palestinians took to the streets in gaza city this evening, as a ceasefire between israel and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets accompanied by emergency services and civil defence vehicles with sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect just over two hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross border fire in the last few years. these are recent pictures from gaza. we are hoping to bring you some live pictures. this is actually the live shot across gaza city. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by
should treasures grabbed by european colonisers be returned to their countries of origin? well, my guest is the director of the humboldt forum, hartmut dorgerloh. is germany right now the leader in the restitution movement? hartmut dorgerloh, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it s a great pleasure to be in this amazing museum. i think it s fair to say this is perhaps the most ambitious cultural project launched since the unification of germany. what is the. the motivating idea behind it? yes, it s the most prominent cultural project since the reunification in germany, and it is a debate also about the new heart of the new capital of reunified germany. so it was in the beginning more a discussion about the architecture, about urban development, what to do with the site where originally, for centuries, the main residence of the hohenzollern monarchy. a prussian palace was here. yes, a prussian palace. and after the second world war, when it was torn down, heavily damaged in the war b
hello, i m gareth barlow. thank you so much forjoining us. pakistan s former prime minister imran khan has been welcomed by cheering supporters as he arrived back in his home city of lahore after the high court granted him bail. his arrest over corruption allegations sparked violent protests. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies sent this update. defiant probably sums up imran khan s attitude today. when he arrived at court, he was met by some of his supporters who were chanting slogans. also, there were journalists and his lawyers there too and, of course, the paramilitaries were there to protect him in riot kit, as well as police officers. now, this was quite an unruly crowd as it made its way through the court complex, occasionally even knocking people off their feet. when he arrived in court, he then, during the times that the court was not in session, allowed journalists to come have a conversation with him. so, i was speaking to him and asked him whether he cond
would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression, and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on tragedy of millions of ukrainians . let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. we are all expecting some sort of intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics sug