This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Andrew Peach and at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 28th of April.

These are our main stories.

President Vladimir Putin announces a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine from the 8th to the 10th of May.

Ukraine says it wants a 30-day pause in fighting.

A Palestinian official tells the International Court of Justice

that Israel is blocking humanitarian aid as a weapon of war.

The Palestinian people are being starved, bombed, and forcibly displaced by Israel,

their unlawful occupier.

Large parts of Spain and Portugal have been left without electricity after a massive power outage.

Also in this podcast, 10 people go on trial in Paris,

accused of stealing millions of dollars of jewelry from Kim Kardashian.

It's just over a week since the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, declared an Easter

ceasefire in the war with Ukraine.

It was 30 hours long, and both Russia and Ukraine accused each other of breaching it.

Now the Kremlin has declared a further three-day ceasefire beginning on the 8th of May to coincide with events marking the 80th anniversary

of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

As we record this podcast, Ukraine has said it wants an immediate ceasefire of at least 30 days,

while the White House has said President Trump wants a permanent ceasefire.

Our Europe regional editor, Danny Aberhard, gave me details of the Russian announcement.

Vladimir Putin says this is based on humanitarian considerations.

That will be greeted with a huge sigh of irony from Ukraine.

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