about excitement and nerves. i feel like you can never be 100% prepared for eurovision, you know? ifeel like it s a one in a million, like lifetime experience, but it s exceeded my expectations. also on the programme: a man has been found guilty of the murder of seven year old nikki allan in sunderland, following a police inquiry lasting 30 years. former pakistan prime minister imran khan is boiled over corruption allegations. khan is boiled over corruption allegations- allegations. and a new chief executive allegations. and a new chief executive at allegations. and a new chief executive at twitter, - allegations. and a new chief executive at twitter, but. allegations. and a new chief| executive at twitter, but can allegations. and a new chief - executive at twitter, but can linda yaccarino do what on newsnight at 10:30pm with the us government really run out of money in less than three weeks? plus, the leadership of the world famous christie cancer hospital in mancheste
with the price of allotments shooting up even faster than these spring greens, thousands of plot holders across the country think they might have to give up their plots. i will find out why costs are going up so much on what people feel about it. de bruyne s brilliance at the bernabeu. this stunning strike keeps city s european dream alive ahead of the champions league semifinal second leg with real in manchester next week. the first eurovision semifinal hits the stage in liverpool. favourites sweden go through, but ireland are out. good morning. yesterday, ireland and the uk had over 8000 lightning strikes. today we are looking at a similar day, showery, some sunshine, but also thunder and lightning and some hail. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 10th of may. a jury in new york has found former president donald trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 19905 and then defamed her by calling her a liar. the civil trial rejected ejean carrol
and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed in the war against russia 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 volodymyr zelensky is now at the vatican for a private audience with pope francis, it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. we can see pictures of that meeting now. our europe regional editor paul moss has been telling us about the significance of this visit. they very publicly embraced each other and as you suggested, ms meloni was vocal in her support. she said she would be an ally of ukraine and the war would only end when all russian troops had left all of ukrainian territory. no sense of a compromise. the italian president was in a similar vein when he said it was an honour to have mr zelensky visit. he thanked them and said about the evil
hello, i m carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. 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. 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. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding.
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