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.
to give a lecture reads the guardian. the telegraph also leads with the stabbing of salman rushdie reporting that he was airlifted to hospital. and the daily express describes the attack as frenzied . some other stories featuring this evening the ft leads with the news that the new prime minister will face a public finance crunch, with debt payment and the nation s welfare bill set to soar. a picture of a very dry field is on the front of the i warning that drought will shrink food crops in the uk. but the star has a positive slant on the drought story reporting that rivers that are home to beavers are less likely to dry up. so, let s begin. with salman rushdie. it s like a holding statement of the moment from the newspapers. the police in new york say really what we ve been taught now for about five hours is that salman rushdie is in surgery and that is all we know. the front of the telegraph is perhaps the biggest selection of images and although the images appear
election. specifically, they re looking at the state of georgia where he asked raffensperger, we remember, this to quote, find him enough votes to win, and in that now infamous phone call. we will be hearing from raffensperger and his deputy, gabriel sterling, a name we know well as well. focusing on the pressure trump put on the former vice president, mike pence, to not certify the election. now one member of the january 6th committee praised pence this morning for resisting trump s pressure. in a time of the scandalous betrayal of people in office and crimes being committed all over the place. somebody who does their job will stand out as a hero on the day. i think on that day he was a hero for resisting all of the pressure campaigns and the course of efforts to get him to play along with this continuation of the big lie. this big joke that he could somehow call off all the proceedings himself. all the public hearing so far, they ve shown the former president is this re
in chattanooga, tennessee, sunday morning, two people were shot and killed and at least 14 others wounded near a downtown night club. i m tired of standing in front of you talking about guns and bodies as if there are families whose lives have been shattered forever because once again we had people deciding to resolve their issues with firearms. another shooting overnight at a bar, this one in mess a, arizona. that left two people dead and two more injured. saturday night, at least three people were killed and 11 others injured in a shooting in philadelphia. police say several gun men fired into a crowd there. we re absolutely devastated, devastated by this incident. and we mourn the lives lost and the dozens and dozens of lives affected by this tragedy. that s not all. a drive-by shooting at a graduation party in south carolina left one woman dead and eight people injured, including a child. police say they have recovered about 60 shell casings from the scene so fa
temperatures going into tuesday morning. on tuesday, eastern areas see outbreaks of rain pushing south, elsewhere you may see some sunny spells, showers will develop again, a few heavy ones, tending to fade away from the west during the day, brazier on tuesday, windy on wednesday with rain moving east. now, how do you do this thing? it s been a while! hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, political editor of huffpost uk, and john stevens, deputy political editor of the daily mail. they have not forgotten, so we will be all right. tomorrow s front pages, then, starting with the cost of the crisis here. cost of living crisis. a rise in shoplifting due to the cost of living crisis that s according to the metro s front page. the i also leads on cost of living, saying that help is on hold as the prime minister focuses on partygate and the sue gray report. speeding up the approval for gene edited crops