four. i mjoined by an speaking to our colleagues at radio four. i m joined by an american palestinian, whose parents, who normally live in germany, have been stuck in gaza, since the war began. thank you very much forjoining us and speaking to us here on bbc news. since the ceasefire began, have you been able to have any contact with your parents? been able to have any contact with your parents? thank you for having me. no. i have your parents? thank you for having me. no. i have not your parents? thank you for having me. no. i have not spoken - your parents? thank you for having me. no. i have not spoken to - your parents? thank you for having me. no. i have not spoken to my. me. no. i have not spoken to my parents for almost close to two weeks now. three days ago, their name actually showed up, 45 days after. with the german consulate. and we were not even able to get the message through, so we have been asking around, you know, all the numbers of people that we know, n
# happy birthday to you.# keeping hope alive, doing their best, and enjoying what time they had. derek draper, who s died at the age of 56. 0scar pistorius has been released from prison in south africa on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius, a paralympic and olympic athlete, shot ms steenkamp at his home in 2013, claiming in court that he thought she was an intruder. reeva steenkamp s mother has said she is living a life sentence. officials say pistorius is now at home, where he will serve the remainder of his sentence. daniel de simone reports from pretoria in the heats of the 400m hurdle. 0scar pistorius, convicted murderer, was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner.
general. we have had this really large area of high pressure across scandinavia and we happily been talking about record breaking cold at times in scandinavia. they have had significantly below average temperatures and at high temperature has been deflecting all of the lows moving in across the atlantic and the uk over into europe. that means france, the low countries, germany, they have had damaging gusts of wind and this relentless rain that has brought this significant flooding. louise, for now, thank you. good to have you to talk us through that. oscar pistorius has been released from prison in south africa on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius, a paralympic and olympic athlete, shot ms steenkamp at his home in 2013, claiming in court that he thought she was an intruder. reeva steenkamp s mother has said she is living a life sentence. officials say pistorius is now at home, where he will serve the remainder of his sentence