:00:18. > :00:22.There's uncertainty over whether a ceasefire between government
:00:23. > :00:26.forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine is holding.
:00:27. > :00:28.Both sides have made unconfirmed claims that the deal -
:00:29. > :00:47.agreed yesterday to halt five months of fighting - has been breached
:00:48. > :00:49.The EU has agreed further sanctions against Russia, but said they could
:00:50. > :00:52.be avoided if the ceasefire is observed and Russia withdraws any
:00:53. > :00:54.From Donetsk, Richard Galpin reports.
:00:55. > :01:02.Donetsk is a much calmer city than 24-hour 's ago, the heavily
:01:03. > :01:06.artillery fire no longer echoing through the streets, this is what it
:01:07. > :01:11.had been like when just two days ago we witnessed the aftermath of heavy
:01:12. > :01:16.shelling on a residential area of the city. Five people reportedly
:01:17. > :01:21.killed. Today we drove out to the western side of the city. Here, much
:01:22. > :01:27.evidence of the battles of recent weeks. Just a few hundred meters
:01:28. > :01:31.down the road, Donetsk airport, this has been the scene of the most
:01:32. > :01:36.fierce fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels in the city. Since
:01:37. > :01:41.we have been here, we have heard a couple of explosions and some
:01:42. > :01:47.gunshots. But it seems overall the cease-fire is holding here.
:01:48. > :01:51.TRANSLATION I have not heard anything, people in
:01:52. > :01:57.the bus I took today also said they did not hear anything, they stopped
:01:58. > :02:01.firing here around 5pm yesterday. Both sides already accuse each other
:02:02. > :02:09.of violating the cease-fire. Today a spokesman 's for the Ukrainian
:02:10. > :02:14.military said troops came under fire 28 times since yesterday evening.
:02:15. > :02:19.The rebel leaders believe they are the ones under attack, but they
:02:20. > :02:25.openly said their goal remains the creation of an independent state
:02:26. > :02:29.here. TRANSLATION Of course I will be glad if missile
:02:30. > :02:33.stopped exploding here but I will be more satisfied when the rebel army
:02:34. > :02:39.reaches the board of Romania. Then there will be an independent state
:02:40. > :02:45.called the new Russia. Ash macro the board of mania.
:02:46. > :02:49.Across the region it seems the cease-fire is holding the now
:02:50. > :02:53.although it is still a very fragile peace.
:02:54. > :02:55.The clinic in the Czech Republic which is prepared to treat
:02:56. > :02:58.a five year old boy with brain cancer says doctors will decide
:02:59. > :03:01.on Monday whether he's well enough to travel to Prague for treatment.
:03:02. > :03:04.Last night, a High Court judge ruled that Ashya King's family could take
:03:05. > :03:10.him to a clinic in Prague to receive proton beam therapy.
:03:11. > :03:15.Nick Beake is in Malaga, where Ashya and his family are.
:03:16. > :03:24.What is the latest? Well, this morning Ashya's family have been
:03:25. > :03:28.meeting with doctors and health officials, trying to finalise a plan
:03:29. > :03:32.which would see him discharged from hospital. A place where he's been
:03:33. > :03:36.treated this week. In the last ten minutes or so the lawyer for the
:03:37. > :03:43.family has arrived and he's been bringing is up-to-date with how the
:03:44. > :03:46.family are faring and how is doing. He is in perfect conditions to
:03:47. > :03:54.travel at the moment, he's playing with toys, with his parents. With
:03:55. > :04:00.his brother. And we are preparing the last documentation to travel.
:04:01. > :04:04.Well, the lawyer said Ashya's parents for their part, they were
:04:05. > :04:09.extremely grateful to the High Court judge in London, who said yes, now
:04:10. > :04:13.the family control to Prague for the proton beam treatment that they
:04:14. > :04:17.wanted. Remember it was nine days ago they decided to take him away
:04:18. > :04:22.without the consent of the doctors in Southampton, where he was
:04:23. > :04:25.treated. It's set in chain a series of events nobody could have
:04:26. > :04:30.predicted. It led to them being arrested here in Spain, detained for
:04:31. > :04:34.some time in a Spanish jail and separated for some time from their
:04:35. > :04:38.son. The latest though, is that Ashya is welcome in terms of when he
:04:39. > :04:43.could travel to the Czech Republic, the lawyer says this will happen
:04:44. > :04:46.either tomorrow or Monday -- that he is well.
:04:47. > :04:48.A man's appeared in court accused of murdering an elderly widow
:04:49. > :04:52.82 year old Palmira Silva was attacked in her garden on Thursday
:04:53. > :04:54.Nicholas Salvador, who's also been charged with
:04:55. > :04:59.attacking a police officer, has been remanded in custody.
:05:00. > :05:01.The government in Sierra Leone is preparing to impose
:05:02. > :05:05.a three day nationwide 'lockdown' - later this month - to try to halt
:05:06. > :05:11.The West African nation is one of the countries worst hit
:05:12. > :05:13.by the deadly disease which has claimed more than 2,000 lives.
:05:14. > :05:29.The fight to contain the deadly Ebola virus is on the move. This
:05:30. > :05:34.research team from South Africa has established a mobile laboratory in
:05:35. > :05:38.Sierra Leone's capital Freetown that health experts hope will drastically
:05:39. > :05:42.reduce the time taken to diagnose the disease. A matter of hours
:05:43. > :05:45.instead of days. It comes as the country announces a locked down to
:05:46. > :05:53.try to keep any spread to the minimum possible. Unfortunately
:05:54. > :05:58.there is no evidence yet that we control the outbreak, it is becoming
:05:59. > :06:03.even worse. With health workers in need of urgent supplies as they try
:06:04. > :06:07.to identify and isolate new cases of the Ebola virus across West Africa,
:06:08. > :06:15.the UN issued a rescue call and an appeal the $600 million. We have
:06:16. > :06:20.seen courageous and sponsors of health personnel, we are determined
:06:21. > :06:25.to show solidarity with them, and scalable efforts to tackle the
:06:26. > :06:29.epidemic. This is a huge and serious challenge and we are organising to
:06:30. > :06:35.meet it, and I am convinced we can succeed. In Sierra Leone, as in
:06:36. > :06:39.neighbouring countries, contain and control is the immediate strategy.
:06:40. > :06:43.Teams of volunteers will be deployed to make sure residents stay indoors
:06:44. > :06:48.for three days, but the lockdown is not due for nearly two weeks. With
:06:49. > :06:49.the virus spreading, it could be months before the epidemic is
:06:50. > :06:53.brought under control. You can see more on all of today's
:06:54. > :06:57.stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC One is
:06:58. > :07:14.at 5.40 - bye for now. Quite a lot of cloud has built up
:07:15. > :07:19.across the British Isles at the moment, it is not dry everywhere,
:07:20. > :07:21.this weather front is bringing rain across northern England and Wales.