welcome to bbc news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: celebrations on the streets of gaza, as israel and the palestinian militants agree to a ceasefire after 11 days of deadly conflict. the truce appears to be holding as it enters its third hour. it's 4am in gaza city, this is the scene live. in other news: prince william attacks the bbc after an inquiry heavily criticises the broadcaster over its interview with princess diana. it brings indescribable sadness to know that the bbc�*s failures contributed significantly to herfear, paranoia and isolation that i remember from those final years with her.

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to by the israeli security cabinet and palestinian militants. it has been described as �*mutual and unconditional�* — and came into effect at 2:00am local time. it's reported cairo will send security delegations to israel and the palestinian territories to help uphold the ceasefire. president biden has welcomed the cessation of hostilities — which he said presented an opportunity for progress in the middle east. speaking a little earlier, mr biden said the truce was the result of �*intense discussions�* and he praised the role egypt had played in the process. here�*s a little of what he said. the united states is committed to working with the united nations and we remain committed to working with the united nations and other international stakeholders to provide rapid humanitarian assistance and a martial international support for the people of gaza and the gazan reconstruction efforts. we will do this in full partnership, with the palestinian authority, not hamas, the authority, in a manner that doesn not permit hamas to simply restock its military arsenal. i believe the palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely and to enjoy

equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy. my administration will continue our quiet relentless diplomacy toward that end. jason greenblatt was the white house middle east envoy during the trump administration and hejoins me now from newjersey. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. what does this ceasefire achieve that previous failed ceasefires didn�*t? achieve that previous failed ceasefires didn't?— achieve that previous failed ceasefires didn't? thanks for havin: ceasefires didn't? thanks for having me- _ ceasefires didn't? thanks for having me- i _ ceasefires didn't? thanks for having me. i think— ceasefires didn't? thanks for having me. i think the - having me. i think the ceasefire achieve what all the other ceasefire achieve which is a period, hopefully, a longer period of calm but on a temporary basis. they listened to president biden�*s words and they sound wonderful and i wish they sound wonderful and i wish they were achievable but in the

end you have bloodthirsty terrorists, hamas, with a puppet master around behind them, attack israel, attack israel, because suffering for 2 million palestinians in gaza. it isjust million palestinians in gaza. it is just a temporary hold. unfortunately there is nothing more that can be done at this moment so i am glad they got it done, i�*m glad that israel did what it needed to do to defend itself over the last 11 days which were horrific because hamas... i�*m glad the palestinians and israelis will have a period of calm, hope it is a long period. to as your question in short, it is not terribly different to what has been struck before.- terribly different to what has been struck before. going back over previous _ been struck before. going back over previous conflicts - been struck before. going back over previous conflicts over - over previous conflicts over the last ten, 15 years, what did israel achieve military? —— militarily? it certainly didn�*t achieve all of its objectives, did it? achieve all of its ob'ectives, did it? ., , , achieve all of its ob'ectives, did it? . , , ., did it? ultimately, they want to do hamas. _ to do hamas. what israel did was clean out as much as they could without causing tremendous collateral damage. i

think they needed to do this because over 4000 missiles were launched at israeli cities and i think they are doing their best to manage a difficult situation.— best to manage a difficult situation. , �* , ., , situation. isn't the problem here that — situation. isn't the problem here that there _ situation. isn't the problem here that there is _ situation. isn't the problem here that there is no - here that there is no legitimacy, politically, on either side? legitimacy, politically, on eitherside? how legitimacy, politically, on either side? how must controls gaza stop mahmoud abbas, the president of the protestant —— a la sineen authority, bibi netanyahu who can�*t form a government. politically we are in a vacuum. government. politically we are in a vacuum-— in a vacuum. israel is a democracy _ in a vacuum. israel is a democracy and - in a vacuum. israel is a democracy and they . in a vacuum. israel is a | democracy and they are functioning, functioning well, and i think they did a very good job irrespective of the difficult political situation they are in. you pointed out something very important which is the palestinian authority. they have no jurisdiction is the palestinian authority. they have nojurisdiction in gaza. hamas and the palestinian authority hate each other. the palestinian authority is fearful of hamas. present biden

using the palestinian authority to reconstruct, i think it is an idea. i don�*t get is going to work because the palestinian authority can�*t get in there. mahmoud abbas has been in power reallyjust by his own choice for the last ten years with that he hasn�*t even put himself up that he hasn�*t even put himself up for election, has he? you are correct _ up for election, has he? you are correct and _ up for election, has he? you are correct and i _ up for election, has he? you are correct and i think - up for election, has he? mm, are correct and i think that up for election, has he? mt, are correct and i think that is terrible for the palestinian people and is terrible for the eventual prospect for peace. we must leave _ eventual prospect for peace. we must leave it there. thanks very much indeed forjoining us on bbc news. this is the scene live in gaza city, where crowds came out onto the streets, after the truce was announced. rula jebreal is visiting professor of international relation and global politics programme at the university of miami. she�*s in new york.

i asked her what her thoughts were about the legitimacy of this ceasefire. the cessation of aerial offensive is critical and very important. however, all the root causes remain unsolved and rage on. you still have ethnic religious violence all over israel. this is a new development. we just had the the fourth election in two years and you have bibi netanyahu who was not supposed to form government, was unable to form government. now, he might actually be able to form a government. all of his corruption charges for bribery and corruption will be put aside until probably he will be the caretaker in this government and they will. .. crosstalk. you also have mahmoud abbas, the 85—year—old palestinian president, who has not held elections for 15 years. no palestinian under the age of 34 has ever taken part in a national election.

you are absolutely right. however, mahmoud abbas is some kind of a mayor of ramallah or the occupied territories. the real president of the occupied territory is the israeli general who controls if mahmoud abbas leaves his home or doesn�*t leave his home, if mahmoud abbas can go out or travel or does not travel. and that israeli general takes orders from the israeli prime minister. so who controls the land from the sea, the mediterranean sea, to thejordan river is israel. so if we look to who won this round, i would say bibi netanyahu. he managed to delay a new coalition to be replacing his government. he managed to take everybody back to the same point that this started. we had four wars in 14 years with gaza, and gaza is still under siege. eastjerusalem people are being evicted, displaced. we still have now the occupied territories still under

occupation with 200 settlements and 600,000 settlers so the situation is escalating, it�*s... crosstalk. who conceded what then, or was it pressure from the united states that finally made israel halt this offensive? it was simply president biden pressured by the democratic party — especially the left wing of the democratic party. you have two senators in congress — jon 0ssoff and bernie sanders — twojewish senators who are demanding a change of approach, a change of paradigm towards israel and they are demanding from him them to tie the military aid — $4 billion — to a set of conditions which means respect of human rights and international law. this is a new language. it�*s a pivot from what the trump approach is to be. the trump approach was take it all, total annexation, do whatever you want. and we saw bibi netanyahu emboldened by trump

and by a group of people in the region, especially the gulf — mbz, mbs — and he thought that he could ignore the conflict. with this round of escalation, we saw that you cannot ignore the conflict because if you ignore it, actually it will fester, it will radicalise and we saw these horrific scenes all over israel — synagogues, mosques, churches were burned, people were lynched in the street — so that means the conflict that is in the west bank or in the occupied territories or in besieged gaza is now entering israel. and this is the new reality. rula jebreal. in other news — prince william has launched a scathing attack on the bbc, after a highly critical report into the way one of its reporters martin bashir obtained an interview with diana, princess of wales in 1995. the duke of cambridge said the findings of the report by lord dyson had brought him

indescribable sadness. in the 100 plus pages of his report lord dyson says: martin bashir was deceitful in the way he obtained the interview. that the bbc�*s own investigation at the time was woefully ineffective, and that the bbc covered up what it actually knew about how the interview was obtained. here�*s our media editor amol rajan — a warning, his report contains some flashing images. it was the interview of the century. well, there were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded. watched by almost 23 million people, martin bashir�*s panorama shocked the world. but only now do we know the real story behind the story. in a devastating critique of the bbc, lord dyson has laid bare a catalogue of of moral and editorialfailures. he says bashir was devious and dishonest, lying repeatedly to secure the interview and explain his conduct.

lord dyson says the bbc investigation into how the interview was obtained was woefully ineffective, and he adds, without justification, the bbc fell crucial information that it knew but didn�*t give to the media. princess diana and prince charles were already separated at the time of the interview. early in september 1995, bashir met earl spencer. he showed him fake bank statements to suggest payments had been made to informants around diana. earl spencer introduced bashir to diana. this constituted a serious breach of the guidelines at the time. the interview aired, but soon journalists at the daily mail group and elsewhere started asking questions. a bbc investigation led by tony hall, later director—general, cleared bashir, but earl spencer was not approached, a big

mistake, according to dyson. in august 1996, prince charles and princess diana were divorced. she died a year later. and in panorama tonight, earl spencer explained the effect that bashir�*s deception had. the first statements that i was shown, the first fake bank statements were to get my trust. the second set was to get to diana, and then to get the interview, so it�*s a very clear chain from anyone logical�*s point of view. the irony is that i met martin bashir on the 31st of august, 1995, because exactly two years later she died. and i do draw a line between the two events. this is a young girl in her mid—30s who has lived this extraordinarily turbulent, difficult time in the public eye. she didn�*t know who to trust and, in the end, when she died two years later, she was without any form of real protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the programme and spoke

about it backstage afterwards. i can tell you, being 33 years old and facing up to the fact that actually you probably will never do another interview like that again in your life, you will never make a programme like that, and that�*s daunting. he left the bbc last week, having been rehired in 2016, and has long argued that diana would have agreed to speak to him without the fake bank statements. in a statement, bashir said: lord hall of birkenhead — who, as the director of bbc news, led the investigation into bashir�*s conduct and was, apologised today and said that he was wrong to give bashir the benefit of the doubt. his successor was similarly contrite. there are multiple failures for the bbc to reflect on. 25 years ago, but still

they are very serious and, if you�*re an organisation that cares about truthful, honestjournalism and proper practice, i think this is very difficult read. do you think you will ever be queen? no, idon't, no. why do you think that? i'd like to be a queen - of people's hearts, in people's hearts, but i don't see myself being queen of this country. i tonight, the bbc has said that it has no plans to show the panorama interview in full again. amol rajan, bbc news. prince wililam has made a statement from kensington palace, where diana also used to live, after the report was released. it�*s highly unusual for a member of the royal family to speak out publicly like this. this is what he had to say. i�*d like to thank lord dyson and his team for the report.

it is welcome that the bbc accepts lord dyson�*s findings in full, which are extremely concerning — that bbc employees lied and used fake documents to obtain the interview with my mother, made lurid and false claims about the royal family which played on herfears and fuelled paranoia, displayed woeful incompetence when investigating complaints and concerns about the programme, and were evasive in their reporting to the media and covered up what they knew from their internal investigation. it is my view that the deceitful way the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said. the interview was a major contribution to making my parents�* relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. it brings indescribable sadness to know that the bbc�*s failures contributed significantly to herfear, paranoia and isolation that i remember from those final years with her. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come, more on the ceasefire between israel and the hamas militants in gaza. these are the pick live where the ceasefire came into effect at two pm local time appears to be holding. microphone the pictures —— the pictures. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi�*s body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi�*s final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it�*s become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far! - but suddenly, the police - are tear—gassing the crowd — we don't yet know why! the pre—launch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive.

in the last hour, east timor has become the world�*s newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: after 11 days of conflict, a ceasefire between israel and the palestinian militant group hamas appears to be holding. this is the scene live in gaza city. it is now 18 minutes past four in the morning there, a ceasefire came into effect at two p.m.. staying with that news of the ceasefire, i�*m joined now by avi mayer, managing director of global communications for the american jewish committee.

thank you forjoining us. the thank you for “oining us. the ceasefire — thank you for “oining us. the ceasefire is _ thank you forjoining us. the ceasefire is holding, which is fantastic news for civilians on both sides, but the core issues here have not really been addressed at all, have they? inaudible. in gaza but certainly hamas remains a tremendous problem for both israel maika for israelis and palestinians and the goal for israel in this round of fighting was twofold, to secure calm and bring about a situation in which millions of israelis were not under threat of rockets from hamas and the second was sent hamas a message, that it was not in its interest to lawn any kind of violence with israel in the future. ,, ,, �* violence with israel in the future. ,,,, ~ �* violence with israel in the future. ,,,, ~ ., future. crosstalk. hasn't hamas sent a message — future. crosstalk. hasn't hamas sent a message to _ future. crosstalk. hasn't hamas sent a message to palestinians, . sent a message to palestinians, though, in the occupied west bank as well that actually, they have created international

headlines and they really are leading now the palestinian cause, unlike fontana which sums did not want to hold elections this time around because they were fearful of losing to hamas?— losing to hamas? certainly there were _ losing to hamas? certainly there were internal - losing to hamas? certainly - there were internal palestinian dynamics at play, the dynamics as you have mentioned between fatah and hamas. strengthened on the back of the hundreds who were killed and thousands injured in the campaign and certainly i would hope that palestinians would choose a more brighter and peaceful future and that is not with hamas. �* hamas. but there is a political vacuum on both sides with - vacuum on both sides with netanyahu not able to form a government, it has been handed over now who is going to do that, who is in charge of the moment?— that, who is in charge of the moment? . ,~ ., , moment? netanyahu remains the caretaker prime _ moment? netanyahu remains the caretaker prime minister - moment? netanyahu remains the caretaker prime minister of - caretaker prime minister of israel but of course this is

run by him together with the military and the military as a professional military and it does not matter who the prime minister is at the time and they will carry out whatever orders international law that they must and i don�*t think we should all doubt that that was the top priority for the military during the past few days. military during the past few da s. �* , , ., days. and is israel fearful of the change in _ days. and is israel fearful of the change in presidents, i days. and is israel fearful of the change in presidents, if| the change in presidents, if with president trump there was no better friend to with president trump there was no betterfriend to israel with president trump there was no better friend to israel in particular, prime minister netanyahu, but is israel now fearful of changes within the democratic party, particularly from the left?— from the left? president biden is a steadfast friend _ from the left? president biden is a steadfast friend of - from the left? president biden is a steadfast friend of the - is a steadfast friend of the state of israel who have been throughout his entire career, when he was in the senate as well as vice president and now as president of the united states is cabinet is full of figures who are friendly to israel and the democratic party, israel is one of the few issues that is a true consensus

issue, both democrats and publicans supporting the publica ns supporting the relationship publicans supporting the relationship but it is true there are some marginal voices within the extremes of either party that are critical of that relationship. those will remain marginal and certainly will not come to anyway dominate this course for discourse which is a said remains tremendously supportive. said remains tremendously suaportive-_ supportive. thank you very much. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news. over the past few weeks, the world has seen the horror of covid�*s second wave in india with around 4000 people dying each day, according to officialfigures. the real number is likely to be much higher. 0rla guerin tells the story of one young woman in delhi whose family say other countries should learn lessons from india�*s devastating experience. please don�*t take corona so lightly. very bad, very bad symptoms. gravely ill, fighting

for every breath... i am not able to speak, but i really want to convey my message to all. ..it was to be a final message from dimple arora, who was thinking of others and of her unborn child. and especially, during my pregnancy, i really don�*t want... dimple lost her unborn baby at seven months. the next day, she could fight no more. she left behind a three—year—old son. she was the most, most energetic person. she was so strong. she was the last person that we thought that could go to covid. but covid made a widower of ravish chawla. her pregnancy made her vulnerable. he says dimple, who was 34 and a dentist, celebrated life and treasured every moment with their son. here, precious memories...

hi! we went to the regents park. it's beautiful. ..of a family holiday in london in 2019. ravish says the death of his wife and so many more here should be a warning to the uk and the world. if the covid is going down in your place, do not take it lightly. it was going down here in india, but it came like wildfire. people were unguarded. and it affected healthy people, it affected pregnant women, so do not take your guard down at all. india did, and this

was the result. now the indian variant has spread to more than 40 countries and is multiplying in the uk. this strain is highly, highly infectious, i can tell you. earlier, it was the elderly. now it is the young. the virus is evolving and it has been affecting a lot many younger people here in india. dimple arora was a young woman, focused on the future, on new life. her husband consoles himself with the belief that, since her death last month, she is with the child they lost. i talk to myself, you know? i talk to myself, you know — "she must have wanted to take care of the second baby. "she did not want to leave him alone." she was a mother. she was a great soul. 0 rla 0rla guerin on the story of that tragic family in delhi. you are watching bbc news. back

in 30 minutes with another edition of all of the latest of course from israel and from gaza but from me and the team, we will see you soon. hello again. thursday brought us an unusually deep area of low pressure for the time of year. it brought some very powerful—looking seas to the coastline of newquay in cornwall — there, a look at the pretty impressive waves battering the coastline here — and the strongest winds were around the coasts of south west england and wales. the strongest gusts were well into the 60s to low 70s of miles an hour, peaking with a gust of 73 mph in pembrey sands in south wales. and, of course, it was pretty wet as well. the wettest weather is across this central swathe of the uk. 36mm for north wales. but in sharp contrast to that, it was mainly dry across north west scotland and there was barely a drop of rain across the south east. the rain will continue to be variable on into friday, thanks to ourfamiliar slow—moving friend, our area of low pressure here. so we�*ve got rain at the moment.

the rain�*s getting heavier, the winds a bit stronger across eastern scotland but for many of us, it will stay pretty blustery over the next few hours with those strong gale force gusts of wind pummelling the coasts and the hills. more rain to come as well. but it�*s not too cold as we head into friday morning. now, the wettest weather through the day will be across wales, northern england, eastern scotland. the rain not amounting to much for north west scotland. it will ease off in northern ireland and there probably won�*t be that much in the south east, but the winds will be very strong, gusting to 50—60 mph around those english channel coasts, perhaps 70 mph gusts somewhere like the needles, the west coast of the isle of wight, and those temperatures disappointing. just 13 in london. well, it should be about 19 at this time of year. saturday, brighter, but there�*ll be some showers around, some of them heavy and thundery. sunday sees a return of more wet weather pushing in from the west. it will also be quite windy. so, saturday�*s weather first of all. might be some rain there or thereabouts in the south, certainly quite a few showers across eastern areas as we start the day. the best of any brighter

weather probably developing across northern and western areas of the uk as we go through the afternoon. and those temperatures still pretty disappointing — 12 in glasgow, should be about 16 at this time of year. and sunday, bright start with some sunshine. this band of rain is going to move in from the west with strengthening winds followed by showers in northern ireland later in the day. well, some of those could be pretty heavy as well. and those temperatures, 11—12 degrees celsius — really poor for this stage of may. and even into next week, there�*ll be showers around.

this is bbc news, the headlines: there�*ve been celebrations on the streets of gaza with a ceasefire between israel and the palestinian militants appearing to hold. the egypt—brokered deal came after 11 days of conflict in which more than 240 people died — most of them palestinians. president biden welcomed the deal and described it as a �*genuine opportunity�* for progress in the middle east. he said the us will help israel replenish its missile defences and promised humanitarian and reconstruction aid for gaza. prince william�*s launched a scathing attack on the bbc after an inquiry found the broadcaster covered up the findings of an investigation into its interview with princess diana. he said the corporations failings worsened the relationship between his parents and increased his mother�*s paranoia and anxiety.