i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its b
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
into the fbi s investigation into donald trump s 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign s alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency s inquiry had lacked analytical rigor , concluding that the fbi had not possessed actual evidence of collusion between trump s campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of confirmation bias . the fbi responded to durham s report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said: with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some old and some new because bill s report on 2019 by us watchdog but identified performance failures and what the fbi had done. but significantly, it didn t identify any political bias. this report differs a little b
hasjust begun. these are live pictures from gaza. this is the seen live. it is of course night time. 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 israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since reports of the truce came out. we hope to be live in gaza later in the programme. but so far it is a quite night across gaza city. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is only one day visit to italy. he s been meeting italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. 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. mr zelensky then had a private audience with pope fra
attack drones, more air defence, a new uk flying school for pilots. the europeans are keen to support ukraine s expected counteroffensive, but can they provide president zelensky with the kit he needs? we will get the view from kyiv and london. at home, rishi sunak is marshalling his troops. a downing street reception tonight, to officially celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. but is it also a much needed charm offensive, amid more splits in tory ranks over brexit and immigration? speaking of which, who s going to pick the spring cabbage and the rhubarb? the farmers said today they need more labour and higher prices to solve the food crisis in britain. and we will take a look tonight at those election results from turkey no victor in round one but early advantage president erdogan. but we start tonight with president zelensky s visit to the uk. ukraine he says, can defeat russia by the end of this year, with the right kind of western help. the latest tranche of sup