this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met italian prime minister giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. as are some of her coalition partners. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. out, members of the rmt union are back on picket lines. another 24 hour strike at their long running dispute, with live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. president zelensky has had a meeting with his counterparts. this private meeting lasted for 25 minutes and some of these things discussed were economic functions against russia, the kidnapping against ukrainian children, and they need to set up. after the meeting, president zelensky said i want to thank italy each italian one by one for to show italy s continued support for ukraine. quite a few sym
in just the last few hours, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has began, but some fighting has reportedly continued. the agreement was brokered by egypt it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. 33 palestinians in gaza the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations . in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. the current bout of violence erupted on tuesday
And they ask us to help, as i say, i think it will be very difficult to say no. We dont need unilateral action, we need to work through the un but, above all, we need to bend ourselves totally to getting a political settlement in syria. The government loses a court bid to delay publication of its Air Pollution Strategy until after the general election. New figures show a big rise in Violent Crime in england and wales with knife crime at its highest level for six years. And how readers are turning off their e books and switching back to paper, as publishers enjoy a record year. Good evening, theres been a major Security Operation in whitehall as armed Police Arrested a man suspected of Planning Acts of terrorism. A rucksack and several knives have been recovered from the scene, but no one has been injured. Its understood officers from Scotland Yards Counter Terrorism command moved in on the suspect as part of an Intelligence Led Operation. The Prime Minister was not in Downing Street at
Nasas cassini gets closer than ever before to the planet. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, in age, theres14 years between them, but today, Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko came face to face ahead of their world title fight. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Another terror alert just yards away from last months deadly attack in westminster. Armed police have arrested a man under the Terrorism Act and seized knives he was carrying. Its now clear that the suspect who was captured on whitehall was under surveillance by Scotland Yards anti terror squad. Asjune kelly reports, theres been a High Profile Police presence in the area since Khaled Massood killed five people, including pc keith palmer, in march. Under arrest in the shadow of Government Buildings in whitehall. The man was detained by armed officers Near Parliament square. This was not a random stop search and arrest. It is understand the man was targeted by police as part of an operation by Scotland Yard coun
And we talk to british sculptor richard long whose work has been inspired by his walks Around The World about his latest exhibition. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, who can claim Bragging Rights in the Manchester Derby . And more importantly improve their chances of a Top Four Champions League place . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. A Man Carrying Knives near the Houses Of Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences, just weeks after last months deadly attack in westminster. The 27 year old man had been under survellance by the Security Services. He was stopped on parliament street, close to whitehall, this afternoon and was wrestled to the ground. Theres been heightened security in the area around Parliament Since Khaled Massood killed five people including Pc Keith Palmer last month. June kelly has the latest. Under arrest in the shadow of Government Buildings in whitehall. This wasnt a random stop search and arrest. The man was under surv