack say that, as well as another italian, three british nationals are among them as well.

china has started three days of military exercises 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 71 chinese planes and 9 ships crossed the taiwan strait median line — an unofficial dividing line between chinese and taiwanese territory. chinese ships 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. celia hatton is the bbc�*s asia pacific regional editor, i've been talking to her about how significant this is, given that some response from china was expected after the president's visit to the us. we were expecting china to respond, they have said all along they were going to 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 that 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 do think today's response, china has announced three days of drills, are relatively measures compared to what we saw last august when kevin mccarthy's predecessor visited taiwan. in contrast, today, 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 median line

separating the taiwan strait, the narrow strip of water between the mainland and the island of taiwan. however most of them have been short, we are getting reports that many of the ships crossed the median 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 we saw last august, when she travelled to taiwan for a meeting. that's interesting. just looking at the interviews in taiwan, ordinary folk, they seemed phlegmatic about it, almost like 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 kind of grown up to this, with this. also, this is an response of the fact these drills aren't that unusual these days. people in taiwan are getting used to hearing planes crossing the median line, ships crossing the median line. i think one thing that will raise alarm bells is china's state media with the use of the word encirclement describing these drills. the end idea that the chinese military could encircle the entire island and cut off supplies being delivered to the island, that kind of thing. that is what really worries people in taiwan when we think about the potential for some kind of military invasion. their world encirclement is worrying and thatis world encirclement is worrying and that is what chinese state media says the chinese military are practising today.

there's uncertainty about access to a widely used abortion pill in the united states after conflicting court rulings. a federaljudge in texas suspended government approval of miff—ip—riss—ton , after anti— abortion activists claimed it wasn't safe. the biden administration appealed against the ruling and a federal judge ruled access to the drug must be preserved in 17 states. samantha simmonds explains. this row is all about this drug, mifepristone which has been in common use for 20 years as a widely used anti—abortion drug. it was given full fda approval and tested for its safety back in 2000 as you can see from this headline here in the new york times. now though, a trump appointed judge in texas, this man, judge matthew kacsmaryk, has ordered a hold on the approval of the drug after an anti—abortion group argued that its safety was never properly tested. one of those is jonathan of the california family council. we are encouraged that the federal

judiciary is finally taking a look at the approval of mifepristone and really holding the fda to account for cutting corners and failing to protect women and children with the approval of the drug originally. the biden administration immediately be appealed against this ruling. also a judge ruled that access to the drug must be preserved in 17 states and challenge the attempt to block it. vice president, kamala harris, said the adding the drugs set a dangerous precedent. it is contrary to what makes a good public health policy, to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what they have to do. this is a drug that the fda approved as safe 20 years ago. and has been proven to be safe for 20 years. since roe was overturned, removing protection for abortion last year

provoking a wave of state by they have focused on abortion pills and banning them would be another win for the anti—abortion movement. what happens next? the ban on mifepristone doesn't actually go into immediate effects so nothing will change in the short term and the court order means that it is likely that the issue will escalate to the us supreme court. here in the uk: a 12—year—old boy has appeared in court charged with the murder of 60—year—old marcia grant. ms grant died on wednesday in sheffield after being hit by a car. the boy is too young to be named publicly. as well as murder, the defendant was also charged with possession of a bladed article. the bbc�*s olivia richwald was in sheffield crown court. well, this case has only finished here at sheffield magistrates�* court in the last half an hour. as you said, the defendant is too young to be publicly named. he is 12 years old. he appeared here at the youth court with two charges. the first is the murder

of marcia grant and the second possession of a bladed article. the defendent appeared in the dock wearing a shirt that was too big for him and a navyjumper. he displayed no emotion and he did not speak but nodded to confirm his name, age and address. and the hearing only lasted about half an hour. the case was sent to sheffield crown court and the boy remanded into youth detention. marcia grant was hit and killed on wednesday evening in greenhills area of sheffield. her family have described her as warm and loving, a mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of our community. this case will next be heard on tuesday, april 11. 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 pounds�* worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts. he spoke to chris warburton on 5 live breakfast. i was surrounded by murderers, by drug dealers, by rapists, by 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 that was the harsh reality of having to speak to very dangerous criminals on a daily basis and i think that is what surprised me. did you feel in danger? prison is very dangerous, you know. as i said, it is a dangerous place. you fight every day for survival. quickly you have to surround yourself also with the. the tough balls as i would call them because you need protection.

if you think you are better than everybody else then you lose. so that was the harsh reality of what everyday they are facing, different people. but there was a consequence, wasn�*t there, of everybody knowing who you were? not everybody. not everybody watches tennis, not everybody so yes. more than your average prisoner. sorry? more than your average prisoner. well, yes but inside it didn�*t matter that i was a tennis player. the only currency we have inside is our character and our personality. that is it. you have nothing else. also you don�*t have any. any friends at first. you are literally on your own. and that is the hard part. you have to really dig inside yourself about your qualities on your strengths but also you have to admit your weaknesses and you need a group of people that

can really protect you. police in the north of england have launched an investigation into a disturbance during last night�*s performance of the bodyguard at the palace theatre in manchester city centre. officers were called to the theatre, after staff reported a number of people in the audience causing the disruption. two people removed by security staff were spoken to by police.if you listen to this, you can hear members of the audience trying to sing over the cast. the bodyguard actress melody thornton has broken her silence and issued this comment. just back at my place getting ready

to take my make—up off and i wanted to take my make—up off and i wanted to send a very special message to people in manchester who came to the show tonight, to say, thank you so much. i respect that you paid your money and i am so grateful to everyone who respects the people on stage. he want to give you a beautiful show. stage. he want to give you a beautifulshow. for stage. he want to give you a beautiful show. for everything that happened tonight, i can�*t say. i don�*t have all of the details. i just am very, very sorry that we couldn�*t finish the show. i just am very, very sorry that we couldn�*t finish the show. well, that footage was filmed by karl bradley who�*d travelled to manchester from liverpool to see the show. karl, take us through what happened? hello to you. yes, so, we were

travelling _ hello to you. yes, so, we were travelling up — hello to you. yes, so, we were travelling up from _ hello to you. yes, so, we were travelling up from liverpool - hello to you. yes, so, we were travelling up from liverpool to | hello to you. yes, so, we were i travelling up from liverpool to go and watch their show and it seemed to be going quite smooth in act one. there was only one bit of a stoppage due to audience disruption. the lights cut off on the stage and it all went a bit quiet. were talking in the 45 or ten minutes. it then started to pick back up again and the show went without a hitch. we picked up after the interval. it was a bit loud but once the show got going a bit more, it went quite well. it was only about ten or 15 minutes towards the end where i would say it really started to get a bit more chaotic. obviously, the big number was coming bit more chaotic. obviously, the big numberwas coming up bit more chaotic. obviously, the big number was coming up for i will always love you. the main one that a lot of the reason i wanted to go as well. and it erupted immediately as soon as the songs started. just assuming _ soon as the songs started. just assuming people are been in enjoying their time in the bar beforehand, i had a lot of people laughing in some

of the videos that you filmed. where people finding it quite funny or are people finding it quite funny or are people really cross? get the mac there seemed to be some sort of countdown towards the song so people sort of had an idea of what was going on. it was sort of expected to happen which obviously, you don�*t expect it to happen but you had seen it as you are walking through that there were signage to say don�*t sing over the actors. so you got a warning beforehand? there was a tannoy announcement and signage to say please do not sing so i think it was very known as to what was happening. it has happened before. the whole performance was great. there are few members from other songs but think that one being the biggest persuade really took off.

i�*ve got a statement from the theatre. the palace theatre have issued a statement saying they are disappointed that the last 10 minutes of the show had to be cancelled due to "disruptive customers refusing to stay seated" — they also say that future performances will continue as planned. but you missed the last ten minutes of the show which she paid a lot of money for and you�*ve travelled for. they say anything to you about getting to see at another time are anything like that?— getting to see at another time are anything like that? yeah, we did. it was obviously _ anything like that? yeah, we did. it was obviously unfortunate - anything like that? yeah, we did. it was obviously unfortunate that - anything like that? yeah, we did. it was obviously unfortunate that we | was obviously unfortunate that we did not get to see the full ending of the on their announcement to say the show was not continuing they said to contact our ticket providers and see if we can get a refund from them so we�*ve not done that yet. we�*ve given them the benefit of the doubt for easter and then we will contact them on tuesday.- doubt for easter and then we will contact them on tuesday. would you no aaain if contact them on tuesday. would you go again if you _ contact them on tuesday. would you go again if you did — contact them on tuesday. would you go again if you did to _ contact them on tuesday. would you go again if you did to get _ contact them on tuesday. would you go again if you did to get the - go again if you did to get the refund? would you have another try? i would definitely go again. show itself was absolutely fantastic. the

actors were amazing. melody thornton�*s voice was amazing, she really shone. so i would definitely go again. really shone. so i would definitely no aaain. ., , , really shone. so i would definitely uoaaain. .,, ,., go again. the need to set up a karaoke booth _ go again. the need to set up a karaoke booth in _ go again. the need to set up a karaoke booth in the - go again. the need to set up a karaoke booth in the fourier, l go again. the need to set up a - karaoke booth in the fourier, don't karaoke booth in the fourier, don�*t they? karaoke booth in the fourier, don't the ? , , karaoke booth in the fourier, don't they?_ thank _ karaoke booth in the fourier, don't they?_ thank you - karaoke booth in the fourier, don't they?_ thank you very i they? definitely. thank you very much for talking _ they? definitely. thank you very much for talking to _ they? definitely. thank you very much for talking to us. - they? definitely. thank you very much for talking to us. i - they? definitely. thank you very i much for talking to us. i appreciate it. the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles is on track to be banned by 2030 in the uk. but how ready are we? our climate editor, justin rowlatt has been finding out. ourjourney begins in cardiff, home of bbc news�*s science and environment team. the vast majority of carjourneys are local, around nine miles on average. electric vehicles are perfect for these and much cheaper than petrol or diesel, if you can charge at home. but at least one in three cannot do that, and what about when we go on a longerjourney? home charging costs about 10p per mile at the moment.

using public rapid charges like this one costs at least twice as much and that is not the only issue. we need to tackle the vat issue because the vat on public charges is 20% as opposed to the domestic rate which is on 5%. we need charging infrastructure to go along with the number of new electric vehicles coming onto the market. look at this — the number of charges has increased rapidly in recent years, but the number of electric cars on the road has been growing even more quickly. and it isn�*tjust fast charging that is expensive. electric cars are as well. mg, now owned by one of china�*s biggest carmakers, is now trying to create a mass—market electric vehicle. its new model has a 200—mile range and costs £27,000. it is absolutely possible to make a market electric car but it would be a value for money car, not a cheap car, because the raw materials are going to electric vehicles, the batteries specifically, they are subject to market conditions that we don�*t control and at the moment the cost of those raw materials has never been higher and they

continue to increase. the national motor museum shows how petrol and diesel cars have evolved. from early cars like this, into the super—efficient vehicles we drive today. but one thing remains the same — they are still powered by exploding gases. and produce nearly a fifth of uk carbon emissions. fit for thejob? internal combustion engine, electric car, which is it? i would have that one on monday to saturday, but that one on sunday. so your heart is with this one but you think the future is here? electric vehicles may not have the charisma of a car like this but the truth is the electric revolution is now all but unstoppable. justin rowlatt, bbc news, hampshire.

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 how about not being 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. an adorable bunny has hopped up the ranks at a police station in the us where it has helped officers by keeping spirits up while he scurries about. percy the rabbit was rescued by the yuba city police deparment in california last year, and he hasjust been promoted to the rank of "wellness officer" in time for easter sunday.

we start with a bit of a west—east divide in the weather story first thing this morning. a lot of low cloud, misty, murky conditions across suffolk on the east coast. further north and west, though, it was a beautiful start. very tranquil, with plenty of sunshine across lake windermere first thing. if we take a look at the satellite picture, as well, you can see most of the cloud has been spilling in off the north sea but we chase cloud amounts, i suspect, as we go through the afternoon. on the whole, though, most of us will keep some decent spells of sunshine coming through. always the risk of that cloud just sitting along the far east coast, may be thick enough for a spot

or two of light drizzle from time to time but, with the best of the sunshine, the best of the warmth will be 16 celsius, 61 fahrenheit. the breeze will strengthen into northern ireland by the end of the afternoon, and will continue to strengthen to the night. that is going to prevent mist and fog patches reforming through the night. we may well just see a little bit more cloud once again out to the east, with low to mid single figures to greet us first thing on sunday morning. a bit of a chill in the air but nevertheless, sunday is going to be quite a promising day. a little bit more of a breeze, but coming from a southerly direction, so that will help lift and break cloud quite nicely, so i suspect, as we go through the day on sunday, if we have got some cloud out to the east, hopefully, that wind will help to break it up. we will see more sunshine coming through and, as a result, temperatures peaking at 17. clouding over with outbreaks of rain into northern ireland by the end of the afternoon, and that rain will push its way steadily eastwards overnight sunday into monday, so easter monday will see this frontal system bringing

this change to the weather story, turning increasingly wet and increasingly windy as well. as the rain eases away, those strong westerly winds will drive in frequent showers as we go through the afternoon. sunny spells and scattered showers for many on easter monday and highs of 10—15 , and that sets the rain for the week ahead. it looks likely to be a pretty unsettled one. there is going to be spells of rain around and the winds will strengthen, perhaps gusting to gale force at times. showers or longer spells of rain and those temperatures easing away in comparison to today. take care.

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 the attacker was shot dead by police. several others were also wounded including three british citizens. china begins three days of military excercises off the coast opposite 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. boris becker has described his time in a british prison as a dangerous but humbling experience. the former world tennis champion said his fame counted for nothing while he was behind bars. and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend