i m anna foster live here in southern israel where we are now four hours into a cease fire in the israel gaza war. it was a shaky start, and there were bombardments up start, and there were bombardments up to the deadline, but it has been peaceful for the last few hours. fighting has stopped, the air strikes have stopped, the sound of small arms fire and mortar fire which has been such a regular feature of life for people in the gaza strip and which i have seen and heard from here in southern israel for now seems to have taken hold, and this is a crucial part of the day ahead. ijust want i just want to take you live now to dublin and we can listen in to the irish deputy prime minister talking about events overnight. i pen; about events overnight. i pay tribute to about events overnight. i pay tribute to them about events overnight. i pay tribute to them in about events overnight. i pay tribute to them in particular, | about events overnight. i v: tribute to them in part
family and friends are gathering in melrose today to celebrate the life of doddie weir. the former scotland international died last month at the age of 52, six years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. our sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin reports from melrose. you can probablyjust about hear the service being relayed to the towns in rugby club in front of me and hundreds gathered under a small stand. others huddled under umbrellas on a wet and windy day here in the scottish borders. not dull because everywhere you look, everyone is decked out in tartan. that was the request of doddie weir s family and there was a private family funeraljust over a week ago today and in the towel that love doddie weir in the town he called home and this was their chance to celebrate his life.