0:00:05 > 0:00:07Hi. I'm Jenny with your Newsround update.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Coming up:
0:00:09 > 0:00:14How a storm 10,000 miles away is causing a UK heatwave.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16And the puppy and baby monkey who are best friends.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20This is Newsround.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25First to the Middle East, where it's hoped
0:00:25 > 0:00:28a ceasefire agreement will bring peace between Palestinian militants
0:00:28 > 0:00:34in the Gaza Strip, and Israel, if both sides can agree to it.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36The fighting has been going on for over a week,
0:00:36 > 0:00:41and Hayley's been looking into how kids there have been affected.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Gaza hit by air strikes from Israel.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49There has been violence in this part of the world
0:00:49 > 0:00:54for decades between Israel and Palestinian groups based in Gaza.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57The Palestinian groups are unhappy that Israel controls some of what
0:00:57 > 0:01:00can come in and out of Gaza.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05Israel is unhappy that it comes under attack from inside Gaza.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The last major period of fighting between
0:01:07 > 0:01:11the two sides took place in 2012.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Then in June this year, three Israeli teenagers were
0:01:13 > 0:01:18murdered in the West Bank, which is controlled by Israel.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Israel blames the murders on Hamas, the Islamic militant group that
0:01:20 > 0:01:23control Gaza.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Hamas say they were not involved.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Tensions rose further after a Palestinian teenager was
0:01:27 > 0:01:33killed in Jerusalem in what may have been a revenge attack.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36In the past week, hundreds of rockets have been fired from Gaza
0:01:36 > 0:01:41by militants into Israel, which has a high-tech missile defence system.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Israel has launched airstrikes at Gaza, saying it is the only way for
0:01:44 > 0:01:47them to stop rockets being fired.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Around 200 people have been killed in Gaza.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54The UN says over three-quarters of those who died were civilians.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58Israel says Hamas hides its fighters amongst civilians.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Thousands of people have also fled their homes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05So what has life been like over the past week for kids
0:02:05 > 0:02:07on both sides of the divide?
0:02:07 > 0:02:13The BBC's James Reynolds is in Israel, and Paul Adams is in Gaza.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Kids here in this Israeli city are almost on holidays, but these
0:02:15 > 0:02:18holidays are really strange.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Every few hours in the city, we hear air raid warnings,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24really loud sirens.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Everyone here, all the kids and their mums and dads, have to
0:02:27 > 0:02:31stop whatever they are doing, get inside, and go to a strong protected
0:02:31 > 0:02:36room in their house, or sometimes just the bathroom, to stay safe.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Sometimes in the sky we see the streaks of Israeli intercepted
0:02:38 > 0:02:50missiles, making sure that those rockets don't land here.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53but it is the middle of the summer holidays here in the Gaza Strip.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56It is also the middle of the holy month of Ramadan,
0:02:56 > 0:02:57and these children are fasting.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Around a quarter of all the casualties in
0:02:59 > 0:03:02the last couple of weeks have been children here in the Gaza Strip.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04There are no air raid sirens.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05There are no bomb shelters.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08It is a really dangerous place for anyone to live.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11The sad truth is that if you are around six years old here
0:03:11 > 0:03:14in Gaza, this is the third time you've been through this.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Even if things calm down again following this fighting,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20no-one thinks a long-term solution to these problems will be found any
0:03:20 > 0:03:23time soon.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And if you're upset by anything in the news, you can get advice
0:03:26 > 0:03:29on the Newsround website.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Moving on, a massive heat wave is heading to the UK just in time
0:03:33 > 0:03:34for the summer holidays.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Weather forecasters say tomorrow could be the hottest day
0:03:36 > 0:03:38of the year.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40People are being told to drink lots of water, use sunscreen,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and stay out of the sun at the hottest times of day.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It's all because of a storm thousands of miles away.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Here's BBC weatherman, Peter Gibbs, to explain what's going on.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54In the first week of July, a super typhoon
0:03:54 > 0:03:56was churning across the Pacific.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It brought strong winds and heavy rains to Japan,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01but also dragged a mass of warm tropical air northwards, giving the
0:04:01 > 0:04:03jet stream a kick.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Just like flicking a skipping rope, that set off a ripple
0:04:06 > 0:04:10which rang out across the Pacific.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13It is also extending its influence across the Atlantic.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It has forced the jet stream to swing northwards across Europe.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20That is allowing warm, humid air, known as a Spanish plume, to spread
0:04:20 > 0:04:22across the UK, bringing a brief heatwave, breaking
0:04:22 > 0:04:25down into big thunderstorms.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29A storm over the north-west Pacific can set off by the storms ten days
0:04:29 > 0:04:34later 10,000 miles away.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Now, take a look at these guys.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Although they are very different, they're the best of friends.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42This baby drill monkey, Mubi, is being raised by a zoo keeper
0:04:42 > 0:04:45after her mother rejected her.
0:04:45 > 0:04:52He took her home and she settled straight in.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53That's all from me.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Newsround's back just before 7.00.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59See you then.