The latest conflict has claimed the lives over 155 Palestinians and five Israelis. Before the ceasefire was announced, at least 21 people were injured in a bomb blast on a bus in Tel Aviv while in Gaza at least 30 people were killed.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila says he has ready to look into the grievances of the M23 rebel group who on Tuesday seized the eastern city of Goma. Mr Kabila said he would consider negotiating with the group.

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Nato says Turkey has asked to deploy Patriot Missiles on its territory near its border with Syria. The Nato Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the deployment would help Turkey to defend its population and territory. And the alliance would discuss the request without delay. Turkey has complained of cross border shelling from Syria.

There is a new tension between South Sudan and Sudan after the South accuses its neighbour of bombing one of its border towns. Sudan says it did carry out the attack, but said it was on its own territory near where Darfur rebels set up a compound close to the loosely demarcated border.

The European space agency has secured $12bn budget over three years to fund projects seen as vital to maintain its competitiveness and space technology and exploration. The agency's director general says spending on space was an investment. Jonathan Amos reports.

Europe maybe in the mid of the financial crisis but research ministers still managed to fund healthy budget for Esa. One of the most interesting proposals was to see Esa for the first time getting involved in a system to transport humans in space. The agency will build the module that come to propel the American's Orion astronaut capsule. It will have its first flight around the moon in 2017. Ministers also agreed to upgrade the Europe's rocket Arian 5 by making it more powerful and versatile. They want to protect its market leading position in the face of new and cheaper rockets.