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This is BBC World News Today with me Daniela Ritorto. | :00:00. | :00:09. | |
A long-term ceasefire is agreed between the Palestinians and Israel. | :00:10. | :00:16. | |
Crowds celebrate with gunfire on the streets of Gaza City. | :00:17. | :00:20. | |
We will be looking at what has been agreed. | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
A stiff handshake between Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
counterpart in Minsk, just hours after Kiev released video of Russian | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
A new-look government has been unveiled in France, | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
but will the new cabinet just be facing the same old problems? | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
And she's back! Kate Bush takes to the stage | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
at London's Hammersmith Apollo for her first live show since 1979. | :00:55. | :01:11. | |
After seven weeks and more than 2,000 deaths, a long-term ceasefire | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
has been agreed between the Israelis and Palestinians to end | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
It officially came into force two hours ago. | :01:22. | :01:26. | |
Despite many earlier temporary ceasefires, | :01:27. | :01:28. | |
this time both sides say they're committed to a long-term truce. | :01:29. | :01:30. | |
Let's take a look at some of the details. | :01:31. | :01:36. | |
The agreement involves the opening of Gaza's border | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
crossings with Israel and Egypt for aid and reconstruction supplies, | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
as well as a widening of its fishing zone in the Mediterranean. | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
The two sides will meet again in a month's time where they're | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
expected to talk about other sticking points, including | :01:52. | :01:53. | |
the release of 100 Palestinian prisoners recently rearrested | :01:54. | :01:55. | |
Let's go live now to Jerusalem and speak to Kevin Connolly. | :01:56. | :02:07. | |
I guess my question is why now? What gave? | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
This was the unlimited cease-fire that both sides were waiting for. | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
Both sides claiming victory, not clear what pushed either side to | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
agree. It is clear the biggest force behind the talks were the Egyptians. | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
The Palestinian president thanked Qatar for their help and the | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
Americans for their help, so it could be right that pressure was put | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
on the political leader of Hamas and was a sticking point to the talks. | :02:46. | :02:54. | |
Perhaps pressure was put on him by Qatar. It is difficult to know what | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
happens behind the scenes. But we know both sides will meet cam with | :03:00. | :03:02. | |
calm, they will continue to hold back and not fire and within that | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
context you are more likely to see reconstruction following in over the | :03:10. | :03:10. | |
borders. -- cam. -- were expecting it to be sooner when | :03:11. | :03:26. | |
the Israelis and Palestinians need sooner and start discussing some of | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
these infrastructure projects, things like sea ports and airports | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
that have been on the table for many years and have not been resolved. | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
There is a lots to be seen and it is a huge challenge. In the meantime, | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
we are at this stage, like you said, with an unending cease-fire, so | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
there is no time limit dependent on any other negotiations and we are | :03:50. | :03:59. | |
expecting the cam to carry on. -- calm. | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
Here's the moment the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, confirmed | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
We have managed to declare our acceptance to the Egyptian | :04:05. | :04:17. | |
initiative, with Gaza being provided with foodstuff and supplies and | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
reconstruction efforts, desperately needed. We confirm that our full | :04:22. | :04:39. | |
appreciation Egypt who have done a lot for a long time to reach a | :04:40. | :04:43. | |
formula that all parties could agree to. And also confirm that the state | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
of Qatar has also participated in that. | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
Mahmoud Abbas there. The Israeli government spokesman | :04:52. | :04:53. | |
Mark Regev is in Jerusalem for us. Hamas is claiming this as a victory. | :04:54. | :05:04. | |
We saw gunfire in the streets there. Is this an Israeli victory, though? | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
First of all, let's hope the cease-fire holds. We have had a | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
whole series that have been violated by Hamas and we hope this does well. | :05:16. | :05:29. | |
Is it a victory for Israel? Our goal was to end rocket fire on Israeli | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
civilians, to end the terra tunnels. -- | :05:36. | :05:45. | |
Terror. Our Israel is safer than they were 50 days ago? -- are | :05:46. | :06:00. | |
Israelis. They are safer as the network of tunnels has been | :06:01. | :06:10. | |
eliminated. We have taken out a large part of their missile | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
stockpiles, their rocket arsenals, that has been achieved, and I think | :06:16. | :06:19. | |
Hamas leadership understands today, probably better than before, that it | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
is not in their interest to target Israeli civilians. But the proof of | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
the pudding will be in the eating. I hope Hamas honours this commitment | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
is to nonviolence. If they do, we can start normalising our | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
relationship with Gaza. What with that look like? We impose | :06:41. | :06:48. | |
restrictions on Gaza because there was a security threat. They were | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
shooting rockets at our people, they were conducting attacks. If that is | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
to cease, that allows us to have a more normal relationship regarding | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
fishing and border crossings and other issues that are important to | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
the people of Gaza. Many thanks for joining us. | :07:06. | :07:08. | |
My pleasure. It was an awkward handshake, | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
but the presidents of Russia and Ukraine did meet | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
for the first time in months today. The meeting came hours after Ukraine | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
detained ten Russian soldiers on its soil, claiming they were | :07:18. | :07:19. | |
on a special mission 20 kilometres But officials | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
in Moscow say the soldiers crossed Our correspondent Steve Rosenberg | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
reports from close to Ukrainian tanks on the move. The | :07:31. | :07:48. | |
front line is ten miles from here. But it felt much closer. This is the | :07:49. | :08:00. | |
town. They have grown used to the sound of water here. -- war. At the | :08:01. | :08:10. | |
local hospital, casualties keep arriving. This person lost a leg. It | :08:11. | :08:19. | |
is Russia she blames. She believes Moscow is behind the rebellion in | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
eastern Ukraine. TRANSLATION: Dear Mr Putin, we are told that fighters | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
and weapons are coming from Russia. Take pity on us as we are choking | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
from Greece and blood. Please take back your men. -- grief. | :08:36. | :08:45. | |
Ukraine released a video of Russian paratroopers who have been captured | :08:46. | :08:50. | |
in eastern Ukraine. Russia denies sending troops. A military source | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
told a Russian news agency that the men had crossed over by accident. | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
Embarrassing for Moscow, but it had not stopped Ukraine's President | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
Petro Poroshenko shaking hands with the Russian president at a summit in | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
Minsk. Expectations for the meeting were low, it is unlikely to change | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
the reality on the ground any time soon. | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
were low, it is unlikely to change the reality In recent weeks, | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
Ukrainian forces have made some gains in the fight against the | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
separatists. But the militants are digging in and there is no end in | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
sight to the fighting. This was Donetsk today, the pro-Russian | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
fighters that control the city accuse the Ukrainian military of | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
indiscriminate shelling. In one underground shelter, Marina says she | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
wants her old life back. TRANSLATION: A peaceful life, where | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
children can walk outside without fear. For now, it is life in the | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
basement that is the safer option. For more on Ukraine, | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
you can visit our website. There you'll find background | :09:54. | :09:57. | |
and analysis on key figures in the conflict, as well as a | :09:58. | :10:00. | |
timeline on the crisis in Ukraine. An independent investigation has | :10:01. | :10:15. | |
found evidence of what it calls appalling abuse of at least 1400 | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
children in a town in northern England. The investigation over a | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
period of 16 years as girls as young as 11 were raped many times over and | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
that local authorities knew about it. | :10:29. | :10:36. | |
For more than a decade, young children face -- faced brutality. We | :10:37. | :10:46. | |
know that the police and council both knew. It is hard to describe | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
the appalling nature of the abuse the victims suffered. Today the | :10:51. | :11:02. | |
failings were revealed. They were traffic to other towns and cities in | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
the North of England. They were taken, beaten and intimidated. There | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
were examples of children being doused with petrol and been | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
threatened to be set alight. They were threatened with guns, maybe to | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
witness rates and threatened that they would be next if they told | :11:20. | :11:25. | |
anyone. -- made to witness rates. The report reveals that young | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
children, many in care, were repeatedly... There are some things | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
that I don't remember, but there are things I will never forget. We have | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
protected this woman's identity. Speaking to Panorama, she said she | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
was 14 when the abuse began. The man that allegedly groomed and raped her | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
has never been arrested. The police were aware and they never stopped | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
it. I think it encouraged him and it almost became a game to him, he was | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
untouchable. The report says the abusers were mainly from Britain's | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
Pakistani community. Today's inquiry says their was concern about | :12:10. | :12:18. | |
highlighting their ethnicity. The report says it wants to downplay the | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
ethnic dimensional. They were more concerned about: -- more concerned | :12:25. | :12:33. | |
about community cohesion. There were many people that ought to have been | :12:34. | :12:40. | |
better protected. I am deeply sorry for it. Should you consider your | :12:41. | :12:48. | |
position? The report makes it plain that services have improved and they | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
are improved under my tenure. Can people have confidence in Rotherham | :12:54. | :12:58. | |
Council? I think the report indicates they can and that services | :12:59. | :13:05. | |
have improved. An apology from the police, too, the force ignorant | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
victims. We recognise we failed. From the start, I wanted to offer a | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
sincere apology to victims and families. Were told that change is | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
here. Council and police say victims were listened to. Too late for the | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
childhoods, ruined by years of abuse. | :13:29. | :13:38. | |
The first votes in the Scottish independence referendum are close to | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
being cast. Postal ballots have been sent out from today. Last night, the | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
final debate featured fiery exchanges. Let -- and they clashed | :13:48. | :14:00. | |
on the currency, the NHS and Britain's Trident nuclear | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
deterrence. A snap poll of Scott says that Alex Salmond was the | :14:06. | :14:06. | |
better performer. Now a look at some | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
of the days other news. Senior American officials say | :14:11. | :14:12. | |
President Obama has authorised surveillance flights over Syria | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
intended to gather intelligence on Defence officials say Mr Obama | :14:16. | :14:17. | |
approved reconnaissance flights over The US is already carrying out air | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
strikes against Islamic State The World Health Organisation's | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
calling for a ban on the use of It also wants sales | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
to children to stop. In a report, | :14:31. | :14:36. | |
the health body says there must be no more claims that the devices can | :14:37. | :14:38. | |
help smokers quit, until there is Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has | :14:39. | :14:41. | |
been hit by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake, the largest since | :14:42. | :14:49. | |
tremors began in the area last week. The country's weather bureau said | :14:50. | :14:53. | |
despite the shock - the fourth magnitude five quake | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
in 48 hours - there is still no sign The president of Iraq's autonomous | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
Kurdish region has said that Iran supplied weapons and ammunition to | :15:02. | :15:15. | |
Iraqi Kurds to help them fight President Massoud Barzani made | :15:16. | :15:18. | |
the remarks as the Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif | :15:19. | :15:21. | |
visited the region's capital, Irbil. Speaking | :15:22. | :15:24. | |
at a joint press conference, Mr Zarif said Iran would not be | :15:25. | :15:25. | |
sending any soldiers to the region. In The key people require | :15:26. | :15:41. | |
assistance, including defence assistance. | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
-- the people of Iraq. We do not intend to send soldiers there. We | :15:49. | :15:50. | |
believe that the volunteers and intend to send soldiers there. We | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
regular army are quite capable of defending their territory. | :15:57. | :16:05. | |
The UN says that one of its helicopters has crashed in Sudan. | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
Three crewmen were killed and one was injured. They said that the | :16:11. | :16:13. | |
cargo helicopter may have been shot down in an area that is contested | :16:14. | :16:16. | |
between the government and rebels. The French president, | :16:17. | :16:19. | |
Francois Hollande, has unveiled his new government, after it was | :16:20. | :16:20. | |
forced to resign on Monday. The ministers who publicly | :16:21. | :16:23. | |
criticised the President's economic policies are out, but some familiar | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
names have remained in their posts. We'll be live in France | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
for some analysis in a moment, but first let's take a look at what | :16:29. | :16:30. | |
kind of France will they inherit. We will speak to an expert via web | :16:31. | :17:44. | |
link. Bruno Cautres, | :17:45. | :17:49. | |
from the Centre for the Study of French Political Life, joins us | :17:50. | :17:51. | |
now via web link from Grenoble. The third cabinet this week. Will it | :17:52. | :18:04. | |
make a difference? Most of the Cabinet were already | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
bad. There has been one significant change, the former adviser of | :18:10. | :18:16. | |
Francois Hollande, who is believed to be the right side of his brain. | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
It is the most important sign, which is that he will replace him. | :18:23. | :18:31. | |
We should talk about Francois Hollande. He has faced open | :18:32. | :18:39. | |
rebellion. He is only two years into his presidency. His ratings are | :18:40. | :18:43. | |
abysmal, so is the economy. What will it take to turn things around? | :18:44. | :18:49. | |
I do not think that there is any choice for him, he has to do go the | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
same direction that he has. He said in January that he was going to be a | :18:57. | :19:02. | |
social democrat. He wants France to reduce its deficit. There is the | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
question of the competitiveness of the French economy. He went so far | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
into that direction now that there will be no U-turn to the left. | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
We have seen the headlines today about the crisis on the left. But | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
the right side is a mess as well, they have no leader and they are | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
divided. Yes, the right is divided. The only | :19:32. | :19:41. | |
winner is Le Pen. The right is just waiting for the return of Sarkozy, | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
which will probably be announced in September. | :19:48. | :19:51. | |
I heard some analysis today that was interesting that was put to me that | :19:52. | :19:57. | |
there was criticism of the posterity policy being introduced by Francois | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
Hollande and the government. But France is not being steered enough | :20:02. | :20:14. | |
-- is not being Ostia -- is not cutting costs enough in the eyes of | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
the world? Yes, I think that Francois Hollande | :20:19. | :20:25. | |
will explain in a few days that he is suffering from the political | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
situation in France that actually he needs help from Germany and Angela | :20:32. | :20:39. | |
Merkel, and to delays, because it is obvious that France will not be able | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
to reduce its deficit in the short time. It is likely that the GDP will | :20:46. | :20:52. | |
be more than 4%. So I think that Francois Hollande will try and | :20:53. | :20:56. | |
convince the Germans that he has now shown that he is going in the | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
direction of competitiveness, but he needs help and he needs to be | :21:03. | :21:04. | |
supported by Germany. The enigmatic singer Kate Bush is | :21:05. | :21:12. | |
just minutes away from taking to the stage | :21:13. | :21:14. | |
for the first time in 35 years. It was in 1979 that she performed | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
her one and only live tour And that's where she | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
and her fans are right now. I can feel the excitement from here. | :21:21. | :21:35. | |
What is happening? Yes, the last time at Kate Bush | :21:36. | :21:45. | |
played a gig was 1979, here at the same venue, Hammersmith Apollo. I | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
have spoken to people who have come from Australia, Thailand, Los | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
Angeles, some without tickets, desperate to get in. This man has | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
been standing here with a sign. How happy are you? I am delighted. | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
People are coming from all over to see the singer that they thought | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
would never play live again. # It is me, Cathy #. | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
This is the moment that made Kate Bush a star, in 1978. Wuthering | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
Heights was the first song by a woman to top the charts. The next | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
year, she went even further. It was an experience that she loved. | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
I you really happy? I cannot believe the audience. | :22:43. | :22:50. | |
Since then, Kate Bush has released at albums, one at albums, 18 BRIT | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
Award and become one of music's most influential artists. | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
None of her songs are normal. She is just too she is. She is a | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
mystery. What she has never done is play | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
another show until tonight. But why? The time has not been right. I think | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
that she has spent her time writing and recording these albums and she | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
is a perfectionist. I think that is what she felt her time was best | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
spent doing, was creating music and also raising her family. | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
But now the wait is finally over. I cannot wait. It is some exciting. | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
I have waited 35 years that it will happen now. I have no words. | :23:36. | :23:42. | |
Just like her life, these shows have been shrouded in mystery. Although | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
her concert poster shows her in a life jacket, leading to expectations | :23:49. | :23:52. | |
that there could be a watery theme. Tonight, people will find out. | :23:53. | :23:58. | |
Yes, so much excitement about a night's gig, mainly because people | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
do not know what will be in them. There could be a theme about water. | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
He pulled believe that she has been training in a flotation tank. I will | :24:09. | :24:13. | |
see if I can speak to someone. You live on the BBC. I have seen some | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
people arriving. Frank Skinner, Lily Allen. Here are some more people | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
arriving. They are getting their tickets out. You are live on the | :24:28. | :24:37. | |
BBC. Where have you come from? Not too far away. What are you | :24:38. | :24:39. | |
expecting? It will be incredible. | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
Who is the biggest fan. I am. I am expecting to say hello to | :24:44. | :24:51. | |
Kate Bush afterwards. You have a secret past. What you | :24:52. | :24:56. | |
think that she will be playing? I hope that she will play all the | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
hits. It will be really the actual call. | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
Why has she not been playing music for so long? | :25:07. | :25:09. | |
She has been looking after her little boy. | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
It looks like you manage to get here. Did you buy your tickets? | :25:13. | :25:19. | |
I did. I know somebody in the band. She has not played for 35 years. How | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
much excitement is there? There is quite a lot. Look around. | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
There is a buzz in the air. When it starts in 20 minutes time. | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
Enjoy meeting her afterwards. There are the fans heading into Kate | :25:37. | :25:44. | |
Bush's first gig in more than 20 years. | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
Now, we do like to bring you pictures of the weird and wonderful | :25:48. | :25:50. | |
here on World News Today and here's a beauty from Australia. | :25:51. | :25:52. | |
Two farmers in Tasmania found this sheep, who | :25:53. | :25:54. | |
they believe has been wandering wild for six years and never been shorn. | :25:55. | :25:57. | |
Peter and Netty Hazel discovered the animal, they nicknamed Shaun, | :25:58. | :26:00. | |
wandering on their farm and decided to take him in. | :26:01. | :26:04. | |
They estimate his coat weighs 20 kilos. | :26:05. | :26:07. | |
They plan to shearing Shaun to see if he can break the record for | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
Before we go, here are the main headlines. | :26:12. | :26:26. | |
After seven weeks, more than 2000 deaths, a long-term cease-fire has | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
been agreed between the Israelis and Palestinians. This is the scene live | :26:33. | :26:37. | |
here in Gaza City, where for the two hours, there has been gunfire in the | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
street in celebration at the end of the conflict at least for now. Thank | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
you for watching the programme. See you again soon. | :26:50. | :26:50. | |
Much of the UK on Tuesday had sunshine around. Southern areas had | :26:51. | :27:06. | |
sunshine and showers. It will | :27:07. | :27:07. |