this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. fireworks replace rockets in the skies above gaza, after israel and the palestinian militants agree to a ceasefire to end 11 days of deadly violence. five hours in, the egyptian—brokered truce appears to be holding. this is the scene live as dawn breaks in gaza city. 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.

and four times the size of new york city, satellite snaps help scientists spot the world's biggest iceberg, just formed in antarctica. hello and welcome. after eleven days of fighting — that's claimed the lives of more than 230 palestinians and 12 israelis. the deal was brokered by egypt and was agreed to by the israeli security cabinet and palestinian militants. it has been described as �*mutual

and unconditional�* peace pact and came into effect five hours ago. 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. courtney bembridge reports. there were celebrations on the streets of gaza city after deceased —— ceasefire came into effect in the early hours of the morning. it brings to an end 11 days of tom barden and in which more than 240 people have died, mostly in gaza. hamas is the militant group that rules there and this was its reaction to the truce. translation: i say that today, this battle stops but netanyahu and the whole world should know that our hands are on the

trigger and we will continue to mmp trigger and we will continue to ramp up the capabilities of this resistance and we will tell netanyahu and his army, "if you come back, we will come back." q . "if you come back, we will come back." y . ., back." the office of the israeli prime _ back." the office of the israeli prime minister l back." the office of the - israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the ceasefire was mutual and unconditional that some israelis in tel aviv were doubtful about how long it will last. . ., , were doubtful about how long it will last. . . , , will last. the ceasefire is aood will last. the ceasefire is good for _ will last. the ceasefire is good for humanitarian i will last. the ceasefire is - good for humanitarian reasons, to let civilians relax a little bit on both sides. i am sceptical, though, that it will really be kept for a while. i don't think israel has achieved much. there are no agreements about the future, nothing. this ceasefire won't _ about the future, nothing. this ceasefire won't last _ about the future, nothing. this ceasefire won't last 8 hours. they— ceasefire won't last 8 hours. they will_ ceasefire won't last 8 hours. they will start shooting gas rockets _ they will start shooting gas rockets again.— rockets again. the us president, _ rockets again. the us president, joe - rockets again. the us president, joe biden, | rockets again. the us _ president, joe biden, welcomed president, joe biden, welcomed the ceasefire that was brokered by egypt. irate the ceasefire that was brokered b e: -t. ~ , by egypt. we held intensive hi . h by egypt. we held intensive high level— by egypt. we held intensive high level discussions - by egypt. we held intensive

high level discussions hour| by egypt. we held intensive l high level discussions hour by hour, literally. egypt, the palestinian authority and other middle eastern countries with the aim of avoiding this sort of prolonged conflict with seen in recent years when hostilities of broken out. cairo is sending to delegations to monitor the situation as the world's attention now turns to maintaining peace. this was the message from the united nations. i stress that is rarely in _ nations. i stress that is rarely in palestinian . nations. i stress that is - rarely in palestinian leaders have a responsibility beyond the restoration to start a serious dialogue to address the root causes of the conflict. the latest conflict is the fourth big war between israel and hamas since 2008 and many fear it won't be the last. the reality at _ fear it won't be the last. the reality at this _ fear it won't be the last. the reality at this point - fear it won't be the last. the reality at this point is - fear it won't be the last. tue: reality at this point is the gaps between the israelis and the palestinians on this conflict and how to resolve it are extremely wide, substantively, psychologically and i would say politically. now, both sides are claiming a victory. courtney bembridge, bbc news.

)dr basem naim is the head of the council on international relations in gaza for hamas and former palestinian minister of health. he says the ceasefire remains fragile unless israel makes long—term changes. i hope it will halt and we are hoping that at this moment, it will cease. tt hoping that at this moment, it will cease-— will cease. if the israelis sto - will cease. if the israelis step their _ will cease. if the israelis stop their aggression . will cease. if the israelis stop their aggression on j stop their aggression on people, and there are rational guarantees that there are no for the 1st full operations or evictions in sheikh jarrah and no further plans to storm the al—aqsa mosque. how much the israelis will be committed to

their words, israelis will be committed to theirwords, how israelis will be committed to their words, how much their international guarantees can guarantee this, it's a question of the time but as usual, this is a ceasefire. if the israelis don't connect to their words and if the international community don't get to the root of the problem, which is the occupation, and the seizure on gaza,. joining me now is daniel danon — israel's 17th permanent representative to the un and chairman of the world likud, which is part of israeli prime minister, benjamin neta nyahu's party. thank you very much forjoining us. firstly, your reaction to the ceasefire? at the beginning, the aim was to restore our determinants, to make sure it will be quiet in

israel. it will be quiet in israel, it will be quiet in gaza. we did not instigate this cycle of violence, we had to take action, and that is exactly what we did. i want to send a clear message to the leadership of hamas, we will look into eliminating hamas if they really instigate the cycle of violence. putting millions of violence. putting millions of israelis under the threat of terror. ., ., , , terror. now, there are plenty of israelis — terror. now, there are plenty of israelis who _ terror. now, there are plenty of israelis who are _ terror. now, there are plenty of israelis who are doubtful l of israelis who are doubtful that the ceasefire will last. plenty more who didn't endorse this in the 1st place. what has israel actually achieved here? let's go back to the beginning. we haven't decided to start this operation. 4000 rockets and missiles flying into cities. we had no other choice. noi

cities. we had no other choice. no i could have actually stopped the rockets from flying into our homes. we chose, we retaliated, we defended ourselves, and we installed our deterrence. that is the goal. by the way, many are not happy with the ceasefire. they expect the government to continue with the government to continue with the operation to teach hamas leaders a stronger lesson than they have learned so far. t they have learned so far. i mean, the un is certainly calling further real efforts to address the root causes of the conflict. and without them, without those real efforts, it's difficult to see how any will hold. what is israel prepared to do to meet people halfway here at least, and give peace some form of chance? irate peace some form of chance? we are peace some form of chance? - are prepared to do a lot. only are prepared to do a lot. only a few months ago, we did this.

and we are in a relationship with the palestinian authorities, not an easy i. the main goal, the instruction, and i want to remind you injune, in 2005, we have evacuated gaza completely. you don't have the presence of settlements, and the military. basically the goal of hamas is to terrorise israel. but to answer your question, what should we do. the international community should look to the future of gaza and hope and act on the ground, the ones were suffering the most, are not israeli. the other poor palestinians in

gaza. and in a couple of hours we'll be speaking to najla shawa, a humanitarian aid worker who lives in gaza about the ceasefire. belgium police are continuing to search for a soldier who has gone on the run from a military base after stealing weapons including rocket launchers. jurgen coningsis on a list of extremists monitored by belgium's anti—terrorist agency. around 300 police and army personnel have been deployed in the search after his abandoned vehicle was found in the area, with four rocket launchers inside. argentina is increasing lockdown measures to combat a second wave in the country. daily cases and deaths have broken records over the last week and intensive care units are filling up in regions around the country. the country has recorded almost

three and a half million infections, putting it ahead of hard—hit brazil on a per capita basis. new research suggests that people critically ill with covid in africa are more likely to die than in any other region in the world. the research found that four out of ten severely ill patients admitted to a hospital in africa die. the article in the lancet points to a shortage of specialised staff and basic medical equipment in african hospitals. the duke of cambridge has said bbc failures in relation to the panorama interview with his mother, fuelled her paranoia and worsened his parents�* relationship in herfinal years. prince william said the findings of a report by lord dyson had brought him "indescribable sadness". the independent inquiry was launched by the bbc after princess diana's brother raised concerns that reporter martin bashir had obtained the interview deceitfully. our media editor

amol rajan reports watched by 23,000,000 people, martin bashir�*s and aroma shocked the world. another duke of says the interview was damaging. it is my view the deceitful way it was obtained substantially influence what my mother said. substantially influence what my mothersaid. it substantially influence what my mother said. it contributed to making my parent's relationship work. it brings indescribable sadness to know that the bbc�*s bailey has contributed significantly to herfear, significantly to her fear, paranoia significantly to herfear, paranoia and isolation that i remembered from those final years with her. and in a statement from the us, the duke

of lord dyson's independent report commissioned by the bbc says bashir was devious and dishonest, lying repeatedly is to secure the interview and explain his conduct. he says the bbc investigation into how the bbc investigation into how the interview was obtained was woefully in effect. and he adds: prince charles and prince steiner were already separated

at the time of interview. in september 1995, at the time of interview. in septemberi995, bashir at the time of interview. in september 1995, bashir met earl spencer, showing him fake bank payments to show the payments had been made around informants. in produced him 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 cleared bashir but earl spencer was not approached. charles and princess diana were divorced. she died a year later. and on panorama last night, spencer explained the effect that the deception had. the explained the effect that the deception had.— deception had. the 1st statements were to i statements were to get my trust, the 2nd set was to get to diana. and then to get the interview. it's a very clear chain from anyone's point of view. the irony is i met martin bashir on the 31st of august

1995 because exactly 2 years later, she died, and i do draw a line between the 2 events. this is a young girl in her mid 30s who has lived this extraordinarily turbulent and difficult time in the public eye. she didn't know who to trust and, in the end, when she died 2 years later, she was without any form of real protection.— without any form of real protection. without any form of real rotection. ~ ., �* ., , ., without any form of real rotection. n, �* ., , ., ., protection. martin bashir won a bafta for— protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the _ protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the program. - protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the program. he - protection. martin bashir won a bafta for the program. he left j bafta for the program. he left the bbc last week having been rehired in 2016. he long argued diana would have our bug —— agreed to speak to him without the bank statements. in a statement, he said: lord hall of birkenhead who is the director of bbc news conducted the investigation into bashir�*s

conduct and until last august was the direct general said he was the direct general said he was wrong to give bashir the benefit of the doubt. the bbc has written to members of the royal family to apologise for what has happened and says it has no plans to run the program in full again. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's touchdown for transgender rights in french rugby. 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: there've been celebrations on the streets of gaza, after israel and palestinian militants agreed to a ceasefire to end 11 days of deadly violence. a giant slab of ice bigger than the spanish island

of majorca has sheared off from the frozen edge of antarctica into the weddell sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world. the newly calved iceberg, which scientists call a—76, has a surface area that spans over 4,000 square kilometres and was spotted in recent satellite images by the european space agency. i'm joined now by dr sue cook, who is a glaciologist with the australian antarctic program partnership at the university of tasmania. thank you forjoining us me. why has this happened? tt is why has this happened? it is art of why has this happened? it is part of the — why has this happened? it is part of the natural— part of the natural process in antarctica, so the ice sheet continuously gains eyes and loses the three melting and the production of icebergs — at ice, the part of the normal cycle the down there.- ice, the part of the normal cycle the down there. 0k, it seems enormous, _ cycle the down there. 0k, it

seems enormous, bigger. cycle the down there. 0k, it l seems enormous, bigger than majorca! but apparently it's not up there in the pantheon of top—10 icebergs? tt is not up there in the pantheon of top-10 icebergs?— top-10 icebergs? it is pretty [an e top-10 icebergs? it is pretty large but — top-10 icebergs? it is pretty large but no. _ top-10 icebergs? it is pretty large but no, definitely - top-10 icebergs? it is pretty large but no, definitely notl large but no, definitely not the biggest we have observed. it is the biggest currently in the southern ocean around antarctica but they definitely have been bigger in the past. ok, so do we know it will have any impact on the levels as it deteriorates and moves off? actually, icebergs do not have either direct impact on sea levels at all, once it is always ready floating it does not impact the sea level, it is a little bit like the ice cube in a glass, when the ice?, it does not make the glass overflow?— does not make the glass overflow? ~ ., ., overflow? what about salinity? it can overflow? what about salinity? it can have _ overflow? what about salinity? it can have impact _ overflow? what about salinity? it can have impact on _ overflow? what about salinity? it can have impact on salinity . it can have impact on salinity and movement around icebergs in the southern ocean really affects the condition and

ecosystems down there so it's important to know how it will move in well it will end up? do you know where it will end up and does matter? unfortunately, notoriously _ and does matter? unfortunately, notoriously unpredictable - notoriously unpredictable where they will go, they driven by winds and ocean currents and as you can imagine, predicting those things in advance can be very challenging. will move roughly west and north towards the antarctic peninsula and may end up in a similar track to the one that last year was threatening south georgia. tqm. threatening south georgia. 0k, as it is moving _ threatening south georgia. 0k, as it is moving off, _ threatening south georgia. 0k, as it is moving off, what sort of experiment and research is able to be done on this iceberg? how important is it to the antarctic research community?— the antarctic research communi ? , , , community? these events, they are relatively — community? these events, they are relatively rare _ community? these events, they are relatively rare so _ community? these events, they are relatively rare so the - community? these events, they are relatively rare so the last. are relatively rare so the last time an iceberg is kind of size formed in the region was back in 1998, so, for us, it is a

fabulous opportunity to collect more detail. it will be tracked ljy more detail. it will be tracked by the national ice centre partly for research and partly for satellite data to scan the processes that formed it and this kind of data helps us to predict when these things may happen again in the future. interesting! best of luck and it seems like you have quite a job on your hands! thank you for your time.— let's catch up with all the latest sport now. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun with the latest from the bbc sport centre. we start with the second golf major of the year, the usa pga championship, where corey conners tops the leaderboard after the first round. the canadian shot a 5—under par round of 67 to lead the way at kiawah island in south carolina, finishing with six birdies. he has a 2—shot lead, over of a group containing former winners brooks koepka and keegan bradley. i have a lot of belief in

myself and i have been playing well for quite a while and i'm excited for the opportunity to play against the best players in the world and put my game to the test. i have a love confidence in my game and excited for the weekend. i did not try to force it to happen but i definitely saw myself having a good day today. —— — i have a lot of confidence in my game. the south american football confederation have removed colombia as co—hosts of the copa america after rejecting a proposed delay by the country's sports minister. it comes after ernesto lucena wanted to postpone until fans were allowed back to stadiums. the competition is due to start next month with 15 matches meant for colombia and 13 in argentina. the first time it was set to be held by two countries in its history. it comes amid social unrest in colombia, following weeks of anti—government protests. in tennis, dominic thiem's preparations for roland garros aren't going too well. the austrian is out of the lyon open without even reaching the quarterfinals. the us open champion is strong

on clay, and won the tournament three years ago but he was comprehensively beaten injust 66 minutes by cameron norrie. the brit won, 6—3, 6—2 and faces french lucky loser arthur rinderknech next. the american triplejump champion christian taylor is set to miss this summer's tokyo olympics, after rupturing his achilles tendon. his partner, the austrian hurdler beate schrott, posted the update on social media, saying he's had the surgery needed. taylor suffered the injury at a meet in the czech republic on wednesday and will miss the chance for a third successive olympic gold. egan bernal maintains the overall lead of the giro d'italia, heading into stage 13 on friday. italy's andrea vendrame won stage 12 on thursday, beating chris hamilton in a two—man sprint after being part of an earlier breakway. bernal�*s lead remained unchanged at 45 seconds. it has become a controversial topic in the world of sport — the role of transgender athletes, particularly trans women. rugby�*s world governing body has discouraged countries from letting them compete

but officials in france have given the green light to trans women to take part, which has delighted one player in particular, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. a rainy, muddy day in southern france, perfect rugby weather and these two take each other on in a friendly. turning up for the home side, alexia, a trans woman, now officially allowed to play in the game she loves. translation: ., ., translation: from a personal oint of translation: from a personal point of view. — translation: from a personal point of view, i've _ translation: from a personal point of view, i've really - point of view, i've really proud to have the support and see things change and hope to see things change and hope to see the doors open for other federations to open up competition to other trans women in other sports. world ru:b , women in other sports. world rugby. the — women in other sports. world rugby. the body _ women in other sports. world rugby, the body that - women in other sports. world rugby, the body that runs - women in other sports. worldj rugby, the body that runs the game, is uneasy about trans women playing the sport and argues it is a safety issue. transgender players may have unfair physical advantages but

alexi has undergone years of hormone therapy and says there are stronger women than her on the team. the french rugby federation is backing its player to pursue her passion. translation: we player to pursue her passion. translation:— player to pursue her passion. translation: we have taken a step further— translation: we have taken a step further to be _ step further to be more inclusive for people whose physique is the result of genetics but also their complex and complicated human story. and for those who could feel excluded in many sectors of society. here, we have open the door. society. here, we have open the doon society. here, we have open the door. ., _ society. here, we have open the door. . , ' ~ z: society. here, we have open the door. ., _ ' ~ ,': , door. their defeat by 16-23 but for alexia. _ door. their defeat by 16-23 but for alexia. a — door. their defeat by 16-23 but for alexia, a victory, _ for alexia, a victory, no matter the result. tim allman, bbc news. and some pictures today of gaza, after 11 days of fighting, it is claimed lives of more than 230 of palestinians and 12 israelis and a ceasefire has come into

effect, a deal brokered by egypt and agreed to by the israeli cabinet and palestinian authorities, it was agreed to mutually over five hours ago. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ vfritznews 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 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.

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