. the setback comes to spies concessions to far rise. lawmakers and folk benedict the 16th is laid to rest. at a funeral ceremony presided over by pope francis. it s the 1st time in 2 centuries that a sitting pope has conducted such rights or has freed assessor. ah, i m the cough really. it s good to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin has ordered a 36 hour cease fire on the ukrainian front line. and will take place from the thanks to the 7th of january to coincide with the russian orthodox christmas kremlin, says putin made a decision after an appeal from the head of the russian orthodox church patriarch carrillo. ukraine has dismissed russia s declaration as i parker c and propaganda. and i m joined now by our correspondence roman, gone to rank own cave and kilian buyer in riga and see if we can bring them up. all right, kenya, let s start with you. and what do we know so far? what could the ceasefire ordered by putin look like? well, president putin talked t