And four times the size of new york city, satellite snaps help scientists spot the worlds biggest iceberg, just formed in antarctica. Hello and welcome. After eleven days of fighting thats claimed the lives of more than 230 palestinians and 12 israelis. The deal was brokered by egypt and was agreed to by the israeli Security Cabinet and palestinian militants. It has been described as mutual and unconditional Peace Pact and came into effect five hours ago. Cairo will send Security Delegations to israel and the Palestinian Territories to help uphold the ceasefire. President biden has welcomed the cessation of hostilities which he said presented an opportunity for progress in the middle east. Courtney bembridge reports. There were celebrations on the streets of Gaza City after deceased ceasefire came into effect in the early hours of the morning. It brings to an end 11 days of Tom Barden and in which more than 240 people have died, mostly in gaza. Hamas is the militant group that rules t
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Russias relations with the west have been poor for some time, but now theyve reached a new level of hostility. Since the imprisonment of russian Opposition Leader alexei navalny, new sanctions have been imposed by both the us and the eu. The ukraine conflict, allegations of Cyber Attack and Covert Operations the list of unresolved issues is growing. My guest is russias eu ambassador, vladimir chizhov. Is confrontation with the West President putins strategic choice . Ambassador vladimir chizhov in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Ambassador, youve been in post a long time. I think im right in saying 16 years. Is this the worst state of Russia Eu relations that you can remember . Well, actually, 15. 5, but never mind. Long enough. I would say that our relations have seen their ups and downs over these years and definitely before that. Now, they are in what i would call an abnormal state. Whether we have a possibility to Bottom Out in the
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are former fleet street editor, Eve Pollard and anand menon, director of the uk in a changing europe. It Think Tank which is a lot of negotiation on the brexit. Im sure he has a lot of other things on his plate these days. Let me bring you up to date on the Front Pages let me bring you up to date on the front Pages Queen back in the office at 95. The Front Page of the metro shows Queen Elizabeth ii in the House Of Lords at the opening of parliament. She set out more than 25 bills in her speech, her 67. She set up more than 25 speeches. She set up more than 25 speeches. Her first official appearance in public since the death of her Husband Prince Philip last month. One of these new bills is detailed on the Front Page of tomorrows times. The paper reports that Student Unions will be legally obliged to protect freedrom of speech and could be taken to court by so called cancelled speakers. Tho
hello, i m anna foster, live injerusalem. let me take you to the skies above gaza, and these are pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by us central command and jordanian air force. this is the latest airdrop into gaza, which provided meals, more than 11,500 meal equivalents, food like rice, flour, pasta and canned food. we have seen these airdrops starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks also since the us air force got involved. it is still nowhere near meeting the huge need for humanitarian aid in gaza. the amount getting in by road is far less than it was when the war began and we are focusing today on new routes spicy too to try and braid in. this is something the european new routes to bring in aid by c. similarly, the us is building a temporary port of gaza so ships can be unloaded but still no detail of how those supplies when they actually get to gaza will be secured and distributed throughout the strip. even as people look
more food into the besieged enclave. a us military ship is also sailing towards the middle east, carrying equipment to build a temporary pier off the coast of gaza which has no functioning port to get aid there by sea. israel has been accused of preventing aid getting into gaza, and us presidentjoe biden says benjamin netanyahu s conduct in the war is doing israel more harm than good. my colleague anna foster is in jerusalem and gave us this update. first of all, to the skies above gaza and these pictures that show the latest drop of aid that has been carried out by us central command and also by thejordanian air force as well. this is the latest air drop into gaza, which provided, they said, meals more than 11,500 meal equivalents. things like food, including rice, flour, pasta and canned food. we ve seen these air drops really starting to increase over gaza in the last two weeks or so, since the us air force also got involved. but of course it is still nowhere near to m