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. president zelensky then had a private audience with pope francis it s the first meeting between the two men since russia invaded ukraine. president zelensky says he thanked the pope for focusing on tragedy of millions of ukrainians . let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor paul moss. we are all expecting some sort of intervention. how likely is that? i think we have an idea now because the vatican has issued a statement. an intervention, i wouldn t call it anything so strong. pope francis has talked a lot in the past about the suffering of the ukrainian people. he has also condemned certain specific war crimes committed in ukraine. however, critics sug
in the last hour, a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip has begun. these are live pictures from gaza. 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 the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. our reporter in gaza, rushdi abualouf, has the latest on the ceasefire. ten minutes before the ceasefire went into effect, islamichhad fired a barrage of rockets towards the israeli southern city. and some of the rockets were quite close to the southern city of tel aviv. the ceasefire agreement has gone into effect ten minutes ago, brokered by egypt. according
buckingham palace in central london, and the mall is the focal point during royal celebrations. preparation for the event has been a long time in the planning. and people have been camping out for days to get a prime spot to watch the monarch en route to westminster abbey. well, i m here now, i was inside the house and we are the first persons here. i was here on thursday. we came on the 27th with my friend carol. hello. we got here at 4:00 and round about 6:00. it poured down to the heavens, and we had this tarpaulin and we put that up. it s been miserable and cold and it s horrible. of course, it s our first coronation and we re so excited because a lot don t see a coronation in a lifetime. a front row seat at the parade will guarantee good views of this gleaming treasure. this coach will bring charles and camilla from the palace to westminster abbey. well, it s the first time that this carriage has been used at a coronation. it was delivered to queen elizabeth, the second
hello and welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has left the british prime minister s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long term support for ukraine to ensure that it s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. the latest stop in the whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in france with president macron. the mission to get from the west of the weapons he needs to fight back against russia. it is a second trip to the uk this year and he says he and his team are here to discuss substantive negotiations. you are the first foreign leader i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister. yes, a privilege to be here. you