live from london, this is bbc news. jewish worshippers converge at the western well for the passover blessing injerusalem. a short distance away, hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque — as a tense stand—off with israeli police continues. tens of thousands of catholics gather in saint peter's square in rome — as pope francis celebrates easter sunday mass. this is the scene live in rome, where christians around the world mark their holiest day of the year. to france, where at least five people have been injured after a building collapsed in the southern city of marseille.

jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. it usually draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall�*s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s middle east correspondent, yolande knell.

yolande knell is injerusalem. there are concerns about what is going on in al—aqsa mosque. tel is the latest because it was just last week that police stormed the mosque and there were really tense scenes, weren't there? talk us through what is going on. ~ . y ., there? talk us through what is going on.~ . there? talk us through what is going on. ~ ., there? talk us through what is going on. ., ., , on. what you can say the moment is it remains a — on. what you can say the moment is it remains a tense _ on. what you can say the moment is it remains a tense stand-off. - on. what you can say the moment is it remains a tense stand-off. what l it remains a tense stand—off. what you can see on the live palestinian television pictures that are coming in, there are palestinian muslim worshippers who have remained in the mosque overnight. they have now located themselves on the courtyard there and have been conducting their prayers as israeli police continue to conduct visits around the site, escorting several hundred jewish visitors, religiousjews in the main who have come to the western wall for the priestly blessing later and also wanting during this passive

pilgrimage occasion to go to the site they call temple mount, temple mount is the holiest place in judaism, as well as being the al—aqsa mosque compound haram al—sharif for muslims the third holiest place in islam. that is often a flashpoint for violence here. at the moment we have for the second time injust here. at the moment we have for the second time in just three decades the overlapping of the passover and ramadan holidays and that has really, we have seen in the past week, pushed up tensions here are very high indeed. talk week, pushed up tensions here are very high indeed.— very high indeed. talk through the air strikes because _ very high indeed. talk through the air strikes because overnight - very high indeed. talk through the | air strikes because overnight there were air strikes targeting the golan heights, and then israel responded by attacking syrian military targets. by attacking syrian military taraets. ., v by attacking syrian military taraets. . �*, . by attacking syrian military tar.ets_ ., �*, u, . . by attacking syrian military taraets. . �*, . . by attacking syrian military taraets. . . , targets. that's correct. we saw six rockets fired _ targets. that's correct. we saw six rockets fired from _ targets. that's correct. we saw six rockets fired from inside _ targets. that's correct. we saw six rockets fired from inside syria - targets. that's correct. we saw six rockets fired from inside syria to i rockets fired from inside syria to the israeli occupied golan heights overnight. there was no report of any damage. those rockets didn't make it into israeli —controlled

territory, some were intercepted, some landed in open areas, we understand, but the israeli military responded very quickly by attacking syrian military targets as it described them. there were reports from syrian state television of loud explosions close to damascus. there are also reports that a palestinian militant group based in syria may have been responsible for this rocket fire. in that case israel would still say that syria is responsible for any hostile act that emanates from its territory, but this reminds us a bit of what happened last week when israel faced rocket fire from both the car is a strip from palestinian militants and also blamed palestinian militants for firing also blamed palestinian militants forfiring more also blamed palestinian militants for firing more than 30 rockets from southern lebanon in the biggest barrage from there that had been since the 2006 lebanon war. —— the gaza strip. a reminder that what happens injerusalem, in many ways, can be linked to escalating tensions

around the region. this could be really dangerous moment, with everybody watching very closely what is going on here. everybody watching very closely what is going on here-— is going on here. thank you very much, yolande _ is going on here. thank you very much, yolande knell, _ is going on here. thank you very much, yolande knell, a - is going on here. thank you very much, yolande knell, a middle i is going on here. thank you very . much, yolande knell, a middle east correspondent in for us. after missing the good friday procession because of 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. the mass has got under i believe. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is in rome. talk us through what is going on. it in rome. talk us through what is auoin on. ., , in rome. talk us through what is auoin on. .,, ., in rome. talk us through what is auoin on. ., going on. it has got under way. broadcast — going on. it has got under way. broadcast interrupted - going on. it has got under way. broadcast interrupted by i broadcast interrupted by interference. easter morning here now. that mass is under way in spite of the doubts about the health of pope francis and whether or not he would have been well enough to lead the mass. you may be able to hear him in

the background as he starts to lead proceedings. broadcast interrupted by interference. fees! on the stage right now and lookin: on the stage right now and looking well... _ on the stage right now and looking well... we _ on the stage right now and looking well... we are - on the stage right now and looking well... we are having | on the stage right now and | looking well... we are having a little bit of _ looking well... we are having a little bit of difficulty _ looking well... we are having a little bit of difficulty with - looking well... we are having a little bit of difficulty with your | little bit of difficulty with your line. i will persevere with one more just for now. i think you were just saying, he has had a really busy week, hasn't he, because of all these engagements, the busiest week in the christian calendar for him, isn't it? he looks all right as he gives that mass now, as we are watching the pictures. but as you were saying, just over a week ago he was in with bronchitis. yes. were saying, just over a week ago he was in with bronchitis.— was in with bronchitis. yes, he had breathin: was in with bronchitis. yes, he had breathing difficulties _ was in with bronchitis. yes, he had breathing difficulties and _ was in with bronchitis. yes, he had breathing difficulties and there - was in with bronchitis. yes, he had| breathing difficulties and there was a lot of speculation about... it was confirmed he had bronchitis. since he left hospital he has fulfilled... broadcast interrupted by interference. interference. i have to say...

broadcast interrupted by interference. ok, interference. 0k, we are having a bit of trouble with the line to aleem maqbool but we will stay on these pictures for a moment. as you can see, tens of thousands of people there in the st peter's square gathered to see that mass, is giving the mass now and he will appear on the balcony to give his blessing, the 0bi at 0rbi blessing which means "to the city and to the world" which will be pope francis's tenth urbi et 0rbi blessing, 86 years old. just a week ago he was in hospital with bronchitis but he has only missed one event in the last week of this very busy week in the christian calendar. those are the images they are from rome from st peter's square. we will be back to aleem maqbool later on hopefully. the collapse of a four—storey building in the southern french port city of marseille — has injured five people — but rescue workers fear

there could be many more trapped under the rubble. the building in central marseille's la plaine district collapsed on sunday. rescue workers say it is the fire that is hampering their search for more possible victims. so far 11 have been evacuated from two neighbouring buildings damaged by the collapse. the uk health secretary steve barclay has accused the doctors' union the bma of taking a "militant stance" and pressing ahead with strikes that he says "carry a considerable risk to patient safety". mr barclay accuses the union of timing the four—day strikes to cause "maximum disruption". the national medical director of nhs england has also warned that the industrial action will cause "unparalleled levels of disruption" to the health service — as simon jones reports. chanting: one, two, three four! we can't take it any more! - junior doctors in england are set to walk out again on tuesday. that's straight after the easter holiday bank weekend, when many staff are on leave, and those four days of action will lead into next weekend,

meaning the nhs is facing ten days of reduced services. in a statement, the national medical director of nhs england, professor sir stephen powys, said: the nhs confederation, which represents hospital managers, is warning that up to a quarter of a million appointments and operations may have to be postponed if the strike action goes ahead, and professor sir stephen is warning the ongoing impact of industrial action 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 and neonatal care, as well as maternity and trauma services. but nhs providers, which speaks for hospital trusts, is warning that even in those areas,

there are real concerns of an increased risk to safety. this strike is long in duration and falls at a critical time during the holiday season, where securing alternative cover is proving challenging for trusts. so they are deeply concerned. it's not too late for unions and government to come to the table to open negotiations and to avert this action next week. the british medical association, which represents junior doctors, is calling for a 35% pay rise to compensate for what it describes as 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 calls off the strike and significantly reduces its pay demand. the two sides appear as far apart as ever. simon jones, bbc news. bbc analysis has found that, over the past winter, one in every seven hospital beds in england was taken up by someone

well enough to go home. one of those facing the wait is charlotte mills—murray, she may only have months to live, but is still in hospital five months after being cleared to go home. health reporterjim reed has been speaking to her. i'm stuck here, and just fighting to get home and to keep going. and i don't know how much fight i have in me. charlotte has ehlers—danlos, a condition that weakens her connective tissue. she may only have months to live. she's been filming diaries from her hospital bed. i had visitors today. i always look forward to when i get some visitors. then what happens is the visitors leave and i am left alone again, and that's when the reality sinks in. charlotte, who often finds it easier to use sign language, was admitted last year with infections linked to intestinal failure.

in november, she was told she could go home with care paid for by the nhs. yet another five months on, she is still stuck in hospital. how difficult has this been for you, charlotte? it's so wrong that we are in the situation, you know, four, five month extra in hospital that i don't need that actually increases my risk of infections and other illnesses as well. there has been a lot of tears, a lot of hard decisions. i don't think, unless you were here, you could really imagine life in a hospitalfor nine months. charlotte's case here in leeds is very complex and not representative of everyone who needs care, it does though illustrate a wider problem. this past winter, a record one and seven hospital beds across england has been taken up by someone well enough to go home. the government has said it is making

another £1.6 billion available to speed up hospital discharge in england. often the hold—up is because the right care in the home just isn't available. "mum, i don't know what i do without you..." in leeds, charlotte's family said there have faced repeated delays with staff, training, equipment. so much time has been wasted, we have gone around in circles because everybody has changed what they said they would do, and the time wasting is charlotte's live, we can't get that back and it shouldn't be like that. you know, it shouldn't be the person who's really poorly who has to do it. charlotte's care board and hospital have said they are sorry for the long delay, they said the vast majority of patients return home quickly but some complex cases take longer. charlotte has now spent nearly a year in this hospital bed, missing her birthday at home and time with her family. when you have a lot of pain and illnesses and other health problems, and then you are stuck

in a bed and you can't see yourfamily easily, and you can't do the normal things you just think, if i can go home it will be better. ijust need to get home and it will be fine. and all i want is for people to make that happen for me. jim reed, bbc news. 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. victoria bourne reports. with their sweet flavours and brightly—coloured packaging, there has long been concern that e—cigarettes and vapes are becoming increasingly attractive to youngsters. and despite it being illegal, government data shows nearly 10% of all under—18s in england have either tried or are regularly using the devices.

but there are hopes a range of new measures set to be announced by the department of health next week could help reduce the number of young people taking up the habit. £3 million funding will support a new team targeting rogue retailers. it will be led by trading standards to carry out more test purchases in stores, to expose those failing to carry out age verification with customers. authorities will also have increased powers to remove illegal devices from sale. while welcoming the action, some charities questioned whether the new measures go far enough. it's about making these products less affordable and less appealing to children. they are available for pocket money prices on every street corner, for under a fiver. this announcement on vaping is part of a broader announcement by the government, reinforcing its commitment to achieve a smoke—free 2030. but at the moment, it is ten years off—track and that is where we really need to see far more action.

current nhs guidance suggests that while not risk—free, vapes can be a helpful tool for adults wanting to quit smoking, and a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes. it's hoped these measures will help deter young people from taking up vaping, the long—term health implications of which remain unknown. victoria bourne, bbc news. i'm joined now by evelyn forde, headteacher at copthall school — a girls�* secondary school — in north london. hello to you. how big an issue is vaping at your school? fairly big and it has been growing over a period of time and i have been talking out on this issue for quite a while because we started with probably one or two young people bringing the apes into school, and it has now kind of grown and escalated, and as ijust heard on your news report, ifully escalated, and as ijust heard on

your news report, i fully agree that it needs to be less affordable and less attractive. 50. it needs to be less affordable and less attractive.— less attractive. so, over time it has increased. _ less attractive. so, over time it has increased. we _ less attractive. so, over time it has increased. we at _ less attractive. so, over time it has increased. we at the - less attractive. so, over time it - has increased. we at the association for school and college leaders welcome these efforts to tackle this growing problem. welcome these efforts to tackle this growing problem-— growing problem. let's talk about the issue of— growing problem. let's talk about the issue of it _ growing problem. let's talk about the issue of it being _ growing problem. let's talk about the issue of it being attractive. i the issue of it being attractive. are you referring to the packaging which is usually brightly coloured and sometimes with cartoons on it and sometimes with cartoons on it and then you have all these flavours like banana milk, what else, strawberry ice cream and that sort of thing. is that what you mean by it being attractive? that, but i would go even further. if it being attractive? that, but i would go even further.- it being attractive? that, but i would go even further. if you do a ruick would go even further. if you do a quick google _ would go even further. if you do a quick google search, _ would go even further. if you do a quick google search, if _ would go even further. if you do a quick google search, if you - would go even further. if you do a quick google search, if you go - quick google search, if you go online, you can see that the apes are being disguised in lots of different products. so when we recognised it was becoming a problem, we then kind of did our own research at the school and we noticed you could buy a hoodie and your vape is being disguised in the

string against the top of your hoodie, but you can also buy a rucksack that also has a tube coming out of it so that you can be vaping in disguise. it is notjust how attractive it is, i think retailers are becoming even more savvy and appealing to young people in more ways. appealing to young people in more wa s. ., appealing to young people in more wa s. . ., ~ , appealing to young people in more wa s. . , appealing to young people in more was. . . ways. that makes your 'ob much harder, doesn't h ways. that makes your 'ob much harder, doesn't it? _ ways. that makes yourjob much harder, doesn't it? really- ways. that makes yourjob much harder, doesn't it? really hard. | ways. that makes yourjob much . harder, doesn't it? really hard. the government— harder, doesn't it? really hard. the government is _ harder, doesn't it? really hard. the government is announcing - harder, doesn't it? really hard. the government is announcing this - harder, doesn't it? really hard. the government is announcing this £3 . government is announcing this £3 million it is putting into these squads that are going to go around and check on the sales of the apes to minors. it is already illegal to sell vaping products to people under the age of 18, isn't it? —— sales of the age of 18, isn't it? —— sales of the apes. do you feel this will help the apes. do you feel this will help the situation? i the apes. do you feel this will help the situation?— the situation? i think it is a start. i the situation? i think it is a start. |think_ the situation? i think it is a start. | think it _ the situation? i think it is a start. | think it is _ the situation? i think it is a start. i think it is a - the situation? i think it is a start. i think it is a start. . the situation? i think it is a start. | think it is a start. itj the situation? i think it is a l start. i think it is a start. it is notjust start. i think it is a start. it is not just about having start. i think it is a start. it is notjust about having the start. i think it is a start. it is not just about having the foot soldiers on the ground and monitoring shops on the high street. i do think there is a massive piece of work to do with the availability

online because that is where lots of young people are getting it from. so it is a start and we look forward to seeing where that ends up.- it is a start and we look forward to seeing where that ends up. thank you for “oininr seeing where that ends up. thank you forjoining us- — seeing where that ends up. thank you forjoining us. evelyn _ seeing where that ends up. thank you forjoining us. evelyn forde, - seeing where that ends up. thank you forjoining us. evelyn forde, head - forjoining us. evelyn forde, head teacher at copthall school, thanks. 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. anne marie provoh is a local journalist there who told us what the conditions were like right now. my my power went out on wednesday evening at it only came back last evening, sofa two full days i didn't have any power and it was the same thing for everybody in my

neighbourhood. many streets were closed because there were 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 was quite dangerous and the police was pretty much everywhere in the cityjust making sure everything was safe. it's quite cold outside in montreal right now, it is around 0 degrees, may be a little bit higher than 0 degrees, so when you don't have electricity you don't have heating so the temperature in their houses and in the apartments are getting quite low and you are losing food, so they had to open emergency shelters so people can go though and have a little heat, they can take a shower, they can recharge their electronic devices. but morale is a little bit low because you see some streets are 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 lines in the ground instead of having them on electric poles outside of the ground, and stuff like that, so we can prevent events like that in the future because the authorities are saying that freezing rain causing massive power outages are going to be more frequent in the future because of global warming. taiwan's defence ministry says china is carrying out military drills around the island for a second day. washington has urged china to show restraint after it launched this the exercises around taiwan, hours after the taiwanese president tsai ing—wen returned 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. for centuries, potters in the english county staffordshire have been making ceramics for royal events — and with just a month to go until the king's coronation, they are getting ready to mark the event in style. from tankards and trinket boxes, to commemorative mugs and even

gifts fit for a king, the region has been producing some of the most magnificent souvenirs. 0ur reporter liz cooper has more. the company was started by my father, we have been in business for 75 years nearly. we mainly produce china because china plates, commemorative ware for celebrations. it's a special occasion and it's an honour and a privilege to do something for the coronation and for the king. and it is a souvenir, something to keep forever, really. i'm john french, i've been a ceramic craftsman for nearly 40 years. - i decided to make for the coronation a piece that incorporates _ all the skills i've usedl over the last 40 years. the picture here that i've actually painted on, - this is actually the welsh guard - uniform, i thought it would be quite good to get the transition from him being the prince of wales to now. becoming the monarch. it's a part of history.

i think that's the thing - about ceramics, it marks those special occasions in history, so it's a great chance for us| to produce these beautiful pieces. we are in middleport pottery. we are the last transfer printers in the world. and in 2010, one of his majesty the king's charities stepped in to preserve, regenerate this building, using millions of pounds of funds that were gathered, so the king really did save this pottery back then and it's so important to us, and that's why we are so grateful. for the coronation we are producing a book which is going to be a gift to give to the king himself. that book is a transferrers decorator's book, a bit like a pattern book that our decorators would have in the factory over there. each one tells a story of our unique historic patterns, where to cut them and where to place them, and it acts as a bit

of a guide for them. we have been making coronation designs since 1902, with the very first piece dating back to king edward vii, king charles�*s great—great—grandfather. the pieces go through to 1937 to the coronation that never was for king edward viii. and then in more contemporary times, under the design stewardship of walter moorcroft, to 1953 with the coronation of queen elizabeth ii. we use a technique called tube lining. everything's made by hand. each piece takes at least a week to make from start to finish. it's an honour, every piece of moorcroft that i work with and the people we work with, it's an honour, but for the king, i mean, that is an amazing achievement and something i will remember for the rest of my life. that was a report by liz cooper. now take a look at this — this is possibly the biggest

picasso in the world. well, sort of. this is a self—portrait... can you seeit? this is a self—portrait... can you see it? it is right there. let's have a look. 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. let's bring you some more live pictures from the vatican where pope francis leads easter sunday mass. this is the climax of holy week, tens of thousands of people gathering in st peter's square to see this. just over a week ago he was in hospital and getting

treatment for bronchitis. he's had a very busy week, he missed one service on friday because of the weather, it was too cold but he is there, and feeling well and in fine voice, i'm told. i hope you have been making the most of these to suncheon because on sunday the weather starts to change with a wetter weather in time for easter monday. we are in between high—pressure and low—pressure giving us a southerly wind, that weather front coming in from the atlantic will signal the change. still dry over night and these are the temperatures by sunday morning, so not as cold as it has been of late, and may well be more cloud around for easter sunday but we will see the sunshine coming through at times. in northern ireland, though, 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. ahead of the advancing rain we will have a strong southerly wind. that will bring us a bit of warmth, temperatures could

reach 70 degrees around the moray firth, north wales, merseyside, perhaps london and the home counties, but a few degrees cooler in northern ireland with rain arriving here —— 17 degrees. the band of rain will push into western parts of britain in the evening, continue eastwards overnight, heaviest rain over the hills in the west followed by some bands of shower sweeping across northern ireland into south—west scotland. with all that cloud and rain around, sunday night should be pretty mild into monday morning. easter monday, we still have 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 the bans of showers could be heavy with some hail and thunder and there will be frequent showers across northern and western parts of scotland. we will have a chilly breeze and temperatures will be lower, back down to around 10—14 in the afternoon. we are into the showery airstream heading 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 have showers in northern scotland, we will see the clouding reason, the wind picking up from the south—west, some rain moving northwards and eastwards through the day. tuesday could turn out to be quite chilly. temperatures typically 10—13 . a lot of uncertainty over night and into wednesday. the models are differing with the depth of the area of low pressure and the position. but for a while it could be quite windy across southern parts of the country. that signals this change to more unsettled weather over the weekend. 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: jewish worshippers converge on the western wall for the passover blessing injerusalem. a heavy security presence is being carried out as officials fear violence could breakout. a short distance away, hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. tensions remain high, as israeli police stopped palestinian men from entering the compound, forcing them to pray outside the old city gates. tens of thousands of catholics worshippers have gathered in saint peter's square in rome — as pope francis presides over easter sunday mass. the pontiff is expected to pronounce the traditional holiday blessing later. a four—storey residential building has collapsed in the french city of marseille leaving at least five

people from the surrounding structures injured.