Some areas, only half of services are running, while in others there are no services at all. Polands Prime Minister says 100 Wagner Group Mercenaries in belarus have moved closer to the polish border, and that could pose a threat to his country. Hes warned wagner troops might pose as belarusian Border Guards and try to infiltrate the country early this month, poland moved troops to the east of the country amid rising concerns that wagner fighters in belarus could lead to increased border tensions. And that comes as tensions. And that comes as ukraines president , Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited troops near the frontline in the Eastern Region of donetsk, a counter offensive by Ukrainian Forces has had some success in the area in recent weeks. Now our news in recent weeks. Now our news here at home, a former paratrooper has completed a 19,000 mile charity walk around the uk coastline. Im chris the uk coastline. Im chris lewis was joined by hundreds of supporters as he crossed the finish line
hasjust begun. these are live pictures from gaza. this is the seen live. it is of course night time. the agreement brokered by egypt follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since reports of the truce came out. we hope to be live in gaza later in the programme. but so far it is a quite night across gaza city. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is only one day visit to italy. he s been meeting italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni who affirmed that italy would remain a solid ally, and provide kyiv with all the assistance it needed. prime minister meloni also stressed that the conflict would only end when russia stopped its aggression and withdrew from all ukrainian territory, adding that any other outcome would jeopardise peace in all of europe. mr zelensky then had a private audience with pope fra
to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w
in just the last few hours, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has began, but some fighting has reportedly continued. 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. 33 palestinians in gaza 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 its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. the current bout of violence erupted on tuesday
hello, i m carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and 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 its 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.