i am lewis vaughanjones.ish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers. the event draws tens of thousands of people, 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. 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. the funeral of two british—israeli sisters killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank has begun. the family and friends of maia and rina dee have gathered in the kfar etzion settlement for the services. the two young women — aged 15 and 20 — were killed on friday, after their car was attacked in the north of the jordan valley. theirfather, rabbi leo dee, expressed

i'm lewis vaughanjones at larnaca airport in cyprus, where the latest group of british evacuees haverrived on their way back to the uk. the 72 hour ceasefire appears to be holding as the repatriation of thousands of foreign citizens from sudanese cities continues. and the jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, tells a court in moscow he's now being investigated on terrorism charges. hello, and welcome, i am samantha simmonds. the un has said a seventy—two—hour ceasefire between the sudanese army and a rival paramilitary group appears to be holding in some parts of the country. as thousands flee, residents in the capital, khartoum, have spoken of their fears the world is abandoning them, with supplies of food, water and medicine running low. foreign nationals are still trying to get out of the country, with numerous governments organising evacuations of their citizens. this was one ship arriving injeddah a few hours ago, more than 1600 people from more than 50 countries fleeing violence in sudan have arrived in saudi arabia. the first french nationals have arrived in roissy

i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines. pope francis has led mass in st peter's square in front of more than 30,000 people, kicking off the year's easter services, just a day after leaving hospital in rome following treatment for bronchitis. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are known to have died and dozens are missing after the severe weather left a trail of devastation. the uk home secretary says the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants who travel to the uk on small boats, just days after announcing three former military sites will be used. coach travellers in dover face estimated waits of six to eight hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the backlog, as passengers travel abroad for the easter holidays. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for ukraine: how will it end? gunfire. in the mud and trenches of eastern ukraine, this war still hangs in the balance. both si

live to larnaca airport in cyprus, lewis vaughanjones is there for us.now as this countdown continues, we are now five hours away from the end of the cease—fire. give me a sense of what it is like there. the cease-fire. give me a sense of what it is like there.— what it is like there. well, the eo - le what it is like there. well, the peeple who — what it is like there. well, the people who most _ what it is like there. well, the people who most recently - what it is like there. well, the - people who most recently arrived, some of them have been helped at this rescue coordination centre effectively just this rescue coordination centre effectivelyjust behind me through the white barriers. you can see a coach, that has been moved for moving some people around up to the main bit of the airport, whether they get on the flight back to the uk and safety. we have seen people's luggage and bags just around us there. we saw some red cross vehicles come pastjust a couple of minutes ago. a couple of hours ago, we did see children playing in there who would come of

i�*m lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines.ollowing treatment for bronchitis. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are known to have died and dozens are missing after the severe weather left a trail of devastation. the uk home secretary says the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants who travel to the uk on small boats, just days after announcing three former military sites will be used. coach travellers in dover face estimated waits

i�*m lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines.ation. the bbc has been told there are �*positive updates�* in the case of british men, two of whom are pictured here, who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. the uk home secretary says the government is looking at further

i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the latest headlines: at least 26 people are now known to have diedter the north—east of the united states. the bbc has been told there are �*positive updates' in the case of british men, two of whom are pictured here, who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. pope francis presides over palm sunday mass at the vatican — just a day after leaving hospital in rome for treatment for bronchitis. more than a hundred thousand people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week againstjudicial reforms — despite the government's decision to pause the legislation.

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hello and welcome to the programme, i'm lewis vaughanjones.th the news that the australian comedian barry humphries — best known for his character dame edna everage — has died at the age of 89. he'd been receiving treatment at a hospital in sydney following hip surgery. barry humphries was a leading figure on the british comedy scene with his many satirical characters. his family said he never lost his brilliant mind and unique wit. our arts correspondent, david silitto, looks back at his life. dame edna everage! hello, possums! dame edna always said she was born with a priceless gift. the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others. about weight, you could do with losing a little, success has gone to yourjowls, russell hardy. oh, you're being very, very cruel! for more than 50 years, she took pleasure in saying the unsayable. i've had a little work done. have you? but not quite as much as some. laughter but the thing is, you are still recognisable. she was so familiar, it was easy to forget that behind the glasses and frocks was a man calle

hello and welcome to the programme, i'm lewis vaughanjones. let's bring you more detail on the international evacuation operations from sudan. the earth had to evacuate diplomats starting. the the earth had to evacuate diplomats startina. ' ., , ., ., starting. the efforts to evacuate dilomats starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is _ starting. the efforts to evacuate diplomats is starting. _ there are conlicting reports that the french embassy convoy was hit with gunfire, which led to their return and disruption of the evacuation process. the army are saying that the rapid security force attacked the french embassy convoy with gunfire, which forced the convoy to return and abort the evacuation. the attack also resulted in wounding a frenchman. but let me bring you a tweet from the the rsf which has responded in a tweet on social media blaming thew sudanese army for the alleged attack. they say they were attacked by aircraft during the evacuation of french nationals from their country's embassy, which endangered the lives of french nati

that's it from me at the moment, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news, bye—bye.cast, not only for today but also for tomorrow too. there is plenty of blue sky out there at the moment. this is flintshire as captured by one of our weather watchers. but generally, more high cloud than we saw yesterday. that is set to turn the sunshine rather hazy at times. but a lot more sunshine as we head through the rest of the easter bank holiday weekend. there will be some rain moving in from the west later. most of us went to see that rain until we get to bank holiday monday. earlier on, this is where the cloud was. the cloud continues towards the north sea facing coast as we head through the rest of the afternoon. especially across aberdeenshire and parts of norfolk. but here it should then and break at times. some fair weather cloud bubbling up as we head through the afternoon but plenty more sunshine with top temperatures peaking between 13 and 16 celsius. butjust eight or nine celsius underneath that cloud in the eastern scotland. overnight tonight, the wind is set to pick

live now to the bbc�*s lewis vaughanjones at larnaca airport in cyprus.earing about damage to the airfield north of khartoum. is that delaying flights where you are? that's exactly what we are waiting to hear. so far we've had four flights land here on the runway behind me here in cyprus from khartoum with those uk nationals. the expectation has been that there will be another four throughout the rest of the day, so 300 people have already come through on those first four mac flights and presumably hundreds more will be expected on those later flights but that damage to the runway could potentially lead to the runway could potentially lead to delays and certainly question marks over that number of flights arriving here. ishould marks over that number of flights arriving here. i should explain why they would be arriving here at all. the uk rescue operation out of khartoum, out of sudan, isn't involving military flights flying directly to the uk, they are coming here first. this is effectively a hub so they take off from that airbase just north of khartoum,

i am lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there, good afternoon.and and wales, you may be pleased to know that there's a lot of dry weather to come now in the forecast with plenty of sunshine, too. sunny spells captured today by weather watchers in pembrokeshire and again in derbyshire. and there's a lot more of that to come as we head through the next few days. so more sunshine, it's dry and fine for most particularly away from the far north and the west. why? well, because high pressure is dominating. it's towards the south—west and also out towards the east as well, just sending this chilly northeasterly breeze towards north sea facing coast today. so here it's always going to feel a little cooler and there will be some cloud across scotland and northern ireland. small chance for a shower here, a bit more clouds, and 13 degrees celsius. of course, a little bit more strength than the sunshine at this time of year. so in the best of that, it's going to feel pleasantly warm. now, as we head through this evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies a

lewis vaughan jones will lewis vaughanjones will be with you at the top of the hour.ou're watching bbc news. now it's time for click. plenty on the menu this week! yeah, paul's with the robots that help blind people to pack and stack. and ai helps jamie oliver cook up some spanish. spanish dubbing meanwhile, would you let lara cook you dinner? oh, the stench! that is absolutely overwhelming! it's leftovers again. i think i'll go for take—out. it seems that the whole world has been talking about artificial intelligence recently. it's "chatgpt" this and "ai art" that. you can have conversations with it, you can be creative with it, and the recent release of gpt—ii seems to be displaying levels of understanding of questions and images that are astounding the experts. this is the uk's national centre for data science and artificial intelligence, the alan turing institute, named after the mathematician considered to be the father of computer science. artificial intelligence is the idea of notjust us programming computers, but them being able to learn for themselves and alt

i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are known to have died and dozens are missing after the severe weather left a trail of devastation. the bbc has been told there are �*positive updates�* in the case of british men, two of whom are pictured here, who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. pope francis has led mass in st peter's square in front of more than 30,000 people, kicking off the year's easter services, just a day after leaving hospital in rome following treatment for bronchitis. coach travellers in dover face estimated waits of six to eight hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the backlog. the port said 111 coaches were waiting to cross the english channel on sunday afternoon. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for global questions: lula's new brazil. hello. i'm lyse doucet. welcome to global questions in rio dejaneiro. a city famed

i'm lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are known to have died and dozens are missing after the severe weather left a trail of devastation. the bbc has been told there are �*positive updates�* in the case of british men, two of whom are pictured here, who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. the uk home secretary says the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants who travel to the uk on small boats, just days after announcing three former military sites will be used. coach travellers in dover face estimated waits of six to eight hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the backlog as passengers travel abroad for the easter holidays. now it's time for the arts interviews: fenton bailey. on today's media show, one of the pioneers of reality tv. hello, hello, hello! fenton bailey's behind rupaul�*s drag race, described by t

lewis vaughanjones is at the airport in larnaca in cyprus, paul adams is in nairobi and nancy kasungiras at stanstead airport north of london. lewis, let's start in cyprus and in terms of numbers and the sorts of stories you've heard through the course of today. 3m stories you've heard through the course of today.— stories you've heard through the course of today. 301 so far, that's eo - le course of today. 301 so far, that's peeple who _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made it _ course of today. 301 so far, that's people who made it from - course of today. 301 so far, that's i people who made it from khartoum course of today. 301 so far, that's - people who made it from khartoum in sudan to that airbase just north of khartoum that you mentioned, got on a british military flight and landed here at the airport. for flights so far. we are expecting another for more —— four flights so far. we are expecting four more. the military aircraft land here, it's also a civilian airport. they get off those planes and then get on t

very much foryour company, i'm that's it from me, thank you very much for your company, i'm lewis vaughanjonesfinding out. 0urjourney begins in cardiff, home of bbc news was excise and environment team. most carjourneys are local, around nine miles on average. electric vehicles are perfect for these and much cheaper than petrol or diesel, if you can charge at home. but one in three of us can't do that, and what about longerjourneys? home charging costs about 10p a longerjourneys? home charging costs about10p a mile longerjourneys? home charging costs about 10p a mile at the moment. public rapid chargers like this cost at least twice as much and that not all, we need to tackle the vat issue because vat on public charges is 20%, as opposed to the domestic rate which is on a 5%. and you look at this, the number of charges has been increasing rapidly in recent years, but the number of electric cars on the road has been growing even more quickly. and it isn'tjust fast charging that is expensive, electric cars are, too. the new model from ng now and by one of china's biggest car—makers has a 200 mil

for now, though, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello, good afternoon.blue skies around today, captured by weather watchers here in northeast england and in northern wales. now, as we head through tomorrow, it's more of the same. it's another chilly start to the day with a touch of frost. more sunshine around for most of us tomorrow, at least for part of the day, but it will turn cloudier towards the north and the west with an approaching weather front. but the weather front is quite far out towards the west today, we're dominated by high pressure, of course, out towards the east. it's just sending a bit of an onshore breeze towards north sea facing coast here. so it's always going to feel a little cooler, but plenty of sunshine around, some high cloud turning the sunshine hazy, especially across parts of scotland. it's cloudier across northern ireland, but still some sunny spells breaking through here. top temperatures between ten and 14 degrees celsius, but maybe a 15 in the murray firth. now, overnight tonight, there'll be lots of clear skies around.

i�*m lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines.here are �*positive updates�* in the case of british men, two of whom are pictured here, who were arrested by the taliban in afghanistan earlier this year. pope francis has led mass in st peter�*s square in front of more than 30,000 people, kicking off the year�*s easter services, just a day after leaving hospital in rome following treatment for bronchitis. coach travellers in dover face estimated waits of six to eight hours, despite extra ferries being laid on overnight to try and help clear the backlog. the port said 111 coaches were waiting to cross

earlier, my colleague lewis vaughanjones spoke to bbc�*s parham ghobadi and asked what prompted thisr major cities, they just walk around on the streets without headscarf and without her and without hijab, it's not only headscarf, it's also a kind of trench coat that for four decades, iranian women had to wear in order to walk on the streets. so now we see, especially younger women, walking on the streets without any sort of hijab and iranian politicians and it has frustrated iranian hardliners. and so iranian regime is in a really difficult position because they have this tiny margin of supporters that are hard liners, and these are the people who are willing to pick up arms and defend the regime. now, they are extremely angry, seeing women on the streets of iran without wearing headscarf. donald trump will appear in a new york court early next week. the former president is to face criminal charges over the hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels in the days before the 2016 presidential election.court officials have confirmed that the former president is expected to ap

i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. hello. be more unsettled as well. we are going to see more weather like this with the potential for some see more weather like this with the potentialfor some rain see more weather like this with the potential for some rain and see more weather like this with the potentialfor some rain and less weather like this where we have had more sunshine again on friday across northern ireland and scotland. the highest temperature again was in ireland scotland, 19 celsius. that's the picture on friday, quite a difference north— south across the uk, bit topsy—turvy. by sunday a significant drop in temperature for scotland and northern ireland, but ironically temperatures may be a little higher than today across parts of england and wales. we start with a chilly start across southern parts of england and wales, some frost patches and across scotland where we have clearer skies. the rain is pushing slowly northwards across northern england, coming to rest across northern ireland, southern scotland. to the

another correspondent is lewis vaughanjones who had more details from cyprus.he numbers, there has been a bit of a dispute about the numbers, about who is coming in and who is leaving. this airport is a hub for the uk operation, so they are coming in from khartoum, people are being processed and then heading to the uk on normal planes. on those numbers, up on normal planes. on those numbers, up until the arrival of that last one, we were told 230, 240 people had arrived, that is now up to 301 and we know from the british high commissioner here that the number who left in the first flight from here back to the uk is 170 so some difference in those numbers. we don't exactly know what that discrepancy is about. but interestingly, the flight which took off a few hours ago should be landing in the uk anytime now heading into stansted airport. as for the people board that flight, we've got our first chance to hear from them after the journey that they have made. just before getting on the flight when they were waiting at the gate like everyone on an ordinary flight,

that is it, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello again.settled than last week. yes, there will be some sunshine, but it is going to be wetter than last week and also windier. you can see where the met office has a yellow warning out for the strength of the wind, gusting 40 to 60 mph from tuesday afternoon, tuesday night and also into wednesday. today's pollen levels, and we're talking tree pollen, are high or moderate and are going to remain like this as we go through the rest of this week. today, we also can see the back edge of that rain pushing away from the far south—east, lingering for a time across shetland, and then we've got two distinctive areas of showers. some of those will be heavy and thundery and prolonged and blustery — as you can see, these are the average wind speeds. 0n either side of them, there will be the odd shower. and a fair bit of sunshine, with highs up to about 15 degrees. not feeling as cold along the north sea coastline as it has done in the last few days. we've lost all that cloud. through this evening and ove

there are three weeks before the next strike, you're watching bbc news, i am lewis vaughanjones, i wasan, the man who shot and killed nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel and expect that sentencing to be televised with the judge invasion on camera at some point reasonably soon, so we will cross live now to manchester and the crown court and we can speak to our correspondent. just talk us through what we are expecting. just talk us through what we are exectina. , , expecting. this will be the sentencing _ expecting. this will be the sentencing of _ expecting. this will be the sentencing of thomas - expecting. this will be the - sentencing of thomas cashman, the man convicted on thursday of the murder of olivia pratt—korbel, the the nine—year—old from liverpool was fatally shot last year, in august. the hearing was due to start at two o'clock, we expect it to get under way in the next few minutes. the process i will run through with you what exactly will happen. thomas cashman has been found guilty of murder. we will then get statements from the prosecution who will outline any factors that

i am lewis and vaughanjones, this is bbc news.rday's area of low pressure, however, as you move into part two of the weekend, with and overhead it should turn drier and bright for most of us with increasing amounts of sunshine. it will start to feel a bit warmer. as yesterday's low pressure sitting on the new continent, legacy of weather fronts around, quite a lot of cloud and a breeze and noticeable breeze coming in off the north sea. making it feel chilly down the north sea coast. the rain in the west of scotland, northern ireland, should slowly peat out overnight, many places will turn dry, very low cloud, simply spells, western skies could be quite chilly, hold onto the cloud and then 5—7 many of us. the part two of the weekend, high pressure starts to build in overhead, we lose the isobars in the south—east, so the breeze through the morning will tend to ease down across the south—east. any cloud in the north and west will start to break up, so increasing amounts of sunshine as we head through the day on sunday. still thick c

lewis vaughanjones has been watching these planes come in all day.ed in this general direction i nudged in this general direction earlier on in the day, that there will continue to be flights coming in here late into the evening. it has just in here late into the evening. it hasjust gone 11pm and in here late into the evening. it has just gone 11pm and there are still plenty of activity here and we are expecting more flights in. and remember, just on the typical time zone things here, the cease—fire, we have gotten another two hours of that, flights to take off and they still say three to four hours to land here, so it could be the early hours of the morning untilflights which have left while this cease—fire is still under way and could still land here. latest numbers as you said, 897 uk people have been brought here on eight flights. that was true as of 4pm, so when we get updated figures, clearly that number will go up. i wanted to thing why we came back here, a different location to where i spoke to you last hour stop this is the rescue coordinati

i'm lewis vaughanjones at larnaca airport in cyprus, where the latest group of british evacuees have