Who closes one of two labs in sierra leone. More sugar with your tea indonesians are told to say no as the country battles the bulge. Lets start in gaza where after 50 days, the skies over the strip are calm. Palestinian factions and israel agreed to a permanent truce. This is the scene on the ground in gaza, where families have been leaving shelters to assess what has happened to their homes. The u. N. Reckons that it will cost billions to restore buildings, damaged by israeli air strikes. We can talk to our correspondent who is there in gaza, and i would imagine that people would have taken some time for it to sink in, to fuli realise there is a ceasefire, theyve had so many false starts before. Yes, we are in the first day after the ceasefire. We are in the main center in gaza city, which is called palestine center, and we assure you the atmosphere here will be normal. People are shopping in the streets here. The men market in the center of gaza. People feeling calm and, you know, w
The i. S. I. S. Terrorist group. Afghanistan elections, Abdullah Abdullah demands an independent investigation. Handshakes and smiles, little sign to end the conflict as the ukranian and russian president meet. So, after seven weeks of death and destruction, thousands of palestinians in gaza have been celebrating a longterm ceasefire with israel. Hamas declared victory over the israeli occupation. Israel, for its part, says hamas has now accepted the same deal offered to them a month ago, and much bloodshed could have been avoided. The deal brokered by egypt involves brokering crossings between gaza and israel. That allows for humanitarian aid and materials for rebuilding to come in. Gazas fishing zone would be doubled from almost 5km to nearly 10. Israeli and palestinian delegations will continue in direct negotiations in cairo, on more complex issues, such as the demand from hamas for an end to the blockade completely, a calm to build app airport and a seaport, and israels demand for
Conflict in the gaza strip. But each time they started fighting again. Now they have agreed to a longterm truce. Egyptian mediators went between the two in negotiations in cairo. The negotiators accepted a deal to enter into an unlimited ceasefire at 7 00 p. M. Tuesday local time. People in gaza have run from israeli air strikes since early july. They took to the streets to celebrate the truce. Translator i feel happy and joyful like all palestinians do. Our family welcomes the truce agreement. Delegates for hamas have been demanding the israelis lift their economic blockade of gaza. But the israels agreed only to ease it. Theyll allow more humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials into the territory and fishing zones off the coast will be expanded. The israelis had been demanding that hamas fighters give up their weapons. They didnt get what they wanted. Egyptian government officials said in a statement that the two sides would resume talks within a month. Israeli commanders launc
People to leave their homes and tens of thousands have been killed as fighting continues across the country. Were heading to malakal, a town thats changed hands more than six times since fighting began in december 2013. Despite millions in International Aid and government coffers once flush with oil money almost no roads have been built in south sudan. Most commercial airlines stopped flying when the war started so were traveling with soldiers on United Nations flights. Theres a lot of armed guards across this airport. Its a un base in malakal. There was an attack here a few months ago. Several un workers were kidnapped. So now theres heavy security everywhere. Even the un now seems to operate in fear of the government it helped build. We were told Government Forces pushed the opposition a few miles down river just days before we arrived, but things were still tense. This was a town of a hundred and fiftythousand people. It now feels like a ghost town. Weve come to south sudan to find
Each other. Its a war with an ethnic dimension, its caused 2 Million People to leave their homes and tens of thousands have been killed as fighting continues across the country. Were heading to malakal, a town thats changed hands more than six times since fighting began in december 2013. Despite millions in International Aid and government coffers once flush with oil money almost no roads have been built in south sudan. Most commercial airlines stopped flying when the war started so were traveling with soldiers on United Nations flights. Theres a lot of armed guards across this airport. Its a un base in malakal. There was an attack here a few months ago. Several un workers were kidnapped. So now theres heavy security everywhere. Even the un now seems to operate in fear of the government it helped build. We were told Government Forces pushed the opposition a few miles down river just days before we arrived, but things were still tense. This was a town of a hundred and fiftythousand peop