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hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalems western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british—israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, ...

killed in an avalanche its thought the victims were hikers. the interior minister, gerald darmanin, said several more people were injured on the armancette glacier, where rescue work is ongoing. its just 26 days to go to king charles�*s coronation. we can bring you some first about that will take them from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again from the palace down the mall to trafalgar square and back to whitehall around parliament square to the abby�*s west door. t...

hello and welcome to the programme. it has been a day of worship and a day of grief in israel and the occupied territories. tens of thousands ofjews gathered atjerusalems western wall for passover prayers. not far away, hundreds ofjewish worshippers walked close to the al aqsa mosque. and in a settlement in the west bank, the funeral took place for two british—israeli sisters shot dead on friday. from jerusalem, my colleague lucy williamson reports. as maia and rina were brought in, ...

— its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with china and taiwan because chinas military has carried out another day of simulated attacks on the self ruled ireland of taiwan. chinese state media say operation joint sword is using all elements of the military to prac�*s simulated precision strikes on key targets. meanwhile, the darwins defence ministry says it has spotted 70 fighterjets and bombers and ii fighterjets and bombers and 11 navy vessels on sunday. the dr...

im helena humphrey. good to have you with us. we start here in the us, where thejustice department is investigating the leaking of dozens of leaked intelligence documents which surfaced on social media a few days ago. some officials have suggested the topics point to an american source but theyre not ruling out the possibility that pro—russian activists or agents might be involved. the bbc�*s carl nasman is here with more. carl, what exactly is the pentagon saying? well, these docu...

the us governments urgently investigating the leaking of dozens of intelligence documents on social media. the bbc�*s seen some of the documents, including detailed accounts of the training and equipment being provided to ukraine. some of those leaked are labelled top secret. others appear to suggest the us had intercepted official communications of an ally, south korea. the bbc�*s carl nasman is in washington with more details. these documents have been circulating online for seve...

including details of training and weaponry for ukraine. and 100 days in — mixed reviews in brazil for president luiz inacio lula da silvas administration. lets return now to our top story. today marks 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement — an historic peace deal that largely ended violence in northern ireland. im joined now by the former minister for northern ireland between 1997 and 1999 for the labour government led by tony blair, who chaired the talks in the l...

hello and welcome. lets begin with the tensions around taiwan — where chinese military forces are conducting drills for a third day. taiwans defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island, 39 entered taiwans air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by chinas military and shown on the countrys state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the unit...

began the final round ten shots adrift but he really rolled back the years to set a testing target. jon rahm held his nerve over the closing holes and has proved himself to be one of the most consistent players in golf over recent years. he won the us open in 2021 and never looked like losing his composure as he held on for victory and what that means is thatjon rahm becomes the fourth spanish man to win the masters after seve ballesteros, josemaria is about and sergio garcia. this fam...

after weathering a stormy start, spainsjon rahm fights back to win the masters on a dramatic final day at augusta. and we are bringing back in medieval sport for modern times. what more could you possibly want on a bank holiday monday than a jousting competition? well, we have got one. good morning, quite a different week of weather, much more unsettled. rain clearing northward and eastward study, followed by sunshine and showers, but some of the showers will be heavy, thundery, and bl...