take steps

to end the raids. At least 15 people have been killed in the Israeli bombing, which followed attacks by gunmen in southern Israel in which eight Israelis died. There's also been a barrage of rocket attacks on southern Israel from Gaza. Jordan has urged an immediate halt to the Israeli action, warning that it threatened regional stability.

A national ceremony of

remembrance

has taken place in the Norwegian capital Oslo for the victims of the massacre a month ago. Relatives of the victims and survivors were joined at the ceremony by politicians, the emergency services and the Norwegian royal family. Steve Rosenberg reports.

At a giant arena, on a stage covered in candles, an artist sang of My Little Norway - a handful of peace among plateaus and fjords. This was Norway's national ceremony of remembrance. With music and poems and speeches, this is how a nation

brought to an end

one month of mourning. In the hall were family members and friends of the dead, and those too who had survived the shooting spree on Utoeya island. In a speech, King Harald of Norway declared that freedom is stronger than fear. Norwegians, he said, would continue to live freely.

Pressure groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on the 10 million inhabitants of the capital Kinshasa each to light a candle to protest against severe electricity cuts in the city. They say everybody should light their candles at the same time on Sunday evening to