countries. they have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. they have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, an outstanding effort to document warcrimes, human an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. together, they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. this year s peace prize is awarded to human rights advocate from belarus. the russian human rights organisation and the ukrainian human rights organisation centre for civil liberties. ales bialiatski was one of the initiators of the democracy movement which emerged in belarus in the 19805. which emerged in belarus in the 1980s. he has devoted his life to promoting democracy and peace will development in his home country. he founded the organisation meaning spring in 1996 in response to the controversial constitutional amendments that gave the president dictatorial, there s
the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, says it has agreed to a ceasefire with israel to end three days of fighting, which began on friday. the truce brokered by egypt is expected to come in to force shortly. israel said several hours ago that it had agreed to the ceasefire, but there has since been a further wave of violence. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, sent this report. a crush of grief for islamichhad s most powerful commander in gaza. revenge, the mourners shout. and soon it came, the armed group firing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed here with seven others in intense israeli bombing. it was horrifying. they targeted the house with five or six rockets, says this man, who lives nearby. there were bodies on the ground. and today, the violence also reached jerusalem, as israeli nationalists visited its most disputed holy site for a jewish holiday.
were jailed in the years that followed, viasna evolved into a broad based human rights organisation that documented and protested against the authorities use of torture against political prisoners. government authorities have repeatedly sought to silence ales bialiatski. he was imprisoned from 2011 to 2014. following large scale demonstrations against the regime in 2020, he was again arrested. he is still detained without trial. despite tremendous personal hardship, ales bialiatski
incredible threat in the box. we need time to know each other. there are balls we still don t give him that we can give him, but is is a question of time. he has started really well. elsewhere in the premier league on sunday, brentford came from behind to earn an impressive point at leicester city. josh dasilva with the equaliser four minutes from time. scotland s laura muir is finally a commonwealth champion after winning the 1500m final. she missed the 2018 gold coast games to complete her veterinary exams and finished 11th at glasgow 2014. following her fabulous gold, she was asked for a message to her younger self after those previous disappointments. your time will come. you know, it is rotten at the time, but you learn from it and you come back stronger. it sounds cheesy, but you do and this has meant a lot to me running here because missing gold coast as well, eight years the commonwealth games has been bugging me, so it is
pocketbooks of struggling americans. jenna: on the other side of the aisle there is a call for everyone to work together. i make a plea today, mr. speaker, that republicans, however distracted they may be, joined democrats so that the senate bill the on the desk of our president today before midnight. jenna: a little sound from both sides of the aisle. we want to go to the senate floor right now to get hopefully we can listen in in just a moment. first a prayer, and then the pledge of allegiance as well. motion to proceed to counter 211, a bill to ensure the title payments of the obligations united states government until december 31, 2014. following remarks republican leader, the senate will be a period of business up to 10