live from london, this is bbc news. an italian man has died and three british citizens are among the wounded after a car ploughed in to tourists near a beach in 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.

good afternoon, welcome to the programme. an italian man has died and three british citizens are among the wounded after a car ploughed in to 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 a short time ago, lucy williamson gave us this update from jerusalem. the 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 sisters in the occupied west bank.

their mother is still critically ill in hospital and 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 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, too. 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 units to help combat what he called the threat of terrorist attacks. this weekend, of course, easter converges with jewish passover and the muslim holy month of ramadan so it is a particularly sensitive time. lucy, has there been any response from the authorities there? well, as i say, 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. 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.

0ur europe regional editor danny aeberhard has more on this story. this is a major achievement for ukraine. basically, russia in october started a huge campaign of attacks on its energy infrastructure. all thermal 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, herman halushchenko, 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. and, danny, what does this mean for the state of the war more broadly and any suggestion that russia could restart

its attacks again? well, clearly, ukraine isn't saying that it is out of the woods, on the energy front yet. ukrenergo, the ukraine energy network operator specifically said ukraine cannot count on russian 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's preparing for the next winter. russia no doubt will try to renew this attack. it does, if nothing else, make it difficult for ukraine, but ukrainians have shown themselves to be remarkably resilient, coping with all sorts of things from power cuts to water shortages, and they will pride themselves, no doubt, on having survived an extremely tough winter. obviously, in parts of ukraine it regularly gets down to subzero temperatures so they will be welcoming the warm weather to come.

thanks to danny for that. to the us now. 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.

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 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 for 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 triggering a wave of state—by—state bans, 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. 0ur our thanks to samantha for that. let's cross to jessup akaka our thanks to samantha for that. let's cross tojessup akaka in washington. what is going to happen now? , , . . washington. what is going to happen now? , ., washington. what is going to happen now? , , . . ., now? this is a legal battle, or several legal _ now? this is a legal battle, or several legal battles - now? this is a legal battle, or several legal battles leading l now? this is a legal battle, or| several legal battles leading to more legal battles. as the matter was just saying, nothing more legal battles. as the matter wasjust saying, nothing changes more legal battles. as the matter was just saying, nothing changes for seven days, the federaljudge in texas has about that period of time for appeals so you are likely to see appeals in terms of trying to halt this taking effect for the time

being, as well as appeals to the preliminaryjudgment itself. so, as samantha was saying as well, you could, and many legal experts think, this could end up eventually with the supreme court. there is not the court, the fifth circuit, that the case would go to first. but it has caused major headlines here in the united states, the latest example of this contentious issue going to the cause, and as well some amazement from some people and criticism that onejudge in from some people and criticism that one judge in texas from some people and criticism that onejudge in texas can issue from some people and criticism that one judge in texas can issue a ruling like this and then of course you have had this rival ruling in washington state as well, so for the fta, of course, they've got these two rivaljudgments at the moment creating a lot of confusion and i think that is pretty much where we are at the moment, a lot of confusion over what the applications might be for this particular drug, and i think concerns from pro—choice activist that this could also have a chilling effect on the availability of the drug even while it

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see some of those telemedicine options are removed from the market, you might see an increase, for example, in surgical abortion. 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 9 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. earlier, i spoke to celia hatton who is the bbc�*s asia pacific regional editor who told us more about what's been happening. well, we have seen, this is the first of three days of drills in an operation dubbed joint sword. 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 the operation will also 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 cross 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 main line. 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, it tells us a little that these operations seem to be relatively measured, in comparison to the unprecedented drills that we saw last august. yes, let's spend a momentjust remembering what exactly 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. now, 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 was seen as being quite incendiary. china launched an almost week—long series of live fire drills, really something that we have never really seen before. today, by comparison, we are seeing relatively measured drills. some people say this is just a bid by beijing to get us used to seeing this kind of drill more often. others are saying this really is more of a measured response, that is because taiwan's leader 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 climbdowns,

a little bit, by the us and taiwan, and in response china is also issuing a bit more of a measured response. celia, what has the reaction been in taiwan? it has been interesting, actually. a lot of people in taiwan are saying, oh, this again. they are getting used to this kind of rhetoric, these kinds of drills. you know, this isn't the first time that a 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 election is coming up so i think a lot of people there are really bracing themselves for a year of quite fiery politics. thanks to celia for that. let's get the sport.

to demand first and a delayed second round is coming to a close at augusta after thunderstorms and bad weather halted play on friday. a lot looking good for rory mcavoy he was five under for the tournament and very much that. there was another stellar showing of the second round but he has been chased down byjohn rahman, another tournament favourite coming into this one. he isjust finishing the second row now. he is 11 under and one shot back. tiger woods on one over set to miss out into round three. 0ne woods on one over set to miss out into round three. one player whose action was cut short yesterday was sandy lyle, 1988 champion just had one putt left before his big farewell from the sport, he was back out today and finished with a bogey, he was also the final outing for

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truth of— half. it is another reminder of the truth of the — half. it is another reminder of the truth of the market you are in when you play— truth of the market you are in when you play the — truth of the market you are in when you play the top sides, but everyone is a difficult — you play the top sides, but everyone is a difficult side in the premier league — is a difficult side in the premier league so— is a difficult side in the premier league so i am under no illusion ahout— league so i am under no illusion about the — league so i am under no illusion about the work in front of us, neither— about the work in front of us, neither other players. let's get a check on what's going on in the rest of the games in the premier league then, and lots at stake for the top and bottom. frank lampard is back in charge at chelsea, his side 0—0 against wolves. battle at the bottom, leicester — without a permanent manager still after brendan rodgers — 0—0 against bournemouth... 1-0 1—0 in that second match. later on, manchester city look to close the gap on leaders arsenal, they're away at bottom of the table southampton. celtic have taken a huge stride towards another scottish premiership after winning the old firm derby against rangers. they won 3—2 with jota's goal proving the difference. they are now 12 points clear of second placed rangers with just seven games left to go. plenty to talk about in the rest of the european leagues too. in la liga — real madrid are in action against valladollid later. and in italy, lazio

take onjuventus. some interesting matches in the german bundesliga underway too. it's second v third with dortmund home to union berlin... 1—0 to dortmund.and top of the table bayern munich against freiburg in 4th... the side that knocked them out of the german cup this week. it is currently goalless. later on rb leipzig take on hertha berlin — as they attempt to move back into the top four. and in international cricket, new zealand clinched their t20 series against sri lanka with a four wicket victory in queenstown, with drama down to the final over. they chased down their target of 183 with one ball to spare, despite losing three wickets in the last six balls. they win the series 2—0. it's raining in augusta at the moment at the masters. it will be delayed again potentially. that's all from ask for now, see you in a

bit. the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles is on track to be banned by 2030 in the uk. but how ready are we? 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt has been finding out. 0urjourney begins in cardiff, home of bbc news's science and environment team. most carjouneys 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 one in three can't do that, and what about longerjourneys? home charging costs about 10p a mile at the moment. public rapid charges like this costs at least twice as much and that's not all. we need to tackle the vat issue because the vat on public charges is 20% as opposed to the domestic rate which is only 5%. and just 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's expensive. electric cars are too. the new model from mg, now owned by one of china's biggest carmakers, has a 200—mile range and costs £27,000. that is cheap for an ev. it is absolutely possible to make a mass market electric car but it would be a value for money car, not a cheap car, because the raw materials that go into 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. so we need more chargers 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 cars like this, into the super—efficient vehicles we drive today. but... ..they are still powered by exploding gases.

and 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 that one on sunday? so your heart is with the internal combustion engine, but the future is here, you think? it is, yeah. 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. more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk have been invited to attend the coronation of the king next month. invitations to the ceremony have been extended to hundreds of 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 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. and that is it, i'm lewis vaughan jones, this is bbc news, bye—bye. hello there, good afternoon. lots of fine and dry weather to come in the forecast, not only for today but also for tomorrow too. there is plenty of blue sky out there at the moment. this is flintshire as captured by one of our weather watchers. but generally, more high cloud than we saw yesterday. that is set to turn the sunshine rather hazy at times. but a lot more sunshine as we head through the rest of the easter bank holiday weekend. there will be some rain moving in from the west later. most of us went to see that rain until we get to bank holiday monday. earlier on, this is where the cloud was. the cloud continues towards the north sea facing coast

as we head through the rest of the afternoon. especially across aberdeenshire and parts of norfolk. but here it should then and break at times. some fair weather cloud bubbling up as we head through the afternoon but plenty more sunshine with top temperatures peaking between 13 and 16 celsius. butjust eight or nine celsius underneath that cloud in the eastern scotland. 0vernight tonight, the wind is set to pick up and the cloud will thicken for many too. more extensive cloud than last night, and it should be a frost—free start to the day tomorrow. there won't be too many issues with mist orfog either. as we kick off easter sunday morning, the cloud is thickening out towards the west part of northern ireland, we could see one or two showers here, moving into argyll and bute. by the time it gets to the end of the afternoon, the southerly wind will strengthen but lots of sunshine around. again, some cloud across eastern scotland. fair weather cloud through the afternoon, thickening at times. highs between 16 and 17 celsius quite widely, even possibly the warmest day of the year so far at 18 degrees.

but then, our weather front will be sweeping in from west overnight on easter sunday into easter monday. that should clear through the small hours all apart from parts of east anglia. some more showers there moving in from the west with some sunny spells in between. the wind will strengthen at times throughout the day so sunny spells and showers through the afternoon. temperatures a little lower by the time we get to the end of the day. and plenty of activity in the atlantic as we head through the rest of the week a deep area of low pressure forming on tuesday likely to give us more heavy rain. here's the outlook through the week. you can see it is going to be unsettled, wet and windy at times and little cooler.

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 1,200 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