society to do that. are you getting the right workplace support while going through fertility treatment? more than 50,000 women go through the process every year, but many don t feel comfortable telling their boss. we ask what are your rights? laying it all on the table. we hearfrom ronnie 0 sullivan on how he overcame addiction and anxiety to climb to the top in snooker. friends together the moment kevin sinfield carried former team mate rob burrow who has motor neurone disease over the marathon finish line in leeds. some scattered showers this morning across the far north west of the uk, some rain the south east as well, but then if day of sunny spells. a few scattered showers but not feeling as warm as it stood through the weekend. all the details throughout this morning s programme. good morning. it s monday 15th of may. senior doctors in england will start voting today on whether to strike in a continuing dispute over pay in the health service. their union, the
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
by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this he met the italian prime minister giorgia meloni, who said her country would back ukraine for as long as necessary. she called russia s invastion brutal and unjust. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. very busy day for president and clearly some significant political strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in - strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in italy - strategy there on his behalf. he has been shoring up support in italy and in many ways this was very much a loving of a visit when giorgia meloni saw this zelensky, they probably embraced each other and as you suggested, she was fulsome in her support and said italy would be a solid ally of ukraine, crucia
president, volodymyr zelensky. speaking in rome, ms meloni said her country would back ukraine for as long as was necessary, calling russia s invastion brutal and unjust. later on, president zelensky will meet the pope in the vatican, before visiting germany. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. hi, paul. president zelensky is initially and what is he trying to achieve there? initially and what is he trying to achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries - achieve there? he s done a tour of lots of european countries this - achieve there? he s done a tour of| lots of european countries this year to try and shore up support from politicians and the public. he needs their political support and also very keen to keep that aid flowing which is so necessary for ukraine s resistance of russia s invasion. italy is a special case and we have heard from
forjoining us. we are here at the bbc sport centre. there s a full round of fixtures in the premier league this week. the picture at the top and bottom will become much clearer. elland road on tuesday, looking to pull clear of the bottom three, but the 1 1 draw does neither side much good substitute jamie vardy came on midway through the second half and scored the equaliser in the 80th minute. leeds had taken the lead with a thumping luis sinisterra header in the first half and created more chances. patrick bamford should have won it for leeds in the final minute, he had an open goaljust a couple of yeards out, but scuffed his shot wide from a corner. leeds are now two points above the bottom three, a point ahead of leicester. it was a real good dominant first 20 minutes and we gave a soft goal away, so the result in general and properly a tad disappointed with the dominance we had at times and the chances we had at times and the chances we created and two offside goals but a