welcome. 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 warnings 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. the white house also wel
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 it is 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. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets. emergency services and civil defence vehicles had their sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect a few hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross borderfire in the last years. 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. for more on this i spoke earlier to khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs. it would seem the ceas
the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. the bbc s david sillito was following all the action. cheering and applause. live from liverpool, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest 2023. it began with last year s winners, the kalush orchestra and stefania. there was, as promised, a strong ukrainian flavour to this liverpool eurovision. # sieben, sieben, ai lyu lyu. # sieben, sieben, eins, zwei! the opening an artful blend of ukrainian eurovision tunes and some very british elements, including the piano skills of the princess of wales. plays tune from the kalush orchestra s stefania. all: let the eurovision i song contest 2023 begin! and then, it was down to the songs with the familiar eurovision spread of style.
the kalush orchestra and stephanie na. the kalush orchestra and stefania. there was, as promised, a strong ukrainian flavour to this liverpool eurovision. sieben, sieben, eins, zwei! the opening an artful blend of ukrainian eurovision tunes and some very british elements, including the piano skills of the princess of wales. plays tune from stefania. let the eurovision song contest 2023 begin! and then, it was down to the songs with the familiar eurovision spread of style. # i don t care about the pain. it got epic from sweden s loreen, the hot favourite. # bring me closer to you. # you re stuck on me like a tattoo. finland brought manic energy. # cha, cha, cha cha, cha cha!