emma vardy has that story.tion have grown up in a place unrecognisable from its past. joining me from jerusalem is bbc�*s lucy williamson. what more to be know about these recent attacks? well the most recent attack has been the one in tel aviv tonightjust a few hours ago. details are still coming in but we are told now that at least one man has been killed and that attack. it was a car ramming attack we believe in tel aviv. at least five, possibly seven other people were injured, we are told. and there are reports that they are all foreign tourists and we are waiting for the nationalities now to be confirmed. the police are telling us that one of their officers witness the event and actually shot the attacker died, bringing that to a halt. we have seen some quite dramatic for the tonight of a car overturned in park near the beach. lots of emergency vehicles as you'd understand, all gathering at the scene. the israeli prime minister has said he is calling up reserve forces of the border force and also army unit

here's our ireland correspondent, emma vardy.ere the president's motorcade will be rolling into town. this is one of the biggest security operations of recent years for northern ireland. we have been planning for this for a number of weeks. we have prepared for all the various contingencies. our style and tone that will we will be delivering around this police operation will remain a community focused style of policing. presidential visits in the past of held great significance in northern ireland's peace process. you must say to those who still would _ you must say to those who still would use — you must say to those who still would use violence for political objectives, you are in the past. in objectives, you are in the past. "11995, — objectives, you are in the past. in 1995, not long after a ceasefire had been declared by the republican armed paramilitaries the ira, bill clinton crossed belfast�*s peace line to visit the divided republican and loyalist communities, and in belfast�*s falls road came a historic moment. the firs

i'm joined now by our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. correspondent, emma va rdy. correspondent, emmage in dublin. biden —— chris page in dublin. president biden running a little bit behind schedule. i think the prime minister leo varadka is a good sign because he's been so engaged and chatting with people and that is the reason. yes, exactly the president seems to be making clear he is very much enjoying this visit to a land where he has so many ancestral links. there's a helicopter right above us here, we are just outside irish parliament in dublin. we are taking that as a sign that president biden is very close indeed. the first of what will be a number of police motorcycle riders has just driven what will be a number of police motorcycle riders hasjust driven it here. across the road from the main parliamentary estates is a crowd behind barriers waiting for the arrival of the presidential motorcade, which we hear is making its way through dublin city centre. this coming at the end of a day where president biden has already met with the irish president, michael d higgins. taking pa

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.has carried out overnight airstrikes on what it says were hamas targets in the gaza strip and lebanon. palestinian militants responded with rocket fire from gaza. the israeli raids follow rocket attacks on israel yesterday, which were the biggest to be launched from lebanon for 17 years. this report from jerusalem by our correspondent, yolande knell. there are some images you may find distressing. when it came, israel's promised retaliation hit the gaza strip hard. the military says it struck targets linked to the palestinian militant group hamas. it blames hamas, which governs here, of not only firing rockets at israel from gaza, but also for yesterday's barrage launched from lebanon. overnight, there were more gazan rockets, most intercepted by israel's defence system. and this morning, after the bombardment, palestinians spoke of a frightening night. translation: g ., , translation: my daughters were c in: , translation: my daughters were c inc, and translation: my daughters were cr

emma vardy has been to meet some of them.ave grown up in a place unrecognisable from its past. many people born after the conflict have seen little of the dark times that came before them. we've come to show them some of the tv news archives of the place they call home. explosion. it's hard to believe that's what life was like and how different it is now. i still am like, but how did that happen? why did that happen? to commemorate and pay tribute to the volunteers of _ the irish republican army. the sectarian conflict between protestant and catholic communities shaped the lives of previous generations. republican armed groups carried out a bombing campaign to try to force northern ireland to give up its status as part of the uk, and catholic communities came under attack from loyalists. seeing some of the footage of like the ira men, that's so bizarre to me, because it's not something i ever experienced. applause. in 1998, when once bitter political enemies signed the good friday agreement, it was a major turning point. ther

emma vardy reports from the scene.erry on significant dates in the republican calendar, but those tasked with carrying it out were born long after the 30 years of conflict that this city endured in the past. while many events in northern ireland this easter are marking the anniversary of the good friday agreement, which largely ended the conflict, dissident republicans stand against the agreement and the peace process. we're just following the parade here. there's crowds of young people with petrol bombs. lots of youngsters — they can't be much older than 12, 13. this year, officers warned they had intelligence attacks were being planned in derry�*s craeggan estate. police keep their presence low key, but became a target. explosions. those parading are from the group known as saoradh, which means "liberation". police say they have strong links, and a crossover in membership with the violent dissident republican group, the new ira, who still make attempts to kill officers using guns and bombs. it will remain as the unfi

emma vardy, bbc news, derry. fly out on tuesday for a four—day visit to northern ireland and the republic. mr biden is expected to meet the irish president and address the irish parliament — making him the fourth us president to do so. in terms of historical context, american mediators played a central role in negotiating the good friday agreement. live now to former us special envoy to northern ireland under donald trump, mick mulvaney. it's great to get you on the programme. it's great to get you on the programme. while you were us special envoy to northern ireland, you said that the us would ""�*protect and defend' the good friday agreement, saying it was in us interests — why is it important to the us? ifi if i have to explain why that is in our best interest maybe we have bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic of bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republic of ireland bigger issues to talk about. we want to see the republi

emma vardy, bbc news. well, thank you very much for joining me on bbc news. hello.ice statistics, it was the wettest march since 1981. but it wasn't that wet everywhere, in fact, there were parts of northern scotland where we had less rain than normal. these figures, 56% of the average, cover the period up to the morning of friday, the 31st. compare that with cambridge, which had seen more than three times the normal march rainfall. but for the start of april through the weekend, it looks like things are going to become drier and brighter. quite a slow process, though, because the weekend starts with low pressure in charge. a couple of different weather fronts providing a focus for some outbreaks of rain. this front here providing some particularly persistent rain through the morning across parts of northern ireland, parts of wales, the south—west of england, central southern england as well. a lot of that rain will tend to peter out. i think northern ireland is likely to stay cloudy and damp through the day. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud, some spots of rain, some

emma vardy, bbc news.yal archives to researchers looking into links between the monarchy and the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. the study is expected to take three years. the news came on the day king visited york and attended his first maundy service as sovereign the ancient service which takes place before good friday where the monarch distributes maundy money to local pensioners. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. on the business of the royal archives, what do you make of that? this is an important study, this is a very sensitive area. it is really important, i think, for the royal family to be seen to be addressing and engaging with it, as transparently as possible. we should remember that this issue was the one that very nearly derailed the visit by the cambridges, as they were then, to the caribbean, to jamaica, just a year ago. we remember some of the images from that visit. now both prince william and the king have expressed their personal sorrow about all the suffering

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.epublic of ireland — where he will stay until friday. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is travelling with him. and this a very different couple of days ahead from his time here in belfast? yes, you can see from his body language already how much more relaxed to the president is now that he is in the republic. he has already described it as feeling like he is coming home. this is the part of the trip he has been really looking forward to. already he's been saying to people that he doesn't understand why anybody would ever leave ireland. by that, he is talking about his ancestors, who emigrated to america in the middle of the 19th century, and whose roots he has been exploring already this afternoon in county louth. tomorrow, he does have official engagements. you will be meeting the irish president, addressing the irish parliament and he will be dining with the taoiseach but a lot of this trip is quite personal. by friday he will be in county mayo, once again exploring some of his

emma vardy, bbc news.ued recovery from bronchitis. the 87—year—old was well enough to baptise a newborn in rome's gemelli hospital where he is receiving treatment. he also visited young patients on an oncology ward, bringing them chocolate eggs and copies of a book about the life ofjesus. you are watching bbc news, thanks forjoining me. hello. for many parts of the uk, march turned out to be a wet month, not least across england, where, according to provisional met office statistics, it was the wettest march since 1981. but it wasn't that wet everywhere, in fact, there were parts of northern scotland where we had less rain than normal. these figures, 56% of the average, cover the period up to the morning of friday, the 31st. compare that with cambridge, which had seen more than three times the normal march rainfall. but for the start of april through the weekend, it looks like things are going to become drier and brighter. quite a slow process, though, because the weekend starts with low pressure in charge

emma vardy, bbc news, derry. is due to fly out on tuesday for a four—day visit to northern ireland and the republic. mr biden is expected to meet the irish president and address the irish parliament, making him the fourth us president to do so. in terms of historical context, american mediators played a central role in negotiating the good friday agreement. earlier i spoke to former us special envoy to northern ireland under donald trump, mick mulvaney. i asked him why the good friday agreement is so important to the us. stability and peace and prosperity are two of our closest friends, if i have to explain why that is in our interest maybe we have bigger issues to talk about. but we want to see northern island succeed. we want to see the republic of ireland succeed, we want to see the entirety of the uk succeed. these are our closest friends, these are family, these are people with which we speak most of the same language. we are invested in seeing it succeed. we are not a signatory to the agreement. a lot of fo

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.to meet representatives of the main political parties in northern ireland tomorrow. the devolved government there was suspended more than a year ago, after the dup withdrew its support, in protest at post—brexit trading arrangements. our political editor, chris mason, is in belfast. it's a short trip forjoe biden to northern ireland butjust sum up its potential significance. this visit has been pencilled into the diaries of diplomats on both sides of the atlantic for the best part of a year now, such is the significance of this anniversary, 25 years on from the signing of the good friday agreement, and this evening the visit is under way. we can show you some additional pictures of the president getting of air force one in last half an hour or so, shaking hands with rishi sunak, who was on the tarmac to greet him, in the wind and occasional rain in northern ireland this evening. they will have a meeting face—to—face in the morning ahead of the president chris bridge that emma was refer

my colleague emma vardy has more.orce one arrives at belfast international, and northern ireland's first presidential visit in ten years is under way. time for a short hello with rishi sunak on the tarmac before the president was whisked away for the night. a ring of steel is in place in belfast city centre in what is one of the biggest security operations here of recent years. we've been planning for this for a number of weeks. we've prepared for all the various contingencies. our style and tone that we'll be delivering around this policing operation will be will remain a community focused style policing. presidential visits of the past have held great significance for northern ireland's peace process. you must say to those who still would use violence for political objectives. you were the past. in 1995, not long after a ceasefire had been declared by the republican armed paramilitaries, the ira, bill clinton crossed belfast�*s peace line to visit the divided republican and loyalist communities. and on belfast�*s fa

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.is father's coronation next month, but meghan, the duchess of sussex, won't be travelling from california. the prince willjoin more than 2,000 guests at westminster abbey on the 6th of may. nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more details. so the royal planners at buckingham palace, particularly those in charge of the seating plan, will probably be breathing a sigh of relief, as we have had confirmation that prince harry will be attending the coronation of his father, king charles, on may 6. however, his wife, meghan, she is staying in california. there had been speculation that neither of them would travel because it is prince archie's, their son's, fourth birthday on may 6. but we had a statement issued by buckingham palace and the sussexes saying the duke of sussex will attend the coronation service at westminster abbey on may 6. it went on to say that the duchess of sussex will remain in california with prince archie and princess lilibet. now, it will, of course, be the first ti

emma vardy, bbc news. and we have so much more for you here on bbc news.he easter weekend is looking pretty decent for many of us. a lot of places will stay dry and there'll be plenty of sunshine around, too. the temperatures creeping up, particularly easter sunday looks to be a warm one across southern areas. however, it's all changed by the time we head into the bank holiday, easter monday. it turns more unsettled thanks to this area of low pressure. but high pressure dominates the scene, as you can see, for good friday. it starts off chilly, though, with some frost around, early mist and fog, which will clear quite quickly. as the temperatures rise into the afternoon, could see some fair weather cloud bubbling up — that could spark off the odd shower across southeast england. a bit of cloud just rolling in off the north sea for northeast england, eastern scotland, and along north sea coasts, it'll be quite chilly with an onshore breeze. 0therwise, elsewhere after that chilly starts, it's the low to mid—teens for most of us. and then, through friday nigh

emma vardy, bbc news.he vice president who has personal ties to the country was met with a warm welcome, she is calling on bilateral creditors to provide meaningful debt reduction to help boost zambia's economy. china is the country's largest bilateral creditor. harris is the latest visitor to combat china's influence on the continent. an update on the breaking news out of the united states, to people have been killed by a tornado there. sarah huckabee—sanders says at least 24 others have been injured. she is declared a state of emergency, these are some pictures that have come into the bbc from a cbs news affiliate. nearly 90 million people in 50 us states are under threat from an explosive storm system. a state of emergency has also been declared in missouri and two tornadoes were reported in iowa. and to take a look at the bbc news online for more on the tornado where you will also find more on our top story, the indictment of donald trump. will also find features including the trump arrest saga includi

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.rs who signed the agreement over the course of the next couple of hours. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. a student led well—being workshop at the secondary school in abergavenny, hearing organ about mental health and supporting pupil well—being is a key focus, especially since the pandemic. the national school survey of ii to 16—year—olds found girls were almost twice as likely as boys to experience high levels of mental health symptoms.— to experience high levels of mental health symptoms. spending too much time on my phone. — health symptoms. spending too much time on my phone, but _ health symptoms. spending too much time on my phone, but also _ health symptoms. spending too much time on my phone, but also it - time on my phone, but also it doesn't have to be on screens. i find that i am impacted when i spend lots of timejust find that i am impacted when i spend lots of time just not doing anything. lots of time 'ust not doing anything._ lots of time '

emma vardy, bbc news.led on united nations member states to repatriate all north koreans working overseas. they say their income is helping to fund pyongyang's weapons programme in violation of un sanctions. the three countries said in a joint statement that north korea was also quote "stealing and laundering funds, as well as gathering information through malicious cyber activities" which supports its military expansion. they claim that pyongyang stole as much as 1.7 billion us dollars in cryptocurrency last year alone. under a un resolution unanimously approved in 2017, member states had until december 2019 to send back all north koreans working in their countries. but on friday special envoys from seoul, tokyo and washington said overseas workers were continuing to fund unlawful programmes in north korea — which support the production of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. our asia pacific regional editor, celia hatton, joins me from the newsroom. hello. some people calling this state—sp

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast.atives for the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. lord lawson played a pivotal role in margaret thatcher's governments, and will also be remembered for his views on climate change and brexit. sirjohn major described him as an "essential pillar" of 19805 conservative government who would be remembered. david cameron said he was a "brilliant chancellor" who had an amazing record and inspired people today. the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello, thank you. good afternoon. beautiful sunshine out there for many of us, but it was frosty this morning.

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. "a towering figure" and an "inspiration" — some of the tributes today from leading conservatives for the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. lord lawson played a pivotal role in margaret thatcher's governments, and will also be remembered for his views on climate change and brexit. sirjohn major described him as an "essential pillar" of 1980s conservative government who would be remembered. david cameron said he was a "brilliant chancellor" who had an amazing record and inspired people today. the former chancellor nigel lawson, who's died aged 91. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. hello, thank you. good afternoon. beautiful sunshine out there for many of us, but it was frosty this morning. really good frost. we can still obviously get them in april. look at this scene. a beautiful picture from one of our weather watchers in norfolk. of course, the sun is strong, the frost doesn't last very long, and indeed come across england and wales today,

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. good evening.rrow. most places will be dry and the easterly wind will be a feature again. it is dragging fresher air to our shores off the north sea, and the best of the temperature is always towards western areas. again, western scotland seen the best of the values through this afternoon. a brisk easterly wind continues through tonight, most places dry. some cloud and mist and local are developing here and there. it will be a chilly night across the for many. we could see a touch of frost in rural spot. so a chilly start to tomorrow, another glorious sunny day for most of us but again the easterly wind will be noticeable, particularly down north sea coast. later we will see the cluster of cloud and rain pushing into the south—east, anywhere from the humberto the south—east could see thicker cloud but elsewhere it stays dry and sunny. the wind is even fresher at times so that will knock the temperatures down. probably 10 degrees along north sea coasts, the best of values towards the west of england

. >> our ireland correspondent emma vardy now joins me from dublin. , north of the border president biden chose his words very carefully did indeed today? a little bit more forthright. he called on the u.k. government to work more closely with the irish government to support northern ireland. >> absolutely. always more politically tricky territory in northern ireland. but, down here in the irish republic, he is almost universally welcomed. he has really been enjoying himself, as sarah smith was just saying there. he gave a very warm and relaxed speech to the irish parliament today. he cracked a few jokes and got a very warm welcome in return. lots of applause throughout that speech. his irish ancestry has been a real theme of this trip. he wanted to underlie the emotional significance for himself being here. i think that he got that across strongly. he touched on political subjects too. i wanted to make sure he understood ireland's history of conflict, oppression, and conflict and likened that to the situation of ukrainians saying that ireland has open

now be an investigation into possible offences under the terrorism act. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardyis no secret that street disorder is orchestrated and planned in derry on significant dates in the republic calendar — but those tasked with carrying it out were born long after the 30 years of conflict that this city endured in the past. while many events in northern ireland this easter are marking the anniversary of the good friday agreement — which largely ended the conflict — dissident republicans stand against the agreement and the peace process. we'rejust agreement and the peace process. we're just following the parade here. there's crowds of young people with petrol bombs. lots of youngsters — they can't be much older than 12-13... this year, officers 12-13. .. this year, officers warned 12-13... this year, officers warned they had intelligence attacks were being planned in derry�*s craigan estate. police kept their presence low key, but became a target. those parading are from the group known as siru, which means "liberation". police say they have strong links, and a crossover

emma vardy went to meet him and his family.e are hoping someday soon that daithi will get that call and get a new heart. before he was born his heart formed differently and one day he will need a new one to survive. he has been on the transplant waiting list for five years but for children, finding suitable organ donors can be very rare. you have a very special heart and you need a new heart, don't you? you are just waiting on that call every day. every time the phone rings and it is not that call, the disappointment. there's always a bit of disappointment and we've been told that the chances of daithi getting the gift of a new heart while he is stable like this is kind of slim to none. daithi and his family have used their experiences to help raise awareness of the need for organ donors to save lives of all ages and daithi's campaigning led to a change in legislation. thanks to daithi's law, all adults will automatically be added to the organ donation list unless they opt out or are exempt. but daithi's own wait for that life—

quarter of a century after the agreement, political tensions and obstacles are still present, as emma vardyts. news of the troubles in northern ireland became a nightly refrain during the decades of bloodshed. a huge ira bomb rocked central belfast. the aftermath of another bombing in northern ireland high street. 27 soldiers are still in hospital. i rememberjust being struck by the sense of tension in the city, with barbed wire everywhere and soldiers everywhere. when you went there, you felt the presence of conflict. republican armed groups waged a campaign of violence to try to bring about the end of northern ireland as part of the uk, and loyalists attacked catholic communities, leading to a huge loss of life on both sides. there is no sign of any immediate end to ulster�*s violence. in 1997, tony blair, the newly elected british prime minister, vowed to make dealing with northern ireland a priority. i thought, here we are, we've been decades in this conflict. we're approaching the 21st century. this is not a conflict that has any place in the new millennium. the core of the problem is

our ireland correspondent emma vardy is at stormont tonight.set so many purple?— what is in the budget that has upset so many people?— so many people? this situation has been coming _ so many people? this situation has been coming down _ so many people? this situation has been coming down the _ so many people? this situation has been coming down the tracks i so many people? this situation has been coming down the tracks for. so many people? this situation has been coming down the tracks for a | been coming down the tracks for a while. you have this perfect storm where store mod's budgets are being squeezed, that means difficult political decisions will have to be taken but with no functioning government, there are no ministers in place, it all falls on unelected civil servants. we have heard from the treasury a £300 million overspend will have to be paid back overspend will have to be paid back over two years but despite this, the public are going to be likely noticing a deterioration in some public services. health is a big concern, it's one o

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emma vardy went to meet him and his family.y soon that daithi will get get that call and get the gift of life, the gift of a new heart. before daithi was born, his heart formed differently, and one day he will need a new one to survive. he's been on the transplant waiting list for five years. but for children, finding suitable organ donors can be very rare. you have a very special heart, and you need a new heart, don't you? you're just waiting on that call every day. every time the phone rings and it's not that call, the disappointment, there's always a bit of disappointment. and, you know, we've been told that the chances of daithi getting the gift of a new heart while he is stable like this is kind of slim to none. daithi and his family have used their experiences to help raise awareness of the need for organ donors to save lives of all ages. and daithi's campaigning led to a change in legislation. i have my very own law. thanks to daithi's law, now, northern ireland will soon join the rest of the uk in ensuring that all adul

. - lets head to belfast now and speak to our ireland correspondent emma vardy good to see you and i reminder to some fragile the piece is. it is police trucks and it's a reminder to some fragile the piece is.- some fragile the piece is. it is but what ou some fragile the piece is. it is but what you saw _ some fragile the piece is. it is but what you saw was _ some fragile the piece is. it is but what you saw was orchestrated i what you saw was orchestrated violence which does get planned when greater tensions and certain dates in the republican calendar. as you see, it is in some ways normalised and many people say it should not be 25 years after the good friday agreement which was supposed to bring peace but it's also said that it is an imperfect peace in the still an undercurrent of violence and paramilitary groups which still exist in a smaller form in both republican and royalist areas. and do not forgive come of the key part of the good friday agreement was getting a power—sharing government together and that is not been functioning eitherfor together and that is not been func