shireen abu aqla was shot dead in the occupied west bank on wednesday.m jerusalem, here's tom bateman. shireen abu aqla was one of the best—known voices to palestinians. now in death, a national symbol. but grief for a revered reporter was to turn to fear and panic for the mourners. israel's security forces had entered the hospital gates as palestinians tried to walk the coffin out. the police fired stun grenades and pushed the crowd back. many rush for cover inside. shouting and commotion we've had complete chaos with people trying to get inside. i saw a woman with a very young baby, a patient, or somebody who was here at the hospital, caught in the middle of a huge crowd, trying to get inside. and even the pallbearers had to retreat. as police kicked and beat them with batons. and the coffin slipped to the ground. the force says it acted to stop what it called "incitement" and stone throwing. shireen abu aqla was shot in the head covering an arrest raid by israel's army. reporters on the scene said the gunfire came from the soldiers, but israel maintai

he's known shireen abu aqla for 25 years and told me more about her. was very well—known as a journalist, as a woman, probably one of the early female arable waters in the middle east —— shireen. she had a great deal of integrity. she was very unassuming, down—to—earth. i've known her for almost 25 years, when she first started working for al jazeera in 1997, she was a young lady at the time, but she showed enough enthusiasm and integrity and she has done really great in terms of the way she was reporting, straightforward, no—nonsense, straightforward, no—nonsense, straight to the point, balanced, kept her emotions in check, so this today's funeral showing how much people respected her.— showing how much people respected her. thank you very much to issam _ respected her. thank you very much to issam ikirmawi. - let's move to the situation in ukraine now. 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. with the port city of mariupol almost entirely und

shireen abu aqla was killed last week, j abu aqla was killed last week, shotin abu aqla was killed last she covered an israeli army. she was a palestinian christian. nobody eventually left saintjosephs. the eastjerusalem hospital is famous for its maternity ward known for its care forjewish and muslim staff alike. the staff: a of healing but all that felt under threat as security forces stomped into the hospital, as we discovered. this is now a hospital under siege. the forces defended its actions. it said 300 writers arrived at the hospital but this claim has been discredited. some people through storms and it was protecting the funeral plan but the family disputes this. and it was the healers that ended up it was the healers that ended up with words. this neonatal intensive care doctor told me how he was burnt by a stun grenade. how he was burnt by a stun grenade-— how he was burnt by a stun urenade. ., ., , , grenade. one of them was very close to my _ grenade. one of them was very close to my feet _ grenade. one of them was very close to my feet and _ grenade. one of them was very c

and this is now the finaljourney for shireen abu aqla.rrounded by her people injerusalem, to be buried beside her parents. applause. these now are the final moments they have to spend with shireen, and you can hear what they think. their storyteller, whose voice will be heard no longer. that was tom bateman there witnessing events at the funeral of shireen abu aqla. i am nowjoined by shatha hanaysheh. she is the journalist who was with shireen injenin when she died. thank you very much forjoining us and obviously i'm sure it's very difficult for you to speak to us given what has happened that we are very grateful to you. can you talk us through what happens on that day? what happened that day that we were a group _ what happened that day that we were a group of— what happened that day that we were a group ofjournalists, for journalists, two cameramen, and we were going _ journalists, two cameramen, and we were going to do ourjob as a journalist _ were going to do ourjob as a journalist because that is where there _ journalist because that

and the location where shireen abu aqla was shot is in the upper left., down another block, around another corner, and then down another very long road. they say this demonstrates the shooting could not possibly be the gun fire that hit shireen abu aqla and her colleague. the israeli government has since backtracked on his earlier statements, and the official told the washington post today that israel is now investigating the possibility that one of its own soldiers killed shireen abu aqla. and israel's defense minister conceded late last night, the shot that killed her may have come from the israeli side. fights over attribution of violence are by no means new, but this video in the history is really blaming of a killing that may have been caused by its own military on someone else without actually having mailed that information down it's a terrible way for a nation-state to react to a journalist being killed in a conflict zone. their conflict zone. shireen abu aqla was it 51 years old. she becomes the 17th journalist to be killed this year. many of the

what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics ofhis has been an extremely violent period. certainly, these are extremely testing times for israel's leaders. and will president biden�*s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is more acute than it- has been in decades. russia's invasion of ukraine has had all sorts of entirely unintended consequences. in the eu, for instance, it's shaken up the traditional partnership between france and germany and damaged germany's leading role in europe. while the ukrainian government never recovered its faith in germany, after discovering that berlin believed the russians would overrun the ukrainian army within 48 hours. i asked katya adler — our europe editor, who's in brussels — for her thoughts on the way the war in ukraine has altered things in europe. we've been seeing a whole shift in alliances and structures. and, of course, from a security point of view, vladimir putin has managed to upend the post—cold war security structure a

and look at the continuing outcry over the death of shireen abu aqla. hello, and thanks forjoining me. we're at the bbc�*s headquarters in london, broadcasting house. and here's the statue of the bbc�*s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. "if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition of unspun world anyway. has germany's influence in the world shrunk? germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly this is extremely testing times for israel's leaders. and will president biden�*s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is more acute than it has been in decades. russia's invasion of ukraine has had all sorts of

that's why journalists like shireen abu aqla matter. they are there in the thick of it.. bearing witness so that power can be held to account and that hopefully one day this fight, which is gone on for far too long, may end. al jazeera and other western reporters on the scene quickly attributed shireen abu aqla's shooting to the forces that were carrying out the raid. israel denied the attribution, saying they believed initially she was shot by palestinians. the prime minister of israel himself and circulated a clip from this video. israel's prime minister is saying, quote, there is a good chance that armed palestinians who fired wildly are the ones who led to the unfortunate death of the journalist. well, here is the thing. bestsellers, an israeli human rights organization that documents human rights organizations violations do you located the video. you can see the location of the shooter in the video. it is on the lower right of your screen, where the text is, and the location where serene aqla was shot is in the upper left. this video now which is sped up is of bets

condemnation as israeli police beat mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla, we just had to move back very quickly because the mourners were trying to carry the coffin through the gates, out the hospital. the border police are directly outside and now, we're seeing confrontations here. the us defense secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. explosion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. the new prime minister of sri lanka tells the bbc

israeli police have beaten mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla. her when she was killed. the us defense secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. explosions. a bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. and drought and devasatation across east africa — the un says more must be done to save lives.

headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. there's been widespread condemnation of police officers for their use of force. officers say stones and bottles were thrown at them. the us defense secretary is calling for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion began. it's now 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. sri lanka's new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. ranil wickremesinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. coming up in 10 minutes�* time, newswatch. but first on bbc news, click. for the whole of human history, we have had no choice but to live off the land — literally. everything that we use comes

our top stories: israeli police beat mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter, shireen abu aqla're seeing confrontations here. the us defence secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian welcome to bbc news. our top stories: israeli police beat mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter, shireen abu aqla. we just had to move back very quickly because the mourners were trying to carry the coffin through the gates out the hospital. the border police are directly outside. and now, we're seeing confrontations here. the us defence secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia.

headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter, shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. there's been widespread condemnation of police officers for their use of force. officers say stones and bottles were thrown at them. the us defence secretary is calling for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion began. it's now 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east, which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. sri lanka's new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. ranil wickremesinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. now on bbc news, stories from people across the uk who suffer from constant pain. this is the story of lives that have been changed in an instance. i have been changed in an instance.— have been

israeli police have beaten mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla.y the coffin through the gates out the hospital. the border police are directly outside. and now, we're seeing confrontations here. the us defence secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia.

headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. there's been widespread condemnation of police officers for their use of force. officers say stones and bottles were thrown at them. the us defence secretary is calling for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion began. it's now 79 days into the war and russian troops are intensifying their attacks in parts of the south—east , which are now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. sri lanka's new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. ranil wickremasinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. coming up at 6 o'clock, breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. but first on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the show. meeting mummies in chile.— mummies in chile. there are s

clashes as mourners escourted by israeli police carried the coffin of the aljazeera journalist shireen abu aqlaces in the occupied west bank on wednesday. witnesses have accused them of killing her and there have been growing calls for an independent investigation. israeli media have this morning reported that the interim findings of an israeli military probe into her death were inconclusive. tensions have remained high injerusalem since her death. much more calm than it was a few hours ago as her coffin left the hospital for the church, that's when clashes broke out. but the palestinians for their part have condemned the police action as vicious. but come for now in jerusalem. —— calm. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernacker. another fine day with prolonged spells of sunshine throughout much of the uk and temperatures will get up of the uk and temperatures will get up to around 22 in london. fresh and western scotland and overall a fine saturday on the way. into the weekend and on sunday night we could have so showers across the southern part of the uk. this is bbc ne

sherine abu aqla, who was 51, was shot by israeli troops — her tv channel said she was hit deliberatelyablished why tens of thousands of soldiers who served in the gulf war in 1991, including many from the uk, went on to suffer from chronic health problems. the say the cause was the deadly nerve agent sarin, which was released into the air when caches of iraqi chemical weapons were bombed. rebekah vardy has denied in court the suggestion that it was standard practice for her to leak private information to the sun newspaper, via her agent. ms vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel — after rooney accused vardy of selling private stories. 0ur correspondent colin paterson is following the case at the high court. as rebecca via the wife of england footballerjamie vardy was in the witness box this morning being cross—examined and the focus was on exchanges she had with her agent caroline what with coleen rooney and her legal team claiming that they had leaked stories to be the newspaper. 0ne had leaked stories to be the newspaper. one said to be about the footballer riyad mahrez with her disc

stories: gunshots israeli police beat mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla move wejust had to move back we just had to move back very quickly, because the mourners were trying to carry the coffin through the gates out of the hospital, the police are directly outside and now we are seeing confrontations here. the us defense secretary calls for an immediate ceasefire in ukraine in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. it is going to get worse before it gets better. we speak to the new prime minister of sri lanka

headlines: israeli police have beaten mourners carrying the coffin of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla, whose killing in the occupied west bank has caused a surge of anger. the russian and us defence secretaries have spoken for the first time since moscow's invasion of ukraine in february. lloyd austin, the pentagon chief, told the kremlin during the call that it must implement an immediate ceasefire in ukraine. the east african regional body, igad, has warned that the number of people in dire need of aid due to drought has risen sharply over the last month, with more than a0 million facing high levels of food insecurity. sri lanka's new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country is facing fuel shortages and soaring food prices. at 10pm, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, newscast. newscast. newscast, from the bbc. hello. it's adam in the studio. hello. it's alex in the studio. and it's chris in the studio. and we will be joined in the studio by some people shortly. but first of

and look at the continuing outcry over the death of shireen abu aqla. the bbc�*s patron saint, george orwell, complete with cigarette. he used to work here. beside him is his famous quote. "if liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." well, i hope we can persuade you to hear this edition of unspun world anyway. has germany's influence in the world shrunk? germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it

israeli police beat mourners at the funeral of the aljazeera reporter shireen abu aqla. ukraine, in his first conversation with his russian counterpart since the invasion. the bbc crew runs for cover as russian forces bombard an area near the south—eastern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia.

shireen abu aqla was it 51 years old. she becomes the 17th journalist to be killed this year. many of them covering conflicts. she will be buried tomorrow in jerusalem next to her mother. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again tomorrow. it is time now for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, good evening my friend. ali. and we are going to start off with adam schiff tonight, because he's a member of the committee that has issued these historic subpoenas to members of the house of representatives, the january six committee, he'll explain those subpoenas and his hopes for them. and also jeffries is going to join us he really, really just let it go on clarence thomas in the judiciary committee yesterday. we're going to show the video and get more from congressman jeffries about that. and at the end of the hour, there is another, there's someone else who let it go. and that is patty lupone, tony winner, patty lupone. tony nominee. who in a discussion with a audience at her broadway show the other day. had to enforce the mask policy. in her theater. in t

journalists after one of its best known reporters was shot dead in the occupied west bank; sherine abu aqla shooting happened. here's his account of what took place. translation: what happened was, we were waiting for our colleagues l to enter the refugee camp at the point where the israeli army was present. we chose a point that did not have any confrontations between the youth and the militants. we got to a point where we waited for shireen to put on all her safety gear. she then reached us and we moved a few metres. we exposed ourselves to the army and the passers—by that we are press tv. we arrived and within seconds, there was the first shot. i told them that we are being targeted, we are being shot at. i turned and found shireen on the ground. ifound shartha shielding herself by tree and screaming. i turned and found shireen on the ground in the first few seconds, with the shooting, and we were telling each other, we were being shot at. the shooting continued for more than three minutes on the teams that were there. 0ur middle east correspondent, tim franks, is injerusalem. he says it