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
volodymyr zelensky the president of ukraine is visiting germany. in the last hour, he was greeted by the german chancellor olaf scholtz, with whom he is now holding talks. germany has just announced its biggest sum of military aid to ukraine yet 3 billion dollars. that s about £2.1i billion. earlier, mrzelensky was received by president frank walter steinmeier. the trip comes just a day after a visit to italy, where he met the italian pm, the president and the pope. let s cross to our correspondent jenny hill in berlin. thank you forjoining us. germany is certainly pulling out all the stops for the visit of president zelensky? indeed. first of all from the formalities and ceremonial prospective he has had the thought military honours at the chancellery and he met the german president early this morning. and while he was there, president zelensky thanked there, president zelensky thanked the german people, describing germany as a true friend under a reliable ally. he
with the price of allotments shooting up even faster than these spring greens, thousands of plot holders across the country think they might have to give up their plots. i will find out why costs are going up so much on what people feel about it. de bruyne s brilliance at the bernabeu. this stunning strike keeps city s european dream alive ahead of the champions league semifinal second leg with real in manchester next week. the first eurovision semifinal hits the stage in liverpool. favourites sweden go through, but ireland are out. good morning. yesterday, ireland and the uk had over 8000 lightning strikes. today we are looking at a similar day, showery, some sunshine, but also thunder and lightning and some hail. all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday the 10th of may. a jury in new york has found former president donald trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in the 19905 and then defamed her by calling her a liar. the civil trial rejected ejean carrol
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i m a mother like two billion other mothers around the world i have one wish the best for my child. but in this is science in which breastfeeding is often frowned upon and i had school for me that abound with profits is more important than my baby s well being how do i know how to make the right decision just me busy listening to you know all these attacks parenting blogs or the pediatrician or the conflict and i fight with to help. mil starting december ninth on d w. i am looking back to serious music and oboe is this year s instrument of the year here in germany and according to the guinness book of world records the oboe along with the horn is the most difficult instrument to play of all but when it s played well it s beautiful. and. albert meyer is one of the most well known oboe with in the world i want to know why the instrument of the year two thousand and seventy was so difficult to play so we met up at his maker s workshop frank meyer in berlin. all or it s all very