live from london, this is bbc news. two british—israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. in a separate incident, an italian man died — and three british citizens are among the wounded after a car ploughed in to tourists near a beach in tel aviv. in iran, local media report that dozens of girls have been poisoned in several schools across the country. the taiwanese president's visit to the us sparks three days of military exercises from china.

welcome, i'm tanya beckett. two british—israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. the sisters were killed on friday afternoon near the hamra junction in the north of thejordan valley, as they drove through tiberias. the attacker was shot dead by police. their mother, leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital, local media reported. the family lived in the settlement of efrat and were immigrants from the uk, the mayor said. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent a tweet containing the sisters�* names, and a photo of them, on saturday evening. these details come at a time when the region is seeing an upsurge in violence. our correspondent lucy williamson reports from tel aviv — a warning her piece contains some distressing details and 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 seven 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's prepared ever for this type of situation. you know, it's impossible, ithink, 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. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. the two sisters now that the fight, as i said earlier. —— have now been

identified. earlier i spoke to khaled elgindy who explained how this appears to be a serious escalation of tensions. well, we've seen a very serious escalation over the past several weeks. it's just that most of the violence has been directed at palestinians, something like at least more than 80 palestinians already killed since the start of the year. and there's been an uptick in reprisal attacks mostly by lone wolf palestinian actors opposed to militias. so far, we've seen very little of that, and i think the latest lone wolf attacks are inward direct response to the violence inflicted on palestinian worshipers at the al aqsa mosque.

it security forces went in and rated to rated the site. worshipers who were simply praying i think that elicited a response we saw in previous years. what was the justification of this raid on the mosque? justification given by the israelis, the official was that palestinians had barricaded themselves in the mosque and have prevented people from leaving. the reality, based on eyewitness accounts from palestinians who were there and even human rights reporters who have since reported on this situation, the reality is it's quite common for muslim worshipers in ramadan to spend the night in any mosque, but particular, holy sites such as al—aqsa, very popular for muslims to do that during the holy month. the problem is that israelis also don't want muslims to spend the night at al—aqsa because they want to allowjewish

visits early in the morning and want to avoid any contact between the two groups, so it's really a way to allow increasing jewish visitation and possibly prayer on the al—aqsa mosque compound, which is also holy tojews as the temple, but under the status quo that has been in place for many decades, jews are not allowed to pray on this site because it would threaten the muslim claim to that holy site and eventually turn it into a jewish site. that is the fear that palestinians have.

despite the security crisis, protests against a planned judicial overhaul in israel are being held for the fourteenth week in a row. it's thought tens of thousands of people gathered for the main anti—government rally in tel aviv. a march through the streets of the city has been cancelled in co—ordination with police. thousands of officers have been deployed. to iran now where local media reports that dozens of schoolgirls have been poisoned in several schools. this phenomenon began last november and since then there have been reports of poisoning incidents from gases or toxic substances. in some cases students have been hospitalised. i was joined earlier by bbc persian service's parham ghobadi who told me how wide spread these incidents are. just before coming to the studio, the number of cities that were targeted rose to six, actually, and as you remember, as mentioned in your intro, for several months, we had the story of iranian school poisonings, but it went quiet for

a while and the reason for that was that there was persian new yearfor two weeks, so students were on a break at that time. they went back to school on monday, and again, reports of school poisonings started appearing here and there, but today is the most widespread one. as i already mentioned, six cities across iran were targeted and in some of the cities, multiple schools were attacked. we started receiving videos from the city of the iranian vatican. parents are furious, they're talking to officials, they're shouting at them, there are scenes of chaos and horror. in other cities, we have obtained videos from hospitals where parents are picking up a girl student who has fainted on the floor, other students are crying, gasping for breath on hospital beds, and we have reports in a north—western town and also in the southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls.

do we have any information or indication at all as to how they�* re being poisoned 7 there's no clear answer, so that is one of the reasons that iranian parents are really furious, because the authorities have not given them any clear explanation. they said they have made some arrests, but they are not being really clear that who are these people that have been arrested and what is their intention. that's why it is raising suspicion that iranian hardliners, religious hardliners might be behind these attacks, which kind of links it to the iranian protests because as you remember, iranian girls, especially at the schools at the forefront of the protests, calling to an end for mandatory hijab in iran. so they think that iranian hardliners are taking their revenge on the schoolgirls. there has been some suggestion that the government is putting forward the hypothesis that this is psychological in origin.

that's correct, but the videos we are seeing, and we were just actually talking to a schoolgirl in iran a few minutes ago, and she was saying that they smelled something unusual at the school. it didn't immediately cause panic, so they went back to their classroom, their principal told them that everything is fine, they're just burning something next to the school. they went back to the school and students started falling sick one by one, and that created the panic among the students. so, we are talking to many students in iran and all of them categorically so far have rejected that idea and they are saying that, first, they smelled something unusual, the smell of a tangerine or garlic, and then they fell down. the videos we've seen, students are gasping for breath, some on oxygen masks — it's really not possible that so many students across the country start fainting or pretending to be sick. now in another worrying

development in iran, authorities have announced they will be installing smart cameras in public places to identify women who are unveiled, and not observing the country's strict dress code. for more on that, here's azadeh moshiri. the mandatory hijab has been at the centre of protests in iran eversince 22—year—old mahsa amini died in police custody after she was arrested for violating the country's strict dress code. now, it led to protests around the world and across the country. it even led to some women burning their veils during those very same protests. but it also led to something else — women developed a lax that attitude towards the mandatory hijab. it was an unusual to go to a big city in iran like tehran, the capital, and see several women walking around the streets unveiled. it also led to law enforcement hesitating in how they would respond, given the protests in the country were growing, but that's changing.

iran's law enforcement has now announced that they're installing smart cameras on streets in order to identify women who are violating the mandatory hijab law. they also said that they would send warning messages to the violators of the hijab law and violators of public decency. now, this follows a recent incident in mashhad, where a man poured a tub of yoghurt over the heads of two women who were unveiled. all three were arrested. here's a reminder of that moment that was caught on cctv. now, the issue of the hijab was never something that the islamic republic was going to take lightly. and that's because the hijab is an important symbol of the islamic revolution. it's when the country physically started to look different. it's when a country where women had choice turned into a country

where they don't. the smart cameras signal that not only is the mandatory hijab here to stay, but it will be heavily enforced. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. play has been abandoned for the day at the masters, with augusta waterlogged after hours of unrelenting rain. the tournament was already playing catch up and the leaders are only six holes into their third rounds. after a brief suspension on friday that led to some of the field needing to finish their second round earlier on saturday. augusta staff struggled to keep the standing water off a number of the course's greens. when play resumes brooks koepka will have a four shot lead, having extended his advantage over jon rahm in the early stages of round three. like rahm, amateur sam bennett has also had a stuttering start to his third round, dropping two shots to fall seven behind koepka.

the four players on five under par include the leading british player us open champion matt fitzpatrick. meanwhile two notable players who aren't contending but did make the cut. tiger woods is still there — just about. while another former champion fred couples became the oldest player to make the final two rounds at the masters. he's 63. although both were having a torrid time in the rain. the gap between the top two in the english premier league is five points again after manchester city reduced arsenal's lead with a 4—1 win at southampton. arsenal play liverpool on sunday, but it's five league wins in a row now for city. and they beat the bottom side thanks in part to two goals from erling haaland — that makes 44 so far this season. while kevin de bruyne becamejust the fifth player in premier league history to reach 100 assists. southampton are now four points from safety. i would like to be in their position, to be honest.

i would like to have eight points right now. five? i would love it. it is what it is. chelsea lost 1—0 at wolves in frank lampard's first match since being appointed as interim manager, his second spell in the job. portugal midfielder matheus nunes with the winner. his first goal since joining wolves in august. chelsea remain in 11th with a champoins league quarter final against real madrid up next for lampard. it's not where the club wants to be but it is, we have work through it. you see things happen where it there is a transition of the club and yes get to the point where there is an excuse and get to the point where you try to move forward and at the moment every step forward is the one we can focus on.

elsewhere newcastle are still third above manchester united after both teams won today. bournemouth�*s 1—0 win at managerless leicester takes them out of the relegation zone... and they've been replaced by nottingham forest... who lost 2—0 at aston villa. there were also wins for spurs and west ham. the top four all played each other in germany's bundesliga... and it was the teams in first and second that won to create a bit of a gap between them and their opponents. bayern munich still have a two point lead after they won 1—0 at freiburg... while in the meeting of second and third... dortmund scored a late winner to beat union berlin 2—1. rb leipzig's win at hertha has taken them fourth above freiburg. the title race in spain is all but over. but second place real madrid can close the gap to leaders barcelona to nine points with a win over villarreal. they have just got i had to take a 2-1 they have just got i had to take a 2—1 advantage in the game. elsewhere fourth placed real sociedad beat getafe. it's a similar situation in italy. lazio were 19 points behind leaders napoli heading into their match against juventus. they are leading, so they will

reduce the gap at the very least. roma have gone third with their win at torino. had to our website for more. 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 mobilizations 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. i wasjoined earlier by the founder and senior adivsor at china dialogue, isabel hilton. my first question was how important are these drills? they�* re pretty important. there's a very large deployment of ships,

a large deployment of aircraft flying into the air defence identification zone, essentially into taiwan's airspace. the ships are crossing the median line in the taiwan straits, and there was a bit of live fire across one of the islands, which is the island closest to the mainland. so, it's unmistakably large deployment, and beijing is calling it an exercise in encirclement — in other words, saying we can blockade taiwan whenever we want to and this is how we do it. right, understood. the backdrop, the political backdrop is important. if you talk us to the sequence of events in terms of visits to china and the us and how they plan to this. it's been a pretty busy week. the one that has resulted in military exercises was of course tsai ing—wen�*s visit to the us, which was played pretty coolly in washington.

she didn't have any high—level meetings in washington. she didn't meet president biden, but she did meet kevin ?mccarthy in california. the thing about kevin mccarthy is that the house has to vote on arms to taiwan, so they uk military support requires the approval of the house. clearly, tsai ing—wen has to maintain warm relations with the house speaker. that's not difficult, they're very much inclinded to support taiwan, much to beijing's fury. we are the european union at the same time, president macron of france with 50 important businessmen, and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, both visiting china. president macron was rather warmly received, ursula von der leyen rather less warmly received because she's conspicuously more critical of china's position

on russia and in fact in general, and the relationship between the eu and china. the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has vowed to "fully cooperate" with police after the arrest of her husband, the snp�*s former chief executive — during an investigation into the party's finances. in her first public comments since peter murrell�*s arrest, ms sturgeon said recent days had "obviously been difficult" as she gave a short statement outside the couple's glasgow home. there is obviously nothing i can say about the ongoing investigation. much as there are things i might want to say, i'm not able to do so, other than to say that as has been the case, there will continue to be full cooperation. the last few days have obviously been difficult, quite dramatic at times, but i understand that is part of a process.

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 from 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. well, 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 health policy to allow courts and politicians to tell the fda what it should 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 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's likely the issue will escalate to the us supreme court. earlier i spoke to our correspondentjessica parker who started by telling us where the legal situation stands now particularly with the backdrop and given the overturning of roe versus wade. obviously what happened with roe versus wade is the supreme court overturned that, but opened the door for individual states to ban or severely curtail abortion access, which has led to a kind of patchwork of access across the united states.

we've seen it all being played out in the courts as well, and this particular court ruling, or the two we've had in the last day or so, some are describing it as the most significant abortion—related rulings since roe v wade was overturned because of what is potentially seeking to deal with the implications in terms of maybe limiting access or taking away the approval of a pill that's part of a two—stage regiment used by many women across america, accounting for over half of abortions. but i have to say, i've reported from countries before, like malta, where abortion is banned, but many women still use or order these pills illegally. what is the role of the fda here? the food and drug administration are the ones that approved this pill over two decades ago, and legal experts

say the fda has now been left in a pretty tricky situation because you have one ruling saying that approval is suspended. the biden administration is seeking to put a block on that and it doesn't kick in for another seven days, and then you've another ruling from washington state applying to 17 democratic states and the district of columbia as well that says that access to the pill should be retained. one legal expert speaking earlier was basically saying the fda mightjust have to use its discretion here because it can't follow both, and then wait for how this plays out in the courts, and as many people are saying, could end up in the supreme court eventually. two british—israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. the sisters were killed on friday afternoon in the north of the jordan valley. the attacker was shot dead by police. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent a tweet containing the sisters' names,

and a photo of them, on saturday evening. hello there, good evening. it's been a beautiful day of weather for most of the uk with lots of blue sky and sunshine, as captured by our weather watcher here in derbyshire, but a bit more cloud towards eastern coastal areas. still even, here, some sunny spells breaking through, and it's more or less the same again tomorrow — in fact, it could feel a little warmer for most, but there will be some rain later on in the day out towards the north and the west. most of us won't be seeing that rain until early on bank holiday monday morning. but overnight tonight, it's set to stay dry. lots of clear spells, especially through the central swathe of the country. out towards eastern coastal areas, some cloud, cloud thickening, too, across northern ireland. more cloud and a bit more of a southerly breeze,

so frost—free without so much mist and fog as we start off sunday morning. so, easter sunday, lots of sunshine around for the vast majority of us. it will be quite cloudy towards eastern coastal areas — again, the cloud just coming in from the north sea, but that should break up, especially through the afternoon, so a sunnier day here. cool underneath the cloud across aberdeenshire, outbreaks of rain moving into northern ireland from our weather front, approaching western scotland by the end of the day. temperatures slightly higher, between 15—17 celsius quite widely. if we see 18 celsius — always possible, especially across central, southern england — it will be the warmest day of the year so far. but of course, it's not set to last, the dry, warm weather, because we've got outbreaks of rain from these weather fronts, sweeping eastwards from sunday night into bank holiday monday morning. it's a much milder start to the day on bank holiday monday, outbreaks of rain clearing the east anglian coast as we head through the morning. there will be some bright and sunny spells behind, but also some rather hefty showers, and raining for much of the day — longer spells of rain towards the south coast, especially across

the channel islands. temperatures gradually dropping throughout the day. this is how we'll end the afternoon, between about 10—14 celsius, so obviously not as warm with all that wet weather around, and it's staying unsettled as we head through much of the rest of next week. a deep area of low pressure swinging across england and wales, into scotland as we head through tuesday night and into wednesday. some strong gusty winds potentially on this and some outbreaks of rain. here's the outlook for our capital cities as we head through next week. as you can see, it is going to be really very unsettled, wet and windy, especially towards the northwest, and also feeling a lot cooler.

this is bbc news — the headlines: two british—israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank have been named as maya and rina dee. the sisters were killed on friday afternoon. their mother remains in critical conditions. in response to a separate incident, israel mobilised 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. in iran, local media report that dozens of girls have been poisoned in several schools across the country. this phenomenon began last november, with several reports of poisoning incidents from gases or toxic substances. some of the girls were hospitalised.

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