live from london, this is bbc news. hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. the british israeli sisters shot dead in the west bank are named as maia and rina dee. their funerals take place later. a warning the nhs in england faces unparalleled levels of disruption as the doctors�* union press ahead with strike action. girls at schools across iran are taken to hospital after another outbreak of apparent gas poisoning.

we want to start with the latest news from israel. hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. remember, earlier this week, israeli police raided the mosque after palestinians barricaded themselves inside, after the evening ramadan prayer. that led to palestinian militants firing rockets into israel from lebanon and gaza, and israel hitting back with airstrikes. the al aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in islam, is located on a hilltop complex known by muslims as al—haram al—sharif and byjews as the temple mount. jews revere it as the location of two biblical temples and it is the holiest site injudaism. thousands of muslims and jews are gathering injerusalem with ramadan and passover overlapping this year. it is around this time thatjewish visitors are supposed to be allowed in to the al—aqsa mosque so we will be keeping a close eye on events

there for you, and we'll bring you any update on that when we get it. meanwhile, this fragile security situation didn't stop the turnout of thousands of israelis who've been regularly protesting against the government's planned reforms of the judificary. ——planned reforms of the judiciary. they've been on the streets for the 14th consecutive weekend. this is a minutes silence the protesters held for those killed in the attacks in tel aviv and the west bank in the last few days. funerals take place later for the two british—israeli sisters who died in a shooting on friday. they were named as 20—year—old maia and 15—year—old rina dee on saturday. our correspondent lucy williamson injerusalem spoke to their father. a warning her report contains details some viewers may find upsetting. maia dee was 20 years old and volunteering for national service in a high school. her younger sister rina was 15. theirfather told me they were beautiful, popular and wonderful.

hours after maia and rina died yesterday, another attack in tel aviv. holiday crowds became targets when a car rammed pedestrians on the busy promenade. this is the moment when police surrounded the attacker and then shot him dead. they died yesterday when their israeli car came under fire as they travelled from their west bank settlement to the sea of galilee for a family holiday. their mother is still unconscious and critically ill in hospital. theirfather, a rabbi who was travelling separately, heard the news of an attack on the road before realising his family was involved. and i couldn't sleep at all. every time i had a nightmare, i woke up. and then the reality was worse than the nightmare, so i went back to sleep. but it was just recurring nightmares of how it went. the funeralfor the funeral for his daughters will be held later today. hours after maia and rina died yesterday, another attack in tel aviv. holiday crowds became targets when a car rammed pedestrians on the busy promenade. he killed an italian national named as alessandro parini and injured seven others,

three of them british. the israeli prime minister said the attack will only unify the country. they stopped for a minute silence to remember the victims of the latest attacks. politics and religion may divide people here but grief and loss is familiar to all. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. israel's also carried out air strikes near the syrian capital damascus in the last few hours. israel says it was in response to rockets that struck parts of israel's golan heights that had been fired from within syria and that it hit military targets. details are still emerging and we will keep you updated. taiwan's defence ministry says china is carrying out military drills around the island for a second day. washington's urged china to show restraint after it launched the exercises around taiwan, hours

after the taiwanese president tsai ing—wen�*s return home from a trip to the united states. chinese state tv�*s been broadcasting images like these showing its forces carrying out exercises around taiwan. people in england are being warned to expect unparalleled levels of disruption to the national health service after the doctors�* union said it will press ahead with strikes. the health secretary, steve barclay, has accused the british medical assosciation of taking a militant stance, saying the strikes had been timed to cause maximum disruption and carry a considerable risk to patient safety. our correspondent, simon jones, has more. one, two, three, four, we cannot take it anymore! junior doctors are — cannot take it anymore! junior doctors are set _ cannot take it anymore! junior doctors are set or _ cannot take it anymore! junior doctors are set or on - cannot take it anymore! juniorj doctors are set or on tuesday, straight after the easter bank holiday weekend when many staff are on leave and the four days of action will lead into next weekend meaning the nhs is facing ten days of reduced services. in the in the statement, the national

director of the nhs said: the nhs confederation, representing hospital managers, is wanting up to one quarter of a million appointments and operations may have to be postponed if the strike action goes ahead. the professor says stevens warns the ongoing impact of industrial action says it is making it more difficult to keep key services going and ultimately reschedule those cancelled appointments. the nhs says it will continue to prioritise emergency neonatal care as well as emergency and trauma services but nhs providers with respect to hospital trusts fares even in those areas there are concerns of increased risk to

safety. concerns of increased risk to safe . , , ~ concerns of increased risk to safe. ,, ~ ., ., safety. this strike falls at a critical time _ safety. this strike falls at a critical time in _ safety. this strike falls at a critical time in holiday - safety. this strike falls at a i critical time in holiday season where securing cover is proving challenging so they are deeply concerned and it is not too late for unions and government to come to the table, to open negotiations and avert this action next week. the british medical association - action next week. the british medical association which . medical association which representsjunior medical association which represents junior doctors is calling for a 35% pay rise to compensate for what it describes is more than a decade of salary erosion, but the department of health says it will only agree to talks to try to settle the dispute if the bma because of the strike and significantly reduces its pay demand. the two sides appear as far apart as ever. simon jones, bbc news. after missing the good friday procession due to what officials said was extremely cold weather in rome, the pope has resumed his regular easter schedule. thousands have gathered in and around the vatican as he prepares to give his easter sunday mass. our religion editor,

aleem maqbool, has more. tens of thousands of people have descended on rome for this easter weekend, as they do every year, but all of those who've travelled from all over the world, at one point wouldn't have known whether or not they'd seen pope francis at all because just over a week ago he was admitted to hospital with breathing difficulties — it was later determined that he had bronchitis — but since he's been discharged, he's actually kept to all of his commitments during what is the busiest week on his calendar. so he led the services on palm sunday, he made his weekly appearance on wednesday, he was at the services on monday, thursday and led mass on good friday, but, for the first time since he became pope in 2013, he did miss the via crucis on the night of good friday — that's the procession that takes us through the stations of the cross and commemorates the final hours in the life ofjesus, and the vatican said he missed that because of the cold snap that rome is experiencing and that's an event that takes place outside. but we are expecting that pope francis will lead easter sunday mass and then

at lunchtime all eyes will be on the balcony behind me at st peter's basilica where the pope is due to make an appearance and bless the crowds. to iran now, where local media are reporting that dozens more girls have been poisoned in suspected gas attacks on iranian schools. bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi has the latest. six cities across iran were targeted, and in some of the cities, multiple schools were attacked. we started receiving videos from the city of qom, which is 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 that in the north—western town of ardabil and also in a southern kurdish town in western iran, the hospitals are packed with schoolgirls. reports of poisonings have become frequent. no girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. at the beginning of this month, bbc reality check looked into this, reporting: the first known case was recorded in november, in the city of qom. and it's spread to a number of other provinces, including the capital, tehran. the bbc has analysed dozens of videos posted to social media and has verified many of the school locations filmed. iran's parliament says it's investigating. but the chief of that investigation blamed iranian students.

some speculate whether the schoolgirls are being poisoned as payback for their role in these anti—government protests but there are no actual answers. here's parham ghobadi again. iranian parents are really furious because the authorities have not given them any clear explanation. they said that they have made some arrests, but they are not being really clear about who are these people that have been arrested and what is their intention. that's why it is raising the 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, were at the forefront of the protests calling for an end for mandatory hijab in iran. so they think that iranian hardliners are taking revenge on the schoolgirls. 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 ever since 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 laxer attitude towards the mandatory hijab. it wasn't 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. these smart cameras signal that

not only is the mandatory hijab here to stay, but it will be heavily enforced. i'm joined now by abbas milani, director of iranian studies at stanford university and co—director od the iran democracy project. what is your assessment of these new cameras being installed? it these new cameras being installed?— these new cameras being installed? it is part of of a feudal effort _ installed? it is part of of a feudal effort to _ installed? it is part of of a feudal effort to push - installed? it is part of of a feudal effort to push back| installed? it is part of of a i feudal effort to push back on what has been in my view a tsunami of civil disobedience by brave iranian woman who just don't want to be told or suppressed. the regime is making, attacking people, they are in the schools, i cannot believe that goes on within the regime, don't know what the regime, don't know what the regime has sanctioned, but clearly is supported from

elements within the regime. they are treating people with fines, they are threatening people with suspending all of their rights as citizens, and i don't think it's going to work. based with that tsunami, they had the choice to accept the inevitable or force the unacceptable.- inevitable or force the unacceptable. inevitable or force the unaccetable. ., unacceptable. you say face the inevitable. _ unacceptable. you say face the inevitable, what _ unacceptable. you say face the inevitable, what would - unacceptable. you say face the inevitable, what would that. inevitable, what would that look like? i inevitable, what would that look like?— look like? i don't think the iranian woman _ look like? i don't think the iranian woman want - look like? i don't think the iranian woman want a - look like? i don't think the l iranian woman want a forced hijab, ithink iranian woman want a forced hijab, i think the iranian women's movement for the last 24 women's movement for the last 2a years has been in my view one of the most remarkable symbols of movements anywhere in the world and they have shown they are not going to back down and they have shown that they want equality, they want dignity, they want the right to choice. master ommaney was given away out by one of

her allies, saying thejob is not mandatory under koran but he doubled down.— he doubled down. what is your reaction to _ he doubled down. what is your reaction to the _ he doubled down. what is your reaction to the poisoning - he doubled down. what is your reaction to the poisoning of. reaction to the poisoning of the schoolgirls because it seems unclear how it's happening and who is behind it? i have no clear evidence, no smoking gun, that it is ordered by the regime but i have overwhelming evidence as retribution against these young girls, someone has mapped out all the places the attacks have taken place, they almost fit exactly with the women have been most active against the hijab, the only exception is a place where the security forces don't have the control because a lot of these schools the security cameras were turned off, when these attacks took place. so it cannot be an

incident, some of the people in the regime are included —— accusing israel, accusing girls or the opposition, i think there is overwhelming evidence that some within the regime, who believe in the power of threats, who have been pouring acid on the face of women who defy them, that this is one way they are going to put this genie back in the bottle. i think they are fighting a losing battle.— think they are fighting a losin: battle. ~ ., , ., losing battle. where do you think this — losing battle. where do you think this is _ losing battle. where do you think this is going _ losing battle. where do you think this is going to - losing battle. where do you think this is going to go, i think this is going to go, these protests have been going on for months and increasing efforts to stop them with the cameras although we don't know who is behind it? do you see these protests continue in, at these protests continue in, at the moment there isn't even a unified movement or indeed an opposition?— opposition? there is an opposition _ opposition? there is an opposition but - opposition? there is an opposition but it - opposition? there is an opposition but it is - opposition? there is an opposition but it is not| opposition but it is not unified you are absolutely right, there is opposition

inside and outside, what to me remains constant, is the continuation of these acts of resistance. in my view they will only continue because the economy is only going to get worse, the economy looks bleak, every indication is they have no solution to these problems, and after a while think people are going to become increasingly angry. they are trying to use, for example, threats against businesses who allow women inside them, they have closed many businesses, they are trying to get men to become complicit in this forced hijab. this is only going to increase the anger, what this regime was most frightened by was that for the first time for 44 was that for the first time for a4 years, men came to the lili years, men came to the defence of the women who said enough is enough. now the regime is trying to turn the men back into the prisoners for

women and i don't think it's going to work. iranian society, in my view has made a cultural change, they want a more democratic egalitarian run. thank you very much for being with us. —— iran. let's go to the canadian province of quebec where more than 100,000 people are still without electricity, four days after an ice storm disrupted the power grid. the city of montreal is one of the worst—hit areas. most of the damage was caused by falling trees and branches that gave way under the weight of the ice. temporary shelters are open so people can warm up and charge their phones and authorities say electricity should be fully restored by monday. well, earlier we heard from anne marie provost. a localjournalist who told us what the conditions were like right now. my power went out on wednesday evening. it only came back last evening,

so for two full days i didn't have power and it was the same for everybody in my neighbourhood. many streets were closed because we had a lot of trees and branches falling down on the streets, also electricity lines falling down on the streets, so it was quite dangerous and the police are pretty much everywhere in the city making sure everything was safe. but now many people are getting their power back, so that's good, but you still have many people without power right now. it is not good because it is quite cold outside in montreal right now, it is around 0 degrees, maybe a little higher than 0 degrees, so you don't have electricity, you don't have heating, so the temperature in the houses and apartments are getting quite low and you are losing food, so they had to open emergency shelters so people could go there and have a little feed, they could shower, they could recharge their electrical devices, but the morale is low because you see some streets getting their power back but then you don't get your power back, so people are asking why, and then you have many debates around should we put the lanes

in the ground instead of having them on electric poles outside the ground, and many stuff like that, so we can prevent events like that in the future because the authorities are saying that episodes like that of freezing rain causing massive power outages are going to be more frequent in the future because of global warming. here in the uk, tributes have been paid to the comedian gareth richards who died on friday after being involved in a car crash. the 41—year—old suffered severe brain injuries after the collision on 27th march and had to be taken off life support. he'd been a stand—up comedian for almost 20 years and was a regular at the edinburgh fringe and on bbc comedy shows. frank skinner who co—hosted a show with him on absolute radio called him a "fantastic bloke". plans to make it more difficult for children to illegally buy e—cigarettes

in england are to be laid out by the government next week. an enforcement squad will be set up to clamp down on shops selling vapes to under—18s. with sweet flavours and brightly coloured packaging that has long been concern eccentric cigarettes and vapours are becoming increasingly attractive to youngsters. and despite it being illegal government data shows 10% of all under 18 in england have either tried or are regularly using devices. there are hopes a range of new measures set to be announced by the department next week could help reduce the number of people taking up the habit. carry out more test patches and schools to expose those carrying out age verification on customers. authorities will have increased power to remove any legal devices from sale. while welcoming the action sums

charities have questioned whether the new measures go far enough. it’s whether the new measures go far enou:h. �*, i, .," , enough. it's about making these roducts enough. it's about making these products less — enough. it's about making these products less affordable - enough. it's about making these products less affordable and - products less affordable and less of appealable to children, they are available for pocket money prices on every street corner for under £5, money prices on every street cornerfor under £5, this announcement on vaping is part of a broader announcement by the government �*s commitment to achieve a smoke—free 2030, at the moment it is ten years off—track and that's where we really need to see far more action. ,, i, i action. current nhs guidance su: est action. current nhs guidance suggest that _ action. current nhs guidance suggest that while _ action. current nhs guidance suggest that while not - suggest that while not risk—free baits can be a helpful tool for adults wanting to quit smoking. and less harmful alternative traditional cigarettes. it is hoped these measures will help deter young people from taking up vaping, long—term health implications of which remain unknown. victoria bourne, bbc news. police in the north of england have launched an investigation into a disturbance during friday

night's performance of the bodyguard at the palace theatre. 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. crowd sings: # and i will always love you. ..# . - i'm not sure if you can describe that as singing. the bodyguard actress melody thornton posted 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. ijust am very, very sorry that we couldn't finish the show. actress melody thornton there. just before we go, i want to show you what's possibly the biggest picasso in the world, well kind of. saturday marked 50 years since his death and so to pay tribute an italian fan and fellow artist dario gambarin used a tractor to create what he says is the largest portrait of the spanish artist in the world. etched into wasteland near verona in italy, mr gambarin said he'd been inspired by picasso's 1907 self—portrait. that is quite an incredible

achievement. taking some planning. that is it from me for the moment. you can reach me on twitter. hello there. i hope you've been making the most of the easter sunshine because on sunday the weather starts to change with some wetter weather in time for easter monday. at the moment, we're in between high pressure and low pressure. that gives us a southerly wind. it's that weather front coming in from the atlantic that will signal the change. still dry overnight. and these are the temperatures by sunday morning. so not as cold as it has been of late. there may well be more cloud around for easter sunday, but we will see the sunshine coming through at times. it's in northern ireland, though, that through the afternoon the cloud will tend to thicken. some patchy rain coming in here over the irish sea by the end of the day as well. and ahead of that advancing rain, we'll have a stronger southerly wind. now that's going to bring us a bit of warmth. temperatures could reach 17 degrees around the

murray firth, north wales, merseyside, perhaps london and the home counties, but a few degrees cooler than that in northern ireland with the rain arriving here and that band of rain will push its way into western parts of britain during the evening, continue eastwards overnight. heaviest rain over the hills in the west and followed by some bands of showers sweeping across northern ireland into southwest scotland. so with all that cloud and rain around, sunday night should be pretty mild into monday morning. easter monday though we still have that rain to clear away from eastern parts of england. it could linger throughout the morning in east anglia and the south east. following on from that, some sunshine. but these bands of showers could be heavy with some hail and thunder and there'll be some frequent showers across northern and western parts of scotland. we'll have a chillier breeze and temperatures are going to be lower. we're back down to around 10 to m degrees in the afternoon. we're into that showery air stream as we head into tuesday. but this developing area of low pressure is going to be heading our way as well. whilst many places could start the day dry with some sunshine, we've got showers in northern scotland. we'll see the cloud increasing, the wind picking up

from the south—west, and rain moving its way northwards and eastwards through the day. and tuesday could turn out to be quite chilly, actually. temperatures typically 10 to 13 degrees. a lot of uncertainty overnight and into wednesday. the models are differing with the depth of that area of low pressure and the position. but for a while actually, it could be quite windy across some parts of the country and that signals this change to more unsettled weather over the week ahead. showers or longer spells of rain and temperatures by day on the low side for this time of the year.

this is bbc news, the headlines: hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al—aqsa mosque injerusalem, raising fears of further clashes with israeli police. two british—israeli sisters, killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank, have been named as maia and rina dee. their funerals are expected to take place on sunday. their mother, leah, remains in a critical condition in hospital. british health secretary steve barclay has accused the doctors' union, the british medical association, of taking a militant stance over its planned strike in the coming days. junior doctors are due to walk out in england on tuesday for four days due to a dispute over pay. to iran, where local media are reporting that dozens more girls have been poisoned in a suspected gas attacks