she was joined in st george's chapel by senior members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburghe and duchess of cambridge. dozens of people waited outside for the royal arrival, and clapped as the monarch entered the church through the galilee porch. on leaving the chapel, the queen was presented with flowers before being driven back to windsor. pope francis has urged an end to the "horror and death" in syria. the pope was speaking whilst leading easter celebrations in front of thousands who gathered in st peter's square in the vatican. at an earlier vigil, he spoke of migrants' pain, and he criticised the "paralysing and barren bureaucracies that stand in the way of change". the evacuation of syrian residents from towns under siege has resumed, after more than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bomb yesterday on the outskirts of aleppo. the attack happened at a checkpoint where thousands of civilians were waiting on buses to be moved to safety. the bbc‘s lina sinjab is monitoring events from neighbouring lebanon. she gave me this update earlier. as you rightly said the dea

meanwhile here the queen and the duke of edinburgh attended the traditional easter service at windsor in rome, where thousands of pilgrims gathered to see pope francis celebrate easter mass and lead the blessings in st peter's square in the vatican. he speaks latin mass took place amidst tight security, a week after attacks on two coptic churches in egypt left more than a0 people dead. pope francis used his message to also condemn yesterday's bomb attack on a crowded syrian bus convoy, that killed at least 112 people. translation: may sustain the efforts of all who are actively engaged in bringing comfort and relief to the civil population in syria. pray to a war that continues to sow horror and death. and yesterday the latest horrible attack on refugees, which provoked many deaths and many wounded. may he grant peace to the entire middle east. as the skies cleared, the pope's message resonated with the thousands who travelled from far and wide for his easter blessing. the archbishop of canterbury delivered his easter message from canterbury cathedral. he said today's terror, pain and

the queen, who wore a spring—like shade of turquoise, was joined by the duke of edinburgh and her childrenour top story. the referendum in turkey. these are life pictures from istanbul, where crowds celebrating. supporters of the result, those who voted yes to giving the president sweeping new powers. according to the latest figures, more than 51%, just over 51%, voting yes to the changes. the main opposition parties say they will challenge the result, raising doubts about 60% of the votes cast. more as we get it on bbc world news. expecting a bit more sunshine for easter monday. the is coming from the north. clear skies between the cloud. unlike today. the thicker cloud. unlike today. the thicker cloud continues to move away through tonight. a bit of rain for east anglia and the south—east. it becomes dry, clear skies. the temperatures could be low enough for a touch of frost. high pressure to the west will play a big part through this week. low pressure to the east, pulling in colder air. it leads to a cold start. quite a bit of sunshine around northern england, increasingly into norther

the queen and the duke of edinburgh offer donna the elephant a snack while touring a new home for nine asian elephants at whipsnade zoo. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. first to our top story this afternoon. the parents of a sick baby with a rare genetic condition have said they are "devastated" after a judge ruled doctors can withdraw life support. the child charlie gard was born on in august 2016 with a rare genetic disorder causing progressive muscle weakness. specialists at great ormond street hospital said his brain damage was irreversible. charlie's parents wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. more than 80,000 people raised £1.26 million in a crowd funding campaign to fund the treatment abroad but in today's ruling, thejudge said that it was in charlie's best interest to remove life support and concentrate on palliative care. let's go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. thejunl said he the junl said he made thejunl said he made this decision with the heaviest of hearts. the pa rents say with the heaviest of hearts. the parents

the queen, accompanied by the duke of edinburgh, has given traditional maundy money to 91 men and 91 ed from an overbooked united airlines plane is considering suing the airline. a lawyer for dr david dao said he was left concussed, with a broken nose and had lost two front teeth in the scuffle. 13 years ago, chechen separatists took more than 1,000 pupils, parents and teachers hostage at a school in the russian town of beslan. the siege ended three days later, when russian security forces stormed the building using tanks and flame throwers. more than 300 people were killed, most of them children. today, the european court of human rights ruled that russia had failed to protect human lives during the botched attempt to rescue the hostages. our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reported from beslan during the siege and has returned to the town that's haunted by memories of what happened. the ruins of school number one still stand in beslan. the sports hall, once crammed full of hostages, is now a shrine to those killed. all the stuffed toys, a reminder that so many of them were children.

she was with the duke of edinburgh as she distributed money to 91 men and 91 women — representing eachester cathedral to welcome them for the service. 200 years ago in paris, a wooden cart with wheels was fixed to a track and sent down a steep slope. the roller—coaster was born. since then, they have made countless stomachs churn and millions of heads spin. tim muffet reports. the roller—coaster story began in paris in 1817. the french put like a wooden cart onto a track that they built specifically to ride on. roller—coasters generally, and this is a great feature of roller—coasters, haven't changed all that much, really. in the 1920s and 30s, roller—coasters boomed in popularity. but in america, it became clear their appeal could go down as well as up. many theme parks closed during the great depression. after the war, roller—coasters recaptured people's imaginations, becoming quicker and bigger. if we're thinking about subjecting the body to different physical sensations, the extremes, if you like, the 3gs or ags that you get on roller—coasters, there is nowhere else in life that yo

she found the prince of wales, pulled him out of what he was doing, and found the duke of edinburgh and had them attend the hawaiian ladies in their stead. queen victoria does not get enough credit. you can imagine every queen in europe is there with these immense emeralds and sapphires. that diamond butterfly is the best that they did. her dress is draped in peacock feathers, which is just as pretty. when i was visiting the palace, the docent showed us a jackson kennedy pillbox hat. more like the fashion you would seen worn in russia. it was all peacock feathers. she said, this is the hat that she wore to victoria's jubilee -- would you like to see the dress? i said, i have a picture of it right here in my computer. we parted friends, i think. disaster strikes. the american community is getting angrier at her. they waited until she was out of the country. he also built what is great a tourist attraction in honolulu. it cost the entire annual budget of the kingdom. in european standards, it is a music box. but he was enamored with technology. he had a telephone, had electricity and runn

she was with the duke of edinburgh as she distributed money to 91 men and 91 women — representing eachy academy at sandhurst. the military band played the sounds of star wars. needless to say, that has gone viral on social media. she did look a bit startled. it was marvellous! time for the weather. we have fine and dry weather in store for much of the easter weekend though there will be some rain on the cards. a few showers out there for the rest of this afternoon. for most of us, it is dry. a couple of pictures for you, the first taken on the isle of wight, shoving a fair amount of cloud. cloud has been pushing in from the west today, as you can see. fraser boro in aberdeenshire started the day with plenty of sunshine. in the afternoon, here is the view. the cloud has been increasing. it is mostly fair weather cloud. in southern and eastern england, parts of eastern scotland, a bit of brightness. around 6pm, it still looks dry in the south—west of england. temperatures of 10—11 c. perhaps a rogue shower in the midlands and east anglia, most places staying dry. a bit of late brightness

she was with the duke of edinburgh as she distributed money to 91 men and 91 women — representing eachrade at the royal military academy. as she inspected the troops at sandhurst, the military band played the sounds of star wars. needless to say, it's gone viral across social media. if anyone else sends a tweet saying may the force be with her, we have already done it! the weather isn't going to change an awful lot over the next week. it's been a pretty cloudy day for many of us. been a pretty cloudy day for many of us. the summary for the easter weekend — rather cool, some sunshine, not a lot of rain. we won't see big swings in temperature from desperately cold to particularly warm or anything. it will be somewhere in the middle. that is what we have this evening. a fair bit of cloud around, some showers in north—western areas, and it will turn fairly chilly tonight, but not desperately cold, around eight celsius first thing tomorrow. good friday itself will be more overcast. we don't expect heavy rain. there might be some heavy bursts across parts of wales, particularly the hilly are

she was with the duke of edinburgh as she distributed money to 91 men and 91 women, representing each for the service. time for a look at the weather. bank holiday approaches, but not the most exciting forecast. maybe we should leave it at that! let's not! i've got a minute to fill. the weather is in a bit of a grey area, neither particularly bad nor that great. some of us will think it is fairly decent. some sunshine around today. we have had some broken cloud around. nota today. we have had some broken cloud around. not a lot of rain, just a few scattered showers around but it is on the chilly side for some of us caught in the breeze. that is what will happen this evening, a bit of breeze and a few more showers coming in and it is looking pretty cloudy. neither particularly cold or particularly mild to night, 8 degrees in plymouth and newcastle and you have to go to the northern isles for orkney and shetland before it turns really chilly. tomorrow, admittedly, a bit more clout and perhaps some heavy rain for a time across the hills of wales, maybe the north—west of england but for m

asian elephant, took the fruit from the queen's hand, before helping herself to seconds from the duke of edinburghtaylor. across much of england and wales, and other fine spring across much of england and wales, and otherfine spring day across much of england and wales, and other fine spring day and across much of england and wales, and otherfine spring day and it almost looks like we had clear skies and it showed up nicely on the satellite imagery, more cloud further north and to the west of scotland, this was the view most have had for much of the day. with that, some rain, raining for nearly 24 hours across parts of the north west highlands and hebrides. rain continues into the first part of the night but that rain south towards glasgow, belfast, towards carlisle by first light. blustery winds around the weather front. further south, the breeze picks up, introducing more cloud so not quite as chilly. there is a chance of one or two showers in the morning, especially to the far south—west. the isles of scilly and cornwall, but only a small chance. mostly dry, brea ks but only a small chance. mos

the queen and the duke of edinburgh offer bananas to donna the elephant while touring a new home forine asian elephants at whipsnade zoo. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents' wishes, a high court judge has ruled. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight—month—old charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard have responded saying they are "devastated by the decision. they had wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. let's go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. a very distressing case and very distressing scenes when judgment was passed? they're, simon. as you would expect, emotional scenes in the family section of the high court here as thejudge family section of the high court here as the judge read out his ruling in the case of charlie gard as you said he is an eight—month—old little boy. he started developing symptoms when he was just six weeks ol

the queen and the duke of edinburgh try their hand at zoo keeping as they feed banana thats to an elephantwhip snaid zoo. —— whipsnade. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions against russia and syria, at a meeting in italy. the foreign secretary, boris johnson had pushed for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures — following syria's suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people. ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict before the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade it to abandon its allegiance to bashar al—assad. our diplomatic coreespondent james robbins reports from lucca. the g7 foreign ministers meeting ended without any agreement, to a public endorsement of possible future targeted sanctions, aimed at seniorfigures in russia's and syria's armed forces. borings boris had hoped for some form of support but the final communique doesn't mention sanctions and i spoke to the foreign secretary he rejected any suggestion