a pause in all military operations for more than a month, and the exchange of prisoners and hostages. president biden had said a pause in fighting could begin as soon as monday. the talks will try to reach a ceasefire agreement that can be implemented before the start of ramadan, on the 10th of march. the draught framework would include a 40 day pause in all military operations. reports suggest 400 palestinian prisoners, which israel says are serving sentences for terror related crimes , could be exchanged for a0 israeli hostages. under the proposed ceasefire, hospitals and bakeries in gaza would be repaired, while 500 aid trucks would enter gaza each day. but the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu has vowed to go ahead with an assault on gaza s southernmost city, rafah, regardless of any agreement. in a moment we ll hear from our special correspondent fergal keane who s been following a day in the life of three residents of gaza. but first, on the possibility of a c
from european countries or nato. spain, italy, poland and the czech republic, issued similar statements. this afternoon, after howls of protest from the oppposition the french foreign minister stephane sejoure was forced to clarify mr macron s comments, that troops could be sent to ukraine for specific duties, without a combat role. translation: we need to consider new action to support ukraine. - these must meet very specific needs. i m thinking in particular of mine clearance, cyber, and the production of weapons on ukrainian territory. some of these actions, and i am answering the members question, some of these actions could require a presence on ukrainian territory without crossing the threshold of belligerence. nothing can be ruled out. this was, and still is, the position of the president of the republic. more generally there is frustration that while the french president was talking tough yesterday, the figures here, supplied by the kiel institute, suggest that franc
hello, i m vishala sri pathma. firefighters on the greek island of rhodes are struggling to contain a wildfire that s prompted the evacuation of thousands of people. these are pictures of houses burnt in a village in rhodes. three hotels have reportedly burnt down, and many others are in the danger zone. locals and tourists alike have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island. private boats have joined the coastguard picking people up from beaches on the east of the island. in patras, a city on the greek mainland, west of athens, a bridge under construction has collapsed, reportedly killing one person. emergency services are at the scene. it s not yet known if the heatwave is the cause of the bridge collapse. the fires have been burning for five days now. the country s deputy fire chief says the blazes in rhodes are the most difficult greece is facing. the budget airline, jet2, says it s cancelled all flights that were due to go to rhodes today. tuigroup says it s
on the island of la palma. andalusia could record 44 celsius this afternoon, and in some parts of italy and greece temperatures are forecast to hit a0 celsius. the united states is also experiencing near record highs with extreme heat warnings in place affecting more just under affecting just under 100 million people. here s our environment correspondentjonah fisher. it s very hot! in death valley, california, the warming of our planet has become a tourist attraction. as temperatures rose on sunday way past 50 celsius, people kept coming. the sunday way past 50 celsius, people kept coming- kept coming. the first time i have ever been here, kept coming. the first time i have ever been here, i kept coming. the first time i have ever been here, i thought - kept coming. the first time i have ever been here, i thought it - kept coming. the first time i have | ever been here, i thought it would be really cool to be here for the hottest day on earth. we be really cool to be her