in the last hour, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has begun. these are live pictures from gaza. 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, benjamin netanyahu, 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 islamichhad at its civilians. our reporter in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has the latest on the ceasefire. ten minutes before the ceasefire went into effect, islamichhad fired a barrage of rockets towards the israeli southern city. and some of the rockets were quite close to the southern city of tel aviv. the ceasefire agreement has gone into effect ten minutes ago, brokered by egypt. according
final has got under way in the english city of liverpool. acts from 26 countries will vie for the title. the united kingdom is hosting eurovision on behalf of last year s winners ukraine who can t stage it because of the war with russia. now on bbc news, click. this week, we have a mix of medical marvels. go gently, it can feel that! how e skin could give robots a sense of touch. so, just lean forward ever so slightly. whoa! that s good. keep going. the machines are going off road. we ride the wheelchair that can help you through a rocky patch. and on another note, a final note to blow your mind. yeah, we re with the rock singer who s got his voice back. that s a lot of air! the royal college of physicians is the oldest medical college in england. there s a skull eating his hand. oh, wow. yeah, henry viii founded the place in 1518 and since then, 122 presidents have overseen enormous changes in our understanding of the human body, its ailments and their treatments. in the g
year s winners ukraine who can t stage it because of the war with russia. now on bbc news it is time for amol rajan interviewing richard branson. hi. yes. hello. my goodness. wow. the shy schoolboy who became a global celebrity. sir richard branson is a very british bundle of contradictions. the dyslexic who set up a student magazine, the record label founder who didn t listen to music, the 60s hippie who became a multi billionaire. today he s got his own island and his brand has dozens of companies to its name, from virgin atlantic to galactic. but after five decades in business, reinventing whole industries, sir richard branson has been tested as never before, both financially and emotionally. the pandemic left the 72 year old fighting to save his empire and his reputation. he s faced questions over how he s used women to promote his brand. and sceptics have asked why someone who campaigns on climate change is sending rockets into space. the original rebel entrepreneur co
late. we could relate to do with a good drink for the flowers and plants are just getting started and this low pressure will deliver that into wednesday. at the moment we have a tail end of the weather front across the far east of england but that has not amounted to much rain. that should be quite a lot of sunshine across the whole of the uk this afternoon but some showers into western scotland and scattered ones for northern england. the showers in western scotland get quite intense as we look through the overnight period, could be some heavy rain and then the future you saw on the satellite picture pushing towards the south west of england by the end of the night. we still have some question marks aboutjust how far north it may push, the more persistent rain but it looks like we could see some into lancashire or parts of yorkshire and briefly through wednesday. it looks like wales and the south west will start off wet as rain pushes across the midlands, lincolnshire and in