live from london, this is bbc news. the headlines: and italian man has died and three british citizens have been wounded after a car ploughed into to arrest in a beach near tel aviv. ukraine says its energy export can resume despite russia firing a total of more than 1,200 missiles at key energy facilities throughout the war. 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.

an italian man has died and three brits are among the wounded after a car ploughed into tourists near a beach in tel aviv. the attacker was shot dead by police. it comes after two british—israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a shooting in the occupied west bank on friday, in what has been a week of heightened tensions in the region. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv. a warning — her piece contains some distressing images. last night, tel aviv�*s holiday crowds became targets. gunfire. this, the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. people shout. you can hear the fear of people filming nearby. the driver was a 45—year—old man from a nearby town who drove his car into pedestrians,

killing an italian man named as alessandro parini, and injuring five others, three of them british. we heard gunfire. we saw shots and then we saw people sprinting across the street and then we heard sirens and we decided it was time to get out of here. today, the car's journey through the grass is marked with flowers and candles. tributes to the tourist who died. this is where the attack happened last night, right on tel aviv�*s promenade. hours afterwards, you've got locals and tourists already gathering here. on a warm weekend evening this place would have been packed with people. one of the doctors treating the injured said some had broken bones and one a fractured spine. but an event like this leaves psychological wounds too. i think that nobody is prepared ever for this type of situation. you know, it's impossible i think to understand the fact that somebody

one day decides to take the life of another person. this was the second attack to hit israel yesterday. two british israeli women were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied west bank. tensions between israel and palestinian militants have spiralled this week. the flowers along tel aviv�*s seafront today, an uncomfortable reminder that places like this are an easy target against the backdrop of a conflict that seems very difficult to resolve. and lucyjoins me now from jerusalem. lucy, now from jerusalem. what is the latest? ~ latest lucy, what is the latest? well, the latest here — lucy, what is the latest? well, the latest here is _ lucy, what is the latest? well, the latest here is that _ lucy, what is the latest? well, the latest here is that the _ lucy, what is the latest? well, the latest here is that the promenade | latest here is that the promenade has filled up with people again. you can probably tell from behind me just how popular this place is, and certainly yesterday evening, a warm spring evening, it would have been a very soft target indeed. it was the second attack to take place

yesterday, the other attack i mentioned there, the killing of two british israeli cities in the occupied west bank. their mother is still critically ill in hospital. israeli police are still searching for those responsible for that attack. this sort of ad hoc attack is something that has been seen here increasingly over the past few months but this week in particular it comes at a time when tensions have really taken it comes at a time when tensions have really ta ken a step it comes at a time when tensions have really taken a step up between israel and the palestinian militant groups here. we have seen dozens of rockets fired from gaza and also from lebanon, israeli air strikes in those places as well. and the israeli prime minister has said in the last couple of days that over this weekend he will be calling out extra border force units and also extra border force units and also extra units to help combat what he called the threat of terrorist attacks. this weekend, is converges with jewish passover and attacks. this weekend, is converges withjewish passover and the muslim holy month of ramadan so it is a particular sensitive time.-

holy month of ramadan so it is a particular sensitive time. lucy, has there been — particular sensitive time. lucy, has there been any _ particular sensitive time. lucy, has there been any response _ particular sensitive time. lucy, has there been any response from - particular sensitive time. lucy, has there been any response from the | there been any response from the authorities there?— authorities there? well, as i say, the prime — authorities there? well, as i say, the prime minister _ authorities there? well, as i say, the prime minister has _ authorities there? well, as i say, the prime minister has spoken i authorities there? well, as i say, l the prime minister has spoken out about the need to reinforce some of the security measures here. he did pay a visit to the site of the west bank attack yesterday, spoke about how israel would track down the perpetrators, as he said they had done with all the other attacks that had taken place. there has been a statement of support from the us and also the italian prime minister sent out a message saying, expressing her deep sorrow and condolences at the news that one of their compatriots had died. . , news that one of their compatriots had died. , ., ~ news that one of their compatriots had died. , ., ,, ,, news that one of their compatriots had died. , . ~' ,, ., had died. 0k, lucy, thank you for that. the operator of ukraine's electricity network says russia has fired a total of more than 1,200 missiles and drones at key ukrainian energy facilities so far during the war. but the country's energy minister has said electricity exports can resume, after ukraine got through what he called its most difficult winter.

let's go to our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, who's in the newsroom for us. danny, what is the significance of this? this is a major achievement for ukraine. basically, russia in october started a huge campaign of 0ctober started a huge campaign of attacks on its energy infrastructure, all thermo and hydroelectric power plants were damaged during those assaults. and also lots of substations as well, substations are very important, they take often months themselves to repair, let alone the damage to the power plants, so the energy minister has basically hailed a titanic effort by electrical engineers to get the system up and running. he said that now no ukrainians have restrictions and he has also praised the work of international partners, ukraine has been trying to source

critical components from about a0 countries. critical components from about 40 countries. , ., ., , , countries. danny, what does this mean for the _ countries. danny, what does this mean for the state _ countries. danny, what does this mean for the state of _ countries. danny, what does this mean for the state of the - countries. danny, what does this mean for the state of the war- countries. danny, what does this i mean for the state of the war more broadly, and any suggestion that russia could restart it attacks again? russia could restart it attacks auain? ., , ~ ., russia could restart it attacks aiain? ., , ~' ., , russia could restart it attacks auain? . , ~ ., , again? clearly, ukraine is saying that it is out _ again? clearly, ukraine is saying that it is out of _ again? clearly, ukraine is saying that it is out of the _ again? clearly, ukraine is saying that it is out of the woods - again? clearly, ukraine is saying that it is out of the woods on - again? clearly, ukraine is sayingj that it is out of the woods on the energy front yet, the ukraine energy network operator specifically said ukraine cannot count on russian attacks stopping. the large—scale attacks stopping. the large—scale attacks that we saw through to the beginning of march have ended, there are smaller scale attacks still, and so it is preparing for the next winter. russia no doubt will try to renew its attacks, it doesn't make it difficult for ukraine but ukrainians have shown themselves to be remarkably resilient, coping from power cuts to water shortages, and they will pride themselves, no doubt, and having survived an extremely tough winter, obviously in

parts of ukraine it regularly gets down to subzero so they will be welcoming the warm weather to come. danny, thanks for that. 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 mifepristone 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 in this headline here in 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 isjonathan keller of the california family council. you 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 appealed against that ruling. on top of that, a federaljudge in washington state ruled that access to the drug must be preserved in 17 states and challenged the attempt to block it. vice president kamala harris says that banning the drug sets a dangerous precedent. it is contrary to what makes good public policy to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what it should do. this is a drug that the fda have proved as safe 20 years ago. and it has been proven to be safe for 20 years.

since roe was overturned, removing constitutional protection for abortions last year is triggering a wave of state—by—state bands. the us abortion battle has increasingly focused on abortion pills. banning them would be another win for the anti—abortion movement. so, what happens next? well, the ban on mifepristone doesn't actually go into immediate effect so nothing will change in the short—term. and the duelling court orders actually mean it is likely the issue will escalate to the us supreme court. china has started three days of military exercises off the coast opposite taiwan. beijing, which views taiwan as a breakaway province of china, called the operation a "stern warning" to the island's government. taiwan says 71 chinese planes and nine ships crossed the taiwan strait median line — an unofficial dividing line between chinese and taiwanese territory. the mobilisations began hours after taiwan's president 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 editor. what has been happening? well, we have seen, this is the first of three days of drills and operations. what we have seen so far is a move to really send ships to the north and south of taiwan. the taiwanese, sorry, the chinese people's liberation army spokesperson has also said that they operational will take place to the east of taiwan. they say they are practising the encirclement of the entire island. so far we have seen 71 planes and nine ships across that median line that you just mentioned. we also have heard reports that some of

those crossings have been quite brief, for example, some of the ships have crossed just over the line and then returned back to the mainland. at the moment, we're hearing that a lot of these drills are taking place fairly close to the chinese mainland and so that is interesting, tells us a little that these operations seem to be relatively measured, in comparison to the unprecedented drills that we saw last august.— saw last august. let's spend a moment just _ saw last august. let's spend a momentjust remembering - saw last august. let's spend a i momentjust remembering what saw last august. let's spend a - momentjust remembering what exactly happened last august. last momentjust remembering what exactly happened last august.— happened last august. last august, the predecessor _ happened last august. last august, the predecessor of _ happened last august. last august, the predecessor of the _ happened last august. last august, the predecessor of the current - happened last august. last august, | the predecessor of the current house speaker, the current house speaker is kevin mccarthy, he is the third most important person in the us elected politics, his predecessor nancy pelosi actually made a visit to taiwan. nancy pelosi has a long history of sparring with the chinese government, she is a very voracious critic of the chinese government so her visit to taipei were seen as

being quite incendiary. china launched an almost week long series of live fire drills, really something we have never seen before. today, by comparison, we are seeing relatively measured drills. some people say this is just a bit by beijing to get us used to seeing this kind of drill more often. 0thers this kind of drill more often. others are saying this really is more of a measured response, that is because taiwan is not need at this time travelled through the united states and met with kevin mccarthy, not in dc but in california, and they are saying those are sort of climb downs, little bit, by the us and taiwan and in response to china is also issuing a bit more of a measured response.- is also issuing a bit more of a measured response. celia, what has the reaction — measured response. celia, what has the reaction been _ measured response. celia, what has the reaction been in _ measured response. celia, what has the reaction been in taiwan? - measured response. celia, what has the reaction been in taiwan? it- measured response. celia, what has the reaction been in taiwan? it has. the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, _ the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, actually. - the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, actually. a - the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, actually. a lot. the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, actually. a lot of| been interesting, actually. a lot of people in taiwan are saying, this again. they are getting used to this kind of rhetoric, these kinds of drills, you know, this is in the first time that the taiwanese leader

has travelled through the united states, and beijing has issued a response in kind. you know, i think they are a little bit more getting used to this kind of political rhetoric. we have to keep in mind as well that there will be a big election in taiwan next year, the presidential elections is coming up so i think a lot of people there are really bracing themselves for a year of quite fiery politics. qm. really bracing themselves for a year of quite fiery politics.— of quite fiery politics. 0k, celia, thanks for— of quite fiery politics. 0k, celia, thanks for that. _ 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 0livia 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 navy knitted jumper. 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. thanks to 0livia for that. 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. audience member, tunelessly: # i... # will always love you. the bodyguard actress melody thornton has issued this comment. just back at my place getting ready to take my make—up off and i wanted to send a really 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... ...who 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. well, that earlier footage was filmed by karl bradley, who'd travelled to manchester from liverpool to see the show. karl spoke earlier to my colleague lucy grey. yes, so, we were 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. we're talking about five 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 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 people had been enjoying their time in the bar beforehand, i heard a lot of people laughing in some of the videos that you filmed. were people finding it quite funny or are people really cross? 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. the palace theatre said they are disappointed that the last ten minnesota show had to be cancelled due to disruptive customers refusing to stay seated. they also said future ripper performances will continue as planned but you missed the last ten minutes of the show which you paid a lot of money for and you have travelled for, did i say anything to you about getting to see at another time or anything like

that? , ., , see at another time or anything like that? , ., _ that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate — that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate we _ that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate we didn't _ that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate we didn't get - that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate we didn't get to - that? yes, we did. it was obviously unfortunate we didn't get to see i that? yes, we did. it was obviously| unfortunate we didn't get to see the full ending of the show. as they did their announcement to save the show wouldn't be continuing, they did mention to contact the provider is where we got our tickets from and see we could get a refund. we have not done that yet, we are given in the benefit of the doubt for easter and then will contact them on tuesday. and then will contact them on tuesda . ~ ., ., ., ., tuesday. would you go again if you did net tuesday. would you go again if you did aet a tuesday. would you go again if you did get a refund, _ tuesday. would you go again if you did get a refund, would _ tuesday. would you go again if you did get a refund, would you - tuesday. would you go again if you did get a refund, would you have . did get a refund, would you have another try? i did get a refund, would you have another try?— did get a refund, would you have another try? i would definitely go aaain. another try? i would definitely go again- the _ another try? i would definitely go again. the show _ another try? i would definitely go again. the show itself _ another try? i would definitely go again. the show itself was - another try? i would definitely go again. the show itself was aptly i again. the show itself was aptly fantastic, the actors and actresses involved were amazing, melody thornton's voice was fantastic, she really shone, so i think 100% i would be happy to go again. karl bradley speaking to lucy grey there. 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.

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 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.

we have had a few more details about the king's coronation released. more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk have been invited to attend the coronation of the king next month. 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 450 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 do, 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 seemed 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? well, it really depends on the weather, so layers, i think, and flat shoes. and a hat. but flat shoes, definitely. helena wilkinson, bbc news. scientists have unearthed new details about the woolly mammoth, ten thousand years after they became extinct. the researchers analysed the dna of 23 mammoths — discovering that the animals became fluffier and had smaller ears as they evolved.

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us can't do that, and what about longerjourneys? home charging costs about 10p a longerjourneys? home charging costs about10p a mile longerjourneys? home charging costs about 10p a mile at the moment. public rapid chargers like this cost at least twice as much and that not all, we need to tackle the vat issue because vat on public charges is 20%, as opposed to the domestic rate which is on a 5%. and you look at this, the number of charges has been increasing 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, too. the new model from ng now and by one of china's biggest car—makers has a 200 mile range and cost £27,000, that is cheap for an evie. it cost £27,000, that is cheap for an evie. , . , , cost £27,000, that is cheap for an evie. _,,,, cost £27,000, that is cheap for an evie. _.,,, ., evie. it is absolutely possible to make a mass-market _ evie. it is absolutely possible to make a mass-market electric i evie. it is absolutely possible to l make a mass-market electric car, evie. it is absolutely possible to - make a mass-market electric car, but make a mass—market electric car, but it will be at value for money car, not a cheap car, because the raw

materials are going to make an electric cars, 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. 50 of those raw materials has never been higher-— of those raw materials has never been hiaher. ., . ., , been higher. so we need more charges and cheaper — been higher. so we need more charges and cheaper cars— been higher. so we need more charges and cheaper cars before _ been higher. so we need more charges and cheaper cars before the _ and cheaper cars before the government ban on new petrol and diesel cars comes in in seven years' time. the national motor museum shows how petrol and diesel cars have evolved, from early because like this into the super efficient vehicles we drive today. but they are still powered by exploding gases. and to produce nearly a fifth of uk carbon emissions. so, is electricity fit for the job? internal combustion engine, electric car, which is the future? can i have that one monday to saturday and at one on sunday? 50 saturday and at one on sunday? so your heart is with the internal combustion engine but the future is here? it is. electric vehicles might

not have the charisma of a car like this but the truth is the electric revolution is now all but unstoppable.

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. ukraine says its energy export can resume — despite russia firing a total of more than twelve hundred missiles at key energy facilities throughout the war. 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'.

and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend